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The Omaha-' Daily Bee OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1008 TEX PAGES. SIXGKE COPY TWO CENTS. t . im LOST IN SNOW t!ci t llmoit Burt Out JTrom Chtdda b7 Wealler. IHmJ AIUJ SJLUlt DELATED Cant To "Wirt i Down and Diipatcher f i tTnaMe to Locate- One Train. t EMZSQEJTCT CABLES EERT UT Stretched Along: Fences and Cv cation Partly Restored X TELEPHONE WIRES ALSO DO Htuim lawa Forced to Pat Into Ha la Badly- Battered Cou dltloaWork for Mr Idle Men. CHICAGO, Jan. li. Chicago- telegraphic communication with the outer world, which practically wu paralysed by yesterday' sleet torm. wa (lowly being restored to normal conditions today. The construction departments were busy all last night In the work of repairing; poles and broken wires. Emergency cables were sent out by the telegraph companies and were strung along fences In the rural districts., Two hundred poles In the vicinity of Grand Crossing were carried to the ground, and a number along the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad company's western division. There was less damage to lines of the Illinois Central, which left open communi cation to some points In the south. Tele graphic, service of all roads, however, was mora or less affected. Considerable Inconvenience also was caused to patrons of the long distance telephone service, many wires being blown down. With fire alarm and police tele phone devices practically out of commis sion, the old watch tower system, used only on extreme occasions, were resorted to. All day yeaterday and throughout last night, firemen were stationed either In the towers surmounting station houses or at a vantage point that woqld best enable them to detect a blase In the vicinity In order that the department might respond promptly. e Train Last la Snow. Must of the mall trains reaching Chicago -an behind their schedules. The heftvlest mfferers were the through ' trains from :h north and from the south and south west. Only one trnln, however,, was re IKirted absolutely lost. IThat was the Pa cific roast trsln of the Banta Fe system, due In Chicago at 0:17 o'clock In the even ing. Dispatchers slong the line ' reported at a late hour that the wires were all down and they were unable to locate the through train. It Is supposed to be fight ing Its way blindly toward Chicago at re duced speed. The steamer Iowa of the Goodrich line "put Into Racine yesterday In a battered condition, but wltti no serious Injury recorded to boat or crew. The boat had Icrt Chicago pututday night bound for Mll wauk ut. and northern- point, finely In the morning It wu struck by heavy seas and buffeted about In a manner that threat ened destruction to the steamer. ' Tha stornt grave employment to many Idle men and work to all available extra men on the pay rolls of the telephone, tele graph and lighting companies. The trans portation companies also used extra out side men. The street cleaning department used all Its regular men and those who re cently were laid off. MONEY FOR ROAD IS""SCARCE UaltlmAre A Ohio's Plan to Secure Chlcano Terminals Delayed as Resalt. . CHICAGO. Jan. 11-The Record-Herald today says that unless the financial situa tion soon grows better tha Baltimore & Ohio railroad may lose the opportunity to secure the Chicago Terminal Transfer Rail road company. In which It already has In vested more than flt.OOO.Oot). Contrary to general understanding, how ever, the deal whereby the Baltimore & Ohio was to purchase the minority inter ests in the ptvperty and thereby eliminate all opposition to the sale of the terminals to the eastern road, Is not Oft The com mittee representing the minority holders Of preferred stock has decided to give the Baltimore A Ohio more time to raise the money to purchase the 60,000.000 shares. Pursuant to this determination, the com mittee lias asked for a general deposit of til stock under a regular stockholders' protective agreement, whereby the com mittee shall be empowered to take all steps which It shall deem necessary to protect the Interests of the stockholders. The con dition of the money market, so far as rail roads are concerned at least. Is Illustrated by the fact that the Baltimore Ohio Is finding difficulty In rslsing l,25.ono with which Is to close with the minority stock holders and thereby be In position to se cure the terminal property. STEAMSHIP COMPANY CHANGE J. H. Wiles la Elected President of Kansas City Corporations, Suc ceeding L. P. Jones. KA.X8AS CITY, Mo.. Jan. IS. The Kan sas City Transportation Steamship com pany, which was organised here Isst year by a number of Kansas City business men to maintain boats to transport their freight between Kansas City and eastern and northern points by river In competition with the railroads, held its annual meeting here today and elected John H. Wiles of Kansas City president In plsce of Lawrence p. Jones, resigned. Mr. Jones was retained un the directorate. Colonel Hunter Jenkins f Kentucky, a veteran Missouri river boat mm and a widely known, newspaperman, conferred with the directors and gavs them the benefit of his experience in navigating the Missouri. COAL ROADS ARE AFTER TIME leneat to Attorney General AaklnaT That Hrpbsra'i Law's Opera tion Bo Delayed. