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The Omaha ' Daily Bee. NEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE Ground Floor Corner The Be BulldTnf I7tk and Parsam He Filthy neetltna THE OMAHA DEE Best t'hn. West -V ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING. , MAKCII 27, 190G-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TILKEE CENTS. J J I A MINERS' LAST WORD President Mitcball PrwenU Ultimatum to tbe Wurs Committee. DEMAND SCALE OF THREE YEARS AGO Officials 8aj Acceptance of Anjthior Else Wm NeTer Considered. OPERATORS ASK FOR AN ADJOURNMENT Another Meeting Will Ee Held Thia Morn incc, When Keplj it Expected. PREPARATIONS FOR SUSPENSION OF WORK Mining Companies V; Tallinn; In Arrnant Fnoko, V BMkt, V ' Viirlif Credit and In 'I- . Threatening Ei INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Mart The I'nlted Mine Workers of , V. through Joha Mitchell, preslden organisation; T. L. Lewis, vice p. ' of the. national organisation, and H .an I'. Perry, president of the Illinois miner, today presented to the coal operators In tli executive session of the Joint scale committee qf the central competitive dis trict their ultimatum In the dispute over the wage drain. The demand of the miners Is for a restoration of the wage scale of IDOS, which Is an Increase of 5.55 per cent. Upon the receipt of the ultimatum the operator secured an adjournment of the committee until tomorrow morning;, when It la expected a definite answer to the miner will be alven. It In anticipated that this reply will be a refusal by the oper ators and the committee will report a disagreement to the Joint conference of miners ana operators. The fight in that case will be continued on tbe floor of the Joint convention. IJltle Prnepect of Atrtraiest Tonight there is as little prospect for an agreement being" reached a there has been at any time. The morning session of the committee today waa without re sult. After the noon adjournment. John Mitchell, president of the miners, took the floor and said he had been Informed there were rumors that the operators be lleved If they would stand firmly by their pnottlon and prolonc the sessions of the Joint scale committee the miners would agree to sign the present scale and recede from their demand for an Increase In wages. He said he wanted ta explain to the operators that under no circumstances would there be an agreement at leas than the scale of 1909, unless after a dlsagree- nent the operators could enforce less terme. and he did not believe they could. ' Position of Miners fttated. T. I Lcwla, vice president of the United Mine Workers, followed Mr. Mitchell. He aid he waa eurprlaed to learn that such rumors were afloat and continuing, wild: I want to say more than President Mitch ell has said. We will be divided neither In this scale conference, out of this scale con ference, in the convent ion or anywhere . rbte. ru fnf mi J ih iwiceroed If.weha.va A1 u M4h a point in tln-- deliberation wnere u is a cava of wait to see who ia ;olng to be able to divide tbe forces on either side, then I believe we are consid ering a very dangerous proposition. I realise fully the present situation. have not treated the situation confronting til In any frivolous manner. I know what a suspension of work means to our people 1 know what It will probably mean to mil lions of other people who are not directly Interested in these que' Jon, or only In terested to the extent that it affects their intercuts wnen xna miners ceaae worn, have hopes that we may be able to nod solution of our present difficulties, but that solution will only come when both Hides are ready to sign a wage agreement car ry In with it the prices paid In a Can the operators pay the 180S scale? We believe they can and there la no reason for our considering anytmna else. If we leave this conference and a suspen sion of work takes place In the mining In tluatry of this country it will not be because of any personal differences between the op erators ana miners. Of course, after we have ceased negotia tions and arrayed our following on different Ides of the question, I am not prepared to say what will develop, one thing la cer tain. If personal differences arise, even dur ing that stage of the proceeding, they would necessarily have to be eliminated before we could get back face to face again unless one or the other side is aetenninea to an nlhllate the other. I don't think as Intelll ment men we have reached that point In our deliberations yet. Ko lllrlslnn f Illlnnla Miners Herman C. Perry, president of the Illinois miners, said he had beard It rumored that different Interests had been attempting to use their Influence to bring about a asrlka, notnhly tha small operator and the coal dealers, who, he had been informed, were supporting a lobby In the hop of Inflen- clng the operators to force a disagreement. Me Intimated that other Interests were