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CfflfflA, SATUEDXT 3l V'" , APRIL 27, 1913 TWENTY PAGES,
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BOQSEYELT WINS
My of General
Grant La Laid to , -
REFUSED TO GO 10
Let the Merry War Go On
MISSOURI FIGHT
AID OF TITASIC
The
Omaha.-
Gcyernor Hsdley'i Earns Spring
State Cfmxention to O'lr"'"!
After long Battle.,
ZHH& DELEGATES AT LASGE
EaaL Will Hart One-Half Tate at
Chicago Iffrtrng.
IAFT iH RESIST STHB2aULY
Gathering Rmaxkshk for Desperate
Besistance Siitv
FOtJB. MSTLTCI BATTLES FOUGHT
ml tkr Taft linwltw BoM
Seagate IkKw at a lletel
aad Xmmr a twimin .
N MlaH. "
ST. LOClci. April Js,-Oovernor Herbert
6. Hadley and his friends carl today
swung the Missouri Stat republican
convention for Colonel Roosevelt after a
twenty-four hour deadlock la which tba
T.ift tauter finally were driven to eom
r'et route. Eight delegates at large to
the national republican convention, all
Kooseveit men and ail lnatructed (or htm.
were elected after two Taft leaders had
been elected and then had reatcned their
places on the Missouri delegatloa when
the convention roted Instruction for
Ruossvtlt
The convention will go down In the
annala of Mlaeourl polities as one of the
most stubborn and dramatic fights In the
history of the state republican organise
tlon. ...
Mayor Frederick H. Krelsman of Et
Louis and Charles D. Morris of St.
Joseph, the la 'er chairman of the state
committee ware the, Taft leaders elected
and who resigned as delegates at larg
to the national convention when the state
convention voted to Instruct the delega
tloa for .Roosevelt
Hadley Dealeo Chars;.
In making their resignations the)
charged violations of a "gentleman'e
agreement" by which they declared the
Roosevelt managers hat aaaurred that
the delegates at large would- be aaUr
structed. Governor Madley replied to tba deeds rTr
tlons of Mayor Kretsmsnn and Chairman
Morris In this connection by asserting
that he had not been a party to any so
called "gentlemen's agreement." To gov
ernor ssserted that throughout the bitter
fight which preceded the formal opening
of the convention he had refused to at
tempt . to deliver the votee of Kooseveit
delegates on sny proposition.
The eight delegatee-at-laroe to the na
tional convention, eaoh with a sas-hslf
vote finally elected by the state con
vention, follow:
Governor Herbert 8. Hadley. Jesse To
lrrton of Brooeen. Walter 9. Dicker of
Kansas City, Fred Eseen of Clayton,
John P. McXeeley of St. Joseph. Hugs
Mclndoe of Joplln, John W. Ttpprn of
Springfield and Alfred H. Spear of Cha
mois, . . -
Aa national committeeman from Mis
souri, to succeed Charles Nag el, secre
tary oKoommerce snd labor, ths stats
convention sleeted Thomas K. Nledring
hs as of St Louie. ,
Foar Dtstlacl Flak Is.
Ths Roosevelt forces only achieved final
sweeping success In the convention after
four dletlnrt fights with ths Taft leaders,
who resisted each step stubbornly. -
Ths first fight came on the question of
seating contested delegations from Kan
sas City, St Joseph snd other Important
points In the eta'te. This fight occupied
sll of Wednesday night and late Thurs
day resulted In the sestlng of nearly sll
the Kooseveit delegatea
The second bitterly contested point was
that regarding chairman of ths conven
tion. Governor Hadley was placed In that
position after his followers had demon
strated that they held ths balance of
votes on ths convention floor.
The third struggle came In the resolu
tions committee, where Taft men refused
to endorse Roosevelt After ths commit
tee had submitted one report to ths con
vention .it was withdrawn and aa ampli
fied report containing a straight endorse
ment of Colonel Roosevelt was presented
and adopted by acclamation. A minority
report was as promptly voted down on a
roll call.
Final Battle.
Ths final battlevsfter daylight had
flooded ths big armory and ths delegates
were almost completely worn out by their
all day and all night struggle, was on ths
question of Instructing the eight dele-gatee-at-large
to the national convention.
