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V The Omaha Bee v... VOL. XXXVIII NO. 197. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1900. SINGLE COPiT TWO CENTS. CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER RECAST FOn MONDAT Partly t. y and warmer. Daily This is Science's Century AGREE ON ONE PLEDGE t perature at umana yesterday; Many Older and More Prominent Me .f TfW Are Hot Re-elected. n Democratic Legislators Make Slow Progress in Redeeming Promises. FOUR WEEKS OF SESSION GONE LOVELAND OPENS THAT SERIES Begins Discourses Connected with Charge of Proselyting. RAFS THE "MINISTERIAL FOSSIL" Saya Minister at Today Mast Be In Sympathetic Toorh with Ntn World Life Not aa Age of Dogmas. mW .-TP "V "V " , . Jb, rv. t "V 1.- a f v 15 if w I b Is" i, 1 HEADS OF COMMITTEES RETIRE Problem of Reorganisation Begins to Trouble Leaden. ALEXANDER FOR WATERWAYS Western Member Obejct to Buffalo Man at Successor for Burton. THREE IMPORTANT CHAIRMEN nrcnirii Maiat Be Feaad for Hfp. bin, Jenkins and Orerstreet Several Ranking Member Alio Oil. WASHINGTON. Jan. St. With the con veiling of a near congress scarcely more than a month distant, the selection of the stsndlng commltteea of the next house and particularly the award of chairmanship, has become the subject of keen speculation and ource of some anxiety. The understanding among members gen erally is that the rule of the seniority will bo followed In selecting chairmen, but there may be aonie exceptions. In cssei In which the. chairmen are re-elected. It Is expected that tbty will be retained In their present Pisces with the possible exception of Mr. Fowler of New Jersey, chairman of the committee on banking and currency. There are. however, some Important committees whose chairmen will not be members of the next house, and the selection of their successors Is csuslng no little speculation. Among these rommltteea are those on the Judiciary, where Mr. Jenkins of Wis consin Is chairman; Interstate and foreign commerce. Colonel , Hepburn, Iowa, as chairman; rivers and harbors. Bonator eicct Burton, chairman, and poatofflces and post roads. Mr. Overstreet of Indiana, chairman. These are four of the most Im portant committees of the house and the chairmanship of each ia highly prised. Objection to Alexander. The name of Representative Do Alava 8. Alexander of Buffalo. N. T., Is atrongly mentioned In connection with two of these committees. He will be the ranking mem ber of the committee on rivers and harbors after Chairman Burton of Ohio takes his sest In the senate. With the renewed agitation In the middle west for waterways Improvement there has sprung up a keen desire to keep the chairmanship of the rlvera and harbora committee In that ter ritory. For this reason Mr. Alexanders appointment as chairman does not appeal to tne western representation. The western members want Rrprcsenta- tivea James M. Davidson of Wisconsin, who ranks after Mr. Iawrence and cornea from a state that loses the Important chairman ship of the' jnrtaiy.'' Vlie Interstate and foreign commerce and postofficn and post r ada commltteea also are being paired Unless Colonel Hepburn of Iowa desires lo contest for Ills seat In the house, and the chairmanship of the committee on inter slates and foreign commerce ia left vacant on that account, there will be a big problem to be solved In that committee. The ranking member below Mr. Hepburn Is James Sherman, vice president-elect, Next comes Messrs. Wanger of Penneyl vania and Mann of Illinois, respec lively. The tatter's activity on the floor of the house and In this committee Is being urged as a reason why he should be given the appointment. roat office Chairman. The suggestion has been made that Mr, Wenger be appointed chairman of the post- office and post roads committee to succeed Chairman Overstreet of Indiana, retired. Representative William II. Stafford of Wisconsin may be pressed for the post- office chairmanship, although John J. Gardner of New Jersey, who outranks him pn that committee. Is said to be satisfied with the chairmanship of the committee on labor. Representative Nehemlah D. Sperry of Connecticut, the oldest man In the house and chairman of the committee on alcoholic liquor traffic, ia among the other members of the postofflre committee mentioned as possible successor to Mr. Overstreet as chairman. It ia generally conceded that Representa tive Perkins (New York) will suocecd Mr. Cousins of Iowa as chairman of tho com mittee on foreign affairs. WILLIAM FATAL IS DEAD War Correspondent, Who Was Cham ol Henry M. Stanley, Dies la at. Loots. