Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 26, 1901, Page 1

TORNADO INALABAMA Bweeps Jones Valley Loaving Bread Path of Death and Rain, Twenty Negross and Five White Perso Reported Killed, PROPERTY LOSS IS PROBABLY $350,000 Ohurches, Bteres, Residences aad Railread Buildings Are Destroyed. EIGHTEEN BODIES SO FAR RECOVERED Fire and Police Departments Are Still at Work Among the Rains, Find ing Many Seriously Injured. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., betore 10 o'clock this tornado swopt Jones wouthern part of this city. The number of Killed is tonight estimated at twenty-five, of whom five are white. The destruction of property is placed at $350,000. Eighteen bodies had been recovered up to 7 p. m and scores of injured have been removed 1o the hospitals. Among the dead are Dr. G. (. Chapman of the firm of Tally & Chapman, who conduct & private fnfirmary io this city, and th wife and infant child of Robert J. Lowe, chairman of the democratic state executive committee. Following s the list of identi- ficd dead and known injured The dead: DR G. ¢ MRS, March Shortly morning a fearful valley and the CHAPMAN. ROBERT J. LOWE. INFANT CHILD OF MRS, J. ALEXANDER LITTLE DAUGHTER OF B. B, HUDSON. . MYRO, colored. collector Union Mu- tual association of Mobile. CARRIE HUDSON, colored MAGGIE BLEVINS, colored. UARRIE HENRY, colored. LIZZIE GLEN, colored. COOK FOR B, B. HUDSON, colored. UNKNOWN CARPENTER, struck by fly- g lumber. LOWE. t of Injured. Fatally injured Mrs. R. H. Thomas Mrs. W. H. Thomas Mrs. D. D. McLaughlin, Mrs. J. Ferguson. Mrs. Mylum Carrle Elin, colored. Injured John Dillon. Ham Bright, Dethro, back of head cut. Child of Mrs, McLaughlin. Mrs. Stevens. L. L. Holtan, arm broken. Sarah Adams, colored, arm broken. Albert Glenn, colored Jerusha Glenn, colored reen Curry, colored Carrie Elmore, colored, not expected to live Mary broken. Sarah Thweatt, colored, arm broken. Dave Elmore, colored, serious internal in- Jurles. Sarah Elmore, injuries. Mrs. Juries Frank Krimsey, bruised Lougin Martin, colored, struck by flying timber. Rhea Curry, head brulsed Mrs. F. G. Schaffer and baby, slight in- Jurles. Mra. Kates and daughter, slight injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Doerr, slightly Injured. W. W. Doerr, bricklayer, bruised and badly cut W. P. Dickerson, scalp wound and con- cussion, serious. Mrs. doe) E. Glaccopazzl, badly bruised Mrs. Jane Lane, injured about head. Jim Wilson, colored, sick in bed with pneumonia; was badly bruised. Mrs, Calloway, colored, badly fractured arm. Wil Calloway, colored, scalp wounds. Ned Thomas, colored, face cut slightly. Lee Richardson, arm bruised and finger broken From Green Springs to Avondale. The storm struck the city in the extreme southwestern corner and plowed its way castward, leaving a path 150 feet wide through the entire southern section, ex- tending from Green Springs on the west to Avondale on the cast, and continued its course until its fury was spent in the mountains boyond Irondale, a small town, alx miles east of the city The morning dawned cloudy and sultry and grew more threatening as the day ad vanced. Clouds began to gather and, shortly after 9 o'clock sharp lightning flashed from the southwest. The air be- ame heavy and stifiing. The velocity of the wind suddenly began to increase and out of the overcast sky the dreaded funnel- shaped cloud made its appearance. Hug- &Ing close to the earth it came down upon the city. The altitude of the cyclone was not more than seventy-five feet, shanties and cottages in the lowlands were the principal sufferers. The larger resi- dences on the higher grounds suffered but slightly. The large trees on the hillside of the St. Vincent's hospiial were torn up by the roots and large masses of stone were twisted out of the ground and broken and scattered over the driveways leading to the tustitution From Eighth to Tenth strect the tornado bounded like a rubbers ball, and when it again descended it struck two-story house occupied by Joseph Busenhelhner and almost razed it to the ground. The 11 vear-old daughter of John Krunsey was caught under the debris and severely in Jured. A house occupied by Taylor Han- sen, nearby, was unroofed und three small negro houses near there were demolished Onward the wind sped in its fury, de molishing trees and fences until it reached Eleventh street, where a house owned by John Hayes was leveled to the ground. Bkimming close to the ecarth the storm swept through a small pine grove. tearing the trees up by the roots und burling them through the air like arrows. Ntrikes Nemro Settlement, Beyond the grove the ‘storm cloud swooped down upon a negro settlement and the cabins were crushed, not one being left fn 1ts pathway. Carrle Elim, a negro wo- man, was buried beneath the debris, but most of the negroes escaped with slight in- Juries and, after the storm had passed, gathered around the wreckage, thankful that they had escaped with their lives Eastward the storm swept, cutting its way through another strip of woods, strik- Goodlaw, colored, arm and leg colored, serious internal Lynch and daughter, internal in- arm