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The Omaha Daily Bee. ( ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1903-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. t; MERGER IS ENJOINED Stock Held by 8ecuritie Company Beuuered Worthless by OoarW HOLDING FIRM DEPRIVED OF DIVIDENDS Northern Paolfio and Great Northern Or dered to Ignore Big Stockholder ORIGINAL OWNERS MAY GET SHARES BACK Illegal Combine Allowed to TUrene Trade Made on Its Formation. FOUR JUDGES BREAK RAILROAD TRUST Issao Sweeping? Injunction Designed to Restore Competition la Car Tying Trad of Norths mil, BT. PACT April . The United Btatee circuit court of appes'.s today at noon handed down a decision In the United Btatea agalnat The Northern Securities Com pany, enjoining the company from voting the stock of the Northern Paclno or Oreat Northern Railroad companies, but allowing the return of euch stock as had been de livered to that holding company. The opinion was unanimous, all four Judgee concurring, but the opinion was writ ten by Judge Thayer. Securities Stock Rendered Worthless. The substance of the order la In the de cree, which le as follows: A derres In favor of the United States accordingly will be to the following effect: Adjudging that the stock of the Northern I'acltic and Great Northern Railway com panies, now held by tha Securities company. waa acquired In virtue of a combination among the defendants In restraint of trade and commerce among the several slates, such aa the anti-trust act denounces aa Illegal; enjoining the Becurltlea company from acquiring or attempting to acquire further atork of aald companlea; also en-Irlnlna- It from voting such stock at any meeting of the stockholders of either of aaid railroad companies or exercising or attempting to exercise any control, direc tion or supervision of influence over the acts or said companies or either of them by virtue of Its holding such stock; en Joining the Northern Pacific and Orent Northern companies respectively, their of ficers, directors or agents from permitting such stock to be voted by the Northern Securities company or any of Ita agents or attorneys on Its behalf at any corporate election for directors or officers of either of snld companies, and likewise enjoining them from paying any dividends to the Se curities company on sccount of said stock or permitting or suffering the Becurltlea company to exercise any control, whatso ever, over the corporate acts of aald com panies or to direct the policy of either, and ilnnily. cermlttlna; the Becurltlea comnnr to return and transfer thla stock to the stockholders of the Northern Pacific and Oreat Northern companlea, any and all shares of stock of those companies which it may have received from such stock holders In exchange for Ita own stock, or to make such transfer and assignment to euch person or persons as are now the polders and owners of Its stock originally Issued for the stock of said companies. Parallel and Competing- Linos. Circuit Judge Thayef stated the conclu sions of the court. He recites the petition . whioh was brought under the anti-trust act of 1S&&, mui -add, that under the set of February U. IMS, this ease, being of "gen- oral pubtlo Importance," has been liven precedence over othere and In every way expedited. It Is declared that under the admission of the defendants the matter of fact are that the roada were parallel and competing lines, that they had Jointly ae cured control of the Burlington, that In 1901 a holding company had been formed by large owners of the stock of the North- era Part 11 o and Oreat Northern railways, by which new company large stock Inter ests bad been acquired at an agreed price, and the court holds that "the echeme thus devised and consummated led Inevitably to the following results: Flrst-4t placed trie control of the two roads In the hands of a single person, towlt: The Seourttles company, by virtue .of Its ownership of a large majority of the stock of both companies: second. It ds- fttroyed every motive for competition be tween the two roads engaged In Interstate ' tramo which were natural competitors for business, by pooling the earnings of the two roads for the combined benefit of the stock holders of both companlea; and, according in i no ramiuar ruie, ws must conclude that those who conserved and executed the plan aforesaid. Intended, among other things. i aucooipiian (new oujccie. Meaning? of. tat Word Traat. Oct the point whether the present ease somes within the Inhibition of the antl trust acV the court dlacusses the meaning hct the word "trust" in the act and adds ' that congress was careful to declare that a combine In any other form, if in restraint of trade cr eerfimerce, that is, if it directly occasioned or effected such restraint, should likewise be deemed Illegal. Moreover, In cases rising under the act. it has been held by the highest Judicial authority la the nation, and its opinion has been re iterated in no uncertain tone, that the act applies to Interstate carriers of freight and passengers, as well as to all other persons, natural or artificial; that the words "In restraint of trade of commerce," do not mean unreasonable or partial restraint of trade or commerce, but any direct restraint thereof; that an agreement between com petlng railroads, which requires them to act in concert In fixing tha rate for the carriage cf