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VOL. XXXVII NO. 275.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNJNO, MAY 4, 108.
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A
WHEN ROYALTY WEDS
Favored Few Witness Ceremony and
Crowds Surround Palace.
SWEDEN AND RUSSIA JOINED
First Marriage in History Between
Members of These Royal Families.
CEREMONY A
BRILLIANT
ONE
Booming of Cannon Announces
Approach of Bridal Farty.
DAY COLD AND CHEERLESS ONE
In Spite ef ThU Great (wwi Stands
lint In Storm tn Catch a
(illnsw of Xotehlrs la
Attendance.
ST riiTKRSBl'RG. May 3 -Prinn. J
helm uf Swrde.1, second Ion 01 Ivmgv,
ave. th popular sailor prince, who
lUil America In IWi, was married
afternoon to Grand Dueling Marie F&
llovna, toui-ln of the emperor ot Ritss.
'nl daughter uf Orand Duke Alexandre
itili.
The ceremony took place at Tssrskoe
Siio and waft accompanied by all the pomp
unci hillllanl display characterise of the
most stately court in Europe. The day
tan marred by frequent heavy falls of
aiiow. which, however, failed to chill the
enthusiasm of the great crowds that gath
ered around the palace to catch a glimpe of i
the emperor and other royal personage
ii ml the arriving guests. The crowd stoid
for lioiiri Ih the bleak and muddy pala-e
square until the conclusion of the c re
ninny. In the evening a treat state banquet was
nerved, at which toaets were drunk to
Hie good understanding between Sweden
ifid rtussla recently reached In the Baltic
agreement, to which today's wedding th i
titst In modern times between tha ruling
hxiifes of the countries puta tho seal.
'I'lie beginning of tho nuptial ceremonies
iw's announced by the flrlpg of five guns
dmultaneouely at o'clock this morning
1. the battery at Tsarkoe-Belo and by the
fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul In St.
Petersburg. This wn bnt the begin
ning of the noisy acclamation, for the thun
der of salutes was -heard almost uninter
ruptedly throughout the afternoon and
evening. . .
ftw See Cere tunny.
The wedding guests who took part In
the ceremony assembled at. 2:30 o'clock In
the afternoon at the ' great palace at
Tsarskoe-Sdo. I my Premier Stolypln, the
members of the cabinet, the president of
tho Dunns mihI the president of the council
of state, tin' principal ambassadors to Rus
tic and their wives and a few of the high
lit dl-si l.uites of the phiplre found pluco
In the small blue and gold chapel of the
palace whcie the orthodox ceremony was
pe funded. The other guests were sta
tioned, according to their ' rank, In the
vitom t.-ilons -through which the bridal
pi neesflun passed."
The rjblng ot the bride waa performed In
accord ince with court custom. In the pri
vate, courts of the empress. She was
dressed by the empress and -the dowager
empress, assisted by their maids ot honor
and the ladies In waiting.
The bride wore on her head a Jeweled
diadem, and from her shoulders hung a
long-trained mantle of strawberry, velvet
lined with ermine.
In the procession I tie train of this gar
ment wss borne by five court chamberlains.
As soon as the bride had beenj completely
in ranged Prince Wilhelm was notified by
the master of ceremonies and conducted to
th-i inner apartments, where the grand
ouches Marie was ewaiting.
A salute of twenty-one guns and a blare
of trumpets announced the start of the
pioeesnlon. At Its head came the dowager
empress, the emperor of Russia escorting;
yueei. Olga of Greece; the empress, es
corted by the grand duke of Hesse; Crown
Frli tv Ferdinand and Crown Princess Mario
of Roumanla. attended by the court ushers
and marshals and other functionaries.
All Bet Twa of Family Present.
Tin n, arm In arm, came the bridal pair.
Behind the young couplo marched Prince
Nichols and Prince Andrew of Greece and
their wives, prince Christopher of Greece
ami Prince Carl of Sweden and lila wife.
Tin- guchts from foreign courts Were fol
lowed -by more than a score of Russian
Brand dukes and grand duchesses. Including
the oldest three daughters of Emperor
Nicholas, Grand Duchess Olga, Grand
Ductus. Tatiarla and Grand Duchess Marie,
the eldest being l'J ears old. This was
the first time the emperor's daughters have
appeared In slate. The little crown prince,
who Is too young to be present, and Grand
Duke Nicholas Nlcholaievlleb, president' ot
Hie commission of national defense, who has
been summoned to the Caucasus because ot
the war cloud on the Turkish frontier, were
the only members of the Imperial family
consplcous by their absence.
Tlie grand duchesses, like all the Invited
women, wore the picturesque Russian court
costume of high pearl-encircled capa and
low-cot dresses.
The tiipcrlal guests were received at the
elm pet doors by the metropolitan ot the
court and a number of priests. After the
tmpeie-r had been blessed and sprinkled
with holy water, he conducted the bridal
pair to the dais before the great golden
sates of the high altar. The wedding rings
wire brougnt from the altar on golden
ml wis and placed upon the fingers of the
l i hie and the bridegroom by the emperor's
ioi Xifi r
Don bin Ceremony.
i ... nicp'opolitro then completed the
t u el' the Russian man lege Service, two
i. l : bride's nearest relatives holding
i... -in vvtr the heads ot the bridal pair
lu. nj the ceremony. While the Te Deum
i., ot.ng chanted an Imperial salute ot
i . as fired. The procession then
i Kit tj one of the ante-aalons, where
t r . ul e tan mjrriug.' ceremony waa per
l. i.. i l.y (lie Swedish bishop of Lund.