us Ing the same means. To this he added that there positively would be no division of the Illinois miners and no mine would he aj lowed to run even with an advance in wages unless all the union mines In Illinois were fclven tiie same advance. There was a short discussion conducted In a friendly vein and a motion to adjourn until tomorrow morn Ing was adopted. The feeling tonight Is that the miner under no circumstances will allow any dis trict to sign even the advance scale d manded unless It is paid In all the four mates of the central, competitive field. Hrporli From the Mines. rteports are coming from the miner' delegates from their local unions that th toal companies are taking preliminary steps to get on a strike basis. They are calling In the miners' account books, ac cording to reports; withdrawing credit (rum the miners at the company stoics, pressing collections and in lume cases threatening eviction. Heport that tha companies are building stockade are with out foundation, but thu mines are being put in tha best possible condition for a hut down. Kvcn should an agreement be leached for all fields, the bituminous and most of the anthracite nunea will clos tialurdny flight, many of them to remain closed for sixty days. The local managers i are letting their men know this and n many cases telling them that a strike may as well come as far as they are cou iwrncd. President Mitchell of the United Mine Worker of America this morning denied a report that he had requested an exten sion for olily days of the award of the co.il strike commission In the anthraclto Held. He said: "I have not taken that matter up at all yet, even to calling to gether tha anthracite roinmitee, the mem bers of which are here." Change- at llama College. HURON. S. IV. March S8- tyect.l ) Trustee of Huron college have, secured Prof. A. L. Riley or Boone, la., to take tharge of the commercial department of that Institution. Prof. Lynch, under whose supervision this ! partment ha been for Mrvcral jsars, t.-eigned to gn to Ne braska U (he kl unties tv Uuid laterets Uoi. olice question uppermost! Morrow-ran Conference Refers Ans- trlan Isgceatlos Committee Which Will Meet Tonight, AUOKriRAS. Rpnln. March .-Th M- roeran conference held an nour s session today, seeking definitely to adjust the po lice question. Austria proposed sn amendment Increas ing the Inspector general's control of the pollre and Ilerr von Radowlts. the chief German delegate, declared that .Germany considered the control Of the police to be of supreme Importance and Intimated that Germany might withdraw if such control 1 not adopted. The question was Anally referred to the committee which will meet tonight and discuss the revised police project. The conference then adjourned until to morrow. The delegates continue to hope for a complete agreement. WASHINGTON. March afi.j-A cablegram was received at the State department to day from Ambassador White stating that the Algeclras conference had practically reached an agreement upon the question of policing Morocco, which was the most dlffl- cult issue before the congress. No detail as to the nature of the agreement are ob tainable. EMPEROR ABANDONS HIS TRIP Delay Too Un( In . Marling ni Visit to the Mediterranean Sea. LONDON, March 26. Emperor William delayed his proposed Mediterranean cruise In order to see the outcome of the Alge clras conference and It Is now too late. Consequently he hss entirely abandoned his planned trip to the Mediterranean. Jacob etaln" In Toklo. TOKIO. March K. Jacob Schiff, the New York banker, has arrived hero and the papers are full or eulogistic comment or his services rendered In raising Japanese loans In America. Bankers of this city are preparing to give him a magnificent re ception. Cable Xearfna- Completion. MANILA, March M. The steamer Sllrer- ton, which on March 24 began laying tha Commercial Cable company's cable, which Is to connect Manila with Shanghai, Is now 815 miles from this port, heading towards Shanghai. Bishop of Little Rork. ROME. March 26. The congregation of the propaganda has decided to propose to the pope the appointment of Monsignore John B. Morris of Nashville, Tenn., a coadjutor bishop of little Rock, Ark. Striking Baker Deported. TIFLJ3, Caucasus. March M. Tbe gov ernor general ltaa deported to Siberia five employe of a bakery which recently struck. FIGHT IN A PENITENTIARY Prisoner at Jrfcnsa City Kill Gnnrd and I Shot to Death. ' JKrTTCRSON Cl'f Y Ma'rViT a.