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The Omaha Daily Bee i VOL. XXXVI -NO. 210. OMAIIA, MONDAY MOKNING, MAIJC1I 25, 1!X)7. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. v - V r s to . v CHINA IN A FERMENT Alarmist Kewi from that Country Received by ths Btate Departmeit FAMINE GIVES PRETEXT FOR AGITATION Li fa of thi Present Dynasty is Eeliered to Be Endangered. OFFICIALS APPRECIATE THE SITUATION Making Strenuous Efforts to Beliefs the Tamlihed People. OTHER NATIONS EXTEND HELPING HAND Should General t prising- Oemr Not Only Property But Life of E-rery Foreigner la China Woild Da Endangered. WASHINGTON, March 24. From Shang hai advices received at the State- depart ment It appear that the ruling 1 . sty m China ) seriously alarmed o feet of the epread of famine throui. . try and the opportunity It ofK .- " dittonary societies to enlist conven 'f 'Ys cause directed against the gover, 't. 'i The government's Inability to relieve . forlng, It Is said, has been magnified a. the hardships of the people are attrlbuteo to lurk of sympathy by the government for tho poor classes. The Information Indicates that a propa ganda has been organised to further the circulation of stories of tho charater out lined and It Is said that BUUe department officials fear that a spread of hysteria may engender a general uprising. If such should be tho result there Is danger that the gov ernment might not be able to control tha situation.. American and other foreign in terests then would be Jeopardized. So great Is the concern that diplomatic and consular officials In China have been in structed to keep Washington advised of every turn In the situation. That the Chinese government recognizes the danger is shown by the fact that Vice roy Tuan Fang of Yn-nktng has memorialised the throno for $1,000,000 to purchase Bast Indian rice to feed his people. Undoubtedly this step was taken to offset the work of the sedltlonary societies aa well as to re lieve the Immediate suffering. In taking this action tha viceroy predicted a general uprising in the famine stricken districts un less prompt relief is provided, but he did not reter to the trouble that has been stirred up by the anti-government societies, . An extra effort will be m-de In the United Statee to broaden the scope of the move , merit to find relief for the Chinese. Already there has been large sums of money- col lected and dispatched to China to bo used In the purchase of food, and In the near fu ture the transport Buford will sail from San Francisco with a shipload of provis ions given by-Louis Klopsch, editor of the , CM1tlfttt..ye.raJ1-1 A general movement " throughout -the civilized" -wWTB"to aid the sufferers. It Is believed, will enable tha Chi nese government to strengthen Its hands and possibly suppress uprising and riot. That any movement threatening tha over throw of the present dynasty In China gives alarm to the) United States and every Euro pean nation which has Interests and people In China Is not denied. The Hfe of every white person In China Is believed by offi cials of the State department to depend upon the continuance of the Chinese gov ernment as It stands. ROUMANIAN CABINET RESIGNS j Liberal Ministry Formed Which tt Is Hoped Cam Stop the Outbreak. BUCHAREST, March The conserva tive cabinet haa resigned and a liberal min istry has been formed upder the presidency of M. Sturdia, who was premier In a former cabinet. It is hoped the disorrs In the country will soon be ended. SOFIA, Bulgaria, March 24.-News re ceived from Stekoff and Nlkpolkl, Bulgaria, ay that many Jewish refugees and large Bulgarian proprietors have arrived there . In boats, fleeing from the excesses and persecutions of the Insurgent Roumanian peasants. NEW TORK. March W.-The Roumanian Jews of the lower east side held two mass meetings tonight to protest against the "atrocities and outrages committed on the Jews in Roumanla." About 11.000, It was announced, was raised oy contributions at the doors. A telegrarn from Jacob H. Schlff read at the meetings said that the American Jewish committee, through the State department and direct sources to Roumanla, was en deavoring to get correct accounts of the Situation In Roumanla. Mr. Bchiff added that the subject would be brought up at Gee next meeting of the Russian massacre general committee, which has been called for next Thursday. BUCHAREST, Saturday, March 23. Aa a train conveying peasant reservists from the diet! let of Telrorinan. on the Danube, was proceeding to Moldavia it was stopped at the town of Alexandria by a large number ot reservists belonging there. They stoned the train and persuaded their fellow re Bervtnts to Join them In demolishing a synagogue and In completely ruining Jew ish and Greek shops. The rioters were charged by cavalry and took refuge In a I'VHtiioairillK W N The authorities have warned all Jewa In the small towns and villages' to leave Immediately for the sake of safety, and Urge numbers , are continually arriving att re. In view of the serious state of affairs a number of members of the Chamber of Deputies Intend to propose proclaiming a state of siege In the disturbed districts. ODESdA, March 31. The Odesskl No vostl claims to be In Vossesaton of Infor mation connecting the anti-Semitic exces ses in Roumanla and the provocative agi tation in Bessarabia with the machinations ' of the Union of True Russlaa people, and ays that In consequence of this Premier lolypln has telegraphed the governor of Be urging immediate energetic, measures to prevent the spread of disor ders In that province. RUSSIAN SQUADRON ON CRUISE First Vl.lt to Foreign Waters Since the War with t Japan. SPITHEAD. England. March It A Rus sian squadron, consisting of the battleships Tsarevltch and Neva and protected cruiser Rogatyr, arrived off Spit head today. This la the first visit of UawKn , warships to Kngllrh waters since before the Russo Japanese war. Many feoilv Ittes l ave been I.Uuixd for the ciiBi'id and crews during In ls ot ILo Stiuadruii. SUMMARY OF THE DEE Monday, Marrh 2(V, lOOT. 1907 MARCH 1907 sua mom rut wto u sat ' i' 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 Ht 25 26 27 28 29 30 THI WZiTXtB, FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Partly clmidy Monday, showers In northwest por tion; colder In west portion. Tuesday, rain or snow und colder. FORECAST FOR IOWA Increasing cloudiness Monday; rain In the afternoon or at night. Tuesday, rain and colder. Temperature st Omaha yesterday: Hour. leg. Hour. Deg. 6 a. m 63 1 p. m 75 6 a. m 61 2 p. m 7! 7 a. m 50 i p .m 7S 8 a. m 62 4 p. m 77 9 a. m 6i 6 p. m 7ft 10 a. n; fi4 6 p. m 71 11 a. ni f.9 7 p. m 72 12 a. m 73 8 p. m , 68 1 p. m 66 SPOBT. St. Joseph man boyls 619 in the singles and pushes Beselln of Omaha Into fourth place. Mets Brothers team gets Into the money in five men team. Paga 8 v WASHIHOTOW. S 'wi from the orient received by the department Indicates a condition of v unrest In China on account of the S1 'at of dynasty may be In- vk ' Page 1 W fbi panic Is expected some firms arc IVrile to be squeezed before stock market reaches a stable busts. Page 9 Government spending millions of money to make the arid lands of the west suita ble for farming. Three million acres to be redeemed. , .Page 1 DOMESTIC. SpecKl train containing party of stu dents returning from a track meet collides with Overland Limited train on the Santa Fe at Los Angeles. Number of people killed and many Injured. Page 1 Harry K. Thaw Issues a statement de nying there Is dlsscntion among his at torneys. Jerome reiterates belief that de fendant Is crazy. Pag a X.OCAT,. Dr. A. A. Wlllets, apostle of sunshine, delivers address at first meeting held in assembly room of new Young Men's Christian association building. Page 8 Coadjutor Bishop Williams takes as his theme of Palm Sunday discourse at Trin ity cathedral article from society col umns of The Bee, deprecating non re ligious sentiment of outer world during Lent. Pag 8 Terms of settlement of plumbers lock out are: xNo strikes or lockouts for year, open shop and $5 a day, advance of 1.0 cents. Pace 8 MRKSTjATTTBI!. Wednesday or Thursday expected to gee all the platform bills In the hands of tho governor. House has boen prodigal with apprprjrijitjons, .find either senate or gov ernor must use the pruning knife. Page 1 POBEXOH. Opponents of late procurator of the holy synod pay tribute to his purity of character while holding him rr sponsible for deferring the dawn of Russian lib erty. Fare X Conditions In Romania continue turbu lent and Jews In country and smniler towns advised to seek the larger cities for safety. Vf 1 Chalutica, strongest fortified place in, Honduras, captured by Nlcaraguana and President Bonllla of Honduras a fugitive. War practically ended. Page 1 NICARAGUA IS THE VICTOR lloadaran Army Defeated and Presi dent Bonllla Said to Be a t Fngttlro. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 24. Bantos Romlres, director general of tele graphs and telephones, today made the following statement to the Associated Press: The Nlcaraguan forces have captured Chuluteca, Honduras, which was held by the Honduran and Salvadorean troops, and President Bonllla has fled by boat. Steamers will pursue the fugitive presi dent 1 believe the war is ended. The government is without further ad vices concerning the capture of Choluteca, but details are expected Bhortly. Choluteca Is the moot strongly fortified town of Hon duras. It la on the Choluteca river, about three miles from the Oilf of Fonseca. It was here some years ago that ex-President Vasquei was defeated by allied revolu tionists and Nlcaraguans. WASHINGTON, March 24. President Bonllla has fled from the battlefield and the Central American war has practically ended, according to cable dispatches re ceived In Washington today by the Nlc araguan minister, Mr. Corea. The fall of the Honduras capital, Tegucigalpa, to morrow Is predicted by the Nlcaraguan secretary of foreign affairs, Mr. Oamex. The cablegram from the secretary of for eign affairs follows: ' Choluteca taken. Salvadorean and Hon duran combined armies defeated. President Bonllla hidden In San Lorenzo with 'JOJ men. Sent steamers to capture them. Tegucigalpa will be taken tomorrow. General Romlres, director generul of tel egraphs and telephones, sends this mes sage: It Is my onlnlon that the war la term inated. Bonllla has fled from Chuluteca to sail. When shown the Associated Press dis patch tonight announcing that President Bonilla had fled from Honduras, Minister Corea said he believed the fugitive presl dent would go to Salvador and again re cruit his army for a second attack 'on Nicaragua unless the United States and Mexico exercise their good offices to