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Fhe Omaha Daily . Bee. NEW LOCATION THE BEL BUSINESS OFFICE Ground Flsxor Corntr Tic Bot tondtng . rttk ms Fsrnam NEW LOCATION THE BCE BUSINESS OFFICE Ground Floor Corner The rks Bulldinj l7i sntf Fares ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA. THURSDAY MORNING, MAKCH lo, 1W6 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COl'Y THREE CENTS. AFTER THE RAILWAYS Mr. Cockrell Outlines Hani for Oil and Coal Invertieation. OWNERSHIP OF LINES TO BE ASCERTAINED President of Transportation and Puel Com N panios to Be 8nmmoied. WILL CALL TOR STOCK RECORDS Eolation of Common Carriers to Producers to Be Ascertained. HEARING AT KANSAS CITY AT AN END Indications that Commission Will Order a Uwrr Rate m Fuel Oil from Kunaas And Indian Territory. KAN8AS CITY. Mo.. March H.-The In terstate Commerce commission today com pleted Its Investigation! here Into the method of the Standard CM! company and the railroads In dealing with the Inde pendent oil producers of Kanstia. The com mission adjourned to meet again at a time and place to be designated by it. It will probably resume the Investigation In Washington and may summon before It the presidents of the different railroads and coal companies. These men may be ordered to ehow their companies' records and to show the stock and bond ownership of all affiliated coal companies and manu facturing interests and the methods by which the transportation departments of different railroads prevent other coal com panies from operating In Kansas. Many who heard the testimony and watched the Investigation here concluded that the commission would probably grnnt a lower freight rate upon fuel oil. In the hearing Mr. Prouty of the commission asked a great many questions of railroad traffic men about what would be the prin cipal effect of a lower freight rate upon fuel oil. Ex-Scriator Cockrell of the commission aid tonight: "This la Just a start. We will go to Washington and Investigate the nil and oil business. We must get a great deal of Information from tho railroads. The ques tion of ownership of tho railroads must be settled: the trouble will come when we undertake to learn the ownership of all these concerns. We must try to give every one a fair chance. Pipe Line Along- Railroad. Half a dozen witnesses were still to be examined when the commission resumed its hearing today. J. R. Koonts, genital freight agent of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa. Fc railway, the first witness, was asked by Mr. Murchand, attorney for the commission: 'Are the pipe lines of the Standard Oil company upon tho right-of-way of tho &nta lo rarlway?" "Yen, sir; they urn" for u distance cast oT Sugar creek (Kansas City) to a point some where in Illinois, where lliey brunch . ore , Vs:or augur "creek the pipe line la Upon the right-of-way of the southern Kan sas division of the Santa Fu for u con siderable distant.'." "How did the Standard Oil company get this right-of-way?" "I do not know. That is u matter with which I do not come In contact." Mr. Koonts was questioned about Uic meeting of Hurtle niunagers of different railroads In 6t. Louis in June. 1901, at Which the oil rate east from Kaunas points was raised from 10 cents to 17 cents a hun dred pounds, lie said that he was at the meeting. He did not know who culled It. j. -o Kreords of Meeting. "I was notified by Mr. Gorman our freight : traOlu manager," continued Mr. Koonts, "to represent the tsttnta Fe at Uiat meeting." "Did he glv you any limu-uuiiuiis''' "Nuns at all." Mr. Koonts vald thai Ml. Dtigardus, . traffic manager ol' iliu Standard Oil com pany, was at the nieetlng. "Who Invited Mr. Bogardus?" was asked. "I do not know." - "Was any record kept of the proceedings of that meeting?" "No. sir." Mr. Koontg, cross-examined by Thomas ' R. Morrow, attorney for the Santa Fe railway, was asked: "Are the oil freight rates established by the Kansas legislature vompensatory T" "I do not so consider them." "How do tho railroads look upon them?" "As arbitrarily establltmed without the railroads having been given a chance to be heard. It was an effort on tho port of the legislature to meet the scale In force In Texas with this difference, that while the Kansas rate Is the same as the Texas rat upon crude and fuel oil. It Is much lower than the Texas rate upon all pro ducts of petroleum, such ss kernsen and gasoline." PsOIlo Sentiment Effertlv. "Why has there been no assault by the lallroads upou the Kansas rate?" Mr. Koonts was asked. "Largely In deference to public senti ment," replied the witness. "The officials of the Santa Fe and, I think of ether Kansas roads, think that the Kansas rates would have been contested long before this, but In view of the agitation and In named condition of the public mind the policy of the railroads has been to submit tuletJy to the unreasonable rates forced upon them by the legislature of Kansas." "There has, has there not," asked Mr Morrow, "been a great deal of agitation, both In the press, at political meetings, and In one way and another?" "Yes, and because of this the railroads derided to submit for the present." Mr. Koonts said that the raising of the rate at the St. Louts meeting was made necessary by trade conditions and the ac tion was not taken to harrass anyons or at the behest of any one Interest or so other, to benefit one Interest to the detri ment of any other. KSJeet of Bala la Rates. Marcus A Low. general solicitor of the Rock Island railway, asked Mr. Koonts: "Was It to the advantage of the Stan dard Oil company that you raised thfl rates as you did In the St. Louis meeting V "No, it was to their disadvantage. They had to pay higher rate upon crude oil from Keodefha to Et. Louis." Mr. Prouty of the commission interrupted and said; "But that was the very thing of which Mr. Webster, an Independent refiner of Kansas, complained. He said the Increase In freight to St. Louis caused him to lose large contracts for fuel oil In St. Louis because he could not send by rail at that ate In competition wltn the Standard iCvutluuvd. from Firat 1'age.j POLICY, OF FRENCH CABINET Sw Ministry Present It her of Deputies a.