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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: FEBUU IVF 24, 1007. 11 1. ' t. '1 1' ' Tl. Douglas 019 Retrhn All Ictartments. Attractive Showing of Shirt Waists Thompson, Bel den & Co. 'a show always pleases the fashion leaders. The most exquisite Shirt Waists ever brought to Omaha. The styles we show may be depended ripori. as being strictly right in every way, and the variety is so great as to -enable any one, no matter what their taste, to find the waist that will be pleasing to them, not alone in style, but pnce as well. .jr. Get" the. Habit .: Of taking ynuV allowance rr monthly Income and deposit If ; In Thompson. H-lln & Co.'. ruitoitiiri' Trrslt Account' Pepnrtment th day -you gellt.k Toll know tlint- It begins that ,';. very tnlnut-to earn interest, . then when shopping n . our ltfir, yoU.hav the mtUAt f i your purchase charged- aaalhat itie Monty yod.bave on dcpit. ntert n the secret, the bails f , pmsperny'. "' Every dollar .haf tys. atoond-'he house fhllrto rln-'its duty and ru:i the risk o.haing stolen besides. TM te not brink. Pretty Liwn Waists at $i:00, $1.60. C1. UP to 2.7 each. ' Beautiful New Llnsrerle Walits. In latent stylo and workmarisnlp at . - -'22.00. $1.15, Mi. $2.7 -up to fU.OO each. . - The latest In China 811k Wilsts tt $4.26. $5.00 nnd $7.50 each. The handsome Net and Lace WalMa cannot be surpassed for datntlnoss, prt"ed at $5.00. 7 50. 1? TO 'ftp to Thla moat handsome rollectlon of waists Invites your Inspection. , Second Floor. . . $16.00 earh. ' . - ' Extra Special in Silks for Monday T8o and 60o Colore Crepe de Chines, . . . lfto. Yard Just elosfnff out two hro . ken lines. Not all colors In lthor Una, but they are great values end ' many choice colora for those who coma early. eoo Print Warp Royalty, S9o Td. , Mostly In pretty dark, rich shades of. brown. In email, neat figures. ,voiy; pretty for waists and eult. HOTS All at Bilk Counter. , v .Pretty New Dress Goods and ". : '.-!! .Silks for Monday '' i'$erer showed so many o'reity: l,1fi trig's at one time. Stripe.' rmlrts ; i, - 'and check of newness and beauty. In wonderful variety aa well as being exclusive with us. Beautiful Souvenir Postal Cards showing interior views Howard Cor. aons why" luwa hould not b passed to ' add to the complications. "The railroad can't afford to hay fare I cut where paqpl travel occasionally, In ' cldentally and locallyv .,: ; : . . "1'he pwsa, whlcli la se busily, knocking, ' ." doss not appreciate that what the country : need 1 greater-, railroad facilities. . Th f country . has putgrown Jhe railroads. The . Burlington tia loo ear delayed t Council ' . Bluff because the Union Pacific can't take ? thenv ' Between Oman and Billings It ha ...t. 1,000 loa.de delayed because th Northern ' ' Pacific can't take them. ' . . r .y, tgn't hove 6tir j Revenue "reduced if we are goinz w ma,tivl mi.ivvvmviiia. f yw '.''.an't gi money because people won't In '",lVMt In "railroad, stock now. Congreka hnd Tlh stat legislature nhd the "brft ar v preventing us from making neeCod Jm- ' v4ovTiht., " "" ' ' ' Pter spake ,. few, word on thrall- ' ) rod ld of the- queeUerc . f - Carpenter TnreateB to nesign. ;Xt wa bare that J. T. Carpntr threat , ened the resignation ot th executlv com M mltt.. He said it would be a bad thing .' tot th elub ami Omaha to rescind th . committee' action. He said i. i.i . h. tm . ,m h. oommltte tip before the Ute a it would "f he Commercial club for declaring for me to mihllnlv tack .m one of mr im.llM' low Penger fare. i ploye." ; -. J. A. C, Kennedy suggested that the con (;. t cm plated action only meant that the rank . and file of , the club "respectfully but t flrrnly" differed . from the committee. He aid It might be within the letter of th j- law, but .not the spirit, that the committee n-' ghould undertake to express the opinion ot t, ail the' member without consulting them, . Br wee, Deplores Aetloa). ' . K, Bruce, a member ot the committee, ' deplored .the attitude of, the club. He told r' aome of his reasons for advocating the '.. terminal taxation bill, ana opposing the aVcent tar bill. U suggested that thy be separated and voted on separately. Judge Ben Baker was ln favor of both t ' blls. He a!d If th committee had re mained client there would be no absolute T ' necessity of action by the club, but alnoe ' tbe oommlttee- had spoken as it did, it wa Imperative the club should act. Mr. Holdrege roee to correct Judge Baker aa to' th percentage represented by the ntage of the yasennger teaffla of the entire trafflg in thla tare, of ih. country. Judge Baker mn- "'tooed. per cent; . Mr. Holdreg said X per.'oentv .. ' '': Wkat Other Mesaber Said. 'Tt W. Judson wanted to let the committee dowa easy. He wanted to vote aa the ls- a separately and! pas reaolutkm on ttM l-eent fart bill la suoh a way- that ' they would aot hurt the--feeling of th - escueutive eommlttee.-' i - - .- t.Wd-ald the rsllroodargument that' the: road did. not make enough money iisy Made by A Uiy nvln; at Actoa. Vv'alee, wTttesr . . v . "It la with both pleasure and gratitude I write to tell you of i' trta'splendld reiult we have derived from Orape-Kats. For yean, ? alniost. glace cbidh6od ha'I nfferd from nerve troables, nen ' raTxla, tc. Some months ago mV husband persuaded me to give , Orape-uU food a irlal. The firat package I had I felt the benefit f .