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VOL. ' XXXVII NO. 3D.
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SINN FEIN MOVEMENT
3rowth of Anti-Orkal Idea in Jit
land Alarms Nationalists.
DOLAN BECEI7IS LARGE. VOTE
More Than Tvf Thousand Men Stay
Away Iron Polls.
I AX COLLECTOR 13 GRAFTER
Belfast Official Has Been Bobbin; City
for SiTcral Years.
GROWTH OF IRISH LANGUAGE
Banks and . Prntolflr Arc Oea.
frosted with New rre-Rlem
la of Wm4 Alcohol
aa BTrr(i
Dl'BUN, March 14. Speclal.)-The re
sult of th North Leitrim election, while
it ha surprised no one, htt been very In
terfiling as showing the . really treat
growth of the Sinn Fein movement. Mr.
Dolan, M. P.. who resigned hl (eat tn
contest It on the Sinn Fein platform, never
expected to win and he declares that ha
la more than sstlf1ed with the vote he ob
tained, while there la no doubt that the
official nationalists are" disturbed at the
magnitude of tha revolt aa revealed by the
election figures. These figures require a
llttla explaining to those who have not
watched the rontt closely and who are
not fimlllar with the local conditions. Mr.
Meehan. the official nationalist candidate,
received 2.100 volts, while Mr. Dolari, the
Sinn Felner. polled 1.157 votes. Most sig
nificant of all Is the fact that more than
.000 persona stayed away from the polls
In a constituency where every man Is a
keen polltkian and where' the public In
terest was aroused as It baa not been tinea
tha daya of 0Connell
Clersry Fran Staa Fein era. '
The' secret of It all waa that all the power
of the clergy, waa exerted on behalf pt Mr.
Meehan.- for tha clergy fear and dislike
the Blnn Fein movement, . which In some
parts of Ireland has taken an antl-clerlcal
tinge. The fact that 1.157 men could be
found In a constituency like North Lett rim
to fly In tha face of their priests Is sig
nificant of the strength of the new move
ment, and It Is safe to . assume that the
who stayed at home were In favor of
Mr. Dolan. but did not care to antagonise
the clergy. If this 'assumption la correct
It will be een that the constituency was
about equally I'lvWed. . .. .
Meehon. too, had the advantage of the
fnanclal and moral Ftiprort of the party
crranltatlon. Trere have never been so
many Irish M. P.'s In one constituency at
one time as there were In North Leitrim
Biiiprrtirg Mr. Meebm, while the Blnn
Fe'ners are poor both, In money and trained
"cal-trs. Otherwise tre candidates are
alwiut equally .tattered. .Both are 'publicans
arfl. setKral nvrcj-cnta in. Mair rhemilton,
tl-e.'r rtrr bclr: aTmcst next door tj ench
ether. ' ,
Tax -Collator ft Grafter.
Startling evidence of the lnxlty In local
'fairs that still prevails even In TWlfaet,
which Is undoubtedly the most businesslike
municipality In Ireland, 'has Just been fur
nished by the 'discovery that one of the
lecal tax collectors has been systematically
robbing the city for several years. A spe
cial meeting of the corporation was called
a few days ago, and after l( had been an
nounced that the -total defalcations
amounted to nearly . an elaborate sys
tem of checks and audits to prevent such
occurences In future was approved.
' The growth of the Irish language Is
becoming a thing to be seriously reckoned
with by the government and by tha com
mercial men of Ireland. The director of
the principal Irish banks have Just held
meeting In Belfast to discuss their posi
tion with regard to the growing practice
of signing checks In Irish. It seems
that their lack of a policy has been caus
ing a good deal of Inconvenience to the
banka. Soma of the local managers re
fused to honor checks ao signed, with
tha result that the Indignant depositors
transferred their accounta to rival banks
'whose managers were more accommo
dating. Others who accepted them found
themselves faced with the danger of
honoring forgeries which they could not
letect because both they and their clerks
were Ignorant of the Irish characters,
and soma managers hvi to undergo a
"carpeting" by- the dlreclore for yielding
o what' the mighty men at tha .head
Offices described aa a mere Tad.
Neeeaaltv of Leaning- Irish.
Tha result -of tha conference has not
teen very encouraging., Tha banks agreed
to do all they could to discourage the uae
tf Irish without offending their custom-
ers. but at tha same time I am Informed
that several bank maTuvgers have been
quietly Informed that the directors would
have no objection If they and their clerks
familiarised themselves with tha lan
guage. -The
postmaster general has also been
compelled to give the question serious
consideration. He has ul ready yielded
on the delivery of letters addressed la
Irish, and now ha haa lasued Instructions
that postal ordara signed in Irish are to
be honored If tha local postmasters are
satisfied of tha Identity of the payee.
