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PICKS WRONG CllURCIl
ii stake Eendi President to FV.igiotu
Ecrrxea Twice in 8ingle Daj.
COMMITTEE SELECTS WRONG SECT
Eo'ds Him Lutheran When He Eepctrei
Dntoh Be ormed Church.
ROOSEVELT SPENDS DAY AT SIOUX FALLS
Tares Nestled Beit Though Acknowledging
Growd'i E?gf Oration-
LAYS DOWN NEW RULE FOR SP.'AKING
Will not Brain A.er Bi.lO and Always
Retire at 10 O'Clock Intll Hla
Tour ia Ended In
lane.
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D., April 6. President
Roosevelt U the guest of Sioux Fall ani
will remain so until 9:10 tomorrow room
inn. His special train arrived here about
( l his morning, when he was met by a
delegation headed by Mayor O. W. Burn
aide, Btste Senator A. H. Stitea and Sen
ator Klttredge.
The president was escorted to the Cat
aract house by. detachments of the two
militia companies here and enjoyed a day
of comparative rest, the first since the trip
began.
He attended church both In the morning
and evening and In the afternoon went for
a horseback ride, accompanied by Seth Bul
lock, superintendent of the Black Hills
forest reserve.
The fact that President Roosevelt at
tended divine service twice today was due
to a mistake on the part of the local com
mittee. The committee had the Iraprcs
aion that the president was a member of
the German Lutheran church and accord
ingly arranged- to have blm attend that
church this morning. Later, when It was
learned that he worshiped at the Dutch
Reformed church, arrangements were made
to hare services held In the evening at the
Livingston Reformed church here. While It
Is not the custom ol the president to attend
services on Sunday evening, he consented
to make an exception today when the facts
were presented to him.
. The services this morning were con
ducted by Rev. Hoi-man Sell, president of
the German-English college at Welton, la.,
who came here for that purpose. The Ger
man language was used throughout. Ow
ing to the fact that both In Milwaukee and
Minneapolis the length of the program did
not permit the president to reach his car
until after midnight, he has been obliged
to announce that hereafter he will, Jn the
evening, not begin speaking later than 8:30,
and always will be back in his car by 10.
He will adhere atlclly to this rule.
A pickpocket tried to work his game In
the crowd gathered In front of the Lutheran
church this morning. Just as the president
was about to enter the edifice a man who
gave his name as O. W. Karl abstracted
l2a"from",.he iAckr 6f A. Docketader. a
resident of this city. . He was detected tn
the act, but before he could be seized he
handed the money to a confederate, Xho
disappeared. Earl was arrested.
Dynamite Will Boom Welcome.
BAN FRANCISCO, April 6. In the Yo
aemtte valley President Roosevelt will be
given a salute by a battery of dynamite
cartridges. The walls of the valley are S.000
feet sheer, and the report of a toy pistol
within them reverberates like a aeries of
volleys by heavy artillery. The explosion
of dynamite cartridges Is expected to pro
duce extraordinary results. An enormous
bonfire will be built on tho overhanging
rock of Glacier point. The great mass of
lire will be the crown over the side of the
projecting rocks to the bottom of the valley,
1,000 feet below.
DIVORCEE SHOOTS HERSELF
Takea Room la Fashionable Jersey
Hotel, Whera Bha Commits
Suicide.
NEW YORK, April 5. Mrs. Loula Amea
Vanwelk ahot and killed herself In the hotel
Washington In Jersey City today. She was
17 years old, a blonde and good looking.
She arrived In Jersey City on Frldsy over
the Pennsylvania railroad. She teemed In
good spirits and was well supplied with
money, and numerous packages arrived at
the desk for her from New York. She was
last seen alive Saturday evening by one of
the maids of the hotel.
Edward Chase, son of the proprietor to
day noticed water coming through the ceil
ing from an upstairs room. He forced his
way Into Mrs. Vanwelk's room and found
the faucet open and the water overflowing.
Mrs. Vanweik was sitting In a rocking
chair facing a mirror, stone dead.
Mrs. Vanwelk wore a dressing gown,
which was open at the throat. .Apparently
while altting In front of the mirror ahe
had placed a revolver against her breast
over the heart and outside her undergar
ment and fired. The revolver contained
four loaded shells and one empty shell was
found beside her.
Several bundlea of letters were found ad
dressed to Mrs. L. E. Wolfbauer, care of
Mrs. Pease, 1250 McCullough street, Balti
more, and to Mrs. RdwarJ W. Wolfbauer.
1017 Fifteenth street. Northwest Washing
ton, D. C. All these were signed by Ed
ward W. Wolfbauer and addressed the re
cipient as wife. The most recent wss in
1001 and moat of the letters were written
from various places In Cuba.
WASHINGTON, April 6. Mra. Vanwelk
was divorced from her first husband, and
about three years ego married Edward
Wolfbauer, a New Yorker. It Is said she
recently took up her residence in Dakota
wl'h a view of obtaining a divorce from him
also.
