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The Omaha . Daily Bee VOL. XXXVIII NO. 213. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1900 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. i f ( i POSTAL BILL PASSED Measura Carrying Two Hundred Thir-ty-Two Million ?-"Si Senate. A LA FOLLETTE A. V OSE TILT Wisconsin Senator C M Bus iness it Purposel) - ' ' , BLAME COMMITTEE ORG ' . ' N . Says Legislation ii Pushed ,.ough in Bush of Finish. RESPONSE IN " ANGRY TONES rmmrlTiiU Char that Man from n-rfsrr State Doeo Wot Attl lertlag at Committee Ha U Now Htaker Of. WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. Th postoffic bill, carrying appropriation of $212,000. 000, wu passed by the senate today after a atormy debate, during- which Senator Penrose, In charge of tha mcaaura, made an angry assault upon Senator La Follette, who had entered Into a general criticism of tha aenat committee because of what ha termed their unwarranted delay In reporting; great appropriation bill. Mr. La Follette declared the senate had permitted a glut of Important legislation to b disposed of In haute during tha last dsy of congress, and had suggested that it would be no calamity If these bills could b acted upon In tha regular ses sion, saying that a reorganisation of committees would allow tha special ses sion to consider them and other Important legislation. ' Responding in angry tones, Mr. Pen rose declared Mr. La Follette'e criticisms sounded mora like the arguments "made by a vendor of a patent medicine from the tall door of a cart In a village of Wisconsin" than those of a aenator of the United States. La. Follette and Penrose. The colloquy was rendered almost tragic by the angry tone and fiery attitude as sumed by the senator from Pennsylvania a h denounced the aenator from Wis consin, who stood quietly at his place on the other side of tha chamber staring back at hi big antagonist. The day had begun by Mr. La Follette asking that the poatofflc bill be allowed lo go overluntll tomorrow as It had just been reportal from the committee and he had no tlm? In which to examine It. Mr. Penrose had resisted thl requet, saying he would explain all amendment which had been suggested by hie committee. Mr. Penrose had moved that the bUI be taken up and it was laid before the senate, the aenator from Wisconsin demanding the full reading of the text of the bill. Later Mr. La Follette acvertly arraigned the senate for permitting legislation to accumulate until the last few day of the session, when, he declared, bill were rushed through with little or no time for senator to understand thorn. ' 'I. -V ' Charaea "Delay at Baalaea. "My observation is that these appropria tion bill Bet In here about aa late for the long session a the do for the short ses sion," ssld Mr. La Follette. "It seems to be pert of the system that these most 1m portsnt executive act shall have little con sideration." He charged that important legislation was placed in the meaaure and passed when It could not paaa aa a separate bill. He said alio that the salary Increase lor the Judiciary for the hlg-h executive offi cers and for tha vice president and the speaker of the house had been put through In that way and Insisted that commltteea unduly delayed bllla which might b re ported earlier so that the senate would have more opportunity to study and understand them. He declared he hoped the tariff bill would not be put through on a 'greased runway." "I do not see." he continued, "that It would be such a terrible calamity to the country If the discussion of these bills should carry some of them over to an extra session. I know thst if appropriation bill are disposed of at this time there will not be any reorganisation of committees at this lime and varloue Important legislation out side of appropriation bills ought to go over to another session of congress." Senator Penrose Interrupted to ask the senator from Wisconsin whether "h was delivering hi regular lecture," adding- that he thought he had heard It all before. Mr. La Follette replied that observations of that sort would not promote the passage Of the bill and said that his remsrks were apt tq be still more familiar. He chlded Uia senate with having put off Interstate commerce legislation for