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2 Bee Business Chances Bring Chances in Business The Omaha Daily Bee. Bee "Help Wanted' Helps Those Who Want Help. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AP1IIL 4, 1005 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THKEE CENTS. L HUNT FOR BIG CAME J) resident 8tarts for Two Months' Camping Trip in Texas and Colorado. TO ATTEND REUNION OF ROUGH RIDERS Elaborate Reception Prepared at Dallas, Sherman and fort Worth. FIRST SPEECH AT HARRISBURG, PA. This Morning Chief Executive Will Be Oneat of Louisville for Three Hours. WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH WASHINGTON Viae of Couriers to Be Maintained Between Cam a and Telegraph Office While He U Hunting. f wahhiwuton, April a. witn cneers I and good wishes responding at the Penn- 1 sylvsnia depot the president, at 9:05 a. m. 1 today, oa a (pedal train, started a trip through the south. Among those at the etatlon were many friends of the presl dent. Including Postmaster General Cor telyou and Secretary Metcalf of the De partment of Commerce and I,abor. The special train, which Is one of the finest the Pennsylvania railroad has ever sent out of Washington, consists of three cars the president's private' car, Rocket; the Pullman sleeper. Forest, and the com bination baggage atd buffet 'car. Viceroy. Attached to the train, to be run as far ai Baltimore as a buffer, was a day coach. The train la handsomely fitted and con tiilns every known appliance to Insure the comfort and safety of the passengers. The train was scheduled to leave at o'clock, Jjut It waa a minute after that hour when ip niin president arrived at the station. He had been delayed at the While House for I a few minutes in. signing some important I papers. Even after he boarded his car I some papers were hundeo. to him for his J signature. It was Just five minutes after I the scheduled time of departure when the I train drew out of the stution. In the I party, besides the president, were Secre- tarjr William Loch, Jr., General S. M. B. Young, Dr. Alexander LnniDeri, lieuten ant O. R, Fortesque, one of the presi dent's aides; M. C. Latta, J. L. McGrew, stenographers to the president; H. A. Strohmeyer, photographer, and repre- eenatlves of the newspaper press associations. This trip Is being made primarily to enalue the president to attend the reunion of his old regiment, the Hough Riders, which is to be held at Ban Antonio, Tex., next Friday," and. to hunt big game in Oklahoma and Colorado. Will Make Some Speeches. Incidentally, the president will deliver no table addresses at several places enroute. His first important stop will be at Louis ville, Ky., tomorrow morning, where he will be the guest of the city for three hours:. lie will go directly to St. Louis, and, thence, via the Missouri, Kansas A TesaWfrrthiJ, , Jo, 6K Antonio, stopping at several places on the way, among tfiem 'Bhermaaf and Pallas, Tex. After leaving Ban Antonio the president will go to Oklahoma for a week of hunt ing and ' proceed . thence to Colorado to hunt big game tn the mountains. Unless It should be necessary on account of unforeseen circumstances to curtail the trip, the president will be absent from Washington about two months. Definite plans for the trip, after lie shall leave Oklahoma, have not been made, the pur pose of the president being to adjust his plans to the conditions as they may exist at the time. While he expects to be in the wilds of Colorado for a considerable time, he will keep In constant touch by means of couriers, . to the neurest tele graph station, with Washington, and thus will be enabled to attend to such Impor tant business as may demand his personal attention.- Dr. Lambert, who accompanies the president. Was his physician In New York aijd has hunted throughout the coun try which the president will visit. Horse Falls Down, a President Roosevelt's delay tn arriving at the railroad station to take his special tor the south was due to an accident which happened to one of the horse attached to his carriage soon after leaving tho White House. The off horse fell, becoming en tangled In the harness. The accident amounted to little and the president was In no wise Injured. It occasioned a delay of about five minutes. After the horse had been gotten up the trip to the station was made without Incident. prepare for Bis; Wolf II out. LAWTON. Okl., April . Although the president seeks isolation from the world In planning to hunt wolves for a week In the 480,000-acre pasture reserve In southern Oklahoma, 'the cltlxens of that section of the territory have demanded that he shall view and participate In one of the rous ing, stupendous wolf drives for which the southwest country is noted. According to the arrangements now being perfected, the president will be given a horse and will take part In the Anal rush after the wolves have been corralled. In order that the ' plana may be (tarried out It will be neces sity to obtain the consent of the president's manager, who' has decreed that during tho president's seclusion amid the fastnesses f the Indian reserve, troops of cavalry from Fort Bill will patrol the fences and permit no one to enter. Bis Time for Dallas. DALLAS, Tex., April J. Great prepara tions are being made for President Roose velt and party, who arrive here on the evening of April 5. The president Is to deliver an open address and later he will be tendered a banquet. Over 100 prominent republicans und democrats from all parts of th state have been Invited. A mili tary parade has been arranged. In which the National Guard from all sections of the state will take psrt. ' Progress of Jourae). UALtlJuOrtc., April . 