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FOHAKER WRITES ! Another Cold Wave SECRET. SOCIETY
A Legacy
Omaha
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I'AIICKL I'LACKS
OiN COMMITTKK
House Selecting Body Comes to Agree
ment on Choice and Number of
Members Sore.
OF UAiNAL TREATY I 1S uTmg. lu i? vy VICTIM A YEN HE I)
(
i irom fir cue one
Foraer Senator Icsciites How it Was j
Made and What Understanding ! Due to Cross Middle West by Wcdnes
Wa Reached. I day or Thursday Accompanied by
RIGHT TO POLICE WAS GIVEN j ,VAsmN(,roN A ,., WHVP of
t marked severity thatjnow prevails over
Carried with it Privilege of Making ' Alask "i '!"' "' northwestern
p Tfn states Monday anil Tuesday, from which
jroper jjeienec. j ,.e(flon )t wl Bflvnnce eastward and gouth-
, ward over the middle west hy the middle
SILENCE ALONG CERTAIN POINTS1' the wwk and to the Atlantic and gulf
; states hy tho latter part of the work, ac-
. cording to the weather bureau's prediction.-..
Taken to Mean that Nation Would Abnormally low temprrat urs will attt-n
Protect Great Work.
I
LETTERS MADE PUBLIC BY TAFT i
.
President (,lin It Oat to Clarify Ptta
atlon that Has Arisen Oter (int
ernment Fortifying Works
In Zone.
WASHINGTON. Jan. .-A contrlhutlon
designed to clarify the confused situation
which lias arisen over the right of the
I'nited States to fortify the Panama canal I
was submitted today hy former Senator'
Foraker of Ohio to iresiucnt -an. wn" I
nimlA It nuhllc '
Throughout the period In which the May- I
aunrefote treaty was negotiated and rati- I
Pa
fled Senator Foraker advised with John
May, then secretary of state, and made
many of tho auggestlnnH which were incor
porated Into the treaty preserving to this
government the right to take such means
as It deemed neeessnry to ?t the
canal property and shipping V spe
cifically authorizing fortlflcati
PenatorVoraker's letter to P, Taft
reviews the acts of the senate. C 'cc
tlon with treaty making with E nd
laws passed suhse(iiently to th 'i-
tlon of the existing Hay-Fauncefc
-Z. fc.
The letter tells of the ratlticat.
treaty by the senate December
which was rejected by the British
nient.
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fVi
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When It was presented to the sen.
contained a provision against forttfhv.ii i
and there, wan much criticism of Secretary !
May because of that fact. The convention
was amended In accordance with public
sentiment and after Great Britain's rejec
tion of It harsh and severe criticism of
Mr. May were renewed.
liar Oner Illaconraaed.
Mr. Hay was sreatly disturbed by the
attitude of newspapers, and Senator For
aker said he received a call from him one
Sunday morning and "he seemed distressed
and discouraged. Me showed Senator
Foraker a letter from Ixrd I.ansdowne In
dicating that it would not he worth while
to make an effort to negotiate another
canal treaty unless provision was nude ,
therein for the settlement of the pending
controversy between the United States and
Canada. Mr. May regarded such a treaty
as Impossible and thought it barred further
progress with respoct to the canal.
Drifting Into a general discussion of the
" whole, subject. Srnator, Foraker and Secre
tary Hay, ft appears agreed that It would
be Idle to undertake to secure the ratifica
tion of any treaty that flatly prohibited
fortification by the Vnlted Ktatcs or In
volved this government In any obligation
to consult any other power regarding pro
tection of Its awn property. Renator For
aker suggested several changes from the
convention which had been rejected by
5reat Britain, among them new matter,
and some transportations that would soften
Ilia effect.
' Polirlnar thr Canal.
They Included the following provision:
"The canal shall never be blockaded,
nor shall any right of war he exercised,
nor any act of hostility be committed
within It. The ' United Slates, however,
shall be at liberty to maintain such mili
tary police along the canal as may be
necessary to protect It against lawless
ness and disorder.''
Senator Foraker said that he marked
these changes In a copy of the first Hay-i'auue-rfote
treaty which was handed to
him by Mr. May, who took It away with
him. and In the fall of the tame year, on
August 23, JftOl, wrote to Ihe senator In
confidence that he hoped to conclude a
new treaty with England In line with ' all
the suggestions which you kindly made
to me."
