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IN STATE OF SIEGE
Troops Guard Factor Districts sf Old
Polish Capital.
.FUNERALS OF VICTIMS OF THE P10TS
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Twsntj Unidentified Bodies Buried j the
City Official
COMPLIMENTS FOR PRINCE MIRSKY
St Petersburg Papers All Friendly to
Former Minister of Interior.
SAY HL SHOULD HAVE QUIT SOONER
friend EiprtH Regret lie Did Sot
Resign Wbti lie Found Ills
1'oller Was Xot Attainable.
WARSAW, Feb. 2.-Owlng to elaborate
precautions the disturbances that wore an
ticipate here to 'iy did not occur. The
authorities declare at the strike is prac
tically ended.
The smaller factories will reopen tomor
row and the larger ones on Monday. The
bakers and printers have definitely decided
to resume work tomorrow. The streets are
till in the hands of tho mint. try. The
shop have not yet reopened and the city is
quiet and almost deserted.
There are rumors of disturbances In the
suburbs which it Is impossible to verify be
cause the military authorities have seized
the telephone service.
The pupils of many public and private
schools met today and decided to demand
the Introduction of the Polish language or
otherwise they will not return to school.
This Js significant as Indicating the intro
duction cf the nationalist movement into
the economic agitation.
All the bodies of those killed In the riots
have been removed from their homej to
police station-. The relatives are not per
mitted to bury them. From tr.o police sta
tion In the Novl 61st district the corpsei
of fitly men and two women were taken
Mondry night in toJ: hospital vans to tho
Jewish, Lutheran and CathOils ccmeteileg
and remained there for identlf.cution until
Tuesday, when thoy wero burled. Twenty
one bodies aro still unidentified.
During the riots of Sunday and Monday
the workmens' residence district was un
protected by police and the "hulligaiis"
seized the opportunity to plunder many
dwellings.
A Inrgj body of workmen yesterday went
to the suburbs where criminals abound
and Instituted a vigorous search of their
houses. Wherever they were able to iden
tify stolen property the workmen promully
killed the persons who had it In their pos
session. About 100 other criminals wet a in
jured In fighting with the workmen. The
latter was not only actuated by the re
venge for their losses, but were engaged
because the "hulllgan'' element brought
discredit upon the strike movement. The
local newspapers resume publication to
morrow, The editors met this morning; and
u.nattbtfotitrjy "agtalerl" h'at as the ovnsor
would tint nfrmlt them In All (Iia truth
' regarding the disturbances, they would ab
solutely refrain from mentioning the sub
ject except In the official reports which
they are compelled to publish.
N Assemblage Permitted.
In pursuance of the governor general's
proclamation of a state of siege, orders
have been issued prohibiting assemblages
In the streets or meetings in private houses,
and directing the police and milltaiy to
disperse all street gatherings. Anyone
' found in possession of weapons or selling
arms without permission la liable to pun
ishment. In the event of disturbances
baloonles and windows adjacent to the
scene of the disorders must be vacated and
elosed. The occupants of houses will be
held responsible should stones or leaflets
be thrown thereftom, as well as thoso
actually guilty of throwing tl.em All
contraventions of these orders will be pun
ished according to administrative process
by Impiisonment for terms not exceeding
three months or by fines of not less than
$250. These orders will be enforced In tho
cities of Warsaw and Lods and throughout
the governments of Warsaw and Petrokow.
A telegram from Csestochowa, Kusslan
Poland, says all the factories there are
closed and serious disturbances are re
ported to have ocurred. The socialists aio
very strong there.
The Warsaw-Vienna railroad shops are
closed.
At Prusskow this morning 1,300 men
truck.
' All the factories are closed at Kallss.
The strike at Lods continues without dis
order. A deputation of strikers requested
the authorities to close all the liquor
tores, us otherwise the workmen would
not be responsible If disturbances occurred.
The workmen themselves are watching the
liquor stores to prevent the sale of liquor.
Csmpllnrali for Prince Mlrsky,
8T. PETERSBURG. Feb. .Emperor
Nicholas has signed the appointment of M.
Muravleff, minister of Justice, to be am
bassador of Hussla at Rome. M. Manukhln,
hllhorto therfuwlstant of Mlnlste.- Mura
vieff. has beet promoted to minister of
Justice. M. Swereff, chief Russian pre
censor, hus been removed from his post.
The papers today discuss the retirement
of Interior Minister Prince Svlatopolk
Mlrsky. The Novoa.Vremya says:
The circumstances of Svlatopolk-Mlrsky
leaving the ministry of the Interior culls
forth sympathy toward this sincere, good
man ana ins unreanseu no pes.
Continuing, the Novoe Vremya remarks
that Svlstopolk-Mlrsky did not possess the
self-confidence necessury to Insist upon the
program which had the sympathy of the
Kusslan people.
The Russ refers to the administration of
vlitopolk-Mlrsky as a "ministry of good
intention." and adds that "in view of its
hort duration it would be unjust to de
mand any results."