-' at, antf since, needles tQ say, I have never been without it, using It in many of tfce delightful little receipts given with each pack age. These' wdndertul llttie' receipts Vrevent tiie' mon0t6ny felt " so pften with other foods. . ' -.VI sleep better, feeling refreshed 1a the morning., have Kilned . , toth flesh and rosy cheeks, lost my neuralgia, and generally. s;)eakv'. lug, feel In tne best 'pt health. I feed my Jlttle girl .wjth jt-also;. ", she. like my6lf. suffered from anaemia, and was a copsUnt worry "ahd trouble to me, but bow J am delighted so say-h is the plc-, '..ture of heaUh. -. -- . -. . ...- .;- . . "I strongly recommend ail mother to use Grape-Nuts and - ; 'tbty ranoDt fail in getting the happiest .result, for. u ts certainly. ' '.the mout palatable food I have. ever tried f or- ehlldrett.- and tkey ;t thriv wonderfully on it.'.'. Name -given', by Postum Co., Battle'", " Creek. Mich. ' , ... ' . ' 1.1. . . . Grapa-Xata' food is v certain rr-Sullder. for It conUlna ther . . elemenu necessary to-new the nerve .and. brain, tlssuea. The. Y starch In, th grains, from which it is made,'" Is changed, in the ' , manufacture, to form a sugar, and this renders it easy of dl . gestloa to Invalids and children, as well as those in th prim of ' neaitn. Ther' t Reason for Grape-Nuts r- Spring" Embroideries The women, are Invited to Inspect our hanils-pme line of fine Imported Embroideries, which la now complete. ' i" . ,v -ootl., com prising mat-ne"d eels of (Swiss. Nalu snok and Cambric, Fancy Galloons, Bands. Mndallions, Crescents, email Butterflies. C-Vr Leaves. "Fren h Sesm Bending.. Hlbbon Beading and OthVr Novelties.' 'We make a specialty of choice' m , broideries for wedding, party ai d graduation gown, fine underwear and ' Infants' goods. -We ahall be pleaicd to show you these beautiful goods. Swiss Flrmnrlng for dress trimming from Sc .to $1.50 yard, with narrow widths and bnnds to match at cor responding prices. Allover Embroidery for ntlr waists, from Joe to $6.(0 yard. Main. Floor. ... Have Miss McCauley Fit You in a Redfern Corset Miss McCauley has been here a week, a most successful week. More Omaha women are now wearing Redfern Whalebone Corsets than ever before. If you haro not taken advantage of her presence; to be fitted, do eo tnts week. No obligation will be Incurred, and you alll see some rarely handsome new models. Kedfern Corsets sell at from 13.50 up ward. We fit alt corsets In cosy fitting rooms. Second floor. Join Miss Steenstrup's Class Every day from 2 to 5 p. m., Mls Steenstrop, expert Instructor In fancy needlework, gives free lessons In all - the latest stitches. Materials must .ha purchased here. Class mta on Second Floor. ( , Rest Room, Manicure, Third Floor Meet your friends her, large, easy chair, magazines, - writing materials and telephone all for our conve 'nience. Ask here fof Sduvenlr Postal 1 Cards, showing Interior views ot our store. They are free. Manicure room In connection. Miss L-ogan la In charge. Her ', methods are strictly . aonltary." sixteenth Sweat for Improvement wa not good one. He enld the earnings per mil on the main Hn of the Union Pacific were $16,000 net and the cost per mile, including roadbed and all equipment, vai but W.OOO per mile, i. T- ' C 4BVrn apoKe against th 2-cenf fare." He said he had received many let ter from hi country customer, and none of them had criticised th executlv com mlUe of th club for.lt action...,.-,, . : Mast Hay Both. ' Mr. Hitchcock got the floor again and said; "V ;.cquld..dO: no. more to fan h flame pf prejudice In the legislature against terminal taxation than to favor terminal taxation without favoring J-cent fare," fie' pointed to the; fact that Interstate comnlefce statistics showei that the earn ings of 'the' reads In Nebraska and other mates of Group T were $300 per mil more tate or uroup i were jaw per roue more . than In the more populou tate. Instead of Ln veiling Us, money Jn lmprovemenU. the Ufllcr, Pacific h4 loaned 120,000.000 at a time .in call nionev qu Wall street and ihad invested in aecurltios. He said the .Bur lington had doubled in tn year th stock on which it pay dividends, without having increased its investment , Mr. Hitchcock read a letter from a drug- Klt at Clay Center arcatlcally condemn- Vletr Roiewster Called. Ther were crle her of "Boewatr, Rosewater." Victor,. Rosewater wa not present at the beginning of the meeting, but came In during the discussion. .Though the call continued Mr. Holdrege again sought the floor for still another ex planation and Mr. - Rosewater courteously yielded to the Burlington general manager, who sought fo contradict Mr. Hitchcock's assertion that the roads had been drawing out fat dividend without putting back any Investment to apeak of in new construction In Nebraska. . . When Mr. Holdrege had again concluded the chair recognised Victor , Hose water of The Bee. 1 Muoes th committee keep a record of member present at It meeting," he asked. Informed that It kept such a record, be asked that the name of those present at the meeting of February 1$ be read. With the permission of the chairman, Commis sioner Guild read these names: F, N. Clarke. C E. Black, E. E. Bruce, J. F. Carpenter, D. B. Fuller, B, R. Hast ing. B. F. Hocbstetler. A. p. Karbach, O. V. Klpllnger. J. A. Kuhn. Euclid Mar tin. M C. Peter. C. H. Pickens, John Steel, H. 8. Welter. Will L. Tetter. "I want to aay that I am a member of the Commercial club and I object to any sixteen men in Omaha putting me In a false attitude." said Mr. Boaewater. 