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The Omaha Daily: 'Bee. Advertise) In THE OMAHA DEE Best West HEWS SECTIOIL Pages 1 to 8. OMAILA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1907-SLXTEEN PAGES. VOL. XXXVI-NO. 227. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS'. v. A i w. n a V i if I J V TALK BILL TO DEATH Woman's Enffmee Meatmre ii Killed by Brititb Home of Ccmmone. DEBATE PROLONGED UNTIL ADJOURNMENT tThit Maket it Imposjible to Pais It Tbii EesMorj. MANY WOMEN EXCLUDED FROM GALLERIES Only Ttoie Whoce Behavior fu Guaran teed by Members Admitted. MASS MEETIP6 HUD IN EVENING Saffraa-lat Pass Rrsolatloaa Con demning: Hoase .of . Commons for. . nefaslaug to Take DeSnlte Favorable Artloa. iiONDON, March 8. Th bill to extend the right of suffrage . to. women . u de feated In the House of Commone today. where It was talked to death without com ing to a vote. Supporters of the bill made m determined attempt to secure a rote, but the speaker declined to accept a mo tion of cloture and the sitting of the House was closed automatically at 6 o'clock. The bill Is thus killed for the present senston The result wai not surprising, erven to the suffragists, as some of the strongest sympathisers of the women's cause real' Ized that the question was not ripe for lea; Illation and that Parliament will not be In a position to act until the question has become an issue at a general election. The suffragists, however, were not daunted and tonight held an enthusiastic, meeting at Exeter hall. Resolutions con demning the attitude of the government and of Parliament and expressing the de termination to carry on the agitation were adopted. The speakers Included Jam Kelr Hardle, socialist member of the House of Commons; Philip Snowdnn, M. P., a new rwrult to the women's cause; Rev. Charles Aked of Liverpool, who has accepted a call to the Fifth Avenue Baplst ohuroh New Tork; Israel Zangwill and many prominent suffragists. Rev. Dr. Aked had attended the House of Commons during the afternoon In behalf cf the suffragists In order that he might be able to communicate an account of the debate. Hoaae of Commons Crowded. The House of Commons was crowded when the debate on the proposed measure began, but only women whose good be- havlnr was guaranteed by members of Par liament were permitted to enter the gal lery. All those who were connected with the recent disorders within the preclncM of the houses of Parlalment were excluded, and In view of possible disorderly demon strations on the part of the so-called "auffro gl-'-i -- connection with the bill extraori precautions were taken by the polfi. trrbar the approaches to the House of .Commons. .. . t . The forces Inside and outside the build- Jnff were 'doubled and a special -detach Jriiont of police was held In reserve In ' the neighborhood, In spite of the fact that the militant women had announced ' that they would quietly await the result of the vote In the house, after which they would meet and decide upon thalr future action. The suffragist societies were very active throughout the morning trying to Insure the attendance of all true supporters of the bill, and they claimed to have 430 mem bers pledged to vote for It. All members wtto were considered to be In the least lukewarm In the matter were admonished by telephone or telegraph this morning their seats would be endangered If they failed to fulfill their pledges. It Is ad mitted that many promises to support the bill were given by liberals on the suppo sition that the women. If enfranchised, would vote for liberal candidate, but the return of the large conservative majority at the municipal elections In London Sat urday last. In which the women voted, tended to dispel this Illusion, and since then many members of Parliament who nominally sympathise with Mrs. . Dickin son's bill have been stricken with mys terious Illnesses, which will not permit them to attend today's session of the House of Commons. There were no fewer than sixteen motions hostile to the bill placed on the table, while Just prior to the opening of the debate a petition signed by 11,000 women waa presented protesting against granting parliamentary suffrage to women on the ground that It would de stroy their Influence In their own sphere of work. Attltad of Premier, After Mr. Dickinson's opening speech In support of the bill the premier, Blr Henry Campbell-Bannermann, announced that it was the Intention of the government to leave the decision of the question to the house. Personally hs favored the general principle of the inclusion of women in the suffrage. The matter had assumed more Importance of late years, owing to the larger part which women had taken h wage earning and In the professions. "On many questions," continued the premier, the opinion of women waa of equal. If not greater, value than that of men." He frankly stated that he waa not enamored with the present bill, because it does not enfranchise to the necessary degree tha mass of the working class of women and workmen's wives. He would rott for the bill,, however, as a declaration of his opin ion that the exclusion of women from the franchlss was not expedient. Justifiable or politically right. The debate waa a repetition of the familiar arguments for and against female suffrage and there was a complete divergence from