the extent of Insisting that Salvador and Guatemala maintain neutrality. If this Is done, Mr. Corea says, the war la ended otherwise be Is firmly convinced that it will only be a question of a short time until hostilities are again resumed. The Nlcaraguan minister tomorrow will ask Secretary Root and the Mexican ambassa dor, Mr. Creel, to take some steps to fore Salvador and Guatamala to keep their neutrality pledge. Cannon Held In Uaaraattne. COLON. March 24. The steamer Bluecher. with Speaker Cannon and representatives of the United Statue congress on board, ar rived here today. The congressmen were not permitted to land owing to the fact that the Bluerher had been out from Vene zuela but five daya Six days art required by the quarantine regulations and the health authorities were unwilling to estab lish a precedent la tavr uf the couoxess moa. . - - MILLIONS FOR MOISTURE CempreheniiTa, Enmy of Government Irritation Work in Wait. TWENTY-FIVE PROJECTS ARE UNDER WAY Vast Tact of I seleaa Land to lie Made) to Rapport Many Thousands of Families Twelve Hundred Mile ot Ditches. (From a Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 24. (Special.) "Millions for Moisture" was the subject of an address delivered before the National Geographical society of this city Monday evening by Mr. C. J. Blanchard. statistician of the reclamation service. The lecture was profusely Illustrated with colored views of the work of the government In the west. In this connection It Is interesting to note that Mr. Blanchard was at one time con nected with the ' Council Bluffs page of The Omaha Bee. H Is an Iowa boy, hav ing been trained In the hard school of news paper work, and Is now enjoying the fruits of his early labor In holding one of the most responsible positions In the reclama tion service. "The policy of national Irrigation Is broadly paternal," said Mr. , Blanchard, "yet It Is so thoroughly common sense and business-like that the wonder Is it was not adopted long ago. With the examples of other nations In similar works constantly before us for years, It Is well nigh Inex plicable that our nation, the most pro gressive In the world, should have been so tardy In Initiating the work upon which It finally engaged less than five years ago. 'National reclamation plans to break down the barriers which the g'eat American desert has so long Interposed to western progress and development. It plans the subjugation of the r ion's waste places, the fructification of the land that 'God forgot.' t Three Million Acres to Redeem. The full Importance of national reclama tion Is obtainable only by comparison. The twenty-five projects upon which the gov ernment Is now engaged, when developed to their full extent, will add 8,198,000 acres to the crop producing area of the United States. Add to these thirteen other projects which are held In abeyance, pending the completion of the first mentioned, and which will reclnlm 3,270,000 acres, and we have a grand total of 6,468,000 acres. This enormous area today Is practically worth less. It returns revenues neither to the states In which ft Is located, nor to the nation to which it largely belongs. It Is utilized only a short period In each year for grazing nomadic herd that are driven over It. Potentially, It Is tlie richest, the most fertile and productive land In the world, and Is capable of supporting In com fort an agricultural population as dense as can be found In any of the older settled parts of our country. By expending $0.- 000,000 on the twenty-five engineering works now In process of construction, the recla mation service will reclaim a cultivated area equal to the total acreage In crops In the four states1 of Connecticut, Massachu setts., New Hampshire and Florida. The diversified crops, enormia 'yields "from Irrigated lands and the excellent prices' for all farm products In the west warrants the assumption that this land will return annually an lfccome larger than the farmers receive In the four states named. For com- .nlnb. 1a lis aaaw thai Via fatranuaa r,ar acre will be the same. It I. apparent then w .,.. .r reclaimed will 'each vear In- crease the value of farm crops by $60,000,000. It will add J232.000.0IXI to the taxable prop erty of the people. It will furnish homes for 80,000 families on farms and in villages and towns. ' Landless Man Meets Manlesa Land. "On several of the projects- the work has reached the point where the hum.in Interests involved overshadow in import ance the engineering features. The most intensely Interesting period In the work of reclamation Is at hand the landless man has been brought to the manless land. It has been well said that he who helps to establish the security of the Irrigable home will .also help to establish that greater, that composite home, the United States of America. Our nation Is Indeed afferted by this problem which the reclamation serv ice Is on the eve of solving, for on the success of the Irrigable home rests today the prosperity and stability of more than one western state. "Our desert region Is the only section of our Imperial country wherein there Is an equality of opportunity. In no other part of the nation are the rewards for In dividual effort more constant and certain. When these facts are more fully realized the wisdom of the president's policy of safeguarding and conserving this vast estate for