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The1' Omaha Daily Bee. NEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE Ground Floor Corner Tht Bnlldinf l7lk and Faram Bee Phones kumsers: Faalnen Douglas .1l Circulation .... Ioul W7 Editorial Douglas 801 ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAIIA, MONDAY MORNING, MAKCII 19, 1906. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. DEBATE OX RATE BILL Measurs Has Absolute Bieht of Way in 8eoate This Week. SENATOR M'CREARY WILL SPEAK TODAY Elkini, Bpooner, Lodje, McLauren and Toster Are Preparing Bpeechea. ! AMENDMENTS UNDER CONSIDERATION Republicans Who Oppose- Bill Will Work for EeTiew Feature. DEMOCRATS WILL ASK FOR CHANGES Senator Tlllraaa la Preparing; a Section tu Prt Susneuslon of New Bates Pending Appeal. .VA8HINGTOX, March IS. The debate n the railroad rate bill will continue in the senate during the ptesent week. The prospect la that this bill will more com pletely monopolise attention thia week than It did last, for while under the original sr langemrnt the rate bill could not be taken up until 2 O'clock each day. Ita conelderu lion can be now entered upon under Sena tor Tillman's present policy every day as aooii aa the routine business, auch aa the Introduction of bllla and preaentatlon of re jiorta, I concluded. Mr. Tillman has an nounced his purpose of pressing the con sideration of this hill to the exclusion of everything elae when any one Is prepared to speak on It. "And." he said. "When there Is no one i te ll( ; ready to spenk I shall ask the sena proceed to vote upon the measure. Thnt, however, he will not 1m- unreason able In this respect was. shown by tho fact that he agreed on Thursday to take a re oesa until Monday because, notwithstand ing there are many senator who will ask to bo heard tiKin the bill liefotv the final vote snail be taken, no speeches had been prepared. It Is the intention to give every one who really wunts to speak an oppor tunity to do so. but if when all the rpcechos are made then- should seem to b mw'. " " omrg tner ana a dlspotlon to delay final action this f- 'eI " " with the minister of a Congre fort will be sn.agonlxed. ! "" church: they became engaged and McCreary Speaks Toilny. The speech-making during the present wck will be inaugurated on Monday by a speech by Senator McCreary of Kentucky. A number of senators will be beard during the week In formal speeches, but the order of delivery lias not been ' determined. Among those who are preparing speeches tire Messrs. Klkins, Bpooner. Lodge, Fos ter and McLaurin. Benator Bpooner will discuss xthc legal aspects of the subjeol, dealing especially with lbs quastloa of re view of the findings of the Interstate Com merce commission by the United States court. Senator Lodge will devote himself especially to the presentation of bis rea sons for desiring the enlargement of the i mmlsslon. as outlined In his amendment. -In uH settaMllty.ifiaft of the speeches will , preclpltato ' running deljatrs, as did Mr. Huyncr's' address of last Wednesday. In-d'-l. 11i disposition Is to question most of the Mntemetits made on the floor of the ivniii and from this time forward very few speaker . will be permitted to escape 'tin i:? Interruption. Intendments In Preparation. Thrm.h mu.-h attention Is being given to On- pivsentmon of the merits of the ques tion pro Mnd con, a still larger number of Hcii.itora nre devoting themselves even more assiduously to the preparation of amendments to the bill. The republican senators, who do not accept th house bill, are com-cntratlng their efforts upon a re view proposition, and they have practically agreed on the fifth section of Senator Knox's substitute for the pending bill aa tho basla of their amendment. This sec tion authorises the taking of any matter decided by the Interstate Commerce com mission to 'the United State circuit courta and requires the railroad companlea to de posit the difference between their own rates snd the rates fixed by the commis sion, pending the final adjudication of each particular case. Senator Spuoner has an amendment along the same lines, but It goes Into greater detail and the Indications are that much of his phraseology may be accepted. The democrats are working In th main along the same llnea to secure an amend ment which shall prohibit the lower courts from suspending rates fixed by the com mission. Senator Tillman la giving his special attent'on to modifications which will prohibit the railroad companies from owning the commodities which they carry. Lieutenant General BUI. The national house of representatives will begin the week by dipposin. of the bill abolishing the grade of lieutenant general Id the army, over which a filibuster was in progress when adjournment wss taken Fri day night. . The balsnce of Monday will be given to the passage of minor bills under suspension of the rules. Thursday has lieen set apart for the consideration of war claims. The other four legislative daya Mr. Tawnay. chairman of the apprd prlatlona committee, predicts will be re quired to complete th conaiderSMon of the legislative appropriation bill, which was befor the house last week. Should this bill pasa sooner. Chairman - Overstreet