Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVI-NO. " 21 G.
OMAIIA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBKUAKY 25, 1907.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
ROOSEVELT MEANT IT
Prominent Bspsblicas ttn BoomtiU Will
lot So Coiididato Strt Yea
LIKELY TO TAKE TRIP AROUND WORLD
Prominent lopubUcan Ficureo Oat Fotarn
in 1911
TIME THEN TO BE CANDIDATE AGAIN
Gnat Program May E Repeated, Possibly
with Potto Boooesa.
NUMBER OF NEWSBOYS II CONGRESS
William Alden Smith, the Sew Senator
' from Michigan, On of the Scots
Vam Wkt Haa Attnlned
Promt nenea.
(From a BtaJt Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8i.-v9peclal.)--'Presldent
Roosertlt will not permit his
rame to go before the next national repub
lican convention, ta ray Judgment." sali one
cf the big leader Of the republic ty
this week. "I bellev Mr.' Roose- -f. t
what he said on the night of No
1904. when he waa elected prealdei. Y, -e
he would not be .a candidate to sv ',t
himself. That he regarded his electtc
n election to a second term and that
the end of his term he would retire to pr
vate Ufa I hare every reason to believe
that ha Is of the same opinion now.
"But that does not say that he will not
again be a candidate for the high office of
president My opinion la that at the com
ing; national convention a man will be nom
inated who, in many ways, will reflect the
Rooseveltlan Idea. Whether that man will
be Secretary Tart. Vice President Fair
banks or some one yet undrempt of I do
taot know, but I am profoundly convinced
that whoever Is nominated will be eat s
factory to the present chief executive.
"With someone else In the White Houte
I can now see a candidate that might prove
to be mighty Interesting; and In some par
ticulars unknown In the annals of our po.
BUoal history.
1 happen to know that Mr. Roosevelt
date res, above all things, to make a tour
of the world a la Bryan, but with this dif
ference. He will go as a clone observer,
not as a "brief chronicler of the times' at
so much per letter as did our good friend
of gtvsrnment-ownerahlp-of -public-utilities
fame.
"Should the president Indulge the thought,
that Is very clese to him, and travel with
Mrs, Roosevelt on a tour cf reflection and
observation through. the older civilisations
. of both eaat and west, kings and queens,
emperors and shahs will pay to him that
honor due to an ez-prestdent of the United
States and Theodore Roosevelt the man.
He will take two years In which to 'girdle
the earth, and If my guess comes true he
will land In the country, of his birth Just
about tlie time the national republican con
vention Is to convene In the summer of Itlx,
And having had Your years of some other
preJdynt,. th people will Just naturally de-.
- mand the nomination of Theodore "Roose
velt, and the people usually ret what they
o after.
"Tears and associations with other na
tionalities, with ' their Influences and their
horizons so different from our own, will
have done their work and the radical of to
day will be the conservative of tomorrow.
Bo I look upon Theodore Roosevelt's future
career. 'A pipe dream' may be! Full how
ever, of "possibilities, you must admit."
From "Jewnbey to Senate.
William Alden Smith of Michigan began
life as a newsboy. Today he Is a United
States senator,' and he Is not ashamed of
the fact that he began his business career
s a "newste."
Another boy who worked himself up from
the ranks of the lowly to a place in the
halls of congress was Dennis Flynn, lata
delegate and future senator from Okla
homa. Flynn sold newspapers on the streets
Of Buffalo twenty years sgo and is proud
of the fact. Now comes a third of the craft
of newsvenders te the front. He is Charles
C. CarUn of Alexandria, Vs., the historic
city which points with pride to every vis
itor the Masonic lodge In which George
Washington acted as master and the church
Jn which the nation's paternal ancestor
'worshiped and In whose churchyard this
nation was born.
A few weeks ago the representative In
congress for the district tn which Alex
andria is situated died. Naturally there are
several candidates for ths seat thus made
vacant, for nezt to Indiana Virginia pro
duces more statesmen than any other state
tn the union. But Mr. Carlln comes from
Alexandria, the moat historic city In the
state. v which has hsd no congressman for
many years. Mr. Carlln has something
mot a than the mere fact that he once sold
newspapers. He comes from a first-class
Virginia family. His father gave up his
life for the cause which Robert E. Lee led.
He has devsloped as few young- men with
like advantages have developed. He has
won for himself a plsce second to none
among the bar of Virginia and he Is recog
nised In tho old commonwealth as one of
the very best lawyers In the state. It Is
because. of the fact that he Is young, vig
orous. Clean and progressive that the voters
of the Eighth Virginia will send him to
congress, snd those who know him best
predict for him a career equal to that of
' Juhn Randolph Tucker and the other Illus
trious eons of the old dominion who have
done so much to make the commonwealth,
which proudly boasts that she Is "the
mother of presidents," the important factor
which aha has always been In the councils
of the nation.
Record em Pension.
Careless critics In or out of the Grand
Army of the Republic who assert that con
gress Is not treating the men who have
borne arms In the defense of the United
States tn Us various
- -1 irura ins atex-
lean nmnilrn ta nur . .
ican campaign to our latest war Suanlsh-
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of figures regarding the present or "short
seaalon Of the Fifty-ninth congress.
