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Part One Pages 1 to 8. The Omaha Daily Bee. The Bet's Sunday Magazine Features Out-lop Those of Alt Competitors. KSTABUSHED JUNE 19, l7l. OMAIIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1903 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS TWENTY-TWO DEATHS Bodhs of Six Viotimi of Harrisbvg Wreck Yet Unidentified. SEVERAL ARE FATALLY INJURED Samuel Ehnbert aud Max Stettsheimer of New York Die Daring Afternoon. CORONER BEGINS HIS INVESTIGATION NEGRO LYNCHED IN MISSOURI Holds M'i Wife and Child as Hostaa-es 'While He Goes to Dank for Money. CAIRO, III., May 11 Tom Wltherspoon, a negro, was tak"n from officers at Bel mont, Mo., flften miles below Cairo, at S o'clock this evening by a mob of several hundred persons and hanged In the pnhlla square to a large svlng. Early this morn ins, a negro, said to bo Wltherspoon, who only recently returned from the Missouri penitentiary, went to tho home of Fred Hess, three miles below Belmont and at ths point of a rifle demanded JXW. Hens, wh'i la A mpmlwr nf the Mlnftnilrl lpkrlxlAilire Lou to Railway Company on Train Alone I torn the negro that he did not have that Amount to Hundred Thousand. mucn money in mo rouse, ine negro orarrea nirn id go 10 rjoimont ana pel me money. He compelled Hess to hitch a ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX INJURED horse to a bupgy and ordered him Into It with h s wire and child. SECRET CODE OF ARMOURS Y0UNQ crokejudies on train Former Stenographer Telle Word Used by Private Car Line Company. MANY DEAL WITH MATTER OF REBATES Laughter Follows Explanation by Witness of Code Names of Mens bera of the Interstate Com merce Commission. Wort y -Two Still Itemala la Hoi. pltal at Harrlaburs; and Borne of These May Not Recover. HARRISBURO. Pa., May 12.-Two more victims of the wreck of the Cleveland and Cincinnati express on the Pennsylvania rail road at Bouth Harrlsburg yesterday morn ing died today, bringing the total number of victims to twenty-two. Two others are In a crlcal condition. Sixteen of the dead have been identified. The bodies of the others are so horribly charred and burned that It IS doubtful If they will ever be pos itively identified. The Identified dead are: P.IHS1NI, CHARLES. Philadelphia. HRKiHT. PAUL.. Pittsburg. CRAHHH, V. L., Pittsburg. CKOSHY. ALBERT. Philadelphia,, con durtor nf express. DOUGHERTY, MRS. ROBERT O., Phil adelphia. KIKLMAN, C. Altoona, LEMN, THOMAS, Pullman conductor, Pliilarielnhls.. MARTiNA. RUDOLPHU8, Italian, Infant, Of New York. PH1LLIPB, JAMES R., Pittsburg. ROBINSON, MISS YETTA, Cleveland. Shaw, Mr.. Pittsburg. 6HUBKKT, Samuel, the New York theat rlcal manager. DiTVirDUlV ri V T'Vi (1 n H ol nVi ttl 8TETTHEIMER, MAX, a New York man ufacturer THOMAS. H. K., Philadelphia, engineer or express. ZEIULER, GEORGE, Pittsburg. Death of Mr. Shnhert. Mr. Shubert died this morning at the Commonwealth hotel, surrounded by mem bers of his family and business associates. His body was taken to New York this aft ernoon in a special car furnished by the Pennsylvania Railroad company. Max Stettheimer died at the Harrlsburg hospital this afternoon. His body was taken to New York this evening by a brother who came here last night. Joseph Eberley of New York and Mis Anna Peters of Cleveland are at the hos pital and are not expected to live. All the other Injured at the hospital are doing well and are expected to recover. Three of the charred bodies at the tern- Identified today as The negro then saddled another horse. and mounting It, told Hess to drive towarj Belmont and when near that place the negro forced Mrs. Hoss and child to get out of the buggy and enter a deserted shanty. The negro then told Hess to drive to Belmont and to send the money back by a negro preacher Inside of one hour or he would kill his wife and child. Hess hurried to Belmont and got the money and eent it back with a negro preacher. Tho desperado Immediately mounted the horse and rode up the Iron Mountain railroad tracks. A posse was organized at once by Belmont and Columbus citizens and a small party followed the negro on a switch engine and discovered that he took refuge in the swamps around First lake. Blood hounds were secured from Charlestown and a negro was found in a deserted shanty. He was captured and taken to Belmont by the officers. A mob of sev eral hundred persons had formed in Bel mont and the,, immediately took charge of the negro and despite his begging ar.d pleadings they rushtl him into the public square and secured a rope firm a swing and strung the negro up as the guilty man. ROJESTVENSKY IS SUPREME Admiral In 'cnMnund of Entire Nary of Russia In Far has t Ships Reconnolterlnjg Straits. ST. PETERSBURG, May 12.