BRITISH WILL STUDY CHINESE
Government romuilsstoaers Arrive to
Probe Celestial Labor Prob
lems la California.
NEW YORK. April 6. H. Herbert Noyes
and H. Roaa Skinner from Johannesburg,
commissioners appointed by the British
government to investigate a Chinese labor
with a view to Its employment In the
Transvaal mines arrived todsy on Vmbrla.
They are on their way to San Francisco
where they will Inquire Into the methods
of working and value of Chinese labor as
employed in California.
Owing to the Insufficiency of native labor
In the Transvaal the Immigration of Asi
atics under governnien. control, which
would provide for the Indenturing and re
patriation of the laborera, la favored by t!e
authorities Uicxa.
PATH TO VATICAN IS THORNY
However King Edward tiaards Visit
to rope Etiquette May Be
Outraged.
ROME, April B. The chief tople of dis
cussion at the Vatican eontinues to be
whether King Edward w"' e the pope.
The ceremonial propofc v,r M the king
should start from the, BrKy 'bassy, is
much opposed, not because. ' -uld be
starting from the residence of av A ''esa
dor accredited to the Qulrinlal, fol f -ig
once there, say the Vatican authorlw. "
ceases to be an embassy to become
house of the sovereign, but because Ca.
dlnal Rampolla must return the royal visit
snd would arrive at the house, when King
Edward having left it had become again
an embassy accredited to the king of Italy.
It is, therefore, suggested tha: King Ed
wsrd on leaving the Vatican should return
to the British embassy, followed closely by
Cardinal Kampolia, who would arrive while
the king was still there. The objection to
this course Is that it would create a prece
dent. The Nunrlo at Lisbon has been
charged to aound King Edward on the sub
ject. SETS CONTAGIOUS EXAMPLE
Kdward'a Visit to Portugal Likely to
Be Followed by Kaiser and
Alfonso.
LISBON. April 6. The ' enthusiasm
aroused by the visit of King Edward is in
creasing. A brilliant gala performance of
"The Barber of Seville" wsa given at the
opera last night In honor of the royal vls
I'or. The audience gave Kins; Edward and
King Oirlos a great ovation. A grand state
banquet was given tonight at which 200
guests were present. A magnificent silver
dinner service belonging to the Portuguese
royal family waa used on this occasion.
It Is stated that the king of Spain la com
ing here In May and that the Gorman em
peror will make a visit to Portugal In
August.
MANY 0PP0SFCANAL TREATY
Colombia May Start a Revolution aa
Result of Rig Ditch Nego
tlr.tiohs. KINGSTON. Jamaica, April 6. The Royal
Mail company's steamer Atrato, Which ar
rived here today from Colon and Carta
gena, brlnga the report that considerable
opposition ts developing 'to the Panama
canal treaty In almost every department
of Colombia except Panama.
. It Is believed Uie majority in congress
will favor the treetyAhnt there are feara
that trouble wtil arise beejiuee the political
situation In Colombia Is - becoming more
complicated, and the- presidency Is sur
rounded with uncertainty.
PICK WIFE FOR CROWN PRINCE
Conrtlera Whlaper that Kalaer'a Son
Will Htry Dacheea
1 Ceclle. ' ' '
COPENHAGEN, April . 6 Rumors, are
current amofig the German emperor's suite
and in Danish court circles that the Ger
man crown prince. Frederick William, Is to
be betrothed to the Duchess Ceclle, sister
of the grand duke of Mecklenberg
Schwerin. The duchess' sister. Alex
andras, is the wife of Prince Christian,
the grandson of the king of Denmark,
The Duchess Ceclle wss born at Schwerln
on September 20, 1886. She will thus be 17
next birthday, while the German crown
prince la four years her aenlor.
Lose Money on Bio; Rnslneaa.
MEXICO CITY, April 6. Large business
firms, while hoping for a speedy settlement
of the currency question, report An excel
lent business both here and In the Interior.
The railway situation must continue seri
ous until a measure of relief adequate to
the critical condition cornea. The roads
are doing a heavy business and are order
ing new equipment, but at the ssme time
they are losing money. General Alger,
United States senator from Michigan, la
one of a group of wealthy men In the
States who have become Interested In Mex
ican Investments. They propose to Invest
largely In landi on the isthmus of Tehaunt.
epec.
Slain Students Solemnly Barled.
MADRID, April B. Slight disorders aris
ing out of the stndent demonstration yes
terday continued here until midnight on
Saturday, since which time the city has
been quiet. The prefect has Issued a proc
lamation forbidding public gatherings. The
lower quartera of the city are patrolled by
mounted police. The victims of the riots
t Salamanca last Thursday, three students,
were burled at Salamanca with great
solemnity. All the authorities, Including
the rector and professors of the university
in their academic robes, attended the fu
neral. Paar to Lead Madrid Masle.
