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VOL. XIAl NO. 221.
OMAHA,
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MONDAY MORNING, MARCH a. WW.
HARVESTER TRUST
SECURES ITS POWER
THROUGH
COMBINES
Commissioner of Corporationi Con
ant Submits Findings of Investi
gation to President Taft.
MONOPOLISTIC IN CHARACTER
Gains Great Power by Superior Com-
mand of Capital.
RELATIONS WITH J. P. MORGAN
John D. Rookefeller's Friendship
Also is Great Aid.
CAPITALIZATION NOT EXCESSIVE
Competitive Methods Criticised In
Report Which Hold It Sought
to Control I'.vcn Retail Price
of Its Products.
WASHINGTON. March 2.-The power
of tlic International Harvester company
the so-called harvester trust which the
federal government Is seeking to dissolve
under the Sherman law, lies in Its
monopolistic. pmJtlon, Its superior com
mand of capital. Including Its connec
tions with J. P. Morgan & Co. and John
1). Rockefeller, and certain objectionable
competitive methods, according to thither
Oonant, Jr., commissioner of corpora
tions. In his report on the operations of
the slant corporations. Just submitted to
President Taft.
"The chief features of the International
Harvester Co.'s operation?," says Mr.
Conant, "are the substantial maintenance
of Its monopolistic position In the har
vesting machtno business, originally ac
quired through combination, and Its ex
tensions on a large scale Into new llnce
of the farm machinery Industry. The
company has been able to do this In part
through the acquisition of some of Us
chief rivals In the harvesting machine
business; In part by using Its monopo
listic advantage In these harvesting ma
chine lines to force the sale of its new
lines; In part by certain objectionable
competitive methods,;, and especially
through Its exceptional command of cap
ital. Itself tho result of combination'
Report Ordered Pnullnheil.
The harvester investigation was made
in response to a senate resolution passed
several years ago. Recently a request
was made by representatives of the com
pany that tho report bo withheld pend
ing the outcome of tho anti-trust suit,
but President Taft decided to make it
public.
The combination, the report declares,
;was nrranged-in 1903 by the' former own
ers -of five leading competing concerns,
.arid, was riot, "as frequently asserted.' a
mere sale .of their properties to new In
terests. On this point Mr. Conant says:
"It has been represented in formal tes
timony by officers of the company and
Its financial promoter, Q. W. Perkins,
then of theflrm of J. P.Iorgan & Co.,
that its organization was not tho result
of concerted action by tho former com
peting owners, but merely of tho pur
chase of their properties by new and out
side interests. Documentary evidence
gathered by the bureau completely dis
poses of this contention and shows that
the principal competing interests consid
ered and discussed among themselves
the formation of this 'combination and
were active in bringing it about."
Allied ly Combination.
Great resources caVne to tho company,
it Is aaserted, through the combination,
the financial support of J. P. Morgan
& Co., Its fiscal agents, and large
loans from John D. Rockefeller, father-in-law
of a member of the McCormlclc
family, which owns a large portion of
the total stock of the corporation.
Between 1903 nnd 1901, the company Is
declared by tho commissioner, to have
acquired, secretly, control of D.' M. Os
borne & Co., Its chief competitor,
the Minnie Harvester company, the Ault-man-Mlller
company, and tho Keystone
company. These are referred to as
'bogus Independents." The secret con
trol of the Osborne company, the report
says, was maintained for nearly two
years, while it was being' advertised as
an independent concern. These repre
sentations, it is alleged, were supported
by Its managers In sworn statements
that Jt was an independent company.
Two of tho chief stockholders of the Os
borne company, Mr. Conant adds, agreed
to refrain from engaging independently
in the same lines of business for ten
years. The report says that the Har
vester company's claim that the owner
ship was concealed in some cases merely
to facilitate the liquidation or the old con
cern 1 not regarded by the Bureau of
Corporations as a Justification of the
practice.
Competitive Methods.