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 31. William Fayal, once I star reporter and war correspondent, who refused editorial positions repeatedly be cause his ambition was to be a good re porter, died last night of old age at the Memorial home. His active career aa a reporter ended when he was 64 years old. He was 8 years old. Fayal was a chum of Henry M. Stanley, and for a time they had a room together before Stanley went to the New York Her aid and became famous by finding Living atone In Africa, Fayal was born In 18 in Otsrgo county New York. ( For the lsst five years Fayal and his wife, who was All. la Jackson of Lock port. N. Y., have lived at the Memorial home. Final Pnymrnt to Slaaa. SIOUX FALU3. 8. 1,, Jsn. M.-tSpeclal.) The n)ork of making a payment aggre gating tlt.Ott) to the Sioux Indiana belonging at Yankton agency has been concluded by agents of the I'nlted Stales government. This was the last annuity payment to be made these Indians under the terms of the treaty of lie. Another payment of $775 per Indlun will suon be made to the Yankton Sioux by the federal government. The money will bo paid only lo such of the Indiana aa wish to receive it as the final payment on lands which the, govt foment purchased from them some years agtl and opened to white settle ment. The Yankton Sioux made a good bargain with (ha government when (he land wre surrendered and alnce that time many thousands of dollars have been dis tributed among them as payment for the land nod interest on the purchase price. Many of the Indiana have saved their enoney and are quite prosperous, owning small nerds of cattle and horses, good (arms and delate their attention to firming and stock raising on quite an extensive scale, but theie are a number who have failed to take Wantage of their opportunities, squandering the generous sums which the government has dtatrlbuted among them from Vase to time, and now are la very poor fliaaclal circumstance Hour. Ueg. . 6 a. m 2 a. m 2 7 a. m t x a. m S a. m 5 10 a. m C It a. m ( 12 m 16 1 p. m IS 2 p. m ?: 3 p. m M 4 p. m "o h p. m 25 8 p. m 2R 7 p. m 25 OPTION FIGHT IN INDIANA Prospect that Attempt of Democrats to Repeal liir Passed Last Fall Will Fall. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Jan. 31.-fnles the democrats of the state legislature get together In their caucus tomorrow night there seems little chance to repeal the county local option law, adopted by the special session of the legislature Isst Sep tember. A special caucus of the demo cratic representatives last Thursday ended, when several members who opposed the repeal, left the room during a heated argu ment. A second caucus called for Friday night failed tor lack of a quorum. A special committee of six. three of the members being those who opposed the re peal of the law, has so far failed to draft bill that would satisfy both factions. This committee will meet again before the caucus tomorrow night. A bill prepared by the temperance members will be con sidered by the committee. The bill con tains the township and ward local option features, as advocated in the democratic state platform, but has no clause repealing the county option law. The enactment of tills measure would bring about the so- called dual option and would have a more far reaching effect than the present law. The senate Is controlled by the republicans, while democrats are In the majority in the house. The operating of the county option law has been watched with Interest by the legislature. Thirty-two of the ninety-two counties of the states are without aaloons, nine of them having so voted since the county option went Into effect. The other twenty-three were made "dry" by re monstrances. Four counties will hold elec tions under the county option law this week. LINCOLN EXERCISES IN TENT Only 4,000 Can Witness Laying; Cor nerstone of Memorial Hall by President Roosevelt. LOUISVILLE, Ky Jan. SI. Only the number of people who can be called Into a great tent will be permitted to witness near Hodgrnville, Ky., on February II, the exercises commemorating the centen nlary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, when President Roosevelt, Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Galloway, Amabassadors Jusserand and Boyce, Senator Dolllver, former Gov ernor Folk and other prominent men will make addresses. In February roads leading from Hodgen vllle to the ferm where Lincoln was born are by no means smooth, and the short period during which work has been done on the farm alts has provided no shelter large enough for the accommodation of a throng. . A