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VOL. XXXVIII NO. 192.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1900 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
VALENTINE WANTS DEPOT
BRYAN TELLS PART
Objects to Crookston Being Hade Base
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Unwilling- To dirt Out Correspond
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
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of Supplies for Indians.
PETITIONS FOB POSTAL CLEUKS
ence With University Reg-ents.
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BIG CREAMERIES WIN
Interstate Commerce Commission
Redaction in Long Hani Kites.
CHARGES TO CHICAGO TOO HIGH
Ruling- Affect Point ai Far West as
Colorado.
CENTRAUZEHS ARE UPHELD
Big Creameries Only Market Accessi
ble to Many Farmers.
BASIS OF THE
DECISION
Where Industry Is Ballt t'p on Rates
Voluntarily Established They
rio( Be Atu(H Without
Consideration of Effect.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. One of the mom
'knportant decisions by the Interstate Com
merce commission for many months was
handed down today by that body In- order
ing material reduction of railroad rates In
the casea cf the Beatrice Creamery com
pany and others and the Fairmont Cream
ery company and others against the Illi
nois Central and other railroads and the
Blue Valley Creamery company and otheTs
gainst the Michigan Central Railroad
company and other railroads.
The commission sustained the contention
of the complainants, who operate cream
erics, using the centraJIscr method, whereby
supplies of cream are obtained by railroads
an distinguished from the local creamery
method, which obtains cream by wagon.
that the rates on cream to Chicago, be
tween Michigan points on the cast and
Colorado points on the west are excessive
Several associations and representatives
of the Department of Agriculture claimed
that the local creamery method of manu
facturing butter should, in the Interest of
the pulblo be fostered and the centrallzer
method should be discouraged. The com
mission, however, held that the centrallzer
urfiinls to hundreds of thousands of farm
ers the only satisfactory method of dtspos
lng of their milk and that the commission's
plain duty la to establish Just transporta
tion charges Insofar aa It can be done
and allow these methods to operate under
the charges. The commission held that it
should not establish a scale of rates with
a view to and for the purpose of fostering
or discouraging cither form of this Indus
try.
The commission has several times held
that where a particular industry has grown
up under rates voluntarily established and
maintained by carriers, these rates cannot
be advanced without considering the effect
upon that Industry. According to the com
mission, there Is no such thing as a con
tract between the railway and the shipper
that a certain rat shall be charged, for
the railway rate la a matter of public con
cern, which cannot ordinarily be made the
subject of private contract but In deter-
mining ' -what Is ''the - Just and reasonable
thing to be done, the commission must eon-
' elder the effect upon all parties.
The railroads are authorised to make ef
fect tve on three days' notice to the com
mission such rates aa are required under
the commission's order.
SON OF EARL ALLEGED FORGER
Man Arrested at Mexico. Mo., Says
Ha la Black Usee of
Royal Family.
MEXICO. Mo., Jan. 25. Asserting that
he Is the eldest son of John Campbell Gor
don, earl of Aberdeen, a British peer, a
prisoner In the Audrain county jail who has
been under arrest for over a week for an
alleged forgery, last night made hla firm
statement to the police. When arrested
the man gave his name as L. F. Iceland
and said he lived In Wyoming. He la
charged with forging a check for 1150 upon
a local merchant.
In his statement Gordon aays:
"My father la John Campbell Gordon,
seventh earl of Aberdeen. He Is 64 year old,
and I am 39. I left home eighteen yeara ago
and came to this country on account of dif
ferences In England. I have been In the west
for several years and have gone under the
name of Lyle F. Bland. I have Written
severs! books under that name."
Gordon attributes his present condition to
dtxslpatlon. He possesses an excellent edu
cation and Is undoubtedly English.
CAYENNE CONQUERS LID CLUB
Police Force Thirteen Members of St.
I.oals Organisation to Reca
pitulate After Clege.
