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The Omaha Daily Bee. . Advortla In Your Mny's Worth THE OMAHA OEE Dest tlT. West THE OMAHA DEE Best A". West ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOItXIXG, A PHIL 1 x )(i TAVELV E PAG ES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. DOWIE IS DEPOSED Wilbnr F. Voliva Takes Charge of' '. Propertr of Zion City Chnrch. c ' ' ' V """" DEEDS ARE FILED IN WAUKEGA' New Leader Act Under Power of Attorney1 Conferred on Him by Old One. CHARGES AGAINST FOUNDER OF CHURCH He is Aoonaed of Hypocrisy. Tyranny and Teaohuur of Polygamy. . WARNED TO ACCEPT SITUATION QUIETLY Volln Says He tlaa Acted Clearly Within Dli I.ga1 Rights and ' for Brat Interests nf Nrmlim. CHICAGO, April 2. The format announce ment of, the overthrow of John Alexander Dowle waa made tonight by Overseer John O. Bpelcher. who presided over a meeting of B.ono member of the church In the taber nacle at Zlon City. The meeting opened with the quotation by various church dlgnl tarlea of passage from the, Bible expressive of the. sentiment which has grown up against the self-styled prophet. The crowd which filled the great structure and which formerly answered "yes" and "no" when Dowle nodded or shook his. head tonight applauded whrn he was accused. Overseer Bpelcher called out tha numbers of chapters and verses of scripture and In response the various church officials and prominent mem bers who occupied seats upon the platform quoted the passage called for. The new dictator of Zion's fortunes, Wilbur Glenn Voliva, responding to the reference given him, quoted: 'Thou Shalt not steal." This sentiment was greeted with vociferous spplause. Mrs. Jans powle, wife of the "rtrst apostle," followed. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor" waa her response. More applause followed. The congregation then Joined with a sest that seemed to Indicate their belief iu tho words "Better Days Are Coming." Gladstone Dowle, son ot Dr. Dowle, and Overseer John Excell then explained to the audience the new turn of affnirs. Dowle Property Transferred. . John Alexander Dowle; head of the "Christian Catholic church In Zlon," sus pended from membership in the church he founded, shorn of his temporal possessions as far as they are located In Zlon City, the home of his church, and warned to accept the situation quietly lest worse things befall him. The aotive revolt against the leadership of Dowle was foreshadowed yesterday when Overseer Wilbur Q. Vollva, who had been placed by Dowle in charge of the church while he sought health in Jamaica, and Mexico, announced that he would no longer accept the orders of Dowle, who had. he declared, grossly mismanaged the affairs of the church. The members of the church. Including tha wife fcn4 son of Dowie, agreed to stand with Vollva. The first move looking to his overthrow waa made early today by Overseer Vollva, who hold a a power of attorney from Dowle, In company with several officers of the church, Vollva hastened to Wuukegan, the county seat of Lake county. In which Zion City Is situated, and filed for record a warrant deed, transferring to Deacon Alex ander Granger all the reul estate held by Dewie in Zlon City, lie also executed a bill of sale to Deaoon Granger, putting him In possession of all the personal prop erty of Dowle, Including his horses and carriages, books and even his bed. Later la the day Granger conveyed these to Vollva, and at nightfall the overseer ap pointed by Dowie had not only succeeded him as the head of the church, but was the holder of his property aa well. Dowle la notified. The following message was then sent to Dowle informing him of the change in the situation: . Dowle, Oootlan, Jalisco, Mexico: Tele gram received here and Chicago. Prac lically all. including Cincinnati represent tlve. endorse Vollva's administration. bpelcher s reinstatement, Granger's reten tion, emphatically protesting against your extravagance, hypocrisy, misrepresents' Uons, exaggeration!, tyranny and injustice. Yen are hereby suspended from onice and membership for polygamous teaching and other grave charges. Bee letter. Quietly retire. Further interference will precipi tate complete exposure, rebellion, legal pro ceedings. Your statement of stupendously msgnltloent financial outlook is extremely foolish in view of thousands suffering through your shameful mismanagement. Zlon and creditors will be protected at all cost s. , Th message waa signed by W. O. Vollva, general overseer; William H. Piper, over ever for Chicago; H. E. Cantell, overseer for Vnited Kingdom; II. D. Brasfleld, vice president Zlon university; Overseer John Kxcell. general ecclesiastical secretary, and John G. Bpelcher, overseer for Zlon City. Statement hy Vol Ira. After sending the telegram to Dowle, Overseer Vollva discussed the proceedings of the day. He said: "I have acted in the matter under the power Ot attorney which 1 possess. What has beta done I believe to be for the good of the church In Zlon City and for Its creditors, Legal counsel has been retained and everything was carried out in accord' ance with their advice. We shall go ahead and put the affairs of Zlon City in good order. If further steps are taken it will depend on what la dcsio by Dowle. The sit uatton is up to Mm as It stands. Regarding the polygamous teachings men tioned in the mesaage to Dowle, Overseer Vollva said he would Issue a statement regarding them later, when Dowie had been given an opportunity for reply, lie aald, however,- that the teachings had not been public, but were of a private character. 