will st once bring In the post- , ffl . .nnmnrtiitliin hill wtiii'tt tin. knn completed by his committee and make it the order of business. The general post office bill will require something like a week as ths question of, rail nay mail sub sidies will doubtless provoke discussion. Although th program has not been de termined It la expected the statehood bill will be brought Into the house on Wedne. day and disposed of. Agreement Eapeeted at Alaeetraa. The fact that the International Moroccan conference at Algerlraa haa adjourned until March SO has given rise to hop. among th Influential neut'al delegate that France and Germany will In the meantime reach a basla of accord. At Algeclra the symp tom of agreement are considered more favorable where the representative of neu tral nattona aro energetically endeavoring to Influence mutual concessions. Bituminous Coal Sttoatlon. Bituminous operators to the nunib'r of about 800 are expected to arrive in Indian spoils today to confer with the I'nlted Mine Workers of America. Th situation la the threatened coal strike sppears to be unchanged, the outcome now- being en tirely in the hanu of th miner. Th Kyan resolution having been practically rescinded and the reports of th cal committee) -Ing favorable liter la every ' indication (hat conservatism will govern - th nn.vl deliberations of the miners and ipeiators. President Ssmutl Gompers of th Amir. (Continued on Second Paga.) MORAL INSANITY PLEADED Eaarllahmna with American History End Life aa4 Sturts Irw Th ory of Crlmo. N, March IX. Special Cablegram Bee.) Revelations of an extraor haracter have born made In con with the suicide and attempted of George Bevan Emmet t. aon of , H. Emmett of Liverpool uni- P. 1 5 " tt. It will be remembered, shot hla c sweetheart. Miss Margaret Hay. f ghter of a retired Liverpool archl ?; 5" d the slater of Dr. John Hay, a awn medical specialist of Liverpool, .erwards committed suicide. Tbo occurred on a finely roadside near Upton. At the Inquest remarkable evi dence waa given suggesting that the young man waa suffering from moral Insanity and that the crime waa the result of the dis ease. It la stated that the home office, which bus lately taken up the study of crime aa a disease, has taken the rase for special study by experts, and minute ex aminations are to be made of Emmett's brain and into his behavior. The first witness at the inquest was Dr. John Hay, the brother of the Injured girl. His sister, he said, became engnged to the young man three years ago, and in con sequence of what was told him by Prof. C 'i Emmett, he watched his sister's fiance closely and came to the conclusion that he waa suffering from moral Insanity, "I theu suggested to Prof. Emmett that hla son should lie examined by Dr. Wig gleswortl) of Rainhlll asylum," continued Dr. Hay. "That eminent specialist recom mended that young Emmett should be given work In the open air and agreed with me In my opinions." Prof. Emmett himself went Into the wit ncss box and told a painful story. Hla dead son, who had been sympathetic and affectionate, he said, had other traits nnicn trouuico me protessor to such nn extent that when he knew of the engage ment with Miss Hay he conveyed his sus picion of a. tendency to mural insanity to her brother. The result was that Kniniett went to America and Worked for a time on a farm and then In a bank at Portland, Ore. Boon after he left the engagement wus broken off. Miss Hay wus almost broken hearted, and to hide her grief took ser- one rt-lururu nuine. Kmmett heard of this and a fortnight ago, without warning his parents, arrived home. After three dsys si home he be came depressed nnd the professor Inst saw his son alive a few hours before the sui cide and the attempted murder near l"p ton. On account of the prominence of th persons and the fact that the home secre tary Is Investigating the disease-made crime theory the case attracts great attention. BRITISH POPULAR IN SPAIN romlaa Wedding .. of King Meets Approval of All Classes In Kingdom. - MADRID. March IR.'-Speclal fjablegram to The Bee.) One striking effect of th ap proaching royal wedding Is the widespread love of everything Kngllsh. It has been recalled that British popularity is not a recent feeling In Spain. In this connec tion a popular refrain of the eighteenth century running, "War with all the world and ' peace with England," quoted. The royal stables oontsln some fine Eng lish and Irish horses, bearing such nariKs ss Fly. Pretty, Big Ben. nnd others being obtained almost dally. Foot hall has now becofne quite popular, not only among the sons of the aristocracy, but in popular schools. The king offers a cup for the annual championship. Polo has been playe-1 for th last three years. Since the visit of Princess Ena to Blarrlta golf has leaped Into favor; hitherto the game has been comparatively unknown her. It Is hoped that the rigid court etiquette maintained by Queen Christina will be re laxed by the English queer). Spanish ladles of tho court especially wish for more per sonsl freedom. The principal shops have placed- large order for ribbons, neckties, and handker chiefs In English colors. "Princess Ena" ancy rskes and pastries are also being sold. English literature is also becoming quite a fashion in this country, especially that, portion of It which affects the society of the court. ... ANCIENT TRAGEDY UNEARTHED Pmvrm Containing Skeletons nnd Armor Aro Foand. ky laborers In Ireland. DUBLIN, March J8.