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VOL. XXXVIII NO. J73.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MOKN'ING, APKiL 30, 1009 TWELVE PAGES.
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NADIR PASHA
IS EXECUTED
Chief Adriser of Fo' y Sultan of
Turkey ii Hk"' AGalata
ti
CONDEMN ED BY C V
RTIAL
He is Found Guilty t'1 tiJ
Recent Mutiny Amon. "'-
N A
ATPOTKTMF.KTS BY NEU .iAN
Halidiza Effendi is First Secretary of
Imperial Chancellery.
FUTURE OF YILDIZ PALACE
Proposition to Convert It Into n
Msaeam and MaJie Pablte Park
f Grenada Snrroend
, ins; It.
t ONSTANTINOPLE, April 29 -Nadir
T'asha, the second eunlcti of the palace
under the regime of Abdul Hamid. was
hanged at dawn today on the Galata bridge,
Hie great thoroughfare that connected
Stamhoul with the quarters of Galata and
Pcra, The body wn allowed to swing until
o'clock In the morning and thous&nda of
people stopped to look at the ureal Nubian
whose nam waa a terror under Abdul
Hamld. The drad man'a face showed an
undershot jaw ani thick, heavy llpa. ' In
life he had been fully six fet 4 Inchca
tall. Nadir waa executed after a trial by
court -martial on the charge that he In
stigated the mutiny of the troopa on April
IX tie waa reputed to be Intensely am
bitions, subtle minded and insensible to
the sufferings of others. Its' was on of
the'trlo that formed Abdul Hamld'a private
cabinet tnvoVr th old regime. The other
members of this cabinet were Izset Pasha
and rehem Pasha. The former, the sul
tan's secretary, la now in hiding In Lon
don, and the latter, who was head of the
sultan's apy aystom, has been assassinated
somewhere In Russia.
Nadir Pasha cams to the imperial palace
as a slave and grew up In that hothouse of
intrigue. Since the ' departure of Ixxet
Pasha and Fehlm Pasha, Abdul Hamld had
relied entirely upon Nadir, who la regarded
as having boon ' the chief conspirator in
the events of April 13.
,ew' Ballast Makes Appointments.
I .ill 1 1 Boy, secretary of the foreign min
ister, has been appointed first chamberlain
lo the new aultan; Haltdtsa Effendi, a well
known author, has been made first secre
tary of the Imperial chancellery, and
Itcmsl Bey, commander of the Salonlkl
rhaueseurs, has been mads first nlde-de-
canip to his majesty.
Mehmed V, the new. aultan, already has
received 'Congratulations from practically
all the 'countries of the world tn his ac
cession to the throne. .'
Numerous telegrams ar being received
)ir front -the prvltit-ahd' errryorre wel
comes the change In sovereigns.
The transformation of the barracks and
pared ground formerly occupied by the
troops' of the sultan Into a residential
quarter Is bring discussed and It has been
suggested that the Imperial palace at Til
tils be converted Into a mi scum and the
park surrounding it be turned into a rec
reation ground for the pople.
Henceforward the people will be allowed
to remain on ths streets until 10:30 at night
Muny Turks of all shades of political
opinion whose lives were In danger during
tiie recent upheaval sought and obtained
the protection of the British authorities
here. They were given asylum in English
tlviUMCS.
Ke Trial tor Abdal.
The deposed ruler, Abdul Hamld If. is to
b kept a prisoner In a house with walled
grounds on a height overlooking Balonlkl,
which has lately been occupied by the Ital
ian commander of U International gen
darmerle. lie la not to b4 put on trial, aa
has been widely reported In Constantinople,
for he Is considered to be above the law,
It was thought wlae to keep the deposed
sultan. In European Turkey, remote from,
the capital. His household wilt be adminis
tered for him upon a generous scale and
hit life will be safeguarded as he earnestly
besought when notified of hla dethrone
ment.
