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y The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI-NO. 174. OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNIXG, JAN U Alt V 7, 1907. SINGLE COPY Tlllt EE CENTS. I ( A" uv . i f' I. si. TRAIN FIRE IS FATAL Oie Paiienrer Dead tad Thret Itjured on Lot Ancelet Limited. CAUSE OF BLAZE NOT DISCOVERED Touriite Aronted tod One Crtroomt by Volume of okfc ACCIDENT OCCURS NEAR LOVELAND, IOWA Trala it Enroutt on Forthweiten from Omaha to Chioteo tt Tim. CONDUCTOR PREVENTS GREATER DISASTER Oca Mil Is Louis De Larlo of Wash Inateu, Bappoaealy Employed on reaarresaloaaJ Committee oa ' Irrigated Lands. ' :at; l.i-t'IS DE LA RIO, Laramie, Wyo. Injured: O. H. Johnson, Bait Lake City, alight burna on neck and head. Henry Cabrnw, Salt Lake City, right Wrist cut by glass. Mrs. R. Higglns, Carbondale, Pa., suffered from expoaure. On passenger dead and three Injured are tha mortal results of the second fatal acci dent to befall Los Angeles Limited train No. t within a week, when a Pullman Sleeper caught fire early Sunday while the train was running fro- ling Ml BlufTs to Missouri Valley, en rob cago. Last Wednesday evening No. '4y ' No. 2, Overland Limited, came togett. Brule, Neb., with fatal results. . The Northwestern train had got within fc mile of Loveland, near Missouri Valley, when passengers In Pullman car Redfleld were aroused by smoke. Conductor Hamlin was Instantly on the scene, trying to dis cover the cause of the smoldering Are which filled the car with smoke, but fall ing addressed himself heroically to the task of protecting his passengers and saving the train. This car was third from the rear. Be tween It and the end was another coach and an observation car. Before anyone else had time to collect his thoughts Conductor Hamlin, taking In the situation at a glance, was under the car, scarcely yet brought to a standstill, and uncoupling It from the rest of the train. He rushed his panic stricken passengers Into the rear car and thus probably prevented a far more appal vllng disaster. Coudactor First One Alert. While passengers were aroused by the moke, the conductor was one of the first to discern that something was wrong. The trouble was discovered about 6:40, when the train was about one mile east of Love land, a small station on the Northwestern. Women screamed and men Jumped out of their berths In search of the fire. It could not be found and thus far no one is cer tain, where or what it was. The conductor and porter had an idea that a woman with little child had lighted an alcohol lamp In her berth to heat milk or food of some sort. for tha ha by.. They went to this berth "While excltemehf was at Its height, but were unable to confirm their suspicions. This may have been the correct theory; It may not. The catastrophe threw the passengers Into great excitement; all were awakened, it seems but one, and had that one responded to the common nervous shock the accident might have passed with nothing more seri ous than a badly burned Pullman car and t few passengers slightly Injured. Da Larlo Does Not Wake. But Louis Da Larlo did not wake. He was In a deep sleep and slept on until Ms slumbers became eternal. His body was found face downward In the aisle of the oar. Evidently he had become partially over come by the smoke In his sleep and half waking had rolled from his berth and struggled for his life, but too late. He was terribly burned, the flames having almost entirely consumed what apparel he had on. The sight of one passenger's charred body only served to heighten the nervous strain upon the others, but the cool heads of Con ductor Hamlin and those who were helping solve the difficulty averted complications from this cause. Conductor Hamlin cut the burning car loose from the others after he had hurried his passengers into the rear car, hastened to Missouri Valley with the burning car and then went back for the others, taking with him Dr. O. W. Colt, tha Northwestern s physician and surgeon at Missouri Valley. He then rushed the sufferers and other passengers Into Missouri Valley. There the body of De Larlo was taken In charge by the coroner and the Injured were placed in the depot passenger rooms and given food and every medical attention necessary. Ticket Agent Pike was at the command of Dr. Colt In administering to the victims. Those who had lost clothing in the fire were amply supplied and their lot was made as comfortable as possible under the circunwt-inces. Porter Left with Victims. A porter on the train was left by Con ductor Hamlin with tha Injured passengers to be of service to them and tha conductor, after holding his train until ;60 a. m., re sumed the trip to Chicago. v The train escaped