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rHE Omaha Daily Bee. HEWS SECTION. Pages 1 to 8. INEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE (round Floor Corner Tkc Ret Building 17(4 and Fsrssw ESTABLISHED JUNE ID, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKX1XO. MAUC11 190(5 -SIXTEEN PA (IKS. SIXOLE COPY TH K EE CENTS. INDIAN BILL PASSED Senate Acta on Measure for Settlement of Affairs of Fire Tribes. LONG DEBATE ON RAILROAD ISSUE Proposal to Preyent Railroads from Buying; Coal Lands Starts Discussion. SENATOR LAFOLLETTE TAKES THE LEAD New Member Makes Strong Speech on Regulation of Carriers. AMENDMENT IS LAID ON THE TABLE senate Makes Man Chaaaea In lk Rill and It Mill iw Re Sent to Con- WA8HINGTON, March 2.-The senate today passed the bill providing for the set tlemtnt of tho affairs of the five civilized tribe, t'nder the guise of considering the Mil the senate spent practically the entire day In the discussion of the railroad ques tion. The subject ' rained by Mr. Ia FollPtte's proposed am mdment to the In dian Mil prohibiting rnlliond companies and their stockholders from acquiring the coal land In Indian Territory, and when the question wu onc before the senate It held Its plan persistently until almost the close of the dity'a session. Notwithstanding Mr. I Follettc has eat In the senate less than throe month, ho led the debate and oc cupied mors time than any one senator. Hp contei.dod that the prohibition contained 1n lila amendment la necessary to prevpnt the railroads from controlling the coal business of Indian Territory. He enlarged his re marks no as to cover other territory and thus gave the debate a somewhat general scope. Several other senators, while -pressing themselves In sympathy with the purpose of the aiiiendment, raised constitu tional objections to the provisions, and con siderable time was spent In discussing that phase of the question. Iite In the day the La Follette amendment, together with all the Indlnn committees' amendments to the sections, waj laid on the table. The bill has pnsped both the house and the senate, but as the senate amended It In many respects it will now go Into confer ence. It t a general bill for the adjust ment of the .affairs of the five civilized tribes upon their abandonment of their tribal organisations. Following are the more Important featurea of the bill: Require 1 the enrollment of the member a of the five civilised tribes by March i, IHUi"; fixes the rights of the Indlun t'reednicn; continues In olflei. tho present principal chiefs for the execution of tribal deeds; transfers suits from the Indian to the I'nlted State courts; authorize the secre tary of the Interior to assume charge ml sell the tribal building for the benefit of tho tribes; given him control of the retools until a regular state or territorial wchoul system ia nlopted; prohibits sale of tho cnsl and asphalt lands until after the ex piration of I lie present leases of those lands ur tMitll authorised by law; authorizes the secretary to sell the unallotted lands for the' benefit of the tribes; reniovea some i.f the restrictions placed upon allottees In tha mutter of alienation of lands; authorizes soctlonal line roads; gives authority to eloo trk! reads and light and power companies to lot-ale canala. reservoirs and dams; ex tr.ulH some of the Oklahoma laws to In dian Territory and extends the present trllal relations and government until March 4, law". Senator l.afollette Speak. The senate began Its session today uy agreeing to tho conference report on tlu Joint resolution extending the tribal gov ernment of the Indian tribes In Indian Tor iltory. As agreed upon the resolution reads: - That the tribal existence und present tribal pooerntneiit of ilie Choctaw. Chl.ku sho, Cherokee, deck and Seminole tithes or nations of Indians In tho Indian Terri tory ar hereby continued In lull force and effect for all pin pote! under existing law until all property of such tribes or the proceeds tliMreof ahall be distributed among the Individual members of said tribes un less hereafter otherwise provided by law. The bill for the aettlement of the affali-s uf tho five civilised trlbea of Indiana was then laid before the senate with Senator l.aFollotte amendment prohibiting the aale oil coal land In Indian Territory to railroad compunles being Uie pending question. Mr. LaFollette continued hia speech In support of the proposition. Ho Bali senator had said to liim that hla amendment went too tar, but meeting that contention, he said that legislation to be, effective must be positive; that to uttcmpt to do less than is .proposed by his amend ment watt to give husks Instead of the kurnel to the people who were crying out for relief. ne'er to Peausy Ivaaia. lie laiil special stress upon the necessity of prohibiting railroad stockholders from acquiring do lands, unu in supiKirt of hla contention icferred to the fact that through their ufllccis the railroads of Penusylx aula uwu l per cent of the anthracite coal In that state. He declared that they had driven the Independent operators out of buslneaa, thus tendering all the people whu us anthracite dependent upon eight .or nine corporations for their fuel. Ue de clared that the people must be able to as sert their sovereign authority over the transportation lines, and they must be so controlled aa to protect the geenraj public. It had been said that if the railroad com panies want the coal lands they will get thent. regardless of what congress may do. Jle could not agree to that doctrine. "I want." he said, "to put on record the protest of one Individual against tho doc trine that the railroad coi,iuiic cau se cure tho master) of any of the national pioducta of the country mo aa to Interfere with their being fair and even-handed transporters of the product of the country. I want It put on record that this govern ment of the I'niled Stales is stronger ihuti any of its creatures, stronger than the rallroada In the aggregate and all the power of the corporal loan represented by unlawful corporations and trusts. would write it In the statutes that the railroad companies must be common carriers and nothing else, and write It so aa to make it effective.