'Will Dowle be received In Zlon City If lie cares to come back?" the overseer was asked. ' "Never aa a leader, lie must behave himself if he romes back or he will have to look out for himself." "Will the church send him money to re turn?" Tha overseer declined to answer. All of tha men now prominent in tha tangment of the affairs of the Zlon City ohUrch with the exception of Overseer Vo llva are men with whom Dowle has auar relied In tha past. He dismissed Deacon Spsloher from all of his appointments In the church and compelled him to leave Zlon .city. In a long message received yesterday by Vollva and which reused the "revolution" of today, he ordered the Instant dismissal of Deacon Grar.ger, who ia now all power ful in directing the affaire of the commun ity st Zlon City. Deaoon Bpelcher. who be far he became a convert to the faith of the tlow City church was a physician, de rlared today that Dowte la a sirk man. suf fering with pulmonary trouble, paralysis wad dropsy, and occasional delirium. GOVERNOR FOLK IN DES MOINES Kimllir of Missouri -prk nt Hnn jnct of IUnkrt Dfml cents. ,, ... DES MOINES. April I.-C,nvernor Folk ', Missouri was the chief speaker at the . Tcrson banquet tonight, under the sue- s of 1he Iowa Democratic club. pemo a of prominence from all parts of the attended and tho gathering was one most notable ever hold In the sta'e " the. auspices of the democratic pnrty. 'nnquet was preceded by an Informal r of the democratic state central ct but It was decided to take no aciTnn until after the republican state con vention. Governor Folk, responding to the subject of "Good Government," spoke In part is follows: We are In the midst of one of the most dramatic periods of American history, the period In which the people's rights are to ne aennefl and onservea as they never nave been tiefore. There are some who see dHngT to cur Institutions In the agitations result ing frm the exposures In official and busi ness life. I do not share this view. To my mind the hope for the perpetuity of this government by the people was never brighter than now. The fuct that tela aWHkenlng hns come at a time of unusnnl prosperity shows that It docs not proceed trom a spirit of discontent, but springs from the moral sense ot the people. It Is simply a determination to stamp out the tnings tnat dishonor In public lire ana tne things that oppress in private life a firm resolve that government shall be repre sentative of the good, not of the bnd. 1 he elimination of unrein 1 nrtvl cares Is the great question before the people of this country the railroad rebate special privi leges, tne tarirt so arranged as to give spe cial privileges and create monopoly, and every special privilege founded on graft. There is room in this country for only two great political parties. Our form of gov ernment naturally makes one the party of special privilege ami the other tiie party of equal rights: one the party of tho classes, the other the party of the masses. No grander mission can be In store for the democratic party than to continue the fight for the rule of the people against graft and special privileges. Clothed In the armor of a righteous cause, the attack of democracy upon the citadel of graft and monopoly. If aggressive enough, must tri umph In the end. for the principles of true democracy are "enduring because thev are Just and Invincible, because they are right." Governor Folk dictated .an interview for publication in which he declared that every state in the union should enact anti-pass, and state-wide primary laws. Governor Folk called on Governor Cummins st the state house and later in the day addressed the Iowa legislature. Concerning the free pass evil Governor Folk said: The free pass Is the most hideous. In sidious specie of bribery, and the sooner the practice Is stopped the better It will be for the public welfare. The primary system Is mhnlfestly the right, proper, and honest method of making party nomina tions, it is hardly necessary to comment on It." TWIN TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE James J. Hill la Constructing n Mae from Winnipeg to Yan- 8T. PAUL. Minn., April t-The Pioneer- Press tomorrow will say: James J. Hill Is to have a twin transcontinental road, operations now being tinder way for the construction of an east and west line. be tween Winnipeg; and Vancouver. ' Fivt hun dred miles of tha new 'Una Is already In process of construction and the plans call for a total of 1.900 miles. Hitherto It has been surmised that Hill was 'building In connection with the Canadian Northern. but this Is not the case and an exciting rail laying contest soon will start between the Great Northern, the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific. The biggest stretch of line on which construction 1m now under way Is between Vancouver und Princeton. The route follows along the Fraser river and inclining northerly it strikes Just north of the Tulame river. Tho line proceeds along the Simllkame valley In a northerly direction to Midway, B. C, from which point a line already has been built to Nelson, Grand Forks and Bonner's Ferry, where connection is made to Kus kononok. From there a line Is to be built to Fernie, where there are extensive coal deposits. From Fernie the line will strike across to Winnipeg. Surveyors already are In the field oh this section of the proposed road and construction presumably will com mence In a month or more. This will give the Great Northern almost as short a line aa the Canadian Pacific route. A number of feeders for