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The Omaha- Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI -NO. 168. OMAIIA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1906. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. J MANY DIE LN WRECK Two FaiMBcer Trains Collidt a Tew Miles J from Tfaihlntton. ) THIRTY-FIVE REfORTED TO BE DEAD Detail! of tha Disaster Incomplete and Leu of Life May Be Larger. INJURED LIST MAY REACH A HUNDRED TJaited Etatti tiitrict Attorney Biker it Among the Latter. SENATOR PROCTOR REPORTED INJURlD WrMk Occurs Early la tho BTfl nnd Washington U Asked to Sea All the Doctor Available f, WASHINGTON, Deo. 80. An appalling disaster oeourred tonight at 7 o'clock on the Baltimore Ohio railroad at Terra Cot la, about three miles from this city. In which about thirty-five persons were killed and more than sixty Injured, iora of them so seriously that they will die. The accident waa caused by the collision of train No. 60. due here at 6:26 p. m. from Frederick, Md., known a the Fred erick special, with a deadhead passenger equipment special of eight cars. Mora than 200 passenger were aboard the Ill fated train. The railway officials late to night were unable to assign any cause for the collision. As aoon as the news of the wreck reached this city all ambulances available, with as many physicians as could be assembled, were sent to the scene. The dead bodies were found lying beside the track for a considerable distance. The wreck occurred at 6:39 p. m. A dense fog waa prevailing and made objects perceptible ; but a few feet ahead. It was Impossible i at first to determine the exact extent of j the catastrophe. Those passengers In the forward coach, who were but slightly bruised, heard the groans of the dying and wounded and did 1 more real regret than he was able to de whut they could to give aid. A number j scribe. They had worked together, he of the passengers started to walk to i said, for more than sixteen years and ties Brookland, three-fourths of a mile away, j so tender and sacred were not to be The moment the first of the survivors i broken except under compulsion of proved reached Brookland a general call was sent j necessity. That necessity, he added, ex out for doctors and ambulances. Dr. R. . lsted and had been growing clearer and W. Frlschorn, Dr. Stern and Dr. J. H. ! clearer to him for a considerable time. Brooks of Brookland responded and were j Since his Illness, the work at Pembroke taken to the scene in automobiles. chapel. Dr. Aked said, had been too heavy Following Is a partial list of the dead and wounded: MARY LEFFOLD, 30 years old, employed Bureau Engraving and Printing, this city. GEORGE HIUBIE. Brookland, D. C. ELIZABETH PEARMAN. Takoma Park. DR. B. OAKTHBH HARRIS, Wasnlng ton. T. A. KELLY, Kensington. Md. MISS KOLL; a Young Women's Chris tian association card was found In her pocket. WHITE GIRL, 18, unidentified. NEGRO BOY, unidentified. .,.," it m HABl. unidentified. - NORMAN ROGERS, white; Msrion, Ind. MRS. J. M'CAUHLY and her 14-year-old EbWARD M. BELT, white. 14 years old, address unknown. COMMODORE P. BROWN, 80 years, ad dress unknown. ..... PROF KING, organist, Wesley chapel, Kensington, Md. TWO N1-X1RO WOMEN, unidentified. TWO WHITE WOMEN, about 30 years Old, unidentified. WHITE WOMAN, 25 years old, unldentl- " WHITE WOMAN. 20 years old, unldenti- WHITE CHILD, unidentified. D W. Baker, United States district at torney for the District of Columbia; heel UHa?ry Hlgbls. brother of George Hlgble. Mrs. tlltn names, mis . ll.T; "Y1 v.iAiia Humes, daughter of Edith Barnes; broken leg and scalp wounds. UAH of the ,Wart.lnton Evenlrg Star; Aifred York. Woodburn, Md. Fred Hiser. Terra Cotta. Henry Krebs, Terra Cotta. Mis Peake, Braddock Heights, t . ... .i Va.; haMnd bkehnaV;S face John Dickens, Terra Cotta; scalp wound and throat lacerated. . Ouentln M. Moore, this city; lett leg broken, Injured internally. , Mrs. Moore, wife of y. M. Moore; slightly brulsed. i t,.hn riewltt Moore. 5 years old: slightly. Clarence lYoetor. this city; left leg crushed. Proctor Is a well known amateur ball player. Clarence Proctor, this city: seriously. A! Chambers, this city; slight. R. F. Elgin, this city; slight. V. B. Kegge, this city; seriously. i Clinton L. Moore, this city. Mrs. D. Carr. Kensington, D. C. K. M. Moore, this city; slightly. Raymond J. Cooley, seriously. liSwls Baldwin, Washington; Internally. John C. Hauler, both legs broken. In ternally Injured; will die. John Wright, negro, Baltimore: will die. W. C. Johnson, agent I'nlted States Kx lress comimny, Washington; arm broken and head Injured. . Frank Bod Ills. Frederick, Md.. news paper man; slightly. ..... . , Roy Elder, Poolesvtlle. Md. ; leg broken. Edward Williams, negro, this city. N W. Washington. face lacerated. John A. Kundo. this city: leg broken. Fannie Austin, negress, this city. C. V. Fagun, Frederick, Md. B. N. Maywood, Alexandria county, Virginia. , Miss C. Cross, address unknown. r. 8. Serge. Washington, urtlle Campbell, Washington. Mrs. A Moose, Washington. Mrs. I. Droake, Braddock Heights, Md. Catherine Hughes, Washington. Jeanette Reed. 13 years old. Falls Church, Va, Howell Chambers. Washington. H. F. Letgh. brakeman of passenger trsln, Washington. Miss Roata Cross, Seneca, Md. v John C. Thetlllng, Washington. Miss Anna Moore, rmeriaan. na. 4itiB vr rvtoiVv w asnington. ."a an3uu'' . " j v. , Xt A a a.A.1 . Richard T. Elgin. Washington; both legs i