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un day Bee. PART ONE NEWS SECTION I PAara 1 to WEATHER FORECAST For Ntril Ire renal rig clnud'nee. For ln-Kstr snd rmfr. For wi'Hthrr report see P J. 7 i VOL. XXXVII r NO. 48. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1909 SIX SECTIONS THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SEVENTY DEAD 01UNJURED Serious Damage by Seriei of Tor nadoes in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Horn Says He Sold Mine Stock in Good Faith Defendant in Kansas City Case Admits, However, He Wrote Some Things Not True. ALTON TRAIN IS DEP ' CUT IN TARIFF ON BARBED WIRE Two Persons Fatally In,red and Thirty Fire Badly Hurt in Wreck at Odessa, Missouri. ONLY ENGINE STATS ON TRACK Mr. Burkett Secures Adoption of Amendment Placing Duty at 70 Cents a Hundred. TWO TOWNS ALMOST WIPED OUT REDUCTION OF TWO DOLLARS The Omaha ( Hollis, Kan., and Mount Washington, Mo., Kearly Blown Away. TRAIN BLOWN FROM ;. TRACK I One Member of Bridge Crew Killes and Several Hurt. MANY MIRACULOUS ESCAPES ThreeMontha'Old ltaby Which Tors from Mother' Arm Blown Arrmt Railroad Trark, hat I'ntajared. KANSAS CITT, Me., May 1H.-A re capitulation of last night's storm, general over northwestern Missouri and' eastern ana central Kansas and extending- Into Oklahoma, and which In places reached the proportions of tcmado, shows three kr-wn dead, six other missing and flfty kie Injured, at least halt a dosen Of the latter seriously hurt. t'p to early today no additional deaths had been reported among the list of Injured. The principal damage was done at Hol- a town cr ibu ir J rordia, Kan., urn) al Mo., a suburb eight Inhsbltanjs, near Con st Mount Washington, miles east of Kansas City. In both of these places practically every house was either damaged or demol ished, and dozen? of persons Injured. The dead: FREDERICK JEARDOE, a boy, at Hol lis, Kan. WILLIAM ELLIOTT, a carpenter, blown from a derrtok at Chltwocd, near Joplin, Mo. WILLIAM ACKLEY. engineer of a pile driver, a member ol a Santa Fe railway bridge gang working near Ureat Bend, Kan. The missing: Charles Quance, a ranchman from north of turned. Kan. Five members of the family of a farmer, named Eckstrom, whose home near Hollis. Kan., waa destroyed. The Injured: (Mount Washington, Mo., twenty-two, three perhaps fatally. Near Great Bend, Kan., twenty, mostly members of . crew on a 8anta Fe work train, which was blown 'from the track. Four of these are In a serious condition. Hollis. Kan., three. Roaedalovlew. Kan., a suburb of Kansas City. two. In vicinity of HolslngVn, Kac.. four. Pond Creek, Okl four. DM at Maul Washington. The most serious damage jras that which laid waste a district lOO yards wide and a mile In length through the heart of Mount Washington, a sparcely settled suburb tn the aaat of Karma City. T,here.' thirty frame buildings, mostly cottages, and. the Christian church, a wooden structure, were demolished, huge trees were uprooted and llephone poles blown down. The storm followed a terrific downpour of rain. The wind came ip suddenly, swooped down with but little warning, and striking the small territory described, wiped It out al most completely, lifted, and within a few minutes had passed. Frame housea were crushed, the sides apparently being forced Inward, while others were toppled over and carried from their foundations. In soma cases sides of buildings were carried away. leaving only the roof and a few small articles to mark the site. There were many miraculous escapee from death. The 3-months-old baby of Mr. 8. R. Robinson, waa blown out of the woman's arms as she was hurrying to rover, carried across the railroad tracka and deposited on a vacant lot with no other Injuries than a few slight cuts. The mother vii thrown down and badly cut by flying missiles. Bay Crashed V'ader Wrack. ,- Charles Oreer, IS yeara old, was pinioned beneath the timbers of the wrecked Oreer home. It required a motor