Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 23, 1905, Page 2, Image 2
TITE OMAnA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JANUARY 23. 100X terrupted until th tlm cam tor tht eavalry to chare. Th crowd of striker tn nd outald the Admiralty garden con tinued to (row hourly, awelled by arrlvala from the Nevsky project, which touches bit the boulevard skirting tn gardens. Th irlker manned and held a small edinc at th corner of the gardens and poured out constant objurgations and reproach at the troops, It was tit vain that officers requested thotm t disperse. "We have com to present our homage and grievance to the emperor." 'Let th emperor come out and hear us; we do not wish to do harm." Long live tcichoias II. If he only lis ten to our grievances we are sure he will be just and merciful." "We cannot longer endure our sufferings. Hotter die at one and end all." Such were the cries repeatedly heard from many strikers. Many strikers brought t liolr wives and children. "You soldiers are our brothers; you can not shoot these little ones." they ex claimed. - r But as the pickets and patrols continued ilrlrlng off the people the demonstrators began to give way and the bitterest In sults and osth, in which the Russian vo cabulary Is particularly rich, became fre quent. , "Wo are not Japanese, why brutalixe us? Will yon shnmethe. mother who bore you. vUo wa. a Ujisslan like ourselves?" were some of the cries that were heard. Later" such.'cifresMuns as "Scoundrels," "Mercenaries," Dgs" and worse were heard. 'A long-balred student among the crowd burled hi Inmiltlng epithet at an officer, who sent a couple of men to ar rest him. The crowd tried to rescue the Hudent,. but th latur was dragged and kicked across the ran-llt square, Ms long hull- tossing In the air. The crowd .broke Into a stronin of hoots and hisses. Then yoting workman Jeered at a soldier, who applied bis rifle butt, and With the help of comrades, dragged the workman, de spite his piteous1 pleadings, to the lock-up. Cavalry- Charlie Crowd. Every time th,ttOop moved the crowds hissed 'them. Strikers also gathered at th untranc of the grand Aloreskala, and" the atenu. leading, io the ,iolka canal, t The crowd at tha latter flaco swelled to huge proportions, soekjhg tiio bridge across the cunal. The order came at 10;3O p. m. to clear Chem-off. iThe colonel commanding the Horse Guard uttered a short, sharp command; n troopers drew their swords and advanced at a Quick trot and then broke Into a gailup, heading straight for the Molka, where they Were lost in a cloud of snow. Shriek from the wounded re sounded. Then came a deadly silence, broken only by Hie galloping of ambulance horses. ThcL net twenty minutes passed without Incident. Nothing Indicated the approach of the horrible butchery which was de stined to stain the corner of the Admiralty gardens with human blood. The crowd ther persisted la refusing to move on, clamoring for the emperor, and continually t hurling' abuse at the troops, but attempted no violence. Two companies of the Proe branjensky, 'guards, of . which Emperor Nicholas himself was formerly colonel, which had been standing at ease tn front of the palace, formed and marched at doubl quick toward toward th fatal cor ner. . Troon Mr on Crowd. Events followed Vlth awful swiftness. Th commanding officer shouted "Disperse! Diapers! Disperse!". Many in the crowd turned to if!, but it wa too late. A bugl sounded and' the men In the front rank aank ta their knee and both companies fired three volleys, the first two with blank cartridges and th last with ball. A hun dred corpses strewed the sidewalk. Many women were pierced through the back as they were trying to escape. The ' Associated Frees correspondent, standing behind the troops, saw mangled corpses of persons of all ages and both acx,4trewing th ground.- On boy of 13 had. -bis skull pierced and rent by bullet. Great splashes and streams of blood' stalnsd" the snow. Only a few of the vic tims ' remained alive, for the fatal, volley waer fired 'st a distance of not more than twenty paces, and so the ambulances had Uttl work to do. The, police recruited a large number of droshkys (sleighs) to carry off the dead. Heart-rending scenes were witnessed as' wives, husbands and moth ers came up to claim their dear ones and were carried off with them in the sleighs Meanwhile the crowd hAd drifted up the Nevsky prospect, yelling "Murderers!" "Murderers!" and the square resumed Its cat maspect,' th troopsj returning to their station. ... It was now the turn for the crowd sta tioned at the Morskala entrance to the square, wher th Horse Guards repeated th exploit, -with which jlhey had cleared th Moia and drove' the people from the thoroughfare. From thence forward tha palace squar ceased to b th center of interest. Shop Are Close. Th Associated press correspondent went to Qrand Morskala and stood a whole hour near th corner of the Nevsky prospect. Th fashionable hotels on either side of th grand Morskala were crowded, but the doors were locked except to well known visitors. Fashionable Jewelry and other stores were barred, but mostly unshuttered. Quit a number of prominent person stood OA th sidewalks watching tha develop ment a Secretary Spencer Eddy of the American embassy chattad with Qrand