the usual party lines, th rejection of the bill being moved by Mr. White, liberal, another opponent being Mr. Cremer, also a liberal, while both conservatives and mem bers of the labor party were found among its supporters. An attempt waa made to closure the discussion, but the speaker de- cllned to a kV nents - of yrolock, wh lned to accept the motion and the op the bill held the floor until 1 rhen the sitting waa closed au tomatically. HONDURAS HEARS OF VICTORY President Boallla la Bald to Have Defeated N lea raa nans la ' ' Two Eaaaa-eateate. PUERTO CORTEZ, Honduras, March 8. Advices received todsy confirm th report that President Bonllla of Honduras de feated th Nlcaraguana at Namasltiue, Honduras, March , and again defeated them March T at Yuagur. Broadealac Conference Basis. THE HAGUE. March l Th lower house of Parliament today passed a bill author ising the government to conclude conven tions providing for adhesion to The Hague peac conference of Is: with any nonslgna tory powers desiring to partlclpat la th conference. SUMMARY OF THE BEE tatarday, MArch , IflOT. 1907 J 16 TU WXATKSm. FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Rain or snow Saturday. Sunday partly cloudy. KOnrXAoT run luw a wiurur in creasing Cloudiness, rain or snow by night. Sunday probably clearing. Temperature at Omaha yesterday Hour. Deg. Hour. De. 6 a. m.. t a. in.. 7 a. m.. 8 a. m.. 9 a., m.. 10 a. m.. 11 a. m. . U m to 24 24 24 24 . 25 32 1 p. m I p. m 39 3 p. m 39 4 p. m 33 5 p. m 39 6 p. m S 7 p. m 30 8 p. m 37 9 D. m 34 Z.ZOI8IJLTT7E. House In committee of the whole recom mends for passage the primary bill, with amendments demanded by the fuaionlots. Lee annexation bill, which provides for vote of people, also recommended for passage. Proposed prohibitory amend ment to the constitution killed in the senate. Par 1 Nebraska house passes senate emplJyer's liability bill and It goes to the governor. The senate adopted the King bill aa a substitute for the house anti-pass bill. The house recommended for passage the bill making It an offense to give or re ceive a street car pass or telephone or telegraph frank. 'age 1 South Dakota legislature adjourns. Its record shows many laws for control of corporations. Page 1 Referendum amendment Is Invoiced In South Dakota to tie up operation of new divorce law for two yeara. Fag 1 WASKUrOTOaT. Archie Roosevelt's condition Is much improved. Page 1 Report on rural mall delivery shows (7,323 routes In operation.' Page S DOMESTIC. Defense rests in Thaw case and trial Is continued until Monday; mother of de fendant Is restrained from talking for publication. Fags 1 Abraham Ruef, the San Francisco poli tician who has been a fugitive from Jus tice for three days, was arrested by an elisor appointed by the court. Page S Interstate Commerce commission will probably order Hill and Harrlman lines to make Joint rate on lumber from Puget Bound to Missouri river. Page 1 Dynamite put In a stove to thaw Injuras three graders south of Fort Dodge and all may die. Page IS Omaha High school loses In debate with West Des Moines High school. Page X Archie Roosevelt Is better, but his phy sician says he 4s not yet out of danger. Page 1 Northwestern railroad ; engineers are using dynamite liberally In effort to savo bridge over the , Niobrara river at Nio brara. ' Page S TOREK. Women's suffrage bill In British House of Commons la talked to death by Its opponents. Page 1 Russian radicals wtn a point when social democrats decide to Join them In nomina tion of officers of the Duma. Page X Japanese generals talk of Kouroputkln's recent book. Pag 13 X.OOAX.. Nebraska Railroad commission asks fcr Information regarding car shortage. Pag 4 Union plumbers will not notice action of Business Men' association In matter of lock out, and hope for settlement of trouble. Pag 11 Haarman Brothers, vinegar and pickle makers, plan large factory at Thirteenth I and Martha streets. Page 18 Firemen and engineers hold meeting to discuss matter of asking for higher wafres from the Burlington. Page 11 Despondent, B. B. Teeters comraUs sui cide. Pag 11 "Coal trust" trial continues, with one witness telling of fines levied for violat ing rules. i Pag 4 a. P. Hamilton fined 50 and costs for abusing animals. He pleaded guilty to tearing part of a horse's tongue from its mouth and the fine was the limit of .the law. Page 11 POST. McCarthy breaks his arm In second round of fight with Buckles, but continues three more rounds, when he gives up tha contest. Ps IB Shlvely and other Western association manager threaten to go to the outlaws if Western league 1 given Topeka. Pag 18 Mtka Donlln of New Tork Nationals has bought the St. Joaeph team In the Western league. ' Pa 16 Two Jockeys seriously Injured at City Park race track. New Orleans. Par 15 Poggenburg makes new record of tun of 101 points In 14.1 billiards in afternoon and Deraarest beats it at night by making 115. Pag ! NORTH DAKOTA SOLONS QUIT eaato Passes 3 1-3 Ceat Far Bill mm Anti-Pass Bill Jaat Before Adjoaramcat. BISMARCK, N. D.. March 8. The North Dakota legislature adjourned at noon to day. The closing session was marked by considerable confusion attending the pass age In the senate of the lucent fare bill and the anti-pass bill. These measures are now before the governor for his signature, Th house passed a senate bill