Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily
Bee
VOL, XXXVII XO. 233.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORXINTi, MARCH 16, 1D0S.
SINGLE COPV TWO CENTS.
FEWER CARS IDLE
Strong Indication that Business Sit
uation it Improving.
OTHER TACTOES ENCOURAGING
Many Iron and Steel Mills Are
Heiumiisff Work.
KONET BATES ABE DICXISIXO
Foreign Funds Are Sent '. v York
for Investment.
frices op stocks
Upward Mevesaent la Mn
tke rrartlriii iwaniswiww ,-.
mtltotlM-trt Interest "
at Dln4Taata.
NEW TORK, March lk Th prevailing
opinion reflected W th financial dUtriet
jut week mi of Increased confidence
that th condition of affair ws mend
jrK. Evidence were not unlTeraal that
contraction had run Ita rourw, but from
field that wer considered moat stg
plflcant th atrna of bttermnt wer
accepted aa testimony that th ltutln
waa shaping toward Improvement. Fig
ure complied br tha American Railway
association of tha number of tdl freight
cara showed a pro;reiv reduction for
the laat two fortnightly return". The
figure wara highly Influential In hp
tng opinion oa tha general situation.
Scattering report of resumption of work
by factories which had suspended or
Is r rely reduced operatlona during the
depth of tha depression, although mixed
with evidence of further curtailment In
other direction, were a cheering factor.
Especially in the Iron and ateel trade the
reports cf reopening wera notable. A
recovery from tha price of copper, which
had been falling alnce tha declalon to re
open the Butt copper production. gnv
aomc reassurance to tb confidence In Im
provement In that' trade, which waa x
preased In the reopening ia Montana.
Maaey Rata Dwellne.
Tha declining money rata her and
abroad wera an element In the situation
and tha discrepancy In money rates here
and la Europe Induced aoraa Investment
of foreign fund la New York. Thl
waa mostly confined to high-grade mort
gage securities and to soma takings of
mercantile paper.
Buying for foreign account was per
ceptlbla, however, In tha stock market
and tha presence in foreign capital of
dom of tb most Influential Americas
financiers revived tha supposition that
foreign buying ef stocks wer not unre
lated to thl circumstance. Tha easing
of tb money market and the atlrrlng
of activity in stocks brought Into con
sideration tha subject of financial needa
of tha great corporation which remain
unsup piled and which Insure attempt to
float sew Issues of securities In the near
future. Tha markrf for existing bunds
waa stadied to discern a reflection ef tela
movement la the general bond market, but
resulted somewhat disappointing. Tha
bond market lacked breadth and the prlcea
at which seasoned bonds are still aril-la-
do not make a propitious condition
for tha offering of new securities.
Itwk Market Rise,
The upward movement Inaugurated in
tha stock market waa under eom suspic
ion of being fostered by the larger banking
and financial powers for the purpose of
preparing the way for contemplated new Is
sue. Thla did not deprive the movement
Of a cheering Influence oa financial senti
ment. The advance in stocks was made
feasible by the ertderit completion of llqul
gaUlon and a consequent scarcity of stocks
fferlng, which removed obstacles to the
operatlona for an advance. An obstinate
ahort lntrrest also wa left at a disadvant
age by the cessation of liquidation, and the
necessity of this element ofiered a bar for
raising prices with assurance that some
demand would be net on which to resell
at a profit. Outside of this demand from
the uncovered aborts the absorption rf
stocks by outsiders and investors was re
ported smsll.
Tha stimulating effect of the rise In
stocks was unabated up to the close of
the week. Rumors ths the Union Paclflo
Investments segregation plan waa Imminent
with aa extra stock dividend Involved, were
active Influences In the speculation. Re
ports of a governmental investigation of
stock trading to decide the expediency of
law to prevent stock gambling had a
rather chilling effect on the aggressiveness
' of th speculation, but the omclsl denial
of tha report helped to a sharp rebound In
stocks.
IOWA STUDENTS IN SPOKANE
Seventy-five front Hawkeys Univer
sity Will OrnslM rink la
Vasklagtaa City.
SPOKANE, Wash.. March li iSpeclaL)
-evcty-flv graduates and former stu
dsnts of ths University of lows, now resi
dents of Spokane, will organise an Iowa
Ualveralty club at a banquet to be given
Saturday evening. March n. Alumni In !1
parts of th Inland Tmplre of the Pacific
North west, composed of 1SA.OW squar mile
of territory In eastern Washington, north
ern Idaho, northeastern Oregon, western
Montana and southeastern British Columbia
have been Invited to participate In the fes
tivities and tola th society.
Ths preliminary meeting wa held In the
office ef A. M. Craven. Trader bank
j u)dlec a few Bight ago. whea It wa de
' dded to form a pcrtnaaent organisation.
Those at the meeting were: Constant 1
GOU. Hon. Samuel C. Hyde. Kate B. Reed.
