Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 20, 1906, Image 1
he Omaha Daily Bee No Filthy Sanaatlona THE OMAHA DEE Qoaa Into tho Horn THE OMAHA DEE Best t'hn. West Best & West ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 190G-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. IRISH HOME- RULE Kinci Speech in Opening Parliament Pnta This Question to the Front. CHAMBERLAIN HEADS THE OPPOSITION Protectionist Throwg Down Gauntlet in Brilliant and Sarcartio Speech. KING DRIVES . IN STATE TO HALL Qneen is Absent, Being at Copenhagen to Attend Father's Fnneral. BRIEF REFERENCE TO MOROCCAN MEETING President of Inlted State Mentioned Being Responsible tor Con rlaslon of War Betweea . RiuUMiiiipii- LONDON, Feb. 1.-Th pointed refer enc to Ireland contained In King Ed ward speech to Parliament today, coupled with the announcement of the determina tion to riant constitutional government to tha Transvaal, brought these two ques tions to the'forefront In the debate In the Hour of Lords and tlie Mous-i of Com mons, on the motion on tho address In reply to tha speech from the throne. In tha former house the debate was almost perfunctory, except where Lord Lans downe, assuming lils now role of lender of the opposition In the upper hc.ui-e. pointed out certain danger connee'ed with the i proposed changes anil Incidentally com mented on tho Algeelras conference and the situation In ' Macedonia, r-nrnlng the government of po'blo difficulties arising In the near rest until Great lltttain main tained a firm nttltude. Chamberlain' Brilliant Speech. It was In the llmiae of L'ommniw that the debate on the uddress Wame Interest ing, when Joseph Chamberlain. In the ab sence of former Premier Ralf.nir. took the place of the leader ot the opposition and in brilliant and lengthy speech attacked the government on all points, especially on Its Sotilh African policy. Ho threw down the gauntlet regarding home, rule tor Ireland. Kejardlng tariff reform Mr. C hamberlain promised to give the government several hud quarter hours. . Mr. Chamberlain's speech undoubtedly whs the feature of the first day of the Hnnse ot Commons. The small coterie of unionists took heart under his spirited leadership and his brilliant thrusts and sarcasm were greeted' with the heartiest cheers. Kven some of Mr. Chamberlain's opponents could not re f ruin from accord ing him tha meed of acclaim for his re markable attack. - Premier Campbell-hnnnermHn'a reply was lengthy and perfectly good-humored, the speaker assuming that his position was on of such strength that he could afford to be generous. Attltade of Sa.lnaallat. Tha reference to Ireland in the klng'i apeech Is received with mingled feelings and lomt. degreo ff tibt. Tha miilrmarlst are, noncommittal and decline to accept as more than a possibility these seeming steps toward home rule. John Redmond, who followed Premier Campbell-Bannerman at the night session, boldly announced that the nationalists would not be satisfied with anything short of complete self govern ment. On the other hsnd. some of the less radical Irish members do not hesitate to auy that tho clause In the king's speech tneans a modified form of home rule and la timste that Mr. Redmond would be satis fled with such a step, as It would surely guarantee home rule In the future. The liberals profess themselves well pleased with the clauses In the king's speech af- fcttng their special Interests. Speech from the Throne. King Edward opened the second Parlla- t ment of his reign this afternoon with the customary ceremonial. The weather was cloudy, but rain held off and all the points of vantage along the troop-lined route fol lowed by the royal progress were well oc up led by cheering crowds. for the first time since early In the reign f tha lata Queen Victoria only a single chair occupied tha dais In consequence of tha absence from England of Queen Alex andro. Th king, arrayed In robes ot crlm on silk and velvet, edged with gold lace and surmounted by a heavy cape of ermine, having seated himself on tlie throne, com manded the presence of the commons to i" ai hi. .1 in i i. The speech contained no surprises. The Usual reference to the continuance of friendly relations with foreign powers was followed by a paragraph rejoicing over the fact th.it the Rusao-Japunese war has "been brought to an end by the satlsfac tory conclusion of the nejotlatlona com menced In August and due to the initiative Of the president of the T'nlted States which had resulted In nn honorable peace Rtferr tig to the Moroccan cmfaience, the ' king remarked: "It Is earnestly to be hoped that the result of these negotiations may be conductive to the maintenance of peace among all nations." Colorless mention a made of the Anglo Jawinese treaty, the dissolution of the union of Norway and Sweden and the con dltlon of Mucedntila. "which has continued to give cause for anxiety." TW sjrf-ech eli ecil with a mention prospective legislation. Home Rnle for Ireland. An ln.Hii'tanl paragraph devoted to Ire laud whs as follows: My ministers hve umlev consideration plan for lim rovl-itr a:nl ep Mns the ee m-n-ie hi the sys't-ui of goerunient for 1 tela id nr.d tor li.trotliHlnu tli-irin tiieuim ftir :imrclHttiiK the people with tho eoiuluci .1 iumi urc.uiK. it la my l.sn that th .-overturn :it 01 the count!')