Fhe Omaha: . Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 225.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING MARCH 6. 190S-TEN FADES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
BURKETT SURPRISED
Action of First District Contention
Cause a Stir in Washington.,
DO KOT OOW HOW IT HAPPENED
Senator Admits Receiving1 Letters
Urging Him to Be JV-L-rate.
JUDGE FIELD 13 ALSt . SSHTO
' H-.
Nebraska Members Work ith
Conferees on the Indian "1-
FIGHT FOR. THE SUPPLY L.
Hope to Ce tho Appropriation '
the BolI41ir, bal Ikfrmu of'
the Hour Is Hlttcrlr
Opposed to It.
(From n Stuff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Marrh 6. (Special Tele
gramsThe selection of Senator Burkett
delegate to the national republican con
vention from the First congressional dls
trlct of Nebraska surprised everybody In
Washington. It was probably a surprise
to ths senator himself, although with his
uinnl modesty he would not admit It. He
fl!c!uirofa" a'l knowledge of any movement
In his hehalf In that direction and refused
to account for the action of the First dis
trict convention on around of Ignorance of
how It happened. To friends In the senate,
however, Mr. Burkett told an Interesting
story. He said that he had received many
letters from tha First district Insisting
that he should go to Chicago as a repre
tentatlve of their Interests and If he could
not go as de.'.egate-at-large be should at
least go as a district delegate, hence his
election. It Is thought here that the posi
tion taken by Judgo Strode, who was un
compromisingly In favor of the renomlna
tlon of President Roosevelt and opposed
to Tsft, made the selttction of Senator
Burkett possible.
Judgo Field Is as much In doubt over
Ihe action of the First district convention
ts those who have been In Washington
I nee the beginning of congress, and he
could not explain Senator Burkett's selec
tion. Judge Field said he had never heard
Senator Burkett' noma suggested by any
one previous to his leaving for Washington
. on Monday and presumed that the choice
of the senior senator as delegate from the
First district grew out of conditions that
presented themselves on the meeting of
the delegates. Personally, Judge Field be
lieves that he will b selected as one of
the dclegates-at-targc, a well as Governor
Fheldon, Senator Brown and Victor Rose
water. He stated today that he had heard
of no opposition to these names.
Working; (or Snpply Depot.
Senator Burkett spent today with the
In , an endeavor to keep In tha bill the
appropriation of 1100,000- for the supply
' depot sf Omaha, Representative Hitch
cock, who Is also Interested in the measure,
joined his republican colleague and politics
was wholly 'ttmiasted, and worked with
tlie. senator 'upon the house conferees.
Chairman Sherman of the Indian affairs
committee of the house la dead set against
. the provision which Burkett succeeded In
Incorporating In the ' bill on the senate
aide, namely the $100,000 appropriation for
an Indian' supply depot, and very naturally
the house Conferenes side wH their chalr
m . n.
Stephens of Texas, however, the demo
cratic conferee, is known to favor the pro
vision and If Marshall of North Dakota
can be secured to vote for the provision
fts retention In the bill la certain. But
Marnhall Is extremely foxy and may go
with his chairman In the hope of future
benefit. Senator Burkett, however, be
lieves that Marshall will be for the pro-
vislon on tho final conference. One thing
. has been accomplished, however, and that
)s that tho conferees will report In favor
of continuing the appropriation for ths
supply deiKita In Omaha. New York fui.
eago, St. Ixjtils and San Francisco, which
will fix their status hereafter andt make
unnecessary the yearly battle for an ap-
DroDrlatlon.
Lincoln Men See President.
W. : 8. Whltten, secretary of the Com
mercial club of Lincoln, arrived In Wash-
Ington this morning. He at once Joined
Judges Field and Kickctts and by appoint
meit they called upon Senator Brown and
by him wre taken to the White Houee,
wjier a uru'i interview wun the president
was had.
The hearing before the Interstate Com
merce commission on allegations of dis
criminating rales by the railroads against
Lincoln and In favor of Omaha and Sioux
City was arranged for Friday morning,
but a postponement was made necessary
by the pressure of other business before
the commission. Tha representative of
Lincoln will be given a hearing Saturday
morning at 15 o'clock.
Coatplala of Poor Mall Service.
Senator Burkett has , received a peti
tion ' from the people at Dubois asking
for better. mall sarvioe. The only passen
ger train through the town of Dubois cornea
In the afternoon, and hence dally papers
are delayed. In this day of rural free de
livery and daily papers farmer are very
much put Out with the twenty-four hours'
delay In the delivery of their paper. The
senator has taken the matter up with the
postmaster general and requested that a
freight train which cornea along early In
the morning be permitted to do a pouch
. mall Service and deliver these papera. The
department ha taken tha matter under
advisement.
Minor Matters at Capital.
Ths Aurora National bank at Aurora,
'Neb., ha been aulhorlrvd to begin busl
uess with' 175.010 capital A. O. Peterson
Is president. Frits Hofer vie president,
W. C. Keck cashier.
Postmaster appointed: Nebraska Bruno,
Butler county, John R. Slavs, vice J. A.
Froskevoc, resigned; Uilea, Blaine county.
