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VOL. XXXVIII NO. l'J6.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 30, SIXTEKX PAGES.
single copy two cents.
WIND MARES RECORD
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
EFFECTS OF STORM IN STATE
Every Section of Nebraska Reports
Damage in Varying Degree.
RANSOM THE LEADER
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Storm Attain! Velocity of Sixty-Six
Miles, Maximum Here.
Bell Wether of the Douglas County
Senatorial Triumvirate.
THREE CONTROL THE SENATE
r09 JANUARY 1909
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HASTINGS ISOLATED FOR A TIME
BLOWS FIERCELY ALL NIGHT LONG
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' Drives Fell-Mell Through Many Plate
Glass Windows.
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May Divide on Minor Matters, but
Party Whip Swings All.
Bee
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f CREATES LOSS UP IN THOUSANDS
to the Ground.
WARM RAIN CHANGES INTO SNOW
Report of Personal Injuries Is Sol
Great, Though Some People Have
Kscapes that Are ot With
nt Thrill.
EPITOME OF THE STORM
Maximum velocity of wind,
mini aa hour at 10:46 p. m.
Minimum velocity of wind,
43
ir Ilea an hour at 7 a. m.
Minimum temperature, 11 defT.a
above ssro.
Precipitation of ' rain and snow
Thursday night, ea-100 of an inch.
Duration of high velocity greatest
aver recorded at Omaha weather
station.
Estimated damage to plat and
window glass, $10,000.
oimi to Interiors, destruction
of slactrlo alrna, porchee, roofi,
ate., many thouaanda of dollara.
Storm extends aaat over whola
laka region.
Wind dua to fall Friday evening.
Waatha foraoaati Talr Saturday;
solder Friday night and Saturday t
eold wave In aaatara lowai no sa
vers cold In irebreska.
All record (or wind velocity and dura
tion of the same were shattered and laid
away by the atmospheric snorter that reg
istered at the weather bureau as a tem
porary visitor late Thursday afternoon.
At 10:45 Thursday night the wind was
Mowing noisily along at the rate of sixty
si & miles an hour, iort of discouraging
the ambition of the Wright aeroplanes.
At t a. m. the, velocity was sixty miles
an hour, and the energy was tremendous
still.
. At 7 Friday morning the fiends that ride
the storms had tamed their gait to forty
. two miles In the hour; but on the second
(lap thereafter. , 'at o'clock, they had hit
il up again to forty-eight miles, and com
l:ig without a halt.
i t You can data things rrom mis siorm, as
Tlia folks do In Ireland from "the night of
the big wind." That time airaosi every
thtng blew away but the Island and the
faith that St. Patrick had planted In tbe
light hearts that live Jong. A few sprigs
of shamrock were the only other exoep- j
tlon. and tho explanation was that the dear
Illttlo plant turned thraa sides to a wind
blowing ona way. '
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They hava a story in Norway that a wind
once blew tho Ice out of the frozen fjords
and the suction brought Ilia fish ashore,
saving tha fishermen from starvation.
This did not happen on tho Missouri, be
cause there la stilt a trickle of running
water here and there In the channel; but
the river depression accommodated vol
umes tf helter-skelter, Tam o" Bhanter
fuNKliK'sa that even the fish wlU remember.
tSallna sea Is still in Its old locale, but
word comes In that many a summer bun
galow has lost a corner here and there,
with an occasional roof, that ara possibly
frisking about at ItJie Manawa, or farther
in the distance.
Hilly Budge telegraphs from North Da
kota that Jud LaMourea wind factory Is
working again, and tha report can well
bu taken as true. This factory Is located
just north of Pigs-Eye bend on the Ited
River of the North, near tha point tha
northern Minnesota prairie Joins tha Dakota
blizzard belt. The streams flow north In
that Immediate region, thus reaching back
to QApelle and Klondike gulch, also lap
ping over Moose Jaw,' '
The Bee's farmer .boy from Orundysen
itrevlnct asserts that on Joyce's prairie, in
Minnesota, they one were handed a windy
message from LaMoure's plant which killed
all of a nice bunch of steers except one
prise youngster. He wasn't killed unul
the next auminet1, and was still chilled
aneal. Old man Vtlcoxsen from Webfoot
cteek neighborhood said It put him In mind
cf old times before people got Into me
bfblt ot saving Ice for summer. They
aVcd to do all tha freealng In winter.
