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The Daily Bee. LISIIED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOItNIKO, FERRUAIIY 6, 100 1 TWELVE FAOE8. slXGLl. COPY THREE CENTS. 1)1. fa l-ee-"C?tl N DIl'V'I XASE Senate Committee Deoiu Paper from Nebra. 7t Waoti ATTORNEY MUST SUBMIT A SHOWING Summers' Will Be AiVed to Tell What He Would ProTe. CALLS UPON THE POSTMASTER GENERAL Will Aik for Document and Reports Be garding Halting Office. NEXT MEETING . DATE IS NOT FIXED Committee Will Walt (or Papers Be fore Farther Outlining Plaa to Be Followed at the (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Feb. S. Special Tele gram.) The decision of the committee charged with the Investigation of Senator IMetrtch to send for transcripts of all pa pers In the federal court of Nebraska, to gether with papers on file in the Depart ment of Justice and the Postofnce depart ment. Is taken to mean that there will be Ho haste In, concluding the Investigation. There Is undoubtedly a disposition on the part of the committee, whose personnel Is of the highest, ' to go Into the question with due consideration. From the order argued today by the committee no' knowl edge that should be In the possession of the court and the Jury Is to be overlooked by this committee, every one of whom has distinguished himself In the law. ' District Attorney Bummers will be asked to appear before the committee In due sea- Son, and In all probability others whom District Attorney Bummers failed to call tlAfntti ltt arranj. i.tev tall whot thav r I and the appointment of the Hastings post- master will also bs summoned to Washing' ton. The committee proposes to go Into all the facts bearing upon the Dietrich In dlctment and It proposes to go slowly, as one senator expressed It today. The hear Ings will In sll probability be In executive session. Certainly the conferences of the committee will be behind closed doors, as I today's committee meeting Indicated. Every! effort will be made to secure knowledge bearing upon the particular subject which the committee Is charged to Investigate and ta report win no final. Outline of Procedure. 'The oommlttee In executive session de- uraerra, inai ine cierit or tie committee obtain from the clerk of the court In Ne braska certified conies of the Indictment or I KJmi: "nndth.' caZe''ea.o. "of th. United states against Dietrich, i I Ordered, that the chairman of the com. I rniuee request tne attorney general to 00- tain for the oommlttee from the district at- I tornev In Nebraska nil the names and real- riences of the witnesses thst he proposed to I c 11: a statement or what each witness was expected to testify, and the district at tor-I n, vm nn-in. t tf .-m .1-. h.t. I he Is Informed of any further facts or sources or teetlmnny relating to said eases. Ordered, that the rh'tlrman make applica tion to rhe pnatmnstwr prtiwral for ail facts and documents in the nnrlon of his de- , partment or 0" anv subordinate thereof. In relation to said matter. Including a'l re ports made to him or communications mads by Ma department to the attorney general. Senator Hoar, rhalrraan of the committee. upon adjournment of th. meeting sntd that the time of another meeting had not been greed upon, as It wou'd tako some time ta secure all evidence asked for as outlined In the statement. . It Is expected that It will tske at least two weeks before transcripts In the case In Nebraska and the papers on file In the roetofltce and Justice departments can be obtained. Decorating- Federal Building. Senator Millard, who has been Insistent that the federal buildings In Omaha should be decorated and painted and who has urged upon the supervising architect ,the need of taking care of the building, many of the rooms never having had any atten tion paid to them since the completion of the building, was Informed today that pro posals for painting and decorating ths In terior of the building would shortly be In vited. It Is the purpose of ths supervising architect to spend between tlO.000 and 115,000 puthls work. The court rooms and ofllces f ths clerk, marshal and district attorney are to be decorated In the best manner, while the corridors and rooms other than those mentioned will be put In neutral tints and the woodwork restored. Personal Mention. ' Charles R. Hannan of Council Bluffs, former president of the First National bank of that city, but who In recent years has been giving his attention to the build Ing of a trolley line between Toledo. O. and Detroit, Mich., Is In Washington on his way to Boston. Miss Ula Saunders of Holdrege, Neb., who has been taking the post graduate course In the Boston Conservatory of Mu sic, IS a guest of Mra W. E. Andrews, with whom she will remain for some time. The Smith Dakota delegation, with the exception of Senator Gamble, leaves to- right for New London, Conn., to witness the launching tomorrow of James J. Hill's big lake boat. "The Dakota, 0 . William H. Cronk has been appointed postmaster at Alta, Valley county, X braska, vice B. Jones, resigned. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska. Clay Center, regular, John W. French; substitute, William B. French. Lexington, regular. Edward J. Duryee; substitute. Julia Duryee Ptiger, regular, Sydney W Morton; substitute, Henry Church. Iowa, Conway, regular, William L. Grubb; sub tltute, Frank Gregory. Mapleton, regular, Wesley J.v Masters; substitute, Ernest O Purston. Oxford, regular, Elmer Mason; Substitute, George W. Dunham. Rudd. regular. Charles W. Crowell; substitute. Mabel Crowell. ONE UNGALLANT KENTUCKIAN College Dtreetors Consider Cnse of Man Who Insetted Breathitt Connty Girl. LEXINGTON. Ky.. Feb. 5. -The board of directors of the stats college Is sitting to- day to consider a sensational case which may go to court. Miss lUrgls. 18 years old, daughter of Judge J. H. Ha rgls of Brsathttt county, who Is a student in the college, charges that shs has been Insulted frequently by Luke Milward, a Lexington student, and subjected to taunts because of her father's alleged connection with Breathitt county's feud troubles. Judge Hargls Is here and demands that the college tak action. The mountain students took the girl's part and 1 ejecti ejected Milward from the grounds at points vol vers. The board reported that there is nothing In the charge of disrespect to Mls lUrgi and retuseil to expel young MUward, three die !1e flames Foar Others Are Iajared la Fire la Dwelling; Hoik la Meatreal. MONTREAL. Feb. . Three persons were burned to death In a Are In a small dwell In- house In Cadieux street today. The dead are: WILLIE CRAWFORD. MRS. EDWARD CRAWFORD. JAMES HOG AN, her son-in-law. The Injured: Mrs. Ethel Hogsn. James Hngan, her Infant son. Edward Crawford. Thomas Hare. Hare and Mrs. tfngan, with tier Infant In her arms. Jumped from the second story of the burning house. Edward Crawford was carried out after he was badly burned. The fire evidently started from an overheated kitchen stove. HUNDREDS KILLED IN JAVA Volcaalo Erraptlea Destroys Mach Property and Life oa ' Dateh Island. AMSTERDAM, rb. 6. Advices received here say that-an entire town In the Inland of Java, Dutch East Indies, Is reported to have been swallowed up by a volcanic eruption and that hundreds of persons were killed.. The colonial office later received a dis patch from the governor of the .Dutch East Indies reporting the eruption of the volcano of Merapl, In the Island of Java, and say ing twelve persons were burned to death and that twenty were severely Injured. The eruption was accompanied by showers of redhot coals. KILL THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ilerreros Hardrr Two Government Officials s.nd others Caaaot Kow Be Fonnd. n-n TVT 1 .l.l cation with Windhoek. German Southwest Africa, has been restored. The suthoritles there cable that the Herreros murdered Assistant Director Hoepner of the Colonial bureau and Herr Watermeyer, an agri cultural expert. No Information regarding the fate of Herr Muellendorff, the Cologne pesette correspondent, ana vr. oerber. forestry expert, has been obtained by 0,8 authorities. 'Both of these men are reported to nave Deen muraerea. CLOSES CHILEAN V CONGRESS Government Bads Session with Work Hot Completed Becaaee of Vloleat Opposition. RlWTTinrt. Chile. Feb. 1-TnnrrMa. nK. k'J bl but ?.n 10 ,no " m opposition the government has closed the sessions. The bm providing for the Sale of the .,,.., ,,,. -,,, ,K. ,,. battleship, Capltan Pratt, the protected cruiser Chacabueo, the torpedo gunboats A.mlrante Condell and Almlrante Lynch .,. w. HnM,, ,, . -,., transports, Malpo and Aconcagua, was not adopted. ! Refuse. Ara;entlne Beef. VIENNA, Feb. I-Ths custom fflolala to day refused to permit the unloading of the consignment of forty carloads of Argentine beef, the first to arrive here, and ordered It returned Immediately across the border, It appears the shipment would pot have been allowed to enter Austria at all had It not been for an oversight of the customs office, who thought It an ordinary cone slgnment from London. Lopes Will Bo Deported. MANILA, Feb. 6. Slxto Lopes, the well known Filipino agitator, whose unfriendly disposition toward American rule In the Philippines has been exhibited ' upon oc casions In the past, has arrived .here and relbsed to take the oath of allegiance, He will be promptly 'deported. EDITORS ENDORSE ROOSEVELT National Association Passes Reeolu- tloa Vnuulmoosly In Favor of President's Nomination. WASHINGTON. Feb.. (.-The National Republican- Editorial association, at Its I meeting here today, unanimously passed a I resolution offered by Charles 8. Frahols, editor of the Troy (N. T.) Times, strongly I endorsing President Roosevelt for the ndm- Inatlon for the presidency and pledging ths best efforts o( the association to that end, A resolution offersd by Thomas P. Peters of the Brooklyn Times expressing ths eym- Hlknn ,n h Mrlou- nines, was adopted. patny 01 tne association - witn senator At the session today Lafayette Young of the Des Moines Capital delivered a short address on "The Unchanged Attitude of the Northwest on the Question of Pro tection." Mr. Young opposed any change In the tariff at this time or reciprocal agreement with Canada. 