Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 4, 1901, Page 1

ESTABLISHED J1 MEED BEITER LAWS "Navional L INDUSTRY IN A FLOURISHING CONDITION Legiolation is Required, * wor, on fome Important lm.,’v,,q’ i PRESIDENT SPRINGER PRESENTS " ” Demand is Made for Special Commisal n the Cabimet. COMMENDS ~ ROOSEVELT'S ~ ATTITUDE Nanks by of Associailon Are Enlueged | Addition of Many New wantantions, All from | Intended 'NE SEES PISTOL IN AYRES' ROOM Fated Revolver a Detendant's in the and Wrapper Introduce Honine Trinl, WASHINGTON Lola 1da Honine Dec. 3.-The case of Mrs trial for the murder of James Seymour Ayres, jr. s expected W go to the jury the latter part week. Three witnesses, intimate fricnds of Ayres, were put on the stand toduy and swore that they had seen a revolver in Ayres' room. Two of them, Duncan B Hubbard and Thomas Ford, had come from Michigan to testify. They said the re- yolver greatly resembled the one in evi- Tage. J. P Stevens also testified to have en & pistol in Ayres' room and par- Identified the one in evidence T4 wrapper worn by Mrs. Bonine on the night of the tragedy was again the sub ject of discussion, the defense putting on the stand evidence wa given by D that a careful had failed blood on witnesses whose 1o diseredit that Schaefer. who had testified examination of the wrapper disclose the of thereon preseuce any apots the West, | from Can-| in the CHICAGO, De | adn und from union wers the opening canvention of the Internactonal Live Stoek assoclation toduy Of ull the sintes Colo 1440 led the 11, (hirty-twe delegates being preseni. Missourl came In n close second. | The delegnilon adopied what were the firat | ramolutions based on Preident Roowevelt's | mensage, These renolutlons commend the | president's mcilon ftoward the raclamation of arld lands by Irrigatlon and urge grees to w kerlous conslderation of the ques- n, The main purt of the afiernoon’s prog -m} was (aken up by five-minute Alscuselons of the prasent condition of the live stock in- | Austry, Mr. Epriuger calling for the speak- ers by wtates. E. S Gesney of Arizonn @ross 1n say that the cattle bhusness ""h Arizgona was In good shape. F. ', Lusk of | Calitornin declured that the wequisition of Hawall and the Philippines hud benefited Bis wate greatly, H. H. Robinson of Colo- rudo averred that the centennial state was | fncreasing its cattla business by the grow- | g nunber ot amall ranchers Favorable reports were recelved from Jowa, Tllinols and Kansas, | Chalrman Hpringer then broke into the | program to nllow L. G, Powers, chief stat- | fsticlan, and Secretary Wilson to speak | Mr. Powers spoke of the “Live Stock Cen- sus of 1900 The venerabla N. J. Cole- man, who was the first sccretary of agri- culture, wpoke In hehalf of the St. Louis exposition, Prof, H. A. Hookston of the Univeraily of Indfana apoke of cooked and uncosked food for cattle, He favored un cooked food. The Influence of the agricul- | tural collegn on the live stack Industry was dincussed by Prof. Clinton B, Smith of the Agricultural college ot Michigan. legates nearly every siate in wttendance wt | con- How to Market Wool, Frank I. Rennett of Massachusetts. pres!- dent of the Wool sssoclation, described the proper method of marketing wool. Owing (o the lateness of the hour the chairman dlsposed of the five-minute talks which remained on the program. They will be printed in fuil in the record. The following organizations were accepted #s membern of the association: Northern Montana Wool Growers' associa- tion, 1,00,000; Central Montana Wool Grow- ers’ assoclation, 1,600,000 sheep; American Angora Goat Breeders' association, 1,000,000 soatn State Cattlo Sanitary board (Tennesee). Mionesota Stock Breeders' assoclation, 1,400,000 cattle. | Kansas Stock Growers' association, 1,500, 000 cattle. | Resolutions endoraing the reference in the president’s message to the propriety of ir- rigating the arid lands of the country, and urging the appropristion of adequate funds 1o construct huge reservoirs were presented by G. W. Maxwell of Illinols to the resolu- tions committee, They were adopted and ardered telegraphed to both houses of con- It Is expected that the convention will be n seaslon until Friday. Wednesday and Thursday the program contains little be- ides papers on subjects of interest to farm- ers and others interested In the cattle busi- ness. They will cover a wide range of thought and will be presented by men who are speclalist, Hon. John W. Springer, president of the | The wrapper aleo was torn | was A. E. Berlin scourer, was called to refute the testimony of Dr. Schaeffer, the expert who testified for the prosecution He sald it was a simple process to remove blood spots from garments. Witness also testified during the morning session of the court to dances frequently given In the Botel, at which Ayres and Mre. Bonine were present, and to the bloods Ainger marks on the window curtain in Ayres' room. Fred €. Rutter testified that he had particularly notieed Ayres and his companions about midnight of the night of the tragedy and it was his impression that they were under the influence of Carl E. Flather garding the rents and per worn by Mrs. Boniue on the night of the tragedy and Dr. Sterling Rufin de- tafled the varions tests commonly employed In determining the existence of blood spots. He said he had given special atudy in ref- erence 1o blood stains He had examined from the wrapper in the presence of 1 Schaefler and Dr. Carroll and he had found distinet evidences of hlood on the wrapper. The witness stand when court ad- a Hauor. A detective, testified re- tears in the wrap- several specimens still Journed CLEM STUDEBAKER'S WILL Millionnire Divides atate Among Members of the Fa on the Indian SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. Hon. Clement Studebaker was admitted to probate bere today, the estate, which is worth several million dollars, being divided among his children and widow. Six thou- sand shares of stock in the Studebaker Manufacturing company are divided equally among Colonel George M. Studebaker, Charles Artbur Carlisle and Clement debaker, Jr. Each is glven $5 Ten thousand dollars is given to each of #even grandchildrem and provision is made for their education. The rest of the estate Boes to the widow and $25,000 a year Is set aside for her. No bequests are made to charity, but the family {8 requested to make such gifts as they may deem proper. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Studebaker Manufacturing company to- day these officers were elected: Prestdent, J. M. Studebaker, sr.; first, vice president, George M. Studebaker; treasurer, Clement Studebaker, §r.; secretary, J. M. Stude- baker, Jr. N. J. Riley remains second vice president REPUBLICAN GAINS IN EAST Municipal Elections in Massnchasetts owns Give Increascd Party BOSTON, Dec. 3.-Snow and rain made disagreeable election weather in fourteen of the thirty-three cities of Massachusetts today, when citizens were called upon to choose their city governments for next year Of the fourteen cities eloven went for license, a gain of one over last year, the change being fn Fitchburg. The great fea ture of the elections as a whole was the re- markable success of the republicun party, ten mayoralty candidates of that party winoiug and carrying with them in nearly every instance a city council in sympathy with them. The party results were as follows: Marl- boro, republican; Northampton, republican; Fall River, republican; Taunton, repub- lican; Fitchburg, independent; Gloucester, Natlonal Live Stock assoclation, dellvered his annual address in part as follows: The welcome so gencrously extended by Governor Richard Yates on behalf of the great state of flinols, thustustically accorde sive _mayor of Chicago, Harrfson, Indicates very clearly to each mtockmari present that the “I will" spirit of the second city in the American union fully appreciates ‘what the live stock men of this country have done for Chicago. When we consider that for the last (wo years the business transacted in the mile Rauare occupled by the Chicago stock yards 4, e, Chicako packing houses has ex- ceeded by $16,00,00 the entire commercial business of Chicago, we can then realize what & gigantic interest s represented In this Aifth annual convention of the stock- men of the United States. The varied interests of these stockmen of America are very powerful and they must be recognlzed by the congress at Washington. The policy our " govern- ment toward the Interests of live stock durlng the nineteenth century will not suflice for the new conditions which con- front the progressive live stock man of the twentleth “century. The ox-team, pon: chalse, stagecoach and plonder raflroad {lay of the past ¥ before the Aelegraph, telephone, trunk lines and palace ock _ear 18 of this prosperous disjointed warped pessimists no longer 1 the politicul ugitator wtitute of & job In this rlal Industry % questions Tow affect *h the congress must cognlgance of. bjee d the greeting so by the progres- Hon. Carter H. f‘ml a following, 5 almost our take or Leginlag 1. We belleve in the proposition that the tedoral government should go out of the Jand business Just as soon us it s pracs ticable 50 to do. 2 The Natlonal ldye 8 has determined that ‘the gr trated today throughout +h in the masufacture and woolen {l s must ceas 3. During the past yeur one of the mem- bers of this assolcation, Mr. Kd H. Reed. connected wich the firm of Diumm, Flato & Co. of Omah ihe state inapection: fee Colorado fo through « This orgunization where cattle w Tederal Inspecte legal right to stop such cattle and demand another f [ relnspection ) the state Mr. Reed wax arrested, fined and 1 d by nukistrate. Through the ¢fforts Ralph Talbot, J counsel of the Natlonal Tive owlatton, Wit ot hheis corpus noout 'and presented to Judge Hallett of the cireult irt of the l"’xlfln‘wl Btates for the District “ulorado, After Witk agalnst ssoclation und in dte of Colorudo. f Judge Hullott we the wupreme ogurt of - the tollowin, Precedent 1) supreme court 1n the Parker ok ussoctution At fruud perpe. United Btates sule of bogus pasturage. thon that cled by a er had u ontention of the thix dee 1o States down by the independent-republican; Lawrence, demo- crat; New Bedford, republican; Waltham, republican; Haverhill, republican; Brock- ton, republican; Quincy, cltizens; Spring- fleld, republican; Pittsfield, democrat. ASK FOR' THEIR SURRENDER Generals Di ugo W ted to Give Up Fight, I Re Re- COLON, Colombia, Dec. 3.