passenger or freight over their respective lines from one state to another and which by that meana restricts tern porarlly the right of any other carriers to name any ratea for the carriage , of such freight or passengers over its rosd. ss it plesses, is a contract In direct restraint of commerce within the meaning of the act, in that It tends to prevent competition that It matters not whether, while acting under such a contract, the. rate fixed 1 reasonarjie or unreasonable, the vice of such a contract or combination being that It confers tuv power to establish unrea sonable rates and directly restrains com merce by placing obstacles In the way of free and unrestricted competition between carriers who are natural rivals for patron age; aud, finally, that -congress has the power, under the grant of authority con tained In the federal constitution, to regu late commerce, to say that no contract or combination shall be legal, which shall re , strain Interstate trade or commerce by shutting off the operation of the general law of competition. Bestratat of Commerce. Under those propositions. It Is also held (that if the stork had been entrusted to one person, with Instructions how to vote tt, "the result would have been a combina tion la direct restraint of Interstate com merce because tt gave power to suppress competition. - The organisation of the securities com pany, it is held, accomplishes the object, which congress has denounced as Illegal, toots effectually than by other methods, and continues: 4; 80 far aa the New Jersey charter la con (I earned, the question, broadly slated, which I tlia court has to delermlue, is whethrr a V barter granted by a atate can be used to (Continued oa Fourth Page.) RIENDS PAY LAST TRIBUTE rat of Mrs. Porter la a Most Im pressive Ceremony Many Promt aeat People Aro There. PARIS, April . The funeral of Mrs. Porter, wl-. of the United 8tates ambas sador, he' f ' ' o't.ock this morlng at the Amerti'O,, ' v n the Rue de Berrl, was an Imprest.,?' ty -'e, the heads 'of the French govern!?. , the diplomatic corps ' ' members of repre-irtlcl- sentatlves of the American patlng. The front of the church was draped with black and the walls and pillars of the In terlor were also hung with black draper ies. The chancel was filled with tall palms, while Immediately la front of the altar rested the casket hidden beneath a pro fusion of beautiful floral offerings. Ambassador Porter, who was ascom- panled by his daughter, Elsie, heavily veiled. bore the ordeal with fortitude. Accom panying the mourners were relatives. In- tlmate friends of the family and officials of the embassy staff. Rev. Dr. Thurbur conducted the simple service. In his Invocation Dr. Thurber made a feeling reference to the beauty of the character of Mrs. Porter. The choir sang Mrs. Porter's favorite hymns, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," and "Lead, Kindly Light.' At the conclusion of the ceremony, fol- I owlng the established custom, Madame "01 na various miniD.n 01 ine mm- lstry addressed a few 'Words of personal I symnattar to the ambassador and hla I . . a . , - m . . I . ..." After the public service the casket was I borne to the mortuary chapel adjoining the church, where it will remain until Its remove! to America. PERFORMS ANCIENT CEREMONY Emperor Francis Joseph Assists la Washing; Feet of Twelve Aged Men. VIENNA, April 9. Emperor Francis Joseph, assisted by the archduke In the Hofburg, today performed the ancient Holy Thursday ceremony of washing the feet of twelve aged men. Their ages ranged from 92 to 99, aggregating 1,082 years. Tha emperor first placed dishes of food before each man, which the archduke re moved immediately afterward, the viands being sent later to the men's homes. The ceremony ended with the emperor hanging bag containing thirty pieces of silver around each man's nerk. His majesty ap peared to be In excellent health.. There was a large gathering of court. diplomatic and military officials present. lni.1uln. 1 niK.i.anr fltAM, an4 TUIfm Btorer. Second Secretary Rives. Military Attache Harris, the British ambassador, Sir F. R. Plunkett and Lady Plunkett, and the duchess of Marlborough. LIBERAL ELECTED TO SEAT Vacancy la Division of Cornwall Filled by Iii-eveased Majority for Opposition. LONDON,' April . The parliamentary vacancy in the Camborne division of Corn- I wall, due to the deatlt of V. EUCalnW pts- gresslve . liberal, was filled today by tbs return of Sir Wilfred Lawson, wlta aa In- creased liberal majority. I The liberal success probably was due to I the dissatisfaction t the non-conformist of tne country, far above all political ques Comlshmen with the government's sduca- I tlons of the day. He confined much of his tlonal measures. . Sir Wilfred Lawson's eleetlon brinss back to Westminster a picturesque figure, long known for hie vehement Interest In the cause of temperance. I Colonial Secretary Chamberlain aent a telegram to the electors pointing out that throughout the war Sir Wilfred had "in- variably sympsthlied with the enemies of his country." PRAY BEFORE THEY SHOOT To tho Accompaniment of Religions - Exhortations Moor Insurgents Mako an Attack. MADRID, April . A dispatch from Melllla, Morocco, gives details of the fight ing at Frajana. It says that ths insurgents msde a desperate attack on the fortress of Frajana April " S. After the customary prayers ths tribesmen advanced with a wild rush, to the accompaniment of reli gious exhortations. Twice they attempted to carry the fort- ress by assault, but were repulsed by well- directed fusillades, which killed numbers of the Insurgents. During the attack the powder supply of the tribesmen exploded, killing many of them. SAILORS TURN PIRATES elso Bloop to Ball Main, Overhaul American Vessel and Fleo to Dense Jangle. MEXICO CITT. April 9 News comes fmm TOrlttHh UnnfliiN. r i .vnulta I " ' - . ""'.