providing 1 that the candidate for the I'nlted States senate having 40 per cent or more of votes in the primary election shall be the party's candidate. If no man gets 40 per cent then the two highest men shall go on th general lection ballot. MONEY IS STILL MISSING Chief Wllhl Says Ofllelals Hav No Cla to Chicago Sahtreasary Robbery. CHICAGO. March 1-Cblef Wtlkl of th United States secret service, who baa been In charge of the investigation In Chicago of th disappearance of (171.000 from th subtreasury, returned to Washington to night. W hav found out nothing," aaid Chief WUkl. W ar no nearer a solution of th mystery than when th loss was first discovered. At no time hav w even bad a clu that was worthy tat oonaldaratlua," 1907 MARCH sua wos rut wis " c T 3 4 5 6 7 10 II 12 13 H 17 18 10 20 21 Ki 25 26 27 28 1PW DEFENSE RESTS CASE .s .orney Annotucee that All Their Evidence ii In. ,R0ME SECURES RECESS UNTIL MONDAY Sabpoena for Evelyn Nesblt Ths w Defendant's Wife Required to Prodaee Letters Received . from White. NEW TORK. March 8. The defense In the Thaw case rested today Immediately after the convening of court and an ad journment was ordered until Monday morn ing. District Attorney Jerome said that while he had been informally notified yes terday of the changed plans of the defense he had come to court today expecting to be confronted by additional expert testi mony. His witnesses were not ready, he added. It was upon this representation and with the consent of the defense that the adjournment was taken. The court proceedings occupied less than five minutes and Mr. Jerome returned at once to his office to prepare his rebuttal testimony. Almost his first move was to subpoena Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw to pro duce In court any letters she may have, written by Stanford White. The district attorney also had May Mac Kensle notified to be In court Monday pre pared to go upon the witness stand. Miss MacKenzle had been under subpoena by the state ever since the trial began. She Is the Intimate friend of Thaw's wife and during the first stages of the trial the two were Inseparable. Lately, however, Miss MacKenzle has been seen but seldom about the criminal courts. There is no Intima tion that the young women have quarreled. Mlas MacKenzle probably found her po sition rather trying, sitting day after day In the witness room with the Ttv.w family. It Is also said that Mr. Jerome has sum moned Mrs. J. J. Calne of Boston, who already has testified for the defense. Experts for State. Among the other known witnesses for the state are Dr. Bingaman of Pittsburg and Dr. Deemer of Klttanntng, Pa., the Thaw and Copley family physicians. The defense originally summoned these physicians, but Mr. Jerome has stated that the doctors can give Important testimony which the defense has failed to develop. The prosecutor has stated that he will call Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, who at first was In the employ of Thaw's at torneys, but left the case when Thaw dis missed Black, Olcott, Gruber A Bonynge, who were retained In his behalf by his mother's legal advisers. Drs. Austin Flint, Carlos MacDonald and William Mahon have been In the employ of the state ever since the Thaw trial began and have attended every session. They aro prepared to tes tify at a moment's notice. Just what District Attorney Jerome In tends to prove or will be allowed to prove on rebuttal remains a mystery. The prose cutor himself Is probably at a loss to know how far he can go In attacking Evelyn Thaw's story and In adducing evidence tending to contradict and discredit her. His campaign may be changed at any time by an adverse decision from Justice Fitzgerald. Mr. Delmas, for the defense, undoubtedly will mak Mr. Jeromes progreaa difficult by continued objections. The rules of evi dence involved In the Thaw case differ ma terially from those In any recent murder trial In this Jurisdiction, and It has been evident from the first that the attorneys have been feeling their way cautiously, Hammrl to Be Recalled. District Attorney Jerome undoubtedly will again summon Abraham Hummel, a law yer, to the stand to testify as to the affi davit Evelyn Nesblt Is alleged to have signed, charging Thaw with cruelties be cause she "would not tell lies about Stan ford White. The prosecutor attempted to Introduce this testimony by Interrupting young Mrs. Thaw" narrative, but the tes timony was barred at that time. Mr. Jer ome believes that upon rebuttal Justice Fltxgerald will allow him wider latitude. Howard Nesblt was With the district at torney today and It la said he will be called to testify that his sister told him Thaw had treated her cruelly while abroad In 1903 because she again "would not tell lies about Stanford White." Mr. Jerome hopes by the brother to corroborate the testimony he expects to elicit from Abraham Hummel, The latter is under lndlctmnt for alleged subornation of perjury In the Dodge Morse divorce tangle. With these witnesses and any others under subpoena, Mr. Jerome adhered to his prediction of last night, that th case might be given to the Jury by Friday. When asked today how many witnesses he would call, Mr. Jerome replied smilingly: "The, minimum is zero, and the maximum twenty-flve; It may be either." HS would not modify what he said yes terdal that