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The Omaha Daily Bee. g PAGES I TO 8. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SAT U 111) AY MOltNINU, APKIL 11, 1903-SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY Till. 12 CENTS. I ST LAW TOO WIDE kt irtant Attorney General Be Increasing Difficulties in Situation. COURTS HAVE PROVIDED NEW PROBLEM Eold that Even Reasonable Istraint of M Trade it Illegal at Pre en t. RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION MAY BE GOOD Peon'a Malt Decide Which alerters Should I Be Prohibited. SECURITIES CASE DEFINES STATUTES Leaves No Loophole for Escape by Destroy I oa; Laat Legal Quibble and Finally Settling Judges' Powers. PHILADELPHIA. April 10. Jamea M Beck, assistant attorney general, who ar gued the Northern Feeurltlea case for the government, when questioned today as to the scope of the decision, aatd: I "Disclaiming any purpose to exprese any I opinion but my own, the clear and exhustlve opinion of Judge Thayer aeema to mo to leave nothing to be desired in the matter of a full exposition of the federal law ap- ffSS coma such a result, for it seems to me of first Importance that the exact meaning of existing atatutory law should be definitely . ascertained. When ao aacertalned, the rkuestlon of the wisdom of the statutes can Jn fairly debated In the greater court of public opinion. Court Destroys Las Legal Quibble. "The declalon of the circuit court accom pllshos the purpose. It destroys the laat legal device for the auppreaelon of com petition and ahlfta the whole question from the courta to the people and leavea for their consideration and ultimate decision the question whether railway consolidation un der orooer regulations la desirable or Ahether it should be altogether prohibited, "The wild suggestion that thla declalon la revolutionary and will disrupt the Amer lean railway system la absurd. It simply reafflrma existing principles and baa no ap plication whatever to legitimate extensions of railway lines, but appllee solely to the .nn,...lA t onmnatltlnn hv rallwSV COO- I wvv ' - -. . i sol'.datlon. Judge Thayer a declalon, in er feet, demonatratea the Inaccuracy of the phrase 'holding cotnpane.' and also shows that the 'community of Interest' plan, through stock ownership, when it aup presses competition and promotes monop oly, la unlawful. It holds in substance mat whenever the control of competing inter- ..... i . i. wm.. ' -iffc-r hf a com : ; , . " . ..... . 7nrr,. atlon which they create, and the motive for competition haa thua been destroyed by 1 the- consequent unity of Interests, tha anti trust law la violated. "The fact that each of tha competing lines la nominally operated by a eeparate board of directors la held Immaterial, and tha court, disregarding form and looking to aubstance, holds that the real policy of a railroad 'la controlled by thooe who own the majority of the stock,' and that aucn in dividual holdera 'In a real sense determine all Important corporate acta.'. Block Ownership Give Law Chance. "The declalon ia also of first Importance in holding that the mere owneranip oi atock in an Interstate railroad brlnga the - auMi jiirut relation with inter state commerce aa to subject hfm to the denary powera of tho tedoral government with reapect thereto. Perhapa thla holding glvea the decision ita greatest Importance. the mere) acquisition of auch shares had lther no direct relation to lnteratata com- I merce, or that, in any event, auch rela- tlon waa Indirect, collateral and remote, They sought to establish an unsound dls- tlnctlon between ownership of a road and its operation. Thla view the court nega- tivea and holds that the purchase of shares la . an interstate railway subjects the purchaser to tha constitutional power of the federal government. The Importance Let thla holding, coming as It does, upon n heels 01 tno lottery cases, csnuui i be overestimated. It greatly wldena the acoDe of federal activity. The conetltution remains unchanged, but the aphere of human action, to which it la applied, la, by means of wholly exterior forces, greatly widened. "When the conetltution waa framed tha only media of lnteratate communication were the coastwise sailing veaaela and the occasional atage coach which crossed atate lines, but steam and electricity have In- dlssolubly bound the atatea together by Unea of ateel, aggregating in the matter of railroads alone 200,000 miles In length, and thla baa produced a centripetal action which haa inevitably Increased the sphere and acopa of federal activity. Conditions Heed Haw Rosaody. "In thla aspect the lottery caaea and the Case jusi ueciaea easily mari a new sun most important epoch in the life of the nation. The lottery casea, which aua talned the power of congress to prohibit Interstate traffic when prejudicial to' the public welfare, and the Northern Securities case, which subjects not only