The Taft forces, led by members of the
St Louis delegation, mad a last rally in
efforts to prevent fist Inst ructions for
Ruosevelt
But they wer swept off their feet by
the now dominant Roosevelt tide and by
a vote of more than I to 1 the Roosevelt
forces carried their point which resulted !
in tne withdrawal of Mayor Krlesmann
and Chairman Morris as delegates to the
Chicago convention and the election of
Kooseveit men la their places.
After the adjournment of the conven
tion a small number of Taft supporters
met In a hotel and named four delegates-at-Urge
to the national 'convention.
The Taft delegation was aonouaeed.as
following:
Joseph K. Black, of Richmond, Ma;
John A. Duncan of St Joseph; Bern
man lienwood. of Hannibal and Harry
D. Tram, of Kanass City.
Former 8 late Senator Henry L. Feds,
of James port, presided, while B. L. Oof-
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sad men prswrmmt la auhUa asd prSrat
Ufa gathered tan ttaay 0 pay tft Stat
solemn aoaors kl Major General FreuV
crtsk Dent 6aa, who died kar April
U. Th far era i cxenssts wen deferred
sntO tecay to mil th arrival of ths
seneraTs disaster, the Process Can-
iMiisain. from bar seme Is Russia.-'
The services wen beta Is the chapel of
Cornelias, the Ceutuikm. on Governor
Ismns. The HtUe chapst was to small
to eflw tba achstttanes of ths general
senile, bat aa opportunity was given to
an JCew Terk to pay Ks tribute as ths
long military procession mad its way
to ths tap of muffled drams over a five
fall Mas of march from the battery to
the West Shore terry at Forty second
street At the latter point the govern
ment orders provided tor special train
to take ths body to Wast Point for In
terment President Taft. Vie President Sher
man snd General Leonard Wood were
perhaps the most distinguished persons
whs cam to Mow York for ths funeral.
Ths gsnsral's Immediate family waa all
present' Including Mrs. Grant, her son.
Captain U. & Grant, her daughter, tb
Princess ' Can tac use ne, '' the general's
sister, Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartorls, and
also Mrs. Grant's brother and sister.
Judge Lock wood Honor of Chicago, and
Mrs. Potter Palmar.
The pall bearers Included Senator Root
Andrew Carnegie, Henry W. Tan. Gen
eral Taaker H. Bliss, General Horace
Porter, General William Crosier, General
T. H. Barry, General H. G. Sharps, Ham
ilton Fish, H. H. Kohlaaat te Robert
Abbe and others. Honorary pall bearers
representing ths military order of the
Medal of Honor were General Daniel E.
Sickles and General Horatio C. King.
Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago and
Chaplain E, B. Smith of Governor's Island
had charge of the services In ths chape:
and the honor of serving as guard to ths
caisson bearing ths coffin on the march
through New York City went to so es
cort composed of General Bliss, tempo
rarily In command of the Department of
tke Ksat. snd his staff: General C. F.
Ros, of the New Tork National Guard
and his staff, and ths U. 8. Grant post
of tb Grand Army of ths Republic.
Place Immediately following this guard
of honor were assigned to the Third bat
talion of the Twenty-ninth Infantry, to
two troops of military cavalry, ths vet
eran corps of artillery and other mili
tary organisations. Just behind the cais
son bearing the general's body oam tb
general's horse, pat, caparisoned In black.
J. LHOWUUID. SILVER .....
CREEK PIONEER, IS DEAD
SILVER CREEK. Nefev. April
etal Telegram. -ett ting in bis easy
smoking and Joking with friends
o'clock teat night, J. K. Howie d, dsssV
suddenly of heart dlseasa Mr. Howlaad
bad lived la BUvsr Creek tor
lie waa bora la Connecticut ha Hat, and
as a boy went with Commodore Perry to
Jspaa when that country waa Induced to
admit foreigners. . Later be Joined 4bs
United States navy sad fought during
ths civil war. ' He was honorably dis
charged snd came to Nebraska, married
Lacy Terry, and has lived hers oontln-
ously since. He served as a member of
the county board. Justice of ths pesos
and held many positions of honor la ths
on mm unity. Public school! wer closed
today In his honor. Funeral probably will
be held Eaturdsy. '
PRUDENTIAL STOCKHOLDERS
LOSE SUIT FOR DIVIDENDS
TRENTON, N. J., April The court
of errors and appeals today decided
against Leon F. Blanchsrd and other mi
nority stockholders of the Prudential In.
