Omaha Daily
ESTABLISHED JUiNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOKN1NG, APRIL 13, 1903.
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LOUBET IS IN AFRICA
French President Establishes Precedent by
Touring Algeria and Tunis.
SULTAN OF MOROCCO ARRANGES GREETING
Will Meet Distinguished Visitor Hear
Boundary of Two Countries
BEY ALSO EXTENDS NEW COURTESIES
Intendi to Weloome Eii Suierain at La
Oolleta,
WARSHIPS GATHER IN, ALGIERS HARBOR
Britain, Italy and Raasla Join ftaval
Pxrtnt in Manor of Traveling
Head of Republic Whoa
Alliance All Seek.
PARIS. April 11 President Loubet, ae
eompanled by M. Falllerles, president of
the tenete. Foreign Minister Delcasse and
M. Pelletan, the minister ot marine, left
Parle this evening for Marseilles, on his
way to Algeria. The president was warmly
cheered as, acocmpanled by an escort ot
eutrraaslers, he drove across Perls from the
Ely see palace to the Lyons railway station,
Premier Combes and those ministers who
do not accompany the president were pres
ent at the station to bid him farewell.
After a short stay In Marseilles, where
great fetes will be given in his honor.
President Loubet will embark on Tuesday
on the new warship Jeanue D'Are and, ac
eompanled by MM. Falleriea, Delcasse and
Pelletan, and escorted by the battleship
Saint Louis, will proceed to Algiers, where
a large French fleet la assembled to re
eelve him. Squadrons of British, Italian
and Russian warships are also now assem
bling at Algiers In his honor.
Will Meet Saltan.
The president will remain In Algiers un
til April 28, visiting Important polnu in
the colony both on the coast and In the
Interior. It Is expected that during his
stay a meeting will be arranged with the
sultan of Morocco, the latter coming to
some point In Algeria near the Moroccan
frontier for that purpose. Everywhere
throughout the colony splendid fetes are
being organised In. his honor, thle being the
first time since Napoleon Ill's visit that a
ruler of France has visited Algeria.
The president will embark again on the
warship Jeanne D'Are for Tunis. He will
land on April 27 at La Oolleta, the port of
Tunis, where the bey of Tunis and the
high officials of the regency will be assem
bled to receive him. After spending three
daya In visiting the various parts of Tunis
President Loubet will embark at the naval
port of Blierta on the evening of April 29
for Marseilles. He will arrive In Paris
In time to receive Edward VII on May 1
Besides Ministers Delcasse and Pelletan,
M. Maurejouls, minister of public works,
also will be of the presidential party. . He
has gone in advance to meet the preeldent
at Alglare.-. A, number pt, senators .an
deputies will accompany the presidential
party throughout the trip, to be accom
modated on the battleship St. Louis. Much
political significance Is attached to the
Journey, as it Is the first time that any
president of the French republie has visited
Africa, and It will be the first meeting on
African aoll between a French ruler and
a northern African sultan and the bey ot
Tunis. 4
While the International attention shown
to President Loubet by the assemblage ot
a powerful foreign squadron In Algerian
waters to salute him on his arrival Is not
without significance, the fact that the bey
ot Tunis will go to receive the president on
his landing, an honor that that potentate
has never before paid a royal visitor, al
ready has made a powerful Impression on
the Tunisians, who consider thle a complete
acknowledgment of French sovereignty.
FIVE CHARGED WITH MURDER
Authorities Hold Enemies of Dead
Colorado Rancher Who Previ
ously Slew Their Relative.
AKRON, Colo., April 12. Five men have
been arrested, charged with murdering
Joseph Nenan, a rancher, on April I.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict
charging the murder to Berry Tuttle, Oeorge
Tuttle, Frank Irwin, Elmer Shanks and
Clinton Dansdill and that the Immediate
cause of his death was four gunshot wounds
Inflicted by one or more of the above named
persons. All have been arrested.
It developed during the inquest that
threats bad been frequently made against
his life since he killed John Irwin on
Christmas day.
Oeorge Tuttle le one of the best known
men In thle section and Perry Tuttle Is his
eon. Shanka Is a cousin ot the Tuttle'a and
Dansdill Is employed by the elder Tuttle.
John Irwin, whose killing Is said to have
started a feud, wae a son-in-law ot Oeorge
Tuttle.
SNOW AIDS GRASS TO GROW
Falls la Wyoming and Colorado,
Proving Boon to Local
Stoekmea.
DENVER, April 12. About three Inches
of snow fell along the eastern slope ot
the Rocky mountains in Wyoming an'l
Colorado during last night and early this
morning.
It will prove of great benefit to ths grass
on the ranges and a boon to the stock
men and farmers. The storm wss uoac
eompanled by wind and there Is no danger
to exposed stork. '
PRESIDENT ISOLATED IN PARK
Telephone Wires Break aad secretary
Loeb Is Consequently I'uuble to
Call President 1 p.
