Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1906)
1 Adtrartta In THE OMAHA DEE Best . Vest Bee Phones NUMBERS: tlulnrii Circulation KUttorlal ., . . . IVnuglaa. 8-18 i . . . IV.uglmi .f7 . . .Douglas 01 ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, VIUL 13, 1906-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE aPV THREE CENTS. The Omaha Daily Bee FOUR YEAR TERMS House Committee Approves Norrii Measure Amending Election Laws. LONGER SERVICE FOR CONGRESSMEN Beport Bayi Ojntinuom Drama Causea People to Lose Interest in Politics. POPULAR CHOICE OF U. S. SENATORS Bill Proridei for Their Direct Eleotion Like Other Officials. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PROPOSED Umr flae Passed t'avn' I This Subject Foar Ti mm, I j; ilia tj ffnre Sappt r" Senatore. : WASHINGTON, April li ft tilutlon providing for the election '. rrs by direct vote of tho people II favor ably acted upon by the In ,miu on election of president, vie tit and representative a In congress, lution, which was Introduced by ... - . rla of Nebraska, makes the terms of members of the house four years Instead of two. Both propositions are to be accomplished by amendments to the constitution. Reasons why tho term of members should be four years aro stated to be because no party can Inaugurate Its policy In two years. Grafters Denonnced. "The people are tired," the report says, "of thin continuous drama and as a re sult are Inclined to give no attention to the primaries and tho conventions the very foundation of our political . system the forum wherein tho country's Interests can best be guarded and protected. With an electlou every two years, the political (rafter who thrives on partisan strife and on the nervous uncertainty controlling; can didates for office Is sble to live from one election to another by the boodle secured at Ills unholy business. The adoption of the proposed amendment would render It less possible for this creature to ply his trade." Regarding the election of senators by di rect vote the report says: "The proportion to provide for the elec tion of senators by direct vote of the peo ple has been before the house of represent atives and has received favorable consider ation upon several different occasions. A proposition to amend the constitution hav ing this object In view has passed the house of representatives at four different tltnra and each time by a practically unanimous vote." INDIANA REPUBLICANS MEET tat Ticket Is Itsmlssled an Plat form Agreed I psa Wednesday t la Adopted. INDIANAPOLIS." April 12-The republl-" can state convention today unanimously adopted the platform agreed upon and re ported by Ihe committee on resolutions and nominated a state ticket. Charles B. Lan dls of .Delphi, representative from the Ninth congressional district, presided as permanent chairman. In addressing the convention he ssld: Two problems have faced the republican party In the last ten years. One was the democratic problem of adversity and the other was the republican problem of pros perity. The adversity problem has been solved and the prosperity problem will be solved. Beware of the advance agents of political hysteria. The yellow newspaper and the yellow magazines are now to the fore. Any magazine that will carry an article on the "treason nj the I'nlt-d States senate" . ought to be debarred from every self reierttng home. The senate Is slow, but It was made to be slow. , . Have confidence In the national house and senate. In the vice president, whom we will elevate to the presidency, and in the president. The following were nominated by accla mation: For secretary of state, Fred films of Frankfort; for attorney general. James Bingham of Muncle; for state statistician, James B. Btubbs of Indianapolis; for Judge of the supreme court, first district, James H. Jordan of Martinsville. John C Blllhelmer of Washington, was nominated for auditor of stale. Oscar Hadley or Danville was nominated for state treasurer on the second ballot. Edward' Ftlziialrlck of Portland was nominated for clerk of the supreme court. Fassetl A. Cotton of Indianapolis was nominated for superintendent of public ln- "w.1 BOIBatchely of Terrv Haute was nom inated for state geologist, i .,n,ir J Monks ot Winchester was re nominated for Judge of the supreme court fiwlu the Fuurth district. FREE FOOD FOR ECUADOR loath America Republic Itemlts Datles an Soma Imports for Stated Term. AN FRANCISCO. April li-The Coll today says that news has been received that the government of Ecuador has made foods from the I'nlted States Into Ecuador duty free for a period of three months, the period beglning about tho first of the present month. M. Arlstlsabel. acting , consul from Ecuador, la quoted In regard to the matter to the effect that while he had heard that the duties referred to had been suspended and that he believed It to be true be could nut make the statement officially. He was lu doubt as to whether In fact he was con sul for Eouador, owing to the recent change In the administration as a result of the ruvolullon. which took place last January. II had sine then sent In his resignation, but had not yet been notified whether It had been accepted. The supposition Is that the duties have been remitted to per mit those who look part In the revolution lu recoup their losses. CORPORAL TANNER IN ATLANTA t oeamaader of firoud Army Makes Tanr of Battlettelda In Vicinity of lirorsla Metropolis. ATI-ANTA. Gs.. April li Corporal James Tanner, commander-in-chief of the Grand Ariuy of the Republic, today was taken by the representatives of various ci Ic and veteran organisations on a tour of Inspection of the various battlefields .u.roundlug Atlanta. The Object was to Interest him In the pi"Ject of the establishment by federal hppiupriallon of national military parks on the sites of these battlefields. Corporal Tuiuier expressed himself heartily In favor ft His plans snd promied his aid to iwurt na lonal aid to cany Hu m out. II will leave Friday on a lur of the Grand Army organisations of Ult awuth- ul au fteiac Co. GOMEZ A TOOL OF PRESIDENT V.l Morhn Sees Further (.ala for ! ( astro In Repent Change la enesueln. NEW YORK. April U.