1 E. H. Norrls of the Mocksvllle (N. C.) Record called on republican editors every where to demand of their members of con gress that ths provlHlons of the constitu tion be enforced In the south as well as In the north. He declared that to vote the republican ticket In the south meant os tracism and boycott and that, alike, to colored and white voters. He declared that when southern representatives In congress presented themselves with cer tificates of election obtained by fraud they should be turned out. Other speakers took a more hopeful View of the southern situation. ' t John A. Bllcher, editor of Leslie's Weekly, New York, was re-elected preal dent of the association and A. O. Bunnell Of Danville, N. Y., secretary and treasurer. President Roosevelt this afternoon cor dially received the delegates. MRS. ALLEN WANTS CHILDREN Representative of Children's Home Society Mny Go to Conrt Against Mother. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. Feb. (.-(Special.) -Miss Irma G. Allen of Omaha was In ths city yesterday in consultation with County I Attorney Root In regard to securing the I two little daughters of Mra Ella Kephart. I one being 4 and the other 13 years of age I the children to be given a horns by the Ne- I braska Children's Home society, Sopi time since Kephart became Intoxi I csted and pounded the face of hla wife In I a horrible manner. The wife caused his sr I rest and th court allowed htm to leave th I city and remain away, which he did. Mrs. I Kephart is now working at a house of ques- I tlonable reputation. I With City Marshal R. W. Hyers Miss I Allen visited ths bouse, but Mrs. Kephart I refused to part with her children. Legal I proceedings may be Instituted to obtain poe- 1 -M'on of th little girls. IJANiNA HAS TYPHOID FEVER Miorooop'o Expert Announce. Hature of Disease After Examining Blood. DOCTORS HOLD EARLY CONSULTATION Announce that No Farther Bulletins Will Be Issned Before Evening Vnlesa I'nexpected Develop meat Takes Place. WASHINGTON, Feb. . Senator Hanna Is officially pronounced to have typhoid fever. The following bulletin was Issued by his physicians Immediately after the consultation at 9 o'clock this morning: 8enator Hanna has tvnhnld fever. The diagnosis H confirmed hy the complete blood examination rnnrtA this mnrninar by Dr. Edward Uehrond. The senator rested rainy well last nlt?ht, snd this morning his temperature Is 1M, pulse 82. President Roosevelt walked over from the White House this morning personally to Inquire after the senator's condition. He spent ten minutes at the hotel. Dr. Behrond Is a microscopic expert of this city. He made fwo tests. The first one showed the presence of the typhoid baccilus. The second test whs made to confirm the first one. The physicians will issue no further bulletins before evening unless some unexpected development oc curs. The doctors say the case of typhoid Is irregular. The question of sending for the members of Senator Hanna's family was discussed with the physicians this morning and it was decided that It was not necessary at present to send for them. Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. Medlll McCormlck, a daughter, and Miss Phelps, a niece, are already here. Mr. McCormlck Is expected today. The members of the family not here are Mrs. Pkrsnns of Cleveland, a daughter; Daniel Hanna of Cleveland, a son; L. C. Hanna and H. M. Hanna, both of Cleveland, broth ers of the senator. 1 The latter Is spending the winter at Thomasvllle, Ga. Mrs. Prentiss Baldwin of Cleveland, a sister, was here recently, but has gone to Thomasvllle. Mrs. J. Wyman Jones and Mrs. J. C. Morse, sisters, also are In Thomasvllle. Condition Is Hopefnl. Those In consultation over the case were Dr. Rlxey, who has been his regular at tending physician here; Dr. G. Lloyd Mag- ruder and Dr. Behrond. The president ar rived during their consultation He talked earnestly about the case with Elmer Dover, secretary to Mr. Hanna, for ten minutes and expressed his warm sympathy. Then he walked back to the White House. No one except his regular -household Is permitted to see the senator. Hla sole diet la milk and no' stimulants are being used. He rested fairly comfortable during the night. Mrs. Hanna Insists on personally attending the patient much of the tune. but another trained nurse began duty to day. The physicians say that the outlook Is hopeful for his recovery and the crucial point In the Illness should be passed in about a week. They say that the c-ge Is what Is known as Irregular typhoid and Is less, serious than most cases of that 111- nesa. It Is somewhat like walking typhoid, which accounts for the recent fluctuations in the fever and general condition of the The family. It is said, instead of being alarmed at the diagnosis of typhoid were relieved at the announcement, feeling that there might have been, other developments of much more gravity. The physicians are now making a test of the condition of the kidneys. It Is realised that 'the ten&tor'g advanced age and his rheumatic c.