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COLDEST OF THE YEAR
Frigid Wave Extendi from Canada to
Southern .Texaa.
TWENTY-SEVEN BELOW AT DENVER
First Time Thermometer Bat Been Below
Zero in New Mexico.
TRAINS ARE LATE EVERYWHERE
On Many Branch Linei Traffio ii Entirely
Abandoned.
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ST. JOE THREATENED WITH FUE MINE
Other Cltlea Are Reported 8 of
Fuel and Railroads Conn. t
Coal Great ulTerlug
Amont Mock.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 12-The st
weather in years prevails In this section
tonight. At Kansas City it was 18 de
grees below sero; at Concordia, Kan., 22
below; at Lawton. Okla., below, and at
Tulsa, I. T., 7 below.
In Oklahoma and Indian Territory the
weather is the coldest since 1899 and there
Is much Buffering among the poor who
were caught unprepared. Cattle are suf
fering. A negro froia to death at Fred
erick, Okla., and a Commanche Indian suc
cumbed to the cold near Lawton.
Railroad traffic, la Impeded In Kanasas
by the hleh wind, which has piled the
snow In the railroad cuts. Most passenger
trains are using double headers and freight
trains are carrying only perishable freight.
The westbound Santa Fe through passen
ger train No, 9 today collided with a
freight train which was stuck In a-snowdrift
near Newton, Kan. ' One engineer
was hurt and both engines were smashed,
but no passengers were Injured.
At Ottawa, Kan., where it Is 11 below, a
coal famine Is threatened. The drain upon
dealers because of weeks of Intensely cold
weather has depleted stocks and the mines
In that vicinity are unable to fill orders
because the railways are practically tied
up with a snow blockade. At Tulsa, I. T..
where a temperature of 7 below xero Is
reported, work in the oil and gas fields
has been stopped- and railroad traffic in
terrupted. Twenty-Seven Below at Denver.
DENVER, Feb. U. Reports of intense
tcold. accompanied in sections by snowraii,
were received at the office of the local
weather bureau tonight from Colorado,
Wyoming and New Mexico. In southern
Colorado and northern New Mexico the
worst storm since 1884 Is raging, according
to dispatches from Trinidad. In New Mex
ico the storm reaohed the proportions of
a billiard and great damage to stock Is
reported. Railroad men report the prairie
along the line of the Colorado & Southern
Irtwn with the carcasses of dead sheep
and cattle. At Amarillo, Tex., the ther
mometer dropped to 10 below sero; at
Folsom. N. M., IS below, and lnHhe south
ern paft f the territory, where cold
weather is a rarity, the aero mark was
reachad at certefn..oinia,The bld snap
"which has preraisM-'on the eastern slope
rf IV. Miiiintttlnll Im PnlnMn n- ,
days became Intense last night, tha ther
mometer dropping to 27 below sero at Den
ver early today. The cold also penetrated
to' the western alope and tonight Tellurlde
reports 20 below. At Fort Collins, In the
northern section of Colorado, 22 degrees be
low xero was reglstored today, and at
Monument, on the divide south of Colorado
Springs. It was 26 below. At Twin Lakes,
near Leadville, 32 was registered.
In Wyoming the cold has not abated and
much loss to live stock, it is feared, will
result. .Railroad traffic in all directions
Is seriously Impeded' and telegraph and
telephone wires are being snapped by the
cold.
Two Austrian miners lost their lives to
day In a, snowslide near the Irene mine,
seven miles from Sllverton, Colo. The
cabin in which they lived was wrecked.
Deaths from Freesina.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 12. A special
to the Record from Guthrie, Ok!., says:
For the last twenty-four hours Oklahoma
has suffered Trom the coldest weather in
many years. The temperature early today
was t degrees below sero and ranged at
aero all day.. From all parts of the two
territories come accounts of sufferings and
death aa the result of the sudden norther
which began yesterday noon. The territory
Is covered with a coat of, Ice and snow
ranging In depth from three to eight Inches,
and this will aid aa a protection to the
wheat and fruit crops, but the live stock,
and In soma Instances the people, of the ter
rlto ,i ere suffering aeverely.
St.nuel Washington, colored, was frozen
to death here during the night, being found
on a load of wood early today. Several ad
ditlonul deaths of people from exposure are
reported, A six-Inch snow accompanied the
bllsxard In the northern part of the terri
tory and all traffic is Indefinitely- delayed.
The snow is so blocked on the Denver, Enid
at Gulf tracks In this county that a double
header was unable to plow through the
drifts and was compelled to return to Guth
rie. All Santa Fe, Rock Island. 'Frisco
and Katy trains are badly delayed.
Cattlemen here state that the range stock
will suffer the greatest loss In years and
In some places the loss will be as high aa
SO per cent on the ranges in Beaver and
Woodward counties.
Great anxiety Is felt for the Indian tribe,
who are In no condition to withstand tha
torm, and experts say that dosens of them
will die as a result of the bllsxard. At
Corsicana, Frank Brown wandered away
from home last night and this morning his
body was found frosen stiff.
Coldest Nlaht of tha Year.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. Feb. U.-Thls is the
coldest flight of tha winter, thermometers
registering 1 degrees below sero. By
reason of tha severe cold and heavy snow
all train on the Creston and the Chariton
branches of the Burlington railway were
annulled today. Tha Chicago Great West
arn has had no trains In nor out of the
city today.