aurancs Company of America, who sougnt
to have distributed among the stockhold
ers of that company as dividends t2.5OO.0U
of the company's accumulated profits
The opinion of the court Is that the dis
tribution of the profits of ths company In
dividend or the retention of the ssme
for the uaea of the company is s matter
entirely within the discretion of the di
rectors, provided the discretion Is hon
estly exercised. -. ' i '
The decision reverses an opinion ren
dered by Vice Chancellor Howell.
ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH
MISUSE OF THE MAILS
PEORIA. Ill, April Jt-Harry McCssk.
rin, republican nominee for stste's attor
ney 01 hock lsiana county, Illinois, was
Indicted by the federal grand Jury her
today on charges of sending Improper
postal cards througn the maila Ths
complaining witness. Rev. F- K. Shu It of
Geneeeo. III., but who formerly lived In
Rock Island, had received six postal
cards, mailed from his former horn at
Irregular Intervals between November
and February. , These cards bore scan
dalous mstter. It Is alleged, and McCask.
rin la charged with being responsible for
their presence In ths. mail.
DIFFICULT TO SECURE
" JURY IN FLEGE CASE
PENDER. Neb, April SsWSpedal Telo
gram. The effort to -secure a Jury in
the William Flege rasa drags slowly
along. - Mor than Ms veniremen have
been examined. Tb defena has exer
cised eleven peremptory challenges and
the state two. Tb state has four chat
lenges remaining ajid ths defease flva.
Only a few people wars about ths soart
Tta witnesses have been nrrusid sxttfl
l o'clock Monday snssntag. It hi ex
pected that a Jury will l
morrow. - .
UNDERWOOD AND .HARMON .
. CALLED. WALL ST. TWINS
TAMPA.- Flaw April SL-Oiarpana; tb
smes of Oerar Underwood sad Ooraranr
Judsan Barm aa oW3rsl tW.ns rap.
r; Ireereiltrej the Wan street tntsrests," Wn
J 'ajass J. Bryaa U4d an aistWrr here today
Lna was-tmsarllai as ta tbs candidacy
rwoodrow Wnaaa er sVeaker Qssa CJark
for the
jprsxhSencj
t ,
Inpnernan 601 of Steamer Cali-
iotaian Xakea Serioni Charge
Against Captain. Lord.
WITH IS FEW MLES OF TIT ASIC
Distress Signals Plainly Seen from
the Upper Decks.
CALLT0S5IAN DRTFIIHG 15 ICE
Says Officer Befnsed to Get Up
Steam and Go to Ketone.
CAPTAIN DENIES THE CHARGE
Several Members of the Crew Kx
asalaed by . Senators Throw
Light I pem .w amber of la.
cldeata of Wreck.
WABH1MUTUN. April 36. A SWOXn
statement that the captain of ths liner,
California n. refused to go to the aid of
the Titanic, although only a few miles
away, was today filed by Ernest Gill
donkey engtnemsn on the Calif ornlan.
with ths senate committee investigating
the Titanic disaster. Gill ssld that ths
distress rockets were plainly visible from
ths deck of ths Cnllfornisn and must
have been vialble to both the bridge and
ths lookout
Captain Lord of ths Calif ornlan In Bos
ton last night denied GUI's statement
Gill was placed on the witness stand
immediately after Senator Smith, the
chairman, had finished reading his affl
davit , - .
"I aaw ths ship, which I took to b the
Tltsnlc." said Gill after being sworn.
"some time before midnight' It' was
about ten miles away and went paat m
apparently st full speed. It wss a big
ship and I saw two tiers of lights. The.