Competitive methods employed by the
Harvester company, Mr. Conant declares,
have been the subject- of much com
plaint to secure an undue proportion of
local dealers in farm machinery by al
lotting, as a rule, only a single brand
... nnv one dealer in the same place.
thus tending to restrict the outlet for
competitors' goods. Commissioner Conant
AVI
The company's own records Bhow
that this waa one purpose at least in
.i,i., thi. distribution of its brands.
and it appears to have had tome practl-
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Straight Answer to
a Direct Question
OMAHA. March 2. -To the Editor of
th? World-Herald: Responding to your
kind Invitation, directed to me person
ally, to tell what my candidacy for the
charter convention stands for, I answer:
1. Commission plan of cUy government.
2. Plan elastic enough to provide for
participation by suburban communities
when they become part of . greater
Omaha.
3. Nonpartisan ballot for city elections.
4. Municipal civil service.
6. Lower water rates, "not next year.
not next month, but now."
Dollar gas or lower.
T. Full regulation here at home of all
local public service utilities In the Inter
est of the people.
S. More money for street cleaning, for
parks, for police protection and for fire
protection.
!. Tho city a model emplqyer of labor
In matter of work, wages and hours.
10. Save tho Auditorium for the people.
11. A new union passenger depot as
soon as possible.
12. Power of municipal authorities to
give us a liberal, progressive city gov
ernment. These are a few. There are a lot more.
As for my candidacy. I want to repeat
that It Is not self-sought, and that if the
voters prefer to let others do the work.
1 will be glad to be relieved.
VICTOR ROSKWATHIt.
Redfield Member
of Next Cabinet
NEW YORK. March -Congressman
William C. Redfleld of Brooklyn will be'
secretary of commerce In the AVilson ,
cabinet, Louis D. Urandels of Uoston.
whose name has been mentioned for this
post, will not be In the new cabinet.
This Information was received from an
authoritative source In Trenton.
Three places In the new cabinet the
portfolios of wnr. Interior and agricul
ture still are- under consideration by
President-elect Wilson.
Only himself and one other person
know tho names ot the persons. to bo
sent to the senate for confirmation for
these three places.
It was said, however, that none ot the
names that have been prominently men-1
tinned for any of these three places will
be included In tho final list.
Sorority Girls Have"
Fright During Fire
LINCOLN, March 2. Flro originating
from an unknown cause in the Alpa Chi
Omega sorority house, occupied by stat
university girl students, caused only
nominal damage, but was full of exclttnn
Incidents. The flro had gained good head-
way and smoke was pouring from the I
windows before discovery was - made. -
Tho stairway leading from the second
story became ignited, and a group- of
girls found themselves penned" In their
rooms, from winch tnoy wero carried
down ladders by the firemen.
Two of tho students, first to discover
the peril, started down the burning stair
way, "became panic stricken aud fell,
rolling to the bottom. Their hair was
burned, but their injuries are not thought
serious.
DRIFTING SNOW BLOCKS
MAIN ROCK. ISLAND LINE
BEATRICES. Neb., March 2. (Speclnl
Telegram.) The westbound Rock Island
passenger train which left the city at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon encountered a
snow drift ten feet deep In a cut near
Kills, and was unable to get through.
The train backed into Beatrice this even
ing and started out with three engines
to buck the snow. Tho trainmen 'did not
expect to reach Jansen, on tho main
line, until late tonight.
Trains on this road wero being operated
with difficulty today on account ot the
drifting snow.
MASON C-1TY, la., March l.-(Speclal
Telegram.) A northwest blizzard stopped
traffic here today. Tho temperature Is
nj zero and trains on the railroads aro
delayed. City and interurban service wai
abandoned. Tho city is without electric
lights. HARVARD CLUB HEARS
ADDRESS BY DR. PALMER
The Harvard club of Nebraska, at a
dinner at the University club lar.t night
listened to an address by Prof. G, II.
Palmer, head ot the philosophy depart
ment of Harvard university. Of DO.000
students who have attended the uni
versity In the last forty-three years, 15,000
have received instruction from Prof.
Palmer.
A reading from Kipling was given by
George Lyon, Jr., one af the oldest
alumni ot Harvard university in Ne
braska. About thirty pet sons 'attended the din
ner. Including a number of Omaha High
school students who are contemplating
attending Harvard university.
LONELY ISLAM) OF GUAM
CONNECTED WITH WIRELESS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.-The lonely
little island ct Guam, far down in the
south Pacific, which fell to the United
States durlnr the Spanish-American war,
when its S.ianlsh governor thought the
shots flrei, at him by American battle
ships were friendly salutes and sent out
aaklng thi invading officers to tea, Is at
last "llp'ked up" with the rest of the
world bry wireless.
