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Omaha Daily Bee Xhe WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair. For lows. Threatening. For weather report ser page 2. If your goods are old to women j on must reach them in their homes throneh a home paper. VOL. XL-NO. 14;. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOHNIXG. DKCKMHKU 6, lPlU-TWKLYK PAGKS. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. RAILWAY LAWS SAVEMILLIONS Nebraska Commisnon Files Report: with Governor showing Lffects of j A-ts ISo win lorce. ROADS STILL FIGHT1KQ THE CUT ISoaid Estimates Two-Cent Fare Helps People Two Millions Year. BENEFIT' OF FREIGHT V , . MUM 1 - J. Three Quarter of Million T V i'er Annum from Act. LITTLE RAIL LEGISIATION NE-. Minimum Tmln Crew l.iiw and li lo 'telephone ( nnnrrllon 4ct Said o llnne Rrrn Faithfully theeri Darin Vmn. t r'rom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Pre. S. -(Special.) The maxl r uri fielKht rate law and the 2-cent pas senger rate law have saved the state STSCiW) per annum In reduced freight rales and l-'.oto.OUO per annum in reduced passeimer iats while it Is In court being fought by the companies. This Is tin estimate of the Nebraska Stale Rallwav commission In Its biennial -p. irt I" (lovernor Shallt libel rer, submitted today, llallrnad legislation of the last session is discussed In Its effects. The minimum train rrew law In said to have been obeyed to the letter, as also the Hartos act com-j pelllng connections l'i depots of telephone I service of rival companies. The same, cannot be said, argues the torn-nils-Ion. for the Randall act to prohibit drinking on trains. 'CM act, it says, has been openly and notoriously violated and the commission has been powerless. It ahks that this act be either amended as to the p. unity inflicted fur violations or re peal. l altogether. The cominls-lon declares tho law a dead letter. The repor' mats exhaustively of re iulied amendment lo present laws, saying, however, that the need for rallwuy legls la Ion is not Imperative. It would have the commission act changed so as to require uppeals from its findings to be made with in a rcasonnhle time .ind no new evidence to be Introduced, It would extend the com mission's power to Include the awarding of tepuiat en In vases where tales are found lo be exeenlve or discriminatory. It le-oii-meiids the ii-catlon of the office of puoile welghniaster. giving the commission con-ti-ol over him; provision for the punishment of any shipper guilty of filse billing of tcooils; conectlon of the Joker In tho .tnti pitas law. which liy changing the word "ui" lo "and " compels the commission to p.ove tho esc as well as poesctHlon of a pa. ;t Include oilier Industries as well as elevitors In the "Km ua I Facilities," act so they may secure ldetrack rights; an amendment of the Manning act to give the commission control over demurrage cases. During the last year the comm..iuu has ieclvd (119 Informal complnlnts. has satis fied IW of 'thtse. fotrml ho cause of action 'n 10S, and dlsmlsssd many others on vart ' ous roimda. The total expense of the commission tiurlirg the year' 110 has Li n IU.37E 4S. of which SM2.60 has been recolvd as fees. The expense of the next hlennr.im i.i estimated at Slli.ono for commlmlonars' s.ilurlts, IJS.BSD for office help, and 82O.0) for gfcneral expenditures. This Is the second biennial report of the commission to the governor. It Is a voluminous document, covering more than forty fa.1"" ot typewritten matter. The reports from all state Institutions will be coming In rapidly now. as the governor uis them more or less In his message to the legislature. The cinomission heartily approves the l'ool act. or rather the Shallenberger act, of the last legislature, which gives It con trol over the Issuance of stocks and bonds by publlo service corporations. It reports that 1& applications have been made to It. that the applications covered Issues of lH.S!ir..6M, and that of this amount ap proval bad been given to 79,!i2,MO. It Is pointed out that while most of the contem plated Issues have been eminently Just, enough of them were of questionable na ture to Justify the taking of the commis sion's time to a considerable extent. HEINZE MUST STAND TRIAL Supreme Court Holds that Dismissal of Certnla Counts Was In Error. WASHINGTON, Pec. 5. The supreme CDurt of the I'nlted States today held that the federal court of New York had erred In dismissing certain counts of Indictments against T. Augustus Heme, charging mis