damage, save for the car, Redfleld, which was badly burned, and a car next to It which was slightly burned at ona end. De Larlo's home Is evidently at Laramie, Wyo., as the coroner received a telegram from tha Albany County National bank at I,aramle asking that the body be sent there and stating the bank would pay ex penses. Papers In the doad man's pockets show him to have been clerk of the con gressional committee on Irrigated and arid lands, and this la confirmed by the Con gressional Record. Hit ticket read from Laramie and it was supposed he had been I rtman ,t was ad(,p(Jj w down to dlnner west on business for the committee and today physicians said that Mr. Har was returning to Washington. Word was rlman nceded bsomti for perhaps a trananuuca to ms uaarrss m wnsmngton. wnlc-n nis papers snowea to nave been 1101 K Street, northwest. His body was held by the coroner, who will conduct an Inquest at t o'clock this morning, and also this afternoon, when the burned car will b examined. i SMELTERMEN MAKE DEMANDS lalaa at Great Falls, Meat, Vatea to Ask Increase of Fifty Ceata a Day. GREAT FALLS, Mont. Jaa. I. By a rote of three to one tha members of the local Mill and Smelter Men's union have decided to make a demand on the management of the Boston Montana smelter for an In crease of to cents a day for all employes who work oa change shifts in the various departments. The men are at present, and have been for several years, receiving a day. Three thousand art affected. SUMMARY OF THE BEE Monday, January T, lOOT. TU WIATKIH. FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Cloudy Monday, snow In the western portion, luesilHy, pnobithly fHlr. FOKKCAHT FOR IOWA Partly cloudy Monday, colder In central and east por tions; Tuesday, fair. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour ffg. Hour. Deg. 15 1 p. m lg 15 2 p. m 19 1 3 p. m 19 1 4 p. m., 20 17 6 p. in 20 14 6 p. m 2o 1 7 p. m 20 18 8 p. m 20 6 a. m... 6 a. m... 7 a. m... a. m... a. m... JO a. m... II a. m... Urn 9 p. m 21 LOCAI Pullman car attached to Los Angeles Limited catches fire near Missouri Valley. One passenger Is burned to death and three Injured. rage 1. Irish will ask Speaker Dan Nettleton to preside at home rule meeting in Omaha January 21 i. Harry A. Cloud, grand nephew pf Red Cloud, tells of life of old warrior. Fags 8. Spud Farrlsh, old-time Omaha fireman, dies at Grlfnnsburg, Va, Page S. Union revival services of three Meth odist churches begin at First church. Page 8. WAaxijf OTOjr. Senate probably will spend most of the week debating questions arising out of discharge pf negro troops. Page 1. Leaders in both houses will try to side track everything except appropriation bills. Fags L Report of commissioner of immigration shows evasions of law by Japaneso and Chinese. Fags a. Firemen's strike on Southern Pacific 'if ittled by agreement. Fage 1. , 'HI And Harrlman agree uppn questions V vlng terminal fight In northwest. '" - Gamble succeeds in clearing aw. '', osltlon to his re-election. Fage . XTEBRABXA. Lists of committees for both houses will be ready Tuesday morning and real work pf lawmaking will begin at once. Fage 1. oomroxx bluffs ajtd xowa. Report of hydraulic expert says value of water plant, Including needed addi tions, is about $600,000. Fage 3. Several new state officers will be sworn in this morning. Fage 3. State Railway commission considering demands of smaller creameries for lower rates on short hnuls. Fage 3. FOBEXGBT. Btronghold of Raisoull at Zenat captured by sultan's troops. The bandit and 700 men escape to the mountains. Fage 1. KOTIWlflTI OF OOEAJT STZAM8XZFS Port. Arrives. Sal 14. NEW YORK.....M!noMnnk Gulls. NEW YORK Now York NEW YORK La RraUsns LIVERPOOL I'mbrla ,.. tit'EKNSTOWN... HALIFAX Canada HALIFAX ..Canadian. rarmanla. ...Partilan. Lak Michigan. NEW CUSTOMS POINT RAISED Raveaaa Officers of New York Seise . St oak. at Clear - Stand oa Atlantic Llaar. NEW YORK, Jan. (.Goods valued, tt Is alleged, at 22,000 were seised last night on the Royal Mall liner Tagus, by Treasury Department agents as the steamer lay at its pier In the North liver. All the stuff was taken from the barber shop, which is conducted by O. Canapa, an Italian. The articles Included cigars, cigarettes and various articles of cloth ing, none of which was declared on the custom manifest according to the treasury agents. Lloyd B. Sanderson, agent for the Royal Mall, declared that the barber had a per feet right to carry the line of goods selxed on the ship. "He Is not an employe of the Royal Mall," said Mr. Sanderson. "He pays 140 a trip for the privileges of the barber shop, and In addition to his acting as barber, con ducts the general ship store. It was per fectly legitimate, we consider, for him to sell Panama hats and other articles of clothing. There has been no attempt at smuggling." INDIA WANTS NO EMIGRATION Natives Told to Star at Home Especially to Keep from Canada. ad CALCUTTA. Jan. a (Speclal.)