The six passengers from Burtonport to
Letterkenney on the little narrow gauge
railway-which connects these two places
had an exciting evpertenc a few wck
ago In a great storm which aept acroaa
the British Isles and did a great deal of
damage. The train consisted of four car
,frlagea and an angina, and when It. was
(grossing a long viaduct 100 feet above a
bog tha two last carriages were blow
' from the rails. Fortunately the engine
stsyed on the track and tha two carriages
bung over the bog' while the passenger
climbed i'-M and scrambled back on tha
track. Th Vtnd waa ao strong that they
had to lie flat on the. viaduct for a time
and when a lull came they formed a hu
man chain, and. holding hands to keep
themselves from being blown away, they
reached firm ground. They then took
two cars to reach Letterkanny. but when
they were crwsaing another bog the cars
were blown off the road and overturned.
Luckily no one waa hurt and they event
ually reached Letterkenny on foot.
Woo Alcohol aa BTns.
Attention was drawn by the IVrry cor
oner recently to the growth In tha rural
districts of Ireland of the habit of drink
ing methylated spirits or - wood alcohol.
He was holding an Inquest oa a man who
had ' died suddenly from alcoholism and
It was stated by ana witness that ' ha
Often drank more than a pint of this
tuff la a day. Mr. Lindsay, tha coroner,
aeciarea mat ne had heard of as vera
similar cases recently and that there waa
(CoiiOoue4 oa Second Fag)
SUMMARY OF THE DEE
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FOR OMAHA, COUNCIL. BLUFFS AND
VICINITY Probably fair Sunday; much
coio.fr.
FOR NF.BRA8KA-
-Partly cloudy Sjn-
dav: much color.
FOR IOWA Partly cloudy and possibly
threatening Sunday; much colder.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
Hour. ucg.
a a. m 47
6 a. m 47
7 a. m 47
a. m 47
n. m 48
10 a. m (1
11 a. m 67
11 m
1 p. m 67
I p. m 70
3 p. m 72
4 p. m 6S
5 p. m 65
6 p. m K
7 p. m bi
DOKirna
House conferees knock out the appro
priation for Omaha supply depot building
and provision for the distribution of funds
belonging to the Winnebago Indiana.
X, X
Fog signals confuse pilot of British
steamer Silvia and vessel Is stranded.
X. Pago 4
Deposed rector, Jere K. Cooke, finally
gives up In fight against the conven
tions of society. X. Far 9
American fleet raises the navy in the
estimation of the world by its remark
able achievement. X. Fag 1
Two Iowa men found dead in a small
hotel at Ranchester, Wyo., each with a
bullet In head. X, Fag
ConteRt between, W. R. Hearst and
Mayor McClellan has reached the counting
of ballots. X, Fago 1
Giuseppe Alia, murderer of Father Leo,
seeks to escape from prison and assaults
trusty who waa cleaning his cell.
x. Far a
Elevator tender tn New Tork provea a
hero. X. Far 1
Ohio coal operators have big store of
coal on docks and are not anxious for
waxe agreement. X, Fago I
White girl at Marshalltownmarries an
octoroon. X. Fags 1
Present aystem of grain grading not
favored by dealers. X, Fags X
' FOKKXOH. '
. Superior court of Venexuela decides that
New Tork and Bermudes Asphalt com
pany muat pay expense of revolution
against Castro government. X, Pago
, siuiai nana Decomes suppliant ror
peace In Morocco. X, Fags X
Lockjaw cause of death of woman at
Cook. . t rare a
. - t X.OCAX
Oossip . of home builders and the real
estate men. XT. Far
Social -etents of the last week and do
ings of the women's clubs. XX, Fast a
Latest news of the playhouses, players
and musicians. XX, Paaa a
Alexander O. Charlton, a leader In busi
ness, social and church life of Omaha.
la dead and will be burled today. ,
XX, Fags X
County board refers back to county at
torney court house bond deal for more
atlsfactory paying method, objecting to
prompt action rather than sinking fund.
X. Fag X
James J. Fee, crank who demanded
15.000 of Prealdent Drake of Merchants
National bank, la held for blackmailing.
X. Fag 1
City Engineer Rosewater refuses to re
fer sidewalk specifications to the city
council for approval. X. Paara 5
oomczmciAi. ajtx xvavvraxax.
Live stock markets. XT, Fag r
Grain markets. XT, Fags T
Stocks and bonds. XT, Fag T
atAOAXXsTI XCTXO.
CoUrtland 8. Carrier, on of the vet
erans of the railway service in th west
Resting place of many of the ancient
popes not known. Many of th famous
buildings of oM Venice are disappearing.
Odd tribes of savagea In the Victoria
district of East Africa. Involution of the
messenger boy. Nebraska delegates to re
publican national convention.
Feu Fag
come SECTXOV.
Buster Brown has a lot of fun with tha
natives and the monkeya In Hawaii. Page
lor tne little folks. Matters of Interest
to th women folk. Fluffy Ruffles and
a nice young man watch the waves com
in on the Florida beach. Foa Pago
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BY WIRELESS.
Cspe Race La liretagne, l.uOO miles east
of bandy Hook; time not given.