BERLIN, April 6. Emll Paur has ac
cepted an engagement to act as conductor
of the Madrid royal opera houae. He will
produce "TanhauBer," "Lohengrin" and
"The Meiatersinger," and also give a series
of concerts with the Madrid Philharmonic
society. Herr Paur already has gone to
Madrid.
Form New Haitian Ministry.
PORT AU PRINCE. Haytl, April 5. A
new cabinet has been formed aa follows:
Minister of war, M. Celeatln; minister of
finance, M. Lee Pinasse; minister of In
terior, M. Hyphollte; minister of justice,
M. Numa; minister of public works, M.
Magnt; foreign minister, 11. Boramy.
Kaiser Returaa Home.
COPENHAGEN, April 6. The German
emperor concluded hia visit to the Danish
court today and left on board the imperial
yacht Hohenxollern this evening. A large
crowd witnessed bis departure.
Police Absolved for Ktlllag.
MONTEREY. April 6. Governor Reyes, in
speaking of Thursday's riots, said an In
vestlgatton showed the police first fired
In the air, later firing at their aggressors
only In defense of their lives.
SHOT BREAKING KANSAS JAIL
Prisoner's Brother Falls to Marshal'a
Ballet While Striving to Re
leas Felon.
GARDNER. Kan.. April 5. City Marshall
S. P. Howlsnd of Gardner, during a fight
lasting half an hour, shot snd killed Bud
Briggs while Brigss, with two companions,
waa trying to secure the release of bis
brother, Kb telle BrlgKS. whom the officer
had arrested for disorderly conduct
MC STAKE ON SMALL FIGHT
Ohio MaroraHr Candidates Seek Highest
Honors in State and Country,
TWO WOULD BE PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR
Others Hope tm Ran for Governor,
While Haana Sees Indications of
Hla . Coining; ' senatorial
Battle la the rail.
"NCINNATI, O., April 5. The local
v .-ions throughout Ohio tomorrow are
hi v important .man. neretorore, owing to
the new municipal code which reorganizes
every municipality. There will be no offices
holding over and for this reason the party
advantages secured will be greater than
heretofore. -
With more at stake than previously the
party organitatlona have been unusually
active and there are many charges of
fraudulent registration. One hundred war
rants were prepared" for service tomorrow.
It is charged (hat over 1,000 false registra
tions have been made la a single ward. The
present registration' has broken all April
records.
The mayors of all the larger placea like
Cincinnati Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton.
Sandusky, ZanesVlIle and other cities' are
running for re-election and Jones of Toledo
for the fourth time. Ingalls In Cincinnati
and Johnson In Cleveland are credited with
being candidates this year for the demo
cratic nomination for governor and next
year for the presidency.
The election this week Is also clOBoly
watched on account of Its bearing on the
candidacy of Myron T. Horrlck of Cleveland
for the republican nomination for governor
and on the re-election of Senator Hanna.
The legislature to be elected next No em
ber electa Hanna's successor and the con
trol of the municipalities is considered of
importance in the coming state election.
Senator Hanna while taking an Interest In
the contest in his own city has been as
far aa Dayton to speak in this campaign.
While the result tomorrow Is considered
as Indirectly affecting the coming election
of state officers and members of the legis
lature, it Is also conceded that It ill have
a bearing at Cleveland on both the. demo
cratic and the republican nominations for
governor and at Cincinnati It may develop
the democratic opponent of Senator Hanna
as well as affect the next democratic nom
ination for governor.
Alleged Crooked Votera Held.
CLEVELAND, O., April 6. Burton Horn
and Edwin Parkin, two employes of the
Cleveland City railway, who live la Lake
wood, were arrested at the Instigation of
the board of -elections today for alleged
false registration In the city of Cleveland.
The twenty detectlvea who have been
working on the registration for the election
tomorrow have reported that .there are 1,600
cases where there may be fraudulent regis
tration. Consequently there will be a po
liceman within and without each booth' la
several of the wards where Illegal regis
tration is alleged to hare been greateat.
Liquor la Toneka'e Issue. '
.KANSAS CITY, April 5. The . elections
to be held on Tuesday for city officers in
all the Kansas cities of the ft rat class will
as a rule settle matters of local Interest.
The liquor question cuts a smaller figure
than In come prevloua years, but la the
vital issue In Topeka. ' '
In Kansaa City, Kai., straight democratic
and republican tlcketa are in the field, and
the victory of either will be hailed as a
party triumph, but In most of the other
cities party lines are not closely drawn,
and the result will give no Indication of the
trend of political aentlment.
SUPPOSED OFFICERS SHOT
California Desperado Slays Cowboy
and Miner He Mistook for
Police.
KINGMAN, Aril., April 5. News has just
reached Kingman of the murder of Charles
Blakey, known as the "cowboy pianist,"
and Roy Wincheater, a young miner, on
the trail forty miles north of tbla place by
Jamea McKenny.