CINNABAR. Mont.. April 12. Secretary
Loeb received no news from the preslden
today.
Most of the telephone wires in the park
ara down and if the president wanted to
communicate with Cinnabar it would be
necessary to send a messenger from his
camp to Major Fletcher's headquarters.
Petition for Telephone Franchise.
WEST POINT. Neb.. April 12. (Special.)
At ths last regular meeting of ths city
council an ordinance and petition was pre
sented by the Cuming County Independeut
Telephone company for prruil-blon to ir.Hi
poles and string wires In the city. This
move is expected to bring out the opposi
tion of the Nebraika Telcpbcne company,
whose system is Installed here. No scion
was iakea by the council.
FOUR DIE IN TRAIN WRECK
Failure to Take Siding- B-a About
Fatal
Colllslo
"'A
Halifax.
HALIFAX. April 12. Four person '
killed, two fatally hurt, at least on,
missing and several others were ilis.hu.
Injured in a icad-on collision on the In
tercolonial railway at midnight near Wlnd
eor Junction, twelve miles from Halifax.
The telegraph poles were wrecked and this
city was cut of from communication with
the outside world for four hours.
The trains In collision wore the Canadian
Pacific express from Montreal and Boston
for Halifax end a fast freight from Halifax
for Montreal.
The freight had orders to take the sid
ing at Windsor Junction and lot the ex
press pass, but for some unknown reason
the driver of the freight ran past the
Junction and met the express two miles be
yond. It is thought he may have lost con
trol of his train. The freight was running
twenty-five miles an hour and the express,
which was two hours late, was traveling
bout forty-five miles an hour.
The dead:
WILLIAM TVALL, express driver.
MICHAEL OAKLEY, express firemsn.
FIREMAN HILL of the freight.
BRAKEMAN THORPE of thv. freight.
Fatally hurt:
Freight Driver Copeland.
McCready, a tramp from Antlgonlsh.
COUNCILS TO CENSOR PLAYS
Austria Seta I'p Committees Charged
with Keeping Stag
Pure.
VIENNA, April 12. Premier Koeber has
Issued an important circular to the pro
vincial governors revising the rules regu
lating the censorship of plays, which have
been practically unchanged since I860.
One of the most Interesting provisions is
the creation of councils to which condemned
plays must be referred. These councils will
consist of three members, a government
official, a legal official and an independent
member. The latter must be one specially
acquainted with dramatic affairs, such as
a dramatic critic, or a literary man.
As the majority of the councils will be
government officials, there is little danger
of any play distasteful to the authorities
receiving approval. The censors are for
bidden to revise or alter plays. They may
only suggest alterations to the authors.
DUTCH STRIKE HAS COLLAPSED
Men Cry "Traitor' and Decide to Re
turn to Work Acknowledge
la at Defeat.
AMSTERDAM, April 12. The strike has
collapsed. The aged anarchist leader, Do
mela Niewenhuls, who emerged from his
retirement to run the strike agitation,
was present at a stormy meeting of the
labor organisation, which sat all last night
and until 6:30 this morning.
He proposed to terminate the agitation
since the cause of labor had been be
trayed.. The meeting acquiesced In this
view and decided not to elect .a new strike
eoublClee." A Similar decision Vaa reached:
at a local meeting of strikers at Rotter
dam.
BOXERS' FRIEND IS HONORED
Empress Dowager Confers High Dis
tinction on Allies' Dead
Enemy.
PEKIN, April 12. The empress dowager
has issued an edict eulogizing the late
Yung Lu and conferring on him posthu
mous honors similar to those conferred on
LI Hung Chang.
CHICAGO STREET CAR ROBBED
Bandits Search Passengers, Roughly
Calng Kneeling Won. an Who
. Pleads for Mercy.
CHICAGO, April 12. Three masked men
held up a street car near Oarfleld park at
an early hour today and robbed seven pas
sengers, the conductor and motorman ot
about $100, a gold watch and some jewelry,
The highwaymen boarded the car near
Sacramento avenue. One kept guard on the
front platform and another the rear, while
the third entered the car and at the point
of a revolver forced the occupants to give
up their valuables. The only woman pas
senger fell on her knees, praying for mercy,
but without avail.
The matter wae not reported to the po
lice for several hours, and no clue has
been found to what is the boldest holdup
of the kind in this city since October, 1895.
BANDITS QUICKLY CAUGHT
Surprised Bursting Safe and Arrested
Shortly After in Colorado
Lumber Yard.
LONOMONT, Colo., April 12. Two men
dynamited the postofllce safe early today,
but were surprised before they could gather
much booty. Only two registered letters
were secured, which later were recovered
from the bandits, who were captured in a
lumber yard nearby and who gave their
names as Oeorge Bradley and William Mor
rlson.
Officers here believe the men may have
had something to do with the recent holdup
of a restaurant at Pueblo, when two men
patrons of the place, were killed.
