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The Omaha Daily Bee VOU XXXVII NO. 185. OMAIIA, MONDAY MOHXINtf. JANUARY 20, 1008. SINGLE COPY TWO CUNTS. I REFORMS IN ENGLAND Intense Interest in Coming; Session of Parliament. 1TEW ELEMENT IS ACTIVE Socialiits and Labor Pa Important Mea Push IRISH AFFAIRS TO TH1 TTnirersities Bill and Grazing: Bill to Come Up. V "DRASTIC LICENSE BILL PROPOSED Means re Mill Probably Increase th Friction Between Lord and . rommana Interest In Budget. IWON. Jan. 19,-The third and what promises to he the most critics! session of the. Parllsment controlled by Sir Henry Camphell-Bannerman will, he formally opened on January 2? by the king with all the traditional pomp and ceremony that marks the brief annual visit of the mon arch to St. Stephens. His majesty will be accompanied on this occasion by Queen Alexandra, tho prince and princrss of Wales and many other members of the V royal family who happen to he In Kngland at the time, while to greet them In the historic chamber ' will be assembled the usual gathering 'of dignitaries. This formal opening of the houses of Parliament by the king in person always ' attracts momentary attention, but the real Interest, keener than ever tliia year, cen ters more In the legislation that the gov ernment proposes to introduce and the cost of th social reforms, estimated nt many millions of pounds, that the new elements ra the political arena, the labor and so cialist parties, are attempting to bring about. If all the legislation promised for th coming setslon is forecasted In the speech from the throne, the members of the House of Commons will have a stu pendous task before them, and the usual session of six months will hardly Bfford sufficient time to dispose of It all. Irish Affairs to Front. Irish affairs are sure to occupy much time, for besides the Irish universities bill promised the Catholics and a bill to deal with tho grailng hinds, over which cattle drlvlng originated, the opposition has threatened to Introduce an amendment to the reply to the speech, which will en able them to discuss In detail the govern ment's lrlxh pulley. This will place Mr. Rlrrell, t lie secretary for Ireland, on the .defensive In respect to what lias been done or what he has failed to do, ss the union ists put It, and also enable him to make .a statement aa to future policy. It will be the first big debate of the session, and ' unless tho younger nationalists are held In check, as lively a one as Parliament has witnessed In recent years. Drastic License Bill, . After Ireland. In point of public Intej--.W.rVHI" joie'aTi'iir k- clcenstna?-' till, to f'glil wfilch the brewers, distillers and '' 1'ceuse holders throughout the kingdom Vaw already organized. Tho measure la 'pot expected to meet a'.l tho demands of the temperance party. It will provide, however, that at the end of a specified period, all licenses shall cease and the granting of new licenses shall be placed 1n the hands of more or less popular au thorities, thus establishing to some extent local optlcn. ttlmtild the brewers consider It prejudicial to tl e'r business they csn Jepend upon the llonr-e Of I.orda either to reject It cf to so a:ncnd it that It would not be acceptable to the commons and thus add .another to the many liberal grievances igrilnst the upper chamber. Old age pensions occupy a prominent place In the government program. The principle la supported by all parties, but fin details there Is a hopeless difference. Mr. Asiiultli, the chancellor of the exche quer, It Is believed, will propose tlinj a start bo made with a Vote of N 5,000, KO. to which must be added 2.5o,0f put aside hist year for this purpose. This sum, the 'bor members contend. Is Inadequate, even for a start, while on the question of how trie money Is to be applied there are liardly two opinions alike. This one measure may therefore be expected to take up a lot 6f time. Being a matter of finance, the lords have nothing to say on it. Other Important Measures. The rest of the program Includes another attempt to amend the education act, a bone Of Contention between the two houses; the relntroduttion if tho Scottish land valua tion irt hind b'lla rejected by the lords last year; a new Kugllsh land valuation bill; a ineusurt' establishing eight hours as the Ii'ShI working time In all mines- a bill establishing a new port authority for London to colVct all revenues and effect new (locks, uhlyi the owners of docks are opposing: a:id J lot of housing and other reforms looking to the comfort, well being and health of the poorer residents In large cities, which, John Burns, secretary of the local government board, has devised after a careful study of the working of similar measures in Germany and elsewhere. The advocates of woman suffrage having failed to convince the government that the time has come when women should be given the vote, will depend on private mem bers to advance their cause. Such a bill, however. Stands little chance of reachtng '.he statute books without the government rupport. ' Interest In Baaget. The budget lll be not less interesting than the legislation. The reforms men tioned mean a great Increase In the ex penditure and when there Is added to this an Increase of 3,000,000 in the naval esti mate to meet the Gorman proposals, an extra million for the new army scheme, and a almllar Increase for education, ex perts say the chancellor of the exchequer will have to find nearly 10,OOMOo more .han was necessary last year. Six months stem all too short for the io,k In hand, but the government ts de lenntned to establish a record. In rae the rejection of their proposals by the lords necessitate:! an appeal to the country for an endorsement of their policy to reform the upper house, c'requent night sessions and the adoption of the closure may there (ore be looked for. Mrs. Martin Been res Divorce. eiOl'X FALLS. 