Soma of the Feat a res.
Folks out In tha Webster street school
district assert that boards were blown oft
the fences.
I'edestrlsns navigating uphlU on tha out
1 lug street car lines had to tack, and back,
and beat their way to tha atreet corners
by using all tha tricks of the crack sum
mer yachtsman, unconsciously. -' Tha ba
skirted cltUens had an especially tough
proposition to face, where they had any
distance to go to reach a car. Caught in
bewildering cross currents of wind at every
kiep, fighting to maintain their footing,
with shivery gusta snatching the very
breath from their bodies, 'twas nothing less
than bravery that was exhibited by women
and girls striving to report for duty on
.lime.
Once down town, on alighting from street
is, it was sgsln a fight.. On upper
1 irnim, the city hall and tha Bee corner
pioved particularly - difficult places to
Phss. Women had to be helped to tha side
walk from the street by passing men,
'and several women were In danger of
broken limbs by being tossed bodily against
the iron corner supports of the welcome
sich in front of tha city hall. Even the
whistling kids who wanted to convey the
impression Of "never feased me" let go
their tunes at these spots.
Iron brackets half an inch In diameter
were blown out 'of the walla on tha north
end of the city halt, and many or them
littered the alley In tha rear.
Rash rMlsese4.
The excavation for the new ' Brandels
building at the corner of Seventeenth and
f ) ) 1HJUI
7v ri'!
j iKiuglsa streets is a rush Job. but tha men
teams wero noi warding iwm,
when winter building must atop In
Cmaha, for the first tlma sine that cua-
t' m was established. Even Insida work on
bindings oirly partially enclosed was
brought to a standstill. Construction of air
tastiea, too, was abandoned to give oon-
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VICINITY-Fair and continued cold
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MIlxAIIA.
Congressman Kinkald. In letter to a con
stituent, lines up with the so-called In
surgents In the house. Fags 3
Ransom and companions of Douglas
county trlumvemte crack the whip and
democratic optionlsts vote to kill hill fm'
early cloning of saloons. Speaker Pool
buiy lining up recalcitrant member of
the house. Fags 1
Worst blizzard In ten years sweep over
nortii Nebraska and has Its center at
Norfolk, where traffic Is tied up.
Fare 1
Storm area covers middle west end l
moving eastward and southward, warn
ings having been sent in advance to gulf
state. Fags 1
DOMESTIC.
South Dakota Live Stock association
changen place of annual show and sales
from Mitchell" to Bronklns. Fage 1
LEQISIiATTBB.
Representative Chase of Chase intro
duced a bill to provide for a normal school
at Crawford. Faga 3
X.OCAT.
Mayor Dahlman declares himself to a
finish. Faga 6
Bee report of Harrlman's latest move
Is verified. 1 Faga 6
. Judge Munger Is doing well. Faga 1
Omaha merchants plan more trade ex
cursions, 'age IS
Shippers seek to have Interstate com
mission stay rates. Faga
Thursdany night's storm a record
breaker Faga 1
eoMMxmciAXi akd mociTxjxa.
Live stock markets. Faga IS
Oraln markets. Faga 15
Stocks and bonds. ' Fags 15.
KOTXMXHTS OF OCEAN STEAMSUFS.
Frt. Salld. Arrll.
KBWT TORK Moltke. Adrlat
ttmW YORK VcdoiI
ST JOHN'S. N. B. ... Montreal
RATE BILLIS ADVANCED
Soath Dakota I.raUlatare la Now Fa
ring: Important Qaestlons In
Both Branches.
PI ERR K, ft. V., Jan. .-(8pecial Tele
gramsThe railroad committee of the sen
ate did a little railroading of Its own In
thst body today when It advanced the rate
bill one day by suspension of the rules and
placed It In position where the members
can act upon It tomorrow If they so desire.
Senator Stokes secured the recall of tho
herd law bill from the committee on state
affairs and secured its reference to the sen
ator from west of the Missouri river, In
which he was opposed by Hare. But he
won his point.
Among the senate bills presented today
were a new pure food law and a resolution
memorallzlng congress for free lumber and
timber.