Capo Race New York, l.uuO miles east of
Sandy Hook at ( p. in., L'lh; will probably
dock at a. n. Sunday.
HUGE WAVE ON SMOOTH OCEAN
Allegheny, While Way fross West
ladles, Eatasalera One Fall
of Mystery.
NEW. TORK. March 14. -The solitary
passenger abroad the Hamburg-American
Una steamship Allegheny, In yesterday
from the West Indies, was much shaken up
on Tuesday morning by a wave with an
unuaual Individuality that Jumped aboard
forward and tor off two ventilators and
everything that was not fastened down.
Second Officer Horne, who had charge of
th bridge, aaid he could sot account for
th wave.
There waa a northeasterly swell without
crest, and the Allegheny was sailing
serenely at about an eight-knot pace, when
th queer wave ros as if projected from
a great submerged nossle and spread all
over th forward part of th ahip. Ther
was none of th crew on th deck forward,
but tha passenger. George Teed, who was
on deck taking th air, saw the wave
coming and dodged It by diving down th
eompantonway into th cabin, which was
partly flooded. Second Officer Horn sua
peels that th wave may have ben caused
by some subaqueous upheaval.
New MavsasMihlro la raaaataala.
WASHINGTON. March 14. The new bat
tleshtp. New Hampshire, has beea ordered
placed la commlssloa at ths League Island
Navy yard. It Is to be commanded by
Caplaia Cameron McU. Wlnalow.
Pr" fowl
l 1
REtSi FOR iNAVY
,f Accomplishment of Warships
?v aisei American Stock Abroad.
AEVELATION AS TO EFFICIENCY
Structural Weaknesses Predicted by
Foreign Expert Not There.
FRENCH MINISTRY IS AROUSED
Nayal Attache at Washington Ordered
to San Francisco.
ENTHUSIASM
IN
HONOLULU
Islaadera Are Maklaar Prepauratloaa
to Eatertala Officers aad Ma
Reaterdahl Start for
Washlaa-toa.
PARIS. March 14. News of the decision
to send th American battleship rieet back
to the Atlantic coust by way of Australia
and the Sues is received here as a crown
ing revelation of the efficiency of the
American .navy. The statement that the
cruise Is to be extended In this manner
has opened th eyes of the French public
which had been led to believe that the
American navy waa a good deal of a
"bluff; that the cruis around South
America would demonstrate the Incapacity
of the vessels and that If It waa accom
plished tha ships would be ready for the
scrap heap. Even In French naval circles
the belief was that the long voyage would
develop structural weakneaa In the vessels
themselves or at least serious breakdowns
In the engine rooms. In view of these
opinions, the announcement that the fleet
arrived at Magdalena bay ahead of lis
schedule ready for target practice jid in
better condition than when It sailed from
Hampton Roads In December, will lend ad
ded prestige to the American navy.
Many French officers now frankly say
that the Impressive demonstration given by
th American fleet of its ability to keep
at sea raises the American navy to an
equality with that of Great Britain and
that It the return Journey la aa success
ful as the trip around South America has
been the American navy will have demon
strated that It has no superiors In tha
world.
Rrearh Become Aroased.
The French minister of marine, M.
Thomsen, is so impressed with th result
of this cruise that he la Instructing Lieu
tenant Commander De Blanpre, tha French
naval attache at Washington, to proceed
to San Francisco and send In a full report
of the condition of tha ships and the les
sons of the cruise
The lack of boiler accidents during the
voyage already has called out criticism of
the contrast furnished by th French nary,
where trouble In th engine room Is con
stant and M. Thomsen haa been Interpel
lated art to why the government does not
use the American type of boiler, which Is
now being manufactured In France.
A salient feature of the cruise which Is
attracting attention her la the success
obtained from the Americar system of
employing line officers In the engine rooms.
This procedure up to the present time has
been ' regarded with much skepticism in
French naval, circle.
Judged from a political standpoint the
decision to start the fleet from the Pacific
coast on Its homeward voyage In July is
consldsred conclusive that Washington Is
now convinced that the Issue between the
United States and Japan will be adjusted
amicably.
Torpedo Boats Ahead.
PANAMA. March 14. The American tor
pedo boat flotilla, under the command of
Lieutenant Hutch I. Cone, which left Cal-
:ao March t. arrived here unexpectedly
this morning at 9 o'clock and anchored in
the harbor. According to the Itinerary the
vessels were expected here Monday, ' ao
they are consequently two daya ahead of
time. The voyage up from Callao was
most successful. Tha weather waa pleas
ant and the flotilla experienced no delays.
The boats are In good condition and all on
board are well. Many preparations are
being made her for the entertainment for
the officers. It la expected that the ves
sels will remain here until March 21, when
they are scheduled to sail for Acapulco.
Mexlc.
Reaterdahl to Washlaa-toa.