Otto Strand, vie Attoo D. Lilly, resigned;
Sanborn, Dundy county, Ida M. Cooley,
vice H. L. Cooley, resigned. Iowa Cen
terdale. Cedar county George S. Powlall,
vice F. T. Hartley, resigned. " South Da
kota Edwin, Hyde . county, John Jtroslh,
vice H. W.- Chapman, resigned.
fids wsr opened today at the Treasury
department for enlarging the dormitory of
' the Chamberlain, S. D. Indian school. The
lowest bidder was J. H. Stevens of Cham
berlain at n.tny
Herord for Hlah Score.
IOWA CITT, la.. March I. -(Social. -The
Slmpo'i1' bsaket ball team, altloli re
cently uif. the dopu by defeating the
(.rung Citlnnfrll team, has the record fur
hiyh sore In Iowa this ataaon. In Its game
with I Min. college the kfclhotiiet
arajauon pi.ed up a total of etgtKy-one
fttintisti "S LxJia tot w point la tti
SUMMARY OF TUE BEE
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For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Rain or snow Friday; not much change In
temperature.
For Nebraska and Iowa Rain or snow
Friday; not much change In temperature.
Temperature
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DOMESTIC.
Investigations are In progress to ascer
tain the cause of the Colllnwood fire.
The number of dead may retufh 180.
rag 1
Little evidence of the plot to kill Chief
Shtppy has been discovered, but the police
are exerting their energies to prevont the
spread of anarchist propaganda, rag B
Report of examiners of the Oriental
bank say the Institution was conducted
In a manner of gross neglect and violation
of law. Fag 1
Friends of Governor Johnson at the
meeting of the state committee today are
planning to declare for him In Minne
sota. Fag 1
William Adler is Indicted for misappli
cation of funds In New Orleans. Fag 1
Italian auto Is stuck In the mud In
Denlson In front of the residence of
former Secretary Shaw. Fag
ro&zioir.
Japan resents the act of China In sell
ing a steamer and a diplomatic clash Is
Imminent. Pag 1
BXSBASXA.
The state of Nebraska wins a great
victory in th supreme court through de
cisions declaring the Sibley law con
stitutional and calling the stock yards
at South Omaha common carrier.
Far 3
A mind reader was taken with . Olaf
Olson to search for the body of the miss
ing child. Fag S
OOMXSKCXAX. AXD XHBTSTBXAX.
Live stock markets. Fag T
Grain markets. Fag 7
Stocka and bond. Fag 7
MOTZMxarrs of oca ait steamships.
fort. ArrtTed. Sailed.
NSW YORK Florid. Maatla. '
KB W YOHK Slarenta Nord America.
NEW YORK C. K. Ttetea....
NSW YORK Berdllt!
BOSTON WlDirradtaa
LONDON Annua
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COFKNHAOBN...Hall1 Ola
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CAPE RACE-La Provence, from Havre
for New York, in communication at 10:10
a. m. : distance not given.
REPUBLICANS NAME DELEGATES
Taft Colamn Steadily Grow mm Ces
' ventloas Are Being;
Held.
RED CLOUD. Neb., March S. (Special
Telegram.) Webster county republicans
met here today and selected tha following
uninstructed delegation to the county con
vention: J. C. Taylor, Charles Hagate,
Paul Hanson, W. F. Renkle, W. C. Stono,
D. V. Overman, C. W. Kaley, John Crary,
A. A. Bragg, A. A. Creaaman.
Congressional delegates: Dan Garber, W.
B. Thome. C. J Paterson, Frank AbWe, A.
T. Reed, A. F. Hartwell, B. B. Harrington,
D. V. Overman, J. C. Taylor, A. U. Kaley
and Walter Scott.
KEARNBJY, Neb., March (.(Special.)
The Buffalo county convention Instructed
Its delegate to the state convention for
Taft and expressed a preference for Sen
ator Brown, Governor Sheldon and Victor
Rosewater as three of the delegates. The
state convention delegate are:
Victor Wheelock, Walter Bammon. W.
A. Downing, Ben Qoodell, W. A. Tarboll,
N. V. Hansen.
Congressional delegates: Frank Beeiran,
Silas Funk. N. P. McDonald, Ed Gould,
T. P. Olhbon, r). J. Spencer,.
STOCKVILLE. Neb.. March 5. (Special
Telegram.) At th republican county con
vention held here yesterday th following
delegatea were elected to- the state con
vention: F. C. Schroeder. E. A. Hull, L. O. Rich
ardson. U H. Cheney, E. P. Jones, Ed
wsrd Towne, John Mlnnlck.
Congreaelonal Convention John C. Oam
mlll. Ed Wasley. J. P. Martin, L. O. Rich
ardson, A. H. Wllmlth Eugene B. Austin,
L. II. Wymor.
This delegation Is for Hon. John C
Gammill as one of th delegate to th
republican national convention. Mr. Gam
mill 1 for Taft.
Resolution were adopted endorsing the
national administration, of President Roose
velt and th state administration of Gov
ernor Sheldon. The returns from the pri
maries on president 'gave Cannon 2, Fair
banks I Foraker L Hughes S, LaFollette 7,
Roosevelt 68 and W. H. Taft 110.
BARTLEY, Neb., March S. (Special Tele
gram.) The republicans of Red . Willow
county met here In convention Wednes
day and elected delegate to state and
congressional conventions, adopted reso
lutions, etc.
State delegate are Charles Skslla, F. M.
Klmmell, N. J. Johnson. McCook; W. A.
