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Omaha -; Daily H BRIGHT NET FEATURES WEATHER FO 2 EC AS T. Fop N-brakn r.ilr anil warn.eT. For K.i'.r and lnriur For weather rpp.-rt ?( Pan" N OUR MAGAZINE PAGE VOL. XXXIX NO. 2fi2. OMAHA, VEDXEbDAY MORNING, APKIL 20, liUO-TWELVK PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. XURSES' CHARTS f OH HYDE TRIAL Records Kept Luring Sick Periods of Two Swope Men Ordered Before Couit. DocxasT3 or dstortance JTatse and Letters to 5 rsts Show Nat-are of Eiat i- -j. j JCS3 PZA2L UTILES 1 STAND i Attendant to Colonel S Tells of Affairs is. House 1 -r PHYSICIANS SIDE ' JECTS Defease Tarw Bias P---tlom itu. Mn. !. Testtswar Arnlia CHa Iji rarebmrt. KANSAS CITT. Mo., April 11 Dr. B. C. j Hyde this afternoon made, threugh bis at-; torneys. - formal application to tha court, for copies of all irtlr passing between I John (J. Pax ton, Mrs. L. O. swop ana m. scientist who . mada th .examination of the viscera ot Colonel Thomaa H. and Chrisman Bwopa. The nurses' charta kept during the Ulnes j ot the two men wera also aought. Prosecu- j tor Confttlng atfreed. after the application Bad been made to furnlah- the documental requested. The atureye for Dr. Hyd prumined not to prese the application it air. Conkllng Vonid turn over the- papera to morrow morning. Oat-ax 'Cogswell, clerk ' of tha probat court of Independence, was tha first states witness to take the stand. He was called to testify regarding tha appraisers' "'re port" of tha personal property and the will of Colonel Ewopev which were filed with blrrv i r F. P. Childa and Jess J. Vineyard, wit iwmm to tha st.jnW af tha will, were called and questioned a few questions. Xtin Take Stand. ' Tha Mint Important wltneaa for the state, M'.m Peart Keller, the nurse, who attended Colonel 'Swore In bla '"- Hlnews. 100,1 tne Witness stand, als:lS o'clock. On September li, last, at tha request of Dr. Hyde, she said, she. went t Ui Swopa home to at tend Colonel Swope. " .,' jTh phifslclan old. her, aha testified, that hile Colonel Sw-, was not In aerloua rendition, ha waa suffering- frorav bruised shoulder, and needed aoma on, to ba con atantly In attendance upon him. la. order U refresh her m emery, Miss Keller referred .to- her chart, Examination of thla chart by -the attomeya shewed, it t k.nt ilu rin v tha last week ef Col- mJ SmUfS lirsiriin Mm - .Minn. mi i m thla was, nurse aald: "Colonel Swope objected ao atreeinously to our keeping a record that wa had to give It' tip. and Dr. Hyde said the colonel waadong ao well It wonld be unnecesaoa-y to keep a record." , . Colonel Swope. ahe aald. waa Irritable oftentimes. The- note Vefirsed attention appeared frequently -In the chart.' . TTs Draar Reeord.' The first record of Swope taking any of the etr chntne tonic w-hlch he obtained at a drug storo near hla home, appeared) un- Vr date of Srptember KS. Once or twice a Kay. at thla time, the patient would take I a teaspconfu! of this mixture, testified Miss Keller. "He talked of returning to the city. I was well plonsed with his con- tuition. We mere taking daily drives to-, tether. "But when I apoke to Dr. Hyde about my patient's condition he said, 'Colonel Bwope will never return to Kansas City." " Scarcely had Miss Keller begun to tell of the apoplectic stroke, which on October 1 killed James Moss Hunton. when the de fense objected to testimony regarding Hun ton, or any death or illness other than that Dt Colonel Swope being admitted. The Jury was excused and preparation mude to argue this, which la perhaps the Inost imtxrrtunt legal question irt the case. Vpon the court's finding depends whether the death of Chrisman Swope. the alleged !olwnlng of Miss Margaret Swopa and tha typhoid epidemic in the Swop house will pdaeea "ofthe cert TAOIN BHRDLITU e Included In the evidence against Dr. si? do. tsttemeat for Defease. A A vlgoroua attack on expert medical tea- timony, severs criticism of the methods pursued by tha prosecution In gathering evidende and a general dental of every charge made by tha state against Dr. B. H Hyde marked the opening