Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1906)
unday Bee. wtfvrtl In THE OMAHA DEE Best t';. West HEWS SECTION. Pages 1 to 8. ESTABLISHED JUNE -19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL V, 11HVJ-FIVE SECTIOXS-TIIIKTY-SIX PAOES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. The Omaha LONDON IS CROWING Increase in Population of Metropolis Causes Discussion on Fart of Publicists. . SMALLER TOWNS ARE FINDING FAVOR Bryce Would Have People Move to Places Vot So Laree. "ROTTEN BOROUGHS," ARE UNDER FIRE a 8ince Losing Power Tories See Eeason for Revising Representation. REGIMENT OF ROUGH RIDERS SUGGESTED Frit-nit of ruronirr Rrltlah Array Would Have Vnlgnlrrr Orsanl ration nf Urn Klprrlnirfd In Frontier VrUr.. LONDON, April H. iPpcclnl Cablegram to The Ree.)I'enr has been expressed thn' there Is a alight danger I hat n l It th excellent movement In favor of garden cltio and the "back to the noil" program should come some impractlcabl' Ideas. Even Mr. Dryec, a practical ta ' pciiui n. n n confer encc recently, expressed the idm Hint h' w j centers of population of say W. to n,mo or 7i, might to be developed for the pur pose of clucking the growth toward t'e in' tropnlts. It has been pointed out In teply to Mr. Bryce and some statesmen not '.uiti- so practical that It is the very bigness of the metropolis that attracts a'fd I that there are thousands who would Itn.l the smaller cities as wll as the rural dis tricts Intolerably dull. WlieUii- this '11--poslllon of flocking to the cities cin In any measure, be corrected by tlv cry of "back to the land" or "bix'k to the town" re mains to he seen. Rut It ljas been pointed out that It Is not likely to le corrected If political writers and thinkers reg-ird the size of the great modern cities as matters Of accident, which can be corrected at will or at pleasure. The agitation for a change In the system of represrntation Is because of the fact that every unionist member in the House of Commons represents on an average 17.V5 votes, while each ministerialist represents an average or only 7.118. Though there was a. decided liberal majority, even on the popular figures, no such a showing as this would be mHde If the present system did pot have many Inequalities. Rut the most remarkable thing In connection with, the agitation for ' a more perfect system of minority, representation Is that the radicals are. opposing a change, while the liberals re contending for tho Idea of a change. Heretofore In the history of tho United Kingdom almost always and ever has the reverse of this proposition been true. From the days of the "rotten boroughs," which the whlgs accused tho tories of planning by' what in American would practically be called gerrymandering, down to the last session of Parliament, It Is the liberal forces which have been obliged to fight for In creased representation for iiiinnnticn. It x admitted by all parties that something should be accomplished in working out practical reforms. Attitude of Conservatives. , It will lie remembered . that something was attempted by tho Halfour ministry In this direction. Just as It was riding for a fall. Rut the liberals naturally imagined that the redistribution of seats If under taken by Mr. Balfour and his associates would naturally be unfavorable to them. Hence they fought all Ideas In that direc tion bitterly during the closing hours of the dying Parliament. And after that the downpour. Not even the moat enthusiastic liberal six months ugo could have imagined such a full of the conservatives and a com plete right about face of all parties In the matter of minority representation. Things have indeed como to a pretty pass In Mcrrto England when the conservatives are accusing the liberals, nationalists and labor It cs of "dealing in rotten boroughs." Army reforms will not como by mere talk. Rut there has been a decided Improvement In the situation bo far as the army Is con cerned during tho past few months. It Is another of those Ironies of fate that to the liberals, supposed to be the ancient and time-honored foe of militarism, should come thn privilege of fostering some of the greatest Improvements In the army pro posed In years, and that the conservatives should be found In the opposition for no other reason than that they are "agin the government." During the recent discus sions on the army estimates good Ideas have been expounded by Mr. Huldane. Mr. Halfour and Sir Charles Dllke and If they did not agree there was at least a very cheering approximation to agreement. Mr. Haldrane and Mr. Ralfour, for example, are practically as one In regard to the general method by which expansion of our military forces Is to be obtained. The reason why this and other approximations lo agree- . . l....nn n. r, m, Vi AlmwwiA In .Ka dominant Idea of Mr. Haldane's speech. An essential of army reform Is a concordant of the two great parties about military policy. It Is contended that the day of unionist action and liberal reaction Is gone. Mr. tlaldane wants to procure the assent of the present opposition as well as of the ministerial party to the scheme that Is -I I . t Kl. ... I .m4 T-V, - I A 111 1 aiiltiliT. ilia . , iic viu nurim practice was to allot a fixed sum to the soldiers and tell them to make the best of it. That Is not Mr. Haldane's practice; before the general election the prime minis ter formally absolved him from the neces