broken and head colored, arm broken and a (Continued on Second Page.) 1 [ | 1 | | today began its downward cowrse. The water | WORST AT BIRMINGHAM AND IRONDALE |" | i | | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. + MARCH 1901-TEN PAGE SHEBOYGAN RIVER OVERFLOWS Loosening of the lee Renulta in Flood. in Factories Along the Hanks. , Mare The ice In has loosened up and SIEROYGAN, Wis. the Sheboygan river to about ™ N three or four feet and the the Sbeboygan Fea Canning American Folding Bed com about four feet ' a steamer were car ith the assistance t back to their pa Two ried Into” v of several tugs moorings, The fe esent is banked against the Pennsylve a avenue bridge and the water is steadily rising MILWAUKEE, March Saukville, a village fifteen mifles north of the city 1s under water today as a result of the ice gorge formed in the Milwaukee river at that point. Two bridges nave been swept away. water Floods In Many Places. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Mareh 25.-The heavy rains and the thaw throughout Wis- consin for the last three days have caused high water in many places. Sheboygan Oshkosh, Fond Du Lac, Saukville and this city ate having the worst experiences. The flocd in the Menominee river ley in this city is higher today than years past and several factories are able to operate Piggsville, a Milwaukes suburb, is under water and the strects and yards of the town fnnundated At Wauwatosa the river high. AU Black River falls on a rampage. It rose about eight feet today and is still rising. The ice is golng out and damage to property will be heavy unless the waters recede. Fondl Du Lac reports that an ice gorge has formed at Twelfth street bridge and it is feared that the bridge will be hoisted from its foundation. Oshkosh reports the lowlands @l cov- val- for un- is threateningly the Black river is The negro | | | | Six tnchet ered with water, and on the road be tween there and Neenah the Intersuburban rallway track in many places is a foot or two under water At La Crosse dynamite was used this aft- ernoon to break up the gorge in the La Crosse river within the city limits, which had threatened to carry away the bridge between the north and sonth sides A sixty-foot dam in the Root Hokah, Mino., was washed away. That iit- tle river is now on one of the worst ram- pages in its history and farmers are threat- ened with serions damage. The Missis- sippi and Black rivers have overflowed all the lowlands in the vicinity The dam on the East Twin river in the village of Mishicott, near Manitcwoe, sud- denly gave way today and it is estimated that the sudden overflow of water did damage to the amount of $15,000. Houses were completely turned around. Three bridges, one in the village and two just south, were badly damaged The water is five feet deep on the main street of the village The village of Saukville has been cut in two by the flood and the raflway station cannot be reached from either side. There 15 much excitement there tonight and Port Washington was appealed to for help. Families are leaving their homes. All night there were parties of men rowing about In the only two boats the place pos- sesses, with lanterns and torches, searching for unfortunates who might have been caught in their homes or near the village. TRAIN BLOWN OFF THE TRACK Tornado Strikes Lifting Eng R COLUMBUS, Ga., March A mixed train was blown off the Central of Georgia rallroad tracks onme mile east of Buena Vista late (his afternoon by a tornado. The train consisted of an engine, baggage car, two conches and twelve freight cars and was going fifteen miles an hour when struck by the wind. The engine was lifted from the track, the tender turned over, the baggage car and two coaches and three freight cars were thrown on their sides. The rest of the train remained on the No one was seriously injured Cusseta, thirty miles south of this oity, was visited by one of the heaviest wind and rainstorms known in years. The Prim- itive Baptist church was blown down,sTel- egraph Operator W. M. English was knocked unconscious by lightning. Colum- bus experienced a heavy rain and wind- storm, but there was no serious damage. UNION PACIFIC OPEN AGAIN river at Near Buena Vista, ne from the In. Traina Move Went. OGALALLA, Neb., March 25.—(Special Telegram.)—The snow blockade upon the Union Pacific was raised at 3 p. m. today. Six westbound passenger trains pulled out. Train No. 3, due here at 1 o'clock a. m Sunday, went ahead and the rest were close behind. No freights are moving yet, Ranchers 1iving near report some loss of stock, principally cows and little calves. The storm Was the worst for many yea 1t is clear and pleasant at this hour, 5 p. m. MAKES EVEN ROME TREMBLE Rain and Hall Beat in Glass Fronts, Kill Stock and Ruln Frait Treen, ROME, Ga., March A rain and hail storm here this moruing blew in the fronts of several business houses and ruined their stocks. No fatalities have been reported % of rain fell in four hours, ac- cording to the weather observer. At Cham- bers, six miles from Rome, the gale blew down J. A. Rounseville's home and his brother's. Many head of live stock were killed. 