tent which will hold about 4,0)10 people has been provided. In this addresses will be made and the corner stone of the memorial hall be laid by the president. Four trains will be run to Hodgenvill out of Louisville on that day. WOMAN SHOT THROUGH HEART Daughter of General Gerard of t hi es 8 o Accidentally Killed by Brother of Mayor Basse. CHICAGO, Jsn. 31. George Busse, brother of Fred A. Busse, mayor of Chi cago, tonight accidentally shot and killed Mrs. L. C. Tuckerman, 32 years old, of New York. ' The shooting occurred In the Walton apartment building. JD6 North Clark street. Mrs. Tuckerman was visiting her father, General A. C. Gerard, retired, who occu pies an apartment in the building. George Busse, in hi sapartment across the areaway from the Gerard's, wss demon strating the use of a revolver to Bertha Lambke, his housemaid, so that she could use the weapon In case of burglars. Sud denly the revolver was discharged and the bullet went through two windows Into the Gerard apartment and pierced Mrs. Tuck ennan's heart. Mayor Busse was present and aa soon as he learned of the fatal con sequences notified the police. HOPKINS' FRjEOS HOPEFUL ftanatortera of fenatnr Promise a Sara prise Wbik Balloting: Is Res a me 4 Tomorrow. 6PRINFIELD, 111., Jan. 31. The Illinois assembly will resume balloting Tuesday In an effort to break the the senatorial dead lock. Little or no change in the situation Is evident, other than that the calling of a republican caucus to dispose of the contest Is being urged. The caucus Idea apparently Is being re ceived with but little favor, but should one eb held It is generally conceded that the deadlock aoon would disappear. The Hop kins men refuse to be discouraged despite the steady loss experienced by the senator last week. Numerous conferences have been held in an effort to line up the legislators for him. The Hopkins people ssy the vote Tuesday will reveal a surprise through which their candidate will benefit. THROWN AGAINST MOVING SAW Man Formerly of Baffalo M ordered In Sensational Maaaer la Washington. ABERDEEN. 8. D., Jan. 11. A specisl to the Wurld from Oskville saya that Meres Schlfln killed Arthur Gestland yes terday by throwing hlin upon a revolving saw at the Harris mill, nesr Oakville. Bad blood existed between the two. The saw cut its wsy through Gestland's back, dls rmbomtllng him. Sheriff Payette says Geatland formerly waa a fireman on the Lake Shore 4 Michigan Southern and lived in Buffalo. MOTS KIITI Or OCSAJg gTaAJngaTM. Pari Arrin. Balled. KtW YORK T1U0 KliW YORK Mianaasalia MW YORK Km York NKW YoRK Koanls Alawt..., S.EW YORK Panylais NT rnr ?llw4 haltii. south iarTON PkU4lpkla. 1 HHISTIAN1A - MUls Olal. NAPLES , L'.. MOVIlXM RrrrcRDAM.. HA Vgg . OtlaaMi. . RrnSaaL Ls fcrs Rev. Frank L. Loveland, D. D., pastor of First Methodist church, last night preached the first of the series of discourses relative to which he addressed letters to men of other churches, and drew forth the asser tion from other members of the clergy that charges of proselyting would be filed against him In the Ministerial union. The character of the discourses does not enter Into consideration with the alleged prose lyting. The objection the other ministers have found is thst Dr. Loveland "is Invit ing men from our churches to his own." "The Relation of the Minister to Modern Life" waa the aubject of Dr. Loveland s ad dress last night. His addresses give con sideration to the answers he has received from the men to whom he sent these let ters. He deals the doctrinal preecher a blow, pays his compliments to the "minis terial fossil," and declares that "the min ister of today must be in sympathetic touch with the new world life." sihonld Be Practical. In the main. Dr. Loveland said: "Ministers should have more practical conceptions of the business, professional and Industrial world. To acquire these he should know the world of men as well ss the world of books. The theological educa tion Is not sufficient equipment for the modern minister. "For yeais I have sought not only to know the "mind of the Master,' but the mind of the great throbbing, busy world, and its real attitude toward 'Master.' If Christianity and the church are to accom plish their mission todsy they must keep in touch with the present. The ministerial fossil must disappear. Theological fulmlna tlona that belong to the carboniferous age of the church only excite a smile today. Fifty-two sermons a year on 'Baptism,' "Free Grace' or 'The Five Polnta' no longer serve as a magnet to draw men to church. Dullness and piety are not synonymous terms. "The