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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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