statement of Frank P. Walsh, chief counsel fur the de fins today. Referring to the stata'a chemists as "hired men," the attorney repeatedly warned the Jury that It waa likely to ba tricked by the testimony of tha medical ex perts. v The chemists who will testify are Dr. Ludwlg Hektoen and Walter a Hainea, both of Chicago, and Dr. , Victor C. Vaughan of Ann Arbor. Mich. Mr. Walsh covertly charged that tha re ports of the cheiniula were altered at times to suit tha convenience of their employers. The slat had unfairly denied Dr. Hyde the right of having the vlscrraa of Thomas II. and Chrisman Swopa so that tha phy sician nufht have examined them for poison, averred Mr. Wa!h. tatrsM Were Stale Froas Hyd. Even theft had been resorted to la order to obtain evidence against Dr. Hyde, the attorney aald. , He pointed to the taking of gerira from Dr. Hyde's office aa proof of this state ment. Mrs. Logan O. Swope wad assailed as the cause of Dr. Hyde's trouble. Belief that Dr. Hyde had Influenced his wife In a money matter winch Mrs. Hyde decided adversely to th desires of Mra. Swope, cau-ed the first tnmble over Colonel Swope'a will and precipitated the whole Bwtvp affair, said Mr. Wainh. Th attorney also charged that It was six hours after Mr. Swop heard of the fatal attack of Colonel Swop befor she went to n-s room. Mr Walsh ciueed his address at BOCIJ. r The first witness for the mu. It waa an nounced, would be called this afternoon. Eo larir aaa the crowd today tlist the" aourt said it would clear the aisles after Ilia morning seion. Mora tiian lot womta era present. Addreaa f Mr. Walaa. Mr. W!an betfan bis address with a lliort review of t v life of Dr. Hyd from hi bit t it (o t:.t prevent. Tii testimony will show you, genii- T tCoiitinued ua Second P Jj Miss Gould and Young Drexcl Are Married Alliance of Philadelphia and Ne-w York Families Premier Event of Gatham Society Season. NEW TOnrC. April 19 In -the marriage at St. Bartholomews church today of Miss M.ir'orie tJwynne Gould, daughter of feorg J. Gould, and Anthony J. Drexel. fr., of Philadelphia, society recognized the premier event of Its season and prepared to do It J-istice. Nesrly everybody of wealth and prominence In tYew Toi k and many leaders of society In other c1tlei of the country figured on th list of guests. The ceremony unites the Gould family with -one of ,jptrtldeiphia'j wealthiest and mot ar1sf..'ratic famll!.-;-. The bridegroom is a har'ner, second una o ." Mr. and Mrs. Anthy.y 3. Dr: xel. and only j.Vo years the senii of his 13-year-old brut. PIsA was the keynote color of the wed d In tfJ decorations, 't pretii;'.a In the dec oratings of tiie Gould .mtin'-jn for the luni'viU-precudlng th erjimny, planned for th entcrtalbment by Uie brida and her attendants, lnc uding her sisters. Miss Vivian and M!xs Edith. Gould, and for the reception to follov.-. The ehtircu was like wise decorated In keeping with the prevail ing calor schema. . The bride's gown, waa of white satin charmeuse. cut In long flowing princess lines. There was an overdress of white chiffo'n embroidered with orange bioseoms, and a long train, also embroidered with the flower. Tha tulle Tell, which fell be low the bottom of the skirt, was fastened with a spray of orantre blossoms. The bridal bouquet was orange blossoms and white roses. The costume of tne bridesmaids and of the maid of honor were in delicate pastel I shade. Th beet man was the bridegroom's brother, Armstrong Drexel. Miss Vivian Gould was In attendance upon her sister aa maid of honor. .Miss Gould her-elf selected BHhop Scar borough of New Jersey to perform the cer emony, tha bishop's assistant being Dr. Leighton Parka, rector of St. Bartholo mew's. Socialists Take . Control of City of Milwaukee Mayor Seidel Formally Inducted Into Office and Uew Party Organ ; ize the Council. MILWAUKEE, Wla. April 13. -The gov ernment of the city of Milwaukee, which . i mm' mia -4ffitia,. tcitfa. th -- tion of two years under republican rule, baa been . controlled by the . democratic party, today passed Into the hands of tha social democrats, with - M)'or Emll Seidel aa their leader. ' Mayor Seidel will have back of him twenty-one members of his party, to enact Into law all the measures not in conflict with the city charter which ba may advo cate during the jiext two years. The minor ity consists of ten democrats and four re publicans. The council chamber waa packed when the new city officials took their places. Alderman Edmund T. Melius was elected to tha presidency of the council and Carl D. Thompson was chosen as city clerk." Following these elections Mayor Seidel was escorted to the chamber and delivered hla inaugural message. "Before, all things, home rule, the right of self-government, should be secured for tha city of Milwaukee," said tha mayor. In the course of hla address. Other meas ures advocated by the mayor Included the promotion of tha well-being of the working class of tha city; enforcement of sanitary measures; tha establishment of a bureau of municipal research with a view to plac ing tha finances of the city on a aound basis and the combining of various offices to save expenses. Ha asked the council and city attorney to report as to the feasibility of establishing a municipal lighting plant. Following tha Inaugural ceremonies, a reception to the newly Installed city offi cials was held In WestHide Turner hall. RIOT IN COLLEGE. CHAPEL Dtstarbaaee at Martert, O., Resalt la Saspcaaloa af Jaalor C MARIETTA. O.. April 19 The chapel set vices of Marietta college broke up In disorder today, following th appearance of the Junior close In ealtthumplan eoa tumea as a satire on the caps and gowna of the seniors. Aa a result President Perry has suspended tha entire Junior class. The disorder reached a cilmax when two members of tha Junior class grasped Presi dent Perry and thrust him bodily from his office. The university executive told tho Juniors that they were suspended and or dered them to leave. Not until he had threatened to cad the police waa hla order obeyed. Ther are twenty-two men and women in the rebellious, class. Patent Brooder Chicks Fall "Raising chickens Is an art, not a sci ence, declared the fat msn, as he settled Into a seat bes.de his slim ne.ghbor on a Farnam car. bound officeward. "It will only become an txart science when, the chicken grows more Intelligent when the personal equation, that la. th personality of th chicken ia removed." "What's tha matterT" Inquired the slim man. "Didn't JU sleep well last nUhf" "Sleep nothing. ' retorted th one-Um good natured fat man. "Folks at my place ar conducting an experiment In city lot farming. Bright ld?a. Got It doped out that there's fortune In poultry grown on fifty square feet of back yard. Fool chickens decided to hatch in middle ot th night; oo sleep In our house till daylight. Chtckon burn very hour. . patent brooder faUed to work, so they rapped 'em up In a rsg and put "eiu a a retter In th klti-hen. Being m.r t axpeilenced chickens vry mother's son of 'am piled up In una curat r. Six smoth ered and three crawled oft Into tha pipes ai;d tid Inta liia fjrnsL. ' iiaww Eu-i, MEAT PRICE DUE TO FAKE BUYING High Cost of Beef Laid to Fictitious Competition of Packers, Says Witness. SWIFT, ARMOira, M0EEI3 NAMED ( S. Benn Says Thes Firma Are Eivals Only Ostensibly. CUES BECFJ7T BOOST ET HOGS Witness Declares Price Was Baised by Clever Tactics. ALL TjTTDEH THE SAME, C03TTE0L National Packing; CsBpasy RewllF Owned hr the BIsT Threw, He Declare PwbUe See IIIhsUmb. ST. LOCIS. April 19. The high pr'ee of moat Is due partly to fictitious oompetl tlon. biddinsf for cattle m the market, be tween bvyer rsulnr:y emsloyed by the Swift. Armour and Morris Interests, and buyers employed by the National Pack ing company, which Is controlled by those Interests, according to testimony given this afternoon by A. S. Benn. Tic president of tha St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provi sion company In tha Investigation ; of the packing conr.panniea bring conducted by Attorney eGreral Major. - Th St. Louis company is awned and controlled by the National Packing com- pany. ' according to testimony adduced