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Looking Backward I Thi Day in Omaha vitti vassals ! I A 4HUMHirinKaiMi The Omaha DAILY Bee WEATHER FORECAST. "Fair;, Colder VOL, XLI-XO. 237. OMAHA, TSDXESDAY MORXIirG, . MARCH 21), 1912-IX)URTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. TAFT WILL TALK WITH MITCHELL v President Asks Labor . Leader to Com to White Home for Confer f, enee Over Coal Situation. IS TOUCH WITH BOTH SIDES Executive it Anxioui to Avert Strike ' if Possible. XEETH0 UT CLEVELAKS TODAY Bituminous Mineri tad Operator! will Hold Conference. - ' ' j- " 1 WOBK, -WIL1 . CEASE APBH. -1 Operator Sara Mast Arc Dnintlil ' Eqalvuleat Twenty Tn Cent ' Raise that It Caaaat . Be Granted. ""' MAXCHKSTER, N. H.. March -H became known today that while Pwl. dent Taft haa not nought to interfere ia the. anthracite coal deadlock, ha ia keeping In close touch with both aide and will see John Mitchell at the White Jlouae thia meek. - , - CHICAGO, March 1.-The Record Herald today aoya: , -"President Taft ma? Uke a hand In the coal altuatlonto avert a etrlka la the anthracite flelda . "Alarmed over the political posstblU Ilea of a general strike' of coal miners. the president la said to be preparing to follow the precent established by hla predecessor In office Is 1W! and bring preasnre on the anthracite coal operators to make concessions In ths Interests of ice. To gain Information on the sub ject President Taft haa called , John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine Workers, to Washington for a conference." It was said that eten If the, miners and operators of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois at their conference at Cleveland tomorrow decide to come to an -amicable arrangement It will impossible to draw, up the terms of a two- year agreement by the first of the month and that therefore a suspension of busi ness, it not a strike, was Inevitable.' E. McLauglln, secretary of the as sociation, declared that 9W.0M miners In the four slates alone woud be affected. Aa at least six other states-Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas. Missouri, Iowa and Michigan use (he agreement In the four mentioned states aa the basis for their Contracts, Mr. McLauglln said, practically he entire bituminous coat field, with UO.OOo men. Involved, would face a sus pension of business. ' "Neither the miners nor the operators wouid be willing to operate -without an agreement, even It the miners show a disposition not to strike. How long" bust, nesa will he 'topped canaol be prophe sied. . , ... . j."Aae-dnfctafch aMlswa-nlssUd. wiiKfefllilnets, n; Indiana, M.W; Ohio, W.OW, and the ' rest la Fennsyl vanlg." ' . r; - ; " The above statement wag made by- H. Taylor, president of tlie association, be fore leaving Chicago for Cleveland to at tend the conference there. . Mr. Taylor leo raid the anion was asking for M pe cent Increase In pay with reduction of working hours which amount to another 1 per cent Increase In wage cost. He ' raid the operators were determined not to yield to these demands. ' nseaenslan Will Be Chert. NEW YORK. March M.-Thera was a subsidence of the anthracite strike scare today, and In consequence1 there was a falling oft in the pressing demand far bard cold from frightened consumers. The belief is gaining ground that both sides will reach aa agreement and that It there la a suspension of work on April , It will not last long. The operators say they are ready to confer with the men ot any reasonable proposition and consider the situation from all angles. There are also reports from the hsrd coal region that the mlnera' offclals are iedy to meet the operators' half way. The report from the west that Presi dent Taft may be asked to take a hand la the situation to avert a strike was read with Interest, but there was no comment made by the operators. Meanwhile the operatora are said to be doing nothing toward preparing for a, strike. Loos I - hotels, hospitals and transit lines ana well stocked with coal In preparation for a long strike. eft Ceal Mines elt April First. CHICAGO, March 1 Announcement was mode from the Illinois Coal Opera tors association today that it would be practically Impossible tor - miners and operators In the bituminous fields to reach a new agreement by April I and that a suspension on that dale was cer tain. ' . . Wage BUI latrsdeeed. 