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3:" The Omaha Daily Bee Silk Hat Harry Bis hide SpUttiag Stasia Daily Oa Our Slatfaxlae Faura, WEATHER FORECAST. Fair; Warmer VOL. XLI-XO. 247. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1912-TEN TAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. rOUR MEMBERS MOKE 1XSENATE Newly Elected Ones from Ariiona and Kew Mexico Will Join Upper Body. 1 EQUALLY DIVIDED AS TO PASTY 'Two Democrats and Two Repnb lieant Are Among- Number. C2TE SEKAT02SHL?. IS VACANT Colorado Still Has a Member of Body to Select MONETARY COMMISSION ENDS Dmh Teday Will Pas Weal Tariff Revision BIU and WIU Await Aettea aa Tariff hy e Higher Chamber. WASHINGTON, March S.-Four sens tora from the two new states of Arixona nd New Mexico will this week enlarge the membership of the upper branch cf congress to ninety-six. The new taen. all lawyer are Msrcus Aurellua Smith of Tucson and Hanery F. Ashurst of Pres tott. Aril, democrats, who wtll be aworn In at the bar of t senate tomorrow aft ernoon and Tboraas Benton Catron of Finte r and Aibert Bacon Fell of Three Rivers. N. M.. republicans, who may not arrive from New Mexico In time for In stallation tomorrow. Both Senators-elect Smith and Catron liava already served aa delegate In con gress. Mr. Tell was an associate Justice of th territorial supreme court under President Cleveland, but differed with his party during that regime and has sine been aa active republican. Mr. Ashurst has been a state senator. He Is years old. These four new senators will chenge the political strength of the sensts to consist of flfty-on republlcana and forty four democrats. On senstorshlp from Colorado Is vacant. The new members will draw lots to de termine which ahall serve th long term and the short term. Under this legislative lottery two of the senator will serve until 1WT. one until 115 and the fourth tintll lll Kb af Monetary Body. Tha national monetary commission after framing a plan of reforming th currency system which will not be adopted until some subsequent session of congress, went out of existence today. Headed by former Senator Kelson W. Aldrlch of Rhode Island th commit! made an exhaustive Investigation of th monetary situation her and abroad and recommended legislation to. develop th clearing house Wea Into a national re serve association. The house tomorrow probably will pass th wool tariff revision bill as framed by th democratic leaders and that meas ure will then Join th sJccumulatioa of house tariff revision bills In th senate, where the only tariff activity so far has been In hearings before the finance com mittee. That committee tomorrow wUI begin hearing cane sugar Interests oa the house free sugar bill. Democratic leader Underwood of the house Is not disposed to bring In any more revision bills unless the senate jhsll Indicate a likelihood of favorable action -en those already pending. New York Artists e .is rt ' Mftet Uftatll DV lldS NEW YORK. March 31,-Two artists net death by gas today, one victim being the1 octogenarian, Robert Layton New ton, and th other Miss Louise Schofleld. Beth were well known In their profession. Newman for his skill In color snd Miss fchonfleld ss a landscape painter. Newman was found desd in his studio by his son among a large number of paintings and sketches. One canvas a d-sert scene to which the old man had 4 sen giving the finishing touches last Mght. Is said by his friends to have been leelved aa his final effort. Gas es caping from a healer had asphyxiated the old man. ; Miss Schofleld wss found desd In her West Side studio. It Is believed she started to get breakfast on her gas range, but fainted and was overcome by the r.a. She was 38 years old. Hint f He-lrrtla. MARTIXGTON. Neb.. Msrch 31 8pectal.)-Hartlngton will hold Its an nual city election next Tuesday at which time Mayor Walx and. all of the other present officials will b elected without opposition. There Is but one ticket In th field and all of Uie candidates on th ticket are the present office holder whe were put In nomination by petition. The license uestlon will not be submitted tft vote In this dty this spring and llttlt Merest ss being taken In the approaching election. The Weather For Nebraska: Fair; warmer. For Iowa: Unsettled. Tesa at Osaaha Hour. a m lam. 3 a. m.. Casasaratlve I Reewrd. it Bit. uw. istr M T, s 31 31 3! IS 33 ' 34 52 39 . . .do .IS jrhest yesterday..., owes! yesterday...., ienn temperature... precipitation lemperature and precipitation depar- t tires from the normal Normal temperature 44 Ucne4-n y for the dag U Total defieteney slave March 1 244) Normal preetprtatli Mtlrwh Deficieney for the day Inch TMd rainfall since Mjrch 1.... i.5 Inches B.t-em sin- March 1 1.13 inches Tefleienev for cor. period. 