Callfornlan at the tlm was caught In
field Ice. Its engine war stopped and
it was drifting with ths flos." :
Ths vessel, GUI testiflsd. must havs
been plainly visible to the bridge and
the lookouts, ss well aa the - rockets
which It ssnt up later. The Callfornlan's
captain, he said, paid no attention U
tin distress slgnale and his. refusal to
get up steam and go to ths aid of the
atranger so Incensed the Crew that Olll
tried to organise a protesting party
smong the men. He failed, be ssld, be
cause "the men were afraid they'd loss
their Jobs." ...
"What Urn did the Callfornlan get up
uteamT" Interrupted Senator Fletcher.
"I don't know, exactly," said (he wit
ness, ' "but It was some time after ""-1
o'clock." t . ' '.
Roekets Twenty SI I lee Away.
From ths rockets Gill Judged th dis
tressed ship to he not more then twenty
miles off. Hs described the rockets, hi
description is Dying with- that green -by
Fourth Officer Boxhall of ths Titanic,
who sent them aloft. ....
When th afternoon session was re
sumed Senator Smith read Into ths record
the following not from Operator Young
of th United Ststes naval wireless sta
tion at the New. York navy yard:
Camathla would, at n6 time acknowl
edge receipt of a message from navy
ships, or nations. This atatlon caned
them at p. m., April is, when it was
trying to get Into communication with
New York etatlons, but Ita operator re
fused to take sny asststancs from us.
iiiia wss the omy station It could work
st that time, as no other ststion ooutd
far It. ... IOI NU, operator. .
Members of tb committo of Inquiry
into ths Titanic dlssstsr who examined
individually ths British sailors and stew
ards of the Titanic' crew gathered early
today In the office of Chairman Smith
to prepare a report of their Investigations
tor the full committee. '
Only a few of the members of th crew
were found who could offer anything of
vslue that had not been elicited from the
surviving officers and passengers. Though
no announcement has been made It was
reported about ths committee room that
those of the crew whose testimony Is not
to be taken In open session will be per
milted to leave for their, homes In Eng.
tand at once, and that some of the off!
cers also will be dismissed. Those' r
talned will be examined as rapidly v
possible.
Ths captain and wireless operator of
the stesmer Callfornlan are scheduled to
testify before the doss of the dsy.
It wss necessary for women and chil
dren on ths sinking Titanic to Jump a
three-foot chasm from the deck to life
boats and babies "were tossed into ths
boats,, according to testimony given to
Senator William Alden Smith, chairman
of the senate committee, by F. O. Bvana,
one of the Tltanlc's crew. Evan ored
Ited this method of loading the boats
with the heavy loss of life among ths
women and children. Evans was exam
ined by Senator Smith last night and ths
purport of bat testimony was mad pub
he today.
Women Threw a into Bosita.
Bvans told Senator Smith that when
the boat were swung out they wer at
least three feet out from the steamer's
deck which wss seventy feet above the
sea. Ths height was so terrifying that
women refused to attempt th Jump.
Several were thrown bodily acroo the
gap, Evans ssld, snd one was propeilod
wtth such force that she went over the
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ARMY TRANSPORT WILL GO
TO MEXICO FOR REFUGES
WASHINGTON. April M Th arms
transport Burford will leave Ban Fran
cisco Sunday night for the west coast of
Mexico to pick up any American retegee
who may wish to leers ths country. The
Burford win visit Dopolobampo, Altai.
Maxatlaa, all tn th stato of Blnaloa; Baa
Bias, Tapte. Manxsnlllo. m CoHmsv and
Aeapolco, hi Guerrero. The vessel Is sent
the request of the State depart sunt
after argent requests from many Ameri
cans etranded in the states sordertac taa
FadOe.
WASHINGTON. April M.-The story of
the murder of a German woman ks Car-
lonxa. stealce. by twlgaada, told by
refugees -recently and widely pnbHsbesl.
la year and a half oka. according so tin
State department lens da, which shew
that the affair etxtuied during the Ma-
Ject eg a easts wmen baa 1
by
. From th Cleveland Plain Dealer.
SEAMEN OF OLYMPIC STRIKE
Sefnte to Work with Nonunion Men
and Are Charged with Mutiny.