...j . lo .fcht the afternoon program to an
Hit nuptial dinner was served at 7:30
o i lock In the evening. Chamberlain and
tiiillioitn of the court stood behind the
1 1. airs .of the Imperial' and royal guests
and presented the various dishes to them.
'loakts were drunk to the emperor and em-
pi ess of Russia, to the bridal pair and to
t.ieir ennuis, to the Imperial family and
tj ll ell loyal Russian subjects
Alter tli diuiier the members of the im
lerial tm.uh end their royal guests par
tkipafnl in a polonaise. This stately pro
gress around the great reception hall had
tCootlnueU on Second Page.)
BIG GATHERING OF CHURCHMEN
General Assembly ot the Tresby
Kaasaa City.
KANSAS CITr. May 3.-By far the most
Important religious convention ever held In
this city will begin on Thursday, May 21,
when the one hundied and twentieth gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian churih
of the l.'nit-d States will convene In con
vention hall and be In session until June 1.
ThTs general convocation of the Presby
terians will be the annual meeting; of the
church and the sccnnil reunion assembly
since the consolidation of the Presbyterian
J and Cumberland Presbyterian churches.
' The consolidated churches now have 1,XV
members.
Tho general assemble Is a representative
body, composed of Son regularly elected
commlxMoners, b sides rrcretar'es of boards.
i foreign missionaries, college presidents nnd
other members of the Presbyterian church.
Many ministers and business men from all
United States are expected to at
sssembly. One-half of the riele-
th assembly will be laymen.
s all over the country are now
lr commissioners.
fore the meeting of tho gn-
of the rr.'shytcrian church,
Aferenece of the church Is to
Second Presbyterian church
h'lie conference Is to be at
j presidents of all the rresby
th' and universities In the
, t.f which there are sixty.
, who will take part In the
."1ons will be Dr. J. C. Baer, presl-
oent of the synodleal rollrge of the stHte
of California; Dr. S. T. Wilson, president
of the synodical college ot Tennessee of
Maiysvllle, Tenn., and Dr. I.. K. ltolden,
president of Wooster university of Ohio.
On May 24 a mass meeting will be held.
In convention hall to discuss the relation
of the churches and labor. Among Hie
distinguished speakers at that meeting will
be Rev. Charles O. Stelsel, head of th" de
partment of labor of tho Presbyterian
church In the I'nlted States, and John R.
Iennon, treasurer of the American Fc'c
ation of Labor.
SENATOR BAILEY WINS FIGHT
OH Combine Attorney Will Head)
Texas Delegation to Denver j
Convent Ion.
DALLAS, Tex., May t After probably
the most spectacular campaign known In
the political history of tho southwest, dating
from March 28 and ending last night, partial
returna from the democratic primaries, held
throughout the state today to name aVlc.-
gates-at-largn to the national convention,
146 of the 245 counties reporting Indicates
that the ticket headed by United States
Senator Joseph W. liulley has received a
majority of from 15.000 to 20.000 votes.
Followlrx tho charges and subsequent In
vestigation ot the alleged connection ot
Senator Bailey with tho Watera-Plerce Oil
company and other concerns before the
state legislature, which resulted in the dis
charge ot tho committee of the senate be
fore a decision was reached and Senator
Bailey being exonerated by the lower
house,' special Interest was lent In today'a
election from the fact that the result
carries approval or disapproval of the sena
tor by the voters of the slaia. , In a speech
during the Investigation Senator Batley
promised unrelenting warfare against his
political opponents and It la said to have
been this speech. In which he also declared
that rxine ot his opponents should attend
the next national democratic convention,
that caused the f.'ght this spring.
The ticket probably chosen is: Delegates
Joseph W. Bailey ot Gainesville. M. M.
Brooks of Dallas, James T. Story of Lock
hart and Andrew R. Baker ot San Algeo.
Alternates B. F. Looncy of Greenville, J.
R. Kubcna ot Faycttesville, J. R, Bowman
of Aniarlllv and C. L. Brachficld of Hender
son.
Mr. Bailey's chief opponent In t lie fight
waa Cone Johnson, a prominent lawyer of
Tyler, Tex.
GOVERNOR FINDS OLD FRIENDS
I'ornier Residents of Nebraska tilve
the Toarlsts a Picnic at
Long Beach,
LONG BEACH, Cal., May 8 lSp?rlul Te e-
gram.V Almost 2,000 former residents of Ne
braska gathered In Long Beach yesterday
for the annual picnic of the Nebraska so
ciety of Loa Angeles. The feature of the
occasion waa the visit of Governor Shel
don, his staff and a big party from that
state. A meeting was held In the Audl
toilum Immediately after the arrival of
the distinguished visitors, at which num
erous speakers toasted Nebraska and tho
state of their adoption, California, and
showered greetings on Governor Sheldon
and his officials.