Tli constitutionalists would like to get
back part of the great sums of money that
the former sultan Is supposed to have
abroad, not only because the government
Is In ned of the money, but becauss It ts
desliable that he should be deprived of the
refouues for another coup d'etat. Specula
tlon plares Abdul Hamld'a wealth at any
thing between fcX.UOC.OuO and $300,000,000.
It waa mentioned with pies sure today a
the palace of Mehmed V that the American
ambassador waa the flrat of ths foreign
representatives to communicate his good
wlhes to the newly proclaimed sultan. The
sultan sent hla compliments to Mr. Irish
man, expressing ploasure that the repre
sentative of the Vnlled States was first to
congratulate him.
Final Seeaee at Vtldia.
Caraesa Effendi, a member of the depu
tation from the national assembly, which
yesterday conveyed the fetua to the Ylldli
palace, tella a graphic atory of the dramatic
soene which closed six centuries dominion
of ths boundless power of the Padlahaha.
When the deputation arrived at tha palace
the scene wss one of utter desolation. The
Investing army had cut orr tne water, gas
and electric supplies and had Stopped ths
Ingres of rood, so that all the palace of
flcsls already were suffering-from hunger
and panic.
Whtla waiting to be Introduced to tha
sultan, tha members of ths deputatldn
carefully examined their holsters and pis
tols, and. according to t'araasa. had Abdul
H amid shown an armed hand he wuuld
have been shot on tha spot. After much
rtf lay the unwelcome visitors, surrounded
by twenty . blsck eunuchs, were ushered
into the sultan's apartments, where stood
the saltan's son. Prince Abdur-Kahlm.
Presently tha sultan entered. In a bewil
dered manner. He was dirssed somewhat
negllgtntly, as though his clothes bad been
hastily donned In civilian attire. His
arms hung at his sides and his hands
trembled. '
Abdal Haasld Pleads far I.lfe.
After a ailsnt salute. Essad Pasha pro
nounced In slow tones tha decree pt depo
sition, at which tha sultan shuddered.
There was a painful silence followed by an
iqually painful colloquy, lasting a quarter
of an hour. Abdul Hamld appealed for
his life and for the lives of his family.
He protested his devotion to the people
and hla Innocence In recent event a.
The youthful prince burst Into tears and
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Nebraska Next
in the Fight on
Two-Cent Fare
President of Rock Island Declare
Battle Will Be Transferred
Here from Missouri.
K A NttAR f'ITT Anrll 55 "A. far we
are concerned the IH-cent fare in Missouri
Is settled. The fight In Nebraska Is the
next one we will have," said B. L.
Wlnchell, president , of the Rock Island
railway system, here last night. Mr.
Wlnchell waa returning to Chicago after
an Inspection trip.
Attorneys for Nebraska railroads say
they have done nothing new In the matter
of a fight against the 1-cent passenger
aw In Nebraska and are preparing evi
dence to be used In the easea now pending
before the supreme court.
Judge W. D. Mcllugh represents all the
railroads In these cases and he Is out of
he city at present. Tha Union Pacific
attorneya say no new move has been made
and nothing will be done until the cases
now pending are settled. Burlington at
torneya also say nothing new has been
done.
The penalities for violation of the Ne
braska law are so severe that the rail
roads did not take the same lark they
did In soma other states, but complied with
the law to the letter when It went Into
effect. They have, however, been keeping
records of the business and expect to bo
able to show that the rate Is confiscatory
and also that the penalties are too severe
for violation of the law.
"Judge Bmlth Mr-Fherson stated from the
bench In the Missouri cases that the rate
waa too low," said L. W. Wakeley, gen
eral passenger agent of the Burlington
"If the rate Is too low In Missouri, wliero
they have a population of thtrty-ntne per
sons to the square mile. It looks like it
would be an easy matter to show it is too
low In Nebraska, where there are but four
teen persons to the square mile."
Fireman Killed
and Many Hurt
in Chicago Fire
Big Illinois Central Elevator Burns
During Terrifio Thunder Storm
Loss, Million Dollars.