Among house bills presented were one tq
carry out further the state request to se
lect lieu lands for forest reserve lands and
one appropriating money for the manufai-
tjre and distribution of hog cholera serum
at the Agricultural college.
The fight on the pure drug bill Introduced
by the druggists' association started early
and lasted for more than an hour, Food
Commissioner Wheaton being an Interested
listener. Attempts to amend, to put the en
forcement vf the 14 under control of com
missioner were voted down and after cut
ting out the appropriation portion of the
blllMt was passed by vote of 88 to 9. This
practically settles the fate of the drug bill
prepared by CommiaslonervWheaton.
The houEe passed the bill to allow terms
cf court to be held in other than county
seats of counties when itame are three miles
or more from a railroad, affronting Hutch
inson county alone.
' Tha house committee reported favorably
on the tuberculosis hospital at Custer and
on the equal suffrage amendment to the
constitution.
The county option petition Is finally ready
and will be presented in both houses at to
morrow's session.
SERIOIS
KIRK
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I.KTC HER
PrlaHaar Office and Bank Destroyed
Wbll Water Kr r.
MITCHELL, B. D., Jan. 29. -i Special Tele
gram.) The Uttle town of .etcher had a
serious fire this afternoon that threatened
to bum the entire town. The fire origi
nated in the Chronicle printing office, which
as completely destroyed, and the Citixe-na'
State bank was also burned, sit hough all
Ipapeia, books, etc., were placed In the
vault. The fire engine failed to work at
first on account or being frosen up, but
later it was put in working order and tha
fire was put under control. A very high
wind prevailed and made the affair a seri
ous one lor the time being.
fw Reseat af Kdarat ion.
PIERRE, 8. D., Jan. 29 (Special Tele
gram.) The governor today appointed T.
W. Dwtght of Sioux Falls as a member of
tha Board of Regents of education.
HEAD OF SOLDIERS' HOME DEAD
Colonel B. I.. Dndley lierinka to
ra.aa.anl. at Hat spring.,
oath Da Wats.
HOT SPRINGS. 8. D., Jsn. t9.-Spectal
Telegram.) Colonel B. L. Dudley, com
mandant of tha state soldiers' home, died
Isst night of pneumonia, after an Illness of
three days. Tha body will be taken to
Oanlatota, 8. v., his former home, for
burial. Largely attended services were held
at tha home today. Colonel Dudley being
greatly esteemed and pogulsj. .ttUUlf ..hoth
veteran! and clliajJ '
Train Leaves Track at Dorchester
and Frelabt Traffic Is Abandoned
an Account of Wind
and Json.
HASTTNOg, Neh., Jan. IS.-tSpeclal.)-Central
and western Nebraska were last
night caught fast In the grip of one of the
most severe storms experienced In this
section for a number of years. For fifteen
hums, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon, the disturbance raged with all the
force of an old-time blixzard. Minor dam
age to property was widespread and much
Fiiffering was caused among live stock.
At sunrise this morning, when the wind
began to lessen In velocity, Hastings was
almost completely Isolsted, only a few tele
phone and telgraph wires to nearby towns
being In commission. Since then there has
been a gradual Improvement.' hut this aft
ernoon the conditions were still far from
normal.
In this rilv the high wind ployed havoc
with slgnbonrels trees, electric wires, win
dows and vehicles that had been left un
protected. The front and rear ends of the
Foy livery barn on Third street were
blown out. The upper part of the front of
the Htanner flreenfleld stable on the
north of Court House square held for only
a short time under the terrific pressure. A
large plate glass window at the Brooke
drug store wss shattered, causing some
damage to the stock Inside. Iirge sign
boards In many places were forcer over.
Dellvei-y wagons that had been left stand
Ins In front of stables were hadly dam
aged. A buggy was blown half a block
from in front of the Jones Implement house
and almost completely shattered.
Telegraph Lines Dam saved.
The most extensive damage was sustained
fcy the telephone and telegraph companies.
All Nebraska Telephone company long-distance
linos lending out of Hastings were
down except a. few to points north and
south. Oram! Island and Blue Hill were
the only pluces of any note that could be
reached over that system. Intermittent
communication wns possible, as far east
as Fairmont. The Independent long-distance
lines suffered In a like degree. All tele
graph wires to the east, except a few to
Lincoln, were down. There was no com
munication with Omaha nor with other
points east or Lincoln. Railroad wires were
badly crippled. One dispatcher's wire was
working through on the Burlington as far
west as MeCook.
