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RIOTING IN POLAND
t Soldien Open Fin Upon Striking Emdter
j Worker at SoraoTice,
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HUNDRED MElj REPORTED KILLED
Btrikers Attempt to Pat Out Fires in
Fumacei of Iron Works.
GREAT
EXCITEMENT AT LODZ
Threat to Close Mi idefinitely if Work
UBot&ei I Monday.
STRIKE 1$ RESUMEl ST. PETERSBURG
Pnttlofl ana Fru Russian Work
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WABSAW, Feb. wr Over 100 strikers
were killed or wounded by the military at
the conflict which took place at the Kath
erlnen Iron works at Sosnovlce yesterday
evening. The strikers were attempting to
f put out the fire In a furnaoe of the smelting
I depurlmcnt of the works, when troop ap
peared and a eopnict ensuea. m buiuicib
fired three volleya and finally scattered the
workmen.
BOSNOyiCE. Feb. 10. On Thursdey a
mob Invaded the yard of the Katherlnen
worka, demanding that the workmen In
charge of the electrical machinery there
Join in the strike. A company of soldiers
intervened and a Polish olllcer repeatedly
called upon the people to disperse. They
refused to leave unless they were accom
panied by the workmen. It la said that a
rioter menaced the officer with a knife,
whereupon be gave the order to fire, with
the result that twenty-eight persons, In
cluding a high school pupil who waa pass
ing, fell dead, and thirty-six were severely
wounded. The Wounded were removed to a
hospital, where five of Unm have died. A
number of others were allghtly wounded.
Many were wounded In the back and evi
dently they were trying to escape.
A large quantity of dynamite haa been
stolen from the explosive stores of the
mines. It Is supposed, by strikers.
Labor Upheaval Renewed.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 10. 11 p. m. St.
Petersburg la again face, to face with a re
newal of the labor upheaval, the Immediate
Incitement being the 'failure of the work
men to secure payment for the time they
were out on strike, added to the fact that
there has been no adjustment of the de
mands that led to the strike last month.
The Piitlloff Iron works, where the for
mer strike originated. Is playing the prin
cipal part, i There are8o,000 workmen al
rendy but within the metropolis, and work
men n't the torpedo factory in Kolplno,
eighteen miles distant, have Joined the
strikers. There I a strong prospect of the
movement extending.
Only energetic measures by the troops
and police prevented the resumption today
r.t h tnrmar tiriln nf the atrlkera march-
. lni-Xrc;n.fj,c,tflrj,ta5.0r nd Inducing- or
tTrdMlltrrr'nya to lay, down their
tools. Tnus rar inert nas oeen no uuoruir
lr St. Petersburg and tho authorities ap
pear to. hnve the situation well In hand In
thin respect. ' It Is generally believed that
such precautions have been take'n as will
preclude th- repetition of the bloodshed of
January I!. However, circumstantial re
port stating that the revolutionary element
la about1 to Join with the strikers and resort
to bomb throwing are causing grave appre
hension. ' '
The workmen today held a number of or
derly meetings In open fields and big as
semblages are scheduled for tomorrow.
Trouble Expected Snndar.
Sunday will be tho crucial time. The posi
tion of the workmen la' distinctly weaker
thnn It was three weeks ago. for they are
Without money, while the authorities are
not repeating the mistake of under-estimating
the gravity of the movement nor
neglecting precautlona.
1 , Father Qopon a organisation sun exists,
but secretly, and It Is less effective. On
iZfr the other hand, the employers realise the
Importance of prompt settlement of the
workmen's grievances, but have allowed
weeks to slip by without deciding on com
' blned action. A few have made conces.
Ions, but the majority have refused, as
serting that to allow the demands of the
workmen would mean bankruptcy for the
employers, and have resigned themselves
to the care of the government. They ap
pear to think the government la trying
to make them ahoulder the onus of aettling
a political difficulty and have appointed
a committee to draw up a memorial to
Finance Minister Kokovsoff setting forth
the position that the government's per
elftent effort to conciliate the men haa not
borne the expected fruit and that tho anger
caused by the eventa of January 23 haa
been augmented by the delay in settling
their grievances.
Reports from many factories show that
the hands are ripe for trouble and likely
to strike.
Father Oopon's organisation Is reported
to have appointed thirty-three delegates
to , request Governor General Tropoff to
permit the workmen to send another repre
sentative delegation to set Emperor Nich
olas and present a program of labor re
forms, and In case of refusal of thia re
quest to repeat the attempt to march to
the palace square. But there la no con
firmation of thia report and It la ex
tremely doubtful whether the men can
be induced to re-enact their part In the
tragedy of January 22.
Demands of the Strikers.
The dispute at Putlloft Iron works centers
In the question of hours. The men, since
the resumption of Work there, have been
qujttlng at the end of eight hours. The
manager ordered a proportionate reduotlon
ofi their puy. and yesterday posted notices
threatening dismissal Jf the men did not
work jibe regular time, ten and one-half
hours. The men ' tore down the notices
and this morning delivered their ultimatum
of eight hours wtth'no reduction of wages.
Tho manager refused to concede the de
mand and the entire works were deserted
within one hour. The strikers Induced the
employes of a neighboring chemical works
an a sugur factory to Join them and the
ar works and other establishments In the
ueghborhood are already Idle.