nine year and l aving delayed the pare food law for seven tren by applying the same methods agaijut which he was contending. tkars Retort frosa Penrose. At this point Mr. Penrose arose and with violent anger, and glaring across the cham ber at the slight form of the senator from Wisconsin, said: ' "I shall not sit silent on my seat when mtsnistemcnts are made or claptrap states manship Is attempted here. I charge that the senator from Wisconsin has been oa the committee on census, and during his service on that committee had failed to attend a single meeting of It. I make that charge without fear of contradiction. He lsxm the committee on claims, and haa only attended It meetings once or twice In all bis service, and that attendance waa only to bring up some trivial claim. I maks this statement without fear of contradiction that he Is on the committee on pensions, which lis one of the largest appropriation bills pending before congress every year, and he has hardly ever been present at It meet ings, according to the unanimous testimony of nearly all of hi colleague on that com mittee. He la on the Important committee of Indian affair, which every ear con siders a great appropriation bill, and he haa seldom or never rendered any service ea It." "And he ha been In Ihe aenate during two years." Interrupted Senator Qalllnger from his seat. . 1 "There Is no senator." continued Mr. Pen rose, "who haa a greater record for absen teeism the a he. It 111 becomes him to criti cise these commltteea. When he Is here It is only to delay the business of the aenate, to hold up the transaction of publto bul ness and to embarrass those who, under their aatha of office and la the conscien tious discharge of their dutlea, endeavor to enact legislation. I shall not sit hsra and. and I desire to give such nolle to the ca stor from Wisconsin, and listen to argu ment that might better be made by a vender of a patent medicine from tha tail door of a cart In a village of Wleconsln than from a senator of the L'nlted States." Senator Gallinger said aa Mr. Penrose (Continued on Second Page.) SUMMARY OF THE BEE Friday, February 10. 909 FEBRUARY .909 sun mon tui wed thu ri sat I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 2324252627 28 na wainia. FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL BLUFFS AND VICINITY-Kalr and colder Friday. FOR NKBRA8K A Fair Friday and colder. FOR lOWA-Frlday. felr and colder. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. DOMXBTIO. Chief Geronlmo la burled according to the rltea of the Apache tribe, tempered by a Christian minister. rage 1 Supposed brutal assault upon Miss EIU dingles In Chlcsgo hotel proves to be a "frame up" by the girl aa revenge on an enemy. Tf, x Robert B. Bledoe, Kansas City bandit, tells Ha story to the police and prove to be a well-known Delias character. 'age 1 President Roosevelt tells Pan-American conference for the preservation of natu ral resources that it is a n world harmony of action. KEBKASXA. toward "age a Two hundred delegatea In attendance at the Young Men1 Christian association state convention. Page 3 Bupreme court refuse to grant a rs hearlng In th Mead Bhumway case and ha will hang today unless the governor or the district court Interferes. page S X.OCAJL. Colonel Barrister, who made a great reputation as a surgeon in the Phlllp plnes, is in Omaha. Pag 7 Fish are reasonable in price with the approach of Lent. rag's T Lawyers have a lively tilt in court over tha Cackley divorce case. Pag T Attorneys for Van Goodell ask for a new trial. rip 18 sromT. Purchase of Conroy by Washington may presage the return of Schipke to the minora. Sale also remove one competi tor from the path of Austin in New York. rage oomcx&ciAx aits xjrxrsrriAX. . Live stock markets. rag 11 Grain markets. rag 11 Stock and bond. rag 11 Honmin or ocxajt STSAMaxirs. rrt. Antes, Satiwl, NEW TOttK.'