THE OMAHA DAILY ' BKK: KM DAW KKHMWRY 23. 1006.
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OMAHA HONORS WASHINGTON
Moat of Publio Offioes Closed and Special
' Event An Held.
PROGRAM ' AT OMAHA ClUB LAST NIGHT
Llty' Hall, Coanty and Federal Build
laga. School. Grata Cirhanft
and Hariri y Pay Tribute
to First President.
'i'hough it la a fir cry Imck to the davs
f government making. Americana are not
too distant from the hallowed memory of
'Jcorge Washington, nor too completely en
grossed. In the strenuous activities of twen
tieth century commercialism to pause and
imy homage to the father of hla country,
lilm of whom Immortal history recite.
'First In peace, ' first In war, first In the
hearts of his countrymen."
Rich and poor alike In Omaha, where no
general holiday was declared, observ ed the
171th anniversary " of the first . president
uf the" United States." ...
The holiday was ' observed at the city
hall by the closing of the offices, although
thalhesdsi of , some .departments were at
thijr desks during the forenoon. All of
the cleTk-were given a day off. The of
fices of the superintendent of schools and
secretary of the Board of Education were
hot oniin, k till. Street Commissioner Hum
mel operated his street cleaning gangs In
order to take advt ntage of the sunny, dry
weather. -...
Washing-ton's birthday was observed at
all of the 'offices In the' court house. Th
c-tuntjf judge's office was open a part of
the forenoon and the district clerk's office
was open to racelveofilinga most of tho
day. Little business was transacted anJ
tha dar rwas almost as quiet as Sunday
None Of ' the' court ' was! In session, tho
Jury 'having been - excused until Friday
morning, ,
The pestofBce was closed at 10 a. ni.
Two mall deliveries In the business and
one in .. .the., resident '.districts were made.
Other -federal building offices were open.
The Omaha Orala Exchange observed
Washington's birthday. Tho local pit was
Hosed and there were no quotations irotn
Chicago, consequently' the commission men
had. to take a day's rest.
Tbe pujblie schools were closed for the
dftv. .' '
The" day was exceptionally oeauuiui ana
springlike, with a south wind blowing sug
gestive1 of robins, bluebirds and violets.
The hotola in memory of, the immortal
hatchet Mory served their guests only pure
and unadulterated victuals, strictly barring
n'nythlng 'suggestive of substitutes.
REPORT ON THE NEW YORK LIFE
Insurance Commissioners of Various
,- s States . tilve Results of
" Examination.
v.'. . . '
John L.' Pierce. Nebraska state insurance
commissioner, passed , through Omaha on
a Burlington train last night, en route to
Uncoln, from Louisville, Ky., where he
had been In attendance at the meeting of
the Insurance commissioners of Kentucky,
Tennessea, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ne
braska to investigate the New York 'Life
Insurance company.'.. The commissioners
received . the report- of S. H. Wolfe and
.Vfllljam,' J. ,Graham; who were examiners-iii-cbarge
of the, joint examination, assisted
by a large force of men.
Mr. Pierce had on advance copy of the
findings which: were out of the prlnteva'
hands today.. It It a lengthy report of
eighty-three, pages. and closes with !tlre
comments of the commissioners themselves.
The., document ends, with the following
conclusion:
We have avoided discussing many pro
posed reforms with reference to the sub
ject of life Insurance. The question re
lating to standard policy forms, prohibit
ing ambiguous contracts; providing specific
means for limiting expenses, Including sal
aries to officers and commissions and
bonuses to agents; the publishing of lists
of policy holders, are of absorbing Inter
est, but .reflections has convinced us that
a proper system of annual accounting,
judicious Investments, closer relations be
tween policy holders and management and
sufficient publicity are fundamental prin
ciples, the . application of which will re
habilitate the entire system, and we have
determined to refrain from diverting at
tention from them at ths time.
TJic. New York Life Insurance company
has for years played In the economic life
f our people as great a. part as any in
stitution of this country. It is but fair
to say that while Its contracts made pur
suant lo law. have been largely based, as
we. believe, upon erroneous principles and
secured at an excessive cost, its contrac
tual' guarantees .have been met with a
promptness which must be admired by
the most critical. Error have been com
mitted by Its nianagers, and specific trans
actions are disclosed In this report which
can neither be excused nor condoned, but
It should be remembered that this com
pany., which, during its life has seen so
many financial institutions come and go,
and has lived through so ninny changes
in business .conditions, can still point to
assets much more than sufficient to meet
lis contractual , liabilities.
. The, commissioners of all the states rep
resented "signed the report.
VISITING ; NURSES' . BIRTH DAY
Math Anniversary of Organisation
' Is Fittingly Cele-
, . brated.
r-i'li Omaha' Visiting Nurses' association
celebrated Its ninth birthday anniversary
with a gathering at' Elks' hall. Fifteenth
and Farnam streets, yesterday. . During
the afternoon several hundred members
, of the organisation with their fi lends and
relatives were at the hull. As each vis
II or was required -to bring as many pen
nies as he was years old and donate Into
' the treasury, the funds of the society re
ceived a;' substantial boost,' particularly as
soma scemrd to count their years by the
hundred and donated proportionately.
A twit 101) were present during the even
lag. ! when a delightful program of music
wa rendered. 'Messrs. Stewart. McCuitx
and Ellis. Miss Goets and Mrs. Rich sang.
the quartet from .the First Presbyterian
church also giving some numbers, Mrs;
Stella Frown played at the afternoon as
semblage."
I.lttla Ctrl HI Victim.