Since the Island became an American
possesion the United States troop sta
tioned there had occupied the most Iso
lated station In the world.
BM1K RESERVES ARE
SMALLER THAN YEAR AGO
WASHINGTON, March 2. Reserves of
the national banks showed a ma
terial Improvement on Februatv J uh coni
pared with the stringent period of
vember. but were not as great, however.
a;y In FebVuaiy of last vear, according to
tllilM lO lilt CUIlllXrollbt' OI tlld III-
in.' . j
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HITS HOWELL BILL
Exeoutive Committee Finds Water
District Measure Unsatisfactory
in Its Present Form.
ACTION FOLLOWING HEARING
Manager Howell, F. D, Wead and
Byron Burbank Talk.
MACFARLAND SCORES MEASURE
Senator Shows Up Its Weak Points
at Meeting.
RESOLUTION IS MADE PUBLIC
Until Mile of Controversy Present
ArKunientn Over Proponed Plnn
nnd ("lull Hod- Acln When
Cnse linn lleen llenrd.
After hearing arguments for four nnd
a half hours on both sides of the Howell
wnlor district bill, the executive com
mittee of the Commercial club Saturday
In oxectltlve session, wont on vword as
opposing the measure. -V
Tho executive committee went Into
private session at 11:15 o'clock -and few
! minutes befor midnight had reached
the decision. The resolution adopted
rends:
It is the sense of the executive com
mittee of tho Commercial club that
metropolitan water district legislation
Is desirable, but senate file No. 17 In Its
Pref!c,,t folm 18 un-atlsfactory.
1,10 healing before tho executive com-
mlUee t o clock. It was de-
clueu al ule nl'tsct tnat representatives
ot cach Mdo of t,lc Question be given an
Hour apiece to present their arguments.
R. needier Howell, manager of the
Omaha Water hotire, ana Byron J. Bur
bank, attorney for the board, were pres
ent to defend the bill before the com
mittee. P. D. Wead, a member ot the
board, came In at the end of the argu
ment to substantiate the statements made
by Howell and Burbank.
Opponent!! of the mil.
Representing the other sldo ot tho
question, opponents to the passage of
the Howell bill, were C. W. Haller, city j
attorney of Florence; John A, Rlne,
Omaha city attorney; Henry Murphy,
city attorney of South Omaha; Prank
Ransom, nttorney for the stock yards
company; Frank Stryker, secretary of
tho Live Stock exchange, and various
business men representing tho llvo stock
commission and shipping businesses and
the citizenship ot Omaha and South
Omaha nt large.
Xohn Fits Roberta of the Roberta
Brothers Commission company; W. B.
Fagg of the Fagg Brothers Commission
cornpany, and J, Laverty of lwerty
"' company, were also
.V58 JKMu".tneHowcll bill, setting-
fortii to the executive committee-prin
clpally that the reason the stock yards
and packing companies have Installed
a $300,000 water plant of their own, is be
cause they could not get sufficient water
for tho stock at tho yards nnd the ship
ping and commission buslneess of South
Omaha found they wero losing vast
amounts of business to the St. Joseph
niarket as a result. They protested
against doing away with this plant and
declared the stock yards men prefer tho
water secured from their own plact to
that which was gotten from tho Omaha,
plant, becauso It has tho presauro and j
is much purer than Omaha water, having
been passed upon by United States gov-
ernment experts. '
I.t'irUlnttirr Snyn Mil Unfair.
Senator Muclarland told the executive
committee that the Howell water dis
trict bill In Its present form would not
be passed by the legislature. He said
tho legislature has recognized It as un
fair, not only to the people of South
Omaha, but tc- the people of Florence,
Dundee and Omaha, as well. Senator
Macfurland explained the "midnight
burial" of the bill. He said that when
ho voted for It In the senate he eup
posed the amendments concerning
authority over private water plants,
t'.io salary for legal assistance and. others
'Ahlch the chairman of the Water
board promised him to make, were In
the bill. He declared that when the bill
was passed- there was no one at Lin
coln representing the stock yards or the
packers, as was published in tho Omaha
newspapers, while R. B. Howell was
constantly In the lobby.
fttrnoKrapliern Hurry.