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11 The coal carry tig railroads who are required under an tct of congress to dispose of their coal ronerties by May 1 next, have submitted the attorney general a proposition look. ng to a postponement of the date of en- oroemeni oi me taws on account iu 'event financial disturbance. The propoal ton was submitted through R. W. De tVrrest of New York, general counsel of hese railroads. The roads represent that wing to the financial situation If they :erry out the law It will result tn sacri- Vlng their property at prloee greatlr be- p tta aotual value. sut.i:jary OF THE BEE Tnoeday, Jaauacy 14, 108. i i903 tfatoua IPOS - J 2 34 5)0 z a own 12 13 14 13 10 1Z 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 20 2Z 23 29 30 31 Forecast till 7 n. m Tnn.rf.v , FOR OMAHA, COLTx-CIL BLUFFS AND C ,T1CINITY-Falr Tuesday; no Important ange In temperature. . "OR NBBRASKA-Falr Tuesday; mod J. temperature. t V R IOWA Fair Tuesday; rising tem- ? ire. Terature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Deg. li a. m n a. m a 7 a. m 21 8 a. m 21 9 a. m 22 10 a. m 24 11 a, m 28 12 m 31 1 p. m 3.' 2 p. m 33 3 p. m St 4 p. m 'M R p. m .13 5 p. m S2 7 p. m 31 8 p. m 30 fi p.'m 30 DOMXSTIO. Fire In Union station anex in Kansas City does damage amounting to 1250,000. rage 1 Secretary Taft, In transmitting tho an nual report of Governor Msgoon of Cuba to the president, advocates withdrawal from the Island In 1909. Fags 1 The people Introduced all their evidence in the Thaw case and Martin W. Littleton, attorney for Thaw, made his opening statement. 'age 1 Governor Hoch informed prominent club women of Kansas that he could not In clude the suffrage question In his special message calling the legislature. rage 1 Secretary Taft advises the widening to 110 feet ot the locks of the Panama canal. Fage 1 After animated debate on action of secre tary of treasury to relieve the financial stringency, the senate postponed further action until a statement c;an be secured from Mr. Cortelyou. rage 1 House voted down several proposed amendments to the civil rights bill. rage a Surgeon Stokes arrives In San Francisco ready to command the Relief. rage B A test of the eight-hour law affecting telegraphers on the Northern Pacific rail road will be made In Wisconsin. rage 1 Superior Judge Dunne denies bail 'to former Mayor Schmltx of San Francisco. rage 1 President Roosevelt announces the prose cution of the land fraud cases will not be abated. rage 1 United States, supreme court upholds the Kansas ontl-liquor law. rage 1 Republicans of Alabama are declared to be for Taft for president. rage I . ITCBXAIXa. County Attorney F. M. Tyrrell of Lan caster county will bring suit to collect penalties "ironi the telegraph ooinptnles for violating the railroad commission law. . . - "rage a Governor Issues quarantine proclamation covering western counties for co-operutlon with federal Inspectors to facilitate the shipping of stock and eradication of dis ease, rage S rOBBZOK. The Vatican Is surprised at the tult of Helen Malnney to annul her marriage with Samuel Clarkson. rage 1 The torpedo destroyer fleet has left Pernambuco. rage 1 W. H. Leavltt denies that there Is nny prospect of divorce between himself and wife. rage 1 LOOAX. Readjustment of the districts of the railway mall service will probably result In tho formation of a new district In the west, dividing at the Missouri river and with Omaha for headquarters. rage 1 Mayor Dahlman's message urging cleaner streets Is riddled by a committee of the wholo meeting of tho city council but the council will send a special com mittee to learn the plun of the executive. rage a G. W. Wattles elected president of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company to succeed Guy C Barton, while K. C. Barton becomes one of the board of directors elected Monduy. Page S Albert I. Smith of Mount Ayre, Jnd , an nounces that he will. seek the republican nomination for congressman in tho Eighth district and oppose Colonel Hepburn by Inserting a waterways Improvement plank In his platform. rage 10 Mayor "Jim" Dahlman actually has his eye on the capital at Lincoln and believes he has a good deal of strength out In the state, but admits It would be no Joke to go sgalnst George L. Sheldon, rage S OOKafBBOZAX. ABB XBDUSTBXAI.. Live stock market. rage T Grain markets. rage 7 Stocks and bonds.. rage T MOTXKBBTB t OOXAV BTBAMRXZra, Part. Arrive. 