1t is feared much injury has been done to fruit trees TURNS WARM AFTERTHE SNOW Stor tasx Abated and Trai as Usual—Live Stock Right, s Moving DENVER, March ‘The storm which raged in Colorado and Wyoming yes terday and last night has passed away and under the bright sunshine the snow is fast disappearing. The weather has not been cold, and it is not believed that range stock has suffered much alveston, . Mareh 25.—At Double thirty miles north of Gal- veston, the storm of Friday night assumed cyclonic proportions. Mes. Fish and a year-old girl, daughter of Richard Measle. were killed. Three persons were Injured Three houses, which withstood the Septem ber storm, collapsed GALV ES Bay, a hamlet Troops to Protect Property, MONTGOMERY, Ala., March In re- spouse to a request of Mayor Drennan of Birmingham Governor Sanford tonight or- dered out the state troops in that city to protect property in the damaged district. | | Japanesa MANCHURIAN" CRISIS TODAY Agresment, if 8till Unsigned, Will Lapse Tonighs. Chi JAPAN PREPARES FOR PROMPT ACTION 1t Con Diplomats Succeed the Island Empire Will Not Hesi- ke, Confident of Winning. LONDON, March 25.—The Chinese minis- ter, Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng Lub, called at the Foreign office today and urged the British government to bring pressure to bear in order to prevent Russia from se- curing the necessary signatures to the Manchurian agreement The Forcign office tonight as to whether be signed or allowed time expires, March 26 legation are is still in the the agreement will to lapse when ui The officlals of the inclined to believe Rusxia will succeed in getting the neccs sary signatures, The situation is still more commlicated owink to the fact, ascertaineu by A representative of the Associated \res today, that there are two secret treaties, ane of which 18 to be signed at St. Peters- burg, dealing with Kussii's military con tro! of Manchuria, and another to be signed at Pekin, aeuiing wiih 18 (VL pove.s The Chinese apper's f falled to produce any direct remonstrances from Great Britain, or apparently from any other power to St. Petersburg, for Russia persistently adhered to the contention that the agreements concerm no one except Rus sia and China. On this ground Great Britain's request for copies of the agree- ment was abruptly declined. It fs ex- plained at the Foreign office here that it would be a dangerons and useless breach of diplomatlc procedure to endeavor to en ter upon expostulations with Russia, which would only be based om information sup- plied by China Russin Has the Upper Hand. In other words, the copies of the treaties and modifications of them given by China 1o the powers were worthless documents and will remain such until Russia chooses to communicate the text of the actual treat- les and modifications. In the absence of the Japanese minister in London, Baron Hayashi, Mr. Matsui, first sccretary of the Japanese legation, wh was Interviewed this eveming by a repre- sentative of comprehensive statement fovolved. Ho sald “Russia’s fnsistence, China's helplessness and the probable victory of Russian diplo- macy tomorrow will bring us to the brink of a dangerous situation, in ‘which none of the powers are so deeply concerned as Japan. Even if the secret treaties have been modified, as is alleged, the change are so trifling as to make the documents thoroughly objectionable to Japan. *Assuming that China signs the treaties, 1 suppose Great Britain, Germany and the United States will protest to Russia. But that s as far as they will go and about as much as they will get. With Japan it is a matter of fighting. ““The question Is whether we are to fight Russia now or to fight her later. She has no right to Manchuria, and if she secures Manchuria she will be on the way to se- curing Corea Japan Ready to Strike. “Our governmient officials, 1 belleve, are seriously cageidering the crisis. Their eyes are wide open and they will not be driven to precipitate action by the jingolsts of Japan, who are openly clamoring for im- mediate war. Yet if they see that war is unavoidable they will not hesitate to strike. “Japan has no reason to be afrald as to the result. Many reasons occur to the average Japanese mind in favor of forcwng at the present moment a struggle whic must come eventually. The chief reason ainst so doing fs the fact that Japan is st beginning a new industrial era which would be temporarily killed should we en- deavor by force of arms to prevent Russian encroachments. “It we follow the lead of other powers and do not threaten hostilities we realize that we must sit down tamely and see any other nation step in to make agreements similar to those which China seems on the verge of signing with Russia. This would mean the partition of the Chinese empire and the end of the “open door.” If we opposed it, we naturally have the moral support of States, which has been the champion of these principles, and also of Great Britain and Germany." RUSSIA MODIFIES TREATY In Retarn for Conceaslon Dem: that Chinese Sign 1t Im- mediately, dark of the interests the United 25, LONDON, March A dispatch from Pekin avers