McCool. C. M. Goten. H. N. Colling. In
dlan.Ma; V. G. Etherton. H. L. Brown,
Hartley; P. H. Kllr, Lebanon.
Congressional delegates, W. A. McCool.
C. M. Goben, H. N. Colling, F. C. Smith,
Indianola; A. D. Johnson, M. B. Carman,
J. C. Moore, McCook; P. H. Kllser. Le
banon; W. F. West, Bartley.
The resolutions endorsed President Roose
velt' policies and administration, declared
him tnelr first choice and Secretary Taft
their second choice for president; endorsed
the official conduct of Congressman G. W.
N orris and declared for a revision of pres
ent tariff law to meet present Industrial
condition.
DEATH RECORD.
Sasanel W. aiberts.
NEW YORK. Ms'rch S. A cablegram re
ceived today by the Board of Foreign Mis
sions of the Methodist Episcopal church an.
nounced th death at Buenos Ayrea, Ar
gentina. March t. of Dr. Samuel W. 81b
srts, dean of th Methodist Theological
seminary la that placa. He u a gradual
of th Iowa Waslsyaa university.
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ORIGIN OF FIRE IN DOUBT
Collinwood Officials Sfekinsf to Fix
Responsibility.
EARLY THEORIES ARE EJ ERROR
JauBltor Declares It Mast Bit Been
Started fader Btalrwar to tn
Basement -Hnadrd, and
Ixty-Elaht Dead.
CTjEVELANT), March L-Late this after
noon 1st bodle had been taken from th
ruin of th Lake View school In Collln
wood, where It I thought 180 school child
ren lort their live yesterday. Of the num
ber of bodies recovered 129 have been
Identified. There may be tally twenty
more bodies tn the runln. which have been
burned to ashca.
A great public funeral will take place to
morrow or Saturday.
County Coroner - Dr. T. A. Burke today
began a thorough Investigation of the
cause leading to the terrible loss of Itfn.
His work will be suppdementsry to the In
vestigation being conducted by the varlou
Colllnwood officials, such as the board of
education and the village council.
Th work of the Colllnwood offioials also
was resumed early today. So far they have
arrived at no definite conclusion as to the
cause of the fire or where to place the
blame. If blame It to be placed.
A the day wore on belief became gen
eral that the number of dead might total
upward of 180. While 168 bodies had bran
recovered It was stated by Village En
gineer Gould he was of the opinion that
possibly twenty more bodies still were In
the ruin burned to ashes. He based this
opinion upon the difference of the number
of bodies recovered ' and the number re
ported missing.
Bnildlnar Sold to be Fireproof.
It Is generally admitted that the school
building was of approved fireproof . con
struction and that the calamity could not
have been averted, looked at from this
standpoint. .
Also It now Is believed that the fir did not
have Its origin In the furnace or that jt
resulted from 'the explosion of the heating
boiler. From the testimony so far adduced,
the fire must have started under th stair
way leading from the basement to the first
floor of the building. The Janitor, Fred
Herter, stoutly maintain that there waa
no waste rubbish there.
The official are doubling their efforts
to ascertain the names of the three g ris
'who are reported to have been In the base
ment at the time the flro started and who
are said by the janitor to have first notified
htm of the fire. Much depends. It Is
thought, upon th stork- these g rls may
be able to tell. .
These are the problem that are con
fronting tha officials. The latter desire to
learn the exact reason for the holocaust,
not only because It may be the means of
preventing1 a repetition- of the calamity In
the future and stand as a warning to other
school throughout the county, but will, to
a degree, appease the anx'ety of ' the
afflicted parent and the public In general.
In this connection the - janitor haa been'
made td bear the major portion ef tha
blame. While the janitor ha practically
cleared himself upon his own testimony
yet the feeling against ; him !.- hlgU.; ia
Colllnwood. Yesterday one . father, erased
by his grief made an attempt upon the life
of Herter but was restrained with diffi
culty. Herter Is being ' guarded by thu
police. In addition to the blame, whether
justified or not, being heaped upon him..
Herter Is broken down with grief over the
loss of thre of his own children in th
fir.
Many la Attle Eseap.
Th school was overcrowded and quar
ter had been provided for th younger
children In the attic. Strange as It may
seem, more of the pupils escaped from this
part of the school house than from any
other. The children were under good dis
cipline. The"y had been practiced frequently
tn the fire drill, their teachers without ex
ception retained their self-possession, show
ing great courage In the face of Imminent
danger, and yet more than half of theae
lltle ones died horribly because of faulty
building arrangements.
Tha school house was two stories and a
half high, the wall being of brick and
concrete. Inside It was a shell,' which
burned with almost Inconceivable rapidity.
Tha entire interior was a mas of
smoking ruin lying In the cellar within
thirty minute after the alarm of fire was
sounded.
For supreme horror, the scenes that were
enacted around the rear door of this Ill
fated school house have had few parallels
In khls or any other country. Little chil
dren were piled upon each other, alx and
eight deep, while strong men and frantic
mothers struggled with desperation to t fr
ies them, yet failed and were compelled
to stand back and see the little one die
before their eyes. One woman found her
own daughter ' In this press and stroked
her hair In the effort to keep the flames
away. She failed and the child waa burned
to death while her mother looked on.
Pile of Blackened Bodle.