CHICAGO. April ' 29. One fireman was
killed, another is missing and eight are
seriously Injured (n a fire which destroyed
elevator B of the Illinois Central railroad
here early today.
The conflagration, which was discovered
at tha height of a violent electric storm.
completely consumed the elevator and Its
contents. The loss Is estimated at $1,000,000.
The blase, fanned by a gale which awept
In ' from the lake, spread to the Illinois
CeHfral docks, to-train sheds and, freight
cars and It was with great difficulty that
the firemen checked the fire from a gen
eral spread over the take front yards of
the railroad company.
The structure. Its bins choked with
wheat, corn and oats, was a mass of
flames by the time the first tire companies
reached the scene.. Though a heavy rain
was falling the building burned like a tin
der box and firemen of truck No. t were
caught under a falling wall which burst
out without warning. Lieutenant Patrick
McElllgott was burled beneath the debrla
and Inatantly killed. Eight others were
trapped and seriously Injured. They were
hurried to the emergency hospital. One
fireman had an arm cut off.
The fire. It Is believed, was caused by
lightning. For hours the electric storm,
which burst over the city shortly after
midnight, created havoc. Frequent alarms
of fire kept the department busy In sev
eral sections of the city and it was In the
midst of the bombardment of lightning
that the elevator "was discovered on fire
by a watchman.
Suffrage Ranks
Rent in Twain
Faction in London Conference Bolts
Because of Restriction of
Membership.
lXNDON, April .-A serious split In the
women's suffrage ranks took place today
at tha session of the International Suffrage
alliance and as a result a body of dele
gates left the hall.
Some of the societies dealred to enlarge
the membership, but, under the leadership
of Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, one of the
American delegates, the conference voted
to reserve membership to societies having
the enfranchisement of women aa their
sole object.
One Way to Get a Farm
is to Take
The Minneapolis 1 Omaha railway haa
had considerable trouble fur the laat
fifteen years through the obstinacy, as
Is alleged, of Thomas J. Curry, a settler
on the right-of-way near that company's
bridge at South Blnux City, Neb.
Efforts have been repeatedly made by the
railroad to Induce Curry to vacate hla
premises, but Curry does not seem to be lu
any hurry to do so.
The amount of land Involved Is about
thirty-seven acres. Curry haa been farm
ing the land In nuestlon for over fifteen
years and haa esiabUVbed his home thereon.
Finally, as a last resort, tl railway com
pany brought suit for recovery of the land
In the I'nlted Btatea circuit court In Jan
uary. -he case was set for hearing early
during the present term, but a continuance
has been secured until May 12.
That portion of the right-of-way now pre
empted by Curry la on an abandoned 'part
of the right-of-way of ths railrcud com
pany. When the company flrat aecured the
grant of the right-of-way, some twenty or
more years ago, the lino ran In a round
about way around and north of the present
town of South Sioux City, then followed
down the Missouri river valley to the old
town of Covington. Here the line ended
and passengere and freight cars were fer
ried across the river to the Iowa aide to
connect with the Iowa part of tlic line.
TROOPS WILL
RELIEVE HADJ1N
Two Battalions of Turkish Soldiers
Reach Mersina Enroute to
Beleaguered City.
MANY BODIES COME DOWN RIVER
Corpses of Victims of Massacre Float
Down to the Sea.
WOMEN KILLED FOR SCREAMING
Pitiable Stories Told by Wounded
Armenians Taken to Hospitals.1:,.
AD ANA IN GREAT NEED OF AID
Responsibility for Awfsl Mossnrr is
Fixed Tarklsk Soldiers mmm
Officials- Wonaeat Arc Car
ried Oil.'
MERSINA, Asiatic Turkey, April 29 -Two
battalions of Turkish troops arrived here
today. . It is understood a strong detach
ment will at once be sent up eoifntry to
HsdJin to effect the relief of the American
women missionaries there who for nearly
a fortnight have been besieged In their
mission house by a horde of fanatical Mo
hammedan tribesmen of the surrounding
country.