'The accessions to the ranks of the strik
ers! have reduced to' Idleness the entire
rsg'on between the Moscow and the Narva
gates, except the Russo-Amerlcan Rubber
woiks and one other factory. The scenes
In phis vicinity resemble those of the
troublesome times In January.
Strikers Are Orderly.
Bt 'ong guards at the principal roads pre
vented strikers from passing out In bodies
to proselyte the workmen of other quarters.
Tho workmen have been orderlv h-
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troops nave aepi ine roans clear, but have
""Hf not molested gatherings of workmen In the
AMERICAN TALKS OF PLAN
aye International Chamber of Agrl
ealtare Will Make for Sta
bility of Prices.
ROME, Feb. 10. David Lubln of Sacra
mento, Cel., who haa been staying here for
some months perfecting the plans for the
establishment of an International chamber
of agriculture, speaking today to the cor
respondent of lhe Associated Press, said:
"I do not wish to be Interviewed, aa any
thing coming from a single person will
diminish the Importance of the scheme
which Is and must remain the Initiative of
King Victor Emmanuel, who has divined
j the true needs of the people throughout the
world and who will become one or tne
greatest sovereigns In his territory if the
project Is carried out successfully."
Mr. Lubln haa had numerous interviews
with Minister of the Treasury LuzzatU
and prominent economists and agricul
turalists. In a report on the subject Mr.
Lubln says:
The purpose of the International cham
ber of agriculture Is not to create abnor
mal conditions, but to bring about and
maintain as normal conditions which ure
now abnormal. No consumer should ob
ject to pay normal prices, even If aome
of them be higher tlmn tho now preva
lent. If consumers understood the reason
for this they would not only consent to
pay normal prices, but would eagerly desire
It, as In the end prices would become
equalized.
Asked It the end sought In the proposed
chamber waa not already made by the
Department of Agriculture. Mr. Lubln an
swered: "No, because the thousands of documents
and facts from throughout the world are
too numerous to be mastered by a minister
of agriculture, he having no means at his
control to establish the authenticity of
the facta, his Jurisdiction being boundod by
his own nation and his powers being lim
ited and prescribed by law. He also has
no power to Influence other nations, which
acts and reacts upon his own nation; for
instance. In America the Department of
Agriculture is unable tt abolish the evil
tendencies of trusts, combines and mergers,
which made American agriculturalists loBe
$700,000,000 last year. But an International
chamber could do more than this."
The whole press comments enthusiastic
ally on the project of King Victor Em
manuel to establish an International cham
ber of agriculture. The Capitale says:
We cannot refrain from manifesting our
pride as Italians in a fact which will make
the name of King Victor K.mmunuel ap
plauded from the Italian frontier to the
country of Qeorge Washington.
GERMAN STRIKE WILL BE RESI MKD
Action of Operators ia Blacklisting
Men Causes Great Indignation.
BERLIN, Feb. 11. The morning news
papers today print dispatches from Bocura
and Essen which indicate that the resump
tion of the coal miners' strike Is highly
probable. Bocum dispatches say news was
reaching the headquarters of the socialist
labor unions all the afternoon yesterday of
the blacklisting of men by the mine owners
and that thousands of men were turned
away with the declaration that they never
again would be given work. Some of the
mines also are attempting to enforce re
duced wages as a penalty for striking. The
miners are greatly incensed.
An Essen dispatch says that at a meeting
of miners Friday evening, Herr Hue, a
member of the Reichstag, gave out the
watchwords "The. strike .must-continue.".
The Berlin newspapers condemn the ac
tion of the 'mine owners as an incredible
pieoe of folly.
ESSEN, Prussia. Feb. 10. The situation
In the coal mine strike district is very much
confused. Some mines report scarcely any
Increase in the number of operatives return
ing to work at the midday shift, while oth
ers announce a great Increase, . At Krupp's
mines two-thirds of the men are working.
Other mines have applications from great
numbers of returning operatives. Even in
the districts where miners' meetings voled
to stay out. It Is believed the strike will
crumble away In a few days.
Several cases of minor troubles were re
ported today. The most serious of these
was at the Prosper mine In Bottrop, where
strikers stoned operatives who were return
ing to work. t The gendarmerie interfered
and received a shower of stones. One miner
was severely wounded with a bullet and is
reported to have died later. Another was
badly hurt by 'a atone. At the Neumuehle
mine this morning the gendarmerie dis
persed a gathering of miners. Trouble Is
anticipated there tomorrow.
Later Information from the miners' even
ing meetings show that many have agreed
to stay out. The committee of seven will
hold a conference tomorrow to take action
with reference td companies who refuse to
reinstate miners who have been on strike.
There are so many cases, the committee
asserts, that the strike Is becoming a lock
out. The miners say they expected that
some men would be blacklisted, but were
wholly unprepared to see thia in the dimen
sions shown today. Many miners have also
been heavily fined. Owing to this situation
It is said the committee probably will order
a renewal of the strike.
(Continued ou Becond Page.)
Trhertkoff Is Rot Dead.