-The gov ernment of India has Issued a notice to all of the local governments to discourage the emigration of the natives to Canada. The notices posted warn the emigrants that there is no prolablllty of their obtaining employment, and that In the event of their becoming destitute they will be liable to deportation. The latest advices from Brit ish Columbia are to the effect that people from the climates of India are suffering greatly this winter in British Columbia and that some of the natives who left here In such high hopes only a few months ago have actually starved to death. Borne of these gloomy reports circulated through the villages of the natives by the natives themselves will, however, do more to dls courage the emigration than a doxen of the official bulletins of the government. E. H. HARRIMAN IS BETTER Magnate Able to Appear at Dinner Bad Doctors Say His Condition Is Satisfactory. NEW YORK, Jan. o. At the residence of E. H. Harrlman tonight It was said that I Mr. Harrlman, who underwent an opera- i i tlon about a week ago, was, in the opinion ! tt hla nhvalclan dolnr verv well. Mr. t T u r- . . week or ten doys more, SPANISH QUEEN IS LIBERAL Darlaa Winter Season Victoria Isaacs Thousaad Rations Dally ta tha Poor. MADRID. Jan. f.-(9peclal.)-Jueen Vic toria Eugenie has ordered that during the rigors of the winter season l.OoO rations are to be given dally to the poor at her ex pense. FIREMEN'S STRIKE SETTLED Traable aa Southern Pnclle In Texas Eaaea by Amicable Agree meat. . HOrBTON, Tex.. Jan. C An agreement has been reached and papers signed for the settlement of the Southern i'au-ifla flre nuea't sulks. NO NEW LAWS FROM CONGRESS Leaden Fltn to Choke Off All Lezis'atior Ixoept Money lillt, FIGHT ON TRES.D.NT IS PROMISED Strong; Grass of Senators Is Forming Who Oppose Taft Simply Because of His Friendship with Roosevelt. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. ".-(Special.) Big politics will be played In the next two months In the congress of the United States, for that Is all the time congress will have to play politics until by opera tion of law the Fifty-ninth congress ceases to exist. Already the leaders In the senate and house are taking counsel with one snother with a view to reaching an agreement upon program that will choke off all general legislation except the passage of the big money bills and a river and harbor measure wherein the "pork" will be pretty gener ally scattered about. But even should the leaders, and that means the representatives of the administration, reach an agreement to the legislation to be passed. It Is thought the anti-administration crowd In the senate will make It mighty Interesting and put up a right that will be worth coming miles to see. Senator Foraker, since the introduction of his resolution calling for a congressional Investigation of the Brownsville affair, has been, figuratively speaking, "sawing wood." He has done no talking, but has quietly been marshaling facts to support his con tention that the president, under the con stitution, had no power to discharge "with out honor" three companies of the Twenty- fifth infantry for alleged participation in he Brownsville riot. un tne nouse side, it Is expected Rep resentative Ralney, a democrat, will have considerable to say on much the same line and with the Brownsville affair as the leading issue, accentuated by currency re form, the encroachment of the executive on the legislative branch of the govern ment, a hot time In Washington is con fidently looked for. The division between leading members of congress and Mr. Roosevelt seems not to be upon any public Issues, but to be confined almost wholly to the presidential succession. The opposition to Secretary Taft by Senators Kean of New Jersey, Penrose of Pennsylvania, Foraker of Ohio, Scott of West Virginia, Hemenway of Indiana, and Dolllver of Iowa, Is not per sonal, but Is due to their desire to elim inate all rrten who are regarded as tied by friendship to the president. Although Vice President Fairbanks is not anxious for an early frost to strike him, the new shaping of political affairs has found his lieutenants to the front, and they are steadfastly at work In many of the middle states. Apart from the case of Mr. Fair banks, there Is a strong group of corpora tion senators determined to control the next national convention In the hope of nominating a man who will have the sup port of Interests antagonised by President Roosevelt. Bear Grows from lak Blot. You have no doubt seen