APPLAUD HIBERNIAN DRAMA
Irish Boost Play Which Puts Erin
Favorably Before Foot.
lights.
CHICAGO, April 12. The Irish movement
against race caricatures on the stage was
given un entirely new direction tonight.
The members ot the same organisation who
are engaged in the crusade against the
green whisker type ot Iriah comedian sent
a large delegation to McVlckers theater,
who led the applause throughout the even
ing. The play was a revival of "Arrah-Na-
Pogue," by Andrew Mack, aDd Is consid
ered by the Irish to typify the best type
of Hibernians.
SPECIAL CARRIES MERCHANTS
Cincinnati Bualaesa Sits Leave
hew Orleans Coaveatloa
In Style.
for
CINCINNATI. April 12 A special train
carrying 130 business men of Cincinnati to
tbe annual meeting of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers at New Orleans
left over the Baltimore ft Ohio South
western tonight. From Louavllls the spe
cial will run over the Illinois Central.
HUES FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS
Secretary Wilioi PuU One of Hii Plant
Into Operation.
'CULTURE TO BE MADE POPULAR
Public Schools to Be
.ht
How to Plant, Raise,
Harvest aad Market
the Crops.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, April 12. (Special.)
Secretary Wilson of the Department of
Agriculture has conceived the Idea of In
structing the pupils of the schools ot
Washington along -the lines laid down by
a very great naturalist to a thorough un
derstanding of plant life and the uses to be
derived therefrom. The secretary ever
since he csme to Washington has been try
ing to elevate and develop the department
over which he presides. There has never
been a time when he failed to get the best
results from his department, and his force
fulness and his practicability have shown
themselves throughout the department In
the new propositions he has originated. Ae
a result of his new thought he has now a
class of forty girl pupils from the Washing
ton normal school receiving instructions
under several of the experts of the depart
ment as to the planting and reaping of
seeds. The secretary believes that every
school teacher should have some element
ary knowledge of agriculture and horti
culture and hopes that when the class
that he has selected graduatee It will be
thoroughly well acquainted with all the
essential elements of practical agriculture
and horticulture, and to be able to diffuse
knowledge to the pupils under them.
Outline of His Idea.
"What wa most need just now is teach
ers who are competent to teach the great
lessons of plant life to the classes in the
elementary grades," said Secretary Wilson
"To Inculcate In the rntcds ot our boys a
love and knowledge of growing things will
tend to lead more young men to complete
the elementary studies thus begun In the
great agricultural colleges which now
nearly every state In the union maintains.
The tendency has been too alarmingly
marked ot our young men and women in
the rural districts to forsake their homes
and seek pursuits in our cities. The back
bone of our prosperity Is In reality In
agriculture. Upon the farmer we depend
for our food products and should not drift
into a purely commercial nation dependent
upon others for our breadstuffs, as Is the
case with England, for Instance. I am
thoroughly convinced that the only plan
lies through teaching the young' In our
elementary schools In a practical manner
the use of the hoe, to use an expression
which covers the point I am endeavoring
to make. Take my own state, Iowa, how
could it, one of the great agricultural states
of the union, better expend money than in
diffusing practical knowledge In the minds
ot the boys and girls on agricultural and
horticultural matters. At the great normal
school at Cedar Falls, for example, the
teachers there could be taught upon agrl
cultural "subjects and they in' -tern when
they go forth to teach "could diffuse their
knowledge among the very young pupils,
I know of no money that Iowa or any other
state for that matter could possibly ex
pend which would produce such returns
as to train all teachera In a practical way
the elements of agriculture and hortlcul
ture. They would thus be equipped in an
Important branch of knowledge. The agri
cultural colleges ot the country could
supply competent Instructors to the normal
schools and It would also be well to have
such Instructors In the secondary schools.
The University of Missouri now holds
summer schools for the Instruction of
teachers in primary and secondary schools
In agricultural matters. Alabama appro
priates money each year for instruction of
those in the elementary grades In every
congressional district in the state, thus
making feeders for their agricultural col
lege."
Encouragement for the Boys.
In addition to the classes from the
normal school of this city, who are being
taught under the direction of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Secretary Wilson will
cause a class of twenty-three boys to be
chosen from the public schools to be
taught practically truck gardening during
the coming summer. The class will be in
charge of one ot the practical gardeners
of the department and each boy will be
given a plot of ground to sow and culti
vate. These miniature "farms" will be
located at the experiment station In this
city and the boys tor their labor will be
permitted to carry ho.nne or sell whst they
raise. It is believed that the sight of these
boys from the public schools to be selected
through somo method of competitive ex
amination will encourage other boys to en
deavor to do something along the same line
and many a waste backyard may during
the sumer as a result bloom into a minis
turs truck farm.
Silk Culture for the South.