8114. NEW YORK Algeria. taVRRPtiOL, Wlnlfrsdlta i:u4iaii. LIVERPOOL, Norlan4 SOUTHAMPTON. St. lout qt'EKNSTuWN . Ilarttanla. LONDON Columbian PLYMOITH K. A. Vleterls .. MOVll.l.B Columbia ISLB Or WIOHT. Barntrous GIBRALTAR ....Moltk .... t'aenla ....tonlas MAORIRA HALIFAX BY WIRELE88. Browhead Minneapolis, from New York, for London, was ' 18u miles southwest at 4 80 p. ro.; will reach London at a. m. Tuesday. FIGHT FOR COLLECTOR IS ON Senator Hnrkelt Ftlrs Reeoraendatlon that Rosa Hassoional Be Named for Nebraska Position. i From a 8taf f Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-8peclal Tele gram. Senator E. J. Burkett today had a long conference with President Roosevelt this morning, and at Its conclusion recom mended the appointment of Rosa L. Ham mond of Fremont for collector of Internal revenue for the district of Nebraska. Senator Brown previously filed hi recom mendation of former Slate Chairman W. B. Rose of Lincoln, at present depaty at torney general of Nebraska,' for the same position. LEE OPPOSED TO REUNION Commander of Confederate Veterans Dislikes PUn of MeetlnaT With Bine. SAVANNAH. Ga., Jan. 13. -General Stephen D. Iw. commander-in-chief ot the United ConfMierate Veterans, In an Inter view today, declared, that he was opposed I to the proposed reunion of the "Blue ocd Or ay," at Washington, in ISO. UNION STATION ANNEX FIRE Quarter Million Loss at Kansas City Besult of Blaze. STATION SAVED WITH DIFFICULTY Express anal Mnll Matter Destroyed In Large Qnantltles Rallrond ' Y. M. C. A. Also Heavy Loser. KANSAS CITY. Jan. IS. The lnlon sta tion annex. In I'nlon avenue adjoining the Cnlon railway station, was destroyed by fire early today. The Union station proper, one of Kansss City's landmarks, wss saved by the firemen after a hard fight. The burned building contained the receiving offices of the Adam Wells-Farge and Pacific Kxpress companies, a branch of the postofflce, the offices of the Fred Harvey Eating House company, the Pull man Car company's linen room and the Railway Men's Young Men's Christian as sociation rooms. The loss Is Estimated at close to SZoO.OOO. The building was two stories In height and W0 feet In length, running from Santa Fe street east along Union avenue to within ,'U0 feet of the main portion of the station. The fire started at 4 o'clock from crossed electric light wires over the registry de partment of the mailing room. The fire burned furiously and for a time threatened the destruction ot the station and sheds used by twenty different railroads and to spread to several hotels across Union ave nue and Into the wholesale district. The fire spread with such rapidity that the firemen were able to save but three hun dred sacks of common mall and a small portion of express matter. Twenty-five sacks of registered and some other mall matter were destroyed, together with a great number of express packages. A large supply of linen In the Pullman rooms, the entire contents of the Fred Harvey offices, which was the headquarters for that com pany's system, and the library, furnishings and apparatus in the Young Men's Chris tian association rooms were destroyed. The Young Men's Christian association quarters had been partially furnished by Miss Helen Gould. The building and heating plant were owned by the Union Station company, whose loss Is placed at flOO.000. The Fred Harvey company's loss Is $60,000. It Is dif ficult to estimate accurately the loss of the express companies and the government and the Pullman and the Christian asso ciation, which, however. It Is believed, will bring the total to $250,000. FRENCH POLICY STAYS SAME Will Proter t Frontier of Morocco, bat Energies Will Go No Further. PARIS. Jan. IS. There has been pub lished here. a statement from an inspired source to the effect that the French gov ernment baa derided to confine Its action In Morocco to assuring tha security of the Algerian frontier and the maintenance of order at the ports In accordance with the Algeclras agreement. No loan will be con cluded with Mohammed Sidl-el-Mokhrl, who use -cow - tram. thu, finance minister to Ab-del-Asic. pending- further development. Admiral Fhllbert baa eleven ship en the Moroccan coast and General De A r made, the military commander, has about 8,000 men. Including seven batteries. A special dispatch to the Matin from Tangier say that Rslsull, the bandit, has joined Mulal Hafld and that he still per sists in hi refusal to give up Cald Sor Harry MacLean except by order of the new leader. Advices from Rabat to the Matin stste that Abd-el-Asls's court Is horror stricken by the news that Mulal Hafld has been proclaimed sultan. VATICAN SURPRISED AT SUIT Action to' Annal Maloner-Oshorn Marrlagp Innanal from Stand point of Faith. ROMrX Jan. 13. The news that Miss Helen K. Maloney has begun suit for the annulment of her marriage to Arthur H. Ostium Is causing comment at the Vatican. Her marriage with Osborn Is considered valid, so that annulment before the ec clesiastical authorities could only be possible If Osborn was proved not to be a Christian or by the special grace of the pope If it were proved that the marriage had not been consumated. LEAVITT DENIES SEPARATION day His Wife and Children Will Join Him on .Their Re tarn Front Cairo. PARIS. Jan. 11 W. H. Leavitt today characterized as absurd the reports that divorce proceedings by his wife were In on- templstlon. Mr. Leavitt received a letter today from Ills wife. Mrs. Leavltt, and the children, who, accompanied by Mr. Will lam J. Bryan, are going to Cairo to spend the winter for the benefit of the children's health. They will return to Paris and Join Mr. Leavitt In