-d Intentions. Outlines PARTS. March 14 The new ministry pre sented Itself to the Chamber of Deputies today and outlined it policy, as follows: The government Intends to carry out the church and mate separation law with In flexible Annum and establish the responsi bility for resistance lo the taking of In ventories. Concerning Morocco, we Intend to follow the policy of the preceding ministry, hoping that the f jid dignity of our poelilon will perm 5! ,rly and satisfactory soiu- tion. The cab elan alllai The mln Ely see pa terlor Clet houncing detachmel Ing near : Vllalne, u troops cat property, ' ration la 1'b troves of the French-Rus- 5. Md its first council at the .:lay. Minister of the ln- I presented a dispatch an 'f ) peasants had attacked a t ; tops engaged in maneuver , r ts. Department of Ille-el-J misapprehension that the ake Inventories of church he church end state oep xaptuln. a lieutenant and ten soldiers were injured and the detach ment retired precipitately. The minister of Justice was ordered to prosecute the of fenders. . The Chamber, by a vote of 3f to 197, ap proved the ministerial statement. GERMAN SWINDLER CAPTURED Marriage Broker Wanted for Many Crimes is Taken After Ban ning; Fight. BBRLIN, March 14. Hennlg. a marriage broker whose swindling; murders and other acts of violence and his bold escapes have given the Germans many thrills during the last three months, was captured at Stettin today after he had shot a policeman. The capture was made by a butcher who will be made well-to-do owing to the ag gregate of the rewards offered for Hennlg's capture. Hennlg Is accused, among other alleged crimes, of having decoyed a bar tender named Qlemoth to the forest of Gruenewald near llerlln and there mur dered him. Afterward he Is alleged to have Impersonated Glerooth and hypothecated his property. Hennlg also Is charged with having shot a Berlin policeman. When ar rested today he was fleeing over housetops while being chased by the police and others who were trying to capture him for at tempting to swindle a wealthy landowner. Baron Zltzwits, In a railroad car. He shot the baron six times without killing him, however, ond escaped from the moving train. ALGECIRAS DELEGATES WAIT Men at Conference Are t nable to Settle (iueatlon Presented to Theiu. I ALUECIRAS. Spain. March 14--Moroc- can conference has reached a peculiar stage. It is completely helpless to solve the deadlock which has arisen over the remaining details of the police and bank questions. The sessions are temporarily suspended without knowing when they will resume. The French and German dele gates am bound by their instructions and therefore are unable to make sny further concessions an'd the -inference tiot having' judicial or legislative powers cannot settle the difference by a majority. The neutral delegates who have hereto fore sought to secure an agreement between the parties which the conference could unanimously confirm now recognize that If the conference Is left to Itself It Is Incapable of getting out of the present difficulty and It remains for tho govern ments themselves to Intervene for the purpose of reaching nn agreement. NELSON MANUSCRIPT SOLD General Memorandum on Plan of Rattle nt Trafalgar Brings 18,000. " IjONDON. March 11. The original draft In Lord Nelson's handwriting of the his torical "general memorandum" to his cap tains at the battle of Trafalgar was rold at auction at Christie's today for 118,1). The purchaser was a bookseller who was reported to be acting In behalf of an American collector, but the bookseller de nld so doing und said he thought the , document ought to remain in England, adding that he was ready to hand It over to the British museum for 118,000. Otherwise he Intended to sell It to the highest bidder. The competition was very brisk. The first offer was 1.2W, after which the bidding rose $500. or $1,000 on each bid. Duel Follows Asaanlt. MADRID, March 11-Colonel Prlmo-Rl-vera, nephew of the general of that name who formerly commanded the Spanish troops In the Philippines, has arranged to fight a duel with Deputy flogiano. who yesterday was savagely, assaulted by the colonel for criticising acts of the Spanish generals In Cuba and the Philippines. Funeral of Formes President. BUENOS AYRES. March H.