—According to news just recelved here, the interior of the country is almost entirely quiet. Only & few acattered and insignificant insurgent bands are here and there and they are waging guerrilla warfare, A peace commission, composed of Flor- encla Arosemena, representing prominent Mberals of Panama; Manuel Amador, rep- resonting the Colomblan goverument, and General de la Rosa, secretary to the in- surgent general, Domingo Diaz, who will act as guide, has already started for the interior to obtdin an interview with Gen- erals Diaz and Lugo and to induce them to &lvo up the struggle and return to Panama. Bonis Amador Is empowered to grant rea- sonable terms to General Diaz in the name of the government. The total number of killed and wounded in the engagement on both liberal and con- servative sides is estimated at 400 MEETS THE ISSUE FAIRLY G. Maxwell Endorses Roosevelt's (0 iming . ces on Rec! Ari and CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—George H. Maxwell, executive chairman of the National Irriga- tlon assoclation, in speaking tonight of the president’s message, says “The president’s message recommends to congress national action by the government for the storage of waters that now go to waste In the arid region aud the reclama tlon and settlement of the now arid public domalin, which if carried out will practically result in doubling the wealth, resour and population of the United States within & generation “The president has answered every ob- | its organization would benefit every section of the country and every clus of the Amert can people. (Continued on Third Puge.) greatest questions before the country to- day.* of thie | —The will of | | Jection to the policy and demonstrated that He shows that it is one of tho | OMAHA, Yok fur Quectstown and LAVergook | and Movements of Ocean Vemsels WEDNESDAY M CUBANS ARE STILL ALARMED Rost's Declaration Fails te Allay Their Foars of Interforence. WILL APPEAL IN PERSON TO WASHINGTON Democrats at Havana Insist that Of ficinl Meddling in Election of Prestdent Favorable to Palma i Inevitable, HAVANA, Dec A cablegram signed by Euseblo Hernandez, president of the demo- cratic party, has been sent to Secretary | of War Root. This message reads The friends of hear with great ton that oficial interfer ing elections will not e hut un- der the prescnt arrangements interforence 18 fnevitable, as all_members of the cen- tral canvasxing board a or office and are also members of th tive nmittee of Bonor Tomas Palma. One of these is the sccreta state and other high officials nlso didates. Hoth high and low oficials are openly working in the interest of Senor Palma, who 15 said to the support of the United States government. The situation is deli- and the Cubans are alarmed oy alleged attempt to force a president upon them. They ask for a fair and honest election A delegation representing General Maso will shortly leave hero for Washington to submit these facts the administration and to suggest certaln changes to insure fair olections. Fusebio Hernandez also rep- resents the coalition of the national and independent republican: The lower classes are enthusiastic over the candidacy of General Maso. Much feel- ing is being worked up against the eficial | Cuban element, whom the Masoists claim ntrol the election machinery STRONG'S VITAL ADMISSION Wahash Wreek S ratanding of Orders Was Fatal, Se neral Hsfact re can- cate an to iy ADRIAN, Mich., Dec. that the corouer's jury which has been in vestigating the disastrous wreck the Wabash near Seneca last Wednesday night In which so many Itallan immigrants were crushed and burned to death, will render & verdict tomorrow The testimony this afternoon brought out the fact that there were three different interpretations among the crew of east bound train No. 4 of the orders under which | the train was running. Conductor Martin | Brakeman Dittmann, who understood | the orders correctly, expected to pass train No. 13 at Seneca and train No. 3 at Sand Creek. Engineer Strong, whose misunder- standing was directly responsible for the | wreck, understood that he was to pass | trains No. 3 and No. 13, both at Sand Creek. | Fireman Bastien testified that he believed | they were to pass No. at Sand Creek | and No. 3.at Seneca just the reverse of the | way the orders