Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 4, 1902, Page 1

[ —— 2 THE OMAHA ESTABLISHED J UNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, REBE SNITES MANY SHIPS Gle Strows Norsh Aflaatio Oeast with Hulks and Corpses. EVEN STEAM UNABLE TO WEATHER STORM Stanch Btesl Groyhound Halpless on the ite-Saving Orews and Boats In the Face n—C and Ex- posure Exhoust Seamen. WEW YORK, Feb. 3.~The gale which has Poen aweeping the codsts of Long leland 884 New Jorsey for more than twenty- four bours @pd is continuing tonight, though with abated force, has brought death and disaster to saflors and their craft. Reports of loss of life are confined to the pastern cad of Long Tsland, whence comes news that several bodies have been washed mshore. It was mot known up to 10 o'clock tonight what vessels the men who lost their lives come from. They might have Peen on either the barges towed by the tug Richmond, reported ms passing Block Island without tow, bound from New York for Newport, R. L, or the tug Cuba, which passed Block Island two hours later, and which Jeft New London yesterday for New- port News and was returning without tow, When leaving port, Richmond bad three barges and Cuba tw Wreckage strews the shore in the viein- ity of the Beliport, L. 1., lite saving sta- tion, and one body came ashore east of this station. Ove barge was thrashing about this afternoon near Forge River sta- tion. The finding of two other bodies was yeported later from the same point. Jargest plece of wreckage he quarter and @ portion of tI s barge. On this were the letters “O. P. E. The crew of the American merchantman . Bchepp, & full-rigged ghip which went ashore on the shoals off Long Beach, L. 1., early today, were in peril all day. Late reports tonight say they are still on the stranded vessel, though the danger of death has been lessened owlng to the siight abatement of the storm. | A westerly the gale was blowing seventy les an hour whem Schepp struck at 3.30 the morning. men from Captaln to the scene of il in il forts were not successful. They then tried to launch the lifeboat, bu: h'.!ill proved im- possible, owing to the high seas. The crew :l‘ the tug John Atwood and B Berwind had parrow escapes from golng to the bottom with their craft Sun- day afternoon. Nothing was known of thelr plight until the arrival of the Germen steamer Barcelona, the crew of which res. cued the tugmen, The tugs had been de- Jivering provisions to the stranded steamer Savour, ashore at Long Beach, L. I.. and ‘were back to this point when the gale struck them. The - res ot swept everytl moveal mol.hlr holds and got into the fire- Doxes.| The seven men on each tug were in . tmminent danger of death for over two hours. The tugs were absolutely helpless “»n Brigantine Shoal yesterday, | SHIPS ON BRIGANTINE SHOAL Sehooner Edith L. Allen and Steel Steamshilp Claverd; Wreek: PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3.—~The windstorin which began yesterday afternoon and yelocity of fifty miles an hour along the southern New Jersey coast and in the vicinity of the Delaware Breukwater, has greatly diminished and tonight is blow- ing twenty miles an hour. Reports from the south Jersey coast and Delaware river points indicate that vessels that were exposed to the gale weathered the storm fairly well. Two vessels are ashore on Brigantine Shoal, a short dis- tance north of Atlantic - City, and twe steamers are reported aground in Delaware bay, fifty miles below this eity. British steamer Claverdale, from Asfatic ports, for New York, which grounded still fast. The,wind and sea are unfavorable, and during the last twenty-four hours Claver: dale has been ewung around by the ele- ments until now it lies broadside on, deep in the sand. Wrecking tugs are with it Several hundred tons of after-ballast cargo will have to be discharged before the wreckers will attempt to pull the vessel off the shoal. Claverdale was bound from China and Japan with a cargo valued at $2,500,000, consisting of 4,000 tons of tea and 3,000 tons of general cargo. A crew of twenty-five men remains aboard. The stranded ship is visible from the board walk here and usands of visitors are viewing the un- ctacle of a great steel steamship almost out of water. Clavordale is almost a new having ‘been bullt at Stockton, Englana, in 1899. It hails from London and is owned by E. Hazlehurst & Co. It is bullt of steel and is a modern cargo carrier, regis- fering 3,300 gross tons. Its length is 38¢ feet, beam 43 feet, draught 24 feet. The schooner Edith L. Allen, which went ashore during the night on the same shoal within a ‘short distance of Claverdale. Is also fast in the,sand. The schooner, which was bound frem Brunswick for New York. with Jumber, was misled by the lights of Claverdale and of the tugs, and before the captain saw his mistake Allen touched.bot- tom. . Advices to the Maritime Exchange say the British steamer Europe, from London. for Philadelphia, is reported in Delaware bay, six miles below Reedy Island, and the British steamer Drummond, Philadelphla, for Bt. Thomas, s reported fast in the mud in Delaware bay. The schooner R.'D. Ribber, from