V
The Omaha Daily Bee
i
VOL. XXXVI -NO 193.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORXtXG, FEBRUARY 4,. 1907.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
i
u a
t
MYDEN DROPS OUT
Srw JrTwrj Benitcr Ajupuao. Tittinwtl
fma f ottsrt Jot Ea-alerticn,
ACTION TAKE1 OH ADVXE OF DOCTORS
Eaaha fuel tlit H Ctsaot Amu J Ctm
ftmm at Tmtoa Ttdy.
PREPARED ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATORS
Izpectod to CnTinet Cancu Bolton tiat
Ttrj An X .stakes.
IT VU EE HADE PUBLIC TOO AY
tfmtair Soya trywea
Hwd Cowe'eded Coattawaaoe (
fJeMleck Woola layere
tke Party.
WASHINGTON. Feb. X-"
Senator John F. Dryden of N
"Veto
to-
Sight authorised tl Aesroial
uimiiik that b had withdrawn
a a candidate for re-election to tb
-e -v
States senate.
Tkia actios waa takes oa tb advice. 2
- . . -j.
the aenator nhyalclaaa. wno warnea nu. -
of th. daurer to bJ. health if h perai.ted ,
la attending tba imblic maetlna rran-ed
lenxn.
morrow, n waa eeaaur tn-yoas a inaUOT
to addreaa th repobUoaa neiabara of the
lerialatur and act forth tb reaaona In
Lit opinion, why k aboald b ra-alected
to the arnata.
Following- tba aenator' a doeialon ta with
draw hla name, hla Bhyaldaaa. Ira. Bd
ward J. in and Char lea U 111, aesl the
folia win aelaaTrara ta tha republican lead
er in the. Xaw Jorary aanatc and bouae of
aaaembly:
The eneodltJoa of Senator J. F. rrydon-
beaita 1 auok oa aoeoant of tb Irma; and
aevera atrala tmder which he ha been
that we. hia phyalciana baea adviaad h)m
that it to of imperattv lm porta noe that
he ehould not attend the proboaed oon
fereno at Trontoa on Monday.
Senator Erydea amid be bad hoped at
thta tneetlna; ta ba abl to convince the
e'yht repohlicaiiB who refuaed ta be bound
by art kin of th party caucus that their
oppoalUoa to fclra la baaed upon mlataken
rrounda. Th opearb which tba aenator in
tonded ta daTlver before the republican
caucua at Tranton will b nah tabUc to
orrow. In erplaJntna: th
tor's withdrawal j
from th senatorial raoe hi private secre
tary made the folio wine 8tatnent:
senator ivroen tewmaed that a eon-
traoance of th deadlock would tend to :
Injur tba party and the state. Aeeordtnarly j
be. today, formaily announced hla inten- j
1on to withdraw. Senator Drydoa is mt i
ai!eerou! IU. His oonditHia is snrh. 1
fcowever. that bis ohyalelasia and family
ronstrter It of vrial iaiportanoe that he
should b relieved at oaoe of any furth-r
train vpaa bla strength and that complete
vest from all ourea as absolutely rjeoea-
"Hra aa .
TRETTT JfTT. "Jf . J.. Fe. X.-Th announce
ment Mat rtuted States Senator t. F.
Xrydea baa withdraws as a candidate for
re-electloa baa ataxtea the polltldaas t
work and the tndicationa point to Stae
e-oatOT Frank O, Brlggs aa Mr. Tryden-
SiirOfrsaor. Mr. Brlgcrs has authoriK-d th
statement that fc is a candidate and Is said
to have ioobI fed assurances of support
from a snajority of the republican leTis
tatora. . Senator Hfllery announces tb. repub
licans wfQ bold a caucus tomorrow avoning.
Mr. Biirr bas 'beam a auppartar of Mr.
Pi ydea and hla elertJca te tb seaMit now
that Mr. m-ydea is out of th race, would
be acceptable ta Mr. Xrydens frieada
.nner names scennonoa mrraoe those or I
former Governor Griggs. Stats Senator
Bradley of Camden. State Assessor Balrd
of Camdra and OiTigreaaiiian John G.
Gardner of Atlantic City.
FINANCIER DIES OF INJURIES
' Fawmla-Mt lew Took loao Broker
Jiasj fiaaa WtoaVow Walk
Btollrloaa.
NSTW TORK. Feb. t. Reward P. FYeth-
v Ingham, wba while del Irion from a petrous '
lireakdosrn Jumped frora the second story
of his bom tn West Seventy seventh allot!
yesterday, died Just before last midnight.
The death was not reported to the police
until today, wkea th coroner instituted
ava taveetigattoa. Nervous strain, do to
roorat ru m we ia 'Wall street, is believed
t l av caused the despondency which re
sulted in the deed. Mr. FroUilngkam was
one of the beat keowa me in tb financial
district. He waa probably the best known
loan broker In the country, tending more
"raJI" rxasey annually than any ether man
or firm.
His patronage was very larg aad his
commissions ia the lending business alone
arc aaid to have amounted so mora than
tioe.aw a rear. For alxteea years be was
a member of th New York Slock exchange,
but ba found lending more profit hi than
brokerage and devoted his tlms almost
ntlrelr t It
Recently hia physidaa persuaded hia to
tak a rest and Mr. Frothlngham wont to
Atlantic City, where ha remained a few
daya Returning ts bis boms beiy be was
ordered ts bed asd nurses stationed a
con! ant arteadaaee. Vlbea one of the
aurses yesterday opened a wmdow Mr.
Protklnghaiu prar.g. from his bed and
Jumped from the oiitdow.
AUTCWCBILE JUNE IN AFRICA
Coaa atlllfrleo kors Foostkllity of
tatloaa la rolooy.