application of funds of the Mercantile Na tional bank of New York. Further pro ( eed'ngs must now te had in the lower court. Helnxe was Indicted first In 1909 as presi dent of ins Mercantile National bank of New York City on a charge of Intent to defraud the bank by causing the bank to discount Improperly single-name commer- ial paper amounting to about Sl.GoO.OnO. The circuit court of the I'nlted States for the southern district of New York In which the Indictment was brought, held thHt the Indictment was defective. The next year, 1910. Helnxe was Indicted on practically the same charges, but this lime !t was alleged that the purpose of :lie alleged "misapplication" was to In riat the stock of the I'nlted Copper com pany. Again the Indictment was found to he faulty. From both holdings the gov ernment appealed to the supreme court it the I'nlted States In accordance with :he acts of congress slowing the gov- nment to appeal In certain criminal cases v t ere the decision on points of law had 1 f i ii adverse to it. supreme court today held that the I wer court had erred In both cases. iein House tturued at Ilaranm. 1CKT PODGE. Ia.. Dec. 6. (Special Tele gram.) lire entailing I5.0u0 loss to the !eia house building at liarnuni started arly this morning and wae stopped by 200 ; eople forming a bucket brigade. They ivere summoned from town and country ' telephones and church bells. Dr. E. D. loriisoa, Mho sleeps In his office, strug v d to consciousness in a smoke filled oni. and sounded the alarm. The hlaxe : 'arted !n a restaurant owned by George N'noess, who shares the loss with F. H rerce owner of the buililng and the butt her sl op occupying una of the roorna. The Fort IVdgrt fire department were sum moned to ihe scene. Mster ta Irving I avellrd. l.'NDOV. pee. B. A bronie statue In memory of ths late Sir Henry lrMng was unveiled todsy tn the presence of fir John Hare, president of ths Irving Memorial lontmhier and other prominent actors and actresses and vlty officials. Funeral of Mrs. Eddy Will Be Thursday Officers of Christian Science Church Announce Service at Late Resi dence at 11 A. M. BOSTON, Dec. 6. The officials of the mother church of the Christian .Science denomination derided this afternoon that the funeral of Mary Baker G. Eddy, mould take plai d at tier late residence on Thurs day forenoon at 11 o'clock. The service will be aitnple In deference to Mra. Eddy's wishes. Although the official did not announce what the service will conglxt of. It la understood there will be prayers and bible reading with selections from the Christian Science text book. Alfred Harlow, chairman of tfie publics 'n committee of the church, said that ' ;iy sympathetic telegrams expreslng . -v 'Ity and loyalty to the mother church f, being received from branch churchea parts of the world. Uook County Passes to Democratic Rule Judge Owens Will Prefer Charges Against Two Republicans Who Refuse to Resign. CHICA(iO, liec. 4. Cook county demo crats today came into the fruits of their victory at the polls in the recent election, when the democratic sheriff. treasurer, clerk and county Judgo took their oaths of office, together with a number of municipal Judges In Chicago. Immediately after taking office County Judge Owens called election commissioners Bach and Hudson (republicans), before him and asked then to resign, saying: "I am responsible for the conduct of your office. I would like some of my own men In your places. Will you please resign?" Hoth hnve refused, and Judge Owens says he will cause charges to be preferred against them. Population of Three States in the South North Carolina and Mississippi Each Gain About 16 Per Cent Kentucky Less Than Seven Per Cent. WASHINGTON. Dec. 6 Population stat istlcs of the thirteenth census were Issued today for the following states: Kentucky, 2.2X9.90B, an Increase of 142.731, or S.6 per cent over 2.147,174 In 1900. The In crease from 1X:k to 1900 was 2S8.639, or 15.5 per cent. Mississippi, 1.797..114. an Increase of 254,844, or 15.8 per cent over l,5.il,270 in 1900. The ln crense from 1890 to 1900 was 2tiUrr0, or 20.S per cent. North Carolina, 2,S)6,2fl7. an Increase of lli.477, or 16.S per cent over L89S,glO In 1900. The increase from 1TO0 to 1900 was 27S, or li.i per rent, ... More Appointments Announced by Aldrich D. W. Hoyt of York Heads Soldiers and Sailors' Home and Major Phelps Adjutant General. PA VIP CITY. Neb.. Pec. 5-(Speclal.)