'the special train from Wauingiul with Prt-siueiu Roosevelt auu pfy puU through mis city at lu:uu a. in. talks at HarrUbura. HAKRlboiJKU, Pa., April . "1 don't ex actly say tnal i need a ret, but I am going lo U1 one in Uie open, under Uli blue l.en," said President Rooseve.ii today, . Aiming oil the pKortn ut Ins social lra.ui at the Pennsylvania station una eun vreni . Willi luugietsumn Oltnauud. Lolled ttlktes Senator Carruu and limed felaies Marshal Leonard, in the pretence of a great crowd that gathered at inu sta tion to meet him. It was suggested to tne president I lull things wouiu go along In a smooth manner even If he were absent. "ililnfs will be ail riant," lie said. "I have lilt 'left sitting on the lid seeping down t lie Bantj Domingo matter." Later lie said: "I am going to have ao eutiug. 1 am going to get away where I f OPERATION 0NJ3RITISH PRINCE Kldest on of Kins: Is I'nder Sur geon's t are for t nan nonnred Disease. IONDON. April 3 The prince of Wale under an operation today at Marl- borou J" use, the nature of which was not d! ; I In the official statements, siib sque S .sued. The public wus assured that lg serious was the matter by Sir I " 9 H. Laklng and 8lr Frederick Trev- - sj..; court physicians, whose signa ture appended to the statesment, as folio- "O lo a slight operation this morn ing rince of Wales will be confined to h m for a few days. As his condi tion rise to no uneasiness, no bul letlr tie issued." A icr evidence that nothing alarm ing .... matter with the prince of Wales, he yesterday attended church and visited an artist's private studio. When Henry White, the retiring secretary of the Amer ican embassy, who has been appointed am bassador to Italy, and Mrs. White lunched with the prince and princess of Wales on Saturday, the prince was In splendid health and spirits. MOROCCO IX THE I.IMKMGHT Attitude of Germany Attracts Atten tion In All Kuropenn Capitals. PARIS. April 3. The Morocca incident is dally making a deeper impression, and while calmness continues to prevail there Is a growing sense of the rudeness of the shock which Emperor William's visit to Tangier and his de claration gave to French policy. However, for the present It Is evident that the purpose Is to adopt a pas sive attitude and await the development of events. The Temps tonight says that authorita tive version of Emperor William's re marks at Tangier makes It useless to deny the disobliging character of such words, which "constitute almost the maximum short of openly quarreling with France, that William II, could attempt In order to be disagreeable." However, the general tone of the press Is singularly . free from belligerent or menacing talk. ST. PETERSBURG, April 3The devel opments resulting from Emperor William's speech at Tangier Friday, continue to ut traet great attention in the press and In diplomatic circles. The sober view is that the German emperor seized on a favora ble opportunity to read France a lesson for leaving Germany out of consideration in the French-British understanding re garding Morocco, with the view possibly of compelling France to make a perma nent renunciation of her aspirations re garding Metz and Alsace Iorralne, also with the practical purpose of securing a vote In the Reichstag next fall for a large naval program. TANGIER, April 3.-H'offman Philip, United States consul general here, will leave tomorrow for Fez. His Journey at the present Juncture of affairs is much commented upon. REACH NO AGREEMENT IX Hl'SGAHY Opposition Parties Will ot Accept Emperor's Compromise Plan. BITDA PEST, April 3. The executive committee of' the opposition parties at a meeting today rejected the proposed com promise between the crown and the com bined opposition, by which It would be possible to effect the formation of a cabi net. Count Julius Andrassy, the former premier, Informed the committee that he had learned that only a small part of the proposed Increases In military expenditures could be postponed. The committee de cided that so limited a concession was not acceptable and did not form a basis for further negotiations. iCoutluucd on Second p, SUIT AGAINST STANDARD CO. People of Cottonwood Falls, vKansaa, Bay They Par Twice as Much for Oil as Emporia. EMPORIA, Kan., April 3. The Business Men's association of Cottonwood Falls, Chase county, has retained an Emporia lawyer to start suit against the Standard Oil company. The Cottonwood Falls peo ple allege that the price of oil that retails at 13 cents In Emporia sells for 25 cents in Cottonwood Falls. In Emporia the Stan dard competes with the Webster Oil Com pany, an Independent refinery, while In Chase county It has no competition. TOFEKA, Kan., April 3. Attorney Gen eral Coleman began suit today In the su preme court to compel T. T. Kelly, atute treasurer, and E. B. Jewett, warden of the penitentiary, to sign the bonds which were Issued under the provision of the law enacted by the recent legislature pro viding for the establishment of a state oil refinery. The attorney general declares that the state treasurer and the warden have refused to sign the bonds, and that they have given no reason for their re fusal. The court la asked to require these oflicinls to come before it und give their reasons for theii refusal. The effect of the appearance of these officials In court, with their reasons for refusing to sign the bonds, will be a decision by the court in regard to the validity of the law. CONNORS IS NOT IN COURT Armour's Superintendent Falls to Ap pear, So Application for Imme diate Trial Goes Over. CHICAGO, April 3. Superintendent T. J. Conners of Armour & Co., under Indictment for alleged interfering with federal grand Jury witnesses, failed to appear In person before Judge I-an.lls today, and thus falling to observe the formality of arraignment was unable to push a motion for an Im mediate trial. Judge Iatndls said that he would not be in Chicago again for at least two weeks after today.