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; The Omaha I Daily Bee. NEW LOCATION THE CLE BUSINESS OFFICE Ground Flavor Corntr The Bee Dnlldin. I7tt and Faman NEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE (iround Floor Corner The Bee Buildlnf - l7t and Fsraam ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORXtN'fl, MARCH 12, lyoii. SIXOLK COPY T1IKKK CENTS. BAER'S REPLY IS NO Anthracite Operators Turn Down Every Demand of tbe Men. STAND ON AWARD OF THE COMMISSION Decline to Enter Into Any Agreement with United Mine Workers. NO WARRANT FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY Insist Operators Cannot Pay More Watrea Without Increasing Coal Prices. OUTLINE OF DEMAND OF THE MINERS lulform C-ondltlons und I'nlfovm Wunee at All the Anthracite Mlaea the Prlaclpal Contention. NEW YORK. March 11 The propositions ;f the I'nlted Mine Workers of America for a readjustment of wages and conditions In the anthracite coal fields, aa a, wholo, have been denied by the committee repre senting the anthracite operator. Aa a counter-proposition the operator! suggest that the awnrds made by the anthracite coat strike commission, the principle! upon which they were established by the com mission and the methods established for carrying out their finding nnd awards shall be continued for ft further term of three yeara from April 1, 190B. The present agreement terminate on March 31 of this year. , Announcement of the anthracite opera tors' decision .lid their counter proposition was made tonight, in a long formal state ment which was given out for publication. This statement, which Includes tile corre spondence on the subjects at Issue between President John Mitchell of the Vnlted Mine Workers, acting for the miners, and George P. Baer, president of the Philadelphia tk Heading C'oul und Iron company, for the operators, discusses the miners' proposi tions In detail. In every Instance the con tention Is made by the operators either that conditions In the coal llelds do not warrant tho change proposed by the miners or that the questions at Issue already have been passed upon by the strike commission. The demand of the miners that the opera tors enter Into un agreement with the union hi declined on the ground that the anthra cite operators "stand unalterably for the open shop, and again decline to make an agreement with the United Minn Workers of America, an organization controlled by a rival Industry." , . Klarht-Hoar Day Rejected. Of the demand for an eight-hour day the statement says the oieratora know of no change in conditions that can be used lo sustain the renewed demand for a re duction In hours. Declares that the ex pectation of the strike committee thut the reduction from ten to nine hours "should not result In any decrease In the output of Lbs inlaws" has not been realised and addsJWejnlght ustjyaay that tsith me experience, oi me. nisi inrec years tne lea-hour day should be restored. Hut we ara willing to abide by the decision of the commission." The proposition that a uniform scale of naca be established in the anthracite llelds Is mot by the operators with tht reply that this would be Impracticable by r wson of the varying capacities of the workmen and tho varying conditions existing in the region and at the collieries. "We cannot. Increase wages without ad vunclng tho price of coal and we arc not willing Jo advance tho price of coal," Is the reply to the demand for a general In' crease In wages. The demand that the operators shall collect fro.n each employe certain staled sums for tho Mine Workers' union Is de nied on tho- ground "that as a matter of policy wo would not make such an agree ment aa you request and as a matter of law wa are not permitted to make it." Deny Miners' Aaaertlone. The operators decline to agree to any change In the board of conciliation estab lished by .the ant h rue it o coal strike com mission, taking the ground that the system proposed by the miners will Impose the creation of a serlea of minor boards whose decisions might be conflicting and from which appeals would have to be taken lo an arbitrator, thereby creating more delay than now exists.. The complaint of the miners that the board of conciliation does not act promptly, the operators declare to be not warranted by the facta. The de mand for a new sliding wage scale la de nied on tiie ground that tho sliding settle fixed by the anthracite coal strike com mission covers practically all the propo sitions In the proposed new scale. Position of the Miners. President Mitchell, acting for the miners' commltt.ee, In a letter to the committee of operators, outll ted the reasons upon which the demands of the miners were based as follOWSI Wa favor a uniform scale of wages for men paid by the day, hour or week, be ause of tbe fact that men performing pre cisely the same character, and. Indeed, the same amount of labor, cannot work with any degree of contentment while the com pensation received by them Is not uniform. At the present lime tills condition exists in the anthracite held. We feel that the proposition which we have submitted, fixing titiiimiu rates for Mimllar clus.sea of labor, will apMal favorably to the members of your committee and that the rates them selves are entirely coiiHervatlve and not In excess of rates paid to men performing practically. If nut exuetly, the same class of lulor In bituminous, mines. We propobB an Increase of 10 per cent In the rates paid to contract miners for sev eral reasons. First, the general industrial, commercial and trade conditions of the country Just II. v an increase