J: II. Deveers, proprietor of a liarber shop
at .Twenty-fourth and Grant ' streets, ha
LEGAL NOTICES
. ; . NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that the Kelt!) and
ljneola Counties litigation District will
receive sealed proposals tor the purchase
vf the W5.uuo.00 bond Issue of amid district
up to the hour of o'clock p. in., standard
lime, of the Sd day of April, 14. at the
urtne of-tbe secretary of said Irrigation
District. ' in the town cl Sutherland. In
Liaculn county, in -the state of Nebraska.
tlHld bonds at In the denomination cf
luu.Q0-arh and-bear Interest at the rata of
1 w per cent, payable stKnl-annually, on-the
drat days of March and September of each
and every yeur. beginning with tha first
day of September, liMi. Those bonds are la
leu. mmVs, S3 Hi which ur .due ou.th. Hrst
dav of March. 1HU; 30 du ou tha first of
March, lull; 4i due en the nrst day of
March. 113; &i du ou llta. nrst day -of
March,, 1U;, 6 due on tha. first day of
March,-1 U15; C5 sua on the tint day f
March IMS; '3 dua on the first day of
March.- '.U; U due on tha first day of
.March, 1.M8; M due ou tha tirst day of
March, litis, and lol dua oa the first day
,f March. ir. - :'' '
.The aealed proposals -na bo for the
whole of said bonds or for any portion
Ifeeroofi and such bids will be opened iiiw
mediately after tha hour of I o'clock p. m.
uf said id day of April. 19ut, tha board re.
rvtng the right to reject any and all bids,
DUd this li'th dav cf February, IK .
JAMr.8 oHOCP. Kwretary.
4i;-dt
I
been arrested on a serious charge, in which
Is concerned an 11-yesr-old girl. Heveers
Is being held nt the rity Jail and will b
arraigned In police court Friday morning
on a complaint llled by the county attor
ney. Probation Officer Bernstein stated
Thursday morning the parents of the girl
will be arrested on the charge of sluing
and abetting a delinquent.
ZEES DEPENDS ON AN ALIBI
Man Charged with Arson Denies
Fverythlng In Testimony
Offered Against Hint.
John Zees, on trial In the police court for
alleged arson, expects to establish an alibi
to upset all the damaging testimony of
fered by Morris Kaspar. The defense gave
an inkling yesterday by starting the alibi
which Zees hopes to establish. The case
was called at 2 o'clock In the afternoon,
but on request of several of the Interested
parties the hearing was put over until 3
o'clock this afternoon. It Is believed the
case will be finished today.
In connection with the alibi Zees will
have to overcome the testimony bf Kas
par, which was that Zees went to the
candy store abViut 6:30 on the morning of
the fire and soon afterward sent him to
several stores for merchandise; also the
testimony of Mrs. Bower, who declared that
snort)- before the Are she. was awakened
In her room upstairs by the noise of two
men talking. While she did not see the
men she thought the voices were those of
Kaspar and Zees. Mrs. Szabbo, who also
lived over the burned store, testified that
while preparing her husband's breakfast
about V o'clock she smelted a peculiar odor
Issuing, she thought, from somewhere be
low her apartments.
County Attorney Slnbaugh put Zees
through a close questioning regarding the
valuation of the stock and fixtures in the
store before It burned. As the attorneys
ore going Into the cuse In the minutest
way, the testimony is proving both long
and tedious.
During Zees' testimony Thursday morn
Ing he stated he never even broached the
matter of Kaspar entering Into a' partner'
ship with him, although in a sworn affidavit
and several times on (lie stand Kaspar de
clared he paid Zees the $80 In question and
was to continue payments until $300 would
bo paid In. -Chief
Suiter and Assistant Chief Simp
ron of the fire department were placed on
tho stand as expert witnesses on fires and
the origins of fires. By the testimony of
tho fire officials It was endeavored to show
improbability In Kaspar's story regnrillng
the lighting of the gasoline stove at G:"0
a. in. and the outbreak of the lire at 8
a. m; '
ICE IS UNFIT FOR THE HOWE
Local Product Condemned I pon Scien
tific Examination by Health
. Department.
Out of live chemical and bacteriological
analyses made by the city of Ice being
harvested for local consumption four
found the Ice to be unfit for use. In food or
fluids, and the fifth found the product oni
"fair."
Three of tne samples marked "poor" by
tha laboratory experts came from Cut-OIT
lake and the third from the reservoir at
Florence. The "fair" report was for Cut
Off lake south of Locust. On the other re
ports .the professors made a notation that
the ice examined was not fit for drinking
purposes.
Other samples taken from where Ice was
being cut for next summer's use are still
In the laboratory and have not been re
ported on. The findings came as something
of a shock to the health department. Com
missioner Ralph promised to make the
analyses publio, together .with the names
of the firms concerned, and this he has
done. He can find no ordinances or laws
authorizing him to prevent the cutting Of
the unwholesome ice, and he says all he
can do is to warn the public .
Following Is a tabulation of the five
analyses:
John Doe, east side Cut-Off lake Poor
John Gunderson, Cut-Off lake, south
of Locust. ... fair
North Omaha lee company, Cut-Oft
lake, r.orth of Ames avenue 'Poor
Nels Jacobsen. Cut-Off lake, north of
Locust street Poor
Keirle Ice company, Florence reser
voir Foo."
"Should be better for drinking purposes."
ANTI-CROWE MOTION FAILS
Resolution to Condemn Verdict Is
Overwhelmingly Defeated by
Heal Estate Exchange (
. ' "
An antl-Pat Crowe and anti-Pat Crowe
jury resolution failed of passage at the
meeting of the Omaha Real Estate ex
change Wednesday.
The resolution was introduced by D. C.
Patterson,- who mode a short talk, ending
with the remark that he supposed there
was no ' one in the meeting who . would
not vote for the resolution. The. vote, by
acclamation, was overwhelmingly against
him.
