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Daily Bee. NEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE (iround Floor Corner The Bee Buildlflf . I7ik and Faraani No filthy Sent-atlon THE OMAHA DEC Best A". West ESTABLISHED JUNK 10, 1871. OMAHA, FKIDAY MOKXIXO. . MARCH ;;, ikh;-tex pahes. SIXULE COPY TIIKEE CENTS. The Omaha w RATE TALK IN SENATE Clay, Carmack and Newlandi Discuss the Hewlaoda Measure, ALL THREE WILL SUPPORT THE BILL 1 Mr. Clay Would Limit the Proposed Court Beyicw feature. MR. ELKINS- STATES HIS POSITION ,1,. Ho Sayi Ha is a Better Friend of the B Than Mr. Dolhrer. ARMY MEDICAL BILL IS PASSED ft rrotlrfes for neplaelaar the Con- Iraet liriirc with Officer In- rrtaar enae f ik.iti WASHINGTON yJv-The senito today listen ned to pc j , the railroad Meuri. Clay, "t. V, and Now- l .1 .......! ...A - Kill mtc bill by land, and then debated t v , . . . which provides for the ft ': lon of tho medical department of , y ' nut hoi izjrifr the appointment o -iicfru lo take the place of contract surgeons. All tha senators who spoke on the rate bill, Indicated an Intention to support it, but Mr. Clay expressed the hope that it wculd be so amended aa to afford a lim ited court review of order of the Inte state Commerce commission. Mr. Hale c riticised the military medical bill as show Ing a tendency to Increaae. tho army, which be raid, was not desirable In a time of altlrmra Fnror Hepbarn Bill. When the senate met today, Mr. Culber don presented and had tha clerk read a .memorial from the cattle ralaera aasocia tlon of Texas, urging the passage of tin mllrond rate bill, aa it came from I tha house. The aenate agreed to adjourn from today until Monday. The folio wins bills were passed: Amending; the law requiring- lights on rafts ao aa to make it apply to rafta .n tow. Autlmrizing the erection of three life-sav ing stations on the coast of Washington between Cape Flattery and Gray's hurbor. Mr. Lodge presented the conference re--. port on the conaular reorganisation bill and It waa agreed to without discussion During the rate hill dlacuaaion Mr. Klkina rained the question aa to whether the bill confer authority to paaa on rates between communities and aald that Mr, Dolllver had taken the position that It doei not confer this authority. He, like Mr. Aldrich, asserted that the friends of th bill do not agree In Ita interpretation. Mr. Elklns declared that ha was the beat friend the bill has and that his only reason for desiring to have the bill amended is to make it strung. He declared that he Is evon a better friend of the measure than either Mr. Dolllver, Mr. Nelson or Mr. Tillman.. " Would Limit Hfvlew t'eatnrav . Mr. Clay took the position that congress La.l tliw lxi W IX "a atundord ot rales Hiving just compensation; that the carrier Mid the shipper should have authority to go Into the court and determine the ques tion of Just compensation; the authority to issue injunctions should be hedged about by all . proper restrictions and that car rlers should be confined to their own bust' neas. Referring to the lack of agreement on the pending; bill, Mr. Carmack declared that It la better than It would be after amendment. He did not consider a court review provis ion essential. Mr. Newlands took Issue with some of the statements made yesterday by Mr. Knox on the subject of appeal to the courts, declaring that there was nothing in the bill either to prevent such an appeul or to limit the powers of the court In the matter of injunction. He felt dlxnosed to ! exercise great caution In the matter of re view. . Arwr Medical Bill Passed. "When Mr, Newlands concluded, the hill providing for the reorganisation of the med ical deportment ot the army waa taken up and Mr, Hale again voiced his opposition to the measure. He repeated his argument Mralnet the present Increase of the army. Th army man and the navy man go on tho Iheury that the government is run for their benefit, be said, ''but do not believe that the people generally want the army aug mented in time of peace. Discussing the navy, he suld Jie would pit It against any navy In the world except Orcst Britain's, and that It would be fol'.y to try to equal the naval establishment of that Insular power. lie believed that with the vessel now authorised completed our navy would be superior to the French' nary and the second in the world. 1 Returning to- the army, Mr. Hale ex pressed his satisfaction with the present contracl surgeon system. Mr. Lodge did not consider the contract surgeon system a good one because It re filled in securing the service of only In experienced young physicians or of old ones who have failed In their profession, lie therefore advocated the puvsnge of the bill, saying that the maximum Increase In pay Involved in the passage of the bill was .ftiO a year. The bill passed by a vote of 43 to 5. At l lj p. m. the senate went Into execu tive session and at 4:40 adjourned until Monday. I.EI.IM, ATIVK BILL l THE IIOl SE Twenty Thonaand Hollars Avaroprl- j oted for Pnbllo Domain. WASHINGTON. March 29.