111. .w in. h Yesterday. Lies:. 1 r i a. m . . 13 tT'TIsC- l a. m r fsI12-l a. m 31 W 11 a. m .U I VL J A In. m M h P 1 A P- m SB ir P- m K. p. m K , S m 34 fST) p. m 3 iUi ' a. at 31 Deficiency for cor. period, r:e. 1 . inches L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. . I Special Committee .Orders that Iowa Make Butter Inquiry NEW YORK. March Jl.-The apeclal committee appointrd by the committee on the church and social service of the fed eral council of the churches of Christ InJ America to Investigate the Industrial situ ation at Muscatine, la., made public t- day a report In which It urges a state In vestigation. The committee composed of five of ficers of organisations of various religious denominations, spent ten days st Musca tine where for more than a year some M0 button workers have been Idle as the result of labor troubles that attracted national atention. Disorder and bloodshed there at one time caused the governor to call out the malitia. and at present the situation. In the language of the committee, "ha set tled down to a grim contest of endur ance between the contending parties." After making suggestion to both em ployers and workers, the committee re commends that the state of Iowa ahould order an Investigation of certain phases of the button Industry. 1 The count. r-Shell poisoning and other occupational diseases. S-Nlglit work. 4 Sewing buttons in homes. It recommends the appointment of a state commission to report on the em ployment and conduct of special police officers from outside the state, whom the button workers charge with brutality. Finally It recommends to the governor and the legislature tha creation of an "Industrial commission" similar to that In Wisconsin. Th report Is signed by Charles E. Bacon, district secretary of th federal council: Henry A. Atkinson, secretary of th Congregational Brotherhood of America: Samuel Z. Batten, secretary of the Baptist Social Service commission; Harry F. Ward, secretary of the Metho dist Federation for social service; Gra ham Taylor, chairman of the Industrial committee of the Congregational national council. Teachers Criticise Distribution of Funds KEARNET, Neb., Maroh 3l.-(Spcclal.) Foremost among the resolution pre sented by the resolution committee and accepted by th West Central Nebraska Teachers' association was one stating that there was a grossly Inequitable dis tribution of taxes on school levies by the railroads of th state. A committee consisting of Ernest F. Monroe, Bhelton; Superintendent Wilson Tout, North Platte, and Anna Ounn. Lex ington, was appointed to memorallse the state department of education or the state legislature and to take such further steps as deemed best to secure a more equitable dlstrlbntlon of education's share of the tax moneys paid by the railroads of the state. . - The resolution lath outgrowth specialty of conditions In western Nebraska where th school districts an the railroads are in flourishing financial condition while the more remote districts must call for state aid. FifteenThousand Miners to Go Out ! PES MOINES, Is., March Jl.-The 15,0M miners of District M will be out of I work tomorrow, having walked out In ! accordance with the resolution passea at 1 n early session of th district eonven- lion. Leaders of the United Mine vtorx ers of America tonight stated that the district convention probably will be re convened here next Thursday and esti mate six weeks at lesst will be needed to complete work before the convention. According to an arrangement between the miners and operators, enough men will be left st the mines to prevent j damage, pending readjustment of the wage scale, which probably will conform to the terms of the Cleveland agreement. There are ISO mines In District 13, which compromises Iowa snd part of Missouri. Senator Taylor of Tennessee Dead WASHINGTON, March 31. Robert Love Taylor, senior United States sena tor from Tesnnessee "Fiddling Bob" to all the south-died here today unable to withstand the shock of an operation for gall stones performed last Thursday. Scott's Expedition Reaches Akaroad WELLINGTON. X. Z.. March 31. Uln Robert F. Scott's south polar