-Tli funeral of Dr. Manuel Quiutana, president of the Argentine republic, took place today. The pallbearers were President Alcorta and the cabinet ministers. Mourning emblems wer displayed throughout the city and all th stores were closed. Chinese Rebel Beheaded. CANTON. March It The leader of the rebels of Kuang PI province and three others who were in. plicated in the attack on the house of the Rev. Dr. Andrew Uealtle, the American missionary at Fatl, In February, were beheaded March II. t hine Bonds in Demand. CANTON, March M. The rush of appli cants for shares of the Canton-Hankow railway Issued today was so great thai the Streets were blocked with Chinese and sol diers were called out to maintain order, i JOHN H. TENNENT ARRESTED President of Defonrt Shoo Company Is Charaed with (ietllng Money Illegally. ST. LOUIS. March H.-John H. Tennent, sr., president of the defunct Tennent Shoe company, was arrested today on a bench warrant charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses. The war rant did not atate any sum of money. The warrant was tesued at the request of the grand Jury. Mr. Tennent was ar rested at his home. The charge which caused the issuance of the bench warrant Is that a year ago Ten nent borrowed I7&.(0 from the Franklin bank, giving the officials nf the bank what purported to be a statement of the financial condition of the Terneut firm. This state ment. It is charged, was incorrect in es- sential detail. Tennent was released on i K,uft bonds. RAYXOR TALKS ON RATE BILL Senator from Maryland Vigorously SupporU the Hepburn-Dolliver Measure. LODGE AND FORAKER AROUSED Senator Take Exceptions to Refer enoe to Their Attitude Toward Menanre Hot Shot for the Railway Magnates. WASHINGTON, March 14. The railroad rate bill today reached the controversial stage in the senate. The question came up In the regular order of business shortly before i o'clock and htld the floor until the doors were closed for a brief executive session a few minutes after S o'clock. Mr. Rayner was the chief speaker of the day and the debate that took place was pro voked by some of his utterances. Among the senators who were aroused by him were Messrs. Foraker, Lodge and Dollivor. Both the Ohio senator and the Massa chusetts senator took exceptions to Mr. Rayner s contention that the railroads have interfered in tho framing of the bill and Mr. Foraker also expressed himself as dis satisfied with the Intimation that the rail roads are represented on the floor of tin senate. Mr. Dolliver expressed displeasure with the plea for amendment and went so far as to say that the help of such friends as Mr. Rayner could very well be dispensed with. Other senators who participated in the debate were Messrs. Aldrlch, Tillman and Knox. Mr. Knox freely expressed his opinion that the bill would be unconstitutional without a provision for the review of tlio commission's finding by the "court. Mr. Tillman reiterated his objection to the bill and indulged In some character istic phrases in stating his position, con cluding with the remark that he believed that the bill could be so amended as to make it acceptable. The argument of Mr. Rayner was directed In favor of the general proposition that congress has the right to fix rates, but the bill should be so amended as to dlsocnao with the suspension provision. He also ad vocated other amendments. Warren on Live Stock Law. Mr. Warren addressed the senate on the bill extending from twenty-eight to thirty-six hours the time during which live stock in transit on railroad trains may be coniincd without change, saying that the measure was in the interests of humanitarlanlsm and should be passed. He said that the extension of time was to be made only upon the request of shippers and that It would not work a hardship on either owners or their stock. The bill was reported by the committee nn agriculture and a number of senators made objection that it should have been considered by the committee on Interstate commerce. Mr. Elk'ns' expressed the opin ion that the bill would have been reported favorably If the Interstate Commute com mittee had the consideration of It. Mr. Tillman contended that to keep cattle con fined for. more than twenty-eight hours would cuuse a feverish condition rendering the stock unlit for butchering. Mr. Warren contended that the result would be the opposite of that Indicated by the Boufh 'Carolina senator. After further discussion of the measure by Messrs. Carter, Lodge. Hey burn, Gal- lluger and' Spooner the bill was laid aside and a resolution authorizing teachers in Alaska to assign their salaries to. others was passed. Senator Rayner Tnlks. Mr. Rayner then addressed the senate In support of the railroad rate bill. Mr. Raj nor announced his adherance to the rate bill as it passed the house. After slating that the power to regulate com merce among the states is the greatest power conferred upon congress by the constitution. Mr. Rayuor entered immedi ately upon the consideration of the various branches of his subject. He expressed the opinion that discrimination Is the real Issue, saying: If, an accura'e railroad discrimination map of the United fates were published today there is hardly anyone who could be made to believe that it truly represents the actual situation. We know, for in stance, that the rate on certain lines of merchandise from Chicago to Denver is nearly three times as mucn aa the rale on precisely the same line of merchandise from New York to San Francisco. We know that It costs less to ship goods the entire distance across the continent tlian It does to siiip thu same goods one-third the dlstar.ee ana that when goods are destined from Boston to Suit Lake City they ore carried to California and back again to Salt Lake City in order to ob tain the cheap rate, and