-dltlons make the case a more serious one than in a younger man, but the belief is ' ex pressed by his family .that he will recover. though he will be confined to hla bed for a considerable period. The present plan Is to take htm to Thomasvllle, Ga-, as soon aa he Is able to be moved. Senator Hanna rested quietly during the day and up to S o'clock there was no change in hi condition. There will be no consultation of physicians this evening. MICHIGAN ROADS ARE BETTER Snow Is Being; Removed nnd Trains Started oa Lines 'Recently Blockaded. , DETROIT. Feb. t. All of the Michigan railroads report traffic .conditions, which have been greatly Interfered with by snow for the last few days, improved today. The Per Marquette' snovplow and relief train, running through the snowed-ln "thumb" district of the state, resumed Its fight today at Blaine, which was reached laat night. Conditions of the Pere Mar queue's line from Grand Rapids to Chicago are greatly Improved, but passenger trains are three or four hours late. The road hopes to havs Its freight traffic on a nor mal basis by tonight If another Bnow storm aoeshot come up. The Grand Trunk railroad started freight train out of Windsor, Ont., today for the east, the first eastbound freight to leave In two days. Conditions about St Thomas, Ont., which has been the storm center,, are much Improved. The Grand Trunk's Chicago line is In much better shspe today. The Wabash' has abandoned Its east' bound freight trains and Is devoting all Its energies to clearing the line of ..delayed anl 1 no wed-In trains, both passenger and freight. Th Wabash Is experiencing no trouble on Its line west to Chicago. Two Per Msrquett relief trains of twenty-seven csrs, bearing fuel and pro visions for the snowbound towns in th Thumb district of Michigan,' worked north from Port Huron, seventy milts, today as far as Bad Ax. It la expected that the additional twenty miles to Port AiiHtln will be covered tomorrow. The thaw ae.ms to be general throughout southern Michi gan tonight. A drtszllng rsln set in at Detroit sbout T o'clock. LEWISTON. Mont.. Feb. S.-Pushed by four locomotives, ths great snowplow on the Montana railroad today headed the first train that has reached this place In ten days. During that tima three express trains have been tied up In the drift be. tween here and Helena and as It has been Impossible to send aid to them aoms of the passengera have suffered for food. Two trains are still tied up. In some places th drifts were twenty feet deep. SIX BURN IN PENNSYLVANIA Flro In Foreign (tanrter of Trenton Resnlts In Loss of Life. MAHANOY CITY. Pa., Feb. t. Six per sons, all foreigners, were burned to death early today at Trenton, near her. Th fir destroyed six doubls dwellings. John Checonskl and hla T-year-oid aoa were among th victims. Th names of th others are not known. The fir started from an ovrhjt.vl stove. Th loss on th lioueea is sauvL HEARS MURDERER IS DEAD ftherlff Receives Word of Finals of Body of Mnn Who Killed Teacher. LOflSVILLE. Ky.. Feb. 8 According to a special dispatch to the Evening Post, re ceived here tod.y from Bedford, Ind., Sh.M'IfT Smith hns received a letter from a man In New Albany, which Is four miles below Louisville on the Indian, side, say ing that a body had been found In the Ohio river there and In th coat pocket was a letter admitting that the writer was the murderer of Miss Barah Schsefer. A number of letters from Miss Bchaefer were also found on the body. On the corpse was found also, according to the leMer to the sheriff, a gold watch In scribed as follows: 'Presented to William Henry Mead by members of the Iroquois Bostlng club, January 1, 1901." Telephone eommunicatlrm with New Al bany at 10:S0 a. m. failed to confirm this story. No body han been found there, ac cording to the New Albany correspondent of the Post The story is utterly discred ited snd considered fhe work of a crank. The letter was signed Wallace Willis Sims. It was mailed at Louisville February 4. The writer says that on Wednesday morn ing he located the body In the Ico of the Ohio river a mile below New Albany and anchored It until evening and then took It out and placed It In 'cold storage. He re fuses to tell where or to describe the body. He says there were found on the body let ters dated December $9, 1903, January 4, 1904. and January 13, 1904. signed Sarah, and In a vest pocket was a small ring engraved W" to "B." Also the watch. In another letter found on the body Sims says is a de tailed description of the crime. This letter, Blms'says, stated thst the writer arrived at Bedford at 4: p. m. January SI for the purpose of committing the crime. He armed himself with a piece of brick found near Monon station, went to the Johnson board ing house and waited - for Mies Bchaefer. He caught up with her and argued some time on the subject of marriage. She asked him to waK until morning. They quarreled, she slapped him and he struck her with his first, but not before she had pulfed his hair. She fell lifeless. He pounded her head with the brick and carried her to the shed. He then escaped to Louisville and was about to kill himself. Sims says in his letter that he will give no more Information unless It' is agreed to pay the reward for the dead body and he is protected. He says he has all the letters and articles In hh possession. The authorities say the letter is the work of a crank and say they remember there was a matt by the name of Wallace or Willis Sims who made the disclosures con cerrdng the alleged Cantrell gang of grave robbers, which stories were without founda tion, t ' CHICAGO, Feb. . No member of the Iroauol Boat club of this city , who could be" reached today. haa any knowledge of William Henry Mead. . 1 COTTON SLUMP CONTINUES gelling Movement Carries May Option Down to 14 Cents, 120 . Points Lower. ' i 1- NEW YORK. Feb. 6.