Just before adjournment he Insisted on
bring up the matter again.
"Every man who voted against the reso
lution Is for Pat Crowe," he said. "I call
for a rising vote, that the public may
know who they are.
Another member made a motion to lay
the. resolution on the table and consider
It again at the next meeting. The motion
was passed.
There was no debate on the resolution
and no excuse was offered Mr. Patterson,
as to why It. was not passed.- It is hnted,
however, that the resolution was extremely
laudatory of Edward A. Cudahy. Mr.
Patterson proposes to make a fight for
Its passage at the next meeting.
TRUST GETS CARTER COMPANY
Ramor frays White Lead Works Has
Bern Absorbed for Four
Millions.
According to persistent rumors which lo
cal officers of the company refuse to verify,
the Carter White Lead company has been
absorbed by the trust and will cease to be
the leading competitor of that institution.
The Carter Whit Lead company, which Is
owned largely by Mrs. Carter, E. J. Cor
nish and George Barker, has long been the
chief competitor of the trust and has been
a strong factor in keeping prices on white
lead down to the present basis. Many ef
forts have been made to freese the Carter
people out of business, and although thesa
have been unsuccessful, it is now said an
outright purchase has been made apd the
price is said to have been $1,000,009. The
Carter company owned plants In Omaha,
Chicago and Montreal. E. J. Cornish of
Omaha is president ot It,
THIRTY THOUSAND IS ASKED
Amount of Damages' for Which
' Baca I ntoa Paclgo la
federal Court.
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Th cas of Ora Thomas, against tha
Vnion- Pad fie Railroad company for $30,000
damages la on trial In th Vnlled States
circuit court bef or Judge Munger.-Mr.
Thomas occupies an arm chair at the trial.
Suit is brought to reoovor.foir personal
Injuries received by th plaintiff, while a
passenger on the Ualtt from Fremont to
Omaha In a tie ping car. Th accident
was th result of th L'tdon Paclnc train
colliding- with Missouri Pacific en gin
near Gilmer through th breaking of a
truck on lb sleeper In which Mr. Thomas
was riding. Mrs. Thomas alleges that she
was thrown from her seat and received a
violent blow In the stomach, as well as
her collar bone being Injured and sustain
ing other Injuries. The Mow In the
stomach she says has since resulted In an
ulceration of that organ, whereby she has
become a permanent Invalid.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CAMPAIGN
laltlal Meetings In First Presbyterian
C'hnrrh to IHscosslna Forming
Connty Association.
The final meeting of the Sunday school
campaign will be held In the First Presby
terian church Friday evening at 7:.n. This
meeting Is not only for the benefit of
workers In the central district, but some
time will be taken to dlRCiiss the question
"Shall a County Sunday School Association
be Organized?" If this question Is de
cided In the affirmative, officers will b?
elected. Every school In the county has
been asked to send delegates; other work
ers are also urged to attend and profit by
the Interesting and practical program
which will be presented as follows:
Dr. W. O. Henry will preside. Mr.
Alexander Stewart will have charge of the
music and will sing. Miss Mamie Haines,
primary secretary, will discuss "The Child
We Teach." and Prof. II. M. Steldley, gen
eral secretary for the state association,
will conduct a "round table" on "Sunday
School Management." Mr. J. Randolph
Smith, D. D.. will speak on "Co-operation
In Sunday School Work," and others will
follow In brief talks on the same topic.
Much Interest Is being manifested In this
closing meeting.
CUT-OFF OPENING DELAYED
o Frelniit Trains on HIU'o Ashland
line Until Fifth of
Mnrrh.
General Manager Holdreee and General
Freight Agent Spens of the" Burlington
have returned from a trip- to Fremont
over the new line from Ashland. Mr
Spens wild:
"The lino is complete, but the station
at Fremont Is only about one-half con
structed, (-o we will not run freight trains
to that town until March 3, but within a
week we will huul freight to all Intermcdi'
ate stations between Fremont and Ashland
The stations at these towns have been built
and we will occupy them at once nnd re
ceive freight for them within a week. I
don't know when the line will be open for
pussengera and wo will run no regular
freight trains for a time, but will take
the freight through on our construction
trains."
ANOTHER COUNTERFEIT COIN
evr Bogus Silver Dollar Is Discovered
by Danker In Council
Bluffs.
Captain John Webb of the secret service
department was called over to Council
Bluffs Thursday morning td take charge
of another of the "genuine" sliver dollar
counterfeits that has been discovered by
one of the banks of that city.
During the lust ten days several sub
sidiary counterfeit coins have been taken
up by the secret service department. But
these are regarded merely as floaters and
are no indication of any effort to "shove
the queer" in tills locality Just nt this
time. ...
MOTION FOR WARE SATURDAY
Application for Xew Trial for Clergy
man to Be .Made Before
J ad e Hunger.
The healing on tho motion for a new trial
In the case of Re-. Oeotge G. Ware recently
convicted of conspiracy In the matter of
fraudulent land tilings within the U. B. I.
ranch enclosure will be had before Judge
Munger Saturday morning. An effort was
made to secure a further continuance of
the hearing, but the government attorneys
have opposed It, and unless some unforeseen
obstacle Intervenes the motion will be
argued and submitted Saturday morning.
TOM SLOAN'S CASE UP NEXT
Trial of Former I'nlted States Com
missioner et on Criminal Docket
In Federal Court.
The criminal docket of the United Slates
district coiut for the adjourned Novem
ber term Is about cleuned up. The next
criminal case to be tried is that of the
United States against Thomas L. Sloan
for rendering a false claim while United
States commissioner. This case will be
called about March 1.