- Attorney I'rlon, general counsel for Armour A Co., said he would endeavor to have Conners in court this afternoon. The case was continued until Saturday morning. When counsel for Mr. Connors realized that they would be unable to force the case to an Immediate hearing. Attorney I'rlon lied a demurrer to the indictment which waa voted against Mr. Connors by the special grand Jury. Tho demurrer Is general In its character and has as Its main objection to the Indictment the assertion that the Indictment Is Insufficient. Republicans carry Michigan Fragmentary Retnrns Indicate n Pin rallty of luwirdi of Seventy Thousand. DETROIT, April 1 Election returns are fragmentary, but the Indication are that the republican state ticket is carried by upwards of fti.otio majority. Only candi dates for supreme Judges, regents N ihs University of Michigan and members of the Hoard of KducaUo were voted for. CANAL COMMISSION NAMED Theodore P. Shouts is at the Eead of the Few Organization. MAG00N FOR GOVERNOR OF THE ZONE Chairman, Chief Engineer and Got ernor Are Granted Additional Compensation In Addition to Their Regular Salarr. WASHINGTON". April 3. The president has carried out his plans for the reorganisa tion of the isthmiin canal commission n to personnel and business methods, gen erally on the lines of the legislation he suggested to congress a the last session, which failed in the crush of business in the closing hours. Today, within half an hour after the president e departure from Washington, Secretary Taft. directly In charge of canal matters, made public the personnel of the new commission and the division of duties among them. Only one member of the old commission was re appointed, Mr. Benjamin M. Harrod. Other wise the commission Is new from top to bottom, for there Is a top and bottom and considerable difference between the func tions and pay of the commissioners. Find ing he was obliged legally to uppolnt seven commissioners, the president did so, but he carried out his own plan by making three of them practically the commission. The other four, though bearing the title of commissioners, not only receive a much lower compensation, but are assigned much smaller fields of activity. The president also has carried out his scheme of dividing up the work of canal building among the commissioners, so that nominally acting- as a body on stated occasions, each Individual member would operate In a special, field. The head of the commission is a trained railway man,, chosen for his administra tive abilities In the financial and purchas ing field; the new governor of the xone Is a lawyer, who also has had to do with state affairs; the engineer commissioner already is known for his abilities in the execution of the practical work of canal cutting. The other members of the com mission are placed to comply with the law oa to the number of the commission,' but are men of high ability as hydraulic engi neers. Secretary Taft told them today that they were expected to show results and that is said to be the keynote for the presi dent's action of today. Personnel of Commission. The personnel of the new commission Is as follows: Theodore P. Shouts, chairman; Charles E. Magoon, governor of canal sone; Johk F. Wallace, chief engineer; Rear Ad miral M. T. Endicott, U. S. N.,; Brigadier General Peter C. Haines, U. b'. A., retired; Colonel Oswald M. Ernst, corps engineers, U. S. A.; Benjamin M. Harrod. These names were announced at the War department today, and in connection with the announcement Secretarj "'aft gave out for publication a statement showing the altotment of salaries to the new commis sioners and his own letter to the, president and one from the latter explaining the plan of reorganisation of the commission, the reasons therefore and the particular duties to be assigned "to '-each commis sioner. The first reads as tallows: The president has made an order allows tng a salary of 37,600, with traveling ex penses, to each member of the commission, and to the chairman of the committee the additional compensation of 322,500, to the chief engineer and additional compensation of 317,500 and to the governor of the zone the additional compensation of 310,000. The head of each department Is allowed the use of a furnished house on the Isthmus and his traveling expenses wnen traveling on the business of the commission. The total Is 3102,600. The salaries and allowances under the former commission amounts to 3120,000. The total compensa tion of the governor of the zone and chief engineer are In effect unchanged. Letter of Secretary, Prof. Wliliam Burr and Barclay Parsons, civil engineers, will be appointed members of the consulting board of engineers. Sec retary Taft s letter to the president is us follows:, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. March 3u, Woo. mi. president: In tne matter oi tne reorganization of the ma chine by which tile x-anama canal is to be ouilt, 1 beg, nrst. to can your attention to me oxircme Importance or fixing a dennlte plan wnn respect to which you may tcel reasonably certain, llrst, that it can be practically executed and will result In a navlgaole canal, and, second, Ihul me navi gable canal will be the one tiest adapted lo the uemands which may be made upon it by the commerce of the world. The act oi congress evidently contem plates a canal wnn locks, tne cost of which snail he in the neighborhood ot ?2uu,uiki,uuo, Including the mom y already expended. It is quae within the bounds of pusaiuillty thai the best Hum of cauul will be a sect level canal, with a tidal lock only at one end, and that the cost of It may exceed tne 3-w.oou.uw in the mind of congress by at least lu0,u00,u00 