Nebraska Newspapers

    Fhe Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII XO. 208.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1908 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
IN DISCORD
Cloud in the' Balkans - Disturb!
, European Diplomats.
MACEDONIA CAUSES FRICTION
Germany Declines to Longer Take
Part in the Concert
V
ANOTHER GROUPING OF N.
Trouble Over Railway Conce
Hay Cause New Alignment.
MANY REFORMS MAY BE DELAY
Sublime Part Will Throw Powel.
lata Wriifle and Avals Take
Advantage of Their
Quarreling;.
LONDON, Feb. 14. What ta practically
the break up of the European concert on
the Macedonia question has come aa a
ahock to the chancellories of the continent
and England, particularly aa a quiet dlpla
rnatlc season haa been anticipated. The
assent of Oerinany to the management of
Moroccan affairs by France, the conclusion
of agreements to maintain the statu quo
In the Mediterranean and the opening cf
negotiations looking to treaties that should
accomplish a similar purpose with regaid
to the North Sea seemed to make the pos
sibility of differences arming among the
powers remote.
The conferences of the ambassadors at
Constantinople also appeared to be going
on smoothly, when a bomb was thrown
Into camp by the announcement made by
Ilaron Marschall von Dlebersteln, the Ger
man ambaasHdor, that Germany would no
longer act with the other powers In In
sisting that Turkey consent to their de
mands. As to the cloud that has arisen
between Russia and Austria-Hungary over
the projects for railroad extensions In
Macedonia of the latter state, the right of
Austria-Hungary to secure a concession for
the Novipaxar railroad line and the justice
of Germany supporting Its ally are recog
nised in England, but it is considered that
the present time Is inopportune for raising
this point.
It Is now said that the official breaking
up of all these international understandings
will aggravate the Macedonian situation,
reopen the whole near east problem, start
a contest for railroad concessions which
may lead to serious results and enable
Turkey to postpone the reform for which
the ambassadors have been working. ,
New Grouping of Powers.
VIENNA, Feb. 14.-A new grouping of
the powers In the near eastern question is
freely predicted by independent politicians
hare unless Baron von AekrenthaJ, the
AUrftro-Hungarlan minister of foreign af
fairs, ' succeeds speedily In dispelling the
irritation of Russia over the Balgan rail
road quanUon. The situation is considered
in Vienna to be complicated by the alleged
Intention of the Russian government to
ask the sultan of Turkey to frrant a con
tention for the construction of a railroad
lino from Raduivatx, in Servla on the
. Danube, to Antlvart or Dulclgno, both sea
ports of Montenegro on the Adriatic, a
project that would connect the Danube
with the Adriatic and would be acceptable
to Italy for commercial reasons. This Rus-
' shin counter moVe to the Austrian project
Is resented here.
Austria's right to seek a concession from
Turkey for the connecting line through the
province of Novlpasar la based. It Is semi
officially declared here, upon the treaty of
Dcrtln. Seml-offlclally it is asserted that
Austria not only has not the right, but it
is not even able to plead immediate neigh
borship to Turkey, as la the case with
Ru'sla.
QUEEN WRITES TO MR. MORGAN
Bequests Permission to View Orlsr
laals of Ills Famous Art Collec
tion In London.
LONDON, Feb. 14. in a personal letter
to J. Plerpont Morgan, thanking, him for
his gift of the first three volumes of the
Illustrated catalogue of his pictures, col
lections, mlnaturea, books and manuscripts.
Queen Alexandra has expressed a wish to
visit Mr. Morgan's residence, in Princess
Gate, B. W In order to view the origi
nals. It Is expected that the visit will be
made In March when the dowager em
pi ess of Russia will be here., It Is likely
that Mr. Morgan will tie present personally.
PLOTTERS START REVOLUTION
"t Mpped at Beginning Tkrongh
Loyalty Troops at
Erssior,
Gl'ATQl'IL, Ecuador. Feb. 14.-A revolu
tionary movement at Manabl has been
nlrped In the bud. The soldiers of the
garrison there were approached by certain
individuals who tried to bribe them to start
a revolution. The troops resented this ef
fort and denounced the agitators to the
authorities. The plotters wero arrested.
WOMEN GLORY IN JAIL TERMS
Mrs. Farkhurat and Others Prefer
This to til Ian Security for
USDS Behavior.
LONDON. Feb. 14. Mrs. Parkhurst. the
leader of the women suffaglsts, and tho
other delegates of the organization who
were arrested yesterday when they at
tempted to make a demonstration In the
House of Commons all went to Jail for six
weeks rather than give securities for their
good behavior.
ECUADOR SENDS GREETINGS
Covernmeat Wires Altai at Pern to
Greet Fleet Ufllclally at
Calls.
"ot.'AYQriU Ecuador. Feb. K-The
government has sent cable instructions to
its agent at Lima, Peru, to greet Admiral
Kvans in the name of Ecuador on the ar
rival of the fleet at Calloa.
Heavy Steel far Northwestern.