oken and head badly Injured. Brakeman F. R. Franklin, leg, body and hi) badly cut and crushed; condition; InuS. t jhn Wllklno, who got aboard the train I ! Terra nannts Dae ana ankle vsle Jitnt-a, addresa unknown. try Thomas, wire and baby,. Wash ' -on. tr El subeth Tel ran. Tnkoma Park. "Liirllli Conip. aged S year, severely In - Jui-d and m inot live. Her father escaped with a ehakirT. but the mother has not vet been loctusi.t Thomas C. Uo niller. Seneca. Md.: sa.ejM, Injured shout the head and body. R iy Adler,- poolesvllle, Md.; right arm John P. Martin. Harpers Kerry; due to arrive here on the lll-fatrd train, but has not been found. Vlsu Purman. school teacher, Wauhl ig on, Bllt-Mnly Injured. (Her mother killed.) MVs. K. J. Cooley, Washington; arm broken. Prank Iah. brakeman, will probably die. Mra Proctor, hi wife; badly shaken up. Hospital Train Arrives. Shortly before midnight a hospital train tliat had been sent from Washington ar rived at the scene of the wreck and the work Of taking on th Injured and tha bodies of the dead waa beguu. The un identified dead will be taken to the morgue, while the bodies of those who bare ba fCwoUiinued on Beeoud Paga JUBILEE OF MISSIONARIES Burlelly, India, the Scene Most Inuaual Celebra tion. of BARIELLY, British India, Saturday, tVe. . The celebrations of the Methodist mis sionary Jubilee began here on Friday. Re ceptions of greeting were held in the after noon and evening and were attended by fully t.OfiO persons. There were numerous addresses of welcome read and felicitous responses were made by Bishop Cyrus D. Fobs of Philadelphia, Bishop James N. Fitzgerald of St. Louis, Rev. Dr. Adna B. Leonard of Oberlln, O., secretary of the Missionary society of the Methodist Epis copal church; Rev. Dr. Croucher and Mrs. Parker. A noted feature of the receptions waa the enthusiastic welcome accorded the aged Mrs. Ilutler, widow of Rev. Duncan Butler, one of the first missionaries to India, who was greeted with much applause and cheer ing. In expressing her warm apprecia tion of the reception, Mrs. Butler told of e reasons for her husband's choice of , '4 a as a field for missionary work. She 'y.'l of the extreme difficulty that at the beginning of the missionary S omen in inoja. 'v "rence proper was formally ope. with three well-attended hlch addresses were de--torlcal accounts of the conferences. Among the jishop Foss and Rev. Dr. meeti. Hvered work of k speakers w Leonard. During the day Frank A. Arter of Han overton, O., formally opened the great ex hibition of Industrial, educational and woman's handiwork. AKED ACCEPTS NEW YORK CALL Prominent EnilUh Paster Comes to John D. Rockefeller's Chnrrh. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 30.-At a meeting of Pembroke chapel tonight a written com munication from Rev. Charles F. Aked, the pastor, was read to the effect that after long and anxious consideration he had decided- to accept the call to the Fifth Avenue Baptist church of New York and he therefore placed his resignation in their hands. Dr. Aked said he did this with for him. Dr. Aked said that he would not leave Liverpool before next March. The Associated Press here learns that during the last week Dr. Aked received several cablegrams from prominent mem bers of the Fifth avenue church In New I York, urging his acceptance of the call. John D. Rockefeller, It Is said, cabled Dr. Aked, assuring him a "free hand" In his work and Rev. Hugh Black, former min ister of SU George's Free Church, Edin burgh, who Is now In New York, cabled that America heeded him even more than England. RAISULI'S FOLLOWERS DESERT Bandit Chief, However. Still La rice nmber of Men with Him. Has TANGIER, Morocco, Dec. 30. It is cur- reatly reported here that the German flag Is about to be hoisted over Ratsull's strong hold at Zlnal. It is said to be the bandit's Intention to endeavor to embroil the powers in the meantime by Joining forces with the ! pretender. On the other hand, It is stated , that Zlnal has been sold to a German com- i merclal firm, which Intends to enter into possession when Ralsull retires. When he learned of the decree for his expulsion from Morocco Ralsull sent his family and fortune to the Inaccessible mountainous headquart ers of the Benl Arros tribe, while he re- at Zlnal. prepared to follow at any moment In the event of an attack. I Ben Ghazl. the new pasha cf Tangier. has released Ben Mansour, Ralsult's repre- . iL , ' i aentatlve, and other prisoners. Ben Man- 1 sour has openly Joined Sldi Mohammed Oab- bas, the war minister, and other former partisans of Raisuli have also deserted him. but a large body of followers Is said to be assembling among the Benl Arros tribe. CONDITION OF SICK ROYALTY Shah of Persia Is Mach Better and Kins; of Sweden Shows I.lttle Change. TEHERAN, Dec. 30-The shah sat np today, but mas very weak. He has taken no .solid food since Saturday. The shah and the crown prince signed a separate document In which he promised not to dis solve the present Parliament for two years. The constitution Includes the establishment of a partly elective senate and financial control of the government by the lower house of Parliament. STOCKHOLM. Dec. S0.