That treaty was negotiated and sent to
the senate In December, IW1. and was
ratified without amendment and In due
time waa ratified by Great Britain and
became a binding agreement. In his let
ter to the president. Senator Foraker
hew that he had no doubt that the
fnlted States was reserving the right to
fortify the ranal.
From Ihe treaty provision for the estab
lishment of a military force on the canal.
Henalor Foraker says. It would follow as
a matter of course that such a military
force would have a right to do whatever
was necessarv In the way of Intrenching!'"' '
Itself, "or. in plainer word., fortifying It- ! "r ""!. " X?TT .0", .? VerK
rt against attack.'
Mr adds that the ida was
that n.- i ( K
their canal constructed at a cost of nun- """' """
. . . .... . ., ., .. arrived yesterday evening und remained
dreds of millions of dollars, "no one would! . .... ,
. ,, ,,. .ii... j .. v, , (at his bedside a n sit. He waa unconsd-
might be necessary in our judgment to up
hold our authority and protect our prop
erty and commercial rights."
Intention to Protect.
Quuotlng from the Spooner law providing
for
the construction of the canal and
from the treaty with Panama. Senator
Foraker shows It to have been set forth
e'early that It was the Intention of the
I'nited States to protect the canals and
harbors. The Panama treaty usea the
words, "The I'nited Slates shall have the
right 10 establish fortifications"
He cites the fact that the British govern
ment did not raise any question as to the
S poorer law r the Panama treaty being
in contravention of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. He said that he supposed, and
he thought other senators were of the same
opinion, that the British government recog
nised and undurstood that when the second
Hay-Pauncefote treaty was ratified It was
a matter left wholly to the discretion of
the I'nited Slates "o determine to what
extent we would employe military power
and resort to fortifications to protect our
lights."
ftllrnr (! Freedom.
Senator Foraker aald furthe;
"An explicit stipulation to this effect waa
not Insisted upon because alienee on the
.i.hl.'el of ItKelf left lis free tu do as we
Blight see fit." Mr. Foraker cloaed hUt years b, several railroad Interest In Colo-l.).e.-
w,.h ih. followlne: rado ami had a lot of trouble getting money
"There were sac rial senator and many
I'-raons who were of the opinion then, and
air probably of the opinion now. that it
tuii-ht be g.snj policy for the I nlted Slate
tCuiitiuued on Second Page.)
Large Amount of Precipitation.
! thlH cold wave In the north Pacific states.
the northern plateau and Hocky mountain
regions and particularly all districts east
thereof.
The principal disturbances will prevail
Iduring the next time days west of the
I Rocky mountains, crossing the middle west
by Wednesday or Thursday and reaching
Ih 1 Atlantic states Thursday or
Friday.
This will In all probability be attended by
widespread precipitation, especially In the
southern states and the region west of the
Rocky mountains. Including California.
where the season's rainfall has been greatly i
deficient.
A disturbance over l.uke Michigan today
will reach the Atlantic slates Monday, at
tended
by unsettled weather and local
snows. v
Chicago Gets Taste
of Cold and a Gale
of High Velocity
Wind Blows Sixty-Two Miles an Hour
and Temperature Takes
Sudden Drop.
CHICAGO. Jan. 8. One man was killed,
one other fatally hurt and much damage
was done to electric sign and windows
here today hy a windstorm which struck
he city soon after noon. The wind which
mo from the west Rained In velocity until
at 3 o'clock-a slxty-two-nille Kale was
blowing. At 6 o'clock It dropped to forty
miles an hour, which weather bureau of-
f iiia Is said would be maintained until
morning.
The gale was accompanied by a drop In
temperature from 40 degrees above at 9
o'clock to 15 decrees at nlghtfull. A
further drop to 10 decrees was predicted.
A large Iron sign protruding from the
third floor of a building on Moisted street
was torn from its fastenings. It caught
a smaller aign and both fell with a crash.
An unidentified man was struck by the
larger sign and instantly killed.
Michael Morlarty was hit by the smaller
one. Mis skull was fractured, and ho
received other Injuries, which It is believed
will be fatal. Several othera had narrow
escapes.