In speaking of his southern trip a few
days ago Secretary Wilson said that his
department is doing all . it can to en
courage the culture of the silkworm In
such localities where It can be accom
plished. "Tbe culture of the silkworm," he said,
"has become quite a profitable Industry in
many sections ot the south end we are
willing to encourage and foster It in every
way possible. We have recently received
a consignment of eggs and are now en
gaged In distributing them where they
will do the most good. We are also send
ing out quite a number of slips of the white
mulberry tree, the species of mulberry
best adapted for the silkworm. The de
partment has also taken another Important
step to aid the silk culturlsts. We are
Importing the latest improved reeling ma
chine from Italy and will have people
trained to uss It and then they in turn will
teach others. We expect upon the arrival
of the new reeling machine to secure a
young woman from the Tuskegee institute
in Alabama (Booker T. Washington's
school) and she will be taught the art of
silk reeling in the department. As soon
as she becomes proficient In the workings
ot tbe machine, or an expert. In other
words, ws will send the reel and the oper
ator to Tuskegee and there others will be
taught."
The secretary Is very enthusiastic over
the future ot silk culture industry tn ths
south snd during bis southern trip will
personally Investigate the whole subject,
visiting the various places where the rais
ing of the silkworm Is being tried.
Pension Commissioner's Mistakes.
Commissioner Ware, bead of the Pen
sion bureau of the government, succeeding
Henry Clay Evsns, who Is cow consul gen
eral in London, according to the men who
have dealings with the pension office. Is
not making the success wh'ch wss expected
of him. Mr. Ware csme Into the office as
J .
(Continued oa Second
NOT OPPOSEDjTO ROOSEVELT
Governor De Forest Rlcharda ef Wyo
ming Talks of Recent
Interview.
CHETENNE, Wyo., April 12. (Special
Telegram.) Governor Deforest Richards
returned today from an extended eastern
and southern trip and wss asked regarding
the interview published In the Washington
Post, In ' which be was quoted ae saying
that Wyoming would oppose President
Roosevelt tor renomlnatlon, owing to his
forest reserve policy. The governor said:
'In my conversation with the correspond
ent I did not know I would be quoted, but
the interview was in many respects cor
rect. There Is no truth In the statement,
however, of friction between President
Roosevelt and myself. I have been, and
am today, a Roosevelt man and at the
last Philadelphia convention I was tor him
for the vice presidency when many others
from the west were not, and I shall strongly
advocate his renomlnatlon.
'President Roosevelt has been misled by
bad advice from those who have not the
best Interests ot the stste at heart, and
as a result large areas have been set aside
as forest reserves, in many Instances to
the detriment of the development of the
state. I do not oppose forest reserves, so
far as they shall serve to protect the for
ests and conserve the water supply, but
when these reserves Include valleys and
plains on which thern is no timber and in
which the homes ot settlers are located, It
is a great injury ti our people. Agri
cultural and grazing , lands should be left
open and reserves should only be created
where there are forests.
"I shall bring the wrong that is being
done to the attention to President Roose
velt just as forcibly as possible, and my
confidence is such that I am sure he .will
hasten to remedy the evil when he learns
of the true condition ot affairs..
"There Is absolutely no truth In the
statements that I .shall oppose Senator O.
D. Clark tor re-election."
BLOCKS UNION PACIFIC TRACK
Slide Covers Track Several Feet at
the Mouth of the Aapwn
Tunnel. ' v"
EVANSTON, ' Wyo.,' April 12. (Special
Telegram.) A bad ' landslide occurred at
the east end ot the Aspen tunnel this after
noon, burying the track eighteen to
twenty feet for a distance ot 200 or 200
feet and caving in the end of the tunnel
An eastbound passenger train had just
passed through the tunnel when the slide
came down the mountain.
A large gang ot men' and a steam shovel
have been sent to the tunnsl, but it la
thought the track cannot . be cleared In
less than twenty-four hours." Passenger
trains are running over the Oregon Short
Line from Granger, via Pocatello. . No one
was killed In the slide so tar as Is known.
There was a slide last year near this point
which caused a bad delay to traffic.
BECK GIVES UP HIS . POST
Resigns Appointment , as A Assistant
Attorney .j Gene! to", (Taker
WASHINGTON, April 12. Assistant At
torney General James M. Beek tendered his
resignation to President Roosevelt before
the president's departure for the west. At
the same time Mr. Beck took occasion to
express his pride and gratification -at hav
ing been privileged to serve under the
president's administration and that of his
predecessor. In accepting the resignation
the president wrote:
WHITE HOUSE. March 81, 1902. My Dear
Mr. Beck: I regret to receive your resigna
tion as assistant attorney general, which
is accepted, to take effect on April 30 next.
ae indicated.