A small counterfel'Ing case and one or
two minor postolTlne cases on tho criminal
docket yet remain to be disposed of.
ORDERS FOR ENCAMPMENT
Commander-in-Chief Tanner Outlines
Program for Grand Army
of the Republic.
WASHINGTON". Feb. :'2.-In general
orders, Commander-in-Chief Tanner of the
Grand Army of the Republic, outlines the
program for the rational encampment
which convenes at Minneapolis on August
13. He says:
On the evening of Ttieridav, August 14,
there will be a semi-official m-etlng to re
ceive addres.'ies from stale in4 city offi
cers, lrom the committee of arrangements
and greeting of our auxiliary societies.
rlssponses will lie made by comrade
aesignaien ny ine commander-in-chief.
Ihe annu.il parade, in connection with
the national encampment, will be on Wed
nesday, August 15. and will be composed
exclusively of grand army comrades, as
posts oi Individuals, and their accompany
ing organizations, the usual military hariri
and a marching flag. The parade will no
lie -nire than two miles In length.
The Ixpartment of Illinois. v right of
seniority, will have the light of the line
other departments will follow In the order
of seniority of date of charters. The en
tertaining department will take position
on the left of the line. The commander-in-chief
has accepted the proffer of Co
lumbia post No. 706. Department of Illinois
as his ptrsonal escort.
The business sessions of the encampment
will begin on Thursday, August 1G.
' Flyna Captares a Barglar.
James Forrest, a colored burglar from
Memphis, fell victim to the vigilance of
Patrolman Flynn early this morning, when
h attempted to loot the Owl saloon, 1314
Douglas street. He had entered through
the rear door, but was suddenly grabbed
from behind by the policeman even before
he bad an opportunity to secure any spoils.
II soon, found himself at the police station
where h explained that he found the
door open and merely walked In. Officer
Flynn la beginning to lay up a reputation
for himself as a burglar-catcher, this being
but one or several instances where he has
caught men in the act ot breaking In.
V . LOCAL BREVITIES.- .
"Th Spirit of Jewish Law" will be
th them of Rabbi Conn's discourse to
night at Tempie Israel, where th regu
lar weekly service begin at t o'clock,
tiaturday at 10 a. m. service also will be
held as usual. . .
. Frederick Layanna, a discharged soldier,
walked into th lodging house at 70 North
Sixteenth street with blood flowing from
hi mouth, late last night, explaining that
h had been engaged la a fight in which
he waa wounded. H was taken to th
potto station and attended by lr. Ralph.
L)arina could not giva anv ot tii details
ot th encounter.
WOMAN IX CLUB AND CHARITY
Mrs, Sarah Piatt Decker, Mrs. Philip
Moorv of St. Louis and Mrs. Lydla Avery
Coonley Ward of Chicago visited St. Paul
this wreck to conclude their plans for the
biennial convention of the General Federa
tion of Women's Clubs to be held there in
June. A conference was held at the Aber
deen with Mis. Russell R. Dorr, chairman
of the local biennial board, and later were
guests at luncheon there. Later a recep
tion was held at the Aberdeen In their
honor, the club women of the city enter
taining. The following statement was
made to one of the local papers by a
member of the visiting committee:
AVe have come here for the uurnose of
Installing the exhibits and masing tne Una!
arrangements for the program. In trie mat
ter ot tne program and tne exhibits we
are going to have a tar better convention
In Si. Paul than we have ever had betote.
We arc not ready today to announce the
names that will appear c. ti.e program, as
we Inivo not as yet signed ad too con
tracts. Among the many fine exhibits that will
be shown here will be a forestry exhibit.
This exhibit will include many, if not all,
the dinerent kinds of wood to ue found in
this country and some others.
The pure food exhibit will be one of th
finest ever snown anywhere. Most of It
will come from Washington, out every
state chemist will uiso send something.
Mrs. John li. Sherman of Chicago wi;l
have an art exhibit that will Inciuue forty
originals. ,
vc arc almost certain that the conven
tion will open on tne evening of May 3" at
the Armory. 'Ihe entire evening will be
spent in making and replying to adtircsscs
of welcome, and the delegates will not
take their regular seats uaitl tne next
mornlr.g, the evening meeting being open
to the public. ,
The recent visit to Omaha of Miss Mary
McDowell of Chicago University Settle
ment and the- talks she gave on Industrial
conditions and particularly as they af
fected or are affected by women, gave
those fortunate enough to hear her much
to think about. 8unday afternoon Miss
Helen Parties spoke on other phases ot the
industrial question as It pertains to women.
Mins Barnes is one of the national secre
taries of the American committee of the
Young Women's Christian association and
one of the best informed women of the
day on this subject.' The meeting will b
held at the First Congregational church
at 2:30 and will be open to all. There will
be no gospel service at the association
rooms Sunday owing to this meeting.
The local chapter. Daughters uf the
Anicricun Revolution, has organized a study
class for tho study of United States his
tory. The first regular meeting will be
held Tuesday, February i", at 1:20. in the
purlor of the Young Women's Christian
association, and meetings will be held
every alternate Tuesday.
.From the large titles all over the coun
try come announcements of ,the establish
ment of employment bureaus and Intelli
gence agencies, and tlilf fact Is most sig
nificant. When the possibilities of the
woman's club first became evident, one of
the first problems carried to It for solution
whs the "servant girl .question." It must
l)e confessed that the magnitude of this
problem materially, cooled the enthusiasm
of many who had been most eager to try
the club's strength on the really big things.