The wind caused such a storm on the
lake that boats dared not venture out of
port. Government life savers kept extra
watch through the .ar, but . reported .no
vessels In need of help.
Governor Donaghy
Criticises Meyer
Letter Savs Views Cannot Be Ade
auaUlv Expressed Because of
Official Position.
I.1TTI.E ROCK. Ark., Jan. S.-Governor
Donaghy In a letter to Secretary of the
Navy Meyer has severely criticised that
official and the na' y for Its arrangements
for the launching of the battleship Arkan
sas and the governor asserts that the state
will take no further responsibility for the
ceremonies on January 14.
Referring to a renuest made to the Navy
department that the launching be post
poned, Governor Donaghy's letter says:
"You treated my suggestion with Indiffer
ence. In doing this you were not only
guilty of gross discourtesy to the repre
sentative of a sovereign state, but sub
jected yourself to a rrltlclsm that cannot
be adequately expressed by an official
representative ot a state to a representa
tive of the federal government."
CORONER WILL HOLD INQUEST
Inqalrv tn Be Made Into Caase of
nsa-nnd Kllllnc Ills Wife and
Then lllmaelf.
Coroner Crosby Will hold an, Inquest Mon
day afternoon over the bodies of Walter
Ogood and his child wife whom he shot
to death before he killed himself.
Ray Johnson, the young butcher who
was shot In the back of tha nec k when
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OK nriin HI rl, jubcimi inn(Pimi una inuin-
in. The young man's parents. Mr. and
I a. t I YD V.t.n... sif llnbUr,) la
oiia by spells, and apparently paralyzed
from the neck down, though at times able
to talk slowly. The young man appeared
mentally daxed over the tragedy In which
he had figured and said his only regret
was that he had not been able to prevent
murder that occurred. He Is not ex-
pected to live.
Johnson Is :"3 years old and roomed at Ten
South Sixteenth street.
David Moffatt Has Trouble
Getting Old Lawsuit Tried
NEW YORK. Jan. . (Special Telegram.)
-David H. Moffatt. who Is building a
railroad from Denver to Salt Lake City
to cut off over WO miles of the present dis
tance by rail between those two points, la
very much disappointed over the postpone
ment of a suit against htm which he has
been waiting to have tried. Mr. Moffatt
has already made three or four tripa to
New York for that purpose, but in the
federal court Friday the case was put over
until April 3.
Mr. Moffatt has been fought several
! for hia railroad. When ever thing seen it d
'darkest he wa Introduced In New York
! 0,10 da'r Heglnald Vail, an Englishman,
' h ,d ho co,llJ ralse " th nney
' necesaary in England.
A mtvllng took place at the Belmont
Thirty-Two Me.-nbrrs of Italian;
Camorra Brought fro.n Three ;
Years' Close Confinement. !
! ALL MUST STAND TRIAL NOW i
Relatives and Friends Cause Riot ;
When Thev Arrive. !
EXTREMES OF THE SOCIAL SCALE
Man Arrpsted in New York Chief
Anions Them.
SHAKE THEIR MANACLED FISTS
Se-enr t( Trial lit'iuovril from Home
to Atnlil Inrluence of Terrible
Asaoctiution Will Abolish
(Inter.
VITKKBO. Italy, Jan. 8 Detachments of
pllce and i arublneei s. both heavily armed. ;
) surrounded the station here today previous .
to the ariiial of thirty-two tneinbcis of the i
(union a. who are to stand trial lor thv I
murder of James Cuocolo, a leading mom-
her of the band, who had Incurred the !
vengeance of the citinorrluta for allcg-d J
acts of treachery. Cuorotos body wa:ij
luund on the seashore near Naples in June, i
i:'., and the mutilated body of his wife
was discovered shortly afterwards In a
house nearby.
Extraordinary precautions have been
taken by the authorities to guard the
prihotiers and to prevent any attempt at
release. They havo been In close confine
ment for more than three years and their
friends and relatives gathered at the sta.
Hon.
Police detachments were stationed at
various points and when the train arrived
from Naples there was a sceno of riot
and disorder. It was known that nothing
would be left undone to effect a rescue
and orders had been Issued to put down
any such attempt by whatever means
necessary.
( haloed In Groups.