6. D.. Jan. IS -tSpeclal.) -H has been learned that Mrs. Amelia Bower Martin, who was formerly a resl lont of Cedarhurst, Long Island, a laughter of Mr. Henry Bowers, a promi nent resident of Brooklyn, V. T . ' was recently granted an absolute divorce tu Hit city from her husband. Lucius Trow bridge Martin of New York. Mrs. Martla baa Uvea la Sioux Fall for the last eight EBdOlh mt CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA AND IOWA Fair nd winner Monday; Tuesday fair. CHARLES EMORY SMITH DEAD Former Putiiutrr tienernl P.splre Suddenly- nt Ilia Home la Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. rt. Charles Emory Smith, editor of the ITess, former United State minister to Russia and post master general, died suddenly at his home here today, aired 86 years. ' 'NNETT IS FOR STRONG MEN Vka'i Deleaatlon to Republican convention Should Command Confidence and Respect. tFrom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Jan. . (Speclal.)-H. J. Wlnnett, chairman of the State Railmay commission, favors sending to the repub lican nattnnal convention a delegation from Nebraska composed of men of tlx" largest state and national acquaintance; men who are known to favor the nomination of Sec retary Taft; men who will compel recogni tion of this state In the convention. Re garding the makeup of the delegation he ssld: 'Nebraska should send Its etronaest men to the Chicago convention. In the Inter est of the republican party of the state both Senator Norrls Brown and Governor Sheldon should be selected as delegaies-at-large, anil the fact that Senator Rur kelt docs not desire to be a delegate should not in the least operate to keep the- two men off of the delegation. Gov ernor Sheldon and Senator Brown were leaders In the fight conducted by the re publican pr.rtj last year, and they should be selected to continue the fight in the national convention. The republicans will have a fight In that convention over the same Issues that have been fought out In Nebraska, and no better men than the two mention. can be selected to keep up that contest. Other states will send senators and gov ernors and every delegation which Is cmn pored of such men will attract attention, by reason of tho positions held by the delegates. There is no reason why Ne braska should not have great influence In tho convention If the republicans Just select well known men, In whom they have con fidence, for delegates There Is no reason why Governor Sheldon should not be a delegate, and there Is no reason why Sena tor Brown should not be selected. There Is every resson why both should be se lected. ' Rvery republican should know that the opponents of President Roosevelt or his policies will do everything In their power to promulgate a platform and select a candidate for president to conform to their own Ideas. Sheldon and Brown are tho men to fight such a proposition. Both have expressed a willingness to go on the delegation and that should be sufficient to rally the republicans of the state under their banners. Nebraska Is for Taft and In convention It has endorsed his candi dacy. Nebraska should make that en dorsement count by sending a. strong dele gation to the convention. Inasmuch aa no nuu ta asking this honor, let us send the men who made the fight In this state and won." . K MAY EXCLUDE THE PUBLIC Little Probability that Court Will Keep Reporters from Attend ing Thaw Trial. NEW YORK,. Jan.' 19. When the Thaw trial is resumed tomorrow morning. Justice Dowllng will be called upon to determine whether the testimony of Kvclyn Nesbit Thaw shall be taken behind closed doors It Is freely predicted that he will refuse to exclude both public and newspaper rep resentatives, but that a compromise may be reached by tho exclusion of those who come only from idle or morma cunosny. y leaving the newspaper men In the court room the constitutional provision aa to public trial would be maintained and the young woman on the stand would have only to face a handful of men, as compared with the vast throng which crowded the court room last Friday afternoon. As to keeping the Story out of rlnt. Justice Dowllng ' told ' District Attorney Jerome when he sprang hi surprising suggestion that if any newspaper cared to repeat the details of the recital it could do so simply by reforenc to Its files af a year ago. Justice DowUng stated on Friday that he ' would hear further suggestion from counsel tomorrow morning, provided, of course,' there should be a general con sent to the closing of the doors a thlng never before done In this .juris diction in a murder trial. Martin W. Littleton, Thaw's chief counsel, who partly concurred In, the district attor ney's motion when it first was made, has decided to withdraw that concur rence and leave the matter entirely in the discretion of the court. Under these clrcumstanoes it Is declared Justice Dowllng will not attempt to keep the proceedings secret, but he may co-operate with the attorneys in an endeavor to keep the general public out of the court room during the young woman's examination o nthe witness stand. When young Mrs. Thaw haa concluded her