yesterday. To this competition between concerns. ostensibly rivals but really under tha same control, the witness specifically attributed the recent price of $1.15 for hogs.' Benn stated that buyers ostensibly representing the National company but In fact repre senting the Armcur. Swift and Morris in terests, frequently bid against the buyers directly employed by these Interests and thus fore up the price of meat. Pablle 1 Faoied. The benefit of this policy, which raises th cost price of raw material for the meat companies. Is explained by the in vestigators aa producing an Illusion of competition in tha eyre of tha public. "Tha competition between tha different buyers Is something fierce," aald Benn. "If It had not been (or that, we should not have had hogs at JTLIS." . "It looks a If tha Swift. Armour and Morris hit er seta were really trying to lift themselves over tha fence by the boot straps,' commented Attornfy ' General Major. "That's Just what It la,"- agreed Benn. V ?. Marfaa.i Ainnawim and A- W. Armour. B. F:. -I F.-and C. H. Swift and Ed ward Morris were named by Benn in his testimony In tha meat hearing today as directors In the- 415,000,000 National Pack ing company, which owns and controls the Dressed Beef company and other socalled independent plants. , Bens, (who la assistant to the president of the Natioaal Tacking company at Its of fice In Chicago admitted that tha National Packing company Is a holding corporation. holding the stock of twenty-three packing plants and refrigerating can companies. Benn named aa directors of the National Faoklng company the Armours. Swifts and Edward Morris and tha following In addi tion: K. K. McLaran, Edward TUden (president of tha National Packing company and of the St. Louis Dressed Beef and: Provision company). T. E. Wilson, Arthur Meeker, L. A. Carlton. F. J. Conner. F. A. Bauer and L. H. Hayman. Benn gave the list of stockholder tb the National company, which ahowa that the J. S. Swift estate owns T0.W7 shares, J. Ogden Armour, 60,158 shares and Edward Morris, 13,752 share. SIOUX CITY MAN'S ESCAPE T. Fred Asaems Jarnpe frosa Bin. iM Hatel at Pikwau, 9. 0. la Kick; mt Tins. MITCHELL, S. D., April V. (Special Telegram.) The hotel building In Puk wana caught fire thla morning at 3 o'clock and was completely destroyed, together with the drug store of L. B. Ash, whOBe entire stock was consumed at a loss of tt.509. T. Fred Anderson of Sioux City bad a narrow and sensational escape from tba burning building and had he been left an other moment he would bava been burned to death, ell waa sleeping on tha second floor of tha structure and waa not wakened aa son as the other guests. lie heard a shont that awakened him. but the room was filled with smoke and h could hear the roar of the flames beneath. Ha barely Jumped from the window when the floor on which he had been standing a moment before crashed In. Mr. Anderson Injured his back and sprained hla ankle In falling. While none o fthe other guests were In jured they Buffered losses In not being able to get their valuables out of tha hotel. The building waa owned by John Stranaky and waa an old structure. Does't Work, Onto Furnace organized by milk man, paper boy and other early morning arrivals, brought back one. Two chickens lit on th furnan- n j proceeded to get fried and stewed. I'll I stat right her that th odor of mbrionlc Droiiers cooKed ail naturel In a hot air circulation heat plant Is mora efficient than pleasant. . "What kind of chickens were they" In quired tha attentive alim man. There waa a tone of real Interest In hla voice. "Pure-bred White Leghorns," replied tha sleepy fat man. Then ha came to with a start. "Say have they got It too over at your house? That poultry bug I mean." -Yep." "Take to advice of a friend before It gets too late." said tha man h kn pld. with you listen ta m. Tll .'tn that 1th niy real road to rich ta a lettuc bod or radishes or something nits that j Eliminate th personal qut;on and kep your farm product out of tha ht plants which aconnoy out oooiylu alvUiaauoo. i .