the in: mediate operation of every lnteratata road but ita very ownership through atock shares, to federal power, are aimply la evltable reaulta of thla centripetal force The decision makes It doubly necessary to determine as a matter of public pclicy the exact and proper relation between the rail ways, upon which our prosperity so vitally depends, and the atate. "In this connection the conservative sug gestion cf Attorney General Kaox In bta notable addreaa at Pittsburg, that the anti trust law ahould be ao rrodlfled aa ta forbid only unreasonable restraints of trade, ahould be borne In mlad. The supreme court, In the Joint traffic declalon, by a bare majority of one. ao construed the anti-trust law as to bring reaa:nable aa welt aa unreasonable restraints of trade within ita prohibition, and thua added lin- Tnenaely to the difficulty ot an already dlt- I loult problem. "The attorney general's view of the ex isting law haa been fully suatalned and hla courageous aetlca fully vindicated, and the responsibility must now rest with Ameri can peoplt to determine, aa a legislative and not aa a judicial question, ho far and under what conditions the public In terest may, It at all, Just.ry such railway consolidations aa are In restrain ot com petition." f) Appeal Kollco Is Filed. ST. PACL, April 10. The Northern Se euritiea company's appeal to the supreme court will be Bled with the clerk of the 'CaoUaued oa Second Page.) B0XER S FRI L,ES DEAD General Who Defended Forelaaera by Opposing; Allies In China rM Anr. TEKIN, April 10. Yung Lu. (he comp troller of finance and first grand secretary, la dead. He had been Buffering for dome I time past from dropsy and was known to critically in. A month .go he asked permission to retire rrom omce, out tun dowager empress urged him to take a rest Instead, aa the emperor needed hie services. Tung Lu was a Manrbu, and when tha Boxer rebellion broke out he was viceroy of lh" province of Pe Chi u and gcneralis- 0 at... ........ T J aW.H I A a. , , ,, , fc,. v,. ... nee being even greater than that of LI ,Iung CoanS- Since the death of the latter I una lu naa more man once been repre sented aa dictating the policy of the dow ager empress and emperor. The rapid rise of Yung Lu from a amall military command to be viceroy of Fe Chi LI and later one of the highest counsellors of the dowager empress la said to have been unprecedented. He obtained hla post of generalissimo aa a reward for crushing the reform party In China. Yung Lu waa said to be the real author of the anti-foreign outbreak In Pekin and Tientsin and he commanded the beat dls clpllned troops which opposed the allies. This latter fact waa recalled by foreigners when, In 1901, he was awarded the two eyed peacock feather "for protecting for etgnera against the Boxers." 0F STRANGE CORPSE Queer Case of Superstition la Re ported from a Vlllaato la Hungary. VIENNA, April 10. An extraordinary case of superstition haa occurred In Hun gary. A peasant living at Nosztany died while attending a musical In a neighboring town. Hla relatives started homeward with the body, but were forcibly prevented from traversing the village of lharis,. the in habitants asserting that the passage of a strange corpse through the place would lead to misfortune. Reinforced by gendarmes the relatives made second attempt to pasa through tho village, but were confronted by the entire population, armed with pitchforks and sim ilar weapons. The gendarmea were driven back by the villagers, and thereupon Bred a volley at the crowd of men, women and MM,. ,,., ,w. mnA .,h. '. many others. COMBES THREATENS BISHOPS Orders Prelates to Observe Law Against (Congregations Under . Pata of Loaloat enureses. PARIS, April 10. Premier Combes la ae .w -.,iJ: k. ... ' w.h. ops One notified them that they must abso lutely forbid the members of congregations from preaching In the churches of their dl oceae and warning them that neglect to do ao will result In the closing of those churches In which the law la Infringed. The other circular dlrecta the Immediate cessation of religious services In all estab Ushmenta to which tha authorization haa not been granted, PLOT DEATH TO SERVIAN KING Disaatlaued "objects Flaa to Slay Monarch Who Replies with Conn d'Etat. VIENNA, April 10. The rumere of a plot via received apparent confirmation In prl rate dispatches received at Buda Peat, ac cording to which an attack on the klng'a life waa planned for 8unday. The plot waa discovered and fifty persona auspected of complicity were arrested. I Semi-official reports from Belgrade de clare that these rumors are false, but It I thought here that King Alexander's recent I coup d'etat waa hastened by the discovery of the alleged plot. HOLD KEY TO VENEZUELA Rebels Defeat Castro and Captnre Strong: Strategical Foil. tlon WILLEMSTAD. Curacao. Monday, April 6. (Delayed In Transmission.) The Vene suelan revolutionists have defeated