Georgs i! Thompson. M. C King, Arthur
M. Da via, L J. lilrdseye. Joseph McCsrtbv,
U M. Curtis. C. C. Langtry. C. C. Upton,
W. O. Brsdley and Prank W. Clark.
Mr. Craven was named chatnaaa of a
committee to rtglster all former students
cif the Iowa antverslty now In this part of
tb country and invite them to take part
la ths reunion. Isvltstluns are also to be
extended to officials of las Iowa club of
Spokane, headed by R. B. Palersoa, presi
dent. Joha E. Paul of Dea Moines, supreme
president of Ths Homesteaders. Is expected
to reach Spokane la Urn for th banquet.
Jaasea Wkalea Dies.
HURON. 8. D.. March U.-Speclal.)-6at-urday
morning deatk came to the re lit f of
Janes Waalen, Injured by being caught ia
th flywheel of a gasoline engine at hia
blacksmith ahop. Friday morning, resulting
la fracturing cf th skull. Mr. WkaWn aud
family came tue-s four or fire years sae
froea Mason City. Ia.. and saiablished a
Blacksmith and Iron working sbop.
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
rOR NERRAKA-Fir In east, rain 1b
west portion Monday: Tueedsy. fair.
FOR lOW A-ftir Monday and Tuesday.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday;
Hour. Deg.
ORCHARD TO BE SENTENCED
Slayer f Frank (teasesserc Will
Appear Before Jwdate Wd
Wednesday M era I a a;.
BOISE, Idaho. March IS On the mom-
of his 42d birthday, next Wednesday,
th district court of Canyon county,
-try Orchard, the self-confesrM mur
derer of former Governor Steunenberg,
who was killed by the explosion of a
bomb at tha gate to hi residence In
Caldwell on the evening of December SO.
1105. will face Judge Fremont Wood, pre
pared to hear the death sentence meted
out to him. Harry Orchard of his own
volition and against tha urgent pleadings
of his attorney and other, refused when
arraigned March 1 to let his previous
plea of "not guilty" stand. He also re
fused to plead to a leaser degree vf mur
der thaa first degree. He said;
"I am guilty and am ready to take my
punishment. I have told the truth. I
understand fully what must be the con
sequences." Among some expressions are made that
they believe Orchard has been guranteed
Immunity of some sort- This i denied
by those In suthortty and by Orchard
himself. Those who have been in close
communication with Orchard, prison au
thorities and those who have adminis
tered spiritual comfort to the man ex
presa the opinion that after being sen
tenced, should an effort be mad to com
mute his sentence or pardon him. Orchard
will refuse to accept It It Is ths general
belief that Orchard expects to die and
that he wishes to receive the extreme
penalty for his crimes. Orchard refuses
to be interviewed or to make any state
ment for publication. He la very quiet
and apends much time with hia books,
the Bible and works of a religious na
ture. That he earnestly wishes bis confession
to be believed Is known, and It Is thought
that ha believes hia own punishment In
full for the crime he committed will tend
-to prove th truth of his confession.
ENGLISH VIEW OF AMERICA
Ceveraer ef Oold Cswat Visits Ssntk
aad Panaasa and Seenrea
Valwabl Ideas.
LONTBOX. March 15. An English view of
th Panama canal and other American In
stitutions Is given In an Interview by Sir
John Rodger, governor of th Gold -oalt,
who ha Just returned to England after a
three months' tour la the United States.
Panama and Cuija. During his tour Sir
John had interviews with the president, Mr.
Root and Mr. Taft. He spent some time at
Havana and s!o Inspected the works In
progress In connection with ths Panama
can si. gir John was greatly impressed with
tha excellence of the engineering and sanita
tion works on tha Isthmus.
The progress of the csnal work was re
markable. In February no less than 1,000. OX)
cubic yards had been excavated and It waa
estimated that the canal Itself would be
completed before 1914.
Oa the question of sanitation Blr John
found that the Information acquired, which
waa likely to be of Importance In West
Africa, Is the design snd construction of ths
mosquito bouse which he saw at Panama
and which. In his opinion, are admirably de
signed for the requirements of the tropics.
The other important question which the
governor studied was that of th Industrial
education of negroes a matter of the great
est possible interest in West Africa. His
excellency waa greatly impressed with the
system of industrial education for negroes
and Indians which hs found In ths United
8tatea. During his visit he stayed for
soma time st the Normal and Industrial
Institute at Hampton. Va.
The system Is sdmirable and should form
a solution of ths difficult question of ths
education of the negroes. In the Gold coast
wa are establishing two schools, one for
training teacher and the other for indus
trial training on similar lines to those fol
lowed at Hampton.
MCRSE WILLJPAY ALL DEBTS
ladleted Banker Says wrltk Cs sperav
, ef Credlters He Cam Meet
Obllgetlone.
NEW TORK. March 13. In a statement
lasued tonight by Eugene P. Carver, coun
sel for Charle W. Morse, declaration is
msds that tha indicted banker believes that
hs is able, and. with ths co-operation of
hi creditors, proposes to psy alt of his
Just debts. Morse's counsel further ststes
that sll legal rights and remedies will be
Invoked to sccomplisb the settlement of ob
ligations snl that all pending criminal
matter befot the state and federal court
will be urged for a quick determination aa
to matter of law and facts. Counsel for
Mr. Morse contends. In the statement. tht
the banker la solvent, snd add that all at
tempts to petition bira into bankruptcy wiU
be fought.