WARSAW, Feb. jn.-The report of the
death of Governor General Tchertkoff
(published by the London papers, tjils
morning) is unfounded. He continues to
receive reports and sign documents as
usual.
GREASON MAKES AN APPEAL
Attorneys for Negro Sentenced to
Hang; with Mrs. Edwards Appears
Before Supreme Coart,
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10. Attorneys
representing Samuel Greason, a negro who,
with Mrs. Kate Edwards Is condemned to
be hanged at Reading next Thursday for
the murder of Mrs. Edwards' husband,
came from Reading today to lay before
the supreme court a petition asking that
Creation's cum be reopened snd sent back
to the Berks county court for retrial.
The petition Is bused on a confession
made by Mrs. Edwards on Thursday. Ac
companying the petition is an affidavit
made by the Woman, In which ahe swears
that Greason "Is entirely Innocent of said
crime; that he had no knowledgo of the
perpetration thereof and did not In any
way, manner or form participate therein."
Greason has been respited more than a
dozen times and the death warrant has
been read to him twelve times.
WILL PUSH USE OF COTTON
Former Senator Mcl.aarla Will Ask
President to Aid Soatbern
Planters' Crop.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 10. Former
1'nlted Btstes Senator McLaurin of South
Carolina, chairman of the committee ap
pointed by the Southern Interstate Cotton
convention to wait on President Roosevelt
snl ask him to form a commission to In
troduce American cotton into the Orient
unl other undeveloped markets, will visit
tho president February SO.
genator McLaurln says that if China may
he Induced to use American cotton, it is
not unreasonable to believe that 23,000,')
bales of the American crop will b con
sumed after five years.
DOUSE STANDS BY ITS BILL
i
Statehood Measure Cannot Pass Unless
Senato Beoedes from Iti Amendments.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS TAKES ACTION
Resolution Adopted Binding All
Members to Refnse to Vote for
Bill In Its Present
Shape.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-8tatehood for
Oklahoma and New Mexico will not be
granted during this session of- congress
unless It be on lines provided In the house
statehood bill.
This was decided today at a conference
of republican members of the house. The
following resolution setting forth this po
sition waa adopted, 112 to S3, after three
hours of debate:
Resolved. That It Is the sense of this
conference that the action and policy of
the republican caucus held April 16, 1904,
touching the admission of Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory as one state and New
Mexico and Arizona as one state, aa pro
vided in the bill of the houce. No. 14748,
which bill has been amended by tho senate
and is now pending In the house committee
on territories, be insisted upon, and that
we insist on such parliamentary proceed
ings as can be had bv a majority of the
Miouse. or a special order aa can be made
ana aaoptea oy a majority or me nouse,
under which the aforesaid policy of the
republicans of the house will be worked
out.
Cannon Writes Resolution.
Speaker Cannon la the author of this res
olution. When the conference convened
three proposals were laid before It, none
of which was adopted. The first was a
resolution offered by Mr. Dalzell reciting
the history of the statehood legislation In
the house and reaffirming the caucus action
taken at that time. Another was a reso
lution by Mr. Sibley of Pennsylvania pro
viding that the statehood bill be made the
subject of conference between the two
houses. The third was an amendment, to
this resolution offered by Mr. Tawney,
adding that in such conference the house
conferees be instructed to Insist on the
house provisions of the bill.
Delegate Rodey of New Mexico made a
strong appeal for concurrence In the sen
ate bill. He, however, did not make any
motion to this end. Other speeches were
made by Representatives Dalzell (Pa.) and
Hamilton (Mich.), chairman of the com
mittee on territories.
Delegate McGuIre of Oklahoma pleaded
for action whereby at least Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory might be admitted.
Speaker Cannon occupied the floor at length
on two different occasions. Other speakers
were Representatives Hepburn,. Tawney,
Burkett, Needham, Brick and Gaines.
The debate was keyed to a high pitch at
nil times. The ground was taken by those
who favored the house provisions or noth
ing that the republicans of the body would
be sacrificing their position taken hereto
fore to a few republican senators who had
seen fit to unite with the minority of the
senate if the bill as amended waa accepted.
Caucus Action Binding.
A definition of what Is regarded as the
binding feature of a caucus was made to
those republican members who have Indi
cated an Intention to vote with the detnc-t
crats should opportunity arise for the ac
ceptance of the senate bill. This definition
la thaj: unless 4 member gives notice In
caucus that he will not be bound by the ac
tion taken he must hold himself bound
thereby. At the republican caucus on April
V, when the house bill waa agreed to as
the measure to be supported, there was no
member who Indicated his' unwillingness to
be bound by the caucus. This binding fea
ture of a caucus, It was declared, was In
force throughout the congress In which the
caucus occurs, and the statement was made"
that no republican member of the house
can feel himself free to support the senate
statehood proposition.
There Is some talk among house members
that the senate might accept the house bill
and negotiations with this end In view have
been in progress. To make it impossible for
the house committee to take any action
until some understanding has been reached
the committee at Its last meeting adjourned
to meet at the call of, the chairman, and no
meeting will be held until a call shall be Is
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOCSE
Fonr Hundred and Thirty-Three Pri
vate Pension Bills Passed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. After maintain
ing its record for the rapid disposition of
private pension bills, 433 being paased In an
hour and a half, the house 'today considered
for a short while the bill providing a gov
ernment for the Panama canal zone.