of waxes to all classes of lalior. The prosperity of the coal-carrying roads Is unpi e-ed.nted. as Is demonstrated by the reported earnings and the enhanced slue of their stocks. We favor .mi eight-hour work day because elunt hours Is the standard work day of coal mil workers In nearly all the bitu minous districts of our country, as well as In many the mining districts ot Ureal llrttatii and the continent, and eight hours I is n lone a" a man can work in a coal mine wltnout doing injury to his own health and coni'ennent injury to society. We im Here thtt the rthlihmnl of a maximum eight-hour working day will not l educe pnxiut tion materially, even If fig ured upon the Imsls of the output per man !er Working dav. We favor the system of weighing and .alng tor coal by Weight wherever the condition of the vein would make this sys tem practicable, bevaus the present ays tern, whereby coal is nald fot by the ear. lias given rise to such discontent, owing to the varied sixes of cars now In use and lo the constant friction which naturally arises when new cars are built and Intro- duced, and to the seemingly incensing de sire of the companies to have the men I.Mtd more coal ti.oti these curs wittiuut a corresponding Increase in coineiiMalion. We fav. i a i -construction of the board of conciliation liecauae of the delays llutt have occurr-d durliiK the l three yars In the adjustment of grievances. Indeed, there ars some i which have been In l lie hands of (lie hoaid (or two tears with, out a mm I decision having been rendered, (.Continued on Second Pag.) CONDITIONS INJ3RITISH INDIA Officials Hait a Merry Time, bnt People Are Fearlac Another Time of Famine. CALCUTTA. March 11. (Special Cable gram to The Bee.) Lord AmpthHI. the re tiring governor of Madras, who for a long und important period acted as viceroy of India during the absence of Lord Curxon, ret. "at the Madras club a farewell ba - this week, which was attends by ev e isHlble member. The proceedings w 5" y. vate, but the enthusiasm displayed wi- a Ittlng close to the successful and ur " liy recognized policy' of progress cti through and to a great extent In 2 by the retiring governor, who was a. r 1 all the special honors of the club u' 2. I n, carrluge dragged by the meiii- b 1 5j ,rt of the way to the government h It is generally felt In Madras that I mpthiU's period of office has had an 1; tnt influence upon the methods of Internal administration of I nil la. and his send-off was a unique and a spontaneous recognition, of the excellent services he has rendered to the presidency and to the gov ernorship, to which Sir Arthur Lawley now succeeds him. The visit of their royal highnesses, the prince and princess of Wales, to Haidara bad has called attention to the wonderful rise of the reigning dynasty, the nlzams of Ualdarabad. As a reigning dynasty the Minims cannot. It is true, in point of an tiquity vie with the Hindu princes of India. It Is less than two centuries ago that tho founder of Its fortunes first appehred In the Deccan as the viceroy of the Mogul emperors with the title of Nixam-ul-Mulk Bahadur that la, exulted regulator of the state which has been, retained ever since by his successors. The story of the rise of the Nlzams during th; eighteenth century, first In nominal allegiance to and grad ually in more and more open defiance of Delhi, of the part they pliiycd first on one side and then on the other In the Indian episodes of tho great Anglo-French struggle and of the straits they were 'In turn re duced to by the growth of the Slahratta power, forms one of the most Instructive chapters In the history of India. It Illus trates perhaps more oloscly than any other tho gradual evolution of British policy to ward the native state of Hindustan, of which Sir William Lee-Warner has writ ten Ijat September predictions were freely made that owing to the unsatisfactory character of the monsootis, then fast draw ing to a close, there was reason to fear that parts of India were destined to suffer again this year from scarcity, perhaps even from famine. Since then timely rain In parts of the country has fortunately some what Improved the prospects, though there Is still unhappily a certainty of severe suf fering for the poorer classes over a large area, especially In several of the feudatory states of Rajputana. The winter rains, from which much is expected In the way of stim ulating and refreshing the spring crops sown In the latter part or after the con clusion of the regular rainy season, were scarcely more satisfactory in , character and distribution than the monsoon itself. There was a long period of anxious expec tation of them, doomed often to dlsapjiolnt ment,' though in the Punjab and elsewhere they fell Ui 'somewhat Insufficient amount. In some places where. a, fall of rain In No vember' WQUli4vhii'yo unitbjq&.much tff Uis land on which the-atitumn crop had failed to be town again with those of the spi-lng It whs expected In vain, and In other places the absence of rain in the winter months, coupled 'with the presence of abnormally hot weather and dry west winds, has caused the spring crops also to wither. As is well known it Is i n the cheap grains harvested In the autumn that the agricul tural and laboring classes In the greater part of the country depend for their sub sistence. A failure of the spring croi8, however, makes bad matters worse. DOCTOR EATEN BY CANNIBALS British Officer of Mgerla Kalis Victim of anvusjes of the Hinterland. CAPE TOWN, March 111 tSperlul Cablegram- to The Bee.) Reports received from southern Nigeria give an account