business world is struggling with new problems. The Industrial world has undergone a complete change In the last two decadea. New varletlea of sin are rap- Idly appearing that seem to demand an an nual supplement to the Sermon on tho Mount. The minister of today must be In sympathetic touch with this new world life or he will see the multitude pass his church doors and he will 'waste his sweet ness' on empty pews. "The church never had so great a mission or so vexed a problem as today. "Some would make us believe that the church Is a tottering tower' that the gos pel Is an 'extinct volcano' that the pulpit la 'falling. Into decay,', but. people talk thus when they talk foolishly. Men Art Wot Atheistic. "I find in the replies received In answer to my letters that men are not atheistic, nor violent opponents of the church, aa m the days of old. They are simply In different to its services and unattracted by the pulpit and they give some pretty good reasons not excuses for their atti tude. "I believe It would be a means of grace to every minister and church member In Omaha to read the lettera I have received la the last three weeka. The suggestions they make to the ministry are wholeaome. "First 'Ministers should be more demo cratic' a Prince Albert coat and a white tie no longer serve aa a substitute for enthusiasm for humanity.' "Second "Preachera should be more In dependent,' should refuse to be quasi ob jects of charity; the half fore, the dona tion, the discount, too often make him ap pear aa a mendicant; people 'pay' tho doctor, but they 'give' to the preacher. "Third "The preaching does not meet the demands of the times' two many sermons drip with mildew and smell of the 'barrel.' "Too much stress Is laid on unimportant matter. "If you get the ordinary man to listen to you today It la because you are com petent to interest him petty dogmatisms and theological, trivialities ahould be barred from the pulpit. The following epitaph would be most appropriate for many a minister's tombstone: 'He was a good man, but he couldn't preach.' Then ahould he have been called a 'preacher? No! "Fourth 'The ministrations of the pulpit never so much needed aa today. The issuea of life end death for modern bust ness and social life are in the pulpit. The great longings of the human soul are for comfort, peace and rest. Riches, power nor fame can bring these. Sorrows come to all, high and low alike for in one as well as the other the great agonies of life are located. Into this busy world of commerce, this whirling world of society. this heart-broken world of sorrow, comes the minister with the message of worries. of aspiration and of solace. He la the escort of the angels of rebuke and of com fort. The relation of tho minister to mod ern life should be close, sympathetic and altogether helpful." NAVY YARD REDUCES FORCE Wholesale Dlsehnrare of Men nt Phila delphia Da t Lack of Work. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. SI. -There wss another wholesale discharge of employes at the Philadelphia Navy yard today. From the construction and repair department 10S painters and stesm engineers were dis charged. A wholesale laying off took place In tho electrical engineering department, all but three men being laid off. Several hun dred more were dismissed a week ago. The workmen are organising through the vari ous labor unions and through the executive committee of the shops. A majority of the skilled mechanics have Joined the unions, which have taken the preliminary steps for making formal complaint to the represen tatives of the government Several poata of the grand army have also entered vigor ous protest agalnat the dismissal of veterana and reducing the rating of others. Their protests are to be presented to con gress through the local representatives. Ths officers at tho yards say here Is no work for tho men and that there will be none until the battleship fleet arrives home. Rt Roacfcea Hot rings. HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. Jsn. l.