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THE BEE IS THE PREFERRED ADVER TISING MEDIUM IN ITS TERRITORY The Omaha,1 Daily Bee. FOR A CHARACTERISTICALLY WEST ERN NEWSPAPER READ THE BEE it ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1005 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COrY TIIREE CENTS. HOT TIME IS HOUSE Democratic BepreaentetiTes Indulge in Personalities Until 8ilenceL SULUVAN REPLIES TO HEARST'S PAPER Bay Sute .Man Besenta an Attack Upon Him Printed in the Amerioan. WARM REPLY FROM NEW YORK MAN Mr. Sullivan, Ij Inference, is Charged with Eomioide. : GREAT UPROAR IN THE AMBER Speaker Canon Finally r; I that Uagail la Caparlla ry S ad Incident Closed. WASHINGTON, Feb. II.- .' , recent years has the house witr.... ... such a spectacle as It did today with Mr. Sullivan of Massschussette and William R. Hearst of New York as the central figures. Both Indulged In personalities of the gravest character and so stirred the house as to arouse among certain members a feeling of the greatest Indignation. Mr. Sullivan heaped upon Mr. Hearst a tirade of de nunciation, while the latter, by Implication, charged Mr. Sullivan with complicity In a murder. The affair grew out of the recent dis cussion of the freight rate question In the house, when Mr. Sullivan Inquired of Mr. Lamar of Florida, Who was favoring the Hearst bill, why Mr. Hearst did not de fend his own bill. This was followed by a criticism of Mr. Sullivan In the New York American and Journal. Several appeals were made to Speaker Cannon to cause the two men to desist In their abuse of each other. Speaker Can non, however, allowed them to proceed. Mr. Sullivan entirely concluded, but in the case of Mr. Hearst the speaker, on reconsideration, noting the temper of the bouse, decided that an accusation of hom icide against a fellow member was not parliamentary, because It calculated to provoke disorder and disturbance. Almost immediately thereafter Mr. Hearst took his seat, hurling defiance and de claring that it would be his pride to continue his hostility to individuals such as he charged Mr. Sullivan to be. Snlllvan Reads Ilia Speech. Mr. Sullivan took the floor immediately after the reading of the journal at noon today. He had prepared his speech In ad vance and read It throughout. After he had explained the purpose of his remarks he read the article In the New York American to which he had taken offense. Thin, he said, touched him in his representative ca pacity, and wns a deliberate Insult from one member of the house to another. At this point Mr. Robinson (Ind.) Interrupted to make the point of order that Mr. Sullivan was violating the rules of the house. There wero. quite general expressions of. dlsap- -- '-proval.VA-AMnoB.'al point, and It was ' sometime' before' Speaker Cannon could re store order to pronounce his ruling. He icld that the language used to that time ' was strictly In order. Mr. Cannon read the rule governing the point and Mr. Sullivan proceeded, but with such vigorous denun ciation as again to bring forth another point of order from Mr. Robinson. Speaker Cannon said he would have to hear the words read again. He sent for Mr. Sulli van' manuscript and the reading clerk . slowly repented the paragraph questioned. I This pnrasraph scathingly assailed the presidential aspirations of the gentleman from New. York. Mr. Cannon ruled the speech In order and no further Interruptions were made. Mr. Hearst arose io reply at once as Mr. Sullivan took his seat. He had to wait some minutes for order. His reply was brief, the sensational part being contained In the con cluding ' sentences, whlqh by inference charged Mr. Sullivan with murder. Mr. Hearst said he assumed entire responsi bility for the article which had aroused Mr. Sullivan's Indignation, although he . said he had not Inspired it, nor did he Know In advance of Its Intended publica tion. He said he was glad to Incur the hos I tlllty "of that class of individuals." Pre vious to this he bad reviewed the attack mad oil him by former Representative Johnson of California, and alleged that KIT. M W 1 ' . . . V v. . -v.i livjii . il n I lie reiult of the fight Mr. Hearst had made on htm through his newspapers. Mr, Sullivan after Hhe house adjourned said he would take the floor tomorrow and answer the reflection on him contained in Mr. Hearst's speech. Beginning; of the Incident. Immadlately after the house convened today Mr. Sullivan (Mass.), in pursuance of notice given by him last Friday, ad dressed tho house In reply to certain state ments regarding himself alleged to have been printed in the New York American. Mr. . EuMIvan's remarks were the outcome of lust week's debate on the railroad rate question, in the course of which he In quired of Mr. Lamar (Fla.) why Mr. W. R. Hearst N. Y.) was not present to ex plain his own bill. Mr. Sullivan at the outset stated that he 'had given hli notice early in order that Mr. Hearst might be present today. He had Interrupted Mr. Lamar, he said, he cause ho thought Mr. Lamar was criticis ing too hurshly his democratic colleagues for their failure to support the so-called Hearst bill, and he felt that Mr. Hearst himself might produce the desired effect. (Ordinarily, he said, public men expect fair criticism of their oftlclal acts, but where .the proprlutor of a paper is a member of congress, he owes a . double duty to his Colleagues to be fair and impartial In his criticisms of them. He read the article In tha New York American of February 9, In criticism of himself, which, he said. had been called forth -by an Infraction of Mr Hearst's monarchal dignity and thereby had. been consigned to the political assassination of Mr. Hearst's paper. Tha article In question, Mr. Sullivan said, touched his representative 'capacity, "and is a deliberate Insult to one member by another.'" . Sulllraa lata llltter Words. 