The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVIII NO. 177.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1009 TEN FAUES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
MINDEN MURDERER CAUGHT
BRYAN HAS MS WAY
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
DEMOCRACYAT TABLE
Jackaonian Dinner Ornamented by
Bryan and New Colonels.
AFFAIR IS LIKE A POST MORTEM
Victor! and Vanquished Tell How It
All Happened.
BRYAN TELLS WHY HE LOST OUT
Familiar Story ' of "Concentrated
. Wealth" Once A;ain Heard.
URGES NEW PERMANENT CLUBS
Alike to Kimt View A boat Till
man Knlsode Bryan Defers Auwfr
Bat Expert Later to abmlt
Romnrko on Sabjeet.
The Jarksonlan banquet splashed a aea of
vivid colors around tha Paxton hotel last
night. There was the glitter of gold lane
on the cheats of the newly made "colo
nels," the red twinkle of ruddy wines, tha
white sheen of linen on guests arrayed In
dinner Jackets and a variegated and pie
bald color effect from the scarfs of those
who were not garbed In evening dress.
It was a Jarksonlan. not a Jeffereonlan.
dinner and simplicity ruled not. The af
fair was, In fact, quite elaborate and or
namental and also fairly moist. The supply
of oratory wa seztenslve and gems of
thought and pearls of rhetoric were con
tributed by, William J. Bryan, Governor
A. C. Bhallenberger, Ralph A. Clark and
E. O. Garret among others. Clark halls
from Richardson county and Is In ths leg
islature. hTe assembly waa his subject
and he spoke eloquently, If not definitely,
as to what mighty works the democratic
majority wlll achieve for the state of
Nebraska and the "peo-pul." Garret, It
may be said, lest any have perchance
forgotten, ran for llentenant governor on
the democratic ticket laat fall.
Colonels Are Refulgent.
Bryan, Bhallenberger and the colonels
were the central figures. If the latter
were the more refulgent In aspect they
eould not scintillate verbally as did the
speaker who was at his best In many ways.
Mr. Bryan talked at some length with re
gard to the late unpleasantness and for
the first time In Nebraska explained how
he thought It all happened. It doth ap
pear that "the ooe reive power of concen
trated wealth" was largely responsible for
the Immolation of democracy during the
Ides of November.
The dinner was something In the nature
of a post mortem and ruda and Icono
clastic spectators declared that the dem
ocratic technique In this work is becoming
facile through practice. The dinner In
theory waa to honor on Andrew Jackson,
the anniversary of whose New Orleans
victory occurred threa days ago, but some
how or other all the speakers forgot about
"Old Hickory" and a a theme, for-post
prandial eloquent, "irs was not.
Mr. Bryan's subject was "What of the
Night." He reviewed the political con
tests of tha last twelve years, showing
how the democratic position had been
vindicated by events, and declared that
the party had bean a dominating influence
in political thought. He described In de
tail the Influences which were most potent
In the late campaign, namely: "A larger
campaign fund, an army of government
employes drawing their salaries from the
treasury, three-fourths of the newspapers
cr more against us and the coercive power
of concentrated wealth."
Mr. Bryan said that many of that papers
that had supported the ticket during the
' campaign were In ths habit of repudiating
the platform when the campaign waa over,
but that the rank and file of the party
maintained Ita Integrity In spite of the
obstacles It had to meet. He advocated
the organisation of permanent democratic
clubs In every eounty, the establishment
of a democratic paper In every community
and the continuation of the educational
work as the things necessary for future
democratic success.
During the evening he was asked to ex
press his views on ths controversy between
President Roosevelt and some members of
tho national congress, but declined to do
so, saying he probably would later have
something to say.
Mr. Bryan 1U leave for Chicago within
a day or two.
FOUR MURDERERS EXECUTED
Guillotine A gala Active la rrsae
, I'nder Iteeent t Resolution at
Parliament.
I KTHt'NE. Tas de Calais, France, Jan.
11. The rrst Inflictions of capital punish
ment In France for number of years past
wore witnessed In this town today, when
four murderers were decapitated by ths
guillotine. The execution took place in ths
pretence of a large exowd. Ths four men
bad formed a band which had terrorised
northern France and southern Belgium for
stvtr.il years, robbing, assaulting and mur-
arlng at wilt.
As they were led Out of prison cries of
vergeanca arose from ths crowd, and when
the knlfs fell four times In rapid succes
sion the people present did 'not hesitate to
tvitce their satlaf action.