-(8pec!al Cablegram to Th Bee. While digging on tand near Roscommon a laborer discovered a cavern with an arched roof about six feet In depth. From this a narrow winding pas age led to an old castle about a quarter of a mile distant. The underground pas sage Is well built, and some of the walls bear traces of inscriptions, while at a cer tain point a number of skeletons and bones were found, together with a quan tlty of metal, which proved to be armour and weapon evidently of great antiquity. An old legend In connection with th castle runs to ths effect that ages ago th remain of one of the most powerful of the Connaught claus took refuge It battle and being driven into the passage It was closed up a', either end by their foes and th warrior were thus left to their death. INDIA LIKES JMORLEY - LETTER All Concerned Weleont Arrangement to gettle Friction Between Army nnd Civilians. CALCUTTA, March 18. (Special Caule gram to Th Be.) Th dispatch of Mr. Morley on the army administration Is re garded here as being of ths nature of a compromise. I.ord Kitchener and th gov ernment of India have accepted this latest dispatch as the final settlement of the question and they arc taking Immediate step to Introduce th arrangement or dered. All concerned welcome the new arrange- ment Lecaue It 1 believed to put an end to the injurious uncertainty and friction which has obtained between the army and the civil governments, and they profess themselves resolved to uo-operat loyally to render it a succegs. Both sides hold that with the goodwill they ar prepared to accord tt will work, though neither party obtained all that it desired. Macedonlaaa ICa Hunts Hunt. BELGRADE. Servia. March 18. Six hun dred Macedonian emigrants left here today for the Uuited Btatee by way of Plume. All of them poaecssed sufficient funds to pr nilt of their tnterUig th United suit. POLICY HOLDERS PROTEST Samuel Unttrmyer Writes Strong Letter to President of New York Life, OFFICIALS ARE BUSY COLLECTING PROXIES Attorney fur Poller Holders Kays Trustees ghould Sot t'ae Faucis of Company to SenM Re-election. NEW YORK. March 18 Samuel Tnter myer, counsel for the International policy holders committee of the New Tork Life Insurance company, sent s letter todsy to Alexander E. Orr, president of the New York Life, protesting In the name of the policyholders against what he terms the extraordinary effort that Is being matl by the officers of the company to obtain proxies for the annual election which la to be held early In April. Mr. t'ntermyer's letter explains th ob jection of the committee and declares that no election should be held until legislation affecting the Insurance business Is passed Addressing Mr. Orr, Mr. Vntermyer says that as the representative of upwards of 50.000 policyholders in the company he has been Instructed to protest in their behalf against "the extraordinary use that Is be ing made by you and your officers of the agency force of the company, which Is be ing pressed into the service of soliciting proxies for the re-election of yourself and associates as directors at enormous ex pense to the policyholders. Agents Collecting; Proxies. "I am Informed." the letter continues, "that within the past few days you sent out from your head offlc to your entire j agency fotve throughout the country tele grams urging them to collect proxies. I have before me one of a number of printed letters and circulars Issued from your head office signed by th cashier of your com pany with an accompanying form of proxy addressed to policyholders, enclosing a biography of each of the directors and officers whom you seek to re-elect, Includ ing yourself. This proxy Is to Messrs. John Clafiln, Oscar S. Strauss and Clarence II. Mackay, of whom biographies are also enclosed, printed at the expense . of the policyholders. "If these documents have been sent t' every policyholder the, cost to the company for postage alone would be about Saa.onO and the cost of printing as much more. How you Justify such expenditures, to say nothing of the manifest Impropriety of such action at this Juncture, I fail to un derstand. "These documents ar coming to us In great numbers from Infuriated policyhold ers with the request that our committee take some action to prevent you thus wast ing the money of th policyholders in Um attempt to return yourself to offlo." Jndae Hamilton Goes to New York. ALBANY, N. Y March 18.