1U was Interrupted by Mr. Robinson (Ind.), who rained the point that Mr. Sul livan was not in order. Immediately there went up a howl of "No," "no," "no." The speaker ruled that Mr. Sullivan was pro ceeding by unanimous consent. Continuing, Mr. Sullivan said: The writer raises the query whether mv Ignorance of pending meaaures was due to congenital Incapacity or Indifference to the people's rights. C'ongenltul Incapacity is a seriuuu rhurae, yet obviously una which a rerton accused would nut car 10 rilscuus. f the charge la true h la not guilty, but unfortunate, and II Is surely grievous mis " lorluiialu H"t to be able to appicclute the value of thu legislative services ,r ih gentleman from New York. Out congenital Incapability to umiemlund W u iriiu mm UNEASY CONDITION AT LODZ Strikers Netars to Work, hnt Qalt Again and Tronlile May Follow. i WARSAW, Frb. 13. Advices from Lods say that a number of men resumed work today, but that after a couple of hours they again walked out. The town Is quiet. It Is scml-ufflcliilly announced that as a result of the disturbances at Lodi 144 bodies have been burled, while 200 wounded per sons are still In the hospitals. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 13. Quiet con tinues In this city. The Putlloff Iron works and four other works are still Idle. The strike situation, according to reports from the Interior, Is everywhere Improving, even In Polund. Here all danger of a re newal of an acute stage seems to have passed. All the works, with the exception of the Putlloff Iron works and two others, have resumed work. The Imperial ukase summoning a Joint commission of masters and workmen, chosen by themselves, to Investigate the causes of discontent among the laborers, was posted at all the works today, creat ing a favorable Impression. The government has Increased alt wages at the sheps and also the pay of the rail road employes by 15 to 20 per cent. In ad dition the minister of finance has taken a bold step In recommending to the commit tee of ministers the formation of labor as sociations for protecting the Interests of tho workmen. Count Szembek, the head Catholic arch bishop, has ordered that prayers for peace be offered up in all the Catholic churches of Russia. 50IITH SKA HEARING FINISHED Counsel for Roth Xatlona Present Briefs and Open Session Knds. PARIS, Feb. 13. The international com mission which Is Inquiring Into the North sea incident today heard the conclusions of tho British and Russian agents upon the testimony presented. The British summary of facts is under four main heads: First That no torpedo boats or torpedo boat destroyers were In the vicinity of the Incident us shown by the declarations of the fishermen and the official statement:) of various governments, no torpedo belong ing to their fleets were In that neighbor hood anil that therefore the Russians made a mistake largely as the result of appre hension that an attack was about to oc cur. Second That fire was opened without suf ficient reason and was continued for nn un reasonable time after the mistake had been detected. Third That no effort was made to succor the sinking ships or wounded. Fourth That not the slightest Irregu larity was shown In the conduct of the in nocent fishing fleet. The Russian summary, after setting forth the Justification under four heads, concludes as follows: The Imperial Russian government there fore malntnlns that the fire of the Russian squadron was ordered and executed In the legitimate accomollshment nf th mliltnrv duties of the commander of the squadron, i Consequently no responsibility whatever is chargeable flGrainst Vina Arimlrnl Unloat. ' vensky, or any of thu officers of the squadron. The Imperial government sincerely de plores that the Incident resulted In inno cent victims and thcreforo the admiral's responsibility being eliminated, the Russian government expresses Its readiness to make material reparation ry Indemnifying the In- , nocrnt victims, defeiring the amount and nont tribunal of arbitration at The Hague. Today's session practically closed the pub lic work of the commission until a decision Is reached when Admiral Fournler, tha president of the commission, will call a meeting for tho public announcement. The admirals In the meantime will hold dally private sessions to deliberate upon Che de cision. It is expected that some days will elapse before definite results are reached. SAXON KIWG TO BRING Sl'IT Agent Will Go Into Italian' Court to Get Posseanlnn of Princess Anna. FLORENCE. Italy. Feb. 13.-After a con ference today with the lawyers representing the Countess Montlgnoso (former wife of Frederick Augustus, king of Saxony) Dr. Koerner, the Dresden lawyer, sent here in ' the Interest of King Frederick Augustus to ! demand that the countess relinquish to the former the custody of her child, Princess ! Anna, decided to take steps before the I Italian courts for the accomplishment of his errand. Dr. Koerner announced today that he would make public his report of his inter view . with tho Countess Montlgnoso, at which, while recognising the right of the king under Saxon law to claim the child, a princess of royal blood, she refused to give her up to Dr. Koerner. The latter danles that in the interview he used violent or offensive language to the countess. STEAMER SYLVIA REACHES PORT Long; Overdue Vessel Driven from Its Course by Ice. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Fob. 13. The long overdue steamer Silvia, from New York and Halifax, arrived here this afternoon after a terrific experience In a blizzard which struck It on Wednesday, driving it eighty miles Bra ward among great ice floes on the Grand banks. The engines broke down for twenty four hours In the height of the storm during which all the pnssengors and crew labored incessantly at the pumps, expecting momentarily that the ship would founder. After the storm had abated the engines were repaired and on Saturday the steamer reached Trepassey, where It remained until this morning, and then started for this port, having been unable to report its safety owing to the telegraph line from Trepassey having been broken down in the blizzard. PORTO RICANS ARE FRIENDLY House of Delegates Denies the Story of DIsnfTectlon of Its Members. SAN JUAN, P. R.( Feb. 13. -The House of Delegates unanimously adopted the follow ing resolution: Flrst-To protest against the false ac counts published by the press of the United States attributing to the house sentiments of hostility towurd the American puople Second To declare that the Houae ' of Del. 'Bates of Porto Rico is Inspired with a fundamental sentiment of adherence to the peoplu of the United States and with the most cheriBhed Ideal of preserving the per souullty of the Porto Klcan people and pro moting their welfure. (Coutluued on ixto Page.) Germans Want Their Cash. BERLIN. Feb. U-The German settlers In Samoa have petitioned the Reichstag to do something toward obtaining for them payment of the indemnity from tha United States and Great Britain under the arbi tration award of King Oscar of Sweden and Norway. October 14. I&u2, which, it Is affirmed, still remains unpaid, the settlers In the meanwhile being unable to rebuild their houses or develop their plantations. I'aaala Moran-Oldrn. BERLIN, Feb. 13.-Fanny Morgn-Olden. formerly well known as an opera singer! died today In a private sanitarium, where she had ben a patient since October, l'juj. Mme. Moran-Olden was the daughter of the late Dr. Tapponhau, physician to the grand duke of Oldenburg. She visited the (jolted states In 1S4. COLDEST FOR MANY YEARS Frigid Wave Extendi from Canada to Gnlf of Mexico. FIFTY THOU SAN B CATTLE FREEZET0 DEATH Storm Center Moves Enat and Rich land Center, Wis., Has Lowest Temperature In I'nlted States. CHICAGO. Feb. 18.-Not during the last six years has the equal of the present cold weather been experienced In the west and In many places no such low tem peratures have been recovered since the es tablishment of the weather bureau. The area of the cold wave extends from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Rocky mountains to the Atlantic. The line of sero weather is about in the lati tude of Memphis, but all through the south freezing weather Is reported. In the north the mercury has registered any where from zero to 45 degrees below, the latter mark being scored at Richland Cen ter. Wis. Traln;i everywhere In the west and north west are from two to twelve hours late, and because of the packing of fine snow in the cuts, it Is expected that it will be several days before tho roads are able to restore the schedule time even if tho weather moderates. Although details are lacking it Is estimated that about a score of people have lost their lives, the majority of the fatalities being in the southwost, where distances between houses and towns are great and shelter hard to find. Fifty Thousand Cattle Die. The loss of cattle on the ranges, particu larly on those lying In the northern part of the southern states, will be very heavy. W. E. Bolton, secretary of the Oklahoma Live Stock association, declared tonight that the live stock losses In the present cold weather will be the greatest since the great blizzard of ISfM. He places the number of head lost on the range in western Kansas, western Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas at 50,000 head. Further north in Ne braska and the Dakotas and Montana the stockmen are better prepared to shelter their stock, the stock is better Inured and It Is not expected the loss will be anywhere so heavy as those on the ranges further to the south. Coldest for Six Years. Officially speaking, this was the coldest day In Chicago since February 9, 1899, when tho mercury registered 2J degrees below zero, which stands as the record for cold weather in the records of the local weather bureau. In the opinion of pedestrians on the streets and according to the showing of unofficial thermometers the government thermometer was anywhere from 2 to 12 de grees too warni. The official record was 19 below, while all over the city temperatures of from 20 to 25 were common, while In some of the suburbs as low as 33 degrees below zero was touched. At 10 o'clock to night the weather bureau issued a state ment to the effect that It was 6 below zero, while on the street It was 12 below. AH through the day the bitter cold was Intensi fied by a wind that blew from the north west at the rate of thirty miles an hour. There were no deaths reported In the city proper, but the police were compelled to care for numberless frost-bites throughout the day. At the water cribs in Lake Michigan the workmen who are engaged In keeping the in-takes clear from Ice had a desperate time of it. The mercury was thirty be low and the men were compelled to work In shifts of fifteen minutes, it being im possible for them to endure the cold and wind for