read. In reply to a point blank question from | the prosecutor, Emgineer Strong admitted | that it was his misunderstanding of the or- | ders that caused the wreck | Engineer A. T. Strong and Conductor | George J. Martin of Wabash train No. | 1, testified also. Conductor Martin testificd that his orders, which he read to Enginec Strong, instructed him to pass train No. 13 | at Seneca | As soon as he discovered that the train had passed Semeca he attempted to pull the emergency brake cord. The brakeman, however, had already done this. Conductor | Martin's testimony brought out the fact that in the coaches with double windows | signals from the engine whistle could not be heard by the conductor and brakeman Engineer Strong testified that he read his order handed him by Conductor Martin to meet trains Nos. 13 and 3 hoth at Sand Creek instead of one at each place as the was written He accounted for the error by the fact that the wind was blowing when | the order was banded him and that whi he was reading it one corner of the paper was blown over, hiding the word Seneca. Engineer Strong admitted that Conductor Martin read this order to him, but said that be must have misunderstood it then As soon as he discovered train No. 13 on the same track and coming toward him he shut off his engine and applied the emer- gencey brake, BROTHERHOOD TAKES A HAND Striking , Switchmen Are and Pittsburg TraMe Tmprovin, 2.1t 18 expected on Repl in ced PITTSBURG, Dec. 3.—There was a con- tinued fmprovement in the switchmen's strike situation today. The Brotherhood of | Rallway Trainmen have secured several ex perlenced men to take the places of the| strikers and the result is that trafc is being moved in much quicker time than any day since the strike was inaugurated Several more of the switchmen on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in McKeesport came out, but trains are moving along just a8 usual The mills at McKeesport are badly crip. pled, however, on account of scarcity of men at work in the yards. LOOT SAFE OF ITS CONTENTS Barglars Enter Willlamsyville Bank, Secure ty and Depart on andea SPRINGFIELD, TIl, Dec. 5.—Early today the people of Williamsville, this county, were startled by a terrific explosion, caused by burglars, who had entered the state bank | of Willlamsville and blown open the safe, securing $4,000 in cash and several thou sand dollars worth of jewelry. The burglars took & bandcar and came to Springfield where they abandoned the car. 5 from Kron Plymouth New ples; Bicily Prinz Wilhelm and Cherbour At Aucklan via York-Arrived—Aller. from Naples. Safled for Bremen, via g Arrived—v, Honolulu, for H y Parisian and Halifax, for Arrived—Pat herbourg and from Hamburg tfrom Svdney By Moville Johns, N. B, AL Plymouth New York, for Salled—Pretoria, York. At Boulogne—Arrived New York, for Hotterdan At London—Arrived New York Al Muroran Partland, Ore AL QUienstown v Phitudelphia e € Yokohama - Arrived ma and Vietoria I und Houg Kong At Bow Head—-Pa men—Arrived—H Meler, from At a from St 1 i from Humburg for New Statendam, and proceed Minnehaha, from 1 rom Arrived—Indravell, from Arrived - Weste nland for Liverpool and. pr Olphi or from T Kobe, Shang 3 .\\.‘wl d—Celtle, f | into the United States, however, is exp | Cardez and Samuel M TORNINC Seeretary of ¥ Admits Free of Cont Goods Imported from Philippines. WASHINGTON, De It was stated at the War department today that the deci- slons of the United States supreme court In the insular cases do not call for any change in the in the Philippines and that It was not even deemed ry to tssue instructions to the civil governor of the Islands on the subject. As a consequence of the decisions. Secretary Root has had several conferences with other officlale as (o the necessity of legislation (o meet the existing condition but he said today that as he had not re- eived an official copy of the court's de cisions he was not even able to {ndieate what steps would be taken The secretary of the treasury today is- sued to collectors of custome In the United States a telegraphic 1o admit free of duty goods imported from the Philippine: neces: The cabinet meeting today was principally | consumed nsular decisions I8 Delieved the views of Jority of the court were quite satisfac- tory to the administration. It was polnted out that the ultimate results of the decision are in a measure speculatlva at present, with the exception that the customs duties collected in this country o goods shipped from the Philippines since!the ratification of the Paris treaty will have to be re- funded. 1t i8 not thought, however, that the aggre- gate will be large and Secretary Gage ex- peets that ft will be within $1,600,000. ke called altention to the fact that the great bulk of the imports from the Philippines were admitied free of duty under our gen- eral tariff laws, notably hemp, which is one of the leading staples of the island. The present tariff now in operation in the Philippines Mr. Gage thinks will recefve litde or no discussion. 