testimony and haa been put through the fire of cross-examination, the elder Mrs. Tbaw probably wilt conclude her ev idence. This will leave but three or four regular witnesses to be heard before the six Inst nil y experts retained by the de fense eie put upon the stand to answer a hypothetical question covering all of the testimony. Two of these physicians, Drs. Evans and Wager, will tell again of the t-xan-li atlon they made of Thaw tn the Tombs prlt-on following the tragedy. The trial win be pushed with all possible haste to an early conclusion. . Newspapers Consolidated. SIOUX FALI.M. 8. D.. Jan. 1 -(Special.) The Ccntervllle Chronicle, one of the pioneer newspapers of Dakota territory and South Dakota, this week will pass out of existence by bfeing consolidated with the Centerville Journal, It having been sold to O. W. Dingman, a well known South, Dakota newspaperman, who re cently purchased the plant of the Center villa Jourr.al. MOTEBtXVTS Or OOBaJt miKSIIPS, Port NRW YORK... NKW YORK... NEW YORK... N(W YORK... NEW YORK... UVitriHiL. . gJVKHFOOU.. UVKHPOOL.. UVBRcXXU.... NAPLKS MAPLM NAPLES TRIKSTB COPENHAGEN HAVRH PLYMOUTH .. Bot'lrtONS .. SOPTHA"" Arrive. Sal 14. "' t'ltaJta. BliMchar. Nora Asierlka. sc. raul. . Cm. af Britils. . sriraata .. . Oliie . Cymric . ., .Florida ... - Llguna ... . I aroma ... Ira. 0ir 11. !. Gaarftgn. Phlladalohia Lev)a. OkAgoS jJBaatl FROG OLDER THAN BUTTE'S Congressman . Howell Tells of Toad Found in Solid Sandstone in Utah. TAKEN OUT BY SILVER MINERS rinklsh Flesh Color When Discovered and Died After Contact with Air, Beta a Preserved for Yenra Afterwards. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Special. )--A week ago press dispatches from Butte, Mont., reported a live frog had been discovered In the hollow of ft lime stone rock In a mine near there. The Montana story Indicated the toad had been found something like 300 feet un der the surface. Congressman Joseph Howell of Vtah has Just received a let ter from one of his constituents, upon whese veracity he Is willing to stake his reputation, in which the writer showa that the Montana toad was a comparatively recent addition to the aurface of the earth. Mr. Howell's cor respondent writes In part ss follows; Fonnd In Solid Sandstone. "On receipt of the thousand-year-old toad from Butte, Mont., found in lime stone, I must say something" of our toad, found In the solid sandstone at Silver Reef. Utah. You will recall , that that Is the largest and possibly the only silver mining camp In sandstone in the United States. It was about the year lt83 that Robert Campbell, a miner I had known from childhood, and who Is a man of his word, told me that he and hit partner, working in one of the mines of the reef down on the SOO-foot level, were doing some shooting and blaHting In a drift. As you know, after Bhooting, they return to the face and pick out the broken rock still left In the face of the drift. In doing this they found a crack running In deeper than some of the rest, and picking out the rock they found a small cavity, con taining a live toad. It was of pinkish flesh color and somewhat transparent. After carefully taking It out on their shovels to the surfsce. the toad seemed to collapse from contact with the air. They gave It to Mr. Rice, superintend ent of the mine, who placed It In al ophol, and for a number of years af terward It was seen by n great many people. I wanted Campbell to go be fore a notary and make affidavit to the facts ,and send them to the Smith sonian Institution, which he promised to do. But the affidavit was never made. It is, however, possible that I can still find someone who was there." Mr. Howell declares that thts 8tlver Reef mine was located In the sandstone of Utah after some of the most emi nent geologists of the country had de clared that no allver fcould by any pos sible chance be found In sandstone. Where Grant Monnment Goes. At the foot -.; ;n Capitol plaxa fronting on Pennsylvania a-enue is located what has long been knowi. as the Botanical gar dens. It covers three or four blocks of ground, but Is surrounded on all sides by the evidences of busy life. A high iron fence surrounds the garden which gives it the appearance of ' some landed estate and within the enclosure Uvea WiUiam A. Smith, tho superintendent of the garden, friend of. Andrew Carnegie and collector of writings of Burns. In fact. Mr. Smith has the finest collection of Burnslana In the country. It is in this ssme botanic garden that the magnificent monument to General Grant is to he erected and about' which a big fuss has been raised because some three or four historic trees must be removed before the foundation for the monument can be commenced. Resolutions have been Introduced in con gress looking to the repeal of the law fixing the site and a lot of eloquence ex pended over the destruction of the trees. Judge Walter I. Smith of Iowa, who rep resents the Council Bluffs district in con gress, however, has not taken the flights of oratory much to heart. On the con trary, haa Insisted that the site selected by the Grant Monument commission, of which General G. M. Dodge la a member. as well as Secretary Root, should stand. and that If necessary the botanic garden should be abandoned. As far back as IKi a bill was passed directing that' the Iron fence which sur rounds tho, botanic garden should be pulled down, but Superintendent Smith has been able through his friendship with senators and representatives to keep the fence In tact. Now, however, that