1 I vAs to the 2-cent,rate bill I started out against a flat rate Including all branch line and mil roads for fear that It could a good food .See the Wash Good Display In Our Howard St. Win dows And when you are viewing this dts- ' play of. pretty fabrics, rcnvmbsr . they are- all choice, exclusive pat tern, not the cheap hnrgatn counter .variety offered In some stores. ' Our customers ' demand the bet of ' their ' kind, the choicest ft styles, the' most 1 perfect In weave, and they- mast be fashion's latest. . . price- are JOe, IBe, ISo, 18a, 8B ; bad 300 pax yard. See the pretty colored posters In our Howard St. Windows, showl iff ,, the summer girl ln-fe new season's attire. 1 ... Women's Gloves Long Kid QVvee arriving .lally, the popular atyles for Spring, made ex pressly for Thompson, Hclden Co. For Monday we mention two of th best known makes, Valuer and Tre fousse. Better select your Easter Gloves now while stocks are complete. Tpu know how busy wa will be later on. IB-hut ton Olace Olovea, Valller'g cr Trefousse, red, navy, green, grey, tans, brown or black, per pair, $$.90 And $$.60. l-t.ii.(.)n Olao Oloves. Valuer' or Trefpusse. In black, tana, brown and white, per pair, $4.00. -button Gloves are ft populer length, giving that pretty mouiquo- taire effect, a large Una pf colora and black a ild white. In auede or glaca, $1 60, $2.00 and $3.50 per pair. - Try these for quality, durability and fit. Main Floor. of our! store free upon request. STORE OPEN SATURDAY EVENIKOC' not atand the test of the courts. The rail roads have, however, put themselves ' In a position where thoy,can not get out of carry I fig passenger at t cents a mile on Vry mile ot railroad In . Nebraska. They have decided on a. Z-cwit. per mil Inter changeable mlleag book,-am) when they offer te carry a man tpr. 2 cent pro viding he buys a .mileage, book they can net aay. that tt la confiscatory to compel thern t carry a man sitting' in the same seat for the came I can la. . ... ... ;' Admlasloa of the Roads. 1 , '"I may not know-as much about the cost of. running passenger train as'some of -you, but aevcral railroad .nen have been trying hard to Instruct 'irre the last few day. The; assistant general passenger agent of th Union clflc, Oerrlt Fort, told the - r " ' " Ie1lature and he 'has stoce told It again to pie. that for . the., whole Union Pacific system, Including the Oregon fihur line and the lines in Colorado and Wyoming and the mountain state, where they charge passenger i cent a mile, the average earning last year per passenger per mile wa 1.68 cent. Thl wa for those who paid full fare and for those who had half fare ticket and for those who rode on passes and paid nothing at all and he said th number who rode on passes constituted 4 per cent of .the whole number. -"If they will atop th pas business and the halt-far dispensation and other special privilege and charge I cent flat I do not believe the road will suffer any diminu tion of revenue whatever when they count up their passenger earnings at the end ot the year. Mr. Rosewater here told of his conversa tion with a motorman on a street car, who ssld that last summer he had had a pas to Chicago and half far from ther to New Tork and return; also that the street oar boy always got halt far when they seoured ,1 request through their general manager for themselves or their families.' "And did you believe him T" interrupted Q. W. Holdrege. ."Tea, sir, J believed him," came the quick reply. "And I would believe him Juat aa boob as I would you, Mr. Holdreg. for be ha never to my knowledge told me a false hood. ."It seems mighty queer to me," continued Mr. Rosewater,- "that among the committee who passed thla resolution are some of the same men who went, to Washington about a year ago to testify for the railroad before a congressional com mittee, , and aome of the aume . men who , went to Chicago year ago to a convention called to back up th president in hi demand for railroad regulation,' but who attended the rump convention oppo. log the president Instead. It seem queer to me that th came men go to the front for the railroad so uniformly." Mr. Rosewater spoke shortly en the sub ject of terminal taxation, pointing to the Immense holding ' of th rati road In Omaha which go practically untaxed. Henry W. .Tate moved to separate the two Issue and vote on. each one. The mo tion .wa lost, Th ballot wa then taken on the original motion, endorsing 2-cent fare and terminal taxation, and carried by a vote of M to 27. Resettle. that Wa Remediated. Thl I th text of th resolution passed February 14 and which