that the Russian government has consented to a number of modifications in the Manchurian convention, the principal ones being that Kiu Cbow and Port Arthur shall not be annexed, but ghall be leased from the Chinese government, as hereto- fore; Russta will not fosist upon there being a Russian resident at Moukden; the Chinese army will be permitted to maintain order in Manchuria prior to the completion of the Marnchurian railway, which, while in course of construction, will not nec sarily require the protection of Russian troops; Russia will forego its demand that mining and railway concessions in Mon- golla, Turkestan and Kashgaria shall be granted to none but Russlan subjects. Russia stipulates, however, that nome but Chinese and Russians shall be allowed (o undertake such enterprises. In consequence of these concessions the Russiun government asks for an early signature of the convention BOERS NEAR QUEENSTOWN Whole Town Called Out Breastworks Day and Night, to M QUEENSTOWN, The owing to reports “ape Colony town guard here has been called out that a force of Boers is near the town. Business has been shut down in order to allow the employes to man the trenches and forts day and night The Boers, who are aid to be twenty miles off, are alleged to bave crossed the railroad near Drummond. WHILE DISTRIBUTING RELIEF Misslonary Stonehouse of Murdered by Chinese He Was ping. March Inquiries show that the Rev. J. Stonebouse of the London Missionary society, who, as annouuced in these dispaiches yesterday, was kitled by brigands fourteen miles east of Tien Tsin, was murdered at the ferry of the village of Whangalo on the, Hun Ho river, te miles east of Tungan Hsien, while distributing re- llef (o the sturving villagers, March 25. TIEN TSIN, the Associated Press, made a | think we would | | MONARCHIST PLOT IN BRAZIL 1 Mello Under Arrest Others In Army and Navy | Watched Admi and NEW YORK, March ui\ dispateh fo the Herald from Rio Janefro says Great {excitement prevails here fover the arrest of Admiral Custodio Jowe Mello and others on account of the revelations of a mon- larchist plot through the suicide of Baron de Burgal Extraordinary precautions are | being taken by the government to prevent |any outbreak. Apprehension centers about “h-‘ navy. The war vessels are being closely | guarde as it is bLelleved the officers are not quite trustworthy Details of the plot which Baron de Burgal revealed to the authorities bave been wado | public. It was the purpose of those con- | cerned, it is declared, to glve the signa) for the outbreak by the Mesassination of President Campos Salles. (During the ex- | citement that followed the! monarchist ad- | herents in the army and navy were to take possession of the city and hold the gov- | ernment officers. The affaire of state wera | to be intrusted to a triumvirate composed | of Admiral Mello, Marshal Canturia and | Counsellor Lafayette Pereira Admiral Mello was quietly removed from the city, as it was feared that his presence would cause disturbances. He was con- veyed to Cobias island,” where he is held in the custody of Admiral Proenca. ROYAL PAIR REACHES MALTA| Fleet Dressed and Soldiers and Popa- | Out to Greet MALTA, March 2 mer Ophir, bearing the duke and duchess of Cornwall and Xork on their tour of the world, ar- rived here this morning. The war ships in the harbor were manned and dressed. The sun shone brightly and the crowds were early astir, pouring into Valetta and filling the terraces and ramparts command- ing a view of the harbor. The approach of the Ophir was heralded when it was still | eighteen miles distanct by salutes from a flotilla of ten torpedo boat destroyers which went out to meet it. It entered the harbor amid salvos of artillery from St.| Angelo, the citadel, forts and war ships. After receiving the officials the duke and duchess landed and drove to Porto Reale | and thence to the palace. The balconies of all the houses along the route were pro- fusely decorated with flags and bunting and filled with cheering spectators. The | entire distance from the landing place tp the palace was brightly decorated with | venetlan masts and arches. The streets through which the duke and duchess and thelr party passed were lined with troops and bluefackets | BOERS SUFFER HEAVY LOSS| Babington Attacks Delarey, Capturing 110 Prixoners and Much Ammunit n. LONDON, March 25.—~The War office has received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener: “PRETORIA, March Babington's force, Including Shekletom's column, at-)| tacked Delarey, 1,00 strong, northwest of Ventersdorp, and having defeated him followed him up rapidly with the result that the Boer rearguard was driven in and fte convor cnpturew; yocluding the guns captured at Vaal's k. “Our troops displayed great gallantry| and dash. They captured two 15-pounder guns, one pompon, six maxims, 320 pounds of big ammunition, 15,000 rounds of small ammunition, 160 rifles, fifty-three wagons | and twenty-four carts, besides taking 140 prisoners “Our losses were slight were killed or wounded RUSSIA HAS NOT WITHDRAWN d 1t St Rem Co-Operation with Powers, Many Boers LONDON, March —Replylng to Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, conservative, who | asked in the House of Commons today | Whether Russia had presented China with a modified agreement regarding Manchuria and whether Russla had withdrawn from the so-called concert of Europe, the foreign secretary, Lord Cranborne, sald the govern- ment understood that the terms of the pro- posed agreement were silll under discus- sion, but he was unable to make any posi- tive statement on that subject. The Rus- sian government, he added, had informed | | the government of Great Britain that Rus- sla has no intention of withdrawing from co-operation with the other powers in China. BRITISH SOLDIERS MURDERED While Doing Follce Duty at Tien T Two of Them Are An- TIEN TSIN, March In an afiray last vening two members of the Welsh Fusilecr regiment and a member of the Victorian | contingent, who were acting as policemen, were sabred and bayonetted. It is alleged that Germans were the prineipal culprits, CREWS CLEARING THE LINES Great Hustle in Kn lorado t » and F Get Snow o racks. TOPEKA, Kan., March 25.—Western Kan- sas and eastern Colorado are iu the throes of @ blizzard. Beginniug Saturday night and continuing through Sunday and Sunday | uight, the worst snowstorm of the season visited that section. The trains on the Rock Island have been badly delaved. Suturday's fiyer has been stuck in the snow at Brewster, Colo., for twenty-four hours and a number of trains are being held at Goodland, Kan, The Chi- cago traing are being run over the Union Pacific tracks from Limon Junction, Colo to Manhattan, Kan | Union Pacific and | with snow | On account of the vesterday railroud men were able to do little toward improving the situation, but today the work is going on satisfactorily and by midnight the lines will be BOTH CLAIM WATER WORKS 1ash Hetween Omden City Oiciain and Agents of the Com- pany. Northern lines of the B. & M. are blockaded severity of the storm clea OGDEN, Utah, March War was de- clared today between the city council and the Ogden water works company. The city the Ogden Water Works company. The clry notified all consumers not fo pay their { water rentals pending the termination of | the suit. The company began turning off | the water today and the entire police de partment, reinforced by 100 spectals, ar- rested the agents of the company and they were Jailed without bond. The ofcers then turned the water on again. Great ex- | th | attend citement prevails here. ABANDONS ITS GREAT WORK ' Legislature Decides to Leave Its Task Mostly Uncompleted. EARLY ADJOURNMENT DEATH TO BILLS d Left in AN the on Laws Needed and Prom Stages Preparation b Decislon to Quit Tharsday, LINCOLN, March (Special gram.)—The vote in the senat the report of the joint committee journment, fixed the close of the for Thursday mext. ' While the last session be protracted by back the clock the constitutional require- ment that every bill be read on thres ferent days In ench branch of the legisiature before its passage makes this early ad journment tantamount to Killing all the measures that have not passed one house or the other by noon tomorrow It may as well be understood now as later that this early adjournment {s brought about by the co-operation of the rallroad corporations that are fighting the election of D. E. Thompson and at the same time trying to stave off adverse legislation and the fusionists who are willing to put the onus on the republicans for failing to legislate and also faillng to break the senn- torial deadlock. The vote in the senate was 19 to 14, four republicans voting with the fustonists, two of them being lcaders of the go-called antis. Kin 25, Tele on ad sesslon day of may turning au 1mpo ¢ Legin Adjournment at this time means that all the imporcant legislation that was hoped for from them this session is likely to go amiss, while time will be had with difficulty to (o the regular appropriation biils First and foremost adjournment the bills to regulate railroad charges, tele- graph and telephone tolls, stock yards rates and every other proposition ugainst which the corporation lobby has been working One of the bills, kuown ax the Ollis bill, has already passed the house, providing for a 10 per cemt reduction in freight rates on live stock. This bill is pending in senate, but a contract has been undertaken by Frank Ransom and some of his usso- ciates to head it off without letting it come to a vote, because if a roll call were ever forced on it a count of noses indicates that it would go 'hrough. Snufing it out by adjournment wili therefore make less fire and little smoke. MMect on Party Pledges, The worst feature of the move (s its prob- able effect on important party measures, pledged by the republicans in the plat- form on which the sta‘e was carried for Mckinley and the state ticket. No ap- portiotment bill has yet been put through, although every one knows that one of the potent factors in making the legislature re- publican was a desire to have the state re- | districted for congressional end legislative purposes in a way that would not go to the disadvantage of the republican party and in- sure the