Moreover, the senator asserted, sending a
sort of thrill over the r6om of nearly 200
men, that $25 had been paid the girl ste
nographers for them to see that copies of
the bill reached the house as soon as
possible. Senator Macfarland declared
he did not know who paid the money,
bii that ho had his suspicions,, knowing
who was most Interested In Its passane
b the house. He said It was for these
reasons that the bill was recalled and
tho action referred to by Omaha sup
porters of Howell as a "midnight burial."
An Arbitrary Mil.
Former Senator Frank Ransom pre
sented tho stock yards' sldo of the situa
tion. Ho said thero never had been
passed or never before had the attempt
been made to secure a measure so ar
bitrary as the Howell water district bill.
The first section of the bill, he said, de
clares what the district shall be. Includ
ing South Omaha, .Florence, Dundee and
other suburban territory, and does not
so much as suggest that the people of the
districts affected may have aomethlng
to say about the matter. He said the
bill wus taken through the senate while
none of the representatives of the stock
yards was there, while Chairman How
ell was there all the time, although not
registered.
"The bill usurp all the powers of tha
charters of South Omaha, Benson and
Dundee," he averred.
I'ulltlcnl afachliir tn View,
"What will South Oniana nnd thse
other towns do when Mr. Howell, as
chairman of this Water board, builds up
this powerful political machine? It ;s
more than evident from the Mil that tnat
is what he has in mind. The Water
board Is trying to put part of a bad bar.
gain on others a bad bargain made by
the elty of Omaha upon others. Under tins
bill the Water board ouuld snv tn tho
Young Men m l lulbtlun association, to the
i aim I. ' publli bu.Ullngs and bivu-
(Cuiitln-.t-d on Pub Two
l, ' ' ' ' '
"Mr. Speaker: I Iiavo been u member of congress for three terms, nobody knows of mo outwldo of
my own dlHtilci. I would like to net in the limelight nnd hnvo my picture in the pupvi-n. I, therefore,
offer a resolution to tho effect that it committee ho appointed to InvestlKiUc, tho benn nliootar trust, not that
ntiy great hnrni will t-omo to the henn shooter trust, but! that the great American Public will wy of iih,
They scon their duty nnd thoy dono it.' "
From tho Boston Herald.
GUESTS THRONG WASHINGTON
Fifty Thousand Visitors Already in
National Capital.
WILSON" WILL A1WIVE- MONDAY
Prrlden-Ulrel (I I veil Karr-trrll
Ilemoimtrni.lon on Kre of Ills Departure-
for IiinuKiirntlim by
Princeton Kolk.
WASHINGTON, March i-Flfty thou
sand visitors. It was estimated by rail
road officials, had reached Washington
tonight as tiio vanguard of the quarter
of a million expected to witness the
first- Inauguration In twenty years of a
democratic president of the United
States.
The Inaugural committee, announced
Into In the day that every detail Tor the
elaborate ceremonies ot Tuesday had
been completed, nnd tho (city, bedecked
in putrlotlo and holiday array, already
hat KHsumed a Jovial spirit.
Tonight Pennsylvania avenue from tho
capital to the White House, was em
blazoned with arches of electric lights,
through which passed increasing thou
sands as rapidly as trains from every
section reached the city.
Holiday Spirit In CiipKnl.
Throughout the day Washington teemed
with Inaugural activity, which tonight
turned Into gayety, Its historic avenue
being transformed Into a brilliant holi
day thoroughfare, Enthusiasm was up-
parent everywhere, In hotel lobbies, res
tuurants, theaters and the main thorough
fares, with arriving clubs and military
companies which are to participate In
tho Inaugural parade contributing to th
general excitement.
Official completion of tho inaugural
plans now await tho arrival of Woodrow
Wilson, tho president-elect, who will
icncli Washington at 1:45. o'clock .Monday
afternoon, escorted by special train loads
of Princeton university students. and tho
Essex troop from New Jersey, which is
to act as his officlqt escort In the in
augural procession
Vice President-elect Mnrshall spent the
second day in his new homo looking over
his prospects.
Home Folks Hny 1-Virewll.