Mr. Smith has been protesting against the placing of the Grant monument in the southeast section of. tho garden because it will necessitate the removal of several trees planted by former statesmen, the controversy over the botanic garden has been revived and it may be that although quite an old man. Superintendent W. A. Smith may have to vacate his comfortable -cottage and the high iron fence be pulled down to make way for growth and progress. It can be aaid that the Grant monument will be put where originally planned even if the Chittenden tree and the Beck ' tree have to go. ' When T'nelo Jo Was Free Trader. "Uncle Joe" Cannon ' was once a free trader. Of course It Is pr'tty hard to be lieve, but he confeaaed It the other day in a reminiscent talk on some of the high lights in his busy life. "But that was in the days when I was a doctrinaire," he said. "I had never enjoyed the advant ages of a colleglat education, but when I was acquiring an education later In life by absorbing and devouring everything I could lay my hands on in the way of books I conceived It would be a noble thing to throw our marketa open to the world When I began to get practical sense later along I changed my mind about free trade I am now a pretty good protectionist. 1 am a believer in the theory that it Is a duty we owe ourselves to dominate and control our markets, slid incidentally to dominate the markets of the western hem lsphere and as much of the rest of the world as we can take possession of. The first step to commercial supremacy is for us to get as much as we can and to hang on to all w get. Bom day when our pop ulation has Increased from S6.O0O.0OO to MO, 000,000 and all our resources are fully de veloped, free trade may be the thing for us, but not now. In our own preservation we must foster our own enterprises and nurse our own resources until they are de veloped and full grown. This la a practical world In which we live, and w must take car of our own before we try to look after the rest of the world." Now Italian; Explained. Congressman Hlnshaw has received a number of complaints from Nebraska pub' Ushers about the rule of the Postofflc department by which. It was supposed. newspaper subscriptions must be paid In advance or third class postage must be paid. Mr. Hinshaw called at the depart ment and had a talk with the third assist- (CanUnuad on Boooad Paga) SOUTH DAKOTA'S CROP WEALTH KiKhty-Flve Mtlllon In Vnlne, ot Coantlnsr Potatoes or Hay Large Pererntasre Marketed. HURON. 8. D., Jan. !.-( Special.) W. II. Smith, auditor for the Van Dusen Kle vator company, states In his report tht South Dakota has harvested the most val uable crop It ever raised. On account of the favoreblo weather, the good roads and the high prices, a greater percentage of the 1!7 crop has been delivered than In any previous year or some time, with the exception of corn. According to the De cember crop report of the government. South Dakota's 1907 Trop was: Snrlnsr Wheat I.2V.nn acres; yield. 10 bushels: total, 22.0". bushels; average Frice, 9S cents; msklng a total value of a).wo,omj. Durum lOO.eoO acres; yield. 16 bushels: total, 10.Mfi.nm bushels; average price. SO cents; making a total tslue of 38.arm.nnn. tJats l,3Ju.l scref; yieiu. Mi ousneis: totsl, S2. 72.0 bushels; average price. 39 cents; making a toisl value of llZ.it4.(H. Barlev S75.c3 ai-rsx; yield. Z3 bushels; total. iO.l.nort bushels: aversge price, 7u cents; making a total value of 1R.0!i7ni). Rve 84.i acres; yield, 17 huslieis; luiai, 5!1.nm) bushels: average price, K cents; making a total value of IVMnA. Flax OO.AiW acres; yield. 10 bushels; total, HOO.ron bushels; sverage. price. 95 cents; msklng a total value or n.hwi.""). Corn 1,RWi.iiO acre! yield. 2.S.5 bushels: total, 4".17S.OfO bushels: average price. 60 cents; making a total value of $23,587,600. These various amounts bring the total value of the South Dakota crop to $83,671,- 250. Beside the value of the grain, the state has raised $!.K)0 worth of potatoes, according to the government report, and the hay crop is valued at $3,850,000. Mr. Smith makes the following estimate of the amount of grain still In the Termers' hands, which will be marketed before the season Is over: . Soring wheat, B.tHO.OW) bushels; durum. 1.890,001) bushels: oats, 1,072,0m bushels; bar lev. l.SRJ.ono bushels; rye, Vnno bushels; flax. 400.000 bushels: corn, S.740,000 bushels. Although the) number of bushels did not resell the amounts of former years, the farmers got price that more than made up for this deficiency. INDEPENDENTS TO BLOCK CASE Iowa Parker Assert Lower Chicago Freight Will Drive Them from Bnalness. MARSHA LLTOWN. la.. Jan. 19.-(Spe- clal.) The Independent meat packers of Iowa have appeared as Intervenor In the case brought before the Interstate Com merce commission by the Corn Belt Meat Producers' association to secure a lower live stock rate to Chicago, the opening hearing of which was held In Des Moines Friday, and, according to their argument, may balk the efforts of the live atock feeders and shippers. This position taken by the Independent packers was not developed at the first hear ing, because of lack of time and for other reasons. It will be brought up at' Chicago on February 17 or perhaps later. According to the Independent packers, they have for the Inst, ten years been. In competition with the Chicago packers for the hogs and cattle of Iowa. As a general thing they have been making money. They say that if a lower live stock fate to Chi