' M. Boullgaa's appointment as minister of
the interior wag signed yesterday, al
though It has nut been promulgated. It la
believed his appointment will be only tem
porary. The friends of Prince Svlatopolk-Mlrsky
express regret for the sake of his future
fame that he did not resign the moment
It became apparent that the policy on
which he assumed office was not attain
able. The Novoe Vremya sys the emperor's
reception of the workaien delegates at
Tsarsko Beloe yesterday was an event of
exceptional Importance, "awakening the
hope of the .re-vstabllshmant of internal
peace, which constitutes the best guar
antee and Is an Indispensable condition of
peace abroad and fruitful labor at home."
The paper adda that It trasta the event will
greatly facilitate the restoration of Internal
order, of which not only the workmen, but
nil Russia haa such great need.
Oaly TfcsiMsi Stole Fired.
totalled reports (lied at the headquar
ters of the St. Petersburg military dls.
... . .
(Continued on Becand Pas.);
SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION
All Russia Is Comparatively Qolet
with the Kicrptloa of
Poland.
Order appears to have been quite gen
erally restored In Russia, the exception be
ing In Poland. klvrn in Warsaw, however,
there has been a return to conditions ap
proximating the normal.
The cominl'tee of ministers sitting at St.
Petersburg has furn.ul.it d. anil the em
peror has sanctioned, a number of proposals
looking toward the establishment of the
senate upon a basis of eloper connection
with the throne, doing away with the ad
ministrative orders suspending certain laws
and In other ways checking the evils that
have arisen through the arbitrary acts of
ministers or officials.
The report that Maxim Gorky has been
rele.-used Is difficult of verification. If tho
rumor Is true, the author has probably been
required to leave St. Peteisburg Immediately.
ARK MAKIXJ I'I.A FOR REFORM
Committee of Rnnslan Ministers
Wonld Knlarge Powers of Senate.
IONDON, Feb. 2. A dispatch to a news
agency from St. Petersburg says the re- I
port of the committee of ministers ap
pointed to devise the best means of giving
effect to the emperor's reform ukase of De
cember 25 makes many important recom
mendations, especially in regard to In
creasing the powers of the senate over the
ministers and safeguarding Its Independ
ence. It urges that the rlKht already be
longing to the senate of IcgUdatlve Initia
tive should be enlarged and favors the es
tablishment of lower administrative tri
bunals connected with tho senate.
The committee of ministers distinguished
three fundamental points as basis for de
fense laws:
First Pievention of violation of laws.
Second Investigation of the powers and
methods of action of those responsible lr
the administration of the laws.
Third Responsibility of officials.
As regards the first point the committee
decided that it was necessary to prevent
ministers exceeding their legal powera by
means of imperial ordinances ami that con
sequently all exceptions to the ordinary
course of laws must be forbidden and that
In exceptional cases, where the emperor
has ordered ministers to deliberate con
cern ng changes, the decisions of the com
mittee must first be submitted to the sen
ate. The committee decided to ask the con
sent of the emperor for the Issue of an
interpretation of existing laws and other
points affecting the methodical carrying out
of existing laws. The committee also
agreed upon, the necessity of independence
of the senate as opposed to nil ministers
and the internal reorganization of the sen
ate. In order to BCcelerate the course of
Justice In administration of affairs it was
decided to be. advisable to facilitate access
to the senate by persons who have suffered
from the arbitrary acts of administrative '
bodies and also to a fiord the right of direct
relations between tho senate und the em
peror and the extension of the senate's ex
isting right of legislative Initiative.
The committee decided that it was ex
pedient to establish local courts of Justice
connected with the senate and hn Institu
tion in the senate of the post of first pres
ident. with the right .of personal relations
with the emperor.
number of other changes clarifying the
rights of plaintiffs under the civil coda
and In the general way of securing a
broader Interpretation and construction of
the laws were decided by the ommlttee
and all the proposals were sanctioned by
the emperor on January 29.
CI' BAN CAB1VKT OFFERS TO Ql IT
Resliinatlons Tendered, but President
Refuses to Accept Them,
HAVANA, Feb. 2. All members of the
Cabinet Visited Prpsirlont Pfllniu , .. 1
- ..- - i. i v n n y niiu I
presi ntod their resignations. They stated !
inai tney desired, since President Palma
had announced his allegiance to the mod
erate purty, to open the way for him to
make whatever selections for cabinet of
ficers he choso under the new conditions.
President Palma courteously, but emphat
ically, declined to consider the resignations,
and added that his Joining the moderate
party was purely a personal act and did
nbt necessarily effect tho cabinet. The
cabinet members, however, are well aware
that there will be changes after consulta
tions between President Palma and the
moderate leaders.
The Associated Press is authoritatively
informed that ' the resignations of Mr.
Monies, secretary of the treasury, and Mr.
Caiiclo, secretary of public Instruction,
will shortly be accepted, and also that of
Mr. Yero, secretary of the Interior, who
Is In poor health and a nationalist in sym
pathy. Mr. Diax, secretary of public
works and agriculture. Is likely to con
tinue in office and probably also Mr. Ortls,
secretary of state and Justice. Neither of
the latter' has professed any political al
legiance. COMBES ISIsTS Oil PROGRAM
Aa Head of Republican Groups Ha
W ill Support Former Policy.