In raund nuniW. l,,Hn. .K.
ern, xo-i r.Y ;.?J""
. ui aii
v.. " . - u.i.vwuucu, wi wmcn number
t.M have become laws and possibly sev
eral hundred will be added to the final en.
actment elasa before the session closes one
week hence.
The total smount carried by reason of
the enactment of these private pension bills
will oust the government 81.WA0U6 annually.
It should be understood that a privets
pension bill Involves always some techni
cality of existing law which cannot be
adjudicated through the usual pension
bureau channels aad nothing Is left for
the applicant to obtain Justloe except by
special qpngresalonal action. Each caee
poastbly presents a new phase not con
templated by the general pension laws, by
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SUMMARY OF THE BEE
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WAS8EXBTOTOR.
Prominent republican predicts Rposevelt
will not accept nomination In 19 OS, but
will taks a tour around the world and
may oe a candidate for presidency ,ln
1812. Pss
Senator Elklns files his long-delayed
minority report on the rate bill, giving
his reasons why the law should not have
'eon passed. te 1
est week of congress to be devpted
r. y to appropriation billa, with little
', ' for tn
. -ougn.
for the ship subsidy measure get-
rags 1
. 'y. , Roosevelt spends Sunday at
Oro ' -.iere his son. Kermit, attends
schoo. and delivers a short address to
the students In which he stands up for
the game of foot ball. Page 1
Victor B. Dolllver, brother of the sena
tor, found dead tn bed In his apartments
at Fort Dodge. Page 1
XJBQXSXATXTS.
Some talk among Nebraska legislators
of Investigating charges against the State
Board of Purchase and Supplies. Action
Of Omaha Commercial club in repudiating
action pt Its executive committee on the
1-cent fare bill Is having a good effect on
the legislature. Pe 1
, roKxio..
French clerical organs say clergy will
not sign the proposed leases and Premier
Clemenceau asserts he never expected
they would. P4TS a
Austrian students who were Imprisoned
refuse, to eat or drink unless liberated and
authorities Anally yield and set them free.
Pare 1
X.OCAX
Interstate Commerce commission orders
Northwestern road to withdraw order re
quiring the Gamble-Roblnaon Commission
company to prepay all freight charges,
the order having originated over previous
trouble over some consignments. Pat's
Rev. H. C. Herring, who goes soon U
New York to become secretary of home
missions of tho Congregational church,
preaches his last sermon In Omaha,
Par a
The Careful Observer expands on . his
Idea; of tM value of outer enthuslnwm.
pssts a
GREAT PRAISE FOR RESCUER
Captala Kaerllaar of Dordecht
Hero of the Hoar ta
Earope.
the
LONDON. Feb. t4.-The newspapers here
snd on the continent are ringing with
praises of the heroism of Captain Sperling
of Dordecht to whose Initiative and cour-
age it was entirely due that the last three
survivors of the steamer Berlin, which
was wrecked off the Hook of Holland, were
rescued.
All the survivors of the Berlin are pro-
gresslng favorably. They tell affecting
stories of their terrible experiences aboard
the wreck which,
vagers. presented
according , to the sat
in awful spectacle of
destruction.
Sad scenes were witnessed at Harwich
yesterday on the arrival for burial of the
first consignment of bodies of those who
met death In the disaster. Many bodies
are tlll missing and a number of those
that have been found have not yet been
Identified.
HUNGER -STRIKE A WINNER
Imprisoned Students
to Eat Carry
Paint.
Who Refase
Their
VIENNA, Ftb. 84. A large number of
Ruthenlan university students who were
arrested recently at Lemberg' and ltnprls-
oned for refusing to take the oath in the
Polish language, adopted a hunger strike,
refusing all food or drink. After three
days they became so week that the doctors
in attendance declined to accept responsi
bility for theirlives, and as aa result the
students were victorious a'nd the authorities
were compelled to liberate all of them, !
numbering ninety.
Even then, the students declined to quit
the prison because five of their ringleaders
were detained, and barricaded themselves
with beds and - furniture to prevent their
forcible ejection. In the meantime there
was a great Ruthenlan demonstration out
side the prison and finally the ringleaders
also were liberated on bail. Then ail the
students consented to leave the prison.
ALL OF THE PASSENGERS SAVED
Crew of Wreekei Anstrlan-Lloyd Balst
Perish Of tho Island of
Crete.
CANEA. Island of Crete. Feb. 14. All
ths passengers on board the Austrian
Lloyd steamer Imperatrlx. which ran on a
roca r nan evening near ciaonooiaL were
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: saved. Forty members of ths crew, of
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Indians, perished.
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iinpemri. rvrciu warsmpe Drougat
sixty-three survivors here and others were
transferred to the Austrian Lloyd steamer
Castors, which was sent from Trieste to
assist in the work of reecue. 8everal per
sons Injured at the time of the disaster
are being attended here.