cago Is granted It will be impossible for them to compete with .the Chicago packers. That for very cent of reduction In freight rate te Chicago th wlTI have to pay that much more for the hoga they Buy. since their market is based on the Chicago price, less the difference in freight rates, so that to get the Towa hogs they will have to pay as much or a little more than the Chi cago price, less this what might be termed differential in freight rates. The Independent packers go farther and say that lower Chicago freight ratea will not only drive them out of business, but eventually place the shippers at the mercy of the so-called Meat trust. This Is based on the fact that because of tho dozen or more Independent packers have been In the market the Chicago packers have not had a monoply, but once the Independents are out of business the combine will have free hand to cut prioea to the limit. OHIO LINING UP FOR TAFT Over Half of Conntr Committee Formally Endorse HI Candidacy. "COLUMBUS. O.. Jan. 19. A statement given out at the Taft headquarters In this city tonight says: Includlnar the counties which acted today calls have been Issued by the republican committees in seventy-three countlea pro viding for the election, under tne run pro visions of the cell of the state central com mittee, or 71 ii out of a total of 815 delegates. In over half the countiea, including most of the large ones, and representing over 800 delee-atea. Taft haa been formally en dorsed bv county committees. Taft tlcketa of delegates are In the field every wnere. I-ake county, where an Independent ticket is promised in opposition to the Taft ticket, furnishes the only opposition known. Lake county has our delegates. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19.-The repub llcan state central committee met today and adopted a call for a state convention to meet at Sacramento on May 14 for the purpose of selecting delegates to the re publican national convention. A novel fea ture In the call is the direction to county committees to call an unofficial primary In their respective counties on May 2 In order to give the voters an opportunity to express their choice for a candidate for president. The delegates to the national convention are to be instructed to support the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast at this unofficial primary. The adoption of this new procedure in California politics headed off a resolution endorsing Secretary Taft which had al ready been prepared. OLD LINE DEMOCRATS CONFER Formulation; Plan In Case W. J. Bryan is Nominated for President. NEW YORK, Jan. l.-lt was learned tonight that a conference of old-line demo crats will be held in this city next Thurs day to discuss and formulate a program to be followed in case William J. Bryan ia again nominated for the, presidency Among the conferees, it is said, will be Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia, Gov ernor Claude A. Swanson of Virginia, John D, McQraw, chairman of the democratic state committee of West Virginia; Richard B. Olney of Massachusetts, D. Cady Her- rick and other prominent democrats. The aim of those who are behind this conference Is to obtain the adoption by the democratic national convention, which will meet in Denver, of a conservative plat form, acceptable to the business Interests of the country. To a certain extent these men are reck oning on the cheloe by the republican of a caudidat dictated by President Roose velt and ao committed to a continuation of hi policies. If tne moving spirits in this conference can have their way, there will be adopted on Thursday or at subsequent meetings resolution pledging all the conferee to work for a platform absolutely "saf1 and aan and a candidate who would stand I on ausk a platform wlthaut rj L POLITICAL POT IN NEBRASKA Taft Sentiment Continues to Grow Stronger Throughout the State. LEADERS AND PAPERS LINING UP Demoeral "elect State and District Drlesrate In One Convention Fonr Repnhllenn Districts Yet to lasne Call. After all the democratic clamor for a presidential preference primary for Ne braska republicans, the democratic state committee m-hlch met at Lincoln last Wednesday Issued call for a democratic state convention without providing for any presidential preference primary whatever for Nehraska democrats. The democratic convention and tho populist convention. like the republican convention. Is to be held In Omaha, the democratic date being March S. which Is Just one week earlier than the date for the republican meeting. The democratic committee likewise took upon Itself the authority, plainly vested In It under the new Nebraska Isw, of calling all the district conventions to xelect district delegstes: In fact, of rutting the delegates to the democratic. 