PARIS, Feb. 2. Senator and former
premier Combes, In accepting the presi
dency of the republican groups In the sen
ate, said the cabinet change must rot per
mit delay or abandonment of the tusk of
separating church and state; the opposition
against which he had long struggled was
now flattering itself that it had indefinitely
postponed the project, therefore It waa
necessary to ask the new cabinet without
further delay to make a precise declara
tion, removing all equivocation and doubt
upon this essential question. Only upon
condition that such a definite declaration is
mude would the groups of which he was
president give adherence to the new min
istry. The new (Rouvler) ministry held an In
formal meeting today to go over the ques
tion of the separation of church and stare 1
and agreed on the general form of a new I
measure, which will be presented to the
Chamber of Deputies next week.
Rl'SSIAW SISPEXSIOX BRIOGE3 FALLS
Detachment of Dragoons Precipitated
I'pon lee, Which Gives Way.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 2. -Tho suspen
sion bridge spsnnlng the Fontanka river
collapsed tocluy while a detachment of
dragoons was crossing. Thirty men and
horses were precipitated into the frozen
river, together with a number of cabs,
wagons, etc. The Ice at that point being
weak, the greatest excitement prevailed,
but speedily help was forthcoming and the
victims of the accident were rescued with
the exception of one dragoon.
The chains on both banks broke and the
bridge fell bodily with the whole trafflo
thereon at the time. The terrified cavalry
horses Jumped over the railings of the
bridge onto the lee, which gave way. The
river Is narrow at that point and the men
managed, to scramble ashore with the as
sistance of witnesses of the accident.
The collapse of the bridge, which waa
known as the Egyptian bridge, wus purely
accidental and was due to thu chains snap
ping on account of the extreme front and
the regular tread of the cavalry,
EASTERN GRAIN RATE CUT
Burlington does Cent and a Half Btlew
the Equalising Basis.
ALSO MEETS THE RATE TO THE SOUTH
Kvldent Intention to Mnke the Fight
So W arm that it Will Speedily
Be Brought to a
Close.
CHICAGO. Feb. 2. (Special Telegram.)
Charges for carrying corn from Omaha to
the Atlantic seaboard reached the lowest
figure today In the history of the rate war.
Late In the afternoon the Burlington an
nounced the following tariff for export:
Cents.
Omaha to New York, per I'D pounds.. 144
Omaha to Philadelphia 14
Omaha to Baltimore 13
Omaha to New Orleans 11
Omaha to Chicago 8
Omaha to St. Louis 6
The Rock Island announced through
rates 14 cents higher than these. When
the warfare between the lines leading to
the Gulf of Mexico and those leading to
the Atlantic seaboard by way of Chicago
started the Burlington tariff was 11 cents
to Chicago. The through rate was 2SV4
cents to New York. After the eastern
trunk lines had given authority to their
western connections to make figures to get
the business, the Milwaukee & St. Paul,
Great Western, Burlington and Rock Is
land Issued tariffs of 18V4 cents to New
York from Omaha and 17 Cnt to Balti
more. The last slash Is a full 4 cents and
shows the desperate character of the strug
gle In progress for the traffic of the corn
belt. The cut Is Just twice as deep as had
been expected.
On Wednesday the Missouri Pacific re
duced Its rates from Omaha to New
Orleans from 13V4 to 11 cents. It was ex
pected that the Chicago lines would cut
their figures to the Atlantic seaboard to
correspond, but the Burlington not only
meets the figure but goes 1H cents bet
ter. At the offices of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul It was said that the cut of the
Missouri Pacific had not been met. Con
siderable surprise was expressed when tho
freight officials were Informed of the ac
tion of th Burlington. From the outset
the freight officials of the Burlington have
been opposed to demoralizing rates on ac
count of the attitude of the Missouri Pa
cific. They believed the trouble would
blow over after a few days, but when
the other lines made a rate of 18H cents
In connection with the seaboard roads, the
Burlington followed. The last cut of the
Missouri Pacific caused numerous confer
ences and the reductions announoed late
In the day showed that the Burlington
people were bent on bringing the contest
to a close by making it so extremely hot
that every one would be willing to drop It.
REPRIEVE FOR MRS. ROGERS
Governor Suspends Sentence for Four
Mouths to Allow Supreme Court
to Pass on Case.
WINDSOR, Vt., Feb. 2. A few hours
after receiving the last rites of the .Catholic
church and hearing her father confessor
read the prayers for tho dying, Mrs. Mary
Mnbol Rogers, who was sentenced to die
upon the gallows tomorrow afternoon, lis
tened with amazement to the announcement
of High Sheriff Henry N. Peck that Gov
ernor Charles J. Bell had granted her a re- 1
prleve of four months.
The news from Montpeller that the gov
ernor had consented to defer the execution
of Mrs. Rogers, carried to the prison by a
representative of the Associated Press,
came as a surprise not only to the con
demned woman, but also to the sheriff, his
deputies and the prison officials, aa It had j
peen generally accepiea inai mo governor
would refuse to Interfere. Preparations for
the execution had been perfected. The gal
lows had been erected In the west wing of
the prison, a heavy black curtain hanging
from the guard room windows shutting the
gruesome, machinery of death from public
view. When the news of Governor Bell's
action was carried to the prison the offi
cials refused to believe the announcement
until Governor Bell called up E. W. Oakes,
the prison superintendent, by long-distance
telephone and formally notified him that
Mrs. Rogers had been granted a reprieve
that her claim of not having had a fair
trial might be passed upon by the supreme
court.