The reception and exercises were con
ducted by Judge W. I.. Morris of Los An
geles, president ot the society, and M. M.
Davidson, secretary. Mayor Windham and
J. A. Miller, secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, welcomed the guests In behalf
of Long Beach. 'Addroases were delivered
by Messrs.' Richardson, Smyscr, Ludden,
Senator McKesson and Governor Sheldon.
A quartet of women from the Long Beach
Nebraska society tang several selections
and the municipal band furnished Inspiring
pat riot lo music.
Governor Sheldon and staff will be the
guests of the Pasadena Board of Trade
Monday. They will be met at 10 a. m.
with automobiles on their arrival from Los
Angeles and ahown the beauties of the city.
All former residents of Nebraska have
been Invited to meet the guests Informally
at the Hotel Maryland.
RELEASE ALLEGED MURDERERS
Men Charge with Kilting gserlnl
Agent Walker Konaa Net
Gallty.
DCRANGO, Colo., May S.-At 8:35 tonight
the Jury In the case of Joseph Vandet
waide and William Maison, charged wltn
killing Vnited aUatca Special Agent Walker
near Hesperus, a tew miles from here,
November S last, brought In a verdict of
not guilty. Both men were Immediately
rearrested by United States Marshal
Thomas Clark on a federal grand Jury war.
rant charging them with conspiracy to
murder Walker. It la understood their
bonds will be fixed at 120.000 each.
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OLD FASHIONED FLOWER BED
Posies Familiar Generations' Ago
Seen at the White House.
MRS. ROOSEVELT RESPONSIBLE
Officials of Geological Sarvey Investi
gating the Waste of Coal la
Mining In (he Inlted
Plates.
CFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May 3. (Special.) -Among
the popular books a few years ago
was one entitled "The Garden of Elisa
beth." But while Elisabeth's garden had
great attractions for the readers of popu
lar works It had no such attraction as
that of Edith (If one may be forgiven for
using the Christian name of the first lady
In a. newspaper sory). Mrs. Roosevelt's
garden, or rather gardens, for there are
two of them, Is of the old-fashioned
variety. The one which the general public
sees every day is a narrow bed In the lawn
In front of the White House, within a few
feet of the Pennsylvania avenue fence. In
this narrow patch of earth there were
planted several years ago. at the sugges
tion of Mrs. Roosevelt, samples of about
all of the varieties of the old-fashioned
flowers so dear to our grandmothers.
Bleeding hearts have been In bloom for the
last three weeks. Peonies are In full bud
at the present moment and within ten days
or two weeks from now there will be a riot
of color when the hrlillHnt reds, pinks and
whites of these gorgeous flowers will be
In full bloom of their attractiveness. Cilll
flowers. suttoiiwood, often designated as
"old man." are to be seen side by Ride
with phloxes, marigolds and sweet William,
while a border of sweet alyssum and Eng
lish daisies will come along later. The-e
are clove pinks and stocks, heartsease, wall
flowers and bachelor buttons, ragged
robins and mignonette and a score of other
varieties. Later these, as they die ofr.
lll be replaced with geraniums, verbenas,
zenias and petunias, while the reason will
ilesc In this particular garden with the
blossoms of the chrysanthemum and
cosmos.
Mrs. Roosevelt's old-fashioned garden has
been tho feature of the White House
grounds for several years. No occupant
of the White House before her time ever
seemed to reallxe how much satisfaction
this official display of the favorites of her
girlhood days gives to the visitor who re
members something besides American
beauties and orchids, and It is safe to say
that no garden in Washington ever at
tracted half of the encomluinB, especially
from tho older visitors, as have been
heaped upon the garden In front of the
White House. ,
Waste In Mining.
Officials of the I'nlted States geological
survey who are studying the fuel problem
make the statement that 30O.OO0.OnO tons of
coal, enough to supply the needs of the
country for six months, are being wasted
every year In the Vnited States through
Improper mining methods. This waste rep
resents a loss of more than $300,on0,000, for
the coal Is worfti t least $1 a ton.
"In our Investigations we find that in the
mining operations of this country rwarly
one-half of the . total coal supply is left
underground." said Mr. J. A. Holmes, chief
of the technical brnch. "This coal Is left
as pillars to support the roof of the mine
or because it is of Inferior quality, only
the best part of the coal being removed
from many beds. The waste Is also due to
the fact that the working out of the lower
beda of coal first In some cases breaka and
renders impracticable the subsequent min
ing of the adjacent higher coal beds.
"We are skimming the cream of the
natural resources of the country. We are
using the best and cheapest of our supplies.
Each of the succeeding generations will
obtain lis needed general supply, but each
will pay higher prices for the reason that
owing to the Increasing depth mining will
be continually more expensive and more
dangerous.
It Is believed that an increasingly large
part of this waste Is preventable. In most
European coal producing countries coal
waste has been reduced to a minimum by
the Introduction of Improved methods of
mining. In Vancouver, B. C I am told, 98
per cent of the coal la mined."