'State convention up on district lines Into six conventions which will choose the district delegates snd re port the same to the stste convention, thus subjecting them all to the same instruc tions and binding them by the unit ru. The unit rule, however, docs not prevail In republican conventions, so that nothing a-ould be gained In this respect were all the republican district conventions to be brought together with the state convention. One of the republican district conven tions, that of the Second district, has al ready been called to meet at Omaha at the same time as the state convention, but another, for the First district, has likewise been called to meet at Lincoln about a week earlier. According to the chairman of the First district committee, the com mittee was not disposed to go outside of Its own district with Its district conven tion. In the other four districts no action has yet been taken, so far as known, toward calling the republican congressional committees together for the purpose of fixing the time and place of the district conventions. From all over Nebraska come many evl- dencea. of constant and steady growth of Taft sentiment. This evidence Is In the Porm of Interviews by political leader In different localities and expressions by coun try republican weeklies. It Is remarkable that out of the 200 republican paper In the state less than a score have put them selves on record In favor of any other candidate but Taft, and of these all but three or four are of comparatively small influence. Practically all the active leaders of the party have enlisted In the Taft movement and this was particularly em phasised by two meeting to organise local Taft leagues last week, one at Lincoln and one at Fremont. The meeting at Lincoln Included the old war horse and the new wsr horse, and while It 1 said competition is euro to develop there between aspirants for piece on tb national convention delegation,-all the-men -mmtlonad are out spoken for Mr Taft The ame situ ation 1 presented at Fremont, where th new Taft organisation include all the leader who re In .touch with the peo ple and dominant In the council of the party. The only man of any political prominence who haa come out In the open for LaFollett as against Tat, is former Congressman McCarthy of th third district, whose Wisconsin origin and desire to return to congress are said to explain hi attitude. As to possibilities for places on the delegation to Chicago, a great many names are being mentioned, with or without the consent of the men directly concerned. A strange situation has arisen In connection with the announce ment of Senator Burket that he does not want to go to Chicago because "al ready honored with official position." The outcry against commissioning putiJ He officer as national convention dele gate was raised first by the enemies of Mr. Burkett aa a rallying cry ror an assault upon him. Finding their ob ject suddenly accomplished by the vol untary withdrawal of Mr. Burkett, the rule against making delegations out of men "already honored in official po- aitlon" doe not fit In with their plans. Of the name projected by the Lincoln jglate-makers, nearly all of then) are men who have been honored with of ficial position. On of them la a sitting Judge on the bench, other members of the present legislature, and ttll other former congressmen or former state of ficer not one of them who ha any standing in the party but who haa al ready been "honored with official po- altlon." On the other aid a notlceabl sentiment Is spreading in favor of send ing to Chicago the biggest and best known republicans In Nebraska to raise the standard of the atate as high a those held by delegations from other states and without respect to whether the preferred leader have or have not been in the paat honored with official position. 1 Whether development at Washington In the breach between the two United States senator over the appointment of collector of Internal revenue for the Ne braska district will have any further ef feet en the political situation here if i question which 1 already puzzling the wlae ones. There Is ,no doubt that the original demonstration on Burkett at Lincoln had some source In hi recal cltrancy in thi matter. Should one or the other of the applicants for this place or both of them fall to land th plum. It would not be surprising to see 'one, or both, pushed out 'for a vindication .in the shape of a place on the national convention delegation, either for the state at large or for the district. DEATH RECORD. P. V. Hart. MARSHALLTOWN, la.. Jan. II. (Bpe clal.) P. V. Hart, superintendent of the C. A. Dunham company's manufacturing plant, died yesterday of Bright' disease. , St. Loal Hoy Commit Salclde. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 19. "I killed a man with a beanshooier ana i win pay ui wlt.M. m.-i I K m lunll nit hliwul. (wLnattered oaDer. was the not left by Charles Deskei. aged IS years, a shoe cutter, who killed himself her toJay by slashing his throat with a rssor. HI body and the note were found by nt mother, It I thought from th note that he became suddenly insane. Basket Ball at Taker, TABOR. Ia.. Jan. 19. (Special.) The banket ball aames played In the ooma house last evening between Tabor college and Malvern High school learns resulted In a score for the girls' team of 11 to 8 tn Malvern boy winning; over tn Tabor col- ! team by a soor of a to 24, JUDGE I. S. HASCALL AT REST Pioneer of Omahn and rnraaka la Bnrled at Foreat Lawn Cemetery. The funeral of Isaac Skinner Hasc-all. who died Salurday morning at St. Joseph's hospital, was held In the chael of the Masonic temple Sunday at 2 p. ni. ' The chapel and gallery were filled with friends who came to pay their last respects. The Masons, with their fraternal rmblrma and habits, carrying spears draped with crepe, marched In solemn procession and occupied one side of the chapel, while the friend.' and mourners occupied the other side. The casket was placed In the center of the chapel. It was covered with flowers sent by loving friends, and at the end of the casket was a wreath representing the square and compass, the emblem of the Masonic order, which was ient by Maaotilc Capital lodge No. 3. The