This city Is threatened with a coal
famine bjr reason of inability of the rail
ways to move fuel In fast enough, due to
tha extreme told.
The federal building has less than a
week's supply on hand and many manu
farturtng plants will have to suspend un
less relief la afforded this week. Tha rail
ways today confiscated all coal in their
yards or on the way here. Tha power
plants of tha street railway company are
acncieni in fuel supply.
Wind Dying; Dew a at Llarola.
LINCOLN. Feb. IX Weather conditions
were Improved In southeastern Nebraska
today, tha anowfaJI ceaatng and the wind
dying down. The temperature, however,
continues low, the higheat for the day
being U below sero and the lowest It be
low. Train service Is still demoralised. No
attempt baa yat been made to move any
RUSSIANS LIKE M'CORMICK
Officials C.reatly Regret Transfer of
American Ambassador from
St. Petersburg.
8T. PETERSBURG. Feb. 12.-11:40 p. m.
The official announcement of Ambassador
McCormlck's promotion to the Paris em
bassy Is received with surprise and regret
n diplomatic and official circles here.
where it had been understood that Mr. Mc-
Cormlck probably would retain his prrsent
post during the coining admlnls. ration. Tel
egrams of congratulation began reaching
the embassy last night, and today Mr. Mo
Cormlck received the felicitations of many
of his colleagues nf the diplomatic corps.
While naturally gratified by the manlft sta
tion of President Roosevelt's confidence
contained In the promotion to France, and
although he Is not personally averse to the
change on account of the climate. Ambas
sador McCormick Is loath to sever his many
pleasant relations here and withdraw from
such an Interesting field at this time.
The post of ambassador to Russia, at no
time a bed of roses, owing to the peculiar
conditions obtaining hre. has been peculi
arly difficult during the eventful two years
of Mr. McCormlck's stay, requiring the ex
ercise of tact and Judgment of a high or
der. American Interests clashed sharply
with those of Rusla before the war. when
Secretary Hay was earnestly fighting for
the preservation of the integrity of China
and the policy of the open door; and since
the outbreak of hostilities there have been
disputes over contraband and other ques
tions. The difficulty of Mr. McCormlck's
position prior to the beginning of hostilities
was distinctly Increased by the sentiment
prevailing in America favorable to Russia's
adversary, but largely by the maintenance
of exceptionally cordial relations with For
eign Minister Lamsdorff and other officials.
Mr. McCormick was able to conduct the ne
gotiations and solve the various questions
without friction at the same time accomp
lishing the task of dispelling Russian dis
trust of the American government.
Mr. McCormick probably will leave for
Paris the middle of March. Several weeks
will be required to put the affairs at the
embassy In order to turn over to Mr.
Meyer, the new ambassador, and making an
extended round of official farewell visits
to members of the Imperial family and of
the court, members of the diplomatic corps
and other officials.
Mrs. McCormick will scome at once to St.
Petersburg to Join In the formal adieu.
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(Continued on aaoond Page.)
BIG REVIVAL MEETING IX LOXDOX
Intense Interest Aronaed by Amer
ican Evangrellsts.
LONDON, Feb. 12. The Torrey-Alexunder
revival rather hung fire in London in the
beginning of the week, probably owing to
fear of difficulty of finding seats, but the
later days of the week have brought
crowded audiences and tonight Albert hall
was packed within fifteen minutes after the
opening of the doors and fully 10,000 per
sons were turned away.
All classes from the highest to the low
est are being reached by the revival move
ment. Among the first conversions reported
was that of an army colonel. The meetings
are regularly attended by members of the
nobility and high dignitaries of the estab
lished church. Lord Klnnaird Is very active
in the work and others who are participat
ing sealously are Lord and Lady Wimborne,
Lord Overton, the bishop of London and
the He an of Rlpon.
Mr. Alexander's revival songs are begin
ning to be heard In the streets.
JAPANESE TAKE GERMAN VESSELS
Steamer Bound for Vladivostok Is
Seised Off Kokaldo.
TOKIO, Feb. 12. 3 p. m. The German
steamer Paraos, bound for Vladivostok,
was selsert off Hokaldo on Friday. Its
cargo consisted of shipbuilding materials
and foodstuffs.
Japanese Manchurlan headquarters tele
graph that a company of Russians at
tacked Waltoshan village on Friday night
and were repulsed. The Russian batteries
on the western foot of the Ta mountain
shelled Putseowo on Friday. A company
of Russians attacked Luchljunchen early
Saturday morning and were repulsed. The
Russian artillery then slowly shelled Luchl
junchen and vicinity.
The Russians have continued their de
fensive works to Lluchicntun and seem to
have extended their right along the rail
way to Slaofangshen, which Is about a
mile and a qu.-ft-ter east of Mentapao.
COUNTESS WINS FIRST ROUND
King; of Saxony Must Bring Snlt In
Italian Courts for His Child.
FLORENCE. Feb. 12-The Countess Mon-
tlgnoso has been victorious In the first
stage of her struggle with the king ot
Saxony, her former husband, to have their
daughter, Princess Anna Monica Pia, re
moved from her care, and for the present
at least the child will remain where she
is. The lawyers of the countess, after a
meeting with Dr. Koerner, the emissary
of the king of Saxony, declared that orders
of foreign authorities cannot be executed
In Italy and that the case will have to
be tried first in the courts of law. The
lawyers assert that even should the king
of Saxony be victorious In the courts, there
would be difficulty In enforcing a decree
taking the child from her mother.
tOLD WAVE OVER THE WEST
Frigid Temperature Extends from Lakes to
Bocky Mountains.