-, in reliance upon the oldln'irv law, ahoiild If carried tu so lar as exilllitj clrciliiistuiu.es ,.riul !! a sirit iKt iriltol of the wishes anil eeii tl iienlx of the In i (x-ojile. nml I trout nut tl is niv eondoi-e to the insintciiunee bf iruiHoiiiiity uud pood IcclioR hetaeen the i irT r;n clust-ea o! the coiuniuiiity. It w.is noticeable thut the king is still MilTetlni, trout the Injury to hia knee. He -walked hulilnyly, aided by a xtlck. AinL.".ssndor R" Id ami Mrs. Held were utuoi.g those present ut the ceremony. I'etltlou from Saffraalats. V(-.e:: liic mcinlMTS of Ut House of (Vlimous arrived .it the house this a.'ltr. nun", to couiiiieucc the iluek of thm esUiu toey found u motley crowd of women ouuido. who were e.ui t to :--llt tin. I. glxl uom In kupport or the women's aufhtif bill. Tlie r vtptioa which they lecelvid was mixed, but th attitude of ll.-e nw house Is undoubtedly time friendly f the r.iove.'iicnt than htivtcfi re. Ualfoar lleglaa Ilia lawiuil(a. The liberals of the city of Lxmdon liavi chsnfid ground since Sunday, and ai'ter levtifl conferences wiih Thomas Oibaua boat., lute free trade member tor Klnrfu- 'Continued ou Second Page.) troops dissolve the diet Soldier Read Hrscrlpt Closing Ha garlna Parliament and Clear the Hall. ill DA I'KS I-'ib. 1 The Hungarian LUaulved this morning flth th Uf ur i the '-q. Th floor and eor f i wei cleared by the ' v resistance and no 5- i ot tit coalition lie disjlutlon was lal and that the' Jpednctaiay 111 the prevented by y mooting will be Idols of ;wilce, There disorder. The- j" tmr.y declared', .ir nr:ltu'.!oiiaf, -in i.uid h nit l'i:rl!ali)flU bu!l tnif'I, In T.l.Uli' li!d e!swiier. Th" f9ilon p The vice president u-ul N;liL the iA I (sr.- Juslh, preside o'clock aliaro. ' from Gen- Vasluner, and vwr house, cinl dccUred that tWYdyaTft script dls lolvlng Parliament, forwarded by General I.) III. vii unconstitutional and illegal, and nergetlcally protested against It- The vice president proposed that the house Ignore the rescript and return It to the emperor- king. The house Immediately accepted the proposal with prolonged cheers. There after the minutes of the meeting were dupled, the members were notified to re- saer.ible on Wednesday and the house ad- ourncd. Tlie royal rescript dissolving Par liament was left unopened cn the presi dent's desk and the members left the house using the Kossuth hymn. Th floor was almost cleared when a captain of Hungarian militia at the head of five soldiers with fixed bayonets, and a rge number uf policemen who had prev- uusly entered by a sldo door, entered the house. The captain and soldiers mounted he president's tribune ami the policemen cc up led the flcur. The captain opened and read the rescript amid constant Interrup tions from the galleries snd some of the deputies, who returned to the floor, and all present united In singing the Kossuth ymn, with the result that not a word of lis rescript could be heard. The policemen escorted ecveial noisy members from the lloor and then slowly cleared the galleries and corridors. A large crowd of cheering deputies escorted Frsncls KohvuiIi, Count Albert Apponyl and other leaders from the louse, which was surrounded by five sUadrons of cavalry, one regiment of In fantry, a battalion of milltlu and l.OOv po licemen. GERMANY REJECTS OVERTURE Proposal for French and Spanish Con trol of Moroccan I'ollee I nae ceptable to Kaiser. AUG EXTRAS. Spain, Feb. 19.-The Ger- msn delegates to the Moroccan conference received from Berlin tonight Germany's reply to the proposition regarding the policing of Morocco. The reply is a rejec tion of the .Prench proposition that the officers of the proposed police system shall be French and Spanish. Germany declares that tlie French proposnl Is contrary to the principle of Internationalization and equal ity of all the powers in Morocco. The effect of tho German reply on the subject of the policing - of Morocdo has had a bad effect on ttw neutral delegates, who were disponed to regard tlm French proposal as a mvdera.te one und who ex pected some ncknowlcdtfmmit In Hint re gard from Germany. They do not, how ever, consider the caxo as desperate us it has been hitherto. Their guarded nun Interference now will be transformed Into a strong pressure upon Germany, whose unyielding attitude is regarded us possibly threatening the world's peace. ASSETS WERE TRANSFERRED Boston Receivers of Colorado Concern Find They Have Nothing; to Administer. DENVER. Feb. 19. Albert 8. Hall of Boston, one of the receivers of the defunct Provident Securities and Uanking com pany, arrived here today for the purpose of taking possession of the as wets of the Shenandoah Irrigation and I.nod company. whoso securities are held by the Provident con.pany, but found that all the properties of the Shenandoah company had been transferred to the Katurita Canal and Reservoir company, by order of Judge Peter Palmer of the district court. The Provident company failed on Jan uary 3 last and Its Chief assets consisted of the holdings ot the Shenandoah com pany. A petition was made by C. D. and R. A. Gurley of this city that if the Provi dent company would release the securities of the Shenandoah company they would pay 10 per cent of the amount owed deposi tors at once and agree to. pay up in full In from two to four years. This proposi tion was rejected by the receivers of tha Provident company and. the Ourleys then took measures to place all their holdings beyond the rach of the Provident com pany. Th Naturita company was organ ised by the Ourleys twenty years ago. being the original organixatlon formed for the development of the