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Fhe Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVII XO. 245." OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1908. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. BUSY DAYS FOR TAFT To Spend Next Monday and Tuesday in Omaha and Council Bluffs. APPROVED STRENUOUS PROGRAM i War Secretary Thinks He Can Stand it if Entertainers Can. TO VISIT ITS. OMAHA AND CRO0P Subject of Address in On. -ft? "McKinley, Pioneer of & " LUNCHEON AT OMAHi M. I., learned, Art or C. Sax Vkar Rosewnter Invite Blen, IHeK "TV to ji '-; Delegates to Chicago Tktai at on Moi Two full sized, banqueta. two luncheons, two public receptions, three addresses, sev eral automobile rides, visits to two mili tary posts and conatant contaot with both 1 tnrn and women, will be a few of the things Secretary William H. Tart will crowd Into a brief forty-eight houra when . he comes to Omaha next Monday aa the guest of the McKinley club at the banquet to be held at the Auditorium and la bidden good-bye Wednesday morning after a ban quet In his honor Blven by the Commercial club of Council Bluff. ' Besides, thl. the his and f ood-natured , secretary of war. and without doubt next president of the United Stales, will "attend to his private and official buslnois." bring ing his private secretary with him for the . purpose of assisting somewhat In the dls- charge of business sffalrs which follow a member of the cabinet to , every corner of the earth. And Mr. Taft haa approved the outline of the local arrangements for his enter tainment, giving his consent to entering Into the activities of about as strenuous ,o time aa one man could stand between arty Monday morning and late Tuesday ventng, even when the days are growing Vnger. . MeKlaley "abject of Address. The secretary of war has announced that Sis subject for the evening address at the McKinley club banquet will he "McKinley, the Pioneer In Expansion," erl will Include . 1 full discussion of the history which has oen made by America since the acquisition ' f our Insular il.pendcncles after the pnnlsli-Aivtertonn war. Other speakers at the McKinley club ban quet from owl side vt the city will be Gov- ernor Ueore l Sheldon and William Allen While. -Iltor of the Kmporla Gazette and pollticsl writer for numerous magasines. The rroarsr.i next Monday will begin when a smull ' reception committee of Omshuns gn-ts the secretary at Council -r 1 1 . . I MntmlttMl will p it-el Mr? Taft i t:ie Union station on this . a i 1.1... Pnm. wrier" twtairwtdlo'iiH li'wdquarlers have eea ' reseiVi-U fur uie c-f the distinguished guest 1 and his isrty. .fl-r hreiikrast Mr. Taft will be "per muted" to ypend his time at his official and private work, which will require some hour. Pefore noon he will make a hurried :rlp to Fort Omaha In an automobile and return to the city, where he will be the guest at the Omaha club of the delegnte-at-large and two Second district delegates to the repuhllrnn national convention, Victor lloeewstcr, Myron K Learned and Arthur C. Smith. I.aaekeoa at Omaha dab. To the luncheon st the Omaha club the sixteen delegates from Nebraska to the national republican convention have been Invited together with the speakers of the evening banquet program, William H. Hay- ' ward, republican state chairman; Charles If. Morrill, nations! committeeman from Nebraska, and Executive Committeeman R. B. Schneider. . From 1:30 to 1:30 a public reception for Mr. Taft will be held in the lobby of the Hotel Rome, when he willneet representa tives of the Ohio club, the Taft league, Tals alumni, the McKinley club and others. Promptly at 4 o'clock the secretary of war will become tbe guest of the Omaha Woman's olub for a few minutes and will be -whirled away to the First Congrega tional church, where he will make a brief address probably talking fifteen minutes. Rest will intervene after the address to the women, and at T:W o'clock Mr. Taft will be escorted to the Auditorium, where - the McKinley club banquet la to be held and for which the tickets are going rapidly, over SCO from out of town having already - accepted the Invitation to attend the big dinner of the club. Mr. Tart will remain In Omaha over Monday night and Tuesday morning will go to Fort Crook In an automobile, returning to Omaha to be delivered over to the re ception committee of the Commercial club of Council Bluffs about noon, when he will be tendered a luncheon by General G. M. Dodge In the Iowa city. Coanetl Blags Program. The dinner In the evening at Council Bluffs Is to be given at the Grand hotel by the Commercial club of Council Bluffs. A list of distinguished speakers have been secured and the club lies Invited miuiy representatives of commercial organisations as well as Iowa republicans to participate. The speakers at Council Bluffs will be LaFsyette Young, editor of the Dea Molnea Capitol and one of the Iowa delegates to the republican national convention; Con gressman Walter I. Smith and Charles A. n Licksou of Sioux fit v. la Ji Aftep IMH.4i , k A Ml.h, i r . v.. CJ .... i in council muirs lr. Taft will leave early Wednesdsy morn ig for Chicago. The last time the secretary of war waa seen and heard In Omaha was on his re turn from Fort Meude. g. D.. last summer, when he made the address st the i.vh. f the corner stone of the f oung