brought the storm: Resolved. That lax the opinion of the ex ecutive committee of the Comoteyeuil club r Omaha a uniform reduction of Duxseimer rate In the state1 of Nebraska to 2 cmto i p.m.j ,.. ,' t . per mil at the present time weuld retard I f""0"''' K'nb'ry county. Lewi B. Wie the growth and development of th atatton. vtte E- A. Wtgston, dead. and would be unfair to the transportation Companies, Keeolved. That In our otlnlon the ceoola ef thl state need more and better trane- fortatlon facilities In the way of addl lonal trains and equipment, double tracks. Improved terminal and uther general Im provements, to the end that the paanenger and fretgnt business of th state may be transacted With greater facility. Haestloalas; Faastoa' -Staat" , BUOOKINOS, S. D., Feb. SS-gpanlh war veterans her and throughout th state are greatly Interested In the claim that Colpnel Albert 8.. Frost., candidate for mayor of Evanston, 111., led the troops, swimming Serosa th river in th Philippine In th face of th nmy' fire and not Oeneral Frederick Funton. ' They do not try to discredit Funston' courage and prowea, but they declare that If there 1 only on Incident of swimming a. Philippine river. In face of a ferocious foe, the honor belong to th Firat South Dakota regiment of volunteer, which, under Colonel Frost, fought so desperately at Martlaa river. Te Care a Celd la Oat Pay Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets Druggist refund money If It fall to cur. K. w. Qrovs's signature I on each bos. ' 2&c Bee. February J4. 1907. Our Millifiery Buyer, Miss Alice Fennor, Has Returned From Faris. Miss Fenner reports a moat delightful and successful trip, having aectired many eirtlustve models for our Millinery de partment, which will be dis played In our Spring Opening; besides many new ideas which the very Inspiration ot an ocean voyage haa suggested , will be turned over to our head trimmer and worked Jnto beaji , tlful Millinery. Hosiery Hoalery for women and children at . small. prices In Economy Bnsement. Woman's Bin k Cotton Horn, doubla aoles, .heel and toes, 16c per pair. - Women's black cotton hpse, wit 'a Maco feet, double soles, heels and toes, 16o per pair. Children s bjack ribbed., cotton hose, extra wpllced heel and. toe. double knee, regular 25c quality, Special at llo pit pair. 'Children's fine Hhhod. .cotton hosa, Ught or medium weight. 18c per pair. Chlldren'a ribbed cotton Krse, dou bt heel and to, 10c per pair. Viyella Flannels Th only flannel known to the 'radj . that la absolutely unshrinkable In washing. It Is warranted. The now plaid for Spring. 1107, are ery styl ish. For sulta, waists and eparat skirts there Is nothing. more. service able, Frloe, T6 per yard. Monday at the Bargain ' ' Square in Basement Remnants of fin Press 'Oltighams, new styles. In checks and nlalds. . regular prices iSViC 16c nnt SOo yd. On rale at 7 Ho per yard. -rrrrorirMiMumj' FICHT OVER SECOND JUDGE l ancer rot to Ear WaJkgwgj it EU , Effort to Land Place. . BURLINGTON ' IS . BUSY 5, IN HIS . EHAlF If the Llaoeln Umm Lands' the Place ' He Cast Credit It I'y to Work i Borketf . ra. Remalader f Delesato.-' - - , 1 . - .(From a' Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. a.8peclal Tele gram.) "If the Individual sense of the Ne braska delegation, could be obtained a ko the Choice of an additional Judge' for th federal district of Nebraska it would be against T. C. Munger of Lincoln," said a member of the delegation. "I am eon vlnced that ther la but one man nn the delegation Who way down In. hi heart 1 in favor of Mr. Munger, and h t Senator Burkett. "I do not say that Mr. Munger will not be chosen, for politic Is a mighty funny thin-, but I am duly telling you my eotv vlctlons, reached after a close Investigation, and unless Mr. Burkett can manipulate the delegation Mr. Munger will not be nom inated From letter and telegram received by the delegation ' and a knowledge of the writer It can be safely stated that 'the Burlington Is backing Mr Munger to the exclusion of every other candidate. There would seem to be a concerted effort being made throughout (he etate tor Munger, for telegrams are rolling In In hie behalf. To show that thl 1 appreciated at home, a -letter waa received by a member today from on of the very best lawyer In the mtnt In V. f U 1 ..... . m m - . " ., , r " r that I wrote you In favor of C. C. Flana - w,,. - T , !" . " 7. . . xtucuwi, ior i notioo mat ine in. tereata are lining up for Munger and Ih doraemenu are being obtained throughout the state In hi behalf. I assume they will be aucceaaful. but they should not be." Among other who ' are endorsing' Mr. Munger I the editor tf the State Journal, Elmer Stevenson, J. b. Kelby and E. R. fiixer. , . Some of the delegation have eecelved letter against Mr. Munger, showing an un dercurrent In the bar. of the etate and an Intimation that th sentiment In hi favor la manufactured sentiment. -Mlaar Matter at Capital. Representative Kennedy haa gone . to Lakewood. N. J,, to spend Sunday visiting Mr. A. J. Hansconf. - . . The secretary of the . Interlur ha es ecutod a contract with the New Jersey Foundry and Machine company of New York City for furnjahlpg and Installing the high pressure gate at. the 8h.cs.hone and Pathfinder dama, Shoshone and North Platte Irrigation project In Wyoming, for HSS.5O0. The Farmer and Merchant National bank of Webster, B. D., haa been author ised to begin business with 226,0 capital. David William I president, John Wil liams, vie prIdnt. and A. T. Cooper, cashier. Fotmater appointed: Iowa Buchanan, Cedar county. William Cunningham, rleo . O. W. Walters.' mimA a,w r.u. 1 . Contract Surgecn Thomo O. Holmes ha ! been relieved fmn Ant. . - v w. . , . m vi .u ,,uo ' n .4 wilt n... 011 ... , . i . -"... w sw oui, vfaia., ur duty. . ; MORMONS IM,; SWITZERLAND Weasea Ball tm Be leal to Salt Ialc aad Taea De- -sorted. GENEVA, Feb. .