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The Omahai Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUKE 19, 187a. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOUSING, 31MJCII 31, 1003 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY Till J EE CENTS. VOTES ARE COUNTED Chicago Elect on Otmnirdonin Tenors Judge Hanecj'B Bestrsiniiiir; Writ MASS POLICE FOR THEIR PROTECTION Hundred! of Offioers Guard the Etiirs, Ballots and Eoom. BOARD MAINTAINS STATE OF SIEGE Prepares to Beiist Expectei Coup, Wh ch a, However, Delayed. JURIST DISCLAIMS INTENDED SECRET ACT DmIwo Aay Order Ha Mar laene Wilt Be Mad la Opea Ceart aad Exeeated la t'enal Meaner. CMICAOO, March SO. Ia aplta of Judge Haiiecy' Injunction In tha Lorlmer-Dur-borrow contest, and tn the face of threats of contempt proceedings, toe election com missioners opened and counted the ballots cast In one precinct of the Sixth congres sional district. In the election of last No vember. Their action constituted. In the opinion of Judge Carter a technical vindi cation of the election law. The count finished, the commissioners remained In a state of siege throughout the remainder of the day, with police massed Inside and outside of the board rooms, awaiting an expected attack br the forces of Congressman Lnrimer. Upward of 800 policemen, drawn from the various stations throughout the city, were on guard, but the' dar passed without a clash. Even after the adjournment of Judge Hanecy' .court, however, and la spite of his decla- rauun inn no wni bmu my ihudu, iui vlgiltaOM of the commissioners was not relaxed, owing to fear of a coup on the part of their opponents. Early In the dar th cbalra and tables were removed from the board rooms tn preparation for the count and a squad of police waa distributed throughout the rooms and corridors. Judge Hanecy, whose Injunction waa thus defied, when apprised of the action of the board, announced that be would Issue no bench warrent for the arrest of the com missioners tor contempt until the afternoon session of court, If at all, and tht what ever action was taken would be In open court. - Start Co ant of Ballots. The conference between the commission em and attorneys continued until long after the hour announced tor the court to begin. ' When the commission eventually was called to order Judge Carter, as legal ad viser for the election board, announced that the counting of one precinct would preserve the sanctity of the election law, and the principle for which the commissioners was contending, and that In view of pressing matter la connection with the coming mu nicipal election he was willing to postpone -. I hi ' niuUi,-.nr IK rmilntfiK nreclncta 1 I VI. .nnti.nO n their Wlsnee or process or isw or oinorwiee. , The board of election commissioner. In the face of objections by Lorlmer' attor nr. deolded to count the ballots In one precinct. Thereupon they began to count the ballots with locked doors. The counting of tbe ballots proceeded without Interruption and when finished an adjournment of the hearing waa taken until April 10 at 10 o'clock. Tbe election board however, remained In aesslon, for the pur pose, it was announced, of transacting further business, although lta primary oh ect la believed to be the maintenance of authority over the police guard In antlclpa tlon of any move on the part of Judge Hanecy and the Lorlmer supporters. Later In the day rumors gained currency that Judge Hanecy had Issued a writ Im pounding the ballots and ordering the vault In which they were locked to be aelxed by a force of deputlea, which waa aald to be awaiting his orders. The rumor created Intense excitement throughout the city ball and caused Chief of Police O'Nell to masa several hundred policemen on the stair and hails leading to the board rooms. No one waa allowed to paaa In or out of the rooms. While theae preparations were being made In the city hall. Judge Hanecy pro ceeded hearing his calendar In tbe ad Joining building. He denied having Issued the writ In question, but declined to say what he Intended doing. "You may rest assured," was his reply to a query, "that , what I do will be In the open court and In the usual manner." Wlik Indict Jadse. Chief of Police O'Nell tonight expressed his Intention to carry out tbe Instructions given him by the counsel tor the election commissioners. "If anyone comes here to serve a writ r legal document," he said, "our force Is iere to see that the paper has merit and authority sufficient to admit the bearer. I am ready and willing to accept the judg ment of the counael fcr the commissioners on that score. "If necessary I can have 1,000 men here within a few hours. Should It come to a brush I could swear in a lot of special policemen. I am not going to let those ballots be aeiied." Intervention by the grand Jury was asked of 8tate's Attorney Deneea tonight by At torney John J. Knickerbocker, who de manded that William Lorrlmar, Eldrldge Hanecy, John A. Cook and J. A. Linn be summoned Into the jury room on a charge of criminal conspiracy. Linn and Cook are Included because of the alleged cloilng of their offices la the superior and circuit courts on Saturday afternoon with the sup posed object ot