knowing these things we must realise that such a condi tion of affairs at lean requires supervision on the part of some tribunal outside of and beyond the railroad that are simply building up their own teritory to Increase their own revenue and pronts. Common Sense Needed. Admitting the difficulty of dealing with this subject, because of the effect of water competition, Mr. Rayner said: What we require Is a little common sense upon this subject.. We cannot pass a law that will convert the towns and hamlets of Iowa Immediately Into great manufac turing centers, but what we can do is to take a broad view or me wnoie n"ia ami ascertain It we cannot endow a tribunal with adequate power whenever cases occur where unnecessary discrimination is prac ticed to apply a remedy without Inflicting any Injury upon the raltruad. Discussing what he declared to be the Impotency of the Interstate Commerce com mission under the present law to enforce rate-making decrees, Mr. Rayner aaid: We may scheme and forge and fashion, but It la not within the raalm of human Ingenuity lo formulate any plan excel t the rule-making power that will remedy the defect and supply the omission. Mr. 'Rayner replied seriatim to Mr. For aker's points. Complimenting his antago nist In high terms, be said: "I have never known a hopeless cause to be managed with such consummate and matchless skill." I'ower of Commission. ' In reply to the contention that congress has not the power to blend the Judicial and legislative powers iu a body like the Interstate Commerce commission, Mr. Ray ner argued that there is no such blending. He continued: I will not for a moment admit, as the senator from Ohio claims, thai the com miralon In fixing rates Is either exercising a Judicial or a legislative power. I will admit that when, upou complaint and answer and testimony taken, it declares a rate to be unreasonable It is in the exer cise of a Judicial function; but this is by no means Investing it with the powers of a court, because It can pass no order and execute no process that Is effective to carry Its ruling into execution. So far as the exercise of a legislative function is con cerned, when it Axes a new rate In place of the rale that has been challenged, in every case that I have examined upon the subject, including each one of the cases cited by the senator from Ohio, this func tion Is spoken of as an administrative and not a legislative function. The speaker ridiculed the objection that under the rats bill the interstate rommerce commission would have the right to change all the railroad rates throughout the coun try, saying that the fact that the bill provides that no change can be made- ex- iConliAUtid on Svcvnd Page J GOMPERS DENOUNCES A BILL k Says President Muil Have Approved Gilbert Measnrs) Wlthnnt In deretaadln Its Term. WAPHINOTON.' March 14. Preside nt Gontpers of the American Federation of Labor and A. Furuseth. president nf the Sea mens' union, canoed a ftirore today be fore the house committee on judiciary dur ing the hearing on antl-lnjiinctlon bills by denouncing the Gilbert antl-lnjunation bill. which ts said to have been drawn by Mr. Garfield, chief of the buresu of corpora tions, and to have the endorsement of President Roosevelt. On the president's reported endorsement of the Gilbert bill Mr.- Furuseth said: "If he understands this bill and then gives It his endorsement, he Is an enemy to honest labor, struggling under adverse conditions for a better life. Nay, he would be an enemy to human liberty. Wo do not be lieve, we will not believe It." The Gilbert bill grants courts sitting in equity absolute jurisdiction In all rases glowing out of labor troubles. The equity pr.-ess In labor suits . Is violently opposed by the labor leaders. ' Mr. Gompers, when asked If he shared Mr. Furuseth s views .tin the Gilbert bill, said he does to a larsy? degree. He urged that any bill to prevcSt injunctions Injuri ous to the labor In rests, must forbid orders preventing rofiblnatlons of men from doing what Individuals may do le gally, and he declare injunctions against crimes were unnccessAy, aa existing law reaches the case. I The OUbert bill provftlen that restraining orders or Injunctions fn labor cases can not be granted without first giving due notice to the opposite party. 11. R. Fuller," who vpoke for the various brotherhoods of railway employes, said this Is a concession he Is willing to accept as a first step In the direction of antl-injunc-tlon legislation wholly acceptable to the labor organizations. Mr. Gompers, however, did not so regard the bill. James A. Emery of New York, repre senting the Citizens Industrial association, and T. J. Mahoncy of Omaha, representing the National Association of Manufacturers, spoke in opposition to all anti-injunction measures and snld the Issuance of Injunc tions against labor organizations are neces sary to protect property. The hearing will continue tomorrow. BRITISH VESSEL, FOUNDERS Phoenix Line Steamer Goes Down Sunday with Twenty-Seven of Its Men. BOSTON, March 14. Suffering, mental and physical, and numerous acts of heroism in saving life rarely equalled In the record of tragedies of the sea, attended the loss of the Phoenix line steamer British King, which on Sunday last. In a raging Atlantic storm, foundered about luQ miles south of Sable island and carrll to death twenty- seven members of the Srew. Thirteen men were rescued from th