An early adjournment was taken to en
able the republicans to confer on the state
hood bill.
The house passed a bill to provide for a
land district In Wasatch and Uintah coun
ties, Utah.
The bill providing for the government of
the Panama canal zone, which among
other things, abolishes the Panama Canal
commission, was then considered. In ex
plaining the measure Mr. Mann (111.) said
that It was not Intended as a reflection on
the present commission or Its methods, but
that It was necessary to Separate tho en
gineering problems from the administrative
problems In constructing the canal. The
bill, he said, left to the president authority
to continue any of the present commis
sioners as consulting engineers.
Mr. Adamson (Ga.) called attention to
what he termed the Innovation of Chairman
Hepburn In appointing a democratic chair
man of the subcommittee Mr. Shackleford
(Mo.-l thing unprecedented In republican
politics. He did not think the house now
should forestall any action by that sub
committee. "We all endorsed the selection of the
chairman of the subcommittee." said Mr.
Mann, which caused Mr. Williams, minority
leader, to cc.nment that "this universal re
publican approval Is getting too sus
picious." The measure was still under considera
tion when the house adjourned until tomorrow.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE
Hearing; of Evidence In Swayno Im
peachment Proceedings Begins.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The senate to
day began to hear witnesses in connection
with the impeachment proceedings against
Judge Swayne of Florida, and entered on
the real work of the trial. The statement
of the case on behalf of the house waa
made by Manager Palmer, who went over
the various charges against Judge Swayne
and said it was the expectation of the
managera that all of them would be proved.
The witnesses heard today testified con
cerning hotel bills paid by Judge Swayne
while holding court In Texas.
The senate decided to devote the time
between 2 and i o'clock each day to the
6wayne Inquiry.
When the senate convened today there
were three kuti at the table aligned to
(,C'outiuued ou Third Page.)
CONFESSES THIRTEEN WIVES
Horn Says Eight of Ills Spouses Are
Dead, but Ha klenleo Pelsoalng
Any ot Thorn.
CHICAOO, Fob. 14-Confronted by living
witnesses of his alleged duplicity at a
coroner's Investigation today into the death
of Mrs. Walcker Hoch, the next to his
latest wife, Johann Hoch, according to the
police, has admitted his marriage to thir
teen women during the last ten years.
Eight of these women are now dead, but
Hoch declares they died natural deaths
and Is firm In denying that he poisoned
any of them. With the exception of the
Identification of Hoch by several of his al
leged victims, nothing new developed at
today's hearing of the coroner's Jury and
the Inquest will be postponed until Wednes
day. The principal witness at today's ex
amination was Mrs. Fischer Hoch, a sister
of the woman over whom tho Inquest was
held. Hoch waa married to her four days
after the death of Mrs. Walcker Hoch.
Two photographs of Hoch, sent to Ger
many by the police officials, have been re
turned with the Information that they are
pictures of Jacob Schmidt, who formerly
lived at Bin gen, Germany. One of the
photographs was taken at Wheeling, W.
Va., where Hoch married one of his wives,
and the other was a picture taken on his
release from the Briflewell here In 1899.
Hoch came to the coroner's Inquest today
with several days' growth of beard on his
face. His appearance m anything but
neat. As he entered . the room he looked
neither to the light nor to the left, but
walked to a seat, apparently without see
ing three of his alleged former wives, who
sat In front of blm. !
Frank Spreyne, an undertaker, who pre
pared the remains of tMarle Walcker-Hoch
for burial. Identified Boch as the husband
of the dead woman, j
Hoch today heard lmself for the first
time accused by witnesses and pointed out
to a Jury as a bigamist. Before a big and
curious throng he sat while the manner of
Mrs. Walcker-Hocb'a death was described.
Before entering the July room In the crimi
nal court building, w Here the Inquiry was
held, Hoch confessed,)' the police say, to
having married thirteen of the thirty-nine
women who claim hint as husband. Two
in Milwaukee and twd In Cincinnati were
admitted by him todaj. It Is predicted by
the police that he will own up fully thirty
of them before the inquest with Its attend
ant strain upon him ends. But he holds
firmly to his denial that .he poisoned any
one of them. ;
All along the routs from . the Chicago
avenue police station to the criminal court
building crowds were waiting despite the
cold, as If a big parade was anticipated.
All these people saw waa a covered patrol
wagon. In front of the main entrance to
the criminal court building another thong
was lined up, forming dn avenue through
which Hoch and the police In charge of the
prisoner had to pass. The stairs were
lined with people and on each floor em
ployes of the criminal court building were
waiting for a look at the man who had
courted and married so many wives. Hoch
kept his overcoat collar turned up - and
hung his head. All sorts of remarks were
made about him by the throng, but he
never responded.
The grand Jury room, where the Inquest
was held, was -filled with 'witnesses, offi
cials and newspaper n ps.-wheo iioch, ar
rived. Mrs. Emllle asscbetUloch, his lat
est spouse; Mrs Bertha Sohn, Mrs. Emma
Rencken, one of Koch's "wives" Mrs. Del
Fuego, an Interpreter, and Mrsv , Klippel, a
friend of Mrs. Flscher-Hoch's, were the
only women In the room.