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. March 14. Wireless
messages this morning from Magdalena bay
state that the cruiser Buffalo, which was
practically tit only c'nlted State vessels
at the bay when the battleship fleet ar
rived, will leave tonight or tomorrow and
will probably be In San Diego Tuesday.
Tti wireless station her was busy all
last night with official and fleet me.wagea,
all of the former being in cipher and very
little of the latter containing new other
than that which baa already been mad
public
Henry T. Reuterdahl, the well-known
correspondent, whose criticism of th con
struction of th battleships of the United
State navy has created such a storm of
discussion and investigation, was on board
the Culgoa as a passenger from Callao.
Ha remained tn the city only a few hours
and left for the north. It Is understood he
will attend the Investigation In Washing
ton. British Naval O Hirers latereoled.
LONDON, March 13. The announcement
that the American battleship fleet will re
turn from the Pacific to tha Atlantic by
way of th Sues canal has created the
greatest interest among naval officers here,
w ho ar anxious to see the American ves
sels and observe the effects of the long
cruise upon, them. The news of the cruise
homeward waa received too late to get an
official opinion, but a prominent naval of
ficer has suggested that the government
should send an invitation to th battle
ships to coma to England, or If that should
be impossible, for them to make an official
call at some British port enrouta home.
Ther wiU be ao opportunity for British
officer to ahow courtesies to tb officers
of the fleet during Its visit to Australia, at
coaling stations and other points, but these,
naturally, will be on a small scale, when
compared with what will be done should
the battleships come to England or stop
at Malta or Gibraltar. The cruise of th
bsttleships from Hampton Roads to Mag
dalena Bay has been closely followed by
Englishmen, who lsud the achievement, and
a visit by them to some British port would
prove extremely popular.
Eathaslaasa la Hoaotata.
HONOLULU, March U-The official an.
notneement that th United Slates Atiantlo
battleship fleet la coming to Hawaii haa
created the greatest anthuslaam her and
preparations for th entertainment of th
(Continued oa Second Paga.)
JAPANESE NAVY IN READINESS
First Soaadroa at Formmta Will Sail
at : Oaea aa See ret
Serve.
HONO KONO. Marcn 1.-Informatlon
haa been received here from Formosa that
th first Jspanese naval squadron will aall
today on secret service. The cruiser
Takuma. Akltsushlma, Assma and flotilla
of smaller vessels have been coaled ready
to sail at a minute's notice since March T.
At Sasebo, the naval station, everything
Is exceedingly busy. The Tatsu affair haa
caused a sensation In the navy, and some
action In this department Is surmised.
PEKING, March 14. The negotiations
looking to a settlement of the difficulty be
tween China and Japan growing out of the
elsure by China of the Japanese steamer
Tatsu Mam are making favorable progress.
Th Chinese foreign board today approved
the draft of a document In which China
accepts the proposals made by Japan yes
terday. China will pay Japan a.400 yen
(about $10,700) and retain the arms that
form ths cargo of the Tatsu Maru, and It
will pay also about lO.flno taels demurrage
on the steamer. It Is expected that the
Tatsu Maru will be released March IS. In
addition Japan agrees to adopt and en
force strict regulations to prevent future
traffic In arms and ammunition from Japan
Into China, but It refuses to Include the
territory of Morocco in this limitation.
China will soon tske up negotiations with
Portugal regarding the contraband traffic
at Macao.
A dispatch from Toklo, under date of
March f, announced that part of the first
Japanese naval squadron was to leave
port on March 14. Coaling and other prep
arations for departure were proceeding
rapidly. At the office of the admiralty
tn Toklo It was declared that the squadron
was about to. begin a series of maneuvers.
It was pointed out further that this fact
was announced two months ago and that
therefore the activity at Sasebo should not
necessarily be considered In connection with
the difficulty with China arising from the
Tatsu Maru Incident.
KING GAVE OUT INFORMATION
English Ruler Himself Permitted Let
ter Seasattoa to Get to Press
la Loadoa.
BERLIN. March 14. A lively correspond-,
enco has ben In progress between members
of the English and German courts since
the fact became public that Empemr Will
lam sent a personal letter to Lord Tweed
mouth, first lord of the British admiralty.
In February, supposedly concerning the
British naval estimates. Through this
channel news has reached the German
court that it was King Edward himself
who permitted the Information about Em
peror William's letter to be communicated
to the London Times. Unwillingness to
publish his majesty's communication and
Lord Tweedmouth'a reply was expressed
on th English side because. s was in
tlmated at the time, the emperor did not
give hla consent for publication. Copies of
the letters In question, however, have been
shown to various peresons. who are able
to say. as a result of their own reading,
that th letter of Emperor William con
tained nothing that could be construed Into
Interference with tha naval plans of Great
Britain.
TOWERS' WORK APPRECIATED
- r
Emperor William Sorry to See Ameri
ca a Ambassador Leave Ber-
Ha Station.
BERLIN, March 14.-Emperor William,
who last night dined with Charlemagne
Tower, the American ambassador, ha
again expressed his appreciation of Mr.