VESSEL ABANDONS VOYAGE
Passeagm Will Be Heat by Bailie
and Mails by tasltaala Strike
Resmdlated by Natloaal
Oraaalsatloa.
SOl'THAMPTOr), England. April
Ths White Ktsr.llnef Olympic, which had
been held off Ryde. lsis of Wight, since
Wednesday by a strike of Its firemen,
today sbnndoned . th scheduled trip to
New Tork and returned to port. This
course was made necessary by the deser
tion of Its seamen this morning, when
the' line attempted to replace the strik
ing firemen with nonunion men.
One .hundred snd twenty-one passengers
who .were, awaiting ths Olympic at
Queenstown, have been transferred ,to
the Bsltic.. which - will .leave here today
for New York. Fourteen hundred each
of mall, which were 'to have been for
warded by ths Olympic will be held at
Queenstown. for the Cunsrd liner Lus.
Itania. sslllng from Liverpool tomorrow
tor New York and due here en Sunday.
Th Cunader Is lUtely to reach New York
ahead of the Baltic and for this reason
the null will be Intrusted to It.
The strike has serious aspect be
yond th ' matter oT inconvenience to
tranaatlaltlc travel, 'as the seamen, hav
ing signed for th voyage, havs now laid
themselves open to the chsrge of mutiny.
Immediately following the walkout the
Whit Star officials appealed to the au
thorities with the result that th Olym
pic's whole complement of seamen, num
bering fifty-four, were arrested - when
they came ashore. They will be sr
ralrned m police court st Portsmouth
this afternoon, charged with mutiny.
Ths White Star offtcieJa sppealed to th
government to support them tn their ef
forts to obtain adequat punishment for
th mutinous crew, adding that unless
firmness '-was shown now the company
would, despair of being able to restor
discipline and . malntsln Its sailing
schedules. , . - - -
Strikers AM Repudiated.
Th National Sailors' snd Firemen's
union repudiates the action of the strik
ers, who are said . to have been advised
by the Seafarers' organisation, which re
cently withdrew from the parent body.
The 'firemen of the Olympic struck
Wednesdsy, five minutes before th .ves
sel waa due to sail for New York. Their
grlevshcs wss the slleged failure of the
company to properly equip the steamer
with lifeboats. Subsequently a deputation
of union firemen witnessed a test of the
life-saving apparatus and, being satisfied
with th same, agreed to return to work.
Meantime, however, their fellows hsd dis
persed, leaving word that they would not
rejoin the ship unless eighteen firemen
who had remained aboard when the oth
ers left were discharged. This concession
wss refused by the company, which
stated teat It would lay up ths Olympic
rather, than suffer coercion.
Officials of the line forthwith began to
recruit a. new force of firemen from Shef
field, Liverpool and Portsmouth, snd yes
terday announced the Olympic would sail
at daybreak today.. This morning tugs
containing tU firemen, to replace the
strikers, came alongsids ths Olympic, add
were putting the new men aboard when
the seamen struck. They declared that
they would not work with nonunion men
and promptly clambered over the ship's
side Into the waiting tuga
--Seamen Are Arrested.,
Captain Haddock, appealed for assist
ance to the cruiser Cochrane, whose
commander boarded th steamer and
warned the' crew that sny of them tak
ing part In the strike aftsr having signed
for the trip would be guilty of mutiny.
This had no effect upon the seamen, who
proceeded to shore. Here they were met
by a strong force of police and placed
under arrest on the ground that their
presence In town under the circumstances
might lesd to disorders. Later the strik
ers' were haled Into court at Portsmouth.
When the helpless ness of the Olympic
became known, a steamer waa dlepatched
from here for Ryde to take off the saloon
psasengera, who were brought here pend
ing arrangements for their transfer to
other vessels
WILL TAKE ALL WEEK
TO GET FLEGE JURY
PENDER, ' Neb, April
About seventy-five renlremen bavo bean
examined torlay In aa effort to secure
a Jury la the William Plea case, saost
of who have beea dismissed by tb court
for cause. The stats has eaeroased two
peremptory challenges and tb defense
l eight From the present rale er muaiesa
I it win requlr all thai week to seoure a
jW. . a. .