BT. LOflS. Jan. 26. Thirteen members of
the Belmont Pleasure club, an alleged "lid"
organization at 623 Marlon street, surren
dered this morning after defying the police
for sixteen hours. The officers had gone
to the place to raid It yesterday, but found
the doors and windows barred, and as the
men inside had been charged only with
misdemeanors, the police were not author
lied to break down the barriers. There
was nothing to prevent 'them establishing
a siege, however, and squads of patrolmen
ere kept on duty from S o'chfk Sunday
afternoon until past 9 o'clock today. In an
effort to drive the men out the police blew
cayenne pepper through the keyholes and
stopped up the chimney. The beaeiged
pneesed and coughed, but by pressing their
faces close to the windows managed to
get enough fresh sir to neutralise the po
lice tactics until the club's larder was emp
tied. Desire for breakfast caused them to
surrender.
DIVIDE ON MISSOURI CONTEST
lamanl ttee af Assembly t'uable to
Agree on t aaatlng af
"allots.
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ST. LOUIS. Jan. . The joint committee
of 4he Missouri legislature which is count
ing the votes cast In St. Louis for the
lieutenant governorhlp has been unable to
agree upon the status of several hundred
ballots, which the democratic members of
the committee Insist were not marked
properly by the election Judges. Three of
the precincts Involved went republloan and
on showed a democratic plurality. It Is
now asserted that two reports may be made
to the legislature, and If this Is done the
general assembly will have to pass upon
the validity of the votes In Joint session.
When the committee resumed Its counting
today Jacjb Qnjieltch. republloan, waa
; leading by a net gain ef twenty-seven
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DOMESTIC.
The Interstate Commerce commission
has ruled that rates on cream from points
as far west as Colorado to Chicago are
too high and ordered a reduction, rage 1
President-elect Taft and party sail from
Charleston for Panama and are given an
ovation aai they leave. Page 1
Steamship Baltic arrives In New York
with passengers from tbe wrecked Re
public Hnd Florida, six deaths resulting
from the collision. Pegs 1
HEBKASXA.
Cltirens of Valentine object to removal
of Indian supply depot from that place
to Crookston. Page '1
County optlonists are backing plan In
the state legislature to make Initiative
and referendum law state-wide. Page 2
Bryan In an Interview tells much about
his proposed school of politics, but will
not give out correspondence and says
nothing of swinging the big stick over
regents. Pare 1
RPOKT.
Omaha bowlers are clear In the lead at
mid-western tourney at St. Joseph.
Page 7
X.OCAX..
Omaha Eagles making plans to enter
tain 40,000 visitors when the grand aerie
meets in Omaha. Page 6
Jims going to Lincoln with avowed In
tention of having the Fire and Police com
mission made appointive by the mayor or
defeating the city charter bill. Page S
Oirl Is witness for five hours In Con
nor will case, which Involves more than
1400.000. Page 3
OOsfMZBCIAI. AITS OTDUBTBIAI..
Live stock markets. Page
Grain markets. Page
Stocks and bonds. Page
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HAS NUMEROUS DESCENDANTS
Woman Dies Leaving More
I'saal Number of Grand
children. Than
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D.. Jan. M.-(SpeclaJ)
The recent death of Mrs. Jaaob Haar
at the family homestead In Hutchinson
county Is worthy of more than passing
mention, for the reason that she Is sur
vived by much more than the usual num
ber of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Haar waa seventy years of
age and bad been a resident of Hutchin
son county for a period of thirty-two
years. She was the mother of thirteen
children, of whom five are dead. She had
nlnety-stx grandchildren and eighty-one
great-grandchildren. She had a wide ac
quaintance throughout Hutchinson and ad
joining counties and was affectionately
called "grandma" by scores of people, by
whom she was highly respected and loved.
EFFORT TO SECURE TRUE BILL
District Attorney Baker Anxloaa for
I.lhel Indictment at Wash
lng Ion.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S. With the end
not yet In sight, the federal grand Jury to
day resumed Its examination of vf.tneasos
In connection with the alleged libels of the
New York World and the Indianapolis
News affecting the Panama canal pur
chase.