-1 Ha presented a letter from T. P. Gore of 1-awtoii. I. T.. complaining of railroad dis crlmlnatlona and suggesting the app-al of a railroad commission for the territory. laps) Hepllea to lafollelle. Mr. Clapp said in reply tu sit. LaFollette that the Indian committee had lieaitaie.l to accept the amendment Wause It dealt with the regulalon of the rallroada. which ia provided for In anotlter bill before the aenate. Mr. Htone announced his concurrence In i he view, of Mr. Clapp, but expressed the opinion tliat there should not only be no preseot sale of the loal lands, but that further Meaws aio ahutikt I pruhtblied . Mr. Teller doubted the right of congreaa to say that railroad stockholders ahall not beoome the owners of coal lands. He be. Ueyad In restricting die rallroada, bu, (Coutlauad oa 8ccood Pav.j POWER OF NEW ASSEMBLY llasslan l.a n Will lie F.ffertle I ntll Approved the I onnells. fT. PFITtnertl'IlU. March 2 -At a re sult of a series of special councils held at the Tsarskoe Selo and composed of forty hlah dlgnntarles, ministers and members of the Council of the F.mplre. under the presidency of the emperor, the mnln guar antees of liberty, have been granted and a manifesto has been ordeted to he ctled and Incorporated In the tundamcntal laws of the empire. The main points are as follows: No law will hereafter he effective without the con sent of the national assembly and Council of the Empire. The latter will consist of an equal number of appointed and elected memters taken from the clergy, nobility, semstvos, academy of science, universities, trade and Industry. v There will be two houses, both of whom will have power to' initiate legislation which does not affect tha fundamental lawa nf the empire, the question of suc cession, ctu The annual sessions will be convoked and closed by Imperial ukase. Both the Council of the Kmplre and the national assembly will enjoy the right to Interpel late ministers for alleged unlawful acts. The sessions will he public. The government has issued a circular to the governors instructing them not to In terfere In the coming elections. In the cities and villages throughout the country the activity of the police will be limited to preventing illegal voting. The social democrats, realizing that the national assembly will at last be an accom plished fact, have, by a vote of an to 20. raised the boycott and have Instructed the members of the party to participate In the elections. GERMANY PREPARED FOR WAR French Journal Discovers that Armlea Are Ready tu Invade French Noll. PARIS. March 2. The journal tix'ay published the result of an invcstl-jaiion by its correspondents along t'te Go:m.i) frcn tlers. The papers says he Gennun do not desire war. hut the (.crm tn itin v Is ready and Its superior mobilization plHna permit n rapid Invusl )n of French terri tory. The Journal counsels .'.b.inlonment of French rellnnce-on fortln m' I jns and the adoption of the Qermm pl in of a rapitl In vasion of the enemy's tcrn'.'iry. PARIS. March J. In the Chamber of Deputies tYar Minister Kticnne aaid: "Our strongholds are in good condition. The minora of defective supplies are un founded. All the neceasary measures have been taken. The decree establishing the council of national defense In the hands of the premier and the supreme commander haa already been chosen. He la an officer of Incontestable ability and possesses the full confidence of the army." In the course of the discussion of a reso lution requesting the war minister to allow offlcera to bring actions In the civil courla, the debate became moat violent. M. Auff ray. nationalist, and M. Jaurez, socialist, exchanged abuse and the sitting was sus pended. letter M. Jaurez Bent his seconds to met the seconds of M. Auff lay ' and make ar rangements for a duel. KING EDWARD ON VACATION Takes Trip on Which He Will Meet tinier of Three Nations. I-ONDON. March '.'.-The duke of Lan caster, as King Edward v.ill be known for two months, left this evening for a holiday In Purls and Uinrrltx and a cruise In the Mediterranean. The king, who U attended only by Sir General Stanley Clarke and the Hon. Sidney (jreville. will spend the night on board the royal yacht at Portsmouth, leaving early tomorrow morning for Clir-r-bouig. and will arrive in Paris In the even ing. He will stuy at the Urltish embassy In Paris until Tuesday, and during his visit to the FTench capital will see President Ful Ilerea, whom he haa not yet met. From Paris the king goes to Hlarrltz. Frunce, and will stay there until the end of March, afterwards Joining the royal yacht In tho Mediterranean, where It Is said ho will meet Emperor William. During hia stay at Ttlar rlti King F.dward will sen King Alfonso and discuss the details of the lutter's mar riage with Princess Ena of Battenberg. MADRID, March J. King Alfonso goes to San Sebastian Monday, where, during the Week, he will receive King Kdwurd. Later Klug Alfonso will go to Iliairltz to return King Edward's visit. The Spanish king will afterward proceed to Versalllca and visit hi fiancee, princess Kna of Matten berg. retut nlng hero in time to receive the king of Portugal, who will vl.