expe dition has arrived on the steamer Terra Nova at Akaroad. a harbor In Banks peninsula. New Zealand. GRAIN OPERATIVES WANT WAGE CLAIMS CONSIDERED NEW TortK. March 31. -Organisation of officers representing the carmen, tele graph operators, dispatchers, signal men, tract-men. clerks snd agents employed by many eastern railroads, met here today and Issued a statement declaring that Itk.ir rlilini for better nay ahould be ramldered before the railroads grant further Increases to higher salaried em ployer. Pari If. Morton of Boston, president of the Order of Railroad Station Agents, who gave out the statement, said It reierrea particularly to the situation caused by the recen demand of the engineers for higher wages. He and his associates, he said had addressed no communication directly to the railroad companies, but probably would apply within two weeks for a gen eral advance. Mullen Wesaaa Waata Diveree. HASTINGS. March H. Spectal.) Al leging cruelty and non-support. Mrs. Mary Anderson has brought suit in the district court here for divorce from Mar tin Anderson. At the time of their mar riage oa November 9, tJK. the bride was 73 years old and Mr. Anderson was Ja. Mrs. Anderson accuses her husband of marrying her for mercenary reasons. ORDERS OH RATES PLACEDIN PERIL State Hallway Commissioners' Juris diction at Stake Before U. S. Supreme Court HEARING TO COME TJP TODAY Representatives of Many States Are in Washington. VITAL 10 STATT"--- i Rulings l epend on iiecision. MAXIMUM RATE LAWS IN FOIST Twe-Crat Pswrsgrr Laws larledesl la Acts that Will Came la Sr f Tribunal' Artlea When Finally lilvea. WASHINGTON. March 31.-Thelr bulk and Importance rank the group of state rate cases to be taken up for considera tion tomorrow by the supreme court as the biggest cases to come before that tribunal this term. State rate laws and orders In Missouri. Kentucky. West Virginia, Oregon. Minne sota. Arkansas and Ohio will stand or fall by the decision of the court. State rate orders In practically every state of the union will be swept out of existence If the court finds that the orders and lawa now in question burden interstate commerce. The record In the Missouri cases alone covers ten thousand pages. This repre sents more words than have been utterej In both the house and senate during the present session of congress. The Jutlces are each upposed to digest this record and the t house n pages of briefs besides. The Minnesota esses arc almoht as bulky and have been referred to as the most conprehenslve. The validity of prac tically all maximum freight rates In the state a well aa the two-cent passenger law la Involved. Two big questions are before the court. The first, likewise, srlslng In esses from the other six states, la w hether the reduction of state rales would require the railroads to reduce similar interstate rates and If su. h reduction of atste rates would be a burden on Interstate commerce. The VMlnnesota federal court .held that II would be such a burden. The other question Is whether the rates confiscate the property ef the railroads. In answering the later question In the affirmative, the lower court adopted the "reproduction cost new'' of the railroads ss showing their fslr value. Th state claims that was a wrong basis. The state also object to the use of th gross earn Ings a th bull for dividing th value between lntertate and Intrastate business between paasenger and freight rates. In th Missouri cases msximum freight and Hi l-cent passenger laws are In volved. . The. federal court In Missouri held tho rates confiscatory, but not a burden on Interstate commerce. Th con troversy over valuation was avoided by an agreement to regard three times th taxation valuation as ths fair value. The Kentucky esse Involves th con stitutionality of the State Railroad eom mlsslon act and the validity of reduced rates on distilleries' supplies from ek'n tucky points to Ohio Inland cities. The railroads lost on both points In the lower federal couits. The West Virginia controversy relates merely to the validity of the I-cent pas senger law. The supreme court of West Virginia held It did not burden Inter state commerce snd was not confiscatory. Unsuccessful sttacks were made on the law because of its penalty clause and Its applicability only on the steam rail roads, and not to electric railroads. The Oregon cases are almost Identical with the Kentucky esses. The constitu tionality of the Stale Railroad commis sion act