the I government in the neighborhood of Caracaa I and captured two cannon and a large quan Uty of ammunition. They have also taken Barqulslmeto, which la the key to the I western part of Venezuela. Heavy fighting. I undecisive aa yet, haa taken place at Coro, Direct cable communication between thla I city and the United Btatea la delayed on account of the revolution In Santo Domingo, MASniRWI PYPl ilWS FAI1 IIRP lays He Refused to Giro Private Cos certs While In the Vnlted States. PARIS, April 10. The Temps todsy pub lishes an interview with Signor Maacasnt, who arrived here yeaterday from New York. Maacagnl aays he was offered large sums for private concerts at rluhs and residences In America, but refused the offer aa un worthy of an artist. He attributes much of hla misfortune to refusing to take up these private concerts. ' L0UBET MAY CROSS CHANNEL Proposes to Retnrn Edward's Visit sad Establish New Precedent. LONDON, April 10. The probability of President Lou bet returning King Edward'a visit la warmly welcomed In England. It will be the first visit of a French ruler to England sines Napoleon III visited Queen Victoria In 1855 during the Crimean war. Mlata'a Sob Succeeds Fisher. LONDON, April 10 The Hon. Arthur Ralph Douglas, a liberal unionist member ef Parliament for Durham and aecond s:n of the F.arl of Mlnto. will aurcerd William Hayes Fisher as financial secretary ot the treasury. t'rarlaa la Perfect Health. ST. PETERSBURG. April 10. The report circulated in Paris that the czarina la suf fering from peritonitis la untrue. She la In parlact health and leavea here tor Moscow wlUt the czar. SIMS FLY IN VOTE TALK Wounded in Chicage Melsa, RIOTERS FLEE P. OM AVc'NGING OFFICERS Take Refuse In lpper Room, Wkrire Ballets Speed at Attacking De tectives Headed tr Ia Jared Leader. CHICAGO, April 10. Lieutenant Maurice Moore of the Twenty-second street police tatlon and four Italians were wounded by revolver shots In a riot at an early hour today. Injured: Lieutenant Maurice Moore, shot In the right arm. Frank Vtnch, 25 yeara old, ahot In leg. five knife wounds In back and bead crushed; Uken tc St. Luke'a hospital, may die. Salvan Barber, 26 yeara old, shot In left teg; taken to the county hospital, serious. Frank Bronzbazel, 31 yeara of age, shot in right leg; taken to county hospital, aerlous. Frank Boone, arm fractured by bullet; taken to St. Luke's, serious. The trouble started In a saloon. A post election argument waa started and aeveral blows were struck. The crowd, composed chiefly of Italians, then surged out to the sidewalk, where pistols and knives were drawn. When the police and detectlvea arrived Vlnch was found lying unconscloua on the street. The others had either scattered or gone to the floor above the aaloon. Lieu tenant Moore took half of his men up the stairway and rapping on tho door ordered those Inside to open it. He waa greeted by volley, one bullet of which grazed hla head, another entered his right arm. De spite this he drew his revolver with his left arm and with the officers battered down the door. As the police entered the lamp which had lighted the place waa put out, leaving the room In darkness. Another waa pro duced and more than a dozen were ar rested. DEFECTIVE FUSE IS CAUSE Rnrns Faster Than Expected and Re- salts la Explosion on Iowa. PENSACOLA, Fla., April 10. An Investi gation of the explosion on the battleship Iowa, which occurred In the gulf near thla port yesterday afternoon, resulting In the death of three seamen and the serious In Jury of Ave others, shows that the accident was caused entirely by a defective ahell fuse, which It Is atated burned faater than waa calculated. It la understood that the shell exploded fully alxty seconds before It waa timed to go off. An examination of the ahtp today shows that the burated gun la beyond repair, and that the 12-Inch forward turret will, have to be repaired. A nnmher of supporter are also ecrung, and It la atated that portlona of the deck will have to be replaced where pieces Of the heavy gun tore through. - The funeral of the three men who were killed In the accident took place today. The dead were burled In the national cemetery here with military honors, companlea of bluejacketa from all the ehlpa of the squad ron participating In the exercises. It Is understood that all the Injured men are almost entirely out of danger, except first-class seaman Paul Oought. who lost an eye and la in a critical condition. Iowa steamed Into the navy yard thla morning. WASHINGTON, April 10. Acting Secre tary Darling today aent the following dis patch of sympathy to Rear Admiral Hlg glnaon, commanding the North Atlantic fleet at Penaacola: Please convey to officers and men of the fleet sincere sympathy of department In the lose of their comrades by the unfor tunate accident on board Iowa. (Signed) DARLINGTON. Although It haa been intended that Iowa ehould be repaired