-it Madrid March 12. GERMAN DELEGATES WAITING Work at Aleelra Delayed I at 1 1 Kalsrr'a Government Can send Word. AIXJECIRAS, Spain. March J.-The feel ing here is gradually becoming more hope ful. The project for the Moroccan Stale bank aa prepared by the committee con tains twenty-live articles. Tm-enty of these have been agreed on and five have been re served. The German delegates say they are awaiting Instructions nhich may arrive in time to permit progress being made at to morrow's sitting. Humors of a compromise are circulating freely, but the French del egates consider it an inopportune time to discurs the details. ST. PETKBSBl'llG, March J.-Accoiding to advices received at the chancellories here Russia's representation at Berlin with the vlem- of bringing about an arrangement be tween Germany and France has not been effective. The tension between Gel'i'Uinv and France Is regarded as somewhat les sened. It Is believed here that Prvs!dent Roosevelt is acting in the matter through the German ambassador, and the impres sion prevails that the president might in a final emergency be ask.d to arbitrate. ARMED GUARDSABOUT BRIDGE American Brldgo Compaa Fears to Permit Strikers to Talk to ( Kasplo) rs. PITTtSBt'RU. March ;.-On account of the alleged interference of striking bridge workers the American Bridge company has placed aimed guards about a bridge in course of construction over .Buttermilk Hollow, near Dravesbuig, Pa. It is c.lilmed that because of Hie refusal of the ultlcials to alio the strikers to speak to the non union men threats have been made against thciu. Orders weie given tu forcibly evict from the ground anyi ne .titeinpting to luler tcie nub lb meu w.nUt at wwrk. MARREL BEFORE COMMITTEE Omaha Man Testifies Reearding Contract for Feeding Cttnal Men. SAYS HE HAD NO POLITICAL PULL Mr. Taliaferro qaeatloae Him Closely Hraardlngf Ilia Relatloaa to Sea- ator Millard and the Senator's Sob. . fFrom a Htaff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. March 2-(Fpeclal Tele gram.) J. E. Market of Omaha waa the principal witness before the Interoceanlc canala committee today. I'ndor the ex amination nf Senator Taliaferro It was de veloped Mr. Marke; anticipated making about $S".000 In five reirs. he length of time which the contract waa to run, as ngwlnst J,i.oooo.oiO or tsn.onn.oist, aa varloualy rt ported by sensational newspapers. It was also developed at he hearing that the government ia now paying 42 rents per meal for so-called gold roll men, as against 3o rents which Mr. Market agreed to pro vide meals for these employee. Mr. Mar kers contrart stipulated that ho would laiard and lodge canal employes for M er n onth, this to Include laundry and other Incidentals. By a statement received today from the isthmian government It la paying $12. jfl per month for board and lodging of these same employes, a difference against the government of lii.RO per month per In dividual. One statement made by Mr. Mar kel during the course of his testimony at tracted undivided attention of the commit tee and that was that hla readiness to agree to the cancellation of the contract which he had with the canal commission was due to his failure to secure hearty co-operation on the canal snnp. !Vo Polities In Contract. Mr. Markel dei'lnred that no political In fluence had aided him In getting the con tract. Mr. Taliaferro examined the witness at length concerning the protest of Hud gln & Dumas of New Tork, who claimed to have been the lowest bidders for the concession. Mr. Markel said that there had been no promise of damnges made to him at the time be consented to the cancellation of the contract. The witness was questioned con cerning hia expense bill allowed by the canal commission, with particular refer ence to an Item of 250 paid to V. P.. Mil lard. He said W. B. Millard was the son of Senator Millard and that his employ ment began September IS, 1905. eleven days after the contract had been made. He de clared that the relationship of young Mil lard to the senator had nothing to do with the employment. Mr. Markel said he knew Paul Morton, but had not discussed Isthmian affairs with him. At the outset of the examination Chair man Millard asked the witness a num ber of questions, saying he had a personal Interest In them. They related particu larly to the subject as to whether political Influence had been brought to bear to get him the contract. Mr. Markel answered front a typewritten sheet, and on cross- examination Mr Taliaferro demanded that ' the witness he compelled to file his state, -nnt The witness protested against It, but h- was" made, to file the statement. He said lie had no understanding with the chairman. Mr. Taliaferro said he would examine the panrrs at his leisure to de termine the truth of that statement. The exnmlnutlon o Mr. Markel was not con cluded and the committee adjourned until K:30 o'clock tomorrow. Morgan and Cromwell Clash. The letter from William Nelson Crom well to the late Secretary of State Hay, under date of December u, was taken up by Senator Morgan In the examination of Mr. Cromwell before the acnata com mittee