-The Herald to day say: General Jose Manuel Her nandez ( 'El Muchu") who led the revolt against President Castro of Venezuela several years ago and who was Imprisoned for three years' following li.s capture, said In his apartments last night thai he had heard of Castro's resignation of the presi dency and that It caused him to smile. "Yes, indeed It Is news." he said, stroking his grizzled beard. "When I come to think of It, there is grim humor here, a comedy that with the change of a few lines may be transformed Into a tragedy. Who knows what is back of this latest move of the president of Venezuela. I can observe by mental telepathy the delicate hands, that moved the pawns on the chess board of my country, and must not allow myself to lose repose when picturing Gomes In the chair. "Gomes is not brilliant. For years the tool of Cnt-tro, will he not better be able to do the bidding of the late president now that ho Is seated in the president s chair? Castro will now be better able to gather the fruit of his office without assuming any of the responsibilities, or many of tl cm which have redounded to his discredit. This comedy may last a week or a triltc longer. Then we will receive another cablegram that Castro has resumed his seat or that the comedy has been directed In'o an thcr nnd more dangerous channel. The ii. . I, Inationa of the gang' will not be blocked n.w that Castro has stepped from the throne. They may even be accentuated. " Venezuela can never be a prosperous country untll(thn hour shall have arrived when the 'gang' If. driven from the country and that country put on a footing where it may thrive and grow without the Iron hand of oppression upon the throats of the people. Perhaps a week this will last, per haps until a moment comes when succor will come to the sore and the tired In that beautiful Irxnd " WASHINGTON, April U'.-Senor Gar birns, the Venezuelan charge here, has re ceived a cablegram from Caracas confirm ing the one received yesterday In New York by the consul general there to the effect that President Castro has temporarily re signed his office. The charge Is of the opinion that the president has decided to make one of his periodical trips to I -ft Vic toria for rest and recuperation after the severe labors of the last winter, but ho does not doubt that the retirement Is only for the space of, a few weeks. LONDON, April 12. To those who are Interested flnnminlly In Venezuela the change In the presidency Is not unwelcome. On the Stock exchange today Veneiuelan bands opened 14 higher. FRANCE PLEASED WITH AWARD Premier Roars-cols Makes Statement In the Chamber Regarding" Moroccan Conference. PARIS. April 12. The Chamber of Dep-. uties today voted the Algcclras credits after n, statement by Premier Bourgeois, during the course of which he said: 'The stippurt of. the nation ' greatly as sisted the government In obtaining success at the Moroocan conference. France's po sition as a Mussulman power and the se curity of its African colonies depending on the security of Morocco, necessitated a fixed policy in order to safeguard Irs Interests. France has always recognised the Inde pendence of the sultan and the principle of the open door, but It Is unable to accept the co-operation of a third power In the control of the police of Morocco. The pro tocol provides for commercial liberty and assures France a pre-eminent position In connection with the state hank of Morocco, while giving France and Spain equal partic ipation in the control of the police, thus conforming with French Interests and sat isfying the other powers. The equitable decisions of the conference have been ac cepted without ulterior thoughts of bad humor anywhere. All the powers showed the desire during the discussions to subor dinate their personal .views to a good under standing, assuring In the future calm and confidence in international relations and strong alliances and friendships calculated to advance civilisation, Justice and peace." EMPEROR TO "CUT" CONGRESS Csar Will .Not He Present When Rep. reaentatlvea of the Peo ple Meet. BT. PETERSBURG, April li-Emperor Nicholas will not come to St. Petersburg to open Parliament, according to the Novoe Vremya. The representatives will be sum moned either to Tsarskoe Sele or to the Peterhof palace. There they will be pre sented to the emperor and will listen to a speech from the throne, after which they will return to 8t. Petersburg and elect a president of the lower house. This decision was arrived at not only to protect the dignity of the sovereign, but also because no place has been provided for the em peror In the Taurlde palace, where the lower house will meet. The statistics regarding the 179 members so far elected to the lower house of Parlia ment show that the liberals have an over whelming majority and that only five repre sentatives are classed as reactionists. While the const ituilouut democrats and their more radical allies are