I appreciate your expression of the satis
faction you have taken in your public serv
ices. It is a pleasure to me to say that
you have performed your duties with
marked ability and I hereby extend my
best wishes for your continued success in
your professional work and for your health
and prosperity.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
When questioned with reference to his
resignation, Mr. Beck said:
I have become a member of the law firm
of Shearman & Sterling of New York and
expect to commence my work there on
May 1. and shall after that date be a resi
dent of that city. I shall retain my con
nection with my present Philadelphia law
firm.
WOULD JAIL JRUST LEADERS
League Members Endorse Merger De
rlslon, but Ask Knox for
Criminal Prosecution.
WASHINGTON, April 12 The American
Anti-Trust league In the latest to come
round and support the administration.
Heretofore it has blamed the Department
of Justice tor being dilatory in prosecuting
trusts, but now it has written the attorney-
general congratulating him on the
conspicuous success its efforts have
achieved in securing a vital and tar-reaching
judicial interpretation ot the act of
1890.
The letter then declares it is essential that
the merger Injunction be followed by penal
prosecutions of the officers and Individuals
who form the Northern Securities company.
The attorney general Is also urged to In
stitute proceedings, both civil and crim
inal, against tbe Anthrsclte Coal trust.
FEAR CROWE MAY WRECK JAIL
Police Guard Mlssoarl Murderer Gov
ernor Still Refuses to
Pardon.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 12. Governor
Dockery Is being bombarded by telegrams
on behalf of Charles May, the double mur
derer, who is condemned to die on the
scaffold at the county jail here next Fri
day. The governor has twice refused to
interfere with the judgment of the court,
but such strong movement was lnsugurated
today that friends ot the condemned man
have hopes ot success. The police profess
to believe there is danger of an assault
upon the jail by Pat Crowe, Jim Murray
and desperadoes who are anxious to 'se
cure May's release.
PACKERS PAY THEIR FINES
Satisfy Mlasoarl Judgment .Recently
Relarned Vnder Aatl-Truat
Uw.
KANSAS CITY, April 12. The Ave Mis
souri packing companies which were fined
$5,000 each tor violation ot the anti-trust
lsw have mailed to te state supreme court
a draft for $27,136 lu payment of the fines
and costs.
Ths Arms ere:
Armour Packing company.
Cudahy Packing company.
Hammond Packing company.
Swift and Company.
Scawarschild 4 Sulzberger.
ANTIS HAVE BUSY SUNDAY
Solicit Ken to Head "Eump" Tioket, but
Fail to Find One.
SWEDES INDIGNANT OVER LINDQUEST
rarsssi Street Tailor Waate It Un
derstood that He Is Not Related
to the Reaegade Eighth
Ward Man.
The leaders of the antls ot the republicsn
city convention Saturday spent their busy
day yesterdsy. Few ot them got to attend
Easter services at any church or to disport
their Easter clothes. From morning until
night they were hurrying and scurrying
from one renleivoua to another, holding
conferences, trying to figure out where they
are at," and devising plans (or the ad
journed meeting they are to hold at the
Millard hotel tonight. Those most rabid
against 'Mayor Moores are (till for going
ahead and nominating a straight antl ticket
under the delusion that It could gather
enough strength to win out against both
Moores and Howell.
A self-appointed committee waited on
Thomas A. Fry In the morning to find out
if he would tske a nomination for mayor,
but he answered with an emphatic "No."
It Is understood that a similar response
was had from W. W. Bingham and E. A
Benson, the two candidates whom the antts
bed supported In the convention, and as a
last resort the proposition was put up to
Dave Mercer, as holding out the only
chance for him to redeem his promise to
"get even." Mercer agreed to think the
matter over and his decision will probably
be announced at the coming gathering of
the antl clans.
The aorry spectacle made by the antls
with the stragglers who. followed them
down to the Millard hotel has made their
leaders apprehensive as to the showing
they may expect when they reconvene. The
Invitation feat therefore been Issued to the
members ot the antl delegations who were
beaten out at the primaries in the wards
carried by Moores to come In and fill up
the gape. Many of the recipients of these
Invitations, however, Indicate an indisposi
tion to respond, declaring they could not
see how they hsd sny right to pretend to
represent the republicans of their wards
when they had lost out on a eount ot votes
that showed plainly that they did not rep
resent a majority following. Some of those,
too, who followed the lesders Saturday had
put on their thinking caps over night and
come to the conclusion that majority ruls
was the only safeguard for. their guidance.
The Swedes of decency and respectabil
ity are up In arms at the disgraceful con
duot of LIndquest, the Eighth ward dele
gate who, after being elected to support
Moores, sold out and voted against blm.
They charge his treachery, In large part,
to John N. Weatberg, and there Is talk of
a meeting shortly to denounce the perpe
trators ot the outrage, and repudiate them
as Bwedee. . Said a prominent Swedish
American yeeterday:
j'The aotlon ot Lindquest must not be al
iened to .reflect open -the Swedes of Omaha
generally. We certainly feel badly enough
about It. To think that after trying to buy
every Moores delegate they thought could
be tempted, the only sell-out they could
find should be a man who had been put. on
the delegation to represent the Swedes. - I
am sure he did not realize what he was
about. Those who are responsible for his
fall are the real ones to blame. They ought
to be prosecuted under the law, and I know
every self-respecting Swede . In Omaha
would welcome euch a prosecution as a vin
dication of our nationality."