on Interoceanlc canals when the committee met In the morning. The period covered by the letter was when the Punania Canal company waj seeklr.j a prolongation of Its concessions on the Isthmus. The letter referred to an incluaure. and Mr. Cromwell repeatedly declined to state the nature of the in closure or tu discuss the correspondence in any manner, extraordinary political conditions in Bogota were referred to in the letter, und Mr. Morgan asked concern- Ing this reference, and when the witness declined to discuss it the senator asked whither the witness felt that hu was obliged to conceal any actions that were against the interests of the United States. "I refuse to answer such hypothetical and Impertinent questions," said Mr. Cromwell. I am compelled by the attitude of this cominlttee to accept your unusual and In I decent replies," said Mr. Morgan. "They are no more unusual or Indecent ; than your questions," asserted the wil i ness. 1 Senator Taliaferro interrupted and de j manded to know wherein the question was indecent, and the witness said tha lnd I cency was in the assumption that he haa ! been eniploed to do anything against the I Interests of the I'nlted States. Mr. Talia ferro then demanded that the witness be Instructed not to make insulting replies to inquiries. Millard Takes a Hand. Chairman Millard said he thought the character of the reply by the witness was uncalled for. and Senator Kittridge sug gested that the question could be couched In different language- "Thla la not the first time I have no I tlced an Inclination on the part of the wit i nesa to insult his Interrogators," said Ml. Taliaferro. , I The colloquy between the members was I I ItmiiBlxt tu a close bv Mi. Mtra:Lti wIia ! said he entertained no resentment of In I suits from the witness; that he had too I much self-respect for that. He counseled I his colleagues nut to concern themselves In i his behulf. In resuming the examination, Mr. Mor I gan had read the testimony of the sccre I tary of the Panama Canal company Is. 1 f re the canal committee lour years una. dhcusslng tha desire of the company to surrender the canal project to the I'nlted Sia'ea. Mr. Cromwell refused to testify on hia subject, taking shelter behind hia pro fessional relations to the company. As Mr. Morgan coustruud the testimony of the secretary, Mr. I-unpie, he said, the company planned tu take the canal projejt I out uf the reach of Colombia and Ameri canise It. Morsaa Parsnes laqalrea. Mr. Crcniwcll refused to answer any questions on the subject, but Mr. Morgan pursued the inquiry, asking the wltnes.i if he did not himself draw Uie plan. Again the senator asked Mr. Cromwell if he bad not shown this plait to a number of per sons. Mr. Cromwell said ha had outlined a different plan to the rivers and harbors committee of tha house, but he refused to state the difference between the Lam pro scheme and that submitted to the house committee. Mr. Taliaferro appealed to the chairman to know whether the witness (Continued on Second rag a.) BANKER BECOMES EXCITED President of Second National of (in elanatl Attacks Motives of Invesilantora. CINCINNATI. O., March session of it he senate cummltt investigating the municipal n i;i; " IM IO,S clnnatt. Charles II. Iiavls. prcmueni oi m" Second National bank, had to be quieted by the sergeant -at-nrms so heated did his testimony become. He resented the In quiries of the members of the roininittet' and said he wanted to tell the whole story and not give a half account as their ques tions would mnJtc him. He declared that he would not be "Lexowed" and Insisted on speaking of "personal girts" to frlendb In tha treasurer's ofllce whenever tho sub ject of Interest or gratuities wero men tioned. He said: "The bank never pahl for the use, of county funds, although It had at times from fA' to 2(0.tMi. but I may have paid some aubordlnates In the treaaurer'a office. No account was kept of U at the ofllce, and I did not tell the bank examiner because It had nothing to do with the hank or the county treasurer." Then addressing the committee Mr. Davis wanted to know what It was doing In Cin cinnati anyway. He said he was willing to answer questions about the county treas urer, but wanted them to Include all the treasurers, not one or two. He was asked If he had reported the bunk's expenses to the comptroller of the treasury and re torted: "You make me tired; that's none of your business, and none of his." Asked If he had ever given the treasurer any gratuities he said: "I don't care what you ask. I might; I might have given him Jn.l'l) or $16n, but I never gave him any thing. I gave It to Rcholl. Don't gel to digging too drpp; somp of the fellows with good rpputations might not be so good If I get hack. I want t tell you all, but If you uk me anything of my private affairs I will tell you It Is none of your business." The other witnesses were city bankers, although County Auditor lUchafdson wus on the stand and testified very fully aa to the methods of doing business between his office and that of the county treasurer. REPORT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA Net FarninsTs of the filar Hallway S j stent Increase Over F.lsht Millions. PHII.AHKM'IIIA. March 1 The report of lresldont ('assail of the Pennsylvania railroad for ISfft, ,nad public today, shows the gross earnings of all the transporta tion companies east and west of Pittsburg owned, operated, controlled by or affiliated with the Pennsylvania railroad system to be $260,069,597, an Increase over 1904 of $2&. 