1 I -ON DON, March Ml Premier Asqulth todsy Introduced la the House of Com mons the coal mtnen kill, whose In tention Is ta establish a fixed minimum wsge for underground workers. The premier explained that ths meas ure was only a temporary one, whose specific purpose was ta settle the present difficulty in the ceal trade m Great Britain. The enactment will, therefore, be effective for only three years, unless the coal Industry, washes la prolong It. A reasonable minimum wage for the min ers, with safeguards te protect the awn era against slackness and deficiency of The National Capital Tsreday, March 1, ltlx. The Senate. Mst at noon. Chairman Emery told finance committee it would tans two years tor inrtii oouru to investigate all schedules of present tariff law. Senator Townsend Introduced a bill to provide Investlgatlone of controversies affecting Interstate commerce. ... The Home. 'Met at noon. Resumed consideration of excise tax Mil. Interstate cowmene committee derided to appoint suh-rommlttee to consider bill to extend Erdmaa act to coal mine own era. Excise tax bill passed, unamended, Ut to 41. Began consideration of rivers and har bors approprtatloa bill. Chinese Eecapture Forts Near Canton Taken by Bandits HONGKONG. March ls.-A flotilla of Chinese - gunboats opened tire on the Bogus forts at Canton today. The forts have been In the hands of the followers of Luk. the brigand chief, for a week past, sine the soldiers mutinied ai d handed them over to the robbers, ".he robbers replied vigorously to the bom bardment of tbe gunboats. Luk yesterday declared that it his fol lowers, whom he calls the people's army, failed to gain victory over ths govern ment they would shell the foreign quar ters In order to bring about foreign In tervention. v The foils at Yuchu, Wfcampoa and Fu Mun. on the Canton river, . recently captured by the bandit soldiers, were se taken today by ths government troops attar a long and severe cannonading. The bandits suffered severe losses. The government authorities bought up all the bread and canned meat In .the tores In the city in order ta starve the bandlta Into submission. In' the opinion of authoritative persons here the trouble Is far from being ended. PEKING, March 1.-A conflict of opin ion has arisen between Leo Allen Berg- hols,' American consul general here, and the British consul general on the question of International aotlon. The senior naval officer of the United Statea gunboat Wilmington Is In com mand ot the foreign naval forces, whll a British officer holds the foreign set tlement ot Bhsh Meen with a tone can- Mating of four-fifths British and one- fifth French troops. Ths situation haa become so serious that a telegram has been sent to Hong kong asking for advice, and In response Commodore Cresswell J. Eyres, the Brit tsh naval officer In change at Hongkong, Is on his way here. Tripp County Woman Missing, toyJtyys - i otmu in Kansas (Continued oa Fifth Page.) The Weather For Nebraska Generally fair and con tinued cold; high northerly winds. For lows Generally fair: cold wave In east portion Wednesday; alga .northerly winds. , L TesaBeratdre a wanafea Yaartcrstar. Hem.. eg-ta- aa 41 a. m... 4 ' 7 a. m.- I a. m... laa 41 M a. as 11 a. m 44 II m .-. 44 1 a. aa 49 S a. m 44 I p.-m 41 ' 4 p. m a - a p. m 7 ' f p. m SS p. BS M I a. as - at Jill ' SIOUX ; FALLS. 8,. D.. Mare !.-(epecltM-Mra. August Hulet, wile of a prominent homesteader living In Tripp county, who mysteriously . disappeared several weeks ago. and for whom a con stant search has since been maintained, has been found alive and well In a hos pital In Kansas, where herself and hus band resided before earning to South Dakota. It now haa been revealed that her mind was unbalanced by the Illness of her self end grief occasioned by ths loss ot her children by death, and that while In llils condition ahe wanderded away from her South Dakota home. Some days after disappearing from South Dakota ahe appeared at Pittsburg, Kan., which had been the former home of herself and hus band, and apparently had temporarily re covered hey mind. She attended to some business matters, which Involved tbe col lection of money, which she sent to he' husband. To friends st Pittsburg she stated she was going home, but she evi dently lost her mind' once more, for in a" letter dated Baldwin, Kan., ahe. In formed ber husband that she would not return to South Dakota. Ill then departed tor Kansas and com menced the search for her., continuing this for some weeks without success Recently