TAFT STARTS FOR NEW YORK
Secretary Will Attend Meeting af
Tale Cwrperatlea and Make
Ths Addrsasts.
WASHINGTON, March li. -Secretary of
War Taft left her today for New Tork.
where be will spend tonight wTth his
brother, C. W. Taft. Tomorrow he will go
to New Hawen. Conn., to attend a meeting
of the Tale corporation. Tomorrow night,
tn Plymouth church. Brooklyn, he will ad
die th Hampton Society for the Educn
ttoa of th Negro and th Indian. Tuesday
night th secretary will address th
Friendly Bon of St. Patrick at the St.
Patrick's day banquet la New Tork.
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TAFT AND HUGHES TO SPEAK
Candidate! for Freiident to Address
Sons of St, Patrick ia New York.
BUST WEEK 15 ALL LTTES
Senator I Fellette Will Make Two
Days' Speerh em Aldrtek Bill
Labr fasfereseet la
Wask I a artost .
WASHINGTON. March 15. Politics,
sports snd Industrial affairs will ahar
pretty evenly in the newsmeking for the
present week, so far ss events are fore
ahodawed. Two state, one territorial and
niry district political conventlona are
scheduled. There will be lso considerable
political apeech-msking and ths Friendly
Son of St. Patrick In New Trk have ar
ranged to bring together two candidates
for tha presidentlsl nomination of -the re
publican party. No other celebration cf
St- Patrick" day 1 likely to eclipse In In
terest ths dinner of the Friendly Sons In
New Tork. whose truest of honor nd prin
cipal speakers will be Secretary Tsfl and
Governor Hughes.
The Iowa republican state convention
will be held la Des Moines on Wednesdsy.
Rhode Islsnd democrats will meet In con
vention st Providence on Saturday, and on
the aame day the New Mexican republican
territorial convention will be held t Silver
City. The New Tork democratic state com-S
mlttee will meet In New Tork Thursday to
fix th date for th convention.
AleTHek Bill la Sennt.
Th date of th vote In the senate on the
Aldrlch bill depends on Senstor La Fol
lette. By his Illness it baa been postponed
from time to time in order to give him op
portunity to present his views. Senstor La
Follette will be heard on Tuesday, and it
ia believed his sddress will extend over
Into Wednesdsy. snd poeslbiy Thursdsy.
He haa prepared an exhaustive argument In
favor of hia amendment on the physical
valuation of railroads whose bonds sre to
be accepted aa security for emergency bank
Issue.
From the bet Information now obtain
able It la not likely tha Aldrlch bill will
reach the final stage during the present
week.
Th house will give It entire time after
Mondsy to the appropriation bills. Mon
day will be given up to tha consideration
of bills to which there Is general assent
under the suspension rule. Both bouses
are counting confidently on final ad
journment in May.
Taft and Hsgkes,
Secretary Taft will attend a meeting of
the Tale corporation at New Haven, Conn.,
on Monday, going from there to New
To it.
Governor Hughes, following the St.
Patrick's dinner, will sddress the Delta
Epsilon society In New Tork. He will
return to Albany Wednesday. Later he
experts to attend the dinner of the Iowa
society tn New York 'City, at which the
governor of Iowa la expected to be pres
ent. The American battleship fleet at Magda
lena bay will put In a busy week at tar
get practice. At Panama, wherv the tor
pedo boat flotilla arrived Saturday, prepa
rations have baea maoe fnr a series of
entertainment for the officer and men
during th . week. The vessels are
scheduled to leave Panama Saturday for
Acapulco, Mex.
The ninth annual convention of the
American Railway Engineering and Main
enanoe of Way association will open
Chicago on Tuesday. continuing
Wednesday and Thursday. Railroad pres
idents and vice presidents, operating offi
cials and constructing engineers, repre
senting approximately ISO.eoO of the 220,-
00 milea of railroad In the United States',
and Instructors and engineering experts
of Cornell university and the University
of Wisconsin will sttend.
An Important conference - of representa
tive of labor organisations will be held
at Washington Wednesday. President
Gompers of the American Federation of
Labor having Issued a call for a meeting
at th Urn of the executive official of
the International Trades Union of Amer
lea. with the executive council of the
federation. One of th chief topic dis
cussed will bs the decisions of the courts
wnicn cava been adverse to organised
labor.
In Fereiarn Lnad.
Further progress In the negotiation for
a settlement of th difficulty between
China and Japan growing out of the
selxure by China of the ateamer Tatsu
Mam is expected during this week.
Emperor William la planning to leave
Berlin for his villa on the lslatfa of Corfu
on Saturday. He goes In the bop of se
curing a period of uninterrupted rest.
The flnio. world has its Interest cen
tered on the fight between Tommy Burns,
ine American neavy weight fighter, and
Jem Roche of Dublin on Tuesday. The
bout is scheduled to go twenty rounds
for i:.80O a aid and a purs of 17.50.