preventing the election commissioners from securing writs of habeas corpus In the event ot their arrest WIFE'S FRIEND SLAYS MAN arprlaed la Woaaaa'a - Rooaa Plghte Haahaad to Street, Thea Shoots aad Rons. NEW YORK. March SO. Filled with Jealous anger at finding another man being entertained by hla wife this afternoon, Wtl. Ham J. Peppier ot East One Hundred and Nineteenth street threw the visitor Into tbe hail, fought him from the third floor to tbe front door, and was then shot dead by tha maa he thought had wronged him. Thla man was William Earl Dodsoa, a cashier In a stock broker's office. He fled and the police have seat out a general alarm fur him. Peppier waa about It years old and a clerk. He had not been married long. A policeman, summoned by tbe criee et the other tenant, rushed Into the building and stumbled ever tha dead body of Peppier, on which hla wit was lying anaoaacleaa. RIDICULES AMERICAN NAVY German CrlUe Declare ghootlnar Poor, Morale Low and Ships ,. Iaadea.aee. h. , .reh SO. The Forelxn office Is fullv. A . t.k 1 Ail. mlral Dew .. If . . President Roosevelt regarding his . ' -renee to the Ger man navy and CJe. ' ror. No communication ' subject has psssed between the Fort., offlca aad the German embassy at Washington, because lh. .Ant.r. I .... I., that If Admiral Dewey had been correctly reported the gov. j eminent of the United States would do from here. Count von Reventlow, In the Tageblatt to day, compares the Oerman and American navies. He says Germsny's first squadron la always ready for Instant service. "It could." he adds, "emash Dewey's het erogeneous assemblage, which had not a single modern armored cruiser." The count regards the American maneu vers as generally childish, and as always resulting In defeats of the hostile fleet, the naval commanders thereby gaining large newspaper glory. He refers to the poor markemanshtp of tbe Weat Indian Beet, to Its Insufficient number of officers and men and to the low morale of the navy, as Indicated by the numerous desertions. s . FIRES TWICE AT PREVOST Veagefal Olrl Alms at Novelist aad Mlselae; Hlaa Qoe Pre. PARIS, March 30. An attempt was made to shoot the well known novelist. Marcel Prevost, as he was entering the office of the Society of Men of Letters, In the Rue Rougemont, this afternoon. A stylishly dressed young woman whose name was afterward given as Mile. Emma Touret, alighted quickly from a carriage and fired two shot from a revolver at him, at the same time calling him by name. Both shots missed and the woman was about to fire a third time when M. Pre vost disarmed her. She was taken tempo rarily Into custody and explained that she had known M. Prevost In London some time ago. Hla avoidance of her alnce prompted her to aeek to revenge herself, but she did not Intend to kill him. M. Prevost refused to follow up the mat ter and Mile. Touret was set at liberty. It is stated that the woman's brother vainly tried to force a duel on M. Prevost. M. Prevost was elected president of the Society of Men of Letters at the election, which followed the shooting affair. SAY REBELS LOSE GROUND Reports Beach Baytl that Domtalcas Revolt Has Beea Nearly Crashed. CAPE HATTIEN. Haytl, March SO. A serious engagement took plaoe on Saturday between the Dominican government troops and tlse revolutionary forces at Juaa Calvo, near the town of Bajabon, The losaea on the government side .were twenty-seven killed and forty-three wounded, while the revolutionists lost lost fiv killed and eleven wounded. Tbe telegraphlo line Is Interrupted be yond Coutl. j It la rumored here that the government troops have surrounded the capital and that a battle Is Imminent. The commissioners who were sent to Barahona, Atua De Compostola and San Pedro De Macorla to endeavor to obtain their adhesion to the revolutionary move ment have returned here. Their mission waa a failure. . The city of San Domingo la quiet, ex pectlng newa of event on the north side of tbe Island. It la difficult to foresee the final out come. STUDENTS OBJECT TO BABLE Croatlaa College Boys Tear Down Siena aad Maltreat Cltlaeaa Speak lac Haacartaa or Genua. BUDAPEST. March SO. Riot broke out at Agram, capital of Croatla-Slavonla, thla evening and tha entire garrison ha been called out to clear the streets. Tbe trouble, which baa been simmering for some days, arises from the agitation of the, Croatian students against the use of the Hungarian and German languages. On Saturday last the atudents marched through the street, smashing windows and tearing down signs hsnglng before Hun garian shop and Institutions, and mal treating any person they met using those two language. The disorder were then easily sup pressed by the troops, .but today tbe dis turbances became more serious. Three hundred students were arrested and tbe police ordered that every signboard which waa removed on Saturday must be forth with restored. SCLONS FIRE IN CHAMBER Hajrtlaa Parliament la Greatly Dis turbed by Volley of Rifle hots. PORT AtJ PRINCE, Haytl. March SO. The government is Incensed against the deputies because et their refusal to vote an laaue of paper money. The sitting ot the Chamber today was Interrupted by the firing of rifle shots. Quiet, however, has