the people will be appreciated. America has furnished a safety valve against the over-crowding of the great cen ters of population In the old world for fifty years. Is It not about time to look to our problem and prepare against the day when there shall be a glut of population In our own cities? "President Roosevelt has called atten tion to the fact that the nation Is giving away public utilities of priceless value to greedy promoters who are monopolizing power sites, large areas of agricultural lands, Immense tracts of coal lands, and miles and miles of forests without com pensation to the people to whom thoso utilities belong. Thoughtful men are pre dicting a population of 200,000.ono In 1950 and 400,000,000 at the close of the century. How shall we take care of this vast in crease? Flaares Are Stupendous. A summation of the work of the re clamation service to January 1 shows that tire from the postal service will continue It had dug 1,267 miles of canals, or nearly! In the service. Those who had given notice the distance frpm Washington to Omaha. ) of their intention to resign included not Some of these canals carry whole rivers, i only clerks and carriers In city offices, but like the Truckee river In Nevada and the ! rural mall carriers. Their oomplalnt was North Plat;e In Wyoming. The tunnels j that they could not live on their preent excavated are 47 In number, and have anlI'"'les by reason of the Increase In their aggregate length of nine and one-half household expenses. The Increase In eal mlles. The service has erected 94 large ! voted by congress at the last laesslon structures, including two great dams in caused many to decide to remain. Nevada and the Minidoka dam In Idaho. 80 feet high and 660 long. It has com pleted 670 head works, flumes, etc. It has built 376 miles of wagon road in mountain ous country and Into heretofore Inacces sible regions. It has erected and In oper ation 1,373 miles of telephones. Its own cement mill has manufactured 70,0X1 bar rels of cement, and the purchased amount Is 312.000 barrels. Its own raw mills havej cut l-OM (board measure) of lumber, and 6.640,000 feet have been purchased The: surveying parties of the service have cum- pleted topographic surveys covering 10,970,. square miles, an area greater than thenooiL The flr. iB .., ya undcr comoiaea areas ot M&ssacnuseits and Rhode Island. The transit lines had a length of 18.Su) linear miles, while the level lines run amount to 24.218 miles, or nearly sufficient to go around the earth. "The diamond drillings for dam sites and canals amount to 17,615 feet, or more thun nine miles. Today the service owns and &CyuUaued. ea oWmd Pad. GREAT IN HIS EVIL' INFLUENCE Trlhnte from Opponent to Personal Parity of Lender of Rnsslan Reactionaries. ST. PETERSBURG. March 24.-The news papers today call attentlrn to the death of M. Pobedonostseff. ex-procurator general of the holy synod, and unite inn apprecia tion of hl commanding personal qualities. Irreproachable character. Indefatigable energy, deep erudition and groat powers of mind and will, by renson of which he was the most dangerous enemy to Russian liberty. The ultimate failure of all the aims to which he had consecrnted his life permits the country to Juile him without rancor. His death Is accepted as the boundary between the sombre epoch when his guidance was supreme and the new era of liberty against which he foueht Inexorably, the sight of a complete triumph of which history spared him. The country views the drnmstlc moment when he Is lowered under the tombxtonc beneath which he endeavored to kcp the nation, but from which the nation already has escaped. The greatest Interest Is attached to the ap preciation of him by Frff. Paul Mllukoff, editor of the Rech, In which the guiding personality of the new era estimates the careers of the guiding spirit of the old. "With Pohedonostseff g whole era Rus sian hlntory sinks Into the grave. To him personally Russia Is Indebted for twenty five years of postponement of constitu tional life, which has made the deliyed process of liberation so stormy and painful now," says Prof. Mllukoff. "As the mentor of Alexander III he personally was the author of the famous manifesto about the maintenance of the autocracy which blasted the hopes awakened by the reforms of Alexander II. His role In reactionary circles was peculiar. ' "Aversion to a change In the organic law was a trait of Pobedonostseff's which grew with his passing years and led him to try out every manifestation of life. 'Tobedonostseff pemonnlly was Irre proachable. He never was suspected of selfish motives and did not seek power or Influence, These came itaturally because the dreadful dearth of men In Russia left him without a competitor in the chief sphere of Influence. When he lost Influence he stepped out without a struggle, confining himself to an old man's utterances of pre dictions of a unavoidable future of cata clysms. He always was afraid to permit the full play of life. Several years ago no one could have guessed that Pobedonostseff could survive himself, but this actually happened." COMBE PREVENTED DISASTER Major Penrose Gives Credit to the Mayor of Brownsville Mght of Blots. SAN ANTONIO, TeX., March 24. "Mayor Frederick Combe," aid Major C. W. Pen rose," who . wa yesterday acquitted by a court-martial of neglect of duty In con nection with