The prisoners descended from the car
In groups of five chained together. They
comprised all varieties of the social scale
from dandy to laxzarone. Chief among
them was Knrlco Alfano, better known
as Errlcone, head of the camorra, who was j
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arresiea in .ew icon. ... v
tectlve Petroslno.
He appeared thinner and
gnasuier man eve.. u " , ' H "
In heavy furs and eeemed hardly able to
stand- I
The mob. temporarily held In check by a i
show of authority, broke Into cries, shrieks
and execrations at sight of the prisoners
and attempted to break through the lines to ,
get near them, but the carabineers pushed
them buck with their guns. Intense excite
ment reigned and the surgipg mass of peo
ple threatened an atlack upon the police.
The prisoners shook their manacled fists
and raised htlryolct almost aa loudly as
ibelr friends and" relatives. The wife of
Mandrlt re known also as de Marlnls. the i
most notorious camotrlst after Krrlcone,
struck at the carabineers.
Tho men were marched to prison, sur-
rounded by heavy guards, and the crowds
dispersed.
Caputo, the marshal of the carabineers,
who has distinguished himself in exposing
the camorra, Is director of the police ar
rangements. Trial Beftlna. Noon.
The trial will begin shortly and Viterbo.
which Is fifty-two miles from Rome, was
selected for this purpose In order that all
concerned In the prosecution would be re
moved from the direct Influence of the as
sociation, which has been a name of terror
to all law-abiding Italians.
It Is believed that evidence will be
brought which will throw light upon the
murder of Detective Petroslno at Palermo
in 1909, w hither he .was sent by the New
York Police department to secure Informa
tion of Italian criminals. ;
Scores of murders are charged against
the camorrlsts now in the hands of the
police, although the coming trial will have
to do only with the assassination of Cuo
colo and his wife.
Indian Costume
. Causes Fatal Burns
Twelve-Yeai-Old Daughter of Fort
Madison Man Dies as Result
of Play.
FORT MADISON, la., Jan. II. Resale?
Payne, 13 years old. daughter of the pro
prietor of a department store, died today
of burns suffered while playing Indian with
otner cniiuren. .-oc i...-u v... -
carr.nflre and her Indian costume caught
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fire.
Bor Killed While Ilunltna.
EI. MA. Ia.. Jan. S. (Special.) Francis
Kane was killed while nut hunting rabbits
with bis brother. Edward. The hoys had
concluded their hunt and weie returning
home. Francis, the younger boy, was
walking ahead and Edward save that he
was carrying the gun under his arm with
his hands in his pocket. In tome way it
was discharged, the entire contents strik
ing Francis in the body. Just above his
hip. Surgical aid was Immediately sum
moned, but the boy only lived about three
hours. The older boy is distracted with
grief.
hotel at which Senator Hughes of Colorado
was piesent ami a memorandum of the
conversation was taken down. An English
engineer was sent out to Colorado at Mr.
Moffatt' expense to look over the road
and Mr. Moffatt and Henry P. Low, in
company with Mr. Vail, went over to Eng
land. Dissatisfied with the results accom
plished by Mr. Vail. Mr. Moffatt gave up : gantseation affiliated with the Poetic ao
the Idea of getting money through UU.i ' - of Ureal Britain, announced today
and later got money elsewhere. He thought ! Ui1 11 waa 1'repared to offer free lecture,
no more of the matter until he happened to hach W1' throughout the
, . .!,,. , rountry with a membership of twenty-five
to encounter Mr. all In New York one. y T leclurt.r8 b Inen wt)
day and the Englishman had him served' nown tnu , nu acu(.mlc wolM
7, IXVT, " " I CO"rt 1 f"r in thl. country ana Eugland.
fl.M9.tw. holding that the memorandum .
waa a contract and embiacd un option on j , rRe h,,..., f oUet-han.
bird of the Moffatt road. NKW yi iHK. Jan. 8 A committee of
Mr. Moffatt' attornei contended that j fifteen democrat tonight made public a
the memorandum was not a contract or an
notion and that wbar.vr it m.. vf- i,i
waa not able to carry out any part of U.
m
it
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From the liiil.idtlpliia North American.
HATPIN BILL INlsOUTH DAKOTA
Legislator v;ith Big Scratch on Face
is Drafting Measure.
