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GET ORDERS TO FIRE
Troop lw Bown Striking Workmen Dur
ing an Eacounter at Biga.
CLASH OCCURS NEAR RAILROAD STATION
Striken Attack Troops to Disarm Them
When Shooting Begins.
MILLS " PETERSBURG ARE BLAZING
Pahli P, ad Large Cotton Mill Are
tet on Fire.
TKEPOFF i 'OF fEAR REVOLUTION
r the
and thai
Thrcnrri Are Few
'a Caa Be Ac
kr Such
Methods.
.ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 27.-2 a. m. Al
though the strikes in Reval, Llbau, Kleff,
Odessa and a few smaller places are ex
tending the situation la nowhere acute.
An increasing- number of workmen are out
In Moscow, but there la no g-eneral tie-up
or disorder.
The whereabout of Father Oopon re
main! a mystery, although It ia aald he
Is In Moscow. The Russian capital pre
sents almost a normal appearance and the
authorities are confident that the strike
has been broken. Borne of the factories
and mills have resumed and a general re
sumption of operation Is expected on
Monday. The authorities expect that the
strike here will have a discouraging effect
on .the workmen In other cities to which
the troubles have been spreading and be
lieve that there Is no longer danger of a
complete suspension of all the Industrial
' concern of Russia.
Interior Minister Bvlatopolk-Mlrsky has
promised a delegation ef editors who called
upon him that he will Investigate the ar
rest of a number of prominent writers who
are now confined In the St. I'eter and St.
Paul fortress a ad secure their release as
soon aa possible.
Thirty Are Mowed Doiti,
LONDON, Jan. 28. A dispatch to Router's
Telegram eompany from Riga confirms the
'previous announcement of a collision there
tetween strikers and troops. Thirty work
men were killed or wounded and a substl
- (ute chief of police and two soldiers were
mortally wounded.
The encounter occurred near the Tukkum
railroad station. The strikers attacked the
troops and attempted to disarm them,
when the order was given to fire. All the
workshops and factories are closed. The
strikers are parading the streets and forc
ing all workmen to Join In in procession.
Torch Applied to Mills.
LONDON. Jan. 2U. A dispatch from St.
Petersburg, timed :26 p. m., to a new
agency reports that Pahl s factory and a
large cotton mill have been set on Are and
are burning fiercely.
TreposT Fears No Revolution.
8T. PETERSBURG. Jan. 36.-Governor
General Trepoflr, whjv. received ths urre
siklndent pthn, Associated Press today at
the former's headquarter In the Winter
palace, manifests complete confidence that
the erlsl la Over and that public order and
Safety are assured. Further than this the
governor general takes an optimistic view
of the situation In the provinces. Me said:
Am " hi I. . -
There have been no disorders since Sunday
and there will be none, in spite of the ex
aggerated alarmist reports with which for
eign countries have been flooded. I am in
a Dosltlon to guarantee the peace and safety
of the oily. The workmen have already
begun to return to work, but It Is hardly
possible for a general resumption of work
to occur before Monday. You have read
my proclamation. The vast majority of
the workmen were deceived Into associating
themselves with a political movement. The
government intenda to do everything pos
sible under the law to see that they receive
justice.
"What of the future? People talk of a
revolution or an era of bomb throwing?" he
was asked.
"I am aS optimist," was the reply. "I
hare no fear of a revolution. As for bomb
thrower, they are few In number. They
may attempt something, but nothing will
be accomplished la that fashion."
"There are stories of wholesale arrests,
' It Was suggested.
"There have been no arrest sine I as
sumed the governor generalship yesterday,
The government cannot permit conspirators
against it to plot and agitate a they
please."
"Is Maxim Gorky under arrest T" queried
th correspondent.
"He 1 not In St. Petersburg, which Is th
extent of my Jurisdiction," aald the gen
eral. "Where la Father Oopon?"
"I cannot tell you."
In conclusion Governor General Trepoff
said the government had nothing to con
ceal, lie was ready at ail times to answer
proper questions.
British Ambassador Protest.
Sir Charles Hardlnge, the British ambaasa
Sir Charles Hardlnge, the British ambassa
dor, Unlay called Foreign Minister Lams
dorff's attention to th telegram posted at
Moscow saying that the disturbances at the
' Russian dock yards and arsenals were due
to Anglo-Japanese instigation and that both
Great, Britain and Japan were .spending
vast sums to prevent the Russian second
Pacific squadron from going to th far east.
At the earn time he pointed out that a sim
ilar telegram appeared her this morning
In th Rusaky Invalid, the army organ.
Count Lajnsdorft assured Ambassador Har
ding that such publications had no official
unction, but added that ha would Inquire
whether it bad been given an official ap
pearance at Moscow.
Th matter Is not likely to assume th
Workmen Forced to Quit.
LIBAU. Russia, Jan. i 26. The workmen
here are being compelled to leave the fac
tories and mills by th more militant fac
tion 'of the strikers. The telegraph lines
' have been damaged.
A strike has also begun at th wire works.