the Brownsville raid by ne groes of the Tweoty-flfth Infantry last August, "was the ohly man lr Brownsville who could. .have handled the situation. I believe i wa -ifty-reomejrislble for the prevention of a disaster and he did this work through his personal force and will. "Dr. Combe said to mo that when he met that band of 300 armed men that night he told them to return, that If they were con templating marching to the post they did " appreciate what they were really do ! " B''"8 against three of the best mil itary companies In the world, and that they would be wiped oft the face of the earth. "It was only his Indomitable will und courage that prevented Brownsville from being in ruins today, for J.f that mob had come to the post that night all I could have done w6uld have been to defend my self and that would have meant the ruin of Brownsville." Major Penrose Is under orders to proceed to Washington to testify before the senate Investigating committee. TAFT AND PARTY ENTERTAINED People of Charleston, 8. C, Do the Honors for Secretary of War Enroate to Panama. CHARLESTON. S. C, March 24. Secre tary Taft and party, en route to Panama, Cuba and Porto Rico, arrived in Charles ton early today and were met by Mayor Rhett and a number of citizens. The vis itors were entertained at breakfast, there being about twenty-five persons present, representing the navy, the army and the city. The visitors were then taker in auto mobiles to see trie Magnolia Gardens, a pri vate estate on the Ashley river. Returning to the city at 1 o'clock the re ception committee became the guests of Secretary Taft and went aboard the May flower. The luncheon was held on board, after which the Mayflower raised anchor at 4 "o'clock and sailed for the Isthmus, Colon being- the first stop, according to an nounced plana. The secretary and party are all In splendid health and the best of spirits. Mr. Taft only laughed when sug gestions of his possible candidacy for the presidency were made. . POSTAL MEN RECONSIDER With Increase of Salaries Many Decide to Remain in the Service. WASHINGTON, March 24. Information has reached the Postofflce department that many clerks and letter carriers who indi cated their Intention some time ago to re SOLDIERS FIGHTING FIRE Large Tract of Both I'ralrle and Timber Burned Over Near Fort Meade. STVRGIS. 8. D.. March 24. (Special Tel egram.) Timber and prairie fires, raging six miles south of the Sturgls military' re- .T.. .....-..) Wijtav hwvja nlrinlv hurauH i ov ; Urg. v, country. A troop of soldiers sent out from Fort Meade lat night, came back to.'tlKht and was relieved ,.tWP ,roOD. w.,.h ief, this uft.r. but may be soon. Miners Burled hy Avalanche. BEI.LINGHAM, Wash , March 24 Eight miners were buried alive in an avulnnciie of snow at the Urittania mine on Howe sound, forty miles north of Vancouver. yeMerday. Four were taken out dead and four were rscued. Two Japanese were In tho gioup, cj whom one was killed. The surnames of the dead white men are 11c- STUDENT TRAIN IN WRECK Collides with Eaitbonnd Limited on Eanta Fe at Los Aneeles. FOUR KNOWN DEAD, OTHERS UNDER DEBRIS Larar Namhrr of Injured. Among; Them Heine Students Who were HeturnlnK from Intercol legiate Track Meet. 1X18 ANGELES, March 24. A special train on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway, carrying scores of students home from an Intercollegiate field meet at Clnre mont, collided headon with the outbound limited No. 2 on the same road while both train were moving at a rapid rate, within the city limits here last night. Six per sons were killed and seventeen Injured, several of them fatally. Both engines, one of the baggage cars on the Overland Limited and the smoker on the special were demolished. The crash was terrific and was heard many blocks away froqi the scene. The known dead: C. O. FRANKLIN, student at University of Southern California. A. H. EDWARDS. J. C. GALL. FRED HODGSON, the three latter stu dents at Occidental college. Workers at the wreck stated they were convinced there were at least two addi tional bodies under the wreckage of the smoker. Among the Injured are the following: Engineer Fred Walker, Overland train. Fireman H. H. ileal Overland Limited. A. Grossman, Philadelphia. C. Stuart, Claremont, Cal. Clarence Jones, Ixs Angeles. J. Smith, xs Angeles. K. F. Smith. Los Angeles. Eugene Estoppey, winner of the two-mile race, Los Angeles. F. H. Cutting, conductor of special train, Pomona. L. Worley, Claremont. Lloyd Worrell, Los Angeles. H. W. Wilson. Los Angeles. L. N. Morrell. Los Angeles. Miss Ktta Lane, Los Angeles. Charles Parsons, Los Angeles. Guy Goodwin. Ixis Angeles. . Edward McClellan, Pomona, The collision occurred In that part of the Los Angeles f.ver bed occupied by the Santa Fe tracks and directly beneath the Buena Vista street bridge. A large force of men worked for hours because of the report that two passengers were still missing and It was believed that their bodies were plnr.ed beneath the teles coped cars. Several of the Injured are In a critical ocndltion and It Is feared that two may die. ( Enalneer Blamed for Wreck. Responsibility for the collision will not be officially determined until arter the cor oner's Inquest on Tuesday. The railroad officials Indicate that the accident was due to disobedience of orders on the part of Engineer Kelly of the limited train. Kelly