- ' some British sailors, who, It Is alleged, aelzed a sloop, fitted it up as a pirate craft and set forth in search ot adventure. They seised sn American fruit vessel and took money. Then greatly alarmed over the piratical act returned to the mainland and fled Into the tungle interior, whero tbey are still in hiding. Usurer Is Sentenced. BERLIN, April 9. Helnrlch Parlser, a wealthy money lender, waa sentenced today to two years' Imprisonment and to pay a fine of $1,500 for usury. Sixty specifica tions were brought, Including the com- plaints ot several noblemec and army offi cers, in one Instance he charged a Baron von "H." (the court did not permit his name to bo known) 26 per cent, which the baron paid, though he had an unmortgaged Income from a landed estate amounting to $25,000 yearly. Another exceptional caae waa that of a millionaire who paid Interest at tha rate of 100 ner c.nt fnr Knr.i.rn. loan of $5,000. Parlser admitted having charged the ratea mentioned, but he said that the enormous risks reduced his profits to 10 per cent on the capital Invested and aaid hla "gambling on human nature" en abled him to make only 5 per cent more than in regular business. Part of his re. turn for so hazardoua an undertaking "waa the dally battle with unscrupulous noble man.' Eagllsh Waat Conceaalona. LONDON. April 9 Negotiations are pro. ceeding, according to the Birmingham Post, between the l'nted Statea and Great Britain, with the object of obtaining cer tain privileges for British commerce through the 1'snama canal, when built. The Post saya the conceaslons Include shops for repairing and coaling ships and privileges helpful to ths British squadrons In North Atlantic and Weat Indian waters in return for facilities to be granted to the United States navy. SEES POSSIBLE CIVIL WAR Watterton Fear Armed Conflict Between Labor and Capital URGES NORTH AND LOUTH TO HEAL SORES Potato to Jfearro Probleaa, Claiming; that BasTraso Haa Proved Falloro and Caaaot Succeed Till Blocks Evolve, CHICAGO. April . At the annual din ner of the Hamilton club at the Auditorium hotel tonight Henry Watterson responded to the toast, "Peace Between the Sections," and took occasion to decry the attempts some northerners are, in hie opinion, mak ing to turn the negro Into a white man. At the same time he struck a note of warn ing, expressing fears of another civil war between labor and capital. After analysing tha war of secession and Its causes, aa he saw them, he went on: I grew ud to rerard the institution of African slavery as a monstrous evil. With a gray jacket on my bnck I abated no part of my abhorrence of It. The war over, I fully realised that the negro could not be suspended, like Mahomet s coffin. In the air; that he must be made a freeman In fact, as he was In name; that he must be habilitated to hla new belonelnaa. But after thirty vears of observation. exDerl- n,rJ ""d reflection, I am forced to agree fun me nrririary ul war inni nrxro sun.- rage a failure. It Is a failure because the southern blacks are not equal to it. ".A8 a. failure because the southern whites will not have It. 1 i-ne nesro can naver heenm In anv beneficent, or genuine sense, an Integral "na recognized part of the body politic except through the forces of evolution which are undoubtedly at work, but which in the nature of the case must needs go exceedingly alow. Where there is one negro fit for cltlsenshlp, there are myriads wholly unfit. Remove everv white demo crat today living In the south and replace mm wim a norinern repuDiican, ana twelve months hence the conditions will be the same, may be worse, since the northern republican would not be likely to have either the patience, or the personal sym pathy ar.d knowledge, possessed by the native southerner. Then he struck a note of warning. It was customary, he said, to regard the 111 feeling Incident to the war as dead and done with, but the present attitude of the north was such as might. If not Actually stirring up renewed trouble, serve to so far estrange the two sections that the con servative forces of the north and south would not be able to coalesce when. If ever, the threatened war of labor and capital broke out between the east and west. In this connection he noted that the same ambiguous clause waa still retained in the constitution which gave color to the civil war, and which would still allow any state to claim independence without Ita cUlteM lng guilty of treason HANNA PLEADS" FOR PEACES Frees Employe to Confer with Men and Thai Avoid Strikes. ERIE, Pa., April 9. Senator Hanna was the guest of honor and principal speaker tonight at the second snnual banquet of the Erie Chamber of Commerce in 8cott's Music hslL' , , , ' it , . v. . fSenatny, Hanna responded to -the toast, Capital . 