Men singing song and blowing trumpets
want from factory to factory calling out the
worker. Some of th mills are still work
ing. Workman Lark Leadership,
(U:0t p. m..) Th aspect of th city is al
most normal this morning and tb feeling
is decidedly calmer. Several newspapers
have appeared. Tb authorities, following
up the proclamation of last night ars doing
everything possible to quiet public, alarm.
They withdrew the troop from th street
during th night and not a soldier was in
sight In th center of th city this morning.
In accordance, with th promise to protect all
c timer. Several newspaper have appeared.
The authorities, following up ths proclama
tion of last night, are doing everything
possible to quiet publio alarm. They with
drew the troops from the street during
the night and not a soldier was in sight In
ths crater of ths city this "morning. In
accordance with th promts to protect all
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CONDITION OF GERMAN PRINCE
Physicians Issae statement Regard
lag the Progress ef the Attack
of Pneamonln.
BERLIN. Jan. JS.-The physicians of
Prince Eltel-Frledrlch, second son of Em
peror William, who is at Potsdam suffering
from pneumonia, Issued the following at
10 n. m.:
His royal highness had a fairly good
night. He slept for some time and did not
cough much. The lower lobe of the left
lung Is now entirely affects ; the distress
In breathing Is not extreme; the pulse Is
rapid though strong: temperature ap
petite somewhat better; complains of pains
In tne side; is perfectly conscious.
(feigned; v iMm.nn.
MEIMKTH.
The empress spent the forenoon with her
eon. His condition gives the family much
concern, but there Is nothing to Indicate
that .the attack of pneumonia Is not taking
the normal course.
The emperor revising the order of last
night, abandoning all his birthday observ
ances, decided today to have a service In
the chapel tomorrow and to receive the
court's congratulations, but the dinner
which was to have been given at the palace
and other celebrations nave been aban
doned. Crown Prince Frederick William Is con
fined to his room with what probably Is an
attack of Influenza. It Is denied that he
has contracted pneumonia from his
brother, Prince Eitel Frledrlch.
The cabinet house where Prince Eltei-
Frledrlch lies Is near the garrison, barrack
and drill grounds. All firing of salutes has
been stopped and the streets In the vicinity
are cloeed to vehicles. The prince of the
Asturlas, who was coming here as the
guest of Emperor William, was stopped by
a telegram at Paris. Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria was at Ruttek, near the German
frontier, traveling to Berlin, when a tele
gram reached him from the German em
peror suggesting that he not come here for
the present.
HlKQARIAlf ELECTIONS ARB QMET
Slight Disturbances Reported In a
Few Provinces Only.
BUDA PEST, Hungary, Jan. 26 The elec
tions of the members of the Hungarian
Diet are proceeding quietly In this city.
Slight disturbances have occurred In sonic
of the provinces. Up to 6 p. m. the re
sults were: Liberals, 61; Kossuthlsts, 40;
dlssentlsts, 13; people's party, 6; Ban fry
party, 2; independents, X
Count Tlsza, the present premier, and
Theodor Andrasny, former Premier Kolo
man de Szell, Count Slchy and Finance
Minister de Lukacs, Count Apponyl and
Francis Kossuth, leaders of the opposition;
Minister of the Interior Sander and Min
ister of Commerce Lang are among the
successful candidates.
The results reported tonight are too frag
mentary to afford a basis for prediction,
with accuracy, but there are some Indica
tions that Premier Tlsza will fall to com
mand a majority In the new Chamber of
Deputies sufficiently large to Justify his re
tention of the reins of government. The
united opposition parties have already cap
tured thirty seats and It looks as though
Tlsza in the new parliament will be
compelled to depend for support on forty
Croatian deputies Instead, as formerly, of
having a majority of twenty tlthout the
Croatia ns. ,
Count TTaia .his.' gained a -fursonal suc
cess against Count Julius Andrassy In the
Fourth district of Buda Pest.
Among others elected are: Herr Daniel,
author of the famous Lex Daniel, and
President Peroaell, who secured the adop
tion of the taw for reducing obstruction In
the Chamber of Deputies. Baron Banfty
succeeded at Papa, 'but was defeated at
Szegedln by Talllan, the minister of agri
culture. The liberals have lost twelve seats and
gained two.
GERMANY TO REVISE MIKING LAWS
Bill Will Great All Eaaentlal De
mands of the Strikers.
BERLIN, Jan. 26. Although Moeller, the
Prussian minister of commerce and in
dustry, announced in the RelchBtag re
cently that the government was not will
ing to undertake a revision of the general
mining laws during the existing strike, a
conference Wednesday evening with Chan
cellor von Buelow apparently led to a dif
ferent decision. A semi-official publication
now states that the Prussian ministry will
at an early day lay before the Diet a bill
for revising the law In such a way as to be
equivalent to granting all the essential
demands of the strikers. It will (1) Regu
late the hours of work. Including the time
allowed for descending and ascending
shafts; (2) Regulate overtime and extra
shift work; (U) Provide for the election of
committees which will act In behalf of
tholr comrades tn dealing with employers
and especially have part in the adminis
tration of sick funds which employes con
tribute voluutarlly or aa Ones; (4) Pro
hibit the so-called annulling or refusing to
pay miners anything on coal containing a
certain percentage of refuse; 'and (5) Fix
the amount of fine for a specified period.