services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Reynolds of the Castellar Presbyterian church. After the scripture rrsding and opening prayer, the Masons chanted the Masonlo fraternal ode. Rev. Mr. Reynolds, 1n his sermon, re viewed the career of Judge Hsscall. A large number of friends accompanied the hearse to Forest Uwn cemetery, where the services were conducted by Capital lode No. 3. The pallbearers were John H. Butler, A. H. Donlcken. Louis Berks. William B. Whltehorn. John N. Westberg and W. W. Slaba ugh. Among the old settlers present who were friends of Judge Hascall and closely asso ciated with him In the early days of Omaha were Joneph "Redman, Judge Gustave Ander son, J. J. McLean, Henry Brown, Jacob King, John Pray, John Banford, Martin Dunham, Judge Felker, John O. Willis. Charles L. Thomas. H. G. Barnam, John Mathleson. George Stratmnn and others. PLAN FOR DEEP SHIP CANAL Propositi to Ilisr Twenly-One-Foot Channel from Hudson River to LnW Ontario. ALBANY. N. Y., Jan. 19. -Superintendent of Public Works F. C. Stevens, In his an nual report, recommends that congreas be memorialized to Join with the state In constructing a deep waterway from the Hudson river to Iike Ontario. He points out that the Dominion government is plan ning to build what will constitute a deep waterway, known a the Ottawa-Georgian bay route, connecting Georgian bay with the St. lawrence river. This will provide the shortest outlet by water for the grain, forest and mining product of the great northwest, and he doubts whether, should this be completed, the state with only a one-thousand-ton canal could hope to com pete with Canada for the great lakes traffic. Canada," lie says, "In the race for com merce, muat be dealt with as a rival." The only hope of restoring to New York and to the nation transportation supremacy Is to construct a twenty-one-foot canal between the Hudson and Lake Ontario on the line of the present barge canal. Th federal government made a survey for a deep waterway In 1900. twenty-one feet deep, connecting Lake Erie with the tide water of the Hudson river, th estimate being SI 98,000,000. Superintendent Stearena aay that if this plan Were carried out It Is believed "that not ohly would New York state be tn a commanding position ao far as commercial shipments go In the event of the com pletion by the Dominion government of the Ottawa-Georgian bay ranal, but it Is not Impossible that if the construction of the ship canal across New York state were authorized In the near future the construc tion of the Ottawa-Georgian bay canal will be abandoned." LUMBERMEN HERE TUESDAY Joint Session of Mebraska Denier nnd Lumbermen's Insnrnnee Company In Two Days' Session. Indications are that the lumbermen of the state will be out In force for the Joint aesslons of the Nebraska Lumber Dealers' and Nebraska Lumbermens' Mutual Insur ance associations, which meet in Omaha Tuesday and Wednesday of tills week. The sessions will be held in the banquet room at Hotel Rome. Delegates will be selected to attend the annual meeting cf the insur ance association at Lincoln, January 25. Program for th opening day: ( MORNING 10:30 A. M. SHARP. Address of President M. L. Fries. Ar cadia. Report of Secretary B. Crltchfleld. Lln- coln. Report of Treasurer E. 8. Clarke, Gretna, Appointment of committees. Character Studies Nels Darling. Okla homa City. Okl. Announcements. Adjournment. AFTERNOON-2 P. M. SHARP. Report of committees. Address, "Why Should th Manufacturer 8ell His Products Through the Retailer?'' N. S. Darling. Oklahoma City. Okl. General discussion, "Catalogue House Methods." "Redwood" in moving picture, C. J. Flack, Kansas City. Report of committees. "Funny Thing," Nels Darling. Adjournment. VICTORY FOR CIVIC BEAUTY New York Supreme Court Decide that Ordinance Regulating Sign I Valid. NE7W YORK, Jan. 19. Municipal efforts to develop a city beautiful and prevent commercialism from offending the artistic sense were given an upllfht Saturday, when Justice Leventrltt, In the supreme court, decided that th suit brought Against th city by the Fifth Avenue Coach company to enjoin municipal interference with the advertising sign displayed on the exterior of It busses must be dismissed on 11 merit. The busses, plying up and down fashion able Fifth avenue, succeeded a year ago the old stage coaches which were regarded a relic of old New York. The new double-deck electric busses were plastertj from top to bottom with garish advertising signs. The Board of Aldermen passed aa move th advertising sign. Justice Leventrltt today held th ordi nance to be constitutional and, after de scribing the beauty of Fifth avenue, de ordlnance giving th city th power to re dared: "It I th scheme of beauty which Is not to b sacrificed to th demand of modern commercialism." rift-Thuaad-Dollar Suit. 8IOUX PALLS. S. D.. Jan. 19-Speclal.) A damag suit for IdO.OuO agalnat the Chicago, 8t. Paul, Minneapolis V Omaha Railroad company, which originally was Instituted In the state circuit court In this city by William C. McConnell, th plaintiff; his been transferred to the United State court in this city, and ia expected to come up for trial at the regular April torm of fed'inl ccurt In Sioux Falls. M Council while on employe of the raliioad company. lost a leg as the result of an aocldent In th tiioux Kails yards of the company. Hw U a resident of Sioux Faila BRYAN IMS IT NOW Nebrasktn. Says Taggart Party, Only Democrat in Race. CONVENTION JUST TO RATIFY Committeemen Meet Dahlman and Go West