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Daily Bee. EST A It I, I SI I ET) JUNE 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, A I'll I L 4, 1003-TWEI.iVE PAGES. SINGLE ( OiY TIIKEE CENTS. The Omaha TELLS OF TRUST WAR Presif'.eat Decr'oe. S epe Taken to Curb Powen of Radons Combine. REVIEWS CASES TRIED BY COURTS GiaLn L-.tt NaitdoT. Amending and Gon-jres. Dkl that Wei List S:sii.n NT.W ACTC WILL B STRICTLY ENFORCED Attor;7 Ge.eral Ha Poirara Ha Girted on: 7 i 1 Use Teem. ROOS-.VELT TOURS IN WISCONSIN 11 Vlslta Madison, WluUnha nad Mil waukee, Helnf Greeted by Crowds Anxious to See aad Hear Him Everywhere. MADISON, Wis.. April 2 The special train carrying President Roosevelt and party arrived here at 4 o'clock this morn ing. The president remained on the train, rest ing until o'clock, when he was met by a party of state legislators and city officials. Leaded by Governor La Follette and Mayor Groves, and escorted to the capltol. At 9:20 o'clock the president was ushered Into the assembly ball of the capHol, where he addressed the legislature In Joint amnion and about 700 guests Invlt'd by card. The president made a second ad' dress to a large crowd not able through lack of room to gain admittance to the building, from a stand erected at the en trance. At the conclusion of the second speech the presldont was taken to the executlvo office, where for twenty minutes be held a reception for members of the legislature and stata officers. At 10:45, with the same escort of soldiers and officials, the presi dent returned to the special train, which pulled out for Milwaukee at 11 o'clock. Talks of Foreign Policy WAt'KESHA, Wla., April 8. The weather today was not auch as would have been chosen by cltlsene of Waukesha county at the time they were to welcome President Roosevelt, nevertheless the greeting ac corded him on his arrival at 12:60 was of an enthusiastic nature. He was received by a delegation of cltlsens, headed by Mayor Georgt Harding. The president said he was sorry to see reflections in the press or elsewhere from America on any foreign nation. "I don't believe the United States should ever suffer a wrong," he eoatlnued. "I would be the first that would resent a wrong from the strong, just aa I would be the first to In slot that we don't wrong the weak. I believe In the Monroe doctrine and as long as I am president It shall be lived up to, but I want the friendship of mankind. We wish well to the nations of mankind." Reception at Mllwaskee, . MILWAUKEE, April I. The president's special train reached Milwaukee at I thta . nirsrnoon. -A.receytteavxomraittee. headed ' by Mayor Rose received the distinguished guest and his party, who were Immediately driven to the National Soldiers' Home, where the 2,000 veterans were reviewed by the president,' who afterward addressed them from a bandstand. After leaving the Soldiers' . Home, the procession returned cityward, coming to a stop at the exposition building, where the president was formally welcomed on behalf of the elty by Mayor Rose. Ten thousand people had gathered to welcome him here. Later he was driven to the Deutscher club, where he was tendered a reception, then he went to the Press club, where he Inscribed his autograph in chalk on one ot the panels of the wainscoting, where are the names of many other notable men, and was made an honorary member of the club. Defines Position oa Trust Evil. In the evening he was the guest of the Milwaukee Merchants' and Manufacturers' association at a banquet at the Plsnklnton house, where, responding to the toast, "The President of the United States," took oc casion to enter somewhat fully into the trust problem. He said In part: "Today I wish to speak to you on the question of the control and regulation ot those great corporations which are popu larly, although rather vaguely, known as trusts; dealing mostly with what hrt" actu ally been accomplished in the vrnj ot leg islation and in the way of enforcement of legislation during the Fifty-seventh con gress. At the outset I shall ask you to re member that I do not approach the subjec either from the standpoint of those who speak of themselves aa anti-trust people, or from the standpoint of those who are fond of denying the existence of evils In the trusts, or who apparently proceed upon tb assumption that If a corporation la large enough it can do no wrong. "In consequence of the extraordinary in dustrial changes of the last half century, and notably of the last two or three de cades, changes due mainly to the rapidity and complexity of our industrial growth we are confronted with problems which In their present shape were unknown to our forefathers. Our great prosperity, with It accompanying concentration f population and of wealth, Its extreme specialization of faculties, and its development of glan Industrial leaders, has brought much good and sonic evil, and It Is as foolish to ignore the good as wilfully to blind ourselves to the evil. Social ( home Intensifies ICvil. "The evil has been partly the inevitable accompaniment of the social changes, and where tr-ia la tho case It can be cured neither by law nor by the administration of the law, the only remedy lylnfc In the slow chai"je of character and of economic environment. Ilut for a portion of the evil, at least, wo think that remedies can be found. We know well the danger