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Omaha Daily Bee. NEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE around Floor Cornr Tht B Building 17th and Faraam new Location THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE Ground FIor Corner Tilt B Building I7lk and FirMm OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNINU FEBRUARY 28, IMG TEN FAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1371. The PIERCE TO TESTIFY AttoTusj General Will Beframe Oil Inquiry at St. Lotiia Tomorrow. RECALCITRANT WITNESS TO BE RECALLED Treasurer Adams of Waters-Pierce Concern Will Be Placed on 8tand Acaln. RUSSIA WORKS FOR PEACE All HEARING IS BEGUH '4. IAH0MA CITY Witness Bays Mall of Btam . Company fu Opened by Waters-Pieu 4 .ny. INSTRUCTED TO STEAL OIL Pmalklr Effort re Relna I ed to Keep France and tirrmr from WP.r. Former Agent Telia of Method tA to Keep Track of Bnslnes of Independent Con- 54 ST. LOUIS. Feb. a;. The Inquiry Into Standard Oil method pursued 'n Missouri will ha resumed next Thursday. H. Clay Pierce, former preldent of the Waters Plsrce Oil company, and Charles Adams, present treasurer of the company, will be called as witnesses. During a former session of the hearing Mr. Adams refused to produce books and records of tho company bearing on Its re lations with the Republic and Standard Oil companies and Attorney General Had ley placed the matter before the supreme court for decision as to whether witnesses could be compelled to produce books and records and answer question at the hear ing. Yesterday the supreme court ruled In the- affirmative. ' In speaking- of the declxion today Mr. Adams, said he would consult counsel for the Waters-Pierce company as to whether the decision requires lilni lo answer Ques tions In reference to the affairs of that corporation. "J shall be governed solely by the advice of our lawyers." said Mr. Adams. "I have not as yet read the de cision, nor am I particularly concerned about It, one way or the other." Hearing la Oklahoma. OKLAHOMA CITY. Ok!.. Feb. ST.-As- sistant Attorney General Lake begun tak ing testimony here today In thu oJster case of the statu of "Missouri against the Stand aid and other oil companies. John ' Bur rows, a wholesale dealer, said that while In the employ of the Waters-Pierce Oil com pauy part of his salary was paid by the ritandurd Oil company. He had from time to time received instructions to cut prices to a point at which It was impossible to Independents to do business. Ho was in strutted to get samples of oils shipped In if he had to steal them. There had never been any competition between the Standard and the Waters-Pierce companies In Okla homa. Burrows said that oils used by the Inter national Harvester company In Oklahoma was charged to the Standard Oil company. "The Waters-Pierce people put labels on their oils for harvesters." said Burrows "The harvester peoplo furnished the labels." WtfetYi'?7 Wale Fa Mere company was reorganised, Barrows said he lecelved le.tur from II. C. Pierce saying lie was ' going to retire on tho ground or ill health.. There were three auditors, he testified, one of whom came from it Brood way, New York, representing the-Standard company, and he always had credentials. Me testified that Frank Norton, one of the auditors for the Standard company, said In Ft. Louis ten years ago thnt all old Hinployes of the Watera-Pleree would have tu go, as the Standard had control of Waters-Pierce and the Standard had sent a vice president out here. When the Ro public Oil company waa organised, Mr, Rurroaa said, .he was told not to worry about competition from It. Mall addressed to Standard Oil company, Oklahoma City, mas put In the Waters-Pierce box at th postofflce, he said. The Waters-Plerco company, he testified, said It was all rlgh to open the lettera On cross-examination Burrows was asked 'How did you know there was a reorganl satlon of Waters-Pierce company?" "I got a letter discharging ma and an other letter by the same mall hiring ma over again. "Who signed the credentials of the Stand' ard Oil auditors T" "R. M. Vanhorton, assistant manager n rns walera-Plerce company at Little ttuolc- Attoroey General Talks. wr.r r ERSON CITY, Feb. 27. -The fo! lowing statement was mad Unlay by At lorney Oenernl Hadhy regarding his pro Wisej action under the decision nf tho .,, Ntjl'" court yesterday relating to the in icuatlnn Info the Standard Oil casta: I All ask J nd e Olldrsleeve of the si preme court nf New York to reoulr xt Jtegera to answer the questions which he has declined to answer. Whether tinder this derision. 1 will mt-k the court to require officers of the respondent companies to PiM-r aim irmiry win ne a matter of fu ture consideration. As the tcs tlinony hi the case is now practically complete with tha exception of the evidence relating to the common ownership of the stock of these three companies. I win endeavor to . hasten the conclusion of the mm In tX Securing of this testimony. ST. I'ETERFBl'RH. Feb. .