DITBUIC, Feb. X ( Special. -Cos &t tlll
Criatl ruOma to be tha first snaa who baa
ovef drrtraa a motor-car through tha wilds
of Oxii'Uiaa somhweat Africa.
H drov his vehicle, which earned six
k mm iu.ss - nj-mm army . MU.
fruca Windhoek
.lunatics of over M miles. His aojeot was
ta see tf the country was yssmlila for
auotor oehiclea. A regular oervlcs of
vehicuao between the German stations af
tb oulmy may noon b otahlialwna.
WHO IS AKOS ERICKSON?
Maa atttk Besona Ttrkot le lias. a a
roaaaalis SaietAe at Baa XMetaro.
CoJlfoewla.
aA.V IlEGa CaL. Feb, t A German,
ai-tiarent'r a years old. mnuniited suicide
last ti tut in a paik ty shooting himself
tc th bead, la ais pocket Was found a
rouiid irta awket from Oauaha ts Saa tiiegs
bearing the atf Amos XCricksoA Nothing
is Aaoan a-w wt tbe oai man.
Tn ,nane Asans Ericaaoa la aut ta the
fans 'a 4 miner.
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
4r Frlmirr A.
1907
February 1907
oa tvt wta Ts i m
T 12
4 5 6 7 8 9
II 12 13 14 15 (6
18 19 20 21 22 23
25 26 27 28
3
10
17
24
TTT". ..
FORECAiT FY'R
il . , , "
j wiQur. w.m aiowiy rmir.R
temtratrre !
Ih-c. Hog-. Iee
4 1 r. m J
i i p. ta J
6 I . m 1
4 f. rn 4
i I p. m 1
6 p. m 1
S 7 p. m 1
S p. rn
p. tn 3
x-ocax.
a. in.
j :
? a. m..
I a. tp..
a. m..
ID a. in..
11 a. m..
12 m.
j
,
'
1
It. Oeorre L. Miner realma aa a iri'm
ber of the Pollre Board. Fa-e 1
Ker. L. O. Balrd prearhea aennon advo-
.i-.m paaaacre or ctiua labor lk -a. np
r . - 'l '
Thlmiin wjth lr 1
,t ' ; .-i,.,,,,,.,,, atT,.,. ;
- -1 Twentieth and Cent
pPoniW, action Monday on Bru
-aj,
New i.laj-a at all theater.
8ohAtor tryde f New Jersey an-
hoes hi. withdraw, from contest f or .
recoa on adphana. Fa, X j
a fiatllA. !
John Hamlin, .layer of M.e. Rachel I
Enrl af Grand l.land. ylead. guilty to
cnaxge of murder. Sentence 1. -de'errcd !
until next term of .urt raga a 1
rnfferen,- r,t ..,. , ,
ow. J T . !
ttnber, of legHlaUve oommittee over ,
Wroprlation. asked by .tte inrtltn- j
Mose P. Sydenham, pioneer dtlaen of i
Kearney, drops dead while on the way to I
church. rag 1
WAEXUTOTOV.
Review of the federal laws for equip
ment and control of the militia Fage
ooraczx. uvm m iowa
Insuranoe oompanlea begin campaign
' secure repeal of B! an r-hard law pro
hibiting combination to raise rates.
Fags 3
Daniel A. Farrel, former city clerk xt
Council Blaffa and sheriff of Miller county.
. . c-m T m- a
C,aa AntanW- Te- F
RABBIT EXTERMINATOR BUSY
Fisxk Scaa-atiat laolatoa om lalasto
I attl Ha Coo Prove Trotk
.. of Tkraiy, k '
MttBOiaxr. Fob. - X. Opeoial)
Etroughxaa laland.. off tha coast of New
South 'Wales, baa bean tha scene c some
very rxarkail experiment. Tba victim
of tbaee experunents baa been tb. Aus-
trail rabbit, which baa fallen under the ! lam mavcr"clil - , mlnofJes to six hours. At B o clock Uv
severe baa of the sheep farmers and lr lb lh,t Mr lliJOT "y , hight the teanperatur. in Kansas City to
throataned with unfaltering extermination. ! Proceeding one in the history of th cotd- , j org-re. above .ere.
So serious to th fartnoiws the problem of ! sooording to a statement Issued today , BILLINGS. MonU Feb. t, The severest
the ubiquitous rabbit that they subscribed j l'y the burosa of statistics of the te- ; mutrm iu twenty years pre valla In eastern
a fdund of some months age aad partraent of Commeroe and Labor. j Montana. Snow sow covers the ground to
procured th eervices of a French scientist, j receipts at the seven primary ( thr afTtB of nearly a foot. CondlUons are
Dr. Dasysa. a yrrifaai ir of tha Pasteur tn- markets aggregated 40. 7.65 head, exceed- . ajj to be worse than since lg&, when
msroto. to carry on a crusade. Danyas ' I1 those of the previous year by more j thousands of sheep died In a storm. Tbou
claima to havs discovered a microbe ahich 15u.t. ShipmenU of packing bouse ; aands of aheep are being driven to ranches
brings death to the rabbit, but is harmlens .rod-acts irom Chicago, except canned near this city to be fed. Train service is
to other croaturwa. aed h m'nt out ml' h i meats and dressed hogs, show gains as . badly demciraliaed.
a Iew cj, or these tiacteria among hia
luggage, which were promptly Impounded j
Mi-t T" . t w . .h. A.L..riM'. etrx .--r.i.rkitf i
He soon found himself met by others, for j
the froaen rabbit trade has developed on
a big scale and brings considerable profit j
to a good macy people, who were not par- I
tlcularly pleased to see th doctor. !