of false remedies, and we are against all violent, radical and unwise change. But we be lieve that by proceeding slowly, yet reso lutely, with goad sense and moderation, and also with a Arm determination not to be swerved from our course either by fool ish clamor or by any bane or sinister In fluence, we can accomplish much for the betterment of conditions. "In its wisdom congress, at its last session, enacted the important law providing a department of commerce and labor, and turthtr pro viding therein under the secretary of com merce and labor for a commissioner of corporations, charged with the duty of supervision of and of msking Intelligent Investigation into the organization end con duct ef corporations engaged in interstate commerce. His powers to expose illegal or hurtful practices and to obtain all In- formation needful for the purposes of fur ther intelligent leglslatl-m stem adequate; tod the publicity Justifiable and proper Continued on Fourth Page ) SNOW TEARS DOWN WIRES I hlrago I Almttit Isolated by Wlntrf April Unit Vessel Men oa Warned. 4 CHICAOO, A. '7 ' ' city was almost entirely cut off tit 'r , -'h communica tion with the outsit. ' ' ' the result u u euni.'i wiitiii iiirKr. 'ue .i j 1 . - . . . . . VI .1. ...lu part or iui art oTjinpa. . mgn northeast wic.l, rthuLiLg the cot a talc. A heavy (all of wet snow caused the tele- gr.".,h Aires to go down in all directions and covered the streets with two Inches of klusa which made foot progress extremely I (Ul'-'Ult. V In- temperature was near the freezing point. Danger signals are displayed on the lake cd vessel men have been warned not to mntuTm nut nffinl.l ..h.. fTltinn re tor a continuance of the stor through- ! at the night. TOPEKA, Kan., April 1. Reports today from over the state Indicate a general fall of snow ranging from one to three Inches. soaking rsin which preceded the snow. together with mlid temperature, caused It to melt rapidly. It is believed no damage to crops or live stock will result, telegraph and telephone wires being the only suf ferers. ST. JOSEPH, April 8. Many telegraph nd telephone wires are down as a result f a precipitation of heavy, wet snow here t an early hour this morning. The street railway lines are also suffering from fallen wires. WASHINGTON. Ind., April 3. A destruc tive hurricane swept across Southern In- lana today, blowing down the old Chris tian church and doing (25,000 damage. ALEXANDRIA, Ind., April 8. During a storm here this afternoon Oscar Commlns was perhaps fatally injured and his 10-year-old daughter was instantly killed, a ree being blown upon them aa they were passing along the highway. ENGLISH, Ind., April 8 In a tornado that struck three miles west of here at noon today Mrs. George Cunningham was killed and hef 10-year-old sou .suffered a fractured skull. Their house was blown down upon them. The path of the storm was 100 yards wld and a mile long. Three farm houses were destroyed. A farm hand was perhaps fatally Injured In a falling barn. BRIBER IS NEATLY CAUGHT i Sew York Lawyer Offers Cash for In dictments Against Client Jerome Carrlea scheme Through. NEW YORK. April 8. George Edward Mills, the business partner of Dr. Richard Flower's son, was arrested today for at tempting to bribe Assistant District At torney Garvan. who la prosecuting Dr. Flower. It Is alleged he offered Mr. Gar van 11,750 for the Ave original indictments against Flower. Mills was held in 15,000 ball. Acting District Attorney Schurman made the following statement In reference to the case: ' , ' . On March 80 a man purporting to repre- sent George E. Mills, one of R. C. Flower's lawyers, came to Mr. uarvan s omce, say ing Mr. Mills wanted to meet htm' with a view of makine? a money DroDosltion to In duce him to ret rid at .the chara-ea pending agalnat R. C. (Swr and to make 4 favor able report declaring tnat tne lacs Mr. Qsganun died from natural causes. Mr. Garvan Immediately brought the man be fore District Attorney Jerome, wno tooK charge of the matter from that time on. At District ABtorney Jerome a direction Detective Sergeant Brindley met Mllla, whi offered him 12.000 to obtain the orlgfnal in dictments against Flower and deliver them to Mills, to De destroyed in nis presence. Today Brindley met Mil's at a restaurant and Mills gave him 11.600, say'.ng the money was to he given to Mr. uarvan; also xou for Brindley personally, saying that he had J'.'oO more which he would keep for himself. Brindley then delivered to Mills the live original Indictments against Flower, which District Attorney Jerome had procured for that purpose w'th the permission of the court. He then at once arretted Mills and called witnesses who were In the restaurant at the time and In their presence regained potsebsion of the Ave Indictments. PATRIOTISM AGAINST CANAL Colombian Congressman Opposes Treaty as Heaping Indignity oa His Coaatry, COLON, April 3. Alexandria Orellac, one of the ministerial congressmen for the isthmus, is opposing the Panama canal treaty on the ground that it Is better to suffer poverty than Indignity. He says Colombia should do Its utmost to facilitate the opening of the canal, but patriotism rejects the sale of a single foot of the isthmus, and scorns to allow a for eign government to exercise Its Jurisdic tion over territory received aa a free legacy from Ita forefathers. FAKE REPORTER IS