-The- drop In cotton nrices waa continued today soon after the market opened. At first the tone was fairly steady, but before U 0 clock a selling move ment began and the May option sold at 14a, a decline of 120 points, or lHc per pound, since yesterday. The selling was so heavy that the market seemed to be com' pletely demoralised. July sold shortly after 11 o'clock at 14.35c, a decline of more than a cent a pound since yesterday. . There was a sudden recovery after the selling panto had lasted about half an hour and Mav ran ud CO points. The rally did not hold, ' however, and MaV fell back 30 points sgain to 14.20c. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6. The New Or leans future cotton market declined 170 points from yesterday' closing In the early trading today. The greatest excitement prevailed. . Purlng fhe' decline rumors of all kinds were circulated and 1 the nervousness and apprehension of brokers Increased aa It became more and more evident that the day waa likely to prove a severe one. Com mission housed, holding 1 large lines of cotton which were either not sold on the advance or were bought on . the break yesterdsy on the theory of reaction, threw thousands of bales on the market for what ever price they would bring and as the first hour wort on buyers appeared, less and less anxious to assist sellers out of their predicament ' At th opening many thouand bales of both May and July cotton were bought by the bull pool and this aucoeeded for a time in summing the decline. By taking large quantities of . cotton, the pool Brokers succeeded In holding the market and with other brokers, about H a cent In fifteen minutes. Then another wave of liquidation swept - over the power of one Individuals or a set of Individuals was not great enough to prevent a crash. 1 The buying was no more than If In the bucket and prices scrambled than a drop In the. bucket and prices crumbled away again about as rapidly as on yesterday. FUNERAL OF W. C. WHITNEY Prominent Men In Political 'and Financial World Honor His Memory. NEW YORK. Feb. $. Funeral services over the remains of William Collins Whit ney, former secretary of the navy, promi nent financier and turf man, were held here today at Grace Episcopal church. Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, the rector, conducted the services. Bishop Doane of AW bany also participating. In the assemblage which tilled the church, were many men of the highest prominence in New York and th United States and scores of employes of the corporations with which Mr. Whit ney bsd been connected. Seventy pews In the center of the church were reserved for the family and relatives. Intimate friends, representatives of the army snd r.avy, business assKlates, the rest of the church being thrown open to the general public, crowds of whom had gathered before the church at the hour set fcr the services. Of the Immediate family only Mre. Al merle Hugh Paget, a daughter, was absent, being unable to return from Italy In time for th funeral. Th honorary pallbearers were Grover Cleveland. Ellhu Root Thomas F. Rysn. J. Plerpont Morgan, Thomas Dolan. Orant B. Schley, P. A. B. Wldeuer, H. McK. Twombly, Colonel Wtl'lam Jay and Q. G. Haven, but Mr. Morgan was un able to attend and his place waa taken by H. H. Vreeland. Major General Henry C. Corbln and Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers, In uniform, represented the srmy and navy and Mayor McClellan the city government - ' At the conclusion of the service the re mains were conveyed by a special train to Wood lawn cemetery for litarmnt in the , family plot COUNCIL FIXES TAX LEVY Decide on Thirteen Villi and Jndge Hunger Ka tei it One. FOURTEEN FLAT THEN AGREED ON Federal Conrt Orante Water fen. pnny's Plea, Which Will Make the Totnl , Levy for City Fonrteen Mills. The annual municipal tax levy for 194 will be 14 mills. Ordinances providing for this tax, which means $1.40 for every Jliio assessed value, were passed by the council at a meeting held yesterday afternoon. The amount of money that mny be raised upon the basis of a total valuation of 101.2G,?9O, certified by the tax commissioner, Is 11,417,- -88.06-' Of this amount 11,316,381.7. Is for city purposes, 1354.397.01 for the schools and tim,2&6.29 to pay water rental Judgments for 1903. The distribution smong the funds, how closely it approaches the charter limit In each case, and how much money each fund will receive after deducting the usual 10 per cent for noncollectlon, is shown by this table, prepared by Comptroller Lo beck: Funds. N General , Blnklng Judgment Library Klre Police Fewer. Maintaining Park Lighting Health Cleaning and Sweeping Curbing, Guttering and Paving Water Board . City Total , '. School Total Total '. Water Rent (Judgment, $85,695.11 needed). Totals Hold Secret Meeting. Thd MnnnllmM, I. V. V. A -rtlnn of Nicholson, met secretly In the mayor's office at the city hall Thursday night and decided upon a 13-mlII levy. This dltknot Include the tax to pay water hydrant rental Judgments, for which a federal court mandamus was Issued yesterday and which brought the mill rate up to 14. Th. call for the conference waa iseuea hurriedly. Besides the council there were present Mayor Moores. city Attorney Wright. Tax Commissioner Fleming. Treas urer Hennings and