., NfW YORK... NEW YORK. HALIFAX.... BOSTON LONDON LIVKRPOOL.. ... a&jnluid. -..... Luatias's. ..OOMtltt. . ...Coflmhlan ... Wln)fr4t&n....Cjrmrie, -Cambrian ...HTrfnr4 IjflTanM. LIVERPOOL SOUTHAMPTON imBntt Adrlatlo. SOUTHAMPTON BRKMKN Bmltn... PLYMOUTH MUertlo.. .Kalxr WtllMlm II. luemnlu. TEDDY NOT ROMAN CITIZEN Mayor of Rome Decides Not to Make Distinction Between Katlons. i ROME, Feb. 18. The mayor of Rome, Signor Nathan, decided not to carry out the proposal to confer upon Theodore' Rooee velt the citizenship of Rome, during hla brief stay in Italy, on his way to east Africa. It was planned to confer this honor upon Mr. Roosevelt as a recognition of the generosity of the United Ststes toward the earthquake sufferer, but Signor Nathan believe that when all nations did everything In their power to help tha needy no distinction should be made. SHERCLIFFE JN CANON CITY Convicted Marderer Waa Bee frosa Offlerra Is New In Colorado Penitentiary. CANON CITY, Colo.. Feb. ll.-Frank rTlisrcliffe. who wss recently acquitted in Minneapolis of the charge of. robbing a Northern Pacific train In Montana, arrived here In the custody of Colorado officer thl afternoon and waa placed in the peni tentiary t begin hi sentence of twenty five years for murder at Leadvllle. Sher clif fe escaped while being brought her from Leadvllle several montha ago. Shercliffe wa so heavily manacled that he had to be literally carried from the train. DIVORCE FOR MRS. W. J. LEMP Conrt Also Gives Her Sic Tkooaand Dollars Year Alimony and Caatodr of Ben. T. LOUIS, Feb. 13 A decree of divorce with alimony of tS.OOS year and the cus tody of her eon was awarded Mr. William 3. Lemp. Jr., by Judge George Hitchcock In the circuit court here today. The deci sion followed a sensational trial which lasted more than a week and closed Tues day last. You learn with your first automo bile. Isn't a second band machine to start with a pretty good scheme? You will find a chance to get a really good car cheap, if you watch the ads under the "Automobile" heading on the want ad age. Soma men, you know, who hava too much money, aell their car very year to as to hava the latest make. Some people who own cars move away. 8ome who thought their taate waa for autoa, change their mind. They usually adver tise thetn for aale in The Bee. Watch the Want Ad page. It pay. I "-asjMJLi. I I MM tV IV s a. m SX !3 rKn 3t m 37 AL 7lpr.- ' m 2 -r a. m 34 I r a. m 33 (TT7 10 a. m 33 ? YV I' m 34 (iZJ;, ' 12 m S3 rWv . 4 p. m 33 R p. m S3 P- m 33 7 p. m..... S3 P- m so 1 ' P- m n OOIEL HORROR PROVES FARE Chicago Police Assert Ella Gingles Framed Up Big Mystery. PORT WTJIE USED FOB BLOOD Yoaaa- Woman et ae Carefully la Effort lo Get Revenge oa Employer, Who Had Her Arrested. CHICAGO. Feb. IS. Bclasco never set a stsge.wlth greater care than Klla Qingloa did for the sensation which was created when her unconscious, bound and gagged form was found in a general bath room at the Wellington hotel yesterday, according to Chief of Detectives O'Brien. Captain O'Brien, dropping Into the vernacular of the police today, declared the whole thing wss a "frame up." He salj he had been assured by the physicians who attended the young lace maker that t.iere had been' no assault, although ahe may have had as sistance In tying herself to the bath tub. Kven the blood in the tub and in the wash basin, It Is now asserted, wis composed largely of port wine and water. Captain O'Brien ssld he hoped to clear up the mystery in detail today with another in terview with Miss dingles, who wa re ported at the hospital a little the worse for her experience. NEWS MAKES STATEMENT Indianapolis Paper ays It Coarse Will Not Be Altered by Indictment. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 18.-The News pub lishes the following statement concerning the Panama canal Indictments: "The Issue presented by the Indictments Is, of course, one for the court; In regard to that little or nothing need be said. But there Is a wider issue concerning which, we think, a good deal will be said. Per haps it I needless to say that the course of the New will be In no way Influenced or affected by what has happened. We hall continue to discuss public questions on their merits, as in the past, and to criticise publto men without political or partisan bias. "This I the phase of the question that most concerns the public. It hss a right to know that the functions of a free and In dependent newspaper will not cease to be allowed to be performed, and also to know that no personal element will be allowed to obtrude Itself In any of the criticisms that we may feel called on to make. We shall not be coerced Into silence, nor tempted into unfairness. Believing that the great principle of freedom of the press 1 at stake, we must do what we can to uphold It- No more Important service than this can be performed by a newspaper, especially at thl date. The public, to which alone the New acknowledge any obligation, may foel sure that thl paper will continue to serve it Interests as It sees them. To sum up, we shall print the news and tell the truth about it a It la given us to ac the truth." . HARRIMAN - CASE . IS ENDED Appeal for Boating; to the Coast Over the Hill Lines Heard by Proaty. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty today concluded the taking of testmony In the application of the Union Pacific railroad to compel the North ern Pacific to enter Into a through routing arrangement under which the Harrlman roads may use the Portland gateway, con trolled by J. J. Hill, to points beyond. W. Rogers, ticket agent of the Chicago A Al ton at St. Louis; W. J. DeFrles, ticket agent of the Union Pacific at Kansas City, and other testified to the desirability of the Portland route. P. 8. Rustle, general paasenger traffic manager of the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy railroad, waa the last witness. He said he wished the Portland gatoway were even tighter, aa it would force more traffic over hi road by way of Denver and Bill ings. The commission will listen to arguments of counsel in the case at Washington April 7. - WOMAN VICTIM OF LOVER Caltferala Man Kills Mrs. Minnie Col. Hie, with Whoa Ha Had Lived. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 18.-T. H. Ben nett, of Eureka, Cel., who arrived in Seat tle today, shot and killed Mr. Minnie Col vllle, recently of Los Angeles, and who waa known as Mrs. Bennett, then fatally shot himself. Mrs. Colville is the undl vorced wife of T. H. Colville, and prior to her arrival here had lived with Bennett as his wife for seven years. She then de serted him. Bennett wa 38 year old and the woman 83. TARIFF CONFERENCE IS OVER Deileaaera Believe Convention Will Resnlt la Establishment Per saaaeat Tariff Commission. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb. 18.-The Na tional Tariff commission convention ad journed today. That the action of the convention in its demand for the creation of a permanent tariff commission will bear fruit In con gressional action towards the same meaaure 1 confidently asserted by Ita members. A telegram of regret for hi Inability to attend the convention waa sent by Sena tor Cummins of lows. WIRELESS MESSAGE TO HAWAII station at I.oa Angeles la Toaelt with Kahaa, TwentyTwo Haadred Mllea Away. IS ANGELES, Feb. 18.-LOS Angeles was in wireless communication with the Hawaiian islands last night for the first time. Operator Blakeney of the United wireless station reported todsy that hla atatlon wa In touch with the station at Kahua. Hawaii, for a brief time last night The distance between the two points is about 2.200 miles. PRESIDENT SIGNS KNOX ACT Meaa.ro ItedaolasT Salary of Seerotar, of state to g 8,000 Beeoate Law. WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. - President Roosevelt today signed the special act re lating to the salary of secretary of state which I counted upon to remove the orastl tutUnai objections to Philander C. Knoi a the premier In President Teft's cablucU DR DEMOCRACY CURES EVERYTHING From the New York Herald. APACHE RITES FOR OLD CHIEF Two Hundred Prisoners of War Take Fart in Geronimo's Funeral. WIDOW WOULD KILL HIS HORSE Aged Indian Die la Old Faith, Be ing Saapended from Christina Charch for Drinking aad Gambling. LAWTON, Okl.. Feb. 18.-Ceroolmo. the old Indian war chief,' who died at Fort BUI yesterday, waa laid at rest In the Apache burying ground northeast of the army post today. Rev. L. L. Legters, the In dian missionary minister, condnucted the services, which were as similar to the old Apache style of burial as the minister's conscience would permit. The War depart ment official had. set aside today as a hol iday for the Apache prisoners of war at Fort Sill and the SOO warriors Joined In the low procession that carrV-40be remain of their esr-leadec-to'. theif fluai resting place. ; It was only by great -effort that Oeron lmo's widow waa kept yestetday from kill ing the old