-Judge An drew Hamilton said tonight that he ex pected to go to New York tomorrow to re main fcwo or three days. He would not say whst were his intentions on this visit or whetharrhe would see-jiiiy member of the Fowler committee which has been in vestigating the Internal affairs of the New York Life.' Friends of Judge Hamilton here express doubt aa to his going before the committee, questioning the propriety of his submitting himself to men whom he has characterised as he did the New York IJfo trustees In his speech before the legis lative committee last week. Judge Hamilton tonight expressed the opinion that when the bills proposed by the Armstrong committee are reported they should contain a provision that no trustee legislated out of office next November, as recommended by the committee, shall be eligible for re-election until a full year has elapaed. "The propriety of this is obvious," said Judge Hamilton, "and I believe a demand for It is coming to a head. You know we have adopted from the English common law the precaution that no sheriff can be re-elected until a term of service has elapsed. The theory applies equally to a trustee of a life ins ranee company, that the sheriff exercise , uch an Immense amount of power thst hs could at will com mand his re-election. So wittf the trustees, they are In a position that they could by favoring one and persecuting another com mand proxies to secure their re-election If they see fit. This should be prevented by making their re-election illegal. "I note that some of these gentlemen In New York state that they do not know me. It certainly seems strange that any man should be In a position to spend very large sums of the money of which they are the legal guardians during a long term of years and yet be totally unknown to them." ' DEATH RECORD. Mm. Akagall Williams Clnrk. FREMONT, Neb., March 18.-(Speclal.) The funeral of Mrs. Absgatl Williams Clark was held from her late residence at Elev enth and I streets this afternoon. Rev. II. B. Foeket of the Baptist church con ducting the services assisted by Rev. W. H. Buss V th Congregational church. Mrs. Clark was born In Providence, R. I., In 183) and was a direct . descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of that col ony. She was married In Ohio In 1843 and in 1800 came to thia county with her hus band and 'amity. She was the mother of six daughters, all of whom survive. Her body wss burled In Ridge cemetery beside that of her husband, who died nearly forty year ago. William W. Banghmnn. DtNLAP, la.. March lS.-(8pecial.) The funeral of William W. Raughman, who died suddenly of heart failure, will occur Monday afternoon at 2 o clock from the Methodist Episcopal church. He was born March 18. 1827, In Ohio. He married Sarah Ann Hill at Noble, lnd., and was the father of eight children, of whom six auivlve, Mary E. Stockton, David. Anna D. Stock ton, Mrs. C. J. Chupp, Ida I. Traverse and Mrs. Charles Ocean. He servn. during th civil wsr In the Fifth Iowa volunteers. Dry Dock Dewey Again at Sea. LAB PALM A 8. Canary Islands, March 1. The United States floating drydock Dewey, en rout for the uaval station at Olongapo, Philippine islands, which arrived here February 3. left Saturday In tow of th collier Brutus, Caesar and Glacier and the navy tug Potomac. The Dewey will call at Gibraltar. Lynched for Stealing a t ow. PLAQUEMIKE. La.. March 18.-Willlam Carr. a negro, waa lynched at Bayou Pla quemlue last night for stealing and killing a cow. Constable Walter Marlonneaux and V. M. Patureau. a) well known cttlsen of th Eighth ward, wer on their way to the Jail t this, place with Carr, when (hey were stopped by crowd of about thirty live masked men, who overpowered them and taking the prisoner hanged tutu to a DEMOCRATIC SENATORS CONFER Members of Mlaorlty About as Badly DlTlded Over Rote Bin as WASHINGTON, March K-Senator New lands of Nevada today entertained seven teen of his democratic colleagues at lunch eon at his suburban home, the purpose being to exchange views on the railroad rate bill before the senate. The talk con verged almost entirely around the attitude the democrats should assume toward the questions of a suspension or non-suspension of the rates to be fixed by the Inter state Commerce commission In any case arising before It. pending a review of the Issue on an appeal to the courts. "With th exception of two or three senators," said Senstor Tillman, who is In charge of the bill on the floor of the senate, "all thos present were favorable to a pro vision for a non-suspension of the rates, and I think." he added! "that all the demo crats will come around to the Idea of voting for non-suspension when the Issue Is pre sented." Other senators admitted that the discus sion showed that the democrats are about as divided in their views on th question of amendments as ar their republican col leagues. Senators who were present stated tonight that the bill will nnder tio circumstances be ma3e a party Issue. Those present at th luncheon In addition to the host were 8eators Bailey, Black burn, Clay, Culberson. Dubois, Foster, Frasier, Pettus. RayHer. Simmons, Stone, Tillman, Latimer. McCreary. Martin, Over man and Patterson. SUICIDE AT FT LEAVENWORTH Mother of Second l.lentennnt Von Drm Bnssche Sknots Herself Becnasc of lopadeny LEAVENWORTH. Kan., March 1 Caro line von Busschc, said to lie the divorced wife of Baron von Dem Bussche-Hadden-hausen. a German baron of Berlin, com mitted suicide by shooting at the quar ters of" her son, 8econd ijeutenant Carl Frederick von Dfm Bussche of the Eight eenth Infantry, L". 