represented by ninety-seven representatives, the pro gressive party only has twenty-rive repre sentatives and the Octoberlsts seventeen. Thirty-five representatives are classified a Independent or their political allegiance Is stated to be unknown. Many of these, however, are peasants whom the constitu tional democrats expect to vote with, owing to the agrarian program of their party. BRITISH POLICYHOLDERS BUSY Mutual l ife Insurance Patrona Deslra Chance In the System of Management. IIXPOX, April 12, A meeting of the British policyholders of the Mutual Life Insurance company has been called for April 20 lo consider the reply of Joseph H. Choate of counsel for the company to the representations made in their behalf by A. D. Julllard, a trustee of the Mutual. The reply whh h was received this morn ing was not satisfactory to those policy holders who were seen today. They are satisfied with the financial condition of the company, hut desire particularly the retirement of trustees who were cloaely associated with the McCurdys. Russia Nesjotlaf Ins; I .nan. PARIS. April 11 The negotiations before the former Russian tiaance minister. M. Kokovoeoff. and the French bankers for a loan of H).('Sfl are proceeding satis factorily. The arrangements for the issue on Saturday or Monday liave been completed. FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF ZION Dr. Dowie Preparing Bill in Chancery for Eecovery of Property. MAKES DEMAND FOR FULL POSSESSION He Snis He Will Retnrn Com. pletely Restored to Temporal and Ecclesiastical Power. CHICAGO, April 12.-Dr. John Alexander Dowie will not turn tall and flee to Mex ico. He will wage a vigorous legal war fare to regain control of Zlon City, and as soon bs he considers that he has taken the proper preliminary steps he will de scend upon that place nnd proclaim himself the only and "first apostle.-; This state ment Is authorized by Dr. Dowie himself and by the firm of lawyers who represent him. In this connection Attorney Haley of the firm of Eddy, Haley A Wetten, who rep resent Dr. Dowie and hl counsellors, mHdc the following statement: We have advanced nnd will advance only no condition complete restoration of power, temporal as well as ecclesiastical, and a deniand for an absolute retraction of the slanderous statements made by Gen eral iv rseer Yohva and his followers ag '. me moral character of Dowie. Mi . - preparing a bill In chancery pe-titl-t..i toe courts to set aside the trans fer oi tne properly at Zlon City in.ide be tween General Overseer Voliva and Dea con Alexander Granger, because the In strument was absolutely void. Dowie re voked the power of Httnrney which he t'.cl euated to ohva two days before the Illegal transfer was made. Dowie will not Immediately proceed to Zlon City, but will remain In his apart ments at the Auditorium annex In this city until every preliminary legal step has been taken. He will then proceed to Zlon City and inter It with all of the power and au thority ho had when he last left the place. Several C onferences Held. Despite the positive assertion on the part of Mr. Haley, attorneys for both factions were In numerous conferences throughout the day. Judg- V. Y. Barnes, head of tho legal department of the city of Zlon, came to Chicago today and was closeted with Attorney Emll C. Wetten, representing Dowie, for a considerable length of time. What transpired between the two lawyers was not made public, but while Mr. Wetten was as emphatic as his associate In deny ing that any compromise measures were under way, he qualified his statement by saying that both sides were extremely de sirous of preventing tho Issue from com ing Into court, as such a proceeding might be ruinous to the resources of Zion City. Dowie Secures Mall Order. The attorneys for Dowie have secured an order from the Postal department di recting that all mall addressed to Dr. Dowie be delivered to his apartments In the Annex. This they consider a very Im portant strategic move, as the majority of these letters are from members of the church remitting their tithes. This, they claim, will checkmate the general order sent out by Voliva and his associates In Zlon City ordering that no moneys be re mitted to Dowie hereafter. Dowle'a Fun:ltnre Sold. DETROIT, Mich., April 12.-A Free Press special from Muskegon, Mich., says: In the lofty stand wherein for years past John Alexander Dowie, with great "pomp and ceremony delivered Impassioned addresses to thousands assembled at Ben MacDhul, the splendid summer home of the former ruler of Zlon City, an auctioneer today waived his hammer and sold for a paltry $2,600 expensive furniture and fittings of Dowle's White Lake establishment. It Is estimated that the property sold today was worth 120,0110. Ben MacDhul was Included In the property, which the Voliva faction of Zlon City recently took over through power of attorney given by Dowie before the revolt. LATTER DAYSAINTS CONFER Reports Are Received from Different Bodies and Spread on the Minutes. INDEPENDENCE. Mo., April -(Special Telegram.) The preaching by Elder Frederick Gregory last night was remark able In clearness, originality and force. lie spoke upon the marriage of Christ to His bride, the church. As there was a divine begettal in the case of Christ, so there was in the case of His bride. As He was the only begotten son, so she is the only begotten bride, or church. He spoke on the comparison through Ills death, His resurrection. His coming again, when the marriage will take place If she has made herself ready and has put on her beautiful