Tower's labors In Berlin. His majesty was
informed during the course of the dinner
that Frederick Cauldwell, the American
vice consul here, was to sail today for
America. He thereupon approached Mr.
Cauldwell and told him he had a message
for President Roosevelt. "Tell your presi
dent," Emperor William said, "that I am
very angry with him for accepting Mr.
Tower's resignation."
The emperor has presented each of the
Tower children with a photograph of him
self bearing his own signature and also
pictures of Princess Victoria.
ASPHALT COMPANY MUST PAY
Saperlor Coart of Yeseisela Order
Coat of Revolatloa Taxed
Aaralast Corporation.
CARACAS. Venexuela, March II The su
perior court of Venexuela ' today handed
down a verdict confirming, the Judgment of
the lower court, which condemned the New
Tork and Bermudes Asphalt company to
pay a fine of 16,030,000 to the Venexuelan
government for having extended assistance
to the revolution which was directed
against President Castro. This sum Is the
estimated cost of putting down the revolu
tion. The company will appeal to the court
of cessation.
Registered Mall Goes Astray.
LONDON, March 14. A cabled Inquiry to
Japan haa elicited th fact that tbe fifteen
registered mall packets which disappeared
In January, supposedly while in transit on
the steamer Celtic between Liverpool and
New York, have turned up at Yokohama
and hav been forwarded to the United
States,
POSSES PURSUING ROBBERS
Pitched Battle with Them Expected
to Ocenr 'eee Vanata,
Oklahoma.
COFFEY VILLE, Kan., March 14.-Early
this afternoon It waa learned that ths ban
dita who robbed the bank at Tyro, Kan.,
were heading for the heavy Umber next
Caney river, alxteen milea southwest of
Nowata. Okl. It is believed they will have
to make a atand there and that they will
give battle. Th river la up and they will
have trouble In crossing It. Posses from
Coffeyvllle, Nowata and Bartlesvllle, all
heavily armed, are In pursuit.
BARTLE8VILLE. Okl.. March It-Andrew
Norwood of Dewey reported . this
afternoon that the three Tyro bank robbers
ate breakfast this morning at the farm
of Henry Schmidt, seven miles northeast
pf Bartlesvllle. They cautioned Schmidt
not to mak tha fact known.
SATAN'S MASKAUSES DEATH
Wlaeoaala School lastraetor Dies,
Poleoaed hy Homemad Crease
Faint.
APPLETON. V.'U.. Meich Ii.-M.ss iiary
Schmidt, an Instructor in chemistry In a
Black Creek. Wis., school, died In Chicago
yesterday of blood poisoning. January 21
last she attended a leap year masquerade
disguised as 8atan. She was unable to
remove her mask of home-made grease
paints and was taken to Chicago for treat
ORIGIN OF WAR TALK
Enropean Powers Jealous of United
States and Japan.
BOTH GROWING TOO FAST
Their DeTelopment Tends to Disturb
Balance of Power.
EUROPE NO LONGER DOMINANT
New Conditions May Mean New Basis
of Diplomacy.
WISH FATHER TO THOUGHT
War Betweea raited Statea aad
Japaa Woald Delay New Order
f Thlaga Which Mast
Com.
NEW TORK, March 14. Former Comp
troller of the Currency A. P. Hepburn,
now president of the .Chase National bank,
after a two months' sojourn In Europe,
gsve out the following interview today:
"The one thing that most atrongly Im
presses Itself upon the mind of a careful
observer In Europe at the present time Is
tha fact that the continent of Europe does
not like the United States. They regard
us as bumptious people that ought to be
spanked Into some sort of decorum, and
they would welcome and rejoice In any
International complications not Involving
themselves, that would bring us Into dif
ficulties. W ar their commercial and
financial rivals. They think, or affect to
think, that their presenjt financial and com
mercial difficulties are chargeable to us
that their depression Is a reflex of ours,
accentuated by the $100,000,000 of gold which
w took during December and January.
The balance of trade In favor of the United
Statea during November, December and
January was over $30,000,000 and every dol
lar of gold we took waa obtained by com
modity bills, and yet they seem to think
that Europe loaned It to us aa a matter of
favor.
Dlstarbs Balance of Power.
"It Is Its growing Importance as a naval
and military power that most disturbs
them. It disturbs the International bal
ance of power aa It heretofore existed and
upon which their diplomacy has heretofore
been based. Neither does the continent of
Europe like Japan, and for similar reasons.
Its recently achieved naval and military
prestige and Its English alliance have
brought Japan to the front In the family
of nations, an aggressive force that must
be reckoned with in world politics. It calls
a halt to territorial acquisition In the east
and from now on la likely to mark a re
cession In European Influence In Asia.
Concomitant therewith European commerce
Is suffering a check and It bound In future.