Tim and tact smoothed ever cme of
those msiculttns, however, and oa the
scientist's assurances to the aui horituo
thai the microl was oerfertlr hmlu
"
to everything but rahbita hia cases were
returned and he was politely banished to
Bruuchton Island till tbe innocence of his
system ahould be proved. There h. Is still j wheat, l.7a&. bushela; corn. M7X.71 Orieana 4ivA feet, a riM cf 4 of a foot in i s were broken aad his abdomen crushed , residence to pay a visit, and found bar , stock yard bill win be itiuoduoaa to ra
cairylng on his -work with the collabora- I bushels; oats. SB.1U0J? bushels: barley. . iwenty-four hours. j before th train was brought to a stop by i sister. Miss Emma Livingston, and one vies the present methods employed at tba
tiea of a government expert and haa been ' a MkJSO bushels- rre I rsn JC bushels. MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. X. With every 1 fellow switchmen who had witnessed the i child dead in bed. one child dead on the ' 6t,ut Omaha stock yards. A number of
given supplies of rabbit and other wild
animals tor th purpose of mnoculation.
If be is sble to make his contentions good
ha will be allowed te transfer his opera
tions to mainland.
LONDON TELEPHONE SUCCESS
Assistant ae-rrrxarr mi Tel
Talks of tystess t Oder Brttlek
Fwetal Drpartoeat
LONDON. Feb. X-Speclal r-Wnh a con
stant addition of new sutiwTibers at th
rata of lU.due a year and the vospect of a
new scale of rates London's postofSoe tele
phone system promises to become la a few
years the most efnciex.t in the world.
So declare Mr. John Ardron. C. B, as
sistant secretary of the pcotofBoe in charge
of cbVcphonea, foreign telegraphs and wire
less te-egraphy. m ha has Just retired from
effio after forty-three years continuous
service. In aa interview b said:
The present annual rate la Id fiw
each call withta the London district or M
for each call outside., or txi tar unlimited
service outsid of trunk cal to not so high
in proportion to th. coot of producing tbe
service.
In the t'nlled States, where they
have a service which la a war oorrespoBds
ta ours, the charge la not much leas Th
snore telephones there are the more calls
each aubscriber can make, so that th cost
of Increasing the service actually lnureas's
as it expand. With C-W squar miles w
havs ths largest local area ia the world.
! So scattered ar the subscribers that each
i t'",t0 .pulrM ' " saliva
average ta only
a half a mile. Norway and Swedes, are
ahead of us ia proportion te the population.
Car many is about equal, while Franc to
behind. Tbe Cnlted States, which haa no
gavermaont service, ts ahead of alL We I
havs ons telepheuo for every fifty people,
but Saa Praaeieoa before the earthquake
had, .00 for every four
COUNT CREIGHTCN RESTS WELL
of Sack Bii
laaair A re fAlaktly Mere
Fasorokle.
Eocouraghig reports aa ts the eondr-ioa
of Count Creigaton were received Sunday.
Th general sj-mptaois ia the case were
dressed shgrtly saor favorable, as hia
poU .as at, and he waa .hi. to tak.
C4osVaerahle nutv-ialumeat. He rexted eaaily
Saturday sugbt and Suixtay, a ua iba ap-
years r a of gtua aa n
BOGUS IRRIGATION PROJECTS
Of: tiki nj-B. IsTfrton A nit it Bnjitc
Lasci of ctarr Proaotari.
PLEKTY OF BO Hi A F0E OPPORTUNITIES
lending- evtlers lrr Advteea
Ivmi(rr All Propeeltteae
la Frrwa on th
From a Staff Vormmpnti&m.. )
!; : .:;,. IZvJI .V- k..
.....
f .vm to ttif HhUOTiU wort (1 reciamaxian.
t , T-rrt.. f ti-.
jk fx ico. i ne ana wm na nn Rrij
in the part by rr.-r.r, of the orratii.a of :
claa. of promoters, and krltlmate pri- ,
ivate imterprtBc ha aufferad annereaaary
... , . . , ,
, hardj-hip axd delay in the prteenjt.on or
the ladahie work of aettlement and clo- i
"Aa every faae ache me worka to the d
rlmetit of booeatt oompanlea. the frtrn-
" . r
IntereaLed 4a dnrlr.1 ont tin wood OT
Kwlrxllpr-a a tin are aeekina to fatten their t
v-.i ... .i r in.r, (n- !
veaiora.
J "(M1 It. principal y '
' I1?""" . "irl T, Jl JZ! e.U-. v...
no hope of retUnc either. Tet tb. rort-n.- j
-t mail are fuU of.cra from the !
fr ,
' , ,
re tK , L..ht '
Thf QJ?"'
"mnpsay 1 pro-utmg It work 1
7 xnroufn "I " ' .1 . i
singular hwot xo ue to
swindle, and tb victims seem to ge gen-
rronl tbe intJ ,Be TOUth.
..jB Nw M,.,ttw B,Vf.raJ panics are
'. v i
Na.ri.Mri. rn i.rnri rrwBi
I.TV-.."! .Z, -kJ Jl,. i. 3
' " . . i
sufficient for the present needa of old j
oanala
- "It 1 no piwtnce of the government to
warn these people, though It would seem
properly the duty of the Postofflce depart
ment to exclude their literature from the
mail a, when an Investigation would show
the fraudulent character of the aebern
and the utter Impossibility of their beig
carried out-
One word of warning to an who are t
Jo,.king for lnwttr.ent, to the west: Da j
not ouy anyxnin. "
vesUgstlng. Do not buy water rights m!