In the state of the evidence he would assuredly let the case go to the Jury and not ask for a commission. This determination on the district attorney's part pleases Thaw's lawyers and th de fendant himself, who all along has feared the asylum for the criminal Insane far more than a verdict as to bis guilt or In nocence under the statutes. Despite Mr. Jerome's hope for a termina tion of the long drawn out case within the next week, few of those who have kept track of th trial are willing to hazard a prediction that the end Is less than two weeks away. Attempt to Separate Thaws. There were many rumors today of a serious estrangement between the defend ant's family and his wife, and of the re ported desire of the former to bring about a separation of the young couple In tha event of a verdict acquitting Thaw of mur der. Toung Howard Nesblt, brother of Mra Harry Thaw, is quoted aa saying: The Countess of Yarmouth has said that ah will not return to England until her brother and my sister have been separated. "I did not know of this until my return from Pittsburg Sunday. As soon aa I ar- rived here I went to th Hotel Lorraine to warn my sister, but Mr. Delmas would not let me see her alone. I did not want any of th lawyers present while I talked to her, because I knew they would probably deny It. "I am sure that If my sister knew of the plans against her sh would assert herself at once and not remain passive, as sh has been so far." It haa also been a matter of comment that as two experts hav declared Thaw insane at the time of his marriage, th ceremony might be declared void and an- nulled. Under this rule the will and codicil, In which Mrs. Thaw Is left the main por tion of her husband'a estate, ar also void. Th Defeas Rests. The court session was opened with all the usual formalities. Thaw was bright and smiling aa he walked to his place at th counsel table. His two brothers Ed ward and Joslah wer M court sad ha smiled a greeting to them. The prisoner's arms wer filled, as usual, with th big brown envelope containing hi correspond- , (Continued on Second Pag DIVORCE INDUSTRY NOT DEAD Referendum Amendment Invoked to Tie If Operatloa of If ew( Law for Two Yeara. SIOCX FALLS, 8. D March 8. (Special Telegram. WOmtyMX t expectations, the divorce Industry of Sioux Falls and South Dakota has hot received Its Immediate deathblow a the result of the state legis lature enacting a law raising th period of residence from six. months to one year Those Interested In the Industry have de cided upon A sensational coup, which will prevent the new law ge'lng into effect for nearly two years, and possibly longer. The referendum amendment to the state constitution, which was adopted In 1899, and which Is a rallc of the populist administra tion. Is the weapon which will prevent the divorce law going Into effect at the time expected by those who pushed the measure through the legislature. Had the law con tained an emergency clause the referendum could not hare been Invoked. It waa announced this evening that the referendum amendment will be Invoked. This will prevent the law going Into effect until after It has been submitted to the voters of the state and receives a majority of the votes cast. It cannot be submitted until the next general election, to be held In November, 1908, and In the meantime the present law, requiring only six months' residence, will be in effect. Knowledge of this Is certain to cause- a great revival In the divorce Industry pend ing the result of the vote upon the new law at the election, a year from next fall. In order to Invoke the referendum it Is necessary to file a petition containing the signatures of 6 ter cent of the qualified voters of the state asking that the law be submitted to a vote. These petitions will bo circulated immediately for signatures and will be filed before the expiration of ninety days from the passage of the new divorce law. as required by the referendum amendment to the state constitution. It also is officially announced that the referendum will also be Invoked In the case of the new law prohibiting Sunday amuse ments In South Dakota, such as theatrical performances and base ball games. STOCK MARKET DEMORALIZED Renewal of Liquidation DIseonroKes Holders and Everyone Tries to Sell. NEW TORK, March 8.-The stock mar ket was demoralized today by renewal of drastic liquidation. Stocks seemed to be poured on the market from all available sources, with no demands to check the downward plunge In prices. Discouraged holders of stocks on margins sent In orders on a large scale to throw over holdings and accept losses. Commission bouses also closed out accounts on a large scale where Insufficient responses had been made to calls for additional margins. The most sen sational movement waa in Missouri Pacific, which slumped 54 owing to doubts over the maintenance of the dividend. Union Pacific waa sold In enorny- - volume in spite of the deduction of the A per cent dividend from the price , and added t to the amount of the decline from yesterday's closing. United States Bt-'vk common broke through 40 and then reUded to- within - shade of par. The liquidation spasm quieted and an x- tensive covering movement among th bears caused a recovery In prices. The de mand at the higher level fell away, how ever, to Insignificant proportions. The