'and Labor." making a forcible and churact eristic address. He begsn by saying that his subject was most dear to heart and most Important to the people remans to nis connection with the otvle federation, its objects and alms and the T,t amount of good work It had done. 1 a" eaeraiion, no aeciarea, experienced 0Dly 000 failure, a settlement of the great col striKe of last summer. He did not. however, consider that a failure, as when the "'"lenient was effected by the coal com; nl"lon tne men secured better conditions thn ba nad asked for them from the operators. Employers should, he said, take the Initiative in asking their employes for a conference on grievances, when all strikes would be avoided. ARREST REPORTER IN PARK Anthorlttea Gnard President Acalnst Newspaper Men, Ono of Whom . ' Is Held. CINNABAR Mont., April !. President Roosevelt made an early start this morn ing from his headquarters In the park for an extended trip through certain portions I ot tDe reserve. There are a large number of mountain Hons in the park and as ths I authorities are making a determined effort I to exterminate them it Is possible the pres- 1 ldent may get a few shots during bis stay Notwithstanding that numerous notices bai1 ben lyeB to the """"'d worl1 th- 00 newspaper uivu wuuiu d auoweu. id me park while the president was there, one enterprising reporter tried to force his way in. He rode a horse and had a dog with him. The man was srrested before be bad proceeded far and the dog shot La1 th8 correspondent was released. Itiii i-iir-r. sin rnnuin iinuini I nltVLO MIL! drnilMU ,MUVINU Loot Residence While Mistress So. . perlntends Removal of Her Fnrnltaro. NEW TORK. April 9. A man and eight boys looted a house on East Fifty-third street this afternoon. They carried off $5,000 worth of bric-a-brac, silverware and Jewelry. Seven of the boys hsvs been sr rested. One of them, 8 yesrs old. eon fessed, snd told the names of tha others. The house was occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Dempsey, who waa moving at the time. Mrs. Dempsey left the house at noon and returned at I to find the bouse had been ransacked and almost everything portable I na 6een oerrlea on- 1 na ponce learned that a man and a number of amall boys had teeB carrying articles from the house, pre- sumably neiping tne moving SENATOR STONE SELLS FARM I Iowa Maa tha Parchaser aad Paya a Small .Forts no for It. NEVADA. Mo., April 9. (Special Tele gram.) The 4S0-acre farm of Senator Wil liam J. Stone, In Badger township, Vernon county, was sold today to A. M. Lents, an Iowa man, for $11,600. DEMOCRATS NAME C. F. CLINE Nominate Candidate to Fight Repah- llcaas aad Populists for Kansas Seat. DODGB CITT. Kan., April 9 C. F. Cllne of Stafford was nomlnsted todsy by the I democrats of the Seventh congressloasl dls- I trlct to succeed Chester U Long. OFFICER GOES FOR KELLEY Jlew York Man Most Answer la Courts of Missouri Alum Baking Powder gonadal. ST. LOUIS, April . The. April grand Jury, Impaneled today In the criminal division of the St. Louis circuit court by Judge Ryan, took up the chargea of bribery growing out of the state alum baking pow der legislation. Charges havo been made by lieutenant Governor John A. Lee that Daniel J. Kslley of New Tork. alleged legislative agent of the baking powder trust, attempted to give him $1,000 lo secgrs the appointment of a senate committee that would handle the bill to repeal the law prohibiting the man ufacture of ."alum" baaing powder in Mis souri for the Interests of the trust. Kelley, who was srrested in New Tork City several days Vgo at the request of Governor Dockery, was later releaaed on his own recognizance. A requisition for Kelley, signed by Governor Dockery, le now in the hsnds of a St. Ixiuls detective, en route to New Tork CUv. and a telegram has been sent by Circuit Attorney Folk to District Attorney Jerome, asking that Kelley be rearrested and held to await the arrival of the requisition papers. Among the witnesses to appear before the grand Jury are several state senators and Whitney Lsyton, a manufacturer of anti-trust baking powder, who Is alleged to have been compelled to move his plant from Missouri bythe legislation said to have been secured by Kelley. Circuit Attorney Folk has charge of the prosecution here and is assisted by Attor ney General Crow, v , - Circuit Attorney Folk said to the Asso ciated Press: . . , The Investigation, bertin by the grand Jury here today Is. preliminary to that to be made at Jefferson City next Monday, when the Cole county grand Jury- will re convene and take; up the -matter fully. Most of the money alleged to have been used In securing favorable legislation Is thought to have been paid out in Jefferson county and there will be held the more Important part, of the Investigation. NEW TORK, April . Daniel J. Kelley failed to appear at the Tombs police court today. When he was arraigned on Tues day he was allowed to go 0a1 his prom lee tbst he would be In court today. GOVERNOR DAVIS IS ACCUSED Chief Exeentlre "of Arkansas .May Be Impeached If Coaamltteo Re port o Adopted. . LITTLE ROCK. Ark., April 9. The ways and means committee of the house today filed Its report on the Investigation, charges preferred against Governor Davis by Attorney General Muroby. on behalf of the state penitentiary board. The report, which ie a voluminous one. Is accompanied by about 1,000 typewritten pages. The -rtooamlttee Is divided In Its findings, seven of the eleven members sign ing tha majority report. ..finding certain charges sustained .ty 1 the evidence, - the three principal ones tnlng tho alleged mis-" use of contingent funds. - of a private car furnished by the Ctocta railway, and acceptance of coal from s concern .