you are oonvlncea the water is mere, ana
th company financially able to deliver it
If yon are gotng to make a bom m the
west 3u not buy until you iirreaiigata ta
ptwcoa oa thr (rwni - The Sfeot Is f uUa
tIportuiulOe for fcome' oeekeri Ji there
are plenty of irrtlmate bngaUoa enter
prises in which your Investment win be
Mevesaeat of laterael Co
compared with those of either of the two
immediate proceeding yeara Of these
r.i rmwtin of beef were tiu.TTlLBOO nounds: !
canned roeata. U7,6.6jCi pounds; cured
meats, a-LMZOtt pounda: dressed tef. j
LUMCZ.ia-i. pounds: dressed hogs, U47b.kO
pound: hides. 171i.170.EJb pounds; lard.
ti.H14.C pounds; pork, JC.6cS1.5m pounda. 1
j making a total of X.7ta.UlC(l pounds, being
i over lUt.OOd.tC pounds In exoess of the pre-
, viou year.
tk- t,.,.i ,r.. .r w,
i - wo -
! terior primary markets were TiKaZLtB
J bushela, an increase of au.0ue bushels ever
Th. oti raovement embrad:
T1, ,
ua Krr.K.!.
increase of 1 .. bushels.
Shipments of -anthracite coal from east
ern producing districts aggregated t.SC,-
HC r -.r . m rrr I .r.rlt.l. i mi I im mm
tona. aa increase of almost i.aou.Wo gona.
FRAUDS IN MARKSMANSHIP
Reooros Mao ky Compnaae X. aod
of Flftk lataotrr Are
Role Oat.
NEW TORK. Feb. X After long oorre
spondeac with the Department of tha
East and three months of investigation,
tb War department has discovered what
is beueved ts be aa illicit deal between )
I Companies L and M of the Fifth infantry
In their target practice and has ordered
General Grant to wipe out the remarkable
record made by these companies last earn-
nier at Piattsburg barracks. Moreover,
1 ilrunTOl " oroerea
i rnmw in iwrnin 1 mni i ri. i s mi rn. -
... . . . , . . , v...,.4-- m w aar.mjcrcm on i rati Mmrwy i.w - .
r 1 . .iiu . iwd of'iuaina muwvui iwi'ir njw l. .. - .... v. . . . . . . ... . . , . i
tier oMl- ' water rifht. in an Irrigation acbeme which e Japanea. acool auertion. it "
. . " . . . ,,.,,. .U1W. ' undnoood that the r.reelflert win endeavor "on. and asked hint privately what, aa a
srr.":Sia! - ,o - j -- r ,u- .-?:
sll sdditanai sums paid them since last Tombs, but exception has before been mad
summer because of their marksmanship, j ia a capital case. When the counsel, At
Colonel Henry O. Heistand, military eec- torneys Delmaa. McPlk and O'Reilly, left
retary of tb Department of the East, j tb Tomb they said Thaw was ta better
1 today that ample proof of irregu-
laxities Is scoring had been astabtiahed.
A pnvni who qualifies a a marksman
receives aa increase of pay of C a month,
a aharpshooler SI and aa expert rifle
man ax
CkMter Tkoaapeoa A chained.
TACOMA. Weak. Fb.
Thompson, m trial tor murder of Judge
Geurge Mead Emery ta Bnattie oa July 7,
lix-i. waa found not guilty by rnuci of in
sanity" by the Jury today. The boy mas
remanded to await the court's orders.
CiMSMxr Thompson is a member of a oaul
aaowa Inoiana family, being a nephew of
the late Maurios Thompaoii, the novelist,
and a son of Will H. Thompson, authur of
the ceiuratod poem, "The High Tide at
Gvttyshurg.
Hotel Maa kill HiaaeeU.
NEW TORK. Feb. 1 Q Sinclair Maul-
toa. a well knows houa man. ouninutied
: suiaoe by sooouir m th Graxid I n
I ' 1 "f,u t-am rt- eturar
"llel .K
aluvbaxiaa tMiuare hotel. He htd Ijmmm
euiirnug erevreiir from gast.-ii.is fur atm
FORECAST FOR THE WEEK
Botk Hum f Uifiia Will Taht
Ifttftl Daft ta Conataee
AtprlWa Bill.
WASHINGTON. Teh. X In the senata
tb Indian UD I now under consideration,
while the house baa ti river and harbor
bill under way. Sever. Oar this week will
be required te diiswe of these lmrxm-rr.
and alien they shall have been finally voted
upon the ornate -anil take tip the army bill
a i) (J the bouse the nrJ btllx These four
rneaure will practically moncKilia th
time of the two bodies, aa there are tnaoy
points In earn of tbev cn-er which to re
It la ex-
pected that the annate amendmeata t tha
Indtan Terrtlnn-r imuinx oevelon oe- I
- - - ' " " . . " , . 1
caremiT.a- the adtnlnitrratkm of bold-
1 . . .
'""w, -e- -
' ' .
aeJected ara ercuwd, artien the court ra-
j
T t, trtTtemivK th.
rondurt of the cotorf d troopa at Brown- 1
Tille.. Tex whirh reaitlted la tbetr dlumtaaal '.
by th prejUdetit, ia
fore the eenate eotr
exported to berlB be-
r.1tee on military I
'f"re the eenate ermtr,
. . .
fair rn TVaehln-ton oa Monday
ar. reatrme Frlaay.
.
rft S4rriti- Kanriinl ih San an- ,
'" EducatKn. which M.ycr ;
Schrrlta will attend, la txpecled to be bold ;
.T1. w,t
TxcW.U "mcreaj
. 'v.
at oca dealt 1th In the curb market la ex-
Peeled to be taken ua by the exchange at
to be held oa ThnrwS.y.
. to
Tnlted States, 1. t, b- a dinner by
i law Rid. probatilr fro- the bwalth
' W Ili-ra aaviJI V.a ffMw4lM a?f tVaff tTA
ambassadors are exported to souad th
the friendly relati. existing
between their respectr. oountries.