1t was prepared after a most thorough fnvestigation and {8 said to be highly satistactory to thy busi- ness interesis of the fslands.” The prepara- tion of a tariff dn Philipping ‘mportations ted ina discussion On the of the whole, it the ma- 0 consume considerable of the time of ¢ &ress, but pending a final settement of the question congress by oint resolution may continue the duties imnosed by the Dingley | tarift and thus, if it is so disposed, eut off a flond of tmports which might follow the anuouncement that all dutiesfwere remoyed. LARGE GRAIN FIRM RETIRES Sel Quit the wartr, Dupee & C First of Year, CHICAGO, Dec. 3.~John Dupee and his | firm, Schwartz, Dupee & Co., who are prom- inent in the grain and stock trade in Chi~ cago and the west, today wanounced that the firm will retire from business January 1 next. The co-partnership expirea by Hm- ftation on that date. Schwarts-Dupee, as the house is known in the trade, has been the largest and most prosperous in the speculative grain trade ov the Board of Trade since its organizat in 1888, Tetirement is caused b;'aooowl senior pariner, John . to give business because of fafllng health. DEMAND TAX °~ REDUCTION Liquor Men Claim Thelir Sustaining an Exe. Rate, up CINCINNATI, 0., Dec. .--The annual mecting of the United States Spirits' as- sociation here today was attended by about fitty representatives of the distributors in this country. Captain Parker of St. Louis presided, and Morris L. Bettman of Cin- cinnati was secretary. The executive com- mittee, which manages all the affairs of the association between the annual meet- ings, was reduced from seven to five mem- bers as follows William N. Hobart, chairman, Cincinpatt; Walter Freberg, secretary, Cincinnati; J. Henning, treasurer, Chicago; H. J. M. Rice, New York T. Corning of Pec 1., who bas treasurer for three years, withdrew F. been ia because he has recently become a distiller | as well us a distributor. The following firms were elected to mem- bership: Woolner & Co., Py . 1L the Parker Distilling company, St. Louis; Stein- | back Bros., & Co., New York, and W. W. Johnson & Co., Cincinnati. The matter of increase in the price of | spirits, the attitude of the independent dis- tillers, the regulation of the output and other matters that have been causing agita- tion among the membership were all loft to the executive committee Resolutions were adopted protesting againot the “excessive tax on spirits,” re- questing that “the outrage allowance” on 800ds In bond be extended 80 as to apply to goods bonded after January 1. 1899, and on various other matters of interest to the trade, The resolution on the “‘excessive tax” declares that the present tax of $1.10 per gallon is “not only excessive, but also injurious and an incentive to fraud.” The officers of the mssoclation were di- rected to co-operate with other organiza- tions In petitioning congress to reduce the tax on spirits to 70 cents a gallon ‘“on all &oods in bond at the time of the passage of the law and all goods to be bonded there- after.” CROKER Tammany WILL ABDICATE Chieftain Says He | ting ot Lead. et Too NEW YORK, Dec In with Richard Croker the Evening Post to day quotes the Tammany leader as saying You won't see much more leading on my part in the future. 1 am getting too old and worn out and I can't be a fleld horse for everybody any longer. I admit that the leader of Tammany hall should stay in New York all the year round and 1 can't stay here for more than a part of the year. If 1 tried to stay here all of the time I could do no work at all ‘Al this talk about my being state leader and trylng to dictate in national polities is nonsense. I am fn no condition to do any kind of leadiug, but of course I will always take deep interest in Tammany the best 1 can.” an interview | GRAND JURY INDICTS MAYOR Action Based harses Made Mayor Per- mitted Gambling, by DECATUR, 1IL, Dec. 3.—The grand jury today returned an indictment against Mayor Shilling, charging malfessance in office, The Indictment was bused on charges made by a commitiee of citizens, who that the mayor knowingly contrary to law. alloge existing tariff arrangements | order dirccting ther | o] permitted nmmml Ll 1, 1901-TWELVE Pays a gencrons tribute to Presi who preach annrchy and sensational public mind eannot e anarchy must be made odious, Fede and their legal successors in offi ce, Points to proofs of prosperity. Great combinations of eapital ha is one of regulation. Publicity roga I8 necessary to intelligent control. N of corporations doing an intersta Favors Chinese exclusion Labor should be protected from bettering condition of labor worthy tion laws are nnsatisfactory Should establish recy Favors legislation for the rehabi Gold standard to be waintained. Revenues should be reduced to o ment. More power should be given ¥ I'avors national control of frrigat Home government