In view of the wonderful commercial adap
tability and activity of th Japanese, to
encounter a competition heretofore un
known. Th yellow peril' that loomed
large In the earlier stages of the Russo-
Japanese war still stalks the continent of
Europe, although It Is no longer politic to
proclaim the same. It follows from this
condition of affairs that nothing would be
contemplated with greater complacency by
the continental powers than a war between
the United States and Japan. A taxing of
the strength and a wasting of the resources
of these two powers not Involving them
selves would tend to restore their former
relative power and precedence In the coun
cil of nations.
Wish Father to Thought.
This explains the repeated rumors from
Paris. BerHn and St. Petersburg of Im
pending difficulties between the United
States and Japan, th wish Is father to the
thought, and the. continued prediction of
trouble Is made In the hope of Inciting the
same. They expected some disaster to be
fall our fleet In Its Pacific cruise. They
consider Admiral Evsns as something of a
swashbuckler, and they regard the presi
dent as impulsive, and they seem to have
really persuaded themselves that disaster
or complications must ensue. The fleet pro
ceeded on Its Journey not only without mis
hap, but In a manner demonstrating Its
efficiency. The reception It received has
proved the wisdom of the cruise, and no
one can fall to read from it the closer ties
between the two Americas, which must be
of a graat commercial and political advan
tage In the future. Our European censors
are proportionately disappointed.
"It was never, more apparent than now
that tha only European friend we have la
England. England Is the only European
power that would not welcome a condition
of affairs that might bring ua disaster or
defeat. England's Interests parallel ours,
snd anything that would Impair our pres
tige would be alike prejudicial to It,"
FIVE GIRLS LOSE STRUGGLE
Yeans; Women from St. Paal Commit
Salclde la New York
Cltr.
NEW TORK, March 14. A startline story
of how five young girls, who came to New
Tork from St Paul little more than a
year ago. died each by her own hand, was
told today by lf-year-old Helen Baxter,
after she had made a vain effort to end her
own life. Helen said she was oae of the
party of six girls who came to New York:
to make their way in the world after re
ceiving a course of training In a business
school In the Minnesota city. She turned
on the gas In her room lsst night, but was
found this morning In time for her life to
be saved. When asked why she had tried
to end her life the girl astonished ths
ambulance surgeon and others, who had
crowded around, by her story of the facts
of her friends. "Why should I not be al
lowed to die?" she ssked. "My girl friends,
who left St Paul with me a year ago,
after we left school, bsve all committed
suicide. I want to die as they did and Join
them."
CONTEST AT COUNT STAGE
Ballots to B Seratlalsed la Hearst
McClellan Controversy la
Nw York.
NEW YORK. March 14-Th right of
George B. McClellan to the office of mayor
of .New York City, which la contested bv
William R, Hearst, will be determined at a
trial which is to begin before the appellate
division of th supremo court on April 11.
'this oate waa fixed In an order Issued by
the appellate division today In pursuance
of a recent order granting the right to
open ths boxes In disputed districts for the
purpose of recounting the ballota. The
order also commsnds the dranlng of a spe
cial panel of 100 talesmen. The msyoralty
contest bsa been dragging through th
court fur mors than two years.
UNION STATION BURNING
Bis; Paanenaer Terminal la St.
Leals
la Reported to Be oa
Fir.
ST. LOUIS, March 14-The St. Louis
Union ststlon Is on fire. The passenger
terminal la a big stone structure two blocks
long and has thirty tracks In Its shed. It
Is on of the largest stations In the world.
FIGHT WITH WORLD TOO HARD
Deposed Reetor, Jere K. Cooke, Sur
renders la Effort to Dlare
(ara Society.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 14-Jere K.
Cooke, the deposed pastor of the Episcopal
church at Hempstead, L. I., who eloped
with Floretta Whaley about a year ago.
snd who, It Is said, telegraphed yesterday
to Mrs. Kesleh Whaley. th girl's' grand
mother, for help, and that he and family
were 111 and destitute, wss located In this
city last night The couple were found
giving In a suit of rooms on Masonic ave
nue, well to all appearances and with com
fortable surroundings.
In an Interview th former rector ad
mitted that he had telegraphed for help
and admitted that the struggle of life had
been too much for him and that he hai
made a failure of everything. "W ar dif
ferent from the others," said Cooke. 'We
cannot ask friends to help us, because we
threw aside friends. We laughed at the
world and the world will laugh at ua
Lately I have begun to realise that no
man, however strong he may be or how
ever great may be his Incentive, csn buck
the world. It is older than us and
stronger."
In reply to the question, "You are com
fortable and seemingly have all you want?"
he said:
"It Is not a matter of material comfort;
it's the knowledge that one Is an outcast.
It Is the understsndlng that to the kind
hearted you are an object of charitable
curiosity and to the. others Just a simple
cad. These are the things which no man
can fight, and I am Just tired."
Cooke has some friends who ssy that as
soon a It Is known that he Is tn want
there will be no trouble about hla getting
everything he needs. They say that It la
only by reason of the fact that he has not
.old snyone of his straits thst he Is In
trouble. ,
DEAF CHILDREN HAVE INNING
Consideration of Their Needs Orcaples
Whole Time at Washing
ton Cona-ress.