the Canadian transcontinental line are being built from points In the United States. One is from St. Johns, N. D.. to Brandon, Manitoba, another from Neche, N. D., to Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, and the third Is the construction of a line from Illbblng, Minn., to Koochiching, touching the International boundary. This latter will give the Cana dian Great Northern line an outlet to tho head of the lakes, as the Great Northern ulready has a line from Hlbblng to Dululh. OHIO RIVER JUSING RAPIDLY Flood Stages Indicated at All Polnta Along; Lower Conrae ot tke Ktrenm. OWEN8BURG. Ky., April t-The Ohio river at this point Is rising an Inch an hour tonight, and farmers are beginning to move to the hills. Bough river and Green river are out of their banks and thousands of acres of farming lands are overflowed. WASHINGTON, D. C. April t-The weather bureau tonight Issued the follow ing: The lower Ohio river and the Mississippi 'cut viiu eouiiimnrti continue to rise steadily. A stage of between and 4 icei ih inuicaten. hi lairo within the next three or four days, the danger line, being at a feet. From four to six davs later or between April ID and 20. these stages may be expected in the lower Mississippi river: New Madrid. Mo.. 38 feet; Memphis 37 feet Manger line. 33 feet): Helena, Ark 41 or Hi fet (danger line. 42 feel). These stages will place a coiiHlderable strain on the Arkansas levees and will overflow the Tennessee lowlands, as well aa those out eldn the levees In Arkansas. KINDERGARTNERS IN SESSION International Union Opens Fourteenth Meeting; la Milwaukee Today. MILWAUKEE. April t-The advance guard of the kludrrgartnera arrived here to day to attend the fourteenth meeting of the International union, which opens to morrow. Today waa devoted to a meeting of the board, at which plana for the con vention were discussed. The ticket which will be voted on at the morning's sestdoa la announced by the nominating committee as follows: President. Mrs. Ada Marean Hughes; first vice president. Miss I'atlte Hill; second vl- president. Miss Alice O'Ursdy; reaxirding secretary. Miss Mabel A. MeKlnney; i-or-rvupoiidnig secretary and lieanurer. Mia. Duwii HaiTlman; auditor. Mis Mary C bhute. The nominees for the presidency and the two secretaryships are the present incumb ents of the offices I LONG SUBMITS AMENDMENT Proposed Change in Hepburn Bill Enb . mitted to the Senate. PRINCIPAL SPEECH IS BY MR. FULTON Oregon Senator Makes Legal Argu ment Bearing on the Constitu tional questions Involved In Review Provision. WASHINGTON. April t-The amendment to the house rate bill agreed to at the White House Saturday by friends of the bill providing for a limited review of orders of the Interstate Commerce com mission wss offered in the senate today by Mr. Iong of Kansas, but he was not able to get the floor to make his speech on the bill. The principal speech today was made by Mr. Fulton of Oregon, who spoke In favor of the bill. It was a legal argument bearing on the constitutional questions, and Interruptions were so fre quent that the speech amounted to a de bate on law points where the speaker di vided time with a majority of the lawyers of the senate. Mr. Nelson of Minnesota and Mr. Heyburn of Idaho made brief speeches In favor of the bill. When the senate convened today Mr. Hale reported tho urgent deficiency bill and gave notice that he would call It up tomorrow. A Joint resolution was passed reappoint ing Andrew D. White as a member of the Hoard of Regents of the Smithsonian institute. The Mallory bill to further enlarge the powers and authority of the public health and marine hospital service, known as the national quarantine bill, was passed. Rate Bill Called I p. Mr. Tillman called up the house railroad rate bill and Mr. Bacon had read a pro posed amendment which would prohibit the setting aside or suspension of a rate fixed by the commission by an Interlocutory or preliminary decree of a court unless after a hearing wherein the order of the com mission Is considered and concurred in and ordered by at least two Judges presid ing at such hearing. Mr. Fulton then addressed the senate and In a legal argument opposed the house bill without a court of review feature. The principle point he desired to make In his speech, said Mr. Fulton, was that It was not necessary to the validity of the bill that It contain a specific provision for a court of review. Mr. Fulton said that if the commission's rate was extortionate there was no means In the bill for the shipper to find relief. Mr. Aldrlch Interjected that ha would not give his support to the bill unless equal rights were given the shipper and the railroad. . Mr. Fulton said, however, that was not the heart of tho controversy and that the shipper has no fear that the commission will raise rates above the present rates fixed by the railroads. Mr. Fulton said that If he thought the omission of a specific method of review would work a particle of damage to the railroads he would not favor the bill. In a brief, colloquy witb Mr,' Teller it waa stated by Mr. Fulton that hedeslred to limit the court of review, to the constitu tional right of the carrier. Mr. Fulton was Interrupted frequently by senators on both sides of the chamber and the discussion amounted to a general de bate on practically all of the constitutional questions Involved in the measure. Mr. Fulton maintained that no added au thority could be given the courts by con gress other than that they already have under the constitution. Long; Submits Amendment. Mr. Long then offered