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NEW STARS OS FLAG
Senate Pumi Bill for Admission of Two
More States Into Union.
AKIZONA REMAINS
TERRITORY
Measure Provides for Joint Statehood for
Oklahoma and Indian Territory 1
NEW MEXICO COMES J" AlONE
Bill Passes Without DiTision V Debate
Lasting Nearly All i
LIQUOR TRAFFIC PROHIBITED l t- AHOVA
Amendment Excluding- Ma ;tore
d Bale of Intoxicants tot
ty-Oue Tears Adapted
Blgr Majority.
VA8HINOTON. Feb. 7. After a con
tinuum sitting of lmot nine hours the
senate at S:45 o'clock tonight passed the
Joint statehood bill. As passed the bill pro
vides for the admission of the states of
Oklahoma, to be composed of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory, and New Mexico,
according to the present boundaries, with
Arliona eliminated.
The long session was characterised by
exciting Incidents and many surprises. Be
ginning promptly upon the convening at 12
o'clock the striate proceeded to consider the
various amendments which had been sug
gested by the committee on territories and
which bad. been passed over. One of the
first of these taken up was the amend
ment prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in what is now Indian Territory for
the next ten years and this was displaced
with a substitute offered by Mr. Gallinger,
which extended the amendment to the en
tire state for a period of twenty-one years
and this was adopted.
The first surprise of the day came when
the committee accepted Mr. Foraker s
amendment for a separate vote by each
of the territories of Arliona. and New Mex
ico on the constitution to be adopted by
the proposed state of Arlsona. That pro
vision had scarcely been made a part of
the bill when Mr. Bard presented his
amendment, which had been originally
offered by Mr. Patterson and which pro
vided for the admission of New Mexico as
a state without the addition of Arlsona.
This amendment proved to be the point
around which all the subsequent proceed
ings of importance revolved. It was at
first adopted by the close vote of 42 to 40.
This vote was taken while the senate was
sitting in committee of the whole and was
reversed in the senate proper by the tie
vote of 38 to 38.
Arlsona Is Eliminated.
Subsequently the senate decided by a vote
of 88 to to entirely eliminate New Mex
ico and Arlsona from the bill and this re
sult had hardly been announced when Mr.
Bard In slightly changed form renewed his
proposition for the admission of New Mex
ico as a state and this time the amendment
srevalled. tha voin of 40 to 17 One At
the affirmative votes was. however, cast
by Mr. Beverldge, in charge of the bill, for
the purpose of moving the reconsideration
of the vote. He was prompt In entering
this motion as soon as the result was an
nounced, but the motion was laid upon
the table by a vote of 39 to 38. The effect
was to eliminate Arlsona from the bill and
to establish a state of New Mexico and
another of Oklahoma, and Indian Territory.
In this form the bill passed. The bill
originated in the house and will go to con
ference. Debate Begins at Noon.
Under the agreement previously reached,
.the senate entered upon the consid
eration of the amendments offered to
the joint statehood bill immediately af
ter convening at noon today. That
agreement provided that the entire day's
debate be given to the consideration
of the amendments to the bill under the
ten-minute rule and that a vote should be
taken upon all the amendments and upon
the bill itself prior to the adjournment of
the day's sessions.
The first amendment considered prohibits
the sale of liquor In Indian Territory for
ten years. Mr. Qalllnger offered an amend
ment as a substitute for the committee's
provision making the time twenty-one
years and extending its operation to the
entire state.
The amendment was debated by several
senators, including Messrs Qalllnger, Ho
Laurln, Stone, Carmack, Morgan and Clay.
Mr. Stone advocated the amendment; Mr.
McLaurln opposed it as an Interference
with the state lights, and Mr. Morgan said
he would favor it If domestic wines could
be excepted.
Mr. Teller and Mr. Spooner spoke In sup
port of the substitute and Messrs. Bailey,
Bacon, Heyburn, Feraker and Mallory
against It. The opposition was based on
the ground that the provision contemplated
an Interference with the police powers of
a state.
The substitute was carried by a vote of
t to 20. There was no division on party
lines on the vote.
The text of the Qalllnger amendment
applying to the entire state of Oklahoma
Is as follows:
The manufacture, sale, barter, or giving
away of Intoxicating liquors within this
state is hereby prohibited for a period of
twenty-one years after the date of admis
sion of this state into the union and there
after until the people of this state shall
otherwise provide by amendment of this
constitution In the manner prescribed here
in. Any persons who shall manufacture,
sell, barter or give away any Intoxicating
liquor of any kind. Including beer, ale and
wine, contrary to the provisions of this tac
tion. Is hereby declared to be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon oonvletlon thereof
before any court of competent Jurisdiction
shall lie punished by Imprisonment for not
less than thirty duya nor more thnn 100
days snd by a fine of not lea than 150 nor
more than S3u0 for each offense; and upon
the admission of thin state into the union
the provisions of this section shall be Im
mediately enforceable in ths courts of this
slste.
Foraker Amendment Adopted.
Then came the first surprlso in ronnee
tlon with the proceeding. This wss the
adoption of the amendment suggested by
Mr, Foraker providing for the submission
of the constitution of the proposed state
of Arlsona to the voters of the present
territory of Arlsona and cf the territory
of New Mexico separately.