and the validity of rates from Portland to other Oregon cities In the eastern and southern parts of the stats are Involved. The lower fcderul court upheld (he law and the rates. In the Arkansas cases tho maximum freight law and the l-cent passenger law were found by the federal district court to be confiscatory. The valuation was placed at twice the taxation valuation. In the Ohio case the only question In volved is the validity of a state rate fixed by the Ohio Railroad commission on steam coal from eastern Ohio to Lake Krie. Pittsburgh vein operators objected to ths rates on the Wheeling & Lake Erie. The railroad contention is that the freight is Interstate commerce, tran shipped at Cleveland and Huron, O.. for lake cities In other states. The railroad won below. FARMER TAKES A SHOT AT ANOTHER AND FLEES BEATRICE. Neb.. March 31. -(Special Telegram.) William Curren tod John Hettledge, two farmers living near Adams. In the northeast part of Gags county quarreled yesterday over the pos session of a form, which was occupied by Curran and when Hettledge attempted to come on the place Curran opened fire with a shotgun. The shots failed to take effect and Curran escaped, boarding a train for his old home near Table Rock, Neb. He was captured on a train he took returning northward. NORTH NEBRASKA TEACHERS ELECT WEST POINT MAN NORFOLK. Neb., siare JL (Special Telegram.) The North Nebraska Teach ers' convention adjourned here yesterday after electing the following officers: President, O. R. Bowen, West Point; vice president, J. F. GHIlver. Bloomfleld: sec retary. Lettle Robertson. ' Plainview; treasurer, N. A. House!, Madison, EXPRESS AGENTS ARE FINED FOR LEAVING "EMPTIES" OUT BEATRICE, Neb.. March 31.-peclaL) For blocking the sldewslk with smpty beer eases. Frank Collett. local agent for the Adams Express company and E. 8. eJnklns of Lincoln, route agent for the oompeny, were each fined S3 and costs Saturday by Judge Ellis. The "empties had been left la front of the express company's office and Collett' s arrest followed From the Cleveland Plsln Desler. TIRADE BY NEBRASKA MAID Political and Social Science Academy Grilled by Kiss Fay M. Hartley. IGNORANT OF PEOPLE'S NEEDS Pretty Olrl with Teaaed (keek Telle Hlahbraste They Are lllrat Whea They Ske.ld Work for 1 pllft. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Msrch J1.-(K. clal Telegram.) The annus! meeting of ths American Academy of Political and Social Science was thrown Into a turmoil of excitement yesterday when Miss Fay M. Hartley, exceptionally pretty, tanned, grey-eyed, about 3 years old. the dele gate from the Nebrsaka Farusvs' asso ciation, broke Into tha calm of a debate In a way that astounded her hearers. She said aa there was nq one else to speek for the sgrlouttural Interests she would do it. She told the academy very frankly that ah wss forced to assume It wss founded en wrong artndpleg. Miss. Hartley tot ths floor for five min utes after a learned discourse with refer ence to Industrial combinations. Ths lit tle delegate from Nebraska walked down th aisle from her seat, lifted a small clenched fist, challenged all that had been said by the learned speakers, claimed ex perts generally as on with "the self made Moses" of seneral government In their Ignorance of the needs and desires of the common people, and said that lots of people In high plaeea are In for a good drubbing when the sleeping glsnt, the populace, wakes from bis nightmare. m V aires (or People, "I have noticed," began Miss Hartley In a level vole,, "that while there are representatives here from every great phase of industry almost, there Is not one to speak fur the agricultural Inter eats. And 1 have noticed, too, that there haa been but one to represent labor as It desires to be represented. "So, I am forced to assume that this association, like all of the other bodies thst nowadays assume to study or direct government, la founded on wrbng prin ciples. , ' "It is my belief that the gentlemen who have spoken here, and who have touched all the heights of the labor situation under debate, are still as far wrong as far from the elemenlala as the self-constituted Moaes of government, whom the people have followed so long, so wearily, and of late, so Impatiently. Dea't kaew (aaaaiaa eed. "I suppose the experts, llks the mm who go to college for Instance, achieve much and lose more. Alike, While they explore above and below, they lose the common touch and the trend of the