car. Jack and axnumber of men to release the boy, who was taken to Independence, nearby, suf ferlng Interna) Injuries. He cannot live. Mrs. Joule De Bernard!, aged (U, sustained Jfc iToken arm while fleeing to a plaos of safety. Mr. and M.r. James O'dann, an aged couple, were caught in the wreckage of their home and Injured. The woman 'a shoulder was broken a -id she waa hurt Internally. She to ay die. . Physicians went from Kansas City and In le;ndence to care for the Injured. Trala 1ootb from Track, Near Great Bend a tornado killed two nrd injured twenty. All wires are down In that vicinity and it la feared that th death list may be great. WUllam Ackerly, a Santa Fe engineer, was killed while with a bridge gang between Oreat Bend and Kinsley. The tornado wrecked the work train, of which Ackerly was engineer, and blew Al into a ditch. Several members of the) crew were blown M feet. The pile driver toppled over, crushing Ackerly to death In his cab, .where he remained with liis hand vn the throttle. Following are those Injured In the Great Bend storm: Ieter Preston, Hansom Mlddaugh, Porter Thomae. It. E. Rucker. It. M. Brown. T. E. Fulkerson. Clarence Avery, Hrakeman Murray. Twelve unidentified. Must of the vie time In this case were members of the Santa Fa bridge crew In he train wrecked by the wind. The wind spread over a large area. Injuring many whose names could not be obtained. Many conflicting reports have been re ceived. One had ten killed. Tsrssde at Hotnlataa. At Holslngton, Kan., a tornado In t jured a great many and, damaged farm properly. It was not so severe, however, as that passing over the other portions of the stale. At Pond Creek, Okl., ;a se vere wlndntorm severely Injured four and unrvofed eevera! houses. A blinding ram and hailstorm accompanied the wind In all three states. Many washou's demoral ised railroad traffic. The Missouri Pacific main " line was 4 !! nut near Wslcott, between Leaven ioiih and Kansas City. The Buriingion and Par.ta Fe were forced to annul some of tlielr trains. Electrical disturbances in . 1 terfered with telearsoh and telephone wires ' and aa llils account only meager reports iCunUnued uu Second Pga) KANSAS CITT. Mo.. May 15. -Frank H. Horn, one of the defendants on trial In the" federal' court here, charged with using the mails to defraud In promoting the "Two Queens" mines In Artsnna, gave some In teresting testimony on the stand today. After aaylng that the company had spent close to tSQ.Onn In two years In adveitlslng the mine, Horn was atked how he first be came Interested In the property. "How did you happen to become Inter ested In the "Two Queens" gold mines?" one of the attorneys for the defendants In quired. "I first heard of the mines," Horn said, "when f was In Ios Angeles In the summer of 1906. There -1 met two Arizona pros pectors, 8. D. Gardom and C. (i. Werner. They we trying to obtain capital to de velop the Two Queens' gold mines. The mines were discovered by Oardom. Gardom said that he had taken ore from the mine that assayed J 200,000 to the ton." "And you believed him and acted on what he said?" "Tea." "How much of the promotion stock did you receive?" "About 1.100,000 shares." "Did you Intend to deceive the company or any of the purchasers of stock V No; I acted In good faith tn all that I did. I believed that we had a wonderful mine and I said so In my advertisements." On cross-exsminatlon Horn admitted that some of the statements In his letters were not based on facts, but that they were sent out for the purpose of selling stock. May Call Police in Row Caused by Bryan Visit Rival Committees at Columbus, 0., Are Fighting for Chance to Entertain Leader. COLUMBUS, O., May 16.