The government's decision to act In the
manner indicated makes a good impres
sion and it la believed will hasten the re
sumption of work in the mine.
The Vossische Zeltung's Essen corre
spondent says the publication of the facts
gives the leaders of the strike great satis
faction and that they are ready to urge
the men to return to work. It Is doubtful
If the latter will accept, the dispatch says,
but a decision will be taken on Saturday.
BLIZZARD RAGES IN THE KLONDIKE
Fears Entertained for the Safety of
Several Parties.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Jan. M.-The
worst bllzsard ever known in the Klondike
region raged last Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. This news was brought dawn
today by the steamer Dolphin from Skag
way. Not only was the weather bitterly
cold, but the snowfall Is unprecedented.
The gale swept the upper Yukon as far
down as Dawson and also took In the
Tananla and Copper River, valleys. All
trails ars Impassable, and the snow Is
drifted In many places to a depth of
twenty feet. Miners and prospectors are
said to be suffering untold hardships and
advices from the Interior are to th ef
fect that there is fear that some men will
die of cold and starvation. Ten days ago
a party started from Fairbanks to Valdes
and another from Fairbanks to Qawson. It
is feared that' both of these have been lost.
DIXIE ORDERED TO SAN DOMINGO
Takes Two Haadred , Marines from
Canal Zone.
COLON, Jan. M.-Tbe United States
cruiser Dixie has received hurry orders to
proceed to Ban Domingo and Is now coal
ing. Two hundred marines were brought
to Colon today from Empire camp and em
barked on board the Dixie, which will sail
Ute today by way of Guantanamo,
Conservatives Poll Large Vote.
TORONTO. Jan. 26. Revised returns re
ceived from yesterday's election show that
ths conservatives elected seventy-one mem
ber of the provincial legislature and the
liberals twenty-seven,
SHARING OFF STURM'S GRASP
slew York and the East Gradnallj BecoT
ering from the Blockade.
NUMBER OF FATALITIES FROM THE COLD
Shipping 'Also sailers and Wrecks
Are Reported at Many Points
Along the Atlantle
Seaboard.
NEW YORK, Jan. J8. New York to
night Is recovering frm the effects of the
storm which so effectually put a stop to
traffic and tied up some lines of business.
Although the day was bitter cold. 15.000
men were sent out to remove the enow
from the leading thoroughfares and, aided
by the men of the surface car roads, many
avenues of travel are now open. Cars are
running on many of the principal lines,
the railroads are sending out trains, ferry
boats are running on schedule and milk,
coal and food supplies have begun to reach
the city. f
Over 260 shovelers were treated at hospi
tals below Fourteenth street for frost
bites and tcores of others were attended
at uptown institutions and by physicians.
Owing to the difficulty In reaching down
town offices, but little business was trans
acted during the day and places of amuse
ment were scantily attended tonight.
Suburban railroad 'traffic gradually
resumed normal conditions late hi the day,
but through trains on most road were
hours late. - '
The embargo on shipping was lifted with
the advent of clear weather and the large
fleet of delayed liners reached port. Ice
covered. All report tempestuous voyages
and much suffering by their crews. The
steam lighter Clarence, which left Bayonne
N. J., for Brooklyn yesterday with seven
men aboard, has not been heard from. A
vessel is reported sunk oft Bobbins reef,
and it is feared it may be the Clarence.
The firemen of New York suffered severely
from the effects of the storm. They re
sponded to twenty-nine alarms and by the
orders of the commissioner, were denied
their usual time off.
The cold weather, which has been gen
eral along the Atlantic coast, appears to
be giving away.
Eight Deaths Reported.
While nothing like full reports from all
sections of the city had been received early
today, It was known that at least eight
deaths had resulted directly from the ab
normal weather. All of these victims
were persons who fell In the streets, be
numbed by the cold and exhausted from
the effort of attempting to force their way
along the snow-drifted streets.
One of the most serious conditions which
confronted New Yorkers today was the
fuel and food supply. Already there is
practically a famine in milk.
Coal dealers reported today that they had
about a two days' supply on hand, but they
seemed very certain that the conditions will
Improve sufficiently within that time to al
low them to get a renewal from the whole
salers, who have thousands of tons In
barges on the New Jersey side of the Hud
son river.
Provisions of all kinds have neon ad
vanced In price.. ' .-t ' . I '?
Every railroad running to this city Is
suffering severely from the storm today.
Not one of the through trains had suc
ceeded in getting through In either direction
and the suburban traffic was in a serious
state.
Conditions In Brooklyn were worse than
In New York.
Railway Trade Crippled.
Dispatches from all sections of the state
generally report a cessation of the snow
fall and clearing and Intensely cold
weather. Railway traffic was said to be
badly crippled.
A dispatch from Little Falls, N. Y., said
the thermometer lust night registered 12 to
18 degrees through the Herkimer country.
Only trains carrying perishable freight
were being run on the Mohawk division of
the New York Central. Seventeen passen
ger trains from New York on that road,
scheduled to pass Little Falls during the
last fifteen hours, had not been heard
from up to I a. m. Among them was th
Twentieth Century Limited.
Funerals Are Postponed.