Five hundred dollars waa offered to
Harold Hnrpln. a guard In the state prison,
If he would carry a package of poison to
Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, convicted of the
murder of her husband, who Is under death
sentence. The offer wa made In an anony
mous letter from Boston containing $260 In
bills, which Harpin received recently. The
writer offered to send the other $250 as soon
as the poison was delivered to Mrs. Rogers.
The guard turned the letter over to Super
intendent Oakes, who showed It to Gov
ernor Bell. Postal authorities have been
asked to Investigate the letter.
BILL TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC
Proposed Law la Connecticut to Pre
vent Interruption of Publle
Service by Strikes,
HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 2. A bill pre
pared by Prof. G. D. Watrous of the Yale
Law school, and designed to prevent Inter
ruption of public service by labor troubles,
waa presented In the state senate today.
The bill provides that the employes of no
corporation of a public nature shall strike
for higher wages or a reduction In hours of
labor without giving three days' notice, and
compels corporations, before reducing
wages or Increasing hours of labor, to give
three days' notice to employes, Jq rase of
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employes, two directors of such corpora
tions and the attorney general of the state.
The committee la called upon to report its
findings within one week to the governor.
Until the report hall have been made no j
-ii i"d ui wages op nours snail
take place. The bill provide a penalty of
not less than $o0 nor more than $100, or Im
prisonment of from ten to thirty days, for
violation. The bill waa referred to the labor
committee.
C0MERF0RD MAKES A THREAT
Saya Ha Will Send Oae Maa
the Penitentiary la
Illinois.
to
CHICAGO. Feb t Representative Frank
D. Comerford, who made charges of whole
sale corruption In the Illinois legislature,
arrived lu Chicago today from Springfield
and added to his sensational statements.
"One man at least Is going to, the peni
tentiary as a result of the Inquiry," he
said. "I will make good my charge. I
have the name of the man who waa of
fered the bribe u well, as to briber.'
CHARGES HOCH WITH MURDER
Coroner lloflrasaa Will Ask Indict
ment ejf Maa Arrested
la Hew York.
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CHICAGO. F. 2. Indictment for mur
der will be asked by Coroner Hoffman
against Johann Boch, the alleged poisoner
of many wives.
"I am now In position to say positively
the embalming field Injected Into the body
of Mrs. Marie Welker-Hoch did not con
tain arsenic," said the coroner today.
"Arsenic was not a constituent of any of
the drugs administered by the physician
who attended the woman before her death.
The fact that more than two and a half
ounces of poison were found In the organs
means Hoch murdered his wife. The cor
oner's Jury will doubtless hold Hoch to the
grand Jury, but If it falls to do so I will
myself hold him under my official preroga
tive." Dr. Lewke, the coroner's physician. Is
examining the undertaker's instruments
used in the embalming process to discover
whether they bear any traces of fie poison.
"I expect that I shall have completed my
analysis by Sunday and will have a state
ment to make then," said Dr. Lewke today.
"As I understand It, there was no arsenic
used In the emblamlng fluid and there now
remains only the Investigation of the In
struments used by the undertaker."
The inquest will not be held until Hock
reaches Chicago, some time next week.
Two of the wives of Hoch. have quarreled
over money alleged to have been found on
Hoch when arrested. The money Is claimed
by Mrs. Fischer-Hoch, because she was the
last one he deserted.
Mrs. Hendrlch-Scmltt-IIoch also lays
claim to $500 of the t00 now sold to be in
the possession of the New York police, as
she gave up that amount when Hoch bade
her adieu. Both women threatened to at
tach the money as soon as Hoch arrived
in Chicago, but Mrs. Hendricks is said to
have quietly slipped away to New York to
attach the money there.
SUBWAY TROUBLE SETTLED
Company Makes Temporary Conces
sions and Net Seal Will Be
Kestrtlated.
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NEW YORK, Fet 2.-There will be no
strike on the Interborough Rapid Transit
company's subway and elevated lines. This
decision waa reached at a conference to
day between General Manager Hedley of
the Interborough company and representa
tives of the employe. At the conclusion
of the conference it was announced that all
the demands of the men had been granted
and that on next Monday the old trip
schedule would be restored, providing for
six local and seven express trains In a
day's work In the subway. This schedule
will continue In force until February 28,
when a new schedule, to be decided upon
in the meantime, will go into effect. This
new schedule, according to an agreement
reached at today's conference, must con
tain a provision for a satisfactory Interval
of rest for the motormen between trips.
This rest probably will be a period of fifteen
minutes' duration.
After the long meeting of workmen laat
night, when It waa announced that the
employes would Insist upon every one of
their demands being -vntd, elaborate ar
rangements were made by tho police to
meet any emergency and during the day
6,000 patrolmen were held in reserve at tho
various stations In Manhattan and the
Bronx.
Just before going Into conference with
General Manager Hedley, President Jencks
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, announced that unless the company
receded from its position a strike on all
the subway and elevated lines would be
Inevitable. At the end of two hours and
a half, General Manager Hedley came from
the conference room with the announce
ment that all the differences between the
management and the men had been satis
factorily adjusted and that the possibility
of any serious trouble for the time at least
was obviated.
SENATOR MITCHELL TALKS
Oregon Man Denies AH Charges Made
Against Him In Recent
Indictments.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Senator John H.