-Today was i kiihi- illl; r . k tllA ImilgM rnillllilir ttl hi-a. re. having been mad. on the legislative. executive and judicial bills. The commit- tee on appropriations surTered a defeat in th. committee of the ahole by a vol. It to I'l expunging a paragraph from the bill which was allcKrd to be properly a I pai-t of the poeiumre a ppropriatlun bill. An Increase of H( over the appropria tion carried by the bill was vtted for run- fldentlal agents of the Interior department to aid In the ferreting of l-ind frauds. When the house m.-t tollay Mr. Adams U'a.) led up the conference report on the consular rrform bill und after a brief -xplan.itlon it was adopted. The speak.r laid before the house the blil iprnlnf u section of llie Klona and Co nanche country, which was irturned bv :he president at tlie request of the senate ind house. By unanimous concnt Jho following bills a ere passed : Providing for commutation for good eon luet for I'niled Htatea prlMonein. Permitting, the CI, hag, .. Milwaukee Sr St. Faul iaily in ritruct bridges serosa rhe iVIuinhia river ttien lhuKaa nnd Klitllaa t-oiiiiii. a. WaKliingiuif: ai-msi the roluml.ia r.'er between Franklin and Ben ton ouutlo, Wellington and nmu Snake CkQed on ak-cond. Page) FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING Reports Rrrrlrrit from Most Mare Indicate an Improve ment. CF.DAR RAPIDS, la.. March !!. (Spe cial Telegram.) t.'ednr river began rising here this morning and at 9 o'clock tonight had ilsrn six feet, thn water now being cloven feet alsive the normal stage, l.ow portions of the city arc flooded. Many fam ilies have been compelled to move from their homes and some factories along the river will be rompelled to shut down for a day or two on account of water In the en gine rooms. The nock Island can run no train between Vinton nnd Waterloo owing to a portion of a bridge below here being washed out. and some of It track Is und r two feet of water. It i not probable the water will rise much higher a report from the north are to the effect that It Is reced ing there. Damage here will not be large. WATKRI.OO. la,. March 29 The water of the Cedar river are receding rapidly and tho time of the people who were affected by the flood Is lelng devoted to restoring- thing to order. From the lowland south of the city report comes from farmers that stock waa washed away and much damage done to building. West field is now showing above the water, but the mud and slime cover everything. Work 1 being pushed by the street car company to re build It track to Cedar Folia and the Rock Island nnd the Illinois Central rail roads nre repairing the washout at 'Water loo and Cedar Falls. WEBSTER CITY. la.. March 10. The big bridge over the Dee Moines river, one of the principal bridges In this city, was swept away by the flood today. CHEYENNE. Wyo., March 21. Continued warm weather following n heavy snowfall hna caused unprecedented freshet In all parts of Wyoming. Many nriogr navo been destroyed and Irrigation will be affected in many Quarter by the wushinit out of irrigation dams. The pipe line sup plying the city of Rock Springs, a big coal camp on the t'nlon Pac-lfr railroad, has been partly washed out and the town I depending upon water trains which the railroad has established. CASPER, Wyo., March 19. The flood In the North Platte river Is subsiding today and all danger Is now believed to be past. Oreat damage was done all along the val ley of the Platte to ranches, farm prop erty and especially In the lowlands, which were covered' with water. WASHINGTON, March lit Director Wol cott of the geological survey today stated that the dispatch lust night from Casper, Wyo.. alleging that the great dam at Al cova and the ateel bridge across the North Platte river had been carried away by o flood on the 27th inst., was erroneous. "In the first place," he said, "the govern ment has' not constructed a dam In the North Platte river. A contract, however, has been let for thl work and the pon. tractor erected a temporary embankment to divert the stream from Its channel to lay the foundations for the Pathfinder dam. This structure was swept away by a flood, but aside from delnylug1 the work! no serious damage resulted.". YANKTON.. S. D March ai.-i Special.! In the Missouri river the ice suddenly broke up at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon and commenced to pile up In big snowdrift-like formations, forming a curious sight nut seen here- in muny years and drawing1 lurfco crowds to the river bank. It la expected Monday, at the latest, will see the resump tion of traffic across the river here. The 1'nlted States mail has not crossed since early In the month, the longest" period of Interruption between the two shores at this point that can be recalled. ST. LOUIS, March 'JO. The Mississippi river tonight registered 24.3 feet on the gov- jernment guage here, less than six feet be low the danger line, and la still rising at the rate of about one foot In twenty-four Hours. The danger line was reached at points near Hannibal, Mo., today. STRIKE RIOTS IN WINNIPEG fteenes of lolenre FhIIutt IValkont of the Htreet Railway Knaployea. WINNIPEG, . Man.. March a.