garments, the robes of righteousness. The morning prayer meeting today was by "a young elder from Bt. lxmls. Elder V. A. Burgess, who, though troubled with an Impediment of speech, was able to In terest, instruct and at times electrify his audience. The afternoon business meeting was pre sided over by President F. M. Smith and prayer waa offered by Elder J. R. Lambert of Lamonl, Ia. The following reports were read, received and ordered spread upon the minutes: Third quorum of priests, second quorum of elders, eighth quorum of elders. Just organised; report of the Joint council of the presidency, twelve and bishopric, touch ing the establishment of a sanitarium, recommending seeking the Lord for light, touching this and other matters: the com mittee on history was continued; the com mittee on Incorporation of the church In Canada was continued; Die committee on conference with the Church of Christ was continued. Elder Charles Berry was re leased from the committee on revision of church history and F. M. Smith was chosen as his successor. A question arose as to the publication of certain editorials on secret societies, but the whole matter was tabled. LIGHTNING jJRIKES BARN 1-1 re In Kaasaa City Stock Yards Hesnlts la Death of Fire man. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April lt-ljghtnlng tonight struck feed ham No. t at the stock yards at Nineteenth and Wyoming streets In this city, setting Are to the structure, as the result of which a fireman lost his lite, a spectator was seriously hurt and the building destroyed. Arthur W. Pendergast, the fireman, waa caught under some falling walls and was not found for more than an hour later. . When removed from the debris he was ' ellve. but he died a short time afterward. Joseph Monmhan, a boy, while watching the fire fell oft a viaduct and was Injured internally. Besides the building, SoO tuna of hay were destroyed, making the total property loss The lightning accompanied a hard lain storiu which vUiletl tuts city luulfhU BIDS ON CATTLE FOR INDIANS Some laya llefore B'hey Will Re In Shape to Submit' to the Secre tary of the anterior. iFmm a SUIT Correspondent WASHINGTON. April 12. (Special. The assistant commissioner of Indian af fairs Is engaged in classifying the bids which hav been lecelvnd under advertise ment for supplying the Indians of the Rose bud Indian reservation with stock cattle. Ae.tlng Commissioner l-arslwe said today that it would take his office force some days to classify the proposals nnd get the various bids In shnpe for submission to the secretary. He does not believe that a contract will be awarded for any of the various varieties of cattle desired within the next ten days and It may even be a longer period. The list of those bidding nnd the amounts of th"lr bids on the sev eral kinds of animals desired by the In dian buret ti follow: John Rail flleve. Fairfield, la., info heif ers at 12 in per head. Ilarrv Ernest Smith. Fairfield, 'a . 2"0 bulls at 149 er head. nflO heifers at $29.75 per head. Further: & heifers (same as sbovet at tni.ar per head, ton tietfcrs (same as abuvei at S2X.7& per head. Matthew F. Morton, Fairfax. S. D., l.onfl ! heifers at J:8.4." per head. 2(i bulls at tis.to j per head. Ora Hailev, l.nraml nt 25,7l4 per head, head. Chnrles J. llvslmm. Wvo.. 4.9S1 heifers i0 balls at $'! per Dmsha. Neb., 500 to I.Fpoo heifers at 127. 40 per head. Paris G. Cooper, t i(wford. Neb.. heifers a i $:7.7. per lirad. 60 bulls at fw per head. t Henry P. Volln. Vol!. 8. D.. l.nnn heifers at SXl.Tb per head. ! Richard H. Walkins. Alliance. Neb., firm heifers at 2t. H5 per head. 1"0 bulls at ."!. per head. Jacob W. Ptetter. Valentine, b.. IO) heifers at $2H 72 per head. Thomas A. Coffey, Merrimnn. Neb., l.'iO heifers at $27. C per head. Henry Altman. Cheyenne, Wyo., 4.!sl heifers at $20.25 per head. Mark W. Woods, Lincoln, Neb., 100 bulls at $rfi per head. Charles C. Judy. Talula, ill., 4.SN1 heifers at 1S4.75 per head, '100 bulls at $.m.50 per head. A. F.. DcRlcqles, general manager Ameri can live Stock conipanv, 1'nlon stock yards. Denver, Colo., 4,!1 helTers at $2i.S5 per head. John II. Knight. Chamberlain. S. D.. 40ft heifers at $27.30 per head, 10 bulls nt $45 per head. William Pouthel, Crawford, Neb.. ZbO heifers at $:7.7fi per head. Frank I, Hall. Crawford. Neb.. 500 heif ers at $Jfi.70 per head. Frank Huthlutner. Kllgore, Neb., mo heifers nt 127.4ft per head. William I. Walker. Council Bluffs. la.. 100 grade bulls at $74 74 per head, or 100 registered bulls at $.74 each; 500 heifers at $2fi.4f each, 600 heifers at $24.n each. Stephen D. Coulbourn. 32S State street. Suit iJikc City, I'tah, 2(4) bulls at $M.40 per head. Walter D. Montgomery. Chamberlain. 8. D., 1.000 heifers at $2.8" per head, 100 bulls at $117.47 per hend, or will deliver at Rose bud 1.WI0 heifers at $24 each. Stevenson T. Napper. Norfolk. Neb., l.flofl heifers at $21.75 per head. 1,000 at $22.40 r-r head, l.onn at $23.10 per head, l.onu to SKI at $23.) per hend, 200 bulls at $41.90 per head. 00 bulls at $44.90 per head. Walter Ij. Montgomery, Chamberlain, B. D.. IA) heifers at $2 per head. 100 bulls at $K5 per head, or will furnish 1.000 heifers, without regard to wejajht, at $24 per head. WIND STORM MS IN KANSAS ia Injured and n Several Persons Number of Houses Desnavltshed Near Sf utter. t WICHITA. Kan.7AprvV I?. A." tornado strurk at Stafford, Kan., at 5 o'clock this afternoon, resulting In Injury to several persons and demolishing several houses. The storm came from the southwest, passed over the business part, first