The river that empties Into the sea here
Is carrying down many bodies of men,
women and children. They undoubtedly
were thrown Into the river from the coun
try above the city.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 29.-A tele
gram received here today from Adana says
the fighting which began there again last
Sunday continued fur two days, that ter
rible fire was destroying the Christian
quarter of the city and that further ef
forts were being made to atamp out the
Armenian population.
A subsequent message said the fire had
been extinguished.
The first communication was from
Stephen B. Trowbridge, a missionary of
the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions. It probably Is dated
April 27. It says:
"The fighting, which began again in
Adana Sunday night, has continued for two
days. A terrible fire is destroying the
Christian quarters of Adana, and an effort
is being made to stamp out the Armenians.
The local officials refuse to furnish us
with a sufficient guard. No attempt has
been made to put out the fire. The last
resort for us and the English will be to
retire to Mersina, as we are still In dally
danger..
"Please Inform Waahlngton and Boston."
Women Killed for Screaming.
ADANA, Asiatic Turkey, Saturday, April
24. The emergency hospitals established
here contain 300 patients suffering from
of whom are women. The
average number of wounds to each patient
Is four. There. Is great and Immediate need
for food and medical supplies. Practically
the entire Armenian population of Adana,
15.000 people. Is homeless, without bedding
or clothinz. and the food supply In the
shops Is exhausted.
Some of the wounded Armenian women
have told Miss Wallace, an English nurse
who is raring for them, that fhey were
shot by the Moslems because they screamed
when they saw their husbands killed before
their eyes. Many Armenian glrla were car
rled off by the Turks aa booty. A large
number of mutilated bodies have been
found In the houses of the city.
During the first five days of the dis
orders while fighting, killing and plunder
Ing was going on on all sides, the vail of
Adana kept the Turkish troops In govern
ment houses dsy and night, under orders.
On the sixth day he ordered them to stop
fighting, which conld have been done on
the first dsy.
Stephen Trowbridge, an American mis
lonary. said today:
Official Held Responsible.
One man la responsible for the disorders
here, the vali himself. He had It In his
power to suppress lawlessness and mas
sacre, but deliberately refrained from doing
ao. He aald simply 'we are not responsible.'
"The better class of Turks In Adana,
Mr. Trowbridge continued, "the members
of the committee of union and progress.
are deeply grieved and saddened at these
dreadful events. Some of them are ready
to Join us In relief work for the Armenians.
One bey already haa opened his house to
refugees."
The missionaries have picked fourteen
Mauser bullets from the walls of the girl's
school. Few civilians had Mausers.
It is probable the best elements of Adana
will demand the execution of the vail.
One of the most threatening features of
the situation today la the garbage and
filth in tha streets, which have not been
cleaned for a week. There la not enough
water for drinking purposes or to dress the
wounds of the injured.
Scenes of grvat brutality occurred In the
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It and Keep It
After the new bridge waa built across
the river at South Sioux City, the old
Covington detour waa placed In disuse, the
main line then running through South Sioux
City connected with the bridge In the
south part of the town.
The railroad company waa not disposed
to relinquish Its right-of-way up and
around the town and then back down
through the old town of Covington, and
In order to hold its title, 1st the tracks
remain and once a year the railroad com
pany runs a solitary freight car over the
tracks Just to Insure the right of posses-
mon.
Curry was st one time an employe of the
railroad, and discovering the situation
squatted on the land down near the bridge
wlikli ia technically known as a part of
section '.1. township 2 and range ft, em
bracing thirty-seven acres, and haa built
lils home there and farmed the land for
upwards of fifteen years. He maintains
that the railway company has abandoned
Its right-of-way, and that the running of a
solitary freight car over the track one a
year Is simply for tha purpose of holding
title to the right-of-way. when. In fact. It
has practically abandoned It for many
years. He holds, further, that tha land
la not available for railroad purposes, and
that the railway company so determined
when it virtually abandoned the land.