-After a mass meeting lasting- nearly all night con ductors and metormen In the employ of the street railway company went on a strike for higher wages this mornU'g. Scenes of violence never before witnessed on the street of Winnipeg followed at tempt to run the cars. A howling mob of sympathisers gathered and showered bricks, stones and mud on every car. Drivers of drays took keen delight in blocking traffic by driving on thn tracks. Wires were cut and switches opened, and finally the at tempt to run cars was abandoned. Muny fights occurred between strikers and strike breakers and the city police were busy making atresia of disturbers. Mayor Sharpe iued a proclamation ask ing the co-operation of all cltliens (n maln talnlg norder and stating that the law In regard to disorder and disturbances would be rigidly enforced. A large force of spe cial police has been sworn In. The Royal Canadian mounted rifles will be called out if further violence occur. Further attempts will be made to run cars tomorrow. GREATES CATCH OF SEALS Trodnet of the Season' Flahlna Will Reach Fonr Hnndred Thou sand Hklna. BT, JOHNS. N. March V9.-The sealing steamer Diana with '.'t.omi seslsktns In Its .hold and the Vanguard with liOt-O arrived ! hpre tonight. Both steamers report that the I , le.miimnn ruip- vi i..- --..., .... i ,tlnulng the large catches heretofore - ' nouneed. conservative estimates placing the t,tt,,ihr ft Ki,alt llrAav taken at 3V) llt.1- ' " i a . . , m . . m a. f . , ta W1.,v.d , 4,ft mavk w, huvt. ei, passed before ,e fl8hlng season end, i utlHr Iiult of Kptll ' P Rearlrldrs to Be Retired. Mr.ljiiii.Ai nr.. orvia, aiarrn Z-.'. r'ie lead- era i.f the reafcitlea will ahortlr he r,l,epl .. in. ,.i,H it.. ih ,v..-i-. i.. r... ,. ..,.n.nii,,.. ,.r .iii.,.,,.i.. ...I.,.. . with Great Britain. The most prominent ; will tie debarred from wearing the army j ' uniform. Aa a sop to the real ides some. thirty of their most active opponents will also be retired. En land Keep Shake pen re Works LONIXJN, March -Lord 8trtlie.na and ! Mount Royal haa come to the Assistance of the Bodleian library with a donation ot l.'..Vl to complete the sum which was neces sary to f ecu re tha first folio of the works of Shakespeare, for which an American col lector offered. 115 CW. Old t'aatle to Be Rebuilt. COPENHAGEN, Denmark. March ;. The lower house of Parliament today passed a bill providing for tlie rebuilding of the historic castle of CUrUllaulKirg, whkh was butued ia Ufa MURDER MYSTERY DEEPENS Six Meu Who Were in Minneapolis Cbarnel House Arrested ia Duluth. BUT LITTLE EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM Their Lender Tells ft 9tralht ory and Police Bellete the Men Ie. mined Klin XothlaaT of the Crime. DCLITII. Minn., March W Instead of clearing tlic mystery of the murder of Fix Mulgartans in a Minneapolis dwelling the arrest In this city today of ten, persons on suspicion has only deepened the mystery. It waa believed that those now in custody here were In some way connected with the crime. This suspicion was confirmed In a way riming the latter developments of the I'.-iae tnnlirht when it fnl learned tiv the Kpolice that six hunting knives were sold by the Kelly Hardware company of this city to foreig-ner one day last week. An employe of the company left tonight for Minneapolis for the purpose of Identifying the hunting knives found In the house where the crime was committed. This waa regarded by the Duluth police as one of the most Important clues yet discovered and much will depend on the result, as It is known and admitted by Bokuloff, tho spokesman of the suspects, that he and several of his countrymen passed through tho city last week on their way from Al born, where they had been employed dur ing the winter, for Minneapolis. lto Attempt to Kvade Police. The chief of Klicc says the suspects in no way attempted to evade the police and Bokuloff promptly picked out the men why. came from Minneapolis with him on Mon day. Bokuloff says he left the Alorn camp Tuesday or last week for Minne apolis. When he arrived, he says, the six victims were in tho house that proved their tomb. They were with him at Al born, but lie declares he left that station two days ahead of the remaining members of the party and never saw them again until he met them In Minneapolis. For three days, then, sixteen of the Bulgarians, Including the victims, were together in the house where the crime was committed. He says that the reason the victims re mained behind when the rest of the party went north was that they were