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The Omaha Daily Bee WEATHER FORECAST. For Nrbrrmka-Snow Thursday. For Iowa Fair. For weather report, sea rage t. THE OMAHA BEE A clean, reliable newspaper that It admitted to eseh and every horn. VOL. XXXVIII NO. 230. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1909 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. OIL COMBINE IS FOUND NOT GUILTY Judge Andenon Direct! Jury in Famoui Case to Bring in Ver dict of Acquittal. nrrtcrnw TS wnT r,CTED V 1. Court Hold that Govern Vt Z" dence ii Incompet EIOHTEEN-CENT RATE H(n lOnaequeniiy ACCepung ncsao r- Could Not Be A Crime. ' APPELLATE COURT IS QUOTED ( nnrt says Any Other Verdict Woild Rr et -side tor rume nmn ( Was Itemandesl for Aen Trial. CHICAGO. March 10.-"Not guilty." This is -.lie result reached today In the govern ment famous suit against the Standard OH company of Indiana. The suit of the government, wherein the defendant at one time faced a fine of ;9. ItO.OOO at the hands of Judge K. M. Landls on a charge of having accepted rebates 1n freight from the Chicago & Alton rail road, came to an end abruptly. Judge A. B. Anderson, before whom the case was brought after reversal by the United States court of appeals. Instructed the Jury to find a verdict of "not guilty. Judge Anderson's decision was not alto gether unlocked for. he having previously announced to the prosecutors that the proof rolled on In the first trial Is Incompetent and It was with aomethlng of an air of hopelessness that District Attorney Sims and his assistants attempted to show the admissibility of the Illinois classification to prove the exlstencs of a legal rate of IS cents, which was a vital point In the government' contention. Assistant District Attorney Wllkerson ad mitted that the prosecution could not fur nish the proof deemed necessary and sug gested' dismissal of the case. At this point Attorney John 8. Miller of counsel for the oil company, who, up to that time bad taken little part In the pro ceedings, arose and moved that there be an Instructed verdict. The court so ordered and the Jury was called In and Instructed. The decision of Judges Orosscup. Baker and Seaman of the United States circuit court of appeals .reversing Judge Lendis, together with the action of the United KtaWs supreme court In refusing to review the decision of the court pf appeals, played an Important part In disposing of the case. Judge Anderson In announcing tils finding quoted from the opinion or the appellate court. The strongest expression In favor of his view, hu aald, was the statement In that decision: "The roost we can say Is that the question is one uiion which judges after full discussion might very reasonably disagree.'"' " Defease Mas Hnet of Doubt. Continuing Judge Anderson said: The defendant Is Charged here by Indict ment; this Is a criminal offonee. The de fendant U presumed to be innocent until proved to be guilty beyond all reasonable doubt and before this Jury would be Jus tified In returning a verdict upon a single one of these counts. It would have to be satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt to such a degrea of certainty as to overcome tills presumption jf Innocence which sur rounds this defendant. It would have to be satisfied beyond ail reasonable doubt that there was- a definitely fixed 18-cent rate. The court of appeal ha said upon this am evidence after having considered It In all It relation. fter the evidence which wa alven that they cannot say that these two paper (referrtlng to the railroad tariff sheet and tha Illinois ciassmoauunj reailv fly an 18-cent rate. "Tlirfor If It I a matter about which reason may differ or trained Judge may diss (ret, If the court of appeals ays after reviewing these papers ana consulting m- gether that they cannot tell what It Is. then of Course, the evidence Is not sufficient to warrant you In finding that these paper establish that rat beyond a reasonable dOubt. "Altogether 1 feel that the government tia failed to sustain the allegations In th Indictment asatnst the Standard Oil company. Should thl Jury rina.tn oe fandant guilty I would set aside such etdlct instantly, a I know the United State court Of appeal would." The foreman of the Jury then signed thl verdict ''We, tha Jury, find the defendant not guilty United State District Attorney Sim admitted that ha waa greatly dUap pointed at the outcome of the case. "A to further prosecution of the Standard OH company." he ld, "I will be unable to make a statement until I have con ferrod with the attorney general at Waahlngton. We made the best fight we could and hunt on until th last, but the court ruled against It." Standard's Attorney Pleased Mortis Rosenthal, counsel for the Standard Oil company, in commenting on the