- , - - - tT'"' T'i"A ' V., tvr' -aS ' -' " A Spring Trap Hidden Among the Flowers, From tha Pnlladelphla Inquirer. ' TT 19 a aW . M. as-s)a. srw -, t a 1 n n, w EIGHT INDICTED FOR FRAUD Federal Grand lory Finds True Bills in Indian Land Probe. Tiil'ESTCN COTHSTY MEN EST SET Farmer Sapertateadent af Ageaey aad ' HI Clerk Also Informed Acalnst by Ia)afHorlal Body TWaaM Laksn Art at aa Ead. Eight men heJe bean Indicted by the fed eral grand Jiir. for land frauds against the Omaha In?', ans in Thurston Bounty. Of theae, six are Thurston county residents and the other , two wmirn formerly Indian agency official ' The men- Indited are Barry L. Keefa. merchant; Waiter T. Diddock. lawyer; Smmett W. Rx. -altar, WU1 EatlU. James J. Ore, Ernest P. Kelley, all of Walthill; John IsL Comrmnn, f orirr aapevuttendant' of the Omaha Indian ajfanov, trat now a cleric in the Indian agency office at Dulce, N. M and Franks Coddington -of Decatur, a olerk In Commons' office while aha latter was superintendent. Common was relieved from his office as superintendent of tha Omaha Indian agency in, Octaber. 1909. . Tha Indictments charge the defendants with conspiracy In inducing the Omaha Indians to enter into fraudulent contracts for deeds whereby It waa sough to obtain possession of the lands- after tha Indians had secured their patents upon"the expira tion o fthe government trusteeship of twenty-five years. Thla trusteeship terminated last July. Tho Indiana were induced to enter into these contracts and sign tha deeds for a nominal figure per , acrw . whila the lands were still held. In trust, for them by tha government. -i - ladtaaa Eseesaed Dweda Oalr Leatea Speetfia Instances were- shown la the hearing before the fedsral grand Jury where Indiana were induced t contract-, for the sale of their lands at an extremely low figure and the speculator Immediately transferred the contract to a third party for over double the price paid or agreed to be paid to teh Indian. In other Instances, the Indiana were made to believe that they were simply signing a lease, only to find later that It waa a deed and that they had given away their land for a mere pittance. - Only recently have tha patents been re ceived by tha Indiana for the lands and they discovered upon filing their patents that deeda were already filed purporting to have been signed by them a year or more ago an dthat th holder of the deeda had a aeemingly undisputed title to the lands, In' aoma Instances thla waa to tha home property of the Indiana, as well aa to much of their personal property, Tha Department of Justice haa purposely Ulmted the investigation Into these cases at thla tima owing to tha praaa of other matter. Other Reservation Tfext. Th Investigations are to ba continued, however, relentleisly. and tha present ia but th beginning ot the Inquiry Into these practices, not alone on tha Omaha Indian (Continued on Second Page.) About the home some things are no longer needed. A sewing machine, go cart, washing ma chine, lawn mower, bedstead, etc. Why don't yon sell them! A Boe want ad will do the work. Call Doug.238, if you can't come down and aa ad taker will write your ad and place it. If the articles are not sold in seven days your money will be refunded at the counter upon presentation of your receipt. Your ad won't cott you any . ? co C iiNOFra Methods of Elgin Butter, Board Arc Coming to Light Chicago Dealers Say Price Fhrin? Committee is Packed . with Clerks and Employes. CHICAGO. April VS. Chicago butter deal ers declared today an investigation of the condltiona under which the Elgin butter board fixes prices has been start" d with a view to presenting the evidence to the United States district attorney. At the mtettog in Elgin yesterday, it is declared by Chicago men, the Elgin board fixed tha weekly prlca at 32 cents, out voting the Chleagoana" by "packing" ' the meeting with clerks and otter employes. T. E. Purcrll, a Chicago dealer who waa in Elgin, aald: "The "EnSTtf iuiniulllie aWTtTttlfr. telakea the prica without a single ' sale, and we hav to suffer from It for the rest of tha week." Another Drop in