more. The work of the engineering depart ment of the present commission has been largely devoted to obtaining the data upon which the plan of the canal muy be de termined. These data Include topographi cal measurements, borings, the churacter of the soil, the Mow of water In the rivers all stated with sufficient exactness to secure the closest calculations by experienced en gineers, though not on the ground. It is prooabiy that within the next few months these data will have been so fully aser tained by the chief engineer, Mr. Wallace, and his assistants that they may be sub mitted to a board of engineers of the hlgh esting stunding, with recommendations as to the best plan to proceed with the work. It has also been made apparent by the re ports of Mr. Wallace and the commission that whatever plan Is likely to be adopted work of excavation and construction which would have to be done under any plan muy proceed without waste of energy for a period quite long enough to enable you to decide which is the best plan. Favors Advisory Hoard. I suggest, therefore, that the first work to be uone is tne appointment of an ad visory Ouuru oi enguwers, say, seven or nine in number, to be selected irum the engineers Having especial knowledge of huiaunc engineering and canal construc tion, to whom shall be submitted all poa Bliiie information with respect, to the pro jected r'uiiaina canal, both that ontuineo by tne t-reiicn engineers before our purchai-e of the plant and the data obtaineu by the cnief engineer of the present cunal cum mission, together with all projects sug gested for the solution of the problem winch the canal commissioners deem rea sonably possiuie or practicable; that the advisory board -be Invited to Washington tor the purpose of agreeing on its recom mendations in the premises, and that it possible such recommendations be made be fore the regular meeting of congress In December; Ihut the recommendations be submitted to the canal commission as then constituted for its approval or modincatioit and with the recommendations of the canal commission be submitted to the president for his action and transmission to congress As already suggested, this work of securing the best plan and Us approval by congress need not delay In any way the preliminary work adapted to any pcKslhle. plan or the highly critical work of sanitation, the ex treme Importance of which have already been empnaslxed In your previous Instruc tions to the canal commission. It is conceded even by Its own members that the prevent commission Iihs not sn de veloped itself Into an executive body as tu give hope that'll may be used luccessiullv us sn Instrumentality for carrying on the immense burden involved in the const ruc tion of the canal, and It remains fur the president. In the failure of cmmiex to act, to reorganise the commission, both by change 111 personnel and by certain In structions us to its internal procedure and distribution of powers and authority to (Continued on Fourth Page.) SMITHS FIGHJ EXTRADITION Attorneys for Xau Patterson's Rela tives Allege that Papers Arc Irregular nail Void. CINCINNATI, April 3-The contest by J. Morgan Smith and wife, relatives of Nan Patterson, against extradition, and the fight against the New York detectives will go hand In hand. This was indicated by the proceedings In court today. At torney 8hay, for the defense, asked for time to prepare an answer. The court granted till Wednesday, when the habeas corpus proceedings will be disposed of. Mr. Shny mns afterward aeked what he intended to do about the letters of the Smiths that was taken by the detective and sent to New York. He replied that fic tion would be taken against these officers. When the habeas corpus case In behalf of Smith was called Attorney Bhay alleged that the information or affidavit upon which the Smiths are held In Cincinnati was made out after the writ of habeas corpus had been issued. "If this is true, the persons now In custody are held illegally and ought to be set free," said Judge Spiegel. "I. wish to procure witnesses to show that this Is true." said Attorney Shay, "and therefore ask fo a continuance." "Your honor," said Prosecuting Attorney Rullson, "we have all of the papers neces sary to hold these people here, with the exception of the copy of the indictment. We telegraphed New York Saturday after noon and received word that the copy was being made with all haste and would be expressed here Immediately. This morning by long distance telephone we ascertained that the papers had been sent and we have been trying all morning to locate the money wagon of the Adams Express com pany. In which the package will be found. The package arrived- here this morning, but so far has not been delivered. We are ready to go on with- the habeas corpus proceedings, but ask for a continuance In the matter of the extradition." The court then continued the case, re manding the prisoners to the county Jail In charge of the sheriff. . The three points upon which Bhay and Cogan bused their contention that the prisoners must be released under the laws and decisions of court are: 1. That they are not fugitives from Jus tice. 2. That the requisition papers were signed In blank bv Governor Herrlck. 