sinking vessel by the Leyland line steamer Boatonian, bound from Manchester to Boston, and eleven- by the German tank steamer Mannheim, from Rotterdam for New York. Five others who hud been drawn down in the vortex Into I wnicn me iwiusn .mg- engulfed, wersi picaea up iy tne Boston tan from a frail bit of wreckage which they had grasped after a desperate struggle for life tn the whirl pool. The Bostonlun arrived here this aft ernoon and the details of the disaster be came known. Captain James O'Hagan of thv Britixh King died on. board the Bostonlan from the effects of terrible injuries sustained In trying to save his ship. The rescued who were brought here to day Include James Flanlgan, second officer; J. D. Crawford, chief engineer; Adolphus Beck, fourth engineer, and . William J. Curry, steward. The others were coal passers and sailors, mostly Belgians, and one stowaway, Henry Purkotch of New York. TALK ON CHINESE EXCLUSION vretary nf the American Asiatic Association and Others See the President. WASHINGTON, March 14.-John Foprd. secretary of the American Aslatlo associa tion, and representatives of commercial in terests in prominent cities appeared before the house committee on foreign affairs In support of the Foster bill to amend tho Chinese exclusion act In such a manner that high class Chinese may be admitted with, less Inconvenience. Mr. Foord dis cussed the section of the president's mes sage .recommending modification .of the Chinese exclusion act. "There Is nothing radical . about the Changes the president proposes," said Mr. Foord. "The president's remedy simply is to define the excluded class of China nun and let all others enter after due considera tion by the consular officers of the United States at the port of departure in China and bearing certificates duly vlzed by these officers." D. A. Thompkins of Charlotte, N. C, reprenentlng the National Association of Manufacturers, said his association had no desire to admit Chinese coolies. He said class distinctions were made in. China and must be recognized by the t'nlted States. The coolie was so easily recognized that It was desirable for this country to say that all Chinese but the coolies may enter our ports. He urged that there was no desire among manufacturers to bring Chinese laDorers nere to compete with American labor, for, he said, Intelligent labor, using Improved machinery, excels cheap labor. PRISONER COMMITS SUICIDE Virginian Accused of Killing Woman F.ud Life Rather Than Face Trial. NOHiXiLK, Va., March 14. Louis Brown, 29 years old, awaiting trial Friday for the murder of Flossie Reese, at whom he threw a lighted lamp, which exploded, fatally burning the woman, committed suicide In his cell in the Norfolk Jail early today by cutting his throat with a sharp penknife which he had in some unknown manner smuggled Into the jail. Borwn's act was not discovered until a prisoner occupying a cell below heard a gurgling noise and, jumping from his cot, found himself be spattered with blood, which had nn through the floor of the cell above. When Browu's cell was opened the man was dead with ths knife clinched tightly In his was formerly prominent In Ports mouth, Va. He ass without friends or money, his family having abandoned him, and he grew despondent as the day of his trial approsched. I Hiring the recent jail fir here he es cpcJ, but surrendered, a lew Uuuxs later- CHANGE SENATORIAL BILL Concrewman Horns Eliminates Presidential Question from Measure. LAND LEASING BILL IS LAID TO REST Klnkald Announces ns Ills Constit uent Oppose It He Will ot Sap port a BUI of that Character In the Ilonse. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. March 14.-(Speclal.) Congressman Norrls today reintroduced his bill providing for the election of senators by direct vote of the people and extending the terms of members of the Irouse to four years. A hearing was had on Judge Nor rls' original bill, which attracted a great deal of Interest, representatives from all parts of the country being heard In advo cacy of certain features of the bill. It was finally agreed the clause In relation to the election of president be ellmlnsted, end the bill simplified so as to Include only the election of senators by direct vote of the people, leaving their term the same as now, six years, but Increasing the length of the term of members of the lower house to four years. Judge Norrls will write a re port on the amended bill, which will have the unanimous vote of the committee In Its favor when reported out. Lease Bill Killed. A leasehold bill for Nebraska was quietly laid to rest last night, the obsequies being attended by members of the lower house from Nebraska who were the guests of Judge McCarthy, together with former Senator Reynolds. It developed during the course of the talk had on matters In which the state Is Interested, and which come up at the weekly meetings of the delegation, that the sentiment of the Sixth district was opposed to a land leasing measure. Judge Klnkaid, who has received a vast number of letters on the subject, said that as the sentiment of the district was against the leasehold proposition he would be com pelled to antagonize the measure, even though Borne of the members of the delega tion were In favor of some specific meas ure like the Cornell bill, Introduced early In the session. The members of the delega tion, realizing Judge Kinkald was the best qualified to Judge