been restored by a proclamation Issued by President Nord, In which he disapproves of the outrage com. mltted against the Cham'oer and declares that he will maintain order and enforce reapect for the constitution. CZAR TAKES PEASANTS' DEBTS Shoaldera Oppreaalve Bardea of Tax. atlaa as rirst Step la He form Movemeat. arcn v. me bi. rweriounj correspondent of the Pally Telegraph says the meaaurea for tha relief of the peasants outlined In the cxar's recent reform de crees are already being carried out. Arrears of taxes amounting to about $BT. taxatlon exceeding $45,000,000, which the peasants owe to the district autboritlea, baa beea assumid by the central govern ment. Other measures alleviating the bur dens oa tbe peasantry are expected to be adopted shortly. Flans for Germany's Bnlldlaa;. BERLIN, March SO. Emperor William to day received lh audience Dr. Lewald, com missioner to the St. Louie exposition, and Prof. Bruno fkamlti, the architect, tor tbe purpose of Inspecting the plans of the Ger man building at St. Loula. Dr. Lewald and Prof. Schauta will start for St. Loula in a fortnight. . . CHANGES IN LAND OFFICE Commissioner Richards Hopes Tberebj to Facilitate Iti Boxioesw INSPECTION OF THE STATE MILITIA Kebraaha la One of the Stalea Which Hae Mot Met the Coadltloaa of tha Rove Militia Bilk (From a Staff Correspondent.)' WASHINGTON, March SO. (Special Tele. gram.) A number of lmDortant chanaes i were made among bureau chiefs of the gen- I eral land office today. Jamea T. Macey, Blnghamton, N. T., who haa served Gov ernor Richards since he was first appointed assistant commissioner six years ago as his tonfldential stenographer, has been promoted to be chief clerk of the office, succeeding O. N. Wbltlngtoa of Massachu setts,, who la mede principal examiner. E. P. Hough, who waa Commissioner Herr man' confidential stenographer during that gentleman' Incumbency, la given a similar place under Commissioner Richards to succeed Mr. Macey. H. . Reger of Ohio becomes confidential clerk to Assistant Commissioner Fimple. George F. Pollock ot Ohio Is appointed chief of the special division, succeeding W. D. Harlan of the"; District of Columbia, who la reduced to a $1,800 clerkship. A. B. Whits ot New Tcik becomes chief of division of accoontr, In place of George Redway of California, re duced to $1,800 grade. The changes noted are made by Commissioner Richards to aid him in Inaugurating certain change In method of doing business which will, he believes, be a great Improvement over the methods In vogue under Commissioner Herrtnan. Where reductlona were made the lose In point of aalary to each man ia comparatively small: Rootlae ot Departments. Postmaster appointed: Nebraska Wilbur W. Rltchey, Cowleo, Webster county, vice B. T. Foe, resigned. Iowa Hugh Foley, Bluffton, Winneshiek county; Ell J. Detar, Coalfield, Monroe county; Mrs. Florence Schenok, Dakota. Humboldt county. Cyrua A. Johnson, Newton Bonner and Anthony P. Lee were today appointed reg ulars, and Julius P. Nelson, Roy Bonner and Peter S. Lee, eubstltutes, rural free delivery letter carrier at Jewell, Ia. The application of John W. Wood, Charles N. Wood, William H. Wood, John W. Read and B. J. Wood to organise tbe First National bank of Logan, Ia., with $50,000 capital, has been approved by tbe comptroller of the currency. Dubuque, Ia., waa today designated by the comptroller of the currency aa a reserve city. The Merchants National bank of Cedar Rapids has been approved as reserve agent for tbe Cltfxens National bank ot Knox vllle, la. F. R. Hoffman, Daytonvllle; Earl R. Tur ner, Wall Lake; George B. Kenbode, Mount Ayr; George W. Egermeyer, Carroll; Charles 8. Lanbaugh, Madrid,. Stanton B. Hooper, Charlton; Harold B. Btow. Gam- brill; James A. jChenpy,' Maeon City, and Henry D. Crestwell. . Eddyville, Ia., were today appointed railway mall clerks. Benjamin H. Barrows, surveyor ot cus toms at Omafia, waa today appointed dla burslng agent of the Treasury department for the court house, custom house and post- omce at Omaha.. Mr. Barrows, will be obliged to furnish a bond Of $50,000. Tbe compensstion Is based on a percentage, be ing allowed a commission ot of 1 per cent of all sums disbursed. State Militia Prompt. , Prompt and satisfactory response have been received at the War department from the adjutant general of states to the re cent telegraphic Inquiry aa to when the organised militia will be ready for per ron al Inspection by a regular army officer In order to determine the number of maga sine arma and equipment to be taaued to them under the provision of the new mili tia law. With few exceptions the state troops will be ready for the propoaed In spection during tbe month of April, and It la expected that tbe War department will be able to announce lta plana for the In spection in a few daya. The statea which have announced their readlneas for. inspection either during April r at the convenience ot the War depart ment are: Alabama, Arlsona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louis iana, Maryland, Mississippi, Michigan, Mis souri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, ' South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Vir ginia and