striking two blocks east of Main street. Here the home of Fred Tanner and the parsonage of the Congregational church were demolished-. The Quaker church was blown down, the debris falling upon the home of Mrs. Ella Granger, which was also destroyed. Mrs. Granger was Injured, but not seriously. Mrs. Ed. Glelsburg saw the storm com ing and ran Into the yard to rescue her child which was playing there. Before she reached him she was picked up and hurled against a telephone pole across the street. She was seriously Injured. The child was unhurt. The storm then lifted, but struck again In the northeast part of the town, demol ishing several houses and damaging others. Four miles west of Stafford another tor nado blew down several farm buildings and seriously Injured R. F. Silvers, who saw the storm coming and sought shelter In a granary filled with wheat. This storm passed two miles east of Hudson, where other small damage Is reported. The sun shone brightly while these storms were wreaking their havoc. Another tornado Is reported at Bushton, thirty miles north of Stafford. Several residences and other buildings were blown down. No one was seriously Injured. Wires are down and little Information can be ob tained from Bushton. TOPEKA. Kan., April 12.-At least seven tornados were seen east and northeast of Great Bend. Barton county, this afternoon. The schoolhouse In district No. 82. vacant at the time, waa demolished and a thresh ing machine outfit destroyed. No other damage reports have come In. Some ratn and hail fell. Three years ago a number of tornadoes occurred In the same neigh borhood, doing much damage to property. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS GROW Increaae of Over One Hundred Million Dollars Over Those of Last Year. WASHINGTON. April 12 According to a bulletin issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor, the total value of agricultural products exported from the United States for the eight months of the fiscal year. 1j6, ended with February, was $700.0uO.WjO, as against $.".7rt.0fX.000 in the same, period of lDUO. $e6l,(00.oo In 12 and $iJ0,Cou lu 1905. The growth in the exports of agricultural products, says the bulletin, occurs In all of the three great groups which form the bulk of agricultural ex ports, namely breadstuff, cotton and pro visions, the latter term including meat and dairy products. The gain In bread, stuffs was $70,000,000. In provisions, $33,000,000 and In cotton, $30.0fl0.0i. The increase In exports of breadstuffs occurred chiefly In the movement to European countries. The bulletin says that while agricultural ex ports are larger in total value than ever before It does not follow that they form a larger percentage of the grand total of exports. On the contrary the percentage which they form of the total exports In the eight recorded months of the fiscal year, 19o6. Is smaller than 1n any earlier year In our history, except 1905, In which they were abnormally low by reason of the shortage In the grain crop of 1904. The percentage which manufacturers form of exports in the eight months ended with February. IS is $2 8. while they formed but 27 1 per cent of the total ex ports in the corresponding months of 1903 snd 22 5 p r efnl in the rorresondlng months In 19. Baring; Sncceeda Marls;, NEW YORK. April 12 At the office of the Equitable Trun company of New York It was stated tcUy that Huso Rarlns" had been elected s trustee of that conipanv succeeding Clareum II. JsIai say, ruimwl KENNEDY GETS INTO DEBATE Lays Foundation for Bill for the Benefit of Postal Clerks. RIGHT OF APPEAL FOR THE GOVERNMENT (eologleal survey Has Plnns for Ma Ulna ProllHc Additional Arras of Land In Western Portion of Nebraska. j trrom a Staff Correspondent.) j WASHING'! UN. April 12-tSpeclal Tele gram. (Congressman Kennedy figured In the debute today on the postoMlie appro, prlatlon bill by asking a series of ques tions or Chairman Gverstreet, In charge of the bill, and by that means making a rather unique hut exceed, ngly effective speech. The questions asked .Mr. Over street were to establish two propositions that postal tlerks of different grades are underpaid nnd that they ought to be classi fied so as to be enthlnl to annual or other periodical promotions, with corresponding increase in salary, lloth points which Mr. i Kennedy sought to bring before the at tention of the house were practically con ceded by the chairman of the pustodhe and postroads committee. The object the con gressman from the Second district had In view in getting the admissions was for the purpose of using the Information ob tained in the open house In support of a bill to classify postal clerks in presiden tial offices and secure them Increased sal- j arks. I Government Rlicht of Appeal, Representative Martin of South Dakotn I thinks that congress should not adjourn , without enacting a law giving the govern ment the right of a writ of error or appeal In criminal cases, and he talked to the president today about the matter. Com menting upon the situation, Mr. Martin snld: "The best Instance 1 know of show ing the helplessness of the government is in the case of the Beef trust in the recent decision of Judge Humphrey of Chicago. Attorney General Moody has been de sirous of taking an appeal on a writ of error from that decision, but finds that there is no law that will permit him to do so. This state of aTTalrs ought not to 1e allowed to continue, in a criminal case the defendant has the right of appeal, while the government has no such right." Little Kalth In Bill. Congressman