-The bulletin Issued today concerning the state of health of King Oscar, says: The king's temperature Saturday even ing was 8s S and this morning 98 8. His majesty slept well during the night. His appetite Is good. The action of the heart la unchanged and there Is still some dis charge of mucus from the windpipe." HEROES OF WAR DECORATED I Japanese Rmperor Remembers Mill. tary d Naval Commanders In Late War. TOK10, Dec. SO. The emperor today per- ,ona!ly Invested a number of high military and naval commanders with decorations for distinguished services In the Russo- ! Japanese war. Field Marshal Oyama, presl- . , - ... ,. . . ' d"nt ot tne g"1" atT of the army; Generals Kurokl and Nogi and several other generala, together with Admiral Togo, . . . , . " received, me nrsi class aecoraiion of the Golden Kite, The granting of peerages and ' other rewards to persons In the civil service are expected shortly. REBELLION SPREADS IN CHINA Affair Not Aatl-Koretan, but Directed Against' tho RelgalasT Dynasty. VICTORIA, R. C. Deo. SO.-The Insurrec- tlon on tha boi-Ucrs of Kiangsl Is gaining ..rrn.w. ..., , rpons Dyithttt whUe Morton was robbed, he is tn- the Teucer. Government troops sent there ,' cUlled to believe that robbery did not wero defeated by the Insurgents and addl- ; actuate the crime, but that some Important tlonal forces have been dispatched from ' deal was at the bottom of the atta.k. Wuchang. Foreigners, menaced by the nieute, are all safe and have escaped to Changkha. The rebellion ia anti-dynastic aud baa beea plotted for about a jrosA IRELAND ON FRENCH CRISIS Fredicti the Catholio Church Will Secure lattice in the End. AMERICAN MEETINGS H ID IN PROTEST One at Washington Participated la by All Denominations Asserts Attack Is Directed at Christian Religion. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. SO.-ArchMshop prwlent mpoye, ana M an inducement for Ireland apoke at the Immaculate Concep- gnod mfn to entef the Bervlce ia treated Hon church this evening on the church sep- ' extensively by Mr. Hitchcock, who pre aratlon law now being enforced In France gents a plan for the consideration of con to an Immense audience, hundreds being : gress. unable to gain admittance. The arch- bishop's sermon was In defense of the church in France In Its struggle against the government. He reviewed exhaustively the relations of the church and state in that country during the last quarter of a century. The archbishop denied that the church was opposed to the law of spara- I tlon, but declared that It must be a fair j Mr. Hitchcock's report shows that In first separation, carrying with It the liberty j and second-class offices there were ap and Justlo that separation means In this I proximately 20,009 clerks in the grades country or In England, or In Germany. ranging from S00 to $1,000, and of these He told of the primary causes of the j clerks 2,340, or about 11 S per cent, resigned trouble In France, blaming a few dema- during the year. Of 23.000 letter carriers rogues and agitators who have a hold on the republic. The archbishop said this class had forced the Issue and the people have not submit ted "they have unfortunately not had the training In understanding and governing to defend their church against Its oppon ents." He said the trouble .would continue ! and the church In the end would defeat i the ends of the state and come Into full exercise of its lights and liberties. Mass Meetings Make Protest. WASHINGTON, Dee. 30. A monster mass meeting of the citizens of Washington of various religious denominations was held here tonight to' condemn the action of the French government in confiscating the property of the Catholic church and Impos ing restrictions on the Catholics In France. The meeting was held In Columbia theater and some of the most prominent cltixens and religious workers In this city were In attendance. Over 1,500 persons were unable to gain admission. The speakers were Ed ward H. Gans of Baltimore, Rev. John Van Bchalk of the Dutch Reformed church, Major McCrjstal of New York and Rev. D. J. Stafford of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church. The meeting concluded with the adoption of resolutions strongly condemning the French government for its action, the resolutions stating that the public utter ances of several of the leading statesmen of France "Indicate a desire to strike at the very root of Christianity and are thus a serious menace to Christian civilisation." BOSTON, Dec. 30. A mass meeting of Boston Catholics In Faneull hall tonight adopted a set of resolutions, a copy of which was sent to Pope Plus X. protesting against the action of the French govern ment toward the church In that country. The meeting was under the auspices of the Catholic Union of this city. Ho Surprise at Vatican. ROME, Dec. 30. The approval by the French senate Saturday of the amended separation law did not cause surprise at the Vatican, such an outcome having been expected. What the holy see now awa!ts Is the application of the law, during which the pope will Ibsuo an address to French Catholics, but when this will be done or In what form has r.ot been derided. The pope Is reported to have said today: "Our prayers are for the assistance of the whole Catholic world for the French clergy In order to help them through persecution to final victory." Cardinal Trlpcpl, who died Saturday, left the whole of his patrimony, amounting to $1,000,000, to the pope. MILAN, Dec. 30. Clericals and antl-clerl-cals participated in two processions here today, one In favor of the French Catholic and the other In favor of the French gov ernment. Both, after Insignificant disturb ances, were repressed by the police. Each side claims that 20,000 persons were in its procession. Cardinal Ferrari has Issued a pastoral letter protesting against the persecution of French Catholics. In which he says the fight "Is glorious, for the persecuted are defending liberty and civilization." r't.F'VRT.AN'D. Dec. 90. Resolutions de- , , ., , ir. -a ,, p.urmg w. .. .