as to the merits of such a bill, decided not to antagonize their col league by saddling onto his district a meas ure that was not wanted by the people. Third Term for Hacker. Judge Norrls today recommended the' re appointment or T. K. Hacker as postmaster St Red Cloud. This will be Mr. Hacker's third term. - Statehood BUI as n Clui. Interest In the republican conference to morrow called for the purpose of deciding whether the house will concur or not In the senate amendments to the statehood bill is Intense. Throughout today confer ences were going on between the speaker's forces and tho Insurgents. Some of the reperscntatlves have decided to remain away from the conference, but a great majority . of the republican side will be present and under the direction of Speaker Cannon will vote to nonconcur in the sen ate amendments. This will send the bill to conference, where It Is expected to slum ber untn hV railroad rat regulation bill Is out of the way. In other words, the statehood bill ts to be used as a club on the part of the house to bring the senate into line for a . rate regnlation bill that will be acceptable to the president and the great bulk of the American people. Tired of the arrogance: of the senate. Speaker Cannon proposes to use , all the forces at his commund to hold up all mat ters In which the senate Is Interested un til the senate shows a disposition to be fair in .Its treatment of the house meas ure. It is safe to aay the sentiment of the house Is clearly with the senate amend ment In admitting only one state at this time, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, per-, mining Arizona and New Mexico to work out their destiny at some future time. But they realize that In a- fight with the; senate the house must have something to give, and the politics In the situation seems to hold every senate measure on the calendar until the railroad rate legis lation -is out of the way, for that seems to be the burning issue of the hour. Minor Matters at Capital. Congressman Kennedy, after unceasing efforts with the committee on invalid pen sions, today received a favorable report on his bill increasing the pension of John P. Wtshart of Blair, Neb., from $12 to 130 per month. Wlshart, according to report. Is helpless and destitute as a result of three years' honorable service in the civil war. Francis Ia Flesche of Bancroft, Neb", who has been a clerk in the Indian office for twenty-five years, secured a marriage license yesterday afternoon In this city for himself and Miss Rosa Bouraas of Pin conning, Mich. The couple ure full-blooded Indians. The wedding will take place Thursday evening. Miss Boiirassa, who Is a member of the Chippewa tribe, recently came to this city. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Eddy ville, Dawson county; Gertrude Irvln, vice A.'La Rue, removed. South Dakota Cas cade Springs, Fall River county; William P. Hamelstrom, vice L. L. Hawn, re signed. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska AI- bion, route S; Claude Wllber, carrier; Ab- ner Wllber. substitute. Iowa Homestead, route I; William P. Branch, carrier; Henry P. Branch, substitute. W. C. Crawford of Stamford, F. M. Crawford of South Omaha and E. E. Treas ter ji Omaha, Neb., have been appointed railway mall clerks. Senate Confirms "dominations. WASHINGTON. March 14.-The senate. In executive session toJay, confirmed the following nominations: Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of cus toms; James 8. Clarkson, surveyor of cus toms; Frederick J H. Kracke, naval officer of customs district of New York, N. Y. Postmasters: Iowa D. E. Pond, Monti cello; W. G. Agntw, Osceola. Kansas C. O. Smith, Burlington; A. Barron, Kirwin; W. E. Hogueland. Yates Center. Missouri A. Goodson. Carrolllon; M. V. 'Robinson. Fairfax; W. H. Garnnfto, New Madrid. larsons Kolti Testimony. WASHINGTON. March 14. Prof. William Barclay Parsons today concluded his testi mony before the senate commltee on Inter ocnanlo canals In support of the majority report of the board of consulting engineers, which advocates the construction of a sea level canal. Alfred Noble, one of the sign ers of the minority report, will testify to morrow. Fatal Accident at Wnshlnginn. WASHINGTON, March 14 By th falling nf a derrick today at the new addition being erected lo the Hotel Raleigh one ; man was killed, one man was (stilly in ! Jured and two other wr Injured. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Tharadar and Friday, Slowly Rlslas; Temperatnre. wltn Temperatnre at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. lies, Honr. Ie. " n. m..... . 