sity of making It his theory. Rut the theory survives In the liberal and 'labor parties and It takes the form of a peremp tory Insistence upon a reduction of the army' budget. Itongb Riders for Britain. It has been seriously opposed to form au Imperial legion, an army of scouts, some thing after the fashion of the rough rider regiment organised by Theodore Roosevelt upon Hie outbreak of the Spanlvh-Ainerlcan jr. In this imperial legion or army of scouts, us ill Ihe rough rider regiment, it is proposed every, member will be selected bvcaus he has "done something'' or la capably of "doing .something." The official d slgnatlon of the organisation. It Is said, will be "frontiersmen." since It will Include men trained and qualified by previous com pleted military service or by working, fight ing liuting In wild countries, or at sea, who do not or cannot S've In the existing military forces of the empire, and a, ho are not preiwred by reason of vocation or temperament to submit themselves to the otdlimry military discipline, save in .tme of wr. Though, of course, the frontiersmen do not expect to be on the pay rolls of the llritlsh army acrvice they are too pa triotic for that they do hope and expect to aeoure the confident and the support (Continued on Sixth Page.) ELEVATION FOR PLUNKETT Cardinal l.ogne Dealrea Irlah Martyr Placed on Calendar ( Saints of Church. ROMK, April U. (Special Cablca;rum to Tho Bce.)-Rt. Rev. Oeremla Bouomell', bishop of Cremona, of whose pastoral the sovereign pontllT wrote In such strong terms In hi letter to Cardinal Ferrari, archbishop of Milan, came to Rome re cently to visit the pope. He took up 1.1a residence In the Minerva hotel. The news- I naners have been busv with his name and j his pastoral, but ns he said nothing Tor publication the reports riven of his saying and Intentions wern strange and extrava gant freaks of the Imagination. It lias been unfortunate for Mgr. Bnnomclli that I the llbcrallstlc anti-Catholic press In Italy has undertaken his defense In an enthusi astic manner, for It has been noticed that that press is rarely on the side of the Cath olics. Finally. Mgr. Ronnmclli left Rome on his return Journey to his diocese of Cremona, and the noncatholle papers published here in Rome announce that he has not been re ceived by the pope. This event has been responsible for a sensation In the newspa per, but it Is said that the entire Incident did not linve the construction placed upon It and that the pone did not refuse to re ceive tlie cardinal. The Irish Franciscans of St. Isidore have Just given a dinner in honor of Cardinal Ixiguc, who Iihm been visiting here In Rome. Amongst tin- gin sis Invited was Very Rev. Mgr. Hyrne, ibati of liungnnrion, who accompanied the cardinal to Rome as his secretary. Tuirlng his slay in Rome his eminence the cardinal has been in consul- I tiitlon with the advocate for th" cause of beatification ami snnctlflcntion f"r recngnl- Hon of the venerable Oliver I'lunkct, and also with Mgr. VtiII. promoter of the faith. There Is reason to anticipate that within a comparatively, short period of time the Irish Catholics throughout the World will see the name of this martyr enrolled nmongst the names of the blessed who arc raised to the dignity of the altars. Another member of the sacred college of cnrdinals, his eminence Cardinal rjulseppl Callegarl. bishop of Padua, has Just de parted this life. He was In the sixty-fifth year of his age, having been horn In Venice In 1S41. The story of his career Is that of n diligent parish prl:t. a laborious and far-jnf aeeln blshon. whose labors were especially directed toward the advancement of his people. Another great clerical character lias Just passed Into eternal rest. Rev. Father Michael Costello, master In theology and sub-prior of St. Clements In Rome, has breathed bis last In the ancient and famous convent of the Pomlnlran Order. Father Costello was 82 years of age and many years of his life were passed In the Eternal city. His recollections of Rome embraced a period nf over sixty years and In that time he beheld as It were the old order of things changing Into new. (Jregory XIV was thn occupant of thn pontifical throne when this young friar llrst beheld the city of Rome. Then, following the death of Gregory, came In June. lWfi. the new pon tiff, Tins IX. Father Costello' used to toll how, when Plus X was ' elected; be was young-looking and his hair was dark. But tU levoti-tlnn soon fme and F1ua IX was an exile In Gaeln. In 1850 the pope returned to Homo again, but now tho dark hair was rapidly growing white and signs, of care rather than age were visible on file "face. Then cam the Invasions of the pontifical territory on thn part of Piedmont, encour aged by Napoleon III, which finally ended In the. seizure of Rome by Victor Em manuel, and all of the troubles which have marked the course of the last thirty-five years. UNION JACK MAY COME DOWN Fannin Island Will Re gold to the Illgbeat Bidder This Month. SYDNEY. April U. (Special Cablegram to The Hee.) The greatest indignation Is expressed here over the report that Fan ning Island, one of the most important landing stations of the "All-Brttlsh," Pa cific cable, together with Washington Island, Is to be offered for sale by public auction on April 17. It is regarded here as nothing less than a national scandal that the Imperial government should run the risk of such