Duke Boris, who had driven up lit a stylish sleigh, drawn by a magnificent trotter. M. Bompard, th French ambassador, drove past with his wife. As a couple of squad rons of redcapped Hussars trotted by the officer gav the command: "Use th fiat of your swords." Thin' th trooper moved off and disap peared down the street, the crowds shriek ing, "Murderous dogs," but quickly van ishing before them. A few who were wounded were picked up and conveyed to a d-ug store on th oppoait corner of th Grand Morskala and th Nevsky prospect. No troops were visible for as much as half an hour. A crowd quickly formed outside th drug store and an orator was found . for th oocaslon. Standing on th step of th drug stor h addressed th Impromptu meeting thus, , - i ' Order Incites Revolution. "Comrades We cam humbly and wo. fully to meet th ' emperor and lay our grievance before him, but the emperor re fuses to ua and Instead soldier were sent to snoot us down. Then all I can say Is h 1 no emperor." Down with th emperor!" shouted the crowd. "Wt have suffered under th away of th Chlnovniks!" "Down with th Chlnovniks!" "W hoped for redress, but hop Is no longer possible. .W can only win out rights by fighting." EVER STOP to think what coffee MAY be doing to you? Make the change to- POSTUM 1 day and find out. Jul asHlf'.'Ml HMH mi "Down with th autocracy." ylled th crowd. "Our only chance of redress la from rep resentative of the people." "Long II v the constitutional assembly.- "Then all I hav to say Is to arms, com rades, to arms." To arms," was th thunderous re sponse. The crowd, How aroused to a state of frensy at tha sight of th wounded wh were being brought out of the drug stor and placed In an ambulance, saluted them as martyrs. Every head wa uncovered as the victims were conveyed away. The wilder element In tue crowd had now got the upper hand and proceeded to at tack every officer In sight. A general driv ing up the Nevsky prospect was mobbed with shouts of "Murderer." Ills sword wss captured as a trophy, the crowds shout-, Ing: "Hurrah!" Another general wa nearly dragged from his sleigh, but clutched the driver desperately, and In es caping was struck on his bald head by a glass bottle and stunned. Swords were wrenched from several passing officers and the crow shouted, "Break their swords, but do not eat them.". The appearance of several companies of Infantry restored order, but the crowds refused to disperse And several volley were fired and a number, of people killed. Half a dozen policemen were surroumlefi by a crowd in a neighboring side street. The policemen drew their revolvers anv fired and one of them was killed by a corarade's misdirected fire. Soldiers Spare Priest. There was a very dramatic scene at -the Narve gate when Father Gopon, In golden vestments, bearing aloft an ikon and flanked by two clergymen carrying re ligious banners, approached at the heud of a procession of 8,000 workmen. Troops were drawn up across the entrance. Sev eral times ah officer called upon the pro cession to stop,1 but Father Gopon did not falter. Then an order was given to flro, first with blank cartridges. Two volleys rang out, but'tho line still did not waver. Then, with seeming reluctunce, an officer gave the romrannd to load with bait, and the next volley was folTowed) by shrieks and cries of the wounded. As the. Cossacks followed up the volley with a charge the workmen fled before, them, leaving about 100 dead or wounded.,' . It was evident that the soldiers deliber ately spared Father Gopon. Ono of th clergymen, by lils side wss. wounded, but Father. Gopon escaped untouched and hid behind a wall until the Cossacks passed and he was then spirited away by workmen. During the evening there were more foot passengers In the sure'- -'Tin might have teen expected, but nothing like the gaiety anu bueiio of uu o.iin... ,...i..jh, evening. Comment on the action of the troops and authorities Is very bitter, and sarcastic re marks are made that officers are braver against the defenseless public than against the Japanese, and that "ammunition may be scar In the far east, but Is too plentiful here." Returns from only three of the numerous hospitals give ihirty-one dead and 121 wounded. Many of the wounded have been taken to their homes. Broken windows and embedded bullets are found at long distances from the scene of the firing. The rioters broke windows la the palace of Grand Duke Alexis. The workmen tonight were arming with every conceivable weapon for a renewal of the struggle. They have few firearms, , but are improvising trade implements Into weapons. The following Is the text of a letter ad dressed by Father Gopon to Emperor Nicholas last night! Sovereign: I fear your ministers have not told you the full truth about the situa tion. The whole people, trusting In you, have resolved to appear at the Winter palace at 2 p. m., in order to Inform you of their needs. If. vacillating, you don't appear before the people, then the moral bonds between you and the people who trust In you will disappear, because ln i noeerit blood will flow between you and1 the DeODl. ' ADIIflir tomorrow hefnr vr.ur rtA- ple and receive our address of devotion In a courageous spirit. 