the court review amendment agreed on at the White House conference as follows: That all orders of the commission, ex cept orders lor the payment of money, shall take meet within such reasonable tune as shall be prescribed by the commis sion and shall continue for such period of time, not exceeding two years, as shall be prescribed In the order of the commission unless sooner set aside by the commission or suspended or set aside In a suit brought against tne commission in a circuit court of the United States, sitting aa a court of equity for the district wherein any carrier, complainant In said suit, has Its principal operating office and Jurisdiction Is hereby conferred upon the circuit courts of ths United States to hear and determine in any such suit whether the order complained of was beyond the authority of the com mission or In violation of the rights of the constitution. Mr. Long gave notlve that he would ad dress the senate tomorrow. Mr. Heyburn made the point that In the court review controversy the right of the shipier to go Into court was not given. Kelson Replies to Knox. Mr. Nelson followed with an argument to show that the omission of a provision for review would not. under the proposed law be unconstitutional. He replied espe cially to Mr. Knox and said that even with out explicit authority for review there were three methods by which an appeal from a decision of the commission may be taken. This authority Is given under the Judiciary act of 187, he said, and it may also be exer cised under the constitutional right to take the mater to the courts in case an unreas onable rate Is fixed. In the third place the bill itself Implies such an appeal. The courts, he declared, were possessed of no inherent right to regulate rates, and Mr. Nelson argued that congress should not be subrogated to them. "There is a general statute and an open door to all parties in the constitution," he said, ant) declared that so long, aa that doo' waa not barred this act would stand tha test. The senate at 6:06 went into executive ses sion and at 6 II adjourned. HOUSE PASSES LIABILITY BILL Measure Championed by Rnllway Kwtployea Goes Through With out Division. WASHINGTON, April I Chief among i the measures passed by the house today was the so called "personal liability bill." which has been favored by the army of railway employes throughout the country, and which had practically a unanimous report from the committee. Members of the house showed great Interest In the measure and had a division been called for the bill It would have had an almost unanimous vote. Another measure changing existing laws which excited a filibustering opposition wss the bill permitting the fortification of sweet wines and levying a tax of I cents a gallon on wine thus fortified. A num ber of bills were passed under suspension ot the rules. This being pension dny In the house there was a large attendance of member when that body convened. The pension appropriation bill was sent to conference with Meaars. Gardner (Mich.), ICunUaued ea tVecond Pag-) JEWEL THIEF IS ARRESTED Man Who nobbed Residence f Dr. I Plonult of Minneapolis nt gl04.0 In Jail. NEW YORK. April t After a pursuit of four weeks by tho po'lce of three cllics, detectives today arrested Thomas J. Wain wrlght, describing himself as a lawyer of Boston, who Is 'charged with robbing the residence of Dr Nicholas J. lltiault of Min neapolis of Jewelry, silverware, pictures and securities to the value of $inr.non. The po lice say that Wainwrlght, who ia 2S years old and apparently a man nf excellent edu cation. Is known by a (town sIIhscs and Is one of the most accomplished criminals In the country. Dr. Pins ult Is one of the. wealthiest cltl sens of Minneapolis ami his home Is one of the finest In the city. Dr. Pinault usually spends his winters In Kurope or in the south. Just before starting for Pass Chris tian, Miss., last winter, the doctor engaged as caretaker of his Minneapolis home n young man who said Hint he was Thomas J. Wnlnwrlght and that rm was a lawyer temporarily out of practice. Walnwrlghl's credentials were satisfactory and Dr. Pin ault turned his mansion and Its valuable contents over to him without hesitation. Then the ITnault family departed for the south. Toward the end nf last February Dr. Pin ault was astonished to receive from his Minneapolis bankers a letter asking why It was that he wanted to sell certain valuable stocks and bonds that had Just been of fered through a Minneapolis firm of brokers. The doctor knew that he had left the securities safely locked up In his safe deposit vault and started at once for Min neapolis to lnvestlgste. There he learned that liia caretaker had disappeared and with him practically everything of value In the Pinault mansion. The list of valuables stolen Include diamonds, rubies, and an Im mense quantity of silverware, many price less antiques, among them a watch once owned by Cardinal Richelieu, costly laces and furs, and several oil paintings. Among the Jewels wan a diamond brooch valued at JlO.onO. Many of these things have all been located in New York, Minneapolis and Boston pawnshops. The Investigation disclosed the fact, ac cording to the police, that after leisurely stripping the Pinault mansion of such of Its contents as he wanted Wainwrlght forged Plnault's name to an order on the deposit company and thus gained access to the doctor's safe, from which he abstracted such securities as he considered negotiable. Wainwrlght waa traced to New York and discovered living at a fashionable boarding house. He was