warrior' sorrel driving horse, his favorite, so that It might . paas on with him to the happy hunting grounds. Geronlmo died in the old faith, the re ligion of his forefathers, which knew no white man's God. The sun waa his con ception of Deity. Four years ago, when Oeronlmo was much alaj-med that the In juries he received from a fall from hi horse would prove fatal, he olned the Reformed church. He was suspended from the church two years later because of ex cessive drinking, gambling and otherwise breaking the r,ules of the church. Asa Dukluge,. who has been acting chief of the Apaches In all their dealings with the government, will likely succeed Geron lmo. Dukluge Is the last of the hereditary chiefs of the Chlricahue branch of the Apaches, to which Oeronlmo belonged. TO INCORPORATE HILL ROAD BUI Asked by Maaltoba aad Great Northern tomes Before Ihe Legislature. WINNIPEG. Man.. Feb. 18.-A bill to Incorporate the Manitoba & Great Northern railway came before the legislature today. Louis W. Hill, Robert I. Farrington, James Fisher, Charles P. Wilson and John Fran el Fisher are Incorporator. The bill fives permission to the company to build tinea of railway from Winnipeg to Brandon, Man., and from Brandon to 13 k horn, Man., and thence weat to the boundary of Sas katchewan. From Morden the line will go to Rath well In Manitoba and thence northerly to meet the Winnipeg-Brandon line. The cap ital stock will be LJ.(X0. The general office 1 to be in Winnipeg. The company I to have power to buy inland line from Gretna to Portage, It Prairie and from Morden to the boundary. Two year ago when James J. Hill, the chairman of the Great Northern railway, visited Winnipeg he announced that the Great Northern Railroad company would build another line across western Canada, starting from Winnipeg. Since then the project apparently has been held In abey ance,' but the present bill means a revival of the scheme st once. STCRM LOSS BREAKS RECORD Last Bllssard Worst Kver Kaowa for Injary to Telegraph erv lee. CHICAGO. Feb. 18. In lnt of damage done, It was learned today the storms of last Saturday. Sunday and Monday were the worst ever experienced by the tele graph companies and the railroads. Thou sand upon thousand of poles are still down and hundreds of miles are prostrate. Throughout the slates of Indiana, Ohio, New York. Weat Virginia. Pennsylvania. Maryland. New Jersey, Delaware and all of New England telegraph atrvtce Is cur tailed and in sections discontinued. It will be week before normal conditions are re stored. DAMAGE BY SIVAS EARTHQUAKE Post Haadred aad Thirty Bulldina Destroyed aad Death l.lst Limited to Thirty. SIVAS, Allelic Turkey, Wednesday. Feb. IT. The earthquake that visited thla dis trict February 1 did much damage tq building, but the loss of life wa not great, thirty persons killed being the moat reliable estimate. Four hundred and thirty building were entirely destroyed and 4! were slightly damaged. Slight shocks continue today throughout the vil ayet and in the diatriot of Sustetrt Sanitarium VashinctomD.C. etr- .JstTr-j - i Milium ""Trm i FOR THAT TIRED FEELING. JAIL SCORE OF SUFFRAGETTES London Police Break Is Attempt to Present Resolutions to Pre mier Asqalth. LONDON, Feb. 18. The uffrsgette failed today In their attempt to present to Pre mier Asqutth the resolution adopted at yes terday's meeting of the Woman' Freedom league, declaring for a continuation of the militant propaganda for suffrage. They first attempted to march In procession, but their line being broken tip by the police they mingled with a crowd of the curious, who had gathered to witness the scene, and sauntered singly toward Downing street. The police,- however, had completely blocked all entrance to the thoroughfare and twenty of the more militant suffra gettes who tried to bresk through the lines, were arrested, charged with Interfering with the police. For a time there was a scene of great disorder, women time and again throwing themselves valiantly against the double line of police only to be forced back, or if they were unusually persistent, to be handed over to constables, . who marched them off to the police station amid cheer, hoot and hisses from the throng. , .THe-oolk'-finally 'Peered the street and the women who were not arrested returned Ho their hall, where they were addressed by leader. The women who were taken into custody were later arraigned In a police court. They refused: to pay the fines Imposed and all were sent to prison for term varying from a fortnight to a month. FIVE DOLLARS AND ONE KISS Thl I Change Coafldeace Man Mord Glvea Kansas City Women ' for 8ttO. KANSAS CITY, Feb. U.