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f'WI M t'f i ri 'i III !
$1 If
From the New tork Herald.
GENERAL flAINS ON STAND
Father of Annis' Slayer Says Son Was
Very Nerrous.
ATTEMPT TO PROVE INSANITY
Witness Tells of
Pecnllnr Con
In Battle .
Other
dnet of Peter
and at
Times.
FLUSHING. N. Y., April 29. General
Peter C. Halns, retired, the aged father
of Captain Peter C. Halns, Jr., who Is on
trial here for the murder of William E.
Annis, was the first witness for the de
fense today.
While his father was testifying- the pris
oner s-it with his face toward the Jury
and paid no attention to him,
General Halns testified that he discov
ered an early period of Captain HaJns' life
that the boy was suffering from excessive
nervousness. He said' the 'captain gradu
ated at the naval academy at Annapolis In
1888, but did , not iHr ri j J wervlte
on account of defect!' eyewtjrht. Hs de
scribed the conduct of Claudia, Halna
towahr her husband, the captain, during
their early marrlagn as that of a "loving
wife." He said that they were very happy
until 190S. ,
During the Porto Rlcan campaign the
captain, then 'a lieutenant of artillery, was
a m-jmber of his command, the general
said, and they all suffered excessively from
the sultry and had climate of the island.
'Describe your son's conduct at the bat
tle of Guayamas," said Mr. Mclntyre.
In War on Firing; Line.
"He was always getting In my way on
the firing lrtie," replied the witness, "and
when I told him to get away he said I had
no right to wear that big white helmet on
the firing line. Then I told him I would
have to put him In the ranks If he did
not stop bothering me."
Reverting to the earlier years of the de-
fondant's life, the general said he would
fly Into a passion when contradicted and
was subject to violent nightmares. He fell
Into the hatchway of tha steamer Pharos
when he was 12 years old. striking on
his head, and for a long time afterward
Buffered from nervous excitement and de
pressing headaches. Slight noises always
excited the boy and made him turn pale.
the father said, and at 4 years of age he
stuttered snd stammered very badly. This
lasted for .ten years, when he finally re
covered from the affliction.
Oeneral Halns said the conduct of the
captain and his wife toward each other
prior to September 7, 1307, was loving and
exemplary.
Asked Father Aboat Wife.
General Halna said that his son on the
Utter s return from the Philippines, asked
htm If he (the father) believed the reports
about the captain's wife. "I told him she
had been away for a week and nobody,
not even the servants, knew where she
was, and when ahe returned she said she
was in bed week. The captain censured
me for not letting him know about these
things and aald he wanted me to help him
investigate and settle it. 'We can go to
the country where Claudia said ahe had
been and find out If It was true,' said the
captain."
The general aald his son was greatly ex
cited at that time, but would not say that
hla condition was Irrational.
District Attorney Dewltt objected to the
examination of General Halns in regard
to the alleged infidelity of the captain's
wife, and Judge Garret son ruled that the
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Everything on the
want ad pages from
pianos to poultry.
Speaking of pianos.
some of our big piano, firms
tell about their best bargains
on the want-ad page under the.
head of "Offered for Sale
Pianos."
Tier know that want-ad readers
look for real bargains thers. Often
they, or othsr peopla, hare slightly
nsod slanc. too, that may ba
bought for a fraction of what a now
on would cost.
Have you looked at the De
want adj yt tocUll
4
"ET TU BRUTE."
Haskell Land
Fraud Cases
to. Be Pushed
Attorney General Instructs District
Attorney to Ask for New
Grand Jury at Once.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-After consid
eration of the .-eaaons given by the court
for Its action In qUaahlng the Indictments
agalnat Governor H'aakell and others In
Oklahoma, Involving the alleged land Ir
regularities, the attorney general today
telegraphed Instructions to the United
States district attorney at Tulsa to pro
ceed with a vigorous prosecution of those
cases. The district - attorney Is Instructed
to apply to the court for a new grand Jury
drawn In conformity with Judge Marshall's
decision and to present the cases to the
grand jury.