From the upper floor of the building
two stairways offered exit. One of these
led to the door In front, the other to the
door In tha rear. It was In this last place
that the lives of the little ones were lost
while would-be rescuer stood helplessly by.
The scenes that were enacted In the front
hall will never be known. The door at
this side of the building was never fully
opened,, but a dense pile ot little bodies
that lay in the blackened wreckage be
neath this point, th feet, the hands, the
limbs and the skulls thst were scattered
about, formed a complete Index to ths
horror that had taken place.
When the teachers were Informed 'oTth
existence of the fire they promptly formed
the pupils In march columns, according to
th fire drill, and started them for ths
door. ' They had trained the children to
march always toward th door In front
and Instinctively the column beaded that
way, and the children unknowingly were
by their teacher literally marched Into
th very face of death. When th head
of th column was nearlng the front door
a rush of flames met it. Some 'of the
children dashed at the door In the effort to
open It, while others turned and fled wildly
up the stair. The door was double and one
side was held by a spring. The column
above, knowing nothing of the fire on
the stairs below, kept pressing down and
within a few second there was a jam of
panlo and struggle on the stairway and
behind the half-dosed front door that noth
ing could atop and which cost the live of
all who were caught within It.
' No Power Safflrlrnt for Reeeae.
A worse tragedy, however, was enacted
at the door In the rear. This, It 1 claimed
by many people, openod like th front
door, toward the interior of th building.
In order to reach this entrance th pupils
wer compelled to march down a stairway,
maka a sharp turn In a narrow hall and
(CouUausd on Second Pag a) V
JAPAN RESENTSCHINA'S ACT
Selsnro of Tatnn Maro Is Likely to
Caaee Comllilais Orien
tals Woald Arbitrate.
TOKKIO, March S. The Japanese govern
ment while maintaining the firmest atti
tude concerning the setaure of the steam
ship Tatsu by the Chinese at Macaoon Feb
ruary 7, entertains no Idea of resorting to
fore for tha recovery of the veasel.
Possibly )n the event that China delay
action Japan will appeal to England or
America to act a Intermediary In tho
matter.
PEGINO, March --Japan I threatening
force to recover the Japanese steamer,
Tatsu Mam, which I atlll retained by
China at Haungpu on the BVKlang or West
river. This vessel waa aelxed at Macaj
February 7 by Chinese customs cruisers on
the ground that the cargo of arms and am
munition was Intended for Chinese revolu
tionists, although consigned to a merchant
of that place. "...
The coercion ot China I feared here on
account of the weakness of the government
and because of the doubtful legality of
Chang-Jan-Ttiun'a action I selling tha
Japanese steamer.
Baron Hayashl, th Japanese minister to
China,' yesterday handed to the Chinese
government Japan's refusal to accept
China's propositi to appoint a Joint Japa
nese "and Chinese commission, to examine
all the charges. In the meantime releasing
the Tatsu Marti under tvond.
Japan's demands, are first, the uncondi
tional release of the steamer and second,
an arrangement to protect th shipper
from loss. This second proviso means that
China must buy the csrgo on board the
Tatsu Maru.' r
Arbitration Proaaoaed.
Today China proposed arbitration by Vloe
Admiral Sir Arthur William M,oore, com
mander In chief of tb British-China sta
tion, but Japan refused these overture and
haa warned, the foreign board that such
proposals are unwelcome, It again ex
pressed It doalre for the release of the
vessel, falling ' which. It would take the
steps necessary to secure release.
Japan resents hotly the fact that the vice
roy of Canton boarded tha Tatsu Maru and
hauled down the Japanese flag, whan ac
cording to th Japanese the steamer was
awaiting for a turn In the tide,
. The steamer' paper show that It waa
on Its way to Macao. " Subsequently th
viceroy, Chang-Jan-Chun, claiming author
ity under a former treaty between China
and Portugal, (Macao Is a Portuguese de
pendency), had the ; vessel arrested In
Macao water. This ia according to the
viceroy's statement, but It Is -questioned
whether the steamer wa actually tn Macao
water.. , , '
It la understood that, the Peking, authori
ties would have released the Tatsu Maru
because of the reasonable doubt a 'to the
legality of the rTlceroy'a proceedings,
coupled with the menace of Japan, pro
vided Japan would make no claim for In
demnity. It la contended here that Chang-Jan-Chun
prevented this, course.
' China believes It has ' fully established
It charge of violation! of neutrality by
report that have come In her showing
arrest of other vessels working contra
band cargoes In the aame water.
The Chinese wid th Japanese authorities
have thu far failed to agree on even the
principles of . a settlement,
- The.; Jntrn Utf&y'.-JR.-ifceV-.IJanc;
Kuang diatiict aliso la threatening.-The,
government I looping with - a- condition of
chronic rebellion; which Is being fed by an
active trade In Contraband rllea and am
munition captured from the Russian dur
ing the' lata war, and that It ha handed
over to shipper from the Chinese, market
more than A,0n0-rf these. What Is dis
tressing th Peking! government Is the al
leged wholesale counterfeiting by Japanese
of tha paper- currency of China, which has
debased the copper coinage. -
Hostilities Not Expected. , , ,.
WASHINGTON. March 6 "I think the
good sense of China will result In a satis
factory settlement within a day or so."