-Representa- tlves from two rival committees, the Board of Trade, headed by former Congressman John J. Lenta, and the Jefferson Demo cratic club, were at the Union station to day to meet William X Bryan in automo biles. National Committeeman Harvey Garber has Joined Lents and an effort will b made to get Bryan to go to Qarber'a house. Former Senate Clerk Doughty de clared that the police would put many members of the Board of Trade committee off the stage if they dared attend the ban quet tonight given by uie Jefferson club In Bryan's honor. Lull in Hunt, Roosevelt Writes Ex-President Has Begun Series of Articles Describing His Ad ventures. NAIROBI, British East Africa. May 16. Theodore Roosevelt, who is at present the giiest of George McMillan at the Ju Ja rauch, whither he repaired from his camp at Machakoa in the Athl river district, spent his first day at the ranch In hla room resting. He has. however, be run work on aeries of articles descrtblrlg his adven ture up to date. Mr. Roosevelt haa found time to visit parts of the McMillan estate and to discuss the prospects of sports with F. C. Selous, the well-known English hunter, and his host. Mr. Roosevelt will resume his shooting expeditions on Monday of next week. TRIED FOR DEATH OF PATIENT Boath Dakota Phyalelaa Faeeo Crlaa laal Chars of Maa laughter. SIOUX FALLS, S. !.. May It. (Special.) The trial of the most Interesting criminal case to be disposed of during the present term of stale circuit court In this city le now In progress. The defendant Is Dr. Mllo B. Stine of the little town pf Crooks, who la charged with manslaughter In con nection wllh the tragic death of Mrs. Wil liam Crooks, who died as the result of an operation. Those who are prosecuting Dr. Stine charge that the death of tha woman was due to the manner In which he per formed the operation. Not for years has a case been so hotly contested In the cir cuit court of this county. The defendant Is represented at the trial by Attorneys D. J. Conway of Sioux Falls and Patrick H. O'Donnell of Chicago. The case is being prosecuted by State's Attorney Dan forth, assisted by 8. W. Parliman and C. P. Bates, local attorneys, who were engaged as special counsel by the parents of tin dead woman. A number of physicians have been summoned aa witnesses and the case will be decided largely upon their testimony. PLAN FOR CHINESE. ROADS Representatives at Baaklas) lastlta tiaas Arraage Wsrklig Agree meat aa 1a Faads. BERLIN, May 15. Representatives of the German Aalatlc bank, tha Hong Kong and Shanghai banking corporation, and tha Banque Da L'Indo-Chlne met In Ber lin today and arranged a settlement of the pending controversies concerning Chinese railroad concessions. It waa decided that tha German group of bankers nominate a chief engineer for tha 408 miles of road to be built In the province of Hupjeh, while the English group will designate an engineer for tha Hankow-Canton line. When the road Is later prolonged to Chengtu, either the French or th Kngllsh will name an engineer. German, Engllsn and French groups will participate equally In furnishing supplies for these roads. Th loan of 117.400.000 will be raised In equal parts by the German, Kngllsh and French banka mentioned and the bonda will b listed in Berlin, Paris and London. Th scheme of settlement embraces cer tain emendatlona In agreement with th Chines government for better control of the manner of apendiug tu proceeds of th loan. Cause of Accident Has Not Tet Been Explained. COACH ROLLS DOWN GRADE Nearly All the Casualties This Car. Are in MANY ARE BADLY BRUISED Trala All W aa a Local One and Nearly the Victims I. Ire la the Vlrlaltr af the Scene of Disaster. KANSAS CITT, May 16. Two persons are expected to die and thirty-five others are more or less seriously injured as a result of local Chicago Alton passenger train No. 14 being derailed two miles east of Odessa, Mo., today. Only the engine re mained o nthe track, the tender, combina tion baggage and passenger car and two passenger coachea being derailed. The coupling o fthe rear coach broke and It rolled down the embankment, turning com pletely over. It was 1 nthls car that the serious Injuries occurred and none of Its occupants escaped unhurt. Miss