-Charles E. Nord, who attained much notoriety re cently because of the numerous love letters found In hi trunk by the police from women all over the United State, wa ar raigned here yesterday at the Instance of one of his victims, charged with obtaining money on false pretenses. Nord entered a plea of not guilty and was bound over to the criminal court. Five dollars and a kiss are all the return that the prosecuting wit ness, Mrs. Carrie A: Hamilton of thla city, testified that she received for $600 which she gave Nord in one lump and about 90 In cash given at other times. "I had only SS cents in the world when he left me," said Mrs. Hamilton. Nord went to Omaha and did not return, so Mrs. Hamilton swore out a warrant for his arrest. Following his arrest the polite un earthed hundreds of love letter from women In all part of the country, all written In endearing terra and many of them showing that their author had sup plied Nord with funds. Mr. Hamilton said that Nord traded her millinery store for a farm In Arkansas, but did not give her any of the proceeds. Nord' defense was that the money waa given him merely as a mark of affection. MEETS REFUSAL WITH GUN Wlseoasla Farmer Kills Sweetheart aad Her Mother After Q Barrel. BOSCABEU Wla, Feb. 18.-John McDon ald, a farmer living near Gayes Mills, last evening shot and killed hi sweetheart. Nancy Lenox, and her mother, Mrs. Oscr Lnox, at their home. The murder followed a lovera' quarrel. Both women were killed Instantly. The murder was the result of the girl' refusal to marry McDonald. Two shots were fired at Miss Lenox, the first at close enough range to burn her wrist. The sec ond shot lodged behind the left ear. There la evidence of a terrible struggle In the 1 louse where the double murder wa com mitted. Some of the furniture and rooms bear traces of blood stain and blood tracks extend out to the woodshed In the back of the house. Mrs. Lenox when found had a broomstick gripped In her hands. Mr. Lenox wa a widow 'and tha girl waa a telephone oper ator. McDonald wa taken to Prairie du Chien to avoid lynching. Today he waived exam ination at hla iireltminary hearing and wa bound over to the May term of court FURNITURE DEALERS MEET National Convention starts at St. Loots with Two Haadred Delegate Present. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Feb. 11-The National Furniture Dealers', association began It two days' convention her today with about 20 delegate, representing thirty states. D. N. Foster of Fort Wayne. Ind., deliv ered the president' annual address. Other speaker todsy wen George E. Roberta, Philadelphia; W. J. Pllklngton. De Moines, and Mark P. Goodlet, 8L Lou la mi... . BANDIT HAS STRANGE CAREER Bledsoe, Who Tried to Extort Honey from Millionaire, Tells Story. LEFT DALLAS EIGHT YEARS AGO Since Then He Haa Traveled Aronnd tha World Lived for a. Time at Pierre aad Say His Hair Changes Color. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 18.-Robert Benja min Bledsoe, wh,o confessed his Identity last night, gav a number of additional fact to the police today. Bledsoe is the man who attempted to extort 17,000 fronl Lawrence M. Jones, the millionaire mer chant, by the use of a dynamite bomb. Bledsoe said that ha wa well known In Dallas, Tex. He aald that W. II. Gaston, a banker of Dallas, would vouch for the truthfulness of his story. Jim Hsmbrlck, a grocer, also of Dallas, wss another friend, a waa E. W. Forbes. He knew two fam Tiles, the Mackaya and Smith, well. . Leaving Dallas about lsoo, Bledao haa had a atrttnge career. He ha been around the world. In 1904 he waa employed by Ed Olney at the latter' horn at Pierre, S. D. Bledsoe says his hair change color. 