HURON, a D., Feb. H.-(Speciul -Immense
quantities of heavy steel rails are
being unloaded by the Chicago & North
Western railway company between this
city and Pierre. They are to replace the
lighter rails and aa soon as the work Is
completed a heavier elats of locomotives
will be operated on the line between this
city and the Missouri river.
Murder Outcome of feud.
HINTINTONO, W. Vs., Feb. 14.-Re-'fiuM
of Interference with plns for the
loarrttiice of his sister. Hnrv lit-an. a
prosperous young farmer, living at Frich
ard. was shot through the head and In
stantly killed yesterday Wy VilsU UaXten,
Urn jruuun wutuau s tlanu.
SUMMARY OF TI1E DEE
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TBI WEATIia.
FOR OMAHA. Coiivrii. mrnr-o An
VTCINITY-Fslr Saturday.
FOR NRRHASKA Fair Saturday.
Jrc.FOR IOWA Saturday fair and warmer.
junipri aiur ml umana yesteraay:
Hour. ueg.
f a. m 28
5 a. in 28
7 a. m 27
8 a. m 2
9 a. m 25
10 a. m 24
It a. m 25
12 m 24
1 p. m M
2 p. m SO
3 p. m W
4 p. m 29
t p. m 27
6 p. m 23
7 p. m 24
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p. m 22
DOKIBTIO.
Mondell bill passes house for repay
ment of money to land entrymen when
fault does not lie with the entryman for
fatlurt to perfect entry. Paga 1
Proposed increases In salaries for as
sistants to cabinet officers stricken from
appropriation bill on point of order.
raffs 1
Deputy Fire Chief Kruger of New Yolk's
fire department drowned In subbasemtnt
well at a fire. , W a
Attorney General Jackson says he will
apply for a reoelver for the Mutual Re
serve Life Insurance company. Page 1
May wheat went to $1 a bushel on Iho
Minneapolis exchange. Page 1
Secretary Taft is a guest at West Point,
where he presents diplomas to graduating
second lieutenants. Page 1
New York syndicate, of which J. P.
Morgan is the head, offers to buy $50,
000.000 bond Issue of the city. Pago 1
Great Western road establishes new
schedule for employes in interest of
economy without reducing wages. Page 1
NXBBASKA.
Missouri Pacific railroad pulls pass llfct
back and attorney general of state says
he will not prosecute. Pace 3
Farmers of Craig at institute pass res
olutions in favor of the corn bIiow in
Omaha. Page 3
State convention of Young Men's Chris
tian association at Norfolk develops fact
association has had a great year In Ne
braska. Pag 3
Action of Germany In Macedonian
troubles has thrown the diplomats of Eu
rope in a turmoil and leaves the sultuu
with high cards in his hands. Fag's 1
Hcquador sends greetings to the Ameri
can fleet through Its agent at Lima, Peru.
Page 1
'Suffragettes of London go to Jail rather
than pay themnelves out. Page 1
Queen Alexandra writes to J. Plerpont
Morgan asking to be permitted to visit
his art gallery In London and view hu
pictures. Page 1
POZ.XTIOAX.
Wisconsin democrats select delegates-at-large
and afdjourn their convention
after unanimously indorsing Bryan.
Page a
Officers of the national committee of
republicans meet at Chicago to plan for
the convention. Page 1
Lancaster county delegates indorse
Field for delegate-at-large and Strode for
district delegate. Resolutions favor
Roosevelt, but both candidates for dele
gate are for Taft. Page 3
X.OCAX.
One dead and two injured Is the result
of street car accident due to slick rails.
Pag 3
City Prosecutor Daniel slow to act in
case of alleged fraudulent employment
agent, though many complaints are made,
page ia
11. E. Cochran and H. W. Mattoonn. ar
rested In connection with smallpox cam
paign, are released by Police Judge Craw
ford. Pace 5
COmCEBCXAX. AJTD XVDU8TBIAX..
v Live stock markets. Page
Grain markets. Pags s
Stocks and bonds. Pags 9
MOVEaCEXTS OP OCBAJV TEAMSJtXPS.
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LIVERPOOL BaxonU
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HOUGH SUPPLEMENTS ORDER
l nltrd States J a dare gprelfl.es What
Questions E. If. Harrlman
Mast Answer.
NEW YOIrK. Feb. 13.-Judge Hough In
the I'nlted States circuit court today is
sued an order supplemental to the opinion
of two weeks ago In the matter of the In
terstate Commerce commission's question?
which E. H. Harrlman and Otto Kuhn of
Kuhn. Loeb & Co. refused to answer,
relative to dealings In Illinois CenirJ,
Vnlon Pacific and Southern Pacific railroad
stocks.
The order gives the question which must
be answered In detail, but does) not fix tht
time for the appearance of either men be
fore the commission. Of the two questions
which Mr. Harrlman is not required to an
swer one relates to the purchase of stocks
between July 18 and August that may have
appreciated In values. The other was
whether Mr. Harrlman or any of the di
rectors of the t'nlon Pacific bought stocks
In anticipation of the dividend.