an Important strategic center as Fanning Island falling Into the hands of a foreign power. The "AU-Hritlsh" Pa cific cable, as it Is well known, links up Vancouver, British Columbia, with New Zealand. In this route of nearly 8.000 miles It touches first at Fanning Island, 3.237 miles from Vancouver, then at the Fiji Islands, another 1.636 mile, and afterward at Norfolk Island, whence branches run to New Zealand and (Queensland. From these facts It can easily be Im agined how vitally important it is that Fanning Island should remain British. A hostile power in possession of the island In time of war would have the cable at lta mercy. The original owners (by possession) of Fanning and Washington islands were Messrs. Gregg and Bignall, both of whom are dead. AMERICAN PAYS HIS FINE AntomobllUt Who Escapee trreat rnda Money to Kngtand for Fast DrUlna. lONDON. April H (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) An American was recently mopped while driving a motor car at the rate of twenty-four miles an hour In Hert fordshire. He left England directly after ward and could not be summoned. Super intendent Wood of the country police wrote to him to the addreis he gave In America and Vius Just received a reply. The American states that be did not leave England to escape Justice and he In closed IJ3. which be hoped the magistrates would accept us a tine and as an apprecia tion of the pleasure his motor car tour In England had givtn him. . The chairman of the magistrates put the money in the poor box. remarking that he hoped it would be a lei-son to Engllhh motorists who did not always behave so courteously when dcteefd In breaking the law. UNIVERSITY STUDENT DIES Alfred W. sweeten Expires In Denver Jaat After Being Found by Mother. DENVER. April 14. (Special Telegram.) -Jul its bis mother found Mm. after liavlng searched for him slno Monday. Alfred W. Sweeten, whj was u student at the Ne braska State university at Lincoln. tll'-U In the county hospital. Sweeten was found lying In the street barefoot and sick by the police last Monday. Ho had tele graphed his mother at Monument. Colo., that be was out of money. He had spinal meningitis. CRISIS WELL ENDED Preliminary Settlement of Hungarian Dis pute. Game in Good Time for All. anunsajnaaxsasu. DRASTIC MEASURES HAD BEEN PLANNED Government Was Beady to Exercise Espion age Over Letters and Pc WEKLRLE IS THOUGH1 STRONG Only Man Who P . eople a" Ruler or. WOMEN CAUSt- END OF THE TROUBLE Threatened Bojcntt nf Alt ITilnga from Anstrta When Made l Hungarian Society Had Good Effect. VIENNA. April 14.-(Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Just what the (reaty of peace between the crown and die Hungarians and the appointment of Alexander Wekcrlc ns premier will nmount to It is difficult to forcast. Jr. Alexander Wekerle Is a ! man of considerable breadth and force ! of character, and If any man can form a : cabinet that will In a measure conciliate Hungary this ought to be the man. Now that Ihe trouble Is supposed to be at an end It Is worth while at least to call attention to the manner In which the pres ent condition of affairs was brought about. While Colonel fJzll was premier of Hun- gary In lf0l-l!Wl the Austrian government j tisked the Hungarian parliament to make a considerable Increase In the quota of army recruits to be supplied by Hungary, and augment the annual money grant to the crown. The Hungarians declined to agree to the Austrian proposals and eventitnlly their opposition to them in the Hungarian Parliament, developed Into ob struction .and later Into a complete dead lock. Tho Hungarians also made counter demands on the crown, which were re fused. In October. 1901, the then premier 'nKry. Count Tlsza. made a success- "" "' ics oi pro. cedure under which the obstruction was carried on. He applied the closure. Soon after this the Hungarian Parliament was dissolved, and in January, 1005. the Hun garian government went to the country in a general election, with the result that the ministerial party was everywhere over whelmingly defeated, and there came Into existence the combined opposition of to day, known as the Independence party of Hungary, whose members Insist on. the use of thn Hungarian language and the Hungarian flug in the army of Hungary, which the crown has peremptorily refused to agree to. Radical Pinna tngarested. ' It was perhaps fortunate for lnth coun tries thnt matters ended Just where they did. For the liberty of the press had been suppressed, the right of public meeting had been limited, and an edict had been Issued by the mlnlMer of .commeiee -empowering the courts ami the police to con trol the dispatch fif the letters, documents, postal packets and telegrams of certain persons. The opposition Is being sup pressed with a stern hand. Apparently quiet prevails. A significant symptom In connection with tho movement leading up to the present condition of affairs ha been the participation of women In a country where women are Beldam found mixing In politics. Aristocratic ladles, for Instance, at whose head Is the Countess Ratthyany, daughter of the late Count Andrassy, formed a society called the "Tulip league." The task of the "Tulip league" was to op pose the present government everywhere. Everything coming from Austria was to be boycotted by the women of tho league. This boycott, striking right at the heart of the commercial Interests of the two countries, Is supposed to have had more to do with bringing about the end of the crisis than any - one thing. The sympa thizers of the boycott openly wore' tulips; the tulips were everywhere seen, und Baron FeJervary openly declared that the women of Hungary were giving the mem bers of the cabinet more trouble than the men were. This declaration was made In connection with the holding of immense meetings, in which all of the women, rich and poor, offered their Jewels In case they should be needed to continue the struggle with the government. Demonstrations of this kort convinced the cen'.al government that the Hungarians were in deadly earnest. ROYALTY INWITNESS BOX Emperor and Empress of Germany May Appear in Suit for Damagea. BERLIN, April 14.