It has been learned that the first boat
launched was swamped at once. The vessel
bad a valuable cargo of lumber and mer
chandise. Reeeptton to Japanese Onteera.
HONOULU. Feb. 84. A reception waa
held at the Japanese fonaulate today
In honor of Admiral Tomlokl and officers
of the Japanese training squadron now in
this port. The affair a as a brilliant one
and many leading dtlsens of Hawaii were
pieaent
PRESIDENT VISITS CROTON
iddntsst Fipili of School at Which EU
Era Kermit Si Etudest,
STANDS UP TOR THE GAME OF FOOT BALL
Also Takes Occasion to Heeemsies
to These Not Betas; Afraid of a
Career la Pablle, Peltt
leal Ufa.
BOSTON, Feb. It. President Roosevelt,
who arrived here yesterday on an un
official visit with members of his family,
left for Washington tonight. The presi
dent devpted Sunday to a trip to Oroton,
forty miles from Boston, where his son.
Kermit, Is a pupil at tne Oroton prepara
tory school. Mrs. Roosevelt and J'
Ethel Roosevelt were already there, and
the president was accompanied by his
eldest daughter, Mrs. Longworth-
The president last night was the guest
of Dr. William Bturgis Blgelow and he
breakfasted there tpday with a few per
sonal friends. These Included Governor
Guild, J. H. Lyman, collector of the port
of Boston; Judge Lowell of the United
States circuit court and Major W. Austin
Wadsworth, who was formerly a staff
officer In the Philippine v Islands.
Just as the train was moving slowly out
on the way to Groton, a middle-aged man
ran quickly down the platform behind the
president's car, and when he reached
within a few feet of It, deliberately threw
what looked like a paper parcel toward
the president. One of the detectives tried
to ward off the article before It rtruck
the car, but It landed safely through,
harmlessly. The missile proved to be a
silk flag enclosed tn a paper baa-, the g.ft
of an admirer.
Gets a Sleigh Ride.
The train reached Ayre Junction shortly
after noon. A teacher at the Oroton
school 'was waiting with a big six-seated
Russian sleigh, drawn by two fast' horses
and as the sleighing waa excellent, the
president and his daughter had a delight
ful drive' of about three miles to the
school. At the house of Bfrof. William A.
Gardner, the visitors were received by
Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel, who had
remained there over night, by Kermit
Roosevelt and Rev. Endlcott Peabody,
principal of the school.
After dinner the party went to the
"Hundred House," where the president
addressed a party made up of about 160
students and parents of the pupils. The
president gave what he waa pleased to
call a "short sermon to the boys.''
Among other things, Mr. Roosevelt said
that when hs finished his college course
his friends advised him not to enter the
governing class, as it consisted mostly
of an undesirable type of persons, but he
had told them that he had fully made up
his mind to take part In the work cf
government. He resolved also, he said,
to enter the cavalry service so that In
case of trouble he oould do his own fight
ing and not depend on others to do that
for him. i
The president talked 1 little on the sub
ject of foot ball and toM the boys to take
advantage of their education lightly and
always plhy the gam of foot ban fairly.
Ho expressed the opinion rigorouslythat
intercollegiate opt ball should by no
means be abolished. -
"I have begun a sermon, though a short
one." concluded the president, "and now I
wish good luck to all of you."
PROVIDENCE. R. L, Feb. 24,-The fed
eral express with the president's car at
tached came Into Providence at 8:25 p. m..
twnt minutes behind schedule, with a
" "team pipe connection between a
Pullman and the day coach, which delayed
tho traln twenty-six minutes more before
leavln for New York, while the passenger
ch was disconnected. The president ap-
t"are! on the platform and shook
hands with 100 persons. Mrs. Long-worth
I waived her greetings from the , doorway,
Tno traJn left here at :51. minos the day
cach.
MAGOON REVIEWS A PARADE
Havana People Petition for Removal
of. Restriction on Cock
righting.
HAVANA. Feb. 24. A procession headed
by ex-Senator Monteagudo and composed
of 600 horsemen, many carriages and bands
of music, paraded the streets this after
noon. A halt was made In front of the
palace, where the bands played patriotic
airs amid much cheering. Governor Ma
goon, in response to cries of "Long live
Governor Maroon." reviewed the gathering
from the bancony of .the palace and after-
! ward, received a committee, which pre-
sen ted a petition signed by many thou-
j sands of persons In Havana and other
! cities requesting the abrogation of the
military order of General , Leonard Wood
prohibiting cock fights. Governor Magoon
promised to give the matter his careful con
sideration, after which the gathering dis
persed. The city was decorated today and sa
lutes were fired tn honor of the anniversary
of the commencement of the revolution of
18S6. Being Sunday, the principal celebra
tlort will be held tomorrow, which has been
declared a legal holiday.
At the church of Santo Cristo today the
Rer. W. A. Jones, president of the Augus
tine college, waa consecrated bishop of
rono luco oy Monsignor Averse, . the
j apostolic delegate, who
waa assisted by
Monsignor Blanc, archbishop of New Or
leans, and the bishops of Havana and Cien
fuegoa. Governor Magoon and the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps were present
at the ceremony.