1, and the representa tives of labor anil m v hrav vni-binmi.n and comrades guarantee the inviolability of your person. RUSSIA HAS IGNORED HISTORY Rev. Newell DwtsrM Iltllls Point Oat Fatal Error. CHICAGO, Jan. 22 "Russia has neg lected the lesson of freedom so eloquently taught by freedom," declared Rev. Newell Dwight Hillia of Plymouth church, Brook lyn, in a sermon befors his old congre gation of Central church, preached In the Auditorium. A nw statement of our lesson la to be found." he aald. "in connection with that great empire of Europe which la now disturbed with the preliminary tremblings of a social earthquake hree hundred years ago the conditions which prevail In Russia today could ' be found In Eng land. "Later, In Franc, a noble, when the poor people of Paris asked for bread aald: 'Let them eat grass.t and th next day they butchered him In the streets. "Today we find In Russia a nation where th live of the tower classes are filled with misery and squalor. "In th warm, rich atmosphere of the twentieth century these conditions exist. One part of society arrayed against the lower class Is saying: 'We will be blind to the teachings of history,' and is ignoring the Inevitable consequences which follow the enslaving of human souls and bodies. A little handful of men own all, the land, possess all the titles, hold all the privi leges. This Is' a country of which It can be truly said: 'Th lesions of history have been In vain.' But perhaps even now that lesson la upon us." JAPANESE) BATTLESHIP REPAIRED Another Ono Abont Completed nasi Ready for Service. VICTORIA. B. C, Jan. 2Z-Wlth the arrival today of the steamer Athaenlan comes news of the reference to the re ported loss of the Japanese ' battleship Yashima. the Yorodsu of TokJo reporting that the battleship waa saved and has been repaired. Its guns hav been re mounted. The Kobe Herald says a new Vessel is about to be completed for the Japanese navy to replace on of thoa lost at Port Arthur. The same vessel brought news that serious riots are reported to have occurred at Seoul. Americana have made rich find of kero sene and coal near Ping Yang, Corea. ' FARMER KILLS HIS TWO SONS Follows Tbla r Bmlif HI Prop, erty and Consntltttaar ' Salctde. M'PHF.RBON. Kan.. Jan. . Charles Luxhorn, a farmer living fourteen miles southwest of hers, last night killed Ms two sons, young boys aged I and 10 yeara, burned h's nous and barn with al) their content, and todsy shot and killed him self. Luxhorn smothered hla sons to death and took their bodies to a neighbor's orch ard' a half mile distant wher he laid them on the ground and covered them with hlsnkeia. Luxhorn then returned to his home ar.d set fire to all of his prop erty, sfter which he killed himself. He had been arrested for mistreating his wife snd children and was to hav appeared In court tomorrow. He was 40 years old. DIED. FRANCOEIR (nee Davis) Buelah. be loved wife of J. Alfred Francoeur, Janu ary Z. me. Burial from Chicago, JU. Chicago papers ilease copy. . NO TARIFF REVISION YET President Eopei Hit Views on Subject Will Prevail by Fall. RAILROAD SIDE OF RATE QUESTION Attorney for Property Rights Aaso elation Alleges Savings of Poor Will Suffer from Slight Slash In Rates. (From a BtafT Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. Special.) "Will the president call an extra session of con gress In the spring to consider freight rates?" Is the question which nearly every member of connicsj is asking of every man Mkely to have any information of value. It Is practically settled that the idea of revising the tariff at once has been aban doned. Various polls of the house, for the purpose of getting at congressional senti ment, have been taken and they all show that an overwhelming majority of the re publicans are opposed to any change what ever at this time. It is not that a ma jority of the members of the majority party do not realise that ninny of the rchedulca of the tariff law are susceptible to change to the advantage of everyone. But, on tho other hand, It Is feared that any attempt to revise the Incongruities of the existing law would bilng about commercial unrest which would be disastrous, only two re publican members from the ytatc of New York are In favor of the president's pro gram for tariff revision. President Converting; Ills Party. Mr. Roosevelt, like Mr. Cleveland, Is at odds with his isrty as to the tariff policy. Mr. Cleveland attempted to force liin views down the throats of the, members of the house and use3 tho executive power In an endeavor to coerce the protectionists. Bliss, Greenmnn, Snowdcn and a few others, to abandon thi ir convictions for the suko of sustaining his policy. They .refused. The president alluded to the Mil wJiieh was subsetiucntly sent to him as tire? outcome of "perrtdy and dishonor" on tho rart of the men who had prepared and put It through congress. Sir. Roosevelt will take no such course, tn attempting to Incorporate his views on tho subject of Import duties into, the statutes. But he will probably win cut eventually. He has a faculty for winning men over to his Ideas and, while it would be unwise, in view of tho temper of the house, to attempt to secure tho enactment of a tariff bill In April he hopes to create enbugh of the right sentiment according to his Ideas of tho right sentiment by the end of the summer to lnsuro the passage of a revision