at tho New York navy yard without going out of commission, the damage done by the explosion probably will make it necessary to put the vessel out of commission. ' Because of the succession of accidents which have occurred recently in the navy a board of officers la to be appointed to re vise the drill regulations In order 1 that every precaution may be taken la the future. IN CONTEMPT OF THE COURT Judge Hanecy Fines Board of Elec tloa Commissioners of Chicago. CHICAGO. April 10. The members of the Board of Election Commissioners and Chief Clerk Rowell were today adjudged by Judge Hanccy guilty of contempt of court In open ing and counting the ballots cast for Lorl mer and Durborrow In the Sixth congrea alonal district, in violation of tha Injunc tion Issued to restrain such- action, and were fined 1100 each. They refused to pay, and an order was entered for their commitment to the county jail. They will remain technically In the custody of the sheriff until next week, when habeas corpus proceedings will be begun in the supreme court. N0RTHWESTERNTALKS BEST Captures Champloashlp by Defcntlns; Chlcatto University la Debate. CHICAGO, April 10. Northwestern tint versify won the championship In the Cen tral debating league tonight, defeating the University of Chicago, 2 to 1. The league la composed of the Vntver altlea of Mlnneaota, Michigan, Chicago and Northwestern. Prior to tonlght'a debate Northwestern had defeated Mlnneaota and Michigan had lost to Chicago. The question under debate was: "Re solved, that Vnlted States senators should be elected by direct vote of the people." Northwestern took the negative and Chi cago the affirmative. MISSING HEIR STARTS HOME Boy Fouad la Paris Asylum Now a Hla Way Back to ladlaaa. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Ap.ll 10. A cable received tonight from Parla aaya Moses Fowler Chase has started for home' In custody of Samuel P. Balrd, an attorney of thla city. He haa apent the laat four years in a sanitarium near Paris. Consul Oeneral Gowdy has been appointed hla guardian in France and hla father here baa been appointed guardian of the estate, which amounts to 6,-O,00u. Action la pend ing here to have hla father, Fred 8. Chase also appointed guardian of hla person. GHOULS REFUSE TO TESTIFY Withdraw Offers to Incriminate Dr. Alexander la Orats Rah hla. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., April 10. Prose cutor Ruckelahaus announced today that the second trial of Dr. J. C. Alexander, charged with grave robbing, has been In definitely postponed. The trial waa set for Monday, but the negro ghouls In Jail awaiting trial have suddenly announced In concert that they wilt not tes lfy against him. The state will now proceed with the trials of the negroes. Mr. Rtickelshaus this '.oon, after re ngroea, aatd: cetvlng the ultimatum Dr. Alexander's tr' .ndeflnltely post petied. We have nit i ?sea against him. If, after tliese men led and convicted, which they will t testify, they may will be tried. INDIANAFOI effort to hole j they then want to , and Dr. Alexander .nd.. April 10. The nsanlty commission on e negro who la charged ,ng, broke up In a row of bribery were openly Rufus Cuntr with grave today. Chili made by one of the attorneys representing Cantrell. It was also charged that an effort was being made to "railroad" Cantrell to the Insane asylum so that he could not appear as a witness against Dr. Alexander, whose trial la set for next week. When Squire Emerlch declared the court open and that the examination of wit nesses would begin. Prosecutor Ruckleshaus protested against the proceedlnga. He anld: I have a right to see that no man le rail roaded to the insane asylum Instead of get ting his Just dues for crimes committed against the state. I stand here on my rights and demand that this commlsnlon continue the Inquest until after the trial of Dr. Alexander. After listening to arguments of attorneys who claimed to represent Cantrell the commission granted a continuance to May 4. S0L0NS RUSH NEW LIBEL LAW Pennsylvania Lealslatare Saves Time, Getting; Opposed Rill Thraagh In Fonr Days. HARRISBVRG, Pa., April 10. The libel bill came to Governor Pennypacker late thla afternoon for his approval. The bill passed the house finally by 125 to S7, after a somewhat bitter fight. Three democrata voted with the majority and twenty-tbree republicans with the minority. The bill was introduced In the house on Monday by a republican member from Phil adelphia and an identical measure was pre sented by a republican aenator from Pblla delphla in the senate on -Tuesday. Both bills were moved up rapidly, the aenate bill passing yesterday. It waa quickly taken to the bouse and when the houae bill came up for final passage today the aenate bill waa substituted for It by 122 to 66. As the leg Islature will adjourn finally on Thursday, the advocates did not care to risk one Mil going through both