85:1,177. The expenses were $1$2.1.34S, an Inctease of I'Al.W.K:-, and the net earnings ?73.C:1,24S, an Increase of $S,20fi.i89. There were .133,011,237 tons of freight moved, being an Increase of 48.191,2117 tons, and 12ti,0S4.223 passengers carried, an in crease of 5.tWt,0US. I'uder the head of "general remarks" the report states: The construction of the tunnel line Into tnd through hip rlty of New York has been .n.lll.. Htl,v 111.. All , ,"'' ' State required tor tne terminal f union nap lmtii jxui'nHFtu mm hibu uir gn-ter portion of that needed for the ter- ni'nai ya:l in i.r ng isiunu t lty. in tne North river tiinw ln. tho ihieWs-are at work on both sides nf the stre:.iu and It is confi dently cxiected ihut 'hey will be connected and the iron lining In place before tne end of the year. tin the Ve.: river section the shields on the Manhattan sld are in place and work ing tuward the liver. The tonnage sht w an exceptional In crease both In Volume and mileage over Hat of 1!HJ4, the traffic for the year being much the heaviest In the history of the company and by reason of the liberal ex penditures recently metle In the construc tion of relief Hues ami huge terminal yards and the substantial additions made to mo tive power, the ir.cveii ent thereof has bcon liieteiially Improved. Tin- cxpcmiuci n foi the current year will include the extension of the four-track system on the middle and Pittsburg divl sli iis. and the necessary revision of the allimment and graties connected therewith. '1 Ma work, which Is being pushed aa repidly as practicable, will complete the fcur tracks between New York and Pitts burg. Willi the exception of two small three-track sections. PATTERSON QUITS OFFICE Chicago Newspaper Man Hesixna the Position of Commissioner of Public Works. CHICAGO. March 2. Commissioner of Public Works Joseph Medlll Patterson has tendered his resignation to Mayor Dunne. The resignation waa sent by Mr. Patter son to Mayor Dunne Wednesday. Nothing was nubliclv known of the resignation. I however, until today a copy mailed by Mr. Patterson at Washington, D. C, waa re ceived by the City Frees association here. The letter written by Mr. Patterson to Mayor Dunne in part follows: Tin- uiiiverts.l ballot gives every male citizen an equal ixjlitlcal opporiuiiil . Tne common ownership of all the means of production and distribution would give evervbodv an equal chance at music, art. sport, stud. recreation. travel, self- resnei t ai.d the respect of others. I. for one, cannot see why those things should be concentrated more and more in the hands of a few. I believe that the owner ship from which money springs should be vested in the whole community. In other words, as I understand it. 1 am u socialist. I have hardly read a book on socialism, but that which I have Just enunciated I believe in general to be their theory. If It be their theorv, 1 am a socialist. ou will find, and either advanced liberals and radi cals who believe as you do will also rind, that you are merely paltering with skln deen measures when you stop short of so cialism. Mayor Dunne at once wrote to Mr. Pat terson, accepting his resignation and prom ising to reply ! his letter in the near future. "I have accepted the resignation of Mr. Patterson with sincere re;ret," said the mayor. "He says that he has resigned be cause he is a socialist. I do not think that it whs necessary for him tu resign. Be cause he cannot accomplish everything the socialists want accoiuplliilied he has evi dently becuni" disheartened." MASKED MENSARE NEGROES (Itlseas of Mirffirl, l.oulslnun. Or. anise to Preserve Ordrr la that tit?. SHRKVKPORT. La.. March 2.-A band of about fort masked citizens, riding horses, made the rounds in the negro dis tricts late last night for the purpose of warning negroes that Ihey must recognize law and order. i A strong organization has Iwn eff.ei.H ( aml u (, declared that all negroes found disorderly will bu summarily dealt with. No trouble has occurred so far. Perllons voaae F,ads.( BOSTON. March i. One of the most peril ous passages ever made by the Cunard liner Saxonia serosa the Atlantic ended today wlo-n the steamer arrived here twenty-four hours late. It was covered with ice and had lost Its wireless apparatus. For more tiian ten hours on February 22 it was helpless in a gale and snowstorm nn account of dis abled engines. After repairs had been made the storm abated and the steamer had good weather until the 2Mb. when it ran into another gaio, wLicit further retarded, iu STORM STRIKES MERIDIAN n A. ,, t, ,,,, ., , Frartirally ETery Building on Tour Blocks in Mississippi City Wrecked, I A-!'"'S lEAD AND MANY INJURED ill F.lahtern Undies Hreovered from the Debris Hotels and Hall way Stations irr tniffl. naed. JACKSON. Miss.. March 2. A special to the Clarlon-Lcdacr from Meridian, Miss., says that It Is estimated over fifty persons are deud and scores are Injured as a result of the tin undo there tills afternoon. I'. F. Il.nnett. tTnu.le Williams and Frank Woodruff, employes of the Meyer Neville Hardware company, were burl, il In the debris when that building wetu down. Bennett escaied. but the other men are still beneath the ruins. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. March 2.