bill. Carefnl Consideration Demanded. As to the railroad rate question, many nembers of both houses believe that one of the several rate-fixing bills should be enacted into law promptly. Efforts are being made every day to put the Cooper Quarles bill through before March 4. But It Is natural that such an Important ques tion should demand careful consideration before drastic measures are taken. It Is urged on behalf of the railroads that no more stringent law can be made than the one now on the books toward the abotlUon of rebates. There are provisions for Injunctions, trials. Imprisonments and all that. It's up to the -government now, and with all the laws needed, to stop them. They also Insist that -the private car evil, against which so many complaints have been made, are as Injurious to their in terests as to the general shipper and that the Interstate Commerce commission should have Jurisdiction over them. It la urged further that the bills now before congress will not stop rebates, regulate private car or terminal roads. They pro vide only that a rate-making power be given the Interstate Commerce commission when Its own reports show it Is unneces sary." ' Everything considered, It Is extremely un likely that an extra session wlll.be called before October, especially since no man In the house or the senate is anxious to re main In Washington all aummer. Property Rights Defended. The question of conferring the rate making power upon the Interstate Com merce commission has been further com plicated by the appearance of the Asso ciation for Maintaining the .'Rights "of Property, which has declared Its purpose of taking a hand In the discussion and de sires to be heard before action Is taken. This association Is composed of holders of the stocks and bonds of railroad com panies and Its comprehensive name was chosen to convey to the public. Its pur pose, which Is to maintain the rights of property holders tn this and other cases where they may be endangered. It as sumes that after all is said the persons most likely to be affocted by governmental regulation of rates, are those whose money la directly or indirectly Invested In these securities. All complaints are that rates are too high and It Is therefore argued that any regulation by the commission must be In the nature of a reduction a re duction of the ratea followed by a re duction of the Income of the roads and a reduction of the dividends. To the end, therefore, that the Interests of the In dividual holders of these securities, and of depositors In banks and' trust companies and holders of life or fire Insurance poli ciesall of which are heavy Investors In or lenders on railroad stocks and bonds may be protected, the Association for Maintaining the Rights of Property has been organised and has requested to be fully heard by the committee of the senat and house on Interstate commerce before any bill of the character proposed ta reported. , Connecticut Lawyer's Flgrnre. Hon. Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport. Conn., leading member of the Connecticut bar, haa been retained to represent the association before congress. Mr. Daven port Is well known as the organiser of similar associations and haa. frequently appeared before congressional committees. He has a wide reputation as an authority and debater on industrial topics arid Is a clear and forceful speaker. Mr. Davenport has addressed a communi cation to Senator Elklns and Representa tive Hepburn, giving some reasons why his clients are interested In this subject. It Is represented that last year the railroads carried an equivalent of more than 101000.000 passengers 100 miles for 12 apiece. The total amount received for this service was $421, 000,000. which was 180,000,000 less than they expended on the single Item of maintenance of way and equipment. Thla expense alon ONLY ONE BROmO-LAX ndthword"CONTAfIS NOQUIIUNE" tin nch bos u th point) broiuo-li is ta Quirk Cars, th Sat Cur for COLDS HEADACHE and LA GRIPPE Bromo-lAZ Ihw lie bd effect Ilk oiilnln ururiion. bnrao jtx U miltl nd tooth ful Utlv. 1V ur joa set tli nglil kind. A II druaiin. SS J ut k rout droMit tut Jlronio Lfel and tlit tu lulwl n-rnli Bronte-Lax (Contain No Qulnlna). unsnai GUARANTEED AND FOR SALE BY sann aUwraan MoCoanall Drvs Co.. ear. 1V and DuUg streets. Umaba. absorbed all their gross passenger, mall and express revenues. They also carried. the equivalent of ntort than 1,732,000,000 tons of freight a dlstsnce of 100 miles for 7S.I cents per ton. Th total net Interest paid to the bondholders wa r?8.0nn,ooo, and the net dividends to th stockholders wss ti6R.0O0.O00. or a total net revenue to the owners of this property of tt34.OOO.0rl0 on an Investment, conserva tively estimated, .of more than tl0.000.000.ooo, a return of $4 34 on each two. In this con nection Mr. Davenport point out that the reduction of only one-tenth of a cent per ton of freight per mile would wipe out all the Interest of tho stockholders and the re duction of another mill and a half would eliminate all the interest paid the bond holders during the year, thus utterly de stroying the value of the property of his clients. "It Is therefore apparent," he said to day, "that the value of these securities can only be preserved by the most careful man agement of those who have a direct In terest In their preservation and are" en trusted with that xluty. The people who own the stocks and bonds of these railway companies, for the most part, are not tho rich nor even th moderately well to do. For Instance, lrt the city of Bridgeport there nre 12.ooo rtoposltors In A single sav ings bank who own t-.'WJ.OOO of the bonds of thirty of these companies. In the state of Connecticut there are no less than 4U), 000 depositors In savings banks, who own more than ITO.noo.Ooo of these bonds, one third of all their savings being Invested In them. In the six states of Maine. New Hampshire, Massachusetts. Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, there are no less than 4.800,100 depositors In savings banks who own more than t;(.r$.0C0.G0o of these bonds, or more than one-llfteenth of the total amount of such bonds outstand ing. When we recall that at the last pres idential election the ropular vote In these six states did not exceed 2,800,000 wo per ceive how numerous arc the holders of these bonds in that section of the coun try, and more h.tn half of these are women and children. Poor People's Saviaas. "It is not too much to say that these bonds are the prlucipal Items in the in vestments of the, savings of the poor peo pie of the nation. Anil should anything be dono by congress to impair the value of these, securities, it certainly would be followed by a run upon every such Insti tution In tho country, which would end in unparalleled disaster. Moreover, there are 1.4M.712 poer people who arc small policy holders In ho John Hancock Life Insur ance company of Boston, whose funds are largely Invested In these bonds and the value of whose policies Is dependent upon the preservation of these Securities. And the same is true of, the millions of small policy holders In the Prudential Insurance company of New Jersey, the Metropolitan Insurance company of New York and other fire and Jlfe Insurance companies. "Demand Is now made upon congress to take th power of fixing the prices to be charged for the public services rendered by these companies and which are the only source of the value of these securi ties, from the owners of the properties and their agents and to give It to the In terstate Commerce commission. An asso ciation has been formed in the interest of the bondholders and stockholders of these companies and of the public as well to oppose In all directions the efforts of the commission to grasp thla autocratic and enormous power." ESCORT ASKEDAND REFUSED Mexican Official Thought Party Lnrgs Enonajh tn Protect Itself . from Indiana. NOOALES, Arl. Jan. 22. H. L. Miller and Charlea B. JTolerton, who escaped in Thursday's Indian massacre In Sonora, Mexico, passed fhrough here this morning with the bodies oi Messrseoy,' MacKensie, Call and Steublnger, bound for Chicago. DR. R. C. COT? 6520 Woodlawn avenue, Chicago. v JOHN K. MACKENZIE, 2014 Indiana avenue, Chicago. .- M. A., CALL, Sioux City,' la., with rela tive residing In Toledo. JAMES STEIBINOER, Kewanee, 111. It now appears that the party asked for an escort from the Mexican authorities at Hermoslllo, and an order to the military at La Colorado was issued. Upon reaching La Colorado the escort was requested, but the Mexican officials replied that there were so many In the party that an escort waa unnecessary. Thereupon the party left for Camp Toledo, and reachsd there without difficulty. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Forshaw of Colorado, from either Cripple Creek or Colorado Springs, were with the party on the out ward trip, but left the main party before reaching Camp Toledo, and are now in camp and In no danger. Fred Oarretson, wife and chfld, went over the same road last Wednesday or Thursday, but undoubt edly are safe at thelr camp. Oarretson Is from Buffalo and Is engaged in mining In the Shauanepe district, Sonora. Mr. Pelletler, a mining engineer, recently em ployed by the Soara Mining company, is with Qarretson. All the mining men In the district where th6 massacre too place are coming in from camp, and the country undoubtedly will be In a feverish state for some time to come. It Is stated on high authority that Just a month ago Governor Y Zabel hold an extended cnnfnivn -1 , u i.. , ." nugioer of Yaqul at San Miguel to see if all differences could not be adjuated, and the Yaquls said- they demanded all the land along th Yaqul river and wanted all the Mexicans and other settlers there to vacate Governor Y Zabel replied that wa Im possible and the conference came to an end DY Coy'e body and "head wer mutilated, hi head being mashed In with atonea. HI body was stripped of its clothing, as were tho other dead. Th aurvlvora escaped with their clothing only,' all their money, tickets and papers toeing taken by the In dians. William Chapman Potter, son-in-law of orcreiary Morton, has not yet been located, though It la believed he will ha iniatAit to morrow. Within seven mile of th seen or tnursdays tragedy th Yaqula killed on Friday, about noon, three Mexicana. One of the Mexicana was a prominent man In that section. The Yaoul rinn- n.. men. Brown, Sauntry and Zeetelle, are probably at Tosses or Hermoslllo. They had planned to leave Torres Saturday morning, but news of the outbreak will probably turn them back. Drown i. . ner of former Senator Thurston and resides at Washington, D. C. Zeetelle also resides in Washington. Bauntry h from St. Paul. The Mexican authorities will make every effort to capture the Indians, and if suc cessful, swift punishment will follow. VALUABLES IN CHAOWICK HOME Gnods Are Imported and Cnstanas Offleer Are Holding; Investigation. CLEVELAND, Jan. B.