-Russia Is using all its influence at Berlin to prevent a rupture between France and Germany. Its nctlon has been taken at the Instance of Pari, where the Rojvier government Is apparently convinced that Germany pro poses to persist In its attitude even to the point of provoking war. On account of the close relations existing between the court of Berlin and St. Petersburg It is believed In France that Russia will have more in fluence upon Emperor William than any other power. Earnest representations In favor of concessions to Insure avoidance of an appewf to arms were accordingly being made, to which Germany replied that It had no desire to provoke war. Never theless It gave no Indication that it pro posed to modify its attitude, and Russia's latest advices from Algeciras indicate that practically all hope of an agreement has been alndoned. Premier Witte has now become a distinct advocate of an Anglo-Russian understand Ing and it Is understood that negotiations have been or are about to be reopened In London to determine the status of this agreement. If they are successful, a new grouping of the powers will undoubtedly- check Germany's ambitions. The main oh- tacle to an understanding Is the dispute regarding the respective spheres of Influ ence of Russia a:;d Great Britain In Persia, as tho Russians nre loth to abandon their plans for reaching the Persian gulf. ALGECIRAS. Spain. Feb. 2i. Sidl Mo hammed el Mokhii, the second Moroccan delegate, hns caused considerable excite ment by the disclosure Unit concessions for harbor Improvements at Casublunca nd Safll, two leading Atlantic ports of Morocco, were given to the Crueaot com' pnny (French) at the same time that tha Germans secured a concession for harbor Improvements at Tangier. 1TY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Cosmopolitan Hotel Company Presents Two Ordinanoes, Which Are Referred. aaaaaaiaaaaaa IRST MOVE FOR HOTEL CONSTRUCTION City Asked to wiles Sidewalk, Permit Balldlns; of Areade oa Seventeenth and Also aa Alley Between It and Bee Building. AMERICANS REACH KUIKIANG Missionaries Compelled to Flee from Aanchniis; Are Reported af. PEKING. Feb. T,. American Consul Gen nil Rodgera telegruphs from Shanghai that the fourteen American missionaries who fled from Nun Chang all reach Klu Klang in safety. The gunboat El Cano Is proceeding from Nun King to the scene of the trouble. SHANGHAI, Feb. 27. The survivors of the massacre of missionaries at Nun Chang have arrived at Kiu Klang. The French cruiser Descartes and the American gunboat Qulros sailed today for Kiu- Klang. It Is understood that the Brit leh sloop Clao and gunboat Teal are al ready there. LONDON, Feb. 28. Telegraphing from Peking, the correspondent of the Tribune says: The subprerect or Nan cnung. wno has had a bud reputation among foreigner since the boxer troubles. Invited the' mis slonaiirs to a banquet. After the banquet the subprefect withdrew and attempted to commit suicide. This action, in Chinese eyes, necessitates vengeance and led to the massacre nf missionaries. The feeling In Peking Is apprehensive owing to the fact that a Chinese shoe was thrown at the dowager empress while she was walking In the palace garden. The miscreant has not been discovered. Plans for the new hotel project for which the Cosmopolitan Hotel company was re cently organised, have been perfected to a sufficient extent to bring the subject up before the city council last night In con nection with certain concessions desired to expedite the building operations. The two ordinances Involved were referred to a committee. The hotel Is expected to occupy what was knon as the old Pundt corner at Seven teenth and Douglas streets, now owned by j the Syndicate Building company, extend ing also west upon the ta'o adjoining lots. making a total frontage of 130 feet on Seventeenth street and 19R feet on Douglas, although the Douglas street frontage mayJ.ooa operators and miners. In which Fresl- RCBBINS CALLS CONFERENCE On nsraestlnn of President Roosevelt Bltnmlnona foal Operator Will Reconsider Action. PITTSRI'RG, Feb. 27. Acting on the ad vice of President Roosevelt, Francis I Rubliins, leader of the bituminous oper ators, has called a conference of operators for tomorrow in an endeavor to arrange some means of preventing a strike of lbs bituminous coal miners. The meeting of the operators-tomorrow promises to be a storfny one. The turbulence is expected to arise over the attitude of some of the Independent operators In the Pittsburg district, who are opposed to any concessions whatever. ' Several of these operators tonight expressed the Intention of being present at the meeting and enter ing a vigorous protest to any such conces sion as proposed. The opposition to grant ing any advance In the miners' wage is said to be based upon the fact that the coal trade today la In a worse condition than It waa two years ago when the miners accepted a reduction. If there la to be any change at all. the opposition claims that it should be along linea of further reductions rather than for advances. NEW YORK. Feb. 87. Pending a settle. ment of the controversy between the soft not all be erected at first. Rough drawings for the hotel contemplate giving access to It from Farnam street by a covered orna mental arcade protecting the sidewalk for a width of sixteen feet and the city Is to be asked to widen the sidewalk to a line corresponding with that adjoining the court house on Seventeenth street between Far nam and Harrey. In order to carry the arcade across the alley from The Bee build dent Roosevelt has taken a hand, as Indi cated hy his letter of yesterday, the ne gotiationa with the anthracite operators have apparently been suspended. No meet ing between the anthracite onerators' sub committee and the miners' subcommittee will take place tomorrow, as has been an nounced, and no other date has been ar ranged. It la said by 'the operators that President Mitchell will probably allow the Ing to the hotel, It is proposed to close the anthracite question to await a settlement of alley where it abuts on Seventeenth street I the bituminous controversy and that his de- FORMER PREMIER RE-ELECTED MP. Balfour Retnrned to Parliament from London District hy Bin Majority. LONDON, Feb. r.