This was Baron Takahira' comment .to
day when asked regarding the recent
aelsure by China of the Japanese steam
ship Tatsu with a cargo of amall arms
aboard. : The statement was made at
the conclusion of an extended conference
between tho baron and Secretary Root.
No serious trouble, he repeated, wa an
ticipated between hi country and China In
consequence of the Incident.
Asked whether ho had token up with the
American government th question of al
leged protest regarding Japaneee com
mercial activity In Manchuria, the ambassa
dor replied that ha had not, "but," he
added, "I understand Minister Wu has
made some statement on that subject,. He
will be here shortly."
Information haa reached here of the ab
solute accuracy of the statements which
have appeared that China proposed to sub
mit to a mixed court the question of her
right to seize the Japanese vessel Tatsu.
Japan peremptorily declined to agree to any
such proposition and insisted on her de
mands for the surrender of the ship. Thu
the case stand at present. It is not un
derstood that Japan has in any sense pre
sented an ultimatum to China.
The opinion in Washington Is that If the
statement of facts as stated by Japan are
correct, then that country had a perfect
right to demand th return of the vessel.
RIO JANEIRO BANK FAILS
Union Bank of t orn merer, a People'
Inatltatlon, Compelled to
Suspend.
RIO JANEIRO, March S. The Union
Bank of Commerce of this city closed Its
doors. Other banks In this city will be
seriously - affected. The Union bank waa
the principal dc-poeltory of the people and
carried a large number of amall accounts.
Kin; Edward Takes Vaeatloa.
LONDON. March 5.-Klng Edward left
London today for Blarrlta for a month'
holiday, after which he will make a cruise
of the Mediterranean In company wtth
Queen Alexandra.
BERLIN, March . According to an of
ficial note Issued today. Emperor William
will meet King Victor Emmanuel of Italy
at Venice during the course of his Medi
terranean cruise. Later Emperor William
will visit Emperor Francis Joseph at
Vienna.
Eleetrle Mae la aaanhal.
SHANGHAI. March 6-The first section
of the electrie street car service In Shan
ghai was successfully launched today. The
car are liberally patronised. Th street
railway waa originally strongly opposed
by ths natives for fear of the electric
power and because they thought It would
interfere with the business of the jlnrlkuha
men.
Eighth Iowa District for Tnft.
CRESTON. Ia.. March t The republi
cans of th Eighth congressional district
today elected John W. Harvey of Leon and
F. N. Abbott of Creston delegate to th
national convention at Chicago, and In
structed thtm to vot for Secretary Taft,
MAREEBTRIBUTETO PROCTOR
Senator Dillingham Announces Death
of Eis Colleague in Senate.
FUHERAL IN VERMONT TODAY
Body Escorted hy Joint Coaarreeslonal
Committee Leave Wnahlnarton
on Special Train at Nino
O'clock.
WASHINGTON, March S.-Both branche
of congress adjourned today out of respect
to the late Senator Proctor of Vermont. No
business of Importance was done In either
body, general debate on the postoffloe ap
propriation bill In the house having been
extended to S p. m. on Tuesday next.
A marked tribute of respect was accorded
the memory of the late Senator Red field
Proctor of Vermont by th United States
senate today. Republicans and democrat
attended the brief session In such number
as Is seldom seen except on unusual occa
sions. All stood reverently as the chaplain. Dr.
Edward Everett Hale, delivered the prayer,
which contained an appropriate reference
to the life and work of Senator Proctor.
The reading of the Journal was only begun
when Senator Dillingham of Vermont arose
and asked that It be dispensed with, re
ferring In tones that Indicated deep emo
tion to the great bereavement that had
come upon the senate, the state of Vermont
and the country by the passing of a man
who for so many years had been In the
public eye.
Mr. Dillingham moved the adoption of the
customary resolution, and the vice president
announced a committee, consisting of Sen
ators Dillingham, Daniel, Galllnger, Talia
ferro, Perkins, Overman and Hemenway to
attend the funeral. In the house the pro
ceedings wer brief. Mr. Hasklns of Ver
mont presented resolutions of regret, which
were adopted. After Speaker Cannon had
announced the names of Messrs. Hasklns
and Foster of Vermont, Llttlefleld of Maine,
Parker of New Jersey, Lamb of Virginia
and Slayden of Texas as the committee to
represent the house at the funeral, the
house, as a further mark of respect, ad
journed. A special train for the funeral
party left here at 9 oVlock tonight over
the Pennsylvania railroad, and it will ar
rive at Prootor, Vt., at 2:30 o'clock tomor
row, tha funeral to be held at S o'clock.
TULLEY IS N0W FOR CURRIE
Partner Come Together by Being Op
ponents In the Politi
cal Arena.
Frank Currle and Charlie Tulley of Gor
don are In town. But that' nothing as
compared with the main fact.
These two men have Damon and Pythias
or even David and Jonathan of old beat
ten thousand miles when It comes to Indis
soluble friendship and they became friends
by wading through the figurative blood of
strife.
Frank Currle 1 said to be the oldest
man In the world and hi history Is well
known, but there I on, point In his career
which Jia not been generally aired.
In the fall of 192 Frank Currla waa nom
inated' for the legliuatnre -on the repub'
llcan ticket. Charley Tulley, having an ey
for easy things, got the nomination on
the democratic ticket. When the. votes
were counted Currle had Tulley snowed
under.