IMAHA HAS BITTER BRIGHT SUNDAY
Glorious Sunshine Accompanied by
told So Keen that Mercury Did
Not Get Above 12 Below
All Day.
Just as the last straw broke the camel's
bark, so did the performance of the local
thermometers yesterday come pretty near
driving the avenge Omahan to drink. It
may be that Local Forecaster Welsh can
dig down In his records and produce a
more disagreeable day, but he had better
not do it this winter, for the good people
have had about all they will temperntely
put up with. It la only necessary to cite
the fact that Mr. Welsh's official ther
mometer records the maximum tempera
ture for the day at 12 below and the mean
at 14 below, the latter a sllgnt deviation
of 36 degrees from the experience of the
day for thirty-four y'ars, and this de
viation being all to the bad. Unofficial
thermometers hold high, or rather low,
orgy during the day and ran riot among
the figures down below where decent tem
perature ceases to be recorded. It was re
ported as low as 26 below minus and
vailed from this to 16, but none came
higher. And during this time the sun shone
brightly, and the snow sparkled and glis
tened outside. Inviting the unsuspecting to
come forth and mingle with nature and
have a good time. The stoves and fur
naces of the city told a different tale,
though, and most people remained Indoors.
Some Official Records.
Nothing appears on the surface to Indi
cate an immediate cessation of this ex
treme cold, either. Here are the figures
from seventeen stations reporting to the
local office at 7 p. m.:
Maximum
Temperature for
at I p. m. me.uay.
Bismarck, N. D
Chevenne, Wyo 4
Chicago, 111 4
Davenport, la 6
Denver, Colo 4
Havre, Mint '22
Helen i, Mont
Huron, S. D
Kansas City, Mo.
North Platte. Neb
Rapid City, S. D
St. Louis, Mo
St. Paul, Minn
Salt Lake City
, 8
, 16
, -12
. 8
. 8
2
14
Urih 8
, 12
IS
0
12
0
0
-18
8
-12
4
2
2
4
12
12
8
18
Russia Buys Two Liners.
LONDON, Feb. 13. The Times this morn
ing prints the statement that the Ham
burg-American Steamship company's steam
ships, Deutschlund and Hamburg, are to be
sold to Russia for $3,500,000 and $2,000,000
respectively.
GAS EXPLOSION HURTS FOUR
Accident at Erie, Ps Gives Rise to
Rioior of Attempt to Destroy
Water Works.
ERIE, Pa., Feb. 12. An explosion of gas
at the home of the caretaker of the city
waterworks reservoir seriously Injured
four persons tbls evening. Two others
were so badly shocked that they may die.
All were blown through a second-story
window and down an embankment thirty
feet high. The Injured:
Louis Belter, aged 40 years; hair and
skin bilrned off; head and face and body
badly burned; may die.
Mr a. Annie Belter, face and arms ter
ribly lacerated and Injuicd Internally; may
die.
Harry Belter, aged 14 years; burned on
face and hands.
Samuel Pflster, aged 65 years, father of
Mrs. Belter, caretaker of the reservoir,
severely shocked and bruised.
The debris of the house caught (lie, but
the flames were extinguished after a loss
of 13.000. Tha explosion waa heard In all
parts within a mile of the reservoir and
soon the story started that aome person
had attempted to dynamite the heavy
stone wall of the 50,0t0.000-gallon reservoir,
upon which the caretaker's house is built,
with the Intention of flooding the city and
drowning hundreds of people. Fire Chief
McMahon Buy there waa no evidence of a
dynamite ex plosion.
Valentine. Neb
Wllllston. Mont
i Below tero.
Folks Hugged Fires Sunday.
Yesterday was In many respects the
most disagreeable locally of this re
markable winter. The wind storm of
Saturday night drifted the snow badly
and pedest danism was a very diffi
cult tusk. The sidewalks In many parts
of town that were passable during the
earlier part of Saturday night had be
come veritable snowbanks by Sunday
morning and the streets were about the
only available thoroughfare
At 7 o'clock yesterday morning the ther
mometer at the government weather ob
servatory murked 16 degrees below aero, 17
below at 10 o'clock and 14 below at noon".
The wind during Saturday reached a max
imum velocity of thirty-four miles per
hour and a brisk northwest wind continued
the greater part of the day Sunday, mak
ing it extremely disagreeable.
Northward up the valley they got a little
worse than we did here. Sioux City re
ported a thirty-six mile wind and a tem
perature of 24 below aero, while 32 below
was the figure at Valentine Satur
day night and 80 below Sunday morning.
Cheyenne experienced the coldest weather
of the season during Saturday night, 30
below xero' being the mark of the ther
mometer, with 24 below at 7 yesterday
morning. Denver was also enjoying its
coldest snap of the season, with a mark
of 20 below sero, which Is awful cold for
that part of the world. Snow prevailed
generally from the Mississippi river to
Colorado. The snowfall was not particu
larly heavy, but the prevailing winds made
It decidedly hard going for the railways.
Train Schedules Riddled.
Local train schedules were knocked gal
ley west yesterday. With a few excep
tions there was little or no attempt made
to run on regular time, that being In the
main out of the question. The principal
thing was to get In again and out again.