At the Inquest Hoch sat at the bead of a
long table! The good humor that marked
him upon his arrival had departed. He
sat In a dejected attitude with eyes down
cast, rarely looking up.
Hoch waa positively Identified today by
Henry Ness of Cincinnati, O., as a man
who, under the name of Henry F. Hart
mann, was married there July 20, 1897.
This Is a new case, Mrs. Hartmann never
having appeared before In the list of wives.
Hoch was taken to the bureau of Identifi
cation to be photographed and measured as
a confessed criminal.
RED WING, Minn.. Feb. 10. The por
traits of Johann Hoch of Chicago have been
positively identified as "Doctor Hoff," who
resided here In 1897, by Henry Schulenberg,
who occupied a part of the house In which
"Dr. Hoff" lived.
LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. la The police of
Lincoln claim to Identify as Johann Hoch
of Chicago a man who, about eighteen
months ago, under the name of Alfred
Hecht, mnrrled a widow, Mr. Mary Goetz,
In this city. The couple went from here
to California, and at Los Angeles, Mrs.
Goetz asserts, she trusted with the man her
savings, $2,800, after which he deserted her.
She returned to Lincoln and gave the police
a picture of "Hecht," from which the iden
tification was made.
ASK RESPITE FOR RUDOLPH
Objection la Made to Execution of
Murderer of Detective on St,
Patrick's Day.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10,-Efforts are being
made to Induce Governor Folk to change
the date set for the execution of "Bill"
Rudolph to some other day than St. Pat
rick's day. Rudolph was convicted of par
ticipating with his partner, George Col
lins, In the death .of Detective Schumacher
over a year ago near Union, Mo., when
Schumacher trailed them down aa bank
robbers. Collins was hanged last year at
Union shortly after Rudolph had made a
daring escape from the St. Louis Jail. Ru
dolph was finally recaptured at Leaven
worth, Kan., brought back and con
victed. His case was appealed to the su
preme court, which sustained the verdict
of the lower court and Rudolph was re
cently sentenced to be hanged on March
17. Then It was discovered that Rudolph
waa sentenced to die on St. Patrick's day
and sentiment was aroused In his behalf
to the extent of Interceding with Governor
Folk to have the date changed.
Representative J. M. Hennessy, Jr., of St.
Louis placed the matter before the gov
ernor, pointing out that on execution on
Bt. Patrick's day would tend to throw a
spirit of gloom over the day's festivities.
Word was received tonight from Jefferson
City that Governor Folk Is Inclined to
delay the hanging of Rudolph until after
Bt. Patrick's day.
BOB SLED STRIKES TRAIN
One Man and Two Boys Are Instantly
Killed at New Brighton,
Conn,
NEW BRIGHTON. Pa., Feb. 10. A man
end two boys were killed, two boys sre
dying and three more were slightly In
jured as the result of a bobsled's dashing
Into a train tonight. Eight other boys on
the sled eseiped.
The dead
REED H. M'PANIRL.
CHARLES FARROW.
MEP'- SAVIERS.
The d;inj:
Marvin Iniry.
Hubert larruw.
BOODLE CHARGES IN KANSAS
Committee Appointed to Investigate Al
leged Misconduct of Legislators.
OIL REFINERY BILL IS ADVANCED
Friends of tho Measure Win n Vic
tory In Having; It Referred to
the Committee of the
Whole.
TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 10. The house today
adopted resolutions empowering Speaker
Stubbs to appoint a committee of five to In
vestigate charges of alleged boodllug, and
the speaker Immediately named a commit
tee and Instructed It to go to the bottom
of the rumors and report Its findings at
once. The resolution grew out of talk In
dulged In by members during the recent
consideration of the bill to establish a state
oil refinery, and culminated in the publica
tion by a local paper of a story which de
clared that an oil Interest failed to buy the
senate and asked, "Will It succeed In buy
ing the house?"
Following the adoption of the resolution
Speaker Stubbs said:
I should like to see this committee go to
the bottom of things, and If any member
has been guilty of misconduct 1 would like
to see him expelled from the house and his
name bulletined for the benefit of the state.
One of the members of the committee
suggested that the committee be not limited
In Its Investigation snd suggested that
railroad attorneys be brought in and com
pelled to exhibit their pass books and stubs.
"I do not care," said Speaker Stubbs, "the
bridle Is off and you are to go into any
thing you want to. If there is a barrel here
we want to know where It la."
OH Reiner ' Bill.
Previous to the appointment of the In
vestigating committee the supporters of
the measure which provides for the erection
by the state of an oil refinery won a vic
tory for their bill when they secured Its
reference to the committee of the whole.
The measure already had passed the senate
and the vote today referring it to this com
mute Indicates, It Is believed, that it has
enough supporters to insure Its passage by
the house.
Speaker Stubbs, who Is opposed to the re
finery bill, sought to have It referred to the
Judiciary committee, from where Its friends
assert it would never come to light again
this session.
Before action was finally taken there
waa a sensational discussion. One member
had the clerk read the newspaper story
asserting that certain oil Interests were
using money to prevent the passage of
the refinery ,blll and saying that "Some
statesmen are under suspicion."