of the murder by natives of one of the British officers, of the protectorate. It appears that Dr. Rtewaot, medical officer at OwerrL an out station, was bicycling along the road near the station and losing his way went into what was really an unfriendly coun try. At nny rate, for two' ,or three days no news of his whereabouts could be re ceived, until a friendly native came In with the information thaf Dr. Stewart had been caught by the Ahlras, a powerful race who occupy most of the hlnterlund. It seems like a strange mingling of civiliza tion, but the reports are to the effect that the man was captured while riding a bi cycle, and eaten by cannibals, his wheel being broken and made over Into trinkets which were worn by the chiefs at the feast. The melancholy news cast a gloom over the entire protectorate where Dr. Stewart was well known and respected. The worst fears were entertained of a general rising, averal other tribes having Joined in with the avowed intention of driving the white men out. Major Trenchard is now operating in the hinterland with the avowed object of pun ishing the murderous, natives. It Is ex pected that his operations will require at least five months. The mere fact that they have caught a white man-an unexpected triumph aa the victims of their cannibal practices are usually natives has made the tribes doubly warlike. And those who understand the characteristics of the na tive of the hinterland say that it will re quire a hard campaign to stamp out their cannibalistic practices. Other columns will, however, co-operate from the south with a view to preventing all future troubles In this part of the country. CENSUS OF THE ISLE OF PINES Oat of Population of Two Thousand, Seven wuudrod Are American. HAVANA, March ll.-Dryden Fulion, who was appointed to take thfl census of the Isle of Plr.es, and who was arrested by the Cuban authorities because he did not have their permission to do so, arrived here last night, tie says the census was sioppexi tne worn, ni says there are less than I.Ouu Inhabitants on the island and estimates the number of Cubans at i.OnO and actual Americans at about Too. He says that the number of male Cubans of voting age is J and that forty-seven voted lu the hist election. Kutperor Mt seriously 111. PICKING. March 1L The illm . Hoiu which the emperor Is sufrurttig apparently Is not serious.. He attended a theatrical ptrrormarice in. the theater Saturday even ing ia company with the iiue( wiiprta. STAMPS THAT DO NOT STICK Complaints Beach Washington from All Parts of the Country. MUCILAGE AND PAPER ARE BOTH POOR Escorts of Bnrran of Kngruvlng and Printing; In Direction of F.conomy Tiring: Many Protests. tKrom a Staff Corregpoiidenl.) WA8H1NUTON. March 11. (Special.) Within the last few weeks complaints have come to Washington In a perfect storm from all over the country concerning the Character of the mucliuge nnd thq pajier which are now being used by the bureau of engraving und printing In the manufac ture of postage stamps. There never was a time when the gum on the backs of these small pieces of paper was so bud us it is today, and If a private concern had the contract it would undoubtedly be hauled up and severely dealt with because of the Character of the work which Is being turned out. In his attempts to reduce the cost of manufacture to a minimum, and thereby make a showing of economy, the director of the bureau of engraving and printing seems to have produced as poor a lot of stamps aa were ever' turned out by tho cheapest Utile kingdom in Europe. As stamp collectors know, some of these king doms wore noted for many years for the poor quality of their postal supplies, but no one of them was ever accused of pro ducing an adhesive stamp, to use which It Is necessary to buy a bottle of mucilage. One of the hotels In Washington has such a bottle on Its counter and every time a postage stamp Is sold the pHtron of the news stand Is advised to use the mucilage brush so as to Insure the adhesion of the stamp to the envelope Millions for Pnhlle Hnlldlnaa. It is probable that congress will this year appropriate something like $10,ou0,O00 or $12, noe.OOO for the construction of public build ings In various parts of the country. . It Is three or four years now slnoe a bill of this character was brought through and the result is that the supervising architect's office In the Treasury department has prac tically been without work for the last six months. That is to aay, the force of ex pert draughtsmen and civil engineers which had come to be regarded as about the best force in the country has had so little to do during the. last year that a large propor tion of the men have resigned and found positions elsewhere. The total number of these employes who have voluntarily sev ered their connection with the government is eighty-five, and If the omnibus bill now In course or construction by the committee on buildings and grounds is put through, it will be exceedingly difficult for the su pervising architect to secure the necessary men to design the bu ldlnr.s which will bo thus1 authorised. Thre Is not a city In the country where architects are not busier than they ever were liefore and the demand for architec tural draughtsmen Is constantly increas ing. Men are chary about leaving posi tion! ..in which they receive better pay In many' Instances and which are certainly. rt(."f' satisfactory in most ways to coma back' to the Treasury department for what mnjr be only temporary employment. Savlna In Consols' Pees. It has been estimated that a great many thousands of dollars will be