There now seems to be no doubt that an
effort will be made to have the Jury re
turn one or more Indictments here. It Is
believed that District Attorney Baker la
hoping for such an outcome because of
the fact that he would have readily at
hand during the trial all official docu
ments bearing on the Panama canal
negotiations and purchase.
THREE KILLED IN MINE CAR
Coastline Breaks at Top of Incline,
Caaalaar a Disastrous Col
Melon. CUMBERLAND. Md.. Jsn. -Threi
men were killed ar.d ten others Injured,
three perhaps fatally. In a coal mine acci
dent at Piedmont. W. V., today.
Two cars lorded with miners were as
cending the plane at the mine of, the Pied
mont and Gorges Creek foal company at
that place. Near the top the cara became
uncoupled, dashed down the Incline and
collided with ether cars at the bottom.
Jsmes Coudrey, William Hamilton and
two Italians were killed outrlgnt. Charles
Knight and two Italians sustained In
jurlea which may result fatally.
CHARGE POUREN WITH MURDER
Rasalau Officials Aeeert Refagee
Is Kat Merely Political
Criminal.
BT. PETERSBURG, Jan. 26. In response
to requests from America, the Russian
governmental authorities of Riga have pre
pared a number of depoaitlons concerning
the life In Russta of Jan Janoff Pouren.
declaring that be was not a revolutionist,
as his American defenders believe, but that
he had been guilty of the commission of
extraditlonal crimes In the neighborhood
Pouren was arrested In New Tork In lis
charged with a long list of murders. His
extradition has been fought In America on
the round tUat bis offsnsea wtrt politteal
Farmers Are Taking: rt Parcels Poet
Propoeltloa aad Pending Petitions
to Congress for Passage of
the Law.
(From a Staff Correspondents .
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-(Bpedet Tele
gram.) Cltlsens of Valentine are protest
ing against the proposed removal of the
United States Indian freight depot from
that place to Crookston, on the ground
that the distributing points from which
supplies are used are nearer Valentine than
to Crookston. Valentine people urge In a
petition to Senator Burkett that freight
for the agency trading stores 1s shipped
to Vslentlne and then freighted to differ
ent points In the sgenry. In view of
these conditions they ask that the depot
remain where It Is.
nank Clerks Invite Borkett.
Senator Burkett has received an Invita
tion from the president of the American
Institute of banking to attend the banquet
of bank clerk to be held In Baltimore
the 13th of February.
Petition for MaJI Clerks.
The McCook Commercial club has sent
to Senator Burkett a set of resolutions
asking for various changes In the law
governing salaries and sick leave of rail
way mail clerks. The petitioners urge that
mall clerks, first, be allowed sixty days
sick leave with pay, Instead of thirty days,
as is now provided ; second, that they be
allowed thirty days animal leave, the ssme
as Is allowed In the case of clerks em
ployed In the civil service In Washington:
third, that the present limit of fifty-two
weeks for receiving pay for Injury re
ceived while on duty be extended so as to
Include half pay for an additional fifty
two weeks In case their injury extended
for that length of time: fourth.- that they
be allowed pay for travel and expenses
Incurred while away from home.
Parcels Post Petition.
Petitions for the enactment of a parcels
post hw are being received by each con
gressman and It Is expected the farmers
will have an inning. Sens tor Brown today
presented to the senate a petition from the
Farmers' Protective society of Oxford. In
which the passage of such a law Is de
manded In strong terms. During a for
mer session of congress members were as
sailed by numerous petitions from business
men and commercial clubs asking that any
parcels post raw be killed, speedily. The
Oxford petition declares that the farmers
are being discriminated against. It de
clares that If local merchants cannot do
business after the parcels post law has
been enacted they might as well tike In
their signs and close up shop.