housea. . Senator Penrose and other republican leaders have, been on the ground aeveral flays dlrectlng1-flhC In fa.vvf the bllL The opponents of' the measure allege" that the republican state organizations issued "orders" that the bill be rushed through before they went home for the week and they were thua deprived of an opportunity to consult their constituents. The Pennsylvania newipapera are taking a leading part In opposing the bill. A strong protest waa received by all members of the house against Ita paasage and today the publishers aaked the governor for a hearing on the ground that their rlghta and property are Involved. The governor granted the request and will fix a time for a hearing. He has thirty days in which to approve or disapprove the bill. ASYLUM BUILDINGS WRECKED Damasred by Wind Storm Which Sweeps -Over Southeastern Kansas. PARSONS. Kan.. April 10. The wind storm here last night caused more damage than at first reported. Nearly all the tem porary buildings at the state asylum were destroyed and the walls of the power houae, which waa ready for the roof, demolished. The residence of F. C. Folk waa blown from ita foundation, but no one waa hurt. INDEPENDENCE. Kan.. April 10. One of the moat severe rain and wind atorma In yeara prevailed In this part of the state last night. The brunt of the alorm waa felt Just east of here, where it amounted to a cloudburat. In ten minutes drawa and gullies were swollen, trees were uprooted and amall buildings moved from their foundations and unroofed. Heavy damage Is reported be. tween Labette and Montgomery counties, but wires are down. v. FORMER OMAHA MAN MISSING Joha W. Church and Wife Have Not Been Seen Blaca March IB. MOORCROFT, Wyo., April 10. Excite ment is running high over the mysterious disappearance of John W. Church and wife, formerly inthe Union Pacific general of fice at Omaha, but who now have a ranch fifty miles south ot Gillette. They were laqt seen on the morning ot March 15 by W. C. Cliftoa at the ranch. Church'a mother, from Council Bluffs, haa been here to meet him alnce April 1, and la nearly distracted. Large parties have gone in aearch of the missing couple. Pending investigation Clifton la being held. COLORADO SUSPECT IS HELD Carpenter Wanted for Attempted Murder aad Burglary Caasrht la ladlana. BRAZIL, Ind.. April 10. Jamea H. Hel ton, a carpenter, waa arrested tonight on advicea from Fort Collins, Colo., for at tempted murder and burglary. Helton denies the charge and says he waa not In Fort Collins st the time al leged. Helton haa Just returned home from the west. WOLVES DEVOUR SICK MAN Overcome Aajed Printer Lylaaj III mm Montana Prairie aad Partly Eat Him I p. GREAT FALL8. Mont., April 10. Th body of Ben Swivert, an old-time printer, partly devoured by wolvea, waa found to day near his ranch, thirty milea from Beu ton. It ia aupposed he was taken aick when near his ranch and waa attacked by the wolves. DENIFS DISCORD IN 10U OeDgrenman Hull Baji There it Ho iHsa- greament Regarding Booisvelt. BRANDS SOME OF THE STORIES AS SILLY Representative llepkarn In Capital oa Official Baelaees and Is Not Ia cllaed to Tulk Iowa 1 Politics. (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, April 10. (Bpeclal Tele gram.) Representative Hull of Dee Moines Is sgaln In Washington, having come here to take his family home for the vacation season. He expects to remain In Washing ton about a week. In apeaklng of the dis cord alleged to exist among those having charge of the arrangements for the recep tion ot President Roosevelt at Des Moines, Captain Hull said: "You may aay most emphatically that we are entirely harmonious In all our' plana for the entertainment of the president. Not the slightest friction exists anywhere. We are making elaborate preparations and the enthusiastic welcome that awaits Mr. Roosevelt will surely cause him to long re member the visit. I wish also to deny the allly story that any ill-feeling exists be. tween Governor Cummlne and myself aa to who shall have the honor of riding in the carriage with the president. Governor Cummins will ride with htm aa a matter of course. In fact, I suggested to our commit, tee that It should Invite Governor Cummins to ride with the president. It Is, his right ful place aa our governor and all agreed with me In that matter and tales to the contrary are false." Representative "Pete" Hepburn Is also In Washington, having come on to meet hla colleagues, Messrs. "Joe" Cannon and Rep resentative Richardson of Tennessee, who form the committee having charge of plana for the erection of the new office building to be constructed on Capitol Hill for the use 'of the house of representatives. Mr. Hepburn decltnea to discuss Iowa politics. but la confident of the renomlnatlon and re-election of Governor Cummins, and that, too, upon a platform thoroughly In accord with the vlewa of President Roosevelt on the tariff. Routine of Departments. These rural letter carrlera were ap pointed today: Nebraska, Pender, regular, Harvey E. Frey. Wahoo, regular, Oeorge M. Hanson; substitute, John LInee. Iowa, Maquoketa, regular, Charles F. Gibson; substitute, .George Borrlck. St. Oharlee. regular, Elaworth Powell; substitute, A. B. Powell. B. L. Haynea and J. E. Miller have been dealgnated members of the civil service board for the Centervllle, la., ,poatofflce. The postofflce at Altona, Wayne county, Neb., haa been ordered discontinued. . The corporate existence of the First Na tional bank ot Fullerton, Neb., haa been extended until the close ot business April 10. 