-Arthur J. Balfour. the former premier, was today elected to the House of Commons for the city of London by a majority of 11.840 over his liberal-free trade opponent, Thomas Gibson Bowles. The vote was a strictly nartv one. the rsndldatea receivina fewer votes WB" adopted. than were cast for the conservative and nje mane liberal nominees at the general election, when the conervatlv majority was lO.im.. Mr. Balfour, who Is not well, was not able to appear at Guild hall, where the votes were counted, but was represented by Miss Balfour, who In a speech thanked the elec tors on behalf of her brother. The elec tion was a foregone conclusion. There was no celebration. 1 The result of the election waa as follows: Arthur J. Balfour, unionist, 16,474; Thomas Gibson Bowles, liberal, 4.134; unionist ma jority, 11.340. and enlarge It In the center, making It thirty feet wide for a length of 150 feet. To carry through these preliminaries re quires action on the part of the city, sub ject to the consent of the property owners immediately concerned. While the funds which' the hotel pro moters set out to secure hare not all been subscribed, the project seems assured in case the details can be worked out to tlw satifaction of thoe who are behind It. The hotel proper, it is ald. will not be less than eight stories of strictly first-class, fire proof construction, with all modern equipment. The application to the city council will be tiie first overt move toward actual construction. The drafting of the papers was done by Attorneys Wharton and Adams In con sultation with City Attorney Brecn. Breen Shows Warmth. The report of the finance cnnuiirt. recommending that the office of second as sistant city attorney be not created be cause It is thought "neither expedient nor necessary at this time" Inasmuch as the city attorney had the right to appoint an assistant to serve out the remaining time of tha administration, under authority of an old resolution never rescinded, provoked a speech from City Attorney Breen In which he displayed considerable feeling. Mr. Breen said the committee had held up the ordinance two months and It 'was now too late to appoint an assistant for the short time remaining until the expira tion of his term. He had hoped to dignify the office and obtain a superior man for It by its formal .creation and the increase Of $30i a year in the sulury, and, In view of the fact that the, council in November adopted a resolution declaring, the place necessary, had refrained from taking ad vantage of the old resolution. He said that differences of opinion between him and tha majority members of the council on certain public questions were responsi ble for the ordinance being held up. Tha report of the committee waa adopted, Zlm man and Hoye voting in the negative. The committee on railways recommended Hoye's street railway regulation ordinance No. 1 placed on file, giving as the reason that two ordinances embodying the same matter have been Introduced since, pre sumably In perfect form, and the report tn anils may be affected by the situation In the soft coal field. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Feb. 27. John C. Tarsney of this city, a member of the Southwestern Operators' association, who was also a member of the scale committee at the recent Indianapolis conference, is quoted today as saying: "President Roosevelt's Intervention be tween the coal miners and the operators, although In the Interest of peace, is unwar rantable Interference.' FINE AND ONE YEAR IN JAIL Rer. 0. 0. Ware's Sentence, Latter of Which Dean Eeecher Offers to Serve. OMAHA MINISTER VOLUNTEERS SACRIFICE Aaka for Privilege of Court to Kl press Sympathy and Faith la lass cenee of Brother Clergy man Convicted. The remarkable Incident of one clergy man offering to serve the jail sentence of another mas presented In the United States district court Tuesday morning when Judge Munger sentenced Kev. George U. Ware to serve one year in the Douglas county jail, in addition to paying a tins of tl.WO lor conspiracy to detiaud the government out of titles to public land. No soon or had the court imposed sentence than Kev. George A. Beecher, dean ot Trinity Epis copal cathedral of "TJmaha, arose and ex pressed hia willingness lo go to Jail for his brother in whose innocence he pro fessed absolute , confidence. "It may seem out ot place and premature for mo to speak a word ot sympathy for a brother in distress," said Dean Beecher, "but I have been taught, aa many others have been, that .'t Is my duty to fly. lo the relief of a friend and brother and I seek lo do so now. There have been examples of vicarious sacrifice, and 1 have been deeply touched by all these proceed ings that have brought my brother here and the sad position in which