-The admi ralty declines to divulge any information which it has about the ships of the Vladi vostok division which are reported to be oft the coast of Japan, but the impression prevails in naval circles that acting under the Instructions of Vice Admiral Rojestven sky they have passed through Tsugaru straits Into the Pacific on a reconnalsance to ascortaln if the passage is free of mines and feasible for Rojestvensky's squadron and also to threaten Japanese commerce, All the Russian naval divisions now in the far east are acting under Rojestvensky's orders. M. Vronslal, the military expert of the Novoe Vremya, explains the failure of Field Dorary morgue were Identified today as "" jni iu uuuoruiiio n aavance Thomas Lewis, who was recognized by his wel1 a the failure of the Japanese to gold watch and chain; Charles Blslnnl and "" n expedition to the Island of Sakalln Miss Robinson, who were recognised by ' aue to th appearance of Rojestvensky's their teethv- 1 Coroue "Examines Wreck. "' Coroner Krause, with his Jury, today again visited the scene of the wreck. The Inquest will not be held until after the rail- squadron In Chinese waters.. "In his hoods now .1 ,tha4 Uii-, of. Jut tAw-unsa'-tho paper says. "May God grant him suooess." The Slovo reproaches the Imperial guard for not going to the front, saying: , "Its place Is on the battlefield. In all road company has completed Us Inquiry RUSBia's wars the guard has won glory. into the cause of the disaster. The first funeral, that of the Italian child, took place here today. The railroad company 'still has a large force of watchmen on duty at the scene of the disaster to prevent the taking away of any valuables that may be found. Public services over the bodies of the un identified dead will be held tomorrow after noon in the Market Square Presbyterian church. Hundred and Thirty-Six Hart. Of the 136 Injured, lu6 received treatment at the Harrlsburg hospital. Of this num ber fifty remained there and the eight deaths that have occurred leaves the number still there forty-two. Several of the injured are in hotels. United States Senator Knox, whose daughter, Mrs. J. H. Tindle, and her hus band escaped from the wreck with slight injuries and were taken to the executive mansion, arrived here lost night and will accompany them to his farm at Valley Forge. , No estimate of the financial losses of the railroad property baa been made by the company officials, although it Is believed that (100,000 will not cover the loss of the passenger train alone. hubert'a Rapid Rise, NEW YORK, May 12. Sam 8. Shubert, who died at Harrlsburg today from In juries sustained in yesterday's railroad wreck, was one of the most successful of the younger theatrical managers In the country From newsboys in Syracuse, less than twenty years ago, he and his brother Lee, rose through the ranks until now the partnership controls several theaters In this city, a dozen or more in other cities in this country and one playhouse in London. It was only recently that they secured con' It is composed of the picked men of the empire and should show the world what Russia can do." TOKIO, May 12.-00 a. m.)-France's lat est assurance of neutrality eases the situa tion somewhat, but does not remove the popular sentiment against it. The press urges the government to maintain a strong attitude toward France and demand ex planations, saying that it is necessary that France explain events between May 3 and May 9. CHICAGO, May 12. Sensational testi mony as to an alleged secret code used oy the Armour car lines in making rebates was given today before the Interstate Commeroo commission here. The testimony was given by H. Streyckmans, formerly employed by Armour & Co. as stenographer. Witness read from a book some of the code words and their meaning as follows: LaughBome Rebate. Launch Better arrange rebate there. Launching Can make rebate. Lauru Handle rebate matters very caro- irfiva fay reDaies rrnm casn on nana. Laveallo Rebate must be connaenuai. Woodpath Interstate Commerce commis sion. Here there was a ripple of laughter among the shippers present. The inter state commerce commissioners smiled. Mr. Streyckmans continued: Woodrrint Avoid service of summons from Interstate Commerce commission. The laugh grew more audible. Footnot Meet Interstate commission. Impilnted Judson C. Clements of Ueorgia. Iniprlntlngs J. C. Yeomens. Imprison Charles A. Prouty. Improbltus J. W. Fifer. Improbity A. R. Moseley. When the code words standing for the names of the Interstate commerce commis sioners were read laughter and handclap- ping among' the shippers caused Chairman Clements to rap for order. Questioned regarding prices paid by vari ous railroads for icing cars, Mr. Streyck meni replied: "The Northwestern billed Ice at $1 a ton. That furnished by the Chicago, Milwaukee at St. Paul was billed at 12.59, with a rebate of 1 being granted on a counter-claim: In the case of the Erie it was $1.25. This gave large profits to the Armour lines." Witness Alleges Discrimination. Showing what ho claimed to be discrim ination among shippers, Streyckmans de clared that former Lieutenant Governor Al don Anderson of California paid 60 per cent tariff rate on his shipments. "Among those who received more than a 60 per cent rebate," said the witness, "were Frank H, Buck of San Francisco, the Earl Fruit company, the Porter Bros, company, the Producers' Fruit company and others. Those who paid and received less than a 60 per cent rebate were Stephens & Hum phreys, B. R. Roper, Schnadel Bros., George D. Kellogg and others." He said the net cost of Ice to the Armour car line on the New York Central was 12 a ton, on the West Shore roads 12.50 a ton, on the Balti more & Ohio 12.60 a ton, on the Pennsyl vania lines 12 and 12.60 a on. Streyckmans declared that the profits to the Armour lines on the icing ran as high as 600 to 600 per cent. . "The profits on isr shipments from Cali fornia to New York," said the witness. wrtVbit an average UX as-Ito." - On cross-examination, Streyckmans de clared that