Mr. Beverldge had suggested that the
committee amendments should be passed
upon In order to perfect the Mil, wheu Mr.
Foraker secured recognition to formally
propose his amendment. This had for
weeks been considered a crucial amend
ment and surprise was depicted on many
faces when It waa permitted to go to a
vote without suggestion from sny senator.
The aurprliie was no less wlien the sup
porters of the committee bill fulled, to de
mand a division on the vote. Mr. Bev
erldge In charge of the bill, sat In his cus-
iCuulinued ea .Second Tugs.)
ASSASSIN ISN0W IDENTIFIED
Man Who Killed Finnish Oltlclnl Is
Former Student Who Lived
In Sired en. ,
HEL8INGFORS, Finland. Feb. ".-The
assassin of Solsalon Soinlnen, procurator
general of Finland, who was shot and
killed yenterday at his residence by a
young man dressed In in officer's uni
form, has been Identified as Karl Lenard
Hohenthal, formerly a student at the Im
perial Alexander university here. Hohen
thal, who laterly had lived In Stockholm,
retjrned to Finland January li. He main
tains obstinate silence under emlnatlon.
Senator Ackerman, who has assumed the
duties of proouator of ' the senate, Is di
recting the Investigation of the crime. The
wounds inflicted on the assassin by the
son of Soinlnen are not of a dangerous
character
Hohenthal recovered consciousness this
afternoon, but no deposition has been taken
as he steadfastly refuses to answer ques
tions. His Injuries are slight, the broken
leg being the most serious. He evidently
was actuated by the widespread condemna
tion of Solnlngen's failure as procurator
general to guard the ancient laws of Fin
land and by his general Russophile policy.
Solningen, or as the Finns, Ignoring the
imperial patent of nobility granted In 1!M.
prefer to call him. Johnsson, was openly
censured In the Diet in December and a
demand made for suppression of his ac
tivity. Conservative Finns fear that the
assassination may have a prejudicial
effect upon the report which Emperor
Nicholas ordered the senate and 'governor
general to draw up on the Diet's petition of
rights; but It is Impossible to predict what
the effect will be on the ultimate action on
this petition. This latest political crime,
following the January demonstration, has
caused the police to redouble their precau
tions. The Journal BJorsbrrgs Tidings was
suspended today, but this I ad no Ul ect con
nection with the assassination.
MORE LIBERTY FOR THE PRESS
Special Commission Will Revise Cen.
1 sorshlp Law In Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 7.-The commit
tee of ministers has decided to Institute a
special conference to revise the censorship
and press laws. The president of the con
ference will be appointed by the emperor
and Its membership will consist of officials
especially cognizant of the question, mem
bers of the Imperial Academy of Science,
prominent writers and representatives of
the department. The president of the con
ference will have the right to Invite per
sons from whom useful Information can be
secured and members of the provincial
press. The president will present a draft of
the revised laws direct to the council of
state.
The committee of ministers has decided
the following points:
First Precedent to definite revision, to
abolish the right of the minister of ,tho In
terior to prohibit the publication of items
in newspapers.
Second To abolish the existing order and
permit of the transfer of a newspaper from
one editor to another, conditioned on infor
mation of the transfer being given to the
press department by both editors.
Third The minister of the Interior Is only
authorised to prevent street sales of news
pmvers. The minister of the Interior mav
demand the name of the author of an
article If needed for purposes of prosecu
tion or in the interest of the security of the
stste.
Fourth To request the emperor to order
that before, a book is suppressed by the
minister of the interior copies thereof shall
be sent to scientific institutions.
Fifth To grant the minister of the In
terior the right to revise censorship regula
tions. Sixth To request the minister of Instruc
tion and the minister of the Interior, after
conference with the governor general of the
KlefT Academy of Science and the Universi
ties of Kharkoff and KlefT to revise the Im
perial decree restricting the use of the
Little Russian language In books.
All these decisions were confirmed by the
emperor on February 3. An imperial decree
will be issued tomorrow appointing the cen
sorship conferees. Privy Counsellor Koebko
will be the president and the membership
of the conference will Include numerous
senators and other officials. The list In
cludes the editors of the European Mes
senger, the Grashdan and the Novoe
Vremya. The conferees will begin their
labors about February 18.
BLOOD ROWS IN POLAND
Sixty-Pour People Reported - Killed and
Wonnded in Fights with Troops.
FRESH TROUBLE OCCURS IN WARSAW
Batonm and Loda Report Strike Situa
tion More Serious Than Form
erlr with Danger of
Further Rioting.
WARSAW, Fb. 7. Several men were
killed here today by strikers In bakeries
and elsewhere where attempts were made
to resume work. Many arrests have been
made.
According to a report from Badom, twenty
workmen have been killed or wounded in
strike disorders there today while at
Skarsysko, twenty-four have been killed
and forty wounded.
(J rave trouble is also reported at Kutno
today. Troops have been sent to Kutno
from here.
The prices of provisions have gone up.
The peasants are afraid to bring In their
produce. ,
Strikers today attempted to bring out
the employes of the electrical plant of the
asylum of lunatics, but the doctors suc
ceeded In pacifying the men.