The technologic branch of the geological
survey Is now engaged In investigations
looking toward a reduction of the waste in
mining operations and also to a better utll-
iiatlon of the coal that Is mined. The suc
cess of the government in the lutter field
is told In a bulletin Just Issued on the work
of the United States fuel testing; plant at
St. Ixiuis, Mo. Coals from all over the
country were tested in the steam engine
and gas engine In older to determine their
efficiency. The resulta with the gas engine
were extremely gratifying. The actual fig
ures for the average from all coals were
1.57 pounds of coal burned to produce one
horse-power for an hour In the gas engine,
and 4.45 pounds In the steam engine. The
best coal us;d produced a horse-power per
hour In the gas engine for less than one
pound of coal, while the steam engine used
2.41 pounds, or 2.43 times as much as the
gas engine.
CATCH SUPPOSED HOLDUP MEN
Three Different Parties Are Bcatra
and Hobbd Daring the
Evening.
The police last night caught two thought
(o be of a party of four young men who
slugged ami robbed men at three different
times during the night. One man was
robbed nesr the Young Men's Christian as
sociation building and another near the
Karbach hotel. The third effort waa at
Sixteenth and Howard streets, where John
Kemmerliiig waa slugged and robbed of a
watch. He was pretty badly bruised by
the thugs, who ran west on Howard
street.
John Saxton. a young fellow, was caught
near the scene of the holdup and Ernest
Duncan, aged about 1. was captured near
the new Young Women's Christian asso
ciation building, where he had fallen Into
a cistern and severely Injured hla back.
Officers Sawyer and Under made the cap
ture. The police are' confident the two
men under arrest are two of the robbers
and they are on the trail of the other two.
BERT TAYLOR IS LOCATED
k ...n.t ml Girls nt Mlndea Suld te
; Be Hiding la Cave Near
Atlanta.
LINCOLN, Neb.. May 3. Late last night
the police officials of Lincoln received a
message from Holdrege saying that Bert
Taylor, assailant of the two girls at
Mmden, bad been located near the town
of Atlanta , and asking that bloodhounds
be sent out on a morning train. Taylor,
the message aaid. waa hiding tn a canyon
where he had been chased.
INDEPENDENCE PARTY MEETS
W. II. Ilea rot Heads ftr York Dele
gation tn 'ntlnal Con
vent I o n .
NEW YORK. May S.-Delegstes to the
number of 4.V to the New York convention
of the Independence party met Inst night
Carnegie hall and selected fuur d"egntes-at-large
end alternates to the national con
vention of the Independence party to be
held In Chicago some time In July. There
were no contests and the proceedings of
the convention which Was r;ot called to
order until 9 o'clock tnnlfft.t, were con
ducted harmoniously and with much en
thusiasm. William R. Hearst, who was
elected permanent chalrmsn, In a speech
declsred against any further fusion with
either party. Mr. Hearst wss accorded a
great ovation by the delegates and hun
dreds of spectators who filled the boxes
and galleries to overflowing.
An adjournment was then taken In order
to permit the committees to take tip th 'lr
work, while John Templo Graves and other
speakers addressed lite delegates.
The platform adopted by the convention
was a reaffirmation of the declaration of
principles promulgated at the national con
ference of tho Independence party In Chi
cago last February. The platform In
structed the delegates to the Chicago con
vention to nominate absolutely independent
of all othor political parties candidates for
president and vice president of the United
States.
The delegates-at-larEe selected by the
convention to attend the .Chleitgo conven
tion were William R. Hearst of New York.
H. A. Powell of Brooklyn, A C. Auell of
Bufialo and Reuben Lyo.i ot Hath.
FOUND DEAD BY ROADSIDE
Indications that Life Had Keen Ex
tinct for a Cunple nt Dnys
nt Least.
' The body of an unknown msn was found
about 3 o'clock 'Saturday afternoon lying
Just outside of the Country club grounds
near Fifty-fourth and Hamilton streets, by
a number of caddie boys, who at first
thought that the man was asleep. Fnrthet
Investigation proved that the man was
dead and the coroner was notified.
From all Indications it was evident that
he had been dead two days or more, and n
post-mortem examination conducted by
the coroner's physician,' Dr. Lavender, dis
closed the fact that he had died from
natural causes.
He was apparently about 46 years old and
was dressed in the garb of an ordinary la
borer. In a memorandum book found In
his pocket was the name of Christ Jorgen
son, 123 Benson, but up to an early hour
this morning his identity could not be
learned.
POLICEMAN FATALLY SHOT
Drother Officer Shoots and Herlonsly
Wounds Ilia Assailant In Erie
. Freight Yards.
TOLEDO, O., May 3. Sergeant Jtimes
Boyle of the local police force Is fatally
shot and a man named Bochtel Is shot
through the groin as the result of a dis
turbance here early this mbrning. Btyl?,
In company with Officer A. L. Jackson.
saw Bechtel, George Rogers and John
Mack
k. acting suspiciously. , t the Erie
lit yards. They had eff'ted an aiVest
frelgl
and were handcuffing Rogers and Ma.it
when Bechtel, with his hands In his coat
pocket, shot without drawing his revolver
and then ran. Boyle was struek In the ab
domen and his death ' Is but a matter of
hours.