1923. - ,. . HIRED TO MURDER GOEBEL Howard Is Placed oa Trial for Shoot. Inst Governor of Ken tacky. FRANKFORT. Ky., ' April 10. The selec tion of the Jury In the case of Jamea How ard, charged with killing Governor Wil liam Goebel, waa completed thla afternoon and the opening statements were placed before the court. Judge Benjamin Williams, for the com monwealth, said the prosecution would show that Governor W. 8. Taylor had the defendant brought hero In January. 1900, for the purpoae of killing Ooebel and that on Howard's arrival on the morning ot January 30 he reported to Youtaey, who took him Into the private office of the aecretary of atate and pointed Goebol out to him aa ho came up to the capltol. How ard's reward waa to be a pardon for a murder previously committed. Attorney J. A. Scott, for the defense, said the defendant would be able to show that Youtsey and not he killed Goebel. The introduction ot evidence will begin tomor row. MORMONS FREE TO INVEST Church Allows Cash to Be Placed In Co-operatlvo Mercantile Eaterprlaea. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April 10. The Re organized Church of Jeeus Christ of Latter Day Saints, In conference at Independence, spent most of today discussing a resolution prohibiting the membera from investing money in co-operative businesses. A mercantile and manufacturing company haa been Incorporated in Independence and different men high In the church, among them Bishop F. L. Kelley, are Interested in It. The company haa Juat completed a large brick factory and the bishop haa In vested some of the church'a money in it. The resolution waa discussed at length, moat ot the delegates speaking In Its favor. Bishop Kelley moved that all things per taining to the resolution be expunged from the record. Thla motion waa carried, so the matter atanda as it did before the resolu tion was Introduced and the bishop may invest the church money where he thinks best. TRAIN SLAYS FUGITIVE FEL0M Brlaajs Slow Justice for Murder Com. mltted Nearly Faar Years AKo. 1 CARBONDALE, 111., April 10. William H. Turley, who shot and killed Frank Murray on May 30, 1899 In Johns in county and eacaped. Is dead. He was killed by a train at Martel, O.. today. He had been going under the name of William Henry and waa a" employe of the Bibb Hoop company of 7aiue, O. M. J. Gottschalk, administrator, haa $2,000 life Insurance money which will be paid over to Turley's parenta. TRUST BUYS TOBACCO FIRM British aad Amcrlcaa Combiae Paya Larue Sum for Virginia Compaay. RICHMOND, 7a.-, April 10. A practical official statement waa made today that the C. Williams Tobaccg company of this city Is to be sold to the British American To bacco company. The British American Tobacco company ia a combine ot the Continenptal Tobacco company, the American Tobacco company and the Imperial Tobacca company of Enaland. The purchaae price ia said to be $4,000,000. THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska Rain and Colder Saturday; Sunday Fair. Much rage. 1 Trast Law's Scape Too Wide. Riot Grows Oat of F.lectloa. Hall Denies Discard In Iowa. Moores Wlna In Primaries. 9 Dominican Rebels Win Victory. Blind Chaplain of Senate Dies. 4 Live Stock Losses Are Llatht. Nebraska Beats Kansas la Debate. 5 Arbitration of Cotton Strike. Wheat Conditions Continue Good. Nnval Disaster Barely Averted. 6 Connrll Bluffs and Iowa News. T Naval Disaster Barely Averted.. Many Moroa Killed In Battle. 8 Law Catchea Tax Shirker. 9 Yankee Skill Is Unmatched. Light oa a Border Mystery. 10 Peanell Inquest In Progress. Six Villages Are Wiped Oat. 11 Effort Made to Barn Cnp Defender. Affairs at South Omaha. ia Editorial. 1,1 The Rest of the Story. 14 Commercial aad Financial. 16 Hova for Uniform Text Books. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdays Hour. Dear. Hour. Deer. 5 a. an BT 1 p. an...... T4 O a. m...... K7 9 p. m T8 T a. Hi 5H 8 p. an 80 8 a. m AO 4 p. xn.....t 82 9 a n eo Bp. m...... 80 10 a. m OA A p. m Ta 11 a. zn AT T p. na ...... T3 la an. TO 8 p. ra...... H O p. aa 00 HUNDREDS BLOWN TO BITS Canton Powder Factory Explodea, Harllnu- Flfteea Hoadred Per sons Into Eternity. HONG KONG, April 10. Ao explosion as occurred at the Canton arsenal powder factory. Fifteen hundred persons are reported to have been killed. SPEAKS ,F0R MORTON FUND Dr. George L. Miller Addresses the Principals of the Public Schools. Dr. George L. Miller addressed tho prin cipals of the city schools Friday after noon at their meeting at the city hall, on behalf of the Morton memorial fund com mittee and aaked their co-operation in in teresting the children of the public schools In their effort to establish a permanent memorial to J. Sterling Morton, whom he spoke of aa "the father of Arbor day and the creator of much that la beautiful fn Nebraska.'" He said that It waa especially fitting that these mites ahould come aa a tribute from the children of the sons and daughtera of ttje atate for which Mr. Morton Has none so mucn, ana aasea me leuoaers to lead the- movement to stimulate' Interest among them. 1 TOWNS AND HARBORS SOLD Capitalist ' Syndicate Purchase) Two Cities and Projected Calnmet Canal Property. CHICAGO. April 10. One of the largest deals In real estate ever made by Chicago and New York capitalists has just been closed and the final papers drawn. The East Chicago company, with a cap ital of $2,500,000, haa purchased the prop erty of the Lake Michigan Land company, the Standard Steel and Iron company and the Calumet Canal and Improvement com pany, corporations whose combined .capital was nearly $4,000,000. The purchase glvea the company control of more than 5,500 acres In Indiana, seven teen miles southeast of Chicago and ex tends from Lake Michigan to the Grand Calumet river and comprises the cities of East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, a de?p ship harbor at the latter place, and the projected Calumet Canal connecting the harbor with the Calumet river. NO NEWS FROM ROOSEVELT Prealdent Immures Himself In Dis tant Camp Around Which Snow Falls. CINNABAR. Mont., AprM 10. Secretary Loeb received no word from President Roosevelt today, who is in the mountains at a camp forty miles from his headquar- j ters. When he started yesterday It was his Intention to remain there for a number of days, and possibly a week. Snow fell today around his outfit, but ap parently the fall waa not heavy. John Bur roughs, the naturalist, did not accompany the president yesterday, as he was suffering from a alight cold. This haa about disap peared now and It la Mr. Burrougb'a inten tion to Join the party tomorrow. KANSAS MURDJERER CONVICTED Must Pay Death Penalty for Siayina; Sleeping; Cousin at Ottr.wn. April 10,-Otto Inmin. OTTAWA, Kan charged with killing ISIzi O. Jackson, h's second cousin, was couvlcted of murder In the first degree tonight. Jif-kcon wss shot while he lay in b'jJ asleep beslie his wlf. Inman and Jackscn were apparently clcso friends, and the prosecution worked on the theory that Inman Is a moral degenerate and that he attempted to murder Mrs. Jackson as well aa her husband, that he might steal $20 which he supposed was iu the house. Inman Is 22 years of age. Movements of Ocean Vessels April 111. At New York Arrived Cevlc. from Liver pool; Bulgaria, tram Hamburg; Anchora from Glamow; Sirica, trim Altile.a, elo. awA U.,llu'- fr.r .i lira i t H r. At Llveiuool Arrived t'nrinth on, f r m St. John, N. B., and Hullfax. vlu Mnvllle Bailed C'tdrlc. for New York, vl Cjiiecns town. , , At Queenatown Arrived Ciimpiuila. .Von New York; tatada. frm Bopum and Hall lax. N. 8, t"r Liverpool, ainl ijioomiIoi. Bailed MayfK wer, frm Liverpool, for Hus ton. At Oenoa Arrived Koenlg Albert, from New York, Via Nup'r. Hulled Auuate VlctoiU, for New York. :etu:nirg run crulce. At Dover Passed Kent tngton, from New York, for Antwerp. At Browhed I'Hssed t'anada. from Boa ton. vii Halifax, for Liverpool. At Hal. fax. N. H A 1 rive.. Sl Ilia", frir.i GliSfcOW and Liverpool, f r l'lill.ideli.h a. At th Llai d I'MHK-d Noorlnni. t'O" New inrk. lor liottt rd- ni ; Kin he- le. frr.m Newport New, for Ho urdnm; Mei o miiiee. from New York, for Lour! 111. At Naple Sailed Weim ir, from fltnoa. for New York; I'ambronian, from den a fur Boston. At Movllla Balled-Astoria, from (In tow. for New York: I'retorian. Irom Llver- J pool, lor UaUfa and 61. JolilL, MOORES WINS OUT Carries Fire Wardi of tha City Aga'nit Tremendous. Odds, CORPORATIONS AND POLICE CLUB FAIL Primaries Ara Moit Hotly Oontei'ei Bine New Law Passed. BIG VOTE IS BROUGHT OUT EVERYWHERE Desperate Antii Resort to All Berts 0 Fraud and Triotery. BINGHAM BEATEN IN HOME BAILIWICK Broatch Plays aa Cnsuceessfal Game of Bias? aad Bluster la the Third Table of tho Vote. Republican City Primaries. K 9 C o oS on k $ si 3"" 8 : S : : 8 i i 2X IW 521 8?3 ? 8M 8M 19i t- i2 9.1 18 8S8 870 , 7H 29 509 13 1,119 15 160 71S 403 S9t UI It M 70 tfiOt xItJ 6,72 i i WARD. First ...... Pecond ... 