fn Cuba ex poct { lution necded. Favore isthmian cansl, bling block. Stands by the Monroe doetrine, Strong navy necessity. Work ¢ Present army is large enough. and kept to highest state of efficien brought inte cons Lands should be allotted Indians, digns mude self-sustaining. Rural free mail deliy Treaty ¥ Full Text of the Measage on Page 4. pe partial responsibility for the erime and that al conrts should have jurisdiction over assailants of presidents + business, Kecommends creation of Department of Commerce, 1y under a protective tariff, Interstate Commerce commission. rest preservation and reforestation problem of vital importance, Progress made in the Philippines, but trouble not yet ended, pance with regular army. o success and should be extended, COPY FIVE CENTS, dent McKinley and asserts that men ism or demagogues who inflame the ve come to stay and present problem rding thelr operations and formation ation should assume power of control Problem of ent fmmigra- competition of convicts, the best thought, I litation of the merchant marine. qual more nearly needs of govern- fon aud construction of reservoirs, ted before congress adjourns, Legis- with Great Britain removes stum- ommenced should be continued. Ofticers and men should be brought ey, Militia organization should be , tribal relations broken up and In- CLINCH HOLD 0N OFFICES| pointments Made Permanent. BILLS FOR NEW NEBRASKA BUILDINGS and’ Plattam Falls Clty uth Benefited {if Burkes Passed—L| to W, in oln Carriers Get a Sw Room. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—(Special Tele- EMm.)—Senators Gamble and Kittredg Copgresumen Burke and Martin and Ubited States Marshal Kennedy, with Mr. Pearso wuditor for the interior department, and I. E. Phillips of South Dakota had a con- ference with the prosident today for the e of recommending that the recers appotatments made for that state should stand and that the appointees to the sev- eral positions filled by the late President McKinley and by President Roosevelt be nominated for full terms, This list tocludes: J. D. Elliott, United States attorney: E. G. Kennedy, United States marshal; Herman Ellerman, collector of internal revenue; Robert G. Pearson, au- ditor for the Interior department, as well as minor appointments which the delega- tion desires to be made continuous. The delegation was cordially received and the president gave his visitors to under- | stand that what the delegation desired would be done. Congressman Burke, speaking of the visit said “South Dakota Is differently situated o the Fifty nth congress than in a number of congresses, We have a dele- | gatlon that is united, and you may expect to hear something from South Dakota be- fore the end of the present congress. We are united for the upbullding of the state and strengthening the republican party, and | whatever can be done to accomplish this will be done Congressman Burkett today introduced bills for public buildings at Falls City and Plattsmouth, 1o cost $85,000 each, in- cluding building avd site. He announced that he had selected S. P. Glascow to be postmaster” at South Auburn, the office having been raised to the presidential class Lincoln Swing Room in The congressman from the First district who Is determined to get everything for his district possible, today secured an order from the Postoffice department to establish a swing room in the Lincoln post- office. The swing room, as it is known in postoffice parlapce. is a lounging room for the carriers in their off hours. Lincoln has thirty-one carriers, and as they have been driven from pillar to post on account of the increasing business of the depart ment, Congressman Burkett decided to ap ply for a room in the basement of the build- ing, which will be fitted up for the use of Lincoln's mall carriers. The State Firemen's assoclation, which will meet in Lincoln this year, will not be able to use the second story of the Lincoln public bullding for its meeting, as bad been anticipated. Congressman Bur- kett made application for its use from the proper authorities, but was refused on the ground that it was against the public policy This in keeping with former rulings. Senators Dietrich and Millard, who asked for the of the second story of the Omaha public building for the state assocla- tion, were refused for similar reasons The postofice at Collins In the First con gressional district has been changed to Morrill, in keeping with the name of the railroad station at that point Major H. C. MeArthur of Lincoln, veteran of the clvil war, is in Washington enroute to Charleston €., where he will assist in installing the State department's exhibit at the Charleston exposition. use ans for Irrigation Bil ! A committee of one representative from each of the arid and semi-arid states in- terested in the passage of a general irrl- gation bill will meet Thursday evening to discuss various matters in controversy Senator Dietrich, who is the