Ths French Parliament recently passed
a resolution In favor of the retention of
the death penalty In France and the cabl
net a fortnight ago decided to carry out
Parliament's ruling. Ths law permitting
'ths Infliction of capital punishment has
been practically a dead letter, for it has
Un tha custom Of the president of the
.public to commute all death sentences to
i:fs Imprisonment. There remain today
tghteen persons In France under sentence
of death.
The condemned were Ignorant up to a
at ort time before their executlm that they
ere to die. They had slept undisturbed
"n the conviction that their sentences would
m commuted. They attended mass and
aere then led out In frcnt of the prison.
here ths guillotine was erected.
WILL CONTEST DENEEN'S SEAT
Aalal E. Stevens Allege Frmm
in Ilia Defeat far
Governor.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11. Signed by Adlal B.
Stevenson, and alleging frsud and Irregu
'arlUea ta ths election la which Mr. Stev-
nsoa was dsfeated for governor by Charles
S. Deneen. ths democratic petition for a
recount of lbs ballots will be taken to
Springfield tonight by Chairman Boes
chenstela of the democratic state central
committee. The petition Is expected to be
the center of fucLber sensations at the
stats capital louia
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jTXBXAIXA.
Thirty-three bills In the senate and
eighteen In the house is "the result of the
first day of the open session. laga S
Governor appoints Charles Rorback snd
Ca.i Brandels as members of the Omaha
Pol I re hoard. Fags 1
Douglas Bhawvan, Nebraska presidential
elector, delivers an invective against Wil
liam J. Bryan, but casts his vote for him.
rags 1
DOMESTIC.
Ex-Scnator Dietrich visits the capital
and talks of postal savings bill. lag 1
Rev. John H. Carmlchael of Adair,
Mich., commits suicide at Carthage, 111.,
after writing a letter confessing he killed
Gideon Browning In the church at Adair.
Fags a
Senator Tilman In a vltrolllc speech in
the senate defends his action in the Ore
gon land deal and charges President
Roosevelt with being actuated by per
sonal spite. 'age a
Omaha delegation to the meeting of ths
wool growers' meeting at Rawlins, Wyo.,
open s fight on President Gooding, charg
ing him with bad faith. Tags 10
MOVEMZITTS OT OCXAJT TXAMBtXPg.
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MOV1LLE .rurneaia.
PHILADELPHIA. FTIsilana
MORE ABOUT NURSE BILL
Messsre Barring Impostors Projected
by State and Mot Local
Association.
The bill to be Introduced In the Nebraska
legislature, to give a legal ststus to the
profession of nursing was not, as an Im
pression has gone abroad, projected by the
Visiting Nurse association, but rather by
the Nebraska State Association of Gradu
ate Nurses. It waa erroneously stated that
the Visiting Nurse association was the
author of the bill.
The passage of this bill will not affect or
apply to the gratultlous nursing of the sick
by friends or members of the family, or to
any person nursing the sick for hire who
does not assume to be a trained or regis
tered nurse.
It is Intended to give a legal status so
that the professional nurse will be the reg
istered nurse. It will prevent a probationer
who was not accepted because of unfitness.
or a pupil who was dismissed tor Just cause
from posing as a graduate nurse. It Is
drawn to prevent the unqualified and the
unscrupulous from palming themselves upon
the public as duly qualified nurses.
Here Is a statement offered In support Of
the bill:
In order that the graduates of any school
may meet the requirement of a state law
they must be prepared to do so and ade
quate instruction and opportunities must
tie rurnisnea. fnysicians and patients de
mand certain Qualifications in a nurse. A
state law says if a nurse undertakes to do
certain work under a certain title, that of
Keglatered Nurse. she must come up to
me standard, inn condition renei-is nacK
to her school and compels It to make It
possible for her to do so.
Modern medicine snd surgery require that
the nurse be something more than a ma
chine to rollow the orders of the physician
ana surgeon, one continues to rollow or
ders, but she also knows the reasons for
them and must know when to anticipate
mem.
STUBBS GOVERNOR OF KANSAS
New Kxecattve Takes Oath Lrale
lot or Will Hear Message
Taesday.
TOPEKA, Ken., oan. 1L Walter R.
Stubbs of Lawrence was todsy inaugurated
governor of Kansas, succeeding Edward
W. Hoch, also a republican. The slxtsenth
biennial session of the legislature will con
vene tomorrow, when Governor Stubbs will
deliver his first annual message. Ths vote
for United States senator to succeed Chester
I. Long will be taken on January 26. As
the legislature on Joint ballot is overwhelm
ingly republican, Joseph L. Brlstow, for
merly fourth assistant postmaster general
and now editor of the Sallna Journal, who
was selected at the primaries as the nomi
nee of that party, will be elected.