he returned to South Dakota, and had (Med the date for the sals of his personal property no ha could return te Kansas and resume ths search for the missing woman, only to now be Informed that ahe had been found In a Kaasas hospital. Hulet and bis wife have boon married twenty-four years and had four children, all of whom died and are burled at their former home In Kansas. For weeks scores of persons wars engsgrd In the search for the missing woman. STEAM ROLLER IS AFTER CLARK MEN "Progressive'' Democrats at Lincoln Post Sharpshooters for Arthur Kullen and His Ilk. HIXE HARXINGTOIf IX LEAD Take Action to Prevent Defeat of Bryan in Primaries, "HAEMOK MUST HOT WET Friends of Peerless Leader Say Forces Hast Hot Be Divided. KEDICBE XLXIffG GALORE House Passes Income Excise Tax Measure ' by a Big Majority WASHINGTON. March t.-The demo cratic sxdae Income tax bill passed ths house unamended tine afternoon by a vote ot 24 to 41. Many republics ns voted for It. Seventy-nine republicans had voted for the sneaeura and then were no demo cratic votes against it. Ths bin would extend ths existing cor poration tax law ta Include a tax ot I per cent oa the yearly net Incomes of all firms or Individ oars ia excess ot t.OM. Ths democrats dedara the tax Is on en "dotaag baatnesa.' despite the fact that at woaat include salaried people, and elalm it woaM bring In sufficient reve nue ta offset tit loss ot P9.s0a.t0 result big from potting sugar an the free Hat. . The tree sugar kill already has gone to the senate and the excise tax Mil will be sent ta the senate tomorrow. GIRL LOSES EYE DURING RUSH ON BARGAIN COUNTER OTTUMWA. law March M.-Vias Lula Mason of UbertyvDle. la., is in a local hospital today as ths result of a hatpin IA rss!va is 4M at her eyas, during a bargain counter rash at LlsertyvtUs yesterday. Ths nhyalrlnns say she has lost ths sight of the era Democrats Gathered tar Baaaaet Held Levefeaat at Which AU Oe Armed and Bawle Knives Are la Evidence. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb.. March .-!pecia' Telegram.) The democratic steam roller was In actlre operation today, with Mike Harrington In charge aa engineer. The persons who felt the crushing effect of the machine were the Champ Clark fol lowing and Arthur Mullen, the Clark manager tn this state, the most sought sfter victims. It started operation In the morning when the Wilson league met and adopted resolutions declaring It the sense at the league that the Nebraska delegation ta the Baltimore convention be bound by the unit rule and that the total preference vote In the state, with out regard to the result In any .district, be the guide for the delegates. .The league also declared Ita opposition t to dividing the delegation with Clark. , 'Presre salves' Meet. : Later In the day when the progressiva" democrats met st the Lincoln hotel the same steam roller was there wita tne same engineer In charge, and ha had the machine under good control at all times, though some of the victims squirmed con slderably. The meeting, which waa at tended by about JOB, was called to order by T. S. Allen, with N. J. Ludl of Wahoo act In gaa secretary. Before the meeting Lee Herdman, Tom Allen and Arthur Mullen had an animated conversation In the rear ot the room. , dust previously Charles W. Bryan nnd Arthur Mullen had an animated Joint debate In which Bryan accused Mullen ot acting in bad faith, tn pushing ths Clark campaign, which Mullen vigorously denied. Hanks Starts raa. N. H. Hanka started things oft by of fering a resolution which recited that In the controversy between Clark and Wil son it was possible ths Harmon "reac tionaries" might get a plurality In the stare, and that to assure victory It was the sense of the mealing that four of (he alxteen delegates to h convention -vote for Clark, and JUrfclveviii. vUlssn.. , The delegathea wsre ta be tnus appor tloned on condltlorf that ''Clerks' nam be withdrawn from the preference ballot. It was around this) resolution that the battle raged. ' Hanks and C. 