-( Special. -The police department of th canton of Bern and Thurgovl v Issued warnings advising th peopl not to emigrate to Salt Lake Cltv. Mormon mlaslonaftaa have' nhtilnMl many converts, almost exclusively of young glrla. In the two cantons, It Is said, and letter which have been received from aom of them are now published by th pollea. ' From three It appear that the girl were tempted away by the moat glowing ac count ef life In Utah, but that when they arrived and had spent what money' they possessed they were turned out on the street. An Interpellation on the subject I shortly te be -mad in the Swta PartU- tnent CONFESSION OF STEVE ADAMS Statement Mtd t Detectivs and Warden 'Admitted it Evidsno. TELLS Of PLOT TO KILL SUUNEN8ERG Fred Tyler aad Aaether Alleged Timber Claim Jampev Killed by Adasae, Glover aad . glnpsea. WALLACE, Idaho. Feb. 28. The lory of the plot to assassinate ex-Oovernor Pteunenberg wa today read to the Jury which I trying Steve Adam for th murder of Fred Tyler. Adam' qpnfesilon states that he Joined the Western Federation of Miners at Crip ple Creek; that he knew Moyer, Haywood and PetUbone; that Pettlbone told htm to go to Idaho and see Slmpklns, that they wanted to "get" Bteunenberg; that Pettlbone went to Haywood and got 2200 for hi expensee; that the manner fit "getting" Bteunenberg wa left to him; that he went to Idaho, met Blmpkln and there planned the crime. .,' Following 1 the substance of the con fession of Steve W. Adams, alleged to have been made Tuesday, November 27. 1106, at th office of the warden, of. the Boise penitentiary In the presence cf Plnkerton Detective James McPartTand and his stenographer, Oeprge Hubner. The confession, which waa witnessed by Warden Whitney, wa read by McPart land thl morning: "Where did you com from when yon went to Oregon T" "Park City, Utah." "State if at that time you had got ac quainted with Charlee Moyer, William T. Haywood and Oeorge Pettlbone." , "I had.- . "When did you become acquainted with themf i Before the Arthur Collin' aasaac!s.Vt tlon. Tou were Intimately aoqualnted with them right along after that up to the time you leftT" "Tee, I have not eeen them since." "During the time you were acquainted. did you ever hold any conversation r.'lth them about the assassination of ex-Oovernor Bteunenberg?" ''They told me to so to Idaho and eee Jack Slmpklns, that he wanted to see me shout aome business connected with Bteunenberg and that I would And him at Wallaoe, I believe." 1 want you to be as particular as possible. When did you talk about the assassina tion of ex-Oovernor Steunenbergf "Shortly after I saw Slmpklns. It wa shortly after the dynamiting of the depot at Independence, la Jury, 1904. I think." J'Who talked to you about the aasaaalna- tlon of ex-Oovernor Bteunenberz?" Oeorge Pettlbone, He told me that Slmpklns wanted to sea me and whan I went to see Slmpklns h told me about the Bteunenberg matter. He said they wanted to 'get' Bteunenberg." "They said they wanted to "get' htm, did they ay TilirT" ' . "They aald 'get.' " . . . "Tou mean Slmpkinaf Blmpkln ald they wanted to 'get' him. Moyer wa not pres ent w hr "I don't know where he was, but think he was In Jail at Tellurlde and I got 23)0 to come to Wallace with, from Oeorge Pet tlbone. Pettlbone went to Haywood to get . . , ... . "How did you know that ie did TV . Removing Claim Jmpr. i "H told n that he did. He asked me to wait until he went and got It. H aald nothing a to the manner In which We were to remove Bteunenberg. He gave u no dt- rectiqn. It wa understood that I waa to use my own' Judgment and Pettlbone told me about Simpkln wanting to ee me be. forq I received the meney. X Old not eee Haywood after I received the money. Bimp kin told m thgt .he wanted me to go on the timber claim la the morning,'. Simpkln aid that he would write back that day for' the money and then we would go down on the Bteunenberg case. He wrote to Denver, but I do not know If he got the money or not. Pettlbone told me afterward that the .money wa sent to the wrong address. After I got t. the timber claim I met some settler, one named Mason snd an other named Rale. He Is the one known as 'Wall By.' I also met a man by the name of Olover. There were seme claim Jumper there. Blmpkln told me that he wanted to get lid of the fellow and that If I did so he would give m 2300. ' How Tyler Wa Killed. "Two men got killed. ' Meut Olover, Slmp klns and myself assisted In the killlngi