Fined an Swindling Charge.
SIOUX FALLS, a D., Feb) 21 (Special.)
It cost A. H. Hodglns, a Nebraska man,
the sum of xsod for securing a second note
I from ft Turner county. South Dakota,
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' " note nad
.,- . .
i Amivji . mom u tn ji naa not.
tats circuit court which has -Just been held
I . -
. rxu OI DIS
trial was convicted and fined the sum of
io0 and costs, amounting In all to
una xi.
represents aa Omaha grocery house, and
; last December waa canvassing through tha
rural precincts of Turner county securing
. nA,,
orders for goods.
Emperor Pleased with Election.
BERLIN. Feb. X Emperor William to
day gave an audience of aa hour to Count
Udo von Stolberg-Wernlgeroda. president of
the Reichstag, to whom he expressed his
great satisfaction at tho result of tha re
cent elections, which, he said, had shown
that the social democracy had beeti over
come. He hoped this spirit among the
people would continue. Regarding the
colonies Emperor William expressed the
wish that a large number of the mem
bers of the Reichstag would convince them
selves as to their value by traveling there.
HIS REPORT
)-tieas to Rate
04s Iate Ptecerel e
Law Passe Karller fa
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Sesslonu
WASHINGTON. Febi ft Senator Elklns
of West Virginia has Just completed and
filed in the senate his minority report on
the railroad rate law. It presents a history
of the development of American railroads,
together with exhaustive tables which tend
to show a constantly decreasing freight and
passenger rate, and the relation between
such rates and the price of commodities
and cost of labor.
"Tho average passenger rate," says the
report, "advanced slightly from 1870 to 1W0.
During the next twenty-four years there
was a decline amounting to 17.S6 per cent
cf the average for 180, the net decline from
1870 to 1904 being 1.14 per cent. The decline
In the average rate per mile per ton of
freight was M.71 per cent during the years
from 1870 to 1904, the rate for the earlier
year being about two and a half times that
of the latter and the net saving to the
shippers averaging ll.Ot mills per ton mile."
The report says that the cost of trans
portation In 104 was nearly 12,000,000.000 less
than tt would have been had the rates- for
1870 still prevailed.
The passenger businee of 190 exceeded
that of 10 by more thn 25 per cent, while
the freight Increase wee 1S.2C per cent.
In comparison with Ove Increase In wages
of railroad employes fm an average wage
of S,7.3 In 1900 to fia JW In 104, the report
says that the service in 1904 was so much
more efflclenclty organized that the labor
contributed by the evt-rsge employe ac
complished S per cent more In the move
ment of passengers and 74 per cent more In
the movement of freight than In 1880.
The report gives the, total railway capi
talization June 30, 1904, as 110.71 1.794.078, and
says this amount Is 4.74 per cent leas than
the commercial value of the railways as
estimated by the census bureau.
"In the face of the .great Improvement
In railway property slnre 1W0." the report
says, "the relatively Insignificant Increase
of 5.S1 per cent In capitalisation shows a de
cided tendency towards' more careful meth
ods of financing these properties."
Compared with railroad rates abroad, the
report says:
"The figures tn the foregoing are un
doubtedly significant. They show that
American railways carry freight for rate
that average but E7.14 per cent of the av
era kb charged In France, 62.30 per cent of
that In Germany, 60J! per cent of that In
Austria, 81.29 per cent of that In Hungary,
about 50 per cent of that tn Italy and about
90 per cent of that In European Rusl
Since 1890 American rates have declined
19.15 per cent, French rates 1S.64 per cent,
German rates 8.96 per cent. Austrian rates
9.35 per cent and Hungarian rates 10.14 per
cent."
As to the Increase In equipment, the re
port says that during the last fourteen
years the Increase In the number of cars
and locomotives has been relatively greater
than the mileage Increase, besides both cars
snd locomotives are now much larger than
formerly. . ,
BAILEY WANTS PROMPT ACTION
Hopes' to Get to I Washington with
His Hew Credentials Before
Session Basis.
AU8TIN, Tex., J4.-Tba fmdlngir of
the legislative - -committee regarding the
charges against Senator J. W. Bailey wilt.
it Is expected, be reported to the two
houses of the legislature not later than
Tuesday. Senator Bailey and his attorneys
are urging the committee to hasten so that
Mr. Bailey may leave there for Washing
ton to be installed as senator.
A subcommittee spent today, revising the
testimony to be submitted to the legisla
ture Friends of Senator Bailey are of the
opinion that the committee can make the
suggestion that there Is nothing In the evi
dence to In any way reflect upon the sen
ator. If this procedure Is followed the mi
nority of the committee will bring In an
adverse report.
It Is also stated that some of Bailey's op-'
ponents will try to prolong the agitation,
even to the extent of taking the matter to
Washington In the form of a memorial.