assigned to lighter railroad section work at Salem. N. D., and Intended going to that city at once. Petres Btaja, one of the suspects and a cousin of one of the murdered men. left for Minneapolis tonight, where he will attempt to aid the police by identifying the victims by name, and with such other in formation as will serve to throw light on their movements from the time they left Alborn up to the lust moment he saw them alive. l"p to the disrovery of the clue which Indicated that the hunting knives were purchased in this city last week at about the time a large party of foreigners were passing, through this city the police were inclined to the theory that none of the prisoners had anything to do wHIi the crime. The latest clue, however, plunges the affair in deeper mystery. One Man Talks. Sckuloff says when the party entered the Minneapolis house It numljered st.vtncn, ancj. ten or these came to.Jjulutn, leaving six there. Of the six four were brothers of the name Dlmltrl. The lm:reaaioti that the Diiuttrls wore father and sons Is wrong. The Dlmltrl went to the train Monday and were then alive' and well, and Sckuloff nays there was the best of feeding 111 the house. The ten who cume to Duluth were on their way to work In the mines. The party, before going to Minneapolis, had been at Alberln station and numbered more than sixteen, but the others remained in Duluth, preparatory to going out on section work. Sckuloff expressed surprise at hearing of the murder, but when asked for a theory shrugged his shoulders, threw his hands up and said he. did not know. The effects of a religious nature found in the house, he says, are piayei books and other things of the Bulgarian church, of which they are members, und which they always carry with them. Crime ('arefally Planned. MINNEAPOLIS, March L-9.-It Is nqw well established that the killing or the six Bulgarians was carefully planned. Tho killing was done by long knives ot tho Bowie pattern, four of the weapons be ing found about the premises. All were of the same make and ail were new, Indicating that they had been probably, purchased at the same place and time. GAS WELL UNDER CONTROL Great .atnral Gaa Gaaher at t'aney. KanJ Kxtlnornlsbed After Ml Weeks' Fight. IXDEPENDENUE, Kan., ,tarch iS.-The Kansas Natural Gas company's big. gas well below Caney, which was struck by lightning February 23, was successfully extinguished today. The second hood which was a failure two weeks ago was placed over the well this afternoon. The ground had been made wet and soft around the well so that the hood sank deep Into It. Previously the six-inch casing which had caused the horizontal j tongues of fire had been dropped Into the hole, and the only fire now waa through the vent pipe in the top of the hood. Over 100 yards of canvas waa sewed Into big blanket, and first a layer of canvas und then a layer of gumbo waa built around the hood until there wi inm j ()f cartll tanked up. Then the hood was i anc hored with l)Lir chains. Steam r(n . Wfre connrct,d to the vent to prevent i the aflmes front rushing down Into the hood , wllu ,,. vaIv waJ sl)u, s )n y.r(,, . I . , . : mm. nen a nig spool was attached In 1 ' " ,ven ,,,,, .Zu " .v. " en ",n,u mn ,ook ln "' "'s wh "d r"n' lv luickly. oim me arfHi nre was oui. 1 lie great ' difficulty now will be to bu'ld n derrick i over the well, fish out the dropped tubina ! retuhe and shut in the well. Aftr , ' nr P"t out ih gas was turned I liaise and Is r.ow blowing into the air out of the top of the hood. SCHOLARSHIP TO OMAHA GIRL Mlsa Mar sowers of Omaha Wins Distinction at W ellsley t ollrae. WtM.KBl.KV, Mass.. March JJ -t Special Telegram. Among the scholarship awaids announced today at Wellealey college us "WellealV-y' college scholarship" to Mlsa May Burners of Omaha In the junior class, who, with two St. Ixiuls girls, was the only oue from the. middle west to receive such honors. Three honors are awarded in ad vance of other aohdemic distinction for the year; and the standard U ttbaoiu ate, not competitive FASTEST BATTLESHIP IN NAVY V . .ten Jersey Maintains a . eed nf 10. IS Knots Hoar Daring Ita Trie I Trip. ; . ( TH.IRTON. March '.'. The performance to day of the battleship New Jersey In main-. tnlnlng a speed of 19 IS knot an hour In four-hour endurance run off the New England coast, coupled with It remark ablo f.