TULSA. Okl., April 28. Governor Charles
N. Haskell and six prominent Okla
homans were Indicted at Muscogee In Jan
uary last Charged "with alleged conspiracy
to defraud the federal 'goVernmenf arid the
Creek Indian nation In connection with
the scheduling of Muskogee town lots In
1902. The Indictments were quashed at
Tulsa on April 10 by Judge John A. Mar
shall of Utah on technical grounds. All
the seven Indicted men are wealthy. Be
sides Governor Haskell, they are Clarence
W. Turner, Walter R. Eaton, William T.
Hutchlngs, F. B. Severs,' A. Z. English
and Jesse Hill.
A new grand Jury was called this after
noon to meet In TuUa on Monday, May
10, to reinvestigate the fraud cases.
Special Assistant Attorney General S. R.
Rush, who had charge of this prosecution,
has gone to Colorado to assist In the trial
of Mason and Vanderwelde, charged with
conspiracy In defeating the ends of justice
which resulted In the death of Joseph
Walker, an officer of the secret service, at
Durango, Colo., two years ago. Mason and
Vanderwelde were acquitted of the charge
of murder, but were reindicted on the
charge of conspiracy and will now have
to stand trial on that charge. The killing
of Walker grew out of some Investigations
he was making relative to some coal land
frauds at or near Durango.
Would Disprove
Boyle Marriage
Detectives Are Looking Up Records
to Show Helen McDennott
Wedded Another Man.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., April 2.-In an ef
fort to prove that Helen McDermott and
Jamea Boyle, now being held In Sharon,
Pa., for the kidnaping of Willie Whitla,
are not legally married, Iva V. Kepner, a
Pltubarg detective, has arrived here to
search the local records for a marriage
certificate. Detective Kepner is .seeking
evidence to show Miss McDermott was
married here to Frank Parker, who Is now
serving sentence In the Missouri peniten
tiary. THREATS FROM NIGHT RIDERS
Attorney Genernl Advised Alwaya to
keep tioldlrrs Aroand
Him.
WAVERI.Y. Tenn., April 28 The sensa
tion of the night rider sltur.tiun here today
waa a threatening letter received by At
torney General Bowman from Clarkaville,
signed by Tennessee and Kentucky night
riders. The communication advised that
if the prosecutor wanted to live In peace
he had better keep the soldiers always
with him. '
Shallenberger Once Trod
Boards in Guise of Hamlet
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Nfcb., April 2R tSpeclai.)
A Job awaits "Judge" Julius S. Cooley of
Omaha If his friends will only get busy.
In an Informal way Judge Cooley once
acted as escort for the governor who visited
Omaha. Judge Cooley haa a stronger pull
with the present governor for the job of
official escort for the sxoutvs whenever
he visits Omaha If 'he ever does again.
"Judge" Cooler and Governor Bballenberger
are bound by a tie stronger than ever
1
TRAGEDY ON SMITH CAMPUS
Porter Smith of Chicago Shoots and
Kills Miss Helen Ward.
HE THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
He Had Been trains Her to
Renew Their Bna-aarement, bnt
She Refused to
i Do So,
NORTHAMPTON. Mass., April ffl.-En-raged
because she had broken her engage
ment with him and refuaed to renew It,
Porter Smith of Chicago, who was gradu
ated from Dartmouth college last year, to
day shot and fatally wounded Miss Helen
Ayer Marden, a senlot- at Bmlth colloge,
and then committed suicide. Miss Marden
Is a daughter of Frank Marden of Somcr
Mile. Smith for several da) a had persistently
followed Miss Marden and trlod to force
his attentions on her. but ahe refused to
have, .anyttting Lo dn "with him. This fora
noon, when tha majority of the students of
Bmlth ' were in chapel Miss Marden came
out of the students' building, where she
roomed. She had gone only a short dis
tance when ahe met Smith. There were no
students near by and It Is not known
whether there was any conversation be
tween the two.