Clifford JL. Ber ry man's bear. -.The cute little animal whieh accompanied President Roosevelt In his pic torial travels In the Washington Post, Ber- ryman being the cartoonist of that paper. Have you any idea how the bear came into existence? Almost like all creations which have brought fame to their cre ators, Mr. Berryman's "Teddy Bear" was an accident pure and simple. The cartoon ist was drawing a picture of the president In the cane brakes of Mississippi. It was full of life and color, the president, in hunting costume, ready to meet bruin at any stage of the proceedings. The picture was finished when wholly by accident a great drop of Ink fell on the cardboard and splattered about, much resembling the out lines of a bear. Rather than take the trouble of erasing the Ink blotch, Mr. Ber ryman put a head on the black spot, and thus the bear that has made the cartoonist famous was born. Since that time he has been doing yeoman service, for the bear usually expresses the things that are in the president's mind. Serious or humor ous, grave or gay, he has become the trade mark of one of the gentlest satirists In the country, who leaves no sting behind. Ticks that Hall the New Year. "I'll put a girdle around the earth In seven seconds," was not the exclamation of the late Prof. William F. Gardner, when he began his experiments in time contro ling systems some thirty years ago, but his inventions, which were first patented In 1883, have enabled the people of the naval observatory In this city to do that very thing. Five minutes before midnight on Decem ber 21, when the Instruments for recording (Conttnnued on Second Page.) A big gain and a big lead The gain The lead ANARCHISTS UNDER ARREST Emma Oolaaaan anal Alexander Berk, man Cbaraed with laceadlary I'ttcrunees. NEW YORK, Jan. . -Alexander Berk ma n. who last summer whs released f-om state's prison, after having served fourteen years for an attack on Henry C. Frick, following the Homestead. Pa., riots In 1S!I, together with Emma Goldman and two others, were arrested today by detectives, who broke up an anarchist meeting on the Fast Side. Emma Goldman made the speech which moved the police to action, while Berkman exhorted the audience to disobey the rommand to disperse. The other prisoners are John R. Coryell, who presided at the meeting, and Israel L. Schwarts, a youth of 18 years, who refused to leave the hall when It was cleared. Emma Goldman Is charged with a viola tion of that section of the penal code which makes It a felony to give utterance from a public platform to incendiary speeches. Berkman and Coryell are held as acces sories. Emma Goldman had not proceeded far In her. address when she was Interrupted by the police, according to whom she said among other things, In English: It is ridiculous to think that society cannot get along without government. We will say to the government: "Give us whnt belongs to us in peace, and If you don't give it to us In peace we will take It by force." As long as I live and am able to explain myself I will be opposed to govern ment, and as i live and as my brain dic tates will use force against the govern ment. As the detectives moved toward the stage there was a stampede for the exits, which Berkman tried to stop. Asked at police headquarters to define "anarchy" as he understood the term, Berkman said: "I believe as an anarchist In government without force. The foundation of the pres ent and all government is force. I believe society Is perfectly capable of governing itself." Emma Goldman and Borkman were later admitted to ball, a bond of $2,000 In each case being furnished. - ASK NETTLETON TO PRESIDE Irish Waat Speaker of Nebraska House aa Chairman of Meeting; In Omaha. Dan Nettleton, speaker of the Nebraska house of representatives, will be asked to preside at the Irish home rule meeting which is to be held January 21 at Edward Creighton Institute. This was decided at a session Sunday of the committee In charge of the meeting. Representatives James Walsh and Mike Lee were appointed a committee to Invite him. Mr. Nettleton Is a native of county Tyrone, Ireland. Arrangements were made for placing the tickets of admission to the meeting on Jan uary 21, and other matters of a routine na ture in furtherance of .the meeting dis posed of. A letter, enclosing a substantial check, was received from John Rush, na tional bank examiner, In which he stated he would not be able to attend the meet ing, on account of out-of-town business, but he wished the committee great success in Its efforts to assist In freeing Ireland from English domination. Among those present at tha,-oramltte meeting were Thomas- J. Flymn, -T. J. Fits- morrls, Hugh McCaffrey, Richard O'Keefe, J. W. Welsh, P. J. Duffy and J. Howard. TO LIFT LEVEL OF LAKE ERIE International Walerwaya Committee Considers Bulldlna Dam la Niagara River. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 6. Having dis posed of the Chicago drainage canal ques tion and the international boundary line on Lake Erie the International Waterways committee will next take up the question of damming the lower end of Lake Erie so as to raise the level of the lake. While no definite plan has been submitted to the committee the general scheme Is to build a great dam or regulating works at the lower end of Lake Erie or somewhere in the Niagara river. GOV. DENEEN WILL TESTIFY Executive of Illinois Will Be Wltaess In Trial of Cornelius Shea Today. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 6. Governor Deneen went to Chicago tonight, where to morrow he will be a witness for the defense in the case of Cornelius P. Shea, president of the Teamsters' union, on a charge of conspiracy during the late strike.' Shea hopes to Introduce through Governor De neen some telegrams he claims to have sent the governor asking the latter to use his Influence to secure arbitration of the difficulty. During 1906, The Omaha Bee published 3,651242 agate lines of display advertis ing. a gain of 502,206 agate lines over the year 1905. During this period The Omaha Bee pub lished 465374 lines more display adver tising than The Omaha World-Herald; the lead of The Bee in 1906 was 108,664 agate lines larger than the lead of the Bee over The World-Herald in 1905. (Tba Omaha Dally News waa third, to no comparison li made.) FORECAST OF WEEK'S EVENTS ritooiiioa of Browimllt Ipiiode Will Cecil Attention of Eeitta. AUTHORITY OF PRLSIDENT QUESTIONED Mr. Lodge's Amendment Admitting Prerogative of Excretive Will Be Opposed by Mr. ' Foraker. WASHINGTON, Jan. . The discussion of the episode in Brownsville, Tex., which resulted in the discharge from the service of three companies of negro troops by the president will continue this week to be the topic of paramount Interest In the senate. The question will come up Monday and the present Indications are that It will con tinue to hold a front place for three or four days. The Introduction of Senator Ixnlge s amendment to Senator Foraker's resolution will have the effect of injecting a great deal of new matter Into the discussion and of shirting the debate from the mere question of facts in connection with the Browns ville affair to the subject of general right of the president to dismiss soldiers. As originally presented Mr. Foraker's resolu tion called for an Inquiry Into the "shoot ing up" of Brownsville, but if Mr. Lodge's amendment Is accepted It will amount to a declaration of the president's right of dis missal regardless of facts arid on this ac count will be opposed by some senators who would have stood with the president In opposition to the resolution as originally expressed. On the other hand some are willing to vote for the amendment, who op pose the Inquiry. It is quite well under stood that Senator Foraker will antagonise the amendment as Inopportune, though it is not believed that he would allow Its ac ceptance to stand In the way of his ad vocacy of the adoption of his resolution. He takes the position that whatever may be the prerogative of the chief executive In the matter of the dismissal of troops, the question is not pertinent at this time and they will seek to have the two ques tions of presidential right and of fact sep arated. Senator Lodge will contend that the president's authority In the matter Is of first Importance and In this the Massa chusetts senator will be supported by Sen ator Spooner and a number of other sen ators will favor the Lodge amendment. They support the president's position and are willing to follow his leadership In the entire matter. Senator Foraker will prob ably be supported by few democrats and a large percentage of republicans. Little Opposition to Inquiry. There Is comparatively little opposition to the proposed Inquiry and the probabili ties are that the resolution will be promptly disposed of as soon as the Lodge amend ment is voted upon, whether It be retained or omitted. Senator Tillman is one of the few southern democrats who criticise the president's action, and it Is understood that he will give strenuous support to Mr. For aker's efforts to secure an Investigation. The debate will be largely along legal lines, but there can be little doubt that there will be sufficient departure from this course to render It of exceptional Interest. Senator Hale has practically seceured un animous consent to giving the Brownsville question right-of-way during the morning hour -of each day until It is disposed of, but It Is not believed that there