Funerals have been suspended all over
the city and the conditions at the ceme
teries are such that none can take place
for several days. The end of the storm
permitted the blockade of shipping to lift
and the steamers which had been held
up outside the harbor came Into port.
Among them were the transatlantic liners
Calabria, Menominee, Germanla and Rot
terdam and ' the Colon steamer Alllancla.
All the vessels were covered with Ice and
snow. The rigging, rails, boats and the
decks were coated heavily.
Trains on the Pennsylvania railroad,
which should have arrived last night, came
In today from eight to thirteen hours late,
and suburban- lines were In very poor con
dition. Through trains on the Erie road
due last night had not been reported today.
At Poughkeepsle, -on the New York Cen
tral, a large number of through trains
were still stalled today, Including the Mon
treal express, Buffalo express and the Em
pire State express, which were due to
arrive here last night. The Southwestern
express, Cleveland express, Adirondack ex
press, Twentieth Century limited und the
Chicago express, all due to arrive this
morning, are reported to be from two to
four hours late.
Boston Slowly Recovers.
BOSTON, Jan. 26. Boston was slowly re
covering today from the effects of yester
day's great storm. The streets were piled
with snow which thousands of men were
working hard to remove.
. As the result of the demoralization of
traffic last night thousunds of suburban
Residents were obliged to spend the night
In the city. The mercury early today reg
istered 6 above zero. There was much suf
fering from exposure, which was the direct
cause of two deaths in the nit v. In the
suburbs the snow was drifted badly and
business was -suspended to a great degree.
Reports from coast -points this morning
showed that the storm at sea was continu
ing unabated. The'bltnding snow prevented
observations seaward.
The schooner which was driven aground
In Provlncetown harbor yesterday was still
fast early today. Its identity had not been
learned and tremendous seas were breaking
over It
Vessels Go Ashore.
Reports today from various points on ths
New England coast Indicate that the great
storm of yesterday had lost its severity
dusing th night, but at the same time
news that four schooners and one steamer
had been driven ashor on Cape Cod was
received. The steamer was the George
town of the Atlantlo Steamship company
line, which struck on Great Point on Nan
tucket shoals. The crew has reached
shore, but the stealer Is reported to be
in a bad position. Of the schooners two
were five-masters, a third was a four
master, the names of these being unknown,
while the fourth was the two-masted fish
ing schooner Monitor of Provlncetown,
(Continued on skoond PaaaJ
PASSENGERS DIE LIKE RATS
Red Star Liner brings Dead Steerage
Passengers and Case is
Investigated.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Ten steerage pas
sengers died at S' on the lied Star Line
steamer V'aderland, which arilved here
from Antwerp on January H. The cause of
death was given congestion of the lungs
and pneumonia and the vessel was passed
at quarantine. Today 10U steerage pas
sengers were not prmltted to land when
the steamer came up to Its dock, and by
order of the health officer of the port the
V'aderland was sent back to quarantine.
Four departments are now conducting ln
vestlgatlona Proceedings were commenced by Collec
tor Stranahan at Ellis Island this after
noon and six witnesses were examined.
None of the officials would make a state
ment as to the nature of the testimony
given by these witnesses. When recess
was taken Dr. Doty was ordered that all
witnesses have their clothes fumigated und
as a consequence of this the hearing was
adjourned until tomorrow.
Among the matters which will come be
fore the investigating board arc:
''Were the passengers on the V'aderland
properly fed? Did the employes of the
steamship company sell the steerage pas
sengers food, knowing that the passen
gers could not eat the steerage rations?
Did the steerage passengers receive proper
medical attention? Are the alleged state
ments that the air of the steerage was
foul, true? Were the sanitary arrange
ments on the Vadcrland bad and danger
ous to human life?"
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Large Number of Rami Carriers Are
Named for Nebraska and
lows Routes.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. (Special Tele
gram.) Nebraska postmasters appointed:
Naper, Boyd county, John P. Anderson,
vice M. K. Dudley, deceased; Odell, Gage
county, Harry R. Tlncher, vice J. Smeth
arst, resigned; Plckrel, Gage county, Jo
seph D. White, vlco' J. J. Wardlaw, .re
signed. Rural carriers appointed : Nebraska
Elkhorn, route 1, Herman A. Homann car
rier, Henry J. Homann substitute; Leigh,
route 2, Perry J. Postle carrier, Glenn D.
Holmes substitute; Tllden, route 2, Wlnford
W. Honeysett carrier, Ira Winder substi
tute; Tobias, route 1, Ralph L. Arnold car
rier, Frederick Arnold substitute; Valpa
raiso, route 1, David O. White carrier,
Alice E. White substitute. Iowa Burling
ton, route 3, Arlow L. MacCIement carrier,
David MacCIement substitute; Collender,
route 2, Carl A. Berg carrier, Henry P.