LADY BERESFORD IS DEAD
Daughter of Commodore Price Passes
Away at Home la
England.
DORKLINO. England, Jan. 11. Lady
William Be-resford. who was Lillian Warren
Price, daughter of the late Commodore
Price. l a N., of Troy, N. v.,
died her today. She had been 111 for some
months past.
I-ady Bernard's first husband was Louis
Hammersley of New York. After his death
shs married. In 1SS8, ths eighth duke of
Marlborough, who died In 1892. She was
consequently known for a time as the
dowager duchess of Marlborough. Her third
husband was Lord William Iolle De La
Poer Beresford, who died In 1900.
Hallreoa Wlaa Flao Cose.
EASTON. Pa,. Jan. 11 Judge Scott to
day handed down an opinion In the case
of the Central railway of New Jerwy
against the county of Northampton to
restrain the latter from collecting fines for
violating the -cent rate law, the court
finding for the railroad company and plac
Ing the costs on tho county.
ratterooa Ossoen Prohibition.
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Jan. H.-In s special
massage to tha legislature today. Governor
Patterson declared that atate wide prohi
bition ia fundamentally and prof undlv
wrong as a governmental pulley and djer
not 'accomplish, Ui rault houod for.
Bert M. Taylor Wasted for Harder of
Sister-in-law Surrenders,
STILL DENIES HE IS GUILTY MAN
Repeats Story That Crime Woo Com
mitted by a' Mast Who Imner-
aonated Him Tire of
Being floated.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. ll.-Brt M.
Taylor, for whose srrest on charges of
arson, assault and murder a reward of
$1,500 Is offererd. has been epprehended st
San Bernardino and Is now In Jail there.
Taylor la wanted at Mlnden. Kearney
county, Nebraska.- He surrendered himself
to a brakeman on a Southern Pacific Main,
saying he was tired of being hunted.
He denies his guilt snd lays the blame for
the crimes on another man whom ha al
leges assaulted and bound him In his room
and then committed the crimes alleged
against the two young sisters-in-law of
Taylor.' The date of the alleged crimes
was April 28. 1908. Taylor says the man Im
personated him and that since the day of
the crimes he has been engaged in a fruit
less effort to capture him. 4
' History of tho Crime.
The crime' charged against Taylor st
Mlnden Is one of the most brutal In the an
nals of the state. OA the evening of April
28, it is charged. Taylor entered the home
where he had been living with Pearl Tay
lor, aged 17 years, snd Ida Taylor, aged
13 yesrs, sisters of his dead wife, and crim
inally assaulted the older girl and severely
best the younger one. Bellvlng both to be
dead. It Is charged, Taylor then poured
kerosene on the floor and set fire to the
building. The younger girl revived and
made her way to a neighbor's house and
Cave the alarm.
A posse was at once formed and a search
was made for the missing man which for a
time promised to result successfully. He
was traced southward Into Kansas snd
down Into Oklahoma but there all clues
were lost.
Mlnden and the surrounding country were
arouset by the brutality of the crime snd If
Taylor had been found then he probably
would have been lynched. May 8 Pearl
Taylor, the older girl, died of her Injuries
and this served again to Inflame the popu
lar mind. Both girls Identified their brother-in-law
as their assailant.
About that time Deputy Sheriff A. A.
Wyatt of Mlnden received a letter from
Taylor which had been mailed In Okla
homa. In the letter Taylor denied his guilt
and declared the crime had been committed
by his double, a man from Dee Moines with
whom he had had trouble. He said his
"double'" bound and gagged him and forced
him to watch him while he assaulted the
girls. Afterward he said the man set fire
to the house and fled. Taylor said he
worked himself loose and started In pursuit.
At ths close of the letter he said he was
still after the criminal and would not return
until he had caught him. His story was
given little credence st Mlnden.
Taylor has a brother at Los Angelese and
It was bellved from the first he would even-
tualy go to California.
BODIES TAKEN FROM MINE
Corpses Removed In Edgier Disaster
Horribly Mntllated by Force
of Explosion.
DCQUOIN. III.. Jan. 11. With ths rs
covery of additional bodies during the night
It is thought that all victims of the Sunday
explosion as the Letter coal mine In
Zeigler have been accounted for. Most of
the corpses are so mutilated that Identifica
tion Is difficult. Four of the victims are
negroes, four are Americans and thirteen
are foreigners. Of the twenty-four men at
work In the mine only three escaped.
WILLIS WARNER, foreman.
ALBERT KERR, foreman.
JAMES PATTERSON.
JOE RICHARDSON.
FRED MORGAN.