Situation Worse at Lads.
LODZ, Feb. 7. The factories were opened
today, but scarcely any of the workmen
appeared. At one factory the men worked
until lunch time and then left and re
fused to return, saying they did not want
to bo killed from a bullet from the street
fired through a door. Another factory
abruptly ended work.
The situation uppears to be growing
worse and a critical time is expected Feb
ruary , the date on which some of the
largest manufacturers have decided to pay
the employes the balance of their wages,
dismiss them and shut down the mills
Indefinitely.
The strikers are becoming more aggres
sive. This morning they forcibly entered
a mill and destroyed the machinery.
The manufacturers, at a meeting here,
decided to concede the men a workday
of ten hours and an Increase In wages
ranging from 5 to 16 per cent, provided they
all return to work forthwith.
Conditions Worse at Batonm.
BATOUN, Caucasia, Feb. 7. The strike
situation here is growing worse. Business
Is practically at a standstill, although
some steamers have succeeded In getting
away. Food is becoming more scarce.
The military governor has Issued a
proclamation warning the Inhabitants
against assembling in crowds.
Commission to Distribute Fnnds.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 7. A special
commission has been appointed, under the
presidency of General Lltwlnoff, to dis
tribute the $26,000 contributed by Emperor
Nicholas and the empress to the relief of
the families of the workmen killed or
wounded January 22.
TWO FEET OF SNOWFALL ROSEBUD BILL IS SIGNED
Omaha Has find liberal Supply
Beautiful Purina- the
of .
Wtnfr.
ISIRRECTIO 19 AT AX END
Unconditional Surrender of Men and
Flight of Leaders Announced.
BUENOS ATRES, Argentina, Feb. 7.
The local newspapers announce that the
Insurrection has been suppressed at Cor
doba, the city to which it had been re
stricted, without any further fighting. The
Insurgents surrendered unconditionally and
their leaders fled'.
A council of war for the trial of military
Insurgents, of which General Montes-Deoca
Is president and Colonel Lynch secretary,
has been In session in the arsenal since
8 o'clock this morning. 'The government
has ordered that military Insurgents be
brought to Buenos Ayres for trial.
In a fight near Plrovno the revolutionary
engineer, Baca, and former Senator Rhur
were killed and several others were
wounded.
The transport Prlmero Mayo has left
the roadstead with 800 political prisoners.
Search of the ruins of the worklngmen's
union here resulted In the discovery of two
bombs.
CHARGES OF STOCK YARDS
Committees of Kansas and Missouri
Legislatures Investigating; Hates
mt Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 7. A Joint "commit
tee from the legislatures of Kansas and
Missouri met today at the stock yards and
questioned the president of the Kansas
City Stock Yards company, C. F. Morse,
and the general manager, Eugene Rust,
as to the physical and financial condition
of the yards. The purpose of the inquiry
was to obtain information for use In dis
cussing the legislation having for Its ob
ject the regulation of yardage charges and
the price of hay and grain. Such a measure
is already on the statutes of Kansas, mak
ing the fee 15 cents a . head for cattle,
whereas the company now charges 25 cents,
its cattle department being on the Missouri
( side of the line. The two legislatures hope
to enact a law simultaneously to regulate
this and other charges.
Colonel Morse read a statement to the
committee showing that since the organiza
tion of the stock yards company In June,
1898, with a capital of 17,500,000, it had paid
6 per cent dividends except In 1904, when it
fell to 4H per cent. The present working
capital Is 18,026,000. It pays to Kansas
132,444 in taxes and $22,800 to Missouri, the
difference being caused by the higher rate
In Kansas.
Colonel Morse said It would be Impos
sible to do business wRh profit with a 20
cent rate for yardage. The stock yards
were entirely Independent of the packers'
combine, he said.
The legislators met after the hearing
and drafted a bill which will be Introduced
In the legislatures of Kansas and Mis
souri reducing the yardage charge to 29
cents per head. The senators and repre
sentatives have returned to their capitals.
FRENCH VLTIMATt'M TO TIRKEV
Ambassador Objects to Sultan's Pro
posal to Borrow from Germany.
LONDON, Feb. 8. The Daily Telegraph's
correspondent at Constantinople reports
that owing to the sultan's decision to
borrow money from a German group of
financiers for the re-armlng of the Turkish
artillery M. Constans, the French am
bassador, has delivered an ultimatum de
manding the Instant satisfaction of the
various outstanding French claims, failing
which he will leave today (Wednesday) to
consult his government. The German con
ditions of the loan, the correspondent says,
were that all guns should be ordered from
Germany. A French syndicate has been
competing for the loan.
MASV MINERS ARB QI ITTING WORK
Majority of Men at Charlerol Col.
lierlea Are Nuw on Strike,
CHARLEROI, Belgium, Feb. 7. It was
announced today that 22,967 miners out
of 39,442, employed In the collieries of this
district, are now on strike.
MONS, Belgium, Feb. 7. In the Borlnage
district 19,000 miners are on strike.
STEAMER DAMARA FOUNDERS
British Ship Sinks Near Halifax
Captain and Part of Crew
Are Missing;.
HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 7. Word reached
here tonight that the British steamer Da
mara. Captain Gorst, from Liverpool by
way of St. Johns, N. F., for Halifax, found
ered off Musquodoblt harbor, about sixty
miles east of here.
The chief officer with eighteen members
of the crew reached shore In a lifeboat.
The captain with three passengers and the
balance of the crew also left the steamer
at the same time, but are still missing.
The chief officer of the Daman reported
that the steamer struck some object about
five miles off shore early today and at once
sprang a leak and began to settle. A
blinding snowstorm was raging. When the
lifeboats drew away the steamer was deep
In the water. Captain Gorst and the others
who were In the second boat stood by the
steamer and nothing has been heard- of
them since.
The Damara left St. Johns, N. F., last
Saturday for this port with 900 tons of
cargo. The weather Is stormy along the
coast and a heavy sea has been running
all day. Tugs left here tonight to search
for the steamer and the missing lifeboat.
Hear Nothing; of Buoy.
LONDON, Feb. 7.-The officials of the
American line have heard nothing of the
buoy alleged to have been picked up In
Cardigan bay marked "8. 8. New York."
It was porn led out that the American liner
New York, outward bound, passed ths
Scllly Islands between 3 and 4 o'clock Sun
day morning and that It Is absolutely lm-
NORTHERN PACIFIC WRECK
Passenger Train Derailed Near Drusa
inond, Mont. Mne Persona
Are Injured.
SPOKANE, Feb. 7. The North Coast lim
ited on the Northern Pacific waa wrecked
at Drummond, Mont., this morning and
several passengers were hurt.
Two women were injured so that they
had to be removed for medical treatment
possible for a buoy from the steamer to I "ld "v'n m,n wera crtch'l " bruised,
h.vi reached Cardigan bv. The cause of the accident Is not Known.
The track was torn up for several hundred
feet and traffic was Ued up for twelve
hours.
The mail car, baggage car, smoker and
one coach were thrown at right angles
with the track upon their sides. All cars
except the observation car were derailed.
Twenty-six and slx-ter.tha Inches of snow
have fallen In this locality since the first
snowfall In November Inst. Of this amount
twenty Inches have fallen since January 1.
At the present time there are nine and
eight-tenths Inches of snow lying on the
general level In eastern Nebraska. The
snowfall for the winter exceeds the normal
and is probably more evenly distributed
than any snowfall of recent years. But
little wind has accompanied the snow
storms, hence Its general distribution
throughout the entire Missouri valley.
COZAD, Neb.. Feb. 7.-(8peclal.)-The
weather here Is bitter cold. The mercury go
ing down yesterday morning: to 34 degr.e be.
low zero. The temperature has been at or
j below sero now for over a week, some
thing very unusual for this vicinity. A
fine body of snow cover the ground.
DES MOINES. Is., b. 7, Twenty-one
degrees below zero was the minimum
reached here today. Charles City Is the
coldert spot In Iowa, the thermometer reg
istering 26 below at that place.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 7.-With a bllx
sard raging In north and east Texas and
rsin and sleet falling In many districts in
southern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Tennessee, weather conditions tonight are
decidedly worse than at any time since the
present storm began. A bllszard has been
sweeping over the cattle ranges of western
Texas for two days and tonight shows no
signs of abatement. Thousands of cattle
are reported to be suffering and In many
cases totally deprived of water.
Telegraphic communication Is demoralised
In all sections of the southwest and the
cities of Shreveport, Baton Rouge and
Crowley, In western Louisiana, are com
pletely cut off from wire connection of any
kind. Rain Is falling; In New Orleans,
Mobile and Montgomery, accompanied by
falling temperature. )
In west Tennessee Mid Mississippi the
temperature has been about stationary dur
ing the last twenty-four hours, ranging In
the various localities from IS to 27 degrees
above sero. The wires of the telegraph
and telephone companies remain In a state
of demoralization and telegrams and news
dispatches are received subject to Indefinite
delay.
Reports from Waco and southern Texas
state that the temperature Is slowly rising.
Rains have set In and It la feared the pre
cipitation will be followed by a freeze. The
city of Natches, Miss., has been without
wire communication since Saturday and the
dally papers are Issuing their editions with
out the usual news from the world at large.
LATE TRAINS DELAY MEMBERS
South Dakota Legislators Assemble
Too Late to Tra mart Much
Business.
PIERRE, S. D., Feb. 7. (Special Tele
gram.) The State Board of Charities and
Corrections will meet In this city tomor
row to confer with the governor and legis
lators In regard to establishing a shirt fac
tory at the penitentiary as a project which
can be Installed at less cost, in shorter
time and give more men work' than would
a twine plant.
. On account of delayed r)ns the tngMa
tors did not get back from their vacation
until late this afternoon and all that was
attempted by either house was the intro
duction of a few new bills.
In the senate Dillon presented a resolu
tion memorallzlng congress for a constitu
tional amendment for the control of trusts
and monopolies, and a -bill legalizing assess
ments under the present revenue raw; by
Stoddard, to give landlords a Hen on grow
ing crops; and by Cook, to appropriate for
a deficiency of $47 at the reform school. .