Connor of lewa, in the house committee on labor today, when the bill making all prison-made, goods subject tu the laws of the states to which they are shipped was up for consideration, said he would vote for the bill, but he did not be lieve It would do any good, because of lis Indcfiniteness. He thought the whole sub ject should be left to the states. Minor Matters at Capital. Judge Norrls today secured a pension of $8 per month for Irwin Masters of Loomis, Neb. Representative McCarthy of the Third Nebraska district was on the floor of the house for a short time today. He showed the effects of his recent Illness, but said he was gaining strength every day and hoped to be himself soon. Representative Kinkatd this morning called upon the secretary of war to request of the War department the loan ol a num ber of tents for the use of the North Ne braska Old Soldiers' association at its an nual reunion to be held near Valentine In June. Representative Klnkald, after his talk with Secretary Taft, said he expected an order would be issued granting the loan of such tents and other utensils necessary to the veterans during their reunion. Plana for Redeeming Lands. Judge Klnkald also called upon the di rector of the geological survey to lay be fore him the petition signed by residents of Box Butte county requesting that a sur vey be made to ascertain the feasibility of obtaining water from the Platte river in Wyoming to reclaim the plateau surround ing Alliance and Hemlngford. He was as sured by Director Wolcott that western Nebraska Is sure to secure considerable de velopment In the near future besides that which will accrue to it through the con struction of the Pathfinder irrigation project now being constructed. The director, how ever, said It had. not yet been determined what localities would be developed first. The committee on Indian affairs today mado a favorable report on Senator Bur kett's bill to enable Indians allotted lands In severalty within the boundaries of drainage district numbered one. In Rich ardson county, Nebraska, to protect their lands from overflow and for the segrega tion of such Indians from their tribal re lations as may be expedient. The object of the bill Is to make It possible for cer tain Indians In the southeastern portion of Nebraska to participate In the drainage plan of their lands. The state of Nebraska ras a law authorising land owners to or ganize for the purpose of draining or re claiming lands. The Nebraska law pro vides In general for the machinery of as sessment and collection of taxes for the peyment of such drainage and reclamation service. An organization of this sort has been formed by land owners In Richardson county to reclaim land along the Nemaha river. There are In the district to be drained, however, several Indian allottments and certain other Sac and Fox tribal lands and this land, owing to the fact that the In dians are not able to enter Into assessment and charge their land with the cost if draining Interfere with the entire drainage project, because the lands are In the drain age district and the Nebraska law pro vides that all lands to be benefited must be assessed. BUI for Relief nt Settlers. Senator Hansbrough, for Senator Gamble, today Introduced a bill to permit Dollle A. Fountain of Walworth county, South Da kota, to purchase a homestead In that county. It appears Mrs. Fountain entered upon the homestead referred to. occupied and fenced a portion of It. erected a sjb stantial dwelling and established her rc!- : dence on the land in July, 190.1. She eult! i vated a portion of the land and lived i iheieon whenever her physical condition ', would permit. Severe Illness and old are ! necessitated her residence elsewhere during a portion of the time since her entry, and ! she was therefore unable to comply strlcily , with the law requiring continue I residence upon lands thus entered under the' home stead laws. The case Is exceptional, and this (.pec la I bill permits Mrs. Fountain to purchase said land at $1.25 per acre and grants her a patent In fee slmole. Change la Iowa Judicial Bill. The senate committee on Judiciary today reported favorably, with amendments, a bill which passed the bouse April 4 amend ing the former act creating the southern division of the southern district of Iowa for Judieial purposes. The senate cummll ' tee on Judhlury amended the houeu bill by i providing that the county of Appanuoae, heretofore within the southern divisiun. Is jt,CuutlnUid ull docuuii fa, j NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Rain nnd onler In F.nsl. Haln or Snovr In West Portion Frldas Saturday Fair and Wsrisfr. Tempers tare nt Omaha lestrrdn! I Hour. Ilea. lloor. Den. . An. ni AT 1 l. m ,lA j a. m RT J p. n 7 a. n ,. Ml 3 p. nt st a. in ,n 4 p, m . . . j n. m ..... lit r. p. m " to n. ni :t 4 . in t-1 It a. in Ml T p. in " I 1U m ... N t. m ft" It p. in nt GREENE ANDGAYNOR GUILTY I nltcd States 4 nnrt Convicts ( spirntora Who Mnde Fight to Sluy In Canada. SAVANNAH. Ga., April 12-Itrn.iainln D. Greene and John F. Ganor were found guity of conspiracy against the govern ment, presenting falsi' claims and embez zlement. In the federal court for the south ern district of Georgia today and tomorrow Judge Emery Fpecr will p iss sentence upon them. The defendants were f( und guiliy with no reconiini iid.it Ion on each of the In dictments. The verdict was returned a few minutes before 2 o'clock after the Jury had been out three hours nnd a half. Tile case had been in prog less for fourteen weeks. The maximum