SHOT Mexicans Kxecnte Xevvapaper Ms Who Leads Yaqula oa In- human Raids. TUCSON. Arlx., April 8. The Mexican Herald published a report of the capture and execution ot John Dyer, an Arizona newspaper man, who recently proclaimed himself leader ot the Yaquis in Sonora. Dyer, during his brief leadership of the Yaquis, earned the name of "El Renegado," on account of his alleged inhuman cruelty to Mexican women aid white men. He was for a time a newspaper rorru. pondent at Cananea and sent out many sensational stories of alleged Yaqul uprisings. ALLIES ASK STILL MORE CASH Drmaud Costa of Venesnelan Bloek ade If Preferential Treat ment Is Refaaed. WASHINGTON, April 3. Mr. Bowen and the allies' represedtatlves resumed the Venezuelan negotiations today. The three European powers asked that they receive the costs of the blockade in the event ot The Hague tribunal refusing their claims for preferential treatment. This Mr. Bowen refused to consider and it was agreed tha his answer be . cabled to Europe. INDICTS COMMISSION BROKERS ( hli SKO Grand Jury Calls oa Seve Klrina to Answer for Ran. nlag Bucket 8 ho pa. CHICAGO. April 8 As a result of a bit ter fight among members of the Chicago Board ot Trade over the question of "put sn 1 calls" the grand Jury has voted seven indictments against commission houses for running bucketshops. No bills will be returned till tomorrow when the seven men will be called upon t give bonds for their appearance in court Not Liable te Duty. SYDNKY. N. 8. .. April 3 The su I. re me cojrt has iledded that goois lin ported for the state government sre no liable to commonwealth Import duties. FORAKER FINDS COMPETITION Cec'arei Union and Southern Paoiflo Boadi RiTal Claimant! for Traffia. CHANGED SCHEDULES AFFECT OTHER Harrlmen C'nn Divert Business by Altering Mates and Take Over Roads He Bnllda with Other's Money. NASHVILLE. Tenn., April 8. The South ern Pacific case was concluded today and Judge Lurton reserved Judgment. Senator Foraker, continuing his argument for the complainant, ssid the suit wss not bl'uht New York bec,u"' actlon. cou!d not be brought against a corporation in a district where it had no residence. Question of Competition. Proceeding, he quoted an affidavit by Traffic Manager Stubbs to show that traffic could be diverted from the Southern Pa clflo by the Union Pacific charging Its tariffs, and claimed that that made them competing lines. While there were allegations in the bill, be continued, which had not been supported by evidence, there was not one recklessly or Idly made. ' The defendanta had said they had no Intention of severing the Cen tral from the Southern Pacific, yet they bad spent 820,000,000 In Improving It. They wanted a through transcontinental . line from Chicago to San Francisco. Certain improvements had been made, but not one word had been said in court concerning them. The earnings of the Southern Pa cific were being spent on Improvements. One could not help thinking that if the Union Pacific had no Idea now of acquiring the Central Pacific, the time might come when it would think of it, and should It decide to aever it from the Southern Pa cific, it could be done in five minutes by a resolution adopted at a meeting of the directors. He contended It was not necessary for the complainants to show that the defendants were doing wrong, but to show that they might do It In changing tariff rates that would work a detriment to the Southern Pacific. He said the Important queatlon was re straining the Union Pacific from voting the Southern Pacific atock at the annual meet ing. He contended that the two roads were competitors and ' that the tendency was toward centralization and monopoly. Judge Lurton announced that he would file his decision on Monday. Ranter ef a Settlement. NEW YORK, April 8. It was rumored i Wall street late thta afternoon that Kuhn, Loeb Co. and J. P. Morgan Co. had taken over the pool stock In the South, ern Pacific Mr. Keene's son-in-law and brother aald they did not believe that the report was true. A subsequent recovery In Southern Pacific from 55 4 to 60 waa attributed to the arrangement alleged to bave been mads. DISSOLUTION , NOT DENIED Irian secretary Holds Oat Hew Olrve . ' Branch fey Erin and L'alted, States, LONDON, April 3. Viscount Cranborne, under secretary for foreign affairs, speak ing at St. Albans tonight, said though he did not believe a dissolution of the House of Commons waa imminent, the unionist party ought to be prepared for all contin gencies. Mr. Wyndham, chief secretary for Ire land, speaking at Manchester, declined to believe the Irish land bill would be repudt ted. Ireland had ' not enjoyed the op portunttlea at ' the disposal of the other parts of the empire. Partly because In 1881 Parliament, instead of giving It Justice gave it litigation. Furthermore, the last fifty or sixty years, the age of steam and coal, had not been happy or profitable for Ireland, a country lacking in mineral wealth. Apart from the Justice of the case, It waa to England's intereat that Ireland should have a fair opportunity to develop its agriculture. "In time of peace Ireland was Britain's best customer and . In war time, when everything wouM depend on control of the sea, It would be well to have a big meat aupply in Ireland. Every true Imperialist wisned Ireland to be a bridge and not chasm between England and