Shenandoah valley In Montrose county. The judgment ren dered by Judge Parker turns all the prop erty back to the old company, the reason Tor this being that it wns claimed by the Naturita company that the property was conveyed to the Shenandouh company without consideration. FIUBUSTERERS ARE UNDER FIRE Moroccan Warship Bombards Factory of Frenchmen, Destroying; m fort torn of Works. MALAGA. Spain, Feb. 19-Dlspatchet from Mellllu, Morocco, dated yesterday, announce that the Moroccan washlp Sidi el Turkl bombarded the fautorles be longing to the French tllibusterers at Marchlca. destroying a portion of the works. The Moroccan rebel furies re funded to the warxhlp's attack without result. ThU u renewal of the recent Incident between the r rencn ana Moroccan war thlp. which It Is feared muy complicate the situation ut Algeclrus, as the Germans assert that the rebels are co-operating with the French fllibusterera against the main tenance of Moroccan authority. ANTI JEWISH RIOT AT VIETKA Trvahle Hraalta In l-arae Part 'liina Betas; Destroyed by Fir. K1EFF. Ruwila. Feb. 1!. The excesses at Vletka, near Gonui. where an anti-Jewish riot broke out yesterday, resulting in large part of the town being burned, have been checked. A detachment of dragoons made a forced inarch from Goma to th scene of the dis turbance and suppressed the rioting with out loss of life. Among the burned build ings were two Urge warehouse owned by Jms. HARRY ORCHARD CONFESSES Sajs Miners' Federation Plotted to Kill Peabodj and Colorado Chief Justice. PLANTED BOMB AT JUDGE GABBERS GATE It Failed to Explode When He Polled the String Light Thrown on .amber of Crimes. B018U Idaho, Feb. W. Orchard a alleged confession purports to give details of the plot to assassinate former Governor Steu-nenberg- from it inception. It gives the names of other men alleged to be impli cated. Since the confession was secured more than two weeks ago the detectives have verified many of the details. One of the statements in this confession is that Orchard was selected to assassinate one of the Justices of the supreme court of Colorado a year ago. He snya he buried a bomb at the judge's gate, but when he pulled "the string the contrivance failed to explode. He took the string away and gave up the attempt. Detective James McParland ot Denver has. If Is claimed, since dug up the bomb. In his alleged confession Orchard says he was alone In the actual execution of the Caldwell plot, that he had first planned to shoot Steunenberg with buckshot and went to the house on Christmas eve for that purpose, intending to shoot through the window, but abandoned the plan end hid a number of cartridges under the side walk. The cartridges, it is claimed, have since been found by the officers. Orchard has. It is claimed, told ef the workings of an "Inner circle" of the West:- em Federation of Miners, maintained In Denver: gives details of a plot that led to the killing of a number of men in the Tellurido district In Colorado, and Informa tion about various outrages at Cripple Creek. He Implicated Jack Simpson and a man named Adams In the Steunenberg conspiracy. Officers are searching for these men. They are supposed to be in the vi cinity of Haines. Detective McParland claims to have se cured the confession hv appealing to Or chard's memory of his "home teachings. He says he made It plain to Orchard that the state had a perfect case against him and flint the best thing he could do would b to make preparations for a future world. The confession was committed to writing and wns signed bv Orchard in the pres ence of wltpes. Moyer Charared with Marder. DENVF.R. Feo. 19. Publication was made here today of the complaints on which Governor Gooding of Idaho asked requisi tions for Charles H. Moyer, president, and William D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer, of the Western Federation of Miners, and O. A. Pettlbone, a former member of the executive committee of that labor organi sation. From this It nppears the men who were secretly nrre-t-;d here Saturday night and hurriedly removed to Idxho were charged directly with the murder of former Gov ernor Frank Rteunenhurg of Idaho, and not merely With being accessories to -the crime. The -cbmntslnts and requtsltl'ins in the three cases are Identical nnd charge the accus.nl men with having discharged the bomb by means of which Steunenberg was killed at Caldwell. Idaho, December 30, 1!)05. The speclilc rhnrzo of murder was made. It is explnind. In order to fore stall habeaus corpus on behalf of the ac cused men, but no attempt will be made to show that they were In Idaho at the time ot the commission of the crime. It Is alleged, however, that they conspired with others to murder Steunenburg and furnished funds to carry out the plot. The atrocious murders committed during the labor troubles In the Cripple Creek and Tellurlde districts In this state, which have been shrouded in mystery; the earlier Co-ir D'Alcne murders nnd the morn recent Steunenburg Assassination form a chain of crimes with which efforts are being made to connect the officers of the West ern Federation through the confession said to have been made by Harry Orchard, who is charged with the Steunenburg murder. " Plot Against Pea body. This confession, it is asserted, disclosed a plot to kill former Governor James Pea- body of Colorado, William Gabbert, chief Justice of the Colorado supreme court, and John Campbell, former chief Justice. Orch ard Is said to have