"Say, that man' a winner. I am looking
for winner."
From that day th firm of Currle & Tul
ley ho been one of the best known cattle
raising firm of Nebraska.
Tulley has come to the democratlo state
convention. Currle has ' come to see what
Tulley doe and how.
"I am after him," say Currle. "If he
loses me he'll have to go."
The chances are when Adams (democrat)
runs for senate up In the unclaimed terri
tory he will have to put up good argument
to Tulley to ahow him why he shouldn't
support Frank Currle, his partner and his
vanquisher six years ago.
CERTIFICATES ARE RETURNED
Eighteen Are la Hand of tho Re
ceiver and One In Algona
Bank.
MARSH ALLTOWN, Ia.. March 6. (Spe
cial Telegram,) Attorney for Stuart B.
MacDtarmld and Cashier Donald B. John
son of tho Green Mountain Sav'.ngs bank
this afternoon turned over to the bank' re
ceiver eighteen of the twenty-one of the
bank' missing certificates of deposit. All
those returned had been signed by Mac
Dtarmld. . Three of them had been made
out In favor of George J. Robinson, Jr.,
for a total of 17,600. Two had been en
dorsed by Robinson. It Is not known
whether they had been actually negotiated
or not. It is understood Robinson Is a
New York City broker. These are the cer
tificate MacDIarmld said were turned
over to Edward L. Collins, the Omaha di
rector, who took them east.
Inquiry regarding one of their certificates
still missing haa been received by a local
bank from the First National bank of Al
gona, Ia. , It ia for $2,600. Receiver Moore
received notice from New York of protest
of a draft for S2.GO0 issued on the Green
Mountain bank by Collins In favor of
George J. Robinson, Jr.
MIND READER ON OLSON CASE
Tnarston Coanty Authorities Accom
pany Woman to Search far
Hody of uiri.
PENDER. Neb., March 8 (Special Tele
gram.) Sheriff Dorcey, Olaf Olsen and
County Attorney Chase, accompanied by
a woman mind reader from Sioux City,
left here for Rosalie this morning for the
purpose of locating the body of Llllle Olson.
The sheriff and th clairvoyant returned
this evening from the farm on which Olsen
formerly resided. She took th officer to
a grave on the farm, but It was one made
over a year ago and with which the neigh
bors were all familiar. To satisfy all curi
osity th body waa disinterred and found,
as Olsen stated, to be that of a babe which
died at birth. The search waa continued
further during the day, but nothing de
veloped. The sheriff will continue further
search with the aid of ths clairvoyant, but
beyond this statement refused to say any
thing. Oaaatha Wrestler Thrown.
CRR6TON. Ia., March S- (Special. -The
wrestling match held at Temple Grand last
night between "Josh" Billings of Omaha
and "Rastus" Thompson of Casey, was a
dncldedly fast and internetlng contest, al
UmiukIi on account of disagreeable weather
conditions, waa witnessed by only a ama.ll
audience. The two men were very evenly
matohed. BilHngs won the first fall In luet
twelve minutes with a scissors lock. Eight
minutes after Thompson took the second,
and won the third aod tiie rnavh also lu
fa fin art mlnm .
MONEY SECURED IMMUNITY
Affidavit that Vldaver Demanded Pay
ment for Favors from Attorney
General Jnrkaoa,
NEW TORK. March S.-A charpe that he
agreed to pay ll.KV to Nathan Vldaver, an
attorney, last November to bring about a
cessation of newspaper attack upon the
Hamilton bank after Vldaver had said:
"He had no doubt he could fix It with
Jackson to hv the attacks stopped.' wa
made by William R. Montgomery, former
president of the Hamilton bank. In affidavit
filed today. The affidavit waa part of the
complaint against Vldaver, who wss ar
rested yesterday on a charge of extortion
preferred by Mr. Montgomery. Montgomery
declare In the hi affidavit that newspaper
attacks were stopped Instantly upon his
agreement to pay fl.Sno to Vldaver. Up to
the time of his arrest yesterday Vldaver
was one of State Attorney General Jack
son' special deputies. Montgomery de
clares In his affidavit that for some time
aftern his agreement to pay th $1,800 he
was repestedly called upon by Vldaver and
Moses Grossman, another attorney, con
cerning hla neglect to pay the money; that
he persisted In his refusal to pay the
amount, and that soon afterward a letter
from Attorney General Jackson to District
Attorney Jerome concerning the Hamilton
bank appeared In the newspapers.
JOHNSON'S FRIENDS ACTIVE
Minnesota Demoerntlc Committee May
Give Him Endorsement Over
Mr. Brynn.
ST. PAUL, March 8.-The Dispatch today
say that one of the biggest political meet
ings In the history of democratic politics
In Minnesota Is expected tomorrow, when
the member of the democratlo state com
mittee gather In St. Paul to fix dates for
the coming state conventions and arrange
plans for the campaign. The committee Is
composed of eighty-five member and it I
expected that each will be represented
either In person .or by proxy. In fact
proxies have been eagerly sought by the
follower of Governor Johnson, the one
idea being to prevent their falling Into the
hands of the Bryanltes. Member of what
Is known as the governor's "kitchen cabi
net" credit the committee with nine out-and-out
Bryanltes. The members, It la
claimed, will mako strenuous objection to
any Johnaon endorsement, but they are so
far In the minority that their protest, be
yond making trouble, will avail them noth
ing. It was rumored today that the meet
ing of the committee would be the opening
gun In Governor Johnaon' campaign for
the democratlo presidential nomination. If
it ia the Strectcr man I not taking any
hand In the preliminaries. It being Indi
rectly the work of his admirers.