Nothing definite is known of the cause of
the murder, but It la thought McKenny, who
Is wanted for killing William L. Wynn at
Portervllle, Cel., mistook the men for offi
cers and laid In wait for them on the trail.
Blakey was shot In the breast and Win
chester In the back, with buckshot. The
murderer afterward went to a ranch and
compelled the rancher to shoe and blanket
two horses for him and then rode away. A
sheriff's poese Is now in pursuit.
SHOT FOR DISPERSING PARADE
Chicago Motorman Drives Car Into
Hanka of Marching
Italinas.
CHICAGO, April 6. Becauae he tried to
force hla car through a parade that was
blocking traffic ia Halsted atreet tonight,
Motorman Zoran was shot and aeriously
Injured by one of the marchers.
Nearly 1.000 Italians, who were In the
parade broke ranks aa soon as the disturb
ance began and riot followed. In which
switching Irona, bricks and other missiles
were used. In response to a riot call a
score of policemen were on the scene In a
few minutes, but before quiet could be re
stored several persons were severely cut
and bruised.
Two of the Italians, who it Is supposed
did the shooting, were arrested.
RAILROAD MEN GET INCREASE
Mlaaonrl Paclfle Grants Rla la Wagea
to Ita Condnctora and
Tralamen.
DENVER. April 6 Subject to the ap
proval of General Manager Russell Harding,
an agreement waa reached between the
Missouri Pacific and the Order of Railway
Conductors and Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen.
The new schedule glvea passenger con
ductors and trainmen an approximate In
crease of 13 per cent and freight men of
IS per cent.
MIRY STREETS AID FIRE
Grala Elevator Destroyed la Chicago
While Brigade Staads Help
lessly By.
CHICAGO. April 6. A grain elevator
owned by the Nlckle Plate and situated on
the Illinois Central tracka waa destroyed
by fire early today. The loss Is $75,000. A
number of freight cars loaded with grain
were also destroyed.
Owing to the miry condition of the streets
fire engines could not be taken to the burn
ing building.
BURGLAR SHOT RED HANDED
. . ..
Telegraphist Hears Strange Xolae
and locates Robber In
i
Store.
PENN TAN, N- Y April 5. The series
of burglaries which has been stirring the
country around Hlmrods for the past few
weeks was si eared up In a tragic manner
early this morning.
The night. operator at Hlmrods thought
he heard an explosion In the store of Fleed
ft Forhees. He gave an alarm and a crowd
Of villagers qatakly surrounded the place.
A man's form was seen In the store. wh
was commanded to surrender. For reply he
boldly opened. the door and drawing a re
volver, fired point blank at the crowd. The
bullet failed to reach Its mark and be
fore he conld life again, his body was rid
dled with bullets. He fell unconscious and
died soon after.
The burglar was a man of 35 and wrlgbed
160 pounds. - Hia face was smooth and he
bad sandy hair. His clothing was of ex
cellent cut and material. A tattoo mark on
the left arm, just below the elbow, may
help to Identify him. In a book In his
pocket. waa the. address 237 Edwards
street, snd the name "Julia Shelter." A tag
on hla suit bore the name of Curntt Broth
ers, Watklns, N. Y, and also the name of
Frank Hennessey.
LEVEE BREAK QUICKLY FILLED
Dank Glvea Wty Rear New Orleans,
Flooding Valuable Planta
tion. NEW. ORLEANS April 5. The only new
break reported Id the river today waa at
former Govcrpor H. C. Warmoth's mag
nolia plantation about sixty miles south of
the city on' the' west bank of the river and
clone to the tracks of the New Orleans,
Fort Jackson at -Grand Isle railroad.
Part of the batture caved In, carrying
with it 100 feet of the levee. The planta
tion waa sooa inundated, but repair work
waa almost as quick. A train of material
was run to the plaoe and ex-Oovernor War
moth, former Congressman I. S. Wilkinson
and other . planters, as well as the La
Fourche levee noad,- mustered an army of
men and a crib was built on the land Bide.
This cribbtaft; SOO'Yeet long, waa built anJ
filled -with sacks of earth by night, check
ing the flow s that the drainage machine
could carry off the, water. Thla waa record
time for closing a break, but there Is . a
heavy body of water against the crib and
the danger la not past.
The river her 'today was 20.S, a rise
of 0.2. . .
ARRANGE ACH FESTIVAL
Bethlehem Residents Decide on Third
Great . Musical Feast for
May..'
BETHLEHEM, Pa., April E. The suc
cess of two 'prevloua Bach festivals has
lead to arraagemecte being made for a
third from May 11 to 18.
The last teatlval In 1901 waa attended
by eminent musicians from .all parta of
the country. The coming festival wlU ap
peal' more strongly to professionals. -The
leadership will be tn the bands of J. Fred
Woile, a resident of Bethlehem and a pupil
of Rhelnberger.'1 The object-In view Ia
to portray the three great events of Christ's
life aa outlined by Bach his birth, hla cru
cifixion and hla resurrection; two days being-
devoted to each period. The evenings
of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will
be devoted to the minor incidents leading
up to the principal eventa.