J. O. EVANS.
GILBERT JONES.
JOE TATE.
JAMES PHILLIPS.
JOHN CASS AY.
AAHON JEREOLL.
THOMAS HUBBARD.
CEBE PlTCKET.
CHARLES SMOTHERS.
Efforts to establish ths cause of ths
disaster are being made, but thus far few
of the theorists agree. Experts who had
Inspected the mine after ths recent fire In
It, declared It safe and full preparations
for a resumption of mining had been made
The men killed yesterday were cleaning up
the last of the debris left by the fire
fighters and It had been expected that coal
would be hoisted today.
The most widely accepted theory regard
ing the explosion regards It as the result
of fire damp leaking from the sealed por
tion of the mins and coming Into contact
with a spark from an electric trolley. There
was but little damage to the workings and
It Is likely that operations will be resumed
as planned at an early date.
HAINS CASE NEARING CLOSE
Evidence Is Completed and Argn
ments Will Oecopy Time Un
til Thursday.
FLUSHING. N. Y.. Jan. 11. All the evi
dence In the trial of Thornton Jenkins
Hains has been taken and the case is ex
pected to go to the Jury by Thursday, after
counsel for both sides have summed up and
Justice Crane has laid down the law In
his charge. A brief session of court was
held this morning, after which the state
snd defense announced that there was no
more evidence to be offered and an ad
journment was announced until tomorrow
morning to permit Thornton Hains' counsel
to sum up their evidence to prove the de
fendant was not a principal with his
brother. Captain Peter C. Hains, In tho kill
ing of William E. Annls.
John F. Mclntyre, chief of defendant's
counsel. Informed Justice Crane that he
would take all day to present his case and
Prosecutor Darrin said he would take all
Jay Wednesday to sum up.
CENTRAL SHOPMEN MAY GO OUT
Eatlro Force of Iowa Rood Threat
ens to Renew Strike of
I.aat gammer.
MARBHALLTOWN, la.. Jan. U.-(3peclal
Telegram.) Another strike of ths entire
shop fores of the Iowa Central railroad Is
threatened because the company has given
employment to W. D. Toler, roundhouse
foreman, at Monmouth, 111., who shut and
killed George W. Davlea. a striker. In this
city during ths strike laat summer. Tolar
wss acquitted In the Tama county court.
He has been made night foreman of the
roundhouse at Monmouth, 111. Notice has
bren served on the company that unless
Toler is removed tho shop fore. of Jh en
tire Una will sulks.
TILE
From tho Philadelphia Record.
OMAHA POLICE BOARD NAMED
Governor Decides Before Going to the
Banquet in Omaha.
KAEBACH AND BBANDEIS THE MEN
Former Is Son of Former Member of
Board ajid Latter Is la the Coal
Baslneoa Appointments Have
Raised m Storm.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. U. 'necial Telegrams
Be fore leaving for OaTs-iia"- this afternoon
Governor Bhallenberger announced the ap
pointment of Charlrs Karbach and Carl
Brandels as police, commissioners for the
city of Omaha, In place of Robert Cowell
and John L. Kennedy, resigned. This ac
tion waa taken at this time, according to
the statement made by the governor, that
he anticipated If he did not act now he
would be besieged on arriving at Omaha
to attend the Jarksonlan banquet and that
the warring factions would give him n
peace.
After this was made known someone In
Omaha called up Senator Howell on the
long distance telephone and a heated con
versation ensued, which, from the replies,
was concerning the police board appoint
ments and also the provision cf the charter
bill making the police board elective In
the future. Howtell was doing his best to
explain things, but from the portion of
the conversation heard at this end it was
evident that the party at the Omaha end
was not in a mood to accept the explana
tions offered.
It Is freely predicted here that instead cf
the governor relieving himself from em
barrassment by making the appointments
before leaving for Omaha that he has
simply Injected himself Into the center of
a miniature political tornado.
Carl Brandels Is -a member of the coa)
firm of C. Brandels & Co., with offices
at 913 South Fifteenth street, and Charles
Karbach Is the son cf the police commis
sioner by the same name who served on
the old board appointed by Mayor Moores
and looks after the property of the family
There was no meeting of the Board of
Fire aid Police Commissioners last night
for the reason that a quorum was not pos
sible. Mayor Dahlman and Messrs. Kennedy,
Cowell and Page were present and a large
crowd was on hand to hear the proceedings
In regard -to several saloon and druggist
licenses. There was a well-founded rumor,
however, to the effect that the overnor had
accepted the resignations of Mr. Kennedy
and Mr. Cowell and they were in doubt as
to their right to act as members of the
board.