NEW RECORD FOR BOND ISSUE
Morgan Syndicate Offers to Take Fifty
MlllluiOraf Paper In
Block.
NEW YORK. Feb. 14 A syndicate com
posed of J. P. Morgan A Co., the First
National bank, the National City bank and
Harvey Flsk 4k Sons, put in a bid for the
entire Jb0.O00.0uO Issue of New York City
44 per oent bonds, bids for which were
opened today. The syndicate offered liij.377
for H7.ua).000 and luO 877 for the remaining
I3.000.0U). There were 1,1(13 bids In all. many
of them for comparatively small amounts.
Many of the bids for smaller amounts
were considerable higher than 'the sydl
cate offer. The number of bids was a new
record f Lr the New York; City bond Issue.,
CONSERVING OF COAL LANDS
Steps Taken by Interior Department
to Lessen Speculation.
DIFFERENT FLANS SUGGESTED
Generally Arrepted Area ta Be Pur
chased Should Be Increased
to Permit Advantageous
Working.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. (Special.) The
records of the general land office discJose
some Intel estlng data,- especially with regard
to the sale of coal lajids under the act of
March 3, 1873, up to and including June 10,
1907.
During the year 190$ practically all of the
cool lands in the public land states were
withdrawn from appropriation pending their
classification and valuation, based on the
distance of the land from Constructed lines
of transportation and the grade of the coal
such lands contained. The position was
taken that the remaining pubHc coal lands
should be conserved and that' the coal land
law, which had lost Its effectiveness
through subterfuge on the part of many
applicants desirous of securing such lands,
restricted the sale of such lands to such an
extent that lands known to be coal lands
and chiefly valuable for such were' taken
under other laws. In this connection figures
showing the area of coal lands sold since
the passago of the act of 1873 up to June 30,
1907, have, been compiled, from which It ap
pears that during that time, or thirty-four
years, but 8,082 purchases, embracing 419,007
acres and for wtych !t;,4C3.5W.69 was re
ceived, have been made of both public and
Indian lands containing coal, such pur
chases of Indian lands having only been
made in the state of Colorado.
Disposing; of Coal Lands.
At the time of the withdrawal of the
probable and known coal area, in 1906, It is
estimated that approximately 66,900,240 acres
were withdrawn, at which time it was also
estimated that approximately 24,683,520 acres
within the area had been patented or were
embraced in pending entries made under
some other law than the coal land law,
with very few exceptions. The figures, as
complied, plainly show that many acres of
coal lands have been disposed 'of undor
laws other than the coal land law, which
Is accounted for largely because of the pro
visions of the coal land law, which tond to
lessen the sales under It on account of the
small area one person or association of
persons can purchase (an area not suffl
dent to Justify the necessary expenditures
Incident to the development of a paying
mine, and the price per acre at which coal
lands are sold, these lands being the most
expensive of all public lands). During the
last summer all but approximately 14.000.000
acres of tho area withdrawn in 1906 have
been classified, valued and restored, some
of the lands withdrawn, after being exam
ined In the field, having been found to be
non-coal
Some of the lands classified have been
valued as hlght as 875 per acre but the
averajre valuation, excepting the lands con
taining low grade coals and subject to
entry at the minimum prices of 810 to 820
per acre, has been under 84u per acre de
pending upon ' the distance of the loads
from constructed transportation lines, to
gether with the quality of the coaL It
Is believed that after the quality of the
coal has been determined and the price at
which the lands are to le sold has been
fixed there Is more of a demand to pur
chase than there would have been had the
classification and valuation not been made.
The steps taken by tho Interior Depart
ment to conserve the remaining Coal lands
It Is believed will tend to lessen tho spec
ulation which haa heretofore been Indulged
In by mattV persons In the purchase of such
lands because of the determination of tho
character thereof which will permit of
their being entered only under the coal
land law and at the prices fixed, unless
the rights of applicants were Initiated with
in 60 days prior to the withdrawals.
Greatest Good to People.
It is believed that the public generally
is of the opinion that the remaining un
appropriated public coal lands can well be
treated or classed as a public utility to bo
conserved and disposed of In a manner
which will result In the greatest amount
of good being obtained for the Interest of
all the people. To accomplish this by cor
recting the evils of the present system
careful consideration must be given to alt
elements which enter into the disposition of
such lands and while the correction has
been probably long delayed the action now
taken should not be to the other extreme.
The object to be attained is to meet present
and future conditions and to prevent mo
nopoly and excessive prices in the dispo
sition of such lands. Some sections of the
public land states soem to favor the sale
of the coal deposits In the lands, subject
to forfeiture for failure to exercise the
rights granted which plan would leave the
surface open to disposition under appro
priate laws, subject to the right of the
purchasers of the coal to mine the same
advantageously; others favor a leasing
system under which plan the title to the
land would be restrained In the Govern
ment; under either of the above suggested
remedies all familiar with conditions as
they now exist seem to be In accord that
the area should be increased to such a
figure as would enable conservative inves
tors to purchase such an area as would
afford them a reasonable return for their
investments, which would tend to open up
more mines and Increase the output. In
stead of allowing coal lands to remain un
developed and thus Indirectly increase the
price of fuel as well as limit the output.