verdict, said: "Th verdict Is Intensely satisfactory with us. as it shows that a rate of 18 cents was never fixed by the Chicago & Alton railroad. It show further that no legal rate was In existence at the time th alleged concessions were received by th Standard Oil company. Therefore the Standard Oil company committed no legal . or moral wrong In accepting a C-cent rate. Morally, as well as legally. It Is found not guilty, and that I the most satisfac tory verdict that could have been re i timed." A throng of newspaper men crowded around Judge Anderson when he left the court room after the conclusion of the trial. "I suppose the newspaper will reverse me." said he. when Interrogated by one of Hi reporters. "However, I tried to follow th law and have no state- ment to mske further thsn what I haa!"ou wher h lived and then had a war- already said Id open court." JUtlge A. B.Anderson, who presided St U.e retrial of th celebrated Standard Oil ease was burn In Sloovtlla, Ind., February J", 17. He wa graduated from Wabasn t ullrtse in UTS and then studied law at Crawfordsvllla and Indianapolis. He was adiniited to the bar tn 1KU and began the praitue cf law at Crawfordsvlll. He wa I rosecutlng attorney for Montgomery iu!it, Indiana, for three years and suit December II, ml he has been United Hiutet d'etrkt Judge tor the district vt Indiana. His home is In Indianapolia. Another famous rase at which Jude (Continued n Third' Pag.) Leupp Remains at Head of the Indian Bureau Action Taken at Request of President to Enable Him to Work Out Fending; Flans. (From a Staff Correspondent.). WASHINGTON. March 10.-8p-la! Tel egram ) Indian Commissioner Leupp, at the earnest solicitation of President Taft, ha withdrawn his resignation and will re main at the head of the Indian bureau for somo month at least. Mr. Leupp was re- 1iistatt tn An l)il hilt ln hai Inaiinip.t. ome reforms In administration of Indian affairs which meet with the entire' ap proval or President Tart and he has re quested that Mr. Ieupp continue In office a sufficient time to work out Iila recom mendations in the Indian service. Commls sloner Leupp leaves Waahlngton today for St. Louis, Chicago and Omaha on his an nual visit to superintend the opening of bids for Indian supplies at these cities. I F. Brown of Bambury and Clarence M. Schofroth of Nodaway, I 8. Devere of Corning. P. K. Moore of Weak Liberty and F. W. Brlgza of Marlon, la., have been ap pointed railway mail clerks. The secretary ot tha Interior has approved Indemnity selection No. 10. for 4,883 acres of land located In the Douglas land district In Wyoming; also selection No. 117 of the same state under Its grant of 1,000 acres, and 200 acres In the same land district as a site for a deaf, dumb and blind asylum, The secretary of the treasury today sent a check for $10,000 to the United States dis trict attorney for the payment of the site for the public building to be erected Ames, la. Leave of absence for six months on' sur geon's certificate of disability, with per mission to go beyond tha sea. Is granted Brigadier General John J. Pershing, United States army. Suicide Stops Murder Trial Urry Jones, Charged with Killing Van Winkle at Muscatine, Hangs Self in Cell. MUSCATINE, la., March 1C. Urry Jones, on trial here for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. William Van Winkle on De cember S, 1907, hanged himself In his cell between midnight and 7 o'clock this morning, lie was found by a deputy hanging to the tup bar of his cell door. He had cut the coverlet to his bed Into strips and formed a rope. He was dead w hen found. The prosecution had finished the intro duction of Its testimony in the case yes terday and Jonts was supposed to take the stand today in his own defense. The murder was an exceptionally cruel and brutal one. Mr. 'and Mrs. Van Winkle had only been married a few weeks, when. In the middle of the night. Jones la sup ported to have entered their bed room and while they, were asleep with a club beat the brains of both to a pulp. Th country was scoured to find the accused and a year afterward he was located at Milan, van., ana brought back to this city for trial. His real name In supposed to be Frank Beetty, under Indictment In Wash, lngton county, Pennsylvania, for tha mur der of his wife five years ago. WASHINGTON. Pa.. March 10.-HV,v Beatty, alias Jones, was formerly emnlnvH here In the tube mills. Nine years ago he seriously asiaulted his wife during a do mestic quarrel and fled. Mrs. Beatty still resmes rere and last week Identified a picture of the Iowa murderer as her husband.. EFFORTS TO RESCUE TWO ENTOMBED MINERS FAILS Mi A re Still Bring Fed Tb rough Two-Inch Pipe and Itesene Work Is Poshed. SALT LAKE) CITY, March W.