City Clerk Elbourn. No private cttlsen was repieeented. Very lit tle calculating was done, the information presented by the comptroller, which wss published in The Bee a week ago, being taken as a basis for the figures. The aa sessmenf basis used Waa $101,266,-90, and the meeting did not last an hour. Judge Munger yesterday morning signed the peremptory writ desired by the water company, ordering the council to make a tax levy sufficient to raise funds to psy Judgments amounting to $92,080 for unpaid hydrant rental bills during 190$. Clty At torney Wright filed a demurrer to the ap plication, but "did not make a determined fight against the mandamus. Despite the fact that ' the aggregate amount that will be raised for city purposes, exclusive- of the school, -wat.r board and watef Judgment taxes, is nearly the charter limit, there will atlll b a shortage of nearly $400,000 In the amounts desired by the various departments to carry them through the year 1904. This, as has often been explained. Is due principally to the pending railway and Pa cific Express comoar.y's litigation. The levy last year was 8.75 mills, on an assessment value of $105,266,290. ARGUING THE BUTLER CASE State's Attorney Addresses the Jnry ta Trlnl of Alleged Mis. sonrl Briber. FULTON, Mo., Feb. 6. Arguments to the Jury In the case of Colonel Edward Butler of Bt. Louis, who Is on trial before Judge Grave on the charge of bribing members of the house of delegates to secure the passage of the city lighting bill In 1899, were begun today. Assistant Circuit Attorney Bishop of Bt Louis opened for the state. Judge Krum of counsel for th defense followed Mr. Bishop. He spok for an hour and his place was taken by J. H. Murry, former prosecuting attorney of Boone county, who argued for the state. Assist ant Circuit Attorney JA aroney of St. Louis followed for the prosecution. David H. Harris, prosecuting attornsy of Callaway county, began the defense's appeal ti the Jury at the afternoon ses sion. He had been .retained by the ' de fense before ls election to that office. The throng was so great that Butler and the attorneys had to fight their way Into the court room. Women and children, col lege students and fair seminarians to the number of 600 crowded Into the small room. After Circuit Attorney Folk had made the f closing argument for the state, the case was glyen to the Jury at 4 o'clock. DIES RATHER THAN SURRENDER Minnesota Doctor Wanted for Embes. element Ends Life at Ian Francisco. BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. Malcolm d la Fer, doctor, ex-soldier and Inventor, who was wanted by the Minneapolis police au thorities for embezzlement, has committed suicide here by taking poison. De la Fer oarae to this city laat April from Minne apolis In' order to escape trial for th mis use of funds entrusted to him.. Whfle in Minneapolis he attained some distinction as an Inventor of electric rail way devices, a number of which are at present In use. When the Spanish-American war broke out he enlisted in the Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers and wss made an assistant surgeon, serving with distinction In the Philippines. FIGHT THE LOAN COMPANIES New York Has Driven Many I'sarera to Hew Jersey by Prose cntlon. 1 NEW YORK. Feb. 6. As a result of ths relentless cumpslgn sgalr.it usurers being conducted by the district attorney's office. nearly all ths big loan companies hav moved hurriedly across th river to Jersey City, to which place they have advised their victims to send payments. One of the companies,' which has mor than half a hundred agencies in ths Urge cities of ths United States, tnaugursted the movement to escape prosecution. Ef forts will be mad to have the Postoffloe department slop tb concerns from using the mail , NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Rsln or Bnow nnd Colder Patsreaj Cold Wave at Slant In Korth l'or tloni Snndny Fair. Temperature nt Omnhn Yesterdnyi llonr. Dear. Honr. Deg. ft a, m an I p. n R4 a. m ST 8 p. nt...... RT T a. m Sit a p. nt M H m. m...... 4J 4 p. nt. ... . . tvti An. m 41 S p. m ft 10 n. m 41 l p. m 11 a. nt 4H T p. nt Rl IS at R-t N p. nt SO W p. nt RW MAY BE HITCH IN THE PLAN 1 So Ktldenre Ihnt Mhlpbolldlna- Affairs Are In Accordance with Lost Report. NEW YORK. Feb. (.Although It waa stated last night that the new plan of re organisation for the United States Ship building company put out by the new re organisation and the receiver and as sented to by Samuel Untermyer on behalf of the bondholders' protective com mittee, thus settling the main litigation be tween those parties, would be agreed to by all alleged In this, there was no sign to day that the Commonwealth Trust com pany, as successor to the Trust Company Charter Mills. 100 P. C. Limit. 90 P. C. 1150 $ 2M.140 73 $ -55,0iK) $ 2.7.8. 66 1.H7 199.474 S9 WO.onO 179,527 40 .19 19,23 70 20,0"0 17.314 H3 .21 21.2A3K. 2'.',0(i0 19.137 44 1.47 14K.M6 75 150.000 133.9R- 07 1.12 1!3,47 04 , 116,000 102. OM 3 .13 13.163 32 25.000 11.K46 99 .80 0,37 89 4rt.Ono 27.839 20 . 