It is believed that legislation will be en
acted at the present session of Congress
looking to an amendment of the present
laws so aa to afford the relief desired.
tatenteat of Males.
Aggregate sales of public and Indian
coal lands in each of the several land
states and territories, from the passage of
the act of March 8, 1873, up to and Includ
ing June 30, 1907. Coal entries of Indian
land have only been made in the stale of
Colorado:
, Entries. Acres. Receipts.
Alabama 2 239.40 8 2.3M.OJ
Alaska SO 4,771.79 47.717.91
Arlxona 5 81O.00 16.VM ov
California 36 4.9"?. 96 72,(WJ.3t,
Public S':9 135.S16.01 llO.O-.So
Colorado (Indian). 43 56,7). 7i 821.519 lo
Dakota (Ter.) .... 8 &3.67 6.W6.70
Idaho 2 2x).u 2o0ou
Montana 263 S8,4'.6.31 &.ouo to
Nevada 4 640.00 g uuU.um
New Mexico 175 2u.4JU.S2 31v t'3
North Dakota .... M 6.0K.'.2 M 441 uu
Oregon 88 6,6W.ll 63,7'3.10
South Dakota .... 1 lriu.tio l.fto Ou
dah 261 36.Si9.52 564, 478.hu
Washington 21 43.Jx3.78 677.290 t.
Wyoming 5.4 75,5;.4J l,fca.7s.70
Totals ..
.3.032 4-"9.(r7.43 86, 463,607. OS
lawn lea t'reaus Man Klected.
riTTSBURG Feb. 14-The National
association of Ice cream manufacturers
today elected John T. Cunningham of Chi
cago president and Claud Myers, of Ot
tumwa. Is., director
BIG' VALUES IN WASTE DUMP
Homeetake Mine
Which Will
of P
Stakes a Discovery
iet Thousands
liars.
LEAD, 8. D.. Feb. f 4 (Special.) Some
veeks ago workmen in the Homestake
mine succeeded in getting into the place
on the 500-foot level whfre the fire was
the hottest while It was raging lit the
mine last March and Aprll.JHaterla, from
that point had been taken out for several
days and was being placed In the wasted
dump, a great deal of It being used tor
the making of concrete and the rest to
fill up old stopen. This rock was cov
ered with a thick layer of ashes and
charcoal, forming In many instances a
complete covering to the rock, being caked
upon It. While tho rock carries gold, it
could not be used In the mills, for the
charcoal which covers It, whl.e It would
not affect the free milling process, would
nullify the action of the cyanide In the
after treatment of the ore In the cyanide
plants and the slims plants of the com
pany and result In no values being saved.
The rock was be big carefully BOrted
from the rest of the'ore taken from this
point, which is on the 500-foot level, east
of the last place where the men were
fighting the fire before the mine wan
flooded last July, and care was Liken
that none of It shrjuld get Into the ore
bins for the reascsi stated. Someone
brought a piece of the rock up into the
timekeeper's office sjrd it knocked around
there for a day or sii. when someone with
a curiosity examinel it with a glaxs and
made the discovery that the ashes and
charcoal with whlel it was coated was
literally filled wlthj gold. The" informa
tion was conveyed to the management
and now all of the gold taken from that
particular point Is being saved and the
ash-covered ore will receive a separate
treatment. It is bellevod that the fierce
heat which prevailed at this point during
the fire estimated by Chemist Sher
wood of the company to have been be
tween 1.600 and 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit
melted the gold and that It dripped
down from above and formed in globules
over the charcoal and ashes with which
the rock is coated. U is believed that
some of the concrete walls and walks
among tho mines and nil's of the Home
stake company is rlt'i. :t In gold than any
of the ore that has ever been taken Trom
the mines of Goldfield or Tonopah and
that some of the old stopes in the mine
are filled with material which will, whin
It Is treated, result In a profit to the
company of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. NEW SCHEDULE FOR EMPLOYES
Great Western Will Provide Means of
Economy In Manna-Ins; the
Hoad.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 14. As a result of the
financial difficulties which have beset
the Chicago Great
probablo that the
the road will uffe
jVestorn railroad, It is
peratlng employes ot
a reduction of their
Income. This redudjlbtv it is understood.
will not come in the
shape of a direct cut
tho schedules under
In salaries, but In
which the men are working.' The company
Is now preparing a Inew working schedula
embodying a numl.g-, of changes. These
changes will Va .".!' i itM to representa
tives of the Great NTcsteri, engineers, con
ductors, firemen and trainmen, who will
gather In St. Paul, March 9.
SENATE STOPS PROHIBITION
Proponed C'nnatltatlonal Amendment
Defeated In I'pper House of
West Vlraiula.