Most club women were familiar with at
least one phase of this question, and it
helped them to a glimpse ot least of the
magnitude of such undertakings. It re
quired nr.ly a little thought to realize that
the maid was not alone to blame and so
they began to study; A. solution. Because
the General Federatton , has worked for
child labor, pure food mid Juvenile court
laws, club women Vrae been accused' of
turning their back upon their own prob
lem; one of the most serious and one that
they could be pf chlpf 'service In adjusting.
Tho establishment of .free euplpyment bu
reaus and Intelligence agencies' is the club
woman's first active step' In this direction,
and It is a most intelligent step. The In
formation bureau keeps the record ot mis
tress as well as maid.'. An Investigation of
the other local employment bureaus Is al
most Invariably the first step, and this has
reveal-d many olmost unbelievable condi
tions. In many Instances these places were
only feeders to the worst places of vice
and scores of honest girls and women were
being trapped by them, while on the other
hand all sorts of disreputable characters
were sent into respectable homes by them.
In not a single city where this investiga
tion has been made have the women failed
to find this condition. The work of the
club women in New York and Boston has
brought about new laws that, properly en
forced, will overcome' a . great evil, while
other information bureaus, are doing much
to Influence women to a more considerate
attitude toward women employed by them
as domestics.
The following dipping from an exchange
Is worthy of the consideration of the club
woman and of being passed on:
The subject of Christmas trees is agitat
ing the forestry committee In the clubs.
There Is really no reason - why Christmas
trees should be given up altogether, but
there is every reason why the clubs should
use all the influence they possess against
ihe slaughter of the trees which obtaina at
the present time. Spruce trees, properly
cut, grow again from the stump. The spruce
is a rapid grower, and, If the thinning of
forests is done judiciously, a few years
suffice to replace the trees. It seems rather
remarkable that farmers cannot be made
to realize the advantage in a financial sense
if no other of scientific clearing of their
woods. They sell the trees standing to the
shippers, who, of course, ruthlessly chop
down everything in sight. Tne forestry
committee might prepare literature espe
cially for the farmers on this subject. Per
haps wo can cut our Christmas trees and
have them, a'ter r'l.
TROLLEY CARS IN COLLISION
.
Accident on St. I.ouia Crossing Results
la erlous Injury of Mis
Persons.'
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Feb. SE.-uA west bound
Detmar car, running fast, crashed into a
nerth Ixtund O' Fallon Park car at the it.
tcrsectlon of Sarah street and Finney ave
nue today and over a score of passengers
were hurt, six being eeriously Injured.
Seriously Injured:
Policeman John Hughes, thrown under
car, unconscious and cut.
Toga n Flognoy, colored, artery severed
and blood lost.
Wlh-on Cable, motormanj budly cut by
glass.
Mrs. Bertha Myers, cut and bruised.
Mrs. Benjamin Barnett. cut and bruised.
L. W. Jones, back sprained.
Physicians were . hurriedly summoned
and the injured given medical attention.
The O' Fallon Park -car was hurled en
tirely from the track.
WILL TEST LIFE PRESERVERS
Federal Inspectors geleVtlon; sample
from Vessels la Paget
' Bound Parts.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. !2. Acting under
directions from Federal Commissioners
Smith, Murray and Burwell, officers in th
United Slat revenue service hsve bn
ngaged' during the paat week in collect
ing lit preserver from Puget Sound ves
sels, which ar to b forward-id to Wash
ington for a general test in regard to
their buoyancy.
Upon leaving SeattWi at th clos of the
Valencia Investigation, Murray and Smith
UI latum .to their homes In Washington
by way of San Francisco, They wish to
xarain several witness In California,
including th matin Inspector thr who
pa4 th Valencia.
BONAPARTE ON THE NAVY
Member of Cabinet Talks on the Subject
at Baltimore.
MONEY NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE SHIPS
In Pence llrills nnd Practice Con
same (iist and Ammunition
While New De Ices In
crease the Expense.
B.VLT1MOKK. Feb. 22. The thirtieth an
nual commemoration day of the Johns
Hopkins university was celebrated today.
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte deliv
ered the principal address.
On the 2'd of Februar one can hardly
doubt that hjwever forgetful it r ay be. or
seem to be, of his wi-rds In moments of
distraction, the Amrican :ieople would
order it national life, wuul 1 mould lis
traditional policy with the counsels of
Washington. I, answer therefore the first
of the two questions I have prefixed to
this little pafer by saying that we neej
our navy to make and keep ourselves such
a nation as Washington hoped find Ik.--Ileved
we should become to nsjure what
he called "the rank due to there United
States among na lions," not to the matter
of vanity, but as needful to our safety
and our credit, as at once t'.ie measure
and the sanction uf our national duty tj
mankind.
To understand Its full mission, however,
we must constantly bear In mind that tha
navy Is essentially a branch of the coun
try's military strength. It exists that It
may fight If need bo, nnd to be really use
ful It must be sufficiently strong and suffl-clentli-
prepared for Its work to meet at
ai-.y moment any enemy It might be, ac
cording to an reasonable probability, called
upon to encounter. We need nuch sr navy,
because, again in tho words of Washing
ton, "To secure peace It must be known
thut at all times we are ready for war."
Jlarr Costs Money.
The same thought gives us answer to
my second (fUeHUon. "The navy needs what
It ought to have and. indeed, must have
to do Its work and to do It well.