Suddenly workmen not far distant heard
a shot and a girl's scream. Turning
around, they saw Smith standing beside the
girl with a smoking revolver In his hand.
Before they could reach the couple they
saw Smith raise the revolver and fire two
more shots at the girl. Miss Marden sank
to the ground and Smith immediately
placed the muzzle of the weapon to hla own
head and fired, falling dead beside the
young woman.
Miss Marden's sister, Louise, Is a mem
ber of the Junior class st Smith and one
of her classmates Is Smith's sister. Miss
Aline Smith. - '
Miss Marden died shortly before noon,
CHICAGO. April '.D.-Porter Smiths fa
ther, before his death aome time ago, waa
a manufacturer of shoes In Chicago. An
uncle, E. G. Smith, la a member of R. P.
Smith & Sons, shoe manufacturers.
Porter Smith was a traveling salesman
for R. P. Smith A Sons.
"Porter returned to Chicago from a west
ern trip only three days ago," said Ed
ward G. Smith later today. "We thought
he had again gone Into that territory sell
ing shoes. Thst he was In the east, no
less than the tragedy of today. Is a sur
prise to me. I know nothing of the romance
between htm and Miss Marden."
Long Haul on
Wool is Cheaper
Utah Points Save Money by Sending
Freight East by Way of Los
Angeles.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 2.-In the
hearing of the autt to dissolve the merger
of the Harriman lines now In progress In
this city, J. W, Summerhays, a wholesale
wool and hide dealer, testified that when
hs wanted to make a shipment over the
Denver A Rio Grande he waa unable to
get a car set over on his switch for three
or four days, but an order from the Oregon
Short Una waa filled Immediately. Mr.
Summerhays also testified that a gradual
evolution of rates had followed the merger
of lines In 1901 and that competition had
practically ceased. He also testified that
wool could be shljiped from south of Salt
Lake City to Los Angeles and thence back
to Boston cheaper than via Salt Lake City
to Boston.
bound Judge Cooley and the other gov
ernor. , Both have played Hamlet.
Why this never became known during
the campaign is explained only by the fact
that Chrla Gruenther of Columbus was
close-mouthed. But the sec-Vet never came
out in the nature of a campaign charge.
But a resident of ths Fifth district in
Lincoln recently told how he first saw the
governor, charging across the stage with
sword In one hand lo atab hla luckleaa
uncle. It Is only neresssry for "Judge"
Cooley to make application
WIRES DOWN IN
ALL DIRECTIONS
High Wind and Heavy Rain Cuts
Chicago Off from the Rest of
the World-
STORM IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
Worst in History is Lait Message
from Peoria.
COLD WEATHER IN THE EAST
Ten Inches of Snow is Reported in
Western Pennsylvania.
SNOW IS FALLING IN WYOMING
rive Inches at Casper In t.aat
Twenty-Fonr Honrs "keen af
frrlag. as "hearing; Is In
Proa-res.
BtM.KTIX.
CHICAGO, April 'J. A squall, with winds
blowing forty-five miles an hour snd rain
falling In torrents, struck Chlcsgo at S:15
tonight. Wires wrnt down In every direc
tion and communication with other cities
wss completely severed.
"Peoria Is experiencing the worM storm
In Its history," wss the last 'message sent
from that city Just before communication
was cut.
CHICAGO, April 2S.-A terrific thunder
storm struck this city shortly after mid
night and raged for several hours. It waa
accompanied by detonations which seemed
to shske the skyscrapers in the down-v
town district and two buildings were struck
by lightning, but no damage was done.
The storm is ssld to be the forerunner of
one which Is raging n tha middle west
and which has prostrated wires In Kansas
City and Iowa. Worse weather is expected
wUhln twenty-four hours.
Deep Snow In East.