WORK ON ' FIRST INITIATIVE BILL
;'
AN. M. (.rnflon of MHchell AVIII I're
aent I'roponeif Ai-T' rrolllna
for Matenlde Prohlbl
tlon. I'lKURE. S. D.. Jan. 8. (Special.) Long
hatpins, their classification and elimina
tion, are matters of deep import Just at
, nBnr0n,,,.. n sn.ven.rt of Cod-
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Ington. Me thinks they should be ellmln-
ated and that he ahould be the one to
mahe hat p0Rsble througn le(fl9,ation, and
the puzzle Is Just whether to classify them
danBCPOll8 .ean,, with a penalty to
f)t 8UCh an prfpnBe to put thcm , tne
clus8 of hardware millinery. And all
lnls becaun as Stuvcrud was working his
way through the crowd In the house lobby
last evening he came Into contact with a
pin. which he describes as "about so long"
with a wide outward sweep of both arms,
and received a long Scratch which reaches
from his ear 'to. WsVVnln, and- which . ho
thinks la serious ennngh to require lcgtsla-
tlve balm to heal It. At any rate, unless
ho changes his mind, he will prepare and
Introduce a measure to require such
articles or wearing apparel to be properly
muzziea at tne aangeroua point or relegate
them into lawful outer darkness unless
they be so rendered harmless.
One man thinks the public service would
be bettered In this state, or at least appar
ently so thinks, from a bill which he has
sent to his representative In which he
wants the state veterinarian placed in the
elective list of state officers Instead of
leaving that position as a prerogative of
the governor. Just what he expects to gain
does not show on the Burface, but as the
same man has several other bills which
mc.dlfy and loosen up the present veteri
nary laws of the state so far as they refer
to "horse doctors" without college certifi
cates, the two may have a possible con
nection, t
First Inltlntlrp Hill.
. The first bill under the Initiative which
will come up for legislative action will no
doubt be that for statewide prohibition,
which will be presented by V. M. Clrafton
of Mitchell. He is on the ground as a
registered legislative agent to look after
proposed liquor legislation, and says his
documents will be on hand In a few days
for the new bill. The only other measure
yet in Bight for the initiative is the possi
bility of such action on the part of R. O.
Richards, but this will be later In the
session. He will show up In a couple of
weeks with his primary election bill, and
will give the legislators an opportunity to
take action, and if they refuse, will bo
prepared to present his measure through
the Initiative and get it before the voters
at the next election.
Anderson of Clark Is at work on several
bills relating to primary amendments and
to changes In the. general election laws.
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. . ,, . , ,,
I be attempts to eliminate election expenses
so far an possible. One plan Is to cut out
the publication of amendments and laws to
be voted upon l.i the present manner In
the papers of the state. He would have
them published at state expense and mailed
In pamphlet form to every voter of tho
state. He haa other features, but prin
cipally on the expense line.
First Appropriation Hilt.
The first appropriation bill of the session
appeared today In a request for So.floO for
an artesian well on the state university
grounds at Vermilion, the bill being by
Anderson of Clay. Other senate lntroduc-1
lions were a resolution for a constitutional
amendment by Wright of Beadle, In which
he seeks to provide poll tax qualification
for voters, with a requirement that the
receipt bear date not less than thirty days
prior to election; by Cone, amending city
commission law to facilitate collection of
delinquent taxes; by Duncan, authorizing
counties to create and loan court house
furd; by Cone, to make a recorded Instru
ment piimai'acle evidence of its contents.
An o'clock closing bill for South Da
kota saloons is the object of a bill which
will be introduced by Representative Ty
ler in the liuuse tomorrow. It is patterned
after the Nebraska law on the subject.
I'roaresalve Art Lecture,
NEW YORK. Jan. 8 The Progressive
Arts League of America, a literary or-
letter they have sent to all democrat 1c
I nieinif I oi ine u-gisiai ore uremic ino
K .IIV
selection of William F. tiriec ban. aa l ulled
I senator.
K X ML
Illness in Family
Drives Iowa Farmer
to Commit Suicide
With Wife and Two Children Near to
Death,' Barney McCrickard
Hangs Himself.
MISSOCRf VAIXEY, la.. Jan. R.-(Ppe-clal
Telegram.) By hanging. Barney Mc
Crickard. a farmer, ended his life this
morning at dawn. His bodiy was found
within sight of his home, where wife,
daughter and son He on death's brink. 111
with pneumonia.