Officer Jackson fired four times at Bech
tel. the fourth shot taking effect. He man
aged to escape, however, and wits not ar
rested until an hour later.
New Point tn License Voting.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D May 3 i Spool tU
The courts may b called upon to determ
ine a novel point which has Just been ralBed
at Beresford In reference lo what cnnstl
tutes a mojority vote when the question of
granting licenses for saloons is voted iipitn.
At the recent annuel municipal election
at Beresford H8 votes were cast in favor
of licenses, whl'e 144 votes were cast against
the proposition. This on the face of it Is
a majority of four votes in favor of li
cense. Further Invent igatlon proves, how
ever, that while the total vote on the liquor
question amounted to 292 votes and those
cast for the office of mayor aggregated
2S8 votes, there were registered on the poll
books a total of 296 votes.
The state law governing the granting of
licenses for saloons states that where a ma
jority of voters at a regularly called mu
nicipal election shall declare in favor of
license, the city or town council shall grant
the license. It has been held in court de
cisions that If a majority la not securnd
In favor of license the town or city In
which the vote Is taken goes "dry."
Burglars (lean Out Stock.
PIERRE. S. D.. May 3. (Special Tele
gram.) Burglars last, night entered the
grocery store of IS. F. Gifford and stole
the stock , of cigars and candy beitides
breaking open a money drawer and scat
tering papers generally over the room. All
the Saturday evening receipts had been
tuken home by the proprietor and no
cash was secured.
HOW TO VOTE ON
BONO PROPOSITIONS
QUESTION 1
ball the county of Douglas issue
1,000,000 bonds to erect new court
bouse and Jail
YES. ...HI NO,...,"!
QUESTION 2
Shall the city of Omaha issue
$50,000 bonds tor paring- ktrest iuter
sectioBst r i
YES....LH NO....Q
QUESTION 3
hall the city of Omaha issue
$60,000 bonds for ttnptovtng parks and
booievardst
YES. ...HI NO....O
SPECIAL ELECTION
TUESDAY, MAY 5
rolls open a. m. to p. ai.
CRIST OF STATE POLITICS
Edgar Howard is Considering Enter
ing Congressional Race.
FRIENDS SAT IT IS A DUTY CALL
Trnnhle Threatened ln Several Legis
lative Districts Over Varrrlttea
Hale for Rotation Between
the Varlona Counties.
While national politics sees in a quies
cent condition In Nebraska there Is some
discussion already started about candi
dates coming before the primary next Sep
tember In different districts. Up in the
Third district a contest appears to be Immi
nent among the democrats for the ptlvilegc
of going up against Congresjmm Boyd, who
is reasonably certain ot rcnomlnatlon on
the republican side.
Stato Senator J. P. Latta of Tekamah
has formally announced his candidacy in a
signed card which he has sent to all the
fusion nepspapers In the district, accom
panied ly S and a moder.t recital of his
qualifications and personal history. Senator
Latta lays particular stress on the fact
that he Is a farmer, taking in the Income
of 2,E00 acres of good lsnd which will mske
lilm a safer financial venture In politics
than the last demoertttlc nominee, but he
cureftilly avoids stating that he Is better
known as a banker and has an additional
Income from his banking Interests.
It is not certain, however, that Itta will
win the democratic nomination hands down
beCHtisn Judge Edgar Howard of the Colum
bus Telegram Is being strenuously urged by
his friends to tako the nomination himself
and will take It If he goes after it. Ed
itor Howard has not yet mado his definite
answer, although he Is acknowledging all
the complimentary things Ills brother edi
tors are saying about him. Because Judge
Howard declared some months ago that ho
did not expect to be a candidate and that
he was for McKllllp to hnvo another try.
Senator Lntta's friends are trying to per
suade him that he ought not to run now,
although subsequent events have com
pletely eliminated McKllllp from tho polit
ical map. Judge Howard's friends insist
that It Is a call to duty for him to get Into
the game and that Latta will not be within
flagging distance when Howard comes over
the line at the primaries.
The suggestion of eliglbles for the lecils
lnture, both senate and house, is bringing
rut the postdblllty of a revolution of estah
lifihed precedent as a consequence of the
new system of nomination by direct vote.
In most of the representative and sena
torial districts, consisting of more than one
county, tho' custom has been to rolate the
candidate, so that be shall bo supplied eneh
time by a different county. Several present
Incumbents are said to have their light
ning rods up In defiance of the rule of
rotation and with the advantage they en
Joy from having gone before the peopli
last time and standing upon their public
records they seem to be In fair position
to hold on notwithstanding the threats of
trouble likely to follow rejection of this
unwritten law. . '
The St. Paul Republican is hnvlng all
kind:( of Y,mSvlth Populist State Chairman
Manuel, who bolted tliu populist conven
tion at St. Louis because it refused to
take up Bryan and preferred to stick to
Tom Watson. The Republican Is pulling
the back files of Kdltor Manuel's paper
on lilm to show how he. lauded Watson four
years ago and lambasted Bryan, for sup
porting Parker.
Colonel Bryan Is scheduled for a. series
of political speeches In northeast Nebraska
the latter part of this month, "lust to g"t
acquainted" with the people of his own
state, so It Is explained.. Inasmuch as Mr.