CHARLESTON, W. V., Feb. 14. The pro
posed constitutional amendment to pro
hibit manufacture and salo of liriuor which
pursed the house was today defeated In
the senate, .
LOW RECORD F0R MAY WHEAT
Sells for Dollar on Minneapolis Ex
change, Cheapest for Last
Year's Crop.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 14. May wheat this
morning sold at 81 on the local exchange.
This is the lowest price that May wheat
ha sold at on the 1907 crop.
FIRE RECORD."
I.lthoa-raphlua; Plant at Buffalo.
Bl.'FFALO, Feb. 14. Fire which broke out
on the fourth floor of the plant of the
Courier Lithographing company In Main
street and extending through to Washing
ton street early today caused a loss esti
mated at Ji0,00. The plant is one of the
largest of its kind In the country. '
Just after the fire was discovered there
were a scries of explosions, supposed lo
have resulted from the fire communicating
with certain explosives used In the art de
partment. The press department of the
Buffalo Evening Times adjoining was dam
aged to the extent of ,000. The Evening
News has offere.l the Times the use of Its
presses and the Times will be run off today
from the News presses.
Besides a large quantity of valuable ma
chinery In the Courier building the com
pany had Just finished the plates for a
J1W,000 contract for circus posters and these
were in an annex, which was destroyed
Commercial Club at Kadoka.
KADOKA, S. D.. Feb. 14. (Special.)
At a meting held In the Hotel Dacotah
last Friday evening a commercial club
was organised to look after the genu-.il
welfare of the town and vhinlty. Gran
ville Jones of Rapid City, stale secretary
of the South Dakota Federation of Com
mercial Clubs, assisted In perfecting the
local organization, which will bo known
as the Kadoka Kummereial Klub. .irty
three members were enrolled at tho firot
meeting and this number will soon be
Increased to a 4otal membership of 1C0
names. The following officers were
elected: O. E. Stuart, president; G. G.
Inman, vice president; Martin Johnson,
treasurer; Frank Coye, secretary; J. A.
Fraser, director, the four officers and tho
director comprising the executive com
mittee. The club will inaugurate a spirited
boosting campaign in behalf of Kadoka
and the surrounding territory.
New Church at Mound City.
BIOUX FA LI'S. 8. D., Feb. 14 -(Special.)
One of the most prosperous
German Lutheran church societies In the
northern part of the state is the society of
this denomination at Mound Clt: For
some time the society haa been desirous
of securing a new church building, and
arrangements to this end now have been
completed. As the result of several bus
iness meetings on the part of the members
ot the society arrangements have been
made for the erection of a new 8S.000
church edifies in tho spring. The new
church building will be one of the fluest
of Us kind la narttkera Svulb CsJwU.
SALARY INCREASES CUT OUT
Proposed Raises for Cabinet Assistants
Dropped by House.
MACON MAKES POINT OF ORDER
Nearly Two-Thirds of Legislative,
Judicial and Executive Bill Dis
posed of Before Adjourn
ment. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Orntory In the
house today gave way to legislation with
the result that material progress was made
in the executive, legislative and Judicial
bill. It met with comparatively smooth
sailing until on points of order by Mr.
Macon of Arkansas tho proposed Increases
In salaries of the assistant secretaries of
the several departments were stricken out.
Mr. Macon explained his action by saying
that an appropriation bill was not the
place for such legislation. With nearly
two-thirds of the bill disposed of the house
djourned.
The reading of the executive, legislative
and Judicial appropriation bill for amend
ment was begun In the house today. Mr.
Crumpacker (Ala.) offered an amendment
reducing the mileage allowed to senators.
members and delegates from 20 cents a
mile to 8 rents, but on an objection by Mr.
Englehrlght (Cal.) it was refused on a
point of order.
The first attack on the increases In the
salaries of assistant secretaries of the sev
eral departments which the bill authorizes
was made by Mr. Macon (Ark.), who raised
a point of order against the increases for
the assistant secretary of state. Mr. Dal
zell (Pa.) made a plea for Increasing tho
salaries of the solicitor general and the
assistants to the attorney general. Ho
charged- the appropriation committee with
having discriminated against these offi
cials. Mr. Macon declared that tho In
crease If made should be under a separate
bill and not In an appropriation bill. He
gave notice that he would ralso a point of
order against all other Increases for as
sistant secretaries. The point of order
was sustained and the proposed increases
were not allowed.
Mr. Macon objected to Increases In sal
aries proposed for other assistant secre
taries, and when the provision affecting
the Treasury department salaries was read
these Increases went out on a point of
order raised by him.
The proposed Increase In the salary of
the supervising architect of the treasury
was rejected on a point of order by Mr.
Macon, who objected also to an amend
ment by Mr. Smith of Arizona, proposing
an Increase In the salaries of the territory
Judges of Arizona.
Mr. Macon then made another point of
order against the Increase of the salary
of the assistant secretary of war and it was
stricken out.