seized by detectives tonight as he came out of the hotise. On him was found a completely filled cartridge belt with two revolvers fastened around his waist. When searched at - police headquarters Wainwrlght was found to have In his pos session three valuable gold watches, two of them of the kind carried by women, two gold watch chains, a diamond stud, two antique cameo plns'and1 other valuables. TALKS JO' COMMISSIONERS Eighteenth Antinel Convention of the Katlonnl, Rail vpn j-- Commissioners' Asaorlatleu fti Vvnaiou. I - ' WASHINGTON. April tVTh eighteenth annual convention of the National Associ ation of Railway commissioners was called to order by President W. C. Smith of South Dakota. - About 100 delegates are In at tendance. A large part of Mr. Smith's address was devoted to discussing railway rate regula tion. He declared that any law passed that does not contain absolute rules for deciding what Is a reasonable rate, what Is a reasonable remunerative rate, and does not establish the constitutional right to appeal, would fall In Its object for good. "On the other hand." he said, "tariff charges are bound to be adjusted, not only relatively, but actually bv the constant pressure of commercial and economic prin ciples. Let us strengthen the laws so as to condemn and eradicate all rebates, se cret devices, secret rate cutting and all un just discrimination between shippers and places and provide further means of detec tion and punishment, not only of the rail way man, but of all Interested parties. Let the public sentiment support President Roosevelt, the man who calls for a "square deal," so that every offender against the real Import of the Interstate commerce law shall be exposed and punished und subject to public condemnation. No matter whom it hits, let him be pilloried as an enemy of the public welfare, as an agent for the tearing down of this vant commercial re public. Let us Insist upon fair dealings to all, to the shipper and the carrier alike." DANCING PARTNERS FOR GIRLS F.mperor of Germany Keeps Promise to tiend Regiment of Cavnlry to "Ilk Town. CRF.FELD, Germany, April t When Em peror William visited Crefeld In 1903 a group of girls complained to his majesty that they had no dancing partners and begged him to send a regiment of cavalry here. The em peror promised to do so, and today a regi ment of Hussars arrived here from Duessel dorf, and with it came the emperor, who had decided to take part in the regiment's reception. The young women of the city enthusiastically acclaimed the soldiers and handed the staff officers heaps of floral of ferings for his majesty. The latter, re plying to the mayor's speech of welcome, said: "I have kept my word: today I have given the town its garrison and the young women their partners." The emperor's remarks were greeted wit it rljeers. The city, which is the center of the slik and velvet Industry, was gaily decorated for the occasion, a mile of the principal streets being hung with decorations of velvet and silk. Since the emperor made his promise to the young women at Crefeld in 1!W? the Reichstag appropriated tha sum of money necessary to erect permanent barracks here, which have been constructed for the ac commodation of a regiment of cavalry. PREACHER AFTER A SENATOR s City Man Derlnres All Pa mists Are ot of Mormon Fnlth. KANSAS CITY, April t Hev. Alexander I-ewis, pastor of the First Congregational church, preaching yesterday on "Divorce. Its Evils and Remedies," aald in part: A great cry went up liemuiw the polyga mous Roberts was elected to congrea. But protesting alwuld not end witti Huberts, for there are other polygHmists In congress! The senator from one of our middle states, the chairman of one of the most Important comnittees. is Just us much a polygamlst as Koberts. It ia publicity known that simply because he took a fancy to another woman bis first wife was forced to seek a divorce. It seems to make a vast difference whether the people, who flgurx rn these dis graceful episodes are members of the New York "four hunqed'' or tba follower of Brig bam Young. WINDUP OF THE CAMPAIGN Workera of Various Elements Lininsr Up for the Primary Election. EVERY REPUBLICAN PLACE CONTESTED All orta of Combinations Are Be I un sprung nt Last llonr. Particu larly on the t'onncll mnnlo Tlrket. Everything Is In readiness for the pri mary election tomorrow, at which Candi dates for three political parties will bo nominated. The polls open 8 o'clock In the morning until o'clock at night, and as the election officers have to count the votes for three separate tickets republican, democratic and socialist It will probably be all night before the returns are fairly In. The real contest Is In the republican camp, w here there Is competition for every place on the ticket. The democrats and so cialists are engaged In contests for only a few minor offices. During the last forty eight hours all kinds of combination slntea have been sprung, emanating from all sorts of sources, particularly with refer ence to the councllmanlc nominations, and no two of them are alike In any consider able degree. Two complete tickets are In the field, representing endorsees of tho Fontanclle club and the Equal Rights club, s follows; Equal Rights. Office. Kontanelle. A. H. Hennings... .Mayor K. A. Benson W, H. Klbourn Clerk ...8. K. Oreenleaf W. K. Johnson. Comptroller John Westberg Jacob Kawcott... Attorney J. P. Breen M. T. Murphy ..Bldg Insp J, H Butler COUNCILMEN P. M. Back 1st W ard E. A. Willis Michael Leo id Ward..W. W. Bingham C. T. Williams. ...3d Ward H. 1. i'lumn