A boy choir of 100 volcea wilt assist,
while the Philadelphia orchestra will render
the greater part of the orchestral music.
The soloists will be among the best ora
torio and aoio singers. . .
WILL UNRAVEL STRIKE TANGLE
Miners Propose Joint Conciliation
Board to Interpret C'ommis
aion'a Award.
WILKESBARRE, Pa.. April 6. John Mit
chell will consult his district officers con
cerning the appointment of a conciliation
committee to straighten out the tangle over
the different Interpretations of the coal
commission award.
The district executive boards of the three
anthracite districts held a meeting on Fri
day to take action on the commission award
and decided to postpone action until tho
advice and guidance of the national presi
dent could be secured. District President
Nlcbolls said today that there were many
matters awaiting the attention of Mr. Mit
chell who he expected would arrive some
time next week.
The commission's award with reference
to the mine engineers went into effect to
day. The new order gives the englneera a
holiday on Sundays, which waa observed
today throughout the region for the first
time In the history of coal .mining.
SHOE WORKERS' WAGES RAISED
Stata Board of Arbitration Makes
Award In Favor of
Men.
HAVERHILL, Mass., April 6. For the
first time since the agreement was signed
between the shoe manufacturers and the
men's union arbitration by the State board
baa been invoked and haa resulted in a
victory for the cutters, who ha'd asked for
an Increase. Nearly 600 cutters in local
union stamp factories will be benefited.
' The arbitrament came about by the de
mand of the cutters employed by Chelslee
ft Rugg two months ago that a minimum
weekly wage acale of $15 be established for
a nine-bour day or $16.50 for a ten-hour
day. The State board recommends a work
ing schedule of fifty-nine hours per week,
with a weekly scale of $15.00 for outatde
cutters and $13.75 for trimming cutters.
Every one of the eleven stamp factories
In Haverhill la affected by the ;ecommend
atlona. INDIANA OPERATORS GIVE WAY
Agree to Arbitrate Dispute Concern
ing Shooters In Coal
Mlnea.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. April 5. The In
diana operators will submit a proposition
to the miners tomorrow agreeing to have
a commission composed of an operator, a
miner and an expert mining engineer o
deride what mlnea In the Clinton field re
quire shooters.
Ths operators contend that expert ahot
flrera are employed In some mines where
they are not needed. Tbey have bean
working for the miners, who have demanded
that the operators pay them. It. la be
lieved the new wrge acale will be agreed
upon thla week.
SO FORT FOR OUR LEGATION
American Minister at Fekin to Har No
Stronghold far Ieadqusrters
NEW TREATY LOOMS UP ON HORIZON
Conalderatlon Shown Dorlag Boxer
Troubles Believed to Have Been
Inspired by Soma Wise
Chinese Stateamaa.
" (From a Staff Correspondent.) V
WASHINGTON, April 5. (Special.) The
War department, after consultation between
the president and Secretary Root just be
fore the president left the city, haa decided
that It would be unwise to attempt to
fortify the American legation In Pekln.
General Mllea, upon his return from the
Philippines, made a very strong recom
mendation In favor of thla project. But
the military authorities realised the futility
of any means of fortifying the American
legation In China In the event of an attack
by the Chinese with heavy siege guns. It
Is very well known that the Chinese have
at their command powerful batteries which.
If trained upon the foreign quarter of the
city, would destroy every legation In short
order. Any attempt to fortify the build
ings occupied by the foreign representa
tive ao as to resist a siege would be
utterly useless. Should another outbreak
occur among the Boxers and other attacks
be mado upon the foreigners, fortification
and siege guns contained In the amall
space assigned to the legations would be
to no purpose.
The United Statea has fewer men to
guard Its legation In Pekln than any of the
other powers, the total force being only
about 150. On the other hand, the Amer
ican forces in tha Philippines are within
two days' Journey of the Chinese ports, and
It Is probable '.hat In the event of trouble
thla country "would have in the vicinity of
the Chinese capital a force In excess of that
which could be so quickly landed by Ger
many, England, France or Russia.
Quiet preparations for the transport of
a large body of American troops to the
Philippines have been making tor some
months past, and in the event of the quite
probable renewal of the anti-foreign upris
ing of 1900 a very large percentago of the
American forces now In Manila will be
rushed over to China to protect American
interesta there.
It Is very well understood by the au
thorities at Washington that someone hlg'i
in authority In Chlneae affairs prevented
the use of the heavy guns against the
legations during the last uprising. It Is
believed by these same authorltiea that
every possible effort will be made by some
of the dowager empresa best advisera to
prevent overt acts by the fanatical yellow
men, which overt act would undoubtedly
lead to a general war.
What China Is After.