George B. Robbins, president of the Armour car lines, had attempted to secure the papers and code the witness had In his possession by threats. . Armours Blake No Defense. EXPLOSION IN BUTTE MINE Seven Men Killed and One Injured br an Aeeldent in One of the Helnsa Properties. BUTTE, Mont., May 12. Seven men were killed and one injured, probably fatally. in an explosion in the Corra mine, one of the Heinze properties, this afternoon. The dead. DANIEL O'BRIEN. JOHN HOULAHAN. R. H. HILL. DAVE GILL. NEL8 WAMPA. JOHN KRAMER. DANIEL HA1LEY. The injured: Hugh McGlllls, concussion of the brain. condition serious. The cause of the explosion is not known and can only be surmised. Nels Wampa was carrying an armful of about forty sticks of dynamite, approximately twenty five pounds, to be used for blasting pur poses. He was climbing a ladder to Join his companies on the 1,400 foot level when the dynamite exploded with terrific force. It Is believed that Wampa touched Son of New York Political Leader Em pires While Earoute to Oklahoma. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 12.-Herbert V. Croker, a son of Richard Croker, the New York Tammany leader, was found dead oti a southbrind Santa Fe train near Newton, Kan., early this morning, and it Is supposed that he died of opium poison ing. The body was taken from the train at Newton, where an Inquest is being held and where it is expected that an autopsy will be performed to determine the causa of death. From papers found on the dead man, It appears, that he was on the way from New York to spend a vacation at the 101 ranch. Bliss, Okl. He stopped In Kansas City on his way west yesterday, but did not register at a hotel or, so far as known, make his Identity known to any on-). He visited the Kim Ridge races In thn afternoon, but his conduct was not un usual. At 10 o'clock last night, Mr. Croker, in a condition of stupor, "was put on board a chair car on a Santa Fe train by a negro, who gave hiin a purse containing 119 In money and a ticket to Bliss, Okl. Mr. Croker Immediately lapsed into a heavy sleep. His fellow passengers noticed his sleep become quloter. No attention was paid to his condition until Newton had been nearly reached, when the con ductor, seeking to arouse him to collect his ticket, found him dead. The coroner at Newton began an Inquest tonlfiht, at which trainmen testified that Mr. Croker did not smell of liquor. The inquest was adjourned till tomorrow, and It Is expected that an autopsy will be performed to night. The police of this city found the negro who put Croke- on the (rain. He was a porter at the Coates .house, named Wood son. He said that Crbker, whom he met at the hotel, asked, to be taken to an opium Joint; that he Hook-Croker to such a place, kept by a Chlnarna..; that Croker stayed there for an hcun; and that then, at his request, Woodson took Croker to the train and helped him on board. The police believe Woodson's story and he has not been arrested. KANSAS CITY, May tt.-Charles Wood son, the negro porter who accompanied Herbert Croker to the tram,; was arrested this morning and held for Investigation. NEW YORK, May 12. News of the sud den death of Herbert Croker, son of Rich ard Croker, was received in this city today from Newton, Kan., by his eldest brother, Richard Croker, Jr., and hla mother at their home in Seventy-fourth street. The Croker home tonight was plunged into the deepest filoom. Herbert Croker left this city a few days ago to take a vacation on a friend's ranch in Oklahoma. It is said that he had been in ill health and had gone to recuperate. A cablegram was sent to his father In Ireland. This is the second death in the family, Frank Croker having died last January from injuries received while racing his automobile at Ormonde, Fla. Herbert Croker was nearlhg his 23d year. He was an expert golfer; "a lover of dogs and a thorough sportsman. He started in business after finishing his studies at Cornell university and secured a position in the shipbuilding plant of Lewis Nixon at Elisabeth port, N. J. ''(- RANCH M EN VSLE"NS1NEERS Wyomlnf Men Discuss Proposed Irri gation Projects with Reclama tion Bourd. PRESENT RATES SUIT 110RD Nebraska Cattleman Telle Senate Com mittee He Wante No Change, STICKNEY TALKS OF MAKING OF REBATES Freight by Charges Are Manipulated Means of Elevator Fees and Midnight Tariffs. BILLINGS, Mont May 12.-A delesatlun As no witnesses were offered in defense 0f Wyoming ranchmen arrived in Blliir-ns of the Armour car lines, Chairman Clem- I today and presented a proposition to tho ents announced at the conclusion or board of consulting engineers of the United Streyckmans' testimony that the commla- states reclamation service for the proposed slon could remain in session no longer, be- irrigation of Grav E.-ll vallev in tho tii- THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska Showers and Thunderstorms Saturday. Sunday Fair and Warmer. Paa-e. 1 Twenty-One Killed In Wrerk. Secret Code of Armour Company. Cattleman I.Ikes Present Hates. Tornado Death List Increasing, 9 Strike a Struggle of Endurance. Nan Patterson Given Her Liberty. 8 News from All Porta of Nebraska. Unfiles to n Given lire Readers. 4 1nils.e Advocates Public Paths. Small Pntcher Talks of Reef Trust. B Law's Delays Annoying to .lodges. Rate War Over Woodmen Business. O Talk of Extra Legislative Session. Lumbermen Dlsnaree with Haldwln 7 Commercial Review of the Week. High School Seniors' Good Record. 