PRINCETON. N. J., March l.-Thou-
sands of the home folk of Piinccton. and
with them the studznts of Princeton uni
versity, g.yc? Woodrow Wilson a farewell
demonstration tonight us they badu him
godspeed to the White Houcc. '
It was a until no tribute to the man, who
aftor twenty-seven years of residence In
the historic town had been elovntod to the
presidency of the United Slates, In that
both students and towns foils Joined In
cheering him. It was the first celebration
in which "town and gown" mingled in
such great numbers and with so much
enthusiasm.
A brass band, n glare of fireworks and
continuous cheering brought tho president-elect
to the door of his bungalow
Just as tho procession of students aud
residents turned the corner of Cleveland
lane, marching by the house wHere Orover
Cleveland lived and dleo. -rile streets
were muddy, but the marchers trudged
merrily along. When they reached the
Wilson home a great cheer went up. C.
S. Robinson, a republican, and A. S.
Leigh, a democrat, boro a sliver loving
cup.
Colonel David M. Flynn presented It
in a brief speech. Tho president-elect
stood on a box Just outside the portico
of his home and said good-bye to his
fellow townsfolk.
The president-elect said he mount to
enjoy tho three days between his resigna
tion ot the governorship and Inauguration
day, In which he was a "plain and un
titled citizen," not twause he had no
particular responsibility, but because of
(Continued on Page Two.)
Bandit Loses Nerve
in Holdup of Train,
But Makes Escape
' .. - . -i-Cj-i
8T."i,OUi8, March 2. Wabash train
No. 1, which left lier at 9:1(5 n, m. for
Kansas City, was robbed by n loile bandit
beforo It was beyond tho city limits to
night,' The bandit boarded the intln at Del
mar 'station, near the western edge of
the city and, entering tho Dcs Moines
sleeper, drew his revolver on J. L. Ken
nard and compelling him to lead the way,'
started down the aisle to collect money
from the passengers.
The first pBssenger the bandit ap
proached was -W. C, Wiley of St. Louis,
from whom he took 10 and a watch. He
next commanded, A. M. Hnedden to hand
over his money. Mr. Snedden drew 20
centH from his pocket, handed It to the
robber nnd -before the astonlehed bandit
had time to demand more, locked himself
In a wash room.
Tho bandit then seemed to loose his
nerve nnd pulling tho alr brake cord,
stopped tho train nt Glen Echo, a small
station about thirteen miles west ot
St. Louis and escaped In the darkness.
The train went on to Kansas City. News
of tho robbery ' did not reach here until
the train arrived at Mexico, Mo., at
midnight.
FURTHER PROBE ON GIRL PAY
Two Legislative Committees to Re
sume Investigations Here.
LOOKING INTO LIVING COST
Wnr Committer Mrrla at lite I'm
ton Hotel nnd the Cost of I.lv
inij t'ommlttrr at the
Mlllnrd.
Beginning today two houso committees
of the stato legislature will begin , what
will perhaps be their most active-work
in Omaha. They aro the committee in
vestigating tho wagot conditions of girls
and womon In the city and the commit
tee Investigating the high cost of living.
Both began tjielr work last 'week and
got well started, so that they know how
to proceed from this on. Tho wage In
vestigating committee, for example, has
secured the names of a number of girls
who will testify during the week, and
also Is prepared to command the ap
pearance beforo the committee of cer-
l tain of the packers of Soutli Omaha,
who have sought to elude the direct
questions asked tliein In n circular let
ter. These packers will be ordered to
bring with them the books which shall
reveal the names of the girls and women
employed and the wages paid each. The
committee has the same power to sum
mon witnesses as lias a court, and the
chalran says the committee will not hes
itate to exercise that power In cases
where soe' of the employers have been
obstinate about yielding facts.
The committee 'Investigating the high
cost of living took some Interesting tes
timony In Omaha for a few days last
week, and only adjourned la order that
the members might get back to Llnncoln
In time to vote on come Important leg
islation that was to coe up during the
lattor part of the week. This com
mittee expects to work during most of
this week In Omaha.
Hoy Dim of Ncarlft Krvrr,
LYONS, Neb., March 2.-(Spoclal.)-Theodoro,
5-year-old sop of Mr. and Mrs.
I J. Peterson, died of scarlet fevcr. Four
j morn children of the same family have
the same disease.