All trains In an.t out of Hastings were
late from one to five hours. Westbound
trains experienced the most difficulty on
account of tho high winds. Burlington
train No. 1, the premier pasaenger carrier
of the Hill line through Iowa and Nebraska,
was put way behind its schedule for the
first time in over a ear. This train was
due at 6:46," but it came trailing ,lnto Has
tings over five hours late. For fhora than
twelve months this train has arrived In
Denver within a few mlnutoa of schedule
time, but last night's storm waa more than
It could overcome. Even when it detoured
by the way of Aurora, some six weeks ago,
on account of the wreck at Sutton, it made
up three hours of lost time on the pull
through Nebraska.
Local Freight. Abandoned.
Nearly alt local freight trains were at a
standstill last night and this morning and
local passenger trains, except those that
carried mail, were not started until well
toward noon.
The storm followed a two weeks' period
of remarkably mild, almost summer-like,
weather, which prevailed generally
throughout this part of Nebraska. The
dense fog of yesterday morning, which ob
scured tho sun and made the lighting
plants nere work to their limit, was the
only warning of tha sudden change that
came shortly after noon. This wind blew
at a velocity of nearly fifty miles an hour
and until after midnight was accompanied
by snow and sleet. The temperature re
mained mild during the early part of the
storm Just warm enough to allow the
snow to pile up on trees and wires and
break them down. Even In the night the
fall In temperature was small, but the high
wind, with the blowing snow, made the
disturbance one of great severity for those
who were compelled to tye out.
Temporary Station Strikes Train.
FREMONT, Neb., Jan. 29. (Special.) One
of the severest wind storms that ever
visited the vicinity prevailed here- last
night. Signs were blown 'down, bulliten
boardj sma-ihed and many branches blown
off trees. The iron stack of the Fidelity
laundry was blown down, csrryln- a pe.yt
of the south wall with It. The Northwest
ern held up their trains last night on ac
count of tho weather. Telegraph wires
were down east of the city and the tele-
phone company had many 'phones out of
commission. At Rawhide side track, east
of Fremont an old box car which waa doing
temporary duty as a station, while
telcigraph office was being built waa blown
on to the main track and as pectal freight
collided with it, derailing tho engine. The
storm was i severe that the engineer was
unablo to see the car.
NORFOLK. Neb., Jan. .-ne of the
most tcrrlfie blizxards since 18SS raged all
night In Norfolk and west and north of
this city for a distance of 120 miles. Wet
blinding snow, driven by a high northwest
gale, completely filled the air throughout
the night. Morning brought clearer at
mosphere. Reports recalved at Northwest
ern railroad headquarters here show that
Norfolk was the center of the storm's
severity, the snow belt reaching west to
Lon Pine and south Into the southern part
of the state. From two to four inches of
snow fall. Train traffic was tied up for
the night, a number of passenger train
waltlnr t Norfolk all night Traffic w
resumed this morning, however, In moat
dlreetlrna out of Norfolk.
Near Nellgh a high loaded furniture nr
was picked out of a moving freight train
by the wind and dropped out on the right-
of-way. Tha wreckage was cleared at
o'clock this morning. The temperature
throughout tha storm area ranged from
10 to 30 degrees above sere. Aa tha IIva
stock range country Is west and north of
tha snow belt, fears that stock may hava
suffered severely hava been dispelled.
Traffle Impeded at Beatrice.
BEATRICES, Neb., Jan. .-Speclal Tele
gram.) The storm which has been raging
hers since last night la subsiding. Tha
property damage iu the city will amount
to several thoussnd dollars. Traffic on the
railroads is badly impeded. The Burling
ton managed to operate trains on tha Wy
more-LJncoln division todsy. Psssenger
train No. (T from Nebraska City is stuck
In a snowdrift east of Beatrice. Trains on
J Continued oa fifth Fa.)
From the New York World.
STORM COVERS MIDDLE WEST
Rain, Snow and Sleet Driven by Wind
Block Traffic.