Iu the first place, It needs a greut deal
of money, for modern warfare Is already
very expensive and grows more expensive
daily. I may note here a few features of
the situation, features of which a civilian
can hardly appreciate the significance until
lie has been brought Into personal con
tact with naval interests and naval prob- ;
lems. Our present smokeless powder rc-
quires some six months after It Is made
to be really fit for use. A war must be
well nigh fought out now therefore with
the stcck of powder on hand when It Is
declared. The tremendous energy of this
same powder so affects the guns In which
It is ui'rd that ul'ler a certain number of
discharges, these cease to be trustworthy
and must go into a sort of gun hospital
for treatment. The matter is more serious
because In all navies taiget piactice has
been diveloped on. a scale but lately un
heard of. so that we use up guns while
teaching our men how to use them. More
over, a modern ship of war, and especially
a battleship, has become an Immense re
pository of the most varied, the most pow
erful, the most complicated nnd the most
delicate machinery. Not only does this
machinery need constant attention and fre
quent repairs under the most favorahle
lircuniiitances, but the progress of me
chanical Invention Is continually super
ceding parts of It with new devices, which
are .ften very costly, but must be In
stalled In our ships if these urc not to fall
behind their possible adversaries.
Capable Workmen Needed.
We must have also workmen of tried
skill nnd long experience to deal with
such machinery, and If we lose them nt
our navy yards. It Is by no means certain
that wo can get them back at short notice.
This fact renders a reduction of force at
these yards a public calamity, as well as a
private hardship.
For all these reasons and many more
besides an enlightened and patriotic public
opinion will, I fell confident, sustain the
legislative branch of our national govern
ment In a policy ot discriminating and
Judicious liberality towards the navy; and
it will also understand thut the navy's
necessities cannot be fixed In advance.
Ti give It $100,000 0 when It will be
crlpped If It ought lo have $110,000,000, will
be rather a waste ot the $100,01)0,000, rather
than a saving ot the $10,000,000.
The second great need of the navy Is
to my mind a thorough and unsparing-, but
fair and Intelligent criticism. Every per
son In the service and especially th sec
retary as Its head. Is a legitimate object
of perfectly free comment for all the
organs of publio opinion. If this hurts hia
feelings, he must get used to having them
hurt. Indeed, If he Is even approximately
the right man In the right place, he will
welcome such criticism, however, unpalate
able for a moment, as a salutary medicine,
a valuable aid In his appointed work. But
the duty of fair criticism has a negative
no less than a positive side. It forbids un
fair criticism and criticism is surely unfair
when based on wilful misrepresentation or
voluntary ignorance of material facia.
Needs Public Sympathy.
Finally, my friends, the navy needs,
needs perhaps more Imperatively than
aught else, an assurance that the public
sympothizrs with Its work, that the publio
knows and feels its value to the nation.
To recruit our sea service we have never
had recourse to conscription In any form.
We trust with a confidence which the
event has hitherto justified. to the
patriotism and military spirit of our sea
faring folk for the additional men we
shall need In the event of war. In time
of peace, however, we must make our
service attractive to men such as we shall
need In war, we hope for trained sailors
when that time shall come. Doubtless this
means a heavy expense, but It means
something bestdia expense. The men we
seek and ot late, have In large measure,
secured, will not subject themselves to the
restrainsts of naval discipline unless they
feel that as a sailor they can retain their
self-respect and earn the esteem of their
fellow men. To treat these men as out
casts when they come ashore is to cripple
our shlpa more surely than If their guns
were disabled or if their engines put out
of gear: the men behind the guns, the men
to handle and feed the engines, are the
most truly vital factors in their efficiency,
and such men must now be trained, not
tor daya or weeks, but for months and
years, in time of peace, if they are to be
of more us than hindrance In time of
war.
It K
TOPS It AILItOAD
TRAILS
Gorge la Platte and Cause Overflow
at Rogers.
ROOER3, Neb., Feb. 2i-(Speclal Tele
gram.) At t p. iu. th ice gorged at Bay
Stat and th Union Pacific track 1
flooded. All traffic Is at a standstill. There
hav been no trains through sine 4:15
p. m. Th river cam out at i p. m. and
has now fallen about three feet. Water
from th river la running through the
street here.
iBterlocklaa: Plant Completed.
OAKLAND. Neb., Feb. 22.-(Bpeclal.)
Th interlocking plant at the intersection
of tha Northwestern and the Great North
ern railroad at this plac haa bee a com
pleted. . Th towr contain a thlrty-on
vr and will be In chajsj of'thre men
who will work eight hour each. Trains
t on th Northwestern now stop tuo feet
front the crossing and whlstU- Iwiore pro
ceeding farther. The continued " warm
weather of the last week has put the
Great Northern grade In such a soft con
dition that track laying has Iwcn prac
tically ut a standstill the last two days.
The machine is now two inllej south of
Oakland. .
OFFICERS IMK.RKFHK AT W KDIIIMi
f;lr I n Wrought In by F.xrttcmcnt
that she Becomes Insane.
AUBURN, Neb.. Feb. 22. -Carrie lee ar
rived in Brock, this county, yesterday
evening from Millegevllle. Oa.. with the
Intention of marrying John Chunian. Lnt
' venlng about ! o'clock she and Chums n
came to Auburn, and went to the icsl
dence of County Judge John S. MeCarty
for the purpose of getting mat tied. The
county Judge soon learned-from question
ing the atti that she did not know the
Kind of a msn she was about to marry,
mid that she had become engaged to him
through some matrimonial paper. He tohl
the couple to meet him nt the court house,
nnd phoned to the county attorney and
Attorney Quackenbush to go to his office.
There the three explained to her the chart
acter of the man sh was about to marry,
nnd prevailed upon her not to marry
him. .