-Special Cablegram to The Bee.) According to a report which is attracting much attention In Berlin the kaiser is shortly expected to appear as a witness In a libel suit. Frau Mileskl, a lady In malting on Princess Dorothea if Schleswlg-Holsteln, Is suing Prince Ernst Cumber of Schleswlg-Holsteln and the court chamberlain for damages for illegal arrest In Egypt. A charge of theft was brought against her, but could not be sub stantiated. Herr Blumenthal, the cham berlain, requested the Egyptian govern ment to effect the arrest, stating thai the kaiser himself desired this to be dour Should the report prove to be correct I ho following remarkable list of witnesses will give evidence: The kaiser, the kalsenn. Princess Frederick Leopold of Prussia, tho prince and princess of Schleswlg-Holst 'lti and many other Notabilities. The emperor himself ordered Frau Mileskl to d.-mand compensation. INTERNATIONAL "CROOK" HELD Joha Carr, Known In American Police Circles, in Trouble in Denmark. COPENHAGEN. April II. tSpecl.il Ca blegram to The Bee.) John Carr, who ha several times been sentenced in England i"; nrt America to terms of imprisonment, has Just been sentenced to eight months' penal servitude here for passing stolen notes, the proceeds of the Liverpool bank robbery on July 13, 15, when Slo,0m wus stolen from a clerk paced Dobaon. When Carr was arrested last year at Copenhagen he declartd himself to te n sculptor of the name of Grey, but by the system of finger print records, which la now used with great success all over Scandinavia, he was Identified as the thief. Carr. An accomplice, who was arrested on August 13 at Kiel, was found to be '.n possession of the greater part of the stolen notes. Carr la 78 years of age and Is sail to be one of the oldeet bank thieves in the world. EASTER SERVICES IN RUSSIA f'anr t.lves the Signal "Christ la Risen" from Taarakne .do. 8T. PKTKRSlintH. April 15 -At midnight Inst night flic usual impressive Euster services were held In nil the churches In St. Petersburg. There were no untoward Incidents. Emperor Nicholas, who ordi narily gives the signal "Christ Is risen" at the Winter palace, remained at Tsatskoe Seln, to which place special trains were run to accommodate cabinet ministers and other high d'gnltaries who went to the palace to be present at the service. "The expectations that Easter would be marked by some lmiortant announcement bearing on the light between Count Wine and Minister of the Interior Uurnovo were ! not realised. Fevers! pag f promotions and decorations will be published In the Official Mcsscngi r (nmnrmw, hut the em peror ims net even signalized the, day with a general gift to the people. Among the Easter honors conferred Count Casslnl Is made an actual privy council lor of the second rank and M. Makhnicllcff. Russian minister to Japnn. whose wife was Miss Mary Hcale of Washington, Is given the order of St. Andrew. BLOW AT CONGRESS' POWER I iir Decides to Retain Control Financial Affairs of the Nation. of ST. PET ERSRI'RtJ, April lt.-Wllh abso lute unanimity the papers here today, even the Novoe Vrniya, express extreme dis content with the Imperial ukase, issued April 11, creating a "i nmnilttee of finance" to decide matters relating to the national credit This Is regarded as another severe blow to the power of the Parllamvnt and as vliiunlly taking away from the nation's representatives nil control of the nation's finances. The text of this Important docu ment is as follows: We llnd It useful to exclude from the competency of the council of the empire and the lower house of parliament Hie ) right to determine the times and conditions of loans and to consign the same to the I committee of nuance, which la also charged I to sturiv all questions relating to the credit of the empire and the money system. At I the same time we reserve the right to sub mit to the preliminary 'constitution or tne committee such Ilnanclnl matters as the budget, which must go before Parliament. INITIAL TRIP CF AIR SOLDIERS Members of Cermnn Military Company Have Thrilling: Experience in a Balloon. COPENHAGEN. April 14.-1 Special Ca blegram to The Roe.) Two German sol diers, Welth and Jurgens, belonging to the German First Military Airship company, have Just landed at Karlskronu, In Sweden, In a balloon which left Berlin on a stormy ufternoon and crossed tho Baltic during a flerco snowstorm. When some miles from tho Swedish coast a mishap occurred and Hi balloon began to descend rapidly, tho gas escaping through a rent caused . by the. atorm. . To save their lives tho two men cut a,way tho ticket Willi lis. .enntev's and lun; to the net while the storm raged and the wind blew the balloon about. AfUr being nearly two hours In this dangerous and uncom fortable position the aeronauts reached the coast and descended In a snow covered for est. One of tho soldiers had fainted when the balloon was found by some peasants. KAISER TO ViSIT MADRID Emperor of Germany Will Go to Spanish Capital on South ern Trip, BERLIN, April 14. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) It Is stated here, apparently on good authority, that the kaiser will visit Madrid on May 15. His majesty will pro ceed from Genoa to Carthagena, thence to the capital and afterwards via Vallado lid to the northern coust of the peninsula. where he will go on board the Hamburg at Santander. His first visit to Spain will occupy altogether three days. At first it was the kaiser's Intention to land at Barce lona, but on the advice of the Spanish government this plan was relinquished. With the Improving prospects tho kaiser's Mediterranean Journey begins to . assume more definite shape. Numerous coast towns and a visit to Athens are' said to be on bis program, and It Is stated that the empress will accompany his majesty for at least a part of the trip. BALFOUR OUT OF PRISON . Released British Financier Will Probably Return to Bualneaa in Sooth America. LONDON, April 14. James Spencer Bal four, formerly a financial magnate and a member of Parliament, who was sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment In 1S95 for extensive frauds In connection with the Land Allotment company and the House and Land Investment Trust of the Liber ator group of companies, waa released to day from Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight. For the last two years Balfour has acted as librarian of the prison. It Is said that he probably will return to the Argentine republic, from where he was ett.i r-d before his trial and where It Is paid he tilds considerable Interests In dif ferent trad." concerns. It Is estimated that the poor mld'le class of England lost about i Jlfj.O'O.oo') by Balfour's swindling operations. I RELIGIOUS TROUBLE IN POLAND Catholics and ."Maria vita" Come to Kiowa and Several People Are Killed. WARSAW, Poland. April H The relig ious troubles between the Catholics und Mariavils. tho new Catholio sect, in many places In Poland are assuming a very seri ous aspect. Indeed the situation has al most reached the dignity of civil war. At Luptsl J.iJ Mariavils attacked 2.uno Cutho lics and a regular pitched battle followed, during which three men were killed and forty wounded. The fighting is proceeding today. At I.clinu constant skirmishes are !n progress and several persons have been killed or wounded. Last week at Chwartek the Mariavils, who are in the majority there, took possei-slon of a church and in sisted on the reappointment of a priest who was dismissed by the Catholics, HOUSE AGREES ON A BILL Meaaare Providing for setllemeat of Affaira of Five Utilised Trlbea Adopted. WASHINGTON. April 14. The bouse to day agreed to the conference report on the bill for the settlement of the affairs of the tne civilised tribes In the Indian Territory. SIX GUNNERS KILLED Powder Chares Explodes in Forward Turret of Battleship Kearsaree. TWO MEN ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED Accident Happens Just at the Close of Target Practice. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE DISASTER Powder Was Beine Sent Below When it limited. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT NOT ASCERTAINED Forty Men W ere In the I pprr nnd Lover Turrets and Small l.oaa nf Life Nnrprlsee atnl Officiate. WASHINGTON. April 14. Two yeais to a day later than the fatal Missouri disas ter, and as every sailor recalls, on a Fri day on the 13th of Hie month, six men were killed in the forward turret of the battleship Kearsnrgc by one of those acci dents which acquire additional 'terror for sailors because of their obscure origin, and almost Impossibility of prevention. Tho Atlantic fleet, the strongest fighting fleet America lias ever owned, had been for weeks engaged in the most severe drills 'in the waters of tho Caribbean sea. culminating In the quarterly target prac tice. Tills practice was Just almut con cluding with most satisfactory results up to yesterday and It waa confidently ex pected at the department, upon the basis of preliminary reports received, that all records would be broken In Ihe matter of rarldlty of Are nnd efficiency of the gunners. But today. Just at the close of the week s work at the department, came the cable gram from Rear Admiral Evans, the com manding chief of the Atlantic licet, telling of a dreadful accident on of one of Ills best ships, the Kenrsarge. The cable came from Carlmanera. a little cable station at the mouth of Guantanamo bay. Indicating the Kearsarge Itself had arrived at that place. A slight telegraphic error, requiring tho consumption of some time to affect the dlclpheiing of the message, added to tho anxiety of the officials as soon as they made out tho fact that a serious accident had occurred. Offielal Report of Disaster. The official account of tho disaster Is con tained In the following cablegram from Hear Admiral Evans: CAIMANERA. April 14-8ecrtary Navy, Washington, D. C: On April 13,sabout aio p. m., shortly after completion of target practice of Kearsarge forward turret, while the powder was going below, three sections of a thlrteen-lnch