COLD WEATHER GENERAL
. Eero TeaaBX-raroro a ad Iltajk Wtaas
Fre-rall at Maay Fotota la
MlBatoalaM Toiler.
CHICAGO, Feb. X. Tb cold wave that
descended upoa Chioaasi. accomTanied by
Ml. if 1tiTv w4nd ant the merrnrr
f th.
early hours of aay. Although the wind
. flw -j-
moderated, the temperature did not rise
higher tbaa 4 eYegreea above sero during
the oay. aad at 14 o'clock tonight was
hovering about the sesea mark.
KANSAS CXTT. Mv. Feb. . The aa
toro .atoriB. , 'Tba ""wtnta- la ' agtng
throughout KaDsaa and western Missouri,
with torn per tore at or Mar aero, six
Inches of snow oa the ground and snow
still falling, flrtven by a bitter wind. All
trains are marked late from forty-five
i JjyjpHJS LEVEES ARt HOLDING
! River la f Ilirr Tkorc. bat la
lac StoavaUy at AU Folate
Btoloa.
WASHINGTON. Feb. X The woathor bu
j ma.u a flood bulletin tonight says:
Te stage of the Miasissl;rt river at
laemphin undMy ntit whm u.S f-w-t bmA
w ?TJ,T" "l -
Ml Till S a aV.T TilaU-bda ra.lrsV Uawnrihla
folios s: HeJena, tlt.a. a rise of Jb of a
loot; Greenvilk!, 46 fet, a rise of .4 of a
l.,.:.,.:ick"l!urf- i'- Lri,?e " ttot;
WW p sa-aa
main levee in thia district holding Intact,
the crest of the high water in th Missis-
' . ... . . . . . nnt) i t h m i A T . t . v.n.
n"f t jot-n-pnia. j ne gauge ; a coal car of tb moving train ta order to
stood at a-Z feet at J s clock tonight, a fall read, bin switch engine, which waa stand
of J of a foot In twelve bourn. In Mem- mg on th track beyond, aad it is believed
phis flood conditions are unchanged Ths
corns standing in three feet of water.
NEW OP-LEAJ"S. Fun. X. The river con
tinues to rise slowly, a gain of 4 of a foot
having been recorded In the last twenty
four hours. Only a few men wore emgaged
In building protection leoees at ths foot of
CaasJ and Jackson streets today aad no
fears ars entertained that tb. erohaakmest
wiU be overtaxed.
THAW SEES HIS ATTORNEYS
Prisoner la Better Spirits Tmaa at Any
Ttsao atae tko Trial
NEW TORK. Feb. X. Harry K. Thaw.
abuse trial for the murder of Stanford
' Whit will b continued tomorrow, was
I allowed to see three of his counsej for a
, nail pour s eomereno loeay. nunaay ns-
. r.M r. rv.T . . vrii ..miifi r , . r. .
J spirits today than at any time befor sine
tb trial began. ThaWs keepers say hs
at heartily and appeared less nervous
than before. He nttended services In th
chapel snd later spent some time reading
the newspapers.
MRS. LONG WORTH HAS GRIP
Daackter of tk President Is Con-,
aea to Her Been srltk
Slight Attack.
WASHINGTON, Feb. X Mrs. Alios Rcioae-velt-
Irngwonh. wlf. of Representative
Longwonh of Ohio, and daughter of Aha
president, is ill at ber kom ia this city
with what to stated ts be a alight attack
of gi-iii. Th president aad Mrs. Rouervelt
I spent some time at tb Ungwonk bom
, today and wer very mock cooxwrned about
their daughter' health a he they were
Infcaraued by th anoadlng phyaiciaa that
ker temporatur had goo na t C Mrs.
Long-worth eontracted a arver ooid while
anxoding the Whit Hubs reoepuoa last
Tburaoay night and has boas rtinftnail ts
her bad fur Ore .
DR. MILLER RESIGNS OrHCEicuYER to form corporation
Dwddat to Cni fi-TB T La Fee'i Errrt af H
YLt;Tr.-t V-t V..! I
ONLY CIURSE OF ACTION OPEN TO HIM
Kaya Bla Age and Self Bleepect
taaa taat Ha Keatara raier
tark ClipBaaaaa ava
Kilt.
Xr. Georte t Mll'ier la the mamher of the
. " '" vmro
. , TT"1"""-""
banda tf Otrremor KhelAnn taat
1 11
Ha aaid be had not rommnnlrated -alt a
other meoibera of th board hi taalna tha
artkm.
"When I entered that board. rerortanUy
aa I did." aaid rr. Miner. "1 made It my
duty to tnreetlrate tbororift-nly and im-
PrtlaJJy tb pendlnc ceartrea of th Clrlc
Federation ajritnrt th chief of poUoe- I
Tled carefully tba sooted tjiieatlon of j
f tba board to laaae ordera to ,
uov rtiiri. in oroer to get rut El on tris i
j --iwn oougnt sucb legal ac-rire as max j
D. McHurn. wboae place on j
v . . . . . . . I
' "aa uaen, ana aio or in
''r TlT
hlrbaat atandlnc in the tetral profea-
court.'
"Tb dedal oe of the court and the advice
of Judge McHugh and Mr. Wright coin
cided; R was one and the same. I followed
It. After the charges of misconduct oa the
part of Chief Donabo and the board,
which touched me personally, wer re
peated with Governor Mickey by the CTric
federation I still followed the legal and
Judicial advice I bad received. And where
have I brought up? Vnder the ban of
T. J. Mahoaey and his Civic federation
associates.
stin of the arias.