TRAINS ARE STALLED IN IOWA
Demoralised Condition of Telegraph
Dae to Meet. Bllssard Covers
Section Kxteadlns Far
Into South.
Bt'LLETIN.
WASHINGTON, Jsn. 29.-In the grssp of
storm that is sweeping eastward with
increasing severity and extent Is almost
tha entire country east of tha eastern
Rocky Mountain slope. Rain, snow and
sleet are fa'Ilng and Mgh winds and gales
blowing In -all these states and shipping
In the Atlantic coast, all the way ' from
New Tork to Jacksonville and along the
Mexican gulf coast, has been warned of
the advancing storm. A cold snsp is in
the wake of the storm.
CHICAGO, Jan. 29. Rain, snow, sleet and
a high wind, which reached a maximum
of seventy-two miles at Kansas City, cre
ated climatic chaos In the middle west to
day. Trains were delayed and telegraph
wires were down west of St. Louis and
north of Chicago. The barometer in the
office of the local weather bureau stood
at 29, the minimum record here but little
higher than tho known record anywhere in
the country. Although the middle west was
In the clutches of a gale which wrought
some property damage In various sections,
and, as in Iowa, took on the guise of a
blirzard, no serious damajre was reported.
Serloas Damage In Mlssoarl.
The most serious damage reported in
early dispatches was at La Monte, Mo.,
where the roof of the opera house was
blown against a freight train. Injuring two
persons. The weather map Issued today
waa In a way almost without precedent.
The isobars indicating points of equal air
pressure wound like a lop-sided spiral over
the middle west, centering In Chicago,
where the gale was expected to break
later In the day and extending as far west
Omaha, where the barometer reading was
eight-tenths higher. Wires were down in
every direction. West, of Chicago It was
possible for only four states and territories
California. Nevadu. New Mexico and
Arizona to get In their reports, which was
accomplished by using unaffected wires
south along the Mexican borders. The
wind blew seventy miles in hour st Spring
field. Mo., forty-six at Bt. Louis, sixty-six
at Omaha, thirty-six at Des Moines and
Detroit and fortjr-elght at Galveston. At
the time these reports were received the
velocity In Chicago was only eight miles,
but the result of the storm, traveling from
Kansas, where It started yesterday, and
moving toward Lake Michigan, has Justi
fied the prediction of a gale before sun
down, with snow and a sharp fsll In tem
perature. The demoralized condition of the
telegraph wires west was attributed to
sleet. The general offices of ths Chicago,
Rock Island A Pacific railroad for many
hours were unable to learn tha whereabouts
of trains stalled or delayed in a blisxard
in Iowa.
At 1 p. m., with conditions somewhat Im
proved west and north, the first sting of
the storm wss felt In Chlcsgo. The wind
shifting to the north, registered eighteen
miles and waa rapidly Increasing, accom
panied by snow, sn uncertain wire com
munication with St. Paul and Minneapolis
was restored, but Milwaukee wss cut off
from Chicago. A makeshift service was
nlso patched up between St. Louis, Omaha
and Kansas City. Conditions were still bad
in Iowa. At Creston the storm waa said
to be the worst in twenty-five yesrs.
Madison, Wis., where tha legislature has
been endeavoring to elect a senator, Steph
enson lacking but one vote of election yes
terday, was Isolsted until 1:30 p. m. At
tempts to ascertain the result of today s
ballot were made without avail. A tele
phone messags which got through from
Milwaukee reported the velocity of tha
wind at eighty-two miles an hour.
Hen.es In reefed at St. Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Jan. 2.-The worst
storm In this locality in many years has
raged during ths last eighteen hours. It
started with a warm rain, the mercury al
most at summer heat, which turned to
sleet and snow with fretting temperature.
The wind attained, great velocity and dur
ing the night a number of houses were
jCootlnued. pa FUlb, Pg
SEEING IT AGAIN I
TAFT DENIES RAINEY'S CHARGE
Brother of President-Elect Say. He
. Had No Connection with
C'roiuTrell.
WASHINGTON. JAN. 2S.-As soon as ho
could get the floor todny Representative
Rslney of Illinois read to the house the
telegram which he received from C. P.
Taft yesterday, In which the brother of
the president-elect denied that ho has ever
had any business association with William
Nelson Cromwell or any Interest at any
time in the Isthmus of Panama.. In his
message he asked Mr. Rainey to retract
lils statements regarding Mr. Taft which
ho .made In his speech on Tuesday.