state against populism for years to come. It is said that Senator Van Boskirk voted with the fusionists on the adjourn- ment proposition with the idea that it would force un extra session for the pur- pose of considering apportionment, in which he is especially interested. An examiuation of the constitution shows that the provis- ion relating to apportionment imposes that duty on the regular legislative session directly after the census enumeration and at no other time. If un apportionment were had ut an extra session its constitutionality would be open to question and with the supreme court constituted as it is, with a majority fusion, it would be running great chances of heing knocked out if attacked in the courts. No New Ballot Law. As with the apportionment th&same with the ballot legislation. One bill designed to require candidates nominated by more than one party to choose which party desig- nation they wish to appear under on the official ballot has passed the senate, but it has been stalled in the house. The bal- lot law reported from the electlons com- mittee of the house was ordered engrossed for a third reading in the house this after- noon, and will be put on its passage to- morrow, but it will have ‘to make fast tracks to reach th® senato and go through the regular course there, even if It had no opposition to encounter. Sav ce Herdman's Graft, Another beneficiary of adjournment is the supreme court clerk, Lee Herdman, who sees In it relief from the downtall of bills to cut off his absorption of supreme court fees. Governor Dietrich has been after Herdman pretty hard, and sent in a message today with another bill intended to clip his wings, but this must now go the way of the deadwood lumbering the house and senate files, and Herdman will shake hands with himselt for having killed off three bills already, to say nothing of opening the safety valve on his exchequer. As to Omaha measures, a large have been caught hanging in midair would take a miracle to land them. The paving bill, and the salary increase bill, and the real estate abstractors’ bill and a lot of other measures, to push which dele- gations have been making the trains heavy between Omaha and Lincoln, are quite likely to be sidetracked. Sentiments of the overnor, The eftect of adjournment and all ite consequences upon the party naturally ex- cites considerable discussion. Governor Dietrich, when asked what he thought of it, replied: “You can say I am deeply disappointed. Not only are a great many measures that deserve consideration off, but o the time remaining it will be impossible to give the attention that ought to be glven to the appropriation bills providing for the expenses of the state gov ernment “What about want to talk about 1t mind there will be extra session would from $20.000 upwa should do its work in its regular sesslon I am disappointed; that's all.” State Chairman Harry Lindsay was pres- ent during this interview and lent his en- dorsement to it Its effect on the senatorial. situation, by bringing up an immovable barrier to bal- loting in joint session after Thursday, has not yet been fully realized, but will cer- tainly be a chief topic of talk from now on CALLAHAN WANTS BENEFIT Asks That Henderson Confeas T is No the Cadahy apers, bunch nd it an extra session? T don't Unless 1 change my no extra session. A cost the taxpayers ds. The legislature [ DALLAS, Tex., March 25.—Sheriff son received u letter from Charles W ler of Omaba. attoruey laban, who Is charged the Cudahy Ridnapers, in which Haller asks if 1. . Henderson, who accused himself of this crime, will give a deposition for the benefit of Callahan. Henderson declined to give answer for publication waio- talns that be is the gullty paryy. John Hal for James Cal with being one of but adoptiug | Kills all of | the | CONDITION O Forecast for N Ing Temperaty erly; Wednesday Ris 1th rakki - Fair Tuesday Winds Becoming 8¢ Fair emperature a ur, " " Omahn Yesterdny: [l Deg. m. " m. | m. m. m. vt i v 8 | |HANNA'S ViEW OF NEBRASKA Says Such n Dendlock s mn Argument in Fa of Inr Vote Senntors. EW YORK, Murch 26, The Times say United States Senator Hanna was finter viawed last nlght on matters of public in- terest. He sald | “So far as 1 am personally concerned | am opposed to the election of United State senators by direct vote of the people. Still, | I can see that an amendment 1o the constl | tution providing for the popular election | of senators will be encouraged by obstinate | deadlocks in lexislatures, as in Nebraska and Delaware. We should be very con servative in thikering with the constitu | tion | 15 that the will of the people, as expressed at the polls, is sometimes delayed or held up indefinitely, Why, after the last na tional election, thero was delay in choos- g United States senators in accordance with the expressed will of the people in five or six states. And here we have two states, each carvied by the republicans. each with a republican logislature, de prived of representation in the United States senate- Delaware and Nebraska | “The demdlock in Nebraska makes every republican indignant. The party there is clearly denfed the legitinate fruits of its victory. All that 1 bave done us chairman of the national committee in both Delaware and Nebraska has been to favor the elec- tion of two republican senators. “It has been stated in the papers that | was using my influence in favor of Mr. Addicks in Delaware. The statement was untrue. 