he is placed. but with charity for all, 1 say as a cltisen of the I'nlted States, that I am, without regard to the verdict ot the jury, com pletely convinced of tho Innocence and purity of character of this brother and I 111 sdy I would gladly sever my connec tions with my clerical duties and if could, would go to the Douglas county ,,, interview with Jtidne Frank R. Alkens, Jail and serve this sentence for my brother. , ., -eminent local attorney, whose services Rev. Mr. Ware. If he has mado a tech- i : ,o,.n secured In advance. Mr. Alkens a speech, in which he said tho move was one merely to gain thirty days delay in reporting on the matter. He. demanded the reasons of the committee for refusing to bring the ordinance up for discussion and was met with silence. Paving Road Ordinances. Ordinances were introduced providing for the submission al the May election of a SnO.OnO paving intersection bond proposi tion, and for an Issue of alnnit S1O9.O04 dis trict street Improvement bonds to cover the cost of a large part of last year's paving. P. E. Her again demanded by letter that tlie council remove the barn used by the city garbage company which stands In the middle of East Iavenmortli street. In order, Mr. Iler said, to permit improve ments lo be made. The communication was referred to a commiitee. t ottneilmen Evans, Huntington and BERLIN. Feb. L'7.-The Duchess Sophie I " -'" - cu.nnmiee Charlotte of Oldenburg, daughter of tht) ' ,""a, nuisance reigning grand duke of Oldenburg by his frr,m Smlln Uro"' ,,rlck '. complained first marriage with Princess Elisabeth of of ,,y lhe m,llM v"w Improvement club. Prussia ROYAL WEDDING AT BERLIN Duchess Wophle of Oldenburg I nltrd to Prince F.Uel Frederick of Prasala. KIELY GETSAN INJUNCTION Kt. I. on Is Police Board Temporarily Restrained from Trying' Chief for Craft and Ttearlevt uf Dnty. ST. LOVie. Feb. 27.-Chief of Police Mathew Kiely, recently suspended, was placed on trial hfore the Board of Police Commissioners tp answer to charges that he had deserted his post in time of need, permitted gambling and other improper houses to f ourlsh. failed to eradicate graft from the police department and had in structed a subordinate .officer to make a false report concerning an arrest. When the trial began this afternoon counsel for Mr. Kiely requested a continu ance, on the ground that the defense was not yet prepared to come to trial. The question of continuance was put to a vote and the board unanimously voted to pro ceed with the trial. : Tha trial had scarcely irotten under way hen Mr. Kiely' s atvnj HevwXCUiiaia 1 H- Saumlers, Instructed --the- defenduut chief to plead not guilty to the charges, to re fuse, to reply In response to questions In the absence of his attorney and to say that he was not there officially, but only physic ally. The attorney then rushed to the court house, where he obtained a temporary injunction. Issued by Judge Douglas of tho circuit court, and effective Immediately enjoining the police board from continuing the trial proceedings today. The police board Is cited to show cause tomorrow why It should not be permanently enjoined from trying Kiely. Attorney 8aunders departed tonight for Jefferson City. Before leaving he stated that he will tomorrow attempt to have the police commissioners adjudged In contempt of the supreme court, for the reason that niter the supieme court had decided' that Kiely was entitled to counsel the board refiined sufficient time for counsel to con suit mid prepare the case. nicol mistake he la not a criminal" Court and All Anecleil. Dcuu Bcccncr s voice tremuivu with ihc deepest amotion as ne ottered Himself as u vicarious sin. mice, and tut; incident, re markable in lis solemnity and earnestness, brought lears to the eyes of many lu the court room. Judgo Munger said, in reply- to Dean Beecner: "The court deeply ap preciates tins situation una shares in lue personul lceiing prevailing, but Hie court fas a duty lu perioral lna.1 11 cannot void." The court, room was early crowded witli friends ui Kev. Mr. Ware and utneio, drawn there to wituess the climax vt mc case which il waa known would lu reached Tuesduy morning. Uesldo Kev. George G. Waru, uis wife, who has remained at his side througnout mc Irial, his attor neys, Henry r ruwlcy ot Dead wood and X. J. Mahoney of Omaha, District Attorney (joss. Special District Attorney b. R. Kusu and inuny prominent Omalia ciuitmd worn present in the court room. Judge Munger overruled in full the mo tion ot Wares attorneys tor a new trial and imposed sentence. Attorneys at once i i LINCOLN MAN'S WILD ACTION I. 1. Ilnaa.es t parts Ijbi Jb Pt. Ials Hotel aad Jaraps from ( Window. ST. I.OI18,' Feb. JT.