8. A., at Fort Leaven worth today. Lieutenant von Dem Bussche Is a cousin of Freiherr von Dem Bussche Haddenhausen, first secrerary of the Ger man embassy at Washington. D. C. No cause except that fwssihly of melan cholia is 'known for th woman having taken her life. The officers at the fort decline to make known any definite facts regarding the affair. Mrs. Von Dem Bussche killed herself by shooting, firing a bullet into her head in her room adjoining her son's private room, whtfre she had lived with him for some tlmo past. She Is known to have been treated last summer for a nervous disease at Denver, whr the family formerly lived. Bsrrm von Dem Bussche and his wife are said to have come Uv the Vnlted States from Prussia, where ho was believed to have owned large estates several years ago. He was- a mining engineer and for many yesrs lived at Denver, where the son was bom. Mrs. von Dem Bussche wss.40 years old. LAKE'STEAMER ATLANTA BURN Goodrlek Mner Taken Fire OaT fthebornan. Wis., and Crew" Ksrnes I Bonta. SHEBOYOAN. Wis., March 18. The Goodrich steamer Atlanta, which left this port for Milwaukee this morning, wus burned to the water's edge twelve m'les south of Shelsiygan. The .Atlanta was valued ut ahout 150,0f. The Atlanta loft Sheboygan at 10 o'clock, southbound, with a crew of sixty men snd two pps.ti'iig'TS. The fire was discovered at 11:15. The crew was at once set to work fighting tile Haines, and the fight was kept up until 1 o'clock, when Captain McCauley deciVd to aban don the ship. The crew and passengers were put off In the lifeboat and were picked up by the tug F-.sslr without loss, as there was no sea running. Soon after the steamer Georgia novo In sight and took altoard the crew and pssscngers of the burned vessel. The (Jenrgla proceed to this port, leaving th Atlanta a totil wreck, close to the bea ?t. for which It had been run. It is thouii.it the fire r.ny have been started by a 'aroicssly thrpwn ciar. But one life was lost In the wreck Mike Hickey, a deckhand, was drowned In try ing to escape from the flames. Help the Y. W. C. A. Building Fund The Bee Comes to the Front With a Generous Offer to this Worthy Cause in Which All Can Join. The Offer: OMAHA, March 16, 1906. Mrs. W. P. Harford. President, . Young Women's Christian Association, Dear Madame: - Tho Omaha Bee wishes to co-operate with your good work in raising a fund for th erection of the new Young Women's Christian Association building. We will be pleased to donate to your fund, a percentage of our receipts from subscriptions, between now and 5 o'clock p. m.f April 15, 1906, under the following conditions: We will give toward the Young Women's Christian Association Building Fund 25 per cent of all cash in sums of SI. 00 or more, received for new subscriptions to The Omaha. Bee, Morning, Evening or Sunday editions, and 10 per cent of all prepaid subscriptions, in amounts of tl.00 or more, from our old subscribers. No payment will be accepted aa "pre-payment" until (A arrearages have been paid to date. All such payments must be made by the subscriber at the office of The Bee, or to such representatives of your Subscription Committee, as may be arranged for by you. Very respectfully yours, THE BEE PUBLISHINQ COMPANY. The Acceptance: FOR THE NEW BUILDING. YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 151 Farnam St. OMAHA. NEBRASKA, airs. C at Wlibalm. Vtra. A. Trpor. It. Abbjr V. Holm Mra. T P. Loorala. all a. U. W. Wlckarahaja. Mra. Eroaaa g. iiyar. Mlaa Hallla Hoo. March 16th, 1906. The Bee Publishing Company, Omaha. Nebraska: Dear Sirs The proposition of The Omaha Bee to co-operate In the raising of a fund for the erection of a building for the Young Women's Christian Association is received. The Executive CommUte authorizes me to state that they heartily accept your proposition and appreciate the interest manifested. Very respectfully. MRS. W. P.. HARFORD. President. HELP BUILD A HOME FOR THE Y. W. C. A. By Getting Your Friends to SUBSCRIBE FX)K THE BEE. SXOWSLIDE IN COLORADO limine: Plant at Camp Bird Destroyed, Cauaint: Loss of Nearly Half Million. " H"r. De. na.nt....iM in. n xi n n. m in a i. m M great snowstorm in southwest j 2: " 5 r. S:::::: i , An. m...... SO K p. m SI Street Car Traffic In Mlsaonrl and J J? ? J' ?i ii n. m ...... si i p. m ...... m Kansas Title Badly Interrupted ia m JM H . m 'l and Train Are Delayed la " w Vi Every Direction. SUSPECT IS NOT SIMPKINS OURAY. Colo., March 18.-A mammoth snowslid In the Mount Sneffels district, six miles south of Oursy, last night wrecked the Camp Bird mill, tram house, boarding house nnd reading room. William Cressey Is known to have been killed and it Is feared other lives were lost. A num ber of men. It is reported, were seriously injured. The property loss is estimated at from Iton.ooo to 5iO,0On. Th Camp Bird bunk house adjoining tho reading room, which, was wrecked, narrowly escaped being engulfed and crushed. There were between 910 and 25c) miner and em ployes In this building when the slide came down. The residence of General Manager Cox also escaped destruction by a narrow margin. The slide had largely spent Its force before reaching the assay shops and general offices of the Camp Bird' mine. This avalanche, which moves annually and Is called the the United States slide, wss larger this year than ever before. It started moving last evening at 7 o'cUrV. following Its