-Unlted States Customs Collector Leach haa found valu able Ivories and laces belonging to Mrs. Casste L. Chad wick In th Chadwirk horn on Euclid avenue. Mr. Leach la going to learn whether duty ha been paid upon the articles, all of which have been imported. The goods wur taken to the office of Re ceiver Nathan Losr aid examined by an expert. They are aald to be worth at least tin, 000. If It la shown that the duty has not been paid upoa the goods they will b sold- to recover th duty and the surplus proceeds will become part of th fund which Mr. Loeaer Is accumulating for the benefit of Chad wick creditors, FIGHT ON PENS GROWS WARM Chairman Been of Visiting Board Handi ia Besignation. INMATES ASK THE RETENTION OF PENN Members of the Vlaltlas Board gay lie Shoald B Removed and Com nandant Says Board Bhonld Be Dispensed With. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 22. (Special. ) A chapter In the fight of the visiting board of the soldiers' homes to prevent the reappoint ment of Commander Penn of the Mllford home Is the resignation of John B. R-ese of Broken Bow, president of the board. The resignation was tendered to Governor Mickey one day this week, but Is now pub lished for the first time. Judge Reese gave as a reason for resigning that his business was so pressing that he did not hne the time to devote to the' duties of the board. It Is beUevrd, however, that Hie cause, of the resignation Was Judge Reese's dis inclination to continue in the light now being waged by the board: nanlnst t'uni mander Ivnn, though It Is said ho agrees with the hoard th.it Frnn should be le moved. Just why tlic visiting bunrd objects to Penn has not been given to the public, but It Is understood that a nunibt-r of old sol diers. Including Grnernl Gage, Tom Majors and others, nre working throuijli lh b.vml to control the appointment. The real cause of tho board's objection to Penn, It Is said. Is because he failed to extend to Its mem bers courtesies they cxpecto ion u recent visit to the home. In retaliation for the board's objection to him, Commander Penn, together with nearly nil of the soldiers In the home, has declared the visiting board a nuisance, without reason for existing. It was slated yesterday by n cIofp friend of Coninitnder Penn that the visiting board expected to be wined and dined, mid then furnished n carriage In which to ride over the country when they visited Mllford. Wheji Com mander Penn fulled In these particulars, this man sold, the president of the bonrd called him down for not being more cour teous. Penn made a characteristic reply, and It is said this led to the resignation of President Reese. Penn Still In Fight. It was published here yesterday that Penn had withdrawn from the race to succeed himself, because of bis troubles wllh the visiting bourd. There Is nbsolutcly no truth In, tha report. Mr. Penn is still In the raco, aitir notwithstanding Governor Mickey Is against lilm, he has strong back ing on tha board. Neurly all of- the old soldiers in the home have signed a petition to the board to reappoint him and accord ing to un old soldier who was In Lincoln yesterday the petition was circulated with out tho knowledge of Mr. Penn. Smallpox at Industrial School. A patient in the Girls' Industrial School at Mllford has the smallpox and one of the large buildings has been placed under quarantine. The patient' la a woman re cently sent out from Lincoln. She is the mother of one child, who Is with her. She waa admitted to the home several days ago and In a short time was taken 111 with smallpox. At this time there are twenty eight Inmates In the Institution, but the authorities do not fear a spread of the disease. It may have the e.Tct of keep ing away the legislative visiting committee. M'ALLISTER DEFENDS BILL Points Ont Error of Those Who 'Assail Apportionment Mensnre. ' (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 22. (Special Telegram.)- When Representative McAllister of Deuei county Introduced his reapportionment bill In the house over a week ago he was charged by certain persons and certain newspapers with launching a movement for the distinct purpose of giving the North Platte country a majority In the legisla ture so as to Insure its supremacy over the South Platte country. "The bill is not in the Interest of any man or set of men, section, county or dis trict," asserts Mr. McAllister. "My only reason for pressing this measure is be cause I am convinced, after two years of study, that it comes nearer submitting the exact basis of reapportionment than any other could. Yet I am frank to admit that even this bill Is not perfeot, and if It be possible to get one that Is more per fect I am willing to maxe such changes In my measure as will bring about the de sired end." The assertion has been made tn certain newspapers which manifestly have given the measure no serious attention, that It provides the North Platte