Via Lincoln. SULLIVAN BRINGS KISS FOR W. J. Illinoisan Burifs ; Hatchet on State Line and Surrenders. IMMEDIATE TARIFF REVISION Thi and t anal Anathemas on Repub llennlsm Mill Be Main Plank In Platform by Around Governor Johnson. "Bryan Is the only candidate t know of at this time. Another may appear who will get tho nomination at Denver. No one man Is necessary to unite the two so called wings of tho democratic party. We arc going to carry New York, Indiana, Ne braska, and Roger Sullivan Is reconciled. We will carry Illinois with Bryan." Chairman Tom Taggart of the demorratlo national committee, and members of th committee traveling with him to Denver, made' this statement of the status of de mocracy, In Omaha, Sunday, where the party stopped for a few minutes, met a number of Dahlman democrats and mem bers of the Jacksonlan club and took the mayor of Omaha with them to assist In making the preliminary arrangements for the national convention called for July 9. Floturca were drawn by Mr. Taggart of a' democratic party united on any candi date who may he named by the Denver convention; united on "Immediate tariff reform" as tho chosen ground for- the struggle "between the people and preda tory wealth," and hacked by a united democratic press, which will not only pre serve that unity, "but divide the repub lican party." ' What Convention Will. Do. "Will the democratic convention at Den ver actually select your ' candidate for president, or will It slmpjy meet to 'rat ify' the nomination of Mr. Bryan, now be ing made In a way by himself and fixed by his supporters?" Chairman Taggart was asked. "The coming convention will be demo cratic In every sense of the word It will be for the purpose of selecting the man whom the party want, regardless of th mbitlon of any candidate," replied. Mr. Taggart. "If Mr. Bryan la nominated It will be because the party and the people want him, not because he ha made the announcement of hi candidacy. I believe Mr. Bryan will be nominated." "In plain word, will there be a fight In the convention?". "Emphatically, no. Th delegate. ' who will be pamed to attend the , convention, will know what , the," party, gpd. what tho people want. There will be no friction. There will be no fight." "When" a candidate and the leaders of the party in the nation force a choice on the democratic party, do you call that man the 'nominee of the people?" " "Ii will be Impossible at Denver to force a candidate who Is not popular enough and who does not have the principles of democracy which will enable him fb de liver the goods. When a candidate comes to that convention with strength enough, as Mr. Bryan probably will, to secure (he nomination, ho will be the party' choice. Just to Ratify Bryan. "Tha pre-conventlon campaign is a ort of a primary election of a candidate. Mr. Bryan Is securing strength now and has been for some time, Just a ex-Governor Beckhom secured It In Kentucky for the senate, and all that Is let for the legis lature to do Is to ratify the election, I consider It a people' choice and a part choice when a man secures such strength." "How about Governor Johnson of Minne sota, the famous dark horse for the presi dential race, about whom Colonel Watter- on aroused public curiosity?" "Governor Johnson ha struck a keynote In the next national campaign in hi recent declaration for Immediate tariff revision. But I know that Mr. Bryan la In accord with Governor Johnson on the tariff Issue, What Mr. Johnson ha done, and what h haa said, will help the Bryan cause.'' "is Governor Johnson a candidate?" "I do not think so. I believe the got ernor ssld he was not some lime ago." None Other But W. J. "Is there any other known candidate?" "I know of none at thia time." "Then It Is Bryan?" "Bryan, I believe unless something hap pens. I don't think It will happen. V Here Mr. Taggart turned to Roger. Sulli van of Illinois, the man who waa at one time excommunicated from th democratic party by William J. BrYan because Mr. Sullivan differed a to what th Illinois platform should ' be, with the peerless leader. "Sullivan," said the chairman, "the western newspaper men have aome new opener canned Interview don't go with them." Roger Sullivan, five feet ten Inches, ja pounds of democratic bulk, stepped up. Mr. Sullivan ssld he was with the party, with Mr. Bryan in fact, and Illinois would go democratic. Roger 'Feaae Up. "I don't know that Mr. Bryan ever had any feeling in the matter. I didn't know that he wa unfriendly to mi We have tolen the Iowa stand pat slogan of 'harm, ony' I beg you to believe." Ury Woodson, member of the national committee from Kentucky, stepped up. "How about Kentucky? Well, Kentucky will go democratic democratic with th choice of the Denver convention a a candi date, whoever that might be," said th man who own three small newspapers lc the Blue Grasa state. "Ixical condition made It posslbl for the republican to carry the stat at th last election, but there is now no doubt bout it, going back where It btlongs, with the solid south." "You say Indiana will go democratic. Why?" ' "From across the river I can see that when Mr. Bryan lost it by only 98.107 Id 1900 and Parker lost it by W.9II, the vol of Indiana is subject to sudden changea. I believe we will ace Indiana republican! glv enough votes fur the democratic candi date, because, of the demand for tariff revixlun, to cany I lie state for the doruo crat)" " TVoruan K. Hack Spokesman. The party referred to Nornuiu E. Mack H th Buffalo Times mm th uoknian