12 1 p. m 1t n. m t. p. m I.t Tn. ra 12 It p. m IT a. m 12 4 p. m HI a. m 12 ft p. m 1" lOn.m l.S p. m 11 II n. m 14 T p. m 1H IX m ill N p. m in t p. m , i:t FUNERAL OF MISS ANTHONY Body Will lie In State from It to 1 O'clock Today In Presby terlnn C'hnrrh. ROCHF7STKR, N. T.. March 14. The funeral of Sussn B. Anthony will be held from Central Presbyterian church at i o'clock tomorrow. From 11 to 1 the body will He In state In the church, which will be then closed for an hour to all but the relatives of the dead woman and her co workers for the cause to which she had devoted her life. These will surround the coffin to pay their meed of tribute. At 2 o'clock the church Will be reopened for the funeral services. These will con sist of hymns, scripture reading by Dr. Albertson, 'pastor of Central Presbyterian church: a brief address and prayer by Dr. Gonnett, who was Miss Anthony's pastor, and a eulogy by William Lloyd Garrison of Lawrence. Mass. In behalf of the ne gro, whose advocate Miss Anthony always had" been, Mrs. R, Jerome Jeffrey will de liver an address. The body bearers will be Daniel R. Anthony, Jr., of Leavenworth. Kan., Wendell P. Mosher of Minneapolis and the four trustees of the Unitarian church. In recognition of one nf the last achieve ments of Miss Anthony, that of securing co-educational privileges In the I'nlverslty of Rochester, the honorary bearers have been chosen from the young women stu dents of that institution. The burial will be In the Anthony family plot in Mount Hope cemetery. INDIAN HUNT CONTINUES Fifteen Follhlnod f lierokees Arrested on Charge of Assisting; the Wlckllffes. VINITA. I. T.. March 14.-Marshal W. H. Darrough reached Vlnita tnls afternoon from Spavtnaw and said that the reports of the trouble with tho Cherokee Indians had been exaggerated. Darrough arrested fif teen fullblood Indians on the charge of har boring and assisting the Wickliffe boys. These Indians were brought to Vlnita late today and will be lodged In the territorial federal jail. The Wlckllffes had not been come up with when Darrough left Spavlnaw early today. Marshal Darrough said that while the In dians are favorable to the Wlckllffes there Is no danger of an uprising. A battle Is expected with the Wlckllffes before they are captured, but the greater part of the Indian population, he said. If not In sym pathy with. the officers at least will .off or no open resistance. . The fifteen Indians arrested were taken without difficulty. While at Spavlnaw, Darrough and his men ascertained the general direction taken by the WIcklllTes and says the officers took the .troll and will stay with It until the men are found. The men at the front have been organised under Byron Klrkpatrlck, an experienced deputy marshal. Marshal Darrough will remain In Vlnita and direct the general movements of the officers from here. SLUMP IN STREET CAR STOCKS Share of Chicago Traction Lines Decline Several Point During; th Day. CHICAGO. March 11 Local street car stocks suffered again In the Chicago Stock exchange today. There were no sales of Union Traction, but North Chicago, West Chicago and Chicago City railway all du. cllned heavily. North Chicago opened at 0 and the next sale was at 40. From that point the stock declined anywhere from S2 to 13 at each successive sale until It touched 26, when It rose In stiles to 36, where it closed, 50 points below its price when the decision of the supreme court was announced. West Chicago opened at 30, where It closed last night, and rose to 33 Just before the close.' There were not more than half a dozen deals in the stock. The decline In this stock has boen 37 points. The Chicago City Railway company closed at 170 last night and sold at lis) today, there being but one sale of the stock registered. The last figure quoted on the stock prior to the decision was lWH. but this was some weeks ago. LICENSE F0RCAR COMPANIES Chicago City Connrll Will Mke Change In Present Rapid . Transit System. . CHICAGO. March 14. Immediate step will be taken by the city of Chicago lo license the street railway companies upon lines which the United States supreme court has declared are existing without a franchise. It Is declared by the city officials that the city is now In a position to license the street car companies by erdlnance. since the ninety-nine year con tentions of the companies have been re moved. At a conference held today between Mayor Dunne and the attorneys of the street car rompanies it was decided to Issue permits as soon as possible, per mitting th companle to use electricity on the present cable lines. It was also decided that the tunnels which extend under the surface of the Chicago river, connecting the south with the north and west sides of the city shall be removed early next month. The tunnels have long embarrassed navigation of the river. PECULIAR CAUSE OF DEATH Revolver Felling from Trunk I Di charaed and Kill Man In Bed. PHILADELPHIA. March 14. George Payne Burnap, a cn of the late Captain George Burr.ap, IT. S. N.. died today as the result of a most unusual accident. Mr. Burnap arrived yesterday from his son's home In Santa Cruz, Cal., to attend the funtral of Ms father. About midnight he went, with his brother, Arthur, to his room. As he lay ujon th bed smoking a pipe his brother picked up a newspaper from a trunk which stood In a comer of the room. In liftligr the paper Arthur dislodged a revolver which had been placed on the trunk. The weapon fell to th floor and was discharged. TUa bullet penetrated the mattress and entered George Buruap'g left Uet near Uta heart. HOLDUP MEN CONFESS Mrs. Warren, Wife of One of Bunpect, Gives Officers, First Conclusive Proof, ADMITS HAVING MADE ALL THE MASKS Tolls Where the Revolvers Used Vjy the Trio Were Concealed. GATHRIGHT BREAKS DOWN COMPLETELY Gives Detailed Story of the Shooting of Edward Plury. CLARK AND WARREN HANDLE THE GUNS Three Were Concealed So n tn Completely Surround the Car When It Turned at tho "V." , .The South Omaha police cleared irp the entire robbery and nhootlng mystery of last Wednesday night by securing the un qualified confessions of Clarence Gatli right, one of the trio of -robbers, and of Mrs. Flossie Wain, or Warren, the wire of the