-Senator elect Flihu Hoot arrived at Hot Springs loaay in gei away irom (no strenuous lite and give a snrainea anee a chance to mend. Ho will remain three weeks. His knee was Injured while he wss alighting rrom a carnage ar, waamngron. THE TRIO: It From the Baltimore Sun. STORM FURNISHES GOSSIP Stories, Wondrous But True, Told by Travelers in Recent Blow. SIXTY HOURS FROM ST. PAUL Two and One-Half Daya Is Time Made my Connie Esreste to California in Covering 8T0 Miles of . Jonrney. Stories of the recent storm have replaced the time-honored Jokes of the "drummer," and tales of the wind, and anow of Thurs day are about all that ia heard in the lob bies of the hotels. Most of the hotels are sheltering people who were snowbound for hours on trains tied up at small stations or blockaded on the prairies of Minnesota and Nebraska, and though the storm la now a matter of history four dsys old, blockaded passengers arrived In -Omaha as late as Sunday. . - Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Rood of Minneapolis hold the record over all others In the length of time they were snowbound, hav ing been on the road from St. Paul to Omaha a total of aUty hours. Mr., and Mrs. Rood reached Omaha Sunday morn ing and spent the day at the Ixjyal, leaving In the evening for California, where they hope to escape cold climate. "We were stalled a number of times." said Mr. Rood, "and the supply of provis ions In the diner ran rather low. We were tied up several houre at Mankato. and again at Lake Crystal, Minn., but at the former place the porter of the diner se cured a partial supply of food stuffs and we managed to get to Omaha without any serious pangs of hunger. I am now blam ing myself because we did not leave Min neapolis before the atorm. Instead of dur ing it or In Its wake." Mr. and Mra. Rood came over the Omaha road. An earlier train made the run from the Minnesota metropolis In fifty-three hours. W. E. Kennedy of Philadelphia, also at the Loyal, waa on this train. In the run of J70 miles the train waa not tied up many times, but the delay was occa sioned by the cold, which prevented getting up much steam. This made the cara cold as well, said the Philadclphlan. Women Have Some Storlea. Mra. Evelyn Gurley Kane, a well "known dramatic reader from the Bush Temple con servatory, Chicago, waa on the first train to reach Omaha over the Northwestern after braving the storm between Mlnnesp olls and this city. With about sixty Mher psssengers. she left the Twin Cities Thurs day evening, and took fifty-two hours to get to Omsha, having been snowbound at Bingham Lake, Minn., for forty-eight houra. , 'It waa the most strenuous etperlence I have ever had in all my traveling and rail road Journeys," said Mrs. Ksne at the Rome Sunday noon, as she sat in the cafe, enjoying her first square meal after two daya of fasting. "We were caught with a dead engine and snowdrlfta all around ua several feet deep, with hardly anything in the larder and the nearest town hslf a mile away. "WTien our predicament was discovered by the few Inhabitants or Binghsm lake, which la over 100 miles from Minneapolis, they did their best to help us, but the number and hunger of our weatherbound fellow-passengers made the efforts of the townspeople seem insignificant. They brought us drinking water, a puilful at a time, and alao aandwlchea. but I'm glad that our alay there In tho snow did not last longer. "Friday morning we. found an Inch or two of anow on the flcor of the Pullmans and buffet car. and when we became curious and wanted to aee the outside world, we gave up the idea of digging out after going a few feet from the car door. The conduc tor told ua that it waa the worst stcrm he had experienced in his twenty years of railroad life. "If it had not been for the train crew and employea we would have fared much worse, for they did everything to make things comfortable and did not aleep a wink during the whole experience. Aa It was, conditions were dull enougn. w'lh nothing to do, almost as little to eat, anow sifting in onto the bertha and floors and no heat in the cars." Fifty-three hours wss consumed by a Great Western train In making the run from Minneapolla to Omaha, acccrding to C. C. Bobb of Kalamazoo, who apent Bun day at the Puxton. C. W. Ullger of Rapid City, S. D., left Chicago Friday night and arrived in Omaha Saturday night, while Mra. tillger left Chi cago Saturday morning and reached Omaha the aame night. Mr. and Mra. Uil ger were at the Paxton and he left Chi- (Continued on Second Page.) I f,V...-,t 1 1 K jS-'. I 1 7?V "S. w AT f-J m m t wn llv ilff-p- ',.ws m looks as if we might as well go PRESIDENT GOMEZ BACKS UP Cabnn Emeeotlve Withdraws Nomina tion that Threatened to DIs rnpt Cabinet. HAVANA, Jan. Sl.