The girl Is Ixunrant and of the very
poor whiles of the south and had never
lieen away from home before. She had
been without sleep and had little to eat
for severnl days nnd became nervous at
being alone among strangers without any
means of returning home. Her nervous
ness soon culminated In insanity. She re
fused to go to a hotel, but was at last
! prevulled -to go to the home of County
Attorney French, but hud become too ner
vous to sleep, and aliout 1 o'clock became
frantic. She thought she was going to be
mtirder"d and fried to escape. She gave
Attorney French a lively struggle for
about twenty minutes, at the end of
which time the sheriff and two policemen
arrived. It took the three officers about
an hour to get her Into a straight Jacket
and to the jail. After receiving medical
aid nnd somo sleep she somewhat recov
ered, but is yet luboiiiig under insane de
lusions. If she is restored to her reason,
she will be returned to her home.
Episcopalian Woman's Auxiliary.
BEATRICE. Neb.. Feb. 22. (Special. )
The quarterly convention of the Nebraska
branch of the Woman's auxiliary of tho
Episcopal church opened yesterday after
noon In Christ church. A number of
delegates from different parts of the state
were In attendance. The president, Mrs.
Chetwood Hamilton of Omaha, presided
over the meeting, and Mrs. Clements acted
as . secretary.. The treasurer's report
showed the unltd offering for the last
three years to be $150,000. Father Moor
and Ml Crummer, a returned missionary
from China, each delivered an Interesting
address. Mrs. Clements also read a paper
on the home life of the women of Japan,
showing the deplovahlo condition under
heathen religion and the great betterment
which comes to them when converted to
Christianity. At the evening Bfssion Dr.
Palmer of Ashland delivered un address
on "Missions as the Christian's Duty,"
following which Miss Crummer read a
paper on foreign missions and brought the
meeting to a close.
Plenty of Trouble for Torrer.
KEARNEY, Neb., Feb. (Special Tele
gram.) Sheriff Sammons lust night ar
rested Charles Torrey, alias Chsries Smith,
wanted In Mitchell county, Kas., for ab
duction. Sheriff O. W. Wallace of Mitch
ell county was already in .he city with
requisition ' papers and left this morning
with his prisoner. Three years ago Tor
rey eloped from Belolt. Kas., with Myr
tle Olldersleve, bis wife's sister, who was
at that time ,less than sixteen years of
age. It is said they have slnca been mar
ried, and If this Is the case a charge of
bigamy will also be filed against him In
all probability. Torrey's wife Is now liv
ing with her people. She has two child
ren of whom Torrey Is the father and
who were also deserted by him.
District Court nt l.exlngtou.
LEXINOTON. Neb., Feb. a.-Distrlct
court has been In aesnlon here for the past
ten days, with Judge Hosteller on the
liench. The docket was unusually large,
but one criminal case however being on
the list of cases. This was a case wherein
One Finis Todd was charged with adultery
with one Mrs. Pearson of Gothenburg, the
complaint being filed by the woman's hus
band. Todd plead guilty and wus fined
$200 and costs, and to stand committed
until fine and costs are paid. He Is a single
man, a comparative stranger here, and la
now In the county Jail being without the
wherewith to pay hio fine. The woman in
the case was not prosecuted, It being said
she was not mentally strong.
TWIGGS ACCEPTED A BRIBE
He Did ot Bid Against f Jay nor and
(rrese la Consideration
of asoe.
SAVANNAH, Oa.. Feb. 22. A. J. Twiggs
was the principal witness in the. Greene
and Guynor trial today. His most Inter
esting testimony was that pdduced on
crrMs-examinatlon by' counsel for the de
fense when he admitted that he. had for
gone his purpose of submitting a bid in
1891 for work on the Savannah river near
Augusta. Ga. It was brought, put that
the witness himself had an understanding:
with John W. Gaynor, by whom he hnd
been paid $-tC0 und with whom he hart
made a contract to supply stono for the
work to be done, 'should Greene and Gov
nor secure the award. This understanding
was that Twiggs would not old and that
Greene and Gaynor would therefore sil
mlt a higher bid than they would had they
been forced to meet his comoetltlon.
ATTEM.
DKFFXDS
111
T!TI,K
Featherweight Champion Given De
cision Over Jimmy Walsh.
CHEL8EA. Muss., Feb. 22. Although
lacking an effective punch. Abe Attell of
San Francisco successfully defended his
title to the featherweight championship by
winning the decision over Jimmy Walsh of
Newion, Mass., In a fifteen-round contest
before the Lincoln Athletic club tonight
Both boys were strong at the finish, but
Walsh was badly cut up about the face
while Ailell was without a scratch. The
champion was very fast and reneheH hi.
opponent frequently, but none of his blows
nun power enougn to noor Walsh or even
stagger him.
ror me iii-ki nve rounos tne pout was
featureless. In the sixth Attell began to
land some telling Mows and his clever
foot work enabled him to get awav from
Walsh's return. The champion rushed the
Newton man about the ring and succeeded
in oi niguis oiooa ny a sun Jan to tiie nose.
Walsh rallied In the seventh and landed
several good punches, so that the round
waa practically even. Attell went after
hia man in the eighth, and alter an ex
change drove a hard right to Walsh's face
which cut his Up. Walsh was bleeding pro
fusely when the gong sounded. .
Attell also had an advantage ,Ju the
ninth, but in the tenth Walsh rallied
gamely and chased his opponent about the
ring. After this round the contest waa
entirely in tavor oi Atieu.
Kamlaatioaa by President.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ;2.-Th president
today aent the following nomination to
th aenat;
Postmasters: Iowa R. E. Kayburn.
Brooklyn: 8. 8. Skinner.- Creston; B. T
Poland, Eldoni D. C McCullouah. Humes
ton; M. A.. McCord. Newton. Missouri J.
H. Hani. Kansas City; ft. R. BecB.
Maryville; F. F. Miller. Neosho: W. S.