Wisconsin. Tha militia ot the District of Columbia, Arlsona, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming are already armed with the regulation maga line rifles. There are J. 066 organisations In the several states, stationed at 1,163 places, making the propoaed Inspection an undertaking of great magnitude. Central American Troahlee. United Statea Minister Combs, at Guate mala, cabled the Plate department today that the president ot Guatemala"and Sal vador have bad an Interview and as a re suit the conditions are so much Improved that the minister regards the danger ot war averted. The United Statea consul at San Juan Del Norte cables that another revolution has broken out in Nicaragua, but he gives no details. Department laveatlaratea Chargea The War department is Investigating charges tbat have been filed against Lieu tensnt Colonel Robert L. Howse, who waa In command of a post In northern Luxon In 1899. The charge relatea to cruelties to Filipinos, allegations being made that Lieutenant Colonel tiowse waa cognisant of the fact thst two Datives were whipped to death and that no punishment of the offenders was ordered. It Is stated at the War department that, so fsr as Investigated It appears that the alleged outrage wss Demetrated bv native nfflvre whil rnlnn.i , H. .hent after t.n.tii. e-iiii j The matter h ta brought to the attend I tlon ot Colonel Howse and a partial reply made that an Investigation at the time showed that only one native had died, and his death was not due to ill-treatment, but to diabetls. Reports of alleged out rages In the Philippine for which Colonel Howse and aome other officers are aald to bo responsible are part of General Miles' report ot his recent lnvesttgatioa In the Philippines. Inearth Boaras Hatee. Tbe secret service today announced tbe discovery of two counterfeit notes. One la a $5 silver certificate of the aeries ot 1S93 add la a poorly exeeuted etched production oa thin, soft paper, no attempt having been made to imitate the allfc fiber of the genu (CoaUanusd ea TMr4 Pa4 S THROAT Slays Bla Sweetheart WasttS oa Charge d Self When kaaaalt CHILLICOTHE. O.. larch SO. Forest McCord, a barber, aged nl living at Bourn vllle, today killed Cbarltt ttorts, aged 20, by rutting her throat fronj ear to ear, after which be cut hi own thtoat, dying within a short time. McCord and a number tf companions were drinking heavily en ' Stnday, when he struck one of thetn with 'a beer bottle. A warrant waa Issued tor tie arrest. He left his home Immediately fcr the Storts home and found the yonng girl alone with her mother, who occupied an upstairs room He remained with alias S ort for about ono hour, and then tbe rrem of the daugh ter brought the mother to the stairway to see the girl In MeCord's arma covered with blood and her head almost severed from her body. McCord dropped the girl, drew the raxor aero his own 'throat and tell to the floor. t McCord and Mis Storts had been aweet hearta for eeverat year. LEAVE EXPLOSIONS fo"PRAYER Mark Twain gapprta Kapoaltloa Steamer Raeea,' lnt Eliminates Bler tip. i arch $i NEW YORK. March SI Mark Twain ha recalled the day when he waa pilot on the Mississippi in a letter toi ex-Governor David K Francis, president o! tbe St. Louis ex position. In reaponae to Sir Thomaa Llpton's suggestion that a series of old-time steam boat racea be Inaugurated as a feature ot the exposition. j Mark Twain wants a (genuine reproduc tion ot the old-time race, with negro roust abouts, the use of the torch basket rather than the searchlight, and the abolition of the latter-day government lights, so that the piloting would count where the boats were evenly matched In speed.' "Aa a spectacle," writes Mark Twain, "nothing could add to It except an old-time blowup as the boats finished at the home stretch. But this should not be arranged; It la better left to Providence and prayer." BIDS LOW DJSMISS STURGIS Comptroller Calls aa Mayor to Oaat Fire Commissioner for Violate Ibbt City Charter. NEW YORK, March SO. Comptroller Grout today sent a letter to. Mayor Low recommending the dismissal of Fire Com missioner Sturgl for alleged violation of the city charter In awarding contract. The comptroller calls the mayor's atten tion to an opinion of the corporation coun ael that violations of . the charter tn tho manner alleged agalnat Mr. Sturgl ara in. dlctable offense. "The violation complained of," say the comptroller, "consist ot ordering a number of supplies or item of work each under $1,000, the aggregate of which, spent upon a single building or during tha year upon a single Una of aupplle, exoaeda the $1,000 limit," ... . -. ;.. : FIRES. POWDER FOR A JOKE Workman la Mlaoa Caaaaa Kxploeloa Which Malms Foar Follow Worksnea. "' BATAVIA, N. Y., March SO. A atupld joke ruined four men by the explosion of a twenty-pound keg of gunpowder In the mines of the United Statea Gypsum com pany, near Oak field, today. The Injured were Driller Fred Haywood and his assistant, Bert Sage, and two miner who were pushing the small cars on which the product from the mine was placed. The ' miner reached the point where Haywood and Sage were working. One laborer. It Is said, saw a small quan tity of powder lying loose near