Senator Brown also presented an address
of the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union of Wahoo, favoring
the passage of the Littlefleld-Bacon bill to
regulate Interstate) commerce In Intoxi
cating lkruore. and petition of the Com
mercial club of Columbus 'praying for the
enactment of legislation granting travel
pay to railway mall postal clerks.
Minor Matter at Capitol.
Attorney M. L. Learned of Omaha was
admitted to practice In the supreme court
today on motion of Senator Brown.
Representative Hull today Introduced a
bill to grant to the state of Iowa one
bronxa or brass "Napoleon" cannon. The
cannon Is sought to be placed In front of
the new Historical building at Des
MotneS.
Upon motion of Judge D. O'Connell, Wil
liams Kenyon of Fort Dodge. Ia., was
today admitted to practice before the su
preme court.
A. W. Clark of Omaha, Very Rev. Jos
eph Rueslng of West Point, Neb., Law
rence Connor of Dubuque. Rev. W. H.
Slingerland of Des Moines and W. B.
Sherrard of Sioux Fails, 8. D., are In
Washington In attendance upon the confer
ence on the care of dependent ohlldren
called by President ' Roosevelt, to meet
In Washington today and tomorrow.
Iowa postmasters appointed: Lawton,
Woodbury county, Myrtle M. Hoogkirk,
vice C. M. Wray, resigned. Underwood,
Pottawattamie county, Lewis O. Bundy,
vice G. E. Fisher, resigned.
Rural route No. 1 haa been ordered es
tablished April 1 at Barnum. Webster
county, Iowa, serving fifty-five families.
AGRICULTURAL. BILL REPORTED
Committee Reduces Secretary Wil
son's Kstlmate Nearly Two Million.
WASHINGTON, Jan. a In the Agricul
tural department appropriation bill reported
to the house today there Is an increase of
11,206.830 over the amount given the de
partment for Its work during the present
year, although the amount reported lll.too.-
0i la lesa by $1,739,700 than was expected
by the secretary of agriculture.
The largest Increase In the appropriation
ia that of about 1306,000 for the bureau of
plant Industry, the Increase being due
chiefly to the need for demonstration work
on reclamation projects and to extend the
cotton boll weevil experiment work In the
southern stales. As last year $10,000 was
appropriated again this year for experi
menting on new sources of paper, the
greater part of the sum waa expended In
experiments of a commercial sort In making
paper from cornatalka. the possibility of
which wss discovered as a result of this
year's experiments. The total appropriated
for the bureau Is $1,620,736.
Another Isrge Increase is that of $71,000
for seed distribution, making the total
amount for this purpose $772,329.
For the bureau of animal industry the
amount appropriated is Sl.tfCMO. For the
forestry bureau the amount recommended
by the committee ia $4,646,300.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE
Day la Devoted to District af Col a la
bia Affairs.
WASHINGTON. Jan. $6. -Legislation af
fecting the District of Columbia waa con
sidered by the house of representatives to
day, almost the entire session being de
voted to that purpose.
An Interesting feature of the day was
a tribute paid by Mr. Boutell of Illinois to
the heroism of John R. BIds. the, wireless
operator aboard tbe steamship Republic,
recently In collision with the Florida. His
remarks were loudly applouded.
At 4.14 p. m. the house adjourned.
BraadeaharsT Caaa A 4J earned.
NEW TOKK. Jsn. 26. The case against
Rroughlon Brandenburg. the writer,
charged with grand laruony in connection
with tbe publication of an article which
was alleged to have been written by the
late President Cleveland, was adjourned In
the supreme court today for a week. Jus
tice Dowling announced that the trial must
be proceeded wlti oa Monday next,
From the Minneapolis Journal.
TAFT HEADED FOR PANAMA
President-Elect and Party Sail from
Charleston Monday Horning;.
CEUISERS CARRY SHALL STAFF
Mrs. Taft, Several Engineers, News
paper Men aad Secretaries Ae
company tke eat Ki.
ecatlve.