Mitchell of Oregon, who was Indicted by
the United States grand Jury at Portland
yesterday for bribery in connection with
the land frauds investigation, has made a
statement In which he says he welcomes
the most searching Investigation of the
charges against him and asserts that only
"misconstrued Innocent acts" and "unwar
ranted Inferences" can connect him with
the land frauds. Senator Mitchell In his
statement says:
Of the final outcome I have not the slight
est fear, but In the meantime I assert In the
most positive manner I never in my life had
any conversation with Frederick R. Krlbs.
whatever In reference to any lands or any
other business matter. I am equally posi
tive in the statement that I never at anv
time or place rerelved from him, Frederick
R. Krlbs. or from any other person for him,
directly or Indirectly, any check or checks
for any amount whatever, either on a Rose
burg bank or any other hank. In considera
tion for any services rendered or to be ren
dered by me ss senntor or otherwise, or for
any purpose whatever.
I further assert that Frederick R. Krlbs
never In his life contracted with me for the
services of A. IT. Tanner and myself, or
ngreed with me to pay for services alleged
to have been rendered in part by me In ap
pearing before and persuading Blnger Her
mann, commissioner of the general land
otfice, to make special or recommend the
Issue of any patents; nor do I believe he
ever made any such contract with A. H.
Tanner, for the reason that bv the articles
of our copartnership It wrs expressly atlnu
lated that I could not he In any manner In
terested In any department business But
as to what business matters Judire Tanner
ms.v have had If any, with Krlbs, Judge
Tanner can hlmsvlf speak, as I have no
knowledge of them whatever, nor do I
know that there were any.
WINTYRE GOES TO JAIL
Alleged Forger Remanded at New
York to Await Extradition
Papers front Virginia.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2-Phlllp Mclntyre,
who was arretted here a week ago when he
disembarked from a steamship from
Mexico, was committed to the Tombs for
thirty days today by Magistrate Poole In
the Tombs court to await extradition papers
from Virginia.
Mclntyre was arrested at the request of
the Mexican authorities, but since then rep
resentatives of the American Bankers' aaso.
elation have Interested themselves In the
case, and when he was arraigned on the
Mexican charges. Involving the theft of $),
ho was srrested on a, warrant from Norfolk,
Vs.. alleging the passage of a worthless
draft for $2on on the First National bank of
that city, Dr W. J. Lynch of Norfolk, who
said he Introduced Mclntyre to the bank
officials, Identified the prisoner.
Aa Mclntyre wss being taken to the
Tombs a process server attempted to serve
t1- papers on complaint of ten banks
which he Is alleged to have swindled out
of sums of from $150 to t2G0, but he threw
the papers away, saying the service was not
legal-
COLD WAVE IS NOSPREAD
Low Temperatures Beperted from the
Caiadian Line to the Oulf.
WEATHER MODERATES BUT SLIGHTLY
Heavy Snowstorm at Beatrice low
est Polat Reached la Omaha Is
25 Below Yesterday Mora
lag.
Yesterday was the coldest day of the win
ter, the thermometer ranging from 25 be
low zero at 7:30 a. m. to 11 below at ?
o'clock. At 9 p. m. It was 12 below, three
degrees warmer than at the same hour
Wednesday. Reports from the western
part of the state said that it Is moderating
there slightly, and the Indications promise
rising temperature for today. At Beatrice
and points In the southeastern part of the
state a heavy snowstorm was raging at 8
o'clock last night and a high wind was
blowing
The official reading of the thermometers
at the weather observatory In Omaha was
M degrees below zero at 7 o'clock yesterday
morning and half an hour later the mini
mum temperature of 25 below was recorded.
Only twice In the meterologlcal his
tory of Omaha has this record been sur
passed. The first and coldest ever recqrdod
here was January 5, 1884, when 32 degrees
below zero waa reached. The next lowest
was on February 11, 1S99, when 26 below
wns the figure.
Cold Weather Will Contlnae.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2. -The entire northwest
and the middle states will continue in the
arasD of the nresent cold wave for at
least twenty-four hours longer, according!
to information given out by the United
States weather bureau tonight. The cold
est spot In the United States today waa
at Glendlve, Mont., where flfty-three de
grees below zero waa reported. Other low
temperatures reported during the day were
Havre, Mont., 34 below; Winnipeg, 24 be
low; Battleford, 20 below; Medicine Hat,
2G below; Bismarck, 20 below, and Devil s
Lake, 24 below. The center of the cold
wave Is still In North Dakota, but Is mov
ing slowly southward, and it Is not ex
pected that its full force will be spent in
the middle weat for several days.
This was the coldest day of the year
In Chicago. Early in the morning the of
ficial report showed 14 degrees below and
a mean temperature of 8 degrees below
for the day waa announced. This is 32 de
grees below the normal temperature. At 9
o'clock tonight the weather bureau ther
mometer registered 8 degrees below and
steadily going lower, with the Indications
that 15 below will be reached before morn
ing. Owing to the absence of wind the
cold tias not been felt as much as is usual
in Chicago. Among the poorer class of
people there Is a great deal of suffering,
but no deaths directly due to the frigid
weather have so far been reported.