a longer period at one time. 7.ero Weather In the South. The severe cold has brought upon the south a renewal of all the troubles visited upon it by the recent storm of sleet which has demoralized railway traffic for the greater part of a week. The cold wave has spread with great speed all over the south, accompanied by heavy snowfalls in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. Rail road traffic Is seriously hindered by the snow all through the central part of Geor gia and In the central and northern parts of Mississippi the tieup of the railroads today was almost complete. The Mobile & Ohio railroad Is the greatest sufferer and it is reported that there have been no trains between Meridian, Miss., and New Orleans for a week. The only cheering news from the entire south came tonight from western and southern Texas, where a slight moderation in temperature was reported. From western Missouri and Kan sas come reports of temperatures ranging from twenty to thirty below. All through the states the month of January was the coldest known since the establishment of the weather bureau and the month of Feb ruary has shown equal severity. All through Wisconsin and Michigan the mer cury ranged from twenty to forty-five be low, the coldest place on the map being Richland Center, Wis., which announced the low mark of forty-five degrees be low. Warming; Ip In Northwest. A general warming up is noticeable to night In the northwest, St. Paul showing a temperature of 4 below tonight as com pared with 25 below twenty-four hours earlier. In the Canadian northwest and throughout Montana from 6 to 30 above was Bhown tonight. The rise in tempera ture Is accompanied by some snow, but no heavy precipitation is recorded. Temperatures tonight In ' the principal cities of the west and northwest were re ported as follows: Bismarck, 22 above; Cheyenne, 24 above; Cleveland, 6 above; Denver, 32 above; Detroit, below; Indian apolis, 10 below; Chicago, 10 below; Kansas City, Cincinnati, St. Louis, sero; Duluth, 4 below; Milwaukee, 8 below; New Orleans, 24 above; Omaha, 2 above. Warmer In Eastern Colorado. DENVER, Feb. 13. The local weather bu reau reports show that the backbone of the cold snap ia broken so far as the section Immediately east of the mountains in Col orado, Wyoming and New Mexico is con cerned, although it is colder tonight on the western slope in Colorado. Clear skies are reported everywhere. At Rosweli, N, M., where It was 2 below sero this morn ing, an unprecedented condition of tem perature, the thermometer had risen to 8 above at o'clock tonight Similar mod eration was reported all along the eastern slope to Cheyenne, Wyo. The fact that no reporta were received from Yellowstone park led the officials of the weather bu reau to believe that weather conditions were Interfering with wire connections with northern Wyoming and they expressed the opinion that it might be storming there again. On the continental divide in Colorado and northedn New Mexico g heavy snowfall occurred Saturday night and Sunday. It was reported that an eastbound RJo Orande passenger train was snowbound on Marsha; pass und that the passengers, some sixty In number, were suffering from cold and lack of food. This was erroneous. The (Continued on Third Page) BALLOT BOX IS MISSING Colorado Contest Committee Having; i Trouble Getting Evidence from Huerfaao Coaaty. DENVER, Feb. lA-When the Joint legis lative committee sRtlng on the Peabody Ames gubernatorial contest, was called to order this afternoon It was discovered that Juan de Dios Montec, county clerk of Huerfano county, was still unable to pro duce the ballot box of Precinct 23, Huer fano county, known as Mallland district. It was In this district, Contestee Adams alleged In his answer to the charges of former Governor James H. Peabody, that the grossest frauds were committed by the republicans. Attorney H. C. Vldnl, for the democrats, wanted Montea punished for contempt, but that matter was held In abeyance while an effort was being made .to have the box produced. Montes will be sent tonight to Walsen burg in charge of an offlrer with im perative orders to bring the disputed box before the committee. Four witnesses from Adams county Iden tified their ballots from a bunch of seven democratic ballots alleged to be fraud ulent. One of the witnesses declared that thero was one scratch on his ticket that he had not put there. The proprietor of one rooming house and clerks from three others Identified nenrly every one of the names of persons who were reported to be nonresidents by repub lican canvassers. Ten witnesses were) called tonight, most of them for the purpose of identifying al leged bogus ballots and proving the fair ness of the November election In their par. tlcular precincts. This they were able to do, and in addition several swore to the existence of persons characterized as phan toms by republican canvassers. Mason N. Seevey, a republican committee man, upon being asked as to the conduct of the election In his precinct, said It was all right with the exception of the action of the democratic committeeman and other democratic workers, who, he declared, made several gun plays, threatening people with the vengeance of the democratic ma chine if they did not vote to suit their wishes. On redirect examination he ad mitted that no complaints were made against any one by the special supreme court watchers. , Several witnesses tonight,; Including one or two republicans, testified that they were old residents of their respective precincts, in some instances having lived in one house