One of the reasons for thla desire upon
the part of the ' most advanced Chinese
atateamen is the hope entertained by such
men as Wu Ting Fang, late Chinese min
ister at Washington, that the new treaty
between the Chinese- empire and the United
States, soon" to be negotiated,- -will result
in. certain concessions to China, especially
In tha matter of more liberal Immigration
laws. During the last months of hla career
here Mr. Wu became convinced that there
la a decided disposition upon the part of
thoae Americans coming Into close rela
tions with Hawaii and the Philippines to
favor letting down the bars to an extent
sufficient to relieve the labor situation In
those islands. The existing treaty with
China will In all probability expire through
notification on the part of China upon tha
day fixed by Its terms. This will be within
the next year. It was first ratified In 1859,
at a time when the commercial relations
between the empire and the republlo were
ot very little commercial value. But since
the open door policy haa been declared,
the United States haa every reason to de
sire trade concessions at least equal to
those enjoyed by Germany, France and
Great Britain. Cong-ess has in the past
declined to concede to Chinese subjects
anything like the same facilities for Immi
gration which the enlightened nations of
the world enjoy. The Chinese desire mora
liberal laws, so that subjects of the empire
will be admitted Into American possessions
on terms equal to those granted by Great
Britain In Canada at least. It Is In the
hope of obtaining such concessions that
the beat men of China will use all their
diplomacy toward preventing an outbreak
which at this time would aeriously Inter
fere with their desire to secure a more
favorable treaty with thla country.
Tariff Revision Talk.
It Is now quite probable that the pro
posed extra session of congress will not be
called until after the fall election. The
principal reason for thla change of program
on the part of the president la the fear
that a September session would result in
the nreclDitatlon of a tariff changing pro-
j gram Just prior to ar. election. The de
termination of the president to aecure leg
islation putting the Cuban treaty Into effect
at the earlleat possible moment la juat as
pronounced now aa It waa on the 1st of
March, when Mr. Roosevelt originally de
clared his purpose to convene congress In
October. But the protests against the Oc
tober program has been so pronounced and
ao widespread that the chief exwi lve has
concluded that it would be unwis; to open
the tariff debate and the possible defeat of
the treaty legislation before the end of
' the year. The so-called Iowa Idea scorns to
be gaining strength in tbe west and it will
take clear headed generalship on the part
of the managera of the bouse of reprisanta
tlvea to prevent attempt at a general re
vision ot tbe tariff achedules upon the in
troduction of the Cuban bill Into the house.
While the opponents of the Cuban reciproc
ity treaty seem to have lost a good deal
of atrength during the laat twelve months,
there Is a confident air among them today
and they aeem to believe that with the aid
of the extreme protectionists, who In fear
of general tariff revision may help them,
they can perhaps prevent any discussion
of the tariff during the next two years. On
the other hand tbe president's earneat
neaa In tbe matter of helping Cuba la ao
marked that the houae leaders are already
using all their efforts to solidify the ma
jority upon a program which will bring
about the enactment of tbe Cuban bill with
out general tariff rldera.
In the aenate, however, a different con
dition of affairs prevails and many demo
cratic senators have declared their pur
pose to add a general tariff bill to tbe
Cuban measure at all hazxards. It waa be
cause of the fear of some such program
that some of the foremost sticklers for
senatorial precedents during tbe Isst dsyi
of the extra aesslon of tbe senate that the
rules of that body shall be changed so aa to
limit debate and prevent the continuance
of tbe one ma a power.
Party leadera In both bousea are al
ready engaged in a quiet party canvas
Continued on Second Page.)
CONDITIO 0FTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Rain or Snow Mon
day; Colder in Bouth Portion; Tuesday
Fair.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hour. Deg. Hoar. Deg.
ft a. m 4 1 p. m
) a., m 4 a p. m
T a. m BO 3 p. m H5
n a. m Bl 4 p. m S
B a. M B2 B p. m ..... . M
10 a. m 0.1 p. m M
11 a. m 00 T p. m 3
II 8M P. m l
p. m BO
FOR DEVLIN AND FINNERTY
Committee Selected to Prepare Reeep.
tlon of Distinguished Irlahmea,
Expected Thursday.
Announcement was msde yesterday that
Joseph Devlin, member of the British Par
liament from North Kilkenny, Ireland, will
speak In Omaha Thursday, April 9, at the
Paxton hotel. He la touring the country
in tbe Interests of the United Irish league,
which standa for reform In the land laws
and home rule, and will be accompanied to
Omaha and other western cities by John
Flnnerty, editor of the Chicago Citizen. Yes
terday afternoon a committee of Omaha
and South Omaha men was formed in T.
J. Mahoney'a office to prepare a reception
for tbe two speakers and to work up en
thuslsm for the meotlng. It is thought that
at least 200 Irish-Americans will bo present
and contribute financially to the cause. The
reception will be at the Paxton hotel.
- The committee formed yesterday Is as
follows: John Rush, T. J. Smith. George
Parks, Dr. MoCrann. T. J. O'Neill. T. J.
Nolan, John E. O'Hern, J. A. Conner, T. J.'