has admitted that he received written or ders to stop his train at a tower 00 yards before reaching the scene of the collision. The engineer stated that he "had not had time to read hl orders before pulling ouj Deputies from the coroner' coroner's office spent day at' the scene of the greater part of today the colllslcn and stated that one or more arrests for manslaughter were pending. TRAINMEN REJECT THE OFFER Notice of Result Will Be Handed the Railroad Managers Today. CHICAGO, March 24. Representatives of r.iilway trainmen and the conductors cm- I ployed on western roads will call upon tha I general managers tomorrow morning and renew their demands for an Increase In wages, according to plans given out by the men tonight. A canvass today of th"lr recent referendum ballot on the accept ance or rejection pf the railway managers' offer of 10 per cent Increase to men In the freight service and of about 7 per cent to those In the passenger service showed that nearly 40,000 votes had been cast. Unofficially It was declared that the offer hart been rejected and that a demand for a 12 per cent Increase In wages and a nice-hour day would be made. Grand Master Morrlssey of the train men's organization said a definite announce ment of the result of the vote would not be made until tomorrow afternoon or Tues day. Chairmen and secretaries of com mltteesefrom each road, however, admitted the vote was In favor of rejecting the offer. ONE DEATH AT SOLDIERS' HOME Remainder of Those Poisoned by Tainted Hash Said to Be Out I of Danger. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., March 24. One death resulted today among the 900 old soldiers at the National Soldiers' Home here who were poisoned yesterday by eat ing tainted hash. The victim was Wil liam J. Cook, aged 64 years, a member of the Fourteenth Missouri cavalry. He leaves a widow at Mexico, Mo. About seventy-flve of the veterans are still In a serious condition, but it Is not thought any of these will die. The majority of the others 111 have entirely recovered. A report that some of those affected were missing was emphatically denied at the home today. The government physician stated that only those who were already suffering from disabilities and were in a weakened condition were seriously af fected. CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE Campaign Plans for 11K)H Are Dis cussed with President Roosevelt. WASHINGTON. March 24. Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou and Timothy Wood ruff of New York, chairman of the repub lican state committee of New York, were In conference with President Roosevelt at the White House for more than two hours today. Mr. Woodruff said the conference related to presidential campaign plans for lid 8, but that candidates were not dis cussed. DEATH RECORD. George Wattermau. CRESTON. Ia., March 24. (Special.) George Watterman, an engineer, who was recently stricken with paralysis while be tween this city and St. Joseph, on his regu lar run, died Thursday at Cottage hospital. Call for lleney at Portland. PORTLAND. Ore., March 21. The Ore gonian says I'AUu is being raised as an Investigation fund to bring Francis J. Heney anil Hpecial Agent Burns to Portland to probe into local municipal graft Trnn kctunis for years bark and up to the pres ent will be examined under the searclillptt of the Investigators. The nhture of the transaction to b, 'uvtmt aW-d U Out stale1. BCNAPARTE J3N SOCIALISM Doctrine Jnstlrted Neither hy Reason Xor History and Contradicted by Riperlence. NEW YORK, March Il.-Attorney Gen eral Charles J. Hoii'apnrto lectured at Car negie hull tonight on ' Socialism and Char ity." A.chblshop John M. Farley pre sided. "It has hoen said on high authority." said Mr. Bonaparte, "that the poor need not. alms, but a friend. I should say rather that they need both. Alms, to do good, must come and be felt to come from a friend. "As I have snli on another occasion, the root of socialism Is the doctrine that all men of right ought to he nnd therefore should bo made and kept precisely equnl. This doctrine Is a wholly arbitrary dogma, a pure assumption. Justified neither by rea son nor by history, and, In fitct, contra dicted by the dally experience of all man kind; but It Is so earnestly and so widely preached by the precursors and npostles of the French revolution and has so gravely affected legislation, custom ajid public opinion wherever the Influence of, the,, revo lution extended, that to question Its truth even now seems to a certain class of teach ers and thinkers little short 'of blasphemy. In Its original and salutary form and as It found echo In our Declaration of Inde pendence, the cry of eqallty' wns coupled with one for 'liberty.' and In this country it amounted to n protest ngalnst arbitrary and oppressive privileges, against distinc tions Justified by no material difference, to a demand that the law give every man a fair field and no favor. But It was quickly seen that to make men more free would make them less nearly equal, tha the fairer the start the more qulrkly and surely would some come to the front and others fall behind, that, In short. If 'equality' had the same meaning which lenders In revolutionary thought are more and more Inclined to give It, 'equality' Is Inconsistent with 'liberty.' nnd they must choose between them; they recognized. In fact, though not In words, this necessity and gave up liberty." TARIFF REFORM THE PANACEA Cleveland Would Turn to that from the Control ot Cor porations. PRINCETON N. J., March 24.