1 have said no word in favor of any person or faction as against another. As my action was in Delaware so it hus been and still is in Nebraska “The time for the election in Nebraska will_expire during this week and 1 ho something wiil develop tomorrow favor- able to bi®iking the deadlock AGAINST GRAIN Fa f Kanwas 1 Elevators of Ows Philadelphla ern tend Thelr to Run KANSAS CITY, M |of central Kavsas are organizing wg | what they call the grain combine. now the center of working opposition to the so-called grain combine is at Solemou, but farmers around Abilene, Salina and McPherson are getting ready to join. At Solomon forty-three farmers have or- ganized a stock compuny and will run an elevator of their own. At Salina a simila scheme is on foot, though the company is mot ready, like the one at Solomon, to incorporate and actuallly go into business A. P. Collins, vice president of the com- pany, in explaining its purpose today said “Solomon Is a big shipping point, with three railroads and on each raflroad there 15 one grain buyer. Our company includes most of the large wheat growers of the neighborhood and our plan is to have an | elevator of our own, employ a man to run it and have him pay always a fair market price for the wheat." WOMAN IS HACKED TO DEATH Attucked and Stabbed to Death by Mra. Harels and Her Daughter of Birmingham. ST. LOUIS, March 25.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says Mrs. Addle Harris and her 10-year-old daughter Waunetta falrly hacked to pleces at BEnpeley last night Mrs. Ella Humphries, who was suspected of being in- timate with Richard Harris, husband of the elder Harris woman. Mrs. Harris went to Ensley to make n personul investigation of the alleged relationship of her husband {and Mrs, Humphries. ° Bhe went to the Humphries home. There she found her husband in Mrs. Humphries' room. She de- manded admission, but her husbasd barred the door. At this juncture Mrs. Humphries emerged from a back door. The Harris woman attacked Mry. Humphries and stabbed her to death. The mother and daughter were arrested. SHOOTS HIS WIFE IN STORE Chicago Mi Lite und Fat Wounds Himself, reh 25.—~The farmers usband o Her CHICAGO, March 2.—Charles Lattimer went into hls wife's willinery store at 505 West Sixty-third street today, walked up behind Mre. Lattimer, who was examining A hat preparatory to dellvering it to u cus- tomer and without & word shot her in the | hoad, Killing he~ instantly. Lattimer then placed the weapon to his own head and fired, inflicting a fatal wound. Mr. and Mrs. Lattimer had been living apart for some time, A letter was found In Lattimer's pocket addressed to A. J. Lattimer, a brother, at Clinton, 1N the letter Lattimer sald he intended to take his life, Sixty dollars in bills were enclosed In the letter, which also contained instructions to have the writer's body cremated. PHILLIPS ONCE MORE KING T Shorts, of Corn ¥ Relgn omines to He for CHICAGO, March “The News today ways: (George H. Phillips 1s once more king | of the cornpit and his reign promises to be a hard one for the shorts. Under the dic- tation of the young speculator the cereal | today sold to 42%@ 4210 for May dellvery, a gain of %c over the previous session, and | the highest price touched this season. The | demand was sufficlent to earry the market | up in the face of heavy realizing sales by | longs. A feature of the preseut bull cam- | paign Is that the country is heavily repre- sented on the long side of the market and will profit by the advance. Phillips' hold- ings alone are estimated (0 be«in the mil- Hons Religlous Establishmen March 25.—The police lave the religlous establishments =hich have been ordered closed by ministerial de cree 1 LISBON, closed Doubttul Draw LOUISVILLE, Ky . March 2. Kid Carter of ‘Brooklyn and fuck Bovner of Philudel phia met for a twenty-round hout at Music hall tonight which vesulted in a draw, ac | cording 1o the decision of the local referce The crowd, however, showed that it thoughi thé decision should have heen given 1o Car ter. Honner was knocked down several | Umes, while Carter was fresh ut the end, SINGLE C€Ory FIVE F THE wmninH v | The trouble with the present method | COMBINE | Just | CENTS, e LL THERE TO VOTE Monday Sees Almost the Total Legi at Joint Bession, iMIlROADS HELP OUT BRYAN'S PLAN Bun & Special Train te Get Belated Fusion~ | ists te Lincoln. | — |HARD SLAP DEALT TO NEWSPAPLRS i - " House in Committes of the Whole Outs Out l Olsime for Advertising. ‘i WAKES POOR RETURN FOR PARTY LOYALTY ‘ - | | f the State, Which Tkht | Dented Money Legitl- | mately Due, of Republicn; | Bullot " 20 20 e "” kiejohn ewnter LINCOLN, March 2 In the joint TLompson came declaration that States senate be would favor amend ment the federal constitution for election of United States senators by direct v of the people. The