C. M. Baconian. .4th Ward J. A. Scott J. P. hedmun Mh. Ward L. fci. Lucas E. D. Kvans Hth Ward G. L. Hurst C. G. Dy hall 7th Ward....C. S. Haywura P. C. Bchroeder..btli Ward...C. J. Andersen C. 8. Huntington. tth Ward. ...J. C. Pedersen lMli Ward George Cott W. F. Gerke lltn Ward. Frank Crawford I. G. Barlght....mh Ward...D. A. N. Chase The third candidate for mayor, W. J. Broatch, has net projected a complete slate, but has been trying to make com mon cause with different candidates wherever an opening presented. The Kon tanelle slate is the product of the board of governors of the Fontanelle Club. The equal rights ticket. On tne other hand. Is an endorsement by the central body of the nominations for mayor and executivo offices by the regular republican organ ization and of the councllmanlc nomina tions for the respective wards of the ward clubs affiliated with it. That accounts for the blank left in the Tenth ward, because the Tenth Ward Equal Rights club decided that the number of candidates among their own membership' in the field made it un wise to choose between them. The W. J. Broatch "workers" attended the final rehearsal last evening at the Broatch headquarters at Fifteenth and Farnam streets. The boys wore given their final cues, grand hailing signs and told that "Broatch expects every man to do his duty today:" Mr. Broatch was on hand at 2:45. Soon, after he appeared Torn Lee broke out of the gloom on Douglas street and then Broatch and Lee had a whispered conference on the sidewalk, be fore going) upstairs to open the bar'l. While the lieutenants, colonels, corporals and other officers In the Broatch camp were putting up a strong line of talk last evening. It was nevertheless obvious be tween the lines that every mother's son of them realized they would have a stiff Job on their hands to make the (ally col umns show up for Broatch when the pri maries shall have been closed. One of the older guard of patrolmen stated last evening, "There Is going to be a big surprise at the primaries - on Tuesday. If I read the handwriting at all neurly every employe of the city. In all the various branches of the city govern ment. Is going to vote for Honnlngs. I can't see how It could be figured out as anything but a Hennirig's race. Of oourso we hear lots of Broatch talk around cer tain quarters, but Just watch, the returns." That statement came entirely unsolicited from an old patrolman, who, of course, would not care to have his name used in this connection. "Wliard" Hoffman was not Been at the Broatch headquarters last evening, but nevertheless he declared himself for "Broatch, first, last and all the time, early and late, tooth and toenail." Hoffman quickly 1 resented an imputation that he was not shouting for Broatch. , "Broatch and we. too," quoth Hoffman, the Third ward spellbinder. An old-time olty .hall politician. In close touch with the situation, when asked to size things up said: "The two tickets tn the field with complete organizations be hind them force the fight between the can didates thus endorsed almost down the line. "For mayor the fight Is plainly between Hennings and Benson, and it is hard to say whether Broatch would cut into one more than Into the other. If anything, Hennings has a little the best of It, and If he can poll his full vote ought to win out. "For city clerk there will be a close race between Elbourn and Greenleaf. I do not consider Stockham In the race. "For comptroller W. Ernest Johnson has the big lead. Everybody la sick of West berg and he will be thrown down tn the house of his friends. The lesser candidates for comptroller will not know they are running. "For city attorney Judge Fawettt ought to beat Breen. Macfarland Is a good crim inal lawyer, but he Is not taken seriously for city attorney. Fawcett has lots of friends, while Breen Is not a good mixer at all. . "On building inspector Murphy stands the best chance of winning out over But ler, but this is conditioned on a centering of votes In the (leld. All the candidates are better qualllled than Butler for t lie Job and Murphy heads the Hat. "The couiic.ilmaniu tight wUi be straight between the Equal Rights candidates and the Fontanelle candidates, except in three or four wards. In the Third ward Mayor Zlmnian is making a demonstration on his own account and may pull up enough to wiu out. In the Fourth ward both Kennard and Comstock are on the track and may have to be reckoned with. In the Sixth ward Marlin is a possibility and so Is Ricu in the Ninth. In the Twelfth ward it will bo a triangular light between Barlght, Chase and Hmlla." "City Attorney Breen has his nerve to pose as a victim marked for slaughter by the water company, ' when the fact is he hus had nothing at all to do with the water litigation,' ald a city hall man. "All the law suits Willi the water company have been under direction of the water board, which has employed expensive lawyers oil the outside to take care of them because iComluued ea Becund Pigs.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Pair In West, ahowera In Cast Portion Tneadnji Colder. Wrdneadny Fair nnd Warmer In Western Portion. Temperature nt Omnhn Yrsterdni Hour. lien. llonr. Peg. . . . . 42 I p. m MI .... 4 a p. m "t , .... 4.1 a n. m -! .... 4 1 4 n. m tilt . . . . 