'A' Bwlby of Crete spoke In Its favor 'and Mlk Harrington and Pat McKlllup leading the opposition, that Clark name be with drawn from ths primary ballot. Arthur Mullen announced be could not accept the conditions, but after paying a warm eulogy to Clark and. saying he was ths real war horse of democracy who had always stood by the ticket and helped the party, dropped the hint that with the aid of former Senator Pettlgraw of South Dakota, an arrangement waa in process monknis sctlon and save Bryan from a possible defeat In the stats by the elec Hon of a Harmon delegation. - Ths meeting, under ths leadership of Harrington, wss In no mood for such Indefinite compromises. Hanks finally withdrew hla motion-and one offered by Jacob Wilson of Stromsburg was sdopted. This recited that ths rival candidates of Wilson and Clsrk. which were expected to draw support from the ssme taction of the party was endangering thes access of the "progressives' " cause and that It Clsrk's name were withdrawn from the primary ballot the delegation wsa requested to vol for Clark as a second choice If Wilson eooM not be nominated. McKlllup, Carrol Montgomery, Edgar Howard, E. O. Garrett and several other spoke to ths resolution and Mullen wound up the discussion by announcing that he had no authority to withdraw the same of Clark, but that must be don bf Clark himself, If at alt ' , Garrett Tarawa Beans). The resolution waa finally passed by as overwhelming evta, as was alas oa that the delegation to tbe national con vention vote as a unit. K. O. Oarmt threw a bomb Into the meeting by a resolution which called upon- all candi dates for state and national offices to de clare themselves on candidates tor the presidency, prefixing It with a statement that the democrats of the stats were tired of the gumshoe campaign. There I no telling what might have happened from this resolution If all pres ent had not been anxious to get in the clear for tbe banquet cf tbe evening and a motion to- adjourn wss carried with out tie being acted on. Stress Heller Basy. From first to last It was a typical dea- ecatie Donnybrook with the train crew at the steam roller busily delivering Pan yf erics on letting the people rale while they were directing the machine over the prostrate forms of the beiplesn Clark followers, halting every few min utes to give Harmon a kick and trow a few bouquets st Bryan. . . It wound up by voting an endorsement' of the following aa delegatea at large to the Baltimore convention: W. J. Bryan. W. H. Westover. eOorge L. t I. Dunn, j "Four Long Weeks .Yet-Gee Whiz!'; From th Clevntlant! Iaeulr. TEDDY REPLIES TO . TAFT Colonel -Says Primaries Can Secured in Fonr State. Be ASKS MANAGERS TO CO-OPEEATZ Ms - Calls I pan All Friends at Direct Nasnlaatleas ta Aid In ' rasalas; Bills In Sev ern! states. . NKW YORK, March Ik Colonel Roose velt today Issued a statement la which he discussed Taft' speech In Boston yes terday. I am exceedingly (led that the prcl dent favors the presidential primary, and If hia campaign managers will sincerely back him In ths proposition we will be able at once to get th presidential pref erential primaries In Michigan. Illmols, Maryland. ,tha District or C olumbia and New Tarh.'' said th colonel. 1 "Preildtnt Taft la reported aaying at Boston yesterday. Colonel Rauset sit jnjtsvlbna- the a stomas j niismsjr pewc- 'uss ) It -the-soap sea primary-thai ta, a nietnoa aoopteo ay ine th only way in which to express their wishes whn their legislature deny them any tke opportunity to do so. Is win tlian nothing. But th president contin ued to ssy that h favored a preferential primary for th prealdency. Hal Wires ta Taft. "On th (th of this month Mathaw Hal of Boston, acting on behalf of th Massa chusetts progressiva republicans, who wer making a desperate fight for th passage of th presidential prefereM primary bill, wired the president at ths Whll House asking him for his moral support In securing the passage of the UasaaohuaetU bill. Mr. Hale referred specifically to th fact that th pre! dent's sdherento In Msssachusetts were using every means to defeat the passage of th bill. "On th th of March the president' secretary. Mr. Hill, wrot air. nn a brief not saying that hi message nan been received, and by direction of Mr. Taft referred to hi campaign manager, Congressman McKlnley (who at the-Urns was doing gll he could to defeat a similar measure In Illinois). Nothing further was heard from th president or from hi camoaiaa manager. Mr. McKlnley. by Mr. Hale. 