-Announcement of further appointments as follows were made by Governor-elect Chester H. Aldrich today: t.ommamlmant of Soldiers' and Sailors home. Grand Island, P. W. Hoyt of York, Neb.; Adjutant general. Major Phelps of Lincoln: (recommended by officers of the Natl rial Guard) Deputy Oil Insre- tor, F fth congressional district, U. G. Ktherton of Hartley, Neb.; Deputy game warden, K. W ityres or uassett,. Neb.; superintendent of institute for the blind, Nebraska City, R c. King of Nebraska City, Neb.; stenog rapher to the oil Inspector, Ella, J. Steven- ine or Lincoln. Forty Persons Injured in Wreck Near London Train Laden with Clerks on Way to Work Runs Into Another Stand ing at Station. LONDON, Pec. . some forty persons were serloukly injured, a number of them fatally. In a collision on the London North western railroad at Wlllensden Junction today. The second section of a train from Watford ploughed Into the first section, which was standing at the Junction. The train was occupied chiefly by clerks who were coming to their offices In the city. The three rear coaches of the stand ing train were wrecked. "aperlntendrat Berry Transferred. FORT POPGE. Ia., Pec 5. -(Special Tele gram.) Without preliminary notice, G. W, Herry. superintendent of the Cherokee Omaha division of the Illinois Central railroad, was transferred today to aperln tend the Freeport division and left this morning. His successor baa not been named. Man with Shovel Starts on Snow, Then Utters a Threat When the first grey dawn of the winter , morning stole down Thirty-fifth street Mon- Iday a figure wrapped up In heavy coverings land shivering timorously In the cold crept out of number 135 with a huge wooden ! shovel under Its arm and a look of de termination perceptible on Its nose, the only pa.rt of Its, face thst was visit. le. 1 1 With an awkwardness thai bespoke small acquaintance with the snow shovel the , walks were cleaned off. That is, snow I was tsken off from II em. but as It was still falling no difference could be detected when the shovelling was all done. Then Chief lsinahue. for It was he, who had dared the cold morning wind, went back Into the house perfectly satisfied. "Now," he remarked, "'I can be aa tyrannical and d.segreeable as I please about ordering people to clean off their walks. My own duty Is done." He has not yet Issued any public demands upon cltlsens to remove ths "white and beautiful'' from their front stoops, but LIBERALS SAFE IN TOWER AGAIN Second Bay's Polling in England Confirms the Opinion Formed from Results of the First. FIGHT RENEWED WITH ENERGY Heavier Vote Recorded Following the Former Close Results. FLOODS INTERFERE WITH WORK Many Meetings in Huntingdonshire are Abandoned. EARLY RUSH FOR THE POLLS Maar Voters pent Xlartit In Former Districts Sharp rnsr1e Takes IMaee In Liverpool Over One "est. I1NPON. Pec. 5. The position of the parties tonight after the second day's polling In the general election Is: Government coalition: Liberals, 87; labor, 14; nationalists, lfi; total, 117. Opposition: 1'nlonlets, 116. The results merely confirm the opinion formed that as the results of Saturday's contests, the unionists now have no possi ble hope of replacing the liberal govern ment In power. t.rent Crash nt r-iT. The fight was renewed with more energy this week, following the close results of Saturday and as a result a heavier vote generally was recorded. In some divisions voters who had re moved since the last register was made up, spent the nlrtht In their old constituencies In order to vote earlier and get back to their work. The rush at many booths was great. In terest centered largely In the seventeen contests in London boroughs. Of these seats nine voted unionist and eight liberal last January. Meet of the unionist seats are quite safe, being held by large ma jorities. The liberals, however, have a hard fight to hold their own, notably in the east FliiFhury, the four divisions of Isling ton, and In the east division of St Pan eras, where Joseph Martin, former premier of Ilrltlsh Columbia, has a woman suffrage as well as the unionist candidate against him; and In Weat St. Pancras, where Sir William Collins, liberal, won by ten votes over R. R. Dickinson, unionist. Is the last election. Fla-ht In Liverpool. v The unionists are also making a great fight In Liverpool and expect to win the only liberal reat there, that of the Ex change division. They have no hope, how ever, of defeating T. P. O'Connor, who has a strong hold in the Scotland division. Most of the other seats polling today are held by good majorities by the sitting mem bers. ' In some parts of the