communication was presented by Senator Harlan und read by the secretary as follows LINCOLN, Murch Mr. Prosident and Members of “the Jolnt - Convention: Re sponding to the resolution of the joint con vention 1 desire 1o suy that | have wlwiys favored submiting to the people all ques tous in which they directly interested {and Tearnestly tavor the election of United States senators by . direct vote of the heople DK THOMPSON For a Monday sessfon it was the fullest attendance since the balloting for United States senators began ¥ republican was in his seat, except Wenzl and Mar- hall, and all the fusionists but five, sev- eral of the latter being on the sick list This result was brought about by the extra vigilance of all the contendiug interests, each seeing to it that members under their influence were on hand. The guiding fc With the fusionixts is unquestionably J. Bryan himself, who is urging them to stand steady, and, strange to say, in this | bis efforts are being seconded by the rail- | roud combination that to beat D. E. Thomp- son is co-operating with the opposition to prevent any election. The most conclusive proof of this was given toduy, when, with trains knocked out by the storm and the outlook threatening the detention of ses- eral members because of delayed service, i speclal was provided by the Elkhorn-Union Pacitic all the way from Grand Island to | Y4ncaln to bring in Cvo fusionisis, Senator Woolstenholm und Representative Thoms- sen, and swell the vote of the fusion can- didates on joint ballot Only two changes were vecorded among the republ both coming out of (he Crounse column. Senator Johnson voted again for Rosewater and Senator VanBos- Kirk for Meiklejohn. As is shown by the figures, the fusionists featured Allen and Hitcheock, polling thelr full strength for the former, while two of their votes went | to W. H. Thompson instead of to Hitch- cock. (Specinl convention to the it elected Telegram ) today D, front with to the an his United w. A Dangerous Sugge The suggestion of Mr, choice of United States senators be left to the open session with the expectation that the deadlock can be loosed by re- iblicans at the last hour of the lust duy, has not struck a responsive chord, becaus: the more the members look at it the more dangerous it appears. Under the law the leglslature is required to take only one ballot for United States senator a day, meeting for thut purpose in joint session at noon. This means one ballot every leg- islative day, 50 that if the last day is ex- tended over more than twenty-four hours nothing compels another joint session and more thun one ballot can be taken only by voting down a motion to adjourn ana moving to proceed with another ballot, with or without an intervening recess. The so called antis are <o bent upon defeating Thompson that they openly declare they would rather leave the senatorships vacant than to assist in his election. With their | votes added to those of the fusionists w motion to adjourn the joint session would | carry despito all efforts to the contrary and the deadlock would be left as a legls- lative legacy. The antis and the fusfon- ists would like to welcome such an oppor- tunity, as it Is just what they have been waiting for and what the fusionists have been working for. The last hour of the last day idea for electing the senators is, therefore, the most dangerous that has yet heen projected Shabby f Newspaper The woeful lack of party spirit and dis cipline among the republicans was never more foreibly displayed than In the house this morning, when they allowed the claims of a score of republican newspapers for advertising the constitutional amendments four years ago to he knocked out of the claims bill in committee of the whole. No one contended that the advertising had not been printed or that the bills were not rendered at the regular statutory raie. The state had received the benefit of the advertising as required by law and private person ordering the same would have been held to the payment of the delt But the kneckers were out and the claims went by the board “It i a shame ion, Meiklejohn, that the entment remurked tha members, “to treat the newspapers in wuch a shabby way hese papers hav working vear in ghd year out for the publican party with mighty small return the way of support and patronage. energetic work during the last campaign had a great deal to do with giving the legislature @ republican majority, and yet when thelr just bill; are rendered for wervices of which the state and its fux- payers have had the benefi, we let them hold the sack and then cxpect them to tako off th, « the &n and fight the party's battles just as®hard as ever, I say It's a sh 4 one of n re n Their next cam n At the repub five T them by nocaucus tonight fifty rsons were represented few of proxy. The balloting began ut 8:30 and continued with few interruptions until 10:30. Mr. Currie und his supportérs held a conference just previous to the caucus and planned a diversion for the purpose of drawing from the Rosewater by | mendini votes 10 Raldrige senator Newell a the in caucus, 50 (Lat on several ballots from a column e