covered Into the treasury from the large consuls like Ixindon, IJverpool. Paris and Berlin as a result of the passage of the so-called Ixidge bill. It Is the purpose of this bill, for Instance, to fix the salary of the consul general at London at $12.0 a year and to allow him no fees whatever outside. This particular office Is now considered to be worth $5,000 a year, but It does not follow that the difference between the proposed salary and the present total emolument will find Its way Into the treas ury. Consuls in all of the big cities of Europe receive a very large proportion of their fees from work done for states and citls in the way of gathering and r parlng information which- is desired in law cases. Of course If the consul receives no fee for this service there will he o Induce.v.ept for him to perform It, and In stead of having such services rendered by consuls the states will undoubtedly ap point commissioners, who will receive the fees and who will not ' be responsible to the federal government In any way. There are a whole lot of unofficial consular fees received today in the large consulates which will In the future. If the consular bill Is adopted aa it now stands, never be heard of, because Instead of being paid to consuls they will be paid to state tffl cers appointed for the purpose of doing the, work which the consuls now perform. Torpedo Moat for t'oaat Defense. Now that the government Is testing the two new torpedo boats, the Shark and the Porpoise, renewed interest is manifested In this supposedly modern method of de fending the coasts of a country. It Is only Within the. last twenty years that subma rine boats have been regarded as in any way valuable defenses to naval fleets, and within ' that period England has made greater stride toward the upbuilding of flotillas of these small vessels than any other . nation, and the reason for this is that the British Admiralty has uniformly extended Its submarine fleets in units of five or six each; that la to aay, they have picked out a type, have constructed five vessels of that type and one of an ad vanced design, and then the next year they continued the same policy, so that today, while France has more submarine boats that Great Britain, the British ves sels are far belter suited for the purpose, and in addition are built In such numbers aa to make them valuable and perfect aids to coast defense. The general supposition is that Jules Verne, In hl story "Twenty Thousand Leagues I'nder the Sea," it rat conceived the Idea of submarine navigation, but Ad miral Philip Hlchboru, now on the retire) list of the navy, who was for many years chief constructor, In an article prepared for the Engineering Magazine some years ago, showed that long before Jules Verne was even burn submarine navigation was successfully attempted. It seems that William Bourne, un Englishman, was the first naval constructor of this type, and his boat was built more than X years ugo; then, in lwtt, Van Drcbbel, a Hol lander, operated a submarine boat capable of carrying twelve persons, but this boat was piopelled by sculls or oars; and so on for the next hundred years there were de sultory attempts made to control subma rine navigation. "Sfc nshlogton "Mroto Ahont Them. If will surprise a great many people to know that Ueorge Washington, In a letter written to Thomas Jefferson, expressed the cpluivn that the problem of successfully navigating water beneath the surface had been solved. And what will perhaps be more aatunlahlug to the student of this science is the fact that Fulton, the in- Continued on Second Page.) BUREAUCRACY la Aa-alnat the Ivr In. Haul ST. PETERSBfRO. Wiirch ll.-Bome of the reactionary ovgamiStlons nre pushing the ngltatlon against tie radical elements to a dangerous point, "irtsy a "league of the Russian People" bl a service In tho A'exanderevsky monastery to celebrate the manifesto of March S as a victory for liic old regime. Later, at the Horse Guard menage, the fighting society of the same organization held a public meeting and listened to Infia-ninitory speeches by Dr. Doubrovln and Prof. Nlcholsky, two ex tremist leaders, at which the orators openly summoned their followers, the Black Hundreds, to kill the Jews and hang Count Witte.i Prince Mestchcfeky. editor of the Orsz diinln, who supported tbe "Wltte section, charges the bureaucracy with having sym pathy with tbe court clique which Is op posing the plans of the Cabinet with Incit ing class hatred and strikes with the pur pose of making the national assembly a failure. He quoted Prof. Ntckolsky as de claring that, friends of the autocracy will see thnt a number of revolutionaries are elected In order to furnlHh an excuse for dispersing the national assembly with bay onets. As proof of the complicity of the bu reaucracy, Prince Mestchersky prints a proclamation against tbe Jews which he asserts was printed In She typography of the police master with tiie approval of the censor and widely distrl uted. The procla sed to workmen met inn, which is sddri and peasants, declare t pat the authors of Russia's misfortunes lit the Jews, who. throughout the world. hate Russia and want to rob the peasulita of their land and make thein their sliver, "unfrock the priests and turn church Into Jewish sta bles und pig sties." The proclamation also asserts that the Armenians, English and Germans want to destrey Russia and di vide the country among its enemies. NEUTRALS COERCE FRANCE Powers Fear Mar Wonld Result If the Moroccan Conference Ohonld Fall. IXNDON, March 12. The correspondent of the Dally Mall at Algeeiras.' represents