April. TORPEDO FLEET GOES SOUTH American Vessels Leevve Pernamhnco After Receiving; Great Attention from Shore Authorities. PERNAMBUCO. Jan. i. The American torpedo boat flotilla left here today for Rio Janeiro. While In Pernambuco the officer of the flotilla received every at tention from the shore authorities. Ed ward Grey, a sailor on the Lawrence who was accidentally drowned on Saturday was burled yesterday. Record for Wireless Message. PARIS, Jan. 11 A brief wireless dis patch wss received here last night at the Eiffel tower station from the warship Kleber, which Is lying at Casa Blanco, a distance of 1.900 kilometers. This Is the first time that a message has -been sent so long a distance under similar conditions. Senate will await details Dlsenasion of Financial neetioo De pends on Statement from See retsvry of Triaisrr. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Tb senate agreed today to postpone detailed dleousoion of the financial question until a complete statement can be received from the secre tary of the treasury in response to the senate resolution passed before the holt day. Before this result was reached there was some discussion of the financial situa tion in which Senator Tillman charged that the Treasury department had refused bid for Panama bond which were at a higher figure than some of those accepted. Till man agreed to allow his resolution to be referred to the oommltte on finance. SURPRISE IN THAW CASE Defense Will Be Alona ew Lines and Premise startling Tes timony. NEW YORK. Jan.. 11 The Thaw trial moved with a rush today. After the state had presented Its direct esse snd Assistant Attorney Garvsn hsd characterised the killing of Stanford White as ' a premed itated, deliberate and cowardly murder." Martin W. Littleton, for the defense, made the opening plea for the prisoner. His promise of new evidence was sensational and held the supreme attention of all In the court room. District Attorney Jerome. seemingly taken by surprise, seated him self In the witness chair, the better to hear the outline of the new defense. Mr. Littleton promlwd to forge a chain of circumstances and to produce a line of testimony which will prove Harry K. Thaw Insane at the time of the homicide. Evi dence of hereditary Insanity and of strange, unusual acts of Thaw, not even hinted at during the first trial, mas told of by Mr. Littleton, who said that physicians and nurses who hsd attended Thsw were hurry ing here from Europe, that teachers of the defendant In childhood would be on hand to gire their Impressions of "the' wide eyed, distant boy," Tn conclusion, Mr. Lit tleton challenged the district attorney to produce a single) reputable physician who would say that Thaw was not Insane at the time he kilted the noted architect. Mr. Littleton's speech' faiclly bristled with sur prises. He startled the court room by de claring that Evelyn Neshlt had told him her ntory In Parts in 19ns. and Thaw "drenched himself with poison" and would have died but for the heorlc work of three physicians, who labored over him all of one night. Mr. Jerome had his surprise to offer, too, and when Mr. Littleton started to launch' Into the relations of Stanford White with the girl whom Thaw married, the district attorney was on his feet with an objection. Justice Dowllng sustained him and the name of the architect was not linked again. with that of the defendant's wife. Mr. Littleton touched but lightly upon the girl's story as she told It to Thaw, but careful a he was on this point, he again drew an objection from the prose cuting officer, who said: "Mr. Littleton Is now straying into a field of stuff, which In my opinion will be ex cluded." Again Justice Dowllng sustained the ob jection. It was reported et the beginning of the trial that Mr. Jerome would fight this year to exclude the testimony pf young Mrs. Thaw. Mr. Littleton spared neither Thnw nor his family tn hi recital of the defend ant' life history. During the speech Thaw sat wide eyed and pallid, looking fixedly at his counsel. Toward the close he seemed rather displeased with something that was said, and, leaping forward, scribbled off a note. Mr. Littleton's speech was somewhat dramatic and ImpasYloned at times and was keenly followed by the Jury despite the rather frequent objlctlons from the state's attorney, despite tht flights of oratory as having no opening Vtatement of fact. Thaw's ancestry. I msrked by decided taints of Insanity oil brrth the father" and mother' side, according to his chief coun sel .was drawn with great care, and then the defendant himself was pictured as Ir rational, erratic and Insane as a bay, who, oscillating bet wee i) brilliance and darVners, fought iinava'UngriJ!&;alnst' the' fever nf Insanity which coorsed in Ills blood at birth. 