bears renewed their attack, which centered upon United States steel, carrying that stock down to below 39. Pennsylvania was readily sold at a decline of IS- The Denver Rio Grande stocks broke 4H and b, respec tively, for the common and preferred. Other stocks yielded to near the lowest In sym pathy with this drive. Pennsylvania ex tended Its decline to 2H and United States Steel to ZSi. This weakened the whole mar ket again to prices about as low as the morning's lowest. New Tork Central and Wabash preferred were especially weak,' with losses of 24. The late weakness, how ever, was not so general aa during the morning and the force of the selling sub sided to some extent In the late dealings. There was, however, no Important rally. SOUTH DAKOTA SESSION ENDS LeaUlatore AdJoaraa la Daylight with Record of Mark Reform Lea-lalatloai Accomplished. PIERRE, S. D., March I. 8pccl.il Tel egram.) For the first time In the hU'.f y of the state, the legislative session ad journed In daylight. The spirit of the noon adjournment resolution was kept, although the letter of It was stretched by a few minutes, the actual adjournment being a few minutes after the hour. Just at the close of the senate session. Dowdell ros to a question of personal privilege. He said his character had been attacked In an anonymous circular letter and while he did not care for himself, he did for his family, and wanted to resent any accusations which had been made. The two houses enjoyed mock sessions while waiting for the engrossing forces to clear up their work, and kept the fun hot for a time, both houses singing America Just before the end. The session will go down as the one which has done more to control corporations by law than any other, a great part of the time having been devoted to that class of work. Pub lic morals have also been considered, and several laws on that subject hav been enacted; and the liquor in teres' found very move on their part for greater liber ties blocked with many restrictive meas ures enacted for their better control. General bills enacted, which are of state-wide Interest, are the primary elec tion, capltol building, general divorce and general educational laws, while many minor measures of local interest have ' been enacted. The appropriations have ! (one beyond those of any other session, I but the growth of the state has compelled an Increase. ' ARREST IN JMURDER CASE St. Loots Man Said to flavo Pawned Goods from Womaa'a Home. ST. LOUIS. March 8. Harry Muermeyer, aged 25. Wis arrested at his home today In connection with tha mysterious murdir of j Mra. Kate Quernhclm, who dead body. ahot. cut and bruised was found In her j home last evening. The police state that th arrest of Muern tyer Is not regarded aa solving the murder mystery, but he Is be ing held pending investigation Into state ments which he made following the discov ery of tha deed. A second-hand dealer called on Chief of Detectives Smith with several artlcl identified as having txer taken from th Quernhe)ra home. The dealer stated that he had purchased the articles and described th seller. Chief Smith said he expected the Information would lead to an important arrest. LUMBER ROUTE TO OMAHA Facet Bemud Dealer Complain of Inade quate Bail way Facilities. COMMISSION EXPECTED TO MAKE ORDER Hill Lines Will B lastracted to Make Throne a Rate via Port land and Harrlmaa Llae to Mlasoarl River. WASHINGTON, March 8. Lumbermen in the Puget sound region have com plained to the Interstate Commerce com mission that they have been unable since January 2 to obtain transportation of their produits to eastern points, because of the stated Inability of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways to handle th traffic. The Interstate Commerce commission haa received letters from lum bermen west of the Cascade mountains saying It Is Impossible for them to get their products to 'Missouri river points and aaklng whether the commission can afford relief. Commissioner Lane has sug gested that they can make formal com plaint to the commission requesting It to grant them a through route from the Puget sound region via Portland, Ora., over the Northern Pacific, and thence v'.'a the Oregon Short Line and the Union Pa cific to Missouri river points. The Great Northern and the Nortnorn Pacific admit that they cannot carry moie than one-third of the lumber that Is offered, but heretofore they have refused to permit the Oregon Short Line or the Union Pacific to make a through route or a Joint rate with them. It is expected the lumbermen will art on the suggestion of Commissioner Line. RUSSIAN RADICALS WIN POINT Constitutional Democrats Join la Nomination of Vice Presi dents of the Dama. ST. PETERSBURG, March 8. The first skirmish for control' of the opposition In the lower house of Parliament was won to day by the radicals, who compelled the constitutional democrats to abandon their candidates for vice presidents and accept the nominees of the radical coalition. During the afternoon the socialists In caucus discussed the immediate Introduc tion of a demand for general amnesty and It Is possible that this may be done at the close of today's session, which would be likely to precipitate a stormy scene. Until late In the afternoon, however, the house was occupied with the elections of the vice presidents, the secretary