NEW YORK, April 29.-Aftor nearly a
month of extremely cold and unseaaonable
weather. New York experienced a lat
April snow this morning. Snow began
falling about a., m., but after a slight
flurry It ceased for a time. At S o'clock
the snow flakes were falling as thick as
If It wera February. Although a cold
northeast wind was blowing, the snow J it
the city melted as fast as It fell, but In
the suburbs ths ground waa covered with
a white blanket. This Is the latest snow
fall recorded In New York since that of
May (. 1S91, which was regarded as a freak
of the temperature. Since the begihntng
of April only one warm day haa been ex
perienced. PITTSBURG, April 2.-The "heaviest
snowfall of the wiater In western Pennsyl
vania began shortly before last midnight
and this morning at Bradford the snow a i
mow i i .
r. Snow 1
mer, had '
ten Inches deep fund still falling.
shovels, -stored away for the summer,
to be brought out. All lialllc experienced
delays. Telegraph and . telephone Wires) '
have been broken. In Pittsburg the weather
ts mild and two thunderstorms early today
were auggeatlve of summer.
Cattle Killed by Storm.
WEBSTER CITY. Ia., April 29.-lSpeclal
Telegram.) A terrific storm of wind and
rain did aeveral thousand dollars worth of
damage here last night. The roof waa
blown oft the cement pine and tile factory
and fifteen cattle were killed by the col
lapse of a big cattle barn on the Alexander
farm near here. Barns and outbuildings
were demolished generally over this section
of the state.
DES MOINES, Ia., April B.-Storm re
ports from various sections of the state
Indicate that a severe wind accompanied
the rain which fell during the night In the
north and central parts. Much damage Is
reported in Hamilton county 4o buildings
and outhouses. On the Alexander farm
south of Webster City a large cattle barn
was blown down and fifteen head of
blooded cattle killed.
Snow In Wyoming,
CASPER, Wyo., April 29.-Flve Inches of
snow has fallen here In the last twenty
four hours. Some damage has been done to
sheepmen, shearing now being In .progress
generally over this part of . Wyoming.
8now also is reported at Sherldaa and
Yellowstone Park.
MANITOWOC, Wis., April 28.-A bliixard
last night wrought destruction to telograpli
and telephone wires In this vicinity.
MARINETTE, Wis., April 2.-A driving
snow and sleet storm has prevailed here
since last night, accompanied by a forty
mile gale. Fears are entertained for the
safety of the steamer Oscoda, which left
port last night.
HELENA, Mont., April .-Sevsral Inches
of snow have fallen here since last night.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis., April 2.-Telephone
poles broken, trains delayed and business
almcst at a standstill In this city are the
results of the big snow and sleet storm
which prevailed here last night.
TORNADO SEAR FORT SMITH
Six Persons InJarrd by Storm In
Korth western Arkansas.
FORT SMITH, Ark.. April 29.-At least
six people were seriously Injured this aft
ernoon In a tornado which passed over
Washington and Crawford counties. At
Klbler eight houses were wrecked and
great damage done to crops. It was re
ported that the village or Carrolton was
blown away. The tornado was also aever
at Dyer and Sprlngdale. It waa feaied that
Ufa had been lost. N
MAYBRAY'S PICTURES
SENT TO LEXINGTON
Frlrnde of James . McCaan Mill Be
Ulren Opportunity to Settle
Qerstlon of Identity.
LEXINGTON. Ky., April 2l.-Lxington
people who knew James P. McCami said
to have been murdered by "Lord" Sey
mour Barrlngton near St. Louis several
years ago, will be given an opportunity
to settle the controversy as to whether J.
C. Maybray, the alleged foot race swindler
now In Jail at Des Moines, la., It one snd
the same man.
Pictures of Maybray have been sent here
by Chief of Police Miller of Des Moines
and are on exhibition at a local ti swaps per,
office. Former friends of Mi Can n have
born reqursted to call and Inspect the
pictures. MctJani was b.rn and reared In
thia county, haa many relatives here and
there Is hardly a man In Lexington or
Fayette county who did not III bUn
personally.