Women s vnrimian asaoi'latlon building. . tnDIAS. REPl BLICAX8 TO MEET Valrhaaks to Have Delegation With. ao a Coateat. INDIANAPOLIS. Msnh .The Inuiana republican convention will be held :n Tom ln.eoii hall Wednesday and Ttmrsdsy of this wek te adopt a platform, select four dlgatee-ai-large to the national conven tion at Chicago and nominate a state ticket. The oonvemlon will Instruct the thirty Indlaua delegates to caat their votea for Charles Warren Fairbanks for the prest dcniul nomination. Mr. Fairbanks will not be here, Interest l;i the touting convention has boon centered in the content for the guber tialorial nomination, which has been hotly waged by Congressman Jaim-a K. Watson of Ruahvllle. Attorney General I Continued eo Second PageJ CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER FORECAST FOR N F.BR A SKA Fair Mon day; Tuesd.iv part I v cloudy. Ff RKCA8T KOR IGWA-Fslr and warmer Monday; Tuesday fair. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: a a. r XANK TO REOPEN ITS DOORS llen lit Cash, Represeatlag lf Ita Depoalta, la the aalte. 1TY, March 29. I Its credit re- )G.OO0.0no In cash and exchange ,.,iileli to ry deposit account of i.OOO.ono and with financiers of national liromieut-e in charge, the National Bank of Commerce of this city will reopen to morrow, three months and twenty-five days after It was closed by the comptroller of the currency. The National Bank of Commerce was the largest national bank in capital and deposits that ever failed In the United States and Its resumption of business will do much towsrd bettering conditions In the finsnclal world, especially In the south west. W. B. Rldgely, who will be presi dent of the reorganised bank and who re signed last week aa( comptroller of .he cur rency. Is on the liosrd of directors and Is the largest stockholder In the new bank. His brother, Edward Rldgely, will bo cashier, and George T. Cutts, who wss re ceiver of the suspended bank, will be vice president. D. E. Fiancls, W. A. Picker ing and Theodore Hemmelman, all of St. Louis, are members of the directorate and stockholders of the reorganized bank. The Bank of Commerce had not been closed two days before Its officers and di rectors began planning to reopen It. Talk, they declared, had clused the bank and money could overcome the unfortunato situation. A committee was formed to represent the stockholders and the comp troller was asked for terms under which the bank could be opened. The terms were submitted ard the financieea Inter it'ed set to work and complied with them. OLD CHURCH T0BE PRESERVED First Edln.ee of Klad la Mississippi Valley to Be Properly t ared Far. ST. LOUIS. March 29. Preliminary steps have been taken for the repair and the preservation of the Church of the Holy Family, the oldest Catholic church In the Mississippi valley, located at Cahokla, 111., across the river from St. Louis. The church, was erected In 16S3. a few years after Iula Jollet and Father Marquette explored the Mississippi river and Cahokla was established as a trading post. The noted Indian chief, Pontlac, was slsln near lha place where the old. church stand- The ravages oV time and of relic hunters have greatly deteriorated and marred the old building. Bishop John Janssen of the Belleville diocese, and others In the diocese, have decided, after inspecting the church, to take steps toward raising a fund to save It from ruin. In the construction of the edifice split hickory sticks were' used for lathing, and these old-time laths seem to have been especially sought after by collectors of rel- ics. Plaster ha been torn from the walla in many places to allow access to the In terior wood. The old bell still hangs In the belfry. Tombstones on the graves of the old French settlers in the adjoining church yard, from many of which the elements have obliterated the names, will be listed and cared for. The church was constructed not only as a place of worship, but as a fortress for protection from the Indians. JOHN MITCHELL QUITS OFFICE Leader of falted Mlac Workers Seek Restoration of Broken Health. to IND1ANAPOL18, March 29. After tsn years of leadership of the United Mine Workers of America, John Mitchell on Tuesday will retire from the head of the great labor organisation and will be suc ceeded 'by Vice President Thomas L. Lewis of Ohio. After Tuesday Mr. Mitchell will devote his time to regaining hla health, which has given way under the strain of ornce. j He hss betn called to Washington by President Roosevelt, who wants to send him to Panama aa an Investigator of con ditions, but it is understood that he does not favor accepting the place. The Na tional Civic Federation wants to place him at the head of a bureau to make In vestigations of and promote the use of trades agreement. He has also been of fered positions of importance with corre spondence schools, insurance companies and banks that appreciate the value of his name, and several magazines have been urging that he give his time to work for them In investigating and giving publicity to ludustrtul conditions. Ho will, however, make no decision for several weeks not, at least, until his health Improves. BIG BANQUET JF0R W. J. BRYAN Eighteen Hssarri Esoerted to Have seats at Table aad bailer lee Oaea to Pabllc. KANSAS CITY. Msrch St. William J. Bryan and Judson Harmon of Cincinnati will be the guests of honor at the banquet f the Young Men's Democratic club of Missouri In Convention hall tomorrow night. Arrangements for 1.8O0 banqueters have been made. A number of tickets have been disposed of to out-of-town democrats. Four of Missouri's ex-governors Crittenden, Francis, Stone and Dorkery together with Governor Folk will occupy seats at the guests' table. After the banquet has been served the galleries, seating 10.000 persons, will be thrown open to the public. MOYSBtzxTa or ocjcas rx-xjAxgxxv-o, fort. Arrives. SIIM. NEW MCW NEW KBW YORK..,. riu KMis .... 