-At 10 o'clock today the rescue of George and Jerry Peterson, who have been entombed in a tunnel of the St. Patrick mine for the last forty hours had not been effected. The rescue party Is encountering great diffi culty on account of frequent slides due to the looseness of the surrounding ground. Air and nourishment are still furnished the imprisoned men through th two-Inch Iron pipe. INSURANCE MAN INDICTED Head of Ohio German Fire Company Charged with Perjury and Embesslenirnt. TOLEDO. O.. March 10,-Judge Michael Donnelly of Napoleon, O., president of the Ohio German Fire Insurance company, was Indicted this afternoon by the Lucas county grand Jury on charges of perjury and embezzlement. Novels and Melodramas Go to Make Up'Suit in Court There is material for three novels, two fullfledged melodramas and a couple of curtain raisers in a trial, which began be fore Judge Sutton Wednesday morning. If any of the present crop of architects of tank dramas only knew of the case each would hurry to listen to the testimony. It Is the suit for S10.O00 damages brought by Charles R. Theunert of Benson against Fred W. Wranch, Joseph Wranrh and Robert Bmlley for alleged falsa and malici ous arrest and imprisonment. Theunert claims that the defenants had a well-nourished, throughly grown dislike to him. were so adversely disposed, in fact, that an attempt at poisoning him having failed, they procured a stolen set of harness, deposited It In the bsrn of ths rant sworn out for his arrest. When th case cmo up for trial It was dismissed. This Is only a part of the affair, however. Bob Smiley, one of the co-defendants, has a sister now. Mrs. Charles Theunert, wife of th plaintiff. She was known before hr msrriage to Benson people as Mrs. Owens. Mrs. Smiley and Mr. Wampler. her. essays In connubial felicity having been numerous. Now, for one thing Bob Smiley much ob jected to Theunert as a prospective brother In-law. So much at least is certain. For anothr thing, Mrs. Wampler, as shs was named before wedlock to Theunert. had a H-year-old daughter an exceedingly pretty girl by the way and to her Fred Wranch. sju of Joseph Wranch, was much attached. INSURGENTS WILL CONTINUE FIGHT Attitude of President Toward Chang of Rules Will Not Affect Contest. CONFERENCE THURSDAY NIGHT ' 1 Plan of Campaign to Be Mapped Out at Meeting Tonight. ATTITUDE OF SPEAKER CANNON He Will Probably Ignore Minority Leader in Making Appointments. TO CALL INSURGENTS DEMOCRATS rn.lhle Move that Would Redura- Minority Representation on Com mittees and Embarrass Be formers In Fntnre. WASHINGTON, Maroh 10. Nothwlth standing the opposition of the president to an attempt to amend the rules of the house at this time because of Its rcobsme effect on tariff legislation, th msnagers of the "Insurrection" declared today that Miev would continue to press their demand for a change In the rules at tho beginning of tho special session. To that end a con ference of Insurgents will be held Thurs day nlftht. It Is claimed by the Insurgents that the attitude of President Taft will not affect their members in the least. The conference Thursday night will be held to determine exactly the strength that can be mustered and to decide upon I course of action. "Insurgents" and democrats were Indulg lna In much speculation at the capital tO' day as to what would be the policy of BDeaker Cannon In selecting the commit tees of the next house In the event he Is successful In the present fight over the or ganization of the house In the sixty-first congress. The democrats are apprehen that the speaker will assume the right to fill the minority as well as the majority places on the committee. Several demo crats have appealed to the speaker directly for appointment to certain committees. When John Sharp Williams was minority leader Speaker Cannon referred all such applications to the minority leader. He has taken no such sction this time. Mi nority Leader Clark's friends say ha can interpret this course in but one way. There have been no conferences between the mi nority leader and the speaker, and It Is un derstood none are scheduled. Th demo crats wilt make political capital out of the failure to recognlxe the minority leader. Insurgents as Democrats. Another possibility that Is worrying both the democrats and the "Insurgents' Is that Speaker Cannon may classify the "insur gents" as minority members of the house and make up committees on that baits. That would reduce, the democratic repre sentation on the committees And might prove embarrassing to the "Insurgents" In the future. On the floor of the house the democrats will attempt to take the lead In the oppo sition to adopting the rules. They will not allow that honor to go to the "Insurgents." The opposition of a large number of dem ocrats to the election of a committee to select the house committees will