com moa thought and the common need. I have no remedy to offer. I merely want while all phases of this great question have been touched upon, the greet basic wrongs ths problem ss It touches the people have been spoken of not at all. "Let me 'say my five minutes art nearly up the people-are a sleepy giant. And when that giant wakes from his present nightmare and. believe me, he 1 stirring there will he a great paddling In many places high up." Miss Hartley was quivering with emo tion, whea she finished In s thunder of apptsuse. The pretty delegate for the Nebraska farmers said afterwards thst she meant every word of It; That "we are Inclined to depend toe utterly on mere talk," and that she is Dot a suffragist 'In the violent ssnse." i Miss Fsy Hartley Is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. K. T. Hartley, the letter ormerry supenmenocm 01 ine uncoin Mf chQoU- MESSENGER BOY (S HURT BY SPEEDING AUTOMOBILE Joe Haney. a Western Union messen ger boy, was painfully cut about th legs and body early yesterday afternoon when be was struck by aa automobile at Fifteenth and Farnam streets. Haney was going east on Farnam street snd turned south oa Fifteenth. As be turned the auto, which was going In the same direction, ran close to the curb. The j boy had no way to escape Injury except to go strugni sneasj aria as oe meveo the machine struck him fr-jra behind. The name of tha driver could not be karaed. Haney was takes to the potttc I station, where Surgeons Hlbbard and Ash attended htm. Later he was taken to hts hem Fair Warning Old Hastings Law Suit Recalled by New Mexico Election HASTINGS, March SI.-Hpcclal.)-Tlie election of Thomas B. Catron aa one of the republican I'M ted States senators In New Metlco on Thursday of this week recalls an effort on the part of Hastings capitalists about twenty years ago .to secure possession of a tract of thirty six square miles of the most vsluable land In the territory of New Mexico, Mr. Catron and J. H. Cessna of Hastings were the ettorneya who represented tlie Hastings Interests In litigation thst went to the I'nltril Rtatss supreme court and waa finally decided against Ihe claim ant and In favor of th settlers. Bank ers and merchants here raised a fund of S1S.0W to defray the c 11 ens, ef litiga tion. The ease grew out of a grant made In In early HCCs scon after Mexlao es tablished its In'tspsiideuoe. A felony, refused to glvs them ths land. Heme was formed In Missouri to settle en th granted lane III New Mexico, then a part of Mrslco. but by the time the colonists srrlved at Ihe place another revolution ad occurred and the new government years later another revolution took place and. the colonists were asked to come hack. The head of the colony died about thai time and tha others, discouraged by Ihe failure of their previous effort. Ig nored the offer. The lend was never claimed by virtu of the original grant until twenty years ago, when John Needle of Hastings, husband of the niece of the man who organised th colony, at tempted to get title e the land for the heirs. It wss to finance thla effort that the HO.uio fund was raised here. All the money was spent and Ihe local capltallats got nothing In return except expert-em-. Mr. Catron at that time lived oa the tract Involved, but In the litigation he represented th claimants. Hastings Man Has Narrow Escape from Drowning in Mexico HA8TINOS, Neb..' March Sl.lSpeclai.l Herman E. Klein, one of the most pron.lnent merchanta here, had a narrow eara! from drowning when the steamer Hldalfco, on which he was a passenger, collided with Ihe steamer Yucatan and sank off Vera Crux, Mexico, on March SI. Mr. Kteln la a director of the fierman American Coffee company of New York and with the other directors was en route -the company's plantations in Central America. "After ths collision I started to get off my shoes," writes Mr. Bteln. "and had got one off when the boat dropped from under me. It seemed to me that I would never slop going down. When I came up I succeeded in getting on top or a box, but the box kept turning over, and over and I could not secure a resting place. Another box floated up and I succeeded In getting one arm over each. Then I began calling for help, but It waa nlgbt and passing boats could not see me, and besides several ships nearby were whistling furiously. Finally a small boat came to my rescue." The party lost all Its beggsge and many valuable papers belonging to the company. Ashland