The storm king held the right-of-way and
all railroad equipment bowed submissively
to his reign. Today, however, railroad offi-
, cials promise the situation will be relieved
to a large degree, with the hope that
Tuesday will see a complete resumption of
schedules. Most of the trouble encountered
by the railroads was in the west, although
the other points of the compass were not
exempt. When the accumulation of snow
began to drift out on the Nebraska prairies
It meant a fight for every inch of railroad
I travel. Burlington No. 6 from the west,
I due here Sunday morning at 7 o'clock,
! reached Omaha In the afternoon, ten and a
i half hours late. Most of the difficulty on
the Burlington was reported east of Hold
rege. Burlington No. 6 from Chicago ar
rived three and a half hours after its reg
ular time. The trains on this line from
the northwest were all several hours late.
No. 27 from St. Louis waa only an hour
late.
Broken Hall Laya Out No. 8.
The Burlington people were congratula
ting themselves yesterday afternoon when
it was reported that No. 8 was due at
Creston on time, but a later report con
tained the Information that this train had
struck a broken rail and that Its running
time would be Indefinite. A. sueclal was
made up here for Denver in lieu of the
belated No. 3. No. t from Denver waa
four hours behind time.
Westbound passenger No. 43 on the
Burlington became stuck In the drifts near
RAVnrd. Neh.. and Vll held for elaven
hours on the prairie. The passengers in
many instances had already been with
out food for aome time and their plight
became serious before they were relieved.
Later the train was rent back to Lincoln,
headed by a snow plow.
The busiest man of the day over at the
T'nlon station waa Information Agent Mc
Brlde, who waa real busy from reveille un
til taps placating the traveling public as to
I the time trains would or would not arrive
I op rienarf
Rock Island No. 6, which should have left
at 1:30 p. m. Buturday afternoon, made Its
departure at 2:30 p. m. yesterday, the en
gine having "died" at Albright on Satur
day. This line conaolidated Ita trains 5
and 41, the former becoming so lata as to
make Ita run Impracticable. No. ( of Sat
urday waa annulled. The Great Western
discontinued some of ita trains. The North
western and Milwaukee from the east Sun
day afternoon were three and a half and
four and a half houia late, respectively.
The t'nlon Pari tic west bound was conse
quently held for these trains, I'nlon Purine
No. 6. from California, which was due at
6:10 p. m., did not arrive until midnight.
Tha lines from the south were mora fortu
nate with their running schedule,
HIGH FINANCE AT BUFFALO
Inspector Becker Reports Upon the
Methoda of Arthur E. Appleyard
In Raising Faads.
ALBANY. N. Y., Feb. 12.-Attorney Gen
eral Mayer tonight made public the report
of Tracy C. Becker of Buffalo, who as
special deputy attorney general, investi
gated the insolvency of the German Bank
of Buffalo. The bank, according to the re
port of Mr. Becker, passed Into the con
trol of Arthur E. Appleyard of Boston on
April 30, 1804. Mr. -Appleyard then ac
quired 151,000 of the capital stock of the
Institution, purchasing it In the name of
Richard Emory, an employe, who Imme
diately transferred It to the Boston man.
Mr. Appleyard Is said to have been the
promoter of steam and electric railway
corporations operating about Dayton and
Columbus, O., and is alleged to have ob
tained control of banks In New Jersey and
Pennsylvania before acquiring the stock In
the Buffalo Institution.
Almost immediately after buying the
German bank stock Appleyard la said to
have borrowed money In large quantities
from the bank. It Is alleged that he "kited"
checks and drafts on It and through It
with the various other banks with which
he was connected were indebted to the
bank In the sum of more than 1662,000.
The loans, discounts and drafts of Ap
pleyard and his corporations purported to
be secured In part by the bonds of several
railway companies. Since the failure of
the bank nearly all these companies have
been placed In the hands of receivers and
the securities are alleged to be practically
worthless, excepting bonds of the Chippewa
Railway company of Wisconsin In the sum
of 150,000, which are aald to be worth more
than par. M. Becker says that the bank
will realize only about 25 per cent on Its
loans to Appleyard. '
The bank had on April 80. 1904, 15,000,000
In deposits. It paid 4 per cent -on deposits
and consequently attracted the savings of
thousands of depositors.
Mr. Becker reviews the criminal proceed
ings against Mr.- Appleyard, - which are
baaed on a grand larceny charge growing
out of a loan of $50,000 In May, 1904. se
curities the value of which he Is said to
have misrepresented. Three of the direc
tors said to be under Appleyard's Influence
are charged with wilfully failing to per
form their duties as directors.
Mr. Becker also says there seems to be
evidence to support the charge that of
the case of the bank prior to the time that
Appleyard acquired control of It, entered
Into agreement -whereby they received
commissions for making loans from the
bank's funds.
BIG ICE GORGE GOES OUT
Half Million Dollars Worth of Prop
erty la In Jeopardy at
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 12,-Hal'f a million
dollars' worth of river property was placed
In Jeopardy, one steamer sunk and carried
down the river In Ice, 150 barges torn loose
and sent down the river and several other
steamers were seriously damaged today
from the break-up of the Ice gorges at this
point in the Ohio river. The gorge at North
Bend broke first, causing some damage
when the Ice., In the Iry jiarbor passed
out Soon' afterward the . gorge at 'the
Covington waterworks broke, sending tons
of lea toward the lty. The crews of all
boats in the harbor and extra men who
had been employed for the emergency were
on duty all night and a full head of .steam
was kept up on nil steamers. (.