To show how the traitor's conduct is
regarded. The Bee is asked to print tbe
following letter from G. A. Lindquest, the
well known and eminently respected mer
chant tailor, who does not want the public
to mistake him for the renegade Lindquest
or to Imagine that he has any connection
or relationship with him:
OMAHA April 12 To the Editor of The
Bee: The 'manner In which the ispapers
have mentioned J. G. E. Lindquest, the
rioieente causing such a furore in the re-
ubllcan city convention, In cal'.lng him
.lndquent the tailor, may lead some per
rons unacquainted with me to confuse my
name with hia. I was not a delegate to
this convention, nor am I In any way
either by relationship or business, con
nected with this party.
. G. A. LINDQUEST.
1410 Farnam Street.
One of the most prominent and remark
able features of the convention was the
Indomitable and courageous fight made by
E. J. Cornish against the arbitrary and un
precedented rulings of Chairman Herring
of the city committee, who started in at
the very first to steal the whole list of
nominations. Cornish fought the high
handedness of Herring and his clique with
the tenacity of a true warrior and that he
was victorious the splendid results show.
Not even the constant pounding of Herr
ing's club on the table could suppress the
leader of the First ward delegation.
And Chairman Cowell of the permanent
organization proved another nut that was
bard to crack. His gentlemanly but reso
lute ultimatum hurled at the defiant and
desperate antls in their vain attempt at
storming the convention, "Gentlemen, you
csn't stampede the chairman, and you may
as well understand that first as last," was
the death knell of the hope to capture
the nominations by overriding the chair
man. The storm was howling bitterly;
tbe convention became one wild, demoniac
mob, that surged and swayed like a turbu
lent sea. Goss, Herring, Burbank and
Breckenrldge ran up in front of the stage
and shook their clenched fists at Mr.
Cowell, who stood there amidst the din and
uproar as cool as a man on tbe seashore.
They yelled out in threatening, defiant
tones: "Mr. Chairman, don't you announce
the . vote; you don't dare announce the
vote; announce it and you break up this
convention." But be did dare and did it.
The vote was announced, Frank E. Moores
was nominated for mayor and the antls,
true to their purpose, walked out of the
ball. But they didn't stampede the chair
man. The antls In denouncing Chairman Cowell
for "high-handed" and "unprecedented"
parliamentary outlawry forgot that they
were howling over a decision the precedent
for which had been set by Herring at the
very outset ot the convention. If Her
ring's ruling in refusing a poll of the Firth
ward on demand of Mount of the Eighth
was fair, then why was not Powell's ruling
in refusing a poll of the Second ward for
a Ntnth ward kicker? Ths circumstances
were precisely the same.
City Comptroller Westberg was going
down the street primary night, when he
passed three acquaintances on a high
lonesome. Westberg didn't "know" Ibem,
but they were not to be thrown down like
that.
"Er (bic), say John, sby-George, shey
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CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Monday and
Tuesday; Warmer Monday In ths West
Portion; Warmer Tuesday.
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NOTHING NEW IN KNIGHT CASE
Pollen Have Hope of Arresting Men
aad Clearing I'p the
Mystery.
Little that Is new In regard to the mys
terious disappearance of Frank E. Knight
and Mrs. Knight was developed yestcrdny
and no further arrests were made. Chief
of Police Donahue, when seen by a Bee
representative in regard to he supposed
murder, said that he did not have much to
say. .
"We are looking tor Knight," he con
tinued,, "and expect to have him soon. I
intend to see the" county attorney today
and ask hint to confer with the county
commissioners, with the Idea ot having a
reward offered for the discovery of the
body of Mrs. Knight. We believe that it
she has been murdered the body has been
burled, and that perhaps at some dlstauce
from the city." .
One new point has come to light to
strengthen the opinion of those who be
lieve Mrs. Knight to have been murdered.
It seems that Matvtn Dusenberry, who is
a prisoner at the city jail, has given the
Information that en Saturday night, April
4, during ths afternoon ot which day Mrs.
Knight disappeared. Knight came to his
(Dusenberry's) hcuse at 10:20 o'clock and
waked him up, In order to get the use ot a
horse and spring wagon which Dusenberry
uses in collecting second-hand Iron and
clothes. The prisoner said that Knight
had an agreement with him for two weeks
that he should have the use ot ths wagon
some night. Dusenberry says he got the
horse end wagon for Knight and went to
bed. Knight .returned -with the key some
time In the morning, about 3 o'clock. The
police are Inclined to believe that Dusen
berry was with Knight during the wagon
journey, whatever that was undertaken for.