Formally Opens New Library 1 , ,vn v-a u.rrh 21 -iSoecial.) i -Ashland's new Carnegie library was formally opened yesterday afternoon with a public reception, glvrn by the mem bers of the Ashland Woman's club. The Ides of tha public library was first originated by th members of toe Ashland Woman's club, several years ago. and I since then they have been tireless In their efforts to finish the good work. The neucleus of the splendid edifice consisted of only a few books, ssost of which were donated, housed in a small, insignificant building. Mr. and Mrs. Wlggenhora. Jr.. con tributed the lots oa which the building stands, which were la one af the best locations la the dty. those lots being worth fl.MS or more, and something over Sl.ies la cash was raised by popular sub scriptions. The total cost of the building, aside from the furnishings. Is doss to ST. HARMON HASFA1TH IN PARTY Declares Demorratie Organisation Bigger nan Any One Man GOVERNOR ARRIVES IN CAPITAL Qae lala teaferear with Poll llllehreek at IHeaee I eei Meat aa Hryaa, WAHIUNOTON. March Jl.-Uovernor Jmlson' Harmon of Ohio, who Is to pres ent to the supreme court tomorrow the petition of the governors of statea for permission to file a brief In the Minne sota rale rases, reached Washington this morning. From the moment of hi ar rival, hla day was almost wholly taken up by friends and campaign workers In things pertaining to h s presidential can dldaey. Uuyeraor Harmon waa met by senator Pnmeren of Ohio, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and democratic members af, Ohio's congressional delegation, tl r.nt much of the day. I the Harmon national headquarters, where he talked with poll Ural lieutenants, was Interviewed by aewsuapsr and msgaxlne men, photo, graphed, snd submitted to liberal ques tioning as to the political situation. I'eafldeaee la Parly. "I have believed from Ihe beginning of the campaign that the democratic party Is bigger than any one men or any half dosen men," said tioverttor Harmo In an authorised Interview given out at his headquarters tonight, 'and that when the convention sits st Baltimore It will con' slder primarily Ihe best Interest of the party and will draft a platform and name a candidate solely with the view of meriting the spprovsl of the American people at the polls next November. Thai any considerable number of my friends should regard me a an available candl. date for the presidency la u sou res of grest satisfaction to me," Governor Harmon was Joined In Wash, ington by Adjutant lleneral C. C. Wey. hrerht of Ohio, a leading figure In hts csmpsign. snd former representative R. H. Uordoti, member of hie Washington campaign headquarters. Tonight Gover nor Harmon was the guest of Be lis tor Hitchcock at dinner . He will address the national press club tomorrow after noon and will leave Washington tomor row night. He declined to comment today upon the action of William J. llryan In announc ing that he would not serve ss a delegate at large from Nebraska If the state en dursed Dover nor Hsrmon's candidacy. MIDDLE NEBRASKA TEACHERS CLOSE THEIR CONVENTION Al Holt A, Neb.. March S.-IHpeclal Telegram.) The Central Nebraska Teach. era' association closed a successful meeting last evening with the annual declamatory contest, ths winners of the contest being: Oratorical class. Dewltt Foster. Kearney; dramatic, fcllsabeth Eraslm. Ravenna; humorous, Dorothy Katman, Grand Island. Among those who sddressed the - sedation were: Prof. C. P. Colgrove. Iowa etate teachers college; Chancellor Avery, etate university; Chancellor C. A. runner. Nebraska Wesley an uni versity; President Thomas, Kearney normal; President 8c hell. York college; President Garrison. Grand Island college; M. V. Oshea. Vnlverslty of Wisconsin, and F. P. Ramsey, University of Omaha. One of the pleasant features of the meeting of the association wss a Peru luncheon attended by the former stu dents of Pero-stste normal. The enrollment was about four hundred end the new officers elected are: Presi dent. W. E. Schell. York: secretary, K. F. Jones. Ord. and treasurer, J. F. Mat thews. Grand Island. , , Declamatory Asportation President. Superintendent R. W. Eaton. Oeaeva; secretary, Superintendent A. E. Fisher. Aurora, and rlupertateadent - H. B. Bradford. Kearney, treasurer. lladisoa Beak Caaagr. MAlIsuN. Neb., March SL-tSpecial.)