66. Pill M 70.OH0 69.234 92 .09 9,113 07 10.000 8.201 76 .37 37.4M 83 40.000 $3,718 35 .29 ,34 82 SO.Ort) 26.4.7 89 .21 21.263 81 100.000 19.137 44 9 60 9111,934 " ' 197,000 865,741 18 8.60 354.HI7 01 818,967 31 13.00 $1,316,331 77 $1,097,000 $1,184,698 59 1.00 101,256 29 10.125 91.130 67 lToO $1,417.68 06 $ 141,768 $1,275,829 26 of the Republic, will take a position In ac cord with It. It was authoritatively stated that the Commonwealth company, as sue' cessor to the company financing the Ship building company, might. In assenting to a plan by which the Shipbuilding stock Is to be wiped out, make Itself 'the 'butt of at tack by stockholders bringing suit for the recovery of money Invested In stock, unless It should Join forces with such litigants and place the responsibility elsewhere. It was ttated some time ago that the directors of the Commonwealth Trust com pany had decided upon bringing actions In the court for the purpose of vindicating their honor In the Shipbuilding transac tions, and - this policy has not been .oat eight of. FIND BODIES OF THE BARKERS Had Been Shot and Killed nnd Then Burled In n Cnttle Shed. INAVALE, Neb., Feb. (.-(Special Tele gram.) Oreat excitement prevail in this community over the discovery of the bodies of Dan Barker and wife, who -were mur dered last Sunday night The bodies were found In a rhallow grave In a cattle shed, clothed only In their sleeping garments. Bullets from a revolver which had pleroed th man and Ma wife told the story of the gruesome affair. There were two bullet holus In' Barker's neck, and breast and one In Mrs. Barker's breast. r rana ; uarKer, .tne murdered man's brother, -Is held In Jail suspected of the crime. tAHhough he strenuously denies hla guilt,' circumstantial evidence points very strongly to him and it Is feared that, he win do lynched by the Infuriated cittsens and the sheriff of Webster county Is ex erclslng every precaution to protect his prisoner. WOMEN WERE HIS VICTIMS rostal Authorities Arrest Mnn Who Is Alleged to Have Worked the Letter Copying Scheme. CHICAGO, Feb. B.-C. W. Thompson, who the postal authorities Claim has operated a malt order business under fifteen different names, waa arrested here today by detect- Ives from Postofllce Insnoctor Stuart's office on the charge of misusing the United Btatea mall. Women In all parts of the country who believed they would be paid $30 for copying each 100 letters are. accord ing to the postal official, victims of ThomD- on's scheme. Thompson was held In $1,000 bonds for a hearing of the case February 10. inspector Stuart aaid tonisht: Thompson's latest scheme was on th anil. lean chain plan. After a woman would write Mm and et Drees her willingness n copy letters at SO Cents each he would cause her to send 50 cents fer "membership In the bureau." Instead of allowing the women to go to work Thompson would then require them to get a friend to send 60 cents for a membership and would promise to give 80 cents tor eacn memoer tnus secured. WOULD FREEZE OUT PAPERS Canadian Press Association Wants Postal Rates Increased on I sited States Mall. 1 TORONTO, Ont., Feb. 5. At the meeting of the Canadian Press association today a resolution was psssed asking the govern ment to amend the present postal arrange ment regarding American publications. If this be arranged tt will mean that all pa pers coming from the United States will be charged at the rate of 8 cents per , pound- It would also Imply a 5-cent'rate on letters and an additional cent on postal cards, ahows that Canada delivers 100 bags for the United States for every one bag of Canadian papers delivered In the United States. HOLD BACK INDICTMENTS Llonor Denier Will Have a Reaplt Until the Wichita Grand Jnry ' Gets Throngh. TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb. I. No mor Indict ments against Missouri wholesale liquor dealers for doing business In Kansas with out paying a license will be returned until after tbe session of the federal grand Jury at Wichita next month. E. D, McKlver, aaslstsnt United States district attorney, said todiiy: "There undoubtedly will be mor whole salers Indicted next month. I also believe that many express sgents will be Indicted." 1 Hamlet's Home Is Threatened. NEW YORK. Feb. 5. -The Danish castls of Kronbnrg. famous ss the Elninor of ShakeMpeare s "Hamlet," Is threatened, ac cording to an American dispatch from Ber lin, by destruction by the undermining tides of the Ksttegst. Th foundations are seriously damaged and th castle may hav to be pulled down, together with th terrace on which the (bust of llamlet'e father appeuicd. JAPANESE IN PANIC 'ly in Wild Terror from Buasian Territory v ia AnticipUioa of War. URNITURE IS LITERALLY GIVEN AWAY VladiToeto). Merchant J Sacrificing Every thing in Uaite te Etcape. JAPANESE MINISTER TALKS OF Art AIR Bayi Hit O.untry Desirei Bo Intemoti'ii by Any Power, CHINESE MUST RULE IN MANCHURIA This Demand Not Conceded by Resale Will Force Island KJngdow to Proceed , to -Sxtrenia Measures. 8T. PETER8RURO, Feb. 8.