The 'new house bills were by Lee, to
amend the law In regard to service of exe
cutions, it being claimed that the law as
it stands does not provide for serving of
executions upon real estate; by Parmley,
for the appointment of a state agent to be
under control of the State Board of Chari
ties and Corrections, and one providing that
for incorporation purposes a town must
have a population of not less than 200, or
fifty voters; by Powell, by request, pro
viding for a state inspector of Intoxicating
liquors at a salary of 41,000 a year, and
making it a misdemeanor to sell adulter
ated intoxicating liquors.
MRS. DUKEI$ RELEASED
New York Authorities Are Notified
That She Is Not Wanted
In Texas.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Mrs. Alice Webb
Duke was discharged from custody when
arraigned' in police court today, after hav
ing been held a prisoner at the request
of the authorities of Nacogdoches county,
Toxas, who had notified the local authori
ties that they had an Indictment against
her. An assistant district attorney told
the court today that the Texas authorities
did not Insist that Mrs. Duke be held for
extradition.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. Charles F. Taylor,
business partner of Mrs. Alice Webb Duke,
was arraigned In court here today, charged
with swindling B. A. Blount of Nacog
doches, Texss, out of 13,000. Pending the
arrival of officers from Texas the case, at
the request of the police, was continued
until February 14. '
German I'rtnre It Better.
BERLIN, Feb. 7.-Prlr.ce iMtel Friedrioh
has so far recovered from his attack of
pneumonia that his physicians announced
today that no further bulletin will be
issued.
OIL REFINERY FOR KANSAS
Senate Reports a Bill for the Con
struction n State
Plant.
TOPEKA, Feb. 7. The Kansas senate
sitting as a committee of the whole today
recommended for passage the bill provid
ing for the establishment of a state oil
refinery at a cost of $410,000. The bill will
pass the senate tomorrow mornlifg and
will then be submitted to the house. The
friends of the measure claim a majority
for it In the house. A number of members
of the house hitherto regarded as support
ers of the refinery scheme have come eut
against It. Its passage, therefore, is not
at all certain. The Standard Oil company
Is opposing the bill.
BURGLAR'S ARTISTIC TASTE
Porter Packs Forty Thousand Dol
lars Worth of Paintings Prepar.
story to Hauling Away.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-A man giving his
name as William Oreseh, a porter, win
arrested tonight In the art galleries of
Julius Oehme on Fifth avenue, where, the
police say, hs had gathered about 140,000
worth of oil paintings, preparatory to hav
ing them hauled away, lie waa locked up
on a charge of burglary. The police ex
press the belief that Drench Is an art lover,
who knows the value of paintings, for when
he was Interrupted tonight it was found
that the most valuable of Mr. Oehme's
collection had been set aside.
Homesteaders How Have Until May 1 in
Which to Make Settlement.
Bearing on alaskan railway project
Number of Nebraska People Are In
terested In Company Which
Seeks Right to Construct
One of the Lines.
(From a Staff Correspondent.) (
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. (Special Tele
gram.) The president today signed the bill
granting an extension of time to claimants
In which to make settlement on lands 011
the Rosebud reservation In Gregory county,
South Dakota, and also on the Devil's lake
reserve In North Dakota. The bill affects
all who filed prior to November 1. 1904, and
extends the time for making settlement to
Majr 1.
Hearing; In Alaskan Railroad.
The house committee on territories today
gave a hearing to persons Interested In
railway legislation In Alaska. The Joint
resolution presented some time ago extend
ing the time In which to construct the
Akron, Sterling Northern railway, to
gether with a bill to aid In the construc
tion of a line of railroad from V&ldes to
Eagle City, Alaska, were particularly con
sidered, the Incorporators of the last named
railroad being Henry Bratnober of Cali
fornia, Charles F. Manderson, James K.
Kelby and George W. Holdrege of Ne
braska; George C. Hazlett of Alaska, Wil
liam Todd of New York and Edward Gil
lette of Wyoming. At the hearing this
morning there were present on behalf of
the Holdrege proposition Senator Dietrich,
George C. Hazlett, Henry Bratnober and
David H. Mercer, all of whom made state
ments In relation to the legislation de
sired. Tomorrow morning the senate committee
on territories will take up these Alaska
bills and In addition to those mentioned
who will appear for the Holdrege road, to
be known aa the Transatlantic Railroad
company, are James IS. Kelby, assistant
general attorney for the Burlington, and
Edward Glllett, superintendent of the
Sheridan branch of the Burlington. Mr.
Kelby arrived in Washington this morning,
his train being several hours late owing to
the intense cold weather.
George C. Hazlett, who Is one of the in
corporators of the Transalaska road and
who has resided in Alaska for a number
of years, formerly lived at O'Neill, Neb.,
and was connected with the chicory fac
tory at that place. Mr. Hazlett Is a can
didate for United States marshal under the
bill dividing the central part of that terri
tory into two Judicial districts.
Candidates for West Point.
Congressman Burkett has appointed as
alternates to West Point John Carmack of
Plattsmouth and Vogel Gettler of Lincoln.
Mr. Burkett nominated Maxwell V. Begh
tol of Bennett aa principal some days ago.