Tyler waa th first man killed, and I killed him with a rifle. We went down to the I . . , . ... miner" cabin and he was not there. We atayed around all day and then went out on the trail. We stopped at a spring and I heard some one coming, I ld 'all right. I am glad of It. "W hid behind om tree, ' and I saw that It wa Tyler coming. He had A big gun buckled on and I told him to hold up, hi hand. On of th' boy took hi gun and we took him to Blmpkln' cabin and kept him till morning and then took him three mile out on th trail 'and I killed him. Three of u were together all th Urn. After the killing the body waa left between the. log. Tyler alwaye refused to say where he came from, but said that a man by the name of Lewis, a Spokan man, had placed him on the claim. "' "After the killing I went down to Har rison and met Blmpkln and I told htm what I had don and said that he did not have any more claim Jumper on hi claim. He eald that we would rest around Har rison for a while and then go back and get th rest of the fellow on th other olalma Another Maa Killed. "la about a week or thereabouts we went back up there and met a fellow by the name of Boole. There wa Jack Slmpklns, Meut Olover and myself. There wa another man whose name I do not remember. We met the man on the trail and Blmpkln and Olover killed him. Maaon waa not there. We ahot at the man with Boule, but mlased him. After that we went back to Glover' cabin and Blmpkln went to Mason' cabin We finally got out by going to Olover' cabin and got a canoe and went by way of the Bt Joe liver. We landed above the Olover ranch and let the canoe drift. We waited around there until the sheriff came UP to Investigate th matter ot th death of Bouls. .Then we went back to the place and blew up the cabin. I do not rerambr how snanyor whether It was all of them or net. There were two or three at least Th sheriff did not find both bodies, only the body of Boole, which was close to Slmpklna' cabin. I do not think that th sheriff ked Slmpklns about th body. I did aot get th 2300 promised, as Slmpklns aid that th settlers promised to pay, but that taey were alow In coming through. Macon gave m tluo and Slmpklns 230 and ,th"re- 1 u'0 M,,M ta ther V" H I a married man with a large family. Mea Hired Jama Claim, "I will say thla thing about these people There wa a rich man in Bpokan by th nam of EX R. Lewi who was sending men up there to Jump these claim and trying to get them away from the settler. Tyler said that Lewis bad furnished the money for them te come up and hold the claims until they could take them away from the ' settler. They were to get half for doing o and lifwM the other half. The claim srere timber claim and had good timber on' them. " "After th affair waa over I left Blmpkln and went back to Denver. There had been no money sent to attend te the Bteunenberg matter and Met that go." - Thl I where the confession ended with th reces of court at noon. SCANDAL IN HUNGARY (Continued from Firat Page.) M. PolonyU but she never received a single kreutser. v Trie to Get Faaera. M. rolonyl had. however, written hr eertaln compromising letter which he de aired to get back. II gave her a rn- desvoua at Budapest and requested her tp hand them over. Thl she refused to do. She would not even .tU him where they were except that they were neither In her house nor In the bank. "Then they are on your person," .exclaimed th minister and bef jre she knew where she wit he had seised her, thrown her down on th of and had commenced to search for th In criminating documents. Th barones re sisted with all her strength and eventually shook him off. .Seeing he had gone too far M. Polonyl attempted to excuse himself. 1 The baroness, however, refused all apolo gies. Some time later she tried to lodge a charge with the criminal authorities. But th subordinate of th all-powerful min ister of Justice refused to tak any ac tion; The baroness In spite of her German name and title Is a pure blooded Hun garian and has long been regarded aa on of the handsomest women at th Austrian court. M naming at Coart. Th fct that the Austrian emperor or dered three week mourning for the late queen ot Hanover, and that he went In person to Omunden for th funeral I prob ably' a near a demonstration against Prussia as such an amiable monarch as Fran ' Joaef would car to go. ' Ten day' mourning Is the usual limit at the' Vienna court and a three' weeks'' period amounts to a catastrophe for the court purveyors and tradespeople "In th Austrian capital. The court ball was countermanded and that In Itself Is a ' sever loss to the ' city. The number of guests at a court ball at the Hofburg Is about 2,000.' The supplies take Oargantuan proportions. The venison alone consist of the thirty-fir roe deer, which form the principal' Item on the eold buffet. In addition ther are fish (trout, sal mon and turbot, gam of all kind, roast beef, pickled tongue and pat d ' fole gra. Those buffet ar for th guest under royal rank. Th archduke and th arch duchess' and the members of th diplo matic ccrp and: dajnee d palals have a special buffet ln the tea room. The sup per la served st little 'round tables, each of hlch accommodate ten persona. The ydunger members- of the 'company diink lemonade. The male, portion ef the com pany drink whit and red win and cham pagne; the latter, however,, onry h moder ate quantities a- th number: of bottle aent up- from th royal cellar never ex ceed 600, no matter how great the number of the guest. - "; r '' ''r - HABEAS .; CORPUS . FOR ' PRICE t'alted States Ctrealt toWrt f Appeals . ',. Will Jftey lew. Case) from , . ... . China. FAN5 FRANCtBCO. ' Feb. a.