Snow In South Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 2. Snow began
falling In Lincoln this evening, and while
It was light It seemed to be general In
southern Nebraska. There waa no appre-elable-.rircn.
la temperature wl5t the snow
fall, and the past twenty-four hours will
stand as the coldest in Lincoln for many
years. The official figure of the weather
station showed 22 degrees below zero at S
o'clock this, morning, and the highest dur
ing the day was 11 degrees below. In cen
tral Nebraska It waa colder, the minimum
at Columbus being 2" degrees below. Mail
trains were four to seven hours late and
schools were dismissed. Indications this
evening are that tonight will be a repeti
tion of last night.
Some Western Temperatnres.
HARVARD, Nob., Feb. 2.-(Speclal)-Wilh
fully two Inches of snowfall during
the last night of January, mercury vari
ously given from IS to 15 degrees below
zero, a bright, clear day with keen cutting
north wind and mercury t degrees below
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, is the manner
in which February waa ushered In at this
place.
COLUMBUS, Neb., Feb. 2. (Special Tele
gram.) The government thermometer here
registered 27 below this morning, which Is
the coldest weather in seven years. All
classes were dismissed from the high school
this morning because of something in the
heating apparatus falling to work. Mall
trains are from four to seven hours late.
GRANT, Neb., Feb. 2. (Special Tele
gram.) A blanket of snow covers the
prairie of Perkins county, with the ther
mometer ranging from 6- to 10 below zero
and high winds. Trains are delayed and
business Is practically at a standstill.
BEATRICE, Neb., Feb. 2. (Special Tele
gram.) A blizzard is raging here this even
ing and snow, driven by a strong north
wind, has been falling most of the after
noon. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Feb. 2.-(Speclal.)
Thin morning was a record-breaker, the
mercury being 28 degrees below zero.
LINWOOD. Neb., Feb.' 2. (Special.) Laat
night waa the coldest of the year. Tb
thermometer registered 30 below at 6:30
this morning. There Is some suffering
among the stock, as the snow has drifted
badly In places. There is sixteen Inches
of snow on the ground.
HEEMER, Neb., Feb. 2. (Special.) Lost
night was the coldest In fifteen years, the
thermometer registering 30 below, and It 1
still 20 below at 1:45 p. m.
Coldest la Years.
NORFOLK. Neb., Feb. ..-(Special.)
Groundhog day proved to be the coldeat
of the century th' s far In northern Ne
braska. Thirty-five degrees below zero
broke all records for the laat half dozen
years. The government records showed
that the January Just closed was the cold
est for nine years.
LEIGH, Neb.. Feb. 1 (Special.) Thte
was the coldest day of the winter, ther
mometers registering a low aa SO degrees
below zero. There Is a large quantity of
loose snow on the ground, and should the
wind rise before a thaw all roads would be
blockaded.
FREMONT, Neb., Feb. I (Speclal.)-This
Is the coldest day of the season. The
mercury this morning stood at 28 below by
the government thermometer. At noon It
had only gone up to 14 below. There has
been a light wind from the north and very
few people have ventured out. Train were
nearly on time, but had hard work to keep
up the schedule.
DES MOINES. Feb. 2. Twenty-flve de
gree below zero was recorded In this city
this morning, last night being the coldest
in ten years. The fact that there was no
wind aided In materially softening the
severity of the cold spell.
BURLINGTON. Ia.. Feb. f.-The ther
mometer registered 24 degrees below zero
here today. The weather Is the coldest
ever known In Burlington.
SIOUX CITY. Ia.. Feb. t For mor than
an hour this morning the mercury marked
30 degreec below zero, the lowest tempera
lure experienced in Sioux City since Feb
ruary, l&tt. Since $ a. m. the temperature
has been gradually rising, and at ( p. m. It
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ERUPTION IN NICARAGUA
Voles, no of Momotombo Becomes
Active After Long Rest and
People Are Kleelna.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2. The steam
ship City of Sydney, from central Ameri
can ports, brings news of a violent erup
tion of Momotombo volcano, which Is S.0"1
feet high and whose base forms a promon
tory in Lnke Nicaragua- Leon, a Nlcara
guan city of 50,000 Inhabitants, la only eight
miles from the volcano. Village people
near the erupting mountain lied and fears
were entertained for the safety of leno.
Three years ago Moinotombo's summit
began to steam and for a whllo those living
In the vicinity of the mountain watched
the vaixir with alarm. There was no
eruption, however, and until the morning
of January 16 of this year the volcano ap
peared to be sleeping serenely. Early that
morning thick vapors were seen nrlsing
from the cone-shaped top of tho mountain.
As the dny wore on the vapor increased
In density and by noon the volcano was
vomiting thick clouds of black and yellow
smoke. Suddenly flames burst forth, and
that night Momotombo's summit was a
blazing torch, lighting the land as far as
the coast and casting tho glare of Its fire
far out to sea. Momotombo was In active
eruption about fifteen years ago. It U
surrounded by very valuable coffee planta
tions. FRAUDULENT LAND SCHEME
Worthless Swamps and Boas la Lon
Islana I'sed as Basis of Lot
tery Deal.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Land which the
Louisiana State Iyoan and Trust company
claimed to own, and which the federal offi
cials assert was the basis of the alleged lot
tery scheme promoted by John H. Dalton,
now on trial before United States Judge
Sanborn, was today valued at about 12H
cents an acre by expert witnesses. Thou
sands of acres of land In Louisiana which
has never been surveyed and which I of a
boggy nature, dangerous even to walk
upon, wss purchased by Louis A. Gourdaln
and Dnlton, Is was declared, for $16 when
the property was sold for taxes In Louisi
ana. It was on this sort of land, according
to the testimony In the trial, that options
were sent to persons throughout the United
States to be sold for from 25 cents to $2 a
ticket. The purchasers were given to tinder
stand that the lands were rich In oil wells.