'or by anyone else In Maaaacnusetts as far as I know, and no moral Vs. comfort or support was given by the president or bis managers ta the men In Massachusetts who were maxing a mwi desperate fight to overcome th efforts ot the president's supporters In that state to defeat ths bill. However, public opinion was aroused snd the Dill went through, and I am ex ceedingly glad that ths presldent-now nearly a week after the bill haa become a law-should say. as he doss, that he favor H and welcomes It. -But I earnestly hope that the presi dent and his supporters will in otner states support-such legislation before II and not after It passes. First Ballot for New Mexico Senator ; is Without Result SANTA riC N. M.. March It. -The first ballot lor two United rltstes senators re sulted In a deadlock. There was no elec tion ot senators todsy. The trap set by. ths republican slat central committee last nig lit through hlch were arrested four members of ths house. charged with accepting bribes to vole for, certsln senatorial candidates to dsy wss declared by the accused men to hsve been set by themselv.es to catch the "higher ups." After a night In jell ths accused men aaaumed a defiant attitude today. Their resignations, prepared last night, were presented to th house by Stste Chair man V. Jaramtllo. A communication from th prisoners also was presented to th house asserting thst their resignations had been secured through coercion and that I hey would withdraw them and de mand thorouli Invtattgstlon. . dupaequsntly th haua adopted a rsso- OUTLAWS ARE SURROUNDED Mountaineers Who Hilled Court Of ficert Located by Detectives. FIGHT MOMENTARILY EXPECTED Band la Said ta Ue F.nlrenrhrd m Squirrel's Spar, Xeer Virginia ' I Ine, Twelve Mllrs fraaa . Msaat Airy, X. C llIl.lJ.VIM.li. Vs.. March 19.-An as sault on. the heights of Squirrels Spur In the Blue Ridge mountains, where Bidita Allen snd a part of hla gang now are believed to be entrenched, waa planned early today by apposes of forty detec tives reinforced by cttlsen volunteers, ac cording to report reaching here through Mount Airy, N. C. .Confident that they had located the outlaws, Ihs detertlva stretihed a cordon around the has ot Rqiarrel' Hpur . lata last night and (ardtd vry approach as they waited los i survey of the surroundings by day light brfere undertsklng to close In. In asteaw asstlas lining th jttfe4ntasrwt af aisanllma a pieaswnger had been rail , .,.,2 , i , - iu- ft.1. .. ... in, m I,.., ,w u-oti,s-i ":ia asount Airy, twelve, mites away, eait- NEW BASE BALL CIRCUIT IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA nsssPSsBSSBBl FALLS CITT. Neb.. March l.-8pe-eiaJ.l Kirs cities. ' Nebraska City. Au burn. Humboldt. Beatrice and Falls City war represented at a msetlng bead here Monday to form a bass bail circuit to succeed th eld Mink, league. H was derided to form a six-league eta, and each dty represented was voted a fran chise. Th atxth point will s settled M a meeting to be held at Beatrice within tea days Five Men in Buggy Are Killed by a Train ELLETTSVILLE, In.. March IS.-F1ve men In a aurry were killed outright by a passenger train aa the Chicago, Indian apolis Louisville raaroed at a crossing near her eardly today. They haa spent lb evening at a theater at Blootulngton and were driving to Spencer where tawy worn employed as glass Mowers. Among these killed was ISsnaiett Williams of Ksnaae City. Me. The engine struck the Surry suereiy and plmierd It. Fonr f ta ats war thrown clear of the track, but the body of one was caught by the atot at th locomotive and carried a sail and a half to thss dry. Trainmen went back to the crossing and found ths tora bodM. Th two horses hitched to ths vohtcss were net hurt. DEAN DAVIS MAKES ADDRESS AT MEETING OF SCHOOLMEN ' MINNEAPOLIS. March JJL-Deana of eleven liberal arts colleges r avadetnie departments of western state universities met her today far twa days sssslaa to discuss problems relating to their branch at education. Among the spsakirs today wars Dean Kllery W, Dart of the "alverstty of Nebraska. alleged bribery charge. .District Attorney Heed snd hi assist ant,' ft r. Device leday began oollsctlng svldeme for Information a, whk-ll they planned to fil against lbs four men soon. A th hour for th senatorial ballot ap proached the feeling In the house grew more bitter. A resolution to appoint for mer Supreme Judge K. R. Wright counsel for the bribery Investigation, obmmlite wss adopted, M to 1L Another resolution to remand ths accused members to the custody of th sergeant -at -arms was ot tered and led to a verbal clash between Speaker Baca snd Representative Toombs because th speaker ordered th sargeant-at-arms to bring In all absent members before taking action on the resolution. Th resolution waa adopted unanimously and th four accused members vers sus pended. : , Japanese Take Exceptions to the Dillingham Bill , TOKIO. March iS.