charge of powder were ikoocu. i imrge or powaer in otner nrt just below and one section Inside t htrteen-ineii remained Intact. Cause not yet determined nor uccuuniaoiiuy. Matter is Delng Invest igated. Lieutenant Joseph W. Graeme, gun umpire, hus been sent to the Maryland in a very, critical. state-lAUt, 9 p. m. The fol lowing nave since- niert :v Lieutenant Hudg Ins, turret Officer: Peter Norhersr inniur'i mats; 1 beodom Naegely, e-av.ian; Anton O, Thorson, ordinary ana man: Julius A. Koester, turret captain, first class; Ellis H. Athey, seaman. Tho following were dan gerously Injured by accident, recovery doubtful: W. King, ordinary seaman; Will Dury, dead at Guantanamo. Vessel unin jured. , - ., List of Victims. The residences and next of kin of the vic tims were aa follows: Ht'DGINS, IJeutennnt John M., turret omeer, nearest kin, wire, Washington, 1. ( . NOKHERG, PETER, gunner's mate, third class; residence. New York; next of kin, Margaret Norberg, mother, Sandsvall, Swe den. N A EG ELY, THEODORE, seaman; resi dence, Elizabeth, N. J.; next of kin, Louis Graff, guardian, Elizabeth, N. J. THORSON. ANTON OLAL'S. ordinary seaman; residence, New York: next of kin, Ellas Thorson, SVw York City. KOESTER. JIL1CS ALFRED, turret captain, first class; residence, Chicago, III.; next of kin, John Peterson, uncle. Chicago. ATHEY, ELLIS HOMER, seaman; resi dence, Parkersburg, W. Va.: next of kin, W. E. Athey, father. Parkersburg. W. Va. The following were dangerously injured by accident, recovery doubtful: William King, ordinary seaman, residence Applctnn City. Mo.; next of kin, Mrs. Alice Cox, Appleton, Mo. The following message of condolence was telegraphed to the commander-in-chief of the fleet. Admiral Evans, by Acting Secre tary Newberry: April 14, 19i. Evans, Maine. Naval Sta tion, Calmanera: The department is deeply grieved by the unfortunate accident oh board the Kearsarge which occasioned the death and Injury in the performance of duty of brave officers and men in the navy and it extends its heartfelt sympathy to the Injured and wishes for a speedy re covery from their wounds. Spare no effort to ease the sufferings of the Injured In every possible manner and show every honor to the dead. NEWBERRY. Immediately on receiving the cablegram. Acting Secretary Newberry carried It to the president at the White House and was authorized to send the foregoing expression of sympathy. He communicated the sad news to Secretary Bonaparte at his home In Baltimore over the long distance tele phone. Meanwhile, by direction of Admiral Converse, chief of the navigation bureau. Captain Pollock, the assistant chief, and Commander Wilson were busily engaged In looking up the addresses of the relatives of the victims of the accident and In writ ing telegrams acquainting them with the news. Nothing more could be done In Washington until further details were re ceived from Admiral Evans. Loss of Life Small. The first feeling cf the officers at thi Navy department after receiving the ca blegram waa one of surprise that the acci dent had resulted in so little loss of life. The Kearsarge's forward turret, where It occurred, Is of the superposed type In other words, an eight-Inch gun turret sat upon the top of the thtrteen-inch gun tur ret, where the accident occurred. In the lower turret were twenty-four men and In the upper turret sixteen. An ammunition hoist connected the two, and. had the powder in the lower hoist exploded, prob ably every man In the two turrets would have been killed. The full charge of powder for a thlrteen-lnch gun la too large to be handled by any one man, so it la divided Inf sections In canvas bags, and It was three of these (probably Just enough to fill one compartment in the ammunition hoist) which Ignited. As the cablegram states, the cause nf the Ignition waa not known, but the first belief at the Navy depart ment is that in cleaning up the turret and throwing open the breeches of the big gun after the last round had been fired, some small bit nf smouldering canvas bagging waa blown cut of one of the guns as the big breech block was swung around only to fall upon the loaded ammunition hoist where the surplus powder was being re turned to the magaxlns below. Had the remainder of this powder exploded there might have been a repetition of the Mis souri disaster, when twenty-six men were killed In the turret and in the magaslnes (Continued on Sixth Page) THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska Fair anal Warmer unday. Monday Fair. !EW KCTIO Elabt Paaea. I London la (irenlng Rapidly. Crlala la Anatrla la Ended. Mi (nnnrra Killed on Uattleahlp. President Hrlpa Lay Corneratone. H Mlsaonrl Moh llama Three Negroee 3 ewa from All Parta of Nebraska. 4 Warren Marder Caae Uoea to Jury. Easier Hetall Trade Haa Been Good A Kelentlata lew the Eruption. Shaw Helps flat ew York Raaka. Cry of Fire Marts Panic in t harrh, 6 Greene on Wehstrr'n Candidacy. Y. W. C. A. Campaign rroareaaea. T Sporting Events of the Day. EDITORIAL SECTION Eight Paves. II Pnat Week In Omaha Society. 3 John Deere Company Mny Expand. Affairs at Sonth Omaha. 3 Renaon Opena the City Campaign. Aflalra at "oath Omaha. 4 Editorial. 3,antee Mourn Indiana Want taah. Illaraarrk a Friend of the Polra. A Council It luffs and Iowa .News. 7 Mewa from the Iowa Capital. H 7. 1 in man Wanta Ballot Inquiry. I nfortunatea Before People's liar. WAXT AD E(T10 Eight Pages. 