-Tliia morning when the convict at the peniten tiary war called fur breakfast Guard J. W. Wood of Macon, Mo., waa pounced upon by a - colored convict and stabbed three times.' '.Woods died Instantly.' .Another guard Immediately killed tha convict. " The convict' nam was ''Sonny" Ander son, colored, sentenced from St. Louis In 1MM to serve four year for assault to kill. He had been on what ia termed the "cranky list" for several day and had been kept In a cell. He was let out this morning with the other prisoners, but aoon afterward Guard Wood waa ordered to put him back Into the cell. Anderson re fused to obey, and when the guard slezed him by tbe arm and ' attcmptesd to force him Into tbe cell, he drew a knife and tabbed the guard three times, killing him Instantly. Other guards and several convict rushed to the rescue of Woods. Anderson was slashing right and left and severly injured two other convicts, one of them, William Sheridan, sentenced from St. Loui to serve ten year for murder, being so seriously Injured that he will probably die. William Rockwell, sentenced from Petti county for robbery, waa stabbed, but not seriously wounded. Anderson then seized a hose and directed a stream of water on those who attempted to capture him. Dropping the hose, he threw buckets and anything he could lay his hands on and made his way Into the yard. It was found Impossible to capture blm alive, and guard Anally shot him to death. Ouard Woods waa formerly a sheriff of Macon county, Missouri, and three months ago lie was appointed a prison guard. FATHER KILLS HIS DAUGHTER Mlas Townsend of P.verett, Mass., "hot Three Hoara Before Time 91 for Her Marriage. EVERETT, Mass.; March S8. Less than three hours before the time set for her wedding today Pansy IS. Townsend was shot and mortally wounded by her father, Joseph Pi Townsend, In their home in this city. ToWnsend then ended his life with a bullet. Miss Townsend was to have been married to Francis K. Perry at G o'clock tonight. The only clue to the cause of the tragedy was a note written by Townsend. It was dated today and read: At 3:) I have taken my daughter's life and my own. I do this rather than see her the wife of Francis Perry. So far as Is known Townsend had noth ing against Perry and the supposition Is that Townsend' mind was unbalanced by reason of his love for his daurhler and his j brooding over the prospect of separation . from her. Is" FREE ALCOHOL FAVORED Way and Mean Committee Will Be Asked to Recommend Aboli tion of Tax. WASHINGTON, March 38,-The free al cohol subcommittee of the house committee on way and means today agreed to report a free alcohol bill to the full committee Wednesday next. The feature of the bill Is that It takea th Internal revenue tax off denatured domestic alcohol for tech nical uses. Including lighting, heating and motor uses. The bill la to go Into effect three month from the date of It puaitage. The detail of Its administration ar loft with the Treasury department. It Is predicted th effect of the bill will be a revolution la heating, lighting and furnishing fuel for rotora, a alcohol will be cheapvr than kerosene oil or gasolln snd can be made from any graln vegetable, root or fruit containing starch. VOTE ON THE RATE BILL Mr. Tillman Will Ask the Senate to 8et Time for Final Action. MANY AMENDMENTS ARE SUBMITTED Principal peerhes of the Par Are by OTermnn and Teller everal .Minor Dills Passed. WASHINGTON, March J, There waa a hint In the senate today at ah effort to fix a time for a ttnsl vote on the railroad rate bill, but It was surrounded by such clrcumKtancrs and doubt that no prediction aa to the time would be Justified. Mr. Till man stated that he would bring the matter up In the senate tomorrow and unless ob jection was then made he may ask to have a day specified. The suggestion aa to time arose In con. nectlon with the more or less serious effort on the part of, a number of senators to secure Immediate consideration of amend ments offered by themselves. Mr. Tillman resisted ail attempts of that klud in the, alienee of many senators, saying that votes ought not to be taken without full notice to senators. Among the provisions offered were: Hy Mr. Foraker Prohibiting the Issuance of pannes, by Mr. Scott compelling rail roaus to connect with other ruiiroaos, and by Mr. Culberson, Oenying to interstate roads the privilege, ot maalng campaign contributions. Mr. Overman made a general speech In support of the bill and Mr. Teller spoke at length against undue haste In consider ing the question. When the senate opened today Mr. Till man presented a letter from Millard F. Sny der of Clarksburg, W. Va., relating to the discriminations of railroads In that state against Independent coal operators by the Baltimore- A Ohio Railroad company. The letter began by stating that the people of West Virginia had begun to look upon Mr. Tillman as their senator. . The following bills were passed: Granting right-of-way through Fort Keogh military reservation In Montana to the Chicago. Milwaukee & HI. Paul Rail way company. Amending the law relative to the allot ment or lands In tne Flathead Indian reser vation In Montana. Address by Mr. OTermnn. Mr. Overman then addressed the senate on the railroad rate bill, announcing his Intention to support the house bill, with some amendments, "which would strengthen It." ' He expressed aprirchendlon that unless there was some wise legislation the result would be government ownership. Mr. Over man declared that the roads by wMielr ' dis crimination were driving many men out of business. Mr. Overman objected to the use of the words "fairly remunerative" as de scriptive of railroad rates, because it would Involve complications uml misconception. 