-which was supplying the state institutions. evidence being Introiite-his Intention t.p.y tor it..-:., -: .'--w Three memDers siKOfc"T,?irt exonerate ing both Governor Davis and the members of ths penitentiary board of any action of a criminal nature. A motion was detested to postpone fur ther consideration of the reports for a week. A motion ie now being discussed to" accept the majority report. - If It Is adopted impeachment proceedings may fol low. SAYS WRIGHT INVENTS ASSETS Secretary of Dofanct Company Files Strong- Charges Against Flee, lngr Promoter. NEW TORK. April 9. Among the affi davits presented in the Whl taker Wright case waa one by John J. Hlama, formerly secretary of the London and Globe com pany. Mr. Hiame declares that Wright always changed the annual reports; that In one of the snnual reports an Item showed $400,- 000 on hand, when as a matter of tact most of ths nroney had been borrowed a few days befors the statement was Issued from another of Wright's corporations and re paid afterwsrd. WASHINGTON. ' April 9. Notloe was served todsy on ths clerk of the supreme court that Whitaker Wright will appeal from the refusal of the federal circuit court sitting In New Tork to admit him to ball or to Issue a writ of habeas corpus. SAY FLOWER BRIBES TOO Authorities Try Doctor aa Result of Chorees Asralast i Officer, NEW TORK, April 9. Dr. R. C. Flower was charged today by Aaslstant District Attorney Garvan with attempting to bribe Captain Titus when the latter waa chief of the detective bureau. Ths allegation was based upon affidavits made by Dr. Flower and othera accusing Andrew D. Melery with the larceny of $2,500, alleged to bavs been given him to bribe Titus. Jewell Flower, Dr. Flower's son, said hs hsd drawn up the affidavits. Maglstrste Barlow, who was hearing the caae, aald the affidavits hsd been submitted to him and that be had ordered the assistant district attorney to make the charge against Dr. Flower. The caae was adjourned until April 11. BLACKS DEMOLISH CITY HALL Attack Building; In Which Whites Dance, Afterwards Sustaining Rannlng Fight. LAWREN'CEBL'RO, Ind., April 9. A mob of negroes numbering nearly fifty, attack ing the town hall of Clevea, O., thla morn ing, completely demolished Ita -walla, roof and wlndowa with boulders, clubs and bul lets. A number of young white people were dsnctng in the hall and several were slightly Injured. With drawn revolvers the white men chased the black mob away. A running fight through the town followed and many shots were fired. RIOTOUS JUDGE IS REMOVED Virginia Hoaso Votes to Vnseat Jnrlat Who Horaowhlpped , Preacher. RICHMOND. Va., April 9. The house of delegatea voted to remove Judge Clarence Campbell of Amherst county from the bench for flogging Rev. Dr. Crawford of the State Anti-Saloon league. The dlvisloa was 63 to I. The removal resolution goes to Ute senate for concurrents. HOWELL WINS THE VICTORY Secures BtTenteen Delegates More Thai Enough to Homintte. CONNOLLY AND STREETER RUN CLOSE Howell's Opponents Aro t'auble to Carry Their Own tVsurds Singu lar I y Close Contest la the Fourth. Democrat to City Primaries. Howell Antl- Total Delea-ates. Howell. Vote. First ward Second ward.... Third ward Fourth ward.... Fifth ward Sixth ward Seventh ward.. Klahth ward.... Ninth ward Totals 12 am Hb 241 214 1 27 2M 146 30 16 in 'i 75 11 6 ii to 1.904 Edward E. HoweU won the victory at the democratic prlmarlts .yesterday, and will In all probability bs nomlnsted for mayor at the city convention Saturday night. There will he a total of 115 delegates In the con vention snd ot thene Howell has elected seventy-five, .or seventeen more than the number necessary to nominate. James P. Connolly ot the First ward snd Ed S. Streeter of the Seventh were tho msyorslty candldstes who opposed Howell at ths primaries, but both of them failed to tarry their home wards, and their names are not likely to be hesrd In the conven tion. Just whst the forty sntl-Howell dele gates who were elected yesfrday will do In the convention as to a mayoralty candidate la problematical. It la possible that they may spring ,a dark horse snd give him a complimentary vote at least. The fifteen dolegates elected In the Sixth ward without opposition are pledged to vote for Ed P. Smith for mayor, but ten of them are un derstood to hsve s'rong Howell lesnlngs. First Ward. " The strife in the First wsrd between tho Streeter-Howell snd Connolly delegations became quite bitter during the afternoon, and especially so In the evening, when the Judgee snd clerks were engaged In sorting snd counting the bsllots. The Connolly supporters endesvored upon several oc casions to have the clerk and Judge throw out Streeter-Howell ballots which were held to be spoiled, while In reality they were only crudely marked. The Intense feeling over the result came to a focus Just before the vote waa canvassed, when three fist fights occurred, none ot the participants receiving .any Injurtea other than slightly bruised countenances. The vote cast was quits hesvy, the Howell slate being elected by a small majority, receiving 135 votes, against 124 for Connolly. . , Seeond Ward. In the Second ward the .conteet was