"Wen. If Judicial authority and th best
legal advice obtainable cannot be accepted
or followed with safety, then Mahoney 1
right; If it eaa, Mahoney Is wrong. I am
not moved from my conviction of right. I
believed at tb time I took my position
la line with the legal counsel I received
that I was on safe ground , I believe so
yet. and because I believe that and bncaus
other honorable gentlemen believe that and
because aa honored Judge upon the bench
believes that and because two of th beat
lawyers m Nebraska believe that aad
because all this belief is based trpoa ua
biased ground. I decided te resign say posi
tion. My age and my self-respect de
manded tt I could wot bring myself t
think that any other course was open to
I want tba t. WMrfl
wen, ta ' know that I conceal as moUva
In resigning the office as a member of tha
Board of Fir and Police Commissioners,
which I accepted la the first place, with a
large degree of reluctance.'
Other Cosamlssloaors Bllewx.
Commissioner J. W. Thomas was asked
if be had anything to say oa the subject
and replied that be bad not. Ho said be
had not consulted or conferred with any
of his eonnagues about th matter.
Commissioner Lee Bpratlen waa out of
th dty yesterday.
Commissioner B match said ba did not
care to make any expression oa th matter.
SWITCHMAN DIES UNDER TRAIN
Elaaor
rr Falls to Death Brae
tk
la I alow Favciato
Tars.
In attempting to climb ever a moving
train of cars Sunday afternoon in the
fnlon Pacific freight yards near Seventh
ana x.avenport streets tamer u. ttamscy, ;
a switchman, allpped and fell beneath the
mra, fwelrtnc injuria from which b dle5
1mm irsomeDU ImAfr. Th. cr AiA nnrt !
i P over his body, but be was dragged
j more than twenty feet aad crushed between 1
' the car trucks and the rails and ties. Both j
aoeiaent.
Ramacv waa attemntins to crawl over
; be lost his footing on the ice with which
tbe car was covered.
Tc cars were quickly stopped and
Ramsey removed from beneath th car
truck a. H died after gasping for breath
onoe or twice. Tb Union Pacific surgeon.
Dr. S. H Smith, was summoned, but
Ramsey was dead probably even befor
tn summons reached ths doctor.
Mr. Ramsey Is survived by a wife and
one child, whs live near Twenty-second
aad Leavenworth streets, where they moved
but a abort time ago from their former
residence at 1CI South Eleventh street.
Coroner Brail ry took charg. of the body
aad win bold an inquest Tuesday afternoon
or evening.
MOHLER IS ILL AT CHICAGO
General kaaaier of Tnloa FaeiBVe
roafiaeo to Boom, ka ta
BeeaTcrlag,
Genera Manager Mohler of the t'nion
Pacific who 1 ta Chicago attending the
conference of railroad managers with the
representatives of the cxnductors aad
brakemeo, naa been confined to bis room
at ths Auditorium A nnex for nearly a week
with a alight touch of pnoumonla. He is
reported greatly Improved aad Is expeotsd
to b abl to be out la a couple of days.
Miss Mohler. who has been in Chicago
several days with ber father, returned
home tills morning.
CAR FAMINE IN SOUTHEAST
Many
U lMrtM
of Fail are to
rive
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Feb I Tb coal
industry of oast Tt ins am and soaUteast
era Kentucky has been paralysed the last
week en account of U ooal car f.
th avMithera aad
which prrvaued on both
Ltui .lie A NaakviHe railroada. Only on
one day wer any ears furnialied the mine
operators, aad as a result they havs bees
unable even partially to supply th. larg
district depeiMient oa them la the aouth
uurg otaua. Loral operators have beea
nouaed of the cloaing l of huoQred of
small iiadustnea oa aonouat of lack of ouaX
Both ruada piusaase a pnrUal sMsy Car
Prominent t-eotrartera a
A. ci..ed wit. Hiaa 1. Ditti.1
Panama taaaL
XBTW TORK. Feb, X William i. Ollrer
of Knoxi-lU. Tenn, the Vwt bidder fc
tha ootirtrurtion work on tb Panama
canai. held a oonferenoe her tonltrM w!U
tea other ocintrartor who a-lll. It an tmder
atood. be aaaoriated with Mr. OlK-er In th
event ha tild ia accepted. The purpoa
of tb oonferetioe, it waa aaid. aaa to dia
eaaa the formation of a corporation whir
would be prepared to undertaka the work
oa the tethmva. Thoee prone tit in addition
ta Mr. Oliver were: John B. MrTonald
and John Petrc f thla dty. Oeorre relrc
of Maine, T. T. Walah of th Walrt Ct-
T.
mm-
Ruiwell
Itk
H.
Bayr of the International Contrartma- com
pany. New Ttwa; Char lea Ackert. thtrd
rloe preeident of tb ' Southern K way
company; R. C. Cherter of tb Ka. anal
Bank of Comeroe. Waahlnrton. D. C and
R- A. C Smtth of thl dty.
Mr. Oliver declined to diacuaa the outoom
of tonlfht a meeting, but aaid thai aotne
thtnr mljrht be made ouhUc in a few daya.
A mfmat.tiv Ft Mr. Olfrer
OWTlt;r aDlm)ml plan, u
auba
ry.. VutM
. . .
jj, Itt. knowB
XI r xj.n.l ft W. m. rimi tr. i
. . . ' , . ,
v. ,.. .v.. Tri-f
! t,V 'nl or0o-
tk wort
Oeorre Prime and John Pel roe, v ho hare
tntereats In th largest Quarries ta this
country, win have charge of the maaaa
work and Mr. Walsh a-ill have eupervlsloa
over the work of excavation, Mr. Bren
nan will have portion of tlie construction
work to do. Robert Russell will be, ft was
said, in charge of this work.
Vic President Ackert of tb Southern
railway will look after and have charge
of all tb general transportation, not only
of th men employed, but of th material
used.