-F. A. Peterson, ex-county treasurer, haa bought K. O'Miea's Interest In th First Nstienal bank of thla city. Mr. Peterson has already assumed work In the bank. 08nea has sot yet definitely decided ae to the future, however. It was his Inten tion to make Median his home. CREST OF FLOOD PASSES INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER Worst of the Three Bay of High Water is Evidently Over. MANY BRIDGES HAVE GONE But One Railroad Bridge Bemains Across the Platte. WAGON BRIDGES WASH AWAY But Oue of These Left in Eastern Nebraska. TRAIN SERVICE DEMORALIZED No Effort is Being Made to Handle Freights. LAST CONNECTION CUT OFF arllaatsa le Forced la Take fee-. erasers l.larela Via at. Jaerpn Trarhera Tnkea la Their Homes la Handcars. Sis might trains to ths wea are Tss- ..... MU ireiiut Is rot used, .aiar u tae SUkuera rises tear feet aa tw hears. But sae wagea bridge la left staaaiag ever the flatto river. arUagtoa trelaa raa to suaeou via t, Joseph. arllagtoa'g aorta west uas is sai ei oomauesioa. Vatoa Factfte haa a waahoat estwssa ISaay and Juisekarg. Boca isiaag to tae west is aai ax com mission. The crest of th Platte river flood. which crippled railway service snd Inun- dsted thousands of acres In eastern Ne braska Ilia last three days, yanerday passed Into th Missouri river. The- I'latte la steadily lowering, but water still overflows large areas snd train serv ice Is demoralised. The Ice has been swept down stream and reports Indicate that the river Is comparatively free ef ice rakes. The - heavy flow of water and the weakened condition of embankments and bridge gives railroad officials causa to fear that further damage may ha sustained before the river returns completely la Its bed. Ths Uurllngton main 11ns bridge st Ash lend, which withstood the pounding lea for three days, waa finally put out of commhulon at 1 p. m. yesterday, when the west abutment sank four feet aa a result of the washing out of the support ing irtb. A Plls drlvsr. sit aver lue bridge to repair a damaged culvert oa the east approach. Is marooned between, the two breaks. The oreapollg line Is under water. I'. P. fees Nnrlhiveatera Track. The Union Pacific haa restored service on one track of lis main line west of Fremont. It Is using the Northwestern from Omaha to Fremont and Is putting through trains over Ita own lino between Fremont and Grand lalsnd for the first lime In four days. The water level dropped five feet at Valley , between S p. m. Saturday and i p. m. yesterday, but th Union Pacific tracks at that point were still Impassable last evening. Not a single life has been, lost. Insofsr ss scattered reports lndleate."Xany cam-, munltlea ars still cut oft from communl-. cation, however. Numerous families scat-' lerrd from Fremont to Plsttsmouth, are -still marooned In their home or In build ings on high ground. A bouse at Louis ville, from which several wen taken In boala la Immersed in water so that Just the top of Ilia roof can be seen. Hlncs 4 P. in. (Saturday the Missouri Pacific bridge at Louisville hsa been the only railroad bridge In service across ths Plstts between Grand Island and the Missouri river, a distance of IS miles. CeadKIra I at peeves. Ths flood situation throughout Ne brsske haa Improved very materially during ths last twenty-four hours, the opinion being thst the cooler weather of Saturday night and Sunday checked the flow to soms extent, holding back the water from the upper country aad per mitting that already here to run off without Its volume being materially In creased. At Omaha all day Sunday the Missouri river was filled with floating Ice. Dur ing Saturday night a gorge formed In tha river st a point opposlts Florence lake, holding until Kunday morning. During the day II broke snd at the water works, where a guags of ths stage of the water Is kept, thers was a fall of four feet, during the afternoon. The gorgs ran out without doing any damage and without throwing ths water over th bottoms. Klkasra Mleea at W laser. Along th Platte and lb Klkhorn south of Fremont, ths water fell rapidly all Saturday night and Sunday. From Wisner. above Fremont, a heavy rhxs la the river wss reported during the sfter- Some folk still "pat sign in the window when they have room for rent The number of such people is constantly diminishing. In these modern times, when there is a Room for Bent in an Omaha home, the Want Ad columns of The Bee are nsed. The "Rooms for Rent" column of The Bee offers the best way to bring together those in search of Booms and Board, and those who have rooms for rent Telephone Tyler 1000.