FiandalL Poplar Bluff; W. 8. Bloehaum. mt
Charles; . F. Jones, Sarcoala; . Molla-a
t onway, vanaana. p cornea A. H. Hoi'
Ungsworth. Beatrice; O. W. William, Al
bion. South Dakota-P. T. Uurub, TyndaV
SOME OF SENATORS DODCE
All Who Vote Cast Their Ballots for the
Oillilland Resolution.
MITCHELL QUOTES RAILROAD LITTER
After that I .IHsposed ut tho Scant
Takes I p and Passes the Rill tog
State tertlflcate for All
Teacher.
(From A Suift Correspondent.!
MiS MOINKS. Feb. ?.-(Hpeclal Tele
gram.) In the senate this afternoon Sena
tor Shirley tlillil'and of Mills county called
up his resolution Risking the governor for
Information on his statements In his formal
announcement of his candidacy for gov
ernor. Smith of Mitchell, a leading Cum
mins man, .was the only person to talk on
the resolution aside from Gillllland. Be
fore sitting down he read extract from a
letter which ho said was written by a
railroad lobbyist -eL 4s Moine. to one
of Cllllllland's constituents. The letter in
substance said that when Senator Cllllllland
recently sent letters to hla constituents
asking their opinion of the primary law '
the auswera were very largely In favor
of the primary. Tho letter stated that the
primary bill Is an absurd measure, which
must be killed, and asks the constituent
to get a lot of letters sent to Gillllland
against the primary. The letter declares
that- the bill would not be considered but
for the fact that the "men who have always
been opposed to- us and have fought Mr.
Blythe.nre pushfng It."
Senator Smith declares that coming from
a railroad lobbyist the letter was an at
tuck on free government. He was fre
quently Interrupted by Senator Olllllland,
who objected because Smith would not an
nounce the person uddressed In the letter
or the signer.
Senator tlllliiland on opening hla re
marks on the resolution read from manu
script, but on closing declared that the
resolution "coifs on the governor to make
good or shut up," that "the governor nor
no other man can' impugn my character"
snd "lets know whether the peopl who alt
hre to represent the people are a lot of
rotten scoundrels or not." On vote tha
resolution passed by thlrty-slx" for and none
agulnst. All Cummins men present voted
for It, but a number ot stand patters and
democrats failed to vote. r
State Certificate Dill Passes.
The senate this . afternoon passed the
Warren school bill lo. abolish county cer
tificates to teachers and Issue only state
certificates, by 32 to J3. The vote was a
surprise to the friends of the measure,
many fearing It would be defeated.
SAN ' FRANCISCO IS CRIPPLED
Fire Destroy Electric' Power House,
Causing;- Suspension ' of
Work la City. '
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22.-A fire
early this morning In the central station
pf the San Francisco Gas & Electric com
pany caused a loss estimated at $750,000 be
sides crippling many commercial and manu
facturing establishments. All of th eveu-i
ing papers are without power to run their
machinery, even the linotype being rendered
useless. Nearly all ot the telegraph wires
lending out ot this city are Idle, the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph com
panies having obtained their power from
the station which was ' burned. News
to nearby cities is being sent by circuitous
routes. Involving much delay. Every ef
fort Is being made to Install temporary
power plant, "but 'It 'fa uncertain when
normal conditions will be restored.
Candles and kerosene lamps were used'
today to Illuminate many offices, elevators
were not running and iiusinesa was al
most at a standstill In some places.
AH the leading hotels and restaurants in
the downtown district were without light '
and power for hours.
The origin of the fire,., which completely
gutted the building In which It originated,
has not been positively determined. Work
men, who were in the building at the time, ,
say that there was a flash and followed
by a sheet of flame, and In a few mo
ments the flames had broken through the
roof It was the Impression that eonie
of the dynamos were overcharged and ex
ploded. Another theory Is that the fire
which started In the battery storage room,
was caused by either crossed wire or the
melting of a lead pipe used to convey gas.
The flames communicated at dnce with
waste and oil and were immediately be
yond control. In imminent danger of their
lives, the employe "plugged out" before
trying to make their escape, thus prevent
ing a heavy drift and weakening of the
other power stations.
The fire was accompanied by a series of
explosions, and the firemen worked at tha
risk of their lives, but aa the burning
station wa In the very heart of the city
they did not relax their effort until the
danger of a great conflagration was over.
The officers of the gas and electric com
pany state that their loss will be about
$850.0Ci. but others . place the figure st
$1 OO.COO. Elx engines, valued at from
$0.000 to $150,000 each, were destroyed. . as
also was the generating plant worth $126.
OUt'. .i-,
Three hundred men and fifty teams aj
at work clearing away the debris.
ALEXANDER UNDER THE KNIFE
Second ' Operation Performed an
Former President of Kult
able Society. .
NEW YORK, Feb. 22,-James W. Alex
ander, former president of the Equitable
Life Assurance society waa operated n-.i
again today, in his home here, ' for the
relief of the organic trouble for which
he has been under treatment during the
last six months. According to his son,
H. M. Alexander, this operation was not
so much a new one as it was the comple
tion of the operation performed ten day
ago, when hla father was brought h
from a sanitarium In Deerfleld, Mass., for
surgical treatment, his condition at that
time being such that.lt wa deemed best"
to perform the operation In two' parts,
rather than all at one. Mr. Alexander
condition tonight is said to be satis
failory as could be expected.'
W.VnULNGTON, Feb.. 22.-Th senate in
executive session today confirmed th fol
lowing nominations;.
Postmasters Missouri: D. J. Holman.
KVvtcpvtlle; W. H. Luthy. Parkvlll.
South Dakota: P. T. Unruh, Tyndall: N.
ttaugen, Hartford.
rarfaot In quality.
Modrat In prlo.
OoIuniGt
JaEiing