-.. - '"" Roman Catholic church In that country were adopted tonight at the meeting of the Federation of Catholic societies. Bishop Horstmann of the diocese of Cleveland pre sided. The resolutions contained expres sions of sympathy for and support to Pope Plus X. A cablegram telling of the action taken waa sent to the Vatican. Copies of the resolution were mailed to the pope. President Roosevelt, United States Senators Foraker and Dick and Representatives Howland and Burton. THAW A DANGEROUS LUNATIC Sack Is of tho Elxpressed Opinion Dr. Humllton, tho Alienist. NEW YORK. Dec. 80. Dr. A. McLane Hamilton, the alienist, returned from a trip 000. It Is shown that for the eleven months when it became known that a majority of "he prisoner Is 34 years old. in 1W9 he to London on the steamship Caronla tod;-. ending with November the export trade ' the candidates for speaker had pledged was tried In the criminal courts on charges Speaking of Harry K. Thaw, who Is soSn amounted to $12,964,871 and the figures for themselves to him, regardless of what hand j of forgery and larceny, and was acquitted to be tried for the murder of Stanford . the single month- of November totaled i he might take In the speakership scrap. on the ground of Insanity and sent to Nor White. Dr. Hamilton, who some time ago I $1,273,607. ! There has been some talk that a full slate I rlstown Insane asylum. He was found, the examined Thaw, said: Thaw is in a dangerous predicament. It Is the first time in the history of our coun- try that a lunatlo wants to try his own case. In my opinion Thaw Is worse than ' of this export trade is intended for gov Cxolgoes. I think that District Attorney ; eminent consumption cannot be determined Jerome would accept a plea of Insanity." j at preseot. It Is stated, but a considerable Dr. Hamilton aaid he had met Thaw's ' part of the merchandise is doubtless in half brother in London and he understood i tended for use by the government In the that all of the prisoner's brothers aud sisters were in favor of his being taken ea re of. but that H. K. Thaw had won over his mother to going to trial. KILLED IN HIS BED IN HOTEL Cleveland Man Victim of Crime, Perpetrator of Which Eaeapaa. PITTSBURG, Dec. 0. W. 8. Morton. 2 years old, of Cleveland. O., a prominent real estate broker, is dying In the Homeo pathio hospital here from Injuries inflicted early this morning while he lay In bed at his homo at the Annex hotel. A sum of money, a gold watch and a number of valuable papers are missing, aa are also Morton's trousers and vest. Captain of Detectives Eagan said tonight Among the valuables stolen ars two bunk books unowlng a deposit of $7,000 tn the CWvelaad National bank aud U.0US ia the Cleveland .Trust awiupaajr. MORE PAY FOR POSTAL MEN Department Asserts it Is Necessary to Keep t'p Crude of the terries. WASHINGTON, Dec. SO.-Fallura at this time to Increase materially the compensa tion of postofflce employes, thus keeping pace with the advancing wages In other lines of employment, will seriously Jeopar dise the efficiency of the service. This statement is taken from the annual report of First Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock, made public today. The need of new legislation to make the postal Service more nrtmrtlva In order to retain Higher wares In other classes of employ- ment, taken with the Increased cost of living, have rendered pronounced the In adequacy of the postofflce salaries. As a result the resignations from the service have Increased at an alarming rate and the standard of men going Into the service has greatly deteriorated In the last year. attached to these offices SOI, or about 2.0 per cent, voluntarily left the service. Statistics for the quarter ended Septem ber 30 last and for the month of October are even more striking. During the quar ter 929 clerks and 106 carriers resigned, while Incomplete" returns for October ahowed the resignation of 366 clerks and f'ghty-one carriers. From 12.3 per cent for the fiscal year the annual rate of reslgna tlons by clerks advanced to 1S.5 per cent for the quarter ended September 30 and to 20.8 per cent for the month of October. In the case of carriers the annual rate of resignation, which was 2.S for the fiscal year, rose to 8.6 for the quarter and to 4.1 per cent for October. Mr. Hitchcock recommends establishing for both clerks and carriers six grades of compensation, the annual salary to be S'lOO for the Initial grade, $S00 for the second grade and for the four succeeding grades $900, $1,000, $1,100 and $1,200. respectively: and of providing for the advancement of clerks and carriers In first-class offices from the $800 Initial grade to $S00 after one year's service to $900 at two years' service, to $1,000 after three years service and for the advancement of clerks and car riers In second-class offices to $800 after one year's service to $900 after two years' serv ice. NEW YEAR'S AT WHITE HOUSE Arrangements All Completed for the President's Annual Recep tion. WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Arrangements have been completed by Secretary Loeb and Colonel Charles S. Bfomwell of the army, the president's military aide, for the presi dent's New Year's -reception at the White House. It will, begin at U o'clock In the morning and continue until well Into the afternoon, concluding with the reception to the cltlsens of Washington, which will begin at 1 o'clock. The1 program In detail for the reception Is as follows: 11 a. m. The vice president,' the members of the rablnet, the diplomatic corps. 