'OcAlC. Cwlf. -Konl( Albert. St. LrfMjia. l!fornl. rnnyivatA. R1RA 1 lulls. Hon. TOKK YORK.... VOKK... VllKK YORK... TURK.,.. YORK.... YHK.... NEW NSW HALIFAX PL.YMOITH .... HAVRK CHRIST N8AND. SOI'THAMPTON ROTTERDAM Mnvll.t.S Cortina N Yrk.... L BrvlAin., L PeotaoM. l ulled HtAiM. St. Paul. Nordam. SltM4A GS'A LIVERPOOL, UVKHPOOI KAPLAS .... ...MoMtOM ...Btlllc ...Is. of Brtuia. .. aataal -j i j . i i . if a. m 3 uClK-S 11 a. m M 6?jK) y 12 m 2 P. m VVvtl 3 P- rn M Jy j. 4 P. m.... 5J r ' i 'i; i n r. m ? ,B " I p. Ill i If I T p. m H ' I P. m 49 I 9 p. m..., EMPEROR CHANGES MIND Notifies American Government He Would Be Pleased to Receive Hill. STERNBERG HELPS MATTERS OUT Formal Statement of the Germna Foreign Oance Seat to Wash ington aad Given to Ami elated Press. BERLIN. Msrch 29.-Bmperor William, having been fully advised as to the attl-' tude of President Roosevelt and the feeling iim American public In regard to sha alleged refusal of his majeaty to receive David Jayne Hill as ambassador to Ger many in succession to Charlemagno Tower, has withdrawn all the expressions of dis approval he recently sent to President Roosevelt and would be pleased to receive Dr. Hill as ambassador. The emperor haa caused this view to bo communicated to the president. The German Foreign office has sent to the Associated Press the following of ficial declaration on the subject: The notices which have appeared hitherto in the foreign press In regard to the Hill affair have originated In the erroneous Impression that it was Intended In Berlin to recall the approval given here last autumn to Mr. Hill's sppolntment. This hss never been thought of. It Is true that doubts subsequently arose ss to whether Mr. Hill would feel nimseii comroriaoio In the post of American ambassador to Berlin, but these doubts have been re moved, so that nothing stands In the way of Mr. Hill's nomination to the Berlin embassy, and he will be welcome In Ber lin now, as he would have been oerore, oi as any otier unobjectionable repre sentative would be who should be named by President Roosevelt. It Is to be ststed emphatically, that throughout the whole Incident the ambas sador. Mr. Tower, haa not swerved for one instant from the strsight line of ab solutely loyal and honorable conduct, both toward his own government and the Im perial Oerman government. Sternberg Helps Oat. Baron von Sternberg, the German am bassador at Washington, has, during the last forty-eight hours, been In the closest touch with the Foreign office, and haa cabled fully concerning the matter. He described the need of a speedy arrangement of the affair and President Roosevelt's difficulties in meeting the emperor's in clination, and furthermore, the unpleasant effect the whole controversy waa having upon Amer)can public opinion. The German Foreign office, since yes terday morning, haa sent a number of lengthy dispatches to the emperor at Venice, through' Baron Jenlsch, the repre sentative of the Foreign office, who Is with the emperor. As soon as a different statement of the emperor's wishes was received by the sec retary for foreign affairs, Herr von Schoen, the secretary, ' and Ambassador Tower had a long conference at the For eign office at which the entire subject was gone over. At the conclusion of the con ference Secretary von Schoen cabled the foregoing statement to the Germsn am bassador st Washington, and complete ad ditional explanations. Ambassador Tower also, cabled to the State department the fullest detsHe of all that had hevn done. Ansloas for Early ettlement. The sim of the German Foreign office Is to close the Incident In a manner satis factory to the president and the people of the United States. At first the Foreign office, which is sensitive on sny question relating to the emperor, was Inclined to be lieve that a general denial of the state ment that the emperor had declined to re ceive Dr. Hill as American ambassador might quiet the situation, pending a leis urely settlement, but It wss evident from Baron von Sternberg's dispatches on Fri day and Saturday that public opinion, as well as the American government, required some adequate and definite solution, snd It was announced yesterday that the em peror would delay the . departure of the Imperial yacht Hohenxollern from Venice until Monday, presumably to afford time for the disposition of this matter. It Is certain that If Dr. Hill comes to Berlin as the American ambassador, he will be most cordially welcomed and given every attention by the emperor and the German government. It Is thought In Ber lin that the emperor's original purpose was merely to show friendly solicitude con cerning the American representative. NO REPRIEVE FOR GILLETTE Governor Hasrhes Declines to later- fere with the Exeratloa of