-A sperlal to the Commercial-Appeal from Meridian, Miss., says: The I'nlon and yueen Alt Cres cent depots wire umoug the Lulldluga de molished, and It Is estimated that more than a si ore an among the wreckage. Eighteen bodies have been recovered. Four Blocks Devastated. MOHlLli, Ala., March i A long-distance message to the Item from Meridian Gives Ui to lis of the tornado tliat struck that city at G::ii this . veiling und says: Duil'ig a heavy ralnsiurm at 6:30 o'clock a storm cloud developed In the south and moved In the city, striking Front street, the business center, with full force. The wind was probably blowing seventy-live miles nn hour. The tornado p:utscd over In about two minutes and during that period three or four whole squares were devastated. A c nservatlve estimate places the number of buildings blown down at be tween thirty and forty. Among the heaviest losers are the Meyer 4 Neville Hardware company, Tom l.ylo Sr. Co., wholesale dry gouds and groceries, J.ihn Moore, wholesale dry goods and groceries; the New Orleans & Northwestern railroad freight depot, and other buildings, the names of which are not obtainable at this time. The Mobile & Ohio depot Is safe, as well as the Southern hotel, but the Gland Avenue hotel was con siderably damaged. The furst the lat ter building esiuped und no one was In jured. From the business center the tor nado Jumped to the east end, where a num ber of resiliences were blown down and othets badly damaged. The correspondent stated that the num ber of lives lost Is small, probably not more than three or four persons. Several fires were started as a reault of a tornado, but the only one of sertoua con sequeuco waa that In one of the cotton compresses. All firrg were extinguished at 10 p. m. Six Known Dead. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 2. A large num ber of persons are reported to be killed by the tornado at Meridian and many are miss ing and unaccounted for. Among those known Ov; l-d sw: . . MRS. F.M.A SINGLETON AND GRAND DAl'GHTF.H. MACK KY SLAl'GHTEU. CLAI DE WILLIAMS. P. T. M'INNIS. conductor on the Mobile & Ohio railroad. WILLIAM K. NELSON, formerly city murshal. Among the Injured are Charles Klmlre. W. J. Woodslde, T. H. Brown, Ernest Ben nett. Frank Woodruff, Will Harbrough and W. C. Morrison. PACKERS GAIN ANOTHER POINT Government Ordered to Produce l.lat of Witnesses Secured from ' Mr. Garfield. IICAGO. March 2.-The direct examina- of Special Agent Durnnd was finish, d CI tlon of Special Ag today In the packers' case and ihe cross exu mlnation commenced. The latter occu pied the greater part of the afternoon, but no change was made In his direct evidence. Karly In the day the attorneys In the case engaged In a sharp Rrguinent rerd Ing the propriety of admitting as evidence In the case the names of two hundred wit nesses. which the lawyers for the packers contended had been turned over to the De- pariinent of Justice by Commissioner Gar- field. District Attorney Morrison fought Southern Bank and Trust company filed to hard against a ruling of the court directing j day by depositors and other creditors put him to furnish the mimes, and when it was an end to the reorganization project whlc,h finally made informed the court that he ; last night seemed to promise a reopening of did not have them. The court then issued I the bank. J. K. Reynolds, a stockholder, to another order directing that tho movero- . day petitioned for appointment of a re mem make a search for the nrr.e and for celver. alleging thut the assignee Is hlni all coi restMindeiv c relating to them. j self Insolvent and that the officers of the District Attorney Moriison ask'd jsrnils. bank have committed fraud, sion to make an offer to prove certain i President Wuller of the bank is In Dallas, facts by Spe ial A' lit Diiraml. and all of i Tex., and sas he will return to Fort Smith the attorneys gathered before the court, so In a few days to assist in straightening out that the jury could not hear what was I the bank's affairs. Vice President Lang- contained In the offer. The offer was, in substance, that none of the information turned over to the Department of Justice was secured from the packets, except in one chapter of Commissioner Garfield's re port, and could have been obtained Just as well from the bureau of animal Industry. Judge Humphrey overruled this offer, and the government took an exception. Sperlal Agent Durand was subjected to a severe cross-examination in the afternoon, the chief purpose of the questions that were asked being apparently to test his memory. No material evidence was brought out. Mr. Durand will be on the stand tomotrow. PENNSYLVANIA MAN ARRESTED Samnel O. Wallace Accused of Km bessllna; Fands from I'nlon Forge nnd Fonudry Company. CHICAGO. March 2.-8amuel O. Wallace, ptetld'-nt of the I'nlon Forge and Foundrj company of Vandei grift. Pa., Is under ar rest here on a charg. of having enihfz zled more thlill $.0,'u belonging to the firm. The cornpli.int in the case was made by R. W. Tener, secretary and treasurer I of the company. A charge of conspiracy ! aitainsl Wallace is also made by Turner and three other men ssld to have been in I dieted along with Wallace by the grand I Jury of Westmoreland county. Pa., ure being nought, i Wallace admitted hln identity, but de clined to discuss his esse In any way. REVOLUTION FCR VENEZUELA France Hears that Trouble Is Rrrwlaa; for President fastro la Trinidad. PARIS. March 2. According to Informa tion which lias reached official quarters here a revolutionary movement against Venezuela Is on foot. Ihe revolutionists are concentrating on the island of Trini dad, where they are awaiting arms and supplies previous to landing oa the Viuiex. coast. THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast tor Nebraska Fair tatnrrfay ""'I Collier In Southeast Portion. nndn Fair and warmer. Page. 1 l.arnllette ;ct Into aenate Debate. Markel F.tplnlna Hotel Contract. Tornado season atari In Sooth. Hanker Walsh Plaeed I nder Arrest 2 Confessions In Mrnnennera Case. Kennedy Una a Lively Debate. 