Billy Pspke snd Hugo Kelly, both of
Chicago, are training hard for their boat
which wtll take plac Monday night at
at uwauxe.
PANTHEON TO BE DISMANTLED
"essmaer I Spavin's Vnalaked
Colonial Greatness tn Be
Reateved.
MADRID. March 15. Ths Pantheon of
the Spanish colonies, a pavilion la ths
Retire of Madrid, which holds th mmo
rte of Spain' a vanished greatneaa. is to
be dismantled and th collection of books
and paintings and vast n-hinrrai
geological, anthropological, mlneialoglcal
and botanical treasuries it contains are
to be scattered and buried among the
libraries and museums of ths capital.
This action la taken upon ths ground that
th building is needed for other purpose
and. besldea. tha collections ars no longer
visited. But it 1 tn reality a decision
to disperse from ths sight of ths people
the ocular evidence of the empire dissi
pated by Spanish misrule. Th moat In
teresting part of th xhlblt related to
the Philippines
FRATERNITIES ARE ABOLISHED
Mnakea-wa Sckwel Ban
Breed Saskktskn
ays Tkey
and
Lnwlesi
MUSKEGON. Mich.. March 15. The Bosrd
of Education last night voted that all
high school fraternities and sororKle must
be abolished from ths public schools of
Muskegon before March 20. Th three fra
ternities and two sororities in ths school
hav a membership of about fcn. Opposi
tion to ths societies on tb ground that
they breed snobbishness snd lawlessness
and lower ths standard of scholarship was
brought to a climax by the action of one
fraternity In harboring a skeleton and bell
stolen from th school.
IOWA MAN DROPS BIG WAD
J. E. tnvaaasak f It ve pert Bet
3T,SO n Wrest I lan Matek
tn Mw Orleans.
NEW OR LEAKS, March 14. J. E. Cava-
rsunh. a wealthy lumberman of Davenport,
la., reported .to the police her today that
he had been fleeced out of $37.M by a
party of men In New Orleans, who posed
as representative of prominent local spot-t
in club. He displayed the stubs In his
check book and offered to furnish the
po'K-e with any evidence they might desire.
Mr. Cavanaugh said he waa recentley ap
proached In the middle west by a man who
told hlra that ther was a crowd of wealthy
men In New Orleans who were willing to
risk sll they hsd on a wrestler here, but
that he knew of a man named Marsh from
Seattle, Wash., who could throw the New
Orleans wrestler end that an opportunity
wss presented to make a lot of money.
Kavanaugh came to New Orleana and
says ha met by appointment several well
groomed men. who said they had a wrestler
named Gorman who could best the wor'd.
A match waa arranged and Mr. Cava
naugh bet $27.5 on Marsh. The mstch
was held In secret. Marsh winning the first
fall, but when the men went to the mat
a second tlms Marsh suddenly bled pro
fusel f from the nose, end mouth. A msn
who Mid be was p. doctor declared Marsh
waa dying. Mr. Cavanaugh waa advised
that' If he did not want to go to Jail he
had better get out of tha way, and he
went to Memphis, Tenn. Hs wsited some
time for news about Marah, but seel'
nothing about It m th newspaper, he
came back to New Orleans for his $37,300.
Hs could find neither men or money, so
pieced tha whole matter in th hands of
the police.
FIRE IN ST. LOUISSTAT10N
Part af Train Sked mm F.lakt Pas-
seatrer rear be Are
Destroyed.
8T. lOHSL Mo., Msrch IS. St. Louis
Union station, said to be one of the finest
In the world, was threatened with de
struction by fire Isst night, resulting from
an explosion ef a gas tank under a
pa-lor car and only quick work by firemen
saved the great train shed. As It wa
eight passenger coaches, three Pennsyl
vania, two Chicago it Alton, two 'Frisco
and on Wabash, wer ruined and a sec
tion of ths shed was destroyed, ths total
damage being estlmsted at from 150.000
to 175.000.
Trains were preparing for departure on
several of the station's twenty-sevn
tracks when the wooden ceiling of the
train shed caught fire and scores of pas
sengers, many of them women, became
panic-stricken and leaped from the cars.
As they ran from the biasing arc behind
them they found th gates leading to the
midway, closed. A squad of policemen
held th frightened passenger back while
a train caller standing near the burning
cars with a megaphone assured them ther
was no danger.
The fir started from an explosion of
an illuminating a-aa tank, under one of
th coaches of Tandalla train No. 21.
which had backed Into th ststion but
a short tint before and wa being: pre
pared for another rtrv Th explosion
Ignited tLe roof of t.. shed and th fir
spread with remarkable vapidity over th
south end. filling the midway and shed
with smoke.
Th coaches burned were, for the roost
part, combination baggage and mall cars.
BIDWELLS ARE CONVICTED
Proasnters nf Cold Motsr Concern
Fswnd Gwllty of Operating
Coaadeare Gaaae.
CHICAGO, March IS. Benson Bldwell
and his son, Charles F., promoters of the
Bidwell Electric company, the ao-caUed
"cold motor concern," were found guilty
Saturday of operating a confidence game.