will be any' ef fort on his part to displace a speech by Senator Gearln on the Japanese question. Mr. Gearln probably will be heard Monday morning. If the Oregon senator should postpone his speech the Brownsville ques tion will have the first consideration of the day. Other events set down for the week in the senate are a speech on Tuesday by Mr. Overman, on the question of states' rights, growing out of the Japanese agitation; a speech on Wednesday by Mr. McCumber In support of his service pension bill and a vote on Thursday on Senator LaFollette's bill regulating the hours of service on rail roads. It Is expected that the legislative appropriation bill will be reported to the senate during the week. Supply Measure la House. The house will begin the duties of the week by devoting Monday to the considera tion of bills taken up under a suspension of the rules and will probably enter upon the consideration of appropriation bills on Tuesday. The army appropriation bill will be reported to the house on Monday and this will be the first of the supply measures to receive attention. It will be followed by the fortifications bill and that bill will be succeeded In turn by the bill making appropriations for the District of Columbia, There Is a prospect of a clash between the committee on appropriations, which reports the fortifications bill, and the committee on military affairs, which has In charge the bill making appropriations for the sup port of the army. There Is a difference of (Continued on Second Page.) BOMB THROWER IDENTIFIED Maa Who Wrecked Philadelphia Rank Was Rollo Steele, For merly of Garner, la. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6-Wlth the find ing today of the personal effects of the man who threw the bomb in the Fourth Street National bank on Saturday, killing Cashier W. Z. McLear and himself, there is little doubt In the minds of the police officials that he was Rollo 8teele of Garner, Iowa. The bomb-thrower slept Friday night at the Grant house, a hostelry on the outskirts of the tenderloin, frequented mostly by re spectable working people. He registered as J. R. Steele of New York, and carried a grip which he refused to allow the colored porter to carry to the room. When detectives searched the room today they found several yards of slow fuse, a number of detonation caps, a revolver, a box of cartridges, together With a number of tools and some clothing. There was a suit beating the tag of a Chicago clothing house and a pair of overalls marked with the name of a Lynchburg (Va.) merchant. As Rollo Steele was reported to hav been In Chicago and Lynchburg, the latter place within a few days, the police say there Is little doubt as to the bomb-thrower's Iden tity. It Is probable that none of those hurt by the explosion will die. William J. Crump, the negro messenger In the bank and bodyguard of President Rich ard H. Rushton of the Institution, who is the most seriously Injured, was today op erated on. His condition was such a few hours after the explosion that he was re ported dead, but he rallied and the physicians operated In an effort to save his eyesight, though his ve will never regain their normal condition. Crump, after the operation, said his recollection of the af fair coincides In the main with the state ment made yesterday by President Rushton. GREAT STORM ON ATLANTIC One Member of Crew of the Etrurla Killed an Six Injured by Huae Wave. NEW YORK, Jan. .-One of Its crew was killed and six others seriously injured when the Cunard liner Etrurla was fight ing its way through a severe storm on Friday night. The body of the man killed was buried at sea. The others Injured were In the hospital when the steamer ar rived today from Queenstown. Friday night, while the Etrurla was plowing through heavy head seas and great waves were breaking over Its deck, the lashings on the starboard anchor davits were torn loose. New lashings were put on, but some hours later they broke loose again. The watch of nine men once more started forward to secure them, but just as they completed their task a huge wave swept over the boat, knocking them tight and left. James Walker, able seaman, was swept the full length of the forecastle deck. He struck squarely on the rail at the foot of the stairs and his spine was broken. Others of the crew rushed to the fore castle deck, which they found strewn with unconscious men. William Newell, the most dangerously Injured, will likely die. - When the storm was at Its height a girl was bora In the steerage. The mother Is Mrs. Jacob Goldstein, and after a collection amounting to 60 had been taken up among the cabin passengers the baby was christ ened Rachael Etrurla Goldstein. During the greater part of the voyage the