Jennie Donaldson and Myrtle Mc- Neel, both of Odessa, are In a critical condition and their recovery Is dlspalred of. Many of the others are bruised and In ternally Injured, but physicians say they have an even 'chance to live. No explanation of the wreck has been found. It has been learned that the front wheels of the tender were first to leave the rails and the following trucks were thrown off by them, but an examination of the track shows nothing to Indicate why the tender was derailed. Chief Engineer W. B. Taylor of Chicago and other officials of the road will ohld an Investigation at the scene of the wreck tomorrow. As most of the injured live in Odessa or Surrounding towns they were taken home, almost every vehicle In Odessa being pressed into service. A relief train waa sent from Kansas City, but none of the Injured was brought here. Those who were bound for eastern points were able to continue their Journey. . The dangerously hurt: Mrs. Mary Cox and two daughters of Btllwoll. Okl. Miss Jennie' Donaldson, Odessa, Mo., will probably die. v Miss Alvln Stewart, Odessa. Mrs. M. C. Moore. Columbia, Mo. Myrtle McNeel. Odessa, arm broken, Mrs. Richard Powell. Odessa. . Miss Vera Hammond, Odessa. The less seriously hurt; . ...... Mr and Mrs. McGulre, Springfield, 111., bruises. Press Ownes, Bates City, Mo., cuts and bruises. -Grace Campbell,- Bates City, not serious. Argil Dougherty, Odessa., not serious. Norvllle King, Hales City, cuts. ' Maggie and LUxle Jeffry, Odessa, bruises. Herbert Dean. Bates City, head cut. Eva Williamson, Chapel Hill, Mo., legs hurt. Miss Parker, Chapel Hill, bruises. J. flauvln. Hlgglnsvllle, Mo., bruises. Herb-it England, Glrad, 111., shoulder ami head Injured. J. Z. Adams, Dallss. Tex., and brother, J. B. Ad&ma, Barcoxle, Mo., buth cut by glass. Robert Law!, Bates. City, back wrenched. Miss Ada Finch, Bates Clly. leg broken. Klnyoun Gillespie, Bates City, head: In jured: Ora Oliver, Bates ICty, seriously bruised. Miss Buleah Gammon, Odessa, head In jured. miss May uraxe, uaesaa, arm ana leg broken. Mrs. James Drake, Odessa, bruised. E. Hughes, Mexico, Mo., head and side hurt. W. R. Belt, Hlgglnsvllle, Mo., leg hurt. George Hamilton, Independence, Mo., arm broken. Fred Ball, Rosedale, Mo., head Injured. Conductor A. J. Fell, Slater, Mo., scalp cuts. C. F. Rlgfill. Columbia. Mo., head and legs hurt. OPERATOR BADLY SCALDED SUMMONS AID BY USE OF KEY "Badly Baraed aad Blind" Was Mes sage Beat by Block Tower Has, INDIANAPOLIS, May li. "I am badly burned and blind," was a message slowly ticked In the Panhandle railroad dispatch er's office at Logansport, Ind., late last night from O. E. Fraxel, an operator In block tower near Marlon. A freight train was ordered to stop at the place and the crew found Fraxel suffering terrible agony from bums. He had been scalded by the explosion of a bottle of coffee he waa heat ing on a stove and had felt hla way to key to call for help. Physicians say that he may lose his eyesight. An Autograph Autobiography jfeZLAuj, 67 e e. , y 4U cA. "7 - J -J. si 1(7 &u,g. jjat Written by Judge Crouna at th iftf , lip 1 Cr-iVfryisu.. ,, -'-atlaiJ earv"i4i J4 MISS NATURE IS DOING HER BEST JUST NOW From the Philadelphia Inquirer, GOVERNOR CROUNSE AT REST Pioneer Citizen and Statesman Buried at Fort Calhoun. FUNERAL SERVICES IN OMAHA CereaiOBles at Home oC Congressman Hitchcock, Coadacted by Father Wllllame, Attended by Ma ay Friends. With simple but deeply Impressive cere monies, attended by many more friends than could find seats and standing room In the home of Congressman Gilbert M. Hitch cock, Twentieth and Dodge streets, the funeral service of Lorenxo Crounso, for mer soldier, pioneer, legislator. Judge, con gressman and governor, was held Saturday afternoon. At 4:45 Rev. John WUl!an of St. Ewna- baa' church began the apodal service or the Episcopal church for deceased persona who were not commuulcants of the church. His reading that service and uttering