Benson Bidwell, who Is a brother of
George and Austin Bidwell who defrauded
the Bank of England out of SS.000,000
started the electric company in 1M. H
declared that he had Invented an electric
motor that would not burn out. Hs also
claimed that he was the inventor of tha
trolley car and the electric fan. Inventors
from all parts of the United States an
swered these advertisements, sending into
the company (225,000, according; to the book
of the concern.
Charles Bidwell waa appointed secretary
and general manager of the company and
given 36.0 shares of the (2,500.000 stock of
the concern. .
It was claimed by the prosecution that
th Bidwell' sold their private stock tn
the company to persons who thought that
they wer buying treasury stock.
When th Jury first reported It returned
verdicts of guilty on two counts slone, for
obtaining money by false pretenses, snd
th other for operating a confidence gam.
Thl amounted to two verdict of guilty
against each defendant, and over the ob
jection of the defense, the court instructed
ths Jury thst It could find the Bidwells
guilty of ons offense. A half hour later a
verdict finding the aged Inventor and his
son guilty of operating a confidence gams
wa returned.
JOHNSON SENTIMENT GROWS
Ckairswaa Cnnanra of Xew Terk Say
Dvlesatlew Will Be Ua la
at rwe ted.
BUFFALO. N. T-. March lS.-Wllliam J.
Conner, chairman of the atate democratic
committee, spent several hoars In th
lobby of th Hotel Iroquois tonight talk
ing to democratic leaders of Erie county.
Informed that headquarters for Governor
Johnson of Minnesota would be opened In
New York. Mr. Connors said:
"I found considerable sentiment for Gov
ernor Johnson In the east. I am of th
opinion that either Johnson or Harmon
would mak a stronger run In New Tork
ta thaa Mr. Bryan.
"It Is slmoet certain that New Tork
state's delegation will go to the Denver
convention without Instructions. They
likely will vote under the unit rule. But
whoever gets the nomination. New Tork
will glvs the convention's choice its hearty
support. There will be no bolter. "
DETECTIVE KILLS SUSPECT
Kansas City Oarer Sknnta Tksauti
KlnaT, Wanted fer Marder In
3faw Msalc.
KANSAS CITT. March It Thomas King,
alls C H. Wilson, wsnted In New Mexico
on the charge of murder and tn 6t Joseph,
Mo., for robbery, waa ihot and killed by
Ralph Truman, a city detective, hero to
night, wbils trying to escape arrest. Tru
man ordered King to stop and when hs re
fused Trumsa fired. The police ssy that
KlnaT was a deaperst man. King descrip
tion had been sent to th folic department
her and the officers were looking for him.
Truman reevgnised him oa th Mitt lo-
SOME AFTERMATH POLITICS
Nebraska is Early Through with Its
Preliminary Conrentions.
WHAT WTLL POPS DO AT ST. LOTUS t
laalde I.lant Several Steeled
, Polata lavwlved In tke Wwrk nf
f tke Renakltraa State
Cwaventlea.
All the preliminary x-onvenMoni In Ne
braska have now ben held by all political
parties, except porbly the prohibitionists
and socialists, who may possibly send repre
sentatives to their national nominating con
ventions. In this respect Nebraska ia far
ahead of most of Its sister state, which
are still embroiled In presidentlsl politics.
Ths conclusion of ths republican conven
tion last week makes known the Identity
of the delegation which will go from this
state to Chicago, that which will go to
Denver for th democrat Wnd to St, Loult
for th populists having been made up the
week before.
At Chicago, Nebraska will be for Taft and
at Denver Nebraska will be for Bryan. The
program of the populist delegation which
goea to 8U Louis Is not so plain because,
while the Nebraska crowd la for Bryan, a
premature nomination by th populist, even
If it could be brought about, might be em
barrassing at' Denver and th plan most
probably to be pursued will be to seek
sdjottrnment of the St. Louis meeting with
out making any nomination, and to hold up
a promised endorsement of Bryan aa an
additional argument for hia nomination by
the democrat. Whether the populists will
insist again on having a tall of their own
to the kit, as they did In 189S, is uncertain.
The disposition Is plain to continue the old
gam of fusion, for proof of which the
selection of several old line populists for
places on the democratic electoral ticket
from Nebraska Is conclusive.
Everybody remsrked upon the good feel
ing that pervaded the republican state con
vention snd the absence of sharp factional
lines. The Platte county contest, which
alone brought to th surface an unhealed
dissension, waa speedily adjudicated by the
executive committee of the state committee
charged with making up the temporary roll
of delejratee.' The committee-appointed
delegation practically allowed It case to go
by default and on th evidence the only
possible conclusion wa that the conteatlng
delegation had derived It authority from
a convention Irregularly called, but still
representing ths expressed wishes of the
majority of the rank and file of ths party
tn Piatt county. Th state committeemen
undertook to bring th factions together
with a view to securing full co-operation of
all republicans for tb coming campaign
and, while not completely successful, felt
satisfied that soms headway waa made.