Bryan already has the Nebraska delega
tlon to Denver sewed up In a bag and
properly labeled, thn only other explanation
is that he wants to counteract tho effect
of the machinations of Governor Johnson
In that part of the state nearest to tha
Minnesotan's bailiwick.
RHVAV Tl'RNS DOWX NOM I X ATIOX
Nebraska a Does Not Desire to Ran on
I'nlted Christian Platform.
DAVENPORT, la., May 3. (Special.)
William Jennings Bryan declined the
crt.wn, as tendered hlir. by the United
Christian party, which held lis national
convention here last week. It has devel
oped since the convention that Mr. Bryan
was sounded by letter as to, whether or not
ho would accept a nomination at the hands
ef the party. Evidently It looked like a
thorny ' crown to Mr. Bryan, for he de
clined the tender, and the convention nom
inated Rev. Daniel Braxton Turney of De
catur, 111. Two Interesting letters from Mr.
Bryan to W. R. Benkert. national chair
man or tho United Christian party, were
read to the convention, as follows:
LINCOLN. Neb., March . WW. Mr. W.
B Benkert. Davenport, la. Dear Sin
Your favor at hand. If I am a candidate
at all. I shall be the candidate of the dem
ocratic party and my platform will be the
plat form adopted at Denver. If your con
vention, or any other convention, sees fit
to endorse, It ought to be held after the
democratic convention. While I bellve In
the application of Christian principles to
public, questions. I am not put under re
Unions tests, and would not accept a nom
ination from anyVarty which required re
ligious tests. Very truly yours,
9 W. J. BRYAN.
In response to a subsequent letter Mr.
Bryan wrote:
LINCOLN. Neb.. March 1. 1903-Mr. W.
R. Benkert, Davenport. la. Dear Sir: I do
not care to add anything to what I have
already said. So far as platforms are con
cerned, I shall be bound by the democratic
platform In all matters covered by it.
Wherever It is silent, I shall he governed
by mv own Judgment. I shsll make no
piedges publicly or privately beyond that.
One must Judge from my life and my
siieeches what my views may be on other
questions. Very truly yours.
W. J. BRYAN.
So the convention looked elsewhere for a
nomlpee, and the choice fell on the Decatur
nominee.
PARMENTER GOES TO OREGON
Old Soldier Charged with Bigamy
Waives neqalaltlon and Goes
with sheriff.
Deputy 8hcriff Hammond of Eugene. Ore.,
left Sunday with David B. Parmenter, the
old aoldier, who is under indictment at
Eugene for bigamy. Just before they left
word was received from Grand Island that
Parmenter's son, L. D. Parmenter, who
was burned by the explosion of a lamp
there some time ago, was In a serious con
dition and would not be able to see bis
father.
The old gentleman insisted on s'opping
at Grand Island, however, and Deputy
Sheriff Hammond promised to give lilm an
opportunity unless the hospital rules fur
bade. It was under a promise to allow him
to stop that Parnnnty waa Induced to
wivc requisition.
FUNERAL OF NICHOLAS MERGEN
former Member of General Thayer's
Heglntrnt Bnrled la South
Omnia,
Another pioneer of the earliest days in
Omaha was Isld at rest esterday when
the funeral of Nicholas Mcrgen wss held.
Mr. Mergen was a member of the old First
Nebraska volunteer Infantry. General
Thayer's regiment, and served throughout
the war. He was a msrket gardner In
Omaha for thirty years following that, and
since Ms retirement twelve years ago had
lived tn Omaha.
Funeral services were held nt 3 p. tn.
yesterday at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic
church. Nineteenth and Dodge streets. Rev.
Father Slnne officiating. The attendance
waa large.
Rurlal was In St. Mary's cemetery. South
Omaha.
Reynolds R. Over. Jr., 1314 South Twenty
eighth street, a high school student, wss
found dead In his bed Sunday morning
and gas escaping from a wide-open Jet In
the room showed that asphyxiation was
the cause of death.
After studying all Saturday evening, the
boy retired alsittt 10:,7) o'clock. Nothing
was suspected to be amiss until Sunday
morning, when he did not appear as usual.
Coroner Davis mnde a thorough Investi
gation and decided that death was entirely
accidental. No Inquest will be held. The
chief fact to which the accident la at
tributed Is that the cock of the gas Jet
turned very easily. Over thn gas pipe and
near the cock a whip made of braided
leather hung. It was found that If the
heavy end of the whip wss struck and
made to swing It .would open the easy
turning cock. It Is believed that after
turning out the gas the bay struck the
whip Inadvertantly, which turned on the
gas again. The boy went to sleep at once
and did not detect tho escaping gas.
Two brothers of the deceased, Fred and
Howard, slept In the adjoining room, but
did not detect the gas. One brother. Clar
ence. Is attending the Went worth Military
academy, Lexington. Mo. He will arrive
In the city this evening.
Its. C. F. Clark and J. R. Ralph were
called Hiid said tho boy had been dead at
least two hours.
Reynolds R. Owen. Jr.. was 17 years old.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds
R. Owen. Mr. Owen was formerly con
nected with the O'Donohue-Redmond-Nor-mlle
company. Mrs. Owen Is a daughter
of John F. Bheeley, prominent pioneer and
cltlsen of Omaha for many years.