. Chance for Martin Bilk
Congressman Martin stated today that he
had received assurances from Speaker Can
non that he would recognise him to call
up the 640-acre bill for the great Sioux
reservation. . Recognition would have .been
accorded. Jdr'. Martin -on -Monday,. It. being
suspension- uay. but the bill opening th
Shoshone reservation In Wyoming - Con
sumed all the time, and it is now probable
that tha Martin bill will have to go over
until another suspension day, which will
be a week from next Monday.
Senator Millard was before the sub-committee,
on Indian affairs of the senate
today regarding the Item In the Indian bill
appropriating $10,000 for the warehouse at
Omaha. The senator was assured by the
subcommittee that the amendment would
be restored. It does seem Impossible to
have this amendment go through without
some objection at every session of congress,
Ross Case Is Closed.
J. E, Ross of Fremont, formerly Indian
school teacher at Genoa, Neb., who was
deposed from his place on complaint of
business men of Genoa through letters to
Senator Millard, Is asking to have his case
reopened. Senator Millard transmitted the
letters to Mr. Leupp, commissioner of In
dian affairs, who stated today that the
decision of his predecessor In the case
of Mr. Ross, would have to stand and re
fused to reopen the case.
Congressman McCarthy introduced a bill
today establishing that portion of the
boundary line between South Dakota and
Nebraska south of Union county, South
Dakota.
Postal Matters.
Wyoming postmasters appointed: Alta
mont, Uinta county, Frank L. Graham,
vice John A. Gordon, resigned.' Coma, Car
bon county, Thaddeus L. Snook, vice
Daniel H. McGrath, resigned.
Rural carriers appointed: Iowa Alex
ander, route No. 2, Fred M. Glllett, car
rier; Alvah A. Glllett, substitute. South
Dukotar-Milbank, route No. 3, Edwin S.
Van Walker, carrier; Sarah E. Van Walker,
substitute.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
now and Warmer Wednesday Thurs
day Fair.
Temperature at Omnha lesterdayt
CT'LLOM FAVORS THE MEASURE
Illinois Senator Approves Provisions
' of Proposed Freight Rate BUI.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ..-Senator Cullom,
formerly chairman of the senate committee
on Interstate commerce, favors the passage
by the senate of the Esch-Townsend bill
for the regulation of railroad rates. He so
expressed himself today to the Illinois con
gressional delegation and the members of
the Illinois Manufacturers' association who
are here urging rate legislation.
Senator Cullom said he was not ready
to declare the bill perfect, but as the
house had given the question thorough con
sideration and. as the senate will not have
time to revise the measure,' It should be
given to the country for trial.
NAMED FIRST GOVERNOR GENERAL
Luke E. Wright Has Title as Head
of the Philippine Government.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Luke E. Wright
of Tennessee Is the first American citizen
to bear the title of governor general in the
Philippines. The Philippine bill, signed by
the president yesterday, authorized ths
change of the title he now holds, namely,
civil governor of the Philippines. Secre
tary Taft today sent the following cable
gram to the new governor general:
I salute and congratulate the first Ameri
can governor general of the Philipplna
islands and wish for him the same success
which has attended his administration as
cllvl governor.
COODJOW RESIGNS FROM OFFICE
Consul Oeaeral at Shanghai Will
Quit the Last of March.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.-John Goodnow.
consul general at Shanghai, called at the
State department today and after a con
ference with Assistant Secretary Pierce It
waa announced that the consul general had
tendered his resignation, to take effect
March 31.
Mr. Goodnow will return to Shanghai to
turn over the business to his successor and
will remain In China to engage In private
business. His successor as consul general
at Shanghai has not yet been named.
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FIND ANOTHER "BLUEBEARD"
Chicago Police on Trail of Man Who
Followed Alleged Practice
of Hoeh.
CHICAGO. Feb. 7. The Chronicle today
says that there Is another matrimonial
Juggler In Chicago like Johann Horn, who
may soon be established through a dis
covery made by the police. This discov
ery necessitating checking off one of the
many aliases alleged to have been used
by Hoch, under which name he was re
ported to have married Mrs. Mary Bchultz
of Argos, Ind., In 1900, a woman who has
never been seen nor heard of since the
month after her marriage. Other of his
aliases may be checked off In the same
way later.
Albert Bushelberg, or Bihherg, Is the
name which Hoch was befTeved to havo
once used The police have learned that
another man, also a German, who adver
tised for wives In German newspapers on
the Hoch plan, used this alias. This
man Is now In Chicago and is declared to
be married to a woman whom he met by
means of an advertlserrent In the news
papers and through communication with
employment agencies.
Inspector Shlppy, who found Bushleberg
an dtalked with him, has begun an' In
vestigation Into the Argos case. He Is
satisfied Hoch never used the alias and
has evidence to prove that a man now
under surveillance, advertised and wrote
letters to women In Chicago, representing
himself as Albert Bushleberg.
Curtailing the Hoch list of forty wives
already has been begun by the police.
When the process Is over It Is expected
that there will remain about ten women
who can be Identified positively as having
been married to Hoch.
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 7. Governor Hlg
gins today granted the requisition of the
the governor of Illinois for the extradition
of Johann Hoch, the alleged bigamist, who
Is under arrest In New York City.