4n 5 p. m tltt . . . . r.2 A p. m ...... W . ... T p. m .... Ml N p. m tkl n n. tn HI n a. H n. T n. M a. 0 n. 10 n. 11 a. 12 m PANAMA RAILROAD MEETING Annnnl Report Shnm Inrne In rrense In Karnlnga and Trn i, NEW YORK, April 2. The annual meet ings of the stockholders and of the direc tors of the Panama Railroad company were held today In this city. Secretary Taft was present at both meet ings. At the stockholders meeting the fol lowing directors were elected: T. P. Shonts, Charles A. Mngoon, Mo'r decal T. Endlcott. Peter C. Hallies. J. D. Dc Obnldla. John F. Stevens. Roger L. Farnham. K. A. Drake, Clarence R. Ed wards, William Nelson Cromwell. Oswald H. Ernest, B. M. Hnrrod and W. Leon Pcpiiernian. ' W. Ion Peppcrmnn. the only new mem ber elected to the board, succeeds William Barclay Parsons, who retired some time ago. Mr. Pepperman Is the assistant chief of the office of the Isthmian canal affairs. T. P. Shonts was re-elected president and John F. Stevens waa elected vice president and general manager. Tho report for the ten months of the year 1906 up to October HI, was submitted, showing that the total earnings of the road for the transportation of all kinds of traffic exceeded by 3n2,204. or 18.77 per cent, those of the ten months of the pre vious year. WOMEN WELCOMED TO TOLEDO Prellmlnnry Session of National Connrll Addressed hy Mayor Brand Whltloek. TOLEDO, O., April J. Mayor Brand Whlt lnck, on behalf of the city, and Mrs. Pauline Stelnem, as ptesldent of the local council nf women, extended official welcome to the fifteenth annual executive convention of the National Council of Women at Its ses sion here today. Among other things Mayor W hit lock said: I am not one of those who take the old fashioned view of according to women a Msitlon beneath that of man. We cannot with safety deny to any one anything which we wish to keep for ourselves. The day Is coming when there shall be an equal stand ard of morals for men and women. Mrs. Frances Burns spoke of the cause of peace and arbitration. Mrs. May Wright Bewail presented the greetings of the Inter national Council of Women, of which she Is honorary president. She set forth the propaganda of the organization. Fraternal greetings were presented by a number of other delegates. This evening a reception was tendered both officers and delegates. INSURANCE QUESTION IS UP Recorder UoR Instruct ew ' York Grand Jury to Investigate Al leged Irregularities. NEW YORK. April 2. Recorder Goff at the empanelling of the April grand Jury In the oourt of general sessions today. In structed the Jury to take up Insurance matters. Recorder Goff, In charging the Jury, said that some Insurance matters had been called to his attention by Judge O'Sulll van, who presided over the March grand Jury- He said It appeared to htm that the March grand Jury had been properly In structed by both Judge O'Sulllvan and District Attorney Jerome, that there was reasonable ground for the belief that there ts available evidence showing that crime had been committed In the insurance mat ter. He Instructed the grand Jury that It had untrammeled powers to act In the matter as it saw fit. ENGINE GOES INTO THE DITCH One Man Killed nnd Another Injared Beyond Hope of Recovery. SHERIDAN, Wyo., April t (Special Tel egram.) The engine of the first section of freight No. 48 tipped over going downhill Into Arvada, fifty miles east of Sheridan, at 10:30 this morning, due to soft track. Two cars of coal piled over the engine, burying, C. W. HlMebrandt, the head brake man, and John Davis, the fireman. Twelve other cars went Into the ditch. A rescue party intmedlately started working, found Davis at 4 this afternoon, conscious but mashed almost beyond recognition. There la no hope for his recovery. Hlldebrandt must be dead, as he Is burled under the engine. A wrecker must come from Al liance before the body can be recovered. GREAT FIREIN BUFFALO Blase Starts in Office of tho Times ad Spreads to Adjoining; Buildings. BUFFALO. April 3. A fire broke out on the second floor of the office of the Buf falo Times, an afternoon paper, at 2 o'clock this morning and a large portion of the bulldlng waa soon burning. The Courier Printing company, one of the larg est lithographing houses In the country, occupies the adjoining building. At 2:30 a. m. a general alarm was turned In as the fire was epreading to adjacent buildings. The guests In Lundy's hotel, adjoining on the south, were awakened and warned to leave the building. Movements of Ocenn Vessel April U. At New York Arrived: Vnderland. from Antwerp: Hclllg Olav, from Copenhagen. At Plymouth Arrived : Kaiser Wilhelni II.. from New York. At CherlKiurg Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm II.. for Bremen. At Bremen Sailed: Heydlltz, for New York. At Dover Sailed : Kroonlatid, for New York. At Naples Sailed: Carpathla, for Trieste: prlnx O-kar. for New York. At Gibraltar Arrived: Welinar, from New York. At Manchester Arrived: Bostonlan, from BoKton. At Antwerp Arrived: Menominee, from Philadelphia. At ijlHsgiiw Arrived: Trilonia. from St. Johns. N. B. ; Columbia, from New York. Balled: Jurentian. for New York. At Hamburg Arrived: Patricia. from New York, via lver. April 1; Hleuclier, from New York, via Plymouth and Cher bourg At Havre Bailed: La tlaacogne, for New York. At Boulogne - Palled: Noordam. for New York: Pennavlva nia. for New York. At Bremen Arrived: Main, from Balti more, unclscndu, from New York. WAGE SCALE SICKED Three- Fourths of Miners in Pittsburc District Will Work Today. CONTRACTS WITH ELEVEN CORPORATIONS Agreements Are for Two Years, with an Advance of 5.55 Per Cent. ALL MINES WERE IDLE YESTERDAY Day Devoted to Celebration of Anniversary of Eis;ht-Honr Victory. ANTHRACITE SCALE MEETING TODAY Joint Committees Will Attempt to Secure an Agreement All ulet in the Hard Coal Fields. riTTPBl'RG, Pa., April