confessed that whole sale assassinations were planned at the headquarters of the Western Federation of Miners In Denver, chiefly by refugee from the camps at Cripple Creek and Tellu rlde. It Is also said that Orchard's con fession gives a history of the explosion at the Independence station near Cripple Creek on June C 1904, which killed fourteen men and Injured many others. Governor McDonald, who issued the necessary papers for th extradition of the Federation officer to Idaho, said today that he had read a copy of Orchard's con fession, but waa not at liberty to divulge lta contents. James McParland, head of a detective agency which was employed by the Idaho authorities in the Steunenburg case, de clared today that the evidence against the men who have so far been arrested is very strong and that more arrests are yet to be made. He would not state the nature of his evidence or how it waa obtained. li.cent St. John, who waa arrested In Burke, Idaho, last night, was president of the miners' union at Tellurlde, Colo., at the time of the assassination of Arthur t-ollln, upeiintcndent of tho Smuggler Union mine at that camp. He was arrested and charged with complicity in that murder. uui was never Drought to trial. Bomb Dug lp la Denver. It develop that Orchard's confession, ac cording to the best authority, stated that bomb had been placed in the gateways of the residence of two member of the Col orado supreme court and that mure than a dosen alUimpts had been made to assassi nate former Governor James H. peabody. An investigation since the .alleged con fession was made disclosed the presence of bombs in exactly the spot Indicated. The man who unearthed the bombs, a prominent member of the Colorado Na tional Guaid, ia now In Idaho, having ac companied the party that , returned with Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbone. He will appear a a witness In the Orchard trial. of it 1 aaid. to prove the truth of the al leged confession. Information reached here tonight from Cripple Creek that Edward Green, a fed eration man. had been arrested on a war. rant forwarded by the Idaho authorities charging him with connection in the Steu nenberg assassination. Two other war rants ar In the hands of Cripple Creek officers for service. Father l.eary' Condition g-erloa. CHAPMAN. Kan.. Feb. 19.-Fthr J. F. Leurv. national ebanluln of ih nnnii Ar,myL'i!nnR' UhiLA f 0,L'in""", tn. n whether Colonel Henderson' sight Is per lous condition. "-"-niorrhsg last night ,, A further weakened kins. LQNGWORTHS START FOR CUBA t-eare Wanhlna-ten reentry lleaae Thla Moraine ea Trip to the Sooth. WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Ixmgworth started on their honeymoon trip from Alexanrtrlu, Va., this morning at ll:ls o'clock over the South ern railway. They- will go to Tampa and from there take a boat for Havana, which point they expect to reach Thursday morn ing. They will make tlte trip to Tampa In the prlvute cor i Klyslnn, which was awaiting them in the yards of the South ern railway at Alexandria, about half a mile from the station The bride and bridegroom made the trip from "Friendship," 'near Washington, this morning in un eqp'n automobile, accom panied by Mrs. lytnaworth's maid and a chauffeur. The mach)ne went at an easy gait nnd they arrived at the little station at Spring Garden, which Is the Southern' station In the Bubiivib of Alexandria, at 10:30 o'clock. ' Mr. Mngworth got out of the automobile, lit a cigar and spent some time chatting with his wife, who re mained In the automobile. ' Mrs. Longworth wore a tan-colored broadcloth suit, wlHi handsome sable furs, and a tan hat trimmed with pink plumes. After they i,had been there for about half an hour ft little girl, the daugh ter of one of the nitway employes, asked the bride if she would give her her auto graph. " "Certainly I will; where Is your pencil?" replied Mrs. LungworUi. Pencil and pnper were quickly produced and Mrs. Ixtbgworth wrote her auto graph, "Alice Iee lyongworlh." "Now get his," she said, pointing to her Irusband. Beneath the name of his wife Mr. Lungwurth wrote his signature and the date. The little girl thanked them both and went awuy happy-: She spread the new?, to the few people at the station as to the Identity of ike couple, but they were not bothered by a curious crowd, as there were nbt more than a doxen people In and nbout the station. Shortly after 11 o'clock Thomas Stone, the chief usher of the White House, ar rived from Washington and received a cor dial greeting from Mrs. twgworth. He brought a note from tho president, which she quickly opened nnd read,' and, calling for a pencil, wrote a reply as she sat In the automobile. The baggage hud been tsken from Wash ington, but several pieces were brought along in the automobile. Five minutes be fore the train arrived Mr. ln;worth helped Ills wife out of the machine and they walked to the siding. Mm. Longworth graciously acknowledged the respectful greeting of the employes about 'the station and as the train pulled In hnrrled down to the last car, which waa a private one. Into which she was assisted by Mr. longworth snd Mr. Stone. Mr. Iongworth would not let the servants carry his suit case or that of Mrs. Ixmgwnrth1 nnd had his hands full walking the length of the train with two suit cases, a cane and nn umbrella. As they get on the car a number of newspaper men alighted from.