-The first serious clash between President Gomes and Vice Presi dent Zaya over political appointments, which occurred yesterday when the . pro posal was made to appoint Ricardo Ar nauto chief of the aecret police In place of Jose Jerez, has resulted In a victory for Benor Zayaa, who, It Is believed, presented an ultimatum that he would Immediately resign If the obnoxious appointment was made. Tlelding to the urgent remonstrances and threats of the vice president and a storm of protests from all quarters, President Gomes tonight announced that he would appoint Jess Vgarte chief of the aecret po lice. Shortly before this the president stated that he never had received an application for the appointment of Benor Arnauto from the secretsry of government whose func tion It was to make such recommendations. Secret try Alberdl said yesterday thst he had made such recommendation and that Arnauto s appointment practically had been effected. It was thla atatement that pre cipitated action on the part of Vice Presi dent Zayas, whose resignation, together with that of half the cabinet,' would have followed had not Arnauto's ' name been withdrawn. To what extent cordial relationa have been re-established Is doubtful, but Senor Zayaa is believed to be satlafied with the appointment of Senor Vgarte, who - form erly was secretary of the police depart ment under the government of the flrat In tervention. The Incident haa created Intense excite ment and much relief la 'expressed that the threatened trouble has been averted. Ar nauto's only clsim to office Is to be the im portant secret service rendered to the lib erals In connection with the revolution of Preaident Gomes has received the follow ing belated wireless message, via Guantan amo, from President-elect Taft, on board the cruiser North Carolina, dated Janu rv f7: "I congratulate ' you on your Induction Into office aa president of the Cuban re public, and I congratulate the Cuban peo ple, on their Independent government. I hope and pray that it will prove stronger and stronger, more and more prosperous." President Gomes tonight cabled an ac knowledgment of the message and his thanks to Mr. Tsft. DIVORCE DOES NOT COUNT Peenllar Decision of California Coart of Aniteala la Contested Will Case. SON DIEGO. Cal.. Jan. 31.-In a decision received here today from the court of ap peals, that tribunal holds that a man's di vorced wlfs Is still his wife, although she be remarried and' the wife of another man. The decision waa rendered In the appealed will case of Frank Abbott, who was left J50.000 by his uncle, Jacob Gruendlke, the will providing that a third go to Abbott's wife and a third to hla child. Abbott, be ing divorced, conteated the clause on the ground that ho had no wife, she having been remarried afterwards. The lower court decided his dlvorcsd wife waa atlll his wife and entitled to the bequest and the court of appeals sustained the lower court. JUDGMENT F0R CONDUCTOR Verdict In Damage gait la Callforala that May Have Fnr-Renehlnar RITeet. i LOS ANGELES. Jsn. Jl.-Mark B. Ham bit, a Southern Pacific conductor, received a verdict for. damages in the federal court her today for 119.000 against the Santa Fe railroad f r personal injuries sustained in a wreck at Tenacnapi in r eoruary, jse. He sued for Ss.000. As affecting the Interests of railroad em ployes this is considered one of the most Important vsrdlcts ever rendered. llamble contended that ths Santa Fe train entered the "Block" upon which he Was running before It had any right to do ao. The Order of Railroad Conductors aided Hamble in the ault. ADDS TO NEVADA RESERVE President by Praelnmatloa Donbles glso of Hnmhaldt National Forest. WASHINGTON. Jan. $1 The preaident has signed a proclamation adding auO.llS acrea to the Humboldt national foreat re serve In the northern part of Elko county, Nevada, bordering on the Idsho line. Ths area contains pine, fir and aspen timber estimated at 4, 000.000 feet. This addition gives the forest a total of 1.U44U acres. out of business! DAYWARD STARTS FOR HOME Has Extended Conference with Chair man Hitchcook. HEAD QUARTERS TO BE IN CHICAGO Report that Hltehrork Will Retail Chairmanship, with Mr. Hay ward in Active Direction of Affaire. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 1. ( Special.) William Hayward, secretary of Uie na tlonal republican committee, who came to Washington lsst week for a conference with c.l-. '-man Frank Hitchcock and also to atu-nu dinner of the Gridiron club. left for the west today. Secretary Hayward will stop In Illinois to try a lawsuit and from there will re turn to his home In Nebraska City. , While Mr, Hayward refused to discuss the outcome of the conference with Mr. Hitchcock, It' Is believed that the chair man and secretary reached an understand lng as to the work to be done during the next four years. Mr. Hayward will continue as secretary of the committee and will probably estab lish headquarters In Chicago, from which city publicity work will be carried on. It la thought