-peet yesterday over a measured milii at Rockland. Me., at ' a 19. knot in hour gait, placea this product of the Fore River fhlp Building company at tho head of all American built battleships, so far as speed Is concerned. It was ascertained! jesteMuy oh Its standardisation trial off Rockland that an average revolution- of it propeller of 125.53 per minute is sufficient to drive the IS.Ono-ton bottlesldp through the water at the contract speed of 19 knots an hour. Today the average revolutions per minute reached lDfi.iiiT. and from these figures the trial board announced that It had mnde an average nf 1D.18 knot an hour. compared with 19.ni made by the Rhode Island and 1,9 by the Virginia, sister ships, at their trials a few month am. At one time today the New Jersey's speed reached i!i.27 knots an hour for n period of fifteen minutes, while the lowest for a similar period waa 1.X). The weather condition were favorable. Shortly after the conclusion of the run the minor tests of turning, stopping and full speed astern were held and pronounced by the trial board to be successful. CLOSE ' VOTE IN ARKANSAS Governor Dnvla and Senator Berry Each Claim domination for 1'nlted States Senator. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. March .-Incomplete rcturna from a majority of the seventy-five counties In the democratic. state primary yesterday sImiw a lead of 2.0U0 for Senator James H. Rerry over Governor Jefferson Davis in the contest for the t'nlted gtatea scnaturshlp. Additional re turn are awaited with great Interest, as both side are claiming a victory. Heavy rains continued throughout the state to day and retarded the collection of returns In the country precincts. It appears that the final figures In the race for the sena torial nomination will show e, narrow mar gin for the winner. The nomination of the following state ticket Is assured: Governor, John 8.' Little; secretary of atate, O. D. Ludwig: attorney general, O. X. Plndall; state auditor, A: E. Moore; state treasurer, J. L. Yates; stste super intendent of public Instruction, J. J. Doaue; land commissioner, L. L. Coffman: agricul tural commissioner, Guy P. Tucker; su preme Judge, close between W. I Moose and J. El Reddick. ' The nominations In the congressional dis trust follow: First, R. B. Macon; Second. 8. Rrun dldge, jr.; Third. J. C. Floyd; Fourth, close between W. B, Cravens and L. A. Hyrne; Fifth. C. C. Reld: Sixth, J. T. Robinson; Seventh. R. M. Wallace. SALT LAKE ' ROAD TIED UP Between Twenty nnd Thirty Milea"of Roed Badly Damnated by ritd. LOS ANGELES. v'Ol.. March 29. With the exception of the Salt Lake road, the railroad situation In southern California Is practically normal again.- It was given out from the - office of Second Vlue Presi dent Clark of the Salt Lake road that no train would be operated through be tween Salt Lake and Los Angeles within ten days and probably iiot for two weeks. Between twenty and thirty miles of track I budly damaged. Trains from this end are being operated as far ns Las Vegas and from the Salt Lake end as far us Callente. There was a wreck on the Cuesta grade near Sau Luis Obispo, on the Southern Pacific, this morning. Three coaches of train No. 10 were thrown from the track when the engine ran into a washout. The train was running slowly down the moun tain and only a few passengers were bruised. " Will you Kelp with the new Y. W. C. A. building? The Omaha Bee Offer: We vlll give toward the Y. W. C. A. building fund 2& per cent ot all cash In the auma ot 1.00 or more received for new aubscriptlona to The Omaha Bee morning, evening or Sunday editions and 10 per cent of all prepaid subscriptions in amounts of $1.00 or more from our old subscribers. No payment will be accepted aa prepayment until all arrearagea 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 ur subscribers will prepay heir subscription ie year the per cent for the Y. W. C. A. WILL AMOUNT TO OVER. $15,C00. WILL YOU DO YOUR. PART? Old Subscriber's Coupon Enclosed please And $. to prepay my subscription. It U understood that 10 per cent of thia pay ment la for the Y. W. C. A. Building Fund. T as Name ....... Address New Subscriber's Coupon 1 hereby subscribe to The Evening and Sunday Bee at 10 cents a week for weeks and enclose $. in payment of same. It ia understood that 25 per cent of this payment is for the Y. YV. C. A. Building Fund. Name Address Btart paper , LET EVERYBODY HELP POSTOFFICE FIGHT ENDED j I Wealej J. Cook Eaa Been Named to Succeed Himself in the Blair Office. SENATORS BRING PRESSURE ON OFflClALS Intimation t ook Most Me Reappointed or the Xomlnee Woald dot Be nedy nakm Statement. (From a Staff. Cvrrerpor.d'nt.) WASHINGTON. March i.-(Special Tclr. gram.) The Blair pnstoffiee fight has been flmilly determined by the Postoffice depart ment through the reappointment of Wesley J. Cook. While the records In this case may never be made, public. It can with truth be nald that the Nebraska senators put themselves on record In behalf of Wes ley J. Cook by Indicating that they saw no reason why he should not be reap pointed. Thl case ha been pending since December 2". nnd probnbly nfty letter are on file In behalf of Wesley J. Cook reap pointment and In opposition thereto. While It may he denied that intimations were made to the Postoffice department that no one would be confirmed In the senate unless it was Wesley J. Cook, your correspondent has It from authentic sources that such Intimations were made. Senator Millard. In sneaking of the re