4 Aflalrs at Month ftniaha. Kvenls at the Play Houses, ft Nena from til Porta of Nebraska. Severe Storm Snrrpa Over West. H t.lrls W ill Not W ed I nder Thirty. T Honor Ileal Path In Rnalnesa. Hist t.aln In February Bnlldlna. M Drags re llndly Adulterated. O Pressmen In the Printers' Strike. .ladae In llnnlil Over Saloon Case. tiood Price for Omaha Realty. 10 Kdltorlal. 11 Leslie Allen Entity of Mnrder. F.qnil Hlsrhta Clnh Names Ticket. FlBht for Kqaltahle I'relttht Hate. ia Financial Review nf the Week. Hancock on Conditions In China. 1." Commercial and Financial. 1R Council ninffs and Iowa New. Temperatare at Omaha Vrsterdavi rionr. ft a. m , . B a. m . , . 7 n. ni . . . N a. m . . . a, m . . . 10 a. m . . . 1 1 a. m . . . 12 m va. Hour. Den. 1 I p. m 47 4A at p. m 4l 41 3 p. m 4.1 4 1 I p. m 42 4 ft p. m 41 4n A p, in an 4K 7 p. m ,1M 47 p. m a.l O p. in 31 FRANK CLARK SHOT BY ROBBER Manaarr of Ilrandrls Hank Shows Flaht and Is .Seriously W ounded. Frank N. Clarke, malinger of the llran dols ei Sons bank, was held up at the point of a pistol In front of 1911 Chicago street by two well dressed young men at 9:4t o'clock last right. Clarke grappled with the man with the srun and being a man of heavy physloue was getting the better of the fight, when the robber pressed the revolver against his abdomen and tired. -Clarke fell and the Men made their escape. Two witnesses to the holdup came and lu'ped Clarke to the Madison hotel, from whence hu was removed to the Clarkson hirplta!. He was roricd to be doing very well early this morning. Clarke lives with his wife and two children at 308 North Twenty-second street, and was on his way home when attacked. EXPECTS ROGERS TO ANSWER Hearlnar In Mlaaonrl Oil Investigation Case Is Postponed Inlll Mnrcb 15. NEW YORK, March 2.-The taking of further testimony in the case of the state of Missouri against the Standard Oil com pany before Commissioner Sanborn was postponed today by consent of all parties to March 15. when It Is expected Attorney General Hadley will have returned to New York from St. lxuls to resume the exami nation of witnesses. After the adjourn ment Henry Wollman. New York counsel for the state of Missouri, said: "It seems reasonable to lielieve that the Standard Oil company must by this time recognize the futility of its efforts not to re veal the ownership of the slock In the three companies which are respondents In the Missouri proceedings, and I would net there fore be surprised If at the hearing on March 15 Mr. Rogers answered, without j further efforts at delay, ull the questions ' relating to stock ow nership which ho had hitherto declined to answer." FAILURE OF ARKANSAS BANK Petition for Receiver Ends Plan for Iteorganlsatlnn of Fort Smith" Institution. FORT SMITH. Ark., March 2. Attuch- ments and suits against the suspended j ston telephoned today from Coffeyvllle. Kan., that he would be here tomorrow Today's litigation. It Is said, mak.es it likely that depositors will lose much of their money. SUIT AGAINST GROCERY TRUST Attorney General Seeks to faacel Charter of Ohio Wholesalers' A asocial Inn. COLI'MBl'S, O.. March 2. Attorney Gen eral Ellis this' evening tiled in th" circuit court here a petition to oust the Ohio Wholesale Grpccrs' Association company from Its charter on the ground that It has operated in restraint of trade contrary to the provisions of the unti-trust law. The petition is based upon complaint made to j the attorney general that the company ar I bltrarllv fixed the prices at which sugar I and coffee should he sold to th retail deal ers of oiilo. t ne romjtany was given a hearing Und claimed that the nn rations Complained of had i -eased in May. 1'ji 5. but fulled to satisfy the attorney general upon this point. PACKERS WANT INFORMATION lies! I e to Know Names of Two llua drrd (ioirrnaril Witnesses In Case. CHICAtiO. March 2. The names of iio witnesses for the go runient were d tuaiided by Attorney Miller, who Is scting for the packers in the trial of the u muiilty pleas when Ihe case was resumed lluy. A long and woui-wliat excited argu ment followed, but Judge Humphrey finally luled that ihe government should produce the names. When tho ruling was an r.ounceq District Attorney Morrison said: "We have no such information in OUi posserskrt." Ji;Jt- Humphrey then ruled that a search be made by the government for the uauies aud ail vurrvspwidvuia retfaxdJajf tneiii. WALSH UNDER ARREST President of Pefiinrt Cbicaco Bank Chareed with Making raise Report. RETURNS TO COMPTROLLER ARE JUGGLEC Warrant Says Illeeal Loans of $3,000,00C Were Concealed. SUM CONVERTED TO HIS OWN USE Directors Are Accused of Assisting; ie Manipulation of Funds. MR. WALSH DENIES WRONG DOING He Says After Report la Compared with Rooks of the Rank tho haraes W ill Re With drawn, CHICAGO. March 2.