Mahoney, E. C. Ryan and J. J. Breen.
DOESN'T FEAR LEAD TRUST
Local Dealer In Paint Discounts Re
port that .National Company Will
Absorb Others.
Omaha dealera In paint and whltelead
look with considerable doubt upon the re
cent report from New Jersey that the
National White Lead company Is making !
arrangements to absorb the other com- j
panics engaged In tho same business, and t
to establish branchea of but ono house at
each point now occupied by more than one,
and that there will be central distributing
points from which orders will be filled. In
plsce of carrying stock In local houses.
"It such a thing Is contemplated," said
a dealer In this line of goods, "It eeema to
me to be foredoomed to failure. In the first
place there are too many lead mlnea pro
ducing ore steadily and the commodity la
ontlrely too easy to secure. If auch a
thing were pcaalblo the price of National
Lead company stock would be much higher
upon the market than It la today. Ther
Is no occasion to fear a lead trust.
SAYS JEROME HATCHED PLOT
Mills' Lawyer Claims District At
torney Tramped Ip Bribery
Charges.
v 'V ' ' ' ' '
..NEW-YORK.-April 6. George B. Mills,
the law partner of Jewell Flower, aon of
Dr. Richard C. Flower, who waa arreated
on Friday charged with attempting to bribe
Detective Brindley and Asalstant District
Attorney Garvan to deatroy six indictments
fdund against Dr. Flower, waa arraigned
before Magistrate Pool today.
Counsel for Mills denounced the charges
against his client as a conspiracy concocted
by District Attorney Jerome and demanded
that Mr. Jerome appear In court. No new
facta were brought out and the hearing
waa adjourned.
MOB VIEWS BANDrrS "FIGHT
One Victim la Killed and Another
Wounded In Presence of
Cnriona Crowd.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va . April 5. John
Stephena waa shot and fatally Injured and
Ben P. Edena waa shot and dangerously
wounded during a battle with highwaymen
early this morning in the western limits
of this city.
Stephens had hla skull fractured by a
blow. Edena leaped Into a stream and
escaped. The fight attracted quite a crowd,
but the four highwaymen escaped, though
without securing any money.
TALKS DEATH, GOES TO JAIL
California Man Who I tiers Threata
Agalnat President ia
Arrested.
SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., April 6. B. P.
Brown of Redlands is in the county jail
on the charge of making threatening al
lusions to President Roosevelt.
It ia stated that ever since the president
bad announced his Intention of visiting tho
coast Brown has been closely watched
and his arrest was decided upon aa a
measure ot precaution. He la the same man
who was Incarcerated during President Mc
Kinley'a last visit on a similar charge.
BRYAN CONFERSWITH LEADERS
Receives Calls from Ohio Democrats
on Hla Way to Pennsyl-
vr.nln.
CINCINNATI, April 5. William Jennings
j Bryan was here today en route to Titus-
ville, Pa. Among those In ronference wlttj
him were Herbert Bii;elow, tbe democrats
candidate last November for secretary ot
state, juage larvin ana many ieaamg aeni
ocrata. Colonel Bryan will be here again
In two weeks, when tbero will be a con-,
ference of leadera.
BOY HUSBAND SLAYS WIFE
hoots Young Girl Whom He Had Mar
ried, Killing Her In
stantly. WILKESBARRE, Pa.. April 6. In a quar
rel tonight between Frederick Barney and
hla wife, tbe latter was ahot aad Instantly
killed. Barney is 21 years and bis wife
waa 18.
Movements of Ocean Vessels April B.
At New York Arrived: Barcelona, from
Hamburg; Perugia, from Genoa and
Naples; Umbria, from Liverpool and
Queenstown. Hulled: L'Aqultulne, for
Havre; Leo XIII, tr Cadis, Barcelona and
Genoa.
At Sollly Passed: Staatendam. from
Kotterdam and Boulogne 6ur Mer, for New
York.
At Gibraltar Passed: Neapolitan Prince,
from tJenoa and Palermo, tor Nw York.
At I Jverpool Arrived : Ktrurla, from
New VorK via CJiirenatown.
At Cueenatown Hailed: Ivernla. from
Liverpool, for New York.
At Southampton Hailed : Barbarosaa,
from Bremen, fur Kiw York.
EXTRA SESSION TALK
Petty Spit ii Likely to Prove Exreiu.Ta
for the Bute of Nebraska.
DEADLOCK BETWEEN HOUSES LOOKS FIRM
Much Disappointment and Disgust Hani,
iest Over the Affrr.
GOVERNOR TAKES A DEEP INTEREST
Urge Legislator to U;e Jadjmint and
Act on Amendment!
MAY OTHERWISE CALL EXTRA SESSION
Members of Lower House Who Oppose
Any Amendments Take Advan
tage of Incident to Block
Their Passage.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April B. (Special.) "1 tho
state of Nebraska to be put to the expense
and annoyance of an estra i.?s.lon of the
legislature In order Ihnt tho personal
whims of a few legislators ma be gratl- -fled?"