'Why not," he usked. "adopt 1 the lan guage of the constitution?" Mr. Overman asserted -that the entire railroad system of the country wa con trolled by six eommiastons, and further more, that they were so blended In effect that they were practically one concern. "They are so banded and bound to- tVtUdr'fcy etie;trrthii for oiutvml .ad vantage, as to constitute one gigantic entity," lie added. ' Mr. Overnn spoke an hour.. Mr. Till man made' an effort to get the senate' to fix the time for taking a vote. ' Mr. Kean arose while Mr. Tillman was speaking and the South Carolina senator addressed his remarks to'hlin. The New Jersey senator declared that he had no desire to hinder the fixing of a time for voting, but On the contrary would help to get a day fixed as soon as those who wanted to speak have had an opportunity to do ho. Foraker Unbuilt Amendment. Mr. Foraker then presented his amend ment prohibiting the Issuance by the rail road companies of passes and extending the prohibition to passes for the cars of officials of one railroad over other lines, and he asked Mr. Tillman If he would not accept It Mr. Tillman replied that 'it he had the committee with him hu would accept the amendment, but he thought that it would be better to paas an original bill "which we could send on Its way rejoicing to the other house so as to avoid the melee In which the rate bill la sure to be In volved." After further dlscUHSiou Mr. Tillman sug gested that the amendment go over. Mr. Foraker consented, but added that It was his intention to press it. Mr. Scott called attention to his amend ment compelling railroads ' to make busi ness connections with other lines and aaked Mr. Tillman to accept It. The reply in this case was. similar to that made in the ftist case, Mr. Tillman saying that he would accept it If he could, but that he had no authority to do so. A dlscunelon over this point followed. Mr. Tillman ex preed his disapproval of the pre.ent method of voting on the bill and all amend ments at the same time and said that when a time was fixed for voting on the railroad bill he would ask that the vote begin on the amendments two or three days In order to permit of explanation. Campaign Knnd Amendment. Mr. Culberson asked to have his amend ment prohibiting railroads and other cor porations from making contributions to campaign funds considered und Indicated a desire to ee an immediate vote. - Mr Tillman expresred the opinion that owing to the absence of many senators there should be no vote on any amendment and Mr. Culberson asvented to this decision as fair. Mr. Tillman responded that he would to morrow ark the senate to set a time to vote and that when thar decree was Is sued he would prepare an order of pro ceeding for submlxelnn to the aenute. Mr. Teller referred to the pressure for action, but expressed the opinion that the senate should not be Influenced by public clamor. "On one thing we may be cer tain." he said, "and that is that some rate bill will become a law before the final adjournment of congress." The Colorado senator expressed the opin ion that no senator was opposed to a re view of the decisions of the Interstate Commerce commission by the courts. The difference of opinion referred only to the method of proceeding. He proceeded to the charge that many of the senators were railroad attorneys and added: "I have no doubt that a large number of senators have been railroad attorneys and possibly some of them hare been railroad presidents. Before coming to the senate I was myself an attorney for a railroad and also president of a small road, but sev ered both connections uon entering the senate. 1 have no prejudice against rail roads, bui, on the contrary, acknowledge their Instrumentality in building up the country. I do not Intend that any demand from anybody shall cause me to do any Injustice either to the mads or the ship- iContluued ou Second Page.) PUTER DRAWS A REVOLVER Man Wanted In lrnon for Land Fronds Karaprn After Bring Arretted. ROH TON. March Pi -Stephen A. I. Filter of Ran Francisco, who Is wanted by the Unite ffiate government In the hvnd fraud eases In Oregon., was srrcsted here tonlaht hy United Slates Marshsl W. H. Punis of, Washington, 1. C but after being in custody rtm than half an hour Purer drew it revolver and succeeded In escaping. It is al'eged that the Oregon state authorities want Puter. who was a broked. In connection with the forgeries of school certificates Involving I7o.0li. Mar shal Burns was detailed by the government at Washington t come to Boston and search for Pbter. 