5 Romance In l ife of Engineer. ft Incidents In Lite of General Lee. 10 Editorial. 11 Affairs at South Omaha. 12 Sporting Events of the Day. 13 Financial and Commercial. IS Council Rluffs and Iown News. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi Hour, n a. e a. T a. H a. ft n. 10 a. 11 a. la m. Deg. . 44 44 40 4 KB M I2 01 Hour. 1 P. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. B p. e p. t p. p. 9 p. I Ill . m . Deg. BS 6il W fltt 7 o HM ll 3 OUTLAWS ESCAPE FROM JAIL Overpower the Sheriff and Arms, Ammunition and Horses. Take II M unnmiri ient) nAaniflulUA, May 12. (Special Tele gram.) T. B. Hord, a cattle raiser, farmer and grain dealer of Central City, Neb., appeared before the senate committee on interstate commerce today to protest against the proposed rate legislation. Mr. Hord said: "At the present time the railroads in my state give us good service. They grant all reasonable demands. We have the railway officers among us and we want the conditions to remain unchanged because, we are prospering. I came here at the request of friends who agree with me because we think It right to enter our protest." Stlcknry Tells of Evasion. A. B. Btickney, president of the Chicago Great Western, filed with the senate com mittee on interstate commerce a statement in favor df giving the Interstate Commerce commission power to fix rates. He says that the commission would be the most satisfactory arbiter rctslble. Speaking of rebates, he says "that since the in Junctions the traffic directors have stopped paying rebates on grain shipments, but In lieu thereof have paid elevator fees, which is another way of giving rebates." A government commission v.ould be un- trammeled by competition or a desire to se cure tonnage for any particular line' and could frame an equitable schedule. Mr. Stlckney thought that the commis sion should be allowed to fix minimum aa well as maximum rates or discriminations could not be prevented. Mr. Stlckney criti cized the free pass system. Question of Railway Passes. "As an individual rule of action the law against free passes," he said, "was ig nored by the congressmen who passed it and by the president who approved it, and subsequently congressmen and presi dent with rare exceptions have Ignored its provisions. Traveling, they present the evidence of their misdemeanor before the eyes of the public in a way which indi cates no regard for the law. The gov ernors of the states, the Judges, in short, all officialdom In the highest to the low est, the higher clergy, college professors, editors, merchants, bankers, lawyers, pres ent the evidence of their misdemeanor in the same manner. . "There is one man, and but one man, whose example would be effective, and, un less the American people have misjudged his character, if he realized that he was transgressing the law in accepting the courtesy of free transportation, Theodore Roosevelt would have the virtue and the ..mini n a o n 1 t Vi a nKllllir r. .Via Avnmr.lA which shall awaken officialdom and all TEXAS TRAIN THROUGH BRIDGE good citizens to a sense of the individual CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 12.-(Speclal Te'sgram.) While Deputy Sheriff Webb was giving water to a prisoner In the county Jail at Casper tonight he was over powered and disarmed by Ed Lee, Mar tin Trout and William Wardlow, three des perate outlaws, who mado their escape after securing guns, ammunition and cloth ing from the sheriff's office, and horses and saddles from the stables. They bound and gagged Sheriff Webb's wife and choked her, but before departure removed tho gag and bade her good-bye. The trio rode away in the direction of the Casper mountains. Deputy Sheriff Hart organized a posse and started In pursuit, overtaking the bandits near the summit of the moun tains, seven miles from town, where a battle ensued. Citizens with field glasses witnessed the fight, but night came on and the outcome Is not known. Lee was formerly a deputy sheriff and knows every foot of the country. He was awaiting trial for horse stealing. Trout is a cattle thief and Wardlow is a forger and an all round burglar. A second posse has loft Casper, and a third will Join the chase at midnight. The outlaws being well armed and mounted it will be a difficult task to recapture them. causa of business which would occupy its attention In Washington. It was then ar ranged by agreement of the representatives of the shippers, the car lines and the Horn country. Under the water right sys tem now in vogue it is asserted that the I surplus of water in the high season goes to waste and that during the irrigation season commission that a further hearing of the there ls not enoUgh water to supply the investigation muuiu uo bci at luium date. The time and place for the continua tion of the inquiry was not decided .upon today, but will be announced later by the commission. SECTION BOSS CAUSES WRECK Leaves Switch Inlocked aad Lets Rock Island Train Onto Siding. needs of the valley. Another delegation from Carbin county ls here today urging the construction of an Immense reservoir on Clark's Fork that will reclaim lands In Carbon county, Mon tana, and Big Horn county, Wyoming. From here A. P. Davis of Washington, D. C, assistant engineer, goes to Denver to let the contract for the construction cf the interstate canal on North Platte lver. H. A. Wiley, consulting engineer, gots to Idaho to take charge of n.ve'.