GOMPERS COURTS INSPECTION
President of American Federation of
Labor Calls "Bluff" of
I'nlon Tailor. ,
BLOOMINGTON, 111., Feb. 7.-When
Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, finished a speech
of thirty minutes to the national conven
tion of tailors, Delegate Herman Nehus
of Pittsburg arose and said that there
was some doubt as to whether Mr. Gom
pers. was wearing clothes with the union
label and moved that a committee be ap
pointed to Investigate. . . . .
v The1 motion "caused a storm of protest,
but Mr. Gompers quieted the delegates
and suggested to the convention that
Nehus be appointed a committee of one
to Investigate. The convention shouted
its approvel and Gompers advanced to
the front of the platform and pointing to
Nehus, urged him to come forward, at
the same time opening his coat, as if to
display the label. Nehus remained In his
seat and the delegates yelled In derlson.
Mr. Gompers then explained that every
article of clothing he wore bore the union
label.
The Journeymen Tailors of America today
voted down the proposition submitted by
the socialists In tho form of preamble
to the constitution, which waa an en
dorsement of the national socialist party,
the vote being 102 to 28.
The Journeymen Tailors' International
convention today decided to elect the presi
dent of the organization by a referendum
vote. Heretofore tho secretary-treasurer
has been the sole executive officer.
ENTIRE COLLEGE QUARANTINED
Smallpox Breaks Ont Among Stu
dents at Gettysburg, Paw Many
Attempt to Escape.
GETTYSBURG, Pa., Feb. The entire
student body of Gettysburg college was
placed under quarantine today because of
the discovery of smallpox In the Institu
tion. Two freshmen, Roy W. Stambaugh
of Perry county and Ralph Zimmerman
of Somerset, were strlckrn with the disease
and the Board of Health deputized a large
force of men to guard the dormitories.
Before their arrival, however, more than
100 students had fled from the college,
many of them leaving the building by way
of the fire escapes, while others Jumped
from the windows.
A few of the students left town Immedi
ately, but the greater number remained
here, expecting to board later trains. They
were all apprehended by the authorities
and returned to the dormitories.
All places of amusement and schools
have beun closed-
BRYAN TAKES SPECIAL TRAIN
Nebraskan Makes Quick Trip to In
diana to Fill a Lectnre
Engagement.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 7. In order to fill en en
gagement to address an audience at New
Harmony, Ind., more than 150 miles from
Bt. Louis, , tonight. William J. Bryan, who
arrived hare, late today, was compelled to
hire a special train on the Louisville &
Nashville road. He had telegraphed ahead
and made arrangements, and when he ar
rived on the Burlington road his special
was waiting. He was transferred imme
diately and the special pulled out with
orders to run to Mount Vernon, the nearest
point to New Harmony, without a stop.
After leaving the yards of East St. Louis
the run of 143 miles was made In a little
over three hours. Word was received here
that at Mount Vernon a carriage was wait
ing and Mr. Bryan waa driven eight miles
to New Harmony In time to fulfill his en
gagement. Movements of Ocenn Vessels Feb. T.
At New York Arrived: Armenlsn. from
Liverpool; Hellg Olav, from Copenhagen.
Hailed: Deutschland. for Naples: Klner
Wllhelm der Grouse, for Bremen; Pallumza,
for Hamburg; Hlavotila, for Naples.
At Glasgow Arrived : Astoria, from New
York.
At Rotterdum Arrived: Rhyndum, from
New Yuri?.
Al Madeira Arrived : Moltke, from New
York.
At Yokohama Arrived: Empress of
Jrtpun. from Vancouver
At Algiers Arrived: Romanic, from lioa
ton. At font del Gudu Balled; Canopic, for
Boston,
WORK FOR THE LOBBY
Eqm Now Hai Anti-Pats and Maximum
Bate Bills Before It,
REPUBLICAN FATHERS BERGE MEASURE
No One but Railway Employes to Be Per
mitted to Bide Free.
COMMITTEE REPORTS ON FREIGHT RATES
Ten Per Oent Seduction Made on Certain
Specified Commodities.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE DEBATE IN HOUSE
BUI Requiring; Its Practitioners ta
fa Esnmlnatlon Reported foe
Passage by the Committee
of the Whole.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feb. 7.-(8peclal.)-With an
anti-pass bill and a maximum freight rata
bill before tho legislature the railroad
lobby, that up to this time has had little
to keep It buy, may now have an op
portunity to earn Its wages. George W.
Berge's anti-pass bill was Introduced In
the house this morning by Harmon of
Saunders, and a maximum freight rate
bill, prepared by Foster of Douglas, Davis
of Buffalo and Junktn of OoFper, the spe
cial committee appointed by the speaker
pursuant to the Foater resolution, was In
troduced. 1
The Bee already has fully described the
Berge bill. It prohibits the line of passes
by private citizens as well as public offi
cials, restricting their use in fact to actual
railroad employes, attaches a fine of from
$M to 1500 or imprisonment In the county
Jail for six months or the penitentiary
for two years for Its violation, reduces the
fare to 2H cents a mile for adults and 1
cent for children under 12 years' of age,
constitutes the state auditor and treasurer
a board to receive the filing every six
months by each railroad of Its actual list
of employes and attaches a fine to the
railroad not so complying of from $1,000 to
15.000.