the powder keg; and for fun touched hla torch to It. A terrific explosion followed.' SHAW PROBES CHICAGO CHARGE Investlarates Reported faeompeteaey of Federal Oflleere la Windy City. CHICAGO, March SO. Secretary Shaw has begun a personal Investigation Into the chargea ot incompetency and lax adminis tration made against certain federal officer at Chicago. Mr. Shaw arrived here today and held aeveral conference, but would not make any atatement. When he return to Washington on Fri day he will. It 1 declared, have hla mind absolutely made up as to hi course of ac tion. He will, It I said, make a personal exam ination of the records of the officer of the past administration and other Important de tails. FAST ERIE FLYER WRECKED Sevea Cara Jump Track aad - Tara Over, hat Oaly Oao Person la Injnred. CORRY, Pa., March SO. The Erie rail road's fast Cleveland train which left here at 9 thia morning waa wrecked at Concord, lx mile weat of this city. The train, made up ot a baggage and cafe car, three Pull mans and two coaches, Jumped the track and turned over. Mrs. C. T. Hennessy of New York, an occupant of ths cafe ear, was slightly Injured. Others are suffering from shocks. cuts and bruise. FARMERS' TEACHER GETS BID Wisconsin Profeaaor ia Asked to Join Colorado Aarrlraltaral College. MADISON, Wis., March SO. Prof. W. I Carlisle of tbe animal husbandry depart ment of tbe college of agriculture haa been offered the chair ot agriculture in the Col orado State Agricultural college. The offer came from Dr. Aylesworth, president ot the college. Prof. Carlisle haa agreed to visit Colo rado and look the field over. PREFERS. DEATH TO CHURCH After Heated Arsrnment with His Faroate Boy Goes to Room aad hoots Himself. MARINE CITY, Mich.. March SO. Arthur Wellbousen, a 16-year-old lad, went to his room yesterdsy morning after a heated argument with his parent aa to whether he should go to church. ' A shot waa heard aooa after be went up and the bey waa found dead en hi bed with a bullet through his brsia. It la believed he oeaunlllea aula! la, BARBER SLITS GIF, AMIS RUN AGAINST A SNAG They Aw Prevented, Tempers-rily, from Naming; Primar7 Election Boards. MR. C0NNELL READS THE LAW TO THEM Committee Adjoaraa la Order to Give Leaders Chanee to Fix I p An other Seheme to Ra Their 0va Jadarea. The republican city committee met in Washington ball with one member absent and four represented by proxies laat night, to choose Judges and clerks tor the primary election. Nothing was done, however, and the committee adjourned on the motion ot B. O. Burbank, tbe ringmaster, to meet again Tuesday night, and perform the work slated.. Thia waa because a little acheme to select men favorable to the republican faction opposed to Msyor Moores and his friends was checkmated by City Attorney Connell. Owing to the peculiar portion of the Gil bert primary law which empowers the Judges and clerks to Inquire Into the man ner In which the elector voted at the laat general election, upon challenge, the per sonnel of the' election board la of tha ut most ( Importance. This haa been recog nized by both factions, for, aa baa been pointed out, unscrupulous judges may carry the Inquisition to an extreme that would destroy the secrecy of the ballot. It had been planned to have the commit teemen from each ward submit a list of judgea and clerk and these lists were ready In the pockets of the nine chairmen. With one or two exceptions they named men who would not be desired by the Moores faction, but they were never pre sented, because W. J. Connell presented neatly typewritten llsta of one Judge for each ward and a clerk for most, on behalf of Mayor Moores and eight candidates for other offices who are supporting him. Connell Cites tho Law, Mr. Connell, although not a member of the committee, waa given the privilege ot the floor, both on behalf; of the Moores candidates and hi own, aa he will be In Una for the nomination for city attorney. He briefly called attention to the law which requires that the primary election boards shall be chosen by candidates, a equit ably aa possible. This blocked the game of tbe solid central committee and caused the adjournment until a fresh scheme could be arranged. This waa done at an executive meeting of the leaders In a corner of the hall, after the committee meeting had been declared adjourned. The arrangement concocted la clever and ought to win and place the nam ing of the Judgea and clerks solely In the hands of the "antls." It la simply this. In stead of choosing the clerks and Judges by faction that la giving each faction a Judge In each ward and a clerk In every alternate ward, aa suggested and urged by City At torney Connell It will be done by majority of the candidates. The opposition, having the greatest number of candidates for every offloe, whereas the Moores people have In most cases but one, the former will carry away tbe whole eleetten board, nd this will be declared the most fair' manner of carrying out the lawt" After the hall had been cleared - a small number- of bosses went to' an uptown law office and further perfected the plan which still is only a plan. ' - Ready, bat Fair to Act. ' Chairman Herring,' on calling the . com mittee