11" located him and waited at the . Fenway branch postnfflce, where learned Puter ws In the habit of calling for mail addressed to "John H. Brownell." Puter agreed to accompany Burns to a private room in the postofllce. Burns underrtood that Superintendent Swift o the branch office had gone for the police, but it developed later that Swift did not understand that Burns wanted the assist ance of the police. Supposing that two officers were outside the building the mar shal placed Puter under arrest and took him to the sidewalk. After asking a question or two about 'his removal to Washington the prisoner suddenly drew a revolver and levelling It at the marahall'a head exclaimed : "I'll kill you, Burns, If yo udare to. move." The crowd about the two men was quite dense, but fell away rapidly at the ap pearance of the revolver, but Burns, al though considerably older than his pris oner. Jumped at him and pushed up his hand. Puter struggled and succeeded In pointing the muzzle of the revolver at Burns' breast for a second time. Again the officer closed with his man. but he could not wrench the weapon away. Puter flnaly got free Trom the grasp of the mar shal and gradually backed away with the revolver still pointed at Burps. He sud denly turned and darted down the street, folowed by the officer and many other per sons. The fugitive, however, escaped. MURDERED MAN IDENTIFIED Body Pound In Troak nt Stockton, Cat., la that of 4lhrrt X. McVlenr. SAN FRANCISCO. March ao.-The mys tery connected with the finding of the dead body of Albert N. McVlcar in a trunk at the Southern Pacific station at Stockton on Saturday nfght has practically been solved. The identification of th body yesterday, coupled with the fact that a woman who passed as McVicar's wife, but whose real name is Mrs. Emma. Led out. had left Stock ton shortly after the tragedy, wa followed today by the arrest of the woman at Antl och ln'Contra Costa iounty. .Mr. Ledoux made the following statement; , , We had all been drinking and McVlcar and I were drunk. McVlcar bad tots of money and Joe Miller gave blm carbolic acid. Then I don't know Just what hap pened. Miller and I put the body In the trunk and sent It to th depot. Miller got all the inney und I do not know how much therewaa, but he got It. The local police lewrned Uiut Mra. Ledoux wajislled Itf Td idty in Saturday night by Joseph Healy, a plumber, and he admit ted to them that ho did so In response to a telegram from Mrs. Ledoux. whom he had known for several year, He said: I remained at the lodging house quite late Saturday 'night and went back again Sun day. 1 waa sitting in the ladies' parlor reading when I happened to notice the story of the Stockton murder. 1 told her it was a terrible thing. She was very cool and aald. "It waa." Then 1 did not know It was McVlcar- who had been killed so I asked her what had be come of McVlcar. She said hu had died at Sonora and that McVlcar brother hud shipped the body to Ltonver. She also toid me McVlcar had a 15,000 Insurance policy that had hceii made out to her aa beneficiary. Healy visited police headquarters volun tarily. The police believe his story and find a motlv for the Stockton crime In the ref erence to the insurance policy on McVlcar'a life and the money he was known to possess. Will you Kelp with the ivew Y. W. C. A. building? The Omaha Bee Offer: We will give toward the'Y. W. C. A. building fund 25 per cent of all cash In the aums of $1.00 or more received for new subscripUona to The Omaha Bee morning, evening or Sunday editions and 10 per rent of all prepaid aubHcrlptlona In amounta of $1.00 or more from our old subscriber. Ko payment will be accepted as prepayment until all arrearages have been paid to date. A $6.00 payment on a new subscription yields $1.50 to the Y. W. C. A. fund. If all our subscriber! will prepay their subscription one year the per cent for the Y. W. C. A. WILL AMOUNT TO OVEH $15,000. WILL YOU DO YOUR. PART? Old Subscriber's Coupon Enclosed please find $ to prepay my subscription. It ia understood that 10 per cent of -this pay ment la for the i W. C. A. Uulldlng Name Address New Subscriber's Coupon 1 hereby subscribe to Tha Evening and Sunday Bee at 10 cents a week for weeks and enclose $ in payment of same. It U understood that 25 per cent of this payment ia for the Y. W. C. A. Building Fund. Name Address Start paper LET EVERYBODY HELP BURKETT MAKES A DENIAL Saja Ha Eat Alwaja Favored and Worked for a Judicial Division Bill. MORE TIME FOR LIVE STOCK IN TRANSIT Opening of Shoshone Reservation la Delayed Bill to Be Reported to the Senate to Repeal Timber and Stone Arts. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. March 28. tPpeclnl Tele gram.) Ex-Bcnatnr Dietrich, In. n Inter view recently In Lincoln, said that Senator Burkett had heretofore opposed a bill di viding Nebrnska Into two Judicial districts, and cited Commissioner Warner, formerly of the house Judiciary committee, as au thority for the statement. Regarding this Interview Senator Hu.