11:20 a. m. The chief Justice and the as sociate Justices of the supreme court of the I'nlted States, the Judges of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, the Judges of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the Judges of the United States court of claims, former members of the cabinet, ambassadors and ministers of the United States. 11:30 a. m. Senators, representatives and delegates In congress, the commissioners and Judicial officers of the DiHtrlct of Columbia. 11:45 a. m. Officers of the army, officers of the navy, officers of the marine corps, commanding general and general of staff of the militia of the District of Columbia. 12:15 p. m. The regents and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Civil Srv ice commission, the Interstate Commerce commission, the Isthmian Canal commis sion, assistant secretaries of departments, the solicitor general, assistant attorneys general, assistant postmaster generals, the treasurer of the United States, the librarian of congress, the public printer, the heads of bureaus In the several departments, tho president of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. 12:30 p. m. The Society of the Cincinnati, the Associated Veterans of the War of 184S-47, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Medal of Honor Legion, the Union i Veteran Legion, the I'nlnn Veterans' Union, the Society of the Army of Santiago, the Spanish War Veterans, the Army and Navy I'nlon. the Minute Men, the Sons of the American Revolution, the members of the Oldest Inhabitants' association of the Dis trict of Columbia. 1 p. m. P.eception to cttlsens. EXPORTS TO PANAMA LARGE Over Fourteen Million Dollars Sent In Merchant Ships During; the Year. WASHINGTON, Dec. SO.-The remark- able growth in the export trade of the United States with ranama within the last I ago and It accomplished the defeat of a two years Is shown In a statement issued j candidate for speaker to whom the po todav bv the bureau of statistics of the : sltlon waa nracticallv conceded. Soma of Department of Commerce and Labor. From a little more than $2,500,000 In exports to Panama two years ago, American trade with that country for the present year shows an aggregate of more than $14,000,- Theae figures cover only the exports to Panama sent in merchant veasels and do ' not Include that sent by government trans- j ports or naval vessels. What proportion construction of the canal or on the Panama j railroad. The exports from Panama Into the "nlted States will aggregate nearly $1,000,000 at the close of the present year. SENDING FOOD TO CHINESE Transport to Take Supplies ranis Dtstrlct tn tho Orient. to BAN FRANCISCO, Deo, 80.-l'nder orders from the federal government, the transport Warren. now lying at the transport dock. - - . win dj pui in cuiumiun i once ror a voyage to the orient, laden with govern ment supplies for the famine sufferers in China. A message received yesterday from Secre tary of War Taft by Major J. B. Bellinger Inquired how long a time would be re quired to fit out the Warren. On telegraph, lng back that the work could be completed in one wn k Major Bellinger waa ordered to have the transport ready for aea at once. "While my orders do not state that the Warren will go to China," aald Major Bellinger, "from previous dispatches and from what I can gather that ia the purpose tor which It is iBisndad.' SAUNDERS HAS A GOOD SHOW Douglas Van Apparently Leads In Bioe to Preside Crer Senate, FIELD AGAINST M'MULLEN IN HOUSE Cancns Call Has Not Yet Reen Clreu lated, In Fact No Agreement Has Been Reached on Its Terms. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Dec. 80. (Special Telegram.) With about half the members of the two houses of the legislature on the ground the canvassing by the aspirants for organiza tion honors has gone on steadily, but the program Is still more or less Indefinite. So far as the senate Is concerned, the pros pects appear to favor Saunders of Douglas for the presidency, although Wlltse of Cedar has loomed up with unexpected strength and Wilson of Pawnee and Mc- Keeson of Lancaster have dropped Into the merely complimentary stage. Saunders friends claim to have assurances of more than enough of his fellow senators to make the necessary majority of the caucus. It takes only fifteen, and they say they have pledges of several to spare. The speakership lineup now Is as fol lows: McMuIlen of Gage, Dodge of Doug las, Armstrong of Nemaha, Harrison of Otoe, Marsh of Seward. Brown of Lan caster. Hart of York. Nettleton of Clay. Kelfer of Nuckolls, Hill or Chase. This is the biggest entry list that has been seen on the eve of any recent legislature. McMuIlen Aaralnat the Field. To a man up a tree It looks as If the skirmish were about to develop Into a fight between McMuIlen on one side and the field on the other. McMulIen's Inter views, with his bid for railroad support, have done him both help and harm. There is no doubt that most of the members with corporation leaning are talking for Mc MuIlen, and there Is no doubt either that