WASHINGTON. March 14.-The morning
session today of tbe International Congress
on the Welfare of the Child was given over
to addressea The principal speaker was
Dr. Charles S. Turnbull, who spoke on
"A Consideration of the Welfare of .Deaf
Children and the Duty of the Medical Pro
fession." Other addresses were made by
Dr. E. A. Partington, Bancroft Cox school,
Haddonfleld, N. J., on "Backward and De
ficient Children;" by Mis Mary 8. Gar
rett, cofounder of ths home of training of
speech of deaf children before they are of
school age. on "Education of th Deaf;"
by J. B. Showalter on "Extension of Op
portunities for Early Training In Speech
and Language for Deaf Children." and by
Mary S. Garrett on "Helps and Hindrances
In Acquiring Speech and Language at the
Proper Age," which was illustrated with
the aid of deaf children.
CAPITAL STOCK TOO LARGE
Chalrmaa of Board of Directors of
I'nlted States Steel Recommends
Sqaeeslas; Proeesa.
NEW YORK. March 14.-E. H. Gary,
chairman of the board of directors of the
United Statea Steel corporation, made a
statement to the stockholders of the Amer
ican Steel Foundries company, at a meeting
In Jersey City today advocating tbe re
organization plan proposed for the latter
company. He said that at the r re sent
capitalisation It would be years before the
company could psy dividends.
The company, he said, had bright pros
pects, but dividends could not he paid
unless there was a surplus. If the reduc
tion plan were carried out the present
holders of preferred stock mould hsve TO
per cent of the control of the company, but
the holders of common stock would get
substantial benefits. Mr. Gary said that
75 per cent of the stockholders hsd signified
assent to the adoption of the plan by
depositing their stock.
MORE WOMEN NURSES IN NAVY
Secretary Metealf Hays Mark Prevent
able BatTerlaa; Exists for
Lack of Care.
WASHINGTON, March 14-In a memo
randum to Secretary Metealf today the
surgeon general of the navy declares that
"ther has been and la now much prevent
able sufferings" In the navy, and he be
lieve that "many deaths hsve occurred
which might have been prevented."
Secretary Metealf concurs In the view
that It Is Important that ther should be
an enactment at this session of congress
of the bill which authorizes the establish
ment and organization of trained women
nurses In the hospital corps of the nvy
and the appointment of dental surgeons.
HANNAH GRANDSON CARRIED
Jastlee of Peae Called Oa to fait
Him and El an Ira. X. Y., '
Girl College Slatrh.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn., March 14 Mark
A. Hanna, son of Dsniel Hanna and grand
son of the late Marcus A. Hanna, and who
Is a freshman in the Sheffield Sclentlfi:
school at Yale university, was married to
Miss Adele Pratt of El in Ira, N. Y.. last
evening by Justice of the Peace Hull. Mra
Hanna Is the daughter of Mra Agnes
Murdock Pratt of Elmira. She met Mr.
Hanna at a nop given under the jtuplcea
of the college at Medford, Mass., where a
brother is a student. Town Clerk Weber,
who issued the marriage Ik-ense, and Jus
tic Hull state that they had promised
not to make the fact of th wedding pub
lic for a few daya.
LOCKJAW KILLS COOK WOMAN
Eatrartloa of Wisdom Tooth Caaeea
Death at Teeamarh After
Brlel Illness.
CQOK. Neb., Msrch 14 -(Speciul )-Mrs.
Mary Roberts died si Tecumseh lsst night
from lockjaw caused by a bad tooth. A few
days ago she went .to a dentist to have
a wisdom tooth extracted. Several at
tempts were made to get the roots, but
were unsuccessful. Lockjsw set In. which
proved rapidly fstal. Mrs. Roberta was a
daughter of O. N. Biner of this place and
wa married last spring.
NEBRASKA THE LOSER
Honse Knocks Important Items Out ol
Indian Appropriation BilL
SUPPLY DEPOT BUILDING IS ONE
Distribution of Money to Winnebagt
Indians is Another.
CONFEREES CANNOT BE MOVE!
Hearing n Railroad Case in Supreme
Court on Monday.
EXPERIMENTS IN IRRIGATION
This State ta Get Its Share of Haa
dred aad Fifty Thoasaad Dollar
Appropriated for tho
Farpoe.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, March 14. (Special
Telegram.) In the agreement reached bi
the conferees on the Indian appropria
tion bill. Omaha and Nebraska suffer
severely, the house conferees, or at leas!
a majority of them, falling to atand b
the senate amendment aa they had
promised the members of the Nebraaks
delegation. In other words, they atood
by their chairman and voted with him on
ail matters of difference between the tw
houses. In the report made yesterday
to th two bodies th sennte receded
from its amendment appropriating 1100..