twenty-five years, and that the recent elec tion was held amid the most perfect quie tude and without any evidence of irreg ularity. In some. Of the precincts Peabody experts gave It as their opinion that more than 100 fraudulent ballots hd been cast. ASKS H0CH F0R HER MONEY One of "Bluebeard's" Wives Makes Personal Appeal for Return of Funds. CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-Mrs. EmHie Fischor Hoch, the latest wife of Johann Hoch, called upon him today to make a demand for her money. After Hoch had been brought from a cell Into Police Inspector Shlppy's office the wife said: "John, you have gV my money, and I want It. Give it back w.tne If you have any heart at all, for i need- every cent." Unmoved by the earnest plea, . Hoch answered: . "Now, my dear, don't get exotted. You will get all yonr money back, and more, if you do the right thing. All of these stories about me are' false. You leave me alone and you will come out all right Walt and we will talk t over later." The woman did not make any reply and the Interview was at an end. A special detail 1 of detectives has been set at work in an effort to locate the drug store at which Hoch is supposed to have purchased the arsenic which, the police will endeavor to prove, was administered to Mrs. Marie Welcker-Hoch. The post mortem examination disclosed three grains of arsenic In the woman's stomach. Hoch made a statement today that his matrimonial ventures were not love af fairs. I want to correct on a Impression of me f:iven the public, ho continued. All are ed to believe I am a regular Romeo. I am not. I dld,n't love any of mv wives. I have no use for women. It was purely a busi ness proposition with me. When I found they had money, then I went after that. When I got It I left them. They had no charms for me. I advertised for women over 45. I found they were easier to sep arate from their money. Flattery was my chief stock in trade. You can win a woman quicker that way than any other. George Slyter, a carpenter, declared posi tively today that Hoch was the Janitor of the apartment house or so-called "castle" of H. H. Holmes, who committed many murders in this city. Slyter clnimed to have paid rent to Hoch as Janitor of the building In 1802. Hoch denies Slyter's state ments. In 'this connection Police Inspector Shlppy expresses thp opinion that Hoch did not come to this country until 1895 and could not have been employed by Holmes here In 1892. BANK ROBBERS ARE ARRESTED Four Men Aroused of Dynamiting; a Safe at Lebanon, Ore., Appre hended at Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13. Four men, known as Darling, "Cheney" Smith, Tom Dunn and George Culver, have been ar rested here charged with being members of the gang that dynamited and robbed the safe of the Lebanon, Ore., bank last week. Two other alleged members of the gang, J. F. Klngsley and a man named Rand, escaped. Warrants have been Issued for their arrest and It is said that the sheriff knows of KlngsIFy's whereabouts. Kings ley, who has lived In this city with his wife, was supposed to receive a regular re mittance from England and his Integrity had been unquestioned. He was an elderly man and active In Sunday school work. Dunn formerly was In the house moving business, while Smith and Culver say they are gamblers. In rooms occupied by some of the men arrested the police found coins that had been bent almost double as If by the force of an explosion. EIGHT-HOUR BILL IN COLORADO House Amends Measare to Apply Only to Mines and Certain Other Employes. DENVER. Feb. 13. The house in com mittee of the whole today passed tha eight hour bill as agreed upon by the republican members In caucus. Its provisions apply only to labor employed In actual mining or directly attending blaat furnaces, smelter furnaces, stamp mills and chlorinatlon and cyunlde processes, and not to all persons employed In mines, mills and smelters, as provided in the original draft. The bill received the votes of all the republican members except Representative William If. Griffith of Cripple Creek, who stood with the democrats In favor of the inure com prehensive measure demanded by the labor organisations. COLD WAVE WEAKENS SOME Indications Point to Cessation in tha Low Temperature Hereabouts. MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN FAR NORTH Lair of the Cold Wave Shows Change of as High as Slsty Degrees In Favor of Humanity and Warrants Hope. Up from the south at the close of day, coming to contest the winter's sway, a strong breeze blew with a summary touch and the mercury climbed up the tube not much. With the mountain regions to the north and west enjoying a temperature suggestive of a chinook, and the breeze coming from the south,, the eastern half of Nebraska ought to realize today on the predictions of the head weather sharp In Washington, that we'll have it fair and warmer. In the earnest language of Bert Williams, "I hope so, dear." Omaha people who had to get out yesterday morning so thnt the early street cars could have some one to haul, came down town through a temperature of minus twenty-two, which was the limit of the cold wave for the day. From 6:30, when 22 below was touched, until 4 p. m., when 4 above was registered, tho Improvement was steady. Mr. Welsh promised only 8 to 10 below for the night, and at 9 o'clock, his latest announced observation, the rec ord was 1 pbove. Observations at 7 p. m. gave color to the prediction of warmer for today, for the warmest reports from the lair of tho cold wave and all signs wore In our favor. Some Cold Weather Iteeords. In