The disconsolate farmer left the sick
room at 4 o'clock In evident mental dlstross.
Watchers at the bedside summoned neigh
bors and a search was Instituted. At day
light the body was discovered. McCrickard
had tied himself to the limb of a tree
and leaped off.
The dead man was a highly successful
farmer. Ills holdings Include 330 acres of
Iowa land. He in'sald to have a comfort
able bank balance and other Investments.
McCrickard attained local fame by selen
tifio 1 and efficient. ? farming. Me w as 45
years' old. Mrs.' McOrickard and tLz chil
dren survive. The widow and her eldest
daughter, Miss Maggie, 30 years old, are
likely to die. Raleigh, a aon 15 years old,
is also critically 111 with the same ail
ment. McCrlckard's two brothers, Felix and
Italclgh, and three sisters, Mrs. Frank
Clark, Mrs. Steve Tamlslea, all of Iowa
and Mrs. Harry Newhouse of Broken Bow,
Neb., survive.
The funeral will be 'held tomorrow morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock. i
Cement Show Will,.
Be Educational
All the Modern Uses of Cement Will
Be Exhibited at the Audi
torium. Inslr'urtlon In all the different uses to
which cement can be put Is to be one of
the departments that will Interest the gen
eral public at the Midwest Cement show
to be held In Omaha. February 1, 2, 3.
The exhibition of cement to be held will
take a big step ahead of all former at
tempts In this line Hi this country and
really show the visitors what can be dono
with cement.
Chicken houses, barns, hog houses, silos,
water tanks, fence posts and foundation
and floor uses will be some of the farm
uses displayed and the railroad ties And
the posts and post holes will Interest con
struction men attending. Also all the many
uses In city construction that can be con
veniently ahown in the comparatively small
space of the Auditorium will be shown.
Construction forms of solid concrete that
eliminate 'the use of lumber In heavy con
struction work will be demonstrated dally,
monolithic walls three feet thick being
built. Nearly every piece of concrete ma
chinery that Is used In the making of con
crete forms will be on exhibition In the
Auditorium- and Its use shown.
The Commercial club of Omaha has
Joined In with the cement men In aiding
In the work and will help In making the
show an educational success. All of the
men Interested In the show and members
of the association are makers of cement
produrts themselves and will show how
their different wares are constructed.
Carnegie Makes Armor
Plate While Talking Peace
NEW YOKK, Jan. . iSpecial Telegram.)
Andrew Carnegie declared at the first
Saturday afternoon luncheon of the Ilepub
ltcah club today that he believed within a
year, "with an option on another ye-ar,"
the International court of justice, which Is
to settle all differences between nations,
will be an accomplished fact. This declara
tion he made, he aald, after a visit to
Washington, where he met "person high
In authorUy."
Mr. Carnegie added to hi story by tell
ing how he came to first make armor plate.
Referring to a inagailne article which
asked how he could consistently take a
loading part in bringing about international
peace, the Iron master said he never would
have made armor plate if It had not been
demanded of him. '
"I did not want to make armor." said
Mr. Carnegie. "Secretary Yhltney askyl
u to enter the competition for the making
of armor and we said not, that there was
more profit for us In pig Iron. And there
t jt more profit In pig Iron than In armor
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I 'and on my vacation when 1 got a tele
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Y. H. C, A. IS MADE A PRISON
Big Establishment Thrown Into Quar- !
antine for Smallpox.
MORE THAN HUNDRED CAUGHT
Tl-ronas In Attendance.- at Mcelnu"
and Roomers Held for acplnatlon
and Fnmlg-atlon Some at
I.lbrrtr Today.
With one of the most palatial buildings
in Omaha their prison, 1.7) young men, I
one woman and the various employes of
tho Young Men's Christian association were
placed under rigid quarantine for small
pox last night. The wholesale Imprison
ment was carried out under the order and
personal direction. of Health Commissioner
Dr. U. W. Connell, when Is was learned
that one of the roomers in the building
was a victim of the disease.