- the Jay coach of the train, but the bride and bridegroom were afely In their car before they could be overtaken. The train pulled out of the sta tion Into the yards,' where the private cor Elystan was Mttached.' j T,YNCHBCItf...Va,. 4Feh. l.-Mr. and Me. -Nichols- Ijong-wfAit pa seed -tt mutch I.ynchbnrg on the Jacksonville limited on the Southern railway at 1:81 o'clock this afternoon. A rrtwd numbering about Wlit persons gathered at the station, but no one hnd a glimpse of the couple. Mr. Longworth was on the rear platform of the Pullman when the train stopped in the yards, but he Immediately entered the coach. A teles-ram was delivered him here. DIVORCE CONGRESS IN SESSION Governor Prnn packer of Pennsyl vania 1 Elected to Preside Over the Meetings. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 Governor Sam uel W. Pennypacker of Pennsylvania waa chosen president of the congress on uniform divorce laws which convened here today. Governor Pennypacker outlined the - ob jects of the congrens. Amara M. Knton, Rhode Island: C. Ijl Rue, Munson, Pa.: R. T. Barton, Virginia, and Albert R. Dabney, California, wcru elected vice presidents. William H, Staake, Pennsylvania, wa elected secre tary. The resolution committee includes Wal ter G. Smith, Pennsylvania, chairman; J. P. Ailshee, Idaho; Bishop Stanley, North Dakota; Bishop Thomas F. Gallor, Tennes see; Otto J. Kraemer, Oregon; I. N. Gillett, California, and G. W. Case, South Da kota. A resolution was adopted appointing a committee to draw up a uniform marriage license. The delegates called on President Roose velt this afternoon, being Introduced by Governor Pennypacker. The president wished them Godspeed In their work. He made, however, no formal remarks. MITCHELL REFUSES TO RUN Democrat of Peoria. 111., District Ask Miners' President th Make Race for Congress. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, today received a telegram from Peoria, 111., In which he was offered the democratic nomination for congress to rep resent that district. Mr. Mitchell immedi ately replied to the convent'on. then In session in Peoria, declining the nomina tion. He stated that he would not ac cept any political office while head of the Mine Workers. Mr. Mitchell lives at Spring Valley, III. Ijiter in the afternoon Mr. Mitchell lift for Pittsburg. David Wilcox, president of the Delaware tc Hudson railroad and a member of the operator' committee of seven', said today afK'r the demands of the miner had been submitted to the committee, the operators would take time to draft a reply and that after this reply had been received by the miners' committee a Joint conference of the two committee would be arranged. DAVID B. HENDERSON BLIND Geaeral Condition of Former gpeakei Worse and Ead of Ufa 1 Kear. DUBUQUE. Ia.. Feb. 19 Former Speaker David H. Henderson haa auffared another paralytic stroke which haa deprived him of hi sight. Ilia wife is the only person he recognise. Hi general condition i worse. It 1 believed the end 1 near. Colonel Henderson I resting mora easily tonlgtit following hia second stroke of paralysis Th entire left side of hi body I affected. Physicians ar not yet able to . say i manently affected. COAL RATE CASE DECIDED Supreme Court Bnles on Right of Bailroads to Deal b Commodities. DECISION IS AGAINST CARRIERS Any Deal Whereby Profit to t om paay I l.eaa Than. Published ) Freight Tariff la , llleaal. Ai WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1.-Justlce White today delivered the opinion of the supreme court of the t'nlted State In the cases of New York, New Haven & Hart ford Railroad company against the Inter state Commerce commission and the lntor tate Commerce commission against tho Chesapeake St Ohio Railroad company, affirming the decision of the United Stales circuit court for the western district of Virginia. The case Involved the' question of discrimination In freight rates on coal by the Chesapeake A Ohio In favor of the New York, New Haven tt Hartford road as against other shippers. The decision was against the railroad company. The decision dealt with the question or discrimination by railroad companies and it was no: rent that It was Iniended to have a general application to questions re ceiving attention at the hands of the public. Justice White said that to permit a carrier to become a dealer In the commodities carried by it w mid Im to supply a means for the perpetuation of evils which the In terstate Commerce commission is Intended t remedy. Contract for Delivery of Coal. These rases involved n charge of dis crimination In favor of the New Haven road by the Chesapeake & Ohio. The ense. grew out of complications existing in con nection witli a contract made between the two railroad companies In 1W In accord ance with which the Chesapeake A- Ohio rond agreed to deliver 2,fic4l.imo tons of bitu minous coal to the New Haven road between the tlrst of July. 1R!7, nnd the tlrst of July, ire.'