3. That when arrested there was out standing against them no warrant, bill or charge of any sort; that a warrant is not retroactive; that before they can be ar rested legally they must first be set free from arrest under the alleged Illegal de tention. Their contention Is that the requisition papers were not Issued by Governor Her rlck, but by a clerk, and that a Issue of the paper of extradition Is an executive prerogative which cannot be delegated. When the papers were Issued Governor Herrlck and his party were In Texas. He had left with his executive clerk a number of forms of extradition papers signed in blank. It was one of these blanks that was duly filled out for the return of the Smiths to New York; MORE WATERJN GAS STOCK Peculiar Business Hrtn4a mt New York Combla Aired nya Gas ' at Low," I'klce. NEW YORK, April 3. Nearly 6.000,000 of the 13,000,000,000 cubic feet of gas sup plied to consumers In New York city by the Consolidated Gas company last year was purchased, from the New Amsterdam and other gas companies at the rate of from 28 to 40 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. Tills fact was brought out today during the examination of Benjamin A Whitley, assistant secretary of the Consolidated Gas company, before the legislative com mission which la inquiring into the light ing conditions In this city. The Consoli dated company supplies gas to consumers at 31.00 per 1.000 cubic feet. Robert A. Carter, secretary of the com pany, who followed Mr. Whitley on the stand, was asked to explain what dlspo sltion - had been made of the 320,000,000 which was realized when the capital stock of the company was Increased from 380,000, OiiO to 3100,000,000. He replied that It had been used for "construction purposes." By referring to a statement which had been prepared for the committee, however, Mr. Hughes found that nearly 312,000,000 of this sum had been Invested In corporate stock of the city of New York at a low rate of Interest, while the stockholders were being paid Interest on the sum at the rate of 6 per cent. Mr. Carter ex plained this was done because the com pany, might need the money at any time, and wanted to have it available. He did not know that It would be wanted In three months or even In six months, how ever. "Metintime you are paying 6 per cent on this 312.0Cr0.oO0 out of the profits of the company and charging up those payments as part of the expenses of the gas mak ing?" said Mr. Hughes. "Precisely," replied the witness. Counsel for the Consolidated company, upon being given leave to supplement Mr. Carter's testimony explained that the company happened to have the 312,000,000 on hand because It took advantage of the market last vear. The conditions for floating stock were favorable at that time and consequently the stock was Issued and sold. The examination of Henry M. Edwards, auditor of tho New York Edison com pany developed the fact that while the actual values of the properties owned by the Edison company at the time of con solidation with the Consolidated Gas com pany was approximately 319,600,000, the company had outstanding stock and bond Issues aggregating 3tH.0uO.o00. FORTY-TWO MEN ENTOMBED Explosion in Leiter Coal Mines at Zeigler 111., Causes Thirty-Fftur Deaths. FIFTEEN MANGLED BODIES RECOVERED Accident Due to Accumulation of Gas in Lower Workings Over Sun dayTipple Badly Wrecked. BENTON. III., April I Some fifty miners were entombed today In Joseph Letter's mine at Zeigler by k terrific explosion of gss and It Is probable that thirty or more of the burled men are dead. Thus far three bodies have been found. The ex plosion was due to the ract that the Leiter mines are not worked on Sunday, thus allowing gas to accumulate In the lower workings. When between thrty-flve and forty-five miners had descended Into the mine today to resume work a terrific explosion blew the timbers about the mouth of the mine high irto the air. One of the steel cages was blown to the surface from the bottom of a 600-foot shaft. The shock of the ex plosion was felt at Benton, twelve miles d.stant. Miner on Surface Killed. One miner was killed and four were severely Injured at the mouth of the shaft In which the explosion occurred. The work of rescue was begun at once by miners who were arriving when the explosion took place, but the main shaft was demolished, so that rescue work has to be carried on through the air shaft. This has hindered the work of aiding, the entombed men to such an extent that when darkness fell tonight only three bodies and one Injured man had ben brought to the surface. These bodies were found thirty feet from the bottom of the air shaft, and this Is as far as the rescuers have been able to pene trate. A committee of union miners from Duquoln and other neighboring mining towns, headed by District President Mor ris, hastened to Zeigler soon after the ex plosion occurred and offered their aid. Bodies Badly Blackened. The bodies of the dead are so blackened that they cannot at once be Identified. Roily Campbell Is the Injured miner brought out of the shaft and it is said that he cannot live. Campbell is- conscious, but he is unable to give any explanation of the accident. There was much excitement among min ers when the accident became known, be cause there had been a strike of long dura tion and many conflicts had occurred be tween strikers and nonunion miners. An all-day investigation tends to show that the catastrophe was due to the acci dental explosion of accumulated gas. Fifteen Bodies Recovered. Up to 10 o'clock tonight fifteen dead bodies had been recovered. The work of rescue Is made very difficult and dangerous by the foulness of the air In the mine. Only two of the bodies found show marks of the explosion. Death In the other cases having Evidently resulted from asphyxiation. , , 3oph-T welter "is 'expected to reach Zeig ler tonight, although It was at first re ported that he was enroute to Europe. Rescue work .will continue all night. Tonight thirty-one ooffins accompanied by an undertaker arrived in Zeigler. These represent only part of the known dead. The' number ot dead Is estimated st thirty-four; wounded, eight. It transpires that there were two explosions clcW to gether. The first explosion took place In the air shaft and was followed by a much greater