Mayor 'Dahlman finally got Into commun
ication with Governor Bhallenberger by tel
ephone and was informed that the resigna
tions had been accepted "without qualifica
tion." This settled the matter, as the new
members had not qualified and were not
present and the absence of Mr. Giller left
but two members. The business of the
evening went over therefore until next
Monday night, unless a special meeting Is
called.
ACROSS COUNTRY IN BALLOON
Charles Coey of Chicago Will Attempt
Flight from Paclne to At
lantic Coast.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Jan. 11. Charles
A. Coey, president of the Aeronautlqus
club of Chicago, states that he will make
an attempt to cross the country in his
balloon, the Chicago. He Is firmly con
vinced that the project Is feasible. He
will be accompanied by Mrs. Coey.
Captain G. L. Bumbaugh. who will go
with Mr. and Mrs. Coey, will eome to
Los Angeles about January SO.
'There an three ways In which ths trip
msy bo made," ssid Coey. "On la under
conditions which will permit a shoot over
ths mountains, and a straightaway journey
without m stop. A second way Is by coming
down at night and anchoring until tho next
morning, whsn the warm sua will bring
an sxpanston of gas with a much greater
lift than th night before. As a third ex
pedient, it may be possible to go as far
as ths first Inflation will carry, then re
filling and going on. Tho aoootop appeals
to most balioonlsts and It may be taken
from Los Angeles to New. Total sorns
tuns."
SITUATION AT THE CAPITOL
HADLEY DISCUSSES HOME RULE
Declares It Does Not Meant Nonen
forcement of Existing;
Liquor Laws.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 11. Herbert
S. Hadley was Inaugurated governor of
Missouri at noon today. He Is the first re
publican to occupy the office since 187L
Wind and snow made the day uncomfort
able, but despite wintry conditions the
program of a parade and review of the
state troops was carried out as planned.
The Inauguration took place io the hall of
the house of representatives, the oath of
office being administered by Judge Henry
Lamm, the onty republican member of the
supreme court of the state.
Governor Hadley reviewed briefly the ad
ministration of his predecessor, called at
tention to the changes In the system of
government In the state due to the adop
tion of the Initiative and referendum amend
ment at the November election and then
took up the questions of home rule and law
enforcement.
"It has been asserted that home rule
means the abrogation or nullification of the
laws of the state," he said, "and particu
larly the laws regulating dramshops In the
large cities. Home rule means no such
thing. As I said during the last campaign,
"the laws providing for the regulation of
dram shops will still remain the laws of
the state until a majority of the people's
representatives want them changed."
The governor declared that If changes
are made in the laws so that the police
and other city departments now In control
of the state administration are turned over
to the municipalities there should be some
"reserved power" by which the state can
resume control should necessity arise.
. The new governor gave his sudltors to
understand that the laws regarding Sun
day closing of saloons would be enforced
during his administration and he followed
the recommendation of Governor Folk that
laws should be passed prohibiting breweries
from holding interests, direct or indirect.
In saloons. He also recommended that ths
abuses of the "lid club" system be cor
rected by requiring "all clubs, of any char
acter, which dispense Intoxicating liquors
to their members to pay a 'license to the
state."
State-wide prohibition was condemned
and the residential rather than ward optioi.
system recommended.
NAVAL PROGRAM AGREED UPON
Hons Committee Derides on Expend
. . Itnre of 920,000,000 for
'ew Ships.
WASHINGTON, Jan. JJ.-An increase of
the navy to the extent of S29.000.000 was
agreed upon today by the house committee
on naval affairs.
The following naval program for appro
priations at this session was adopted by
the committee: Two battleships of 28.A
tons displacement, U9.000.000; five torpedo
boat destroyers. H.000,000; three colliers,
800,000; four submarines, S2,000,000; one
subsurface boat, $100,000.
Two battleships are recommended by
the committee Instead of four, as estimated
; for by the Navy department.
The estimate for destroyers was cut in
half, the Navy department asking for ten.
An ammunition ship, a repair ship and two
mine-laying ships estimated for by the
Navy department were refused by the com
mittee. The estimates for the three colliers
and the four submarine boats were agreed
to except that the committee added one
subsurface boat.