Representative Haokney, who later was
appointed a member of the Investigating
committee, said: ' .
This Is a reflection upon every gentle
man In this house and it is done to force
you to rush this measure through. The
plan is damnable and the member who
would be Influenced thereby 1b a coward
and poltroon.
Statement by Speaker Stnbbs.
Speaker Stubbs, who took the floor to
move that the bill bo referred to the Ju
diciary committee, said that the bill
brought up a constitutional question and
be was fn-fa var of going alow, until law
yers could give sn opinion on It. Mr.
Stubbs took occasion, to denounce the
Standard Oil company as the . "M.ost das
tardly, fiendish concern In this country,"
and, continuing, said:
It has been hinted In several papers that
I have interests in common with the
Standard OIL The man who uttered such
a statement is an unmitigated and ma
licious liar. I want to say that the action
of the trust in cutting the price of crude
oil is now costing me JI.UOO a month. My
interests as compared with the Interests
of the state, however, are a mere baga
telle and I do not regard them.
After further discussion the bill was re
ferred to the committee of the whole and
It was made a special order for Wednes
day, February 15.
Committee Holds Session.
The legislative committee appointed to
Investigate the rumors of boodllng held a
meeting this evening,' but failed to find
anything on which to base a finding against
any of the representatives. A local news
paper man waa examined. He said the
matter contained in his published account
of the boodllng was only what he had
heard around the hotel corridors and else
where and which waa public property. Tho
committee adjourned to meet next week,
when the railroad attorneys and other sup
posed lobbyists will be summoned to tell
of their methods In Influencing votes. Tho
Investigation Is as much for the purpose
of finding out about what the railroads
are doing as about the oil company.
FATAL WRECK IN MEXICO
Three Persons Killed nnd Several In
jured In Smashnp on Na
tional Railway.
LAREDO, Tex., Feb. 10. In a wreck on
the National Railway of Mexico between
Carleos and La Ventura three persons
were killed and perhaps others were killed
or injured.
A southbound train was making Its way
through the mountains beyond Bantlllo
when It crashed Into a northbound freight
train which had taken a siding. The second
coach, which was used for second and
third-class passengers, was telescoped.
A passenger on an Incoming train tonight
said that one woman, a child and a coal
passer are known to be dead and many
others are supposed to be In the second
class coach, which was surrounded by de
bris. Traffic is delayed on both the cen
tral and northern divisions.
' An express messenger on tonight's in
coming train says that he saw five dead
bodies, those of two women, a child, a coal
passer and the engineer of the freight
train. He said there must be many more
dead or Injured In the second and the
third-class coaches.
MANY EGGS IN COLD STORAGE
Packers Are Said to Have Corner
on Supply of Product In
Chleasro.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10. The Daily News says
It Is estimated that there are 48,000,000 eggs
In cold storage In Chicago. Notwithstand
ing this a famine In the products exists
and householders are paying 48 cents a
dozen. The big meat packers are said to
have a corner on the market. Last spring
when eggs were cheap the meat packers
and a few heavy dealers secured hundreds
of thousands of cases of eggs, which were
st once put away for a time when owing
to natural conditions the market supply of
fresh eggs would be unequal to the de
mand. The eggs were bought at a price
ranging from 16 to 17V cents a dozen.
The representatives of the puckers to
night denied that they had cornered the
egg market. Dealers in eggs upheld the
packers in their statements, declaring that
there were not 1,000 coses of eggs In Chi
cago and that no corner existed.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Saow Saturday and Sunday.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi
Hour. Dear. Hour. Deg.
Sa. m M 1p.m...... it
Ha. m f a p. m a
T a. m to 3 p.m...... 1
Nn. in 1 1 4 p. m 1
O a. n 11 II p. m 9
10 a. m 12 l p. m 1
11 a. m to T p. m
lzn r N p. m O
9 p. m O
Indicates below sero.
STANDARD OIL STRIKES BACK
Nine Hundred Men Out of Work Be
muse of Alleged Adverse
Legislation.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., Feb. lO.-The
Standard OH company haa curtailed its
output In the Kansas field, laying off 900
men indefinitely.
The action la said to be the result of
antagonistic measures passed recently by
the Kansas legislature.
CHANUTE, Kan., Feb. 10. The Prairie
Oil and Gas company (the Kansas name for
the Standard OH company) posted a notice
today that it would purchase no more Kan
sas oil. The Kansas City refinery Is to get
Its supply from the Territory field and the
Neodesha refinery Is to shut down. Until It
does shut down the Territory field will sup
ply the Neodesha refinery also.
All the gaugers have been laid off. All
the plants at Chanute will shut down In
definitely. Hundreds of men will be thrown
out of work, but the operators will take
care of them. The operators say that they
will put still more energy Into the fight for
state lcgltlatlon aa a result of the shutdown.