Ho gr Market Chicagro Prices Dollar Lower Than Two Days Ago Eecanae of Heavy Receipts. . CHICAGO, April 19. Recent heavy ar rivala of hogs are reflected In a decline in prices of $1 in the last two days. A few weeks ago hogs sold at the high est slnca tha civil war, thua attracting heavy shipments. In view of which tha present reaction is not considered remark able. Salt pork on tha Board of Trade recently underwent a decline of about $3. but the market ateadied today on buying by pack era who were abia to purchase tha cured product on a basis of 8ls cents a pound, eompared with 9 cents for tha live article. HEART BLOW KILLS PUGILIST Philaderlokla Colored Pnai t Paoch la Jaek O'Brlea'a Place. PHILADELPHIA. April 23. Frank Col, a lightweight negro pugilist of this city, died in a hospital today from injuries re ceived last night In a boxing bout with SUley Rodger at tha boxing club man aged by "Jack" O'Brien. Rodgers waa held without ball to await th action of tha coroner. Tha referee and several wit nesses were also held. Cole, In tha third round, received a solar plexus blow which sent him to tha mat, his bead striking with terrific force. SIOUX CITY OFFICIAL IS DEAD Adolpa Berasis, Member af Police aad Fir Board, la Victim af Heart Tramble. SIOUX CITT, Iowa, April 19. (Special Telegram) Going to bad last night appar ently In perfect health, Adolph Hermann, for many year alderman and later a mem ber of tha police and fire board, died sud denly of heart disease early this morning. How Big is Omaha? What Some People Think About It 15S.S43 J. Tevlotdale. Council Bluffs KB 53 G. A. larman, Ainsworth li.rS W. B. Welkin, Atlantic I43.7li J. B. Dunn. Caliaway l.wt. J41 Virginia Tagga-t, Loyal HTo" Frances Keavey. f.zt S. 13th lia.210 Ruth Miller, South Omaha MS lrr l P. Campbell. 718 !i. 8im VJ.UA... H. S. Atherton, Geneva 14ji3 H. C. Larsen, 7.NJ.1 Seward lfil.345 Jant Hunter, plattsmouth Krf'OJO James Nlckerson, loot Farnam 117 111 Mr. William Sydney. Arc tie, 142. 7d Mabel Franson, 41tl N. 17th ixt..4... F. F. OMborn, County Jail 144.471 A. W. Cioldt. Plaltsmoutti 117. 1J... .Millard W. Bryant.Council Bluffs ti'LUl N. Kengor. Bee Bidg l'I7,j74 W. L. Tounsrra.n, South Oman 17i.su) W. 1 Barker. Hastings 14. it C. E. Herring. N Y. Life !i.44 G F. Thomas, '.' N. litri W D. M. Havoriy. 1115 N. ttih 1T.1 o : J. H. Smiley, South Omaha 149 TW A- H. Anderson. 3it S. 21st 1JU M ...C, L. Jones. Columbus lfr.S P. L. Howard. North tend 147.S.S..., W. 11. Belknap, lilatr 14V : H. F. Wlckensamp 1 or ;iietei 1 i0 Oeore Neftune, oinaha KWI ..J. R. Hucter. sr.. I'tutMin. uta i H. A. Osoorue, l'laitnmoufn Uu.iAf , J. K. MAHon, Piditunouin TItb Cenriu Man.. " 5? BRYAN TISITS WHITE HOUSE Commoner Calls on Taft and Appears Before Committee. i F0EGETS TO TALK ON TABIFF Ls( Caafereace with Preside!, He Says, Wa Purely octal Favor Postal Havlnc Br.sk. WASHINGTON. April . William Jen nings Bryan and President Taft spent more than an hour closeted together at the White House lat today. Th two great traveler exchanged reminiscence, it la said, and each commented upon how well the other . waa looking. Th president rather, Intimated that being be a tea at tha polls did not eeern to bo such a bad tlilni! for ona'a health and happtnera after all. T-he ca,k wa purely a social one," aa - j Mr.' Bryan, as he left the executive of fices. "Did you discuss the tariff bill vas asked. "No," smiled the Nebraskan. "We forgot all about it." "Or politics?" "No, that did not occur to ua either." Both the president and Mr. Bryan seemed to have enjoyed the quiet chat Iu the executive chamber. Mr. Bryan walked In democratls fotshtdon to the White House. Ilj was received with the usual courtesy by the attaches and was shown without a moment's delay into the president's of fices. Mr. Bryan left at 7:55 tonight for Lincoln. Neb Favor Postal Savin. During his visit to the capltol Mr. Bryan met a number of the democrats In the minority room and to them he expressed his views on the pending legislation, -peo'ally the postal savings bank and rail road bills. Mr. Bryan advanced his