country, particularly In Huntingdonshire floods are interfering seriously with the campaign and many planned meetings have been abandoned. The two seats in Huntingdonshire are held by unionists, having been carried at the last elections by majorities of about 400 each. non rQiioni miner in i.eitisiatnre i IOWA FALLS, la.. Poo. 6. (Special.) It seldom occurs that son follows father, a representative of the same district in the ! Iowa legislature and yet this Is the case In this district where Hon. Herbert A. Huff will take his seat in the same legis lative hall In which his father, Hon.. Henry L. Huff, formerly served. The senior Huff, who died" a few years ao served as a member of the thirteenth general as sembly In 189t1870, and a member of five or six committees and the chairman of two or three. He drew all the bills presented by the committee on commerce and was a leading member of the Judiciary committee. His son, who will take his seat In the lower house, followed his father In the legal profession, and stands high In the county which has Just honored him by election as their representative In the law making branch of the state's government. The Junior Huff Is one of the seven bache lors In the new house, but Is one of the county's cleanest and most capable young men. FIRE SPOILS THEAER PARTY Fa mil yof Thoinna Crawford Is De prived of Pleasure by liaise, CansloK niar Loss. Just as the family was leaving to attend the theater, Thomas Crawford, manager of the hardware department at Hayden Bros., discovered that fire was burning In the attic of his home Sunday n'ght Be fore the Tames could be extinguished a damage of 1600, covered by Insurance, was done. The family was deprived of the pleasure of going to the theater. Throws Herself Iron Window. CINCINNATI, O.. Dec. B.-Flghtlng off other girl employes, Adellnla Aurora, a seamstress, 22 years old, hung for a mo ment from the ninth story of the Textile building at Fourth and Elm streets today, then dropped to the pavement. It Is said she will die. Condnetor Dies of F.xcltement. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo., Deo. S Eieklal K. Smith, conductor of Wabash passenger train No. 3. which was In colli sion with the Excelsior Springs local pas senger train at Missouri City yesterday, died today from excitement due to the ac cident. has made the announcement that as soon ss the snow stODS. even for a mtmit. It were well for the world and his shovel to get busy. But Thomas Jefferson Flynn. street com missioner, watches wistfully from his city hall office, as the snow falls, and wishes that he had more money with which to get the drifts from the downtown .streets. There Is only about SMo left in the street cleaning fund for the remainder of the year and It will not keep the streets free from snow for any length of time. The road machines will be got out and the gutters kept as free as possible, but that Is all that can be done. In the meantime the snow continues to arrive and Mayor Pahlman has declared that no effort will be made to stop coast ing wherever ths boys want to enjoy It. On very crowded streets they will proba bly be warned of the danger, but the city haa no objection to the use of the long hills In the outlying parts of the city as toboggan slide. J-b From the New York -Herald. HOLIDAY TRAFFIC IS DELAYED Drivers for Large Department Stores in Chicago Strike. DISORDER SOON BREAKS OUT Pollr Henervea Called Out lo OseH "Incipient. -IMota Several a. Men Quit Sntnrday and Others Today,' CHICAGO, Pee. 5. Another strike has broken out In Chicago, this time one that threatens the comfort or, at least, the con venience of Christmas shoppers. It Is a walkout of the drivers of delivery wagons for the principal department stores. Riot ing and disorder became a feature of the strike almost at Its Inception, and police reserves were required to preserve order. , Saturday a few drivers quit, but dspart ment store managers assured patrons It would not develop into a serious strike. Rut today a number of stores found them selves handicapped. MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER MAY BE SAVED BY ACCOMPLICE v. Steve Scott, I'nder Sentence of Death at Colnmbna, O., Has Yet Another Chance. COLUMBUS, O., Pec. 6. Steve Scott, who Is under sentence to be electrocuted at the penitentiary December 31, may be found Innocent of the crime of murder. Charles Jones of Miami county, an accomplice of Scott's, who turned state's evidence and was sentenced to twenty years for man slaughter, has confessed that he