Edward Ueason, 25 years old. a clerk
In the ePters Trust company. Is 'the young
man who suffered the Infection and whose
case after a week of uncertainly finally
was diagnosed correctly. He, became ill
last Friday and first Ah owed signs of erup
tions Monday. Two physicians who at
tended him aheut that time each declared
his ailment nothing more serious than
stomach trouble.
Dr. W. O. Henry when summoned Into
consultation, found the disease to be small
pox about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
An hour later , the great Young Men's
Christian association was the scene of pent
up sensation.
Several hundred persons were leaving the
assembly room on the second floor, after
the conclusion of an address hy Kcv.
Thomas J. Mackay, w hen the sudden quar
antine was being established. Health Com
missioner Connell, who had taken charge
of the situation with Police Surgeons
Loveland and T. T. Harris, caused the
names and addresses of all those who
chanced to be In the building taken.
While the large number of persons in
attendance at Ihe meeting were crowding
to the door, half- frightened. Dr. Connell
addressed them with the statement con
cerning the quarantine. He advlse.1 all
present to Immediately be vaccinated, and
followed his advice with the order for
all to leave their names and addresses.
Most of th chance crowd took the situ
ation in high good humor after they real
ized what It all meant, but several caused
ex'cltement by attempting to escape.
Several of h permanent dwellers In the
building who faced the full terms of quar
antine, made their way down the freight
elevator and tried vainly to get to free
dom through rear doors and windows, one
man succeeded In getting out of the dining
room on the first floor, by Jumping out
Of the window.
Of the 145 regular roomers In the build
ing, about one-third were present when
the quarantine was placed upon it. They
were not permitted to leave.
Dr. Connell Immediately made the an
nouncement that all the other roomers
would be forced to return and pass Into
quarantine likewise. He declared the po
lice would be sent, out to get those who
attempted to remain away.
Police Surgeons Iovcland and Harris and
Officer Harry Wooliidge stood guard over
the main entrance all evening, admitting
roomers and barring all others.
Mr. Geason was taken from the building
clnation. These objectors pointed out their
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gram from Secretary Tracy saying In ef
fect, 'The president say he considers It
your duty to enter Into the manufacture
of armor and save the ships from waiting
on the stocks for want of It.' "
Here Mr. Carnegie turned to General
Tracy who sat beside him at the speaker'
table arid said: "You know you did It."
General Tracy nodded assent and Mr.
Carnegie continued:
"That telegram settled It. Whenever the
public calls upon me for anything, unless
1 fall dead, It Is my glory to respond. I
telegraphed my partner on the continent
and we got men to work night and day
and Sunday. Of course, I paid bonuses for
the men-l,uO0 a day-and we got the
plant ready and started In making armor
plate and had some plate done before our
competitor. In spite of the fact that he had
an eatabllshed plant before we began to
assemble our tools. That is what wo did
because the president asked ine to do It
and If the president considers It my duty
to do anything or go anywhere for my
country 1 consider it the very word of
God."
REGAN TO GET APPOINTMENT
Platte County Man Will Head the R:-
Districtinj Committee.
QUACKENBUSH YET CUT IN COLD
Refuses Corporations and it Appears
Will Get Left in Shuffle.
OPTION BILL TO GO TO. LAWRENCE
l.eldluh Miiletl to llo ( halrmmi of
lloiike ( oiiiiulttt e on II .1 1 1 road a
lorinril kfi'im llenil of (Hies
anil 'I'ovvna
; i From a Staff Correspondent I
I.lNi'nl.N. Jan. s. Special Telegram.) -
'-ate tonight Ihe slate of the house coin
I inltlee on committees was almost entirely
; made up and nothing remained to be lon
.but to consult with the republicans and
; then to force the dictum of the committee
'clown the throats of the revolting disap
. piilned ones.
j The republican slated to present Cie
, choice of Ihe minority for those w ho .shall
I go on the committee is I'.assetl and he
jwlll consult with the rest of the minority
j and be ready by Monday night to come
to an agreement.
j The further disposition of the chairman
ships has resulted In tho Important appor
tionment rhali manship going to Regan of
liatte and banks and hanking to Sagl.
Federal relations, which was the crumo
offered cjuackenbnsh hy the majority in
the committee, will go to Dolescal. yuack-
enbush has refused It and has also refused
corporations, so the majority cannot dccldo
where to put him.