B. A Smith of Manchester will have
charge of the financial corporation.
HEBREW INSTITUTE ORGANIZED
a sserlatloa Feraee-d for Work Along
Serial, Mental, tplrltoal evad
Fkysloal lAnee.
A mass meeting of th Omaha Hebrew
population of Omaha, attended by about
persona, was held at Patterson hall
ounoay xusm ior uw i'"'t"
th organisation of the Omaha Hebrew
Institute assoclstion. Th movement has
been agitated for some time by prominent
Jews of the dty and funds ta a oonsroex-
able amount have already been pledged.
A constitution for the association was
aaopxeo at tne meeunav. vw puiyw
tbe society being given to be for tb de
velopment of tbe members along soda,
spiritual, mental and physical lines.
Tbe meeting continued on til midnight and
a cowmOitee waa a,rTuwijed to nam tweety-
fhrc axiraoria from among whom fifteen
are to bo selected by election to form tbe
board of directors. The names returned
were A. J. Miller. N. Bernstein, N. Sugar-
man, Morris Le-vt H. Gross. S. Ravits, Istur will ask th finance committee to
Jsoob Katleman. H. A. Wolf. A. B. Al- . bustle ap the appropriation bill, so It eaa
pirn, H. Friedman. Sol Brodkey. SamneJ I discussed intelligently and not be rushed
Katx, Rabbi Cohn, L. Harris. Dr. P. Bcber, i through at tb last minute when all is
E. Fle3achn.au, Charles Leg a. M- Golden- j "clteroerrt, thus allowmg boards and eu
borg, A. Wolf, J. Gordon, Joseph Levin, i perlntendents and others to drag money out
Charles Cgutter and J. Schloseberg. j of -he state treasury with impunity. Th
Nathan Bernstein acted as chairman of bidlcatione sre every request win be la
the meeting and Rabbi Cohn took an actlva j restlgated thoroughly and If the money 1a
part in perfecting the oirstusarion.
TUDCC CPCCTCr Tfl
DEATH
I llllkl. . I llbbbt. W J IWC1 ill
aad Two CkUoroa Foaad
Tv ... m
Graaa Rapids, Xlek,
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Feb. X. A
woman and t children were found
freatm to death this afternoon in an up-
stairs tenement here, with a third child
in aa adjoining room badly frozen, but
Tbe dead:
EMMA A. LIVINGTON. aged t0.
ALFRED T. LIV1NGTON. aged 7.
LINCOLN B. LIVINGSTON, aged X.
Badly froaen:
Helen Livingston, aged It.
Miss Jenni Livingston called at th.
floor aad Helen In the adjoining room,
t-adly froaen.
- vi aisr lauuii; usu wt.ii.iM aom was ."
Thursday, when tws of th children al-
tended school. The children lived with
x- .a,., aa. fi v. a- - -
Miss Llviiigrt on, who was their aunt. It
is supposed that after they retired Thurs
day night they bscams partially asphyxi
ated by ooal gaa, and. th fir ylag out.
wer froaen to death.
DEATH RECORD.
David Pork Bkoaaea.
BRIDGEPORT, CMuv. Feb X Iavid
Peck Rhcavdws. ons of the founders of ta
New Tork Tribune aad an a aciats of .
Horace Greeley, died at hla boms la Strat
ford today, aged aA After leaving ths
Tribune Mr. Rhonda formed the New Tork
News company, which be oonducted for
some yeu. which be sold out to th
Ajiienoan Km company aad retired. Deaia
was th result of a shock caused by a fall
suffered by Mr. Rhcades a wsok ago as he
left th rooms of tL. Btrstfurd Social club.
cr w. urikia.
NEW TORX. Feb. X. George W. Den-
ham, an old-time actor, died from ap-
oplexy on the street today, ahll on bis
way to sea a physician. Mr. Denham for
many years supported Joseph Jefferson
aad has appeared with a number of other
star. His last engagement was with Wil
ton Lackaya in "Tb Law and The Man.
E A. Cob war.
SIOUX CTTT. Ia Feb. 1 (Special Tele
gram.iv E. A. Conway, a pioneer coal mer
chant of Sioux City, died this afternoon
of dilitatlon of th heart. He was stricken
suddenly In his office Friday. H had lived
ber tiilrty-thre year.
teaeral mark O. Flower.
ST. PALI Minn. Fek X -General Mark
D. Flower, postmaster at St. Paul aad
president of ta. Union Stock Tarda com
pany, died here tonight.
Mm Baurnew to Deatk.
CLEV ELAND. O. Feb. X.-Joha Burka
aged a teara. as bund to dweth. aod
I Mjs Mary Maavrot. ii4 XV yr-i wa
i aerv-u !r- burned tonight by an rxpiutuoa of
! , (sc,lia Lusip faurfce aaa jti an
evr-uiiig raiJ ao,C aaa belp.ug ttie your.g
n-oniAii hli the lams alien It expkodd, en
evuuprig them la tiiiwa
ft lei Se Far la laoeapolla.
UIKKEi K4JI Feb. X George Klrk
w.yr and irajit t alatine rvrrrd out a sui-
.-. A .. k . 1. 1 aV....,t i.ji. r . . .
tun l4ers n. have born
j oui of ONS-a fur sooe time- Ttey lad a. id
1 X? r Vf .
ix iu-wi mvm ay an saa
MOSEY FOR HOME
Lacialatira CosntitUa Iarpocto Qnartaia t!
Old Ea'.diera at Grasd lalatl
DIFFER AS TO APPKOPRiATlO" KEECEO
Amu&cst Arai&it Zeqvwt fat ITS, OX fbj
i dditipnal Iniidiara.