ROAD MUST BUILD UPON TRACK
Stafford, Kan., Mill Wins Bnlt Against
Mlasonrl Paelflo In Bnpreme
Conrt.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ll.-Juatice Brewer
of the supremo court of tho United States
announced the opinion of that court today
lu ths case of the Missouri Pacific com
pany veraus the Larrabee Flour mills lo
cated at Stafford. Kan., In which th
owners of ths mills sought to compel tho
railroad company as a common carrier to
perform switch st-i-vices on a spur track
built to tho mill by th Alchisan. Topeka
ft Santa Fc company. The decision was
favorabls to tha mllla Th resistance of
th railroad waa based on th abaenoe of
a specif to contract. The Kansas, supreme
court affirmed a verdict granting the
prsysr of ths former piandamua and direct
ing the railroad company to supply ths
requisite facilities and that decision was
affirmed by ttxUy's action.
SUAWVAN RANTS AT BRYAN
Presidential Elector Uses Violent
Terms in Casting Electoral Vote.
REFERS TO BRYAN AS POLECAT
Makes Scene at Meeting; of Electors
la Lincoln Discipline of
Hlnky Dink and Math
Hoaso John.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 11. (Special.) "I
would not go back on the candidate of the
party even If he Is a polecat," declared
Douglas Bhawvan. presidential elector, as
he voted for William J. Bryan for presl
dent of ths United States today. The elec
tors met In Governor Bhallenberger's of'
flcs this morning and for two hours
Bhawvan expressed his opinion of Bryan In
fervid and hectic language. Incidentally,
"polecat" was not the exact word he used
Scarcely anyone present at the meeting
was deceived as to Shawvan's condition at
ths time he made his attack on Bryan.
Shawvan's feelings were outraged be
cause Bryan dictated th e election of
Douglas Cameron as chairman of the Ne- j
braska Electoral commission and R. F.
Watxke as messenger to carry the eight
votei of Nebraska to Washington.
"Bryan goes up and down the land,"
said Bhawvan, "talking equal rights for
all and special privileges for none, and
then he comes here with a compound
press and squeezes every bit of Individu
ality out of the electors, making them all
bow to his nodding as mechanically as a
Punch and Judy.
Cameron and Vt alike were eieciea as per
order from Falrvlew, but they did not get
the full vote of the eight electors. Bhaw-
..1 oM
van abstained from voting, and It is said
that Sophus Neble of Omaha also refused
to bow his head to the yoke. He snd Bhaw -
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...
van DOtn vuieu iur
Bhawvan at the time of balloting uttering
his opinion of Bryan as quoted above.
Bryan gave a dinner at noon to the elec
tors, but Shawvan declined to sit In, say
ing that he preferred to pay 'or his own
meal. Shawvan's anger Is partly due to
the fact that he feels entitled to some
recognition ss having helped greatly to
carry Boone county for Bryan. He Is an
old-line democrat and not a populist. He
trained under Bath House John and Hlnky
Dink In Chicago.
The electors present Included M. T. Har
rington, H. R- Gerlng, R. F. Watxke,
Sbphus Neble, Douglas Shawvan, E. O.
Weber, A. D. Cameron and F. T. Swan
son. TREMBLER INJTHE NORTHWEST
Belllngham, Victoria, Vancouver and
Tacoma Are Slightly
Shaken lp.
4 SEATTLE, Jan. ll.-Reports of a slight
earthquake shock came hers from Van
couver, Victoria, Tacoma and Belllngham.
The same tremor was felt here at 1:44
o'clock and lasted from seven to thirty sec
onds. No damage was done, but persons
rushed from buildings.
BELLI NGHAM, Wash., Jan. 11. -Belllngham
was shaken by an earthquake at 3.4S
i o'clock this afternoon. Buildings In all
parts of town were Jarred, but no damage
was done. Hundreds of people rushed
Into the streets. The duration of the shock
was about ten seconds. rBick buildings
were so badly shaken that ths plaster fell
to the floor and there was a panic. Only
one shock was felt.
AUSTRIA'S OFFER IS REJECTED
Payment of Eleven Millions to Tnrkey
for Two Provinces not
Satisfactory.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 11. It Is re
ported here that the council of ministers
has decided to reject the offer of Austria
to pay Turkey 1,500.000 Turkish (tlO.SuO.OOO)
as Indemnity for the annexation of the
provinces of Bosnia and Hersegovlna.
PARIS. Jan. 11. Count von Khevenhuller,
ths Austro-Hungaiian ambassador, has
officially Informed Foreign Minister Plchoo
of the offer of his government of 1500,000
Turkish to Turkey In settlement of the
question of ths annexation by his govern
ment of th provinces of Bosnia and
Hersegovlfi
Holme 1 Only One to Vote Against the
Slate He Hade Up.
SHOEMAKER LOOKS PLEASANT
Not a Manner Comet From Any But
the One Member.
DR. HALL CARRIES HIS POINT
Bryan Gives Way and Allows Graf on
Banking Committee.