opinion that tha democrats of the house should vote for the postal saving bank, because In his view It invited the surest method of bringing about the guarantee feature for deposits. Whila believing there were some good features In the pending railroad bill, es pecially those providing for government supervision of tha Issuance of stocks and bonds, Mr. Bryan advised hla democratic friends to defeat the measure because he thought Its bad featurea outweighed Its desirable provisions. Among those who attended the confer ence were Minority Leader Clark of M!a sourl, James James of eKatucky, Bartlett of Georgia, Rucker of Colorado. Underwood of Alabama, Cox of Ohio and Hughes ot New Jeraey. Goe Before Committee. At a hearing before the house committee on Insular affairs, Mr. Bryan pictured Porto Rico aa a place of beauty, and pic turesque magnlflcance, but an la and with burden which th United State should help to rilieve. Ha declared Porto Rico was tba "key by which we ar to unlock South America," and that South Amarica offered a golden opportunity for the immigrant. He pre dicted that In half a century th popula tion In Soujh America would be Increased a. ooo.ooo to 50.ooo.ooo. He pointed out that the United States was reaching the point where there wa left little Idle land or free land to of for tContlnued on Second Page.) N. G. Smith. 210S Douglas 1M.'1 B H. Kady. Fremont W. C. Keeltel, Lyon 172.r! Frank Kondle. Jr., Weston l4t.;'3 Thomas Slubbit. Beatrice 1 William Polaca. spins, v 2lth 168.1.')"... .Mrs. August Johnson. 2uJ0 Seward T. J. Nelson. Onuhi 141 y). in:s,;f. 131.7W. 174 y. 17S.I'.-0. 147.711. iir3.rjfi. 174. eSS. J- L. Cross, IV2 Doilslmi .H. L. tiara. 2301 S. 22J .....Edith Stanley Calhoun w. f. Palen. Tesamati . ..A. R. Kokes. Tekamah smu-ett. TeKamah ...t.. C Cook, 17th und California Joseph O. Llx'er. Arcade A. H Karman. W. o. w. ...WIU,m Sidney. Arcade rVR5.. J'""1 134 ,:i7 Ki.uii 1L.1.1I) 104 IKS lri. IKl i 1.M 1 ht4 li7lH i;oio u.J 3i:i. .Mra. ft. H. Falter, Plattamoiuu juiiii uroiioit. It s. nt n Henry Harvey, South Omaha 9- S. Cohen. jS 1mw,v p j Nelson S Y 1 sr Richard T. Imgdale. Bee Blda- . John Kldgway. 1KU7 Karnam ij. .-u. Miuieoranu. nancn.fr H'.4l.S U M. Hihlehrarid. 12 huneroft HI J. E. Brit ton. Council Bluffs H-i ' J- A. stry.er. Kearney lT'-.l'- !- E. rnovau. Nehraska i 'It y lo4.-Ul ilejen Donovan. Nebraska City Is Counting. Now. WESTT0 THE FORE, EAST GIVES I'ALil Eetiremcnt of Senators Aldrich and Hals Will Kike Great Chanj: in CongTess. NEW ENGLAND LOSES ITS POVvI.'. Largrcr Group cf Men Will WielJ - Influence in Party. WAEREN HEADS APPROPRIATIONS Burkett Kay Succeed to the Finance Committer DOIXIVER TALXS 0? THE CHANGE Bar Leadership Will Ce Thla f Past aad eTtr Day is at Ilaad -Western Wantea , ' la t spit -I. (From a Staff Cvrrcinjilttit) WASHINGTON. D. C, April lS.-(Spcial Tekg. am.) Th p.i!lt:rui sensation of the day is tha offliiul announcement of the d terminatlou of Senators Aldrich ami It! to retire to privata iifo at tho expiration of thi'lr terms. March 1 I'll. Nothing was talked about In con- Stet-s t.Mijiv. The presence of Wlillcm Jen nings Bryan on the floor of tha house ex cited but the smallrst amount of applaus as against the senatlou of Senators Ald.ch and Hale's determination to quit the politi cal life. With the retirement of Aidrich and Hal the future cf the republican party, so far as the senate la concerned, wil devoiv upon a committee like thut which existed during the Ufa of Allison of Iowa. Piatt of Connecticut, Hanna of Ohio, witf IFpooner. Aldrich and Hale to complete tha sextet. When Allicon. P'.att and Hanna d!cd, a::d Spooner retired fnm public life, to maka a modest fortune f.r himscf practicing law In Ner; York, the mantle of leader-slip fell upon Aidrich. who had a very nhle ?ronJ In EuKene Hale of Maine. And now year of ill-health have served notice upon thewo two New Engiandera that they munt give way to younger men and tako their placea urong pnst lcalors of the partj'. With their going will go the tremendous power which New England wielded In national legisla