The house occupied by the Knights at
2023 North Twenty-second street, which is
a little two-room structure, on a large
vacant plot ot land, was the center of con
siderable Interest during yesterdsy and a
number , of people visited it, drawn by
curiosity.
SHERIFF'S CHANCE FOR FAME
"Seckret Service" Informs Him of
Present Location of Two
Crafty Bnnk Robbers.
Someone Is trying to make Sheriff John
Power either a corpse, tbe defendant In a
suit tor. damages or a detective of greater
fame than Hawkshaw, Old Sleuth or the
recent '. Londna.fMy,w.ei4 Dead -of Cona.n
Doyle's creation. '"This someone, who signs
himself, or herself, "Seckret Service," has
written the sheriff a letter coaching him on
how to proceed in the apprehending of two
offenders, a man and a woman, whom tbe
writer describes as two of the worst crooks
that ever happened.
In the communication the sheriff Is In
formed that the man and woman robbed an
Omaha bank of such valuable papers that
they are now enabled to live in affluence
and a swell parlor at a Thirteenth street
hotel. "Seckret Service" assumes to know
all about the crime and invites the sheriff
to. make a double arrest right away. The
sheriff believes it is a "bum steer," and de
clines to take -chances. He thinks tho
writer. Is an insane woman who has written
him before of more horrors than the White
chapel district ever dreamed ot.
DECISION AIDS RAILROADS
Seaboard President Welcomes Merger
Judgment aa Protection to
Independent Systems,
RICHMOND, Va., April 12. John Skelton
Williams, president of tbe Seaboard Air
Line railway system, regards the merger
decision as one of the greatest blessings
for railroad Interests and general business
that the country could have.
"The Independent roads," he said, "are by
this decision assured that connecting lines
cannot be bought up by some powerful com
petitor and tbe holders of securities in the
independent systems are assured that their
interests cannot be jeopardized by ths sale
of a majority share to rivals. The larger
systems, on the other hand, are protected
against parallel lines built solely for them
to buy.
"The decision seems to make impossible
the success of the projected Southern Se
curities company. It would not have been
a healthy situation If a few men could have
sat In their offices In New York and con
trolled the railroad systems ot tbe coun
try." MANY SHRINERS COMING SOON
Ceremonial Session la Omaha Next
Week Will Bring Several
Hundred.
Tbe Omaha Masonlo fraternity Is looking
forwsrd to a very interesting and largely
attended gathering of Shrlners hers April
22. The meeting will be the Shrine cere
monial session and will cull together, many
prominent Manons from all parts of tho
west. A class of jslxty-flve will be con
ducted over tho desert paths to the oasis
of Shrinedom with all the dignity and cer
emony that this Impressive occasion csn
coramsnd. It is expected that not less than
600 Shrlners from Nebraska alone will be
present, with delegations from Colorado
and elsewhere. Elaborste preparations are
being made for tho event by th$ local fra
ternity and it promises to surpass anything
of the kind undertaken here in Masonlu
clrclPS In recent years.
Movements ot Ocean Vessels April VI.
At New York Arrived Minnehaha, from
London and Southampton; Dona Maria,
from Llbon; K. litu, from Naples.
At yueenstown Sailed Ktrurla, from
Liverpool, for New York.
At Gibraltar Pashed Augusts Victoria,
from Genoa, for New York, returning from
Orient rule.
At Beahy Head Paened Jrosser Kur
furst. from Bremen, for Cherbourg and
New Yoik
At Inlstrahull Passed Pomeranian,
from O asgow, for N w V 'k.
At the lle of Wight paused Ryndum,
from ftott.rdtm and Boulogne Sur Mer,
tor New York
At Malln Head-PassC SilierlBit, from
Philadelphia, for Glasgow.
At Naples Arrived Commonwealth, frou
Boston, vi i Ponta del Oad mil jen-a.
At Moville Arrived Colunib.s. f r. m New
York, lor Glamrw an(i pro'-eedel.
At Pover I'ss-ed Penlaur, from Ham
burg, for 8au Franclscu via buuih Amer
ican ports.
PITTSBURG FLOODED
Miniature Riven Bags Through Streets
When Itorm Strike City.
LIGHTNING SLAYS INSANE ATTENDANT
Eai'.sr Wonh'pers Are Stalled in Methodist
Epiiocpal Church.
STREET CAR TRACKS LOST UNDER WATER
Trolley! Oeaie Running; and R sidents Flee
to Upper Stories
TWO INDIANA PEOPLE ARE SWEPT AWAY
Cloudburst Swells Creek Till Turku,
lent Torrent Carries OS Buggy
aad Drowns Two Returning
Chare li-Goere.
PITTSBURG, April 12. With terrifying
swiftness a thunderstorm, which came out
of the west this evening, crashed over
Pittsburg, pouring miniature rlvere through
streets, flooding cellars and Inflicting dam
age that will reach thousands ot dollars.