meeting to order, aald that two mat ters of business were to be transacted re ceiving tbe report of the committee ap pointed to revise the rules and appointing the Judgea and clerks. B. G. Burbank Im mediately moved that there be a call of the committeemen from tbe various wards to hand In lists for judge and clerks for the primary election. Mr. Connell previously had filed his lists with Secretary Dodge. At this point he made a brief talk. He said: . "Before a vote la taken I want to ex plain that I have filed a list of one Judge and one clrk In all wards but the Ninth on behalf of the so-called machine candidates. Both sides should be treated fairly In this matter of selecting Judges and clerk and each ought to name, aa nearly a possible, half the boards. Add from the equality and fairness of such procedure the law en titles It to be done. The law 1 plain and direct and positive In Its term and require the city committee to appoint Judge and clerks according to tbe wishes of the can didate as nearly as possible. This course will promote the right feeling and should be followed." Mr. Burbank asked that tbe petition be read and this was done. They were from Mayor Moores, Fred Brunlng, candidate for tax commissioner; E. G. Boloman, for city clerk; W. J. Hunter, for comptroller, and Fred. Hoye, Bryce Crawford, E. D. Evans, Frank Johnaon and D. C. Schroeder, for eouncllmen. . Takea by Barprise. Thla proposition clearly took Mr. Bur bank and the other opposition leaders by surprise, and having no similar showing from their candidates they were In a quan dary what to do. At this Juncture H. M. Waring, by virtue Of holding a proxy, ap peared and consulted hurriedly with Bur bank. Then he moved that the appointing of the judges and clerka be postponed until next Saturday night. Connell called bla attention to the statute requiring the choice to be made ten daya before tbe pri mary election and the chairman ruled the motion out of order. . Then a recess was taken, on Burbank's motion, to submit lists of candldatea for judges and clerka. But no such lists were submitted. Where there had been calm, turmoil prevailed. Chairman Herring, Ringmaster Burbank, Secretary Dodge, John Steele, W. A. Mes sick. W. A. Saunders, H. M. Waring and other bent their bead together In earnest consultation. Assistant Rlngmaater War ing disappeared and shortly afterward re appeared with a copy of the statutes, which wss handed to Burbank, who opened and read, with puckered forehead. Then there was renewed discussion without fruit. Mr. Burbank admitted the validity of Con ceit's contention; also tbat ha waa not pre pared for the coupe. It was dealred most urgently to adjourn until a new slate could be arranged, but It required another long talk before he waa satisfied that selection Of the election boarda tomorrow would comply with the ten-day limit of the law. Vie Walker Eaters. It took thirty minutes to decide upon the adjournment, and befpr that Vie Walker bad come from out of tbe Third ward and pushed his way and advice Into the midst of the eouncll. It waa upon Mr. Burbank's motion that adjournment waa taken, but It was half an hour longer be fore tbe ball was empty. Many others be side those belonging to the committee were present and everybody atayed and talked the thing out. Tbe unexpected had happened and exoept for the active minds sCoatl&u4 a aWoobd Fa4 j CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecset for Nebraska Fair Tuesday; Rln and Colder Wednesday. Temperature at Omaha l'eaterdayl Hoar. Dec fl a. m ..... . 8 n a. m SM T a. an.)... 87 a. m 411 t a. an. 44 10 a. na...... 4T 11 a. m R2 1 at 6A Hoar. near. 1 p. aa p. ra a p. m - 4 p. ni H n p. m w O p. na M.1 T p. ! Vli H p. an t O p. na OS ; NO QUORUM OF COUNCILMEN Cltlaeaa Who Have Baslaeas tor Gea eral Committee Are Dis appointed. There was no committee meeting of the council yesterday afternoon, though there was plenty of business waiting. Council men Karr, Hascall and Troetler were tho only onea to put In an appearance, and a that number did not constitute a quorum, they soon left tor other parts. Messrs. P. Wllg and Michael Lee, representing the South Side Second Ward Improvement club, were present with a request tor a $500 appropriation by the council in order to keep open the John T. Edgar branch of the public library at Sixteenth and Vinton streets until the railway tax cases are de cided. Shortage ot funds haa made this step Imperative on the part of the Library board. I. .V.. ...,1V .M. ..M Mr. I Lee. "are very much worked up about the 1 ub wcuiiio vi iiiw v.wtu "'" i They cannot understand why the aalarles of the comptroller and the city clerk should be raised $1,900 a year, while their library, which costs only $900 a year, must be shut down.". i George Hurst was ready to appear on behalf of tbe Prospect Hill Improvement club and ask that Thirtieth street, fiora Seward to Yate streets, be widened to the full width. It la now only seventeen and a half feet wide and Inadequate to the travel that wishes to use It when Thirtieth street Is opened from Cumin to Hamilton, aa haa been ordered by the council. The building aud property committee of the Board of Education also was present, wishing