't make no claims for this defendant above those of the average1 man as to mor als or virtues," declared Mr. Littleton. "But I say hi life history I enough to free hint from the charge that he was re sponsible for his act. Add to his history tha heartbreaking episode of his love for the young woman who became his wife and of her recital to him of a story which, flashed to the four quarters of the globe, msde all the world that reads stand still and wonder, and I shall have no hesitancy In asking you If you hsve not a reasonable doubt as to whether he was sane the night of this deplorable tragedy. And upon that doubt I shall ask you for a verdict of not guilty." BOARD WILL ORGANIZE TODAY Krnnard Slated for Chairman. While Solomon's Place May Be Contested. The county board will meet today to or ganise for the coming year, and according to apparently reliable rumors current yes terday afternoon M. J. Kennard will be elected chairman. He will receive the sup port of Ure and Solomon, which with his own vote will give him the majority. It la understood Brunlng will give his vote to P. J. Tralnor. Until recently Commissioner Tralnor was the only member who seemed to have any desire for the chairmanship and It was gen erally supposed he could have It. Recently, however, there lius been a breach, which is apparently growing wider and wider, be tween Solomon, Kennard and Ure on one side and Brunlng and Tralnor on the other. A month ago Kennard declared he would not accept the chairmanship, preferring to keep his place on the floor, but since the breach ha opened up It Is understood he has consented to take the place. Brunlng and Tralnor, it la believed, will contest Solomon's right to remain on the board. Mr. Brunlng takes the position that since Solomon ha taken the oath and filed a bond as county comptroller he . cannot serve as a member of the hoard. Mr. Solo mon contends, however, that since Judge Redlck has practically declared there is no legal office of county comptroller his quali fying for that office can make no differ ence In his position on the board until the supreme court reverses the decision of the lower court, when he can resign. In this he is bucked up by the opinion of lawyers who have examined the case carefully. The board will adopt a new Jury list for the year. In making up this list it has been very careful to maintain the proportions between voting precincts so as not to run afoul of a court decision aa they did a short time ago when Judge Troup quashed the 1907 list. The new list will contain 1,426 names, or 8 per cent of the votes polled In each precinct. FEDERAL EMPLOYES BARRED Sanreme Court Holds Man In Laund Offlce afar Not Aeqalre Pnb. lie Homestead. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11-That an em' pi aye of the general land office cannot ac quire public lands under existing law wa held today by the supreme court of the United States In the case of William F. Proaser against George L. Finn. The case has been pending In the court and the Interior department for twenty year. O'Brien Democratic Treasurer. LA WRENCBBURG, Ind., Jan. 1S-W1I1 tarn Q. O'Brien, until recently chairman of the Indiana democratic committee, ha accepted the appointment as treasurer of tho detnewrauo nattona eonuoli PREPARING TO LEAVE CUBA Secretary of War Seeks to Fix Date of Withdrawal in Year 1909. GOOD FAITH REQUIRES ACTION renerfal Interests Wonld I.Ike to Wee Troops Remain, bnt tiovern ment Cannot Conscien tiously Permit It. WASHINGTON, -tan. 13 Aa far as he can Secretary Taft has committed the gov ernment to a promise to withdraw com pletely from Cuba In the beginning of the spring of 1J09. This pledge Is contained In letter from the seeretarv nf wsr to the president transmitting the report of Gov ernor Magoon for the last year. After directing that the report from tho gov ernor shows the conditions In Cuba to be ncouraglng. Secretary Taft says: "It was hoped by some that the census night be completed In September last. I did not think and I am not st ill sur prised to lesrn that the census has not yet been completed and probably will not b until April of Mav. This will Dostnone the local elections until June, the nreat- dentlal election until December and the In- allatlon of the nreaMent and rnnarpn and the turning over the Island until about March or April. 1909. This is In compli nes with our promise when we assumed temporary control of Cuba, and It seems to me that we ought to allow nothlnsr to In terfere with that promise. There are Im- porrani interests that would be glad to delay our stsy there for years. Both good faith and good Judgment require us to lesve at the time appointed." The report of Governor Maaoon consti tutes an exhaustive history of the Amer ican intervention in Cuba and of the pas sage of the island under American control. WOOL GROWERS AT HELENA National Association Will Be Ad dressed by Prominent Men of the West. HELENA, Mont.. Jan. 13.