and the latter'a four assistants. The procedure was a tedious ono and It was not until after three hours that the results were announced. M. Berrezln of Saratov, a newspaper man and a member of the group of toll, received 816 votes for first vice president to 101 votes cast for his opponent, and M. Posnansky of Khar koff, a lawyer ard member of the left party, received 849 votes for second vice president against '97 for his .opponent Prof. Kaptoustlne of Kazan, tpilverslty, the Octoberlst leader, was aftnong the defeated candidates. This double victory for tha lefts was loudly cheered. Toward the close of the session the ques tion of amnesty to political prisoners pre cipitated a controversy, which, however, was fought out between the factions of the left and right and did not reach the floor of the house. The social democrats asked President Golovln for recognition Immediately after the election of members of the house for the purpose of moving the following reso lution: The Duma cannot refrain from expressing fratitude at the solidarity of the fighters or political liberty, now prisoners in the hands of the enemy, thsnks to whom the Duma exists. We refrain from demanding amnesty, realizing that no otner rorce man the people in revolution Is able to release them. Th social revolutionists. members of the group of toll and constitutional democrats united against the resolution, fearing the storm which would be caused among the reactionaries if it waa introduced, and the social democrats ultimately withdrew It. The most bitter spirit prevailed. ADAMS RETURNS TO" JAIL State's Attorney Says Ha Will Be Tried Again, hat This Is Con sidered Improbable. WALLACE, Idaho, March 8. "Just about what I expected." That Is Steve Adams' view of the dismissal of the Jury which declared last evening it was unable to de cide whether he was guilty or Innocent of the murder of Fred Tyler. Adams ap peared in court today, waived the right to ask release on bond and returned to Jail. The state asserts that th case will be tried again, presumably at th October tsrm of court, but th opinion expressed her la that he will never be tried on this charge again. He probably will be taken to Cald well, Idaho, In a few days to testify In the trial of Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbone, accused of the murder of Former Governor Steuneuberg, and In case they ar convicted he may be tried later aa an accessory to this assassination. The trial Juat concluded la estimated to have cost the county abvut 13,000, to which must be added th expense borne by th slat and by th Western Federation of Miners, which provided for Adams' de fense. BOISE, Idaho, March 8 Attorney Hawley, chief prosecutor in the case of the state against Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbone, officials of the Western Federation of Miners, said today at Caldwell .hat the case against the federation officials, who are charged with complicity In th assassi nation of former Governor Bteunenbvrg, probably will be called for trial about th mlddl of April. PAPERS IN THE EDDY SUIT Formal Notice Will Be Served oa the Defendants la New Hampshire Today. CONCORD, N. H., March 8. The papers in the suit of equity brought against, the leaders of the Christian Science church! for an accounting of the funds of Mr. Mary Baker Glover Eddy will be served tomor row on th defendants resident in Concord. The printing of the papers was completed tonight and will be given to the sheriff to morrow. The Concord defendants are: Cal vin A. Frye, Mrs. Eddy's secretary; Lewla C. Ptrang. assistant secretary; Prof. Her man Hering, first reader of th Christian Science church hers, and Rev. Irvlna C. Tomltnson. ( Nathaniel E. Martin of counsel for the petitioners said tonight that no decision had been reached aa to when service will be mad on tha defendant la Boston, Chi cagu and Fail Rlvsr. STANDARD 0ILWINS POINT JadVe Laadla delates Records of Illinois Railroad Commission from Evldeaee. CHICAGO. March 8.-The attorneys for the Standard Oil company of Indiana, which Is on trial charged with accepting freight rebates, won a temporary victory today through the refusal of Judge Landls to allow the prosecution to Introduce aa evidence flies of the Illinois Railway and Warehouse commission. The ruling was made In connection with the testimony of William Kilpatrlck of Springfield, the sec retary of the commission, who had been a witness In the morning and was recalled In the afternoon. Another feature of tho afternoon session wss th ordering from fit. Louis by the government of over books, of 600 1 pages each, to be used as evidence. The books are those from which W. T. Aylesbury, an accountant, had been requested by the government to compile a list of the cars mentioned In th Indict ments aa carrying oil Into St. Louis. The defense objected to the Introduction of the list because It was not wholly the personal work of the witness, and the books were ordered that the evidence might be placed before the Jury. Horace W. Tucker, former chairman of the Chicago & Alton Traffic association, Was called to the stand and asked to ex plain the workings of the "Illinois classifi cation" as filed by the traffic association with the Interstate Commerce commission. The witness said this classification applied the tariff to the different classes