"The country will be glad to know that
Mr. Tsft's name is being used there with
out his consent." he said.'
Following la the' tsxt of C. T. Tsffs
telegram to Mr. Raimw:
HAVANA, JAW. S7, 90.-I assume vou
have been misled Into uttering the sheer
snd absolute falsehoods concerning me.
You are reported to lave spoken. 1 have
never had any business association of nny
kind or . description past present or pro
spective with Wllllsm Nelson Cromwell,
nor any Interest cf sny kind or with any
body present, past or prospective on the
Isthmus of Panama and I confidently rely
upon your loyalty to the truth to retract
what you said about me In the same high
place where you made yourself respon
sible for those misstatements.
CHARLES P. TAFT.
Mf. Ralney also read a letter printed in
newspapers from Randolph G. Ward of
New Tork relieving Mr. Cromwell of the
responsibility for the attempt to obtain
the much criticised railroad franchise
from the Panamo. Mr. Rainey also had
the clerk read a report of an Interview
with the secretary of W. 8. Harvey of
New Y'ork, mentioned In connection with
railroad and timber grants In Panama.
"The trouble with all these gentlemen
is that they take particular pains to deny
things I do not say," said Mr. Rainey.
Representative Lovering of Massachu
setts read u tetter from William Nelson
Cromwell In which he said that except a
small block of stock In the electric light
company of Panama, ha never had had,
"and had not now any Interest of any
I kind In any concession or other business
affair, in any part of tha republic, of
Panama." '
Mr. Lovering added that everyone knew
that Mr. Rainey "had been filled up with
material from a well known source." Mr.
Rainey was on his feet In an instant, de
manding what this source was.
"The New York World." responded Mr.
Lovering.
Mr. Rainey denied this statement.
HUNT FOR MOUNTAIN LION
Reward Ozfered for BlaT Animal
Guilty of Dearedatloas Near
Callaway.
CALLAWAY. Neb., Jan. 16. (Speclal.)-A
report came Into town yesterday that tho
mountain tlon, which has been reported as
running at large In the territory southwest
cf here, had killed two children while they
were on their way to school; however, the
report has proved erroneous. The animal
was seen Tuesday afternoon by Mr. Copass,
residing about twelve miles southwest of
here, catching a smalt calf out of his
pasture. He wss not far distant from It,
and upon yelling at the animal it dropped
the calf, which It .was carrying away, and
disappeared in a corn field. Mr. Copses
called In a number of the neighbors and a
search was made for the animal, but with
out result. Its tracks were plain in the
plowed ground and measured five and a
quarter Inches across. Mr. Copaaa ssys
the animal looked like an African lion to
him. having a broad, shsggy head. It killed
the calf and. picking It up in Its mouth,
carried it along like a cat carries her
kitten. Just where the animal's hiding
place is cannot be ascertained, although a
hunt was made by men and dogs for It
Dogs do not appear to want to take up
tha trail of the animal, and, upon getting
scent of It will turn and come back to
their masters. Several huntsi and round
ups have been made for It, but no ona
aeema to be able to get sight of It when
he has a gun with hire. There is now talk
of advertising a certain day and attempt
ing to get about 60C men to Join in the
round-up. An offer of has been made
for the animal's hide, it is said, by a Iiex
ington ssloon keeper.
Killed la Boardina House Fire.
ARDMORE. Okl., Jan. 9 Fire destroyed
several boarding houses here today. T. V.
LlttWjohn of McKlnnty, Tex., was cre
mated ud his ' wife probably fatally
burned, The were en Uitir uuucytnotm.
STORM STOPS MANY TRAINS
Knocks All Schedules Hard, Letting
No Guilty Line Escape.
OMAHA ROAD IS HARDEST HIT
Snow In Cute Piles la to Serb, an Ex
tent that Abandonment of
Many Trains Is Found
Necessary.
;Tratns In snd out of Omaha were con
siderable delayed Friday morning and the
train, service considerably demoralized be
cause of the lsck of Information, tho wires
In all directions bclrg down.