--ett said today: "I bellrve Senator Dle .ilcn Is too generous In his disposition to want to misrepresent nny one, and there fore I Just supposed It was a Joke or mis take on his part or on the part of the re porter to connect me with opposition to the measure.. "Among the first bills I Introduced when I came to congress waa one to create a new district In Nebraska, and I .have been trying to pass ' one ever since. My first day In congress was December's, 1W, and on December T following I introduced a division bill, and I have been favoring it ever lnce. . "I have appeared before the Judiciary committee and filed data In support of such a bill. The records, I think, will fully ac quit me of the charge of ever opposing the bill." Commissioner Warner, who Is mentioned In Senator Dietrich' Interview as stating that Burkett opposed the bill, was shown the statement ot Senator Dietrich and said: "Burkett never opposed the bill to my knowledge, but on the contrary appeared before the committee and urged that It re port the bill favorably to the house." More Time for Cattle- In Trnnalt. . The house committee on Interstate and foreign commerce today decided to report the bill regarding the number of hours cat tle and sheep may be kept upon trains while In transit to market. The shippers have wanted the time extended so that they might make a train run of thirty-six houin without stopping for feed and water. The existing law compels them to stop at the end of every twenty-eight hours." The com mittee in Its report leaves the question en- 'Irely within the discretion of the secretary )t agriculture to make such regulations as be deems proper for the care of animals In transit. Secretary Wilson, in his testi mony before the ' committee, stated he aid not think thirty-six hours too long a time under favorable conditions, from which It may be concluded that If the bill becomes a law he win make suitable regulations covering the extension asked by the cattle men. Delay la Shoshone Opening;. The Joint resolution extending the time for opening of the Shoshone or Wind Ttlver Indian reservation to white settlement ha passed both houses and become a law. The extension is made purely, because In early JunetUe J-fathetJn,,tbUi soctkm of Wyom ing Is uflsetVled and i of the addTtlonai" rea son that ' two railroad are now building branches to connect with the border of the new white man' country, which will, when completed, greatly facilitate the hand ling of the great number of prospective et tlcrs whom it Is expected will take advant age of the opening of this new country. Repeal Timber and Stone Act. The senate committee on public lands today decided to report a bill repealing tbe twnber and stone act. Under the orig inal timber and stone act it Is alleged that vast area of timbered land have passed to the lumber corporations. At th same time It I conceded the law ha been beneficial In enabling settler to acquire homes. The bill decided upon today pro vides for the disposal of timber at public or private sale after appraisement and (Continued on Third Page.) Fund. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST I Partly Clnndy Tacada) and Wrdnrs oar Temperature nt Omaha elerdet Honr. Irt. . . 4 . . to . . :tn . . 1 H . . an . . :i . . , . .IT Honr. 1 p. m . il t. in . : p. m . 4 p. m . ft p. m . H p. ni , T n. ni . N p. m . ft p. m . Dpi a . m . a. m . 7 a ni . n a. m . n a. m . IO a. m. It a. in . 13 m.. . . : i HI At I : 1 its I J ! CHICAGO SHIPPERS PROTEST Insist St. Irnls Una an Advnntaae In Shlpmenta to the Missouri Blvcr. CHICAGO, March W. (Special Telegram.) Kxecutlve officials of the western rail roads were surprised ynday to receive notice from the Chicago Commercial asso ciation tlnt they were dissatisfied with the ratio of rates between Chicago and Mis souri points as compared with the rates enjoyed by St. Louis. The notice of the Chicago shippers was sent to the executive committee of the Western Trunk Line association and asks for a conference at which the Chicago men may plead their cause. At the same time the organisation has tiled a new schedule of rates ns the basis upon which they wish to argue. This basis reduces the differential which now exists In the local Chicago-Missouri river rate and the St. Irfvuls-Mlesourl river rate to the same basis of differentials which exist in the New York-St. Iouls and the New York-Chicago rate. The executive officials of the western roads will meet tomorrow to consider the Missouri river proposition. W. H. Hosmer, to whom the question was referred for the checking up of the rates to see how widespread the reduc tion, would be. has finished his work. R was learned In the afternoon that the proposition will not carry, even the 8t. Paul having withdrawn Its support Wfter seeing how far-reaching the effect would be. It