Canada, and wun tanaaa be would aasoclate their kinsmen in the United Statea and for even an outside chance of attaining that object it was worm while to make an effort." Assent naving Deen given to a nollcv of agrarian peace, he was hopeful that the result of the Irish land bill would be something they could contemplate with pleasure. PENNSYLVANIA MINERS STRIKE Claim Lehigh Valley Coninanw I. Breaking State Law and Dlacrlm inatlng Against I'nlon. ALTOONA, Pa., April 8. What promises to be one of the most bitterly contested strikes ever known in the central Pennsyl vania bltumtnour coal fields has been In augurated at the mines ot the Lehigh Val ley company at snowsboe. Pa. The company. It Is alleged, has refused to allow a check welghman on the tipple annougn nis presence is compulsory, ac coraing to tne state law, if the miners desire to put him there. The miners' of flcials also say the company haa discharge nity men tor joining the union. John Mitchell haa wired District Presi dent Patrick Ollday to contest the strike to a finish. S00 MAY INVADE NEBRASKA Canadlaa Pacific's American Feeder Considers Building Many New Branches. NEW YORK. April 8 President Lowrey of the Soo line was asked tonight if bis line Intended to build southwest through the Dakotas into the Nebraska territory. "All our plans have not been announced," he replied. "We will do some building this year and always keep Minneapolis and 8t. Paul supremacy In the northwest In mind." CAR KILLS TWO CHILDREN Angry Crowd Gathers Around Threatens to Lynch the Motornaa n. aad CHICAGO. April 3. Walter Kruger, aged 8 years, was killed and hla 10-year-old sis ter Ella, who was leading him, was fatally Injured by a rapidly moving Wentworth avenue car last night. A crowd afterward threatened to lynch the ujotormaa and conductor. WRIGHT IS NOT TO RESIGN Denies tors la Washington Paper Relative t R. B. Clark v- ot Iowa. (From Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. April 8. (Special Tele gram.) The evening Times prints a story to the effect that E. E. Clark of Cedar RuplJs. la., president rf the Order of Railway Conduct: rj, nhi is understood to bo slated for the assistant secretaryship of the department of commerce and labor. Is not to take that position, but Is to be given tho office ot commissioner of labor, to succeed Carroll D. Wright, who is soon to reslsn. Careful Inquiry 'lcolght, however, fa led to substantiate this statement. Com missioner Wright said be could only speak 'for himself aad would say that be has no intention of resigning his present position before the expiration of his present terra of office. Mr. Wright's term will not ex pire until February. 1903. Secretary Cortelyou disclaims any knowl edge cf the president's Intention regarding Mr. Clark. Postmasters appointed: Iowa, L. C. Tay lor, Rider, Polk county. Scttth Dakota, Al bert J. Hilton. Erwta. Kingsbury county; August Low, Erwtn, Dcual county; George Wooley, Otto, Roberts County; Alfred Nel- ou, Peever, Roberta county. Wyoming, Mahr.la J. Lavetng, Ostus,- Crook county. The postofficesat MUtedgcvllle, Appaaoose county, Confidence, Mayne ., county, and Walnut City, Appanoose county, la., have been discontinued. Rural letter carriers appointed: Iowa, Des Moines, Harvey. A. Jones, regular; Sam L. Jones, substitute. South Dakota, Web ster, Jacob Halverson, regular: August Blank, substitute, i; Dr. W. D. Shields has been appointed ponsion examiner surgeon at Holdrege, Neb. The Second National hank Of Dubuque haa been approved , as reserve agent for the Anamosa National bank of Anamosa, Cedar Rapids National of Cedar Rapids for First National of Clatlor, Citizens' Na tional of Cedar Rapids for First Nationals of Outlier, Marshalltowa and Oelwetn. Too tle-Lemon National of St. Joseph, Mo., for Shenandoah National of Shenandoah, la. Captain Guy JC..B. Smith, Fourth In fantry, haa been ordered to Fort Russell, Wyo., for dutyl . ' ' STERNBERG PRAISES NAVY Hopes for Peaveefnl Rivalry Between Germany and Aaeriea While -Landtag War Engine. HARTFORD, Conn., April 8. Baron Speck von Sternberg waa the guest of honor this evening at the annual banquet of the Hartford Yacht club. He responded to the toast, "The German Nation and Its Em peror, the Noblest .Yachtsmen of the World," saying In part: ' 'Above all It la the love of the Sea and ita dangers which breed a virile race. Nobody understood this better than the Germ in emperor when he began to add a powerful navy to his already powerful army. . It was you to wnom ne looked when be felt the need of a crat which only America's nautical genius was able to create, a craft to improve the skill of his crews and to spread the love ot f ha aea among his peo ple. . ,A - tv" Your words of ici s"lor ths Oorrvan army and navy I heartily reciprocate.' .The navy ot tne United states now commands the admiration of the nations. Its fighters and writers, ita material and the person ality and spirit of ita crews have empha sized America's position as a great world power. nope tnat tne relations Detween our two great -nations may grow closer and friend lier, we asa ror what you ash; fair play and goodwill. Rivalry we need, rivalry we want. Hut let us hope that In all our fu ture contests the same love of fair play and Justice may prevail which so far has char acterized our dealings and which has found so strong an expression in