representative from Nebraska the the committee. would like to have the work of building the veservoirs done by convict labor. This #cheme will be vigorously fought by the senators and representatives from Wyo ming, Utah and Colorado. It s believed, however, that the committee will*be able to agree upou a general measure, although Representative Newlands of Nevada says he will uot abandon his position that the rnment should build the re voirs and control the of water. ™ tionalist on this question | The secretary of the |a letter { Joiut on output He is & na interior transmitted the resolution, showing amount of (Continued on Ninth Page.) CONDITION OF THE WEATHER t for Nebruska—Partly Clondy nesday and Thursday: Warmer Wed- nesday; Southeasterly Winds, Omahn Vesterday: Hour. Deg. 1 p. 25 2 p 24 ERD 23 » 25 25 24 an 22 22 SNOW BREAKS THE DROUGHT Two Inchea of Precipitation in Parts of Ke and Genera Rellef in Felt. TOPEKA, Dec. 8.--Soma of the dry dis- tricts of Kansas were greatly relfoved by @ «now which fell today at Salina, Larned Silva Grove and Hutchinson. The wheat fields in western Kans; which were groatly in need of molsture, were gener- ously covered. It hua heen snowing in uorthwestern Kansas since noon today. At Marvin, Leonora, Downs and Stockton the Snow is two inches deep. Lack of water has become a serious proposition through- out the state. If the winter snows do not relieve the situation soon, farmers will be In great extremities for stock water. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 3.—A beavy snow is falling today in Barton county, central Kansas, and o Cherokee county, in the ex- treme northwestern corner of the state. Molsture has been needed badly for wheat and swall gralns. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 3.—A special to the Star from Hutchinson, Kan., says: A driv- Ing snowstorm bogan here this morning, bringing molsture that is needed by the wheat fields. The storm fs general from here west to the mountalus and extends south to the Indlan territory. RAIN TURNS INTO SLEET New York in Given Fles of Winter D forts, Experience com. W YORK. Dec. 3.—~A drop of ten de- grees (o temperature early this evening turned the downpour of rain that had fallen all day into a driving sleet that quickly coated the pavements of this city with fce, Then snow began to fall and made the slippery conditions worse than ever and New Yorkers had their first experience of winter's discomforts. All the surface and elevated cars were impeded and some stopped altogether. At midnight the snow was half an inch deep and still falling. STORM RAGES ON PUGET SOUND Fierce Gale Demolishes Property Exe Ing Over All of Weat- ern Washington. te ‘TLE, Wash., Dec. 3.~A heavy storm Is raging along Puget Sound, in the straits 0d over all of western Washington, It has demolished most of the telegraph wires to the north of Seattle. The damage has been slight in the city, although shipping has suffered. A small steamer went ashore during the early evenlng at Alkl Pofnt without loss of life. Along the water front minor craft were damaged. HEAVIEST SNOW IN YEARS Blizzard Strikes New England, Wind Blowing Forty Miles an Hour, BOSTON, Dec. 3,~The heaviest snow- storm in years for so early in the winter 15 covering ngland tonight. It came out of the northeast, with the wind forty miles an hour. The weather bureau's warning today tied up most of the coast- ing craft, avd fortunatfly so, for Cape Cod life-saving stations Yeport a terrible night there. WET SNOW IN NEBRASKA | Thermometer Drops w Down In Ear » Night Fal ter Weemn Settling TRENTON, Neb De (Special Tele- gram.)—A wet snow bas fallen here all day, but the temperature has been warm and much hus melted. As night comes on there is only a slight covering over the ground. It is growing wmuch colder and tonight will be the coldest uight so far this winter. dependent of Un) CINCINNATI, | leading shoe mur clnnati will post iring firms in Cn, s i1 thelr fu | appoioted ou the p Twenty-five of the | (MOITow .1’. « !.:rluu lllflvlr .runmd.».. labor organizations. u strike 1s decli 3,000 employes will be affactes hiod EAGER FOR MESSAGE Prosident Roosevelt's Maid Moota & Oordial Reoept . COMMANDS RAPT ATTENTION IN HOUSE Enthusisstio Members Frequently Appla During the Reading. ‘'AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SLOW TO WRATY" Ao Olerk Reads This Portien Reprerent.