Reynolds Owen waa a particularly bright
and promising boy. He was a member of
the band at the high school and took a
leading part In the fair held recently.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
CHILDREN AT PERINE FUNERAL
Mission Kundny School Officer Hon
ored by Mnny Children and
Associates,
Funeral services of Peter L Perlne were
held yesterday at 4 p. m. In the First
Presbyterian church, which was filled with
the friends and associates of the deceased.
Rev. Dr. Edwin H. Jnks officiated.
From the little chapel at Fifth and Wil
liams streets, where Mr. Perlne was super
intendent of the mission, came a large
delegation of children In a body to attend
tha lust rlter of him they loved.
The aclse pallbearers were Jsmes H.
Adams. Thomaa Crelgh. John II. Franklin,
William W. .Oiigor. Arthur C. Huntington
and Alfred Kennedy.
The honorary pallbearers were H. A.
Doud. Robert Dempster, Dr. W. S. Gibbs.
O. W. Garloch, C. W. Hicks, Dr. W. C.
Henry, Alexander Hodge, Howard Ken
nedy, John C. Wharton. Dr. W. F. Mllroy
and A. A. Schncck. all his associates in
the session of the First Presbyterian
church; also T. A. Crelgh. George F. Bid
well, E. M. Morseman, c. E. Tost and A
P. Wood.
Tho body was taken to the Cole-McKay
undertaking rooms, where It will remain
until Thursday, when It will be taken to
Baldwlnsvllle, N. Y., for interment. Mrs
J. H. Pardee of New York, daughter of the
deceased, accompanying the body.
EASTERN STARS COME TUESDAY
ThlrtyThlrd Annnal Session of Grnnd
Chnpter Opens In Masonle
Temple.
The Nebraska grand chapter of the Order
of tho Kastern Star will convene In Ha
thirty-third annual session In Masonic tem
ple Tuesday. The session will open at 2
o'clock, with a reception to the grand of
ficers and visiting delegates.
Judge Berka, worthy patron of Vesta
chapter, will deliver the address of wel
come. Grand associate matron, Mrs. Marie
Alpln of Ruahvllle, will deliver the re
sponse. .
Addresses will be made by the grand ma
tron. Mis. Ellen Dodson of Lincoln, and
Grand Patron W. W. Wright of Beatrice.
The report of the grand secretary, Mrs.
John Simpson of Omaha, and the grand
treasurer, Mrs' Carrie Wrlcht of Mmvi
will follow. The social session will be held
Tuesday evening.
An exempllcation of the work of the km..
will be given Wednesday, and Thursday
will be devoted to new business and th.
election and installation of officers.
The Rome hotel has been selected h
headquarters for the delegation during the
meeting.
JAPS HAVE SNOW AND PANIC
Cherry Blossoms Scared by Winter
nuu nusiaess Depressed by
Financial Stringency.
Letters have been received In Omaha
from members of the uartv trs voting i.t.
G. W. Wattles from Toklo, where they
were a muntn ago. I nder date of April
, Mr. Wattles writes:
"Wo are having the unique experience
of a Nebraska bllxzanl. with a foot of
snow here today. The eherrv i,iA..n. ..
Just out and were, indeed, as beautiful as
e,, eiiie(i. Dm ioaay the trees are white
with snow. Bariing the exceptional and
unheard of weather, we are enjoying our
stay here very much."
He adds also the Interesting Informa
tion that "a financial depresslan is on in
Japan," that "all things considered, while
Japan has made great progress in the last
fifty years, its present civilisation does
not compare with ours."
Board of Koldlera' Home.
SIOCX FALLS. 8. D.. May S.-(Speclal.)
The members of the Board of Managers of
the state soldiers' home at Hot Springs Is
holding a business meeting in Sioux Falls,
which promises not to be concluded until
well into this week. The board Is composed
of Captain George A. Ludlow ot Sioux
Falls, A. B. Nelson of Pierre, J. B. Geddes
of Huron. John Baker of Hcrmosa and J.
B. Pratt of ppcHrfisli The principal buM
liess before the meeting is the opening uf
bids for the completion of the ba mint of
the new hospital building which ta b-lng
erected at the sohilers- home. A number
uf bids have been submitted to the board
and it may be son.e little time Lefoie the
award Is made.
HOTEL A FIRETKAP
Flamei Spread So Bapidly Escape of
Many Guests Cat Off.
NUMBER OF DEAD UNCERTAIN
Nine
Bodies Have Already
Rescued from the Ruins.
Been
SEVERAL KNOWN TO BE MISSING
Register is Destroyed and Guest List
Uncertain Quantity.
MANY THRILLING
ESCAPES
Clerk, Who Discovers Fire, Saves
Many Lives by Hashing Thrssgh
the Building t;lvlng
Alarm.
FORT WATNL. lnd., May 8-At Irast
twelve persons lost their lives In a fire
that destroyed tho Aveline hotel here early
toady.