usual course. .; rule It spends Its force by the time It reaches the gulch, but last night It continued on to the Camp Bird mill, crushing it like an eggshell. This large mill, being In the direct path of the avalanche, checked Its terrific force, otherwise it would probably have reached and destroyed the bunk house. Coratuonlcatloa Interrupted. Telephone communication with the Mount Sneffels district has been Interrupted for four days nnd the first news of ths dis aster was brought to this city this after noon by County Commissioner Smith, who left the mine at daybreak. A rescue party started out at once, but It will take them several hours to reach Mount Sneffels, as the roads and trains are blocked with snow. A telephone niessago received here from Sllverton at 3 o'clock this afternoon stated that a report has been received there that scores of miners were killed by the de struction of the Camp Bird boarding house, but this report la discredited here. The Camp Bird club house was one of the finest ever built for a similar purpose. Camp Bird is the mine sold by Thomas E. Walsh, the millionaire mine owner, sev eral years ago to an English company. Bond Blocked for Week. TELLUR1DE, Colo., March 18. A rumor waa in circulation here last night that a passenger train oh the Rio Grande A South ern had been swept by a snowsllde near Ophir loop and thirty-five persons killed. Diligent Inquiry has failed to disclose any foundation for the report. Railroad offi cials say there was no train In the vicinity, of Oilr loop at the time when' tho slide occurred." For but week it has been . storming al most cbntlnually In this district. There has not been a train run between Telluride and Durango for over a week and the road is still blocked by snow-slides near Ophlr and Rio. Telegraph and telephone communica tion Is seriously Interrupted. , Snowstorm In Sonthweat. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 18. An un ususlly severe snowstorm prevails In the southwest tonight. The storm, accompanied by a stiff north wind, liegan early today and up to a late hour continued unabated. The wind drifted the snow badly both In city and country. Street car traffic In, Kan sas City and at other Kansas and Missouri points was totally stopped or badly Inter rupted. Railway trains In every direction were delayed and It is likely that many schedules will have been annulled before morning. Although the weather waa not especially cold much suffering resulted. Following an unusually open winter, hundreds of famine's provided themselves with but meager sup plies of coal, and fuel companies, expecting a light demand during the remainder of the winter, had permitted their stocks to run low. The longest continued stretch of cold weather In Kansas City and this part -r (Continued on Second Page.) 9125.0O0.00 BY APHIL 15, 10OS. Butldlnar Committee. lira, tiaorga THden, Chairman. Mr. I. W. t-arpenter, 6wrury. Mra. J. H- puoMuit, Traoaurr. Mm. W. p. Harfoia. Mta. J. M. Atkta. Mrs. G. W. Carlora. Mrs. T. U Haller. Mra. J. r H.ll.r. Mr a. 1. P. Lor. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST "now Monday. Tuesday Fair. Temperature at Omnka Yesterday I Man Arrested at Oakley Is Sot Person Wanted for Complicity In StennenberaT Mnrder. BOISE. Ids,, March ll-Detectlve Thlele has wired the governor that the suspect held at Oskley IS not L. J. Simpklns, wanted for the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg, and the man has been released. Captain Swain, the manager of a de tective agency at Spokane, states that Simpklns Is In the north and may have crossed into Canada. Detectives have been close on his trail and have found where he had stopped within a few days. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. March 18. Resolutions condemning the methods of the prosecution in the case of Charles H. Moyer and William D. Haywood and de nouncing the governors of Idaho and Col orado for an alleged conspiracy to deprive the defendants of their constitutional rights were adopted at two largely attended meet ings held here today. At one meeting, called by the Utah Fed eration of Labor. Attorney William Newton said: "The time has come when there la one law for the capitalist and another for the workman, and If the results that follow are not altogether a matter of ballots, who will he to blame when wc consider the example set before us?" WASHINGTON, D. C. March IK. At a mass meeting of worklngmen of Washing ton today, at which most of the local unions were represented, resolutions were adopted protesting "against the unwarranted ar rest" of Messrs. Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone of the Western Federation of Miners In Idaho. The resolutions us.iert the conspiracy charge against the men was "trumped up." A small sum of money was contributed to their cause. FATAL FIRE IN KANSAS CITY Miss Agnea Inman of St. Ionl Suffo cated and Klv Other Women Overcome by Smoke. KANSAS CITY, March 18. Miss Agnes Inman, a corset maker who came here three months ago from St. Louis, was burned to death and five other women were overcome by smoke by a fire In the annex of the Allman building at Eleventh and Walnut streets in this city- tonight. Most of the tenants of the building are profes slonal women and many of them sleep In their offices. Miss Inman waa sleeping on the fourth floor and she was desd when th ' firemen found her. The other five women were taken downstairs on laddera by th' firemen -from the fifth floor. They wer all revived In a. short time. Little Is known of Miss Inman even by her employers. She was 32 years old. Among her effects waa found insurance policies on the lives of Thomas and Wil liam Inman, who are supposed to be brothers of the dead girl living In St. Louis. The fire started from a kiln In which artists had been burning china. The prop erty loss Is trivial. The part of the build ing In which the fire occurred Is without stairways and was shut off from the main structure by an Iron door. SWIFTS BUILDIN PORTLAND Packer to Construct Plnnt Employ ing Thousand Men nt Orenon Capital. PORTLAND, Ore., March 18. Iouis F. Swift, head of the packing concern of Swift and Company, I in Portland to com plete arrangements for a 81.noo.ooo packing plant which his firm will build in this city. The capacity will be BOO cattle. l.Otui sheep and l.OtiO hogs per day and employ ment will be provided for 1.0t men. The purpose of the pisnt Is to enable Swift and Company to enter the Alaskan and oriental markets, besides furthering their Interests in the northwest. JOHN GEHR SHOOTS TWO MEN Former Mine Workera" Organiser Involved'ln Fntnl Quarrel at' Florence. Colo. FLORENCE, Colo., March 18. John Gehr, a former organiser of the United Mine Workers of America, tonight shot John Thomas and his brother. Tom Thomas, The latter probably was fatally wounded. The affair occurred In a Faloon where th three had been drinking. The cause of the shooting la not known. Gehr escaped. EXPOSED TO IEHO TEMPERATURE Farmer Waoan I.ca Waa Broken In Rnnnwny Nearlr Frees to Denth. SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. March 18. (Spe rial.) Suffering a broken leg. In a runaway accident and lying upon the prairie for period of over four hours with the tem perature hovering around the sero mark was the experience of G. Halsch, a promi nent Hutchinson county farmer. After having his leg broken hla team escaped from him. At Intervals during th weary hours he lay helpless on the ground the unfortunate farmer called loudly for help. He finally was found by two of his sons and some neighbor boys who chanced to pass along the road. ' 'Had It not been for this fortunate cir cumstance the farmer might have been compelled to remain on the prairie all night, and his death from exposure would almost certainly have resulted. HOJIPABTISAS" LABOR LEAGIE Organisation nt Slonx Falls to Seenr CItIo HInht for Lnborers. . SIOUX FALLS, 8. D.. March 18. (Spe cial.) At a meeting In this city of repre sentatives of all the local labor unions It I was decided to organise what will be known as th Sioux Fall Non-Partisan Labor league. The following officers wer elected: President, J. H. McKlnney; vice president, Frank West; secretary. Jack Tlerney; treasurer, John Rlngdahl. The object of the organisation is to secure civic, as well as industrial, rlghta for th labor lng men of Sioux Falls. Oklahomana Irae Aetltin. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okl.. March 18.- Hundreds of teb-grams were sent yesterday and today to tne president ana member of conaresa and to others In omciai lit In Washington from commercial and othur bodies Irom almost every city and town of importsniM) in Oklahoms aiul Indian Territory, urging them to work ror im mediate statehood fur lb two territories. MITCHELL TO BAER Mine Workers' President Replies to Letter Reftuinc Demands of Employes. SAYS PROPOSED SCALE IS REASONABLE Waees Asked Not as High as Are Paid in Other -Coal Fields. REFERS TO FINDING OF COMMISSION Arbitrators Did Not Regard Ita Verdiot as Permanent. ANOTHER CONFERENCE IS SUGGESTED Miners' Leader Calls Attention to Vast Interests Involved and Maya An Agreement honld B Reached. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. March M.-Fresl. dent John Mitchell of the United Mine Worker of Anterlca haa mailed to Oeorg r. user, chairman of the Anthracite Cool Operators committee, his reply to the Com mittee's communication rejecting the de mands of the miners' Organisation. The letter, dated March 17, follows. Referring asraln t.i dated March in, with accnmnanvln dt.ru- mentH. nnd to our reply thereto. I write to say that I huve euhinlttrd to our committee the answer made by your rommittee to the proMisltlons presented bv us. II Is CM-ary to slate that we were keenly dls- m'i.miej iii lesrn mat our demands were rejected In toto. and that our arguments In favor of them had received so little consid eration at your hands that they were prac. tleally Ignored In your reply to, us. We have again reviewed tho seal pre sented for your consideration: have com pared it with the sealo of wages paid for similar classes of labor In other coal pro ducing states and districts, and we ar sat isfied beyond tho peradventur of doubt that the wages proposed are not In excess of indeed, that thoy are not so high as the wages ild in the bituminous mining districts of our country. Judging front the language employed in your answer to