sentence that the court ran Impose under the law Is an nEgregato term of seventeen years In the penitentiary nnd a fine of $.7f).iW, the amount of the alleged embezzlement. It is not believed, however, that tho sentence will be of ex treme severity. The minimum sentence permissible under the law Is two years Imprisonment and a fine or $1,000. Greene nnd Onynor were Indicted In ltt ami after facing extradition charges In New York, fled to Canada. They were finally extradited and brought to Savannsh for trltl. Captain Oberlin M. Carter, en gineer corps, who had charge of the Im provement works under the Greene and Gaynor contract, was court-martialed for his complicity in the alleged frauds and was sentenced to be dishonorably dis charged from the army and to serve a term of Imprisonment for five years. INSURANCE BILLS PASSED Four More "Armstrong" .Mensnrrs Ready for Slanntnre of tiov rrnur of ew York. ALBANY, N. Y., April 12.-Four more of the bills recommended by the speclnl In surance investigating committee were passed by both hSuses of the legislature to day, and by noon tomorrow will be de livered to Governor Higglns, lacking only his signature to make them law. In addi tion to these four, the assembly, after de feating several proposed amendments, passed the "big bill," generally amending the Insurance law, and senl It to the senate for concurrence. The latter house made this bill a speclnl order for next Wednes day. The four bills passed today and now wait ing the governor's approval aret . The so-called anti-lobby bill, which re quires registration of legislative agents, and reports of their compensation and ex penses to be filed with the secretary of stHte. The bill more effectively penalizing falsi flcatlon of the records of any corporation by any officer or employe. The bill prohibiting political contributions by any corporation and requiring any par ticipant in a violation to testify regarding it, under assurance of Immunity from prosecution upon his own testimony. The new bill of the committee, qualifying any policyholder of a stock life Insurance company to act as a director therein, re gardless of whether or not he holds anv stock of the company. This bill affects especially the Equitable Life Assurance so ciety. One bill, that postponing the elections of the four mutual companies Incorporated under the laws of this state, has already become a law. TEXAS TOWN IS DESTROYED Two Persona Killed and Six Fatally Injured by a Tornado at Brlgga. BERTRAM. Tex., April 12. -The town of Brlggs. about twelve miles north of here, was swept by a tornado about 5 o'clock this afternoon and almost entirely de stroyed. Two persons are reported killed and thirty injured, six fatally. The fatally injured are: Hickman and daughter. Arnett Tabor and wife. R. A. I'utterson and wife. The names of the dead nnd others In- j Jured cannot be obtained. All the tele I phone wires out of Briggs are down. The tornado was preceded and followed by a heavy rain and hailstorm and crops were considerably damaged. The path of the storm was from the southwest to the northeast. The town contained about 250 Inhabitants. CONSTRUCTION GANGS CLASH Hill- Graders Occupy Land Belonging; to Hnrrlman and Are Driven Off with Dynamite. PORTLAND. Ore., April 12 -The Hill and Harriman construction gangs at Carson, Wash., on the north bank of the Columbia river, collided at noon today, when dyna mite was freely used to drive the Columbia Valley Railroad company's graders off the land iM-longlug to the Harriman road. One luborer was hit by a flying rock, but only slightly injured. A lighted stick of dyna mite was also thrown among the Columbia Valley graders, but the men took to their heels and escuped Injury. Finally a sheriff j was summoned and warned the Hill con struction gang to desist from further demonstrations. The situation was serious ( tonight and further clashes are feared. Motrments of Ocean Vessels April I'J. At New York Arrived: Pennsylvania, from Hamburg: Llgura. from Naples. Sailed: Lalorrniiie, for Havre; Chemnitz, for Itremeii; Hellig Olav, tor Cociiliagcn. At Boston Arrived: lverma. from Liver pool. At Halifax. N. S Arrived: Corinthian, from Glasgow. At Uvei pool Arrived; Parisian, from Ht. John: Caledonian, from Boston; I'reeslaiul. from Philadelphia; h.ixouian. from HoMon; Teutonic. New York. via yiuenstown Sailed: Pretoria, for Halifax. At Glasgow Arrived: HIIm i tiian, from Portland, Me. At Dover Arrived : Pretoria, for New York for Hamburg land proceeded i. At Naples Arrived : Piedmonte, from New York At Mr-men-Arrived: Cassell, from Bal timore. At Marseilles Arrived: Mat-sils. from New York. At Coeiihagen Arrived: Oscar II, from New Y rk v'a 'hrisiUnsand At Naples-Sailed . Looisisna. for Genoa, for New Vork; Roman!