of freight, but that coal, coke, grain and oil were left exempt from the classification to enable the railroads that were party to the association to file Individual commodity tariffs. If no such tariffs were filed th rates specified by classification applied to the shipments. The rate schedules, a prescribed by the Illinois Railroad and Warehouse commis sion, wer Introduced by William Kil patrlck, the secretary of the commission. After several witnesses had testified re garding the manner of keeping the tariff sheets, Thomas F. Leddy, who was station agent for the Alton, railroad at Whiting, Ind., at the time th alleged concessions are said to have been made on the ship ments of oil, waa called to the stand. He testified that he had told the attorneya for the government that the tariffs were posted on the wall of the station, but that he had since talked with a representative of .the oil company and had come to the con clusion that they were kept on a shelf. ARCHIE ROOSEVELT IS BETTER Patient's ' Condition Is Encoarasrlng, bat He Is Not Yd Out of Danaer. WASHINGTON, March 8. Archie Roose velt Is resting well tonight and tha attend ing physicians are hopeful of his recovery. Dr. Alexander Lambert, who waa sum moned from New Tork to take charge of the case, has Informed the president, that while the patient's condition Is encourag ing he is not .yet out of danger. Mr. Roosevelt was with his aon for mora than an hoar tonight. . A consultation waa again held at the White House tonight, It was attended by Dr. Lambert, Surgeon General Rtxey, As sistant Surgeons R. M. Kennedy, W. C, Bralsted and J. C. Pryor of the navy. At 10:30 Dr. Lambert gav out this bul letin: . The patient Is resting comfortably. No complication has developed since Thursday and his condition is as good as could be expected at this stage of the disease. It was stated at the White House that Dr. Lambert will not leave Washington until he Is satisfied that Archie Is out of danger. He has pointed our to the presi dent that diphtheria Is a treacherous dis ease and that Archie may at any time suf fer a relapse. POWER COMBINE IN COLORADO BIT Corporation Will Furnish Elec tric Llsht to Thrcc-Foarths of Cities la State. DENVER. March 8. Negotiations for tha purpose of consolidating the Central Colo rado Power company, capitalised at $-2,-000,000, and the Northern Colorado Powor company, capitalized at 110,000,000, are being carried forward by Myron T. Herrick, for mer governor of Ohio; Thomas F. Walsh, Simon Guggenheim and others Interested In the two companies. Should the negotia tions be successful the combination. It la announced, will be capitalized at $50,000,000 and will supply electric, light and power to almost three-fourths of tha state of Colo rado. Mr. Herrick said today that the Central Colorado Power company, wlffch was organized last November, will Immedi ately place 39.000.0U0 In Colorado for the purpose of carrying out some of Its plans. Power stations will b constructed In Oor canyon, Glenwood Springs and on the Gunnison river. OMAHA SCHOOL LOSES DEBATE West Des Moines Hlah Gets th Verdict by Voto of Two to Oa. DES MOINES, March 8. (Special Tele gram.) West Des Moines High school de feated Omaha High school here tonight. j discussing the question of senatorial elec l tion by the people. Omaha, affirming, de clared that the present conditions were un j bearable and that the condition was due to j the method of election and that a change j to a popular election would cure the evil. West Des Moines, denying, held that th change was unnecessary, unwise and In effectual and held up the municipal gov ernment of the country for comparison with the senate. Preston W. Search, presided and the Judges were Hon. Horace Deemer, supreme Judge; Prof. P. G. Holden of Ames college and Mr. Kimball of Council Bluffs. Th decision stood 1 to 1 In favor of the nega tive. GUTHRIE GETS FAIR PRIZE Maa from "Kingdom of Calloway" Awarded Cash for Closest Gaeaa oa Attendance. 8T. LOUIS, March 8. After two years of litigation decision was rendered yester day by Judge McElhenney In the circuit court at Clayton awarding to M. Logan Guthrie of Fulton, Mo., the prise of t26.0u) offered In a contest to the person who entered the nearest guess to the total num ber of paid admissions Into the world's fair. Guthrie guessed 12.IHM.6ia, which was an nounced as th xact number of admissions. Several other claimants appeared and pay ments of th prise was held up pending consideration of th different claims. Guthrie Instituted suit In lis. Finally th other claimant dismissed their claims and th cwrt awarded th money to Outhrl. CT ON PRIMARY BILL House in Committee of the hole Reoonv aenai it for Pxssace. FUSIONISTS GET IT AS THEY WANT IT Sobs RepuV.loani Feared Tkey Oeuld Net Paw Measure Otheiwiie. M'MULLEN MAKES SENSATIONAL SPEECH Committee Hi Aots TsTortbly on Let Annexation TERMINAL TAXATION SET FOR WEDNESDAY Senate Kills the Joint Rcsolatlva Providing for the Sabmtsaloa of Prohibition Amend, meat. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 8.-(Bpeclal.)