Berge, It will be observed, picked out a
republican to Introduce his bill.
The freight rate bill picks out a list of
staple articles .and decreases the cost of
transportation on an average of 10 per
cent. RallrondB seeking redress under tho
bill must bring their suits In counties and
not the state courts. The committeemen
felt that, after as comprehensive a study
of the situation as possible within the time
allotted, It could do no better than offer
thlH bill. It did not attempt to revise the
rates on every article of commerce, be
lieving that to be useless or at least Im
practicable. ,
Text of Rate BUI.
Following is the full text of the blU:
Section 1 It shall be the duty of every
railroad company operating and doing busi
ness In the ntute of Nebraska, within ten
days after this act goes Into effect, to file
with the secretary of slate of the state of
NebrnHka a true statements under oath, of
UIV ,,.- in' ti.il r- 'j 1 . , 1 1 f J "Bu will
pany between stations in Nebraska, for the
transportation of every article of freight on
Jnnuary 1, 19o8.
Sec. 2 It shall be unlawful for any rail
road company to charge or receive for the
transportation of the following articles be
tween station In the state of Nehraslfa a
higher rate than 10 per cent less than the
rata in force or charged by said company
for the same or like service on tho 1st dnv
of Janur.ry. 1005: Cattle, horses, mules,
sheep, hogs, poultry, corn, wheat, oats,
barley, rye, meal, bran, split ground peas,
beets, potntoes, turnips, onions, hay of all
kinds, fresh fruit of all klnda, lumber, coal,
flour, brick, stone and cement.
Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any rail
road company to charge or receive for the
transportation of any article of freight be
tween stations In Nebraska, not mentioned
In section 2 of this act. a higher rate than
the rate In force or charge by such com
pany for the same or like service on the 1st
dnv of January, 1905.
Sec. 4 It shall be unlawful for any rail
road company operating and. doing business
in the Htate of Nebraska to charge or re
ceive for the transportation of freight for
any specific distance within said state a
greater sum than It charges or receives for
u greater distance.
Sec. R. Any person who shall make oath
or affirmation to any fnlse Information In
anv statement reouired by section 1 of this
act shnll be guilty of perjury, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished ac
co'd'ngly. Sec. 6. The secretary of state sha'l keen
on file In his office all statements reqti're.1
by section 1 of this net. Upon ronitrat of
snv one paying the legal fes the soretHrv
of state, under his offlc'il seal shall certlfr
to any Information coptii nel In nuy of such
statements, snd the 'tiformntHn thils au
thenticated shall be admittcl In evidence
In anv court of competent lorlsdlctlnn in
the Mate of Nebraska; but the flirts mar
also be proven by any other competent evi
dence. Sec. 7.-Anv railroad "omninv 'jr rrrr
or e-rnnt thereof who vlnl.Ves or evades any
of the nrovlalons of this net shnll be liable
to th neraon Injured for -ill .timige mil.
ta'ned by reaaon of such vlolatliii.
Sec. ..Anv rall-ond remmny or officer
or eient thereof who vlolif's any nrovl-lon
of th! net nhnll non conviction thereof he
fined for each ofensc In tr.v sum nut ex
ceeding HO) nor lens than $50.
Debate on Medical BUI.
The house today was the soen of an ani
mated debate over the McMullen medical
bill, which requires Christian Science prac
titioners to pass an examination tiefore thu
State v Board of Health. The debate was
among the most spirited of the session and
was listened to by crowded galleries. At Its
conclusion the committee of the whole rec
ommended the bill for passage.
SPIRITED HHSSION OP TUB IIOl'SB
Christian Science Healers the Toplo
of Debate.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 7. (Special Telegram.)
After one of the most sharply contested
tights of the session, lasting far several
hours, In tho presence of a full member
ship and crowded lobbies and galleries con
taining scores of Christian Scientists, tha
ho uso in committee of the whole this even
ing recommended for passage the McMul
len bill, compelling the practitioners' of
Christian Science to pass the ssme exami
nation before the State Board of Health
which medical physicians are required ti
pass. Opponents of the bill pronounced
the measure a stroke at religious liberty,
while friends of the measure declared it
waa legislation to compel medical phy
sicians and others to posresi certain quali
fications before practicing' medicine or the
cure of human disease.
McMullen, Barloo, Wilson, McAllister and
Jones spoke for the bill and Jackson,
Dodge, Clarke, Windham and Parses
against It.
The house convened at 10 o'clock this
morning and passed H. R. 28, by Perry of
Furnas, authorizing county attorneys ' to
file complaints when they are satisfied that
the evidence at hand will warrnnt a con
viction. 11. R. 121, by MtClay of Lanrts
ter, prohibiting tho wearing of badges unlet-
belonging to orders or societies en
titling t lie weurer to vurh badges.
II. H. KS. by Mi Kllilnney of Burt, giving
an asHiatnnt to county Judges in counlex
over lO.CoO popiilnllon, wus defeated by a
vote of 4'J to 40.
A spirited dvbate ensued on IL R. II, by