-Whlle laboring under Intense mental excitement or nerv eusnesa P. T. Hughes, aged 28. from Lin coln. Neb., began throwing furniture around in his room on the third floor of the Comfort hotel today, finally overturning a lighted lamp and starting a fire. Hughes and J. A. Courtney, SS years old. superin tendent of construction at the Missouri Pacific, hospital, who also occupied a third floor room, jumped from windows to es cape tha flainea and were picked up with, fractured attulls and are in' a critical con dition. The fie roes were extinguished with a losa of 2,i0. There were 13 other guests In the hotel, but none was injured. ' H'lghea arrived Saturday. He kept 4u,T7.i w h .win hiiui luuwy, wnen ne suddenly became greatly excited and made i. hols. . When a chambermaid went to hla dooriand told him to be quiet, he told her to get away or he would harm her. said ha locked his door and she, peer ik through the keyhole, 'caw him hurl a t'anted lamp on the floor. R. B. Dyckman, clerk of the hotel, .was serloualy burned about the face and bands In fighting tha flames. R. B. Dobson, a deaf mute, and Charles Uelas, a cook, ran through a biasing hall a ay to escape and suffered burns. and Frince Kit el Frederick, the , second sun of tbe emperor and empress. , acre married at I o'clock this afternoon in the chas;l of the palace by the court j chaplain. Dr. Dryander. Ralti was falling ' on the chuirti dome, but the Inside was lit by hundreds ot candles, showing the deli cate costumes or uniforms of about GOO ! persons belonging to the royal families of Germany or the prihclpal nobility, the cab inet ministers and a number of generals and admirals. Ambassador Tower and Mrs. Tower were preseut In the diplomatic circle. JAIL FCR CHICAGO PRINTERS Mlttlml lasaert for Mea Derided lo Re la Contempt of Caart. DIVISION OF THE LOOT Government Benches an Interesting Point In the Greene and f.aynor t'nse. SAVANNAH, Ga.. Feb. 27.-The Introduc tlon of documentary evidence designed to show the division of "loot" by Greene, Gay nor and Carter, engaged the attontloti of the' Fulled Statrs court In the trial of the conspiracy case today. Considerable prog ress was made. In a statement Distric Attorney Erwln explained how the money was divided by the defendants according to the government's contention, and said that to hide the division In thirds an ac count was kept In the name of William T Gaynor. The John and William T. Gaynor accounts, he said, were interchangeable the William T. Gaynor account beins used ns a blind. Mr. Erwln said It would fie shown that William T. Gaynor received 11,0'ti a month as superintendent of th work. Hanqaet tor Future Uorrraor. MANILA, Feb. 27. At Jolo, the capital city of the Moms, u monster banquet will be tendered by the resident Americans I and Filipinos to future Governor James F. 8mith, on the eve of his departure on a six months' vacation by way of Europe, all. Including the radicals, uniting In tbe exhibition uf a better understanding. Tarouva tioes to Dry Dork. GIBRALTAR. Feb. 27 The I'nlted States cruiser Tacoma sailed for Las Palmas, Canary Islands, today to join the dry dock Deary. FIVE MEN BADLY .BURNED Rsplosloa of fiasollao Lamp la 4 or rldor of Jail at Untts, Okla., Works flavor. I-AWTON. Okl., Feb. 27.-Five men were burned, two fatally, by the explosion of a gasoline lamp In the corridor of the couuty jail today. The Injured: John Jamison, hydro-carbon operator, fa tally Andrew Fitawater, prisoner, fatally, fcherift C. C. Hammond. Itrputy Sheriff Homer Hamtnond. Deputy Sheriff 8. A. El rod. Jamison was In the act of hanging tho lamp when the explosion occurred. His Hughes had been taken from his burning I clothes and those of Fltswaler avre cov room when he broke - from the rescuers and ran Into tbe flamra and a moment later iuad4 from a window. cred with gasoline and Instantly Ignited. They were horribly burned before aid could ia.U them. CHICAGO. Feb. rr.-Mittlinl for the In carceration of President Edward Wright and Edward Bessette of tha Typographical union were today given to Sheriff Barrett for service. The men telephoned the sheriff that they would surrender during the afternoon. Both men were sentenced to thirty days In jail for violation of an Injunction re straining them from interfering with non union men employed in the shops of the members of the Chicago Typothetae. When Wright and Bessette surrendered to the sheriff this afternoon their attorney went before Judge Walker of the circuit court and petitioned for a writ of habeaa corpus. Tha petition for release attacks the jurisdiction of Judge Holdom to hear tho contempt case against tha two men while tha validity of the original Injunction re mained to be paased upon by the appellate court. The argument mill be continued before Judge Walker tomorrow morning. Pending a decision In tha proceedings the two men were allowed to go to their homes In the custody of a deputy sheriff. BUSCH WEDDING SATURDAY Daashter of St. Loals Brewer aad Lieutenant feharrer Will Re Married la Los Angeles. PASADENA. Cal., Feb. 27. According t a formal announcement which has been made nf the plans of the wedding of Miss Wilhelmlna Busch and Lieutenant Ednuard Scharrer, the ceremony Is to lie performed next Saturday afternoon at 4 i o'clock at the Church of the Angels near Gravauend It will be followed Immediately by a recep tion In the Busch winter residence In thi city from I to I o'clock. There will be few guests Invited. SIX KILLED, TWELVE INJURED Awfal Explosion la Mlao of Little Cahaua f oal Campaay at Piper. Ala, BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Feb. I7.-EIX men were killed and twelve no badly Injured j that moat of them are expected to die be- ' fore morning by an explosion in Llttla ' Cahaba mine No. I at Piper, Ala., at 4 j o'clock this afternoon. Tha mine Is owned ' by the Little Cahaba Coal company. De tails of tha explosion are unobtainable to night, aa wire service to tha little salUe ment is meager. NEW LOCATION The Business Office NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair W ednesday ana Warmer la F.ast. era Portion. Thursday Fair la F.a st ern. Rain or Snow and Colder la Western Portion. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday Hour. Drs. Honr. De. a. m t p. vn ff "a. m t. X p. m SB T a. tu in a p. m "a. m go t p. m H4 a. m sa n p. m a.1 1 a. m 2tl n p. m JM II i. a, '2 T p. m JIO IS m jm n p. m SO 9 p. m 3U MRS. COREY SEEKS DIVORCE Wife of Meel Mnanate Joins the Colony at gloax Falls, S. n. SIOCX FALL8. S. D.. Feb". t7.-(Speclal Telegram.) Another celebrity has been added to the Sioux Falls divorce colony In the person of Mrs. William Ellis Corey, wife of the head of the Steel trust. Mrs. Corey, accompanied by a woman companion, arrived lii Sioux Falls this afternoon from the state of Nevada, where she has re sided since the trouble arose between her self and Mr. Corey over the attention the latter was alleged to be paying to a well known actress. When Mrs. Corey arrived here she went at once to the suite of rooms at the Cataract hotel which she had en gaged by telegraph. She registered aa Mra. A. W. Kellogg and companion of Nea- Tork City. 8lie refused to see a newspaper re porter and would make no answer to a note asking If she would admit or deny that she was Mrs. Corey. Mrs. Corey has remained close In her apartments since her arrival, but her com panion spent some time this sfternoon at the telegraph stand at the hotel sending messn gs. 8hortly after her arrival Mrs. Corey had VOTE ON STATEHOOD Senate Acreea to Take Final Action on Bill Friday, March 9. HOPKINS AND FORAKER CLASH r- n.ed to deny or admit that Mrs. Kel i.r.n and Mrs. Corey were one. H Is learned, however, on the best of authority that they are the ame person. OP THE OMAHA BEE Will Haraaftar Ba la tha Ground Floor Corner THE BEE BUILDING Seventeenth and Farnam Sts. tiled an appeal to me I'nlted bates circuit court of appeals, and the appeal bond waa fixed at o.uU, wilh Thomas ti. McPherson and 'JtrtvjT Kuactiwf-Bo u th Onmaa.-aa art'' ties. Only One Point to Pass On. There remained but one point in tbe mo tion tor a new trial lo be disposed of, and that was lu reference to. the point bearing upon the statute of limitation. Judge Mun ger said. In eflect; "It is true the court failed lo give the jury any Instructions regarding the statute of limitations. However, tho evidence showed the offenses were committed within the statute, and for that reason tbe mo tion must be denied as a whole." The defenduut was then linked If he had anything to say why sentence should not ba pronounced. Attorney Henry Frawlcy of Iiendwood arose and addressed the court. He said: Recognizing tht inevitable duty of the court, we. rrspectlully ask that your honor will find It possible to eliminate from this judgment the juJgment of Imprisonment. Wo ask this not merely In our own behalf. but In behalf of the petitions that have been sent you from the Block Hills. Some of the petitioners are known to you, and they comprise some of the best and noblest citizens; many or these petitioners are persons of more than local fame, more than the stale of South Dakota fame. They represent our great educators, church men, lawyers and business men. Aside from these comes the petition of two of tne daughters of our .client from across the sea, where they are being educated but no more earnest petition comes to you than this from his devoted nnd faithful wife. Tour honor, I trust and hope, may find It in his heart to so modify this Judg ment jtnd still impartially discharge the duties that devolve upon him at this sol emn moment. 1 cannot say more, nor would I cHro to say let-s." Rash Addresses tbu Court.' The court then asked District Attorney Goss If he cared to say anything. Mr. (loss replied: "Your honor, I have nothing to say, as this rase was tried and disposed of before I was appointed to the ofllce of district attorney. Special Attorney Rush has had charge tit the case." The court asked Mr. Rush If he had any thing to say. Mr. Rush arose and address ing the court said: May it please your honor, the' facta In this case have been fully presented at the trial of the case, and it would be out of place for me to attempt anything, like a review of the same at this ttine, but It may not le Improper for me to suggest that the sentence the punishment It In flicts is tuai in which society is most con cerned and to the end that the offender against the law may be justly punished, and that such 'punishment shall operate io deter others from a like offense. To de termine what Is a just punishment is al ways a serious question for tho court aloii6 to determine. However, as an aid to im partial Justice, courts are enjoined by law to hear the defendant In his own beh.i.f before sentence, Is pronounced. The prose cution may likewise be- heard, and in this connection permit me to say that the cir cumstances surrounding the commission .