-Th Cntted ntAtea'ctreuit cburt of appeal haa Issued a writ of, habeas corpus the case of S.' R Price, in prison at. nnangnai. mo waa convicted on January 1J by Judg Wllfley of the" United ' Btau court for China at Shanghai r assault writn a deadly weapon and eentenced to l month lit Jail. ' Ari appeal to the United State court of appeal wa:' granted, but Judge' Wtlfly refused to admit Price' to ball,- pending the appeal. The clerk of the court'-alao re fused to send to the court Of appeal a transcript of the paper In the oas. Prle's counsel In China put the matter Into the hands of local attorneys. Tetrday th circuit conrt'ef appeals' lsued art order that th Shanghai court admit Price-to ball on the proper eeumie being fur nished, the ball being fixed at 24.000. Th plerk of th court wa ordered to forward a transcript of th papers in the case, DEATH RECORP.. Mm! K. P. Mass. .SILVER CITT. Ia., Feb. . (Special.) The. people of Silver City were chocked to learn of the audden death last evening of Mr. K. P. Ma, aged Tt years, which occurred about 8 p. m. Friday. Mr. Maa had been In her usual health and wa en gaged in preparing supper for herself and husband. Mr. Mass had been outsjd the door and when h came ln , found her lying on th floor near the stove. He spoke to her, but getting no reply. Immediately gave the alarm, but. by. th, time assistance ar rived shs had breathed her laat .The funeral service. wa held at the red dene Saturday afternoon and burial took place In the Silver, City cemetery. . . Jeha Emerlck. . . ' John Emerlck. one of th oldest pioneer of Douglas county.- died Friday night of pneumonia In Dundee at 702 North Fiftieth street.- He came to Omaha forty-eight years ago' and settled at Waterloo, where he owned several fartfie at th time of hi death. He was 74 year of age and to sur vived by ssveral children, who liv at Waterloo, where the funeral wHl b held Sunday at 2 p. m. at the Masonic ball. G atoms Wbltaey. 'KEW ORLEANS. Feb. 23-aeorge Whit ney, one of th best known financial men, died today from a atrok of apoplexy. Mr. Whitney' wa a natlv of New Tork. ' Now la the time to make your want known through Th Bee Want Ad page. FORECAST- OFjm WEATHER Fair la Nebraska Today, Coldar la West Port I a Saow ar Rata la lew Today. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Forcat ef th weather for Sunday and Monday: For Nebraska and Kansas Fair Sunday, cold In west portion; Monday, fair. ' For Iowa Bnow or rain Bunday; Monday, Jalr and colder. For South Dakota Pair and colder Bun day; Monday, .fair. For Montana Fair and colder' In eastern portion Sunday; Monday, fair. For Wyoming Sunday, fair; Monday, fair. ... For Missouri Bain Sunday, with rising temparature; Monday, fair and colder. lieal Record. OFFICE OF THB WKATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Feb. tt. Ornolal record of tem perature and preoipltation, compared with the eorrponding day of the last three years: Maximum tsmperatur Minimum temperature Mean temperature .... Preclnltation 1807. 1M. litfK. 1104. SO SI- 60 14 1 34 U ' M 44 42 41 ,UD .0) T .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since Mroh L n,1 rnmuarlaon with the last two years: Normal temperature '...., ..i. St lttl tncy for the day , cy for th day , V ices sine March 1 ftt precipitation ot Inc I -y for the day 00 Incll Total xcec Normal frnYteny for the day Totsl rainfall aince March :.:.27. Inchc peflrtenc since March 1 4 C Inches Deficiency for cor. period, l1.. 2. Ort Inches Deficiency for cor., period. !.. 4 2 Ine he T ludlcatee trace bf preclpltattun. . L. A. WEIJ1H. IrfwwJ Viiracaater. Peculiar to Itself . In selection, proportion and combination Of Ingredient. ' It tbe irores by which their remedial Value are extracted and preserved, In eflecttvene, usefulness snd economy. Curing tbe widest range of dlsesoes Doing the most good for the money, ' slaving the most medicinal merit, And the greatest record ol .cures, Hood's Sarcaparilla In usual liquid form or In chocolated tablet known as gars a tab. 100 doses gu RAILROAD BILL IS AMENDED Eons Oirsi Bubrtitit for LtTsllett Jfsaiur Eight of Way.. . WORD "KNOWINGLY" 18 STRICKEN OUT Frleade of BUI gay It la nw Btroasjer aad Better Tkaa Orlg ' laal Draft by Wleceasla eaator. WASHINGTON, ,Fb. ItUnder rul reported from th committee on rule by Mr. Dalselt' of Pennsylvania the house to day amended Hs substitute for the L Follette lt-hour railroad employe' bill by an affirmative vote of 279. there being no negative vote east. Both- republican and democrats agreed that - the amendment mad to the bill strengthen It greatly and It would be more satisfactory to ths pres ident. " ,- : Ths most Important amendment adopted by th house I the elimination of "the vord "knowingly" wherever It occurs. Which haa the effect of relieving the rail road of responsibility for overwork -Unless It is permitted or required with tbe knowl edge of railroad management that en em ploye haa worked overtime. ' .