ICE ARK EY K0F.KAL ALSO ASKS BlS $UI
Soma Xanbera Cbjart to Fptaiisc tlOV
000 fcr Sav VxjEitmptioa lev.
FINANCE CCJCM!Ul URGED TO HUST1X
Letrialatara Waat Bltl Rearta la,
Tlaaa tar Aaaal raalvravtlaxa af
averf Itaaa a Flaw a
Kark Waaaa.
(From a Staff CoTTaMdant.)
UXCOLX. Feb. . (Spacaal Merehera of
th ralaxlT oonvmltte which teapeote
the Soldjera' bom at Grand la land la at
Friday bar returned to Utneotn and tbera
j to a decided d.Herence of opinion recardlnaT
1 the ajvropriatJon which this InstitutJoa
should have. Tb commandant has
mended that Tl.o be appropriated for
permanent improvements and soma mem-
bora of the commit te believ such a largo
sum Is unnecessary. Iriaamueh aa the meat
man, of the number of old soldiers whs
will bseome members of the home ta
reached. Jones of Richardson county, who
is a member of th committe, and who ia
also an old soldier, aaid:
"I am In favor of an appropriation for
some necessary repairs and to pay far
starting- up an elevator fa th horn, bat
I am opposed to appropriating fTMnO for
permanent Improvements. Th number of
old soldiers : tb home now Is larger
than It win eve.' be again. By th natural
course of events tb number Is bound to
decrease each pear from now. While at
this tiro tbera ar a great many members
of the home, many of them merely came
in te spend th winter. When spring comes
again they will leave and sum of them
will never return. Approjrrta tir.g money
for new buildings at th homes for old
j .o.flj,.. ( think, is absolutely unnecesaary
j and will not do any good Th quarters
ara ample now. I think, and all that ia
necessary to to keep the present buildings
j tpj,-
j Tbe OBminitt1, htoB visited the
, Kearney Industrial School for Boys also
, vjtevj the rii v...
ana here again tbe committee Is not av
unit over the ajipropriatioa for the school.
Ths Normal board has recommended an
appropi 'on of . for aa addition to
ths bul Ag. Some of the snsaibera. o -
il ooromtita ttjnk Jus at this tiaaf this"'
addition could be dispensed with.
WU1 ralk Appropriation BUI.
Incidentally some member of th legi-
aciuauy needed it probably win be appro-
pr ia-.ee. But ir not the tegislators
will use the pruning knit.
1 -.1 k. .- .
- t hjtj uiey inceaa
um .more voting tor any
I a tnroDTiation. Tha. la uoh t ,k..
1 .. . '
in renunendation -lll have to abow Just
what the money is to be spent for. bow
many employes ar to be paid out of tb
' salary bill and what Improvements ar ts
rri-d- The slips furnished by the stale
j auditor showing tb estimate of the jo
eome and the estimat of expenditure mada
by tbe heads of Institutions do not show
tbe detail, and consequently oboes ei cham
pions the appropriation bin on the floor of
the bouse will have to teU about theos de
tail or get his bUl turned dowa eeid.
Stork Tard BIU ky Fosloolsla.
Some time during th week, probably, a
i fuloolr.a are behind this proposed aneaa-
ure and M win be ia line with tb popuHat
mu lDUxWDOin m. niimosr or ii in i -aFri HakW.
i so -
1 T,J of th "t01 raisers from tb western
! soction of the stats have express, a thero-
selves for such a biU and R
Is now in
oourse of mu-uctKm.
DraflUa Frtsnary BUI.
The Joint oommittee appolated ta graft a
direct primary bill will meet tomorrow
night and come to a showdown oa whether
the entire committee or Just a tsw member
ars in favor of oarryiag out the party
pledge on this auostlon. At the sun time
the railroad commit to of the boas win
meet ts listen ts railroad ra.s asaulsTlriai
discuss demurrage bills which ars now
pending.
All rietrai Will B atept
WhOe th nous haa boss ta aessaoa
twerit jr-ts a days and th .amai twenty
one da .vs. only on of the pledges mada by
1 the party has been kept, the lectoa
, Norns Brown to the eetvati. Tbera to no
: worry but what all pledge win be kept,
There Ia as everyone knows, a difference
j of opimoa over th primary aad tba ran.
' roads are doing all they can te keep th
' members from passing a statewlds primary
bill, but there Is no raaaoa to think the
members ar going to violate their pi edges
la this matter. In the bouse ta work is
moving along smoothly and Speaker Jfet
tletoa and Chief Clerk Barnard are as man
as old cronies, and when tbe bouse takes a
notion to take a spurt on the business be
fore It then two ar in shape to push mat
ter along. In Craig of Gag eounty Bar
nard bas sn able assistant, and tbs shief
derk exports ts bold bp his reputation rar
never having a bill knocked out during bla
administration because of a bad reoord ta
Its passage.
Baras May Aeora-t Ckaliemae,
Jo Burn still sits oa his oenatoriaJ dig.
nity aad net ono bas bs picked up his
pea aad Ink and started a reply to the
chaUoage mad to aim by Springer from
aoott's Bluff county fur a aehats oa Chris
Uaa Sciefcoa. Last night Senator Bums
remarked that bs might aooept th chai
fenge, laying aaid senatoriaJ dignity, bat
tf be aid, be would sxpect th rh a slain
of the senate to b master of osrenmatsa,
and as Mr. Springer objects to (haplaias
la afl matters as aell aa ia thia matter,
h believed tbe bouse member would not
meet him. Late tonight Burns tmuad a
bulletin that be would reply t th cbal
leng Tuesday mornlr,g If be got around
to it.
Gus Haa. phi vy of brol-ea Bvw tajaa tak
Qjm lafiarasoa irf tfataa LitUsJ