probably defeat that plan of the Insurgents If an opportunity arises to consider that amend ment on the floor. The proposition to have the committee on rules elected by the house and barring the speaker from the commit tee will have more support from the demo cratic side. As an evidence of their desire not to In terfere with the tariff, the Insurgent lead ers today announced that they were willing for the speaker to appoint the committee on ways and means. Conferences at White Hour. The members of the Interstate Commerce commission, headed by Chairman Knapp, conferred today with President Taft and announced that they were to have another conference, but they would not discuss the matters under consideration. It Is under stood that the president desired to be fully Informed as to the affairs of the commls slon, and devoted much of the time to in qulries. President Taft Instructed Attorney Gen eral Wlckersham to choose his assistants without consideration of political Influence or political services rendoredv This policy was decided after a conference with Secre tary Knox and Mr. Wlckersham. . One cause of friction at the Department of Justice which Mr. Wlckersham will en deavor to smooth over Is the appointment of attorneys by the Interstate Commerce commission. Under the policy laid down by President (Continued on Second Page.) .Theunert did not approve of his suit any more than Brother-ln-Law-to-Be Bob Smiley approved of his sparking of Smlley's sister. These are some of the main allegations In this highly Involuted case. Incidentally Theunert himself. It appears, had been twlc married before he fell in love with th present Mrs. Theunert and secured a divorce from his second wife. He will try to prove that the Wranches and Smiley did the harness trick referred to In order to settle their existing grudges and objections to his presence in Mrs. Wampler"s house, where hs was a roomer! Smiley, In fact, himself owned the house and one time notified Theunert to leave. When Theunert did not go Srailsy did. The alleged poisoning of Theunert occurred last February. Theunert was then helping Mrs Wimnlu rn.ll h. .1,. L.I .. . . ..u waauing, wniCH WS heavy that week, and being fagged, helped himself to a Ilttl whisky which stood In a mug en a shelf. He Immediately had a spasm and a physician declared him poi soned. If ther Is aught to connect the defendants in th's damage suit with th al leged polaon It has not yet been brought out. The whisky had stood in a small bottle but Theunert emptied the bottle th day before Into the mug because Mrs. Wamp ler wished to store in ths bottle sores ot th last elder her father had made Just previous to bis recant death ' j J From the Philadelphia North American. DEATH LIST REACHES FIFTY Storm Sweeps Eleven Counties Across State of Arkansas. TWENTY-NINE DEAD IN BRLNKLET Seventy-Foar Are Injured In Single Town and Thirteen Killed and Forty-Six Hnrt In Other Places. BRINKLET. Ark., March 10. -Twenty- nine persnos dead and seventy-four Injured Is th local casualty list as th result ot the tornado Monday . nigltt. Governor Donaghcy, who arrived hers yesterday, has declared martial law and placed the situa tion In the iiands of th sheriff. All of the dead and injured have been properly cared for and large force of man are at work clearing away wreck On hundred con vict from tha uu irtJacy tiavs been ordered her to assls in" th work. Meetings are being held -In Little Rock, Memphis, Helena - and other cities today for the purpose f raising money and sup plies for the destitute. The storm wiich wrought such havoc here apparently entered the state from the southwest and swept over eleven counties to the northeast. Belated reports from small towns tell of death and Injury to many persons and a large property loss. Casualties Outside of Brlnkley. Outside of Brinkley thirteen person were killed and forty-six were Injured, some pf whom may die. Following' were the principal casualties: At Chldater Three member of the family of A. T. Gaston, fatally hurt and for other members seriously Injured. Fifteen people suffered broken limbs. Fourteen dwellings were destroyed and two churches and a school house damaged. At M'alvern Methodist ohurch destroyed; Baptist church unroofed. Five Miles Northwest of Benton Church and school house and twenty residences de stroyed. Mrs. Margaret Blrode was killed and three Injured. At Ptneywood Herbert Cockran killed; three Injured. At Zlon Edgar Matmn, Roy Mason and Ijena Mason killed: James Mason and Coma Mason fatally Injured. At Salem Miss Sadie Kesterman died of excitement. At Kourche Dam One dead; five Injured; four houses destroyed. ' At Sheridan Child of Arthur Kaulkner killed. At Hot Bprlrurs William Stanley drowned. At Forda Mrs. Jackson killed. At Bonham Unknown white woman killed. Six Dead Mear Little Reek. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March t.-Six dead and eight Injured are reported today tn this vicinity as a result of the tornado. Among the dead are three brother. The Methodist church and school house st Mount Carmel were demolished, and eight houses at Hurricane Creek were de stroyed. GEORGIA TWISTER KILLS SIX All Dead Are Nesrroos, but Many White People Were Injured. CUTHBERT. Ga.. March 10. Half a dosen negroes were killed here by a tornado last night and a dozen business buildings were almost totally destroyed. Th tornado also twisted off corners of. and made fantastic mutilations on many other buildings. (Continued on Second Page.) The little fellow in business has to sell on a close mar gin of profit He has notthe capital to in vest in big ads so he uses The Bee want ads. They are cheap every body reads them line for line and word for word. The small merchant who carries bis want ad Is the enter prising fellow who has something to sell and can sell at a small profit. Watch the want ads if you want your dollar to buy the most. Have you read the want ada yet. today? REASSURING Stirling Divorce Suit is Decided for Husband Edinburg Judge Gives Laird of Kip pondaire Decree from Former American Show Girl. EDINBURGH, March la-Th sensational Stirling-Cross divorce suits were decided today by Lord Guthrie, who granted the husband's petition, awarded him th cus tody of his child and denied the cross petition of Mrs. Stirling. John Alexander Stirling, laird of Klp pondalre. was married three years ago to Clara Elisabeth Taylor, an American show girl, who came from New Jersey. Last fall cross .suits for divorce were filed, Mr. Stirling naming Lord Northland, and Mrs. Stirling Mrs. .Ajherton a corespondents, . , King Edward is in Good Health Report He is Seriously 111 Discredited, as He is Planning to Attend Aeroplane Flight. LONDON, March W. There is absolutely no confirmation In London of ths report emanating from Biarritz and published In the United States that King Edward Is seriously 111. King Edwsrd wss reported yesterday as being In good health and he had quite re covered from the signs of fatigue noticed at his arrival at Biarritz. He walked through the town and visited ths golf links In the afternoon. It was announced from Pau last night thst King Edward was planning to go ther from Biarritz at the end of the week to witness a series of aero plane flights by Wilbur Wright. RISING WATER DROWNS FIVE Heaviest Rain In Twenty Tears Sands Alabama River on Rampage. MONTGOMERV, Ala.. March 10. Five persons were drowned today in th Ala bama river here In the rising waters which followed last night's torm. Three whites and a negro were drowned from a ferry and William Dlllar, a white boy ni.vini najir the river bank, fell in and wa drownea. Last night's rain was ths heaviest her In twenty years. Five and a half Inches fell in a little more than five hours. Former Omaha Get Into WASHINGTON, March 10. Special Tele- 1 gram.) A smalt-aired tornado which ha been raging in this vicinity for some time around the figures of two former Omaha Jewish rabbis has broken out into letters to the public. It seems that about two months ago the Emanuel synsgogue of San Francisco set out to engage a successor to the late Dr. Voorsanger, who, before his death, was one of the eminent leaders of the Jewish church. The berth was sup posed to be a most desirable one, carrying with It a salary of $8,000 a year, and among the rabbis who were considered as worth angling for were Rabbi Abraham Simon, now of Washington, and Rabbi William Roaenau. now of Baltimore, each of them at one time rabbi for the Temple Israel of Omaha. The Imminent prospect of losing the services of their rabbi when presented to the trustees of Dr. Rosenau's congrega tion, had the Immediate effect of securing for him a raize of $1,000 a year and the congregation here also took steps to make sure of holding the service of Mr. Simon, At this stags a paper Issued as a semi official publication of the Temple Emanuel at San Francisco cams out with an un equivocal statement that neither Rabbi Rosenau nor Rabbi Simon had had any call to San Francisco, and Intimating that any pretense of a call to secure more money from their present concregationa would com under the head of unprofessional con duct. To establish and confirm their confidence la Rabbi Simon, the board of managers of tha Washington Hebrew congregation ha Just adopted a resolution setting forth OUSTER CASE WILL GO UP Standard Oil and Republic File Appeal Bonds in Missouri. HAND OF STATE IS STAYED Both Companies Will Have lllabt to Contlnne In Business I ntll Case Is Derided by Highest Tribunal. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., March 10. An appeal bond of $100,000 will be the baaia on which a writ of error for an appeal to the supreme court of the United sates will be granted to the Standard Oil company of 'Indiana and the Republic OH companw of Ohio, ac cording to the action taken by the su preme court of Missouri today. The appesl acts a a stay of execution on, the Judgment announced by the court yesterday by which the ouster decrees against the companies . were affirmed. Both the Indiana and Republic com panies will have the right to continue business in the stste pending a decision by the federal tribunal. The former, according to Its last re port to the secretary of state, has real and personal property In Missouri to the value of 12,1.76. The Ohio corpora tion is reliably reported to have ceased business in the state about two years ago and its Interests are said to be so small that they will scarcely cover th 150,000 fine assessed against it by the state court. If the state decisions are upheld in the United States supreme court th Standard OH company of Indiana will be compelled to dispose of its property. The prayer for a writ of error was filed by Frank Hagerman of Kansas City, who acted as attorney for the Standard and Republic companies In the ouster suits. He declared that th big bond demanded by the court will be filed within a few days and that the perfection of the ap peal will follow shortly thereafter. The attitude of the atate toward the appeal was stated by Attorney General Msjor, who said that as soon ss he re ceived proper notice that th case haj readied the' supreme court In Washing ton he will enter a motion for the dls missal of the writ of error on the ground that no federal question Is Involved. He will urge that th Missouri statutes upon which the ouster decree Is baaed are right and that they do not take private property without due process of law. This course Is expected to place the mat ter upon a square Issus that will deter mine the constitutionality of the anil trust laws of this state as well as sev eral othera Rabbis the Limelight the step In the controversy and declaring W regret that any part of the Jewi.h preae should attempt, for any reasons not apparent, to cast any reflection upon the Integrity or manliness of a man chosen to lead Israel in the paths of truth. We want me worm to know that we repudiate any attack, open or veiled, upon the In tegrity or manhood of our rabbi. At the samo time Dr. Rosenau has given out a bunch of extracts from letters re ceived by him from the president of the Ban Francisco congregation. Including the following: BOSTON. Jan. S. 19no.-Tour esteemed favor of the 1st wss handed to me this morning', sfter being absent for several days, and words cannot express my regret st its contents. Certainly our loss Is Balti more's gsln. Among all the distinguished gentlemen whose names were presented to us as worthy to succeed the late Dr. Voor. Sanger, we had chosen you, ss we had con sidered your scholarly attainments and re llglous views were In close affinity to those of the late Dr. Voorsnnger. My board will be very much disappointed, as 1 had led them to believe that you would accept our call. SAN FRANCISCO, Cel., Feb. i. ISO -My Dear Dr. Rosenau: I am Just in receipt of your favor of January Zi. and In reply will say that I am not responsible for tlw aruuie ni wie r.nianuei. neither are any of the officers or directors of th congre gation Emanuel, therefore, have no cor rection to make, and I further duslre to say that when the article In question appeared In the Emanuel 1 had not yet arrived at Ban Francisco. He adds for himself: I should not hsve published the above had Mr. Wangenhelm's promise of a cor rection, made to me in a telegram of February . and in a letter, dated Feb ruary . been fulfilled. And her the matter rests lor th time being HOT DEBATE UN EXPENSE BILL Case of Frontier Makes Charge and Backs Down When Nettleton Calls Him. CHARGES COMBINE OF BOND MLN Asked for Proof, He Admits He Has None to Back Assertion. GOVERNOR AND CLARK BOSSES Decide What Appropriations Should Be and House Says Aye. HEARING ON STOCK YARDS BELL Senate Appoints Sifting; Committee as A Breed 1'pnn In Caucus Many Bills tirttlusr luto a Tangle. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. March . 10.-(Speclsl.)