The following was given out from Sen
ator Bailey's headquarters:
Miny friends and supporters of Senator
Bailey throughout the state have re
quested us to notify them when the report
of the Investigation committee would be
before the legislature for final action, and
in response to the request from such a
great number we deem it proper to say to
them that our Information Is that steps
will be taken In the senate on Monday look
ing to the Immediate and filial settlement
of the Issue in that body.
We are also advised that the subcommit
tee of the house has about completed Its
labors. This being the cans the full com
mittee will doubtless report Its finding to
the house some time Monday. Based on
this assumption the report of the house
committee would be before the house for
consideration on Tuesday morning.
In our opinion this report In Its findings
will clearly exonerate Senator Bailey and
vindicate him, and tt would seem -that no
reasonable man should deny him the most
complete exoneration and the most com
plete vindication of every charge made
against him before he returned to Wash
ington to qualify aa senator from the state
of Texas for another six years. However,
we do not desire to disappoint our friends
or deceive the country. Senator Bailey has
many personal as well as political enemies
who doubtless will seek as a last oppor
tunity to undertake to humiliate him at
home and Injure him abroad by casting
their vote against such a resolution of
vindication as he will be entitled to. There
certainly cannot be a very considerable
number of those after the committee hear
ings and most of them heretofore have
heard from thttr constituents.
STEEL MAN CRITICALLY ILL
Frank J. Hearne, Head of Colorado
Fa el and Iron Company, Likely
to Die.
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 24. Frank J.
Hearne, chairman of the board of directors
and president of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company, la critically 111 at his home
here of peritonitis.
Mr. Hearne is one of the best known rail-
j TnaA na n " the counery.
He
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1 uw noma vi id t-oioreoo r uti and Iron
! Interests secured control.
Levee Kresk I'nder Control.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. ?4 rvn.i ..
' secured today over the dangerous crevasse
j ner Jesuit's Bend, the state engineers
succeeding In "tying In" the ends of the
I broken levee mn that t K. fr.-A u a i j .
j u.cn vj iu ureacn aid not
j widen. It was announced at the state an.
gineer's office that should the situation
become threatening the crevasse can be
closed, although at great cost, it was de
cided to let the break flood the surrounding
country tor a tew days at least.
Ro Market for Cotton.
EL PASO. Tex.. Feb. 84. Complaint haa
fomc from the rich cotton ginning Lnguiut
district of the state of Couhuiia. Mexico,
that the planters can find no market for
the large crop of cotton raised last year.
Governor Cardes of that state, himself a
cotton manufacturer on a large acaie. Is
working on a plan to interest the principal
gwners In the establishment of cotton mills
spn-ti un i ho eumlua
ELKINS FILES"
FINAL WEEK OF CONGRESS
Appropriation Billa to Hart tht Call in
Both of ths Houtea
SUM SHOW FOR SHIP SUBSIDY MEASURE
Resantptlnn of Interstate Commerce
Inqnlry Into Harrlman Roads
Is ' Attracting Mack
Attention.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 84. Aside from
appropriation bills and conference reports.
the ship subsidy bill is the only measure
sf general Importance that Is likely to
receive the attention of the house, and the
Aldrlch financial bill probably the only
one that will receive the attention of
the senate during thla, the cloalng week
of the last session of the Fifty-ninth con
gress. It is Senator Aldrlch's Intention
to press his bill for consideration when
ever opportunity offers and he Is still
hopeful of success, notwithstanding the
opposition, the congested condition of
business and the limited time left. The
house friends of ship subsidy also profess
themselves aa hopeful, but they admit
that every day that goes by without action
lessens their chances. Some of them ex
press confidence In getting some features
of the bill Incorporated in the postofflce
appropriation bill as a rider, but If they
fail In that program they will moke a
laet effort for Independent action by the
house after the passage of the general
deficiency appropriation bill. They will
ask to have two or three days set aside
for the consideration -of the subsidy bill
when conference reports are not before the
house, and the Inclination of the leaders
Is to grant this concession.
No other business will be permitted to
Interfere with appropriation bills and con
ference reports In either house, but there
will be times when other business may
be Interjected and much miscellaneous
legislation may be expected. An order
will be brought into the house by the
committee on rules early In the week,
making certain classes of legislation of
a minor character In order at any time
under a suspension of the rules, and
members generally hope to get a large
number of bills passed under this ordr.
As usual, the senate will make an effort
to clear up the calendar and by the end
of the week there will be few senate
measures left to which there Is not In
superable objection.
States ( Appropriations.
All of the appropriation bills except the
deficiency have passed the house, but there
are still five oX these measures to receive
consideration at the hands of the senate.
The agricultural bill, now under oonaldera
tlon; the postofflce bill, the pension bill, the
sundry civil bill and the general duflciency
bill. It Is expected that the consideration
of the agricultural bill will be concluded
Monday and It will be followed by the post
office bill. The grazing and forest reserve
propositions of, the agricultural bill will re
ceive some more attention, and with those
matters disposed of the senate will take up
the Beveridge amendment regarding meat
Inspection, and with that out .of the way It
Is hoped that tha bill will get through with
out JT nrthar ontrovereyr -The-only two- ap
propriation biUs'that have' been completely
disposed of by congress are the legislative
and diplomatic billa All the others that
have been passed by both houses still "have
to be acted uwn In conference, and as the
senate has not allowed any of them to get
through without additions much spirited
debate may be expected on these reports.