The nearest oil wells to the property are
over 100 miles away, according to the wit
nesses who testified today.
AMERICAN : BREEDERS MEET
Second Session of the Assoclatloa la
Held nt the I'nlverslty of
Illinois.
CHAMPAIGN. 111., Feb. 2. The second
session of the second annual meeting of
the American Breeders' association waa
held at the University of Illinois today.
The session was presided over by Prof.
Oscar Erf of Manhattan, Kan., treasurer
of the association. Among the papers read
were the following.
"Breeding Range Cattle," Frank Hast
ings, Stamford, Tex.
"The Breeding of Disease-Resistant
Plants," W. A. Orton, United States De
partment of Agriculture.
"The Brtedlng of Wilt Resistant Flax,"
Prof. H. L. Bolley, experiment station,
Fargo, N. D.
"Breeding Mildew Resistant Sand Cher
ries," Prof. N. E. Hansen, experiment sta
tion, Brookings, 8. D.
"The Breeding of a Hardy Alfalfa." Wil
liam Hays, assistant secretary of Agricul
ture. "Breeding New Cotton Varieties for Boll
Weevil Infested Regions," A. W. Edson,
Department of Agriculture.
"Cotton Breeding for Earllness and Pro
ductiveness," Prof. R. L. Bennett, Texas
Agricultural department.
EDUCATION IS THE THEME
Third Annual Convention of Religious
Educational Association Now
la Session at Boston.
BOSTON, Feb. 2,-The program for the
third annual convention of the Religious
Educational association, which haa Just
been arranged, Indicates that many promi
nent educators and clergymen will speak
upon a wide variety of religious topics dur
ing the several day of the convention,
which will be opened on Sunday, February
IX The general theme to be discussed at
the convention la, "The Alma of Religious
Education." Among those scheduled to
contribute papers during the meeting are:
President W. R. Harper of the University
of Chicago, President Henry Churchill
King of Oberlin college, Ohio; Bishop Wil
liam F. McDowell of Chicago and Presi
dent Frank Gunsaulus of the Armour In
stitute of Technology, Chicago.
BISHOP HARE ON SCHOOLS
Protestant Episcopal Prelate of Sonth
Dakota Makes' a fftate.
meat.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. The Evening Post
today prints a statement from the Rt. Rev.
William H. Hare, Protestant Episcopal
missionary bishop of South Dakota, In
which he charges that the law prohibiting
government aid to sectarian Indian schools
has been evaded and that money hns been
paid out to the Catholic mission schools.
Bishop Hare' statement la dated Sioux
Falls, S. D., January 6. He describes the
pecuniary embarrassment and anxiety on
the part of the schools following the
abolition of the contract system of govern
ment aid and reiterates his efforts to se
cure some measure of relief from Its rigid
application.
Movements of Ocean Vessels Feb. S.
New York Arrived: Patricia, from
Hamburg; Teutonia, from Liverpool.
Sailed: Arabic, fur Mediterranean ports;
Victorian, for Liverpool; Ia Chumpalgne,
for Havre; Mongolian, for Ulasgow; i'rln
essln Victoria Louise, for Si. Thomas.
At Liverpool Sailed: Englishman, for
Portland; Siberian, for Philadelphia: Cor
inthian, for iiillfsx. Arrived: Ottoman,
from Portland.
At Naples Bulled: Canople, for Boston.
Arrived: Konlg Albert, from Gibraltar.
At Shields galled: Oscar 11., for New
York.
At Havre Arrived: La Savoln, from New
York.
At London Balled: Mltinetonka, for New
York.
At Queenstown Sailed: Oceanic, for
New York.
At (Jlasgow Arrived Hibernian, from
Portland.
WATER BILL PASSES
Vete in House oa Final Boll Call Sixty.
Beren to Twenty-Feur.
NINE MEMBERS NOT VOTING ON MEASURE
Lively Debate Precedes the Tioal Test en
the Bill
DODGE INDULGES IN PERSONAL ABUSE
Lee Replies with Pertinent Remarks on
Motives Behind Heasire.
WATER COMPANY IS NOT FIGHTING IT
Don alas Delegation Stands Foar Aa)
Favor and Five Opposed When,
the Final Showdown
Comes.
(From a Staff Correspondent. )
LINCOLN, Feb. 2. (Special Telegram.)
R. B. Howell's Omaha water board bill,
H. R. . introduced by Dodge of Douglas,
passed the house this afternoon by a vota
of 6" to 24, sixty-seven being precisely tha
necessary vote to carry It through with
tho emergency clause. Dodge. Andersen,
Clarke and Muxen voted for the bill, and
Lee, Barnes, Tucker, Foster and Fltla
against It.
Lee of Douglas made a hard fight to have
the bill recommitted for specific amend
ments. The amendments he proposed wera
to prevent the members of the water board
from drawing salaries or expending any
money until they acquired the water work,
and to prevent them from making any
new cmtracts until the city actually owned
the plant.