France as having been coerced by the neutral powers into making concessions on the police question, probably as the result of apprehension on the part of the powers that failure of the conference would mean war. The correspondent declares that for France to enter Morocco as one of two powers subject to the domination of one or two others would be suicidal. It would be better for France. Jie said, to surrender alt Its Interests in Morocco rather than to suffer such a loss of jrest'.e. ALGECIRA8, March 11. A committee having tn charge the remaining differences between France and. Get many over the Moroccan police question and the question of the bank assembled twice today. On the bank question an agreement was reached on every point except the allottment' of the capital, which will probably be left to the decision of the conference. , The police question wa not touched dur ing the sit lings today. ..The delegates, however, went over the situation informally and a feeling of confidence reigns among the representatives' of the neutral powers that a settlement of -the question will lie reached within a meek. THREE TRAINS IN ONE - PILE Two Freights and One Pnaacniier In Mlxnp nnd Two Are Killed. TOLEDO, O.. March 11. Two men were killed and fifteen injured, one of whom will die. In a wreck of two freight trains and a fast passenger train. No. 7. on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, which occurred at 11:35 o'clock today about two miles from Bloomdale. Two engines were completely wrecked - and the mall 'and express cars, two baggage cars, two passenger coaches and four freight cars were demolished and later burned Tho dead: JOHN HOOTMAN. Chicago Junction, fireman passenger train. W. HOY. Wheeling. W. Va., postal Clerk. The Injured Include: Renlamin Snook, mail clerk, will die. J. H. Siegel, engineer passenger train, severe. Edward Ixtt, Lacy, la., scalded. H. E. Wallet. Sullivan, la., body scalded. TWO FAST TRAINS COLLIDE Koa. 1 and 14 on tho Bnrllngton'a Denver Line Meet Head On. M'COOK. Neb., March 11. tSpeclal Tele gram.)-Passenger trains Nos. 1 and 14, on the Burlington, nere In a disastrous wreck three miles west of Akron, Colo., about, 6 o'clock this evening. The wreck was due to failure of the operator at Brush to dc liver orders. George H. Sherwood, ma.il weigher on No. 14, was killed in the wreck. Engineer Hardy of No. 14 and his fireman are seri ously acalded. Two mall clerka on No. 1 were slightly hurt. Two engines, a mail car and a baggage car were reduced to wreckage and the main line of the road Is blockaded, and It will be some time be fore It Is cleared. No. 1 was the westbound limited, Chicago to Denver, and No. 14 Is the Denver-St. Louis train. WORST ST0RM0F THE SEASON Mnch gnsrerlnc by Poor and Live 'Stock Losses Thought to ho Heavy. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., March 1L The most severe storm of the winter has prevailed here since- Saturday afternoon. While the temperature was not lower than 15 de grees above zero. Intense suffering by the poorer classes and loss of live slock was caused by small particles of snow driven by a terrific gale from the north. About three Inches of snow fell, drifted badly ami interfered considerably with the rail road schedules. MISS ANTHCNY IS SINKING l srsssrlssi, and F.xncctotlon, She Will Die Within Few Honrs. ROCHESTER. N. Y.. March H.-MIss g u nan B. Anthony Is very low and is not expected to survive many hours. She was taken with a udden uln In the heart this afleri'oon utd became unconscious and has remained so nust of the time since. Relatives have ben summoned (o her bed side. I'p to the time of her sinking spell she had aieiMPw to austnetssssi . INTRIGUES 0F Incltlna the nadir Present Oi RATE BILL STAYS TO FORE Measure Has Rig;ht-of-Way Over AU Others in the Senate. MANY SPEECHES ARE 'TO BE DELIVERED House Will Try to Have Provision Adopted HrstrlctlnK the Diversion of Money Appropriated for peclfle Purposes. WASHINGTON, March ll.-The only visi ble object on the horizon of the I'nlted States senate Is the railroad rate bill. This measure Is on the calendar as the un finished business, which gives It the right of way over every other subject each day after J o'clock. Ordinarily bills like this pertaining to genersl legislation give place to appropriation bills and doubtless the railroad bill would be temporarily side tracked for them If a request to that effect should be made, but unless the railroad bill remains undisposed of longer than anyone counts upon no effort will lie made to uls- place It, even temporarily, with the supply bills, for the senate Is a unit in its desire. to have the matter disposed of st the earli est practicable moment. The only positive predictions that can be made concerning the course of the bill Is that during the present week Senator Tillman, who has It In charge, will make a written report on It; that there will bo number of speeches for and against the measure and that the efforts to amend It will proceed. There may be said to be three divisions in the senate, the first standing for tho bill as It came from the house, the second demanding a provision for a review of the findings of the Interstate Commerce com mission of a character that will remove the entire question from the commission without leaving its ruling In question and the third a general review, but maintaining the orders of the commission In effect until a final disposition ' of the question of reached In the courts. These will be the vital questions from the beginning to the end of the controversy. Indeed, it