the records hero published, the figures are taken from the weather bureau reports. The minimum figures are for the twenty four hours ended at 7 a. m. Mjnday; the maximum Is for tho. twenty-four hours, ended at 7 p. m. Monday, and the final reading Is for 7 p. m. Monday: Mln. Max. Final. Bismarck, N. D 26 22 22 Cheyenne, Wyo 6 24 18 Chicago, 111 IS 6 10 Davenport Ia 24 4 8 Des Moines, la 26 2 6 Detroit, Mich 4 62 Denver, Colo 20 38' 32 Diibuque. Ia 24 4 10 Havre, Mont 24 30 ID Helena, Mont 8 ai 26 Huron, 8. D 24 10 10 Kansas City. Mo 22 4 0 North Platte, Neb y 24 20 Rapid City, 8. D 20 36 32 St. Ixmls, Mo 18 2 0 St. Paul, Minn 24 2 4 Salt Lake City, Utah 4 22 18 Vnlentlne, Neb 30 W 24 Williston, Mont 10 22 22 It will be noted that the northern sta tions all show a most marked change in the conditions, some of them showing an Improvement of sixty degrees between the minimum and maximum. This Is quite a remarkable range of temperature. Omaha's Meanest Day. Omaha's experience of Sunday hangs out a new record for one thing. Colder days have been recorded twice, that Is days that showed a lower mean temperature, but no cold day was ever known here that showed such an unvarying intensity of the frigid quality. On. January 5, 1884, which still holds the belt Naa the day that saw the loweat temperature ever recorded at ' the local office of the weather bureau, 32 below zero, the maximum was 6 below, giving a range of 26 degrees for the day, with a mean of 19 below. On February 11, 1899, which takes second money for low tem perature, the minimum was 26 below and the maximum 12 below, the Bame aa on Sunday, with a range of 14 degrees, and a mean of 19 below, thus tying the record on this point. On Sunday at Omaha the mini mum was 17 below and the maximum 12 below, a range of 5 degrees, with a mean of 14 below. This gives Sunday the belt for evenness or equability, to use the weather office term. And so far as has been heard, no one disputes the claim. All are agreed that it was Just a little bit the cussedest day ever experienced in these parts. OWEN KELLY IS LOCATED Philadelphia Grocer Who Disap peared Last December Is Found In Los Angeles. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13.-Chlef bf De tectives Donaghy received a telegram from the chief of police of Los Angeles today asking the former If Owen Kelly was wanted in Philadelphia! Chief Donaghy re plied that he was. This Is all the informa tion that the police officials of this city have with reference to the probable ar rest of Kelly. A lawyer of this city, who Is a friend of Owen Kelly's family, also received word from Los Angeles saying that Owen Kelly was in that city. The family will await further particulars before taking any action In the matter. Kelly, who was In the wholesale grocery business in this city, disappeared from Philadelphia on October 25, 1904, after at tending a meeting of the board of directors of tho Continental Trust company. Since that time no trace of him has been found by the family until the receipt of today's telegram from Los Angeles. Little Is known of the condition of his affairs In tnls city, but a cousin In Now York City has brought action to recover about $20,0C0, which he alleges Kelly had failed to ac count for. CAR STICKSJN SNOWDRIFT Passengers Spend the Mght In Wait ing and Are Finally Taken OS In a Sleigh. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 13. During the Intense cold weather a street car on the L?banon branch of tho East St. Louis A Suburban railroad stalled In the snow two miles west of O'FulIon, 111., and the thirty-five passengers remained In the car all night, being taken off today In a sleigh. The wind had drifted the snow heavily over tho track and the car finally stuck. The car carried? a telephone and a message was sent for assistance, but not until daylight did the gang of laborers reach the car. Electric heaters kept the passengers warm and the Street Car company provided a warm breakfast NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Tuesday and Warmer la F.ast Portion. Wednesday Fair. Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdayl Hour. Deg. Hour. Dear. II a, m 2i 1 p. m . . . . . . O a. m 2U si p. in a T a. ni 21 S p. m 1 8 a. m ..... , 20 4 p. in 4 O a. m is ft p. m 3 in a. m ltt H p. m II a.m...... It T p. m X 131 m N i. in 1 It p. in a Indicates below sero. AFTER MAYOR JOHNSON GOULD PRIZES ARE AWARDED British Baptist Minister Gets f 1,MM for Best Essay on the Origin of the Bible. NEW YORK, Feb. U-Three prizes of fered by Mln Helen M. Gould for the three best essays on "The Origin and His tory of the Roman Catholic and Protestant Versions of the Bible," were awarded to day at a meeting of the Judges, The awards are as follows: First prise, $1,000: Rev. William Thomas Whitley, Baptist mlnlcter of Preston, K.ig lund. Becond prize. $5f0: Rev. Gerald Hamilton Beard. Congregational minister, l.urllnc ton. Vt. Third" prize, 250: Mr. Charles B. Dal. ton, teacher, of New York City, Cleveland Council Asks Him to Sub stantiate His Charges of Corrnptlon. CLEVELAND. O., Feb. 13. Tonight's session of the city council was one of the most exciting that body has ever held. The republican members took up Mayor John son's recent statement that he believed their votes nn the question of annexing the village of South Brooklyn to the city of Cleveland had been unduly Influenced. Councilman Halle, a republican, said with much anger that if the mayor Included him among those whose votes had been so influenced that the mayor was a liar. Councilman Horner Intimated that Mayor Johnson had, when he was a street railway owner. Influenced the votes of councllmen to obtain desired privileges. The mayor retorted that no man dared face him with a definite charge to that effect. A resolution was introduced and referred to the Judiciary committee to expel all persons from the council floor except mem bers of tho council, newspaper men and heads of city departments. This resolution would exclude the mayor from the privi lege, he now has of a seat In the council chamber. Another resolution was adopted requesting the mayor to furnish written charges of undue Influence in the matter of the vote of the council on the ques tion of the annexing of the village of South Brooklyn. ' DELAWARE DEADLOCK BREAKS Eight Addlcks Republicans Announce that They Will Vote for T. Coleman Dupont. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13. A special to the Evening Telegraph from Dover, Del., sayB: The senatorial situation took a change today when It was announced on good authority that eight of the union republican assemblymen will leave J. Ed ward Addlcks during this week and cast their votes for T. Coleman Dupont of Wil mington, the millionaire president' of the Dupont Powder company, for senator. This agreement was reached after con ferences had been held this morning by the members concerned in the movement. This will be tho outcome of the recent rumors that have been current on the subject of a break and It will mark the first desertion from the Addlcks ranks since the session of 1895. It has not been announced on what day the break will be made. COLD WEATHER HOLDS THE ICE Conditions Are Temporarily Im proved on the Ohio River by Loner Temperature. CINCINNATI. Feb. 13. The sudden drop In temperature brought the river Ice to a stand, gorges forming at a number of points. The ice moved slowly all day Sun day, crushing everything before It, and the new freeze only postpones what river men believe will be the worst final breakup of the river in many years. The damage already is estimated at from $100,000 to $200,000, the amount depending on the possibility of saving some of the barges and steamers which are now caught In the Ice pack or pushed upon the shore. In addition to the loss already incurred vp1h and other rirnnertv valued nt mnrA ' than $500,000 are in serious danger of total destruction. SMALLEST VOTE FOR SENATOR Sixty-Two Absentees In Missouri Legislature When the Bal lot Is Taken. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 13. With one of the smallest attendances since the beginning of the deadlock over tho selec tion of a United Slates senator to succeed Senator Cockrell, tho Joint sess'ions of the Missouri legislature today failed to ma terially change the situation, and after one ballot, the twenty-first, adjourned until tomorrow. The vote was as follows: Nledrlnghaus, 46; Cockiell, 62; Kerens, 11; FInkelnberg, 1; Hlcka, 1. There were sixty-two absen tees, making fifty-seven votes necessary to elect. Representative Walmsley changed his complimentary vote to State Senator L. D. Hicks of Saline county. NEW YORK THEATERS UNSAFE Statement that District Attorney Jerome Will File Complaints Against Managers, NEW YORK, Fob. 13. Tho Herald will say tomorrow: "Following the fire In the Casino theater It became known that Dis trict Attorney Jerome had experts viBltlng the sixty or more playhouses 1n this county for the last two months, making a thor ough Inspection. The reports of these ex ports have satisfied Jerome that thousands who attend the theaters are in Imminent danger. He has determined to present the reports to Mayor McClellan and if there Is no Immediate action to remedy the defects he wlH place the matter before the present grand Jury with the desire to obtain in dlctmerlts against the managers." RAILROAD BILL IN INDIANA esjate Passes Measure to Regulate Freight Rates by I nanl mous Vote, INDIANAPOLIS, Feb, 13.-The new house l railroad commission bill, amended to con form with the views of the railroads and the shippers, was passed In the senate to day by a vote of 42 to 0. The bill creates a commission of three members with iower to review rates and to adJui'.".hose found to be Inequitable. Appeals from the de cisions of the commission shall be made to the stnle appellate ourt. Rebates und discriminations are prohibited, penalties being prescribed for the rallroud emigrants rebates and for the chipper who ask them. Movement of ll.tau r ! Felt. 11. At New Ynrk Atrlved : Coie.in. from GlMHgow. Suileil: itull!i, f r Marvel les. At (Jenna Arrived: Konlgen l.uice, via Naples. I.I ..... ... . b. . ...I . I....LIAH Vim I I HUM, l ,l l , , -'! . , 1111' .III dtr Grossw, froin New York. JUNKIN AMENDS BILL Changes in Anti-Trust Measure to Meet Objections of Commercial Interests. CHANCES OF PASSAGE ARE PROBLEMATICAL House Holds No Session on Account of Lack of Quorum. JONES HAS A SENSATION TO SPRING Wants to Investigate Handling of Appro priation for Norfolk Asylum. CHARGES LAW HAS NOT BEEN FOLLOWED Legislative Committee Thlaka tha Wise 1'lan Was Followed, hut Straeturrs Are Hot Kce nomlrally Planned. (From a Staff Correspondent,) LINCOLN, Feb. 13.