Throughout the discussion on thla bill
Dodge has posed na the soul of honor and
Imputed bad motives to those who dared
differ from htm. All the time, while hurl
ing abuse and venom at Lee and other
who were opposed to this bill, Dodge would
keep reminding the house that he wanted
to eschew personalities and argue tha !
sue on Its merit.
Howell was on the floor of the house
when the bill passed, having been there
during the last week lobbying for the
measure.
The detail vote on the water bill waa:
Yeas:
Anderson. Tintig. Kngstrom. Luce.
Andvraon, It'l'n, Brnrt. M'Elhlnaey.
Baron. Fenlon. Milin.
Bartoo. Flfhback, Mi-Milllea.
BriUord. Oerdei. Marker.
Ilendir. Claim. Mark!.
Br.len. Hand. Mfradlth.
Pnwman. Harmon. Mun.
BursM. Hrrmauaon. Harkar.
Burna. Hnara. Pirklna.
Caldwell. Hosrafe. Poi.pl.il.
Caaaet. Hnlliet. Pat.
(hriatemen. Hows. Itlchardsee,
Clarke. Hunker. Rnherts. (
C-oate. Jarkaon. Kohrer.
Ctipeey. Johneon. Saddler.
Cravens. Jnnea. Smeteer.
Crnnaar. KaleT. Smith.
Cunnlnshara. Kyd. Stetson.
Darts. Ijihnera.
lelea-Dernir. Uvengooo.
Drtrlck. , Lord.
Podge.
Noeei. .
Atwood. ' Horton.
Barnes. Juhnal. '
rarbeer, Junktn.
Thompson.
Voter.
whithans 1. ,
Peakedy. "
1 '. ferry. . ,
Tuoker. ' , 1
Ward. '
Doran. f ' Kdox.
Perrar. ' Lee. Warner. .
rule. - Line. Windham.
Fouler. Mo-lay. Suelow.
Hill. Mllllfan. Mr. Speaker Si,
Absent or not voting: Burroughs, Cur
He, Douglas, Jouvenat, McAllister, McLeod,
Robbins, Scllley and Wilson.
When the speaker announced that tha
house was about to vote on the flpj pas
sago of H. R. 8. Lee of Dougloa promptly
sprung a surprise on Howell und his -sociates
on the floor of the house by aub
mining certain amendments and a, motion
that the bill bo recommitted for specific
amendment. Thl at once precipitated an
other set-to between member of the Doug
Ins delegation, with Lee pitted against
Dodge and Clarke.
Dodge arose to enlighten Speaker Bouse
upon parliamentary law by Informing him
that Lee's motion to recommit was out of
order, but the speaker, who I serng hi
fifth term a a Vaglslator, told Dv-ge that
f two-thirds of the member wanted to
recommit they could do so and hone Lee'
motion was not out of order. Dodge then
asked to be allowed to apeak on tha mo
tion. He Immediately launched out into one
of his characte;1stlc tirades of personal
abuse, throwing rnud on Lee without limit
or reason. When Dodge' supply of venom
ran low Clarke came to his rescue, but did
not quite measure up to the former In his
personal onslaught, although he did pro
duce considerable argument.
"There could be no better evidence that
there Is something bad and sinister In thia
bill than the very fact that these promoters
of the bill seek by every possible mean at
their command to misrepresent tha facts,"
said Lee in hi reply to Dodge. "I do dis
like to engage In personalities even to de
fend myself, but the young man ha gon
so far In his course of personal abtls and
so wholly without reason that I feel It
my duty to say a word or two."
Dodge had repeated that old ;-arn that
the Omaha water works had fought tha
Howell bill two year ago and thl one.
This Lea conclusively denied and asserted
that when the Howell bill was pending
two years ago the Omaha superintendent
of the water works was about to fight It
because he feared It might cut him out of
his job, when he wa advised ly a tale
gram from the main offices in New York
to let the bill alone and not put an ob
stacle In the way of it passage. Lee chal
lenged Dodge or Clarke or any other mem
ber to refute this statement, but the beat
he got for hia challenge wa another fusil
lade of mud.
'If the Omaha water works Is fighting
this bill," exclaimed Lee, "I want to ask,
ha any member of thl house been ap
proached by an agent for the water works?
If so, let him make It known now, The
fact that no member ha been approAohed
by the water works' agents Is proof In It
self that the water works is not lighting
this bill, but Is for the bill, for anyone here
knows that the Omaha water work is not
the kind to sit Idly by and let any measure
detrimental to Its Interest pas without at
least trying to prevent It."
Then Lee cut loos on Howell, who waa
In the rear of the hall, and asked Why
Howell comes down here and lobbies for
a week or two If all he gets out of thl I
hi $0u0 a year a water commissioner. Lea
showed that though the water board had
been in existence two year It ha dona
nothing but suggest an appraisement of
the works. He also asserted that this and
kindred bills were a stroke at local self
government. .
When i Le motion came up In the
afternoon Dodge again spoke against ft.
lye's motion to recommit wa then de
feated by a vote on roll call of 7S to 24.
PHOCKKDUGS OF T1IH SEKATB
Considerable Debate Over Pharmacy
Hill.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 2.-(Speclal.) The aen
ata committee got busy yesterday and