-U projects and H. N. Savage, supervising engineer, and C. E. Grunsky, chief consulting ecgl- neer, will make a tour of inspection in SPRINGFIELD, Neb., May 12. (Special Telegram.) A bad wreck occurred on the Rock Island at T o'clock this morning at Montana with special reference to the Milk Meadow, a small sta.tlon four miles south I river project. of this place. Fast freight No. 97, that left Omaha at 6:30, ran into an open switch BRYAN TALKS AT KANSAS CITY his candle to the explosive. Wampa was trol of the London house, the Waldorf. In lwn to bits, fragments of his body being addition to the theaters the partnershlD Iouna aeverai nunared reet away. owns companies which have produced suc cessful plays. STOCK GROWERS NAME BOARDS Men Who Will Control Orgaalsatloa elected by Convene tlon at Denver. - DENVER. May 11. The executive com mittee of the American Stock Growers' association has elected a board of control and a legislative committee. The board of control will have entire management of the affairs of the association during the interim between meetings of the legislative com mittee, which will be held at Denver in April, September and January. The board Is composed of Murdo MacKensle of Trini dad. Colo.; A. F. Derlcales of Denver, J, M. Board nut n of Helena, Colonel W. S. Hughes of Denver, A. M. Amnions of Little ton and M. K. Parsons of Salt Lake City, The legislative committee, which will han- Two men working nearby were blown to pieces, the remains when picked up filled seven sacks. Four others, about one hun dred feet distant, were Instantly killed. though their bodies were not mutilated. The drifts In which the unfortunate men were working were completely littered with human fragments. While Foreman Thomas was groping in the dense smoke in an effort to rescue the men. he found half of the top of Wampa's head hanging to an flat cars, while going at the rate of forty miles an hour. The engineer, fireman and heead brakeman all Jumped before the crash came and besides a few slight sprains and bruises were not seriously injured. A car loaded with emigrant goods. Including four horses, six hogs, and three men, JubI behind the engine, came out of the wreck without a scratch. Section Foreman Charles Deersdorff had Just ordered the hand car placed on the siding to let the train pass. He unlocked the switch and turned it for the handcar and then followed Nebraskan Approves Attltnde of Pres ident Roosevelt on Railway Question. KANSAS CITY, May 12.-William J. Bryan was the guest of honor and principal speaker at a dinner given by the Knife and Fork club of this city at the Midland hotel tonight. In an interview Mr. Bryan said that he admired the position of Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Taft upon the question of railroad rate legislation the car In on the siding so that It would When asked if he thought the president clear the main track and he and his men I would call a special session of congress sat down on the car to wait for the train an1 ure upon that body the necessity of electric light wire over a hundred feet dis tant from the scene of the explosion. Sev eral of the rescue party were overcome by the terrible sight. GAS TANK EXPLOSION FATAL Four Men Killed and Forty Injured by an Aeeldent Near Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, May U.-Four men were killed and two score others were more die all matters relattng to legislation, is I or lees seriously burned today by the col - A composed of Murdo MacKenzle of Trinidad, Fred P. Johnson of Denver, A, L Ames of lows, J. U. Boartinutn of Montana. W, W. Turney of Texas, 11. 8. Dolce of Okla homa aud W. U. Comstock of Nebraska. Colonel W. U. Hughes was elected treas urer and Fred P. Johnson of Denver tem porary secretary. 8. H. Cowan of Texas j was appointed ltgal counsel and instructed to proceed to Washington and attend the hearings before the senate committee on the railroad rate question. lapse of an immense gas holder at the Point Breeze works of the United Gas Im provement company in the southern part of the city. The dead: - GEORGE H. WHALEX, a tin roofer. JAMES OOILBIE, Whalen's assistant. OWEN BRADY, employe of gas works. ROBERT FLEMING, employe of gas works. The gas holder collapsed from some un known cause and the great volume of gas Ths cattle growers' Interstate committee I w hich the holder contained exploded with has decided to co-operate with the Amer ican, slock grower' legislative committee and to place all Its funds at the disposal of the latter committee for the prosecution of its purposes. The uxt annual convention of the new association will be held la Dunvar January a, such force that buildings within a radius of half a mile were shaken. U is believed that when the gas escuped from the holder it was Ignited by the tinner's furnace. causing a great flame. There were more than fifty men a short distance from the tank and nearly all of them wera either badly burned or acorchod, to pass. When they realized the danger It was too late to close the switch. They started to run from ths track and the foreman never came back. The engine and eight cars are a total wreck. The injured are: Engineer Thomas Gravllle, Fairbury; scalp wound. Fireman E. E. Brown. Fairbury. Lyman' Borham, Leslie Borham, Q. W. Curtis and