LIMA, O., Feb. 10. General Manager
O'Day of the Standard OU company's In
terests In Ohio, Indiana and Kansas, con
firms the report that all work for tho
Standard has been ordered stopped In the
Kansas field. In explanation he showed the
following telegram, sent to the heads of all
the departments:
W. J. roung, president of the Prairie Oil
and Gas company, has telegraphed me that
on account of the present agitation in re
gard to our business In Kansas our credit
is being Injured and we are unable to se
cure loans which are necessary for our
company to get In order to carry out the
work we have conteinpluted In taking care
of the oil produced by building tanks and
pipe lines, and we will have to stop all of
the work. Please give Instructions accord
ingly and stop all work In the field that can
be stopped without liability on contracts,
and have it done Immediately. Any con
tracts for tank Iron or pipe purchased
which can be cancelled we will have done
and notify you of the result. There must
be no work done In the field In the way of
Increasing facilities or building of new
tanks. This refers also te pipe lines you
are constructing. Please stop work on
them at once. Give necessary Instructions
by telegraph In accordance with the above
and see that they are carried out.
D. J. O'DAY, General Manager.
GEORGE GOULD COMES WEST
Railway Magnate Says Mlssonrl Pa
cific Did Not S'art Grain
Rate War.
ST." LOUIS. Feb. W.-Mr. George J.
Gould, accompanied by Mrs. Gould, Benja
min Niccolls, R. H. Russell, Mrs. Stewart
and daughter and E. T. Jeffrey, spent to
day la St. Louis and tonight .departed ovrr
the Iron Mountain road for a trip over the
Gould southern properties. The jtrlp may
extend Into Mexloo.
In speaking: of southwestern traffic, Mr.
Gould said:
"Tho earnings of the southwestern lines
are not altogether satisfactory at present,
though I believe the prospects for better
traffic are encouraging. The cause of the
decrease In earnings I ascribe to bad
weather and not to the war In export corn
rates as has been stated. Certainly the Mis
souri Pacific has not lost 1500,000 by the war
as has been intimated by some experts, and
when tho matter is thoroughly sifted I am
sure that It will be found that the Missouri
Pacific did not start the war. I feel reas
onably certain that within a few weeks this
trouble will be settled. If not earlier. I ex
pect to return by way of St. Louis and
when I do I hope to give out Information
regarding the Gould lines in the southwest
which will be of Interest."
Mr. Gould spent most of the day In con
ference with various officials of the Gould
lines here. Asked If any changes were
contemplated, he paid: "I see no reason for
changes In management of the Missouri
Pacific or the Wabash, and certainly don't
expect to make any."
JOHN L. CHALLENGES CORBETT
Larfter Says He Wishes the Veteran
Had Strength and Yonth to
Put Ip a Fight.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20. After an absence of
more than twelve years from the ring,
John L. Sullivan tonight publicly chal
lenged J. J.- Corbott to a return battle.
Sullivan declared his sincerity. "I am on
the level,", he Bald. "I can lick Corbett
and all I ask Is another chance. I am not
all In. Elgh months to train In Is all I
ask. I am willing to fight, winner take all."
In reply to the challenge Corbett tele
grnphed from Cincinnati tonight: "My
answer to Sullivan's challenge Is as fol
lows: I wish he had the health and youth
to be able to fight me or anybody else.
That's all the bad luck I wish the poor old
fellow."
SAYS EXPERTJS MISTAKEN
Colorado Witness Knows 90 Out of
HO Persons Whose Ballots Are
Pronounced Frnudnlent.
DENVER, Feb. 10. James T. Smith, dem
ocrats election clerk In Precinct 6, Ward 1,
testified In the Peabody-Adams gubernato
rial contest today that he knew personally
ninety-six out of 110 persons who were de
clared fraudulent voters by a republican
expert.
The republican and democratic Judges in
the same precinct testified to the hon
esty of the election and stated that the
two supreme court watchers on duty there
were satisfied with the conduct of the
election.
Movements of Ocean Vessels Feb, 10.
At New York Arrived: Slcllla, from
Nnplee: Pretoria, from Hamburg.
At Liverpool Arrived : . Kaltlc, from New
Tork: Ivernla. from Boston.
At Copenhagen Sailed : t'nlted States, for
New York. Arrived: Island, from New
York.
At ovll!e Sailed; Parisian, for St.
John. N. R.
At 1'unchnl Arrived: ruble, from New
York, for Mediterranean rrts. on crul
At C'lls Arrived: Moltke from New
Y'-rk via Funchlon. on cru'se.
t fort rte France ATlve.tr Prllieesln
Vlrtorln Lnl from New York, via St.
Tro on rriilxe.
At Havre Arrived: La Chimp nig no, from
Nnw YnrW
A' Antwerp Arrived: Vaderland. from
N-w Vork
At St. t'lncent Arrived: Nlcnrlo, from
Bnn fV'tno'.rfl.
A London Sailed: Pentav:r, for Sin
...r.,1town Arrived : Etrurla, from
New York.
PLANS FOR A SCHOOL
Eailroad Lobby Baa Task of Creating Hew
Normal at Linoolo, "
BURLINGTON ROAD TO GIVE BUILDING
Badly Damaged by Fire and Beedi Large
Sum to Make it Useful
STATE TO PUT UP QUARTER OF A MILLION
Bill Introduced to Hate Btate Qo Into
Printing Business.
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BRIDGE BILL COMES FROM COMMITTEE
Kew Measure Embodies Many Feat
nres of Kyd BUI and Is Conslda
red to Have a Good
i nance i nssasre.