upheaval In the main shaft. There were employed In the mine only 180 men, 120 being at work days. Four cages, each containing ten men of the day force, had gone down Into the mine and were sup posedly at the bottom when the catastro phe occurred. The explosion wrecked the shaft, blowing out the skids on which the cages we-e hoisted. Victims Mostly Foreigners. Of the thirty-four men thought to be dead only fifteen had been taken out at 10 o'clock tonight. Besides these bodies three were removed alive, but with fatal Injuries. Among the dead are James Rey burn, engineer; J. P. Fink and Willis Campbell. The remainder are Greeks and Lithuanians and were designated by num bers. Superintendent Hurd tonight said that the shaft was a wreck and that the main entrance was so disabled that It would take a week to repair It. In the effort to recover the entombed men five rescuers were overcome by after I damp. All the searchers for the men I below were let down by hand. In two In stances the men above were nearly over come by gas. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Tuesday, Wednesday Fair and Warmer. Temperature at Omaha Ycsterdi Hour. Ueg. llonr. Dear. R a. m no l p. m 4:t O n. in.,.,.. 4i St p. m .' 4ft T a. rti 4l 3 . m 4.1 H a. in 4.1 4 p. m 441 n. m ...... 4.1 II p. m 4." to n. ni 4.1 l p. m 41 t a. m 4.1 T p. m.i.... 4T 13 m 4.1 IH p. m 4t 9 p. m 4.1 DEBATE ROCKEFELLER GIFT Mass Meeting; at Boston Addressed by Two Prominent onrea tlnnal Ministers. BOSTQN, April 3.-By prearrangement the regular meeting of the Congregation il Ist ministers of Boston and vicinity con sidered the question of the acceptance of the 3I00.CT0 gift from John D.. Rockefeller to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and the protest of tepresenUtives of the ministers In the de nomination In New Englatld. as well as tl.e recent report on the question recently ac cepted by the prudential committee of the American board. Re-v. F. A. Noble, D. D., of Chicago, representing the prudential com mittee, defended the action of that com mittee In accepting the gift. The protest ants' spokesman was Rev. Daniel Evans of Cambridge. The meeting hall was overcrowded and besides the, wo principal speakers many were heard on both sides when the subject was open for general discussion. Dr. , Noble's principal conten tions were: The American board Is not an Inquisi torial body. It was not organized to look Into the morality of the man who makes a gift. The lioard was organized to propagate the gospel In heathen lands and the char ter provides that any nmn who makes a bequest shull have It carried out. No man has a rlght'to hinder any othor man who wants to do good. Dr. Evans In reply said: The serious national situation crented by some corporations whose methods and practices are morally iniquitous and so cially destructive should alarm the church. One of the corporations conspicuous and notorious for methods and practices which n ro morally Iniquitous and socially de structive is the Standard Oil company, whose president Is Mr. John D. Rocke feller. The facts are in the possession or the general public and in the light of them our acceptance of the gift and our relation to Mr. Rockefeller are being Judged by the plain people. It cannot be overlooked that the pruden tial committee, as representing the board, is but the organ of the church In Its mis sionary operations. We ask the prudcntlat committee as an organ of the church not to involve the church In entangling al liances with opposing Interests and antago nistic forces. The church, of which the board Is a representative before the pub llci must be kept free to strike her blow and speak her rebuke against corporate evil and free to be the leader and In spirer of those who In many organized ways are fighting the battle of social righteousness. DEUEL J-EAVES UNIOnTpACIFIC Becomes General Manager of Denver, Northwestern A Pacific Bead. DENVER. -April 3. Announcement was made today that William A. Deuel, superin tendent of the I'nlon Pacific railway, with headquarters at Omaha, had been ap pointed general manager of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific railway (the Moffat road) und will enter upon his new duties on May 1. Mr. Deuel also becomes general manager' of the Colorado-Utah Construction Company, which has the con tract for constructing the Moffatt road. Mr. Deuel, when asked concerning the above stated It was true so far as It re lated to the Denver, Northwestern & Pa cific road, but that he would have nothing to do with the construction company. Mr. Deuel stated he knew nothing as to who his successor on the I'nlon Pnclflc would be. A man who Is generally well posted on Union Pacific affairs stated last night thut the appointment of Mr. DeuePs successor would doubtless be made within a few days. It was the Impression of tills gentle man that Mr. Charles Ware, assistant su- I perlntendent under Mr. Deuel, would 'be tendered the place. PEABODY AND BELL SUED Charles H. Moycr Asks flOU.OOO DamOKC for Aliened Malicious Per secution and Imprisonment. DENVER. April 3.-Charleo H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, filed a complaint today In the United States circuit court against James H. Peabody, former governor of Colorado; Sherman M. Bell, former adjutant general, and Captain Bulkeley Wells, now adjutant general, who was military commander In Tellurlde when that city was under mar tial law. The complaint states that the plaintiff was subjected to hardships, hu miliations and disgrace by the defendants without probable cause, and also without legal process. He was also deprived, he alleges, of having a public and speedy trial by an impartial Jury in the district In which the offense Is alleged to have been committed. The confinement. It Is alleged, greatly impaired the plaintiff's health by the rea son of the extreme dampness and un wholesomeness of the Jail. The complaint aniens that the defendants were guilty of malice and that they should be imprisoned according to law. Moyer waa held as a military prisoner. Damages In the sum of 3100,000 are de manded from each of the defendant MOB GATHERS IN OHIO CITY Threat to Burn n Saloon Hun by Joseph Kempler at Sprlnarfield Place Heavily Gnarded. SPRINGFIELD, O., April J.