the keen con test between the yachtsmen of America and the yaohtsmen of Great Britain for the STRANGER COMMITS SUICIDE Aaka Dealer to Show Him Revolver and Shoots Himself with the Weapon, UNION, Neb., April 8. (Special Tele gram.) An unidentified man committed aulcide in Dean'a store here today by shoot lng himself In the breast. He came to town and f'-st went into Clark's barber shop, asking for work and saying he waa a barber and had worked In Omaha. Ho shaved himself and aoon afterward went to Dean'a store and asked to be shown some revolvers. He took up a thirty-eight cali ber and filled it with cartridges and as Mr. Dean turned away the man fired the shot from which he died forty minutea later. Just befire death he became conscious and, being asked to tell his name and where he was from, he would only answer Iowa. . Iu hla pockets were a few small articles, one a vest pocket book. In which was written, "Charles Kelley, Freeport, 111;" also a small empty purse bearing the advertise ment of M. J. Conway, Oelweln, la. He was about 35 years old, dark hair, slightly curly, light gray eyes and weighed about 150 pounds. There are no other means of Identification. Citizens of Union have ar ranged for funeral aervlcea and proper burial tomorrow. QUARANTINE AGAINST KANSAS Action to Be Promptly Taken it Hoof and Month Disease Ei. tsts There. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 3. (Special.) The tttm,ntB In the mnmlnr Danera that the live stock sanitary commission of Kansas waa considering means of suppressing the foot and mouth disease near Concordia has created activity here. Governor Mickey to- day, at the suggestion of State Veterinarian Thomas, telegraphed Oovernor Bailey of Kansas for a statement regarding the preva lence ot the disease. If Kansas Is Infected with the disease Nebraska will Immediately quarantine against that state. "The hoof and mouth disease," aald a prominent veterinarian, "is not as danger ous aa many people imagine. It la, how ever, very contagious. It effects the mouth and hoofs ot stork and usually runs Its course In two weeks. However, everything possible should be done to keep It out ot Nebraska." TROOPS RETURNFROM ISLANDS Transport Thomas Lands Ten Gen erals and KBO Soldiers at 'Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO. April 8 The trans port Thomas arrived from Manila today with Brigadier General F. D. Baldwin and Brigadier General M. C. Foots,' &K2 en listed men of the Twenty-fifth, Twenty seventh, Thirty-first and Tfirty-sixth bat. terles of coast artillery anl ihe Fourteenth and Fifteenth batteries of field artillery. There were also 1S3 discharged soldiers, 118 casuali and thlny-slx sick soldiers. . MURDERED BY HOLDUP MEN Bert Fornrj of Council Bluffs Shot and In stantly Killed in Sii Ealoon. MEN WHO DO SHOOTING MAKE ESCAPE No Cine to Their Identity and Only Witness of Trngeily Too Mnrh Frldbtrned to Give a Good Description of Them. Bert Forney was shot and instantly killed In Council Bluffs last night by two robbers. Fcrncy wnB sitting in his saloon at 1028 West Broadway, Just east of the Northwestern depot, at 10:30, playing a game of cards with James Chaney. There was no one else In or about the place at the time. The two holdup men entered the rear door of the place and the first th occu pants knew of their presence was the csm mand "Hold up your hands." Instead of complying Forney made a move as If to draw a revolver from bis hip pocket and the robbers immediately opened fire. The first shot went wide of the mark, pneslng through tho stove, near which Forney and Chaney were altting, tho ball Imbedding itself in the woodwork of the building. Chshey rolled off his chair on the floor as though shot and the robbers paid no further attention to him. Forney, how ever, Jumped up and star. 3d to run for the front door. The robbers fired two more shots at him, both of which took effect. With the ' exclamation, "Oh, my God," Forney fell and apparently expired in stantly, at least he was dead when the first persons reached his side and was not beard to speak again after making the one exclamation. The body fell partly in the room occupied by the saloon and partly it a hallway into which a side door opens. Forney'a 1 revolver waa found on the floor ucder his body, but It had not been dis charged. Mnrderera Disappear. Immediately after the shooting the two robbers ran out the back door, making no effort to take anything from the saloon. After passing out the door they disappeared aa completely as though the earth had swallowed them up, not the least trace of them having been secured. Immediately after their departure Chaney ran out and gave the alarm. Among the first to respond was Sheriff Cousins, who had been atandlng only a block away, and being attracted by the shots, had already started tor the scene. The police were also notified at once, but neither they nor the sheriff have been able to secure the least clue aa to the Identity of the murderers or their whereabouta. Coroner Treynor waa also among the early arrivals and had the body of Forney taken to Cutler's un dertaking rooma. Chaney waa so badly frightened that he was able to give only a meager description of the .murderers. - He aaya one of them was short and thick set, the other somewhat- taller. . Both were ahabbtly dresaod. wore -black slouch hats, 'handkerchiefs partly over their faces . and had no oyer' coats. ' i i , . ,-' . Ballet oea Thrsirt 'itedy..