The Burlington train from the northwest
was on time, but ether Burlington trains
were from one to three hours late. Burling
ton No. f was one and one-half hours late,
having been caught behind a freight train
which was stuck at Mlnden. The Burling
ton train from Kansas City was also one
and one half hours late, having been delayed
at Parkville, Mo., by a freight car which
was blown from a switch train across the
main line.
Trains from the east were all late, the
Rock Island being unable to get any
report as to their trains. Northwestern
trains from the north are three and four
hours lato and the Omaha train was aban
doned to 8ioux City Friday morning.
Omaha Road Hit Hardest.
The Omaha road seemed to be the hardest
hit of any running into Omaha, and all
trains were reported abandoned Friday
morning. The superintendent said that In
many of the cuts there from four to six
feet of snow and more than that on some
branches. A train was started from Omaha
for the north Friday afternoon and alju
one from Sioux City toward Omaha.
Two engines became stalled in the snow
tn the north yards Thursday night and
blocked the traffic on both the Omaha and
the ' Missouri Pacific. These were dug
out and the rails opened after several hours
delay.
The- Missouri Pacific train from Kansas
City had a hard fight working its way
north against the high wind. At one point
between Nebraska City snd Union the train
was moving along at sbout twenty miles
an hour with all steam up that the fireman
could possibly make. Jn spite of all
efforts on the part of the engineer the
train came to a dead stop, as the engine
waa not able to make any headway what
ever against the wind.
The Union Pacific had one wire working
as far as Grand Island by noon Friday
The Burlington had no wires east of Pa
ciflc Junction.
Great Weittra Not la.
Neither of the Great Western trains dua
Friday morning has been heard from. The
Chicago train and the St. Paul train were
due at 7:30 and 8:80 a. m. They have not
arrived and as the wires ara down have
noi oeen neard rrom.
The Milwaukee's Overland Limited, due
at 8 a. m., is somewhere in Iowa, but has
not been heard from, as it has not reached
a station wnicn is reached by a wire in
operation.
'The Wabash train from St. Louis is lost
somewhere and no report can be had from
It.
The Northwestern Overland Limited ar
rived at 1:W p m., six hours late. No
report has been had from the Illinois Cen
tral Chicago train or from the Rock Island
trains In Iowa. -
MITCHELL LOSES STOCK SHOW
South Dakota Society Select. Breok
' as Its Neat Mertla
Plare.
MITCHELL. 8. D.. Jan. 29-(peclal
Telegram. )-The following officers were
elected this morning for tbe South Dakota
Improved Live Stock association: Presi
dent, J. M. Erlon of Mitchell; first vice
president, Albert Hill of Alexandria; sec
ond vice presidents, P. W. Peterson of Ver
mllion. J. M. Duiimlre of Scotland, K. L.
Spurllng of Brookings; T. N. Babcock of
Watertown; secretary and treasurer, James
W. Wilson. At the meeting of the execu
tive committee this morning the place of
location for the stock sale and show was
changed from Mitchell to Brookings, muiii
to the surprise of Mitchell people, as the
show and sale had been located here per
manently by the members of tbe associa
tion. Four membcra of the hoard assumed
ths right of the nitm.bejrs and ctiajjg.d jUje
locgUviit
OFTIONISTS FALL IN LINE
At Command of Trio They Vote to
Kill Saloon Bill.
BRYAN CALLED TO A SHOWDOWN
Speaker Pool end Other In Hnn.e
Trying (o Line I p Member In
That Body Who Are Rest
ive I nder Restrain).
(From a P'.sff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Jan. 29. -(Special. )-Afler a
halt day of politics In the, senate, It w;is
made plain todsy that while the democi..-i
msy divide occasionally, when the time
comes for action on any measure the Doug
las county corporation trlumvlrato has de
creed must go, so carefully has the or
ganisation by the On. alia gentlemen ben
effected and so skilfully have the lines of
Interest been Interwoven to draw all classts
of democrats Into their fold that they can
secure the votes even g;ilnst phtlges that
some cf the "reformers'' have made.
After a little Internecine warfare over the
payment of employes, the senate decided in
pay Its assistants only for the time they
have been actually employed. There wh.1
some bitter feeling In remarks that passed
between Senators Howell of Douglas Hiid
Ollls of Valley and tlie Douglas county
statesman was accused of trying to pet a
clerk of his vommltu-e on the payroll who
has never yet appeared In Lincoln to as
sume any of his duties.
