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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.
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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
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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
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