- The bullet which - evidently caused Forney's death struck him under the right shoulder, passing clear through the bodyt oomlng out of the left breast and lodged In the muscles of the arm. Indicationa are that It passed through both lungs and possibly the heart. The other shot struck him in the hip. Last evening was the first time for over a year that Forney had been on duty after supper, but he came down on that occa sion to allow his bartender to attend a social gathering. He leaves a wife, but no children. He is well known In the city. having been engaged In the saloon business here "for a number ot years ' The police of Omaha and South Omaha have been notified and the local force, aided by the sheriff ' and members of hia staff, are working on the case, but with the meager clues at their command there is no Immediate prospect of locating the raw derera. Late last night the police obtained a clue , nuit.u use. kiiiiumivij j , v. t j ) , vhiut. it u . . .Vlnh maw ultima, alu v-n;m. M !,, A XTnl i Lebovltx, who runs a email clothing store at 609 south Main street. Informed them j that yesterday afternoon late he sold two i red handkerchiefs, one each to two men whose - description tallies with that given by Chaney of the murderers. SHOOTING. MAYJPR0VE FATAL Pat Jackson Seriously if Not Fatally Wonnds H. J. Wnlker of Wray, Colo. Waving a smoking revolver in his hand, Pat Jackson walked into the police station shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday evening. "I've come to give myself up," he said, breathing heavily. "I JuBt shot a man." The shooting was In Garrlty's saloon at the Intersection of Tenth street and Capl tol avenue and the wounded man, 11. J. Walker of Wray, Colo., waa rushed from there to the police station in the patrol wagon, and after an examination and tem porary dressing was sent to the Clarkson hospital. His condition ia very grave and at a late hour last night he was reported from the hospital as being very low. He waa twice wounded, one bullet entering the left breast on a line with the nipple and an Inch and a bait toward the center of the breaat. The other entered the neck on the right side, and both remained In j the body. j At the time of the shooting the saloon "as crowded with customers and loungers, white and black, men and women. These i fled to escape the necessity of testifying, i dui ueorge wrigni or uio jones street Gladys King' of 2911 Ames avenue, Mrs. W. F. Garrlty of 123 North Tenth Btreet and Jesse Able of .21 North Fifteenth street, the bartender, were arrested and held as state witnesses. Jackson was charged with shooting with Intent to kill. The wounded man has been In the city or three or four weeks aDd baa been spending a good deal of money about the Third ward, especially In Garrlty's place. Last night,-according to statements of the witnesses who were examined by Captain Haze, Walker was rather drunk and very abusive. Jackson Is a porter in the saloon and plays tKe guitar there. Shortly before the shooting Walker, who ia a cattleman, got to telling ot his exploits in the west, using rather a boastful tone. Jackson, who was listening from across the room, Joined In. Walker, according to these wit nesses, then turned on the negro nod ap plied all the vile epithets he could think ot to him. Jackson repeated an assertion Just made, whereupon the rancher threat ened to throw him out of doors. "You don't do any such thing." exclaimed the colored man, Jumping to his feet and stepping forward. He then bred the two shots and Walker tell to one knee, bit (Continued on Second Paae.l CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast tor Nebmskn--Kulr nnd Warmer Saturday; Sunday Kjilr, Kxcept Probably Bhowers in North Portion. Temperature n llninha yesterdnyl Honr. Pea. R a. m ..... . H'Jt O a. m 1 T a. in KO H a. m 3 ! n. m HJ 10 a. in nn 11 a, in an 1 m i;t Hoar. 1 P. X P. !l p. 4 P. n p. (I p. T p. H p. O p. Deg. 4T ri no 411 47 4H 43 TAKE FAREWELL SHOT AT KARR Omaha View Improvers Pass a He no tation Denouncing Coun cil's Action. Resolved, That It is the sense of this club that vte denounce the nctlon of the Omaha city council In Its fuilnre ami re fusal to convene and vote for the orll nunce which provides foe the suumirslon to the public of an ordinance which pro. vldes fur the ownership or the electric light privileges for the city of Omaha, ini.l that we are uralterably oppnned to their conduct and re?une lo vote lor and sup- ?ort anyone who was Instrumental In de rating the same. The above resolution wns the sharp stick with which the Omaha View Improvement club members Friday evening prodded their council representative, Councilman Karr, as a parting salute for the manner iu which he had ignored tholr requests, and alno th) council as a whole. The resolution, which caused a very rapid flro of bitter denun ciation to be heaped upon the councilman's bead, and which met with continuous out bursts of applause and approval, was unani mously and vigorously adopted. W. F. Johnson of the North Omaha Im provement club, who was present, spoke upon the future of Omaha and referred to one cause for the slow progress tho city Is making as being tho discrimination em ployed by the railroads In freight, rates to this city, giving lower rates to