to present an application for the leasing of the auditorium on the fifth floor ot th city hall for a period ot ten years. The board owna all but this room on th fifth floor and haa alwaya used the latter, paying no rent for It. Recently a great many public meetings and convention have been held In It and more are coming. The gloomy and forbidding aspect ot the room and Its general untidiness haa not pleased the school board members and they want to "fix up" the room at a cost of from $200 to $300. Before doing o they wish to obtain possession. The wall will be re. plastered and repapered and general Im provements made. SENATOR FULTON IN OMAHA Talka of President Roosevelt aad tho Fntnre of. the State of , Oregon, . trnitarf fltntes Senator Fulton of Astoria. nr. was In the city 1at evening. .He : on hla return homeward from Washington, where he haa beea attending tne extra ses .in tha senate. Senator Fulton la a former Nebraskan. Hla home waa at Paw nee City. He said: "I have Just returned from a visit io my 'I nave JUSI reiunroi - ' -tin llvs at Pawnee City. I left Nebraska In 1875 for Oregon, and have since made my home there. We are mak ing great -preparation for President Roose velfa vlait to Oregon. He haa promised to visit us In May. "Yea. I think there will undoubtedly be agn extra aesslon of congress. In order to settle the Cuban reciprocity measure, upon which President Roosevelt has set bis heart. Tbe Pacific cable Is destined to work great thing for , the Pacific coast. I think It will tend to Increase our commercial re lation with tho Orient very materially. "Oregon ha a great future before It. Em igration I pouring Into the tate at a rapid rate. It is a state ot great, and varied re aourcea, many of which have not yet been fully developed. Lumber, mining and agri culture -comprise our chief source ot wealth. Along the west coast there are limitless resources of timber, spruce and fir, while the mountains are filled with mag nificent pine. Tbe eastern part ot the state Is our chief agricultural region, and rall- ,r. . . --- road are building through there rapidly and other are In contemplation. ' I believe I am sare in saying mat rres- Ident Roosevelt will carry every northwest ern state In 1904. He Is Immensely popu lar on the Pacific coaat. Portland Is mak ing great preparations for the Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition In 1905. It will be one of the greatest expositions ever held In this country. Tbe state of Oregon ha appropriated $500,000, and the city of Port land a like sura for the exposition. DENVER OFFICIAL IN-TROUBLE Belldlna; Inapeetor la Chanted with Esnbesallaa- City Water Rents. COLORADO SPRINOS, Colo., March SO. District Attorney Trowbridge has prepared informations which will be filed tomorrow agalnat the city building Inspector, E. O. Coray, charging misappropriation of funds. Corsy is rhsrged with embesxllng water rents which hit office collects. PASTOR IS, HELD FOR THEFT Arrested for Steallaa; Potted Plaata from Saa Francisco Resi dences. L08 ANGELES. Cat.. March SO Rev. K. ' E. Plannette, pastor of the Grandvlew Presbyterian church, was arrested this morning for atealing potted planta from the doorways of residences. ' He is believed to be Insane. He was formerly at Marlon, Ind. Movemeate of Ocean Vessels March SI. At1 Plymouth Arrived Kron Prlns WH helm, from New York, for Cherbourg and llremen, and proceeded Hailed Pennsyl vania, (row Hamburg, for New York. At Th Llsard Passed Columbian, from. Boston, for I.ondnn. At Hamburg Arrived Patricia, from New York via Plymouth and Cherbourg- At Rotterdam Arrived Staatendu in, from New York. At Genoa Ballad Prlnsen Victoria Luiae. from New York, for Port Said, etc., en cruise; Vancouver, for Beaton. At Cherbourg Arrived Burbaroisa, from New York, via Plymouth, fur Bremen, and procaded Bluecher, from New York, via Plymouth, for Hamburg, and proceeded. At Liverpool Arrived Ivernla, from New York. At Glasgow Balled Laurentlan, from New York. At Hamburg) Arrived Karnak, from Ta coma, Han KrumiMco, Calatabuvnia. etc., via St Vincent. C. V. At Manchaater Arrived Bostoriian, from Boston. At Bollly Paaaed Kron Prlns Wllhelm. from New York, fur Pliaouta, Cherbourg 0 Bremen STRIKES ATPAY ROLL Injunction Asked Which Mtj Curtail Emoluments of Legislators. QUESTIONS VALIDITY OF AMENDMENT Asserts One Eitsnding; Besion to 8ixty Days Was Not Legally Adopted, DISAGREEMENT ON THE REVENUE BILL House Names a Confersnoe Committee to Beoonoile Differences, INCREASE OF STATE LEVIES ONE OF ITEMS Governor Deeldea Mot to Reeomme Cattle Down Statatory l,e for Inlveralty Balldlnp Purposes., UNCOLN. March SO.