10 It 12 20 Third ..... Fourth .. Fifth Plxth Seventh Klghth Ninth . e a 17 Totals 73 At the most hotly oontested primary election In the history ot the city Mnyor Frank E. Moorea won out yesterday for a renomlnatlon for mayor on the republican ticket. While hla margin In the conven tion will be narrow, hla victory ia none the less signal when the obstacles over come are taken Into consideration. (Ar rayed against him were the combined forcea of all the railroads and the franchleed cor porations. The entire machinery ot the primary election, including the Judges and . clerks In every voting booth, waa In the handa of his opponents. Added to all thla waa the lavish use of money, furnished by the corporations, and the' moat unscrupu lous wielding ot the voiles club under tha personal direction ot William J. Broatch. With all these odda against him Moores carried the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Eighth wards, with seventy-three out ot 143 dolegatea In the convention, and would also be entitled to the Fifth ward delegation, with thirteen votea more, It he were given all the votea that belonged to him. Antla Become Desperate, After it became known that the Moored followlag had carried the day the oppo-' sltlon, in its desperation, aought by every tceana at ita command to ateal the election by doctoring the returns in the Third ward,; and manipulating the count in the Eighth. Broatch, with a detachment ot police, awooped down on the Third ward voting place and undertook to prevent the count ing of the ballots and the issue of a cer tificate to the Moorea dclegatea, who had won out by nearly two to one. The antla bad cooked up a scheme to steal the ballot box and substitute a set of doctored bal lots for the real ones. The vigilance of the Moores watchera and the prompt sum moning of Mayor Moorea and City Attorney Connell foiled the conspiracy. Sheriff Power was called in and the count allowed to proceed. Attempt at Fraud In Elnrhth. In the Eighth ward the antla were al most as bold. The count of the ballota gave a small but clear majority for all ot the Moores delegates, but the demand for a recount was eagerly compiled with by the Judges, only to give the same result, and a third count was then begun In the hope of gouging enough votes from the Moores column to split the delegation and throw enough strength from one side to the other to change the controlling ma jority. ' The antis finally found it impossible to change the rcBiilt of the first count. The defeat of Bingham Id his own ward leaves only two avowed opponenta ot Mayor Moorea In the convention, Charles L. Saunders rS tha Fifth and E. A. Benson of the Ninth. The Buccessful Sixth and Seventh, word delegations were supposed to have bern divided Let ween Bingham and Benr.on, and with Bingham eliminated would prcbahly rally to P.ensnn. While the Sixth ward Is labeled for Karr, it la known that the delegalea were named In disregard of Kai r'a preferences and would not stsy by him. Tr!k of T. A. Fry. There was considerable talk among the antis during Iho day of projecting Thomss A. Fry ot the Sixth ward as a new candi date and it la known that the delegatea pledged to the other antl candidatea were being sounded out lu behalf of Fry. As to the remainder of tho ticket tha personnel Is still indefinite. The result In the Second ward brlnga Fred Brunlng to the front for tax commissioner and In the Eighth ward A. O. Walstrom for building, Inspector. The other candidates aligned with the Moores following happen to com from the wards t a which the Moorea delega tlons lost. When the result became known about 11 o'clock last tight thero were crowds on i lhe streets cheering for Mayor Moores. wniltt IllQ ueirttUJU uuu icuun .iueieu in secret caucus to devise means ot pulling themselves out of the hole. Tho vote wss the largest raat at any primary flection in Omaha alnce the pri mary law went Into effect. The convention will meet In Washington hall at 2 o'clock thla afternoon. First Wnrd. The total vote In the First ward waa 531, of which Moorea delegates received l&t, de feating the antl delegation by an even hun dred. Failure on the part of the voters to understand the confusing Instructions on the sample ballota spread by the antl work ers caused a loss of nearly twenty votea to 1 the antl delegation Some Moorea auuport- era a I ho blundered in marking their bal lots, supposing their delegation to head the list, but making sure by ma.'klng both delegations, and thereby losing their votea. The primaries were fairly orderly. The couurilroanlc contest In the First was a walkover for Peter M. Back, who won ovir Hascall by a vote of two to one. David Cole made Back a very close competitor, r cclvlng llrt votes. Huscall was third with 74. Clyde Surblad next with 67. Charlea I r.nr.le;' v.lib H rnd Walter Bc-ll 14. Seconil Ward. In ihe Second ward, Mtyor Moorea a: cut by a majority of 93 votes, while Coun cilman Iloye was fav(.re1 for renomlnatlon as counrllman by 3X3 voters to 6n for C. F. FteluUkcs and 61 f r Phillip Stein. Six l.und.el and eighty-three ballota were cast which is HO moro than evsr before at