Stenshoel substitute; Dolllver, route 1. Ben
jamin F. Wright carrier. A. H. Plckell sub
stitute; Holland, rou'a 1, Henry J. Snlttjor
carrier, Charles L. Classen substitute; Led
yard, route :. Darwin D. Maxon carrier,
Alexander W. Montgomery substitute;
Plulnneld, route 2, 1 y S. Thompson car
rier, Sidney Anise sul titute; Shannon City,
route 1, Arthur W. 'Miller carrier, Roy
Miller substitute; Swe'Cjty. route 2, Peter
,r. He-Ren ctn .er, JC ! 1 ueurd substitute:
Wahlngton. -e-owtrf SlfcMan .-"-WwM
carrier, Charlie A'. Lons subTtkute. 7y
omlng Sheridan, route 2. Pulaski Calvert
carrier, Sargent J. Morrow substitute.
VOLUNTEERS RESCUE PEOPLE
Blase In New York Tenement Calls
for Heroic Work for Llfe-
NHW YORK, Jan. 26.-Wlth the tempera
ture at zero and a forty-mile-an-hour wind,
driving blinding clouds of fine, sharp
grained snow, ISO persons were driven from
their homes early by a fire today which
threatened to destroy whole blocks of
tenement houses in the Bronx. Many of
the occupants of the houses, whose exits
had been cut off by the flames, were res
cued by volunteer llfesavers while the
firemen were struggling through Immense
drifts of snow which made the streets Al
most Impassable.
Although no lives were lost In the fire
many persons who were forced to flee In
their night clothing suffered severely from
exposure In the terrible weather, and It Is
feared that some of them may not survive.
Several are now in hospitals suffering from
shock and hysteria. The Are was sub
dued after six double three-story tenement
houses had been destroyed. The financial
loss is placed at $100,000.
MAY SETTLE THE CQAL STRIKE
German Mine Owners Are Willing;
to Accept Derision of
Commission,
ESSEN, Prussia. Jan. 26. The coal mine
owners came to a decision today that prob
ably will result In a settlement of the
strike. They are determined to Inform the
government that they would accept any
judgment a parliamentary commission
might render after an inquiry Into the
grievances of the miners and that the
owners would Immediately remove th
grievances.
BEKL1N, Jan. 26. Powerful political In
fluence has been working toward bringing
the members of the coal syndicate to
today's decision. The emperor has him
self talked with three or four person con
cerned and has given his personal opinion
that the employers ought to take such at
titude aa to make a compromise possible.
News of the Mine Owners' association
action reached the boerse before the clos
ing and strengthened the market.
TROUBLE EXPECTED AT DENVER
Inslgned Handbills Calling- for Mass
Meeting to Prevent t'nseatlng
of Governor Adams.
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 29. Unsigned hand
bills calling a mass meeting at the capltol
on March 2, the date, set for 'a decision
by the legislature of the Peabody-Adams
contest for the governorship, are being cir
culated throughout the state. ' The deal Is
fixed," according to the circular," to un
seat Governor Adams and seat Feabody,"
and the question Is asked: "Will you per
mit the purchase politicians to veto th
people's will?"
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT MIX
Engineer Missing and Number of
Passengers Are Reported
Injured.
NA8HVILLE, Tenn.. Jan. 26 Nashville,
Chattanooga A St. Louis train No. 2, south
bound from Nashville to Chattanooga, was
In collision with a freight at Tollahoma,
Tenn., seventy miles south of here. The
engineer Is miming. Several passenger are
reported hurt.
GRAIN RATE WAR IS NOW ON
Eastern Beads Meet the Tariffs Lately Fre
railiig Omaka to Gulf.
SOUTHERN LINES COME BACK WITH CUT
Chicago Making a Struggle for the
Trade of the Corn Belt and Golf
Lines Appear to Be Willing
to Meet the Issue.
CHICAGO. Jan. 26.-(Speclal Telegram.)
The dogs of a real railroad war were let
loose today, when the Chicago gateway and
the Gulf of Mexico outlet began to fight
In earnest for the grain trade of the corn
belt. The western roads, with the excep
tion of the Chicago & Northwestern, an
nounced rates of 1SV. cents from Omaha to
New York, 17 cent to Philadelphia and
1? cents to Baltimore for export. The Gould
lines, with the other Gulf roada, came back
with an open tariff of 12ft cents from
Omaha to New Orleans. The action of the
Chicago roads became known early in the
day, and bore immediate fruit in the se
curing of a substantial amount of grain
through Nebraska by Chicago concerns.
For the first time In weeks Chicago ship
pers were able to compete with their rivals,
using the low rates that had been effective
to the Gulf of Mexico. Farmers got nearly
4 certs more for their groin than belore
the reduction was made.
Late in. the day came the reply from the
Gulf lines, which met the open rates of the
Chicago roads by an open tariff IVi cents
lower than the "midnight tariffs" of a fort
night ago.
As the Chicago roads have been given
full power by their eastern connections to
meet all rates, another drop will be in
order to meet this latest move of the Gulf
competitors. The divisions of all rates
made are 40 per cent to the western roads
and 60 per cent for those taking the grain
from Chicago to the Atlantic seaboard.
The result of the conflict, it Is hoped, will
be to restore to Chicago Its lost prestige
as the great grain receiving and distribu
ting market of the west. Under the new
tariff the export rate on corn from Chicago
to the seaboard Is 11.1 cents, the existing
rate Is about 15 cents.