A Mtle later on the question of post
poning S. F. l:il by King of Polk, a repub
lican, a bill to prpvide for closing saloons
between 7 p. m. and 7 a. m. over the state,
was Indeflntely postponed with the assist
ance of Senators Miller of 1-ancaster. OUis
of Valley, Donohoe of Holt and Bodlnsoti
or Jluffiilo, who have been active In tli
county option camp and who have been In
consultation privately for tho fut Iterance of
tho option chuise. The vote of Senator
Miller of Lancaster against the plan of
saloon control In vogue in his own city of
Lincoln was explained on the theory thai
so many personalities had been Injected Int j
the debate that he- could not support the
measure against which he admitted he li.'id
no positive prejudice.
C'aasr Some Sore Spots,
At a meeting nf county option senators
hold at Senator Millers housm early in the
session, tho above named democratic sen
ators, with republican optionlsts conferred
over Cie attitude they were to take on
bills affecting the liquor traffic and the
agreement was then made to stand to
gether and the King bill among others i
was then discuased. The complete change
of the "reform" senators, showing them
amenable to DouglHS county discipline wa.s
therefore the cause of more sore snot
among the optionlsta and more side re
marks than any action yet taken by the
senate has brought forth. Especially the
action of 8enator Miller of Ijincaster has
caused a big rumpus among the optionlsts.
He fnslsts he will be found In linn on the
option cause, but In his home city where
he was put In office by republican votes,
the men who bolted their ticket to sup
port him now find him tied up with the
Douglas interests snd sre going out in
bsck lots in spite of the stormy weather
to kick themselves.
Tn explaining himself on his vote on the
question of postponing the King bill Sen
ator Wilts of Cedar said: "Not to take
any Issue with anyone, but simply for the
purpose of being consistent, I will vote
no."
Senator Miller did not explain his vole,
but afterward sulci:
"if the senste had not Injected per
sonalities Into the question the other side
could have secured at least four more
votes. You will find me in line on option
Just the same."
The Douglas county senate organizers
left the chamber after the scrap smiling
In their sleeves. ,
Trouble began Immediately on the report
of the Judiciary' committee, of which Sen
ator Ransom is chairman, to postpone 8. F.
131 Indefinitely. King moved to amend tho
report by placing the hill on general file,
and in speaking of his motion announced
the purpose of his bill to be to extend
to the state the system of saloon closing
In Lincoln.
"For some reeson," declared the senator,
there appears to be in the senate a de
termination to scrutinize every Wit I In
troduce most carefully and to postpone as
many of them as It may be possible to do,
while other senators hsve but to ask the
committee for the privilege of putting .their
bills on general file, even If the committee
la opposed to them, and the desire Is
granted.
"I do not crave any distinction in the
present Instance, but if I did I would ask
nothing more than the opposition of the
combined majority led by tha triumvirate
from Doug-las county."
He referred to the theory of standing be
hind a standing committee report, no mat
ter what it was as Cannnnlsm, and hoped
the members would act Independently,
"Don't stifle Irgltdatlon," he said In clos
ing. Itansem la Conciliatory.
This speech was like a red rag to Sen
ator Ransom, who discoursed on the plsn of
submitting a bill to a committee to save
the work of the entire membership and
expedite business and at ones referred to
the "triumvirate" which Senator King
has pointed out.
"I don't know what has come over (he
senator from Polk that he should point to
the Douglas county delegation as a tri
umvirate," said Mr. Ransom. "I don't
don't know that the senator has attracted
ths especial attention of anybody except
by the number of bills he has introduced
and by the length of time he has taken in
discussing them.
"The senator's sssault upon the three
members of the Douglas county delegation Is
a violation of the courtesy of the house. 1
challenge him to point to a single thing
that Is dishonorable on the part of any of
the three members from this county." i
After enlarging- on the importance of
Omaha ' and the courtesy of the Omaha
senators In ptopltiating the demand of
the farmer members and their eagurnaaa
to do anything for the senate and tha state
that was light and just, be declared Sen
ator King had Introduced more hiUa than
any three other men. Ha asked the ami
all AO la CuUAlsUAIU.a Ui Atllffit JeVfjTga