Taft Denies Language
Attributed to Him
NEW YORK, April Sl-Before leaving
the home of his brother, Henry W. Taft
to attend ths mtraortsl exercise for th
late Major General Frederick D. Orant,
at Governor's Island, President Taft Is
sued a formsl denlsl that he hsd said In
his speech st Springfield. Maes., yester
day that Theodore Hooeevelt would be a
dictator and stick to ths Whit Houss
Ilk a leech If he were elected for a third
term. The president said:
"1 did not use the language attributed
to ma In some of the dispatches. In which
I am made to say Mr. Roosevelt would
be a dictator and stick like a leech to
the White House."
Omaha Man Heads
, Spanish Veterans
BEATRICE, Nsb, April M.-(Sperlsl
Telegram.) The fifth annual reunion of
the Nebraska Spsnish Wsr Veterans!
olosed here tonight wtlh a banquet at Jhel
Paddock hotel. Tb speakers were Got
ernor Aldrk-h. General John C. Hartlgsa,
Captain F. Jamse Cosgrav, Major Julia
Pnn of ths regular army. Captain Allea
0. Fisher and AdJuUnt Oeneral Phelps,
At the business session thl aftemoos
thee officers were elected: Department
commander, H. B. Havens, Omaha; stnter
vie commander, A. H. Holllngs worth,
eBatrtoe: Junior' vice commander, L. M.
Lefferty, Council Bluffs: department la.
spoctor general, H. D. Corneau,- Omaha;
surgeon. Dr. C. P. Fall, e Baltics; Judas
advocate, A. G. Fisher, Chadroa; chap
lain.' Rev.. Charles Melville. Beatrice!
marshsl; Ouy M. Brown, ' IJcoln. '
Following ths election the officers were
Installed by General J, H. Culver of Mil
ford. Th place for holding the next
reunion wss left to the council of ad
ministration. .
Convicts' Testify
of Prison Methods
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. April SWSpeclal.r-Th
trisl of Albert Prince, accused oaf the
murder of Deputy Warden Da via waa oc
cupied today by testimony of convicts
regarding alleged cruelties practiced upon
them by the prison management This
line of testimony was curtailed somtwhat
by a ruling of the court which excluded
all incidents except those which it could
be shown were known to Prince. One
who testified that be hsd nothing to sat
during tbs time hs wss confined In the
solitary, on cross-examination admitted
he had been offered food but refused
to eat that which was brought him. Sev
eral testified that Prince In his conver
sation was continually referring to what
he alleged waa mistreatment of him. The
moat of the alleged cruelties related con
slated of confinement in the solitary and
soms to being hsndcuffed to th bars
while thus confined. , .
LOMBARD COLLEGE WILL
' STAY IN GALESBURG
GALESBCRG. Ill, April M, At a meet
ing of the trustees of Lombard college
here today It was decided the school
should remain her. Ryder divinity
school, a branch of the college, will be
removed to the I'nlverstty of Chicago.
For some time It hss been rumored Lom
bard would be removed from Galeeburr
or consolidated, with Knox college. A
president will b elected at today's meet-
Ing.
ROBBERS CLUB WOMAN
WHO REFUSED THEM MONEY
BLOOMINGTON. Ill, April St-A
I In pursuit of two robber who entered
the noma of Mrs.' Sarah Daniels, sear
Hallviile. Hewitt county, early today and
brutally clubbed Mrs. Daniels when she
refused to reveal the hiding place of
money. A daughter who had been
strapped to a bed by the robber man
aged to eecap through a window and
alarm th weigh bora.
The National Capital
Friday, April SS, ISIS.
The Senate.
In session. I p. a).
Tttantc disaster Investigation continued,
P A. 8. Franklin of White Star line tes
tifying. The House.
Met st noon. '
Considered privets pension bills.
Repreeentsttve Stsnley sttacked Roose
velt fl ml lustration for alleged favoritism
to Harvester trust.
ENDS LIFE INSCHOOL HOUSE
South Dakota Man Commits Suicide
Before Pnpila,
WAS IN LOVE WITH TEACHES
Dleraarasred Over Her Refaeat at
Mis Offer of M arris Man
Steele Mhaeelf la th
Head.