-Delegates to the forty-fourth annual .convention of the National Wool Growers' association, which opens here tomorrow, are striving In the city, and It is estimated that . more than 2.500 members will be present when the session Is opened. At the opening session Tuesday morning at the Auditorium the Relegates will be welcomed by Governor Joseph K. Toole of Montana, acting Mayor John Wendel of Helena and President H. G. Pickett of the Commercial crab. Patrick Sullivan of Casper, Wyo., will respond. A paper on The Attitude of the General Government Toward 'the West," by Senator Thomas Carter of Montana will be read at the session Wednesday morning. It is not yet known whether James R. Garfield, secre tary of the Interior, will be present at this session. The convention Is expected to adjourn Thursday evening. MARRIAGE AFTER FORTY YEARS Chlcaaro Maslc Teacher Resulted to . Hnsbnnd After Accidental Meeting In Street. CHICAGO, Jan.. UAfter, havipg been divorced for forty year an accidental meeting brought Mr. and Mrs. ' Benjamin Ackley, the latter for aome year a music teacher In Chicago, together again and now they are enjoying their second honey moon. Benjamin Ackley and Miss Ellen A. Mllwood wcro married at Minneapolis In 1871. One year passed and they were sep arated after a quarrel, Mr. Ackley going to New York. Mrs. Ackley remained in Min neapolis for a year studying music. Later she came to Chlcsgo, where she earned her living by teaching music. Last week Mrs. Ackley visited Min neapolis and- met her former husband by accident. He did not recognize her. Mrs. Ackley followed him and found he was staying at a hotel. She addressed a letter to him there which brought about a meet ing and reconciliation. ALABAMA STANDS FOR TAFT Republicans of Southern State Havo Bnt One Candidate and no Is From Ohio. CQLUMBU8. O., Jan. 13. "The repub lican of Alabama have but one candidate for president and that Is William H. Taft." said Henry B. Gray, democratic lieutenant governor of Alabama, who passed through Columbus today. He said further: "Tho south Is for Bryan for the demo cratic nominee and I believe he will be the choice of the convention. If he la, the republicans have but one man who can beat him and that Is Taft. Taft appear to be popular not only throughout the south, but In the other parts of the coun try I have visited. I feel, though I am a democrat, that If he Is nominated he wt',1 be surely elected and, further, I re tard his nomination as assured." NO SUFFRAGE YET IN KANSAS Women Fall to Get Governor Hoch to Include Subject In Legisla tive Call. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 11 A delegation of fifty prominent Kansas club women called on Governor Hoch today asking him to In clude in his message to the legislature, which convenes Thursday, a recommenda tion for equal suffrage for women in all election In Kansas. The governor told them that he had but four bills In mind when he called the special session and his message waa prepared along these lines and would be In the printer's hand to night. TAFT IS FOR WIDER CANAL Secretary of War Recommends crease to Hundred and Ten Feet at I'auaraa. In. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11-Secretary Taft has written a letter to the president re commending an increase of the width of the Panama canal locks, from 100 feet, as at present planned, to 110 feet. .The change will cost about five million dollars addi tional, but meets the naval view as to th likelihood of larger battleships In the fu ture. FRAUD CASES TO CONTINUE gecretarr Gorneld Announces It I la tentlen of President to Fash Prosec u 1 1 onia. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-8ecrelary Gar field, after a conference with President Roosevelt,' which also was participated in by the commissioner of the land office, Mr. Bollinger, announced ' that the prosecution of the laud fraud case would not be dis continued In any way. CHANGE IN JBRANDING RULE Attorney (irnerul ilrs Opinion Af fecting: Regulations of Inter nal Revenue Barren. WASHINGTON. Jen. 11-For several metks the National Wholesale Uquor Dealers' association has been making capi tal out of the fart that the regulations of the Internal revenue buresu of the treas ury department, respecting the branding .f whiskies and the opinion rendered by At torney General Bonsparte under the pure food and drug laws arre In conflict. The whisky deslers' association pointed to the fact that the Internal revenue bureau, through lis gangers, were branding distil lates as whiskies, rums or gins irrespective of the attorney goneral's opinion given to the BRilcultural department that such illc tillates should be marked high wines, al cohol or spirits. In response to a request from the secre tary of the treasury fur nn opinion the at torney general hire forwarded to Secretary Cortelyou an opinion bearing on the mark ing and branding of rasks or psckagra con taining distilled spirits by gaugers of the internal revenue service. In this he hohl that, while the law requiring such mark ing or branding Is not repealed by the pure food law so called, the present regulations of the commissioner of Internal revenue are not Justified by the terms- of section 3287 of the revised statutes and distilled spirits, when they are withdrawn from the receiving cistern at the distillery, must be marked "high wines." Whenthe distillate drawn contains all the substances congen eric with alcohol, they must be marked "alcohol." When the distillate Is one from which practically all such congeneric sub stances have been removed, they must be marked "rum." "whisky," "brandy" or "gin" or with some