the Prisoner. ALBANY, N. Y.. Msrch 29. Governor Hughes tonight announced that he had de nied the application for a reprieve for Chester Gillette, and no act of the gov ernor that can now be foreseen will inter fere with Glllett's execution at Auburn prison, probsbly tomorrow morning, for the murder of his sweetheart, Grace, or "Billy," Brown of South Otsellc, at Big Moose lake in the Adirondacks, on July 11 ISC The governor dismissed the theory based on alleged new evidence presented by John H. Dugan of Albany, who appeared for the Gillette family before the governor, as "wholly untenable," and declares that "If reason Is to bo our guide and all the ea tabllshed facts are taken into considera tion there Is no escape from the conclusion thst a brutal murder was committed and that the conviction was Just." BODY OF BABY FOUND IN TREE Boys Made the Flad Saadar Maralag -Near Seveateeath and A Bi, The body of an unidentified baby was found In the branches of a largo tree Sun day morning at Seventeenth street and Ames avsnue. The discovery was msdo by Harry Barker, a boy who lives at 403 North Sixteenth street. Coroner Davis took charge of the body and Dr. W. R, Lavender held a post mortem examination over it yesterday aft ernoon. The physician found that the child had lived one or two days after birth. There is no clue to the parents. The body waa clean, had been wrapped In new cheese cloth and then In white wrapping paper and tied with string. It waa placed In a crotch of the tree. EXPRESS MESSENGER IS KILLED Two of Robbere Castsres, hat Others tiet Away with tho Cash. EMPORIA. Kan.. March a.-Th express messenger on train No. lit of the Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe was killed by robbers at 4 o'clock this morning and It 1s reported they succeeded In getting away with tlO.Ono. Ths holdup oocurred between this point and Newton. Kan. Two of tho robbers were raptured t I TICKETS TO TAFT BANQUET While the demand has been brisk for tickets to the McKin ley club's annual dinner, at which Secretary of War Wil liam H Taft will be the princi pal Kuest, to take place at the Auditorium Monday, April 6 next, accommodations may yet be had by prompt application to Harry B. Zlmman. chairman of the invitation committee, Bran dels Building, Omaha. No per sonal invitation is necessary, but remittance at the rate of 1 2 per plate should accompany order. j SHELDON GROWS IN FAVOR Saeceas In Winklsctss Raises Him Still Higher la People's Estimation. From a Staff CorVcspondent) LINCOLN. March 9. (Special.) Gov- ernor Sheldon will ret morrow. Ills trip to W rn to Lincoln to dhlngton to obtain concessions from the Dipartment of Agri culture, although not thoroughly under stood by people not lntested In live stock and the marketing of the same, has raised him in the estimation of: the people mercly because he succeeded lit getting what the bureau of animal IndustVy would not con sent to. Hla own way cif dealing with the existence of mange In cattle and the terms of his qusrantlne proclamation Issued sev eral months ago will soon practically be carried out. Instead of taking the veto of the bureau of animal Industry, Governor Sheldon went to Washington to confer di rectly with the secretary of agriculture, Mr. Wilson. The atste, through the attorney general, has filed a motion In the supreme court for a rehearing In the ase of Lee Grier, convicted of embezzling if ines collected by him aa clerk of the polli-o court In the city of Omaha. The information contained seven counts, charging Grier with collect ing fines on different dates set out and neglecting to psy the same over to the treasurer of the city, as required by law. The law required him to tu(n these fines over to the proper officer within thirty days after collecting the-oame. The In formation waa not filed for over a year after he had collected Ui fines and failed to pay them over. The) supreme court re ground that the versed the case on th Information did not stJte an offeree, be cause instead of allcglntflie toad not turned the fines over within th that he had refused t irty days It alleged turn them over as by law provided. Tho trial court ln- structed the Jury that Grier had failed to tt: within thirty days after their verdict should be r they found that n tbe fines over ollectlng the same guilty. The jury found thst he had not done as the law nrnv irii and convicted him. The state asks for a rehearing of the case, snd states ss follows: , No c,e -should be reyvv.l wdess preju dicial error is made t.. appear, Wherein was Lee Grier prejudiced by this so-called defect In the Information? The Jury, fol lowing the instructions of the trial court, said by their verdict on all seven counts thst he hsd failed and refused to pay over these fines for more than thirty days after collecting them. The evidence showed that he had made written reports of the money collected by him. but the fines which he was charged with enibexr.llng were not In cluded In such reports. It is plain to be seen that this nun had his day in court and wss convicted on all seven counts by a Jury of his fellow towns men of embezzling money which came into his hands by virtue of his office and which belonged to the funds set apart for the education of the school children, and yet bv the application of rules unsuited to our code practice and reasoning