Guy Davis of Tekamah, Neb., were In the car behind the engine. INSANE MAN AT WHITE HOUSE Italian Who Says His Murdered Wife Is Inside Tries to Break la Rack Door. WASHINGTON, May 11 A man who said his name ls Daniel Costable, an Italian, immediate railroad legislation Mr. Bryan refused to commit himself. In regard to the recent Iroquois banquet in Chicago, at which President Roosevelt was the guest of honor, Mr. Bryan said: I was gratified at the recent expression of good will of the democrats in Chicago toward the president, and 1 am glad that the democrats of the nation are supporting President Roosevelt In ills position on the railroad rate question. The westerners !!::. Mr. Roosevelt. I am glad to see the democrats greeting him out here. It shows that they are supporting him In many of his policies. They have a regard and respect that I am sure rnimt be pleasing to our president. He was given a big ovation by the Iroquois club. But that which is most gratifying to me ls his outspoken policy on rate legislation. I am heartily with him in his position. Secretary Tuft has spoken a policy which must ap peal to our citizens, and President Roose velt. In his customary manner, "barks him up." This question will come before the people for solution. was arrested by Policeman Hopkins while PROPERTY STOLEN AT RULO trying to force an entrance at the rear j Part of Plunder Found la Kansas City Taken front Nebraska Merchant, KANSAS CITY. May ll-(SpeclaI Tele- door of the White Hou.?s, about midnight tonight. He was locked up at the police station. When questioned as to the reason for being on the White House grounds he de clared a spirit had entered his head and told him that his murdered wife was to be gram ) The priests' robes which were found found In the White House. The man was in the home of James Patton, the Kansas hatless and clad only in a coat of thin City peddler who was shot early Wednes- serge. He was first seen by a negro climb- day morning by the city marshal at Glen- lng over the Iron fence surrounding the wood, la., have been identified aa those grounds of the White House and attention stolen from the mercliandlse store of Her- was attracted by the sound of an attempted man Boehme at Rulo, Neb. entrance at the rear door. He was tugging The police received a circular a few weeks frantically at the door and shouting, ago from Rulo, giving a description of "Francesca, It Is I." Policeman Hopkins robes, cassocks- and surplices, which had rushed .up ard hurled him to the ground, been stolen from that city. The circular Stripping off his coat, he made a dash for described the robes recovered by the police liberty at the station, but was stopped, and yesterday. Chief Hayes notified ths store- six men wera necessary to place him la g keeper last night that the stolen property bad bea louad. tdutj .to. cbfl -thia. lRW.' Midnight Tariffs Condemned. ' Discussing rebates Mr. Stlckney said: Since the injunctions the trafflo directors have stopped paying rebates on grain ship ments, uui in ueu inereoi nave paiu ele vator fees, a practice which the Interstate Commerce commission has sanctioned as admissible under the law, notwithstanding it Is evidently a rebate paid to elevator owners which ls not available to ordinary shippers. The traiHc directors have made secret contracts with large shippers at rates below the schedule rates, and having thus secured the tonnage in advance they "publish" a schedule containing the con tract rates. Such schedules are called "midnight schedules," and have all the ef fects of secret rebates. .The small dealers who have made contracts are saddled with losses, which the large dealer pockets as profits, and the railway company secures a large tonnage of competitive traffic. These legal midnight schedules can only be prevented by conferring upon a govern ment commission the sole power to make such schedules. The committee, according to Mr. Stlck ney, would not make a separate schedulo for each railway, but only one schedule for all the railways, and its duties would be to line up the existing rates to the best of Its ability. President Ramsey on the Stand. President Joseph Ramsey, Jr., of the Wabash railroad, was again a witness to day, opposing the proposed railroad rate legislation. The advocates of the proposed legislation, he contended, do not want maximum rates, but desire a rate for the benefit of their particular localities. A number of shippers testified In opposi tion to granting the commission poer to fix rates. Nearly all of them said the railroads treated them fairly and they did not desire governmental Interference. Among these shippers wen: E. V. Hoard of Central City, Neb.; Peter Jansen of Jansen, Neb.; F. H. Gilchrist, Kearney, Neb.; H. D. Rand, ' Burlington, la.; S. W. Fordyce of St. Louis, and Edward Smedley of Dubuque, la. Wells for Employes. With a view of safeguarding the health of its employes and those of contractors on the Belle Fourche project In South Dakota, the reclamation service has dl rected Engineer Walter to begin at -once the sinking of a number of artesian wells at points where camps are to be located. The Belle Fourche valley is known to be in the artesian belt so there Is practically no uncertainty In regard to securing a supply of water suitable for domestic, pur poses. Cummins Calls on President. Governor Cummins of Iowa saw the president today before the