The next fight by Chicago shippers will
be to secure a lower rate to the seaboard on
com now stored In Chicago elevators, and a
meeting of the eastern roada to be held
today will take up that question. The new
rate applies only to export corn and to
corn originating west of the Missouri.
FIREMEN HAVE HARD FIGHT
Four Buildings Destroyed on the
Water Front Before Flames In
New York Are Subdued.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Fire which started
In the wooden buildings in South 'street,
near East river water front, this after
noon, gave the firemen a desperate two
hours' battle and threatened to destroy a
large Amount of property. The flames
were finally subdued after four buildings
had been badly damaged, resulting in a
loss of 1100,000. '
From - the Borne, Scrymser company
building, where the fire started, the flames
spread to a big building occupied by the
Newhall Ship Chandlery company and
thence to the Mallory Steamship line store
house and the Frisco, a water-front hotel.
Several other buildings caught fire, but the
flames were extinguished with little dam
age. KILLS HUSBAND WHILE ASLEEP
Mrs. Ida Perdue and Her Half
Brother Arrested for the
Crime.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 26. Mrs. Ida Per
due, aged 28, and Hannibal Connors, aged
SO, her half-brother, charged with the mur
der of woman's husbandv Dr. Emmett
Perdue, nt her home at Richmond, Mo.,
have been brought here and placed in the
county Jail for safekeeping, the sheriff of
Richmond fearing that an attempt might
be made to lynch them. Dr. Perdue wus
shot and killed while In bed. Mrs. Perdue
says he committed suicide,. Connors went
to Richmond the day before the murder
and swore out a warrant for the physician's
arreutt charging him with threatening to
kill Mrs. Perdue and their three children.
Dr. and Mrs. Perdue had been separated.
NO CHOICE ON NINTH BALLOT
Missouri Republicans Still .Fall to
Elect a Senator to Succeed
Coekrell.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 26. The
ninth ballot for United States' senator to
succeed Francis M. Coekrell, taken In
Joint session, resulted: Senator Coekrell,
79; Nledrlnghaus, 75; Kerens, 12; Goodrich,
1; Tubba, 1. ' Paired, Senators Avery and
Frlsby, Wornoll and Peck; Representatives
Harty and Scammon, Martin and Crowthcr,
The only change on the ninth ballot vas
that Representative Harry Wamsley, u mo
yesterday voted for J. E. Goodrich, today
voted for Alonzo Tubbs of Gasconade
county, author of the antt-tlpplng bill.
The assembly adjourned until tomorrow.
KANSAS WANTSJ3ETTER RATES
State Legislature Appeals to Con
gress for the Passage of n Bill
to Secure Equitable Tariffs.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 26. The house today
adopted the senate concurrent resolution
Instructing the Kansas delegation In con
gress to procure the speedy passage of a
bill empowtrlng the Interstate Commerce
commission to determine Just and equitable
passenger and freight rates. In the course
of a discussion on the resolution Speaker
Stubbs said: ,
"Talk of railroad legislation in Kansas Is
child's play. We can do nothing. We want
congress to act and our representatives to
help."
p. s. eustis againThairman
Passenger TrafBe Manager of Bur
lington Elected Head of West,
era Passenger Association.
CHICAGO, Jan. 86. P. S. Eustis, pas
senger traffic manager of the Burlington
system, was today, for the third consecu
tive time, elected chairman of the executive
cnmmltte of th Western Passenger asso
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Friday and Saturday. Warmer
Saturday.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hour. Ilea. Hour. Org,
B a. n...... o 1 p. m...... IT
fl a. m 1 S p. m X
7 a. m l a p. m 22
H a. m 4 4 p. m 22
a. m B p. na 22
10 a. m H p. m 22
11 a. ra 12 T p. m 21
12 m IB H p. ra 21
9 p. m 21
COOL HEAD AVERTS DISASTER
Boat with Many Passengers Aboard
Meets with Accident
In Storm.
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 26. For seven hours
today the lives of a score of passriiwtr
were In Jeopardy on the schooner Btgumunt
of the Norfolk & Southern railway, which
lies In the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds,
between the town of Edenton and Colum
bia, N. C. While enroute to the latter
place this morning the cylinder on board
the steamer exploded, causing a portion of
the machinery to be driven through the
starboard bow of the vessel below the
water line. Through this opening water
begsn pouring Into the lower decks and for
a time it looked as If It would go to the
bottom with all on board. The wind was
blowing about seventy-five miles an hour
and snow was falling.
CHptaln Holmes ordered all the passengers
to go to the salon above and ordered three
memler of the crew to furnish each with
a life preserver and to see that they were
strapped to the person of each passenger.
Several women aboard became hysterical
and had to be forced to don life preservers.
The steamer tossed about In ths sound for
hours In a helplesw condition, all the while
blowing distress signals. In the meantime
the crew effected temporary repairs to the
vessel's bottom and to the machinery. The
Bigamont was able to proceed under Its
own steam at the rate of two miles an hour
and arrived at Edenton safely tonight.
ARIZONA SITUATION IS GRAVE
Eighteen Persons, Some of Them
Prominent, Have Been Killed
by the Yaqnl.