8omettmea it Is reddish and at other time black. This Istter statement leads the po lice to believe that Bledsoe has dyed his hair, which I now black, and the official are still wont to doubt his story, Bledsoe said that In 1903 he was em ployed at the Old Napoleon copper mine, near Angelo, Cal., under the name of Bob Arthur. He aald one of the owners of the mine, a Mr. Williams, could probably verify hi tory. In 1904, after working In South Dakota, Bledsoe went to Moorcroft, Wyo., and en tered the employ of W. B. Barney, the owner of a large sheep ranch. From Moor croft he worked at a number of point throughout Wyoming, always under dif ferent names. Bledsoe Well Kaowa la Dallas. DALLAS. Tex.. Feb. 18. Investigation made today in Dallas confirms the state ments made by Robert Benjamin Bledsoe of his Identity and associations in Dallas and vicinity. Ho I well remembered here. Bledsoe's father, David Crockett Bledsoe, used to live north of Dallas. He has been dead several years. Robert Benjamin Bledsoe deserted hi wife and two children seven years ago. They are now living obscurely near Dal las. Bledsoe had the reputation of being shiftless. TWO THOUSAND NAVY MEN Admiral Bperry Announces Plaas for Jackie In Taft Innnan t ral Parade. WASHINGTON. Feb. 18.-By wireless Admlrsl Bperry, commanding the battleship fleet now approaching the Atlantio coast, ha communicated in detail the name of the officer who are to come to Washing ton in command of the naval brigade at the inauguration of President Taft. The dis patch came by way of the Boston navy yard. Rear Admiral W. F. Potter is to command the brigade, which Is to be made up of two divisions, commanded respec tively by Captain F. F. Fletcher of the Vermont and F. E. Beatty of the Wiscon sin. Eighty-four officers and 1.S74 men are to comprise the brigade, which will be brought to Washington from Hampton Road on th transport Dixie and Prairie and the Hartford. MOVE IN HOUSE TO RAISE MAINE Committee . Will larlado Item for Commission to Investigate Fcas ' lblllty aad Cost. WABHINOTON, Feb. 18.-The houe com mittee on appropriation I to Include In the sundry civil bill an Item looking toward the ultimate raising of the battleship Mslne. the wreck of which still remains In Havana harbor. Tha subcommittee which is pre paring the bill haa decided to Insert a clause which provide for a commission which will be directed to Investigate the condition of the wreck and determine the feasibility and cost of raising It. OHIO FARMER FLIESAIRSHIP Makes aeeessfnl Flight la Aeroplane Started by Horse aad Palleya. CANTON, O., Feb. X8.-W. N. Martin, civil engineer and farmer, made a flight of SCO feet at a height of six feot la hi aero plane thl morning. The initial power I furnished by a horse attached to rope and pulley. Other flight will he mad during the day- BRYAN TOO STRONG Starts Something- in His Denunciation of the Carnegie Fund. SENATORS RESENT LANGUAGE Consider His Objections Without a Good Foundation. KTJHL PRIMARY BILL HELD UP assaaanmnmm Number of Objections Made in the House to Measure. CHANCE FOR SUNDAY BASE BALL Sennle Reconsiders oto Killing Bill aad After Amendments It 1 Recommended for Passage. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Feb. 18.-(Bpeclal. Mr. Bryan has stirred up a hornet's nest by his speech of yentcrday. He so vigorously denounced the bill to permit the teacher of the fitnte university to iwrticlpate In the Carnegie pension fund that he haa roused the Ire of the democratic members of the senate who voted for It. and he ha stirred up tha member of the house who favor the bill. Inasmuch' as the bill received twenty-five votes In Ihe senate the members of the ma jority party In the upper branch of the leg islature believe tliey are In a position to Insist that the house act favorably upon the measure f.ot withstanding Mr. Bryan opposes it. "I was surprised at the vigor desplayed by Mr. Bryun In his talk yesterday." said ono democratic member, "and I was dis appointed that some of that vigor wa not used In advocacy of the bill providing for county option. The Illustration he used In hi attack on the Carnegie pension fund was certainly far-fetched." The fact that Mr. Bryan himself secured from Carnegie the funds for the erection of the Lincoln city library fit In so badly with the talk against Carnegie yesterdny that many of the members have discussed his Inconsistency since the speech. Today some of the most prominent demo crats in the house predicted that