Both houses will materially prolong their
sittings. They will begin at an earlier hour
In the morning and night sessions will be
the rule rather than the exception. In ad
dition to the appropriation bills, the six-teen-hour
railroad employes bill and the
criminal appeals bills are In conference and
will call for attention from both houses.
Senator Depew will make a formal ad
dress tn the senate on the deposit of public
moneys Monday, and Senator Patterson on
Wednesday on the question of government
ownership of uttlltiea There will also be
an effort during the week to secure the rat
ification, of the Dominican treaty.
Harrlman Investigation.
The Interstate Commerce commission will
meet tn New York on Monday to continue
Its Investigation of the Harrlman railroads.
Many notable financiers and railroad men
have been subpoenaed and are expected to
appear for examination at this sitting of
the commission. Among them is E. H. Har
rlman. It Is planned to call Mr. Harrlman
to the witness stand immediately on the
opening of the hearing. Among others ex
pected to appear are William C. Rocke
feller, Jacob H. Schlff, head of the New
York banking house of Kuhn, Loeb it Co.;
Otto H. Kahn, C. W. Hllllard, comptroller
of the Chicago Alton railroad: William
H. Mahl, comptroller of the Union Pacific;
Alexander MKIar, secretary of the Union
Pacific, and others.
ENGINE NOT CAUSE OF WRECK
Pennsylvania O 111 rials Also Confident
Track Was ta Perfeet
Condition.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24. The Pennsyl
vania Railroad company today Issued a
statement In explanation of tha accident
on Friday night near Johnstown, Pa,, In
which many passengers on the Chicago spe
cial were Injured. The statement says:
The Investigating committee was Informed
by the superintendent of motive power at
Altoona that the engine on train No. 29,
the Chicago special, was carefully in
spected before it left the roundhouse and
was In perfect condition. The gauge of
the wheels was measured by the committee
after the accident and found to be exact.
The committee haa reason to believe that
the entire length of track equipped with
steel ties waa in excellent condition before
the accident occurred.
The condition of the passengers lnjurel
In the wreck Is reported tonight from ths
Altoona (Pa.) hospital and the Allegheny
General hospital In ' this city as being ex
cellent. All are expected to reoover.
NEBRASKA MAN IS MISSING
Has Not Been Heard from Blaea
October When Ha Disappeared
from Taeoma.
TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 14. Special Tele
gram.) George Burgees, aged 84. whose
! parents live at Nebraska City, disappeared
from Taooma last October. He formerly
owned a grain elevator In Nebraaka, but
sold out and went to New York, where he
created a sensation by scattering money on
the street until the polios took him Into
custody.
Burgess was sent here last fall by his
father to be treated by Dr. C. W. Harris,
who bad helped him In Council Bluffs.
Once before Burgeas disappeared and was
unheard of for months, until he wrote a
letter home from Athens, Greece. Mrs.
Burgess has Just wired Dr. Harris to ad
vertise for him. stating that a clairvoyant
recently consulted says he was drowned
In ths Columbia river.
THAW APPEARS TO BE WORRIED
Does Xot Want to Have l.nnaey
Commission Appointed
Sow,
NBW TORK. Feb. 24 Clifford W. lUrt
rtdge. personal counsel to Harry K. Thaw,
visited the prisoner at the Tombs today
and for an hour the two discussed various
matters, among them, tt was said the pos
sibility that the prosecution might seek to
Interrupt the cross-examination of the de
fendant's wife when Thaw's trial was re
sumed tomorrow morning. It had been re
ported, thouglr-without apparent authority.
that District Attorney Jerome would ahlft
his attack on the defense and tnslst that
the direct examination of Drs. Deemar
and Blngaman. alienists for the defense, be
concluded before the state continued Its
cross-examination of Mrs. Thaw. This
move would be construed In the direction
of an application for a lunacy commission
to examine Thaw. This report Is said to
have reached the prisoner and caused him
no little uneasiness today. Mr. Hartrldge,
however, was able to assure him that Mrs.
Thaw's examination Would be completed
before the defense called other witnesses.
Stipulation to this effect had been given, the
lawyer said.
Attorney John B. Gleason, associated
with the defense, spent twenty minutes
with Thaw earlier in the day. In spite
of these talks with his counsel the pris
oner was reported as having spent a rest
less, unhappy dAy. It Is well known that
he desires nothing less than to undergo a
mental examination. That Thaw's fears
have some basis In fact was evinced to
day In a statement credited to a court
official. According to this num. Mrs. Wil
liam Thaw, mother of Harry, ten days ago
approached the district attorney through
friends and expressed her willingness that
a commission In lunacy be appointed. The
mother's state of mind. It is said, waa the
result of having read the harrowing story
told on the witness stand by her daughter-in-law
and the merciless cross-examination
by Jerome, combined with the natural
shrinking she felt from taking Jhe witness
stand herself.