HOUSE SECONDS THE CAUCUS
Considerable Talk Indulged In Before
tho f'anpna. Bit tho Bland Smile
of Peerless smooths the
Way.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. ll.-(Speclal )-Ths ap
pearance of W. J. Bryan in the lobby of
the Lincoln hotel shortly before ths demo
crats of tho houso mot In csucus to pass
upon tha report of the committee on com
mittees acted ss soothing syrup upon a
squad of belligerents who talked of tho
overthrow of the committee, selections.
Not a peep waa heard after the caucus
met. Holmes of Douglas county stood by
his guns, hut he stood alone. Speaker oPut
quietly Joined the Bryan majority and took
his medicine like he waa used to it, and so
did the ollnoruhle Judge Shoemaker and all
the rest. No Bryan lieutenant said a word
about Charlie Oraf for chairman of the
committee on hanking, even though Graf
does not stand for the bill which Mr. Bryan
has contended should be passed. That was
one place Mr. Bryan was afraid to buck
Dr. Hall arranged that part of the program
and Mr. Bryan wna afraid to go to the
mat with the Lincoln banker, and so In that
smiling way of his he accepted what Dr.
Hall gave him.
Judge Shoemaker of Omaha failed to put
In an appearance In the hotel lobby all
morning and It was feared for awhile that
he had concluded to remain out of the
caucus and let the house go to the bow
wows, but when the oaucua was called ha
was there all right voting with the ma
jority. He generously resigned the chair
manship of the committee on constitutional
amendments and permitted Mr. Butt of
Omaha to have that Job.
After the committee slate had been run
through the caucus with only Holmes
against It. It waa pushed through the house
with no one objecting. The committees se
lected are as follows:
Judiciary V- E. Wilson, chairman: R.
A. flark, Fred H. Humphrey, Walter P.
Thomas. W. 8. Shoemaker, J. I Evans,
W. Z. Taylor. W. J. Taylor, Elmer Brown,
A. U. Taylor. D. M. Nettle.ton.
Finance, Ways and Mnans R. A. Clark,
chairman; Fred Bt Humphrey, Ben T.
Skeen. John Weems, H. N. Swan, W. F.
Stoecker, R. H. Holmes, Buel 8. Harring
ton. D. W. Baker, D. J. Killeii. F. Arm
strotg. .
Agriculture IL D- Sclvoettger, chairman;
I. S. Bygland. J.lm i'hab. William Urue
her. Erick Johnson, S. Baberson, ' A. L.
Parclay.
Roads and Bridges Borc-n M. Fries, chair
man; A H. Bowman, 8. J. Bolts. C. E.
Groves, Fred Hector, J. P. Connolly, James
Urelg, P. A. Murphy, F. O. ElHs, C. E.
Noyes, S. Saberson.
Militia Frank P. Lawrence, chairman;
Walt V. Thomas, Frank 8. West, E. Miller,
Henry Sheele. K. J. Htedman, W. A. Rath
sa"k. W. B. Raper, GeurgH W. Barrett.
public Lands and GuildlngH George W.
Kelley, chairman; George W. Leirlgn, R.
H. Holmes, Lew J. Young, J. A. Hospod
sky, L A. Eaxtman, E. A. Brown, J. P.
Kraun Fred B. Humphrey. Chafles Mo-
Coll. B. F. Grlffen, Cyrus Black. It. F.
Rained.
Ir.ttrnal Improvements J. P. Kratis,
chairman; W. J. MeVli-ker. Joseph Doatal.
I. J. Cooperrlder, B. F. -Orlf fen. W. A.
Rathsatk, John Thlessen. ,
Feueral Relations E. A. Brown, chair
man; E. J. Stedman, William Butt, Wil
liam Grueber. A. D. Barclay, J. G. CyCon
nell, E. W. Roberts..
Engrossed and Enrolled Bills W. Z.
Taylor, chairman; H. T. Worthing. C. K.
Grovef. Jeremiah Howard, Frank P. Law
rence, R. W. Boyd. F. L. Hadsell. H. A.
Allen E. W. Roberts.
Accoutns and Expenditures C. E. Oroves,
Limn ..I., ii . . loam 17. v. rat, pu, n. imi ' 1 1, K -
I ton, P. O. IB. Boland. Charles Graff. J. U
j Evans, George W. Ijedigh, John W. Sink,
W. B. Raper, John Thlessen, C. H. Chase.
Constitutional Amendments William
i Butt charman: E. A. Brown, Otto Kotou ,
, W. S. Shoemaker, Lew J. Toung, R. W.