particular name of a potable spirit as the case may be, when such congeneric substances are partially transformed or their properties otherwise eliminated so as to convert distillate Into a potable spirit and must receive no other descriptive mark whatever. The attorney advises the secretary of the treasury that the portion of the regu lations of the commissioner of Internal revenue connected with the branding of dis tilled spirits Is contrary to law and must be modified In accordance with the terms of the construction given to the law by the attorney general. OFFICIALS TAKE NO CHANCES Sab war Trafllr I'nder Parker Building Discontinued Until Precau tions Are Taken. NEW YORK. Jan. 11 All night long gangs of workmen were busy laying a flooring of x8-lnch planks over Fourth Avenue beside the Parker building, the tall structure .which was burned on Friday night. Four layers of these planks were put down, "alternate layers running In op posite directions. It Is thought that even if the great wall on the Fourth avenue side of the building should fall, this plan will keep the mass of brick from crushing through into the subway tube which runs under Fourth avenue. It was a gigantic task, hauling the great timbers tn tho place. and laying them properly, but tho men worked with a will that the dangor In the subway might be removed and trains tun as usual tn the subway at the earliest possible moment. At the same time the officials notified Bellevue hospital to keep six ambulance In readiness to be rushed to the spot if they were needed and not to allow them to go out on any other call. It was said that the walls might fall at any moment and If they did, scores of firemen, policemen and workmen might bo Injured. William Barclay Parsons and other en gineers connected with the subway ex amined the walls of the building during the day and reported that they did not see tho slightest danger of the walls falling. The building commissioner refused to take any chances and ordered the subway closed un til the paving was done. OREGON FENCE CASES AGAIN Prominent Men Go on Trlul for En closing; Public Domnln, Rx rlndlng Settlers. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan 13.-John II, Hall, former United States attorney. Wlnlock W. Stelwer and others charged with Il legally fencing government lands In Wheeler county, Oregon, In connection with what Is known as the Butte Creetf Land, Live Stock and Lumber company, will be tried today before Judge W. H. Hunt In the federal court. Francis J. Heney spent Saturday and Sunday going over evidence in the case and once more the Oregon land frauds will be aired. Hall waa Indicted with Blnger Hermann, ex congrrsman from Oregon, and former com missioner of the general land office; ex State Senator H. H. Hendricks, ex-State Senator Franklin P. Mays and others. It Is alleged that 18,350 acres of public lands are embraced In the enclosure, which wa used by the corporations a a pasture t the exclusion of all homesteaders. Com plaint from ettler in Wheeler county to the effect that they had been driven out of the country by threat and the monopolistic operation of th Butte Creek company, resulted In Indictments being found against the defendants by the grand Jury. Although Bihger Hermann is charged jointly with the other, he will not be tried at this time. ALDRICH BILL NOT IN FAVOR James B. For Kan Says Measure la Available Nearrclr Any Place? Out of New York. CHICAGO. Jan. 11 James B. Forgon, chairman of the Chicago Clearing House association. In a letter t Senator Albert J. Hopkins, made public today, declares that In hi opinion the effect of the- pro posed Aldrich currency measure, if enacted, would be to enhance the value of munici pal and railroad bonds. He also said that no bank could afford to avail Itself of the privilege of Increasing Its circulation at a' cost of at least 7 per cent, and that the taking out of such currency would defeat the object for which It wo provided by giving notice that an emergency exist and starting a panic He said that It could only be used by the united action of clear ing house bank and that It wa doubtful if It would be available out of New York. Other Chicago banker shared In the view held by Mr. Forgan. KANSAS LIQU0RLAW UPHELD Supreme Court of United States AN firm Decision of State Court Ob This Point. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11-The suprems court of the United States today upheld the anti-liquor law of Kansas by affirm ing the decision of the supreme court of that state in a number of case, includ ing that of Frit Durien of Shawnee county, convicted of violating (- law. MW POSTAL D1STRIC1 Railway Mail Serrice Headquarter May Come to Omaha. READJUSTMENT NOW PROPOSE! Formation of District of Central Wei Would Diyide at Missouri Rirer. 