-John R. Walsh, presidfnt of the defunct Chicago National link. which closed its doors December IS, I!, was today taken into custody on a fed eral warrant which ehaiges hint with vio lation of the national banking laws In mak ing false returns to the comptroller of the currency, and also asserts that he con verted to his own use without proper au thority funds of the bank amounting to Honn.oon. He was released after giving bonds of $.'rO,im. The complaint alleges In specific ferms that on November Is. inoj, the Chicago Na tional bank transmitted to the comptroller of the currency a statement of the finan cial condition of the hank at the close of business on November !. In this statement "the said John R. Walth unlawfully made certain false entries to the effect that at the dose of business of the 9th day of No vember the amount of loans and discounts of the said banking srsoclatlon on which the officers and directors thereof were then liable either as payer or endorser was $2bV f whereas In truth the amount of such loans nnd discounts wan $3,om,000; and an other false entry to the effect that the amount of loans and discounts of the said association on which the officers and direc tors were not liable as payers or endorsers was tlO,K5S.22i;, whereas in truth the amount of such loans nnd discounts on which offi cers and dliectnrs were not liable, was much smaller, namely, $7,500.000. " Another section of the complaint alleges that Walsh had in his possession funds and moneys of the bank amounting to $.1.neo,0fiu "with Intent to injure and defraud" tha bank. ThP $3,O00.fluO mentioned in this sec tion of the complaint Is, however. Identical with the amount specified as being loaned to officers of the bank. Charsres Aaralnat Directors. It Is further alleged that John It. Walsh and John M. Smyth and William Best, directors ot the bank, "and other persons too numerous to mention," unlawfully mis applied this money by converting It to the personal and private use of John R. Walsh without anv proper authority whntever. The arrest of Mr. Walsh came aa the direct result of the last examination pt the books of the Chicago National bank made by Special Bank Examiner Arthur L. Curry, sent to Chicago from Washington. The data furnished to the Treasury depart ment In Washington was sent tu District Attorney Morrison In this city, with in structions to take the proper steps In the matter. Mr. Morrison early today swore to the complaint licfore i'nlted States Commis sioner Foote, who Issued a warrant for th arrest of Mr. Walsh and placed It in the hands of Deputy Marshul Mlddleton. Mr. Walsh was found In his office and placed under arrest, but friends of the ex banker asked that the officer wait for a few hours before allowing the news of the nrrest to become public, because of some financial matters that might be affected. This was granted, and twice more the friends of Mr. Walsh asked and obtained a brief respite. A short time after ? o'clock, however. Deputy Marshal Middle ton refused to wait for a longer time, and took Mr. Walsh to the office of United States Marshal Ames. All of the doors leading to the private office of Marshal Ames were locked, and all attaches of his office and those of Pla trtct Attorney Morrison were Instructed to say nothing concerning the arrest. Mar. slial Ames declared that so far as he knew nothing had been done In the Walsh mat ter, and District Attorney Morrison ex pressed himself In the same manner. After remaining In the office of Marshal Ames for two hours Mr. Walsh was re leased under bonds furnished by the Illi nois Surety company. Mr. Walsh Denies Charge. After being released on ball, Mr. Walsh made tho following statements The charge In effect Is that u: presldtint of the bank I signed a repot t to the comp troller, which report, It Is now alleged, is false. The report In question would ordl partly have been signed by the cashier, but by reason of his temporary absence it was signed by me as a matter of course. The report referred to. however, waa un doubtedly correct In every particular. These facts will be clearly established by the evi dence If t he case reaches a stage when evidence Is produced. I believe, however, that a more thorough investigation of the fucts by the Department ol Justice and a 'comparison of the report with the bank books will convince the government that its action Is uncalled for and cannot be susta!:.ed Any Inference that might be drawn from the complaint that there lias been any misappropriation uf funds In any way is absolutely false. The pivlinilnr hearing of Mr. Walsh before United fctales Commissioner Foote was set for March 1" at lu a. m. Moody Ordered Prosecution. WASHINGTON, D. C March 2. Attor ney General Moody admitted tonight thai the proceedings at-Chicago culminating in the arrest i.r John R. Walsh on a federal wartunl charging violation of the banking laws were the outcome of Instructions given to District Attorney Morrison grow ing out of the failure of the Chicago Na tional bank. The evidence lu the case upon which Mr. Morrison based his action lu liud"d that submitted by the office of the. comptroller of the currency and other evi dence which the iHpurtment of Justice, had lu hand i'hc attorney general did nut feel disposed to discuss ihe mailer. COLORADO TREASURER SHORT Maty-Tito Thousand Dollars Belong laa to I oaejos toualy la Mlsala. DENVER. March 1-Chfcib-a II. Brlcken sleln, who rcstgued yesterday the office uf treasurer of Conejos county, in the soush ern pun uf Colotado, has confessed to a ' shortage of I J.ien. of thlt amount $!9.ftri j waa oi deposit in i,.. fui.i'i Alamosa bunk, ti lt tne iniuliidci' is unaccounted j for. Fred Warshaur. one uf Ihe treasurer's bondsmen, haa noli lied the county boajd j ibi tit will vay tne kUur.a lu lulL