a few words of appreciation of the life and character of ex-Governor Crounse, com prised the entire funeralceremony. Kxpresalng with Intense feeling his high valuation of the character of Mr. Crounse, Father Williams offered a parting Instru ment of his estimation of the deceased. He spoke briefly of Mr. Crounse's unstained honor and as a personal friend told of his knowledge of the man. "During an age of low standards," he said, "he never turned aside from his ex alted ideals of right and Justice." Not more than fifteen minutes were takn up with the service, mufle being; omitted entirely In accordance with the wlnhea of the family. . An lmense bank of flowers scented the rooms. Though ex rtemely short, the service wag so Impres sive that whole sermons of eulogy were recalled as the friends left the house. Members of the Family. The relatives who attended were the son, William G. Crounse, and wife, the three daughters, Miss Marie Crounse, Mrs. G. M. Hitchcock and Mrs. George Mclntyre, and Congressman Hitchcock: a granddaughter, Mrs. Henry Doorly. and Mr. Doorly. Sixteen old veterana, members of the le gion of Honor, to which Mr. Crounse be longed, attended the service In a body. The pallbearers, who served only to the train In Omaha, were General James D. Gage of Dunning. Neb., and these Oma hans: Captain H. B. Palmer, Captain William Wallace. Lewis a Reed. Sam. S. Caldwell, R. B. Howell and W. F. Gurley. After the service the casket was taken Immediately to the Weuster street depot. Afoot and leading the curteg; under the direction of the undertakers, Mesrs. Cole ft McKay, the Legion of Honor preceded the hearse and carriages down Dodg.' street and then north to the railway sta tion at Fifteenth and Webster. The rela- (Contlnued on Second Page.) sis- . . ZJf s r w IS Aft -sY4r- 7LZj , Ok.c aj ? 'O a &f9 time he waa nominated tor governor In Summons Out for Rosenfeld and Rosenberg Chicago Bankers Involved by Van Vliasingen Confession Are Called Into Court. CHICAGO, May 15. Suoimong for Maurlue Rosenfeld, former cashier of the now de funct Chicago National bank, and his brother-in-law, Bernhard Rosenberg, were issued today by Referee In Bankruptcy Wean. . Mr. v Wean Is conducting an In vestigation Into the assets of Peter Van Vllsslngen, the real estate dealer who pleaded guilty some time ago ta forgeries aggregating more than $1,800,000. ' Recently. Van Vllsslngen testified before the referee that four years prior to his public confoayou last winter, he bad ed mltter his misdeeds to Rosenfeld and Rosenberg, to whom he owed several hun dred thousand dollars secured on forged mortgages. A detective could not find Roseberg be fore court opened today, but John J. Hooper, a private detective, stated that he had personally served the summons on Rosenfeld. Neither Rosenfeld nor his brother-in-law was In court. Their at torney, leasing (Rosenthal, explained that Mr. Rosenfeld was 111. NEBRASKANS SAIL ON AMERIKA Parties from Snyder, Llncola Norfolk Are Passenger on, Liner. aad CHICAGO, III., May 16. (Special Tele gram.) The following Nebraska peo ple are among cabin - passengers Bail ing fur Europe today on the Hamburg-American line steamer Araerlka: John Bolte, John i2mer, Conrad Schneider, Misa Clara Vaklner, Miss Amanda Vaklner, Miss Dora Schnleder, Miss Lixsie Bolts, Henry Carson, Hartman Vaklner, Ernest Roseburg, Mrs. Ernest Roseburg, all of Snyder; Rev. J. B. Krueger, Mrs. J. B. Krueger, Miss Dorthera Krueger, Master Frio Krueger, all of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. S. Krier Ferdabel of Lexington, Neb.; Miss Minnie Verges end Miss Marie Verges of Norfolk. Neb. IOWA MAN KILLED BY GAS B, H, A. Hlnaiaa-aen of Lyoaa Foaad Dead at the Home of a Chicago Friend. CHICAGO, May 16.-B. H. A. Hlnnlngsen. S2 years old. a retired real estate dealer of Lyons, la., was found dead of acci dental asphyxiation today In his room at the home of Louis K. Boysen, a Chicago friend, to visit' whom he cam here yesterday. of the Late Governor Crounse w- (3k ' rwv M$;U-z i C ..