. The delivery In the last year covered by tlie contract fell short to the extent of tJfl.COO tons on account of a strike in the coal fields which rendered it impossible to supply the coal. The New Haven road purchased coal elsewhere and presented a bill to the Chesapeake Ohio company for Slrti.npn, representing the difference In cost. Instead of paying the money the Chesapeake Si Ohio company delivered the W.flOO tons of coal, notwithstanding the price of coal nnd of transportation hnd ad vanced so that it is claimed the Chesa peake & Ohio lost more than tl per ton on its shipments. The case was brought to the attention of the Interstate Commerce commission and the charge made that the transaction constituted a preference In the matter of freight rates in favor of the New Haven road. The company contended thnt It was acting In the capacity of a vendor and not as a carrier and thnt It was merely supply ing the coal to pay a debt. Practice I Discriminative. Puttlug aside for the time all other ques tions, Justice- White took up the case as It appear under tlif- Interstate commerce law and stated the question to he decided to ha the fbllowlhgr ".v ' ' Haa a carrier enraged In Interstate com merce the power to contract to sell and transport in completion of the contract the commodity sold, when the price stipulated in the contract does not pay the cost of purcnase. tne cost or ueiivery and the puo- isneo i reign i rates 7 Justice White sold there were practically no previous decisions c.f the court to quute as precedents because heretofore the fea tures of the Interstate commerce law deal ing with discriminations, rebates and fa voritism have not been Involved in cases In the court. He then said: It cannot be challenged that the great purpose of the act to regulate commerce, while seeking to prevent unjust and unrea sonable rates, whs to secure equality of rates to all and to destroy favoritism. Now, In view ef tlie positive command of the sec ond section of the act, that no departure, from the published rate shall be made, "di rectly or indirectly," how can It in reason be held that a carrier may take Itself from out the statute In every case by simply electing to be a dealer and transport a commodity In that character? For, of course. If a carrier has a right to disre gard the published rates by resorting to n particular form of dealing. It must follow tnat there is no nougation on the part of a carrier to adhere to the rates, because do ing so is merely voluntary. The all-emhra clng prohibition agninst either, directly or Indirectly, charging less than the published rate shows that the purpose of the statute was to make prohibition applicable to every metnoa oi dealing py a carrier by which the forbidden result could be brought aooui. Proceeding, he declared the purpose of the act to be "to compel the carrier a a public agent to give equal treatment to all." Profit Lea Than Freight. Coming to the consideration of the case at laaue. Justice White said: It Is apparent that the deliveries under the contract came under th prohibition of the statute whenever for any cause. such as the enhanced cost of the coal at the mines, an Increase in the cost of the ocean carriage, etc., the groaa sum realised wa not sufficient to net the Chesapeake 8c umn its punusnea tarirr or rates. This must be tne case in oraer to give vitality to the prohibitions of the interstate com merce act against the acceptance nt any time by a carrier ot leas than it published rates. - Kven If the result of applying the prohi bitions as we nave interpreted them will be practically to render It difficult. If not Impossible, tor a carrier to oeai in com modities, this arrorns no ground ror reliev ing us of the plain duty of enforcing the provision of the statute a they exist. In conclusion Justlc White upheld the decision of the court below In declaring that both the contract made by the Chesapeake & Ohio with the New Haven were contrary to public policy and void because in con flict with the prohibitions of the act to reg ulate commerce. The cross-appeal of the Interstate Com merce commission wa then considered briefly and the general conclusion reached "that the Injunction below should be modi fled and enlarged by ' perpetually enjoining the Chesapeake A Ohio from taking less than the rates fixed In Its published tariff of freight rates, by means of dealing In the purchase and sale of cual. And. as thus modified, the decree below Is affirmed." SHOTS FOR J3ENERAL REYES Attempt I Mad to Assassinate Prel. dent of the Repnblle of Colombia. WASHINGTON, Feb. H.-News has reached Washington that on th morning of February It an attempt wa made to assassinate the president of th Republic of Colombia. Eight shots were fir ad at him, Ave of which struck his carriage, but he escaped uninjured. Xorthwetera Increase Stock. NEW YORK. Feb. 19. The director of th Chicago ac Northwestern Railway com pany today authorised th Issuance of ad ditional common stock to the amount of t:6.2b7.40, which amount to 30 per cent of the total preferred and common stock now outstanding. The new slock will be offered at par to stockholder ot record April X next. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Rain la Cast, Rnln or Xnovr In West Portion Tarsdnyt t older. Wednes day Fair. Temperatare at Omaba leaterdayt Hoar. Dri. Hoar. Dea. S a. m. fl a. nt . T a. m . Ma. m. O a. m . 1( a. in . 11 a. m. VI m. . . fl 1 p. m HH a p. m 4 :ti ft p. ni . . n" :iH 4 p. m. . . . . 81 S R p. m M to II n, m "' 4 'J 7 p. m. .... 