(Speclal Telegram.) -U O. Whedon formerly attorney for Jo-a-ph S. Bsrtley. and Robert Ryan, late au rreme court commlsaloner and attorney for the Bartley bondsmen, threw a bomb Into 'he legislature today, when, as attorney and plaintiff respectively th.. eit . tltlon in the dlstrfct court of Lancaster . l UUUlT inr a l.ninn,... t . . , ,.,, A ? ' -J "''r,'n; of member of the present legislature, th purpose being to enforce the old law. pro vldlng for a term of forty daya at $3 a day. The writ was not granted and sine filing the petition Judge Ry,n n d. dared that It was not the intention to effect an Injunction, but merely to get the matter In uch shape as to secure test In th supreme court of the coastltuUonal amend ment voted on -at the general election In 188. Increasing legislators' feima from forty to sixty daya and their salaries from $3 to $5 a day. Another stirring event In th day' pro ceeding was tbe adoption of a resolution offered by Douglas of TJork In tin,.. pn the senate amendments to tbe revenue Din. Tne principal amendments objected to are those changing the general tax levy from 6 to 7 mills and tbe one taxing acci dent Insurance compsntes on their gross earnings Instead of I per cent of such as the original bill provided. Speaker Mockett named Douglas, Morsman ot Douglaa and Thompson ot Merrick to con fer with a committee from th aenat on these amendments. As the house held dsy and night aesstons It was not possible for the Stuefer commit tee to make lta report, a was expected. Bomb la Leclslatare. The filing in the district court of Lancaa ter county thla afternoon by Robert Ryan, former supreme court commissioner, of a petition formally nfplying for a temporary writ of Injunction to prevent the state au dltor from paying salaries jt m ambers ot the present legislature exceeding $3 a flay for forty days, created the liveliest stir that -has been enacted In, the atatehouse for aome time. Rumor of the petition were set afloat In a very. tew minutes and members began to flock to the office of Auditor Wes ton. Presontly Judge Ryan, hearing of the excitement, appeared in the statehoua and did what he could to allar fears. h r.... urlng the member tbat hi purpose was I - .am aim purpose wa almply to lirlng before the aunr.m. o- ... qucouoa s to tne validity of the conatl tutlonal amendment by which the term of legislators wa Increased from forty to lxty daya and salaries from xl t is . a.. and not to atop tbelr pay. However, when " ""' positively Known that a petition had been filed In the district ccurt praying for a temporary Injunction restraining the tat nudltor from allowing any further claims of legislators, even tha words of the judse were scarcely adequate. a ju mea no oona, however and does not propose fo secure or kttcmpt to secure any Injunction. He has taken this etep. be said, simply oa a necessary pre liminary to getting tbe matter properly be fore tbe supreme court. He Intend to pro ceed with it and have the validity ot thla amendment determined once for all. Start the Gossips. ' C. O Whedon appeara at attorney for Ryan In this action. The .ui.ti.. 1 these two gentlemen. In view r th.i. I r.aaUnal ... V' - vuuuecuon with phase ot tha I , " , J J . ' OM """'ted th suspicion - Fmyuaa was oecide on after tbe original filing of thla petition, and - ..v , .icua'tnso anotner report. Just after Judge Ryan lert th state house a story which has not bean nn.ui..i. ned- Kt out and lends additional color I ' anair. it goes on to say that Judge Ryan, who was an attorney tor some i me nartiey bendamen, became 'very much annoyed at th manifest hostility toward the movement to secure th passag of a bill to roleas these bondsmen from further obligation to tbe state and aought this means of retaliation. Then it Is re lated that when tbe action of tbe Judge reached the ear of rertaln prominent leg islators they avowed their determination ot securing an adjournment ot the session sine die. Attorney General Prout throw cold water on this latter report by saying, after a talk with Judge Ryan, that It was not the pur pose of the latter to enjoin tbe sate aud itor from paying the salaries of legislators, but that It waa necesasry to file this sort of a petition, worded In this manner. In order to lay the proper foundation for a suit In the supreme court for the purpose of testing this law. History of Amendment. In the fall of 1886 a constitutional amend ment was submitted to the people ot Ne braska proposing that the session of the legislature be Increased from tony to sixty days and tbe members' salaries from $3 to $5 a day. On tbe face of the returns the amendment wss carried, but three counties, Sioux, Loup and Blaine failed to send In any returns and the validity of the vote was questioned. Accordingly after the new legislature of 1887 had convened Governor Thayer, who then went into office, called upon all the county 'clerka to send In tbelr polling llsta and ballots and a committee ronalattug of Senators Paul Schmlnke and J. K. Vanderraark, Reprsseatatlvea W. J. Pemberton, K. E. White end W. U. Me Cann. was appointed to canvaas these re turns. Thor were.thn seventy-seven counties and seventy-fou-. or all but 'he three mentioned, complied with the gov ernor's demand. The ean.aae showed tbat pf the 138,788 votes c&st lo the ata'e tha: fall 188,121 were can on the ain'n.lmcnt, 72.1U7 for and 22.133 agalnat It, 27.778 bal lots being spoiled and IS. 011 eaat oa wblrh the amendment was Ignored. The amend ment was declared to have paaaed end Gov ernor Thayer, March 2, 187. lai'icd a proclamation to that effort. Still et n previous Joint aestlon of lh- leg'alature n report wss resrhed which held tbat th amendment had failed to pias and Governor Liawe la hla farewell address to Id legls-