of the most refining and technical character, the court has declared that all partlca interested in this prosecution lsbored under a delusion that Grier never was charged with an of fense. The public prosecutor thought ho was, the trial Judge thought he waa, thu Jury thought he was guilty on all seven counts. They knew the evidence showed he hsd embezzled thee fines. The defend ant himself thought he was chargod with the embeszlement of these fines, becsuse he testified In his own behalf and sought to Justify his conduct, but at no time claimed that the prosecution was prema ture, or that he had further time In which to place this money in the school fund. It would seem the court had overlooked the following section of the criminal code: "No indictment shall be deemed Invalid when there is sufficient matter al leged to Indicate the crime or person i,.rrt nor for any other defect or Imperfection which does not tend to the prejudice of the substantial rights of the defendant upon the merits." A rehearing should be granted and this case affirmed Annaal Jaator-Senior Raaqnet. PERU, Neb., March Z f -(Special.) The Juniors of the Normal entertained the seniors at the annual reception and banquet In the parlors of the chapel Friday even ing. A short program was given In tho chapel, after which the gueats and Juniors, numbering In all about 800 persons, were directed to the beautifully decorated ban quet hall where an elaborate menu was served. When the feast was at an end Toastmaster R. D. Sims of Western called for responses to the following toasts: "Our Guests," Bert E. 8wenson, Shlckley; "Bumps," Grace Bogardus, Nellgh; "Ideals," Julia H. Van Driel, Malmo; "Guide Posts," J. A. Hanna, Auburn; "Joys We've Tasted.' Prof. C. F. Beck; "Our Alma Mater." Ethel Berry, Tekamah; "We Owe the World a Living." G. D. Jenkins, Stella; "Shall .1 Mlas Them?" Prof. J. M. Howie: "Smiles," A. Mary Dlttmer, Peru; "Our Hosts." C. O. Ollne, Madison; "The Teacher s Calling." President J. W. Crab- tree. . Fatal Aecldent at Wakefleld. ' WAKEFIELD, Neb.. March 29. (Special.) Enoch and Anton Bllck were struck by tho passenger train about :3S Saturday morn ing aa they were coming to town. Anton Bllck waa instantly killed and his brother very seriously Injured and Is now at -lie Commercial hotel under the care of doctors. but they do not know whether lie will re cover or not. The two men, sged re spectlvely 25 and 30. are farming the Eph Anderson farm four miles southeast of town on the reservation. They were driv ing a span of mules and at the crossing three-quarters of a mile southeast of Wake field their team became frightened at the train and got beyond their control and dashed across the crossing, the train hitting the wsgon square In the center. Anton, the younger brother, was mangled so badly that he was not recognisable. The other brother Is hurt Internally, but hopes are enter talned for his recovery. Teachers Meetlag at Holdrrge. HOLDREGE. Neb., March ID. (Special.) The annual meeting of the Southwestern Nebraska Teachers' assoclstlon will lie held at Hoidrege April 1, 2, S and 4. The day sessions will be held In the high school building snd the evening sessions In h opera house, leading Instructora from th western part of the stste are on the pro gram for tho different sessions GRIST OF NEBRASKA POLITICS Position of Governor Sheldon on the Vice Presidential Nomination. HOWARD ACCUSES THE POPULISTS Prcaa Karris Papers Are Boosttag 'or 1arle Dan Nettleton for Repobllcon National Com mittee maa ship. The statement given out at Washington by Governor Sheldon that he does not want himself considered In the light of a vice presldentisl candidate, while the first pub lic expression from him on the subject, only reiterates the position he has taken with his friends from the first that his name wss mentioned In this connection. Of course. If the candidate who ' should be nominated at Chicago should urge the wisdom of taking a western man for sec ond place, and of naming him from Ne braska, In order to atrengthen the repub lican position In Mr. Bryan's own state, neither Governor Shejdon nor 'any other man could refuse. But the governor real izes thoroughly that should Mr. Taft be nominated, for whom he Is himself "de votedly enlisted, the logic of the political situation would make It desirable to send the vice presidency to the east and prob ably to New York. If Governor Hughes could be drafted for that service. Gov ernor Sheldon will In all probability be the chairman of the Nebraska delegation to Chicago and be well up all the time to the front, where the lightning could find him If It insisted on comjng his wsy. The popuMst national convention , is to meet in St. Louis this week, but whether any of the delegates selected to represent Nebraska there will be In attendance Is not certain. It will be remembered that the Nebraska populists held their state convention as a sideshow to the demo cratic circus at the same time and place and commissioned a bunch of demo-pops to go to St. Louis and vote for Mr. Bryan to head the populist . ticket. The demo crats put several populists on their list of recommended presidential electors and the whole game was set up to make it a Bryan love-feast. The fact, however, that moat of the delegates to St. Louis from other states are under Instructions to re