and not Scott committed the crime, it was an nounced today. The men were convicted of killing Gulseppi Kasmentlo, a Syrian peddler. LAMP FILLED WITh"gAS0LINE Mistake Made by Mrs. Alva Ftshe'r of Webster City May Cost Her Her l ife. WEBSTER CITY, la., Pec. 6. (Special Telegram.) A lamp filled by mistake with gasoline exploded this morning at the Alva Fisher home and Mrs. Fisher had a nar row escape from being burned to death. Her husband, however, rescued her before she was fatally burned. The house and contents were destroyed. Mra. Fisher her self filled the lamp this morning when she got up. For Christmas. The want ad pages arc particularly in teresting to Christ mas shoppers. lipfore you start out on your p-hopping tour today look over tlu column "For Christ mas" on the first Want Ad page. There you will find n large number of Omaha merchants who are offering suggestions of things which they have suitable for Christinas pres ents. Many little things out of the ordinary are mentioned there. Ixiok them over. They will interest you and aid you in completing your purchases. XI it. AK YOU WO MEM? Woman is Charged With Murder of -Her Grandchild Cabman Says He Saw Mrs. Robinson Give Infant Chloroform and Fat it in a Suit Case. JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. Dec. 5. Mrs. Adeline Robinson, aged 66, a well known resident of Hollldaysburg, Blair county, is under arrest here charged with the murder of her daughter's Infant child by chloroform, and following a story which she related to the police, her husband, Samuel Robinson, and Dr. E. M. Duff, also of Hollldaysburg, have been detained as wltneases. The cir cumstances of the case are unusual. ' Mrs. Robinson was arrested Just after she had stepped from a cab at the Penn sylvania station Saturday evening, when the cab driver, John Schults, called an officer and declared he had seen the woman administer chloroform to the child while riding in his carriage and then place the infant in a telescopic traveling bag. The police allege hat Mrs. Robinson con fessed to this when brought to headquar ters and the dead child was taken from the bag. The woman collapsed. Fannie Robinson, her daughter, 34 years old, mother of the child, was boarding with a private family , here as a Mrs. Frank Hughes, when the baby was born last Wednesday evening. She had said her husband had left her. The Robinson fam ily at Mnlll.l.,.. i. ...... ...... . . - .-juw,a weie nounea ana the motner or the young woman hurried here. Balloon from Munich Lands in Scotland Basket Strikes North Sea During a sxorm ana une Aeronaut is Car ried Away and Drowned. LONDON, Pec. 6 A balloon owned by tho International Ballooning club of Mu nich, whloh rose from that city on Satur day and moved first In the direction of bwltzerland. landed today near Klrkwall In the county of Orkney, Scotland, after a wild fllp.ht across the North sea, during which one of the three aeronauts, Herr Mctsger, lost his life. After sailing to the southwest for a little while the airship took a northerly course and was driven toward the British Isles by a furious gale. Sunday morning the balloon struck the sea and a huge wave swept over the basket and Metzger was carried away and drowned. His compan ions clung to their craft, which sffer light ened ascended again and drifted over the Orkney Islands, where a successful descent was made. The surviving aeronauts. Dia ler and Joerden, were unharmed. Roosevelt Will Election Results at Banquet NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Dec. K In tils let ter to Colonel 1. M. I'l'man. president of the New Haven Chaiiber of Commerce, Colonel Roosevelt sues his uiidiess at the dinner I of that body on Tuesday evening of next week will be In the netuie of a survey of i the recent elections In that country. He , will also Include a j r.-pcctlve lew of cur- rent political events j Colonel lllman said today that at the! time Colonel Roosevelt accepted the Invl- j tation the selection of a subject was left with the guest. An Inkling or the nature of the at.bjcrt Is given In this sentence from the letter. "I will make my first public utterance on political matters at the New Haven Chamber of Commerce dinner." Judge 6. K. Baldwin, the democratic gov INSURGENTS AT WHITE HOUSE r Bristow, Norris and Murdock Call on the President CONTINUE THE MILITANT SONG Kansas . Representatives Say People Are Demanding Immediate Revi sion of the Wool Tariff Schedule. WASHINOTON. Dec. S. The White House was the mecca of many "Insurgent" republicans