this very fact Is driving away from him some of the Independent members who would otherwise be attracted to him. Among the field the strong men are un questionably Dodge and Nettleton, althr -7h with so many contestants every one In the field figures that he has a fair chance and insists that he Is In the running. If the field can combine on any one the candidate thus centered on will win out over Mo Mullen. McMulIen's success, therefore, de pends not only on holding his own, but drawing In some of the supporters of his competitors when the break comes. The caucus paper has not yet been started, nor Is there any agreement as to what it shall contain. The expectation Is that the candidates for speaker will get together in the morning and formulate the terms for the caucus call. The sentiment generally seems to be for an open roll call vote to make sure that no curved balls) are thrown under cover of a secret ballot. It Is suggested that even a two-thirds majority be required, although that Is not probable. If the candidates prepare the caucus call It will be soon signed up with out disclosing tha strength of any particu lar one of them. Minor Places In the Shadow. Outside of the speakership and the presi dency of the senate, the minor house officers have had to take subsidiary position. Buck Taylor Is boosting himself for sergeant-at-arms and by so doing Irri tating the Dodge workers, who think he Is Interfering with them. Another obstacle Dodee's friends have had to overcome Is the objection to putting both the presidency of the senate and the speakership In Doug las county. R. Manning, who also now lives in Omaha, Is a candidate for post master In the senate, while several lessor lights are waiting for smaller appointive positions. The railroad lobbyists are trying hard to keep under cover and to do their work through emissaries who are less well known. Lobbyist Clancy of the Union Pacific Is duly installed In his quarters at the Lindell and the Burlington lobbyist. Frank Young, Is working wires from the Lincoln. They have had runners going In and out all evening. The word is that Governor-Elect Sheldon will be In Lincoln tomorrow and his ar rival will be signalized by a warm recep tion extended to him by the small army of oftlceseekers who have been lying in wait for several days. Combinations Not Easy. Lots of pulling and hauling has been done by the legislators in an effort to make some kind of combination on the speaker ship fight, but so far as the surface Indl- CAtlnna m tha nnrnnM waa not nnnnm plished. It looks like too many of the ; 'ce Lewis at 2103 North Eleventh street on legislators have a aecond choice for the the afternoon of September 10. In a writ candidates for speaker to make much head- ; ten statement Price, who has been arrested way In promising to trade. Efforts wero "Pveral times on charges of forgery and also started to make a combination taking larceny, Buys that, with a companion whose In a candidate for chief clerk, but that plan he. refuses to give, he went to the Iso failed to succeed to any great extent. Efforts were mode to do this two years j the old members have not forgotten that 1 and so far the fight for speaker and the ! fight for chief clerk have been kept die- tlnctly separate. Clyde Barnard's stock went up several notches during the day I would be sprung some time tomorrow and , the talk is that all of the present candl- I dates for speaker might be left out In the cold, unlesa they can get together In some kind of a combination. Interest Turns on Senate. Considerable more Interest was taken In the race for president pro tern of the sen ate during the day because the members began to realize the real Importance of , this fight Is over the personnel of the corn ml t tee of seven which selects the stand lng committee of that body. While the members say no matter who bosses the committee, the platform pledges will be ad- hered to. because the senate will be strong enough to override the committees. Thoso who have been foremoat In demanding the carrying out of the platform have con- eluded to see that the committee Is right from the start, consequently there mav be a nice fight over this proposition. It only I tke ,our n"1"1 to mke majority of this committee on committees, and should l. ... ; ma rarmniiioni lecun uns cumn iiibt wlll start on witn a Dig advantage. in candidates for president pro tern are Saunders ot Douglas, Wlltse of Cedar, Mo Kesaon of Lancaster, and Wilson of Paw nee. It la probable these four will be on the committee on committees, no matter which of the four captures the presidency. W. 8. Tllton of Beatrice Is meeting with soma encouragement In his race for secre tary of the senate. He Is being advertised as an old soldlur, an active republican, and as being thoroughly In accord with the platform. His competitors are Fred Miller, (Continued en Beuoud Fa NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Snow Monday, Tuesday Part Clondyl Snow In West Portion. Temperature nt Omaha Yesterday! ITonr. Dear. Hoar. Deer. n. m aa t p. m ni n. m R.l 3 p. m .14 T a. m aa a p. m nt 8 n. m 8.1 4 p. m At O a. m ...... aft n p. m...... 14 10 a. m A p. m nt 11 a. nt na T p. m nt la n 84 Hp. m nt s p. m. . . nn AGED MAN FOUND MURDERED Nephew and Heir of the Dead Man Is Belna; Held on Sus picion. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Dec. 80. Thomas Fanning, aged 80 years, a wealthy prop erty owner who lived alone, was murdered some time yesterday at his home at 1M8 Olive street In this city. The head had been horribly hacked with a hatchet. The crime was reported to the police today by WHIInm Lnnnagan, the murdered man's young nephew. Young Lannagnn, who is the dead man's only heir, is being held for Investigation. Robbery was not the motive of the crime. as $2,700 was found by the police In a chest In tho room vhre the body was found lying. In the old man's pockets were a gold watch, $13 In money and a deposit slip, showing that ho had deposited $18,000 In a local bank on December 6. Thomas Fanning had been living alone. occupying, the lower floor of a house which he owned, since December 21, when his wife died. Will Lannagan called at his uncle's home this afternoon and found the body. He at once notified the police. The young man disclaimed any knowledge of the crime, but the police took him into custo-'y. Four deep gashes had been cut In the murdered man's head, any one of which would have produced death. The under- taker who was called said the murder must have been committed at least twenty-four hours before the body was found. The dead man had sold property worth $.12,000 during the last your and he was supposed to be worth $100,000. He lived to himself and little was known about him. William Lannagan, the nephew, was re leased tonight, after having been ques tioned by Chief of Police Hayes. He told a straightforward story. It was learned tonight that the dead man had another heir, a nephew, who lives In Troy, N. Y. , Thomas Fanning had lived here forty years and until he retired from active work a few years ago he had worked with a pick and shovel as a common laborer. TRAGEDY ENDS LOVE AFFAIR Wife of Aged Man Shot nnd Fatally Injured by a Yonnsr Lorcr. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. A young woman who, with her companion, Sidney Kauf man, was shot while both were guests at the Hotel Knickerbocker on the East Side early today, died at Bellevue hospital this afternoon. The dead woman was Mrs. Eva I. Totten, the wife of John Totten of Tottenvllle, btaten Island. Slie was 23 years of age and her husband Is in his 83d year. They were married two years ago. Her companion at the Hotel Knicker bocker was Sidney Kaufman, aged 30 years, the son of wealthy parents living in East Seventy-fourth street. The latter said to day that their son had not been himself for some time and was almost constantly In the care of attendants. Kaufman Is at Bellevue hospital and It Is expected that he, too, will die. Hotel employes attracted by the report of revolver shots, found Kaufman and the woman unconscious In the room assigned them last night. Kaufman had been shot In the head and his companion in the ab domen. When convinced that she could not recover Mrs. Totten told the police that Kaufman and she were In love and that he desired her to marry him, at once. She wished to wait until she had secured a divorce. Over this they bad quarreled. PRISONER CONFESSES MURDER Mystery Which Had Baffled Polleo Cleared Up . by tho Admissions. ' PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 80. John O. Price, who has been under arrest tn this city since December 8, according to a statement made today by Captain of Detectlvea Donahy. has confessed that he murdered Mrs. Maur- I Uevemn street nouse iot me purpose ur robbery. Tney represeniea memacives as plumbers. The murder has baffled the police officials of this city ever since Its commission. Mrs. j Lewis boarded with a Miss Kelly and the j latter and a Doaroer namea itarry isomers, were placed under arrest shortly after the I crime, but were aubsequently discharged for i lack of evidence. . police say, at that time In the Episcopal hospltal under treatment for the cigarette and drug habit. KING APPROVES OF BRYCE Formal Announcement Is Made In London by tbo Foreign Office. LONDON, Dec. SO.-The Foreign office an nounces that King Edward has approved the appointment of James Bryce as am bassador to the United States. NEW YORK. Dec. 30.-Captaln Klnkald ; Smith, member of Parliament for the south- western division of Warwickshire and cap- j tain of the Ninth Lancers. British army, ; was a paMeng" on the Caronla. Speak- ing of the selection of Mr. Bryce for the i British ambassadorship In this country, captain Smith said he thought the ap- pontment an excellent one. he being a - ....m h Mumm-A it .... " - - i a" J i irr v nwi. .iiu .... . ii . aiiivi- i i v. . j r.v.nB . .. & . . . lean ambassador, Whttelaw Held Cal.tuln ttmtth thought U would be a good thing for both the English and American nat.ons if an exchange of virtu between King Ed- ward and President Roosevelt could be ar ranged. "Outside of the king," said Captain Smith, -'Prt-aiatnt jtooseveu is ine most popular i man f the Jury, . who was afterwards man In Englar.d today and If such a visit , ei ted sheriff by in overwhelming ma could be arranged he would be sure of a jority. almost two to one; J. V. Deselna. tremendous welcome. I fuel sure that aheu h. C. Spooiwr, Y. T. MUllken. R. Y. Altai), King Kdwara visits miuuii, as ne will do shortly, ha would be dslighted to coma on SAMPLES :0F PARDONS rolioe Eay Many of Thtm Are Ken Who Have terved SeTtral Ttrms. EMBRACE SOME OF MOST VICIOUS TYPES One a Bank F tutelar Who is Oomted Itar in His Clssa, NEGRO CONYICTED OF REVOLTING CRIME Oat of Friion tome Time Before Felloe Koew Anything. A boat It. MURDERER SENT UP FROM DUNDY COUNTY Attorney Who