nominate Tom Watson would indicate that the Nebraska populists would find them selves very lonesome If they felt It worth while to buy tickets to the convention city. Ex-Senator W. V. Allen, who was to head the Nebraska delegation, has pub licly stated that he had no Intention of attending the St. Louis convention and that he will be a Bryanlte this year, no matter who was officially labeled on the populist national ticket. While on this subject. It Is Interesting to note thst Judge Edgar .Howard, In his paper, which pbses as a democratic oracle, viciously attacks the To Watson popu lists and the Hearst Independent leaguers In the same breath, and accuses them In so many words of taking Wall street money to help split the Bryan support. "It Is aafe.. bo saj-a. "o lo'.k.wttli auoptcion on every' man who claims to advocate the principles of Brysn while at the same time advocating the nomination of an Independ ence league or a mid-road populist ticket." He says the Brysn Volunteers sro being organized to guard the ballots . from, the time they fall Into the box until counted, "but such volunteers will not be shlo to guard against the buying of Independence leaguers, mid-road pops and corporation democrsts." A . small chorus of republican weekllea are responding to a press bitresu hunch to urge "Uncle Dan" Nettleton for repub licsn national committeeman. These papers are for the most part the same that were a little while ago shouting for Xji Toilette and trying to head off the Taft movement 1n Nebraska. Having failed In this, they started out to keep the management of the campaign out of the hands of those who had been active for Taft. The significant part of the present outburst In favor of Speaker Nettleton Is that they have ap parently dropped Banker McCloud, for whom they went to the front In the dis trict and state conventions. Mr. Nettle ton lives In the Fifth district, whose dele gates are Instructed for McCloud, and the noisiest Nettleton shouter Is Editor Abbott of the Aurora Republican, who was one of those most In evidence among the Mc Cloud backera two weeks ago. There Is nothing to Indicate thRt Speaker Nettleton haa had any personal participation In his newly launched boom for the republican committermanshlp. The only member of the dcmqcratlc na tlonai convention delegation from Ne braska who is taking full advantage of his honors is Ig. J. Dunn, who Is being adver tised plctorially far and wide in the news papers as "the man who Is to nominate Mr. Bryan" at Denver. Mr. Dunn's bi ographer has discovered that he has for years been, one of the leading lights at the Omaha bar and that he Is city attorney, evidently having crowded out his chief. City Attorney Burnam, and that he Is going to set the Rocky mountains afire with his scintillating blase of eloquence nnd fervor. SHOWDOWN ON RACING BILLS new York Senate Will Vote This Week on Measares Seat Over br lleuae. ALBANY, N. Y., March 28The fate of the antt-gambling legislation, recommended by Governor Hughes, appears to hang on the developments of the present week. The two bills designed to abolish the legal discrimination which hss virtually pro tected gambling at race tracks, while it Is a felony elsewhere in the state, are to be a special order In the senate on Wednesdsy. Both bills passed the assembly last Thursdsy by an overwhelming majority there being only nine votes against one and seven sgalntt the other. In the form in which they passed the lower house both bills would take effect Immediately The bills Introduced In the senate are Identical with the assembly bills except that the penal code bill was so amended by tho senata committee on codes as to take effect September 1, and thua exempt from the new bill any real penalty for gambling a large part of this summer's racing schedule. Th friends of the bill are expected to attempt to have this amendment elimi nated and the bill restored to Its original form. This will presumably precipitate the first test vote of the senate upon the proposed legislation and bring to a "show down" of comparative strength the friends and the opponents of the bills, both of whom for the last fortnight, with almost equal show of confidence, have been fore casting for themselves a decisive victory. CAN NOW BREAK UP FURNITURE Device Leaving Bath Hands Free When Telephoning Bring feed In Omnha. With both hands free to break up the furniture, tear tho battery box from the wall or pull the coat ready for a fight, the man who gets mad because someone on the other end of the telephone line Is saying unplcassnt things, will destroy thousands of dollars worth of property of the tele phone company and wreck a good many homes. Just now a little device Is being placed on Omaha telephones which holds the "trumpet." It leaves both hands free. In the drug stores It enables a woman to nibble at a pleco of fudge and look up the next number while talking; at the police station the desk sergeant can keep a prisoner "covered" with his shooting-irons and record a "squeal" sent 1n by telephone; in the office the stenographers may keep on writing letters or doing fancy work while calls are being answered, but the real boon comes to the subscriber who wants to break up the furniture as a result of conversa tions with "friends." bill collectors and other "offenders." '. Annually the telephone companies