CHARLESTON, 8. C. Jan. 26.-Presldent-elect
and Mrs. Taft and party. Including a
small staff of distinguished civil engineers
selected to Inspect with the president-elect
the Isthmian canal, sailed for Panama at
lo'clock this morning. The party will reach
New Orleans on the return trip on Feb
ruary 11.
Tbe two big warships, the North Caro
lina and the Montana, as they swung out
Into the harbor and passed out to sea at
tracted considerable attention. Aboard the
big cruiser North Carolina were the president-elect,
Ms ruddy cheeks attesting the
benefit he had gained from the golf links
at Augusta, and his Immediate party. In
cluding Mrs. Taft and Wendell Mischler,
his assistant secretary, who haa been with
Mr. Taft since Secretary Wright Jeft for
California to recuperate hia health, and the
party of engineers also was aboard that
vessel. On the other cruiser was the party
of newspaper correspondents. Aboard each
craft was a secret service sgent, L. C.
Wheeler on the North Carolina and Richard
Jarvls on the Montana. Both men will re
main with the party throughout the trip.
BIbt Ships Point Southward.
At I o'clock, one hour after weighing an
chor off the government wharf at Charles
ton, the North Carolina pasaed through the
Jetties to sea, pointing for Panama. The
Montana having arrived off Charleston yes
terday and spent the day and night at an
chor there, Joined the North Carolina as
It came out. The Montana had taken
aboard from the lighthouse tender Cypress
other members of the Taft party, including
the civil engineers who will inspect the
canal work.
After two daya delightfully apent aa the
guest of the people of Charleston, Mr. Taft,
accompanied by Mrs. Taft. his secretary
and personal attendants, loft the hotel by
$ o'clock. A cutler from the North Caro
lina waa waiting at the government wharf
to convey the party to the cruiser. At the
dock the mayor and prominent cltlsens were
gathered and they wished the president
elect a good voyage.
National Salate Greets Taft.
As Mr. Taft came on deck, a national
satute of twenty-one guns was fired.
Within a few minutes the party was on
the way to Panama.
The ship passed down the harbor at good
speed. The torpedo boat Dupont convoyed
the cruiser down the bay. The tender
Cypress, with an artillery band from Fort
Moultrie aboard, took other members of
the party to it he Montana, and as the
president-elect's ship came out saluted
with national airs. There was no stop
made after passing out to sea, and with
signals of farewell flying the two cruisers
were soon hull down to the southward.
Mr. Taft expressed keenest appreciation
of the cordial Welcome and wholesouled
hospitality extended to him by the people
of Charleston and aald he had enjoyed his
brief stay in this city greatly. Mrs. Taft
was looking forward to tha sea voyage as
an opportunity for rest, after a period of
activity in social engagements and In
travel.
FLEET GATHERS AT NEGRO BAY
Asset-lean Saaadrou Will Readesvoas
There Before Proceeding to
Gibraltar.
SMYRNA, Jan. aV-The American battle
ship squadron, composed of the Missouri,
Ohio, Louisiana and Virginia, sailed from
here today for Negro Bay, where the en
tire fleet will rendesvous prior to proceed
na to Gibraltar. Ambassador Irishman,
who has been here during the stay of the
warships, returns le CoostanUnojjls tomorrow.
"WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD."
OSAGES BARJVHITE INDIANS
Tribe Protests Aaelnst Thirty-Seven
Laud Allotments, Assertlnar Hold
ers Are Fake Red Men.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Members of the
counsel of the Osage tribe of Indians were
heard by the senate committee on Indian
affairs today In opposition to a Joint reso
lution providing that thirty-seven claim
ants for allotments of Osage lands be
placed on the tribal rolls. The persons
seeking enrollment were rejected by the
tribal council and tha court of claims also
declared they had ne rights to enrollment
for the reason that they were either .whites
or had no tribal relations with .he Osages.
Each allotment among the Osage Indians
Is 6E7 acres and a share In the tribal funds,
amounting In all to fully $26,000, so that
$326,000 Is Involved In the case.