-TO V -dV 1S51 MOSLEM RIOTS ORDERED Governor of Aintab Received Message Proposing Massacre. ONE GOVERNOR SPURNS ORDER Tears I'p Teleavram Telling: Hlsn to Take Stern Meaaarea Aaalnat Armeatan aad Stops Com mander with Gana. AINTAB, Asiatic Turkey, May 15. It waa learned here today that the local governor received from Constantinople on the day following the, outbreak of antl-Christlan rioting at Adana a message suggesting the killing of Armenians as a precaution against Insurrection. The Identity of the sender of the communication has not been disclosed, but he was closely connected with the official life of the administration then' In power. ADANA, Asiatic Turkey, May 15. -Twenty two thousand refugees were fed In this city yesterday. Three hundred wounded persons are being cared for at the Ameri can and other hospitals established In Adana. It Is estimated that 4,000 of the refugees are 111, four hundred of them from measles, dysentery and typhoid fever. On account of the underfeeding and ex posure the mortality Is great among the children. ' Tears Order Into Bits. CBSARBA, Asiatic Turkey, May 16. Vlg. orous action on the part of the city gov ernment prevented a massacre of Armeni ans at Cesarea. When the governor re ceived a telegram from Constantinople di recting him to take sharp measures against Armenians and Syrians, he tore the com munlcatlon up. He then sent word for the commander at troops and asked him If he had a similar message. Upon receiving an affirmative reply he demanded that It be given over to him. The commandant de murred and the governor then took a re volver from his desk and covering the com mandant said: "Unless you hand that message over to me at once I will blow off your head." The commandant surrendered the dis patch. NEBRASKA JOINS VETERANS fitrr Department Is Beported to Commander of Spaaish War Society. HARTFORD. Conn., May 15. Com mander-in-Chief Charles W. Newton of the United Spanish War Veterans has 1 sued an order revoking the appointment or waiter Vincent of Vallejo, cal., as aide de camp on the staff of the com mander-in-chief and appointing J. D. Jones of Pasadena, Cal., Robert A. Dore mus of Brooklyn and Frederick C. Kueh nlc of Ntw Tork to the same post. Among new departments reported Is one in Nebraska. &r y" ' ef &&Z) ltTZc,t tZr duiLmur. mr?L wt0 Senators from States Where it it Made Do Not Oppose Change. GORE GETS AFTER RETAILERS Blind Senator Wants to Know if They Charge Too Much. ALDRICH FEARS FOR STEEL Bhode Islaad Beaator Caatlona (l leaa-aes that They Hare Cat Daty Almnit la Tw on This Schedale, ' (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May 15. (Special Tele gram.) A sharp reduction waa mad It the schedule on barbed wire today, when In reading of th bill paragraph 13 was reached. Senator Burkett had an amend ment pending with reference to this, which asked that the present rate of 1210 per 10P pounds be reduced to tl per hundred. He called up his amendment and naked that the duty be further lowered to 7 cents per 100 pounds. Senator Aldrlch ros prepared to fight this encroachment, but Senator Burkett had already prepared 'tha way, having secured an agreement with senators from th--se states where barbed wire Is manufactured tha tthe 7i-ccnt rate would not be opposed by them. Senator Aldrlch soon discovered this fact and with drew the fight he Intended to make, with the result that the schedule waa -passed at the lowered, rate. Stnator Aldrlch pro posed to make the duty SLT0 per 100 pounds, and had moved to place It at that figure, but Senator Burkett amendment to Sena tor Aldrlch's motion waa carried by a decisive vote. The reduced duty make the barbed wire tariff practically a mere Inspection tax and a sweeping change from any former tariffs ever carried by this achedule. Sena tor Burkttt propose to watch this amend ment closely and will ms.ke every effort to ee that