1 Boyd. W. Z. Taylor. R. F. Raines. W. A.
i Rathseck, B. H. Begole, W. B. Raper.
I rnnntv HnnnH.rl,,. Pnnnl. CI..,.
Township Organisation James Grelg,
chairman; J. L. Fogarty, E. J. Stedman.
W. F. Stoecker. D. C. Heffernan, Frank
Dolezal, Nels Johnson (Burt), B. F. Grlf
fen. F. O. Ellis.
Railroads H. R. Henry, chairman; A.
H. Bowman. Buel S. Harrington, R. a.
Clark. George Ledlgh, P. B. H. Boland 1.
8. By gland, J. L. Evans. 8. Saberson, ' F.
Armstrong, D. W. Baker, B. K. Bushee,
U. Smith.
Privileges and Elections John Kuhl
chairman; I. 8. Bygland, Charles Ritchie.
J. W. Marlett. F. L. Fogarty, W. 8. Shoe
maker. K. J. Stedman, A. B. Taylor, Elmer
W. Brown, N.'ls Johnson, A. D. Barclay.
HtatA PfnltentlMrv WrA R Humnhr.v
chairman; J. P. Cennolly. H. N. 8wan
j. r.. isronricK, jonn . iarr, teorge v .
I -ok. Iah. John Thlessen. W. J. Blvstone.
G. W. Barrett.
Insane Hospitals Adam (Pilger. chair
man; Jeremiah Howard. D. C. Heffemnn,
Wes Pickens, I. J. Cooperrldir, E. Miller,
Cyrus Black, William B. Raper. R. F.
names.
Other Asylums J. E. Brodrlck, chairman:
Otto Kotouc P. O. H. Boland. D. C. Hef-
fernan, Joseph Lux, Dr. E. 8. Case, B. H.
Begoie. Eric Johnson (Adkmsv, A. D. Bar
clay.
t t rporatlons w. J. Taylor, chairman;
Colonel M. A. Bates. Walter P. Thomas,
Lew J. Young, J. I Evans, Jos-ph Bnyder,
fc.lmer w. Brown, red L. Hadsell, Charles
H Chase.
Cities and Towns Walter P. Thomas.
chairman; V. E. Wilson, John W. Sink,
Fred B. Humphrey, W. F. Stoecker, R. 11.
Holmes. J. P. Connolly. Frank 8. West.
George W. Ix-ldlgh, Jeremiah Howard. J.
M. Gates. Charles J. McColl, A. B. Taylor
(York). Frank Moore, Elmer W. Brown.
.Ibrarlek u. M. Bwan. chairman; Fred B.
Humphrey, H. D. Schwttger. J. M. Tal-
cott, diaries II. Chase, William B. Raper,
D. W. Baker.
Banks and Banking Charles Graff, chair-
man, John Kuhl, V. E. Wilson, Joseph 8ny-
der. E. Miller. C. E. Groves. J. M. Gates.
Joseph Lux, A. H. Bowman. H. R. Henry,
C. W. Pool, W. 8. Shoemaker. John Thles
sen, h. K. nusnee. w. A. Rathsack.
Public Schools Otto Kotouc, chairman;
I. 8. Bygland. H. N. Swan. L. D. Eastman,
Kuel S. Harrington. Frank Moors, B. K.
Buahee.
t'niverslty and Normal School Dr. E. S.
Caae, Chairman; Otto Kotouc, J. p. Con
nolly, John G. Bnel'e, J. A. Hospodsky.
J. W. Kelly, H. R. Henry, Fred Hector,
a F. Griffin, C. H. Chase and f. Arm
strong. Public Printing Colonel M. A. Bates,
chairman; Ben F. Skeen, William Butt,
J. A. Hospodsky. W. Z. Taylor, E. A.
Brown, C. ti Noyes. Cyrus Black and D. J.
Killen.
Mine and Minerals D. J. Killen. chair
man; Ben T. Skeen. J. M. Gates, John O.
Boelts. Frank Dcleaal. Joseph Snyder and
John F. Carr.
Immigration J. A. Hospodsky. chairman:
Jeremiah Howard. John O. B'elts. John
Chab. John W. Sink. 8. J. Botts. Erie
Johnson. l. Smith and E W. Roberts.
M tttufacture and Commerce J. I
Fogarty. chairman. J. P. Kraua. Prank P.
Iiwrenre, Joerph Dostal. A. H. Bowman,
A. H. Brflav and J G. O'Connell.
School Lands and Funde H. T. Worth
ing, chairman; Soren M. Fries, Henry
Gcrdes, W. ft. bhoemaker, Jams Oretg.