that Mr. Hitchcock will con tlnue an chairman, even though he enters Taft's cabinet as postmaster general. Gen eral Secretary Cortelyou remained chair, man throughout McKlnley's admlnlstra tlon and that of Roosevelt and there are other precedents confirming Mr. Hitch cock's determination to hold the position of chairman, leaving details to Mr. Hay ward, who Is eminently qualified for the work to be done. Neither Mr. Hitchcock or Mr. Hayward would say anything In confirmation or denial of these plans, but there Is strong ground to believe them substantially as here given. The presence of Mr. Hayward in Waah Ington gave new Impetus to the cabinet buildeis and conferences between the lead ers of the republican party have been gen eral. It seems settled thst James Wilson will he asked to continue at the head of agrtculture under Mr. Taft, but as for any other member of the Roosevelt fam ily being asked to remain Is -extremely doubtful. There Is a very decided movement In be half of Mr. Nagel of Missouri for a cab inet place, hla old , friends on the na tional committee being enthuslaatlcaly for him, and it Is possible he will be made aecretary of the interior. The rumor that Mr. Balllnger of Oregon has been sgreed upon as Secretary Garfield's suc cessor is being generally discredited by the knowing 6nes. MCNEY GIVEN WITH GROCERIES Malllnson's Grocery Accommodates a Cnstomer aad Loses Twenty Dollars. A clever stranger, who gave the name of Johnson and for whom the police and detectives are now looking, "flimflamed" Charles Malllnson's grocery store, 1612 Cap itol avenue, out of 118.60 and 11.40 worth of groceries Saturday afternoon. Ordering some groceries by telephone, "Johnson" told the grocer to send them to his room, 217 North Seventeenth street, with change from a $20 bill. The goods were taken to the place specified by a boy, who was then sent back to ths store to get one or two other articles. Returning to Johnson with them, the boy was met on a street corner and told by Johnson that as he had moved, he would take the second lot of groceries to his room with tbe change and then bring the $:-0 bill to Malllnson's. When neither Johnson nor his $30 put In an appearance at the atore, the affair was looked up by Mr. Mallinaon, who came to the conclusion that he had been "buncoed" out of his goods and money. The police were notified snd are trying to light mat ters. They are in possession of a good description of the msn and his srrest may follow. TERMINAL FIGHT IS ENDED Barllngtea a,ad Mlssoarl Paeige Coma to Agreemeat A boat gltaatloa In St. Joseph. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Jan. Sl.-After pre venting the Missouri Pacific railroad from gaining acceaa to its terminals, upon which $1,000,000 had been apent, for a period of two years, ths Burlington has entered Into an agreement by which the former road will cross the Burlington tracks, the only way of reaching the tennlnsls and freight house. The Missouri Pacific will build lino from here to Atchison and construct a double-track road In conjunction with the Rock Island. It will erect a nsw passenger station barn, , v Only a Start is Made Toward Revenue Legislation. MIX UP OVER BANK MEASURE Committees Are Divided, but Both Will Obey Orders. DEMANDS FOR APPROPRIATIONS Democratic Heads of "tats la- atltntlons Are Mare Insistent Than Their Prede- (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Jan. SI (Special.) With the legislature beginning Its fifth cslendar week, the democratic majority has to Its credit the agreement on one of Its pledges. thst of physical valuation of corporation property, a start on the change In road laws and the beginning of a hlg mlxup over the bank guaranty bill all matins embodied In the state platform. Only a atsrt has been mado toward revenue legls.- lation whlrli, as the majority committees in both house and senato take it up, looms like a specter 'before them with tliclr membeishlp divided on what Is best to ac- compllsh. Demands for appropriations conm from tho democratic heads of stste Insti tutions with Just as much Insistence and more than they ever came under past ad ministrations. Tho democrats ste by no means sgreed upon the changes to be effected in tho primary law to which both branches of tho demopop regime aro committed and lo secure which bllla covering a wide range have been Introduced. The populist declaration In favor of county option at tho piescnt writing looks like a bushel of potatoes hidden under a twenty-ton hay stack and as for the Initiative ami referendum proposed by the populist pat t . while bills are