1 4.' H p. m 4 ft p. m 41 EXPLOSION IN COLORADO MINE Sixteen Mea Reported Killed la Victor Coal Company's shaft Xcar Maltland. WAL.SKN Bl"RG, Colo.. Feb. 19-An ex plosion this morning In the Victor Fuel company's Muitland mine caused the death of at least thirteen miners and perhap sixteen. Following Is a list of the dead so tar as known: ARCHIE MIU.KR. fire boss PII.I.Y MORAS of Maltland. JA.MKS W. TITTKRS of Kansas. HATTI8TA KOBKRA. CORONA COSTA of Soprls, Colo. JOK COSTA. NICK YOCKIBETZl'. Shortly before o'clock there was an explosion In the part of the Maltland known as the Sunshine, which caused the earth to tremble for miles around. Soon after ward n man ran out nnd reported that the mine was on fire. The explosion caused a fall of rock from the roof and until this Is cleared away it will not be known posi tively Just bow ninny more are yet in the mine. It Is certain, however, that any foun.l there will be past help. The ex plosion was caused by gas and the deaths were caused by the gns and afterdamp. It Is supposed thnt the explosion occurred on ficcount of open lumps In use, as most of the men In thnt part of the mine used open lamps. General 8uerintendent Murray arrived tnnlRht and has taken charge. TRAGEDY IN DENVER THEATER Mrs. C. . Wcllder Walks from Her llox to t enter of Ktnge and shoots Herself. DENVER. Feb. !!.-leaving her seat In one of tlie boxes In the Crystal theater a few minutes after the opening of tills afternoon's iierformance, Mrs. C. A. Wcllder. said lo le a resident of this city, made her w-iy to the stage, and after flourishing a revolver for a moment in full view of the audience, discharged the weapon at her own persot.. Inflicting a probably falsi wound. The woman fell gasping to the floor, but those In the audi ence who had not observed her movements prior to her approach to the stage thought the shooting wns part of a burlesque act and made no outcry. A moment later, how ever, the screnms of the performers In the wings brought a realization upon the audi ence that a real tragedy had been enacted. When the woman was picked up by the stnse attendants she wns unconscious and one hand still held the weapon, while In the other a picture, said to be that of her 7-ye.ir-old son, wns tightly clutched. An ambulance was summoned and tha dying woman, waa . removed .' to lh,o., cmcrjseucy. hospital. Quiet wa restored In the theater In a short while nnd tho performance was resumed. SUITS AGAINST MXURDYS Former Matunl Life Official Asked to Pay Rock Overcharge for Service. NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-Charea A. Pen body, president of the Mutual Life Insur ance society, authorised the statement that civil suits have been begun In the supreme court against Richard A. McCurdy, former president of the Mutual Ufe; Robert II. McCurdy, former general manager; Colonel Charles H. Raymond and luls A. The- baud. constituting the Arm of Charles A, Raymond & Co., late general metropolitan agents of the Mutual. Mr. Peabody acted upon the oral advice given a week ago by Joseph H. Clioate of whom the board ot trustees had re quested an opinion on the recommenda tions made by the Truesdale investigating committee thnt auch suits be instituted Counsel for the several defendant entered an appearance and formally accepted crv Ice today. TWO CENTS A MILE FOR ALL Ohio Railroad Will Withdraw All Form of Mileage, Special aud Charity Ticket. CHICAGO, Feb. 19. All forms of trans portation except the regulur S-cent rate provided by law will be cut off by the railroads In Ohio. This decision wa reached at a conference today of passenger representative of all railroads with line In that state. It was agreed that by eliminating every thing except 2-cent fares the roads 'could in a measure recompense themselves for the loss caused by the new rate law. The action contemplated will deprive Ohlnans of all reduced transportation for conventions, of the l,0n0-mllo book, of all charity business and of all round trip rate and clergymen' rales. GIRL STANDS BY BURBANK Leavenworth Sweetheart of Convicted Officer Will Marry Hint W hen He 1 Released. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Feb. 19.-U was announced officially today that First Lieu tenant Sidney S. Bui-hunk, Sixth infantry, convicted in the Philippine by court martial of embexxling funds of his com pany and also of conduct unbecoming an officer In his relations with bis Filipino wife, would be confined in the federal prison. at Fort Leavenworth. Bnrbank will arrive from Manila six wee: from date. The Leavenworth society young woman who wa engaged to him at the time the Filipino woman sued Lieutenant Burbunk rtated today that she wuui.l marry bim upon hi release from prison. Movement of Ocean Veaaela Feb. ID. At New York Arrived: La Hrelugne, from Havre. At Napie Arrived: Prlnx Adelbert, from New York; Republic.- from Alexan dria. At Plymouth Arrived: St. Louis, from New York. At Genua Arrived: Moltke, from New York. At Boulogne Sailed: Pennsylvania, for New York. At Glasgow Arrived: Columbia, from New York; Carthagemun, from Philadel phia. Sailed: Astoria, for New York. At Gibraltar Sailed: Prime Irene, for New York. At Rotterdam Arrived: Noordam, from New York. At Bremen Sailed: Chemnltx. for New York. At Hamburg Arrived: Patricia, from New Xeik. LEASE BILL FIGHT ON President and Secretary Hitchobck Taror Some Meaanre of This Kind. MUCH OPPOSITION TO IT IN CONGRESS Senator Millard Announces He Will Vot Against the Measure. PREFERS TO SELL THE LAND OUTRIGHT Congressman Norm Also Favors Selling tha Grazing: Lands. KINKAID SUPPORTS, LEASE MEASURE Conference Committee Agree on Appropriation Asked by Secret tary WUaoa for Meat laapectiea. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. lD.