It is not lot In oonfrenc. Resolatlon by Mr. Gore. Aa soon aa a Quorum waa announced -In the senate today Mr. Oore,' he blind sena tor from Oklahoma, precipitated s, lively debate by asking Immediate consideration of a resolution Instructing the committee on finance to obtain by Investigation th Import prices of various articles of general and ordinary consumption and also tha wholesale and retail price of such articles when used In this country. Tha object of the resolution Is to determine whether th retailers of the country are practicing ex tortion. In moving the resolution be referred to the committee on finance, Mr. Hale said It conferred no new authority upon that com mittee and could only embarrass It. The senator declared that the retail deal ers had been held up before the country aa practicing extortion and he wanted to know the facts to determine whether that waa true. "If the retailers are robbers," he said, "they should be held up to the wrath and execration of their countrymen." Mr. Oore said he had Inveattgated and found that the pitchers referred to by Sena tor Scott as selling at wholesale at 90 cent a dozen, retailed at 15 cents and sometimes 10 cents each Instead of 16 cents as stated. Consideration of the resolution was post poned until Monday. Alabaman Gets Faaay. Mr. Johnston of Alabama treated th tariff humorously. He congratulated th majority that It had placed "spunk" un the free list, and said If there waa more of that article the republicans would would make a better tariff bill. "So far aa I have observed," said Mr. Johnston, "not a single democrat haa ad vocated protection for a single article, and in no case, ao far as I have observed, has a proposal been made to Impose a revenue duty greater than 30 per cent, whilst tlfo average rate under thla bill la nearly 46 per cent. Reductions have been made In this hill In only three schedules and It la notion, able that two of these Include article largely produced In the south, and In tha other the reduction 1a less "than 1 par cent. Protection has enough sins to answer for without adding to them unfairly discrimi native." When the steel schedule was taken up Mr. Aldrlch withdrew the amendment of the committee on finance Increasing the duly on structural steel from .8 to .4 of 1 cent a pound, and the house provision of .8 of 1 cent per pound waa adopted. Aldrlch Fears far Steel, Referring to an amendment to this par agraph not permitting structural steel to be assembled when imported, Mr. Aldrlch said: "The rates of duty In this Industry have been cut nearly one. half and I desire to place on record the 'great apprehension that we may be committing a grav In justice to this great industry." He said the manufacturers of Belgium and Germany may be able under thee rates to send In their structural Iron and steel -when they have a surplus or the con ditions warrant such action. Senators Cummins. Newlsnds and Smith of South Carolina, contended that even with th reduced rate the duty was too high. Reading fro'n The, testimony of Mr. Car negie before the way and means commit tee concerning profits In the steel Industry, Mr. Tillman declared Mr. Carnegie had ma4e a vast amount of money by favorit ism In legislation. "I will not say by dishonesty," ssld Mr. Tillman, "because he hss only taken ad vantage of the laws wa pass, b tuhe has made more money than the entire bunch of us here put together and there are some rich men in thla senate. He has given away more tian all the democrats of this body possess ten times as much I expect." Mr. Bacon In a colloquy with Mr. Aldrlch concerning the effect of ths protective tar iff on r rices, insisted that the t'nlted Btates Ste-I corporation needed no tariff to protect It. A tlaler Taras Jak. liONDON. May la.-Oaptain F. S. Cody, whose failures In hla aeroplane work for th Brituth army have become a standing Joke In th newspapers, flew for nearly a mil at Aldentm today, CaX4lg Cody la an American.