NOOALES Ariz.. Jan. 26.-WlIllam
O. Daly, a prominent mining man, reports
the situation In the Yuqut country as
grave. He says that eighteen persons have
been killed by the Indians during the last
week, all Mexicans except the four Ameri
cans murdered last Thursday near Co
bachl. Robert C. Brown of Washington,
partner of former Henntor Thurston
and William Sauntry of Stillwater, Minn.,
left Mlnas Prletas last night with a large
escort for the mines of the YaquI Copper
company, located ninety miles east of
Mlnas Prletas. C. A. Zatelle of Washing
ton, D. C, a member of the party, Is re
turning to the east.
It Is stated here that General Torres Is
preparing a vigorous campaign of exter?
mlnatlon against the Yaquls.
OMAHA MAN IS ADVANCING
UevT1 itesselT" J. Wilbur Appointed
Priest In Charsre of
Cathedrnl.
CHICAGO. Jan. 26.-(Speclal Telegram.)
Rev. Russell J. Wilbur, now curate of St.
Luke's Episcopal church at Evanston, has
been appointed by Bishop Anderson, priest
In charge at the Cathedral of St. Peter and
St. Paul. Father J. B. Haslam. his pre
decessor, has gone to Philadelphia, where
In St. Elizabeth's church, he soon will en
ter the" order of the Companions of the
Holy 8avlor. Father Wilbur was born In i
Omaha In 1876. After a public school edu
cation there he studied three years at Will
lams college and In 1899 he was graduated
from Northwestern. He spent a year In
commercial life as assistant to the Chicago
representative of the New York Shoe and
Leather Reporter and then ' entered the
Western Theological seminary.
CITRUS FRUIT IS DAMAGED
Florida Fenrs Cold Weather Has
Killed Many of Its Orange
Trees.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 26. It Is be
lieved that the freeze last night In Florida
destroyed all citrous fruits on trees ex
cepting in the extreme southern part of
the state, the total destruction being placed
at 300,000 boxes, possibly more. Grave fears
are entertained that trees In the Jackson
ville secaion are Injured, If not killed. It
will be impossible to arrive at definite
conclusions before spring. The fear as to
orange trees, however, is confined to the
northern section of the state and it la nut
believed thut the larger part of the trees
In the orange belt proper, which Is 200
miles south of Jacksonville, have been
BerlouBly hurt. Tender vegetables have
been killed.
CANFIELD WILL VISIT OMAHA
Will Address the Alumni Associa
tions Throughout the
Country.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. -Dr. James II.
Canfleld, librarian of Columbia univer
sity, has been selected by the alumni coun
cil of the university to visit the various
alumni associations throughout the coun
try. He will address the following asso
ciations: Milwaukee, January VI; Chicago,
February 1; Omaha, February 2; Denver,
February, 4; Kansas City, February 6; St.
Louis, February 7, and Buffalo, February
10.
Movements of Ocean Vessels Jan. 20.
At Queenstown Sailed: Merlon, from
Liverpool, for Philade.phla; Teutonic, from
Liverpool, for New Yolk.
At Southampton Sailed: Kaiser Wllholm
der Grosse, from Bremen, for New York,
via Cherbourg.
At Genoa Called: Citta dl Palermo, for
Mew York. 1
At Alexandria Sailed: Canoplc, from
Genoa, for Boston.
At London Sailed: Mesaba, fur New
York.
At Havana Arrived: Prlnzessln Victoria
Louise, from New York, via West Indies
(on cruise).
At Naples Arrived: . Prlnzess Irene, from
New York, via Gibraltar, for Genoa, and
proceeded
At Cherbourg Sailed: 'Kaiser Wilhelm
der Groa', from Bremen and Southampton,
for New York.
At New York Arrived: Prlnz Oskar,
from Genoa end Naples; Rotterdam, from
Rotterdam; Neapolitan Prluce, from Genoa
and Naples; C'sliyia. from Palermo; Vic
torian, from Liverpool; Moltke, from Ham
burg. Bailed: rlhyndam, for Rotterdam;
Nord America, for Naples and Genoa; La
Siivole, for Havre. .
At I. Iveri''jl Arrived: Corinthian, from
St. John, N. II., and Halifax; Majestic,
from New York; Baxnnla, from Boston.
At Gru-nock Arrived : Hilx-rlan, from
Philadelphia, via Ht. John, N. F.
At Gibraltar Arrived: Carpathla, from
New York, for Naples, Trieste, Kleume and
Palermo.
At Brisbane Hailed: Moana, from Syd
ney and Auckland, for Vancouver, via
Honolulu.
WATER BOARD WINS
Honse in Committee of the Whole Beoom
mend Bill for Passage,
ACTIVE LOBBYING PRECEDES THE VOTE
Howell and All Bnt One of Present Board
Take a Hand in Tight.
SPIRITED DEBATE OVER THE MEASURE
Dodge Usee Abase of Bee and Iu Editor
Liberally in Hit Eseeoh.
MISSTATES THE ISSUE IN THE CASE
Tells the House It Is Question of
Whether City Shall Own the Work
or They Shall Be Operated
by Company.
From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Jan. 26. (Special Telegram.)