The entire Interior of the building is a
smoldering heap of ruins and how tunny
dead are concealed by tin? debris can only
be conjectured. The hotel register whs
consumed by the fire and thorn are no ac
curate means of determining who is mis
sing. The known d"ad are;
R. S. JOHSON. Pans. 111.
M. HI HSU. New ork.
J. B. MILLER. Sheboygan. Wis.
J. E. ELLIS, Carson, Plrle, Scott A Co.,
Chicago.
W. A. PITCHER. Fort Wayne, salesman
for S. F. Boyser ft Co.. Knrt Ws'vne.
J. W. DEVINEY, salesman for Craw
ford A Irf'hmHii, Philadelphia.
THREE IN IDENTIFIED MEN.
Tho known missing:
Max Wassem. wrestler, Fort Wayne, for
merly of St. Louis.
Frank Baxter, attorney. Auburn, lnd.
Companion of Frank Baxter of Auburn,
lnd.
K. B. Alty, Wabash, lnd.
Charles Benjamin, salesman for Detroit
Neckwear company, Detroit.
Mrs. Sarah Hathaway, Mlshswka, lnd,
I'nldentlfled woman, companion of Mrs.
Hathaway.
Debris Piled on Bodies.
The complete, destruction of the interior
of tho hotel makes the work uf recover
ing bodies a Clfflcult task. A confused heap
of charred wood, bricks and twisted gird
ers is piled up between the bare walls to
the second story. Piece by pleco this must
bo removed before the roll of dead can bt
completed. Some of the bodies taken out
are mangled and charred beyond recogni
tion. Infantry company D and battery B
of the National guards are on duty and
aiding the fire end police forces to Clear
away the debris.
The fire waa discovered at 8;80 o'clock
this morning in the elevator shaft by.
Night Clerk Ralph Hopkins. He rushed to
the upper floors, alarming the guests until
the flames, which had spread with great
rapidity, drove him back. His efforts, how
ever, saved many lives. The hotel was
erected half a century ago and the wood
work was dry as tinder. It burned like
matchwood and within a few minutes from
the time the fire was d'scovered tha srbole
Interior of the hotel was mass of I'lamns .
that filled the corridors and rooms with
suffocating clouds of smoke and laid fiery
barriers across all means of escape save
by the windows. The fire department res
cued many by means of ladders, but some,
fremled by the onward rush of the flames
leaped from the windows to the paved
street. R. S. Johnson of Pana, 111., Jumped
from the fifth story. Hla body struck a
balcony and bounded far Into the street.
He was a crushed and bleeding mass when
picked up and died a short time later In
St. Joseph's hospital.
Many Ara Cat Off.
As the flames Increased, men And women
were seen In the windows of their rooms,
where they wildly Implored help. Those
who got from their rooms before the flames
cut off their retreat were able to make
their way to the fire escapes and so were
safe with comparative ease. Soon the
flames broke from the windows and curled
about the fire escapes. Some of the more
hardy ones braved the flames and made
their way through smoke and firs down tha
Iron stairways.
There were many thrilling k escapes.
Claude H. Varnell of the Fort Wayne base
ball team, hla sister, Mrs. John Hendricks,
and John Hendricks of Chicago, the man
ager of the Fort Wayne team, together With
Master Hedticks, aged C years, barely es
caped with their lives. Varnell lost his
personal belongings valued at several thou
sand dollars. Hendricks, with his wif
ahead of him and his boy in his arms, was
descending the fire escape from the fifth
floor. At tho third floor the fire broko
out below them. He swung Mrs. Hendricks
over the railing and she dropped to the
platform of the story below. He then
dropped his son into the waiting arms of
his wife and all made their way to the
ground. Other rescues as thrilling and es
capes as narrow were numerous.
When the fire was at its height man
at a third-story window was seen wildly
waving his arms. He shrieked: "My God
men,' save me, will no one save msT" and
then leaped from tha window to th pave
ment below. He was picked up desperately
hurt. He was E. M. Matthews ot Colum
bus, O.
A score or more of women employed in
the hotel were in the upper rooms In the
rear of the hotel. Most of them escaped
without Injury, but some Irs their fright
leaped to the alley and were more or leu
Injured.
Hotel Register Destroyed.
In the excitement the hotel register was
forgotten and there Is no accurate means
of ascertaining the names of the missing.
That there are still many bodies In tha
ruins is the belief of Fire Chief Hllbrecht
snd Chief of Polleo Auckenbruck. Chief
Auekenbruck basing his estimate on the
reports of t lie police., gives the number of
dead In the ruins at t o'clock at twenty.
At that hour eight bodies had been re
moved. A guert on t lie fifth floor who was
aroused at the outbreak of the tire and
escaped, says he believes very few on the
fifth floor escaped. Other bodies are be
lieved to be at the foot of the elevator
shaft. Among the missing are two aged
women, Miss Hathaway and her companion
of Mlshawka, lnd. They came hers to re
ceive some children for ant orphanage with
which they are connected at Mlshawka.
Their bodies are still In the ruins.
Traveling men who ekcaped are searching
for acquaintances who were known to be
in the hotel
Tiie Avtline hotel was a six-story build
ing of brick in the business center Of th
city. Its erection was begun In 1S&3, but
It aas not completed until several years
later. In 1!K the building waa extensively
ren.odekd and two stories war added.