have many instruments broken and torn from the wall, not through any fault of the tele phone company, but because someone gets soro. "Be careful there what you are saying Pat Clancy, or I'll take a " When a girl hears such an angry con versation and the best Insulated Instru ments begin to burn, the connection Is sometimes taken down. But it is a hard thing to decide what to do In order to spare the instruments. Sometimes when the connection Is tske.n down one of tho telephones remains silent. Tho operator knows ilt has been torn from the wall and perhaps thrown through a plate glass win dow. That the destruction of telephone prop erty will be Increased because of the device leaving both hands free Is admitted by telephone men. It Is simply a matter of being careful where telephones are placed and where the devices are used. MANY ATTEND PAPAS FUNERAL Reven Hundred Greeks Assist In Doing Honors to Anton Papas. One of the lergest funerals held In Omaha recently, was that of Anton T. Papas, a Greek, who has been foremost among his countrymen and one of the wealthiest of them In the city. Tho funeral service wss held In the chapel of the Cole-McKay parlors at 1:S0 o'clock. a 8yrlan minister officiating. The funeral cortege, headed by a band of fifteen pieces, proceeded from there south on Sev enteenth street to Howard street, thence to Sixteenth and north to Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets, where all took cars for Forest Lawn cemetery. More than 700 Greeks were In tho pro cession. There were twenty-two carriages. At the head of the procession -was borne a cross nesrly six feet high made of various flowers. It was surmounted by a . dove of white flowers. At the base were two big wrestha of flowers, one en each skle of the Vross. The funersl wss under the auspices of the Psn Hellenic society of Omaha, of which Mr. Papas wss a prominent mem ber. Anton Papas lived at 1S03 Howard street snd was 28 years of a.ge. He came to Omaha about seven years ago, being one of the first of his nationality to coma to the city. He was married a year and a half ago. His wife survives him. He had the confectionery concession at Krug park for the last few years. He was a very well-to-do man. Among his possessions are $2,000 worth of diamonds, his own ornsments. Mr. Papas wss well known throughout the west. Friends were present at the funersl from Fremont, Lin coln and other Nebraska points and points In Iowa. OMAHA MAN IN VAN NORDEN'S Will A. Campbell of The Bee Writes on Railroads and the Grain Dealers. "The New 'Relations of the Railroads and the Grain Dealers," Is the subject of a d-page article In Van Norden'a magazine of April by Will A. Campbell of The Bee staff. Mr. Campbell starts out with the question, "Is there a Grain trust which annually robs the American farmers of millions of dollars because of monopoly In buying and com bining to fix prices, and does this monster trust still receive special favors and rebates from the railroad companies, given In the guise of 'elevation charges?' " He says that to get at the answer to his question ho hss put the question to 160 members of western grain exchanges, a score of managers of farmers' elevators and to a number of railroad traffic managers In the Missouri vslley, and not one haa told him that he believes In the present exist ence of such a trust. On the contrary, he learns of a new relation' between the grain Industry and the railroads and competition legitimate, wholesome competition Is the kernel of this new relation, and the ulti mate result Is beneficent In its effect to all Interests concerned, directly or indirectly. Mr. Campbell has written a readable and Interesting story of most absorbing topic and every line betrays the slgnlfcant fact that the writer has studied his subject. TROOPS ARRIVE AT TREADWELL Wo Disturbance at Mines aad Strikers Are Preserving Order la i Town. JUNEAU, Alusks. Msrch 29. At 4 o'clock this morning Company F, Tenth Infantry, arrived at Treadwell on the army steamer Peterson, with orders fiom General Brush at Vancouver to aid the local marshals. The arrival of the troops was unexpected. There is no disorder lure. A number of arrests of miners for carrying concealed weapons jiave been made. A peace com mittee of the union is keeping a strict patrol of the town and there Is little If any drunkenneaa. Superintendent Kinzle said that ten rases of powder were stolen from the Treadwell mine. This Is denied by the union leaders. Kinzle admitted that as yet there has been no trouble. The troops have been brought as a preventive measure. Kinzle claims a full surface crew, and all the mills are running, with the excep tion of the seventh hundred, which is on half time. Seventy-four underground men arrived on the last two boats, accoidlng to Kinzle. The union leaders claim that nearly the entire working force is out snd only fifty men working. Campbell-Haanrrmnn I arhaagrd. LONDON, March 39, The condition of Sir Henry Canipbell-Banncrinan, tn pre mier, showed little change today from thst of yesterday. According to the attending physlclsns h bad a fair night and a quiet day. DEATH LIST SEVEflTY-OtJE Hanna Mine Adds Many More to lb Long List of Victims. MOST VICTIMS AMONG RESCUEBI Second Explosion Snuffs Out Lires ot Fifty-Pour of These. TWO BLOWN CLEAR OUT OF MINI Little Hope of Recorerinf Othei Bodies for Several Bays, ONLY THREE OFFICIALS SURVTV! Remainder Were Member of th Rescae Party Which Met Dis aster In tho Second Explosion. HANNA, Wyo., Msrch 2.