On a point of order by Mr. Mann the
appropriation for a monthly pilot chart for
the North Pacific ocean published by tho
navy was stricken out. The bill was still
under discussion when the house adjourned.
ACTIOX TO FRF.K RAILROADS
Senate Subcommittee Favors Resolu
tion by Tillman..
WASHINGTON. Feb. It. A subcommit
tee of the senate committee on Judiciary
today decided to take favorable action on
the Tillman resolutioh Instructing the at
torney general to Institute suits to compel
railroads in the northwest, to open to set
tlement lands granted' them by the gov
ernment. The Department of Justice,
however, will draft a new resolution or bill
covering the subject In order that all
phases of violations by the railroads of
conditions prescribed by the government
In making the grants may be prosecuted.
Milton D. Purdy, assistant to Attorney
General Bonaparte, and B. I. Townsend,
assistant to the United States attorney for
North Dakota, attended the hearing given
by the subcommittee today.
PIIOtEKDIXtiS OF THE SENATE
Senntor Clay "peaks In Fnvor of Gov
ernment Paper Money,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. The senate
today gave attention to a speech on Uie
Aldrich currency bill by Senator Clay of
Georgia. Mr. Clay's declarations in favor
of the issuance of paper money by the
government provoked a controversy be
tween him and republican senators. o.n
utors Lodge and Teller both gave their
views on the policy of Issuing paper
money by the government. At 2:30 p.
m. the senate adjourned until Mouduy.
WORKMAN'S FUN PROVES FATAL
Throws Dynamite Cap In Fire and
Explosion Kills One and Wounds
Several Others.
BELLE FOURCHE, S. D Feb. 14.
"Just for fun" Charles Iavezzl, employed
-on the government Irrigation project near
here, throw a dynamite cap Into a bon
fire, around which were seated six men.
The explosion set oft iJ sticks of dyna
mite which were being thawed near by, in
stantly killing J. R. CulllH, a teamster, and
injuring all of the others, including Lavezzl,
who may lose both sight and hearing. The
government engineers secured the aid of
ranchers, who hauled the injured into the
hospital here In hay wagons.
PLANNING FOR CONVENTION
Officers of National Committee Meet
la Chlcasio to Talk Over
Arraascrnients.
CHICAGO. Feb. 14. Chairman Harry
New, Secretary Elmer Dover, Sergeant-at-Arms
Stone ot the republican national com
mittee and the members of the subcom
mittee on arrangements of the national
committee met here today to discuss plana
for the holding of the convention.
JACKSON WANTS A RECEIVER
Attorney General Will Ask One for
Mutual Heserve Life
Com pa o y.
NEW TORK, Feb. 14. -Attorney General
Jackson announced today that he has de
cided to ask for the appointment of a re
ceiver for the Mutual Reserve Life Insur
ance company. The legality of Certain
directions imposed upon policies has been
questioned by tlir authorities.
UNION MEN ARE INDICTED
Itepresentatlves of Practically Every
I'nlon lu ew Orleaas Hrougkt
Before Court.
NEW ORLEANS. La., Feb. 14. The
I'nlted States grand Jury today Indicted
representatives of practically every labor
union in New Orleans, charging them with
vlolatirg the EUercnaa an U-trust taw.
BILL TO RELIEVE ENTRYMEN
Allows Repayment of Money Where
Fault Is Ktuj nllh the
Entrymau.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-(Spectal Tele
gram.) Congressman Mondell s bill pro
viding for repayment to public land entry
men, passed the house today. These pay
ments, paid by entrymen on their entries,
where, for any reason other than frand the
entry cannot he confirmed or perfected,
have made It necessary. In view of the
department's order authorizing registers
and receivers to accept final proof In pay
ments but not to Issue final receipts, has
tied up In the treasury several hundred
thousand dollars. In order that relief may
be had by these entrymen, bill which
passed today Is absolutely necessary, and
In those cases where the entry cannot be
confirmed, under the terms of tho bill, the
money can now be paid back.
George Fuller, son of J. A. Fuller, orig
inally of Omaha, but who was appointed
from Arkansas to tho naval academy at
Congressman Hitchcock's request. has
come within an ace of being dismissed from
the Naval academy, his splendid school
aft Ic standing being the only thing that
saved him. Young Fuller went to a hop
without permission, and certain other In
discretions were committed, until tho de
partment decided to dismiss the young man
from tho naval service. Mr. Hitchcock In
terested himself, however, and finally suc
ceeded In getting the naval authorities to
recant from their decision to dismiss, hut
instead, young Fuller will lose his mid
summer vacation and will bo confined to
the graunds of the academy for months
to come.
Congressman Hitchcock, who will attend
the banquet of the Omaha club on the 23d
of February, will leave for Omaha shortly.
Owing to press of legislative business. Rep
resentative Cushman of Washington state
will not bo ablo to attend the banquet, as
ho hod hoped, and Mr. Hitchcock said to
day, he very much doubted if Richard
Pearson Hobson would bo able to muke
the Journey with him.