WATF.RTOWN, 8. D, April M.-DU-cou
raged over the persistent refusal f
his offer of marriage to a school teacher
if Brookings county Frank Pomhouse, a
roung man whose parents reside at Dun
combe, la, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself In the head In the presence
of the teacher and her pupil st a school
house nine mile southwest of EstelUn.
lews e( th tragedy, which occurred yss.
terday aftsrnoon, reached here today.
Judge Will Come
to Administer Oath
(From a Staff Corresnondsnt.)
LINCOLN, April X-IBpeclel Tel.
tram.) Juatlc Barn of th supreme
court and H. C. Lindsey, clerk of that
aourt, will go to Omaha tomorrow and
In th evening will admlnlMer th oath
lu th graduating class of the Creighton
Lsw school. This Is done to aavs th
students ths nscssslty of coming to Lin
roln, as many of thenf ran III afford the
extra axpenss and It I far easier for the
two court officials to go to Omaha than
fur the entire class to coma to Lincoln.
' Justice Letton of the supreme court Is
In Excsleior Springs, Mo, trying to re-
miperate his health. Ills condition Is not
considered serious and Ihe Isst word re
ceived from him was that ha was Im
proving. Students Shower
Endowment Silver
a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, April (Special.) It Is
announced that I'nlveralty Piece has
raised t&.MO of the tlut.000 allotted to It
as Its shore of the $M0. endowment
fund of Wesley an university.
At chapel this morning a number of
the bishops of the Methodist church, who
are holding a session In this city, wer
present When they hsd finished their
short talks to ths students the Isttsr
sprung a 'surprise. A procession was
formed around the chapel and students
as they passed the rosrrum showered
silver dollars to be added to the endow
ment fund. Several hundred dollars were
thus realised.
TWISTER NEAR KENESAW
INJURES TWO PERSONS
HASTINGS. Neb, April .- Special
Telegram.) Two persons were seriously
injured, a two-story house wss moved
from It foundations a number of small
building were destroyed by a tornado
about l o'clock last night In nsrrow
stretch northwest of Keneeaw.
The greatest damage wss on the Frank
Burithard farm, occupied by Mrs. Block,
her sos. Will, and daughter with a baby,
five miles northwest of Kenesaw. Their
home, a substantial structure of two full
floors, was moved six feet and deposited
intact.' Mrs. Block, who Is past S years
of sgs, waa thrown violently, severely
bruised on the right side of the chest
and nfhe right arm. Her sen. Will,
was thrown against a stove and bruised
about th body. Both suffered from
th shock. --Th daughter and her baby
escaped Injury. The bam. chicken house,
a hayrack and two wagons were almost
totally destroyed. .
Near the home of John Wendling. nine
miles northwest of Kenesaw, over a mile
of fence was tor dowrt and a number
of small sheds wsr wrecked. Similar
damage was caused on the Fred Poor
farm and at several other places la the
earn neighborhood.
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE
IN CONS'IRACY CASE
GRAND ISLAND, Neb, April St. (Spe
cial Telegram.) After deliberating almost
two day tb federal court Jury In the
case of the government against Andy
Snyder and George Dobeoa . for . conspir
acy to defraud th government out of a
section of land In Loop county and for
conspiracy to suborn perjury waa dis
charged, having been unsbl to agree.
The rase against Henry Ahrens for
tempering with a mslkboK was contin
ued. In a esse growing out of bank
ruptcy In Howard count, th Judg de
cided for a verdict for the defendant
widow. Tb court session here ended
tonight
STORM WRECKS
SCHOOL HOUSE
Xtonads Carrie Building in Glutei
Conn try Hundred Feet
from Site.
TWELVE PUPILS THERE AT TXKE
Teacher Badly Injured and Will
Lose an Ey.
CHLLDHES ygT THEIR ESCAPE
Woman DriTing Hear Soene Was
Badly Injured.