000 for the Indian supply depot building
at Omaha, while the house recedes from
Its objection to th word "hereafter" It
the general appropriation for Indian sup
ply depots at Omaha, Chicago, New York,
St. Louis and San Francisco. With this
word Included In the present appropria
tion bill there will be no necessity ofl
the part of the Nebraska delegation, and
particularly on the part of the membei
from the Second district to tear around
and expend much gray matter on Secur
ing) the annual appropriation for th
Omaha depot because the littl wort
"hereafter" inserted in the Indian appro
priation bill makes the appropriation Ol
110.000 continuing.
Nebraska lost out tn Its effort to cap
italize th Winnebago fund, or. In othei
words, to have neaYly 1900,000 now It
the United States treasury to th credit
of the Winnebago tribe-of Indiana dis
tributed per capita to those entitled to
It which the Burkett amendment In th
senate contemplated. The house con
ferees stood like a stonewall against th
acceptance of tbe amendment and as t
result the senate receded, notwithstand
ing tha commissioner of Indian affairs
has gone on record in favor of th cap
italization of th Winnebago fund.
Railroad Case Monday..
Attorney W. P. Thompson and hla deputy,
W. B. Rose, arrived hi Washington today.
On Monday ' the case of th state of Ne
braska against th railroads on mandamus
proceedings will be argued by agreement
of counsel. Thy esse Is th first n the"
call and will b taken up Immediately after
th handing down of opinion a Attorney
General Thompson wtU on Monday morn
ing file an official brief In tha case upon
which It la hopcui to secure an order upon
the Judges of the federal court of Ne
braska to remand the suit of the it at of
Nebraska against the Burlington and other
railroads to th supreme court of the state
for argument Mr. Thompson and Mr.
Rose are guests at the Raleigh.
Sooth Dakota for Taft.
Senator Gamble told tb president this
morning that when the republican state
convention of South Dakota meets April
? every delegate from the state will be
Instructed for Taft. "We elect all our del-egstes-at-large,"
he said. "Both factions
In the state convention will be for Taft,
county caucuses for delegate having
shown that there Is no opposition to him."
Experiments la Irrlgatloa.
The agricultural appropriation bill re
ported to the house on March 11 contalm
an item for JljO.iMi for Irrigation and
drainage work to be carried on by tht
olfico of experiment stations. This Is t
continuation of work along the same l'.n
which has been carried on for th last
ten years In the western states. During
most of this tltne part of the appropriation
hat been expended In Nebraska, th work
of the last season being a study of Irriga
tion In the North Piatt valley -and an ex
periment In the use of tile drains In con
nection with Irrigation at Lexington.; Thlt
work hat been under the direct chafg ol
Prof. O. V. P. Stout of the State univer
sity, and the present bill, if it become t
law, . will allow a continuation of these
studies. A large part of the work' for tht
present year throughout the west will b
tha collection and publication of practical
Information for beginners In irrigation.
This will be of special Interest to Ne
braska on account of the larga area be
ing brought under Irrigation In the North
Platte valley and elsewhere.
Mlaor Matters at Capital.
Congressman Kinkald haa recommended
tbe appointment of Lffie Forbea aa post
mistress at Andrews and C. C. Lea at
Hecla. -
Arthur H. Gehrke of Omaha, Jess L
Jackson of South Omaha, Randolph V.
Spiaguo of Lincoln, H M- Za'nn of Peru
and Albert O. May of York. Neb., hav
been appointed railway mall clerks.
Rural free delivery carriers appointed:
Nebraska Lyons, route 4, Wilbur 8. Stsuf
ft r. carrier; Miles Stauffer, aubstttute.
Iowa-Kldon, route 2. Justus C. Pearson,
carrier; Harry C. Pearson, substitute.
'Woodstock, route 2, , EU Baker, carrier;
Robert Morgan, substitute. South Dakota
Gregory, route 1 Charles F. Dunkelberger,
carrier; John H. Lester, substitute.
FIVE MEN DROWN AT ASHLAND
Big Tow of Coal Barge Strike Pier
Harlan n Fob with This
Hesalt.
ASHLAND, Ky.. March 14 Flv men art
reported drowned hre today. Tho tswboat
Boa, from Pittsburg to C'nOnna;:, with
twelve ccal boats, sixteen barges, Ihre fuel
boats arid a Crew of about thirty-five men,
ran Into a heavy fog early today at Cat
lettsburg and. bUng tnab'a to t' up, flia ly
struck an exp-'sed pier r.t the I roposed
AshUnd-Irot.lon biMge, one ml: btlow
city. It Is reported that nearly all the
barge were sunk. Tii entire crew had
been called out on the Large to tie up the
fleet. Wtll'am Matt'.cks. a deck hand from
Pittsburg, a ho escaped from a s'nklnt
baige and swam ashore, says he saw sev
eral men in the water and he believed that
at least five had been drowned.
The Boat we ut on down stream after
the n.en and a few loos bargta
not been heard trout yet.