Is declared that IK.OOO.OOO Is a con servative estimate of what the railroads would lose if the proposed reduction In the rate between the Mississippi river and Missouri liver from 90 cents to 40 cents should be made. IOWA MEN BURN TO DEATH P. S. McOnlre and K. M. Van Horarm Inelnrrnted Along Ith Car load of l.lve Stork. FARGO, N. D., March 26 Two men, eight horses and a cow were roasted to death In a freight car near Gardner station, twenty mile north of here yesterday. The men were en route from their homes In Ayrshire, la., to Williams county. North Dakota, where one of the party, P. 8. Mc Gulre, had bought a farm last fall. Owing to the inclement weather the doors of the car had been kept closed and a light waa obtained from a lantern suspended from the colling of the -car. . In some manner the lantern became un fastened and, falling to the floor, exploded. Instantly the hay on the floor of the, car caitght Brr, B,nd.U car. wa coBVrtcd Into a rearing formic, p' Sv McCluIro aud K. N. Van llurwm were burned to death. Mo Gittre'a son succeeded In fighting his way through tbe flame to the door and escaped, seriously burned. . OMAHA - GIRL WINS HONORS Has a Leading Part lege Piny Give Wellesley. Col. BOSTON. Maa.. March -(Special Tele- gram.)-Miss Oetrude B. White of Omaha had one of the y.adlng part, in the new , -ci o-u-..n hv m-.ii,w college girls thl. evening in the "Barn." under the auspices of -The Barnstormer,." a college dramatic society. Mis. White .u. ...i. .., r.u,.;..,o . air.- hi gulsed a. a butterfly, who breaks the soell ' . ...., i... ... m-.r Prl,,r. 7rr Mi I White elicited much applause for her grace ful dancing. munpTiv-.v M.-eb -mn.,i,l Te.r.m .UMl Anna Johnson, an A. B. ! graduate of the I'nlverslty of South Da kota, 190X: M. 8. of the I'nlverslty of lown, 1H. and A. M., Radcllffe, 1905, has Just been awarded the Alice Freeman Pahuc-r lcuunBiiii , ...... j v ..... . -. . " ' . WINDSTORM IN OKLAHOMA I Three Person Serlonsly Hnrt Many Buildings Damaged In Vlelnlty of Billings. aml 1 the services at the residence. The parlor, ! I'KRRV, Okl., March .-Three p-tsouc j where the Ixidy rested, was literally filled i sustained severe Injuries and thousands ; wifh floral pieces and more i simply r ! of dollars' worth of property wns de- tanged cut flowers. Kcv. Michael 1. Hlritch I stroyed In a tornado that struck the neigh- of the Catholic church read in Latin and j borhood south of Billings, Okl.. late gun- ; English a few brief prayer and BlbllraJ I day night. I quotations. Standing at the foot of the j Mr. and Mr. James Ruell were critic- j canLf-t ho eiioke for a few moment con ; ally hurt aa they lay in bed. The home ; corning Mayor Moores. He said he would (was literally blown to pieces over their j refrain from eulogy atid touch only upou i heads and they were hurled In the rulm. I the spiritual side of his last days. At the I Mrs. Hnm Merryfleld sustained serious In- same time he found words of praise for Juries in a similar manner. The cloud was seen first south of Bill- ings. It split, part of the funnel going toward Bed Bock and the other swooping I down north of C'efes. ' j CANNOT SEE HARRY ORCHARD I tiovernor t.ootllna Kaia a Com- milters Will Be Allowed Talk nllh Prisoner. BOISK, Idaho. March tti. Governor Good ing today received from New York a tele gram lieaiing the slgnnture of John C. CliHse, former mayor of Haverhill. Mass,, and staling that a committee representing a large number of labor unions would l-ar iNew York at once to her the confessions" ,m,c """ "''"ry km iof Hairv Orchard and Bteve Adams, as re- lo ll- he W14" told hi 1 lated to the detectives and prosecuting mil- I '" "our was near, after a little struggl., cere. Oovei nor Gooding has authorised no proposition of this kind and no commit lee will be l-rinttl"d to see Orchard or Adams. FIRE RECORD. More nt Armnnr. nEATKICKk Neb.. March iKpeclsil Telegram.) The general store of Parks A i Bogue at Armour was destroyed by fire j hi. T K . . . . . . . ...1 V . . . ,, , , ,. . .... gasoline lamp exploding while one of I the clerk, wa. in the act of filling It. Is, I5.U. with I3.CO0 Insurance. Indiana High Hcha-ol Bnlldlng. . MAKION lnd.. March I lie high echoed building burned today. Lufs, TB.ui. Lieutenant Moald a Trial. I.KAVENWORTH, Kan. March K-The trial of lieutenant W. H Mould of th Kixhtnent n infantry, rharged with dupli cation of pay vouoiiti, begaa at rurt Leavenworth, today. (JJYS CHIEF AT REST Mayor Frank E. Moores Buried with Oifio Honor at Prospoct Hill. OMAHA REVERENTLY BOWS IN SORROW Ton Thousand People of All Clasaei Pay Their Final Tribute, RICH AND POOR, OLD AND YOUNG AT BIER Body in State at City Hall ii Viewed by Many Thousands, FATHER STfllTCH 7 ADMINISTERS RITES Iftinsrd Baldrlate Prononnrra Eulogy and Inder Weeping Skies Body of Chief r.iecutlt e la Born to the Tomb. " Ten thousand persons of both sexe and all ates and conditions Went to