It Is claimed by the members of the
Osage tribe and their attorneys that of the
thirty-seven applicants for enrollment,
twenty-seven are "white" Indians, who at
the time of the passage of the allotment
act were not resident upon the Osage reser
vation, but were living In the state of
California or elsewhere. The assertion Is
made that their sole right to any claim in
the share of allotment Is that their grand
fathers had some admixture of Osage
blood. It Is claimed that these persons
never lived In tribal relations with the
Osages and were never anywhere near the
reservation until the time came for
the division of the lands and the funds.
The charge that attorneys for these "alleged
white claimants" will receive 60 per cent of
the value of the allotments In the event
they are made, has been filed with the
senate committee on Indian affairs by
representatives of the Osage tribe.
CHARITY WORKERS AT CAPITAL
President's Invitation Conference Be
glas Two Days' Session vrita
White House Reception.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-Prominent char
ity workers from all over the country gath
ered here today In response to an invita
tion from President Roosevelt for a two
days' conference on the dependent children
of the United States. The great movement
Instituted by President Roosevelt looks to
the betterment of conditions surrounding
the lives of orphans or neglected children.
Preliminary to the opening of the con
ference a reception by the president at the
White House wss set for 1.30 o'clock this
afternoon. In calling the conference to
order following the reception the president
was expected to make a few remarks out
lining the scope of the work to be under
taken. A publio meeting will be held tonight.
Among the speakers will be Rabbi Bmll
Hlrsch, president of the National Confer
ence of Jewish Charities; Rt. Rev. D. J.
McMahon, supervisor of Catholic charities,
archdiocese of New Tork; Miss Jane Ad
dams, head worker of Hull House, Chicago,
and Booker T. Washington.
TEST OF NEW GAMBLING LAW
Two Lonlaiaaa Bookmakers Seateneed
to Terms la the Parish
Prison.
NEW ORLEANS. La., Jan. 25.-Placlde
Frigerio and R. M. Sheffield, who were
charged with operating a betting book as a
result of the test case made of the to-called
Locke anti-racing law at the City Park
track. New Orleans. several weeks ago.
were today aentenred to serve seven months
In the Parish prison by Judge Chretien In
the criminal district court. Bach man waa
also fined $160. A motion for a new trial
waa overruled.
An appeal will be mads to tbe supreme
court.
NO REHEARINGF0R THE ALTON
Ittrtat Court Denies Petition ia
the Kaaeaa City Packer
Case.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.-The petition of
the Chicago V Alton railroad company for
a rehearing In the case in which that com
pany and tmo of Its officers were fined
I $.) for granting rebates to Kansas City
I packers, was today denied by tbe suneme
court of tha L'nUed State
SEA WRECK COSTS SIX LIVES
Passengers from Republic and Florida
Reach New Tork.
BIG STEAMSHIP IS A TOTAL LOSS
Indications Are Sunken Vessel Will
Be of Utile Valae Bven If It la
Raised Thrllllnar Story .
V"af AccMeat.
NEW TOr.ir. Ji.-.. 16. The dramatic sea
story of the wrecking of the White Star
liner Republic by the steamer Florida of
the Lloyds Itallana line, In which six lives
were lost snd four people Injured, came to
a close today when the big steamship Bal
tic of the White Star line came Into port
bearing on board more than l.COO passen
gers of the sunken Republic and the crip
pled Florida. Stories told by the Repub
lic's passengers show that the transfer of
passengers from the Florida to the Baltic
In tbe dark hours of Sunday night came
perilously near resulting In a riot of the
600 Italian steerage passengers on the Flor
ida, who believed that their vessel was In
Imminent danger of sinking. Only the ef
forts of the officers, aided by several of
the Republic's passengers, nuleted the
frightened men. who sought to be the first
to board the lifeboats.