BROWN SAYS HIS GOOD-BYES
Retiring Senator from Nebraska
Goes, to New York to Speak.
WIIINOTTURN -TO CAPITAL
Pimm to Mnkr Hlinrt Visit In Boston
nnd Thru Come to Ontnhn to
Knter on Practice 'of
I.inv.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
.WASHINGTON. Maroh 2.-(8pe-clal
Telegram.j-tSenntor Norrls Brown,
with a- pardonable pride, wishing to
say. "good-bye," to his brothers of the
Beta Theta PI, at their magnificent club
rooms in New York City, while yet a
senator ot the United States, left Wash-
liiBton yesterday with Mis. Brown for
the metropolis of the nation, ivhere he
was scheduled to speak last night.
While it is Just possible that the sen
ator may return to tho capital to wit
ness tho dissolution of the Sixty-second
congress, it Is hardly probable, and so
passes out Into private life as. a sen
ator, one whose name among the other
immortals Is stamped upon tho constitu
tion of tho republic, as the author of
tho sixteenth amendment to the great
document, commonly known as the in
ioino tax amendment, and which ho saw
ratified by thlrty-elght states before the
period for which ho was elected had 'ex
pired. Willie Bcnator Brown will be
known hereafter as the father of the
Income lax amendment, he will be also
remembered among the majority of news
papers, magazines, books, etc.. as the
champion of free wood pulp during the
long drawn out debate over tho Payne
A Id rich tariff bill, and, whllo the fight
resulted In a .compromise on the Item
in question, 'he succeeded In getting a re
duction on wood pulp, and putting some
ot tliu grades on tho free list.
Hstci-mril In .Snintr.
Probably Senutur Brown excelled most
In commltteo for ho was an Indefatig
able worker and a painstaking legislator,
his efforts to get the patent laws ot the
United States upon a more business-like
basle being n subject very close to him
as a lawyer. Universally esteemed by
Ills colleagues for his fairness, his broad
mtndeduess und uniform courtesy and for
his Immunities, Senator Brown was ac
corded a wealth of warm good wishes,
not only by the entire body of the sen
ate, but by the employes as well, when
it became known that lie was about to
leave offlclul life for that of tho plain
citizen. Senator and Mrs, Brown will
go to Boston for a day or two, thence to
their home In Omaha, stopping In Chi
cago for n few days, where the senator
has business for, his law firm.
Miss Howlaud, Senator Brown's secre
tary, accompanied the senator and Mrs.
Brown to New York, where she will
spend a few days, and then return to
Omaha to take a position with the law
firm of which he is a member.
F. A. Cuscaden of Omaha, national
bank examiner, lias been assigned to
cover Nebraska only, his duties hereto
fore having taken him Into states other
than Nebraska.
John Haskell and daughter of Wake
ftold, are In Washington for tho inaugu
ration. TVEITM0E AND CLANCY
ARE RELEASED ON BOND
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. March 2.
Olaf A. Tveltmoe and Eugene A. Clancy,
both of San Francisco, two ot the labor
leaders convicted at Indianapolis last De
cember upon the charge by the govern
ment of conspiring In the Illegal trans
jtortatlon of explosives, were released
upon bonds from the federal prison here
lata to
F
URTHER
ARE RECOVERED FROM
DEWEY HOTEL RUINS
Workmen Seek All Day Sunday in
Vain for Additional Victims
of Friday's Fire.
CAUSE IS STILL A MYSTERY
Authorities Seem Convinced that it
Started in Furnace Room.
CORONER'S JURY IS AT WORK
Inquest May Be Delayed Until Ruins
Are Entirely Searched.
MAGNEY IS TAKING TESTIMONY
fount) Attorney Secure Statement!)
from Several Who Arc Inter
ested In the Property and
l.tvra Iiont.
After working from 7 o'clock yesterday
morning until T. o'clock In the evening,
Commissioner Al Kugcl called a halt
to the work In searching tho ruins ot
tho Dewey hotel temporarily. When the
men quit work last night their search
for more bodies of victims of the hor
llblo fire hail been unrewarded. No
more bodies had been recovered and In
dications were that no more would b
locatrd,
Flro Chief Salter, who remained nt the
scene of the flro almost the entire day,
said he had given up hopo of ever un
earthing any moro bodies. "Wo have
senrcchd that part of the building Where
tho victims were supposed to have gone
down," he said, "and have found noth
ing and It Is my belief that all tho dead
havo been accounted for. I hardly bc
llevo that any wero cremated."