today. Some said they wese invited by the president, while others came of their own volition. Senator Bris tow of Kansas was among the first callers. lie was quickly followed by Representa tives Norris of Nebraska, Murdock and Madison of Kansas and Hayes of Cali fornia. The Insurgents said they talked with the president about various features of his message which will be read to congress tomorrow and also about the vacancies on the supreme court bench. Although they admit that efforts at con dilation are in the air the Insurgents con tinue to sing a militant aong. Representa tive Murdock declared he had traveled all over the country during the last three months and that he knew the temper of the people. People Want Action. "They want the woolen schedule revised at this session of congress, regardless of whether the tariff board la ready to re port or not," he said. "Kverybody Is talk ing wool and the revision of the tariff, one schedule at a time. They are willing to wait for the tariff board on all the tariff schedules except wool. They think con gress already haa Information sufficient to call for a revision of that schedule. And when the schedule Is revised the people want woolen cloth tagged to ahow the amount of wool and the amount ot cotton used in its manufacture. "The people want congress to do some thing and quit talking so much. They say we can pass the appropriation bills by hold ing night sessions and that we should de vote the days to revising the wool schedule, The political unrest of the people is not partisan and any man in public life who thinks It is, will find himself sadly mis taken. The people also have their eyes on the lilKher courts and they don't want de cisions rendered merely on technicalities. Itrlslotv Supports Judge Hook. Senator Bristow urged the president to appoint Judge Hook of the Klghth I'nlted States circuit court to the supreme court. Senator ltrlftow said he agreed wltl many of the presldc-nt'a recommendations :n his message, but disagreed with others He will oppose a ship subsidy, but will earnestly advocate the fortification of the Panama canal. The senator also will fight for a permanent tariff commission. Discuss ernor-fleet of Connecticut, today said ht hail nothing to Klve out In respect to query as to whethei ho had accepted an Invitation to attend the dinner as a gues and to make an address. Tne feeling I held lu re that before the dinner the recen conn ov rsy will become a thing of the past und Jndire Pnldwln and Colonel Iloo-cvelt v ill both s;eak. i . .t . it . ii.... i ""lunii inun'j' vi iaio university also will speak. Jiidifn Haldwin will speak before tl American Society for the Judicial Settle ment of International Disputes at Was) InKton on Peoemler H and his attendance upon the gathering will prevent bis attend ance at the banquet of the National Pe ocrauc ciuo in lurk on the same da CONGRESS HOLDS A M1EFSESSI0N Members Honor Memory of Deceased Colleagues and Notify Taft of Readiness for Work. FOUR DEATHS IN THE SENATE Upper Chamber Adjourns Four Min utes After Convening. CANNON AN DCLARK APPLAUDED Oath of Office Administered to Three Members of House. FEW BILLS ARE INTRODUCED Thlrty-M IllllB and llesolntlona Is trodnred hr llepreaentat Ives Rev. Condon Advocates I nlrersal Ar titration Itetireen Millions. WASHINGTON. Pec. 6. The closlna session of the Sixty-first congress opened Ht noon today. No business was transacted, both branches merely meeting to appoint a Joint committee to' formally apprise the president that the legislative branch of the government was ready to proceed, to call the rolls and to adjourn after adopting resolutions of respect to the memory of those members who had died since congress last met. The usual animation marked the openlnn In both the senate and the house, but the reunion of the old legislative friends wai tinged with sadness because of the heavy toll death had taken In the last few months. In consequence the senate was in session only a quarter hour, while the house occu pied fifty minutes before Speaker Cannon declared It adjourned until tomorrow. More than usual Interest was manifested In the opening because of the passing of the balance of political power with ths session. As a result the galleries were crowded with visitors. On the floor secre taries and clerks, whose positions glv them the privilege of entering the cham bers, lined the walls. Since adjournment last June there hav been four deaths in the senatorial ranks. Vice President Sherman was prompt In entering the