-"There IS much of the nature of delirium," said former President Grover Cleveland In an Interview yesterday. "In the popular outcry against railroad corporations. We shall all be ashamed of It by and by. There Is much that is not only groundlss, but wrong In the off-hand attack made on the railroads by thoughtless people. We should reflect that the railroads are vitally re lated to our prosperity and that to attack them needlessly Is to attack ourselves. It Is not the stock of soulless millionaires, but the property of citizens, widows and children whose earnings are Invested In railroads that are being damaged. We should recall what railroads have been and are to be In the development of our country, fc-nd this craze will pa"- Of course there .must be some form of governmental supervision, but it should be planned "in a quiet hour, not In one of nngry excitement. Popular emotions follow peculiar laws." Discussing the political situation, Mr. Cleveland sn'd: '.'It behooves democrats to lose no time In bringing to tho front the Issue of tariff reform and In focusing the attention of the country upon It. Tariff reform Is the Issue that will clurlfy the atmosphere, solidify the friends of democracy and bring victory to the party." FUTURE OF THE COLORED RACE William Lloyd Garrison Discouraged Over Attitude of the North. BOSTON, March 24. William Lloyd Gar rison presided at a mass meeting held In Tremont temple today under the auspices of the Industrial department of Morris Brown college of Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Garri son said In part: ' What disturbs me more than the attitude of the southerners who are making cap ital out of race hatred are the concessions of northern friends of the' colored people who have been truly helpful In the en couragement of southern schools. Because prejudice so deep rootec" nd Is again dem onstrating its strength the north. It Is all the more urgent thu,. no countenance be given to this hateful spirit. Not even southern lynchlngs are so disheartening to the friends of equal right as the acqui escence of such men as President Cleve land, President Eliot of Harvard and Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts, all desirous of uplifting the colored race, in the nullifi cation of the fifteenth amendment and the maintenance of caste schools. Mr. Garrison argued that the white south haa shown no sense of responsibility since uurplng all political power," and that It ha t discriminated against colored schools In appropriations. FLOOD SITUATION GLOOMY Prospects of More Rain Is Dis heartening: to People in California. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. March 24 The news from down-river points received today was far from encouraging. Saturday night levees crumbled' and Islands containing thousands of acres were Inundnted, while the people were yet battling to save them. On the top of the discouraging news from the south. Weather Observer Scarr of this city announced today that the barometer was failing rapidly and that this was an in dication of heavy rain In the valley. Conditions on the Southern Pacific lines are much improved today and although much inconvenience and delay was occa sioned a line was. opened all the way from San Frunclaco to Ogden. It will be many days btfore traffic to Portland can be re turned, as there Is a bridge out above Red ding and several washouts. NEGRO RIDDLED WITH BULLETS Identified by Woman as Person Who Committed Assault on Her. FLORENCE!, Ala., March 24. Cleveland Harding, a negro, who attacked Mrs. Ben F. Rice near here Saturday, was today lynched by J"0 citizens, Including his in tended victim's husliand. Tied to a tree. j the negro was riddled with bullets, the first shot being tired by Rice. Following this every man In the crowd emptied his revolver at the prisoner. The negro was captured today and was taken before Mrs. Rice, who fainted at sight of lilm. Upon recovering she fully Identified her assailant, and on being asked what should be done with him, told the negro's captors to do as they thought best. Beyond confessing bis guilt, the negro hud nothing to say and seemed Indifferent to hi fate, WEEK OF GOOD WORK Legislature Makes Decided Headway in laaotment of Platform Bills. ALL WELL ALONG ON WAY TO GOVERNOR Anti-Fass Bill Likely to Get Throueh the Louse Tuesday. APPROPRIATIONS BEYOND THE LIMIT Senate or OoTeruor Will Hare to Wield the Frnoiii? Knife. HOUSE OVERDRAWS 1HE STATE FUNDS Indications Lealslatare Will Not He Able to Adjourn Saturday Planned and May Possibly Stay Another Week. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March M. iSpci'lal.) Moi! bcrs of tho legislature made great progress on their plvilees to tho people during the last week and the Indications are tho close of the present week will se every repub lican pl.itf. rm pledge In the hands of the overnur DurOur ),., ..... ..n mwjv viiu rniiway commission bill wan agreed upon and the coiifeience cdmmltteo amen.loien.t8 accepted by both houses, and it Is now In tho hands of the enrolling clerks preparatory to be ing taken to the governor. The terminal tax bill passed both the house and tho sen ate and will go to the governor the first of the week If the house amendments are agreed upon In Che senute. Of course If the senate balks then a conference committee will have to bo appointed and both branches of tho legislature will have to agree upon amendments. However, the head of the railroad lobby unnounced last night there would lie no further fight on this bill, but the friends of the measure will not relax their vigilance until the bill la delivered to Governor Sheldon. At least one member of the senate Is not favorable to the amend ment which provided that the local asses sors shall not assess the franchise, but friends of the bill believe this amendment Is a good one, as It leaves Uic franchise to the state board. Whether the terminal tag bill will be the success Its sponsors claim for it depends largely upon -the state board and the plan Its members adopt to distribute the value of railroad property to the various towns of the state. Some or the members of the board, however, have taken a great Interest In tho bill, especially Governor Sheldon, to whose firm stnd for the plat form pledges is largely duo the passage of the bill, so It is likely, unless the railroad control the board majority, the bill will be Interpreted as its friends Intend It to be. Primary Dill in House. The Semite has amended the house prl mnry bill und that will be back to the lower branch for concurrence during tho first days of tho week. There eveni Uttle qua tlon that- tfiesle ainon.lnients will be ac cept en, tnotigti some of the members object -to the provision which requires the voter to ay ho will supix.rt the ticket at the coming election. This Is Interpreted to mean he will vote for a majority of the can didates nominated by his party. Several members believe It Is sufficient to have the voter swear he has generally supported the ticket at the la election nnd not attempt to control his action in the future election. There may be, a fight this provision which may necessitate the appointment of a conference committee. The anti-pass bill should he settled In the houKo Tuesday. There has been more play over this than nny other measure, and those republicans who want to keep their pledges are getting exeoedlrg tired of the way some of the members are acting and a showdown certainly will come Tuesday morning when tho bill comes up aa. a spe cial order. Riot of Appropriations. The one pledge which the republican party made to the people, and a most Im- .-..v, unM biiih co pieces wnn a recklessness that Is short of appalling. That pledge la the promise to he economi cal In the appropriation of the people' money.' Npver In the history of the state has a house of representatives run so com pletely wild on the money question. The most optimistic do not estimate the income of the stae during the next blennlum at more than $3,500,000, and yet the house has passed aqd recommended tor' passage ap propriation bills amounting to almost $5,000,000. Bills carrying large approprla. tlons have been rushed through without a protest and without attention being paid to them. Now that they huve done their worst In this line the hou.-e members are beginning to realize that they must go home and face their constituents, and they are hoping the senate will use better Judg ment. The senate may, and the senate may not, cut down theBe appropriations. If the senate dqes not of course Governor Sheldon will, but that will not save the house members from the odium which al ways will attach to them for the reckless handling of the people's money. The way Is open for enormous cuts, and they will have to be made, or. as Springer of Scott's Bluff suggested, "We had better apply for a receiver for the state." Boards have been created by the house without number and each bill creating' a board carries an appropriation. Appropriations have been made by the house for Investigations along numberless lines nhd they went through because some members claimed they were In the Interest of the farmers. One mm br suggested that the house treated the farmers as though they knew nothing, and he wanted a bill put through creating a board to "teach the farmer how to sharpen a plow." Of course the bills are not In tho Interest of the farmers at all. but In thd Interest of some fellows In town Who want Jobs on the boards. Senate Una Chance to Prune, It has been suggested that friends of some of the big appropriations should get wise to the fact that the governor cantiot reduce an appropriation or Increase one, but be must either endorse It or veto It In its entirety. The governor will begin to veto the minute the appropriations reach the limit of the state's Income. But the senate has the first whack at the enormous, house appropriations, and where the mem bers will begin to cut of course la not known at this time. It is more than llkoly, however, one of the tlrst appropriations t receive the pruning knife will be the Di.uu0 for bulMlngs at the state f.inn. Unless the friends of tills measure consent to allow this Money to come out of the 1-mlll levy se t apart for the university they may not get a cent, because it la asserted a women's building at the ktate farm U not so necessary that It has to be built this year and neither are the other build ings asked for. Another appropriation which probably will undetgo a Very severe surgical opera tion la Uie fliiOU) fur the Kvariiur ttuueJ 1