-Tho house finlnhed its discussion of the current expense appropriation bill this morning snd recommended It for passage after a debate which at times bordered on th sensational. Tho larger approprlatoons, however, wer.? left Intact, save In the Item providing $1,600 for an Ice and cold storage plant at the Norfolk asylum. An Item of $76,000 for nor mal training In high schools wss added to tho bill on motion of Henry of Holt, who was ably seconded by Nettleton of Clay and others. The finance committee had left the Item entirely out of the bill, but It had an amendment providing for $60,000 for this purpose. The committee of the whole raalscd this to $7S,000. Case of Frontier, who Is the Introducer ot the political bills, or somo of them, de manded by tho machine loaders of the ma jority party, made the ststemcnt which started the trouble during the discussion of the Item relating to the appropriation for the payment of the premium on the bond of the state treasurer. This had been cut yesterday from $5.0110 to $4,000, and Clark of Richardson movod to reconsider this action. Case opposed the motion and during his remarks aald: "The state officers had com bined with the bond companies to Increase the premiums on bonds to be given by the officers." The statement, coming from Case, was overlooked for some time, until Nettloton of Clay got tho floor. , "I desire to ask the gentleman from Frontier If he has tho proof for that state ment?" he inquired. Case, put his hand up to his face, and apparently much embarrassed, replied: "I have not, but t bellove It Is true." "No statement such as that made by the gentleman should bo offered to this houso without proof. Ths gentleman has charged the stale officer with an -of fens which would subject them to Impeachment. He should be ablo to prove hi statement., or retract It" At the conclusion of the Nettleton speech. several members applauded and some con gratulated him. When It had been explained to the house that the premium on the bond of the stste treasurer had not been Increased ths orig inal figures were restored. Boilers la Demand. The fact that practically every slat In stitution has In a request for a new boiler occasioned a lot of talk and Holme moved to appropriate enough money for a boiler factory, which received no second. Schools of Seward opposed a $6,000 appro priation for repairs at the industrial home at Milford In his home district. This Is not needed.", said Scheele, "even If It Is In my district. Some of these super intendents have an Idea we have a sandhill full of gold and are ready and anxious to scoop it out with a shovel." Clark explained that the governor had recommended that amount after h had sent out a personal representative to see what was needed. This led Holmes to remsrk that Clark and the governor seemed to have passed on the appropriations without the com mittee having anything to do with It. Pool of Johnson raised the same objection to th item, which was left in the bill. Bates asked for a $12,000 appropriation for a sewer at tho Soldier' home at Grand Island instead of $1,000 called for In the bill, it was charged by Clark and others that this was a scheme on the part of Grand Island to get a sewrr system at the expense of the stale ajid so Bales . lost out. , The $UO,000 Item to pay wolf bounty claim was left up In the air. Taylor of Custer, Nettleton of Clay and others wsnted ths amount allowed. Wilson of Polk and Clark of Richardson opposed th Item. Fi nally a motion wa adopted that it be the sense of the house that the atate pay it debts and that is whers ths matter rests. Tsylor of Custer tried to get a reconsid eration of favorable action of th house on a $15,000 appropriation for a dormitory at the Home for th Friendless, but failed. This item Is In a separata bill and It went through (he committee of th whol without being discussed. Taylor explained the ap propriation waa even larger than that asked for by the superintendent of th home, Hearing; on Stork Yards Bill. The committee on miscellaneous subjects will give a hearing on the stock yards bill, H. It. 145, tomorrow. This Is th mcssurs thst was referred to another committee than the one expected by the Interests, who are looking after th measure. There has been no indication as to the temper of the committee, but the fact that an early hear ing has been accorded would Indicate that the bill will come up soon a one of th Im portant contests for the senate to decide Senate Slfllns; Committee. The senate today elected Its sifting com mittee on motion of Senator Henry of Col fax. The committee is composed of Dlers of York. Ollls of Valley, Buck of Otoe, Miller of Incaster, Volpp of Dodge, Tlb btts of Adams and Tanner of Douglas. Tho democratic senators decided upon the per sonnel of the commlttv In secret caucus by secret ballot, each member voting for the members he desired upon ths commute and the ballollng continuing until th seven members pi'sVlded In the i rule designated. were The prosit Ion of placing republicans upon the rommlttre was considered and some of the democrsts suggested naming; Senators La vert y and Kaunder and Myers of Rock for the place. Titer was ob jection to iiuming any republican a th committee and when th tnattsr waa dis cussed, sum of Ui democrats in cauc)