-Caunt llattorl, a member of the apposition, todsy in the Japanese house of representatives con demned Senator Dtlltngham'a bill amend ing theJmmlgraUon laws of the totted Stste as an Insufferable Insult to Japan. Ths Jape rise government' willingness to participate In Ihe Panama espueiilon. he said, was contrary to Japan honor and Interest. No reply wss mad from lb govern ment's side. On of th memoirs of the cabinet promised that a written response would b given later. Senator Dtlllnghgm's bill provide for th exclusion of laborers and artisans of races Ineligible for Americas naturalisa tion. It was understood that thla mean both Jananese and Chines, and later en th suggestion of Senstor I.odgc the clause was amended so that th Japan would not be offended. In; fur. volunteer to ld In storming the pnslllon of the flight. Interest shifted from the Lavir Pen vicinity to Squirrel' Spur 1st yesterday when a large posse, which had been scouring the mountains on tit North Caroline side, barely missed- catching Wesley tdwards. a nephew of the alder Allen, st his cabin, eicht miles east of Sldua Allen's home, ltd wards esuaped through a bark door. HI slstsr told th officers that Stdna Allen, eufferlng from a sever wound, had been at the cabin Sunday and had told Wesley to meet him at Squirrel' Hpur last night. Tak ing Edwards' trail, the posse followed him to the rendesvous, arriving near ths Wool of the cliff about 1 o'clock. Not daring to do more In the darkness, th detectives plaoed themselves to prevent ths possibility of escape. News that they had moved against ths Aliens I expected momentarily. Penes trans Narlh tarellaa. MOCNT A1RT, N. C. March tf.-A number of cltlaena left Mount Airy at daybreak today for , Squlrrela Spur, twelve ml lea away In the Blue Ridge mountains ot Virginia. Juat across the atals line, to sld In th capture of the Allen clansmen. If th report that they have been located prove true " Th men responded to a call fresa the head of the Bosses who lost night sent out calls by messenger asking that every available man In town come t the arena of the supppoeed roundup. Ths men ware armed heavily and carried provisions for several days. At Squirrels' Spur they will. Join the forty wna left here two dsys ago to scour ths country between here nnd the homes of th Allen about Devil's Den. Many Iowa Horses - Shot by' Canadians WETBURN. ask.. Marrn" W.-Many horses brought Into Canada by American settlers have been shot by government orders an suspicion e4 having glanders and aa International question has ' de veloped. Last week scores of horses belonging to Iowa and Minnesota fsnasrs were killed at Weybum by govern merit Inspectors and It I said by th owners lout they 'war affected only with train fever aad not with glanders. The own ers hers appealed to Washington. Th Canadian government also Is investigat- J." J.Burns, Veteran . ' Railroader, is Dead DENVER, March r.-John J. Burns. for many years connected with ths Den ver A Rio Grande railroad hers and In Pueblo, died today at a local hotel from paralysis .lis was s years old. When Mr. Born retired from the railroad serv ice twalvs years ago hs wsa superintend ent of motive power and transportation. For. several years be wss a land deal' In AmarlUo, Tex. He leeves a widow anr a daughter. Mrs. Oerorne Elwell. both Nvaig in Chicago. On Page 11 Today Mutt tvnd Jeff Picture It Will Make you Laugh BURLINGTON BLACK HILLS LINE TIED UP BY WATER ALLIANCE. Keb.. March Is. 1 Special Telegram. 1-Owlng to the fast melting vw. the Cheyenne river Is flooded and j a washout fifty feet long Is reported two miles west af Edgement on the Burling ton road. Train Na, 44 will be six hours lata. Train Noy 42 Is behind the washout. Gangs of men and ptledrivers are being rushed to th scene. Burlington of ficials hero think they will control the situation tonight unless the Vater rises materially. BANDITS MURDER FARMERBLUNT? Lincoln Officials Believe Tonne Mn is Killed by Desperate Convicts. CORONEE OEDEES AN INdUEST Sarpy County Farmers Say Officer's Bullet Killed Young Kan. MORLEY PUT IN SWEATBOX Shorty Gray Said to Have Shot Blunt Juit Before Fusillade. FBXSOR PEIYILEGES RECALLED Saverna Aldrleh Interests Himself f la Blwedy Pletaraaae and Pre peers that Blnnt's Widow Receive Payment. ' Roy Blunt, the young farmer who wss forced to transport th Lincoln mutineer