The Dodge water board bill was recom
mended for psssage by the house In com
mittee of the whole this afternoon after a
spirited debate between Omaha member
by a vote of 46 to 18. Dodge, Andersen and
Olnrke of Omaha voted for, and Lee. Fos
ter." Fltle and Tucker against It. Muxen re
frained from voting.
Aa In generally known this Mil, H. R. 8.
proposes to vest In the Omaha water board
absolute control of th water works when
they shall be acquired under the provision
of the Howell-Gllbert compulsory purchase
act enacted at the last session of the leg
islature, and was Introduced for the pur
pose of offsetting the anticipated abolition
of the wter board by the supreme court
of the state, before which a suit to deter
mine the legality of the water board Is now
pending.
Howell Busy on Floor.
While Omaha members were engaged 'n
debate on the bill R. B. Howell, chief bene
ficiary of the bill, was ctively lobbying
for the measure on the floor of the house.
Without the slightest pretense at conceal
ing the rharacter of his work Howell went
from member to member soliciting his vote
for the bill. He was aided by railroad and
other lobbyists.
Except former Governor Boyd the entlr
water board was present during the dis
cussion of this bill, whose defeat would
mean the loss of Its official position.
Howell, J. F. Cond, Milton T. Barlow. Dr.
A. H. Hippie and I. E. Congdon, Ave of th
board, occupied seats In the rear of th
hall and part of the time In the gallary.
All save Howell came down from Omaha
early In the morning. Howell arrived last
night. Immediately upon their arrival th
board members were Joined by the Omaha
legislators fighting for the bill and an In
dustrious campaign was waged from that
on until the last word was uttered In th
debate.
I,ee Relinquishes Advantage.
The committee' on eltle and towns,' of
Wjrtch Leef h crtrrlrrnnn' and'-Barnes and
Xnder'seh merrrtVfe," made tV report on th"
bill at the morning session. It reported tt "
back without recommendation. Lee, how
ever, then offered a motion fof the Indefi
nite postponement of the bill. Just then
Dodge awoke and hastened to his seat from .
the rear of the hall, where he was engaged
In conversation with Howell . and other
members of th water board. Raising th
old hue and cry of "bad faith" Dodg
pleaded for the bill to be allowed on gen
eral file.
"I most emphatically deny and resent
the chnrge of bad faith," exclaimed Lee,
"and to show the gentleman there Is no
bad faith In my motion and that I am no
afraid to let the bill go to general file for
a free and full discussion I will withdraw
my motion."
This concession gave further impetus to
the Howell lobby and It persisted In 1t
work with a vengeance. It was the sub
ject of much comment among .member
who objected to such high-handed and Im
proper methods.
Dodge Pleads for mil.
The house, convening at 2 p. hi., Imme
diately resolved Itself Into committee ot
the whole and the Dodge bill was at the
head of the general file. Jackson of An
telope took the chair after Clarke Of Doug
las had declined It. Forthwith Dodg and
Lee were upon their feet simultaneously.
Jackson recognized Dodge and he mad a
motion that when the committee arise It
recommend the bill for passage. The mo
tion wan seconded at the conclusion of the
discussion by Clarke.
Dodge was the first speaker. He began
his remarks with the assertion that this bill
was "of the most vital Interest to the peo
ple of Omaha. He then consumed some
five minutes In making apologies for being
deficient as an orator or debater, but sought
to make up for any lack In this direction
by assuring the house he was a representa
tive of the best element In Omaha politics
and was one of the reformers engaged In
putting down "that vicious element."
Dodge, however, made atstrong speech and
Impressed his hearers with the mistake of
apologizing ut the outset for not being a
speaker.
Attark Rosewater,
He reviewed the history of the Omaha
waterworks system and the leglalatton lead
ing up to the present status. He had con
siderable to say about the alleged purifica
tion of politics In which he and his fellow
Fontanelles are engaged, and favored th
house with a lucid and entertaining dlssei.
tatlon upon the machine and antl-machln
factions of the Douglas county republican
party. Then he kindly told his audience
how at one time the machine had tried to
palliate him by placing and retaining him
on tho local committee as a means of se
curing his potent co-operation In managing
the political affairs of the municipality.
Having done this he proceeded to assure
the house that he would taboo any person
alities In hip argument and then Imme
diately launched out Into a tirade of abuse
of Edward Rosewuter, whom he had Just
said was one of his very best personal
friends. He accused Mr. Rosewater of th
most sinister motives In opposing this bill,
but kept assuring his audience he would
not become personal In any of his remarks.
Having thoroughly flayed The Omaha Bee
and set before the legislature his defini
tion of Mr. Rosewater's position In poll
tics and made the most of th general
scheme of projecting the name of Rose
water Into this fight so as to secure the
full assistance of the railroad lobbyists
who also have reason to assail Mr. Rose
water, Dodge ascended Into the seventh
heaven of oratory and extolled that cham
pion of human rights, R. Beecher Howell,
as the "Roosevelt of Omaha," rounding
out his lofty flight with this Impassioned
peroration, "To those familiar with Omaha
affairs thut ninie, Howell, Is one to con
jure with. Tho mere mention of that nam
among the s:okht lder of the Omaha
Water compuny causes a riot of feeling
that cannot be expressed In coherent Eng
lish." Dodg closed his speech by begging th
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