The first accident was to the towboat
Relief, which was sunk at the foot ;of
Lawrence street. Captain Williams and
two men on the steamer narrowly escaped
drowning. The steamer New South, one
of the best boats on the river, was tofh
from its moorings and carried down the
river In the ice. It Is somewhere below
the city, lodged in the Ice. pack, and It Is
feared It will prove to be a total loss.
The rise of ten feet In the river, which
occurred during the day, probably caused
by the re-gorging of Ice at some point
farther down, forced the steamer Bo
nanza out of the water on the shore, near
the foot of Main street, where it is In a
bad position and In serious danger In
case of any sudden movement of the ice.
At least 160 barges, thirty of them loaded
with coal, were caught In the Ice and have
gone down the river, probably all being a
total loss.
Several others wene reported damaged,
but many of the reports proved unfounded.
The steamer City of Cincinnati was saved
from damage by a sand barge from up the
river, which drifted down during the
morning, finally lodging Just above the
steamer, for which It served 'as a breakwater.
EXPELLED AMERICAN TALKS
Venesuelan Affairs Discussed by Jau
rett. Who Was Banished
by Castro.
LONDON, Feb. 12. (Special Cable
gram to The Bee.) A. F. Jaurett, the
American citizen recently expelled from
Caracas by President Castro, is at preaent
on a visit to England. He gives an alarm
ing account of the condition of affairs In
Venezuela. He states that a revolution la
Imminent and will be lead by General An
tonio Paradls, who Is in New York buying
ammunition, arms and dispatch boats. The
general, who controls all the revolutionary
chiefs, announces that he will begin hos
tilities at the end of March, this time In
Venezuelan Guiana.
President Castro has ruined the mer
chants and agriculturalists, who are na
turally "hostile to him. The foreign ele
ment is against him and the Jails are full
of political prisoners. The recent election,
which gave the president a new term of
five years from May next, waa a farce. It
waa an election brought about by the bayo
net. Foreign and Internal debts have not
been paid aince 1899. Monopolies In meat,
transport of cattle, navigation of the Ori
noco, mines, stamps and matches have been
given to men who represent Castro's Inter
ests. Trade la paralyzed, credit Is dead and
the country lives from hand to mouth.
Castro has closed the navigation of the
Orinoco to all vessels coming from tha
British West Indies In defiance of the exist
ing commercial treaties. He has also un
justly Imposed an extra taif of 30 per cent
on all goods coming from tlje British West
Indies, a measure which means ruin to
Trlnidud.
Bob Sled Strikes a Wagon.
LAWRENCE. Kan.. Feb. 12.-A larae
sled bearing fourteen persons ran Into
warnn on the diversity of Kansas incline
tonight, Injuring thre persons nrlou.-ly and
uruising ine tuner memoirs or ine party.
The seiloiu.lv Inlured are Herbert P. Green.
knee crushed; Mi's Laura Marvin, Kansas
City, arm fractured; Fred Caston, Fort
neon, teg orosen.
Dead Robbers Identified.
CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo.. Feb. 13. The
robber who attempted to hold up the Sli
ver Bell shIooii at I iidei enilence In hi nUht
and were killed, were Identified as William
Hugun and Frank Harris, both miners.
Hendry Uracil snii Edward Fay, the own
ers of the saloon, who were shot, are In a
critical condition and believed to be dying.
Fran Kdmuudaoa will recover.
WEEK'S WORK IS CONGRESS
Home Will Discnis Provisions of Naval
Appropriation Bill.
TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF SENATOR HOAR
House Holds Special Session at Which
Kaloglea Are Pronounced by
Meinbera of the Massachu
setts Delegation.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The naval ap
prprlatlon bill will be taken up by the
house on Monday as soon as legislation
for the District of Columbia has been dis
posed of. The naval bill la usually a sub
ject of long debate andthls year will be
attacked on several grounds. There will
be a general discussion as to the naval
policy and issue is to be taken with the
committee In Its provision for new Bhlps.
The topic of armor plate contracts ia to
fill its accustomed place on the program,
while submarine boats and torpedo boats
are to form tha basis of offensive and de
fensive argument. The best estimate that
can be mode is that at least four days
Will be consumed In getting legislative
action on this bill In the house. It is to
be followed immediately by the river and
harbor bill, which has been on the calen
dar for some time and usually occupies
several days once it is taken up. Should
the decks be cleared at any time, the pro
posed legislation on the Panama canal
project, which la the continuing order, will
be discussed.
Program of the Senate.
Tba attention of tha senate this week will
be divided between ihe Bwayne lmpeuch
inent trial and the appropriation bills. The
trial will be tuken up each day at 2 o'clock
and will continue to receive attention un
til 6 o'clock. Before and after the period
between those hours the appropriation bills
will be considered. The agricultural ap
propriation is still under discussion, and
as soon as It Is disposed of the bill mak
ing appropriations for the District of Col
umbia will be taken up, to be followed by
the diplomatic and consular bill.
Tributes to Senator Hoar.