tion, for Aldrich Is chairman of finance, while Hale la chairman of the appropria tion committee and chaiman of the senat caucus, to cay nothing of being chairman of tho committee of public expenditures, made up of chairmen of Important commit ters of the sonata. Feaalaa Stvln-js. - - The psndulum -qll has swung far to ward tha aat since the civil war will, with the retirement cf Aldrich and Halo, swing to the west, and thereby will vanish an other cause of complaint ao frequently heard tueae daya, trippingly spi.ken by pro grrsslves of the republican party in "Ald rtchism." It la thought that In the rearrangement of the aenata commltues, which wil fol'.o'.v closely on ?hw heels of the Sixty-first con gress, that Senator Warrnn will go t. tho head of tho appropriations committee, while Senator Burkett, although he ia hav ing the fight of his life for re-election, will succeed to the finance committee. This will bring about a shift In other desirable committee assignments which unquestion ably wl 1 bring wi stern men to the front. It will push Burkett a notch or two ahead on the appropriations eommittee, whila Senator Broun will be considerably favored should Warren taka tho appropriations chairmanship, by an advance of at least th re 3 r laces. It is not thought that Crane and Lodge of Massachusetts, nor Penrose of Pennsyl vania, can be dislodged, but they will have to share power with ambitious westerners who ara aeemingly about to corne Into their own. It wl 1 be Impossible In tha very nature of things to keep close co operation In the senate leadership beyond next March, and Indeed, the Influence of the approaching changa will ba felt before then In the general advance of men from the west Into council and action. Unquestionably the retirement of Aldrich a 111 ba regarded In the light of a body blow to high protectionist. He has bees tha bulwark of strength to them In hla personality, hi i dogged determination, basal on hi convictions, and the tremendous per sonal Influence he exerted over men made him one of tha commanding figures of his time and ha baa left an Impress In thirty years of a public career upon the legisla tion of bis country, such a comes to but few men In their lifetime. Barkett Profit In a Way. Senator Burkett who waa fortunate enough In having filed upon Senator Ald rlch's seat more than a year ago when Senator Aidrich casually one day let fall his determination not to seek re-election, will succeed to Aldrich's seat after tha fourth of next March. "The passing of Aldrich and Hale," said Senator Burkett, "marks the absolute dis appearance of old regime. They were real powers of that directory. The leadership In the upper branch of congress, must by very nature of things, fall Into younger and necessarily mora liberal hands." f U,n,hff Tmlllvee when mttVmA Mi - nna.H,,. who will succeed to th mantle laid aside by Senator Aldrich said: "No on will. His mantl will be removed to the Smith sonian Institution to ts placed on exhibi tion among the relics of an antiquated and discarded political machine. The day of Aldrlch'a authority la over and a new day Is at hand." Western We men at D. A. ft. Caacres. I Several well'known western women are .m,,n tha hun,rli In illanHir. i,n-,n . ..... . 1 1 annual congress m in uau.mers or I lne American iwvoiuuon. airs, isenu Lincoln Haustis. who Is Iowa's candidate i for vlc president general of tha national t I ucJetJr. " " of P-'onal magnet- j isra as well a unusual executive ability. She spent her early girlhood In Canton, China, where her father waa at that tlm ontul. but lived for several years before ' t. mu..j.ff k... In n'.al,!,!,,,, u k. ...... she has a large following among the I 'susniers. on nisi uvi iiitu pruiuioeut: at th national congress of tile Daugther j by songs contributed by her to tha program. i ..i... r.,.., ., ,,,(.... Mrs. neustts la a member of a largs num. ber of wonutn's organizations, among whcli are th Colonial 1'i.nn, th League of American pen Womwn, Society of Iowa Musicians and th Dubuque Woman's club. and will atleud tha heunlal convention