-Thexe was great apprehension here tonight lest repe tition of tho disorderly scenes, enacted a year ago, when a negro named Dixon was lynched, would occur. Because of nu merous complaints that had been made against the saloon kept by Joseph Kemp ler In tho "levee" district, a large crowd of men and boys gathered In that vicinity at 10 o'clock, with the avowed purpose of burning the place. The police were more alert than during the Dixon riot and quickly surrounded and patrolled the place, making a number of arrests of men who were considered disorderly and likely to arouse the mob spirit. At midnight the police have the crowd, which numbered up to 1.000 persons.Swell scattered and the feeling Is growing that there will be no rioting. The saloons In the portion of the city where the Kempler saloon Is lo cated are closed. The number of drunken men on the streets Is Increasing and thU fact gives the police officers more concern than anything else. ELECTION AT SL LOUIS TODAY Mayor Wells Is a Candidate for lie election Xlne Million Bond .Issue to Be Decided. ST. LOUIS, April 3The mayoralty elec tion, which Is to be decided at the polls tomorrow, will be the climax of the most stubbornly fought campaign In recent years. The democrats have renominated Mayor Wells, the republican standard bearer Is John A. Tally and the other two tickets are headed by Lee MsrlwetherT In dependent public ownership, and W. M. Brandt, socialist. In addition to the full city ticket, the I people will be called upon to d clde whether I the city shall Usue 38.OOU,OO0 worth of bonds be used for public lmpi ivenunts, I. 0. 0. F. HOME DESTROYED Main Bnlldlnn; of Institution for Widows and Orphans at tor alcana, Texas, Burns, DALLAS, Tex.. April 3.-A special to the News from Corsicana, Tex., says: Fire today destroyed the main building of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows' Widows' and Orphans' home; together with Its con tents. The loss Is 3100,000, with 318,000 In surance. Superintendent Ash says that all the children are accounted for. Miss Murle Ash, who was 111 in the building, swung herself out of a second-story window and losing her hold before assistance reached her, fell to the ground, feet foremost, and was only slightly Injured. Three little girls Jumped from a window In the second story. Of the number Irene Brown was seriously, but not fatally, hurt. Laura Kelly, aged 3, was rescued from the building after losing consciousness from the effects of smoke. She will recover. INDIAN AGENT IS INTERESTED Trouble Is Kxperted Between stan dard OH Company and Its Lessees. OUTHRIE, Okl., April 3.-Frank Frants, the Rough' Rider captain, whom PresHent Roosevelt, named as agi nt for the Osige Indians, is here conferring with United States Attorney Horace Speed relative to expected trouble between the Illuminating oil company, a branch of the Standard, and Its sub-lessees In the Osage reserva tion. The company rr"'-'tly secured a renewal blanket letse, and with the beginning of the hew year yesterday, raised the rent.il on the sub-lessees from 31 to 31C per acre. The sub-lessees urn organizing forwnutual protection and trouble la anticipated. Movements of Ocean Vessels April l. At New York Arrived : Republic from Naples; .eeland. from Antwerp; L Aqua tine, from Havre; Hleucher from Ham burg; Potsdam, from Rotterdam. At Iindon Arrived: Ainni-t nka, from Nee- York. At Gibraltar Arrived: Princess Irene, frum New York; Koenlgen Lulse, from Key York. At Liverpool Arrived: Caledonian, from Boston. At I'olermo Arrived: I'lirpathla. from Fit Ufa. t At Naples Arrived: R tnunlc, from Alex, andritt. Al lagow Arrived: Columbia, from Nsw York. Al Otno.1 Arrived: Crellc, from New York.. At liover Arrived: Vaderland, from New York. t Yokohama Arrived: Tydeus, from Tacuina; G lent unci, fruiu San Francisco. TWO BILLS VETOED Consolidation of Omabaand Douglas County Treasuries One of Them. ALLEGES MEASURE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Zuelow Bridge Fill is the Other One Which rails of Approval. HEARING ON ELECTIONS BILL TODAY Speaker House Turns Back Extra Compen sation as Speaker. ALSO TURNS IN A LIST OF SUPPLIES Armchair Over Which Comment Waa Raised and Office Furniture an4 Paraphernalia Included In List. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April S. (Special. )-Oovernor Mickey this afternoon vetoed H. R. 3-16, the bill providing for the consolidation of the office of the county treasurers of Omaha and Douglas county; vetoed the Zuelow bridge bill providing the state should pay for the repHlr or construction of one bridge over BOO feet long In each county; signed the Omaha charter bill, and 11. R. 384 and S. F. HI, by Mtsarve, providing that It should require a two-thirds vote for a village or town of less than &.000 peopla to Issue bonds for the construction of a water works system. Haste was urged on this latter measure, for the reason that many towns and villages hold elections tomorrow and the Issuance of water bonds Is a question with several of them. The governor vetoed the bill providing for the consolidation of the offices of the treasurers of Omaha and Douglas county for constitutional reasons. His veto mes sage transmitted to the secretary of state is as follows; The purpose of