- tives Ohoor Lound! GROSVENOR PRESENTS HIS RESOLUTION Honse Adjourns ws Tribute to Meme ory of Late Prestdent MeKiuley, Following Ohfo Rep: ative's Motion, ents WABHINGTON, Dec. 3—Not {n many years have the members of the housa lis tened with such rapt attention to the annual | message of a president of the United States @ they did today to the reading of the firar message of President Roosevelt. Evers word was followed intently from tha an nouncement of the tragic death of President McKinley in the first sentence te the ex pression of hope that our relations with the world would continue. The reading occupied two hours, but no a member left his seat until the Reveral times there was applause and at the close there was an enthusiastic demonstra tion on the republican side. As the hands of the clock elose reached 11 | | speaker Henderson called the houee to or- der. On motion of Mr. Payne, the floor leader of the majority, it was agreed thal when the house adjourns today it be to meet on Friday The speaker announced the appeintment of the committes on rules as follows: Mr Henderson of Towa, Mr. Dalzell of Pennayl- vania, Mr. Grosvenor of Ohlo, Mr. Richard #0n of Tennessee and Mr. Underwood of Ala bama, The only change in the committes was the substitution of Mr. Underwood tor Mr Bafley of Texas. Mr. Bingham repor that the committee, accompanied by the committee from the senate, had performec its duty and the president would at once communicate with the two bouses. Major Pruden announced a message from the Tresident. It was taken to the sprake desk, where Speaker Henderson broke the seal and banded the document to the read ing clerk There was a slight murmur of avolause when, In concluding the recommendation of tion to put down aparchy, the clerk o matter calls more urgently for the wisest thought of congress.” Te Put Down Avarchy. The murmurs when this sentence was read were fJlowed by a burat of applause when the cierk read: “The American peo- ple are slo# to wrath,. but when their wrath i onoe kindled It burns ke a con- suming flame.” Probably no other portion of the message attracted so much aften- tion as that relating to truste. The read- ing of this portion of the message ovoked no demonstration. but the recomendation of a Chinese exclusion law drew great ap plause. The reading of the message was con cluded in the house at 2:35. Mr. Grosvenor then offered the following resolution, which was adopted without division: “Resolved, That a committee of ona mem ber from each state represented in this house be appointed on the part of the house to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the senate to consider and report by what token of respect and affec tion it may be proper for the congress of the United States to express the deep seusi Bility of the nation to the tragic death of the late President William McKioley anc that 80 much of the message of the presi- dent that. relates to that deplorable cven be referred to such committes.” Burkett on Committer, In pursuance of the terms of the resolu tion the speaker appointed a commitier copgisting of ove member from each state as follows: Grosvenor, Oblo; Kahn, Cali- fornia; Henry, Connecticut; Ball, Deluware Warner, Illinois; Watson, Indiana; Cousins Towa; Glenn, Idaho; Bowersock, Kansas Allen, Maine; Pearre, Maryland; Lovering Massachusetts; W. A. Smith, Michlgan Morris, Minnesota; Edwards, Montana Burkett, Nebraska; Currier, New Hamp shire; Parker, New Jersey; Ketcham, New York: Marshall, North Dakota; Blackbury North Carolina: Moody, Oregon; Olmstead Pennsylvania; Bull, Rhode Island; Martin, South Dakota: Southerland, Utah; Hasking, Vermont; Jones, Washington; Dayton, Wes: Virginia; Dable, Wisconsin; Mondell, Wyo ming; Underwood, Alubama; Dinsmore, Ar kansas; Davis, Florida; Flemiug, Georgla Kehoe, Kentucky; Meyer, Loulsians Hooker, Mississippi; Clark, Missouri: Tal bert, South Carolina; Moon, Tennessee; Shepherd, Texas: Hay, Virginia; Shafroth Colorado; Newlauds, Nevada The house then as a further mark of re spect adjourned. PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD After Listeniug (o Executive Messngn Senate Adjourns in I et 1o exldent. WASHINGTON, Dec. §—The senate toda listened to the first messago of President Roosevelt and directed the appointment of & committee to advise with a like commit tee of the house to vonsider by what token of respect and afiection congress migh express the sorrow of the nation upon th traglc death of the late President McKinle The message was dellvered soon after the senate convensd. The reading occupie: over two hours and was listened to with great respect by the senators, The first portion, dealing with the TBuffuic tragedy, excited the most profound interes in the seuate, At the close of the readiog Mr. Forake: senlor senator from Oblo, presented (he McKinley resolution, which wa fol lows, and asked immediate consideration “That a committee of eleven senators b L of the senate to Join such comwittee as shall be appointed on the part of the house to consider and 1 port by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the congress of the United Btates to express the deep seusi bility of the nation to the tragic death o the late president, Willlam McKinley, aud that so much of the message that rel o that deplorable event be reterred to suc) committee,” The resolution was adopled and thew g further mark of respect to the mewory of the lato president the seuate, on wotlon of Mr, Foraker, at 2:8 adjourncd,