The officers of the Baltic report the
deaths of Mrs. Eugene Lynch of Boston
snd W. J. Mooney of Langdon, N. P., to
gether with four negro sailors, whose
names are not known. The bodies of Mrs.
Lynch and Mr. Mooney were placed In
hermetically .sealed caskets, which sank
with the steamer Republic off Nantucket.
Mr. Lynch Is on board the Florida. He,
Is broken hesrted over the Ions of his wife.
His leg Is fractured. Mrs. M. J. Murphy
of Grand Forks, N. V., sustained a severe
injury In her right limb, and a steward on
board the Florida by name of Woodward,
sustained a fracture at the base of the
skull. Mrs. Griggs, who wss Injured, had
a miraculous escape. She was found under
a pile of debris and for a time It waa be
lieved she wss lost.
The transfer of passengers from the Re
public to the Florida was effected without
Incident, but when It wss found that the
Florida had Insufficient accommodations
for the large number on board and that It
would make slow time to New Tork, the
order to retransfer all passengers to the
Baltic, which had arrived several hours before,-
was given. The night was dark and
the fog hung thick over the troubled sea.
Twenty lifeboats were used to carry the
passengers from the Florida, which Isy
at distances varying from WO to BOO yards
from the Baltic.
Passenger Tells Ksperleaeo.
An account of the collision, as related to
the reporters by H. J. Hover of Spoksne,
Wash., one of the passengers, wss aa fol
lows: "The shock came whtn all of the passen
gers ef the Republic and most of its crew
were asleep. Mrs. Hover and I. like most
of the Republic's passengers, were awak
ened by being violently thrown agalnat the
side of our bunks. The shock was terrific.
Outside, In tha passageway, I cf.uld hear
the sound of running feet. From the deck
above came cries and the shouting of or
ders. "I turned on the electric light and, hastily
throwing an overgarment over us, Mrs
Hover and I made our way, bareheaded
and barefooted, to the music room op the
prtmenade deck. While the alarm gongs
were sounding all over the ship, the
stewards were going front state room to
state room arousing the passengers. Ky
the time we got to the music 100m the
plaee was full of men and women, some
with nothing over them but the clothes in
which they had been asleep, others
wrapped In ahlp blankets and steamer rugs,
all mora or less frantic with frar and
shivering with the cold.
Waaaea Grew Hysterical.
-ire women nuaaiea together, some
weeping, a few hysterical. Most of the
men rushed out on deck to ascertain what
(Continued oa Second I'ags
Sayt Regents Waiting- to Carry Out
Orders of Legislature.
NOTHING OF USING BIG STICK
Has Been Forced to' Abandon His
Original Idea. '
INTENDED AS MONUMENT TO SELF
Made Plain to Mlm Taat State Would
Not Agree to Faralsn a Medians
to Advance Mis Peculiar
Views.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. ' .-(8pHlisl.-Thoua.h
he has all the facts In his possession relat
ing to his proposal to establish a school
of politics under the supervision of tha .
University, Mr. Bryan this morntng waa
unwilling to give out for publication the
corespondence which had passed between
him aifd the officials of the university
regarding the proposed school.
When asked if he Iwd any objection to
maklnsr this correspondence publio Mr.
Bryan said:
"You may use my Interview In the Jour
nal this morning."
The Interview given out by Mr. Bryan
does not tell all of the story. The Inter
view does not tell that Mr. Bryan threat
cned to take the matter up with the legis
lature, Independent of U19 regents unless
they took kindly to his plan.
Text of Interview.
Following la the Interview given out by
Mr. Bryan:
The Journal correctly statee the situation
in regard to the proposed school of citlten
shlp. The regents nave given encourage
ment to the development of the depart
ments having to do with political science,
political history, sociology, etc., and while
not willing to take the initiative In raising
these departmnnts to the dignity of a
school, they are willing to carry out any
lriHtructlnna that the legislature may see
fit to give In the matter. After learning
from the chancellor of the university the
attitude of the regents, I asked Senator
Miller to Introduce the Joint resolution
commending the regenla for the encourage
ment already given to the study of these
subjects, and anklng the regents to fur
ther emphaalso the work by grouping the
allied departments into a school.