-f a crime are always a proper subject ot Inquiry to determine the nature and ex 'tent of punishment to be indicted, which by law rests In the sound discretion of the court. -If the crime Is committed In the heat of passion, unattended by deliberation, vj lence or the commission of other offenses to accomplish the same, these are circum stances that we usually urge In extenua tion. So where conspiracy la entered into to defraud the I'nlted States of a smill sum ot money and In pursuance thereof a claim la presented unattended by perjury or other offense, a proper punishment in such a case might be much le.s than the maximum of two years imprisonment, pro vided by law. Or as In the case of the defendant Welch, wno received a senlenca of six months for his participation in this conspiracy aa originally formed, but was later drawn into It for the purpose of securing L commission on each entrymm wliich h procured; and that while a de fendant Is not on trial for any charge other than that charged In the indictment yet the surrounding circumstances involvl Ins the commission of all offenses Is ,,. ually taken into consideration by the court in pajisina Kviiioukx?. oui wner. aa In PACKERS NOT UNDER OATH Matter of Swearing to Statements Given to !perlnl Agents Waa Opttonnl. CHICAGO. Feb. 27. Evidence was Intro duced by the government today to show that the matter of testifying under oath or not during the Investigation conducted by Commissioner Garfield had been left to the packers themselves. It waa claimed by District Attorney Morrison that this proved that the packers were not under compul sion when they gave their information to the agents of the government. The evidence relating to the packers de clining to give evidence under oath was submitted In the shape of a telegram from Special Agent Durand to Commissioner Garfield, in which it was said that A. II. Veeder, counsel for Swift and Company, and himself now under indictment in con nection with the case, had advised the members of the firm of Swift and Com pany not to glvo evidence-under oath, as ft liilghf fate? be used against them. The examination of Commissioner Gar field waa concluded in the afternoon and Special Agent Durand followed him on the stand. The greater part of Mr. Durand's evi dence today relhted to letters which passed between him and Commissioner Garfield. GRAND JURY IN MASONIC HALL Precautions to Prevent Disclosure of Evidence In Uteuneuhera; Murder Case. BOISE. Idaho, Feb. 37. No date hus yet been set for the grand Jury at Caldwell to take up the Investigation In the Steun- enberg assassination, the attorney asso elated In the case taking every precaution to keep this fact secret among others. It was rumored today, however, that the grand Jury had all Its work cleaned up and would be ready to take up the nasas filiation. There was another rumor that the grand jury had already ' considered these casea without that fact having be come generally known, but this Is not be llcvcd, as Harry Orchard and other wit neases against Moyer and Haywood havo not been taken to Caldwell to testify. The Masonic hall at, ('aid well has been se cured as the place for the Jury dcllhrra lions. This Is a precautionary measure to prevent disclosure of the evidence brought onit before the Jury. The rules of the state penitentiary have been' relaxed somewhat to give the suspects In the case more lib crty of action. Amendment of Ohio 8enator Denounced as ; Insidious and Daneroua. STATEMENT IS HOTLY RESENTED Mr. Hopkins Finally Withdraw! the Word Insidious. GENERAL DEBATE ON INDIAN BILL Prorlsloa for Mala at Coal Iliads of Five Civilised Tribes la Attacked by Mr Bnlley. WASHINGTON. Feb. SJ.-Tha senate tu. day agreed to vote on thu statehood bill before adjournment on Friday, March . The proposition to take the vote at that time was made by Mr. Beveridgs and there was little difficulty In reaching an understanding. Tho suggestion immediately followed a speech In support of the bill by Mr. Hopkins, during the course ot which Mr. Mule suggested that tha territories were not prepared for statehood and sug gested that their admission be deferred. The remainder of the day waa devoted to the discussion of the bill providing for the settlement of the affairs of the five civilised tribes of Indians, the major por tion of the time being given to the pro vision for the disposal of the coal lands In ndlan Territory. Mr. Clay had presented and read a pro posed amendment to the railroad' rate bill which makes It unlawful for common car riers to own coal or oil lands, to deal In coal or oil, to attempt to monopolise tho trade In those commodities or to control ' their price. A penalty of imprisonment from one to three years Is provided. Hopkins and Foraker Clash. Mr. Hopkins then addressed tha senate n support ot the statehood bill. He said the entire country waa profoundly inter ested in the proposed admission of two new states and made an appeal for a rati fication of the action of the committee on territories In recommending the consolida tion of tha four territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma and Indian Territory Into two atates. He especially urged the wisdom of Joining Arizona and New Mexico. In the course of bis remarks Mr. Hopkins referred to the Foraker amendment giving Arizona a separate vote on the question of admission as "Insidious and dangerous," but when Mr, Foraker objected to the . language the Illinois senator withdrew the word "Insidious." What he had meant to any was that the adoption of the amend ment would not only accomplish the de feat of the object of the pending hill, but would ultimately result in the admlsslou of Arixnna aa a separate state. Mr. Fora ker. admitted itrn, he hoped tv.sea both ' New Mexico and Arizona admitted ga sep arate atates at some time in tha future. Mr. ' Hopkins discussed the charge that the railroad and mining corporations of Arizona were standing in the way of the union of that territory with New Mexico, and when Mr. Dubois asked soma ques tions on that point Mr. Hopkins replied that those two Interests "dominate the legislature of Arizona" and he added the opinion thnt the union ot the two terri- DOUBLE MURDER IN KANSAS Mr. nnd Mra. Will Arnold Found with Thronta Cut at Brother's Home In llerrlnglon. IIERRINGTOX. Ksn.. Feb. I7.