It Is understood that Mr. Jerome on his
part wishes to avoid at this time such
dramatic action as asking for a lunacy
commission. He has declared In court,
however, that If he could be convinced that
the slayer of Stanford White waa Insane
he would drop the prosecution.
NICARAGUA STATES ITS CASE
Insists War Was Forced t'pon
It by the Action of
Honduras.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The Associated
Press today received the following dis
patch: MANAGUA, Nicaragua Saturday, Feb.
28. 8:30 p. m. We went to war because Hob
duran forces attacked our small garrison
on the frontier, looting, burning and killing.
We demanded anti-faction and it waa de
nied; we agreed to accept whatever de
cision the arbitration court might render,
but President Bonllla of Honduras dis
solved the court by withdrawing the Hon
duran arbitrator.
Nicaragua has - triumphed In our com
bats over the Honduran forces without suf
fering one defeat. Our forces are today In
the territory of Honduras. (Signed)
ZELAYA. President. of Nicaragua..
' .FANAJUA. Feb.j24. The mall which ar
rived here today brought a proclamation
signed at Choluteca, Honduras, by. Gen
erals Anastastlo Ortiz, Paulino Godey,
Emlllano Chamarra, Benito Echeavarria,
Antonio Boetos and Rafael Hernandez, rep
resenting the various political parties In
Nicaragua who are among the officers of
the army of President Bonllla of Honduras.
The proclamation Is addressed to Central
Americans, and says that President Ze
laya's downfall Is an urgent necessity for
the purification of the political situation
In Nicaragua.
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 24.-Dr. Baltazar
Estupinlan, minister to Mexico from Sal
vador and Honduras, tonight received the
following vague message from the Hon
duran government:
"NIcaraguan forces have Invaded Hon
duras. Fierce battle ensued."
When the battle was fought, where the
encounter took place and what was the
ultimate result of the reported struggle Is
left to conjecture.
This is the first word Dr. Estupinlan has
received from Honduras for several days,
although he has sent several cablegrams
of Inquiry. Details of the battle are hourly
expected.
V, B. DOLLIVER DIES SUDDENLY
Brother of Iowa Senator Fonad Dead
tn Bed la Hie Apartments at
Fort Dodge.
FORT DODGE, la.. Feb. 24. (Special
Telegram.) Victor B. Dolllver, youngest
brother of Senator Dolllver. was found dead
In bed at his bachelor apartments at 8:46
this afternoon. Mr. Dolllver roomed alone
at the residence of W. G. Moore, 217 South
Twelfth street. Hs retired early Saturday
night and was In his usual health, beyond
a slight cold from which he had suffered
for several days. The Moore family was
at horns when he retired. He made the re
mark, "Well, life ts worth living."
He was In the habit of sleeping late on
Sundays, so no alarm was felt during the
morning. The family left the house In the
afternoon, but on returning shortly after
t o'clock forced the door and found him
dead. A coroner's Jury viewed the body,
but the Inquest has been postponed until
Monday at a. m. Death evidently came
easily.
Mr. Dolllver waa 41 years old. He was sd
mltted to ths bar In 1878. Hs was married
thirteen years ago to the daughter of ex
Governor Larrabee of Iowa and shortly
after removed to Minneapolis and engaged
In the practice of law. On the death of his
wife a few years ago he returned to Fort
Dodge, where he has sines lived. He was
prominent In politics and had a reputation
as a stump speaker hardly second to his
brother, the senator. He was a prominent
member of the Methodist church.
FIRE RECORD.
.
Three Firemen Hart.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Feb. 24.-The five-story
building at ths northwest corner of Frank
lin avetlue and Sevsntb street, occupied by
(he Globe Cllh!.nt compi.i, wis dnn eged
875.000 by fire ihle afternoon and tnree flrs-
men were nun, out none senouvy. Fred
I Hlttler fell from a ladder and John Cleary
jand ConxO'Donnell were struck by failing
'debris. The loss Is covered hv lnmr.nu
The cause of the fire has not been de
termined, t
Peacemaker Is Killed.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. M.-Mrs. J. Oscar
Richardson, wife of a stationary engineer,
rusiied between her son and husbend tn
the act of a peacemaker at their home in
Rosedale, Kan., near here, today, and was
slabbed to death by Richardson. The
couple had been quarreling when the son
Interfered, taking the mother's part. Rich
ardson then attacked the son with a knife,
when the mother Interfered
SOME TALK OF PROBE
Esitimsnt for IoTettiratite ths Board oi
Farohass and Cuppliea,
HOPE TO SETTLE MANY UGLY RUMORS
Vitht Ears Iffect at least of Injtctim
Esttsr Methods Into Work.
COMMERCIAL ClUB ACTION TIMELY
i
Greatly Strength en 8 tho Fands of ths
Donclas Dtlrvatioo.