1 Easter erlcea at the Churches. Happenings In the Realty vFlrld. 2 Condition of Omnha'a Trade. Some Facta thnnt Vrinilnn. What the Candidates Expended.' : Want Ada. Wnnt Ada. R Wnnt Ada. fl Wnnt Ada. 7 Financial and Commercial. N nta- Horn Country on the Room. I I.I.I TR ITKO SEC TIO Elarht Pages. I llrjan Wrltca nf Visit to the Moroa. 2 ome Terarly Told Talea. 3 Gnaslp of Plaa nnd Playera. Musical ewa and 3ntea. t Omaha a Cosmopolitan City. A Dominion Wanta American ettlera Dntlea of Ion Executive Council. II ln the Domain of Woman. 7 Sporting Goaalp of the Week. K Proxrea In Field of Electricity. COLOR sECTinWnnr Pages. 1 Ruater Trlea Fragrant Weed. 2 Odd nnd Enda from Far and ear. 3 .o llaslnsr at Weat Point Academy. 4 Simon Mmple Starts the Mule. Spelalrliuraer Takes Plnnge Bath. Temperature at Omaha Yealerdayi Hoar. Dea. . . KM . . an . . i . . an . . :ai . . :m . . 4" . . 41 Hour, t l. V. 3 p. 4 p. R p. p. 7 p. Dea. . . 41 . . 4!t . . 4 . . 4U . . ,4 . . 411 . . 41 K a. i II a. i 7 a. i IH a. i a. i 10 a i 11 a. i 13 m.. ni . m . BENSON MEETINGS THIS WEEK Places Where Republican Ralllea Will Re Held In the Varlnua Warda. Chairman Jefferis of the republican .rJty committee has arranged fov att activn cam paign during the remainder of the time between now and election day. . For the coming week he lias scheduled the follow Ing meetings: Sixth Ward Republican club mnss meet Ing, Linwood hall, southwest corner nf Twenty-forth and Burdette streets, Monday evening, April 15, 1SKK1. Prominent speakers will speak. Including E. A. Benson, for mayor, and other candidates. Tuesday, April 17, republican meeting Lincoln hall, southeast corner of Sixth nnd Pierce streets. Wednesday. April 18, republican meeting. South Side Turner hall, northeast corner of Eighteenth and Vinton streets. Thursday, April 10, Magnolia hall, Twen ty-fourth street dnd Ames avenue. Friday, April Thirty-fifth and Ieaven worth streets, the West Ieavenworth Im provement club turns the meeting over for republican candidates to speak. Wednesday, April 25, Crelghton hall southwest corner of Fifteenth and Harney streets. SUIT AGAINST FIELD ESTATE Daughter of Merchant Prince Wants fH37,000 In Securities Given Her Before Father's Death. CHICAGO. April 14 Mrs. Ethel Beatty daughter of the late Marshall Field, com menced suit today against the executors of her father's estate, asking that the court direct them to turn over to her stocks and bonds to the amount of 8X57.000 which her father gave her before his death, but which were never delivered to her. The suit is of a friendly character and de signed to give to the executors legal au thority for the transfer of the securities. Mrs. Beatty Inherited an aggregate of $6,000,000 from her father's estate, and the $857,000 is In addition to that amount. RANCHMAN IS SHOT AT TABLE Aaaaasla Fire a Through Window and Eacapes Tracke Lead to Xelghborlnar Ranch. CHBiYENNE. Wyo.. April 14. (Special Telegram.) Jack Boylo, a well known ranchman, living near here, was killed by a shot fired through the window. The as sassin escaped. Outsldo the house were plainly discernible the tracks of the as sassin, who had come within six feet be fore tiring the shot. His horse was fol lowed to the ranch of O'Nell, !etwecn whom and Boyle a feud bad long existed. In the stable was the horse, but O'Nell was In Cheyenne during the whole night. The Inquest will be held at Greeley Mon da '. Movements of Ocean Yeaaela iprll 14, At New York Sailed: Rugla. for Ham burg; Koenlgeii Luise, for Naples; Iji Gas cogne. for Havre; Philadelphia, for South ampton; Lucania, for l,lverool: Minne tonka, for London; Noordland. for Ant werp; Iaurentian, for Havre; Hi. Paul, for Southampton. Arrived. I'mbria, from Live! pool. At lloiig Kong: Arrived: Empres of In dia, from Vancouver. Sailed: Doric, for San r ranclsco. At Antwerp Arrived: Marquetta. from Boston. Sailed: Finland, for New York. At Palermo Bailed: Calabria, for New York. At Glasgow Sailed : Ontarian, for Mont real; FurnessiH, fi r New York. At Queenstow n Sailed : Cymric, for Bos ton. Arrived: Etruria, from New York. At Liverpool Sailed: Campania, for New York. At Havre Sailed : I -a Savole, fur New York. At Hamburg Arrived: Pretoria, from New York. Sailed: Prim Eltel Frledrlch, for New York. At Nuples Arrived: Florida, from New York. At Plymouth Arrived: St. Louis, from New York. At Bro head Sailed: Arnerika, for New York. At St. John, N. H Sailed: Tunisian, for Liverpool; Laita Champlain, fur Liverpool. MAN WITH MUCK RAKE Notable Address by President Rooeerelt at Cornerstone Lay in?. PARALLEL FROM PILGRIM'S PROGRESS Tendency to Indiscriminate Criticism of Publio Men Deplored. EXCESSES ALWAYS INVITE REACTION Overoensura Generally Results in Benefit to Real Culprits. OFFICE BUILDING FOR CONGRESSMEN Kew Structure Will Be One of the Largest and Fineat in Washington Maaona Haie Charge of the Ceremonies. WASHINGTON. D. C. April 14-To the many memorable events which cluster about the making of the nation's capital must be added one other, the laying of the cornerstone of the ofiice building for the house of representatives with solemn Masonic ceremonies this afternoon. The occasion was made notable by the presence of the president of tho V lilted States and many of his cabinet, by the su preme court, by the representatives of for eign governments, by the senate and house of representatives and a largo