During the past few years increasing
attention hns been given all over the coun
try to the study of government, sociology
and citizenship. Nebraska hss kept
abreast of the times, but our state should
take the lead and focus attention upon
the studies that especially prepare the stu
dents for the proper discharge of tbe duties
of citizenship. By giving special consid
eration to this branch of education wo
can not only help the students of our own
states, but we can draw students from
other states. In fact, we ought to be able
to attract studenta from other coun
tries, and how. oan we, better jielp
the -orient , and.-. ' the 'republic' ti '
the south of us than- by educst- f .
lng the more ambltmlis of their young '
men and sending thsm back to spnlv
American Ideas and Ideals in the working
out of the problems that confront their
people?
The creation of this school of cltlsen
ship does not contemplate any material
Increase in expenses, except as expenses
grow with Increased attendnnc. and I
am sure that 8enatnr Miller's resolution
will commend Itself to the legislature.
I need hardlv add that I have no pecuni
ary Interest In the matter. If I deliver
anv lectures they will be without compen
sation, and mv connection with It Is purely
Incidental. The school of citizenship Is
worthy to be considered on its merits.
wlnars Bin: Stick.
Persons who have been consulted by
the university authorities In regard to the
action taken by Mr. Bryan to establish
a school of citizenship Indicate that the
sage of Fairview employed a big stick
when he secured the Introduction of the
apparently harmless resolution he sent to
Mr. Miller. Members of the legislature
have been Informed by degreee of the
weight of the club employed and there Is
a sentiment of growing proportions to re
sent any Interference of this kind.
The history of the case-reveals that
some time ago Mr. Bryan at a meeting of
tha 8orosls club In this city favorably re
ceived a suggestion that his labors In poll
tics be commemorated by the establish
ment of a school of politics, not citizen
ship, which should differ from a monu
ment erected over something that has de
parted In that It should seek to perpetu
ate doctrines for which the Nehraakan
hss fought nnd bled.
The suggestion wss snapped up eagerly
and Mr. Bryan offered a plot of ground
near his residence for this purpose wtth
the Idea that the state would furnish an
appropriation for the erection of a build
ing and maintenance of a school and fac
ulty. Tills was seriously considered by
him, and a number of people were IK In
on the plan and his ardent supporters
thought It would be a good way for the
state to recognize him, permanently.
A school of politics adjoining tha home
of the Nebraska leader of democracy in
three presidential campaigns did not look
good even to some democrats who have
voted thrice for the candidate for presi
dent, and It was gradually borne down
upon Mr. Bryan that hla original concep
tion of building a monument for himself
might be slightly amended. The fact that
students from abroad would come to learn
how to run for president In spite of one's
party was not aufficlent argument to over
come the fact that the state was support
lng the Institution and could not very welt
pick out one creed to advance or even to
give the slightest excuse for the claim
this was favored at the expense of other
doctrines.
Bryan gees Hornet hlna.
Being a diplomat par excellence and hav
ing no fixed Idea as to the exact thing
desired, so long ss it would appear to be
created by hlni, Mr. Bryan Is said to have
found graina uf common aense In the ug
gestlons made and to liavs conceded that
he was possibly in error and to have sug
gested the creation of ths school on the
university campus, but In doing so he
recognized he would have to deal with a
Board of Regents who have heretofore
sought to keep the university out cf all
political drift. On making a little Invest!
gatton he also found that Profs. Howard,
Caldwell and Taylor of the university were
really giving to the students a course of
instruction which, while not designated a
a school of citizenship, was In fact just
what he was seeking to have created. If
his f'rat suggestion then appeared hasty
Mr. Bryan did not allow it to bother Mm.
for he was ready with a suggestion that
the university was engaged in a good work
j and bs4 evldtatlg bad able ad risers before
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