K'otouc, who Is one of the most seriously
disgruntled wets because he could not got
finance, will he offered miscellaneous sub
jects. l.nnrriice Handles Option.
Privileges and elections, the commute
which wl.. -onsider county option, has
been defl,.;.. ly assigned to Law n il. c.
Holmes of Douglus has been crowded out
of public lands and buildings ami It will
go to Kastman
llospndaky, who wanted the place.
will
get public printing.
Harrington Is enraged beeause he wa
taken off railroad as chairman and re
duced to a ubordlnate . position on that
committee. Ho will be chairman of school
lands and buildings.
Two of the committees a tho democrat
have fixed up their own share of the posi
tions are as follows:
Cities and Towns -Mortality, Bullu.
Boland and Holmes of Douglas, Hatfield.
McKlssIck, Weeaner, Bailey, UrueUir and
Kastman. ..The ..republic-ana will gcx.' fir
members on this comniltee. -'"
Hallroada-Dcmocrats. Lcidlgh, f Matrau,
Oandy. Grueber. Holand, Bulla, Gallagher,
Wuackenbush, Llndsey and Sink, and the
republicans will have six.
Senate Selections.
The senate committee on committees will
probaly havo no trouble In getting Its
selections accepted without a fight and
most of them are made up.
The most Important ones as they will
finally stand are:
Municipal . Affalr-Horton, Sltllcs and
Tanner, democrats, and Sellcckl repub
lican. Miscellaneous Corporations-Tanner, ol
lis, Bartos, Buhrman and Horton. demo
crats; and A. A. Smith and McUraw, re
publicans. Finance Ollls, Vlopp. Kohl. Tlbbetts,
Banning. Morehead. democrats; and Brown,
A. A. Smith and Reynolds, republicans.
Every lawyer In the senate except Ned
Brown, who has quit practicing, will be
on the Judiciary committee with Tlbbetts,
chairman.
Privileges and elections will he made up
with Lee, Talcott. Albert, Hod In son and
Reagan, democrats; and Brown and J.
M. t'ox, republicans.
As this committee will probably have tha
county option bill in the smalt also, tha
fact that there are only two republican
on It may affect that Issue.
I. nil Before litrni.
The quiet around legislative headquar
ters today Is the lull that precedes the
storm. No committee or medicine mixer
are working, but most of them are doing
some heavy thinking that 1 expected to
bear fruit either In the proposed demo
cratic house caucus, scheduled for tomor
row night, or on the floor of the house.
Roth the house and senate committees on
committees are now about ready to re
port and tomorrow I hey will publicly an
nounce the decisions which have been the
occasion of so much guesswork for sev
eral days. Speaker Kuhl, chairman of
the house committee, expect to finish par
celing out the various positions very
shortly after the other members of lh
committee get bark. Senator Ollls, chair
man of the upper house committee, say
that the choices which he ha made can
be ratified In an hour's time unless there
Is revolt among the senators, as (here Is
si:re to bo among the representatives.
Kotouc. MrKlsslok, Sagl and oth'crs
among the wet democrats, Quackenhusli
and his band of nine dry democrats are
making coy advance toward getting to
gether because fcpeaker Kuhl and Douglaa
county have crowded them out of the lime
light. They refuse to take what one of th
other faction sarcastically termed "nice,
easy Jobs, where there ia nothing to do."
They thirst for labor and want to take the
responsibilities of i tinning the state onto
their own shoulder. Falling to gel a h .n -a
to labor they thirst for blo d. That is why
Speaker Kuhl has a worried look and hides
hla aecret dread of what la going to break
over hlin when he trie to get the dispen
sation of his committee ratified In caucus.
Oiilr Our Isaae,
The anions of this commute have si
riven open the harmony of th ileinociat.c
majority that such small (natters as
county option are being completely for
gotten. Wets and dry In the comm .n
disappointment of being turned down In
their chairmanship aspirations art mak
ing a common cause and the liquor issue
is rapidly being pushed Into the back
ground aa a bads of oblivion.
Most of the legislators who are out of
town will return tomorrow and get read
to begin actual work Tuesday morning.
(IM.Y IIIMIIKH WHO It MKMHKIt
( From a Staff Correspondent i
LINCOLN, Jan. 8 i Special. ) Rev. p. c.
Juhnson, rtpreaeutaliv from Juhnaun