'BIO SIXTH" IS NOW TOO LARG1 This Condition it Shown by Inyestig-t, tion of Present Districts. OMAHA'S RAILWAY ADVANTAGE Present uuerlntendent In thlcaat Handles Business of ST, OOO) Miles of Railroad With 8,300 Rallrray Clerks. ( lnvestlgstion of the railway mail servlci divisions resulting from the lntroductloi of a bill at tee last session of congress t estsbllsh a new division In th south witl headquarters at New Orleans, lias dls closed tho fact that there Is no dlvlsiot hendquarters of the railway mall servlct between Chicago, St. Louis sn San Fran cisco. This has resulted In the belief that wher the bill is Introduced at the. present ses sion, a number of new division should b established, and a new division with con. venlent headquarters In the central west, probably at Omaha or Denver. Some of the points In the west are no from 6iJ0 to I, io miles from division head quarters. The central west Is dependent on a superintendent with headquarters In Chicago, and Is In what Is known as th sixth dlvlMnn, This coniprlsrs the states of Illinois. Iowa. Nebraska, Wyoming and the Black Hills district of South Dakota, with lines entering other states extending from Memphis. Tcnu., on the south and to Billings, Mont.. Denver, Ogden snd points in Idaho. ' The route In the 'big sixth" Include CT.OOU miles of railroad and more than 2,-VW clerks are employed. It Is the Inrgest division in the point of mileage snd second in the largest number of clerks employed. New District Advocated. Now It Is suggested that a new district should ho furmed with the Missouri river as the dividing line, the new district to Include the states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, the Black Hills district of South Dakota and southern Idaho. Should the new division be formed It Is obvious to those Interested In readjusting the service that Omaha is the logical point for the location of division headquarters. This is true as shown by careful Investiga tion, first, because 7R per cent of the rail way mileage In th territory proposed for the new district Is under direct management of railway officials located at Omaha, as the Union Pacific, Burlington and North western line west of the Missouri river. Becond Because ?S per cent of the mail for states inontlnned is received threush, the Omaha gateway snd distributed on lines radiating from Omaha; "- . Third Because fully TO por cent of tho railway. postal clerks In the stats named to comprise the new division are on line running out of or directly contiguous to Omaha. ... Fourth, Omaha lias ample fscllities In Its splendid new federal building for the accomodation of a division headquarters, while Denver lias no facilities at present and cannot have for some years. Blar Guilt, but No Readjustment. The investigation has also disclosed the fact that though there has been an enor mous Increase in ..the mails handled no readjustment of the service has been au thorised by congress since 18S8, when the district, with headquarters in Si. Paul and Ft. Worth, Tex. were formed. The only way the department ha had pf handling the business of the great cen tral west. Is by establishing offices of chief clerks in Omshs, Hloux City, Lincoln, Denver, Cheyenne and Ogden, but all mat ters of Importance had to travel to the office ot the division superintendent In Chicago, a distance ranging from COO to l.MI miles. The department h recog nised the fact that the district are so large as to make proper ad mlnslst ration practically impossible, and three new di visions are likely, one with headquarter at Omaha, another with headquarters at Indianapolis and one In the extreme north west, with headquarters at Spokan or Portland. Tho new division with head quarter at New Orleans Is also likely. REJECTS LAWYERS' OPINIONS Ohio's Secretary of Mate Declines Theory Primary Law 1 Not Applicable, COLUMBUS. O.. Jan. 11-Speclal.) "That question cannot come before this department for consideration." Mid Sec retary of Slate Thopipson today When the opinion of lawyers at Washington to the effect that delegates to the national con vention could not be chosen In th districts by primary elections undor the- Bronson primary election law, was shown htm. "That action cannot affect a state con vention in any way. The foot of the mat ter Is "that the Bronson law neither gives nor withholds authority to select district delegates to the national convention." CLEVBIjAND. O.. Jan. U.-Tha. county board of election today declined to take any action In the republican factional war until Thursday. By that time It 1 expected that Secretary of State Thompson will have rendered a decision as to hit juris diction in the matter. TEST OF EIGHT-HOUR LAW Wisconsin Act Affecting Teleerruphrrs Will Be Enforced Aaalnst North- , ern Parian If Legal. 8UPKRIOR, Wis., Jan. U-DItrlct At torney Foley today brought action against the Northern Pacific road to test the valid ity of the eight-hour law for telegraphers. He cite ten cause of action and demand S5o.00t forfeiture, the law fixing the amount of penalty at front Sl.toO to 5, 000 for each offense. BAIL IS DENIEDT0 SCHMlTZ Superior Judge Danne Decline to Let Ea-Mayor of Son Francisco Go Free. BAN FRANCISCO, Jon. 13.-uBrlo-Judge Frank H. Dunne this morning re fused to admit to ball former Mayor Ru gene K. 8i:hmltx, whose copvlctlon upon the charge of extortion waa reversed last Wednesday by the appellate court. Which declared thai ho va Illegally cesnrtdted. I