Tribute to the memory of the late Senator
Hoar of Massachusetts was the occasion
of a special session of the house of repre
sentatives today. Many of the members
attended the session, which began at 12
o'clock. The galleries were occupied lib
erally. Representative Lawrence of Massachu
setts presided.
Resolutions expressing the sense of be
reavement and loss In the death of Senator
Hoar were offered by Representative Lover
ing (Mass.).
Speakers to these resolutions were Messrs.
Glllett. Lawrence, Thayer, Sullivan, Green,
Roberts, McNary, Powers, Kelllher and
Tlreil, all of Massachusetts, and Clark and
DeArmond of Missouri.
The eulogies occupied the house until 2:37
p. m., .when the resolutions were adopted
end the house adjourned.
Interstate Commerce Ilearlnars.
The Interstate Commerce commission has
assigned dates for hearings In Important
cases. . The differential case. Involving the
question of differentials on traffic to the At
lantic ports, has been assigned, for oral ar
gument in this city April 4. Other hearings
are set as follows; . , .
St. Louis Hay and Grain Company against
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company and
others. Involving reconsignment of hay at
East St. Louis and violations of the first
three sections of the interstate commerce
act for February 20 at St. Louis; same com
pany against the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad and others, involving re
consignment and car service charges at
East St. Louis and violations of sections 1,
2, 3 and 6 of the act, for February 20, at St.
Louis; Hope Cotton Oil Company against
the Texas Pacific Railroad, involving re
fusal to accept cnrload of cottonseed at
published rates, for February 22, at Texar
kana, Tex.; H. B. Pitts & Son against the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and other
railroads on the question of hay rates from
Colorado and Kansas points to Texas, for
February 22, at Texarkana; same firm
against the St. Louis & San Francisco and
other roads, relating to overcharge on ship
ment of corn from Indian Territory to
Texas, for February 22, at Texarkana.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair, with Slowly Rising; Temperature.
Hour.
R a. m
O a. m ,
7 a. m
N a. m
a. an ,
10 a. m
11 a. in
11m
Indicates belniv aero.
Dew. Hour. Dec.
14 1 p. m II
HI Sp.m 14
16 8 p. m 1.1
in 4 p. m 12
1 R p. nt 111
IT p. m II
HI T p. m II
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9 p. ra . . . . . . f
FAST RIDE ON ICE FLOE
Women and Children Are Rescued
from Perilous Position In
East River.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12. After a perilous,
swift and enforced ride of more than
three-quarters of a mile down the East
river In a huge Ice fine tonight, seven per
sons. Including women and children, were
rescued by a municipal vessel. The floe,
which stretched from North Brother Island
to the Bronx shore, drifted down the river
with the tide and In Its passage tore from
their moorings the James D. Perkins and
the .Eureka, two coal barges which had
been fastened to the pier at One Hundred
and Thirty-ninth street with rope and
steel cables. On the Perkins were Captain
Henry Flood, his wife and little daughter.
Captain John Kratzner of the Eureka had
on board his wife and two sons. During
their dangerous experience a heavy rain
fell, the river was a torrent and the barges
upon which they were were surrounded by
the floe, which was headed toward Hell
Gate.
As the barges were loaded with coal to
within a few feet of their decks the Ice
became piled on them to such an extent
that several times one of them nearly cap
sized. When the hawsers parted the women
and children were panic-stricken. They
cried and shouted alternately. The men
buckled life preservers on the women and
children and waved red lanterns, while
they shouted in the hope that their cries
would be heard by passing craft. The
crunching ice threatened to drown these
shouts and the Ice was forced on top of
the barges so fast that the men were kept
busy pushir.g back the larger cakes to pre
vent the two craft from overturning. .
The captain of the steamer Franklin
Edson of the Department of Charities and
Corrections became aware of the barges'
predicament and ordering full steam ahead
forced his vessel through the olee to the
aid of the endangered occupants. After
considerable effort the Edson tied up along
side the barges and then with still greater
effort the women and children were taken
Kboard. Then the steamer started back
for the barges' pier. It required more
thai an hour's tugging to accomplish the
distance of something less than a mile. .
GREAT FIRE AT MOBILE
Famous Battle House Destroyed,
Causing; Loss of Quarter of
a Million.
PRESIDENT GOES TO NEW YORK
Delivers Several Addresses While In
Metropolis.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. President
Roosevelt will leave Washington tomorrow
for a two days' visit to New York, during
which he will make a speech at the Lincoln
birthday celebration at the Waldorf-Astoria,
spend a short time at the Press club
banquet at the new Astor house, lunch at
the University club, dine In "Little Hun
gary" and visit friends. Accompanying him
to New York will be Mrs. Roosevelt, Secre
tary and Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Cowles, Mr. and
Mrs. E. Roosevelt, who have been guests
at the White House, and Secretary Loob.
The party will start from Washington In a
special train on the Pennsylvania railroad
at 10 o'clock tomorrow, and reach New
York about 3 In the afternoon.
As soon as he arrives at the metropolis,
the New York Republican club will take
charge of the chief magistrate and escort
him to the Republican club, where he will
receive the members formally, and rest un
til time to go to the Waldorf-Astoria, where
the club's Lincoln birthday banquet will be
held. The president will deliver a notable
address upon Lincoln at the dinner. After
tha Lincoln day addresa the president will
attend the Press club banquet at the new
Astor house. On Tuesday the president wilt
divide his time between visits with friends
and relatives, a luncheon at the University
club and a dinner with the Hungarian Re
publican club at "Little Hungary."