-'' ' The house agreed to tne conference re port on th legislative, executlv atid 'Judic ial bill and then resolved Itself into' com mittee of the whole for the further Con sideration of the eundry civil bill, holding a night session In th hope' of Completing the measure. By a rot of 112 to St, an amendment was ' adopted which provided for the continuance of work on a' geological map of the United Btatea. ' LaFolIette Bill te Coufereace.' The houee ' committee on rules re ported , today a rule making ot ' the highest privilege the house substitute tor the . LaFollette slxteen-hour, rail road employes' bill. The bill, as re ported by the committee on rules, waa amended In several places, th moat Im portant ot which Is the elimination ot.the word "knowingly", wherever .it 'occurs, which had the effect Of. relieving the, .rail road of responsibility for overwork un ices It Is permitted or required ,wvth the knowledge of railroad management that an employe had worked overtime. t Another amendment, strike out. th provision in the section regulating employment, . which .read: , . . - "Unlea immediately prier to said twenty-four-hour period such employe had at least eight coaseoutlv hour off duty and during said period ef twenty-four hour following had at leaat six oonseoutlve hour off duty," - - , . .r.; The measure la also so emended aa to. re quire "reasonable prudence," not "ordinary prudence," aa the houa .substltut pro vided,.. . , . .... - Ur. Dal sell believed the bJU very mueh strongsr than th LaFpllette " bill, r. for, it ww wverv , iui mau uia excursion train, which, he gaid. were left out of ,'the LaFollette btlU , Mr. Williams of Mississippi, th minority leader, congratulated the republican and th country on the amendments mads, by the rule. He said the republican had seen a new light and they were now enacting legislation which the democrat had stood for from ih beginning. ' Mr: Each of Wisconsin said he believed tbe bill would meet the cordial support of the president. ; ' - "Mr. Bartlett of Georgia said " that th Change that had come over the uplftf ot the republicans was traceable' only to the "big stick," and he assarted .that . the changed condition had been due to ,the attitude of the democratic member. . The amendment were adopted on a roll Call by a vote of ayes 272, nays 0. The speaker appointed Messr. Hepburn. Sherman and Davey conferees on th bill on part of th house. PROCEEDINGS OP THB IE atb Fear' Hoar ef Speechmaklag aa Forestry Affair. WASHINGTON, Feb. a-Although . the enat devoted four - hours to legislative matter today, nothing wa accomplished xoept speech-making. Tbe agricultural appropriation bill received further criticism. It I proposed that 21.000,000 be added to the fund at the disposal of tfl forestry eervjc to make up for revenue taken away from -It and turned Into the treasury,. While thla amendment probably is to be accepted. Sen ator Hey burn will not permit U to receive final action until he haa exWusted every legitimate mean of opposition. Th sen ator eiprea disinclination to permit much further talk on th bill: s Senator Hale said today that if - neces sary the senate would let the 'bill fat) and provide for the support of the Agricultural department by adopting d' resolution con tinuing th appropriation of last session. Senator Aldrleh prevalled'on Bentor Proo tor to tay th agricultural bill said shortly after 2 o'clock that he might call up his currency bill. ; In the hour that remained before th special order for e'ulotxl wa reached nothing wa accomplished beyond an explanation of hi proposed amendment to th measure by Benator Nelon and an explanation of the purpose of the Wll by Mr. Aldrleh. Then came euktgles on 'the lata Senator Alger of Michigan and Repre sentatives Hltt of Illinois, Hoar of Massa chusetts and Leater of Georgia. ' Senator Burrows, Den lei. Wsrre. Pol liver, Foraker, Warner. Pick, Spoone and Smith addressed th senate on the resolu tions regarding Mr. Alger. Each' of. ths speaker Justified th record of th lat senator In hi administration or th war department during th Bpaniah-Ameriean war. , ; REPORT OK BLOCK SIGNAL SYSTEMS Commissive Weald Have Roads Olvea . Time Adopt Flaac. " WASHINOTON. Feb. 22-The Interetat Commerce commission today sent to the enat se xhatlv report concerning the Investigation mad ef th working of th block ytm to prvnt rtlmd acci dent ' -N The commission recommend the passeg , of a bill ' which it ubmltted a' year ago that would compel all railroads to adopt the ytem. but now suggests thst the time for compliance be extended three or four yeare. The report estimate It would tak from on to thr yers for ll road to quip with th block ytm. -. - Whether a law Is passed at th -prnt Session or eot. ths commission recommend that It be autt. .riled to .make an Investiga tion of alt -train accident. - Kangum di Co- LETTER SPECIALISTS, i DIAMONDS Frenzer. isca and Dodg V