the city hall yesterday afternoon through a heavy downpour, half rnln nnd half snow, driven sharply by a cutting north wind, and passed before the bier of the late mayor, Frank K Moores. It Is not recorded that there ever was In Omaha a more Impressive manifestation of public rtgard than that given to the first chief magistrate of the city to die In office. Merchants, bunkers, politicians, churchmen, housewives, school children, students, beg gars, laborers, old and young, composed the long line that never ceased forming from 1 until S o'clock. The tormbcaten streets outside were crowded with them. At times they stood In masse half a block on either side ol tho city hall. Bceae at the Bier. There was more than one affecting- scene aa the throng tiled past the fhvg.draped casket, one well known liquor dealer paused, made the sign of the crua. dropped to his knees and wild a prayer. Women and men, too, let tears ail on the glaaa between ohclr.eye and the shrunken and pallid countenance pt a man whom moet of them remembered a a magnificent ex amplo of physical manhood, -The lip of old and poorly clad ' wnraetl moved and trembled a they hcsitAtcd' long enough to beseech a divine mercy. ' Hardened ex ampler of worldly lire and venerabU and honored men of affairs followed on an-. ' other with ober mien and downcast ye. School girls, books in arm. and lada steal ing a moment from their work, Vsast gtauoes of compassion on the lifeless form. It wu a most cosmopolitan concourse. Flag at Half.Maat. The flags on the city hall god court . houso, the police and fire sta'Wpns and at every school building fluttered fi halt mast, f The city hall and public library were closed all day and the district courts and county office from 11 o'elock,' Remembering that the late executive, wa a railroad agent for many years all the railway city ticket of fice wer closed from noon until 8 o'clock. Tho saroon keepers discontinued buslrevw . foraaJuiur, x noon. Natrve, born. pdd1fr. and hucksters refialncd froul work all daj,'-' At the Utree flra stai of the funerjr proce Rnd Harruy streets, At the three, lira stations along til rout-i rocesslon. at Eighteenth Sixteenth' and laard and Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets, the companies stood at attention when tho hearse passed, hnd the door of the houses were thrown open and the apparatus ex posed. , Civic and Military Honors. tl le funeral began shortly after li o'clock and lasted during th afternoon. "J"! be'"'f Bl P-pect Hill. Civic and 1,Ur' "T'V "!By0r- H,s rrd ' ihei his career ' Pul,llc cffloor botl vera properly rec- " A the residence. 17 South Eight- e1) , r""0"' ceremony wa. held, At th c hall, where for the first time Btte runeral took place, a eulogy was i Ponced by Howard II. Baldrige and the civic ana semi- military charucter. At the grave a fare well salute waa fired by a squad from I Company I. Second Nebraska National UHrd' 8nd "P" by the bugler. Marked hy Simplicity. Throughout, the final honor to the dead were characterized by simple dignity. No band of music wa In the cortege In ac cord with the wliiliea of th family. Mr. Baldrige was only a short time In (peak ing and otherwise during the two hours the body remained til the city hall ro- 1 tunda there wu no other sign or sound j than the swiftly moving line of people. Relatives, close friends, old acqaalntanc.es and city officials formed those present at ' the character, manhood and personality 1 of the departed, "It Is a sens of peraonal loss that Is j weighing your hearts," aald the priest, , "When we reoall that the citizens of , Omaha had chosen hlni as their chief mag- "te three successive time, when a I recall the energy and vigor with which ho pel formed his duties his cheerfulness nnd optimism, it is not strange lhat w feci this lots. Dies Brne and at Pence. "I urn able to give you a most consoling and gailHfactury account of the major s spiritual life during his last day. He had a long and hard struggle and h bote ' It manfully and courageously aa he waa 1 accustomed to -bearing all thlnga in life. I wml ""-'""'u iu-ai sin ruerenuy me supreme win or una. ne surrendered to his God as every ressoua ble man must do. When he had- turned from his many earthly cares he recognised intensely his relation to God. lb was perfectly willing to obey Ills will. With wonderful tenderness In his olce he spoke 1 of his wife as having been an angel to Mm. I We discussed the church and It services and It was nut long before the mayor I preached to me more eloquently than I . ' c'jld "I " ' '- ; """ lat, ",u 'r. that I... j wameu iu uu me win ui uwi ana ds per fectly resigned to all God desired. I can give the assurance that his soul was pie lred for the other life.'' A quartet composed of Mi. Thomas J. Kelly, Mtsa Anne Bishop, Mr. Ellis and Mr. Jesscn saug the word of "Jesua Lover of My Soul' to the tun of the "Bpanlah t'UaCt ' of jiuKOSilaD utaja.