The Hungarian club had the honor of en
tertaining the president when, he was gov
ernor of New York and on that occasion
he promised to Join its members again If
he ever became president. This promise,
made in fun, will thus be kept In earnest.
During the course of the Hungariun ban
quet the president will make a short speech
And at the conclusion of the dinner will
depart at midnight for Waahlngton, reach
ing here early Wedneaday morning.
MOTHER KILLS HER CHILDREN
They Were Afflicted with Asthma aad
She Did Not Want Them to
Suffer Longer.
BLOOMFIELD, N. J.. Feb. 12,-Because
her two children, aged 18 months and 3
years respectively, were afflicted with
asthma, from which she herself had Buf
fered since childhood, Mrs. Elsie Loux of
this place, after putting the little onea to
bed, turned on the gaa and lay down be
side them to die. When the room was en
tered today by neighbors, Mr. Loux having
gone away on a visit last night, the two
children were found dead and the mother
dying. She left a letter to her husband
Imploring his forgiveness and saying that
she had determined that It were belter that
she and the children should die than suf
fer any longer.
MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 13. Losses estimated
at 250,000 , have been caused - by a Are
which tonight leftf the 'famous Battle
house a ruin and swept on to buildings
adjoining. The blase waa discovered
shortly before 11 p, m. Sunday and at 1:30
this morning the firemen were atlll fight
ing the flames, which apparently were still
beyond control.
The fire broke out In somo unoccupied
rooms over the kitchen of the Battle house,
which, although an old hostelry, was one
of the largest In the south. The flames
spread so quickly that a number of guests
lost all their belongings and not a few of
those on the fifth floor were compelled to
take to the fire escapes In their night
clothes. Two elevator boys, Joseph Parks
I and Bernard Constantlne, stuck to their
fusia iiiiui uu me guests naa been golteu
out, although the elevators caught fire
and the youngsters were burned about the
fuce and hands.
An hour after the fire started all the
electric lights In the business portion of
the city went out, due partly to the turning'
off of the power to save the firemen from
danger and partly to save one of the main
feed wires being broken. At 2 a. m. the
fire was still burning fiercely, threatening
the Commercial hotel adjoining and all the
guests escaped, leaving their property In
the hotel,
An extension of ihe fire is also threatened
on the east side. The loss on the Battle
house will be $260,000 and William Vizard,
the proprietor states that half of this is
covered by Insurance.
ATLANTA, Ga Feb. 12.-A long-distance
telephone message from Mobile says one
person was killed and several seriously In
jured In the Battle house fire.
Eight-Story Building; at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.-Fire destroyed the
eight-story building of the Schwabacher
Hardware company at Jackson and First
avenue, south, today. Loss estimated at
3400,(00, covered by Insurance. After the
flames reached the packing room on the
third floor, hundreds of loaded cartridges
began to explode and the firemen were
unable to approach within fighting dis
tance. There were several explosions of
giant powder, but no one waa hurt. It is
believed the fire was caused by crossed
electric wires.
Business Houses at Taylorvllle, III.
DECATUR, 111.. Feb. U-A Are In the
business portion of Taylorvllle has de
stroyed several stores and the entire busi
ness section is threatened. A brisk north
wind Is sweeping the flumes toward the
court house. The estimated loss Is 340,000.
The fire department from Decatur was sum
moned. Business Houses at Wausa.
WAUSA, Neb., Feb. 12.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) The potttofflce. the Knights of
Pythias hall, Englcdale chop house and
Lesle's drug atore were burned to the
ground today. The fire started In the chop
house, part of the contents of which were
saved. The total loss la about 18,000, dis
tributed as follows: Drug store 16,000, in
surance smaJI; poHtofTice 500, no Insurance;
poetuflice building owned by L. M. Sutton
tl.600; Knights of Pythias Sl.rxK), no Insur
ance; chop house and contents, 1S0O.
Livery Barn at Staplehurst.
SEWARD, Neb.. Feb. 12.-(Speclai Tele-
j gram. h-The Falrbrolher livery barn at
I Staplehurat, Neb., was burned at 6 o'clock
on Sunday morning. Twelve head of horses
were burned, with all the other contents.
The lora was U.600, with small Insurance.
Governor General of Warsaw ExpK)U Littls
More Disturbances.
STRIKERS MAY BE EXPELLED FROM CITY
Men Living Elsewhere Must Betnrn to
Work or Leave.
D0MBR0VA FACTORIES ARE CLOSED
Czar Grants Permission to Import Goal
Free of Duty.
SITUATION AT TIFLIS IMPROVING
Men Are Uearrally Returning ta
Work at Polnta In the Caucasus
and Only Trifling Dis
orders Reported, , -.
WARSAW, Feb. 12. Baron von Nolken,
chief of police of Warsaw, who had Just
returned from a conference with Oovernor
Gcncrul Tchertkolt of the province of War
saw, today gave the Associated Press tho
following details regarding tha state of af
fairs In tnls district:
The strike continues In all of the big
factories. Tomorrow the manu fact ureraiara
cunung to mu to dimiss the situation and
tomorrow I purpose seeing some representa
tives of thi strikers. In less the strikers
return to work the police will expel all of
thoe living outside of the Warsaw dis
trict. If they will not work Jhey must go
home. The men have no money and it
seems Impossible that the strike can con
tinue muen longer. Our task Is one of great
difficulty. We are not fighting an economic,
but a political movement, having its origin
In St. Petersburg.