the Car negie bill will receive a majority on tlurd reading. "What harm can come of permitting tha teachers or the State university from par ticipating In the Carnegie fund?" said one democrat. "Tho teacher do not draw th pension until they have retired from active work.' Before they can become eligible to participate in the fund they must have taught for twenty-five year, or for fifteen year If they have reached the age of SS year. Beside, Mr. Carnegie haa nothing to do with th fund. It la In the hand of a board of trustee which I self-perpetuating. Mr. Bryan' talk wa certainly not baaed on the real fact In the case." The advocate of county option say Mr. Bryan haa chosen "thl day who he will urre" and will govern themselves accord' lngly. ' Shoemaker Score la Long Fight. Shoemaker of Douglas county, who for more than twenty years ha been trying to get the legislature to submit a constitu tions! amendment on tha qualification of electors, has at last got his measure recom mended for passage by the house. HI bill provide for a constitutional amendment that all foreign born male resident 21 year old may vote after six month In the atate, city and ward or precinct, upon taking out their first papers, but that at tha end of five years they must become full fledged cltliens or the right of franchise la taken away from them. When the bill came up In the committee of the whole Nettleton of Clay moved to strike out the word "mala," which would have made a women' suf frage bill out of It. Thl created a lot of laughter and lot of fun and It looked like Shoemaker wa again to be defeated In hi life work, but Raper opposed killing th bill with amendment and Nettleton with drew the motion, saying he had offered it In a spirit of fun. Nettleton then endorsed the bill and urgod favorable action. Hoase Favors Capital Pnnlshment. The house went on record this morning aa favoring capital punishment when the Raper bill to amend the present law so aa to provide life Imprisonment Instead of hanging was defeated. Half a dosen mem bers spoke for and against the bill, but tha sentiment wa overwhelmingly for capital punishment. After Looae Leaf Record. H. R. 2S2. by Pool of Johnson, which amends the present law giving the right to the people to Inspect public records, to provide that the official shall keep tha records In bound volumes, is aald to be a knock on the loose leaf record now kept by a great majority of the counties in the state. Because of that the standing committee .1 amended the bill to provide for the us of leu leaf record. a Sink' License Bill Poaalao. Sink of Hall county today received a letter from Charle G. Ryan, writing a secretary of the Grand Island Commercial club, endorsing his bill to compel ped dlers to pay a license of $100 a month. The letter said the meaaure Would . be. If parsed, of great benefit not only to merchants, but to the people who buy from peddlers as well. Primary Bill Held I p. The house this afternoon showed a dis position to go slow in changing th primary law by falling to take action on the Kuhl bill. Thl bill provide able gates to the state convention shall be selected according to the decision of the county committee and the representation shall be boxed on the vote cent for presi dent. It alao provides that the platform convention shall be held In July previous to the state primary. It repeal that sec tion which permits proposed constitu tional amendments to go on the party ballot. This raised objection from Wil son of Polk, who believed In no ether way could the constitution be amended. Taylor of York opposed the manner in which the bill proposed to select dels gate to the convention. Grelg of Plait wanted one delegate for each county and no more. Jelley favored the bill aa It waa introduced. The committee rose dur-. Ing the discussion of the bill and saved It from defeat. Howell Work la Hoase. "Senstor Howell tia been sending, for members of our delegitlun and for other member of the huuso and urging tliem to tand for an elective police commission in Omaha," aald Representative Connolly. "So far he bss been unable to secure any of the house delegation who la opioaed to the elective commission. Ho Is telling some of th member unless we slmd for his Omaha charter providing tot Use etacllve