nomination of Wesley J. Cook, said he wn glad that the matter wan out of the way and would probably remove many heart burning. Mr. Kennedy. In speaking of the ap pointment ot Wesley J. Cook, said: "The Postoffice department has reappointed Wes ley J. Cook postmaster at Blair absoltitely and entirely on Its own responsibility. I have had nothing whatever to do with the appointment. Congressmen were advised that presidential postmaster Who had con ducted their offices In a manner satisfac tory to the department would be recom mended for reappointment unless reasons were presented showing conclusively that such action would not be for the best In terest of tho service, and In case where the records of postmasters were riot sat isfactory the department's advisers would be requested to recommend new appoint ments. This established the merit or civil service rule, with the operation of which I have not Interfered. It was adopted under the direction of the president and has hi approval. Tho appointment of postmaster belong to the executive department of the overnment and not to the legislative Vanch. The right of congressmen to name Mie postn-.nsters has never been more than a courtesy. T'nder the present rule the executive department exercises Its un doubted right to reappoint Incumbent post masters without recommendation, if their records are satisfactory, and to that, extent such appointments are withdrawn from congreaalonal control. Ont of Kennedy's Hands. "With reference to the Blair postoffice, I advised that the last Inspection nf the office disclosed tlie service to he rood and that the Incumbent postmaster would be reappointed unless some good reasons were shown-, to the contrary. I had no such reason ta show. I have heretofore stated, and I repeat now. that during' the existence' of the present rule I will neither recom mend the reappointment of an Incumbent postmaster nor will I show- cause ugalnrt his reappointment, no matter how objec tionable he may be to me. The department will have- to live up to the rule so far ai I am concerned. I advised the department that I stood ready to make a recommenda tion whenever the department was ready to consider it. Evidently that time never came. . . "Senators are responsible for their own actions and can answer for themselves. The department is obliged to consider their views In relation to presidential appoint ments only so far a the question of con firmation is concerned. To that extent they exercise an Influence on nominations, whereas In the reappointment of -an In- (Continued on Second Page.) Nebraska weather forecast Fair Friday and ntarrfn. Temnerntnre nt Omnhn Vraterdati linar. S a, m . H n. m. 7 a. m. n. m . It n . ni . to n. m. II a. ni . 13 m.. . . Ileac. . . JIT ,-. .IA . . n.l . . : , . nit . . i . . 4:t . . II Hoar. I t. Ie. IH 4)1 ni . ni . 41 4-4 4T ' in . HI I 4 i j ,a , RAILROAD COMMISSION IN OHIO I Srnnte Tnasen lloose Bill Creatine; Trlhnnnl to llessnlnte Trans portation Companies. COH MnrS. O., March 19.-Tho senate till afternoon, by unanimous vole, passed the house bill Introduced by Mr. Wert rreatlng a slate railroad commission ami piovlillng for the regulation of friight rate. The bill was amended In some Important particulars, but the author will make no objection and the concurrence of the lioue In the amendment is expected. The most Important amendment was the Insertion of an anti-pass provision. This prohibits any state or public officer from accepting free transportation under penalty of forfeiture of office nnd a fine of to ll.tKHV The bill waa also amended to exclude sleeping ears from Its provisions, except Incofsr ns the rates made by such 'companies apply solely to travel within the state. The time when the law shall ijo Into effect was also extended from thirty to sixty days from .Its passage. The bill provides Tor a com mission of three members, whose salaries shall be tr,ono a year each. PACKING HOUSE TRIAL SET Jnda-e Humphrey Will Call Case Aatnlnat Corporations for Trial In September. CHICAGO. March -29. -Judge Humphrey today set tho trial of the packing corpora tions which were denied Immunity at the hearing ended last week for the second Monday In September. Early In the day a conference was held btrtwecn Judge Humphrey, District At torney Morrison and Attorney Miller, rep resenting the packers, regarding the dale of -the trial of the corporations. The dis trict attorney asked that the trial lie Im mediate and the judge and Mr. Miller fa vored a date In September. The confer ence was adjourned without action to per mit the district attorney to consult the authorities In Washington. loiter, when the conference was resumed. District At torney Morrison offered a formal motion asking for a trial on the immunity pleas. It was denied, a was a similar motion made by Mr. Miller relative to the corpor ations. The court then set the date for the trial. RUSSIANS STRIKE ON COAST Revolutionary Men of San rraarlwo Honortaar Srhmldt. Refose to Attend Cnoreh. ' i - BAN FRANCISCO, March 29.