METEB ON. WRECKED TBAU7
Omaha Man Ooeorlbea staawrleeM
of Belag Tarawa About la
Car by Violeaoe et the
Torsade,
BROKEN BOW, Nsb, April M,- Spe
cial.) A tornado (truck th southeast,
part of th county Urn yeaurday after--soon
and did much damagx Th Alger
non school houss was completely wrecked. ,
la It at the lime were twelve children
and th teacher, Mis Clara Mills. Th
building waa carried a dlatanot of fif
teen hundred ft Mis Mill was seri
ously eut about th head and wlU prob
ably loos th sight of on ya,
Mrs. William Kuaktey. who waa drlv.
tng In a buggy near th scene waa badly
injured, several farm bouse In th vicin
ity wsr demolished but no fatal Injur
ia reported. Th Mackintosh school
sous wag alas destroyed but no an In
jured. A two year old boy, th eon of Mr, sad
Mrs. Roy Clark, woo are living on th
Fray place, seven mils south of her,,
waa aooldsn tally drowned late yesterday
afternoon by falling Into water hoi
which waa four fast deep. It waa made
oms time ago for retus and after tba
rain of yeeterday, was filled with water. .
Th child wandered from th house
shortly after th storm, and a tew min
ute later his body was taken tram th
pool.
Oil Worker Killed la Kaaaaa.
SEDAN, Kan., April M. -Joseph Bor. f
land, an oil worker, died today of Inju
rise received last night In a tornado whlob.
swept a esc tlon of country six miles wee;
of here, six other persona wer seriously
injured, two probably fatally. Three
school houses and Ov farm bouse war
destroyed.
PASSENGER TSU.S BlXPKRIBXCa
M, Meres of Omaha Wrecked
Trala Near Berth Lee p.
GRAND ISLAND, Nsb, April M. (Spe
cial.) Observing that he waa running tnta
storm of special lutenalM. and hla en-
line cab was being pelted by Jagged
Piece ef ice as large as goose eggs. En
gineer Joe O'Brien brought his train to
a full atop, a mil and a half north of
North Noup last evening, befor th car
wer lifted from th track and tipped,
over on their aide and partially on the
roofs by a tornado. ,
To Ihe engineer's presence of mind th
passengsrs and company officials at
tribute the small percentage of serious
Injuries and th entire abasnc of fa
tality. "
Th complete list of Injured I as fol
lows: Charles Dsvls, Ord, abdominal bruises,
bruise on right isg and cut about head.'
8. C. Stephenson, Aurora, wrist out
M. H. Mann, bsggsgsmsn, right arm
and shoulder bone bruised, possibly
slight tnternel Injuries.
Levi Hamilton, Ord. brakemu, face
cut Cs haadabrulaed.
ft It. Battenn, Lincoln, bruised oa let
and eut on hesd.
William O Hare, Kansas City, hip hurt,
and knee bruissd. .
C. A. Hager Ord, head bruised.
J. 8. MoDonneil, Ximaha, sprained,
wrlat.
Mabl Oliver, North Loup, back
sprained.
Myrtle Bchsurs, North Loup, ear cut.
P. W Henderson, Grand Island, bruised
thigh.
Henry Herald, Plattsmouth, scalp
wounds snd cut about face
Oliver Fox, North Loup, face cut
George M. Simms, Burwell. left wrist
sprained, leg bruised.
Psul Laue, Lincoln, right knee bruleed.
B. F. Masters, conductor, right ankle
sprained.
1. V. Woods, mall clerk, slight internal
Injuriea
At 7: o'clock a relief train wtth three
doctors left St Paul, reaching th scene
of the accident at t:W o'clock. An hour
later a spectaj from here in charge of,
the superintendent and hauling th
wrecking crew .arrived at North Loop.
But the Injured bad all been taken to Ord,
and cared for. At 13 o'clock th track
was clear.'
r omaaa sin uesenpiiosw
The passengers say they are not able ,
to command Engineer O'Brien enough for f
hla presence of mind. M. Meyer of Omaha
connected with the Bernstein Nletfeldt
company, was a passenger.' From him
and others it ks learned that the train
had pulled out of North- Loup a few
minutes Isxe. When they hsd thirty got
out of town It grew dark very suddenly.
T bar never seen anything like that."
said Mr. Meyer.. "It was. like night .It
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