Tho Nebraska delegation will meet to
morrow at 10 o'clock for the purpose of
selecting a successor to Elmer H. Steph
enson, collector of internal revenue.
Bertha D. Baker has been appointed
postmaster at Boone, Boone county. Ne
braska, vice M. W. Baker, resigned.
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes:
Cedar Rapids, route 2. John Snuhnrdn, car
rier, Alfred Souhnula, substitute. Keokuk
route 1. George L. parsons. carrier; Henry
W. Bacon, substitute. Unlonvllle. route
3, Delmer L. Hlatt. carrier; Williamson E.
Hlatt, substitute.
A civil service examination will be held
February 29, at Mitchell, S. D., for clerk
and carrier In the postofflce service.
TAFT GUEST AT WEST POINT
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Secretary of Vnr Will Present 1)1
pIoiiihs to 1 OH Second
Lieutenants of Army.
WEST POINT. N. Y.. Feb. 14Secretary
Taft arrived from Detroie this afternoon
to present diplomas to the graduating
class of the United States military academy,
108 new second lieutenants in the various
branches of tho military establishment will
J commlsslor ed. A salute of seventeen
guns was fired as the secretary and tho
escort moved up the steep Incline leading to
the academy . grounds. Another dlstln
gulshed guest was Genersl J. Franklin
Bell. , .
The first honor cadet of the gradual Ing
class Is Glen Edgerton of Manhattan, Riley
county, Kansas. Edperton who was only
17 years of ago when appointed to the
academy Is the third youngest member
of his class and hns consistently led his
fellow cadets throughout his four years'
course.
The ten ranking cadets among iho gradu
ates have their choice of the five branches
of the military service-engineers, ordnance,
artillery, cavalry or Infantry. In addition
to Edgerton the.' members of the first ten
are C. L. Hall, Princeton. N. J.; Virgil L.
Teterson, Campbellsvllle. Ky.; George R.
Goethals, son of Colonel Ooethals, now In
ehsrjro of the ' construction work of the
Panama canal; John W. N. Shultze. Wheel
Ing. W. Va.; Clarence I. Sturdevant, Nellls
vllle. Wis.; Earl W. Atklsson. Canton, O.;
Richard T. Calnar, Tacoma, Wash.; Lnwl
renre W. Mcintosh, Gardner. Mass.; and
itoDen B. A. Dougherty, San Francisco.
EXPERIMENTAL FARM SCHEME
Representative Scott of Kansas Sub;.
tests Farmers Do Work
lader Experts.
WASHINGTON, reo. H.-Representatlve
Seott of Kansas, chairman of the house
committee on agriculture, has conceived a
novel plan which he believes, If adopted,
will enable the farmers of the country to
produce better and far larger crops than
heretofore.
Mr. Scott's propoHition Involves the es
tablishment of 10U experimental farms if
one ucre each In every county In a group
of four western agricultural states for the
purpose of giving tho farmers a practical
demonstration of the best methods of grow
ing different kinds of crops. It Is pro
posed that the lands for this purpose shall
be furnished by the farmers themselves
and that they do the work of cultivation
under the direction of the experts of the
Department of Agriculture. No additional
appropriation from congress will be re
quired to test Mr. Scott's plan, it Is ex
plained, as the department now has the
requisite number of experts to carry out
the plan.
Mr. Scott declares that enough money Is
now being wasted by the Department of
Agriculture In sending out farm bulletins
and other government work to carry out
his scheme.
MEMBERS SAVE THE MILEAGE
Crnmparker Seeks to Cnt It to Eight
Cents, but Kuslrbrlnht
Objects.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.-The reading of
the executive, legislative and Judicial ap
propriation bill for amendment was begun
In the house today. Mr. Crumpacker (Ala.)
offered an amendment reduelns the mile
age allowed to senators, members and dels
gates from 20 cents a mile to k cents, but
on an objection by Mr. Englehrlght (Cal.i
It was refused on a point of order.
FARMERS ARE FOR CORN SHOW
Burt County Growers at CralsT Insti
tute Endorse Project of Na
tional Exhibit.
CRAIG, Neb.. Fb. 14. (Spetial.)-The
Burt County Farmers' Institute closed a
most successful two days' meeting Thurs
day. In a resolution presented by Sena
tor Joseph Hall, the farmers pledged their
hearty support for the National Corn expo
sition and promised to organise and be
there with tha goods In Lwxauuber.
TORNADO IN TEXAS
Twelre Persons Reported Injured in
Vicinity of Tyler.
TWENTY PERSONS ARE INJURED
Large Area Swept Clean by Awful
Force of Wind.
EIGHT KILLED IN ALABAMA
Three Towns in Vicinity of Mossvills
Devastated. '
FLOODS IN OHIO AND NEW YORK
Heavy Fall of Rain aad Meltlnn
ot Snow Threatens Heavy
Damave by lllah
Water.