-W1U Ar nold and his wife were found with their throats rut at Engineer II. H. Arnold's home here this evening. The husband waa dying from his wounds when discovered, i 'hen Mr. Bailey took the floor. The body of the wifo Indicated that she had been murdered several hours before the discovery. Will Arnold is a railroad man who came here a short time ago from Rock Island, HI., and has been working at Mc Farland. His wife had been staying here at the home of Ilia brother. 4Coottnued oa Second Pag PAGEANT OF MYSTIC KREWE Climax of Grass Proeeaaloas (aralval at Orleans. la Mardl Sew NEW ORLEANS. Feb. I7.-The climax of tbe processions rame toiuht with the pageant of the Mystic Krewe of Comus, which drew into the streets the greatest throng that has ever witnessed a carnival parade here. Com lis selected ' "The Mas que," by Milton, as his subject of represen tations, and the principal themes of the poem were Illustrated In twenty gorgeous floats. A brilliant ball at tbe French opera fc Mowed the parade. torles as one state, would have tha effect of minimizing the evil. Mr. Carter made the point that under congressional control It would be easier to accomplish that result In a territory than Ir. a st me. Mr. Hopkins replied to this. point with a general exposition of conditions In both Arizona and New Mexico, not altogether favorable to those territories. This state ment brought Mr. Hale to his feet with the Inquiry "whether it Is not logical to con clude that territories should not 'be ad mitted at all at this time." He added that he did not want to be understood aa Indi cating a purpose to vote against the bill, but that It seemed to him that it would be wiser to permit the two territories to re main as they now stand. When Mr. Hopkins concluded Mr. Bover Idge presented a proposition for an agree ment to vote on the statehood bill on Thursday, March I. After further debate the data of the vote wss fixed for 4 o'clock Friday, Marsh o Debate oa Indian BUI. The Indian settlement bill was then taken up and Mr. Aldrlch suggested that in view of the importance ot the subject Involved and the lack of Information on the part of the senate, the whole matter should be de ferred. He urged the adoption of a resolu tion extending the tribal government until June 4, 1wii6. and asked for the Immediate consideration of this resolution, but Mr. Ppo"ner objected and It went over until tomorrow. The resiling nf the bill was proceeded with until the provision for the. sale of the coal lands In Indian Territory waa reached. He ex pressed the opinion that the land should lx held for the education of the Indian child ren, saying the Income would be sufficient to give a university education V all tha Indian children In Indian Territory. Hg thought this disposition would be preferablg to permitting the lands to become tile prof erty of the railroad company aa they wof likely to do. He quoted a recent decision of the supreme oourt to show that roads carry their own coal more cheaply than they do those of other vendors. . A number of motions or amendmenta warn submitted, but the senate went into execu tive session at (:X7 p. in. without disposing of any of them, and at 6:37 adjourned. Movements of Ocean Vessel Feb. 27, At New York Arrived: Astoria, from Glasgow; Wurzburg, from Bremen; Rotter dam, from Rotterdam. Sailed: Caronia, fur Naples: Furnessla, for Glasgow. At GibraltarArrived: Celtic, from New York. At Genoa Arrived: Nord Anierlka, from New Tork. At Alexandria Arrived: Moltke, from New York. At Christlanla Bailed: I'nlted States, for New York. At Bremen Sailed: Wltteklnd. for Balti more. Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm II, troin New Tork. , Al Hamburg Sailed: pallaza, for New York. At Antwerp Arrived: Kroonland, from New York. At Mverooot Balled: Lk Etit, tor St. John. N. B. MILITARY MATTER IS HOI SE Hunk of I leutenaut Ueaeral Stricken from Army Dill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Mllltary mat ters held the attention ot tha house today, the army appropriation hill being under consideration for amendment. That Gen eral Corbln ,and General MacArthur might become lieutenant grnerals, tbe provision In the bill abolishing that rank waa elimi nated on a point rf order raised by Mr. Orosvenor of Ohio, who aubstltuted an amendment to abolish the grade after these officers had been promoted, but this, too. rtiet defeat. Members of the appropriationa commit tee disputed the tight of the military com mittee to appropriate for an apparatua fur fire control of field artillery, but without succc Only eight of tha fifty pages of the l.. were passed upon when th house ad.'ourned. The house piised the laUll hill char tering the Lake Eric . Ohio Ship Canal company, with an auUiorisuA if MOW,,