passengers were kept below and nono of them knew a death had occurred until they were summoned by Captain Potter to attend the burial service for Walker at noon Saturday. Walker' home was In Liverpool. Captain Potter said today that never dur ing his many years as a seaman had he experienced such rough weather. STEAMER PONCE MISSING Vessel Week Overdue at New York Sighted December 28 Two Days' Out from Sam Juan. NEW YORK, Jan. 6. The missing steam er Ponce, of the New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company, which Is about a week overdue at New York, enroute from Ponce, P. R., was safe and proceeding toward New York two days after leaving San Juan. This Information was brought into port to day by Captain Chapman, of the big sail ing ship Shenandoah, which arrived from Port Blakely. Captain Chapman reported that on December 28 he sighted the Ponce In clear weather and proceeding at Its us ual speed toward New York. Believing that the steamer would be in this port sev eral days before the Shenandoah would ar rive, he signalled to the steamer to report the Shenandoah on arriving. When sighted the Ponce was on north latitude 27.48 and west longitude 69.48. It had not covered half the distance from Ponce to New York, but was about 550 miles north of Porto Rico and 250 miles northeast of the Bahama Islands which were the nearest land. Captain Chapman, of the Shenandoah, said today that the Ponce had probably been disabled by an accident to Its ma chinery and had drifted out of the path of the regular liners from the West Indies, but will be reported or towed into port by some steamer bound from Europe to a southern port. WASHINGTON, Jan. . Secretary Shaw today ordered out two additional revenue cutters In search of the steamer Ponce of tha New York and Porto Rico Steamship company, now seven days overdue at New York from San Juan. The Seminole was started out from Charleston, S. C, and the Algonquin from Porto Rico. The Mohawk had previously been started from New York. The three revenue cutters will make a search of the entire route of the steam ship. HILL AND HARRIMAN AGREE Reported Treaty of Peace Between Railway Kings la the Northwest. PORTLAND Ore., Jan. 6. The Oregonlan says: "Negotiations are on between Hill and Harrlman and thetr differences In the ' northwest have practically been settled. W. W. Cotton, general counsel of tha Oregon , Railroad A Navigation company, last night ' admitted that representatives of the com pany have been negotiating, but he has not i heard whether any final conclusion has ! been reached. However, from the reports from Seattle, which indicate that the local ; end of the agreement at that place has been concluded, there seems to be little doubt that the Harrlman and Hill Inter- j ests will end their animosity In the north- west. "If any agreement has been reached. It means that Hill Is to have unobstructed entrance Into Portland and an opportunity ! to acquire adequate terminal facilities; that Harrlman will receive similar treatment In Seattle from the hands of Hill, and prob ably that the railroad war along the north bauk of U.e Columbia river U1 ex.' REAL WORK LN SIGHT Legislature Has the Deck Cleared tf tit Preliminary lfantuTert, COMMITTEES READY TUESDAY MORNING Disposition tf Member to Tut Institution! on a BtainiM Suit. SEVERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAY RESULT Joiat Committee to Formulate Important Bills Expected to Be Ntmed. NOT ALL HARMONIOUS IN THE LOBBY Railroad Represeatatlves Show Incli nation to Go It Alone and Let Other C'orporatloas Shift for Tfeemaelvea. (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. . (Special). The legis lature has been In session three days and during, that time twenty bills have been Introduced; the house has adopted a reso lution barring all lobbyists, and the of ficials of both houses have selected tha committees which will be reported Tues day morning when the session reconvenes. All the preliminaries having been cleared away the real work of the session will be gin Tuesday morning and the Indications are there will be few adjournments or In terruptions In the future. Included in the measures Introduced are an anti-pass bill; an anti-lobby bill, two fellow servant bills, one limiting the liability though said to be In line with the national law which is now being adjudicated and one taking off the 15,000 limit In case of death; an amendment to the game law providing an open season for squirrels and a two-cent passenger rate. With the exception of the vote on barrlns; the lobbyists from the house no measure haq come up whereby a line could be gotten on tho membership and Just what members If any will oppose the enactment Into laws of the