in their flight, was deliberately murdered juat before the battle between civilian posses and escaped convicts Sheriff Hyera ot Lancaster county, whose bullet. If Convict Morley'e story Is true, killed Charles Taylor, alias Shorty Oray, In the running battle with the three escaped convicts, does not believe that Blunt waa killed by the posse. He I of th opinion that Blunt wasvshot by on of the convicts while trying to leap from the wagon la an effort to escape. It te reported that Motley was sweated at lbs penitentiary and, among other things, ha teed th officials that Gray kitted Bhint when lbs latter tried to Jump ant of the wsgon. Offldala refuse to admit or deny Ihe statement Oovemor Aldrloh spent most of yester day at the aenltentlay, but what was don Is not given out except the state ment that In Ihe future ths regulations regarding visitors will be much more strict and no one will be allowed to nee th prisoners unless they have goad and sufficient reason. Sagaeeta Appropriation. Sheriff Uus Hyera write to th widow of Roy Blunt condoling with her ever' the unfortunate death of her husband aa' the one rraretable feature of th pur-' suit of the fleeing criminals. Hs also wroto Governor Aldrleh sug gesting that hs recommend to the next legislature an appropriation of SS.M tor th relief of Mrs. Blunt, net only on ac count ot th tragic death of her hus band, but In recognition of her awn serv ice In running down the criminals Jnrr Views Slant's Body. ' Ths evidence In the Inquest over th body of Roy Blunt will b held next FM- dsy. Coroner R. Armstrong af Papllllon Impanelled a Jury tarty yesterday after-1 noon at pr(ngflelt god after taking the members I ths Blunt hsm to vlw thsj corpM at th unfortunate jrwsruf Bisarhai -ordsred adjournment until th ' official i Inquiry. rollewlng era )h members of the Juryii i O. W. Miller, adltor Papllllon Times. A, J. Peter, physician, Springfield. E. J. yulnley,. reporter Springfield Mon itor ".'. Hert Hamilton, laborer, Springfield. Roy Whitney, retired farmer, Spring field. ' - A. r. Bmpey, retired grader. Springfield. ' immediately upon the appointment ofj. the men to Jury duty they were taken by the coroner to the Blunt borne. There It' waa found that the bullet which ended , Blunt' life entered his hip and cam out) through his abdomen, ranging downward. . As th bullet went clear through and could not be found It la not known from whoa weapon It oame. Ballet Hal la Kudaate. The coroner' Jury examined th body 1 of young Blunt to discover the direction of th bullet and found that it hit Blunt In th back ot th Up and ranged down-, ward, passing dear through tin body. 1 A bullet hole waa found In the endgatseot i ths wagon that would have been In direct line with Blunt on the driver's neat and aa the team was going dews an In cline when Blunt 'was shot the frteade ot Blunt argue thla bullet most have killed hlra snd In that ease It came from one of ths officer's rifle and not from th gun of sor'of th convict. This point will be the .big question of difference st ths Inquest. Coroner Armstrong will Issue subpoenas . for Sheriffs Hyera and Chase and Chief ' Brlggs and other eye-witnesses of the young farmer's death todsy. . Whether Moriey s testimony will b admitted or, not has not been determined. ' Funeral arrangementa for Blunt have been mad and services will be held Thursday at the Methodist church at Springfield. Rev. A. U. Warns will of online at Penitentiary. Barring th presence of ths militiamen everything at the penitentiary Is new going along as If aotblog unusual had happened. Ths convicts Were all at work at their usual tasks yesterdsy and other prison routine haa been taken use Gov ernor Aldrleh plana to go to Leavanwertb, to look over the federal prison there to how things are managed with a view to adopting some of their Ideas If Sealk Dakata Balldere ta Meet. ABERDEEN. 8. D-. March U.-Exten-slve preparations have beea made for the State Builders' meeting, which I to begin here tomorrow and continue until Thursday sight. Govarnors A. O. Eber hart of Minnesota. R. S. Vessey of South Dakata and John Burke of North Dakota will speak True - anil Interesting Everv column in The Jr v Bee climbified pages contains many bargains. If you are look tor for unequalled opportuni ties, turn at once to the want ad section. You 11 find business chances there, and also many bargains in every line. 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