-'The Japan ese are fleeing panic-stricken." cables the Vladivostok Vorrespondent of th Novo Vremya, "and Japanese storekeeper ar sacrificing all their possessions in their haste to escape to Japan. Cases ef oranges are selling for 6 cents and furniture Is being literally given away., They are prac tically ruining themselves' In their hurry to get away before the outbreak of war." WASHINGTON, Feb. I. -The State de partment sniKHinced the receipt of Infor mation that Japan has called Its subjects from the Talu district Cores, Into Seoul. In case of a Rurao-Japaneae war the statement was reiterated at the Navy de partment that the fighting ships of th Asiatic fleet will be kept awsy from the scene of hostilities and every care will be taken .to observe good sea manners. That the 'American navy may not b with out observers of what will he the great est naval struggle of modem times It Is said that In all probability that several smaller ships of the fleet will be detailed to go northward with competent officers, who will be detailed to set as .official ob servers. No order to this effect have yet been Issued. BFIRLIN, Feb. (.The St Petersburg cor- respondent of the Lnkat Anselger tele graphs that Admiral Skrydolov, comman der of the Russian squadron In the Black sea, has been summoned to St. Petersburg for consultation on account of his know ledge of -the far east. The dowager em press said to the admiral when he was leavlng,"there will be no war." Rnssla Fcrwards r.eply. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. .-A an nounced in the Associated Press dispatches the draft of th Russian response, tenta tively approved py the csar, waa tele graphed to Viceroy Alexlcft last night. It Is expected that Viceroy Alexleff will send the answer so as to reach Japan on Mon day. While the contenta of ' ths response are carefully guarded they are known to b conciliatory and to contain Important con cessions, although maintaining RusMa'a former position on some of ths main points covering Manchuria and Corea. ' A diplomat In close touch with the Rus sian aide of the negotiations Informed, the Associated Press that Corea had again be come the most difficult matter for adjust ment. Russia, he said,' couM not agree. to . Japanese fortifications In southern Corea. "If the Japanese government In sincerely desirous of avoiding . war," he added, ' ''It will find in the reply when It arrives a basis for an agreement, but If th authori ties have made up their minds to remain unyielding the negotiations must end In an lmpasae. In any event, I do Pot see how Japan can break off the negotiations without replying to the Russian note and setting forth Its minimum demands." The news that the note had been sent to Viceroy Alexleff caused an Increase of anx iety today. On the bourse the prices ot se curities fell, particularly imperial 4 per cents and lottery bonds, In which the pub- lie Invests heavily. In the diplomatic corps there was much activity. The Japanese minister, M.' Kurtno, in re sponse to sn urgent message went to the tsnusn emnassy ioaay ana spent over an hour with the ambassador. Sir Claude S. Scott Russians Arc Excited. At all' the embassies th attaches were busy getting off cipher dispatches to -their governments.. ..The people for the first time seemed notlcaably moved at th' prospect of war, gathering tai groups to discuss th situa tion. Increased activity also was appar ent at the various ministries, but the high officials remained calm. Insisting that a peaceful settlement is still possible. They say the military and naval prepa rations hav been forced on Russia by the open and hurried demonstrations of Japan and add that misinterpretations are be ing constantly placed on Russian ' move ments in tho far east, which represent Russia as already engaged In aggressive tactics. As an Illustration they cite a dis patch published In London reporting th alleged mysterious departure of the Rus sian fleet from Port Arthur. The chief of the naval staff said the warshlpa had merely left the harbor for a eruls around th end of the Ta Lien Wan peninsula, to try their engines, so as to be In readiness to meet th Japanese warships In case of an attack. When shown the Associated Presg dis patch under today's date front the Rus sian correspondent st Port Arthur, the same official declared It to be correct In every particular. He also said Russian troops had not been dlspatOsd to Che mulpo and declared that the tending of Rue- -elan troops to Corea or tho dispatching of Russian warships to Oormn waters was impossible under the prexent cirouinatances both on account of strategic and polities1 reasons. A dispatch from Vladivostok confirms the report that large rum hers of Jspanate, families have left the Mkolkole and L's surl regions. It given a gloomy picture of the slump In trade, shows thst clothes and money are scarce ami adds that con stant street rows are occurring. Even th Japanese and Russian children, play at war games In tho streets. Collect War Material. A Russian correspondent of th Atsikl ated Press at Port Arthur telegraphs that there Is no ruth In the report that freight traffic has bee t stopped on th ManchurUn railway. All the ships of ,th Russian Patlflo squadron which have I en held in rrv are now In full cominlxstovi. , The regiments or the Third East Siberian Rifle brigade, which recently lert Pnit Arthur, are taking temporary station slong the Chinese railroad. Th Port Arthur garrison has been strengthened by the arrival there of the Seventh brigade ' of conscripts, who luv been recently going throi gh a short course of training, Stores of provisions and coal are being accumulated and all necesxnry military works ar being actively pushed forwsfd. llotu th army and navy ar la xcellsnt I '