Prosecuted tho Case Reviews the Testimony and Says Pardon Is nn Oatrage. The publication of the array of pardons, commutations and paroles by which con victs have been turned loose from tha penitentiary by wholesale by Governor Mickey has naturally attracted much at tention and started discussion about par ticular cases. The police officers of Omaha say that In the list of liberated prisoners are some of the most hardened and des perate criminals occupying places In their records. One case which passed through the hands of the Omaha police was that of James Kennedy, who was arrested In this city May 31, 1903, for blowing a safe In a bank at Rogers, Neb. He was sent back to Schuyler for trial, the evidence being worked up by the Plnkerton Detective arencv. which makes a sneclaitv of run- nnK aown robbers, and he was sen- tenccd to a term of seven years In tha penitentiary. The police here only learned a little while ago, when hunting for tho possible perpetrators ot another safe blowing, that Kennedy waa already out on parole by the assistance ot Governor Mickey. Another flagrant case was brought to the attention of the police authorities at the time of the Rutnmelhart murder, when they were tracking down everyone supposed to be capable of such a dastardly deed. They got word that a colored man named, Albert Mcintosh, who had been sent over the road In 1902 for ten years on the charge of sodomy, had been paroled Just a few months before and had been at large In Omaha. Mcintosh had been convicted of a bestial crime upon a colored boy under most revolting circumstances. The polica heard of him through Julius Althaua, who had done considerable grading and teaming work, and who tells a strange story In this connection: Parole a Surprise. "Mctatosh worked for me off and on several years ago," says Althaua, "bat got Into trouble and waa sentenced to tha pen. Last spring I received a letter from him saying that if X would Interest myself and promise to do certain things ha thought he could get out. I wrote him in rrju that I might help him If I knew Just what was wanted and asked for Information as to what he wanted me to do. I re ceived only one letter from him and wrote only one letter. A few weeks afterwards he walked In on me .and said he would like to go to work. I asked him, 'How did you get out? 'Why,' he answered, 'I got out on your letter. I don't know how it waa done, but they said I should coma up here and go to work for you.' Ha seemed to have been In Omaha a coupla ot weeks before he turned up at my place, I don't even remember tha exact data, nor have I preserved the letter. He said something, too, about his father having promised to employ him as Janitor, I put him to work around my stable, back of tha Thurston hotel, and he worked for me off and on again. I have never mad any re port about him to the warden. I never considered myself as having made any promise even to employ him. He has been arrested on suspicion since he has been" here to my knowledge. In fact, the polios have inquired about him of me several times." The police of Omaha also recall the In terference ot Governor Mickey In behalf of one Hayes, a professional burglar and robber, a fourth-termer, who had finished a sentence at the Nebraska penitentiary and continued to make Lincoln his head quarters. The Omaha police got wind of some letters written by Hayes to pals up here framing up for a new Job and they notified the police of Lincoln, who forth with arrested him as a auspicious charao ter. Governor Mickey went to the front j for the convict not only with the police dui in newspaper interviews, insisting that he must be freed and permitted to pursue whatever practices he might choose. Case of Winnebago Indian. Another peculiar case Is that of Jamea Davis, whose parole to Waldo E. Whit, comb was revoked February a year ago. According to statements of those who claim to know, Davis Is a Winnebago In dian who killed a member of his tribe dur ing a "big drunk" on the reservation. Ha was paroled to W. E. Whitcomb, then county attorney of Thurston county, with, the understanding that he was to refrain from the use of liquor during tb term of bis parole. By Whitcomb he was placed at work and as far as known received no pay for his services. As a member of the tribe Davis held land In severalty, as did his mother, who la aged and helpless. After working for Whitcomb for several months he asked permission to go to his j mother's home atd to do necessary work on her land and I Tils own. This rtnnent was refused and Davis ran away from hla master, going to his mother's home. Soma time later he was given liquor by an emis sary of the reservation ring and In a drunken condition was arrested and hla , . .,, .hM. k,.,, , q,.,,,,,. Mickey's pardon pen Is explained b tno following letter, received about a j weetc ago from the former county attorney ' , r,,lnrii county, and subscribed with hla signature: Facts la Bnsh Cns. ARAPAHOE, Neb.. Dec. 1$, 108. To tha Editor of The Be: "With malice toward . BnA charity for all I aend In this i ... rli.n tin aftth it mm ....... V. . '"""" " none whatever against Bush. No ona waa nr. I itA If stA nffllnHt. film ivArvtvuf m . . MtoA wth hm "Let us aee who have looked Into this case and passed Judgment? Shall I call the roll? There was J. F. Gallagher, fore- W. W. Wright, since deceased; Johnston Hamilton, since deceased: Joseph 8. Davis, aWiuueJ Lukhart, W. . H. Calvin, JoL S ' I f