-RccauiO 1 Rev. Theodore Pashkovsky. priest Of the Russian Orthodox church In this city, h:i refused to offer up prayers for the repose of the soul of Lieutenant Schmidt, leader ojV the Knlas Potemklne mutiny and to hold a memorial service in honor of that officer, . Russian revolutionist!! In Father PuHhkovsky's congregation have boycotted hi church and written . to the priest threatening lettera. These letters state that unless the priest accedes to the demands for a service In nuiur yJ i .v - - from the relltflous body. Father Pash kovsky declares that he will not under any circumstances pray for the man th:it armed himself against the csar. MANY . IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE Reoord for Single Day la Broken at Kill laland, Ncyv ' York. NEW YORK March 29. Over lt,w0 eml grants arrived In tho horbor of New York today on board even steamship from Eu- ropean ports. This number Is the record ' for a single day which has been made thus j far during the annual spring inrush of eml. ; grntlon. Rills island, where those emigrants uie examined and either rejecter or admitted to the United States, can cure for less than half of today's arrivals. Its limit being 6.00) dally. Thoae who cannot bo landed today will be kept in the harbor on their steam er until later in the Week. These emi grants include tha following nationalities: F.nglinh, Irish. Germans, Swedes. Hunga rians. Itallnirs, Portugese and Russians. WOMAN'S DEATH INVESTIGATED One Man M anted In Connection with Affair May Have Shot X Himself. LOS ANGKLF.S. Cal.. March 3. Detec tives have been detailed to investlgitn the cause of the death of Mrs. J. J. Flynn of Belleville, Ont., who came to Los An geleg recently with her litiHband. said to be a Red Crosi nurse, who disappeared shortly after her death. Incidentally, thn detective sre searching for FJynn. In an Indirect way the name has beau linked will, that of an unidentified man dying at the county hospital of a sell'- I i-i.....i -.1-. .i .i ,kii, u - j ... I ai r.ai l-sice para, i ne wuuiu-ne jieiie a lVo I ..1,. e-ls 1 lm u'iiii hl.ha m.i,.l I,. destroyed everything on his pt-raon thst ' might old Identification. In a general way I his description, tallies with Unit of Flynn. INSURANCE BILLJ0 GOVERNOR RolH llonaea of let York l.enlaln tore Have Y oted lo Post- none Kleetluna. f ALBANY, N. Y.. MaiCh IS. The. assem bly today pussed the insurance bill m.. polling until NoM-iiiber M next tlie annual el 4.-1 tun of director atid trustee tf Iho New York Ufe, Mutual l.tfo of New York. Mutual Ii-srrve of New York and Security Mutual of ilii.ghamton, terminating on'tliut dale Uie terms of office of nil present di rectors and trustees of these nnd prescrib ing that ut the i lection when hold no proxy shall Ih- valid If executed prior to Septemlx-r Ij. The .Mil passed tlie senate p-ih-nlaj-. It now goes lo ihe guveii.or. Onirlal Trial of I ralaer. CAMDKN. N. J . March Ui.-The i-rul r Washington left the Hid of Ihe New J-r-aey t-Mitptiuildlug cuinitniiy in riuuiti Con den thi afternoon fur lis orhcixl trl.l lr:u. ! The vesK.-l will tlrsi be t.iki n to .Wwivir' News ami placed in I In go eriinient il' y dock, and from 4l'er.- will pr.x-c-d to Maine. The trial will take place over tin Rockland course. 'I he aeiiingiuu la of liite aaujt t)e lliu 'i'Liiut-aac. MINERS WILL STRIKE Half Million Coal Tieccn Will Suspend Work Saturday Eveninc. JOINT CONFERENCE FAILS TO AGREE Miners' Proposition for Two-Year Oontraot is Rejected, I FEW OPERATORS OFFER TO ACCEPT IT Meeting Today Will Determine Whetho Their Miners Will Continue Work. ANTHRACITE MEN WILL ALSO GO OUT District Officials Order Work Sua Jie'nded and Ask Operators to ,.M-et 1 hem, Tnesday Morn lnu In Sen York. INDIANAPOLIS. March ?.-Thc Joint meetliiKs of the bituminous coal operators and miners of the central Competitive dis trict, composed of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and of the south western district, composed of Missouri, Kansas, Texas. Arkansas. Oklahoma und Indian Territory, reached a 'llnal disagree ment today on the wage scale to go Into . effect at the expiration of the present scale on April 1, and the conference of tho cen tral district adjourned rlne dl, while tho Joint scale committee of lite southwestern district decided to report u disagreement lo the Joint conference of that district tomorrow.