TYLER, Tex.. Feb. H.-Tyler was swept
by tho most disastrous tornado In its his
tory thin morning about 4 o'clock. Com
Ing up from the southwest, the storm swept
over the main residence section of the
city, leaving a trail of death and devasta
tion. The known dead In Tyler at this hour
numbers four, C. 'A. Francis, agents of
the Dallas News, wife and child about 1
year old, and an old iif'gro named Moss
Lee, SO years of age.
Francis was about 28 years of ago and,
occupied a high place In the esteem of his (
fellow townsmen. His dead body was
found 1W yards from his wrecked home
and the body of his child was found In
the street. Mrs. Francis was In the wreck
age In tho building.
Six seriously Injured had been reported
at noon. They were: Irwin Franklin,
Mrs. Franklin and four Franklin children.
One of the children Is expected to die.
They were caught In the wreckage of their
home. It Is expected that the death list
in Tyler will reach twelve nnd the num
ber of Injured will aggregate two scores
or more. Twelve buildings were wrecked
nnd In the confusion which exists It Is dif
ficult to compile -sn accurate list of ths
casualties. '
Wires are down In all directions from
Tyler and while reports from farmers wh- N
are hastening la to ascertain tho exU
of the damage are to the effect that ff
houses all around Tyler were blown dr
It Is Impossible to ascertain the lo
life or to approximate the extent f
disaster. It Is known, however, tV
tornado swept everything clean fo
tanco of five miles. Three ml)
town It struck the home of J
Franklin, demolishing the stry'
severely Injuring Mr. and Mr
and their four children. The t
tip from the southwest and,'
through Tyler 100 feet wld I
telephone and electric llg '
laid flat in the storm's ri( ';
damage was done In otlr'
city.
Eight Killed In Aba
MOBILE, Ala., Feb. H.-Mongor v. . jl
Hon on the Mossvllle tornado show5) . eijUi.
deaths In three towns and country and
three towns destroyed.
Rain with Snow In South.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Feb. 11. According to the
reports from the rallroud offices, Kansas
Is thoroughly soaked by a rainfall which
began Thursday and turned Into a wet,
heavy snow during the night. The western
portions cf the state received more snow
than In the east. At Goodhmd from eight
to ten Inches fell. About three Inches fell
at Newton and Ellis and a half Inch at
Topoka. The temperature this morning was
32 dogres above zero.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okl., Feb. H.-After
a continuous rain since nlKlit before last
the temperature took a sudden drop this
morning and a wet snow fell today In this
vicinity.
Floods In Ohio nnd New York.
GALLIFOLIS, O., Feb. 14. That the Ohio
valley will suffer from a disastrous flood
seems certain unless a cold wave checks
the heavy rainfall of the past ewenty-four
liours, which has caused all the side
streams to boom snd the Ohio and the
Great Kanawha and Muskingum rivers to
rise rapidly.
The heavy snow In the West Virginia
mountains Is golnir oft with the rain which
Is causing alaVm among residents In the
lowlands.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.. Feb. 14. Rain
storms the past twenty-four hours In west
ern New York have melted tho snow so
that many streams are overflowing.
FLEET N EARING VALPARAISO
Thousand of Chileans l'rcpnrlns; to
(ilve Fleet n Great
Welcome.
VALPARAISO, Feb. 14, 2:10 p. m. The
fleet of Amcrhan battleships under Rear
Admiral Evans hits Just been sighted eff
Point Curauivilla lltfht. The vessels are In
column formation and are approaching rap
idly. The (lay Is beautiful and the specta
cle of tho sixteen big ships of war forging
steadily over the blue water Is magnificent.
Valparaiso l. filled with eople who have
come in for the naval review and the great
est enthusiasm prevails. Many boats have
put out. the hitler to witness the raising
of the fleet. The shore alung tho point Is
crowded with people.
The converted cruiser Yankton came In
here several hours ahead of the warships.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Word received
at the Navy department today indicated
that the battleship fleet probably will ar
rive at Calloa February 2(, two days lw
hind the schedule.
DEATH JRECORD.
Alfred II. Palmer.
Alfred H. Palmer, 4XJI Davenport street,
died at the family residence at 2:30 Friday
morning after an Illness of six months.
Mr. Palmer wus 04 yiars ot age and was
an employe of the First National bank
until his Illness made it Impossible for him
to continue his duties at tile bank. As a
member of the Duiyea's zouaves of the
lkilli New York infantry Mr. Palmer served
throughout the civil war, then went south
to engage In the mercantile business. He
came to Nebraska In 1MS7 and to Omaha
ten years later. IkHldes his wife, he leaves
nine children Mlvses Elizabeth. Alnetta
and Minnie Palmer, all of Omaha; Ward
F., John W., Alfred H., George W. and
Irving C. of Omaha and Frank B. Palmer
of Deadwood, S. D.
Jefferson County Convention.
FA1RBIKY, Neb., FeW 14. (Special.)-
The republican' central committee has callej
a county convention to elect delegates Ui
Hate and cngrtsilonal conventions, on Sat
urday, February A precinct primary
lias been culled fur February 1 to give
electors a chance to designate thelf vkotcf)
for yroatf
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