MANY INEQUALITIES"" FOUND
Oriental Bank ' Said to Have Been
Conducted In Very Negligent
Manner.
NEW TORK, March 6.-Mlsconduct of
the affair of the Oriental bank, which Is
In the hands of receivers, Is charged In a
report written by examiner employed by
the receiver and made public today. Th
report says: '
,"The bank ha been conducted In a most
slipshod, loose, u.iliuftnMiiI'ke manner And
ha been permeated with Irregularities,
fraud and crime. Within the last two
years the administration of Its affair had
been characterized by several apparent de
falcations, forgeries, perjury and other vio
lations of the statutes of this state, and
tha attention of the city or state had not
been called to the violation of the law by
the officers or. directors or attorney of
the Oriental' bank. . '
"Sums aggregating considerable amounts
had been charged off to 'profit and loao
and the offender allowed to escape the
penalty of the law, apparently because
they were employes of the bank, while the
officer are afraid to prosecute for fear of
exposure of greater or more Irregularities
or violations of law on the part of those
higher up In the administration of the
bank' affairs."
WANT ADLER NNEW ORLEANS
Indictment Retnrned A aalnat Wil
liam Adler of State Bajik for
Misapplying" Funds.
NEW ORLEANS, March 6.-Wllllam Ad
ler, formerly president of the State bank
New Orleans, waa this afternoon indicted
for "misapplying national bank funds."
Adler Is supposed to be somewhere In Cen
tral America.
FIRE RECORD
Armstrong; Cork Company.
CHICAGO, March 6. Fire starting - on
the third floor of a five-story building oc
cupied by fhe Armstrong Cork company,
20-22 Market street, spread to the fourth
and fifth floors . and to the Muralo com
pany plant, J4-M Market street. Several
person are said to be on the upper floors
of both buildings.
All the men and women employed In the
buildings made their escape without In
Jury. The loss will not exceed $10,000.
Town of Glrardvtlle on Fire,'
POTTSVILLE, Pa., March 5. The mining
town of Glrardvtlle, near here, is threat
ened with destruction by fire. Seven
houses and one store have been burned
and tha flamea are spreading.
HYMENEAL
Detrlrk-Swnnstram.
Miss Lena K. Swanstrum of Butte, Mont.,
in J Clayton Dctrlck of Omnha were mar
ried at 4 p. m. Wednesday at the home of
the officiating minister, Rev. Charles W.
Savldge. Mr. James Detrlck and wife of
Omaha and Mr. Fred Dctrlck and wife of
Marshalltown, Ia., accompanied the party.
Lee-Haajaa.
Miss Frances Hagan and Clarence A. Lee
were married Wednesday at S p. m. at the
residence of Mrs. S. A. Stoops, tri3 Harney
street. They were attended by Mr. J. E
Johnson and Miss Minnie 8loops. Rev
Charles W. Savidse officiated.
Editor Starts New Paper.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D.. March 5. Special.)
The latest now paper to make Its appear
ance In South Dakota Is the Mobridge News,
the first number of which has Just put tn
an appearance at Mobridge. the point at
which the coast extension of the Chicago,
Milwaukee ft St. Paul railway crosses the
Missouri river In the north-central portion
of the state. The publishers of ths new
weekly newspaper ars Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
B. Coate. who recently came to South Da
kota from Shannon City. Ia. Soon after
their arrival in the state they suffered a
great misfortune by the death of their 1-year-old
eon, Glenn, after an Illness of only
a short time. Under these discouraging
circumstances th bereaved parent pre
pared tb copy and laaued the first number
ef their nw papsi
BRYAN IS RATIFIED
Peerless Leader is Meekly Followed
by Democrats in Convention.
PLATFORM ICE BRINGS IS ADOPTED
Pops Fall in Line and Maka it
Unanimous for W. J,
BERGE SCALPS W. H. THOMPSON
Through Intimate Bryan Man Defeats
Little Giant for Delegate.
REVENGE FOR TWO YEARS AGO
la- Dana, fto Bitterly Gnlped Down
by Jlmo, Next to High
Man for Delegate- at
Large. national Committeeman Br. P. &. Kan
of X.anc6astr coanty.
SfATIOlfAXj OOHVIltTION DELXOATES.
At-X.arg X. J. Dunn, DoufflaS oouatti
T. W. Brown, Lancaster; D. V. Stephens,
Dodge T. 3. Kale, Bolt-
Slector-a-I.arg M. T. Harrington,
Bolt Benry Oaring, Cass.
DISTRICT niBaATTS AJTD SXJBOT.
ORB.
rirst District John Moreheed, Bioh.
ardson; Monroe T, Conner, Nemaha.
Alternate John X. Kenalrer, Pawns
George Wsr ran, Johnson.
Prssldsntial Xluctor R. S. Wataka,
SMohardsou.
Second District George Bogera, Doug
la Dr. W. f. McCrann, Donglas.
Altsrnatsa Tom Xslly, .Washington f
A. Fsterson, Sarpy.
Prssldsntial Sleotor Saphu Vsble,
Sooglaa.