The w-rst troublen, however, are prob
ably over. Small disturbances may break
n i , tium n,iH lai hut nn nn 1 1 1 h ar'. i ft
! as the recent riots heie. -
Dombrova Faetorlea Closed.
Private telegrams received from Dom
brova say that all the factories there are
closed. Thirty thourand wagon loads of
ore are standing on the railway tracks and
tho entire freight traffic of the Vistula line
must be suspended unless the wagons are
removed.
The coal supply Is the most urgent ques
tion In Warsaw since the Bosnovlca strike
began. General Tchertkolt today received
a telegram from Emperor Nicholas, per
mitting him to Import coal free of duty
from Silesia for a fortnight, and orders
were immediately dispatched to EHeslan
mines. A telephone message received from
Lods says all is quiot there, but manu
facturers are convinced that the strikers
have no intention to return to work Mon-
i day.
Situation at Tines Improves.
TIFLIS, Feb. 12. Tha workmen here gen
erally ure returning to work. The authori
ties are taking measures to protect those
who are resuming their labors. Trifling
disorders ore reported at other places, lu
the Caucasus. The civil governor baa or
dered a meeting of tha municipal council
to discuss means for the settlement of the
labor troubles, but the councillors finding
that the order stipulated that the discus
sion be held1 In secret, declined, to acquiesce
on the ground thai" It would be Impossible
to arrive ut a settle'rrient undr suott.-Opor ;
dltlor.s. V .'''
.Quiet at St. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 12.-Mldnlght
The anticipated renewal of trouble among
the workmen today was not realised.
Neither strikers nor students mads tha
slightest attempt to demonstrate, and
throughout the day the city presented a
normul appearance. The emperor's crea
tion of a Joint commission of masters and
workmen, chosen by themselves to Invest!
sale the causes of discontent among labor-
i era has made an exceedingly good impres
I blon, being considered definite evidence of
the government's purpose to compel soma
of the rapacious masters who have paid
starvation wages to do Justice to their
employes. i
The Imperial decree ordering the forma
tion of the committee reposes tha presi
dency of the body In Senator Chldlovskl,
a member of the council of the empire, and
; Instructs the committee to ascertain lra
I mediately the causes of discontent of St.
' Petersburg's workmen and devise measures
I to prevent such dilscontent In future. Tha
! committee consists of representatives of
government departmenta, . the vanoue In
dutrlea and the workmen. The president
is authorlred fo report In peraon to tha em
peror and determine the number and mod
of selection of the committee.
At the Mall theater tonight a scene wag
created by cries of "Down with the au
tocracy!" and personal abuse of tha em
peror. The demonstrators were ejected from,
the theater.
The police continue to make arrests.
M. Souvorln, in a sarcastic editorial ar
ticle In the Novoe Vremya, suggests that
the best egress from the present trouble la
to Invite an American syndicate to come In
and take over the government, "as Amer
icans make the best managers of big enterprises."
Movements af Ocean Vessels Feb. 12.
At New York Arrived: New York, from
Southampton; Umbna. from Liverpool; Mln
netenka, trom London; Pannona, from
Trieste.
At Liverpool Arrived; Etrurla, from
New York.
At Gibraltar Arrived: Moltke, from New
York.
At Palermo Sailed: Carpathla, for New
York
At Dover Sailed: Bleucher, for New
Yik.
At Queenstown Sailed: Campania, for
New York; Cymric, fur Boston,
MOSQUITO CARRIES MALARIA
Thirteenth Expedition of Liverpool
School Renders Its Report on
Tropical Diseases.
LONDON, Feb. 12 (Special Cablegram ta
The Bee.) The thirteenth expedition sent
out by the Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine to study the problems of health
and sanitation on the coast of Africa hag
returned. The members of the expedition
were Prof. Boyce, pathologist at Liverpool
university, and Drs. Clarke and Evans.
They claim thut the result of their work
will be of far reaching Importance.
They state that they have proved be
yond doubt the fuct thut malaria is propo
gsted among the population In West
Africa by the mosquito, and they believe
they can demonstrate that sleeping sickness
un! elephantiasis, two other West African
vcourges, are caused by parasites.
Natural specimens of the parasites, which
are believed to cause both these diseases,
have been brought home. They will ba
reproduced by artificial culture at tha unl- ,
verolty and studied with the care and at
tention which It Is Impossible to bestow 6a
them In Weat Africa.
If the result Justifies the theory formed
by the members of the expedition, then,
they declare, a cure has been discovered
for both elephantlusls and sleeping sick
ness. It was stated that the health of the peo
ple, Including the white settlers, on the
coast of West Africa had of lata greatly
Improved. This hud been brought about
largely by sanitation, to which the local
authorities, supported, by the Colonial
office, are paying keen attention.
Iflo.
KANSAS CITY, Fen. 12.-Mlssr.url Pa
clllc aenger truln Nn. S, fruiu Colorado
to KansH nv, inll'ded with a frulght
train stall, d in the snow ni ..r Oypsm
Cltv. Kuii . tonlirl.t. Missouri 1'acllic ort
cliils my that only three persons were In
jured; none s.TluUHly. Km h train Wi.ia
pulli-rl by two engines, all of Wliloft W
wrecked,