suf ficiently warm to make the Howell ad herents canvass the ward very closely for air the '"democratic votes In that district which might be secured, for their .delega tion, aad there was no laziness shown In the ; Hawaii earns. The successful Howell ticket vt er'jy b a sote tit vw,tmo o one. the high vote being 1M jor howbh is i Connolly. . During the time the polls were open but little excitement .was; caused rr clashes Jetween the supporters of ths two delegations and after the vote waa .;an vaased the battle of ,the ballota was grace fully accepted and later discussed over flowing cups in a neighboring saloon where the crowd congregated. Third Ward. The Third ward sends a solid Howell delegation of fifteen members to the con vention, the same being understood . as pledged to Charles Schnauber for council man. Pat Ford, sr., led In the balloting with 149. The low men on ths Howell ticket were M. Landon and Moses Coons with 1ST eseh. The high men on the Streeter-Connolly ticket were Pstrick Lahey and Jamea Shea, with 101 each, nte total vote of the ward was 241 and It is charged by the election officers that be cause of an error In the offloe of the city clerk In preparing the registration .books about forty residents ot the ward were de prived of voting, their names not appear, ing on the regiatration books, while many namea of residents along Fifteenth street were duplicated. A policeman Inside ths voting plsce at 1024 Dodge street excluded all except the election officere snd one chal lenger tor each olds, while another .officer kept the workers on the opposite side ot the street, with the result that there was ns disorder during the dsy. . Fourth Ward. Jn ths hotly-contested Fourth wsrd the antis elected Abbott, Fitzgerald, Gillespie and Oonden, snd ths Howell . fsctlon. Weaver, 8esy. Dillrance, Besen and Calla han. The ward Is entitled to twelve dele gatea and for the remaining three places there are six sntis and one Howell man tied with 10$ votee each. The antls bsvs proposed that the na-jies of all the tied men be put In a hat and three drawn, which would give the Howell man a chance of drawing the one they would have In the bunch. But the Howell faction demurs to this and wants to put six of their names in against six ot the antls. It now looks as though ths matter might have to go to the city committee and perhaps to tns convention, in which svent the Howell fac tion would have a decided advantage. The total vote of the ward waa 207. making 104 the majority. Abbott, with 106 votes, was high man of the day, and Weaver, with 105, the high man on ths Howell list. The low man on the Howell list waa James Clha. with 99, and the low man on the antls' list was George E. Tager. with 10L Fifth Ward. The Fifth ward delegation, as elected, calls Itself ths "independent" delegation and la pledged to support for msyor the best and strongest democrst that can bs Induced to make ths race; for city clerk. M. P. O'Connor; for tax commlaaloner, Wil liam Fleming; for comptroller, C. O. Lo beck; for councilman, Hobart Williams. There were 211 votes polled at tbs pri mary. Of these 123 were etralght antl Howell votee and 64 Howell votes, with 2$ scratched and f spoiled tickets. The high men on the successful or antl-Howell ticket are John E. Reagan and John F. Moriarlty, with 141 votes each. The low man on this ticket received 131 votes snd is A. A. Arter. The two high men on the Howell ticket are Martin Tigbe and Thomas H. Dalley, who got 81 votes each, and the low man la Elmer Welmer, who received 7J votes. Slsth Ward. There wss no contest in ths Sixth ward, the delegation being conceded to Ed P. Smith. Sixty-one votes were csst. The delegation will bs for George Smith s a candidate for the city council. Seventh Ward. Edwsrd Howell's delegation won handily over that pledged to Ed Streeter la ths (Continued oa Second Page. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Showers and Colder Friday; Saturday lobably Fair. Temperature nt Omaha Ycaterdayi Hour, : Pes. Hour. Deer. 6 a. m HI 1 P. ! T4 a. m...... 44 a p. na TT T a, 4H S i, ii TH M a, H.1 4 p. m T a. m IW 5 p. m TN lO a. m J4 p. m TO It a. m...... l T p. na T3 12 tn TS R p. na Tl p. m REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES TODAY List of Polling- Placca la tho Dif ferent Wards of tho City. Republican primaries will be held Fri day from 12 o'clock noon until 7 o'clock In the evening. The polling places in the different wards are as follows: First Ward 1703 South Tenth street. Second Wsrd 1433 South Sixteenth street. Third Ward 313 North Fifteenth street. Fourth Wsrd Bee building. Fifth Ward Ed Morgan a, nea Sixteenth and Corby streets. Sixth Wsrd Idlewlld hall, Twenty-fourth and Grant streets. Seventh Ward 1607 South Twenty-ninth venue. Eighth Ward Chris Boyer's, Twenty second and Cuming streets. Ninth Ward 2818 Farnam street. The delegates selected will meet In con vention Saturday afternoon to nominate candidates for the elective municipal offi cers. The. delegations favorable to Mayor Moores In all cases occupy the second place on the official ballot, the top position having been given to the nntt-delegatlona. In most of the wards the voters will also express preferonco for councilman. CUTS HIS THROAT ON TRAIN Despondent Illinois Farmer Takea His Own Life While Trav cling;. W. W. Connelly, a resident of Elmwood. III., wss discovered dead