The republican convention, in contrast
with th democratic convention, agreed
upon the deiegatea-at-larg without a per
sonal competition, whereas the delegates-at-large
to Denver were chosen only sftcr
a contest on the floor and the turning; down
of one of the time-tried 'party wer-horse. '
with charges of trickery and bad faith. The
only roll call of the republican delegations
cams on the tabling of a mot km to vote on
a choice of national committeeman, and the
vote waa so decisive thst there could be
no question as to ths wishes of the conven
tion. The fact la that Mr. McLoud. tn
whose Interest the motion to proceed to
vote for commltteemsn was made, had
entered into an agreement x not to bring the
question up. But hia followers either did
not understsnd It or refused to acquiesce,
and Insisted up a test vote. The test came
on the motion to table and was quite suffi
cient to satisfy them, as it had previously
satisfied Mr. McLoud thst he could not
hope to be made committeeman In that
convention.
,
Tha Lincoln Star, Lincoln News, Lincoln
Journal and Fremont Tribune are engaged
tn a debate as to where the republican
atate platform waa drafted and by whom.
Just for ths truth of history tt should be
known that It was outlined In the rough
by ths chairman of tha resolutions com
mittee, Mr. Coupland, In hia room In the
Rome hotel, and later rewritten and re
vised and amplified by Mr. Coupland, with
the assistance of other members of ths com
mittee in the editorial rooms of Th Bee.
Two newspaper men, who were both rank
outsiders, also had a hand In the work of
smoothing out the phraseology.
In this connection it is interesting to not
that Edgar Howard, speaking as a mem
ber of the resolutions committee1 of the
democratic state convention in his paper,
verifies the assertion thst th democratic
platform was. In the main, written by Mr.
Bryan; that It was submitted to him be
fore adoption and that it suited him to a
t," otherwise It would have been changed
tn any 'word or phrase to which hs might
havs entered objection.
The new rule adopted by the republican
state committee requiring th filing of cre
dentials five daya before th convention,
worked out reasonably well, almoat every
county hsvtng reported within ths time
limit. Ths purpose of this rul Is to pre
vent the Juggling of the credentisl snd
ths substitution of names at ths convention
which were not authorised by the count lea
at the time the delegations were mad up.
In certifying the temporary roll, the execu
tive committs approved the Hats as they
wer filed, wher no contests wer msde.
Several attempts were mad later to sub
stitute name and. tn all probability, some
few la thl way aat In the convention and
participated tn It who were not duly acred
ited delegates. Hsd there been a close vols
on sny question, with a polling of delega
tions, they would havs discovered thst
they were there simply ss spectators.
The democrats are about to hang out a
sign. "Wanted Candidates for Congress."
it looks a If a drafting officer would
hav to be aent out In some quarters, al
though In nearly each district efforts are
slieady being made to lure out a victim. In
ths First district the bait ia being thrown
to H. H- Hanks, who hss been beaten
once or twice already. In the Second dis
trict Congressman Hitchcock la the only
patriot In sight. In the Third the call la
for Editor Richmond of th Fremont
Herald. Th Fourth district Is yet a blank,
while the Fifth district Is squinting at ex
Congressrnaa R D. Sutherland and the
Sixth district tiptoeing up to Arthur F.
Mullen of O'Neill.
On the republican aids the Second snd
Fourth districts seem to be the only ones
thst sre surely In for a primary csitest
over congressional nominations. If the sit
ting congressmen 1.1 th other district
should have to f.rfht for their places on
th ticket th entries against them hav
yet to coma
MANY NEBRASKANS MOVING
Mevetnewt f rVesl
Ever, Says I.
Denver.
Ike Areateet
(leva
Nebraska I having the greatest moving
day in Its history." say D. Clem Dever.
hed of th homeseekers' Information
bureau of the Rurllrmrton road. Mr. Draver
has Just returned from sn extens've trip
to the Big Horn bssln country snd through
western Nebrssks. "At every station along
the road were Indications of people moving
to some other section of th country. At
Tork,we saw twentv-ftve carloads of house
hold goods of people moving to western
Nebrssks. The train men all tell me they
have never seen such a movement of peo
ple before, v
"These people are moving not only to
the Irrigated sections, but to all parts of
western Nebrssks. The product exhibit
rsr of ths Burlington rosd hss been show
ing all winter In eastern Nebraska, and
the people In thla section seem to be more
Interested In the western Nebrssks lands
thsn In the lands of th Irrlgsted sections.
"A meeting Is being held st Garland.
Wyo.. between th people of that section
end a representative of the Department of
the Interior to see If soms srrangrment
csn be msde whereby the first payment
on homestead land might be deferred until
fter the crops of the first yesr sre har
vested. r
"More Interest Is being shown In home
stead lands of the west thla spring than
In any previous yesr, snd my desk Is
flooded with Inquiries every day. The
greatest demand ia for government home
stesd lsnds under ths government Irriga
tion schemes and under the private ditches
built under the Cerey set. People are be
ginning to realise that they have to move
quickly when an announcement la mad of
the opening of one of those Irrigated dis
tricts because the demand I so great. It
will not be a question of .twenty-five years
in settling up the Big Horn basin, but
rsther a question of three years, because
the land is there snd the water la there
waiting for settlers."