may be confidently asserted that if an agreement could be arrived at Immediately on the question of review a vote could bo taken without further discussion except for home consumption. Until, however, there Is an approach to an understanding an animated. if not acrimonious, debate may be ex pected. Both Parties Divided. There Is a division on these points on the democratic ns well as the republican side of the chamber and it looks as- If most of the amendments to be expected would come from . the minority. To Senator Bailey many of the senators In both parties are looking for a solution of the problem by the amendment which he understood to be prepartng. He will make an effort to frame a provision which will grant a review by the courts and at the same time prevent the suspension of the commission's orders until the courts enter their final decrees in given cases. This will not en tirely meet the demands of the more radi cal advocates of the Jurisdiction of the courts, but some of them will accept - it. There is on effort to. reach an agreement on a provUltrts that would rsqutra tba roads to .Aopotilt the difference between - their rates and those 0x3d by tbe commission until the final disposition of cases by the courts. t , The discussion of the subject will com mence with a speech by Senator Culber son Monday, and will be continued by Senator Simmons on Tuesday and by Sena tor Rayner on Wednesday. Senator Till man Is not contemplating a set speech on the bill at an early dale, but will partici pate actively In the debate all the time. He will present his formal written report on tho bill during the week. Senator Al drlch is among those who will be heard later. It Is also understood that Senators Knox, Cullom.' Elkins, Teller, Lodge and others are preparing to take part in the controvet sy. Business In the House. , Tho house of representatives will this week enter upon a protracted discussion of ways and means to restrict the expen diture of appropriations for the support of the legislative, executive and judicial brandies of the government to the exact and specific purposes for which they are made. This discussion will be Incident to the consideration of the appropriation bill for these branches, carrying 131,134,181. Chairman Tawney of the appropriations committee estimates that it will take ten days to dispose ot the bill. Its considera tion will begin Tuciday, Monday being the DlBtrlct of Columbia day, with nine local bills to be disposed of. . . Aside from the main question of the di version of appropriations, the bill carries a provision for decreasing the pay of gov ernment clerks when they reach 8S years of age, and, further, that after 1913 no clerk shall be employed after he reaches the age of TO. This provision, as well as those to prohibit the diversion of appro priations. Is subject to points of order. In case these points are made, arrange ments have been completed which will re sult In the adoption of a special rule mak ing the provisions In order. It is expected long discussions will re sult from the new policy proposed. The intention is to keep the bill constantly before the house until It Is finally disposed of some time next week. Statehood Bill Gosalp. The statehood situation has again been shifted to the house side of the capltol, and while there Is a general understanding that nothing is to be done with the bill until the return of members of the rivers and harbors committee from the south, which will be some time Saturday, It is possible that action may not be delayed on that account. The bill will be returned to th house from the senate Monday. It will probably be allowed to remain on the speaker's table until action is decided upon. How ever, If there Is any amendment of the senate In the bill which changes In any way the charge upon the treasury the bill will go automatically under the rules to Mr. Hamilton's committee on territories. It is not unlikely there will be a repub lican caucus on the bill some evening dur ing the week, that It may be ascertained with some derlnlteness Jusi where members stand on the statehood proposition. M. Jean Sarrien having undertaken the formation of a ministry In succession to that of M. Rouvier, which was defeated In the Chamber of Deputies last week, interest in French affairs will center,ln the selection of individual members of the cabinet and In the change which ia likely to result in the policy relative to the ap plication of tho , law providing for the separation of church ud state. It was through the voles of one faction favoring a more rigorous administration of the law and of another element which held that the law was being t-ntorced in an oppres sive manner that the Rouvier ministry was defeated. M. Iou Bourgeois has already Continued ou Second Page.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORCEAST Fair In F.net. Know In west Portion Monday nnd Tuesday) gomewhot warmer Tuesday, Temperature at Omnhn Yesterday! Hour. Dear. Hoar. . Dest. ft a. m la 1 p. tn , It a. m IS X . tn 12 T n. m 12 Hp. nt l:i Nn. tn It 4 p. m If On. m It n n. m 1 10 n. m 141 O p. m 1 11 a. m 1 T p. m...... 14 12 m IO Hp. m O p. m 1.1 HEARING ONJTHE OIL RATES Interstate Commerce Commission Takes In Complaints of Producers. KANSAS CITT. Mo., March H.