Third District Phil B. Kohl, "Wajmsj
W. A. Smith, Oumlsg.
AJtsrnates BenSanadar, Knox I Jamas
Bugh, Colfax.
Prssldsntial Elector Do-ngla Shawvan,
Boon.
Fourth District T. J. Clerks, Sward
Bartholomew Xoehler, rilmore.
Alternates Charls Xrumbaoh, Polk
John Byrne, Thsysr.
Presidential Elector Tom Smith B amn
ion Fifth District Benjamin Sorogg-lna,
Mnokoll! O. E. Harmon, Fhslpa.
Alternate B. D, Logan, Buokoll;
Jam Bell, Franklin.
Presidential Elector D. T. Swanaon,
Clay.
Sixth District A. W. Morris, Cherry
Jams B. Swain, Oreslsy.
Alternates Joseph Obrfldr, Clisy
snne; A. X. Woodson, Dawaon.
Prssldsntial Elector A. D. Cameron,
Qreeley.
The democratlo state convention yester
day adopted a platform which William J,
Bryan brought up from Lincoln the night
before In his pocket, threw the harpoon
Into W. H. Thompson, th "Little Giant"
of Grand Island, tossed the customary
sops to the populist brothrcn In a separate
perfunctory convention, elected D..tP. L.
Hall national committeeman to succeed
Jame C. Dahlman, delegate, alternate
and elector named above, listened to a ,
speech by Bryan In the evening and ad
journed. The deliberation came off at tha,
Auditorium.
The populist held a session, adopted a set -f-resolutions,
thF purpnit- of '"which wa -.
to endorse Bryan, named national odvh
tlon delegates, denounced In a resolution
the Penrose bill widening tha postmaster
general's scope of power so as to enable
him to exclude certain publications from
the. mails and agreed to "be good." The
two elementa of fusion got so close to
gether that the democrats elected M. F.
Harrington, the old-time pop wheelhorse
of O'Neill, delegate to the national conven
tion. Br rare Defeat Thompson.
The defeat of Thompson "was the most,
exciting Incident - of the day. HI friend
charged a conspiracy had been formed to
kill him off, while the slayers said he was
defeated merely to glv room for a younger
man In the person of F. J. Hale of O'Neill,
While some of the Thompson men laid
his defeat to aggrlVed Omaha politicians
over his recent attempt to make peace bo-,
tween the warring Jacka and Jims, point
ing out that he got but 2- votes In Doug
las county, a theory more generally . ac
credited Is !hls: That the fight dates back
two years and was engineered in behalf
of George W. Berge by a business asso-
elate and Intimate friend of Mr. Bryan,
and waa Berge' revenge for an alleged
throw-down by Thompson when Berge
wanted to be governor. It wa worked
through the Omuha bunch by one who
knows It. The story is that Thompson had
pledged his co-operation to Berge, but that
when the convention came to a head at
Lincoln Thompson Joined the Hitchcock
railroad crowd and allowed Berge to paddtev
hla own canoe. The man who Is said to
have slipped the harpoon Into Mr. Thomp
son for Mr. Berge, It Is an open secret,
has not been on the most friendly term
with Hitchcock for some two yesrs and
himself, so the story goes, derived csn- ,
sldcrable satisfaction out of th harpoon
ing. Dnnn Next to Highest.
' Another live wire was touched In the elec
tion of Ignatius Jehovah Dunn of Omaha,
the Jacksonlan who wa swallowed with
such wry faces by the Jims during the
late war. Mayor Brown of Lincoln waa
high man, receiving 977 votes' for delegate-at-large.
The othera stood: Dunn, 871;
Stophens, &27; Hale, 749; Thompson. ITS.
Douglas county's vote on these candidate
was: Dunn, 1; Brown, 129; Hale, 129;
Stephens. 128, Thompson. 22.
Tho name of Judgo W. D. Oldham of
Kearney was propos-.'d as a drlagate-at-large,
but the judge refused to stand for It
and made those, proposing him withdraw
his name. He said he had had honor
enough and cast a meaning glance over
toward W, H. Thompson.
Loud calls arone for Thompson to follow
the example of Oldham, but the Little Giant
atood like a lamb at the slaughter, dumb,
and opened not his mouth.
Mayor Dahlman was In the convention,
but as he had forewarned everybody not to
precipitate a riot by naming him for a con
vention dul. -gate of any kind, there wa no
atampede In hla direction. The mayor pro
tested Innocuth-c in tho anti-Thompson plot.
District Artlon llatlSed.
Prior to thu electing of the delegatea-at-large,
the convention chone Its presidential
electors, Henry tiering of I'laKamouth and
M. F. Harrington of O'Neill, securing the
plums a i-ltxtjrs-at-laige, being elected by
acclamation. Tho congressional district
nominated their preference for elector from
the various districts and th convention
merely ratified the nominations, but in the
Fourth district a serious blurt t-r was made;
l)i l. Kut-s in thut Uiatrlc-t forgot that they
CA.rld not name a muu who Is ' conne.ctad
with a rutiimal banU and therefor named
Tom Smith of Hamilton. The nomination
wa ratified all right enough, but Just be
fore the convention adjourned for th din
ner hour tha Irregularity - was discovered
and tb district caucused ta gat Ugthe
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