GET FINE FRUIT FROM CUBA
Oaaahkaa Enjoy Gras Frnlt Predated
on Tkelr Own riaata
tlaa. A number of Omaha rltisens are enjoying
the novelty of eating grape fruit and tanger
ine from their own tree In Cuba. During
the last week several boxes of the fruit
grown on the Bueraventura plantation In
Cuba were forwarded to Omaha from Chi
cago, with th compliment of J. Warren
Floyd, secretary of the company as a
sample of what Cuba can do. Tha fruit hss
been distributed among ths stockholders.
The Buenaventura plantation contains 1,000
acres and la under the management of W.
A. Page, formerly of Omaha, aa Is also the
Redencion plantation, which adjoins the
other and is of ths ssme sise. Quite a
largs block of stock In both plantations is
held In Omaha. The Buenaventura Is now
msrketing th first crop, the fruit going
mostly to Chicago. Tbe fruit Is said to be
th equal In point of quality of th very
best Florida fruit, while by some It is con
sidered superior. Ths grape fruit, especially,
la of fine flavor and very sweet and Juicy.
The package in which the fruit wa shipped
was something of a novelty, but as tbe
fruit arrived la fine condition, tt may be
regarded as a success. In place of a plain
wooden box, such as is used by California
and Florida fruit growers, the Cuban fruit
wavput up, In boxes hsvtng corners or' a
frame work of wood, with sides nd ends
of heavy perforated straw bosrd or paste
board. As freight rstes to Chicago and
eas'srn market points ars lower than to
Omaha, while the eastern fruit market is
generally higher there la not much prospect
of sny great amount of Cuban fruit coming
to thla market.
FUNERAL OF ALEX. G. CHARLTON
Private Service Held at Qaaraatlaed
Hobs aad a Meaaorlal Service
Will Be Held Later.
The funeral of Alexander O. Charlton,
leading Omaha buainear man, was held
from the residence, 22S Miami street, yes
terday afternoon at I o'clock. On account
of the Illness of Mr. Charlton's youngest
son. Hugh, with scarlet fever, the services
were strictly privste.
Rev. T. B. Kendall, pastor of the First
United Presbyterlsn church, offlclsted,
owing to the Illness of Rv. Dr. R. B. A.
MeBride, pastor of the Central United
Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Chariton
was a leading member.
The pallbearers were William Balrd, W.
T. Graham, George Vf. Henry. John L.
McCague, John Howard and Charles E.
Reynolds.
At ths grave In Prospect Hill cemetery
a crowd of more than 100 had gathered to
show their respect- and love for the de
ceased. The floral offerings were many.
A memorial service will be held for Mr.
Charlton some Sunday In the near future,
at which those words will be said tn the
presence of hia many friends which could
not be said at th funeral because of the
fact that the house 1 quarantined. This
service will be held In the church of which
h was a member, the Central United
Presbyterian, and will be conducted by hia
psstor. Rev. R. B. A. MeBride.
FIRE CAUSES ACCIDENTS
Assistant Cklef at St. Lals Badly
Hart aad Driver Killed.
Haas Cllapes.
ST. LOUIS. March 15. Assistant Fire
Chief Thomaa W. Rucker is In a critical
condition, and hia driver. Harry Doe.r. la
dead, as the result of a collision tonight be
tween Rucker's buggy and a street car at
tha Intersection of Eroadwsy and Cass
Rucker was making a run to a
fire that proved to be of minor Importance.
Practically at the same time a tbe col
lision with the street car, and while hur
rying to th sain fire, th wagon of En
gine company No. 13. collided with a tele
phone pole at Ninth and Carr streets,
seriously Injuring two firemen and killing
a horse.
The Jarring mads on the pavement by
ths passage of ths rear guard of the fire
fighting apparatus, while the two sccldents
were happening to the vsn, wrecked a
two-story house on Eleventh street. Ex-
rsvstions hsd been msde on esch aid of
th house. The family of six has been ac
counted for.
RsmIsb Labor Leader Cam lag.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 15. Father
Gregory Petroff. tha noted labor leader
and constitutional democrat dputy. who
recently haa been applying himself to
ths study of ths English language, sn
nounce that he will visit the United
Ststes. wher he will glv a number of
lectures.
TIES T0ANTIP0DES
Australia, and United States HaTt
Many Common Interests.
WARM WELCokE FOR FLEET
Premier 's Announcement of Its Com
ing Greeted with Cheers,
CABINET MINISTERS DELIGHTED
Americans Nearest Caucasian Neigh
bors of the Island Federation.
FUTURE OF THE PACIFIC
Vast International Problems In Wklrk
Gwverwsaeate Has Identical In.
for Frlendskln.