t There will be no strike of the bituminous miners in the Pittsburg district and, sccordlng to Francis 1 Robblns of the Pittsburg Coal company, there will be a general resumption of work tomorrow morning following the holldny celebration of Mitchell day. Mr. Robbing officially announced tonight that he had signed the scale of 1903, and among the other signers were the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke company, the Ellsworth Coal compuny, the Crescent Coal company, the Mifflin Coal company, tha Teoples Coal company, the Marine Coal company, tho Stein Coal company, the Vesta Coal coniany, tho Dllworth Coal company and the Mansfield Coal and Coko company. These companies represent 80, 000,000 tons, or over three-quarters of the coal mined In the Pittsburg district. The scale was signed for the miners by William Dodds, Frank Feehan. F. B. Hen noway and William Utile, the committee appointed by the district convention. While the operators and the miners' committee were in session today It was re ported that Patrick Dolan would raise the question of validity of the scale and that as a measure of precaution Mr. Robblns would sign twoNscales Identical In their provisions. Mr. Robblns tonight said that but one scale would be signed by anyone and that wns the one signed today, pre sented by the committee, which the oper ators recognized as an officially appointed committee. Tha mines of the Independent operators will be shut down tomorrow In the Pitts burg district In conjunction with those In Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. v The Independ ent operators met In this city today and at 10:30 adjourned after passing a resolution to support the operators of the forcnained states In refusing to sign the scale. FinST BREAK IX BUCKEYE STATE Operators Representing One-Sixth ot Output Knr They Will Sign. COLUMBUS, O., April t-Not withstand ing the expected determination of the ma jority ";f the-- Ohio coa operators not to grant an advance In wages to their miners, the prospects of averting a protracted strike In the Ohio fields seems decidedly more hopeful tonight. Today's developments appear to leave little doubt as to the course that will ho pursued by the executive board of the Ohio mine workers when It meets tomorrow to determine the policy of the miners In this state with reference to the signing of con tracts. President Greene of the Ohio mine workers' organization, who opposed the Perry resolution at the Indianapolis con vention, authorizing the signing of con tracts with any operator who agreed to pay the 1903 scale, said today that he would waive his personal views and conform his actions to the spirit of the Perry resolu tion. The policy to be pursued by the Ohio miners rests entirely with their executive board and President Greene's attitude will have great weight In shaping its decision. To expedite matters President Greene will urge at the meeting tomorrow that the question of signing contracts lie referred to the state officers and the various local organizations. Up to the present time six coal companies in Ohio have declared their willingness to pay the 1903 scale. These companies control an annual output of about S,000,0)0 tons, or about one-sixth of the total output of the state. A number of other operators have Intimated that they will pay the 1903 scale, but they are await ing .the action of the miners' executive board to announce their position. SITUATION I.K THE SOUTHWEST Twenty-Five Thousand Men Expect to Resume Work Soon. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April t-All the 1 coal mines of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma are idle, the miners having struck for payment of the scale of 1903. These mines employ 25,0nu men. It is expected that numerous oper ators will sign the scale soon, although none has done so yet. Operators who have mines tn more than Lone district must sign In all the districts before opening any mine. The miners are in prosperous condition, having been employed steadily for a long time, and the best of feeling prevails be tween them and the operators. The cele bration of the eight-hour anniversary was general throughout the southwest today and the miners turned out In large num bers. They look for the shutdown to be of short duration. No unusual Incident of any kind was re ported from the whole southwestern field today. The first new agreements te he sigaeA In this district were reported tonight from Moberly, Mo., and Higglnsvllle, Mo., where the miners are to receive the wage scale of 1903 plus 3 rents per ton for mine run coal. The contract has a lire of two years. President Colvllle of the lien li mine at Moberly operates the mines In which tha agreement has been reached. His employes will be permitted to return to work tomorrow If they so desire. Both the Moberly snd Higglnsvllle contracts state that they must be approved by the n. liters' district convention to be held st Kansas City April 9. TWENTY IMlt OPERATORS SIC.X one Are Members nf the State Rllnmlnona Aeaorlutton. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April t-Followii-g the meeting of the district executive board of the United Mine Workers. President Wellington O'Connor announced today that companies and operators owning twenty mines had made arrangements to sign the 190.1 seal" to operate their mines for two years. The twnty mines are expected to resume operations tomorrow. There la no sign of a break In the ranks of the oper ators who are members of the Indiana Bi tuminous association. At Petersburg A