mysterious tall man. Gathrlght was the last to be connected with the crime, but he was the first to confess his con nection with it. He made his ennfession In th city jail at 11 o'clock last night and will reduce the whole to a written and sworn sttaement today. The South Omaha police, who have solved so successfully one of the most mysteri ous rases while the chief man among those attacked waa lying at the point of death In St. Joseph hospital and unable to aid them, wore the most positively Joyful countenances at the close of their long search that have been seen about th city in many a day. . ' . Detective Elsf elder said: "I can go home tonlaKt and sleep Just I'.ko I had earned my salary, a sleep I haven't been able to get for so long thut I've forgotten what a bed Is like." "Yes." said the chief, "I guess we all will." Grandoally Clearing (p. It la expected that Chief Briggs and his officers wilt bring the three negroes who shot Conductor Flury a week ago to South Omaha some time during th day. Since the capture of "Pinky" Gathrlght the case has cleared up to an astonishing degree. Gathrlght Is of a different tem perament than the two other members of the gang and he has divulged, while doing nia best to conceal It. a great deal of valuable Information. Chief Briggs de clared last night that there were no longer any surmises In ' the case, but that hn knew that they had the right men and all three of them. He declared that they had enough evidence to convict th entire three, even If tho unfortunate conductor should not recover. When the men are . brought down tomorrow they will b con fronted by the saloon men who were their victims before tho street car was held up. It . will then be seen wnether their evi dence will be posltlva ana will co-operate . with the work of the detectives on the outside. Another woman was fotyd In Omaha who knew more about the Inside history of the crime than any previous woman. In the case, and she Is said tn have told this to the officers. Her name was not revealed, but It will be placed on the list with the others. Wife mt Warren Confesses. The South Omaha police arrested th wife of Cal Warren, alias Wain, and she la be ing held as an accomplice at the city Jail. She Is charged with having made the masks which the three men used. After th ohlef ! had given her a severe questioning she con fessed her connection with the affair. She said she had made masks for their faces and a kind of hood to put over their hnlr. something after tho pattern of a baby's hood. This was' so no one could see the kinks of their hair and know positively ' they were negroes. Besides confessing to th making of the hoods and the masks, she revealed other features of the crime which closed the evidence against the three bandits Ilk a vice. As soon as she had been returned to the Jail aftoer th confes sion Chief Briggs and Captain Shields, act ing on the Information they had secured from her. set out at once on another search. They were directed by a colored boy whom the woman designated, and the result was most gratifying. They found the small nickel-plated revolver which they have been looking for so persistently for the lost week. The Colt had all the chambers empty, but the small gun had three shells loaded and two which had been discharged still In the cylinder. A bos of cartridges was found for th smaller gun. ' The offi cers had to crawl back under the floor of the house where Warren, or Walm. lived, to get the guns. This Is at Mr. Swing's house at Twenty-third and R street, Chief Briggs, Captain Shields una TJetee tlve Elsfelder were all engaged tn the search and had to dig about under the floor of the house for nearly an hour before they found the weajwins. They had been wrapped In some old newspapers sud burled under the dirt and rubbish. v j Tel All She Knows. When the ofllccrs returned to the police station after the discovery, with the find they took tho woman to the chief's ofTlee. where she made a full confession of her part In the matter. She allowed the chief to take down her words, and afterward. In the presence of the officers as witnesses, she signed the paper, lln this statement she declared that she lived at 1K3 Houtli Twenty-third street. South Omaha, and that on the night of March T she had seen Hurry Clark, Clarence Gathrlght and her husband Warren (or Wain, which Is the right name) leave her house at about K In company. They all had masks, which she minutely described, with the hoods, which they wore toirover the bach of their heads. She declared that she knew their Intention was to hold up people. They all had guns and Harry Clark carried the long blue Colt. It was Clark, she said, who hit the saloonkeeper at Kind's saloon over th hfd and strained his gun by the blow. Clark alfo tore the telephone wires down before they left. She sulci Clark and Gathrlght came back to her houae at about 1.30 a. in. of March and ssked her If her husband had go4 home yet. When she told them that he had, not Gathrlght said: "That was a hell of a shooting scrape we got Into doan there." Her husband, she declared, came home about twenty minutes afterward and gave her 14. of which then were seven quarters, four hulves, four nickels and a dime. After making the full confession Mrs. Warren 'was allowed to go, but was warr.d to be on hand In case sh. was wanted as a witness. Early In the evening Captain. Shields h4 Continued, on Boounl ac