STDNET. Msrch IS. Ther was a dra
matic scene today at a great gathering of
cltlsens. when at the conclusion of an ad
dress on the subject of national defense,
the premier, Alfred Deskln. reed a cable
gram announcing that the American fleet
of battleships would visit Sydney and Mel
bourne. He railed for three cheer for ths
United Ststes, and ths audience ros en
mass and responded with deafening
hurrah. The prime minister said thst h
wa sure that such a welcome that an
American fleet hsd never known outside of
It own country would be accorded It by
Australia, and th cheering that followed,
thla statement seemed evidence of the fct
that the Australian, one and all, hav a
feeling stronger thsn mere friendship for
tha American people and their navy.
Permier Dee kin tn hi speech advocated
greater expenditures for nsttonal defense.
He said that th burden Imposed upon th
people of Great Britain for the maintenance
of their naval and military force waa be
ginning to tell, and that wealthy Australians
could not expect to enjoy the privileges of
th protection against Invasion without
bearing their share of the cost. The ex
penditure recommended Is I9,000,0ii0 annually
for an army of 20,000 men and fifteen coast .
defense vessels.
Federal Ministers Deltakted.
MELBOURNE March 15. The Australian
commonwealth, officially and generally,
halls with pleasure the announcement from
Washington that the American battleship
fleet will visit the antipodes next July or
August. The federal ministers 4re deltgfcted
with the Idea of such a visit, tha minister
of defense, Thomas Ewlng, saying that tha
presence of America's fleet would be most
gratifying to all Australians
"We feel that our futur In th Pacific,"
he aald. "Is bound up with that of th
United States." ,
There are several reasons for the satis
faction experienced by Australians. Premier
Alfred Deakin was not flattering th
American people In th communication he
addressed to their government through Con- .
sul General John P. Bray bar last Decem
ber, to have th warships font to thla ,
quarter of the globe. In his Invitation, he
said:
No other federation in ths world possesses
so many features of likeness to thst of
the United Ststes as does the common wealth
of Australia, and I doubt whether any two
peoples could be found who are In nearer
touch with each other and are likely to
benefit more by anything that tend to knit
their relations more closely.
Many Things In Cssssaw
Australtsns of all clasaea. Indeed, hav
decided liking and admiration for Ameri
cana, due to sentimental, commercial and
even political onuses. In ths first plsce,
ss Australian newspapers snd orator nut
Infrequently observe, whenever th question
of Asiatic Immigration to Australia comes
up, or that of Australian defense, America
Is tha nearest Caucasian neighbor and
friend that the commonwealth haa. Thl
fact Is given sdded strength because, speak
ing broadly, Australians are almost supej--senssttve
over Asistlc proximity, prestige
snd Influence; and, whether there Is ground
for such feellnv, they sre apprehensively
mindful of their great physical separation
from any cognate people. Thla feeling, it
may be added, ia fostered by leading pol
iticians, especlslly those In the powerful
labor party, and It Include th Japanese,
slthough regardless of tbe Anglo-Japanese
alliance.
In brief, the United States I th only
foreign power In the territory of tha Paclflo
for which Australia has a distinct liking.
Gvernssenls Are Allk.
But there are other considerations than
these. Aside from the csrdinsl ons thst ths
commonwealth's whole scheme of govern
ment Is pstterned sfter thst of the United
States, there sre strong commercial and
other ties. Australian coal la shipped tn ,
large quantities to the Pacific coast, and
Australian meat goea to the Philippines.
Australla'a Irrigation experts study the Im
mense scheme for watering ths arid tract
In th American western states, and Aus
tralian students and educators go to Amer
ica to learn American methods snd systems.
Mr. Deskln himself is sn enthuslsst over
the United Ststes. Hs visited America for
th Victorian government in the 'SO to in
spect Its irrigation works, snd he hss never
forgotten the country or Its grestaess.
Hence the American fleet will surely hsve
a lavish welcome In Australian waters. Ths
Australian people sr notsbly hospltabl
and they will outdo themselves In enter
taining the American officers and sailors.
CREIGHTCN L0SES DEBATE
Sntk Daksta University Gets fk
Declalwn ky Twt tn On
Vet.
VERMILION. 8. D.. March IS. Special
Telegram.) South Dakota university won
th debste over Crelghton university to
night by a two to one vote of tb Judge.
South Dakota wa represented by 11 W,
Murphy, A. L. Sherlng and R. Q. Dries
bach. Crelghton debaters wer IL L. Mora
man, H. J. Boyle. A. W Proetor. Th
Judge wer D. C. Shull and E. M. Cor
bett of Sioux City and Raymond Robins of
Chicago.
DEATH RECORD.
Brlaradler General - Frank.
WASHINGTON, March IS. Brigadier
General Royal Thaxter Frank, U. S. A.,
retired, died at his residence here es
terdsy In his 76th year. He was grsd
nsted from ths military academy In the
cIass of 'M and foucht throughout the
civil war. General Frank was hrevetted
lieutenant colonel for gallantry in bat
tle, frora which he rose after the war
to the rank of brigadier general ia
18S. retiring a few months afterward.
He was born In Gray, Me. Oeueral
Frank' body will be Interred tn Arliuglo
k'sllonal cemeUrar ou Tuesday.