said to be In preparation, none has yet been Introduced. The home rule slogan proiosed by Douglas county Is likely to be embodied in the Omaha and South Omaha charter bllla that are in process of Incubation, but there Is greut likelihood that the pcopl ft these two cities when they secure this prize will find It resembling one of the packsges they , pull out of a grab bag. so numerous arc the Interests pulling and hauling to pound it into shape other than that desired by the proletariat. Hoaae Desires to Work. In the house there has been a desire so far to do actual work on legislation. Theie always Is In this body, composed aa It is. so largely of new member whm think they have been sent to Lincoln to make laws snd lots of them. In the senate, however, the disposition is to sit In Judgment. Hem are tho men who have had past legislative experience, the politicians of the majority party, and the men with axee to grind. If anything gets by them the members of the house may offer up thanksgiving. Tiny aro bound to recognise the house as a co ordinate branch of the government and un a body that will pass On senate measures to whom apparent consideration Is clue. In the wlndup, It Will be strange If the senators do not gel the better of the mem bers of the lower body. The Ollia physical valuation bill agreed upon during the last week by the Joint railroad committee ss the expression of the majority of the physical valuation question confers upon the nallroad commlaslon the. duty of securing the value of the properly of all railroads, telegraph, telephone and express companies as It exists July 1, 1W, the work to be finished and reported to tiie governor in the annual report of 1910. Mr. Ollls made a study of the Wisconsin plan In particular, and haa embodied the prac tice In that state Jn his bill. His measure wss changed scarcely a particle as first In troduced. Employment of Kxperts. In tho Ollls bill the provision Is made thai, the Railway commission shall secure the valuation desired through experts, who shall be secured with the consent of tho governor. This will Impose upon tha board the necessity of deferring to the governor In the selection of experts, and Is In line with the policy already indicated, that the democrats will endeavor to bring politics Into every possible department of the stain aud secure whatever patronage and ma terial advantage is possible, even at the ex pense of rendering the . work Ineffective. They first made their attack upon the su preme court and are now about to begin suit in the hope of obtaining on additional Judge fur themselves. They next pushed ' iha Tanner bill to have the democratic gov ernor Instead of the secretsry of state, a republican, designate the newspapers which nhall publish the constitutional amendments bt 'mo election. They have now Introduced a bl'.l to give the one democratic railway conin luioner the power to block any of tha acta of the republican Railway commission, and specifying that the vole thereon and the selection of all assistants shall be unan imous, thereby conferring upon tha minor ity of a popularly elected board the right to rule It. Option BUI Killed by Order. The queation Is not yet far enough along to reveal to what extent the corporation managers of the legislature will be able to carry their dictation into the more diverse legislation In which they aro especially in terested, but the manner in which the Doug. laa county contingent was able to line up senators last week against a bill which op tion interests, really desirous of obtaining whatever saloon regulation wss possible, believing option Itself can not carry, was sn eyeopener slong this line,. Everything is apparently fixed to carry through In the gulae of party adherence what the corpor ation interests may dictate. With the departure of Mr. Bryan for the aouth at the time the members were resolv ing that he come before them and make an address, and following hla meeting at the executive mansion with a few of the leaders interested in the new bank guaranty law, renewed Interest has been taken in the big question tiie democrats have before them. They were so badly divided before Mr. Bryan led them up to the trough to drink that no progress whatever was being made toward agreement on a hill. Consequently Mr Bryan ordered them to confer Willi him and while en route to a lata train, which he waa taking lo escape the con stant pounding given Mm for views on this and that question, ha dropped in at l". meeting at the executive mansion ani posted a few gvnsral orderg or tha kiillvU J l B.. tm ihii) nnnj.mt'ssi