-Francls M. Cockrcll. Hudson C. Clements and Charles A. Pronty, members of the Inter state Commerce commission, arrived In Kansas City tonight and tomorrow will begin the hearing of testimony on alleged illegal rates charged by railroad com panies for shipment of oil from the Kansas fields. It is expected that two and prob ably three days will be consumed In the hearing. Frank S. Monett. former attorney general of Ohio, and Clifford Thorne of Washington, Ia., will be attorneys for the oil producers. The oil producers are satisfied with the rates existing between points inside the state of Kansas. These nre controlled by the maximum rate law passed by the last session of the legislature. Hut the rates to any points outside of the state are said to be absolutely- prohibitive, and In the In terest of the Standard Oil company. The producers will show rate sheets Issued by the railroad companies as evidence. The railroads complained of are tho Santa FV, Missouri Pacific, Missouri, Kansas A Texat,, Rock Island, St. Iouls & Kan 'Francisco, Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern und Burlington. Members of the Producers' association and railway officials will be the chief witnesses. REMEMBERED BY PRESIDENT Cnblea Former Comrade Who Was Wounded In the Fighting; In Jolo. WASHINGTON, March It. Among the wounded In the battle of Mt. Dajo was Lieutenant Gordon Johnston, formerly a lieutenant In the president's regiment. The president sent him the following cable: "How are you?" Today the president received the follow lng reply: "Fine, thanks." Save for this cablegram from Lieutenant Gordon Johnston, the president's Rough Rider friend and a son of General Tobert D. Johnston of Birmingham. Ala., there were no advices received here today re: gardlng the battle In the Island of Jolo. General Alnsworth, the military secretary, said tonight that probably the list of casul tles In thnt fight would not reach Wash tlngton until about March 15, the date on which the commanding officer in the Philip pines usually transmits a list of casualties that have taken place in those islands. FAIL. TO SMOTHER GAS WELL Force of the Kscaplnst (isi Casta the ' Great Iron Head Aside. CANBY, Kan.. March 11. An attempt to harness the huge burning gas well, six miles from here, with a great Iron hood, upon which a week of preparation had been spent, was made last night and failed. The hood, with its attached pipes and weights, weighed more . than thirty-five tons, was thrust aside, bent and broken by the mighty rush of gas and flame. Th cap was placed partially over the stream of fire only after strenuous efforts and at groat hardship to the men, who suffered Intensely from the heat. Follow ing the effort the gas spouted from the well with renewed force, expelling rocks and shooting a flame over 1W feet Into the air. Today several thousand spectators, drawn by the unusual spectacle, came to Caney from all directions, the railways running In excursion trains. The well has now been burning for fifteen days and millions of feet of gas have been burned. CABINET . BUILDING GOES ON M. Sarrien Compelled to Make Several Changes la Hla Previous Plans. PARIS, March U. The efforta or M. Sar rien to form a cabinet have not been con cluded. Several changes have been made since yesterday In the proposed makeup of the cabinet. M. Sarrien will take the premiership and the ministry of Justice; M. Borgeols or M. Clemenceau will take the ministry of the Interior; M. Brland will be the minister of Instruction; M. Poln calre, minister of finance, and MM. Thom son, Ruau and Etlenne will retain respec tively the portfolios of marine and agri culture, held by them In the Rouvier cabl. net. Only the ministries of commerce, works and colonies remain ' unfilled and a definite arrangement of the cabinet Is ex pected tomorrow. Boosters' Clnh nt Casper. CASPER, Wyo.. March 11. (Special.) The business Interests of Casper have re solved themselves Into an organization known as the Casper Boosters' club, the object being to advance the commercial welfare of the little city. One of the first matters discussed was the court house proposition and a resolution was adopted favoring the erection of a S4O.0UU building for this purpose. The building of the Chey enne Ic Southern railroad is also attracting the attention of the business men of Cas per and the "Boosters" selected a com mittee to be sent to Denver to consult with the officials of this roftd and make an ef fort to Interest that enterprise In Casncr and Natrona county's resources to the end that the proposed extension of their lines might be directed to this turrltory. Brothers Waives lieu ring. CASPKR. Wyo., March' It. ( Special.) W. A. Brothers, the government disbursing agent for tho Pathfinder irrigation project, who was arrested here this week on tiie charge of defrauding the government and who is alleged to have obtained about fc.OiO by giving government checks marked fur supplies, and appropriating the amount to bis own use, has waived preliminary ex amination. He will be tried In federal court In Cheyenne at the nsxt term, which j convene May ' Heavy Mnowfall In Illinois. KPRI NGFIKLD. III.. March ll.