counties with a majority in the legislature over the South Platte counties of from ten to fifteen mem bers, cinching, therefore, the control of the North Platte faction in republican pol itics. Had the persona making this state ment taken the time to look into the situa tion they would have found that to be a fact: The bill actually gives to the North Platte counties, on a Joint vote, a majority of two; that while It gives the Noith Platte section three more members In the house than It does the Bouth Platte, It gives the South Platte a majority of one member In the senate. Mr. McAllister points out there la not enough difference In the relative voting strength of the two sections to Insure con trol for either. It has never yet been pos sible, and he thinks never will be, for either section to count, with" absolute cer tainty, upon being able to control every man within its respective limits. The basis of representation In this state, according to law, Is 10,663. Th remarkable fact that this number appears Just twenty five times and numbers very near it many other times In the McAllister bill may sur prise some of those who are attacking the measure. Mr. MoAlllster has been earn estly congratulated by members who have taken time to study th tilll and found that It hits the exact basis of representation with such precision and frequency, it Is the opinion of many that it would not be possible' to make another reapportionment which would so nearly meet the require ments of the law. The covert effort to discredit the McAl lister bill by trying to array the South Platte people against It does not promise complete success, for th simple reason that already some strong South Platte members have taken a stand for the bill. Representative Kyd of Gsge county, for Instance, though not able to figure out any personal profit from the bill, says It Is a good measure, and ha la for It; that ia, the houae part of it at any rate. He thinks some changea could with benefit be made tn tha senate reapportionment, which onlv add to th series of surprise and further disarms thus who hav .assailed the bill on th grounds that It Is a pro-North Piatt affair. Douglas county, under this bill, would have a straight representation In the houue or tnirteen and In th senat of four and share a float member in the house with Baundera county, giving It an Increase of five and a half meu ers, but the half .member, In making the count on North and Bouth Platte lines. Is given, to the lat ter. Mr. McAllister la convinced he has not given Douglas more than the heavy Increase In Its population entitles It to and statistics bear out his convletluns. Bo far as McAllister druv.lng thn bill Iwith aa ey single for North Piatt u premacy It I a fact that when asked by a correspondent for Th Pee how much of a majority the North Platte would have under his bill he could not tell, for he haM never figured on It from that standpoint. He had simply sought to give each county, regardless of Its location, whst Its popula tion entitled It to. Tare for Brother's t hlld. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Jan. Z2.-(8pe-clal.) Miss Gertie Northrup, left an orphan by the recent death of her father, at tha Soldier' home of this city, left this week with an uncle for Missouri, 'her uncle pro viding a home for her. And thereby hangs a story with a bit more of human Interest In It than the average news report. H. A. Northrup of Sallna, Kan., arrived In this city about ten days ago. Northrup Is an old soldier who had a brother In the Sol diers' home of this city. Northrup him self Is also a veteran. The two had not seen each other for forty years, but the brother at the home made his final en listment about six weeks ago and the Sa lina kinsman did not learn of It Until he stepped off the train here to go out to the home, when a comrade of the days of '(55 met him and Informed him that his brother had died. Northrup was deeply affected and at one made Inquiries for bis broth er's family. He was Informed that he left S daughter at Wood River. Proceeding to thst city he found that Miss Gertie North rup, the daughter, was working as a do mestic In the home of A. C. Collins, s prominent farmer, whore she hud a good honi". lie convinced her that he could, however, make the lot of his brother's laughter easier oml she has accompanied him to hi home at Solln.i. where be Is a prominent contractor ninl builder. Cinoil Slmivtnir for Assessor. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Jan. 22. iSpe. clal.1 Assessor Arkrrmun has compiled a statement showing that ll sales of farm rropeity In th's county from July, tin. 3. to July, V.X'i. show a net value of only 1! per cent above the assessed valuation of the same property. In the matter of city lots the amount of 100 sales Is 1 :'-ln per -ent below the assessed valuation. The ligures show, uu fur as this county is concerned, that the statement In the brief of the rail roads that while railroad property has been assessed tit Its full value or more real estate In the state has been assessed only 70 per cent, ii wrong. They ulno show that Assessor Ackermnn made about as fair and honest an assessment as It Is possible to make. When Bnrkett Wns omlimteil. TILDEN. Neb.. Jan. 20,-To the Editor of The Hee: Will you please give the date of the Ptate convention that endorsed K. J. Rurkett for t'ntted States senator, and the date of the convention that nominated him for congrrss? . Bl'HSCHlBER. Ans. The state convention that endorsed Rurkett for the senatorship was held at Lincoln on May IS, 1004. The congressional convention that nomlnnted him for con gress was hMd a day or two before the state convention. Caylord f Dlseharced. CHADRON. Neb., Jan. 22.