H. R. 343 Is to consolidate the office of the city treasurer of Omaha with the office of the county treasurer of Douglas county. This is In no sense sn independent act, for the reason that if it were valid its principal effect would be to amend that part of the school law which makes the city tressurer of Omnha ex officio treasurer of the Board of Education of Omaha, so as to make the county treas urer cx-ofnclo treasurer of such board. Tho statute making the city treasurer of Omaha ex-ofnelo treasurer of the Hoard of Education is section 12, subdivision 17, rhapter 79, complied statutes, or section 1427b of C'obbey's statutes. This section is not a part of the Omaha oharter, nor a part of the art relating to the duties of county treasurers, but is a part of the school law. H. R. 345, being in effect an amendatory act, violates the provision of the constitution providing that no law shall he amended unless the new act contain the section or sections so amended and the section or sections so amended shall be repealed. It does not purport to either amend or repeal the section mentioned nor does It set out In the new act the pro visions of the old law. For the above reasons I transmit to you herewith H. R. 346 without my approval. Brlda-e Bill Vetoed. - Following Is his reasons' for falling to, approve the Zuelow bridge bill: I herewith transmit to -von without my appruval H. R. 3(6. This U a' Bill preriding "for state ownership, control, construction and repnlr of certain bridges of BOO feet or more in length within the state and located on or as a part of public roads." In my Judgment, this measure seeks 'to establish a dangetous precedent, far-reach, ing in its possible effects on the state's finances. It Is only a step from state con struction and ownership of bridges 600 feet in length one In a county as provided for In the bill, to the ownership and construe, tlon of those of lesecr length, and. to the ultimate construction and ownership of all bridges, without regard- to length or num. ber. There Is no more reason for the state s, to enter upon an era of bridge construction for the benefit of the various counties than ' for It to undertake road - Improvements drainage ditching or any other form of improvement which Is now properly per formed by the counties, or by private or cor. orate enterprise. I bijlleve the measure to be against tha public weal and fraught with serious possi bilities, i , ' . The governor-returned from Osceola fh! noon and i(t once took tip the bills before him. Among his callers was Representa tive Zeulow, who tried In vain to have the executlv-s signature attached to his brldgs bill. Tomorrow has been set apart for the np. pearance of those who sre to pntest against the signing of the biennial elec tions bills. The governor will take no ac tion on this bill until after It has been thoroughly discussed. Rouse Returns Excess Salary. Speaker Rouse has put It back. That was one of the luBt acts of his legislative ca reer. As a result the state Is Just 310 to the good. The money represents the 33 a day which has always been allowed the speaker In excess of his regular salary of 35 a day. ome weeks ego Attorney Gen eral Brown In an opinion given to the nudi tor held that the speaker nor the president pro tern of the senate had a right to extra compensation. As soon as the opinion was published former President Pro Tern Har rison sent back to the state treasurer 3-19, representing the amount he had drawn In excess of his 35 a day. When Mr. Rouse started to leave Lincoln he put the matter ip to Auditor Searle with power to act, and tho auditor Just sliced off 360. Hut this 60 is not all that Speaker Rouse put back. The Inventory of the supplies he returned to tho chief clerk of the house Is shown In the following receipt Issued to ths speaker: Received of George L. Rouse, speaker of the house of representatives twenty-ninth session of Nebraska, the following state property: Two arm chairs. 2 rocking chairs. 1 office chair, 1 sofa 1 roll top desk, 6 burr ers with globes complete, 1 soap dish, 1 1.x. king glass, 1 file board. 2 tabs writing Paper, 1K eheets of blank writing paper, loose; 1 auditor's report, 1 copy session laws 1903, 2 volumes I'obboy's Statutes, 1 house Journal 1W. 1 hairbrush nnd pom, 1 rl ithes brush, t whisk broom. 4 pen. holders, 6 lead pencils, I stick file, 1 parr shears, 1 letter opener. 2 bottles murllag. 1 iHtttle fountain pen Ink. 1 Inkwell. 2 mess orandum calendars, 1 bill file house; 1 hill file, senate; 6 state officers' reiiorts, I spit toons, 1 waste basket, 1 pitcher and two glasses. All Appropriations Signed. The governor has signed all the general I appropriation bills, but he vetoed the Item In favor of Mrs. Hoxle on her claim for services at the Kearney Industrial school during the lust fusion regime.- Bills Sia-nrd by Governor. H. R. lol Appropriating 3I2.00O for a state exhibit at the A wis slid . ism exposition. H. R- 24J--Hvlng county treasurers greater power to coRnct personal taxes. li. R. i! -1'hanRlng the election of ceme tery trustees In Lincoln lo correspond with the benn'iil elections. H H 317. by Wilson Appropriating 31, 9ri2,nK for ycneral state enes. II. R. 215 For the distribution of funds paid Into county treasuries for inalhlensnce of tn-e nlsh schools. II R. 222 To permit magistrates to re quire sureties to make nflld.iv it of their unitl'tlcst Sons. II It. Defining Hi" powers of magls ttMtea tu re.'Ulre ieco-,nlx.incc la certain cssn. II. It. 12-To i xtr-nd the h'.lel keepers' lien law tu proprietors of bn.irdlng hnues and restaurants. H. R. 3.l Tin deficiency spproprlatlon bill. II. H. !'-To require the registration of ao1on-.ob!l'S. : II. H. 2irt--To prohibit the sale of liquors wliliin five mile of any camp of insa