pledges made In the platform. Is stll not known. It Is very apparent the legislators havr a disposition to put the affairs of the statL on a business basis and in doing this It may be numerous Investigations will be made, not so much as an Indication of dis trust of officials, but In order that future legislatures as well aa this legislature, may have a clear understanding of the way the state's business Is managed. It Is Just now becoming generally known that the officials of the State Normal board are not re quired by statute to file their vouchers with the state auditor, though this Is done and when the resolution or bill Is Introduced to compel the regents of the state university to handle their vouchers through the state auditor It will naturally place the normal board on the same footing. At least a dozen members have expressed themselves as opposed to the cash funds at the var ious state institutions and It Is more than probable a bill will be Introduced requir ing this fund to be turned over to the state treasurer and Vised as 'appropriations are used, under the direction of the Board of Publlo Lands and Buildings. Secretary of State Qalusha recommended the abolition of this fund In all Institutions, giving as one reason that superintendents In num erous Instances had paid bills out of this fund which hud been rejected by the state board. Bills oa Platform Pledges. Unless a movement is starteq very shortly looking toward the selection of a Joint committee to get up platform pledge meas ures, numerous bills covering the plants will be Introduced, but it seems to be gen erally understood the Joint committees will be selected during the week and every per son who has a bill covering any part of the platform will be Invited to present the same to the committee that the best in each measure may be culled out and used. The members show a disposition to study carefully the recommendations of Governor Sheldon and the suggestions of former Gov ernor Mickey, and it is likely these two messages will be printed in pamphlet form and distributed to the members to be re ferred to during the session. The message of Governor Sheldon has been favorably commented upon by the members, and while it is unusual for a governor's message to have much weight with a legislature, there seems to be a dis position to study carefully his suggestions and to act upon them. After the adjournment Thursday after noon many of the members went to their homes, but a larger number than usual re mained In Lincoln and have been putting In their time looking up various matters which will come up later. The fact that the pass has been shut off kept some of the mem bers here, while others remained of their own accord. One thing has been demonstrated, and that is all of the corporations are not going to work in concert. Heretofore the rail roads have been in the habit of extending courtesies to tha lobbyists for all the cor porations, but this year at least one of tha lobbyists for a corporation was turned down when he applied for his usual trip pass to his home. As the railroads have shut down on the lobbyists of other cor porations, It Is taken to mean the legisla ture will not have to deal with a united lobby whenever a corporation measure Is under consideration. . Since assuming the duties of his office Governor Sheldon has been a very busy man. He has been beHleged with office- seekers and friends of offlceseekers, though the pressure let up a little yesterday when It became known for sure the new gov ernor would not make any appointments for several days. Just who he has In mind for the more Important places no one seeuis to know and If the governor knows he is certainly keeping the matter to himself. PEN PICTIHK Or D. M. NKTTLKTON Type of Aggressive Man Who Likes a Sqaare Deal. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 6. (Special.) In Hon. D. M. Nettleton the members of the house of representatives have elccud one of the most striking characters In Nebraska for their speaker. For thirty years, slde-by-side with , the late Edward Rosewater, he has battled ' for the principles for which the entire state ' almost is now contending. He fought dur- ing the period when to fight for the cause , of the people against the domination and greed of ring politicians and corporations meant political death. He lived to see the cause for which he fought triumphant and himself, In full vigor and full of fight, on top of the remains of what was once the greatest political railroad machine ever or ganised. In the early days the speaker was called a pop, but he refused to leave) the republican party and Join the new party, believing that through republicaa) officials the great rtlyruia fur aUiaU Ls) I