-(Spec.lal Tele gram.) Seventy-one men are known to have lost their lives In mine No. 1 of the Union Psclfic Coal compsny here, although only fifty-four names are obtainable. Seventy one coffins have been rushed to Hanna, The bodies . of Alexsnder Tennant and Matt Hughtala ot the rescuing party were found at daylight, 100 feet from . the east slope, having been blown from the mine by the second explosion, which snuffed out tho lives ot more than fifty men. Trn nant's head could not be found and one arm waa some distance from ' the body. Hughtala's body wss horribly mangled. Warburton, Munaen and Terry were taken out last night. All were badly burned, and all those still In th mine havs been given up for dead. Tho rescuing parties are working heroic ally, but the bodies probably will not be reached for several days, as tt wilt be neces sary to close the opening In the west slope and smother the fires below the tenth level and then draw off th large quantities ot gas before entering the colliery. Of the desd men fully SO per cent were married men and practically all leave children. All but three men In official capacities In three mines were killed, including the superin tendent, foreman, fire bosses, gas watchers and others. ' The second explosion was due to ths care lessness of tha relief workers, who rushed Into the workings unorganised without a . leader and attempted to brattice off some of the entries In which there were largo quantities of gas, this gas being forced into the fire area and exploding. This one mine has claimed mora than 300 lives dur ing tha twenty years of its operation. Case aad Dnst Explode, The explosions were caused by gsses and coal dust, and each ws followed by fir. Th first occurred a4 Vclojks hei eighteen mine workers, including a super intendent and three bosses, were killed. The second explosion occurred . at 10:3fi o'clock last night, snuffing out the lives of fifty-three members of a rescue psrty. Including Stste Mine Inspector D. M. Elle. The names of the men killed In tha first explosion were ascertained from th com pany's books, but those of the rescuers were not known, as no record wss kept of those who volunteered for this dan gerous work. The wildest excitement prevailed today at the mine, where hundreds At congre gated. Including widows, chltdren and other relatives of the victims. Men and women are running about wringing their hands and crying, while ' many -little children, separated from their mothers In tha seml panlc condition, that prevalud, are sob bing and crying with fear. When tho e ploslon occurred additional appeals were telegraphed to all surrounding town for assistance. One train is being rushed west from Omaha, carrying officials of the Union Pacific railroad and th Union Pa cific Coal company. The regular force of men employed at mines Nob. i and S were pressed Into res rue work, which is extremely difficult and hazardous. The bodies of four of the eighteen men who lost thetr lives In tho first explosion were located last night, but owing to the ever increasing volume of gas, which threatened to explode at anr moment, no effort was mad to remove them to the surface. Fire started In the colliery last Sunday, since which time attempts at regular In tervals have been mad to extinguish iC Yesterday It waa deemed unsafe to Send the miners down into the shaft and th superintendent and the moat experienced handa In tbe camp went Into ths mine te fight the fire, but at t o'clock tho flames had become beyond their -control snd at 3 o'clock connected with th Walled-off gas and a terrifio explosion followed. The ' victims are all below the tenth level and It is likely that the flames have consumed th bodies. The Union Pacific Railroad eompaay ls doing all within its power to assist la th rescue of the entombed miners. Special trains bearing all possible assistance were hurried to the scene of th catastrophe. Word was received In Omaha Sunday aft ernoon that It probably would be a day or two before the rescuers could begin their work effectively, because of th danger from gas and the obstructions at th mouth of the mine. The report In Omaha was that the list of dead probably would reach seventy-one. Seventeen were killed by th first explosion and- the others were mem bers of the rescue parties caught by th second explosion. D. O. Clark, president of th Union Pa cific Coal company, which owns and op erates the mines, left yesterday afternoon for Hanna. VICTIM OF B0MB STILL LIVES Police Still Searching far Men Sas erted of Complicity In Affair. NEW YORK. March .-8eUg Sllvr slejn, In whose hand a bomb exploded in Union Square park yesterday, was still alive tonight, despite his frightful Injuries. Ths half-dozen prisoners arrealed following the riot were held today for further exam ination. The polh-e throughout today hunted tor suspects and examined several perkons suspected of snarchlatlc leanings. No rioting or violence occurred during th d-iy. Maa Accidentally Shot. WESTON. Neb., March 29. -(Special Tel egram.) Hohumll iluzicka was killed in stantly this afternoon by th accident' discharge of a a caliber rift, th bulkr entering th brain abov ttaa. Ml eo