One man wss killed by lightning and many
buildings were struck.
Irvln T. Wilson of Dubois, Pa., while
walking from one building to another at
the' Dlxmont Inssne asylum, where he la
employed, was struck down by a bolt. He
was dead when picked up.
The congregation ot Christ Methodist
Episcopal church. In Csnter avenue, waa
stormbound. The street for blocks was
flooded. Street car traffic was almoet en
tirely suspended In the eaatern portions ot
the city. In Wilklnsburg the cloudburst
poured through the valley, People were
driven Into the second etorles ot their
bouses. The loss "to property In the Thirty-seventh
ward was great. A house In
Coal street waa almost Swept from tta
foundation. Street car' tracks were lost
under two feet of water.
Thousands of feet ot lumber were car
ried away from a' Pitt street yard on the
Pennsylvania rrllroad. A signal tower ot
the Pennsylvania railroad was struck by
lightning and the adjoining passenger sta
tion was fired.
Passenger Trnln Is Stalled.
IMPERIAL. III., April 12. Rain began
tailing in torrents this evening and con
tinued one hour, accompanied by one of
the most severe electrical storms of the
season. In a short time the Montour val
ley was a foaming mass of water and
timber from nearby lumber yards filled
and obstructed It. ' The tracks of the Mon
tour railroad, which runs, parallel with the
valley, were carried away In many placea,
and the evening accommodation tratn, leav
ing Corrapolts at 6 p. m.( was stalled by '
washouts. . ....
The coal traffic from the Imperial dis
trict of the Pittsburg Cosl company will
be at a standstill for several daya until the
railroad can be' built evcr vi , , .
. Imperial was ;yua J'SKMnriai -toom' afire .
which a few daya ago destroyed the busU .
cess portion. (
Fatal Indiana Cloudburst.
HENRYVILLH," Ind., April 12 A cloud
burst at noon today flooded this part of
Clark county and did great' damage. The
heavy fall of water has extended north aa
far as Sellersburg and Seymour.
County Commissioner Raymond and his
wife were drowned while crossing Blue
Lick creek after church. The watere had
risen so rapidly that the buggy was swept
away.
SPRINGFIELD, III., April 12. One death,
a fatal injury and a score or more of in
juries resulted from a tornado that swept
over Logan, DeWItt and Piatt counties this
afternoon. The fatality occurred in the
Halsadarzer settlement, a little farming
community, three miles from Atwood. Clif
ford Halsadarzer's house was demolished
and after the storm hi infant . eon was
found dead 300 feet from the plaoe where
the house stood. The baby waa lytng In
bed when the wind struck. the house.
Mrs. Halsadarzer was hurled across the
village street and fatally Injured. Mrs.
J. B. Martin's home was destroyed and
several guests painfully injured.
Deer Creek, in Logan county,' where the
storm first struck, was swept dry ef water.
Reports from this district state that three
houses were destroyed and a number of
people more or less injured. Supervisor
Adam Schanaurer's handsome residence
was destroyed. The- family of several chil
dren and a number of visitors, fifteen in
all, sought safety In the cellar, and tbe
bouse was torn from over them.
The homes ot Samuel V. Baldwin and
Gus Knecht were destroyed. Mrs. Baldwin
and two farm hands took refuge In a
smoke house, In which they were hurled
ftcveral hundred feet and painfully Injured.
It Is reported that Walnetvllla and the
Blue Grass district east of Atlanta were
struck and much damage resulted, but
communication with these points Is out off.
LINCOLN, 111., April 12. Three farm
residences were destroyed, several persons
were injured snd grain and machinery
were blown away today by a tornado Which
swept over the country tour miles east ot
Lincoln.
The homes of Samuel V. Baldwin, Adam
Scanauer and Gustavo Knecht were
wrecked and the families and visitors es
caped by rushing to the cellars on'hesrlng
the roar of the approaching storm. The
wind is reported to have struck Waynes,
vllle. NONUNIONISTS TAKEN CAPTIVE
Workmen Raid Vessel, Kidnaping
Five Flremea Brought to
Break Strike.
BUFFALO. N. Y., April 1$. When Wil
liam S. Mack arrived in port at X this
morning with five nonunion flrsmea on
board a gang of striking firemen boarded
tbe vessel, clambering over the railing as
soon as It touched tbe dock. The five non
union men were captured and taken ta the
headquarters of the union.
The police were at once notified 'and
raided the union hail. They rescued four
of the kidnaped firemen, one ot whom had
been terribly beaten. The fifth man la still
missing.
WILL GO TO CEDAR RAPIDS
Rock Island Superintendent Reeames
General Manaarer of North
ern District.
TOPEKA, Kan., April 12. H. S. Cable,
general superintendent of the Rock Island
lines, will leave Topeka on May 1 for Ct
Rapids, la., where he will become gents...
manager ot tbe norlh-Jj n district of the
road. '