That is a pertinent question. In
view of the action of the houso and senate
last night In establishing a deadlock over
the Sweezy bill reducing the rates for
printing constitutional amendments. A
resolution was adopted by tho house de
claring it to be the sense of that body that
unless tho senate receded from Its action
In voting down the Sweezy bill no constl-
tuticnsl amendments ::hould be submitted
to the peoplo by this legislature. The dead
lork remained when nrtjournm nt was tnken
shortly before midnight and no far as la
known will remain.
A great deal of disappointment and dis
gust Is felt over the affair. Those who
were deeply Interested In seeing this legis
lature pave the way for necessary changea
In the organic law of the state feel that
the eplsodo last night was mere boys' play
nnd that a reconciliation should bo ef
fected at once. Governor Mickey, who was
a spectator In the house during the pro
ceeding, takes great interest In the affair
and has expressed the earnest hope that
the deadlock may be broken and tbe busi
ness of the state transacted. It la not al
together Improbable that unless thla Is done
tbe chief executive will call an extra ses
sion of the legislature to have the matter
of constitutional amendments acted on.
Views of the Governor.
Governor Mickey, In speaking of the situ
ation, arid:
"Of course 1 have no knowledge aa to
what the legislature will do, but I hope
some concessions will be made. We all
recognise tbe fact that one. of tbe prima
objecta of thla legislature was the sub
mission to the people of constitutional
amendments, subject to their action at tha
polls at the next election. I think It was
quite generally agreed that the constitution ' -needed
certain changes. The demand tor
thla lcelslat1otrnemcd'lrb- quite general
and I feel certain tbat.lt would be a grave
mistake for the leglsli lure to fall or refuse
to respond to this popular demand." " '
"Will you call an extra aesalon If the
deadlock la not broken T" the governor was
asked. 1 :'.'..
"Well, I have not gona far enough to
decide on that or give out any definite
statement," waa-hls reply.
In view of the deep concern felt by tha
governor. It is believed that unless the
legislature rescinds Its action he will de
cide to reconvene It In extra session.
It seems to have been universally agreed
that at least three amendments should bo
submitted to the people; one to provide
an enlargement In the membership of the
supreme court and an increase In salaries,
another provide for tbe safe Investment
of the permanent school fund and a third
to enable the legislature to lncreaae the
salaries of the state officers. These three
have been urged by Governor Mickey aa
very Important. They are all embodied
in bills pending before tbe legislature. The
Sweezy bill to cut down the price of print
ing constitutional amendments Is said to
be not half as vital a measure as might bo
thought. A gentleman who la quite familiar
with the present conditions points out that
a proper enforcement of the present law
would subserve tbe Interests of the people
very well; would accomplish what Sweety
says his bill Contemplates, a saving In this
direction. Sweezy complains ' that the
amendments need not be printed daily as
has been done and H is pointed out by an
other that the law Itself does not require
It. Section 1, article Iv of the constitution
says: "Such proposed amendments 'ahall
be published once a week In at least one
newspaper In each county, where a news
paper Is published, for three months Im
mediately .preceding tbe election," etc.
Opposition to Amendments,
Sweezy claimed that If his bill had been
In effect in 189S It would have saved to the
state $76,000. He and others who are op
posed to constitutional revision for It la
a fact that thla episode Is but the sen
sational culmination ot a dotermlned op
position agalnat any sort of proposed
amendment argue that as previous at
tempts to amend the organic law have
failed it must necessarily follow that fu
ture attempts will fall and that too, as
previous undertakings of this kind have
entailed heavy expense to the atate, so any
further experiment will be expensive. But
as was pointed out on the floor of the
house last night by Douglas, Loomls and
Gilbert, It need not necessarily follow that
future efforts to secure a successful vote
tn proposed amendments must fall because
previous ones have, especially If the pro
posed ballot reform law passes, aa It prob
ably will This. It has been urged, wilt
not enly havo the effect of removing tbe
possibility of failure, but of Insuring the
success of any attempt to revise the con
stitution. The question was asked Mr. Sweety if
he thought bta law of more vital Im
portance to the people of Nebraska than
certain changes In tbelr state constitution.
This was before the senate had acted on
the bouse report. He replied that be did
not, but that he had resorted to thla course
only to force the senate In line aa ha felt
it would do and then the business of the
state rould go on. But the senate proved
less tractable than was thought It would.
The truth of tbe matter Is, I here la a
very pronounced opposition In tbe bouse
to tbe proposed amendment raising tbe
salaries of the Judges ct the supreme court
and the proposition, originally auggested
by the governor, to make it potaible for
tbe legislature, by a three-fourths or two
thirds vote, to Increase tbe salarlea of the
state officials. This element Is against any
raise in salaries and consequently against
any constitutional revision. Therefore It
finds In the Swttiy resolution a f ratty good
scapegoat.