cabinet met. The Iowa governor when asked what he thought ought to be done to meet the growing deficit of the treasury said there were many ways suggested but there did not seem to be any crystallzatlon of senti ment on the subject. He admitted that changes In the tariff would be one way of bringing about additional revenues. He was not prepared to say whether he be lieved this way would be adopted. ' Mrs. Shaw Recovers. The secretary of the treasury and Mrs. Shaw have returned to their Massachusetts avenue home, after a few days spent In New York. Mrs. Bhaw has entirely recov ered from her recent illness at.d is enter taining Mrs. Dullck, her sister, and Miss Boff, her niece. .A. C. Smith of Omaha, head of the M E. Smith Dry Goods company of that city, who came to Washington to tell the Inter- State commerce committee of ths senate what he knew about railroad rates In his section, left for New York today. Houtlna of Departments. These national banks were today au thorlxed to begin business with 26.0iO cap ital: First National bank of University Place, Neb., Charles Granderson, presl dent; E. 8. Klrkland, cashier. The Citizens National of Guthrie Center, la., John W. Foster, president; O. D. Williams, cashier. Rural carriers appointed for Nebraska Two r Coaches Fall , Into . . Stream Swollen by Cloudburst Twenty Reported Injured. DALLAS, Tex., May 12. A special from Weatherford, Tex., to the News says: Two coaches of a Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern passenger train went through a broken trestle this after noon at Dry creek, twelve miles from this place, and about' twenty people were more or. less serlomly hurt. Loss of life ls feared. The two persons "lost seriously hurt so far as ls known, officers of the road re fusing information, are: Crawford Whit ten, Fort Worth, Internal injuries; Wil liam Cohen, leg badly hurt. A cloudburst, raising the water in Dry creek twenty-five feet, dashed a log against one of the uprights of the bridge, loosen ing It Just before the train reached It. Feeling the bridge Kinking, the engineer opened the throttln and saved all but two coaches of his train, which went down with their passengers. Every one In the cotchos, It is reported. were more or less hurt, but details cannot be had. The story as given comes from the two Injured men, who were hurried to Fort Worth on a special. A relief train has gone ont from Weatherford. WRECK ON1 THE 'FRISCO LINE Tho Meteor Runs Into Cut of Boxcars at Rosedale, Kansas Ten Injured. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 12. Ten per sons were hurt in the wreck of the 'Frisco Meteor," the Oklahoma and Texas lim ited train, in the Rosedale (Kan.) railroad yards tonight by the "Meteor" crashing into five boxcars which stood on the main line. The injured: John Cleveland, engineer. 81 years old. pinioned beneath engine; will die. torn Johnson, nreman, hip and shoulder shattered. J. N. Atherton. railway mall clerk, back sprained and bruised. Hughes, okianoina city, thrown from fun man berth and cut about faoe. Andv Rovman. baKKaaeman. lear crushed bv falling- trurks. E. H. Hawks, baggageman, leg crushed oy railing irunas. it. a. wauer. uuster. OKI., side hurt. S. T. Post. Gueda Snrlne-s. Kan., arm crushed. A. D. Harclerode. Bronson. Kan., wrist sprained. Durr Harrington, Sheboygan, Wis., face uruiseu. ACCIDENT ON WABASH ROAD Loeomotive Boiler on Moving; Train Explodes Near Lltchfleld, Illinois. LITCHFIELD. 111.. May 11-Englneer Harry Taylor was killed outright and Fire man Charles Clark and Brakeman I F, Redman, all of Decatur, were fatally In Jured by the explosion of the boiler of an engine hauling a freight train on the Wa bash at Winston, four miles south' of this city, today. The accident occurred while the train was running twenty-five miles an hour and aeverai cars were wrecked. (Continued on Second Pag. Movements of Oeean Vessels May 12, At New YorkArrived: Calabria, from Naples. Sailed: Italia, for Naples. At Dover Balled : Deutachland, for New York. At Glasgow Arrived: Mongolian, from New York. At Naples Arrived: Lorn bard la, from New York; Prinzess Irene, from New York. At Stettin Arrived: Louisiana, from New York. At Cherbourg Arrived: Hamburg, from Now York. At Genoa Sailed: Cltta Dl Torino, for New York. At Liverpool Arrived: Rylvanla, from Boston; Caledonia ,i, from Boston. Sailed: Arabic, for Boston. At Antwerp Arrived: Nederland, from New Torn. A. l)i-rintith in-lvtl J New York. i At Queens town Arrived: Campania, from New York. Hamburg, from DEATH LIST CROWS Nnmber of Victim of Snyder Tornado Eati mated at One Hundred T wen tj-Five, TWENTY-FIVE DEAD OUTSIDE TOWN News from Country Districts Earaged bj Storm Now Coming In. LIBERAL RESPONSE TO APPEALS FOR AID Tenti, Bedding, Medicine and Clothing Arrive in Large Quantities. WANT AND SUFFERING ON ALL SIDES Many Hodles I.ylnsr In Temporary; Morgues Remain I'nldentlded and Thirty-Five Persons Are Still Reported Mlsslngr. SNYDER, Okl., May 12.