-Speclnl.)-Constable R. W. Galyord, after a hearing before Justice of th Peace F. J. Houghton, was discharged yesterday. It took the older and wiser people of the vicinity to prevent trouble after the result waa known. Accidentally Shot in Foot. TABLE ROCK, Neb., Jan. 22. (Special.) Edgar Stevens, who lives some two or three miles southeast of Table Rock, was shot by the accidental discharge of a rifle, the bullet going In his foot, breaking one of the bones. ffews of Nebraska. . . FREMONT, Jan. 22. About an Inch of snow has fallen her today, which make fair sleighing., ,, HERMAN, . Jan. -J2.Lase e'ventng the Woodmen of the World Installed officers for the year. The attendance wa large. Rev. Dr. Schleh . of Omaha was Installing of ficer. . FREMONT. Jan. 22. Charles Amldon, an employe of the Marblehead ranch, east of this city, fell from a ladder to the barn floor, a distance of about fifteen feet, yes terday afternoon, breaking his arm and shaking him up generally. FREMONT, Jan. 22. Jonas Anderson, a farmer living about four miles from thin city on the Lone Tree road, had a lively time In his barn yesterday afternoon with a vicious bull, when the fracas was over Anderson bad the angry animal tied up, but had his arm fractured by being Jammed against a post. GRAND ISLAND, Jan. 22. While on an official trip to Wood River thh week Sher iff Taylor sustained a broken rib. He was rldlna in the caboose of a local freight. When near Wood River he arose to put on his coat. While in the act the train gave a lurch and the sheriff was thrown against a seat with the stated result. He will be unable to be about for a few weeks. Death Was an Accident. oHFT.TnN. Mo.. Jan. 22. (Special Tele- ,. m The coroner's Jury, after examin ing witnesses and due Investigation Into ih. Heath of L. D. Fackler. who waa killed by a Union Pacific train yesterday fore noon, returned a verdlot that he came to his death accidentally and placed no blame on the railway company or its employes. The inquest was held last evening. Crip Cold Laxative Brorho Quinine, the world-wld Cold and Grip remedy, remove th cause. Call for th full name and look for signa ture of E. W. Grove. '16c. FORECAST 0FJTHE WEATHER Snow Monday Tuesday Fair Is the Promise lor Btebrnska. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Forecat : For Nebraska. South and North Dakota- Snow Monday, Tueaday, fair. For Iowa Snow Monday; Tueauay, proo- ably fair. Loral Record. -, m am IV 1 1 tT WffiTUITTl DTTDffi IT OMAHA. Jan. 22. Official record of tem- the correipondiiiff duy of the Ut three i nu. ns. ta, 0V. Maximum temperature... 19 20 87 SI Minimum ii'i . - Mean temperature 16 14 27 ! precipitation 04 T T .flu Temperature auu .i;.i.i....".. rrom me normal n uuin ., 1904, and comparison with the last two Normal temperature 1-j uenciency mr un ff. V'i",' ai Total excess since March 1, l!s4 Nirmii pruni. u.ui irxcess for the day Oi men PrrfSta?lon TslneeMarch 1 26 61 Inches Dencfency since March 1.. f-" ncne. BelicleVcy ?orr" c' pViod.' "i j inches Temperature at T P. M. Maximum Tsm- Tem Statlon and Stat peratur pera- Rain Of Weather. at 7 p. m. ture. fall. Bismarck, snowing .... 4 4 .02 -'h.vn. Dt. cloudy... M 40 .m thTcago. clear 14 18 M navenport. ciouuy - - nnvr. clear..... 44 . ti .uu Havre, anowlng Helena, mowing ' Huron, snowing 12 " .oz Kansas City, clear...... 24 2 .00 North Platte, cloudy.. 30 . r.n.l.. rln.idv 18 i9 .01 Bait Lake City, snowing 42 44 .02 Bt. l.ouis, ciear fit. Paul, clear 00 Salt Lake Cliy. rainy.. 44 .02 Valentine, snowing 20 22 .0 W'llllitr.n, pt. cloudy... 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Weak Hack, Burning Urine, Frequency of Urinating, Urine lflgh Colored or with Milky Sediment on atandlng. Treatment by mall. 14 yeara OF SUC CESSFUL PRACTICE IN OMAHA. Cor ner of 14tb and Douglaa. Omaha, Neb. AMl'SKMENTS Edmund Vance Cook A Poet Aetor of Rare Ability and I'nnsual Cleverness..., BOYD'S THEATER MONDAY EVENING, January 23 Tickets at Y. M. C. A. Tuesday and Wednesday Matinee Wednes dayCharles Frohman and George Ed warden present 8AM BEHSARD, In the Farcical Comedy, with Music, "THE til HI, FROM KAVs." Company Sixty, including Ilattle Williams. t months In New York; 1 months in Lon don; long run In Chicago. Positively the Greatest Success In Yeara Evenings at II p. m. Matinee, 2 p. m. Seats . on Sale. CREKSHTON JEW 'PHONIC. 4. Bvery NlgBit Matlnsea Thur.. Sat., Sua, MODERN VAUDEVILLE Mary Bhaw, Josephine Babel, Bob and George Qulgley," Egbert Vanalstyne and Louise Henry, Mildred Grover, Rossi Bros., Hubert DeVeau and the Klnodrome. PRICES 10c, ZSe, SOc. KRUG THEATER PRICE! le, s, ftOe and T6e. TONIGHT. S:15- S. H. Dudley, la "The Smart Set." The Big Musical Success. i Thursday, Russell Bros., In "The Female Deteetlvtrs." Roller Skating AT THE Auditorium ' AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ft