- It is expected that this conference will at once ndjourn sine din without mi agreement. The action of the two confer ences will directly cause the suspension from work after Saturday of iTK.nm miners unless something unforeseen, like submis sion of the differences to arbitration, should Intervene; and Indirectly will affect SoK.noi more tnlners not Including- It effect on 1S, ooo miners In the anthracite field, who to night were ordered to suspend work Mon day. Miners Meet Today. ' A national convention of the miners v.ill be held tomorrow to decide whether miner will lie allowed to sign the advance scale demanded by them and today refused 1y all the operators with a fow exceptions, und go to work where the. advance Is offered. Operators employing .W miners In the central competitive Held have openly of fered to pay the advance during the Joint Conference sessions. The wage scales of all miners, both anthracite and bituminous, will expire Saturday, except those in Ten nessee and Alabama, where the scale will expire in September. A national ofllclal of. the I'tilt.-d Mine Workers said tonight: "U" is a foregone conclusion t. wm ....- ers whose m ales expire Saturday will cense work until -officially notified by tho national and district official that contract nrrango ments have been made governing their scales." The bituminous miners affected dlreclly and Indirectly by the disruption of tho con ferences number 3M.500. distributed as fol- lows: Pennsylvania, .100,00"; .Maryland. ,.... . iiu,l .. flf.mil.. Vlralnl. 15.(00: O.VWi urri . ..., . Ohio. 4M.00O; indluiiH. IB.000: Illinois. M.ftOO; Iowa, 14.0H): Michigan,- t.m; Kentucky, 4.000. and the southwestern states, 40,'Xsi. Of these 120.01)0 are unorganised. Situation In Other States. All districts hove In the past based their settlements on the result In the central c.innelltive Held. The situation ccaiincuin . n .u In tho r '"yn awaited the action of the central field iK-fore set tling Its settlement has been postponed awaiting the action tuker. today. The Michigan district la usually gov erned bv the central field's action snd has awaited' the result of this meeting. The West Virginia state convention is in aeHslon awaiting the result of this con- The Kentucky Operators' association has representatives endeavoring to get Mr. Mitchell's consent to hold their Joint con vention with a view to negotiate) a settle ment without any r Terence as to basis. The consent hud not been given this eV'e'ritriil Pennsylvania is governed lurgely bv the central district an .lorder have been given to cas. work Saturday night pend ing a settlement. ' Tho southwest district ha heretofore followed the central district, as it did to day, In falling to agree upon u scale.. Two Years Srale ReJeeted. The disagreement ciuiio after a struggle lasting ten day und not only disrupts the Interstate agreement which ties ex isted since P!s Is-tween the op?raiots and miners through which V wage scsles and other differences have been adjusted, but it affecls 634,XK) bituminous and anthracite coal miners, who will suspend work after" Sat urday miles mum-thing not anticipated or unforeseen Intervene in the interest of peace. The final vol" in the conference of the central competitive Held, on which the other districts base their settlements, was upon a motion offered by President Mitch ell of the I'nitcd Mine Worker to adopt the wage scale of Hfc'S, which would have been an Increase In wages of 5.W per cent. The operators of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio voted against tho piopnvltlon, whlrh defeated It. nnd the dikruptlon of the con ference followed. Operators of western Pennsylvania and the nilneis of the four states voted or It. Statement l Mr. 'Wilson. Following the adjournment W. B. Wilson, national secretary or tlie Mine Worker, sn id : There js no likelihood of nm tiling furtli-r in-llii; (lorn Tin mean Hupensi'Ui or win i I 1 u national ('inv i-nt ti it ot nun rs , - m . lUKirH'Hs will hf lo ilftemiln.i UTU u thI policy. The i uMt ion enpaM-lalU lo e.iiiKi.lered is whether the organisation win nerniit miner to worV in districts uinl nines where the auuncr demanded Is c-l-; l.-red. ' F. 1.. Rotpbins nnd oilier np-rulois rcpic . Selltlllg alMilll line-third of the coal prodil" tloii of western Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indi ana und Illinois, offered to pay the advance and urged the miner lo accept this u.l I vam-e ami continue work in their mines even though the oilier mines 111 tlie four 1 1 .1 i. i,u.. 'The convention of miners tomorrow will j lake action upon this situation to decide ': whether to peijiul this or ilcuiund that all i miners supcnd work until all have tiecn ' paid Uie advance. ' A sesnion of the miners' convention to d;iy formally eniloi.d the di-mand for tyi , 'MYi m-nle and Ihe miners cast their liuul vole In Joint conference for thl demand as Hi. Ir ultimatum. The lllinol.-.. loili.uec und Oiii.i oix-ratoir adhered to their msl . t'.otl not tu p.iy any advance. Con I HI lie nnd It a II roods. ' The tlcUite today kks marked by roij I siderable feeling. One of tie' dianujtn events was u dlNpulo Ix-twccn President Mitchell of the I. liners and '"iir.-nii-i Parker, president of Ihe M ulls n Co,l cmn- puny, which terminated ..fur a ml eji.ilci . i.n.in.tliifc' had 'xen -p!..li-d t v li. Kyuxu, e-. rvUiy vt ibv Lii'i.. iuwi'