with his throat cut on Union Paclflo train No. by ths conductor Just sfter leaving South Omaha. When the train reached the Union station Coroner Brailey was sent for and took charge ot the remains.' The Identity of the man was disclosed by letters in his pockets snd a telegram waa aent to Mra. Anna Connelly. A reply was received at a late hour from Mayor W. J. Smith or Elm wood, directing that the body be aent for ward to that place, which will be done today. Connelly was a passenger from Elko, Nev., which is on the Central Pacific, and had been a through passenger. He was a man of about 40 yeara of age and appeared to have been in poor health. Thla assump tion Is borne out by the contents of a letter from the wife of ths dead man. In which she says that she is sorry to hear that ha is not feeling well. The letter was couched In very loving terms, and gives an aecount of the writer's success In get ting along with ts fgrni during tho hus band's absence. It la thought that the deed -wag Mie rcswlLpf dsapoudencv. jver. ill The discovery wss rajde by tie conductor who In collecting tickets tried, the toilet room doer. The dead man lay against this and It was with difficulty that he could Ufl removed from the room. He had cut his throat right across with an ordinary pocket knife. The train arrived in Omaha about 5:45 o'clock. Deceased hsd only 85 cents In his pockets. TORNADO SWEEPS KANSAS Great Damage Is Reported from Alta mont, but Without Details. JOPLIN, Mo., April 9. A tornado passed over, southesstern Kansas st 4 this after noon. Passengers on sn eastbound 'Frisco train say It waa reported at Altamont, as the train passed through, that a tornado had paaaed over the town and had done much damage.' No further particulars can be learned. HANCEVILLE, Ala., April I. Two more deaths resulted today from the tornado which swept the country west of here on Wednesday. They are Isabella McCoy, sged 6, and Eftle McCoy. Two other members ot the same family are alao expected to die. POISONS CANDY TO SLAY FOE Indiana Man Sends Sweets Saturated with Araonlo to Old Master. INDIANAPOLIS, April 9. David Good win of Wayne 'county is under arrest, charged with attempting to poison Joseph Meyers of Richmond, his wife and 12-year-old daughter. Ho bought candy and gave It to the little daughter to send to her father. ..n analysis by Frank Hlnton, with whom the Goodwin child lives, shows ths stuff to be satursted with srsenlc. Goodwin for merly worked for Meyers. KEENE POOL JS DISSOLVED Southern Paclflo Stock Collected to Fight Uarrlman Is Dis tributed. NEW TORK. April 9. Official announce ment waa made today ot the dissolution of ths Southern PsclSo pooL Mr. Tsylor msde the announcement. He said alao that ths stock had been distributed. Mr. Taylor confirmed the report that Mr. Keene Is to tske a trip to Europe. Movements of Ocean Vessels April O. At New Tork Arrived: Pennsylvania. from Hamburg via Boulogne and Plymouth. Sailed: LaBretagne, for Harve; Koenlgln iuiae, ior uremen via nymoutn and rner bourg; Armenian for Liverpool; Neuxtrla, for Marsellea via Gibraltar; Deutchland, for Hamburg. At Liverpool Arrived: Celtic, from New Tork via yueenstown. Sailed: Irishman, for Portland; Mayflower, for Boston via Queenstown; Pretorlan, for Halifax and St. John, N. B , via Movllle. At uiwanar r asaeo: Kavenna. rrom New York, for Napiea and Genoa. At Queenstown Arrived: I'ltonla, from Boston, for Liverpool, and proceeded. Sailed: Germanic, from Liverpool, for New York. At Halifax Arrived: Laurentian, from New York. At Havre Arrived: La Savole, from New Tork. At Calcutta Balled: Eva, for Ban Fran cisco. At Maulmaln Arrived : Ellerlc, from Portland, Ore., via Manila. At I'upenhagen Arrived; Noorge, from Nw York via Christians. At Tha IJxard Passed: Kensington from New York, for Antwerp. At Loudon Balled: Manltou, for New York. At Napiea Sailed: California, for New York. At Genoa Arrived: Commonwealth, from Boston via Ponta del Gada.. At Movllle Arrived: Corinthian, from Bt. John, N. B., and Halifax, for Liverpool, sun prvescacu. LAWMAKERS GO HOME final Dissolution of the Legislator Not Marked by Any Strennout Beenes. MEMBERS JOIN IN SINGING "AMERICA" Governor Mioev Appears in Person aud Addreuei Both louses. STATEMENT OF THE APPROPRIATIONS Senator Anderson Places Them at $3,650, 000 and Revenue in Exoesi of That DIVERGENT VIEWS ON TAX VALUATION Governor and Auditor Two Hundred Million Dollars Apart on Their Estimates of tho Probahlo Total Valuation. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April 9 (Special ) The twenty-elghth session of the Nebrsska legislature adjourned sine die at 11:30 p. m. today. Having convened Tuesday, January 6, the bouse exceeded the sixty day limit by six and the senate by eight days. Nominally the hour of final ad journment was 1 o'clock, and 'the dsy Wednesday (yesterday), that time having been decided on by Joint resolution. Therefore the old clocks In each chamber, which had lent themselves to so many similar tricks In previous legislatures tn deceitful silence recorded the formal hour. Not since 1 o'rlock yesterday morning hss etthet house or senate taken an adjourn ment; the Interims all hava been "five minute recesses." The closlug scenes In both houses were uneventful. The end csme in cold formal ity and with but a small fragment of the membership of either body present. The greater number of