proportion of Washington's population. The day was ideal for such an Important ceremony, and without so much as even a trifling delay the Immense stone which occupied the northeast corner of the bulbi ng waa placed In position with the ancient ceremonials of the Masonic order. Great attention has been paid to the caro nd comfort of the thousands who were accorded an opportunity to witness tho ex ercises and to listen to one of the most notable addresses ever delivered by the president during his public career. Flags and bunting were everywhere. Stand after stand was provided and high above all the other vantage places was the president s box overlooking the capitol plax nnd fronting the great white capitol building on the west and the library or congress on the east. Prraenta Inspiring; Picture. Palms nnd growing plants were there niul tho faint touch of the new green of thn trees shading off Into the richer green of thn plaza, made an Inspiring picture. To this add the rich dress of hundreds of Knights Templar with their waving plumes and Ihe subdued costumes of the Masons with their lambskin aprons and white gloves, the scarlet uniforms of the Marine band and the blue of the United States Engineers' band and the picture Is com plete. President Roosevelt, accompanied by members of his cabinet and escorted by thn Office Building commission. Speaker Joseph Q. Cannon. Representative W. P. Hepburn of Iowa, and ex-Representative James l. Rlchnrrtson Of Tnneksee. artived'rompafa- tlvely early. When the president came Into view of the Immense audience a roar of kindly welcome greeted him. Immediately after the arrival of the president, the sen ate of the 1'nlted States, with Vice Presi dent Fairbanks at their head, entered the stand reserved for them, followed by n large membership of the house of repre sentatives. Vice President Fairbanks took a seat to the .left of the president, and his presence, too, was loudly Indicated by the assemblage. A large number of women were on the president's stand, among them being Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs. Cowles, sister of the president, nnd Mrs. Fairbanks. Upon the arrival cf the Grand Lodge of Masons of the District of Colum bia, with Walter A. Brown, grand master, at Its head, the ceremony of laying the cornerstone began. Contents of the Box. A licrmitlenlly-sealed copper box contain ing an Inside copper box with glass top waa then placed In position so that thn stone would completely envelop It. Thn box contained the following articles: The Holy Bible; copy of the Declaration of Independence; copy of the constitution of the United States; American flag, pre sented by the boys of the Junior Republic; copy of volume "History of Capitol;" au tographs of members of the United States senate, April 14, 1; an engraving nnd autograph of President Roosevelt; engrav ing and autograph of Vice President Fair banks; pictures and autographs of Mr. Cannon, Mr. Hepburn and Mr. Richardson of Tennessee; photographs and autographs of members of cabinet; set of postage stamps of L'nlted States, ldu6; list of mem bers of senate and house. 1908; list of mem bers of the supreme court of the United States. 1906; city papers, current issue, and many other articles. As the stons was lowered on Its founda tion the marina band played the Inter mezzo from "Cavallerta Rustlcana." The corn, wine and oil were then In turn poured upon the stone by the grand master, accord ing to ancient custom, an octette of mala voices chanting as the corn fell from the silver flagon: There shall be a handful of corn In the earth, upon the top of the mountain; the fruit thereof shall shake like I-bannn and they of the city shall flourish like tin grass of the earth. When the wine was poured upon tag stono the octette sang: And wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which streiigthenetit man's heart. As the oil was scattered the choir chanted: And Jacob set up a pillar In the place where be talked with Him even a pillar of stone and be poured a drink offering there. Address of Grand Master Brown. Following these rites the grand master, Walter A. brown, delivered the following address. Grand Masur Brown said in part: Ladies, Gentltineii and Brethren B It known unto you tnal He be law ful Masons, true and laitlitul lu the lavts of our country and engugeii by solemn obligations to aid In luu erection of public buouings by placing in position the chief cornel stone wiieitevtr called upon to do so by tliose iiaviug ciiai ne of the same. These ceremonies which you have wit nessed have cuino down to ua from time immemorial, and are In themselves in valuanle lo us as purely symooiic of thai spiritual building which each one of us la engaged In electing during our natural ill c , and as In tins temporal building about to be ervcud to nave proved me chief cornerstone lo Is well formed, truo und truoiy, lei each ne or us lie sure dial in the spiritual building our chief eorneisiouu be I ike !.- well lormed, true and Iriiniy. 'iiils gavel, known us ihe Washington gavel, was n.ade nut of tile marble used In Hie construction of the I'mted SlaLe.i capilol. and for tne aix-clrtc puixiae of and used for the first lime In Uiiig tic cornerstone of that edirice, September lb, i;wt. This ceremony was pertoiii.ed witn full Masonic rites by General Gcorgn Washington, acting grand master and upon the completion tA Um voraiiiuuy