(From a Staff Correspondent.) '
LINCOLN. Feb. 10. (Special Telegram.).
If the desires and plans of the Burlington
lobby, bucked by the influence of Lancaster
county members and authorities at the
University of Nebraska, prevail this state
will have another large educational Insti
tution, the university a new adjunct and
the city of Lincoln one more extensive
claim for revenue through legislative en
actment. Tho Burlington at present owns the build
ing and site of tho old Western Normal In
the suburbs of Lincoln. The property, con
sisting of the building and 320 acres of
land. Is lying dormant and unoccupied, but
has been platted and laid out Into town
lots all ready for establishing a residence
community. The only thing lacking Is the
population somebody to buy the lots and
build homes on them. As matters stand
there Is no special Inducement to bring
about this result, but It the plan devised
goes through there will be.
Though everyone who might throw light
on this matter is religiously secretive tho
story has leaked out that a proposition Is
to be made to donate to the state the old
normal building, ' which Is In ruins from a
destructive fire, and a little land contigu
ous If the legislature will appropriate suffi
cient funds to rehabilitate the place and
turn It over to the University of Nebraska
for a normal school for the special training
of teachers, the Institution to become part
and parcel of the university. Lancaster
county members of the legislature and uni
versity authorities are said to be energetic
ally promoting this plan.
It is rumored that the proposition hag
been BUbsMtted quietly to the house finance,
ways and means committee, or at least to
certain members, but this cannot bo veri
fied. Chairman Wilson of this committee
Informed a correspondent for The Bee to
day that he did not know of the plan.
Plan' Is Expensive.
A legislator who generally figures on tho
conservative side of all propositions ven
tures the assertion that to put this old
normal building Into proper shape for us
aa a modern educational Institution, ' such
aaHs proposed' and to provide funds for Its
main tens noe for the 'first btenntam,' the leg
islature would bs asked to appropriate not '
less than $300,008. He, for one, la strictly
against It on the grounds of expediency and
economy. Just how, when tho slogan ' of
the legislature Is "economy," when every
possible retrenchment In the expenditure of
public funds Is being made, when the small
est appropriation is being shaved to the
bone or rejected entirely, he thinks It Is not
the time for the legislature to embark on
an expenditure of this kind, Involving such
a large sum of money. Bo far as the ad
dition of such c department to the State
university being a good proposition, this
member does not question; he Is In fact not
concerning himself with that phase of tho
subject Just now. What he does Insist on,
though, Is that the state cannot at this
time accept the offer of the Burlington
simply for the reason that It cannot afford
to from a financial standpoint.
With such an Institution as this estab
lished on this site it is conceded there would
be little difficulty in disposing ot the town
lots and that a lively and prosperous sub
urb to Lincoln would be opened up, so no
one Is censuring thai Lancaster county mem
bers for lending their assistance to the
scheme.
State Printing; Plant.
8hflll the state own and operate Its own
printing plant? ,
That Is a question which the legislature Is
called on to settle. Qerdes of Richardson,
fuslontst, In the house this morning offered
a resolution which was adopted authorising
the speaker to appoint five members "for
the purpose of inquiring Into the practica
bility" of establishing a state printing office
and plant sufficiently equipped to do all the
Eta to printing and book work besides, The
resolution makes no suggestion as to ap
propriation, leaving that entirely In the
hands of the committee. The speaker ap
pointed Oerdes, Cropsey of Jefferson, Case
beer of Gage, Thompson of Cuming and
Burns of Lancaster.
Latest Drlda-e mil.
Jahnel of Washington this morning In
troduced a bridge bill whose friends claim
It Is an embodiment of all that waa found
to be good In the various bridge bills thus
far Introduced. The measure comes from
the house committee on roads and bridges,
of which Jahnel is chairman. Incidentally
the bill is reported to comprise the thief
features of the Kyd bill, which went down
to an untimely death opposed, at least In
part, by the bridge lobby. The Jahnel bill
being a committee measure and the product
of long and faithful consideration, partici
pated In by the best Judges of this class of
legislation in tne house, Is predicted as a
winner. It now appears certain that a
united and most persistent effort will be
made to secure Its pansage.
, Tho bill contulns some remarkable , pro
visions. One of these requires all steel
bridges costing over $200 to be built from
plans nd specifications prepared by tho
state engineer, so-called, this being the
eecretary of the State Board of Irrigation.
Under the same provision such bridgsi can
Cost no more than the official plans and
specifications call for. This, It Is Insisted
by the friends of the bill, will set as safe
guard against graft, which has been pos
sible heretofore. Another provision of the
bill Is that counties proposing to build
bridges must notify the,Btate Board of Pub
lic Lands and Buildings snd let the latter
board advertise the plans and specifications
at least two weeks In some paper of gen
fral circulation In tho county where the
bridge Is to be built, the cost of such nd
yr:tlHing to be charged up to the county.
These plans an I specifications, of course.
J In accordance with the former provision,
' vhall hive hern drawn by the state engi
neer. Another provision of the measure
makes the state engineer or secretary of
the Ptatw Board of Irrigation ex-offlclo en
gineer of the county building the bridge. -
The matter of hridgn legislation has en
tered vrry actively Into the affairs nf this
rrrrlon. The house this morning disposed
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