other cities In adjoining states. He also referred to the conditions which prevail In the council, and by which the people are being shoved Into the background that the greed of the corporations might be satiated. A lengthy and liberal discussion upon municipal conditions was then entered into by. the members present. STR0HMYERS ARE BOUND OVER Held to District Court to Answer Charge of Kidnaping Lora Yonng. Robert and Albert Strohmyer were ar raigned before Judge Berka yesterday on the charge of kidnaping little Lora Young on March 30. The complaint con tains two counts, the abduction of the child and her removal from the state. When they were brought, from the cell room the prlsonera father and aon were beaming with smiles and confidence. In the court room they were met by the wife of the elder Strohmyer, who busied herself with giving, them suggestions during the time they were waiting to be arraigned. After hearing the oomplalnt read both Btrohmyers pleaded not guilty and expected to have a preliminary hearing at once.'. The delayed jtrrlval .ot tbelr attorney. Mr.. Ben jamin., from Counctl Bluffs slightly disar ranged their plana, for he immediately asked that tbey waive examination and be' bound over. To this they consented and they were held to the district court for trial under $800 bonds each. They expect to secure bonds. Mrs.' Pearl Strohmyer, who waa arrested In connection with the kidnaping, has been released from custody, as the evidence against her is Insufficient. In district court Judge Estelle yesterday afternoon accepted William Wallace .as surety on the 8800 bonds provided by the Stromyers. M'DONALD WINSJHE CONTEST Judge Kstelle Holds that I.obeck Was Defeated by One Lonely Vote. The district court count of the ballots in the McDonald-Lobeck contest for the com misslonership of the Fifth commissioner district was concluded yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock and results In McDonald's vic tory by a plurality of one. Lobeck is given 2,613 votea and McDonald, the republican incumbent, 2,614. Attorney L. J. Piattl, one of Lobeck'e attorneys, said last evening: "It was so clcse a contest that it was a hard one to lose, but Judge Estelle treated us with ab solute fairness throughout and we feel that we were defeated fairly. Whether or not an appeal will be taken I cannot tell yet. EXPLOSION ENTOMBS SCORES Ga niowe Ip In Wllkesharre Mine. Temporarily Imprisoning lluu dred and Kilty Miners. WILKESBARRE, Pa,, April 3. An explo sion of gas occurred this afternoon In No. 5 mine of the Lehigh and Wllkesbarre Coal company In the southern part of this city and 150 men were temporarily entombed. A force of volunteers was quickly organized and brought them all to the surface within half an hour. The explosion waa caused by a miner with a naked lamp running into a body of goa. Several doors were blown down. Succeeding the exploKloc there was a slight fire in one of the working chambers, but this was speedily extinguished. Apart from the wrecked doors and airways no other damage waa done to the mine. Movements of Ocean Vessel April S. At New York Arrived Koenlg Lulso. from Havre; iJeutsrhland, from Hamburg. K:. nti.tikii and 1 'hcrhoure. At i-'ontn r errariu i-m'sen i-ommon- wealth, from Hosu.n. f-r Genoa nnd VarliH. At Punnet Head Passed Nlcohil fn.in New York, fnr C'dii-nhaern. etc. IU, At Hutt of I jew Is Piiaaed Norge, from New York, for I'hrlntianl ami Copenhagen. At The I.Izard PassudKyndam, from New York, toi" Kotteruam. At Genoa Arrived Trojan Trinoe, from New York Al Hrowhrad Panned Oeorgic, frim New York, for Liverpool. A 1 Llverpi ol Arrived Cedrlc, from New York. SailedCanadian, fur New York. At St MlchnelH Arrived t.'ommonw'-alth, from i(ort(;ii. lor fietii;i and Naples. Al Loudon Arrived - l.ixi.r, I n i fan Franclnro. via Valparaltt , Montev'de i, -tc, for llunilmrg. .. . At Halifax Arrived Sardinian, from Glacijow. Al Huston Arrived Saxoida, from Liver pool and Ji;eenntuwn. At I)iiiiKet,iii'S-.t'iied Luxor, f'ftn Pa 1 Francisco: Tocoplllu, from Valparalno, etc., via 'fine rifle, f r Hamburg. At Svdnev. N. S. V. Arrived Aoranvl, from Vancouver, via Honolulu and bane. At Anl werp Arrived -Nederlaml. llrls- from Philadcirria. At tlla-aow Arrived Pon?ranlsn, from New York: H'inis.irlan from Hewnn. At Movllle Sal'ed-FurneHi-la. from fllan gow. for New York; Tunisian, rer S1. J ih ., N. B. Al Auckland Arrive,'-P in m;.!. fr m ia Fnnclbco, via Honolulu, fur ;U .,, N. a W. MAXIMUM RATES DEAD House Eefu'ci to Take Up the Billi for En forcement of the Lawi KENNEDY MAKES FIGHT fCR MCASL'RES Nineteen of the I.trublieai Mombere Stand with Hia in Fkht. SOME REPUBLICANS SAY IT IS POLITICS Same Cry as Aga'ci: Calfiwell Amendment to Rerenne Bill. FRIENDS CHARGE LOBBY WITH THE DEFEAT Governor Is Having the Revenue Hill Carefully Compnred Before Signing It to Avoid Possi hllity ot Error. MAX1MTM RATE enforcement bills klllei In the house after a spirited d-bate. SOI TH OMAHA CHAK'lKll b 11 passed by tho serc.te. SA LAKY APPROPRIATION BILL consid ered in committee of the whole or tne senate end reductions made by th sand Iuk committee concurred in with few ex- pilous. RKVKNt'E BILL being carefully com pared with original copy In gsvernor's Oilieo before signing to make sure It Is correct. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., April 3. (Special Tele gram.) -The house and senate made great progress today In their race against'time. The een.ite finally recommended for paa sage the salaries appropriation bill, cut ting it down between $40,000 and $45,000. The house after a somewhat spirited fight precipitated by Kennedy of Douglas, re fuged to advance two of his bills contem plating the enforcement of ths maximum freight rates law. This body departed from Ita recent rule and held no night session, but adopted a resolution to prolong Satur day's session until midnight. There Is some talk ot a brief session Sunday, but the governor and others are bitterly op posed to this and It probably will not p. out. The senate, in Its course of retrenchment, may kill the wolf bounty bill, appropriating $40,000 for - old claims. This la the talk now. The Idea Is to taka this money for the establishment of the new normal school, provided for In house resolution No. 1, whose appropriation haa been out from $100,000 to $40,000. The senate amended the bill so as to locate this school near tha sixth principal meridian as originally pro vided. - In the line of reducing appropriations tha senate today clipped off the $33,000 for. a library building from the Peru normal school bill and left only the $43,000 for ths chapel. When the blil was la the house It waa generally agxeed that If either Item should be cut out It certainly should be tha chapel. Tha friendsx and opponents ot the bill agreed that the school could, far better do without , the chapel- tor another tw years -than the library building. Ths pres- la, a K ..1.1 4-m- -tt-lnVvlilrik .1 is Bfttd to be a fl.ro, trap..- ; .;..'.. The senate today .also passed the South Omaha charter bill, i . The general revenue bill was algned by the speaker ot tht, house and president of senate and la now In the' governor's hands. Tarn Down Kennedy Bill. The effort to the advancement of bills for the enforcement of the maximum freight rate law waa defeated. The circumstances furnished almost a repetition of those at tending the effort to attach 'the Caldwell amendment to the general revenue bill; the fustoniets were charged with promoting the scheme pitmarlly for the purpoae of maKiDg political capuai. Like the Caldwell amendment, Kennedy's motion today was supported by republicans as well as fuslonlsts, but the came declara tion Is made now. that was made when the Caldwell amendment was under fire: "Had the fuslonlsts not promulgated thla as a fusionlst scheme, had they entered Into the fight upon the broad principle ot atate, In stead of party aggrandizement, the result might have been different," It will be re. membered that It was popularly conceded that had the minority In the house not raised the hue and cry that the Caldwell amendment, drawn up and Introduced by republicans, was their measure, the amend ment certainly would have carried. Tho proposition to enforce the maximum freight rates law had many frlende In the houso, as the result of the vote showed, but it actually Md even more than that, Tho roll call shows that, a motion by I Thomnson of Merrick lo table Kennedy's j .io ll d vi u : iuu w v .. i -- - supported by thirty-nine republicans, and that It was lost because forty-seven, twenty-stven republicans and twenty fusionltts, voted against It. Four fusion lets did not vote. It will be seen, there fore, thHt the fuslonlsts did not lend their full support to this movement, Just as waa the ca3e with the Caldwell amendment, and that more republlcana actually voted for the motion than fuslonlsts. . When It came to Kennedy's motion to ad-, vance the bills, forty-seven voted against and thirty-nine for it. The line-up showed nineteen republicans and twenty fuslonlsts for it. indicating that some skilful scro ta! lc feats had been performed. Yli-ivs of Itepulillpnn Members. A republican member, speaking of ths affairs this morning, said: "I regret that such a good movement as this should be mada tho victim of partisan Sidfibhness. That rrl of lculslation never will succeed. Tho fuslonlsts, no matter what may be said to tuo contrary, precipi tated this fight for the purpoHe ef getting i RVervbody on record ana raaKing' wasi po- h,.n(.mnbp ou, ot u .h,.y could and they know this to be a fact better than anyone else. They did the same thing In the case of the Caldwell amendment. They conceived the Caldwell amendment and the effort to enforce tho maximum freight rates, for tho purpose of being popular with the masses and t-el their designs accordingly- Now anybody who Is fair minded will admit 'hat this Is not the way ! to go about getting good laws. No party ! Is going to be clubbed ln'o lino by Its ad- versary, especially when the latter'a pur i pose Is ihorouRbly understood. Does not ' everybody know perfectly well that had the : fuBienists really been as anxious to bring j about this legislation aa they pretended, they would not havo antagonized the ma i Jority as thy did; that Instead of trying to I force the majority In line as a party to the ; aolf.Kb schemes of the minority, they would I nave uu"nt tQis unlou upon the plane of real siatesinanrblp? "Th majority has erred in this legisla ture: It has done much that no doubt would hve been better left undone, but whatever i of virtue went out of it. It certainly did not j take if'i; !n the fuslonlsts. I don't be i lieve lite minority members will be able