GRAIN MEN FIGHT AGAINST WEIGHMASTER
"Bob" MeGlanlss of Northwesters)
Kow the "Whip" of tho Railroad
( Lobby and Is Sticking
Close to His Task.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feb. 24. (Bpeclal.) A growing,
sentiment prevails for an Investigation of
the State Board of Purchase and Supplies
and while the sentiment has taken no
tangible shape, there Is a strong feeling
that before the week ts out a resolution
will be Introduced' providing for the ap
pointment of a committee to Investigate
the ugly rumors afloat, so that If there Is
no foundation for them, the stories can be
officially refuted and the shadows which
now rest on the reputations of certain offi
cers may be removed. The rumors In clr- (
culation have various grounds of origin, the
contract let by the board to construct the
food elevators at tho Hastings asylum be
ing one. It ts generally believed should
Superintendent Kern be brought before a
committee he would be able to either
straighten out these- stories or prove them
untrue. Tills was the contract let originally
to Howard Burns, son of Senator Joe
Bums, for something over 83,000 snd which
later turned up tn the hands of another
party for some 85.000. Senator Burns
claimed his contract provided only for the
Installation of certain motor power, and
he haa shown what purports to be tha
original contrary, which bears him out, but
Governor Mickey has, or he left In his
office the original contract and tt shows
gross carelessness on the part of the board
which signed It, if nothing else.
Another rumor has tt that certain mem
bers of the Board of Purchase and Sup
plies have been permitted by merchants
holding state contracts to get things which
they bought for their private use, at whole
sale prices. If this rumor Is true and
there seems to be no doubt It is, some
members of the legislature are anxious to
took Into the prices to see If the money
lost to the merchant by reason of such
courtesy to the state officer has been added
to the price made to the state.
Emergency Purchases.
Another reason for an Investigation Is
the rumor that heads of state Institutions
have been able to buy a great deal of
stuff as emergency by securing from cer
tain members, of the board, special permits '
to do so. These permits, U Is said, have
been given without the authority, of the
board. Whether It has resulted la the
state paying a price higher than It should,
only an Investigation, of course, would
show. The members of the Board of Pur
chase and Supplies for the last two years.
were Governor Mickey, Treasurer Morten
sen, Secretary of State Galusha, Attorney
General Brown and Land Comlmsstoner
Eaton. The bulk of the work of the board.
It seems, fell to the secretary of state and
the land commissioner, as Mr. Brown for
the first year occupied most of his time
with his work in the legal department, and
the last year, he was too busy with his
campaign to pay much attention to tha
Important work Of buying supplies tor the
state Institutions. Mr. Eaton and ' Mr.
Galusha took the leading part In lining;
contracts.
Helps Dona-las Delegation
The action of the Omaha Commercial club
last Saturday In repudiating the protest
against the t-cent rate bill, promulgated
by the executive committee of that club,
removes a serious handicap from the Doug
las county delegation to the legislature)
and only the members of the Douglas dele
gation and those on the ground can realise
what a serious effect the executive com
mittee action was having. The disguised
railroad lobby was using It to prejudice tho
out-ln-the-state members against Omaha
and the friends of the t-cent rate bill, of
whom none, however, were more sincere
than the Omaha delegation, were drifting
away from the delegation dolly. Tho ac
tion of the committee came at a time when
a Douglas delegation never before more
fully hod the confidence of all the member
ship, and It hurt. The positive stand taken
by the club a a whole yesterday will one
more put Douglas county back Into tha
good graces of the other members. Wheat
the action of the executive committee be
came public every member of the delega
tion refused to stand for It and each In
turn expressed his disapproval of It, but
It was a hard matter for the other mem
bers to understand that the executive com
mittee had usurped authority which It did
not possess and therefore the emphatlo
denials of the delegation only half con
vinced the members.
Fight on Grnln Welghmnster.
Member of the Omaha Grain Exchange
are expected to send down a delegation
Monday night to protest against the pas
sage of the Cone bill providing for the gov.
ernor to appoint state welghmaslers to
weigh grain. It Is said the grain exchange
is opposed to this measure very much and
will make a strong effort Monday night to
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essary piece of legislation.
It developed during the last week that
Northwestern Lobbyist Bob McGlnniss has
become the "whip" for all the railroads and
he has not been away from the state ho use
hardly a minute during the time either
house has been tn session. And, strange to
relate, this . "legitimate representative of
the only good railroad." seems to havs tho
ear of sums mighty influential men In ths
houae, and at least one good man has been
seen to leave the house chamber and eon-
i suit with him. McGlnniss, while of course
Interested In all the measures which tend
, to put a stop to the railroads further rob
; blng the people, seems particularly anxious
1 to put a crimp Into the anti-pass bill. In
asmuch ss the Northwestern ts said t have
given out more passes this winter than any
other road, there may be a reason for thla
I McGlnniss has gone over the railroad com-.
mlsalon bill thoroughly with Railroad Com
; mlssloners Wlnnett and Williams, but
i whether he made them any suggestions as
' to changes which- he wants made In It, of
course only the three know.
tha ere far Committee Work.
The legislature will not convene until
Tuesday morning, but most of the members
are expected back tomorrow to get busy on
ommlttoe work and It ts expected amnshV