-Th house this morning recommended for pas sage the Joint committee primary bill, after amending It to suit the fuslonlsts. In accordance with the agreement entered Into; rushed through the committee of th whole and then passed S. F. 8, by Gibson, the employers' liability bill; Indefinitely postponed Harvey's legislative annexation hill and recommended the Lee annexation bill for passage, while tho senate side tracked the Joint committee anti-pass bill Bnd recommended the King anti-pass bill, with amendments, for passage. The house also recommended for passage the bill to submit to a vote the question of a con stitutional convention. In the matter of the primary bill th republican leaders In the house admitted having made the tie-up with the fuslonlsts, giving them what amendments they de sired In return for their votes on th measure, and the reason for this tie-up, they said, was because they feared of th 100 men who were pledged by their stat convention fo'r the bill, no fifty-one of them would have stood by the pledge un der any other circumstance. One amend ment adopted this morning permits of fusion between any two parties, while the other amendment merely made the bill conform to the free-for-all prlmsry, a proposed In the amendment adopted yes terday. No test of strength came on the floor of the house and here la no way to tell whether the bill would have been fa vorably acted upon without the fusion tie-up. The real climax of the discussion wa a speech by McMullen Just before the bill was acted upon favorably. The special order provided that both the Joint com mittee bill and the' McMullen limited primary bill be discussed at the same time, but when the discussion of the Joint committee bill was completed a motion was made to recommend It for passage. Raper of Pawnee moved as a substitute that tha McMullen bill be read and dis cussed. .... . 1 MeMallen Stirs Thlnws Ip. , "I appreciate the motion of th gentle man from Pawnee," said McMullen, "but I am not asking any favor of the member of this house. I don't want you to pay any attention to II. R. 1S7, but I do want to call your attention to some matters you will have to answer for when you get home. We have adopted some features of this bill, apparently with the Idea that all states since the organization of the federal gov ernment have had a primary law. I want to call your attention to the expense of the campaign which haa been passed over without comment. When a candidate for a state office starts on his. preliminary cam paign he must call In and see th news paper!. He has a talk with the editor which la satisfactory to the counting room. His preliminary campaign will cost him from 31,000 to 31,600, and then he must again go out and fight for his election, which will cost him probably 8500 more, and his salary will be from 32,000 to 32.600. You would have him spend more than the stat psys him. "A word about the platform: In this bill you have the candidates draw It In stead of letting the people say what they want. Newspapers tell us, when asked, that the platform amounts to nothing that It Is merely a thing upon which to ride Into office, and yet now you are told so vote for a thing because II Is In th platform. If you don't you are a traitor. When you go home tell your people you let a few men make your platform. Thla could not have happened In the days of Patrick Henry, when 'we, the people' did things. Now it Is 'we, tho candidates.' "Another thing I want to call to your attention Is the fact that the populous dis tricts will dominate the primaries. Omaha and Lincoln with their press will dom inate ths primaries after our' admlrabl young governor Is again elected twa years from now. Wstcb the young candidate who is not known. Watch th young man from Garfield and see how h shows up with th candidate from Omaha, Lincoln or from those adjoining counties. You can tell who will win. You ar making It possible for th newspapera to control th ' primaries and when you say th newspapers fight In the open you say an untruth. They misrepresent people. Complains of Newspapers. "Two yeara ago I Introduced a primary bin and It was killed by the railroads, wno have fought me ever since. Th news papers have mad th people believe I am the ardent enemy of th primary. Th newspapers wer with me two years ago on that primary bill. There la not a word in the newspapers today about anything but direct primary and the taxation of railroad terminals. Nothing about the em ployers' liability act, which Is In the plat form. Don't tell me they ar not con trolled by mercenary motives. Tell your ( people when you go horn and they ask yuu aooui i" primary uui mai yuu anew all these things whan you passed the but When the state-wide primary bill which you have prepared 1 repealed It Will be the newspapers who are right and the men who raised their voices against this measure now will be forgotten. I am 3 friend to ths direct primary. I believ men should vote for whom they please But under this bill when you go horn ! you must tell your people you are against j the party. In adopting that open primary section you hav carried th madness of I the state-wide primary to its climax. Do ' you believe you are square? Do you say ; the same thing In public that you do in prtvatsT You have supported an amend ment which completely disrupts party or ganization. "No, I am not asking for you to con sider H. R. lift. Ths metropolitan press says it is not right. You should do that which is th easiest. Look out for th press." - Jenison, who had moved to raoommend th passage of to Joint commit to bllV