-Cemr..l Illinois today experienced a heavy snowfall. Snow covers the ground to a depth of ten Inches and train service was considerably hainuered. Tonigut the snow 1 drifting. ELEVEN HUNDRED DIE All Hope of Reflcuiue Ary of the Impris oned French Miners is Abandoned. BREAKS THE RECORD OF SUCH DISASTERS Troops Called Out to Keep Back the Dis tracted Friends of Unfortunate Miners. BELIEF RESCUE PARTY HAS PERISHED Members of Cabinet on the Scene Directing: the Work of Recovery. BODIES OF DEAD ARE TERRIBLY BURNED Pitiful Scenes Witnessed In the Im provised Morgues as Relatives Search for the Bodlea of Their Loved Ones. PARIS, March 11. The worst fears a to the enormity of the mine disaster in the Courrleres district of the Pus lie Calais Saturday morning have been realised. Tho death list numbers 1.10" and the whole of the region stands appalled at tho terrible tragedy, which has brought sorrow to S.Ontt fathers, mothers, wives and children. Tho last great mine disaster In France occurred In IMS, when 233 perwins were killed and eighty injured, but that nnd all others sink Into Insignificance before Courrleres. Four hundred soldiers have arrived at the mine to assist in holding In check the crowds of distracted mourners. For a time hope hud been held out to the people that tappings on pipes by the imprisoned men .had been heard, but gradually this hope vanished and the people demanded admis sion to see the bodies and even threatened to break through the cordon of troops, who had the greatest difficulty In keeping the crowds from the pit. A man named Sylvestre succeeded in entering the mine, but he never returned. It la believed he groped about Inside until overcome by the gases and perished. It Is reported that a rescue party numbering forty has been cut off by the caving In of one of tho galleries. Minister of Public Works Gauthler, Minister of the ' Interior Dublef And the secretary of President Falllores remain on the ground endeavoring to comfort tho dis tressed families of the miners. President Fullleres has given S-.G00 to aid In relief measures. The ministry will add a further sum to this and the chamber will bo asked to vote 11(10,000. Official Report of Disaster. Ministers Gauthler and Dublef have re ceived complete details of the catastrophe, from M. Lnvaurs, the director of the ml no. "Of 1,800 miners who were down in tho pits when the explosion occurred," he said, "6?i were working in pit No. 4, 482 were) in pit No. 3, 571 in pit No. S and the re mainder In pit No. 10. "Those rescued were taken out as fol lows: From No. 4 190, from No. S fifteen escaped through pit No. 11. 4!K came up from pit No. I and seventy-four from vit No. 10. A number of these were Injured and sonic of . inui have died nince. At Uia present moment over l.ono men remain im prisoned." , Another director declared that the im prisoned men numbered 1,100. Minister Dublef inquired: "Hava you still any hopo?" . To this the director replied: "No, 1 be lieve all of them are dead." This was whispered Into the ear of tho minister In order that his words might not be overheurd by the pale-faced miners who stood anxiously about the mine bulldiusj waiting for an official view on the staia a affairs. Htory ot Survivors. Then the ministers listened to a graphic description of the scene In the mine by I.eon Ccrf, ono of the men rescued, and who still Is suffering from the terrible ef fects of hie experience. "i was working with a gang when the ex plosion occurre. , The foreman imme diately shouted for us to follow him. and, dashing into a recess In the gallery, we were followed by a blust of poisonous gases, which rushed by. However, wlthoul affecting us. We remained there for eight hours, when, feeling that suffocation waa gradually coming upon us, we attempted to escape. We crawled in single Ills to ward the shaft, but several of the men dropped dead on ihe Way, Including my son and the foreman. I carried my nephew on my back for forty minutes and suc ceeded in saving Mm. It took us four hours to reach the shaft." For the time being the mine building has been transformed into a mortuary chamber, nnd ail about In it lie the car bonized and almost unrecognizable laalles of miners, which were taken there as they were brought up from the mine. Stricken relatives arrive at the mine building from time to time searching for missing mem bers of their families, and Indescribable scenes of grief occur as women recognize loved ones. Heartrending scenes, too, are witnessed about the mouth of pit No. 4. where, in the presence of Ministers Dublef and Gau thler, the bands of rescuers are continu ally descending and returning with bodies.- The women, with children In their arms, attempt to break through the cor don of troops which forms a lane through which the body-bearers proceed to the mortuary chamber. Sometimes the bur den consists of a mere heap of burnsd flesh, and In nearly every case the body Is terribly lacerated. Only one-half of the bodies recovered have been identified. Reaenrrs Brave Death. Despite the danger incurred the volun teers, who Include a number of those who were successful in escaping at the time of the explosion, did not hesitate to descend the shaft. Some of them have been down more than a dozen times. One of them, after having brought up fourteen bodies, was suffocated on his fifteenth attempt and It Is feared that other fatalities among the volunteers will follow, as the air In the minis Is still impregnated with noxious gases. A number of tho men engaged tn I rescue work have already been brought to i the surface unconscious and as they weie driven to their homes In closed carriages the women followed and broke the win dows, suspecting that bodies were being hurried away. Several miners have come up from pit No. II, which la connected with pit No. t. They affected their rescue by means of a ladder and as they came from the mouth ot the pit they appeared to be bordering on madness. All of them were more or less Injured. Whin nuked about their com rades, cne of them raid: "It la horrible. All of them hi.- ilad.'' A young nilii -r wli-j m-itril fro:n p't Nu. 4, where about men remnlu. said: "I was working about tlfly feet from tin shaft. Suddenly I felt a puff of hot (as and started towards the shaft. I was hair suSocsted and was unable to advitia.