Tho report which was first circulated
that a man by tho name of Beverly, who
worked at tho Cole Oyster house, had:
been burned and which was later re
futed, may still prove to bo correct A
man by the name of Hanson It has
been learned was taken for Beverly. Han
son works at tho Colo Oyster company
and Beverly was a waiter at a lucnl
restaurant, but Just which one no one
seems to know. Manager Nold ot the
Dewey hotel yesterday morning said he
had seen nothing nor heard nnythlng
about the whereabouts of Beverly and
believes that he went dawn In tho flames.
Beverly's first name was Charles and ho
was n regular roomer at the hotel and
consequently his name did not appear
on the reglstor, which was found.
The work of the laborers yesterday was
f confined to tlic southwest portion ot the
building and when the worHpicn quit
last j.'""1 tn.? entire south part of tho
building had" been cleared nway. Oho
entlro room which was located on the
second floor fell to the basement and
was Intact when tho workmen readied
Iti late yesterday afternoon. Truo tho
bed was burned, but tho walls and cell
ing were still holding up much debris
from the third floor. One of the fore
men of the gang searched the room and
found nothing.
This morning all work will be confined
to the north end of the building. Kuget
has not decided whether to send his men
up on tho second floor or to pull the
debris down Into tho basement and con
tinue to search there There Is a bare
possibility that bodies may bo recovered
among tho debris on the second floor,
whore It Is asserted several occupants of
the hotel were caught like rats In a trap
when tho flro broke out.
Mr. Kugel and Chief Salter arc of the
belief that the work of cleaning out the
debris nnd searching for bodies will not
be completed until late tomorrow or
"Wednesday morning.
Inquest Delayed.
Coroner Willis Crosby yesterday after
noon said ho would not hold an inquest
until tho entire ruins of tho Dewey hotel
had been searched and cleaned out.' His
Jury continued their Investigation all Sun
day, but In the evening reported to Coro
ner Crosby that nothing of any value
had been learned. However, they will
work every day until tho Inquest In the
hope of finding some cntiso for the fire,
although tho general belief is that it ori
ginated in tho boiler room. The fireman
ot the hotel, it Is snld, worked untlt 10
o'clock every night and nt that hour filled
the furnace, banked It nnd went home, re
turning about 1 o'clock in the morning.
Ho may have shut It off entirely the
night of the flro and coal gas nccumu-
! lattng exploded and caused the flrc-
I County Attorney George A. Magney
I worked all yesterday In nil effort to es
tablish some cause for tho fire, but could
not. Ho has visited the various mer
chuntH and taken their statements. Man
ager Nold ot the Dewey hotel told his
story to Mr. Magney which was token
down by a stenographer.
Clothlntr Man Talk.
H. W. Raphael, senior member of the
firm of Raphael-Pred company, who
owned the store directly under the hotel
and who aro probably tho heaviest losers,
was tn conference with Mr. Magney and
gave his Htory, which was' also taken
down by a stenographer.
Mr. Raphael, according to his statement
could lend no light to the cause of the
fire. Ho said Ills firm purchased their
heat from the Dewey hotel company and
paid $30 a month for It. He also stated
that he believed the firo originated in
the boiler room which was situated in
the extreme south end (if the building
In the basement. Mr. Raphael said he
knew nothing ot the sort of boilers or
furnace which was Uked to heat the
building, having never been In the fur
nace room. He said his stock was valued
at 133.000 and at the time df the blaze
there was 27,000 Insurance on it. A $3,000
Insurance policy with one firm ran out on
: January 1 and it was to bo renewed on
April 1.
Since the story of the Dewey hotel fire
has been circulated all ove.r the world,
the police have been receiving- letters and
telegrams galoro from various parts or
the United States and from persons -who
had friends and relatives in Omaha at the
time of the fire. A telegram was re
ceived yesterday afternoon by the poUce
from Temple. Tex., asking the where
abouts of Floyd Opry. oged 35 years, who
was-known to be in Omaha. The police
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