senate chamber and bringing the senate to order Just as the hands ot the clock Indicated the noon hour. Imme diately afterward came the opening prayer by Pr. Ulysses Grant Pierce, who referred to the unusual number of deaths during the recess. The rull call that followed dis closed eighty senators present, only eight falling to respond. Resolutions by Senators Hole and Cut- lorn providing for the notification of ths house and the president, respectively, thai the senate w as sit ting and prepared foi business were adopted. In accordance with Mr. Cullom'a reao lutlon, the Illinois senator and Mr. Money of Mississippi were appointed to wait upon the president The secretary of the senate was instructed to carry 'the neoessary In formation to the house. . ' ' ' Tbe death, announcements smw nt.K the order of "seniority and ln'eaoh case by the colleague of the deceased member. Senator Martin of Virginia broke the offi cial newe of the death of Senator Daniel of that state, Senator Bacon announced that of Senator Clay of Georgia, Senator Foster performed a like service in the case of Senator MoBnery of Louisiana, and the series closed with an announcement of the death of Senator Dolllver of Iowa by Sen ator Cummins of Iowa. All spoke Mp feeling terms of the de parted, but the tribute In each case waa confined to a few words, as later the sen ate will listen to extended eulogies of each. In connection With the announce ments, resolutions expressing the profound sorrow of the senate were adopted, after which an adjournment was taken out of respect to their memory, j In the house the entrance of Representa tive Champ Clark of Missouri elicited much applause, as did that of Speaker Cannon. The face of Mr. Clark aa he walked down, the aisle to his seat on the democratic side waa as rosy and shining as was the bright pink tarnation he wore In hla buttonhole. Mr. Clark did not ap pear upon the floor until after the chap lain had concluded the opening prayer. Called to prdor by Speaker Cannon promptly at 12 o'clock, the house remained In session long enough to hear a prayer. the roll call, to adopt resolutions of sym pathy on the death of Representatives Brownlow of Tennessee, Fbulkrod of Penn sylvania, Tlrrell of Massachusetts and Oil more of Louisiana and the members of the other house who have died since the djournment of the previous session and to have the Oath of office administered to three new members. Representatives Taw- ny, Calderhead and Clark were named by Speaker Cannon members of the Joint com mittee to call on the president and notify him that congress had assembled. The new members were Jonn J. Mitchell of Massachusetts, to succeed the late Charles Q. Tlrrell; R. M IJvely of Texas. to succeed Gordon nussell, who resigned to become a federal Judsre, and S. W. Mas sey of Tennessee, to succeed the late W. p. BiownloW. Worldwide arbitrnllon to settle the dif ferences between nations was advocated by Rev. Henry P. Coudcn, Jn his oitenlng prayer in the hoube. The chaplain ex pressed the hope that d'ltarmament of the world's navies and atmles might be brought about In the near future. Of the 3J1 members of thn house answered to thylr names at the roll call. Fewer bills and resolutions were Intro duced In the bousa today thun la usual on the opening day. Thero were thlrty-slx publlo bills and resolutions. Tho first presented vas for Ihe comple tion of M'o't Chetsr ertsek Improvements In New York, Introduced by Mr. (loulden. As sn outcome of the house committee In vestigation of Indian contracts. Mr. Burke of. South Dakota, chairman of that com mittee. Introduced n mea-ure requiring the np; i'oval of crnKress In ordor to osUibllsh the alldlty of future contracts or agree ments mt''c by bersoiis with any Indians or Indian till es concerning litigation or de mand predictt-l en any tlalm against the i'nlted Ktw-i l:,v living land title and s teflnn und the rl.tfht to annuities. Other nxasure introduced were by Mr. Iiud of of Mlclitran, appropi latlng SIX!, r) Iir complt i)H4 and finishing tho crpyt of the Amiap'-lt Nasal academy chapel as a pe;nianeiit r:tln plats fi r John Paul Jones, by Mar. Burtht ldt of Missouri, ap propriating f..V0ai the l.'r.tiee Siate" shaie of the ii al:,tt l ance of the Interparliamen tary I 'lilt j I. l.uitaii for the pronotlin tf lnt rnaticnal Mi l:i atp-n at I.'ru-i e ; by Mr. Madden of Illlmis to Ir.corj oiute the c. ni inandery In chief of the sons of the Orand Army of the Republic; by Mr. Randall of Texas, to change Uie da.te it opcnUm of t