-(Speclal Tele, gram.) A determined effort is to be mad at this sessiun of congress to enact somo sort of a land-leasing bill. Ab-cady the force in favor of such a measure are Kalhertng In Washington and they cuma from all section of the west. Today C. II. Cornell of Valentine and W. H. Reynolds of Chudron. representatives of tho Cattlu Growers' Association of Nebraska, were Introduced to the president by Congress- man Klnkald. According to Mr. Cornell, the president stated he waa In favor of somo kind of a land-leasing bill, but sug gested that the delegation boo Becrctury Hitchcock with a view of ascertaining his disposition In the matter. Thereupon the gentlemen mentioned sw Mr. Hitchcock and he, too, sides with the land leasers. ' This Is as far ns a direct appeal to the (towers that be has gone, but It Is only the beginning, and those who reallan the trc mendous interests which are back ot this movement appreciate tlie power of com bination when It begins Its work. De cided opposition exists both the senate and house against land leases. Senator Millard today said that he was opposed to this legislation. He believed the people of Nebraska also were opposed to the con templated legislation and for one he would vote for a bill to sell the land outright in order that the state might receive some benefit from the lands thus sold In the wav of taxes; that a land-leasing bill to satisfy all Interests was Impossible of passage and he did not believe legislation of the kind desired by the cattle Interests could be enacted at this time. Xorrl Favor Kale. Congressman Norris, occupying an en tirely different position from hi colleague, Klnkald of the Sixth district, so far ns land-leasing bill goes, said today that while he had no theory on a Icaso law he hnd very grave doubts If that the man lived who could frame a law that would be absolutely just to all Interest. If made In the Interests of the lease . holders it would necessarily rhut out . the home steader, snd if made in the Interest' of JntodlP.lon.iyV:9di:rs the,; lcaso holder would always av mmcr tne tear that ins property would be taken over at any time. Judge Norris tugKested an ft remedy for the demand for a leasing bill that after It has been determined that the lands ere not fit for farming purposes, or. In other words, for homestead purposes, then the lands should be sold st public, auction snd the state thereby secure the benefit of the lands thus sold In the way of taxes on tlie land and Improvements. Two bills thnt seem to command the most attention from the cattle Interests of the country are now pending In tho house rommltlee on public lands tho I.ocey bill. whose author Is the chairman of the pub lic lands committee of the house, and the Kinkaid bill, which- was Introduced by the representative from tho Sixth Nebraska district by request, the. author of which is ' C. H. Cornell of Valentine, now In Wash ington. Under the Cornell bill half the proceeds of the lease Is to go to the state, while under the Lacey bill tho procoeds aro placed In the reclamation fund. Cash for Meat Inspection. The conference committee on the de ficiency bill has agreed to give SfiO.OOO to the secretary of agriculture for the purpose of meat inspection. Congressmen Kennedy and Pollard made a stubborn fight In the house when the deficiency bill wa under consideration to make the appropriation $135,000, the amount asked for by Secretary Wilson In order to meet the increased in spection required by the packing house to meet the demand of German importers. The appropriation committee, however, gave the secretary in the deficiency hill but $10,000, andt so small was this amount that both Kennedy and Pollurd, although young at legislation, determined to go after an Increase. They failed to secure the amount desired by Secretary Wilson, but Instead of being disheartened began a systematic campaign on the agricultural ' commltteo of the senate, aided, of course, by Secretary Wilson. Senator Warren of Wyoming, being a member of the commit tee on agriculture and also a member of the appropriations committee, assumed ac tive charge of the legislation desired, with the result that when the deficiency bill wa reported to the senate it carried an appropriation of $135,000 for Inspection pur poses. When the bill finally reached the conference stage tho conferees today agreed upon $X',0O0 for Inspection purposes on the ground that the German govern ment had relaxed it crusade against. American meats and that Secretary Wllso.i' had Informed the conference committee that amount would be sujf!;lent to take care of all demands until tho next fiscal year. Howe' Salary ot Cat, Congressman Kennedy took up with th foreign relations committee of the houto today that purtiun ot the. Lodge consular bill which has Kisscd the senate, reducing Antwerp from a cuusul generalship to a consular position and thereby affoctlng thu present consul general, Church Howe. Mr. Kennedy learned that the bill waa based on the department estimates and thnt the change was In the interest of sim plicity and better relation to conditions; that while Antwerp was reduced to a consular position the same wa truo ot Munich und several other European port, the reason for this reduction being that the words "consul general" curried with it suMrrvis!on over other consulates, and this wa not true either of Antwerp or Munich. That Hit department had in mind th-.; subordination of consulships except In China und some South American countries where the name consiilule general waj desired. Under the old system the salary of Church Howe at Antwerp is $3 5-w, which with the fees amount lo UMi-VJ. Tho present bill Just passed by the senate re vising the consular service give Mr. J(uw a salary of $i,w and makes Uuu a, wuiU