-A11 estimates of the number killed by Wednesday night's tornado In the south of Snyder make the total at least 126. The tornado traveled a distance of thirty-five miles, cutting a path from a quarter mile to a half mile wide. The farmhouses In this path were demolished and the occu pants killed or Injured. All the men available are needed here to clear away debris, bury the dead and care for the sick, and the fate of the farmers struck by the storm has not been fully investi gated. Estimates of the number killed outside of Snyder range from twenty-five to forty. More than 100 laborers brought here by the 'Frisco railroad, together with a big force of volunteers, began moving and burning debris today. Two men dead and another barely alive were found in a heap of rubbish piled against railroad freight cars noar the statiou this morning. They had been there since last Wednesday night at 8:15 o'clock, at which time every clock In town stopped. Four Hundred Injured. Statements that 400 persons were injured are correct, but most of these suffered only slight bruises. Forty-five persons aro receiving hospital treatment. On account of lack of accommodations here, the wounded are being taken to larger towns. J. W. Hudson, a capitalist, and his daugh ter are at Lawton, and Mr. Hudson Is re ported dying tonight. Dr. and Mrs. J. W, Miller are also at Lawton, and Mrs. ' Miller is not expected to survive. J. M. Eagan, the 'Frisco station agent, and several other patients have been taken to Springfield, Mo. There were four members in the family of William Hughes of WlUowvale; three in that of J. D. Ralston of Olustee, und three in that of Mr. Moore, In the same neigh borhood. All were killed. At the ranch of E. L. Peckbam; president of the Denver, Enid & Gulf Railroad company, six miles west of here, the tornado totally destroyed a !25,0iK residence and a $lo,0uo barn. .; Seeond Storm Causes Pnnio. Trie havoc and s.ifftirlng wrt'lght by the tornado was made more unbearable to lis grlcf-trlckon citizens today by a terrluo rainstorm. Another tornado seemed threatening the town, and men and woman who had survived the frlghtfu.1 destruc tion of Wednesday night became panto stricken. The rattle of hail, accompanied by high wind, increased the fear. Every building in town bears evidence of the tornado, and tho rain poured through roofs in torrents. The temporary hospital buildings, where men, women and children lay swathed In bandages and moaning In pain, and where surgeons wera performing operations were quickly flooded. Oil cloths were spread over the sufferers, but this afforded only scant protection against the water. Excellent order has been maintained, and only two or three cases of pillaging have been reported. E. C. Ray, sheriff of Kiowa, last night guarded the town with thirty-five deputies. Many Pitiable Scenes. Pitiable scenes of want and suffering were seen here today on all sides. Much confusion still existed, despite the efforts of hundreds of outsiders to aid the victims of Wednesday night's tornado. Last night many who had lost everything they pos-ses-icd went hungry and practically unpro-. tected from the cold. Many bodies, lying in temporary morgues, remained unidentified, while among the injured, dozens who suffered from ugly wounds or broken limbs, were without proper medical attention. Others still were missing, and an exact list of the casualties was not to be had. With the break of day two scorns of par ties resumed their search In the wreckage for the victims. Governor Ferguson's re quest to the people of Oklahoma to render immediate aid to the destitute people began to show early results. Early today car loads of provisions, clothing, tents, bedding and medicines began to arrive, and with them came added numbers of persons from all directions to aid In attending to the Immediate wants of the citizens. Houses nnd Medlcnl Caro Needed. The most serious phase of the sltuattoa presented today' is the necessity of hons lng of the homeless and the providing of sufficient medical care of the Injured. While physicians and surgeons had arrived every hour since Thursday -morning, they worked at a distinct disadvantage because of lack of house room and insufficient fa cilities. Among the first things accomp lished today was the sorting of medicines, clothing and provisions, which were hur ried to separate depots as fast as received. From each of these places separate com mittees began a systematic distribution of this material. All night two dozen men worked in cessantly preparing the bodies of the vic tims for burial, and today dozens of funerals were held. Plenty of coffins had been sent In, but wagons and drays had to be used In carting the remains to ths cemeteries. All day long crude hearses passed through the streets. Poorly clad woman and children, most of whom had lost soma member of their family and had suffered from wounds, exposure and hun ger, wandered here and there trying to find some missing loved one, or went from morgue to morgue in an endeavor to iden tify them among ths dead. Appeal for Relief. A relief committee has been formed and the following application has been issued and handed to the Associated Press repre sentative, with a request that it be given publicity; To the People of the United States: This place was almost totally obliterated by a cyclone on the evening of May 10. The peo ple here aro dividing their all, hut have not enough to relieve tho presnlng ne'-slly. Neighboring towns are strenuously sending us hospital supplies and food. - Fully 3u0 famlllM have been ruined by th storm; 1,U)) people are more or less dependent on the goodwill of the generously Inclined to tidi I h-m over the present distress. Money Is urgently needed. The loss, Including crops, b'.wk, Uomti and other property, wlU reach.