us. it is perfectly evident ' that w failed to make clear or that you failed to understand the real Import of th propositions submitted by us. Mindful of Publlo Interests. We wish to assure you that we sre not unmindful of the great public Interests In volved in this controversy as to our future relations, neither are we unuppreelatlve of the splendid efforts made by the Anthracite Coal Strike commission to establish a re lationship between us that would Insure u Just and permanent peace; but If you will refer to the award of that commission you will And that the commission II self was In doubt as to the permanency of its findings and expressed the hope that at the expira tion of the award the relations of operator and employe would have so far Improved as to make impossible that such a condition as existed through the country In oonw -quence of the strike in the anthracite re gion could again occur. We had entertained the hope that our adherence to the letter and the spirit of the award and the absent of local or general strikes during the last three years would have appealed more strongly to your confidence and that we might reasonably expect serious considera tion of our claims at this time. Farther Conference Asked. But It wottld seem from- reading your ra ply that all our proportions liav been re jected and thai, your final doclvkm has been given. We trust that tills conception ot our intention ts incorrect, it is our opin in .that neither you nor we can afford to break off negotiation in this abrupt man ner. So far as we and the Interests we rep resent are concerned, we are not willing to accept any share of th responsibility thai action entails. We believe that furtMJ meetlna: shou d bo held and that w shouMI strive earnestly and conscientiously to rto oncile our differences. While It may be true that on the part or the operators there has been no serious cause for complaint V riiirinar the last three yesrs. w. wish to as sure you that in expressing this opinion you do not reflect our views, isot nniy nas mere been crltclsm among the miners, nut wnat Is more ImiKtrtant, there exists much cause tor criticism and comnlaint. To such an extent is this true that we feel it Incum bent n twin us to sav that we cannot with any degree of contentment or satisfaction continue to worn unner present, mnuiiioin. However, we repeat that the Interests In volved aro So vast that we sre not willing to break off negotiations witnout nrst mas inr further efforts to' reconcile our differ ences. iWe, therefore, propose that further conference or conferences ne neni oeiwern now and the first of April. If this suggestion meets with your sp proval, we shall be pleased to arrange with you a oate on t nu n uui juuv vuiiuimw. may convene. Plttsbnrgr Operators Start Weat. PITTSBURCJ. March 18.- Forty-five coal operators of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio left here tonight for In dianapolis. Tomorrow afternoon the party will open a conference t Indianapolis to decide whether or not the miners shall get an advance and the amount to be given. This conference will probably end Wednes day afternoon, when tne operators will meet the miners In convention.' ' One of the operator an id tonight that he thought the miners would be given an Increase of 5 per cent, but not any more. Alberta Miners on Strike. GREAT FALLS, Mont., March 18. The strike of the coal miners at Lrthbrldge, Alberta, Canada, has caused so much un easiness among the cltlsen that they hsve called upon the dominion government to rnder assistance. The Northwest mounted police has beer) placed In control of the town and martlai law practically prevails. This action appears to have ir ritated th miners still further and the eltlxens fear grave dlsordera. Mora than BOO men, member of th union, arc on strike and there are still 100 at work under police protection. These are greeted dally by volleys of snowballs and stones aa they go to work. Last evening an explosion of dynamltw occurred In the outskirts of the town, but no damage was done. It Is thought to have been acci dental. H. I Sherman, district president of th Mine Workers, ssys the strike may be ex tended to other coal mines In Alberta and British Columbia unless an agreement ts reached. Many of the smaller towns In Alberta are now on the verge of a. coal famine. All shipments to outside points hav been stopped. GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MEET Governing; llody of Inlted Presby terlnn Church Convene at Rich mond. lnd.. May Zit. RICHMOND, lnd., March ll The annual meeting of the -General Assembly of the United Presbyterian church will 1m hold In Richmond. May S next. This assembly is th supreme legislative body of the church and will consist of 0 delegatus, representing every presbytery In the I'nlted States and from mission fields of th church In Egypt and India. Delegatea will attend from eleven synods and slxty-nlna pres byteries, representing 10,00) communicant. Moat'a- Body to Bo Cremated. ' CINCINNATI. March la. The hudy of Ilerr Julia nil Moat, the anarchist, who died here yesterday of cryslp las. will U. cremated at the Cincinnati crematory next Tuexlay. Mrs. Mt arrived turn fa'cw Vork late luiilghl