-, for Boston, i At lndon Sailed : Minneapolis, for New I York. i At gu'cnstown-Sa.led. Ovtinic, fur New York. . ASES j) CINDERS Wind Blows from Vegayini to Naples and Conditions Seem Worse. FIVE HUNDRED DEAD AT OTTAJANO Kine Witnesses the Recovery of a Number of Bodies from Ashos. EXTENT OF DAMAGE IS ENORMOUS Tive Thousand Bnildines Wholly or Partly Destroyed. QUEEN VISITS INJURED IN HOSPITALS Omrlala Doing All They Caa tn Re lleve Distress In Italy, but Work Proceeds with Difficulty. NAPLES. April 12 -While the news from Mount Vesuvius today Is reassuring the conditions here In Naples are such as maka It dihicult to realize that conditions are actually belter. The wind is blowing from the volcano in the direction of Navies, carrying the ashes in this direction. To wards evening the fall of ashes and cin ders here was worse than at any time sin- e the eruption began. The scenic effects vary from hour to hour. Now in the north the sky is choco late colored, lowering and heavy, under which men and women with their hair and clothing covered with ashes, move about like gray ghosts. Fort San Martino. hs it towers above the townl can only Just be. seen, while Castle del Ove Is boldly marked In light, seeming llko silver against the brown sky. To the south beyond the smoke zono lies smiling, sunny Puslllpo and Its peninsula, while far away glistens the sea deep blue, on which the sands seem to float In tho glow of the setting sun. Adding to tho sttnnge picture, one of the French men-of-war, which arrived In the Bay of Naples. Is so placed as to he half in the glow and half obscured by the belt of falling ashes. From the observatory of Mount Vesuvius, where Director Matteuccl is continuing his work In behalf of science and humanity, the scene Is one of great Impresslveness. To reach the observatory one must walk for miles over hardened but hot lava cov ered with sand until he comes to a point whence nothing can be seen but vast, gray reaches, sometimes flat and sometimes gathered into huge mounds which take on semblance of human faces. Above the heavens are gray like the earth beneath and seem Just ns hard and immovable. In all this lonely waste there Is no sign of life or vegetation, and no sound Is heard except the low mutterlngs of the volcano. One seems almost Impelled to scream aloud tn break the horrible stillness of a land seemingly forgotten both by God and man. ' Five Hundred Dead at Ottajano. Every day that passes gives new evidence of the magnitude of the catastrophe. To. day's visit of King .Victor Emmanuel to Ottajano revealed new tragedies. At a cer-; tain point his majesty was obliged to abandon his motor car and went forward on horseback amid constant danger, his horse floundering through four feet of ashes, stumbling Into holes, blinded by tho fall of lnrge. cinders and the target for falling basaltic masses. In the presence of the king 129 more bodies were extricated from the ruins, he white ashes and red sand falling aa though they were deter mined not to relinquish their victims. The dead at Ottajano are said to number 860. Tho king was deadly pale. To a priest who came to him he said: . "How did you escape?" "I escaped myself In safety," replied tho priest. "What do you mean?" asked the king. "Realizing the danger." was the priest's reply, "I had left for Nola." The king flushed with anger. "What:" he cried, "you a minister of Ood. were not here, to share the danger of your people and administer the Inst sacrament? Tou did very wrong." Queen Helene was with the king when he started for Ottajano. but she was ob liged to turn back, as the task waa one not suitable for a woman. She spent the most of the ditv In visiting the Injured In Naples' hospitals and Inspecting the rousing provided for refugees. Princess Walks Twelve Miles. Princess Schleswig-Holsteln set out In her automobile this morning to visit the hospitals In the desolated towns, but after a time the motor car became disabled and she was forced to return oh foot, a distance of twelve miles, walking the distance through three feet of nshes. The princess' endurance surprised the Neapolitan, some of whom declared that she must have been aided by the saints, for never before has a woman accomplished such a task. There have been a large number of rob beries of deserted houses In spite of the efforts of the authorities to protect prop erty. In the excited condition of the pop ulace there Is some difficulty In preserving order. The closing of a church at Torra Annunzlata which was considered to be unsafe precipitated a small riot. Provision Is being made for the feeding and sheltering of people who have re mained In their own towns. It Is estimated that 5.000 houses hsve been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. Some extraordinary escapes from death have been recorded. A man and his wife were rescued after having been. lost In the ash-covered wilderness for fifty-six hours. They were terribly exhausted and seemed more like live skeletons than human be ings. Firemen have been sent from Pal ermo. Sicily, nnd other places to tho vil lages in this vicinity which hava suffered the most from the full of ashes tn assist la I removing the ashes from the roofs and rn , lieve the exhausted soldiers. Camp kltch ' ens have been established at a number of j.larcs and free meals are being distributed j wherever possible to those in need of them, j The American steam yacht Nahma, with j Mrs. Rol-ert Goelet and a party of friends ' on board, has arrived at Palermo, Sicily. I They witnessed the eruption of Mount i Vesuvius from Amain on the bay of flal- ernio. not far from Naples, and give a i vivid description of the scene. Ktlrnt of llnmwgr. I The latest lepoits show that 43 houses i hae Ix m damaged at I'orllci, 1 at Ban Giovanni and Tedutilo; 432 at Iteslua god Lout) si Ton a Del Greco. It Is lilHKisnli.lt, lo determine the actual number of buildings demolished St Tunc Anuuzlata. It is esti mate.! thai about .' house In all have been partly or entirely destroyed. In the . villages mi (in ottajano side of the inoun , tain ull the houses are datnuged. At Nola desolation i- ig.i. the place having been I aliitoNf ei,tii'-ly abandoned. A committee has Iteen formed to collect funds and oigaiilze assistance for the re lief of the sufferers. It Is presided over by Iks Uuks vi Awsl. Ifae fovsromobl 1