-(Special Telegram.) In the interests of his constituents Repre sentative Lee of Omaha this eevnlng held a long conference with Representative Jun kin of Gosper county, author of H. R. 110, the anti-trust and rebate bill. As a re sult Representative Junkln will offer nn amendment to tho bill when It comes up In the committee of the whole tomorrow cal culated to remove the features to which the commercial Interests of Omaha, South Omaha and Nebraska generally found such strong objection. The amendment, which will bo mutually satisfactory to tho author of the bill and the commercial Interests, reads as follows: Amend section 4, line , by Inserting be tween the words "debts and "shall tha words "except private corporations Incnr- tinrated under the laws of the state of Ne irnpka and common carriers or property owned and used by them In the transac tion of tho carrying business." This amendment will meet the approval of the big Interests In Omaha whose pro tests against the bill In Its original form have been heard throi.gh the medium -of tho Omaha Commercial club. It has been approved by the Commercial club of Lin coln. Mr. Junkln says it la entirely satisfactory to him, as, he explains, It was not hla de sire or intention to Injure a single Interest In Nebraska, but to curb those gigantic monopolies which he conceived to be injur ing tho public. It Is an open secret that the bill is aimed primarily at the Standard Oil and Meat trusts. With the amendment attached It will not operate against any na tive Nebraska interest, letting escape the stock yards company at South Omaha, whose managers so urgently protested against the measure. The bill in Its origi nal form hss been regarded as most sweep ing and even prohibitive so far aa native concerns went. Copies Sherman Bill. It may not be known generally that four fifths of this measure was copied from John Sherman's anti-trust act, with th word "state" supplied for .that of tha United States,, -vi ' ' ' -. . r What chances thl bill has to pass la difficult to say, but It Is admitted by. ve Mr. Junkin that Its chances are much bet ter with than without this amendment. Railroad men even concede there ia a pro nounced anti-trust sentiment In this legis lature and declare that ail it heeds to ac complish its purpose is a leader. "But we don't believe they hava tha ex act roan," smilingly remarked a railroad, man tonight. House Short a, Quorum. The lack of a quorum In the house at t o'clock this afternoon prevented a session and therefore possibly deprived the mem bers of another bit of sensation In tha form of a proposed Investigation. Jones of Polk, a fusion member, has ready for Introduction a resolution calling for the appointment by the speaker of a com mittee to Investigate the expenditure of tha money appropriated two years ago for tha reconstruction of the burned portion of tha Norfolk Insane asylum and all the circum stances Incident thereto. Mr, Jones Intends submitting the matter tomorrow. At 2 o'clock the roll call In the houae showed forty-four members, seven short of a quorum, present. Considerable discussion arose as to what wis best to do, some of the members preferring to adjourn without further ado and others Insisting on await Ing thp arrival of more membera. McCIay of Lancaster moved that a recess be taken until 8 o'clock. After this motion had been carried the speaker declared it out of order, saying the only thing the house could da was to demand a call of the house. hls showed only one additional member present and on motion of Bums of Lancaster the call whs raised nnd the house adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The senate he'.d a meeting, beginning at 1 p. m., being more successful In getting a quorum than the house. The senatore scorned to fare better with train and tha snow thnn their colleagues In the lower branch. Jones' Proposed Investigation. Representative Jones claims the law enacted by the last legislature appropriat ing $100,000 for the reconstruction of tha burned wing of the Norfolk asylum haa been violated, and while not specifying any alleged guilty parties Intimates that a graft or fraud has been practiced upon tha atate. The bill providing for this appropriation and work two years ago waa Introduced In the house by Nelson of Pierce. It vested In the Stste Board of Public Lands and Build ings the task of carrying out the provisions of the law. The first and principal aectlon of that bill reads: That there Is appropriated out of any money in the treasury of the state of Ne braska, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of IHiO.OOfi, or so much thereof as may bo necesssrv for the purpose of repairing and rebuilding the damaged and destroyed portions of the Hospital for the Insane of Nebraska, located at Norfolk, to he ex tended under th direction of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings. Jones claims this provision wns not com plied with; that Instead of rebuilding the old wing, an administration building and three cottages were erected and that great extravagance was practiced. H wanta to know why the state board erected the ad ministration building and three cottages and did not rebuild the old wing. Richardson of Madison Is the author of j I. R. 20. which originally called for an ap propriation of JiO.000 for the repairing and rebuilding of this old wing. The comraltt on public lands and buildings recommended thnt this appropriation be cut to I35.0O0 and the bill was then amended to comply with that recommendation, so that now tha Irgtsluture Is nhked to appropriate $86,00, Junem points out, to do what the last legis lature et aaldn llOO.Ort) for. Jones, there fcrr, werits a little light on that point. lrt Make Cnmpnlgn Thunder, As a nirun of manufacturing campaign thunder for the fuKlorUts tho potntlall ties of Jones' resolution sre admitted, but that'lt could lend t the (llHclosnre of In. ter.tlonal fraud U not believed by the majority members of the legislature. ' How ever, republicans are not blind to the I