senstors and representa tives had left for their homes on the pre vious night or this morning, since the ses sion waa practically ended last night, when, at 10 o'clock, in the house the last measure was passed. The galleries, lobb'cs and those parts of the floors usually occupied by visitors were deserted. Quietly and without ostentation - the affairs In each branch of this law making body wore ter minated, whea Speaker Mockett In the house and a few minutes later President Pro Tem Harrison in the senate, dropped their gavols upon their desks and formally declared the respective housee adjourned sine die. ' ' The senate completed Ita work last night and remained In session only to wait until the house could wind up Its affairs, all ot . which was done last night save the signing of a few bills by the speaker which the law requires dono In the presence of the house. This delay was due to aa una eldable rush In the enrolling rooms. The houses convsned at 9:30 this morning. As fast as ths bills Could be brought frum the -enrolling rooms they were signed by the speaker 'and ent. to the T governor. . AH wor senate files, -,-The. freqiiertt exchange A of visit of tha "clerks from' the two Honser and the occasional pj)arine e of the gov ernor's private secretary -vere about all ' that transpired to sustain the life of the dying session. Members were 'Occupying the time in a general handshaking festival and many of them left for their houes be fore the end came. Dartley Committee Discharged. The house awoke from Its dying dream long enough to adopt a resolution Intro duced by Knox of Buffalo, requesting thst the committee appointed to Investigate the so-called Bsrtley cigar box, ot which com mittee Mr. Knox was chairman, be dls- , charged from further duty. It waa 12:15 when the speaker affixed hla signature to the last bill and Deles Dernier of Csss offered a motion thst the speaker appoint a committee of three to proceed to t'ue senate and Inform that body that the house had finished Its work snd was ready to adjourn. Deles Dernier, chairman, Jahnel of Washington and Ken nedy of Douglas were appointed. Immedi ately 'Douglas of Rock moved that a com mittee be appointed to watt upon the gov ernor, in company with a like committee from the senate, inform his excellency that the legislature had reaohed the end of Its labors and oak him If hs bad any further messages to transmit.' Douglas, Bartoo ot Valley and Fries ot Howard were named on this committee. The respective com mittees in the sensts were composed of these members: . Brown of Keya Paha, Cox of Hamilton, Mall of Burt, O'Neill of Lancaster and Jennings of Thayer.. Each committee attended to its formal work and the Joint committee to wait upon the chief executive returned with hlra tn person, going first to the house, where Governor Mickey made this brief address: Governor Thanks Legislators. Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of this House; I wish to Inform you that 1 have no fur ther message to transmit to your honorable body for Its official consideration. But I have one message that 1 wr aid not forego the pleasure of transmitting, and In order that I may derive the treaUst pleasure j from it I come In person to convey that mitaiKfl to you. i wmn to rxprwi my sin cere thanks tn this body for Its geherous and thouKhtful consideration of the gov ernor during our deliberations this winter, and to express the appreciation and grati tude for the cordial relatione that hava ex isted between us. i would not fell to ex- rrese to you personally my alncere regard or you aa gentlemen. And let me aay, In the sincerity nf my heart, that In all my thlrtv-flve vears' residence and exoerlenca In Nebraska I have never known a auperlnr body or men exsemuiea as tne House of representatives In this stste. I have com mended your work, and I commend It now. Almost in its entirety have I, as the chief executive of the state, approved the labors of thla honorable body. While ws have differed In some Instances, I feel, and I believe that you feel those differences wero Inspired from true hearts and sincere mo tives, and so we can part knowing that our official relatione are whole; that each has done hla duty the very best that he knew how. I extend to you all the heartiest wish for life's test favors. . The governor was heartily cheered and Epeaker Mockett immediately aald: I take It on myself to express to you. Governor Mickey, the cordial feeling whlrri thla hojae has for your sincerity of pur- fiose and the high admiration and respect t haa for your administration aa governor, and to add that we have In you, aa a gen tleman and chief executive of this great commonwealth, the utmost conndenoe. The governor was escorted to ths senate chamber, where he epoke la almoet Iden tical terms, assuring the members of ths upper branch of the leglslatuVs that thslr labors had entitled them snd rseelved from him ths highest approbation he could be stow. Declares Session Ended. Loomls of Dodge, ths vsnerabla leader of the minority, made tho motion te ad journ sins die in the house st 11:20. Mr. Loomls' motion was couched In charac teristic lsnguage, being eloquent enough to appeal to the aentlmenta snd emotions of sveryons lu the hall. The motion was carried, end Speaker Mockett, letting hie gsvel fall Ormly on hla high desk, pro nounced the .formal sentence of laal ad- en' -1 " 4