Mobile, for New York, wi blown ashore in the Delaware Breakwater har- bor, but was soon afterward floated and sailed for its destination. It was not in- Jured. No snow accompanied the wind today in this sectici. ALL EUROPE IS SN@WBOUNQ Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy and Switserland Have the Worst of Weather. veasel, _Carriage and street car traffic in Madrid s ‘beeni stopped and rallroad trains are delayed. Some of the-towns in northern Spaln are isolated and fruit trees have been destroyed. In Switzerland y vil- lages are cut off from communication. Telegraphlc communication with Italy has been interrupted. There {s more smow in Venlce than at any time in twenty-five years. The river Tiber rose twenty-five feet. The lower portion of Rome ls flooded, as well as the Forum, the Pan- theon and the Temple of Vesta. The water of the Tiber is now receding. Beveral more wrecks off the British and French coasts are reported and the. crews of some of these vessels have been lost. overdue. Vy snows in the northern part of Great Briwin. - Several steam trawlers have not been Leard from for a month. It is possible they have sought shelter in the bays of Iceland. BLIZZARD HOLDS UP ACTORS Th rs Dark in Four Cities Be- cause of Deep Snowdrifts and Wreok. | PITTSBURG, Feb. 3.—The blizzard which has prevailed throughout this section early Sunday is responsible for the closing tonight of the Academy of Music in this city, and incidentally four other theaters, one at Cleveland, two at Chicagn and one at Detroit. These failures are the result of an accident on the Erie railroad just west of Youngstown, 0., today. When the train bearing Harry Bryant's Burlesquers’ company, coming from Buf- falo to Pittsburg, reached the point men- tioned, ploughing its way through the im- mense snow drifts, the forward baggage ) car parted in the middle, causing an effect. en Men Lost with Twe Vessels is the ley Blast Of Block A could mot give the Dames of the OHIO RAILROADS ARE BURIED Out on Brio is Choked with Snow il by the heavy snowstorm. The Lake Shore company’s through tralns arrived five to seven hours late. A deep cut near Kent, 0., on the Erie, is ual blockade of the road. Trains following | with. John Dri company for Clevelana, and three other troupes, ome bound for Detroit and two for Chicago, were unable to get around the wreck untll too late to keep their dates. No one was hurt, -but all suffered severely from the extreme cold. BITTER COLD IN SOUTH DAKOTA Find Body of Uni Man Whoe Was Froszen to Demt. Indian utified PIERRE, 8. D, Feb. 3.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Frank Flener came in from I Bend country today and reported the freea- ing to death about last Friday night of an unidentified man in Big Bend. The man who was apparently a German about 35 years 0.1 was at-tie Flener ranch Thursday The next heard of him was when two'Indians came to the ranch and reported finding the frosen body. Coroner Hright has been notified and will luvestigate. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D, Feb. 3—(Bpecial Telegram.)—One of the most severe storms this winter is prevailing here tonight. The temperature early lu the ing was be- low zero indicating that the night will be one of the coldest of the season. Some spow is falling and high northwest wind and badly drifting the large quantities of snow now on the ground. 1 HURRICANE AT NOVA SCOTIA Suffers Severely from Wild- est Storm Halifax Has Known in Years. HALIFAX, N. 8, Feb. 3.—Last night'e Dash Centinues to Stand Befors Tempera- ture Figure, However. . FORTNIGHT OF FREEZING ATMOSPHERE Wenther Man Gives Out Information at January Was an Unusually Warm Month When Taken as & Whole. Forecast for Nebraska—Fair 'Tuesday; Wed: Fair and Probably Warmer; nesday Northerly Winds, Becoming Variable. Temperatare nt O Mow 1 sracRAnN~ » » —Indidutes below zero. This morning marks' the fourteenth day of 4 term of-unusually severe weather for this part of the Unitéd States. At no time sinice January 21 hag the thermometer at the government observatory marked a degree above the freesing point, On that day_the maximum temperaturo was 35 de- grees above zero for a part of the day. That night there was a slight change 'n the temperature and the next day the highest point reached wis 31 degrees above 2¢ro, or 1 degree below’ the freesing point. The next day was still colder, the highest temperature recorded being 29 degrees above zero. But these days, while cold in' comparfson with 'those ‘which preceded them, were still above the normal for Jan- uary davs. £ The real cold weather, compared with January averages, began on January 24, which was, however, warmier than any since that time. The highest temperature recorded that day was 28 degrees above zero and the lowest §, giving a deficlency for the day of 2 degrees. The next day, with a deficiency of ‘9 degrees, a max! mum of 21 and a minimum of 6, was not remarkable compared with the pre- ceding day, but January 26 the mercury for the first time during the month dropped bélow the zero line, with a minimum of § dégrees below zero and a maximum ef § degrees above. January 27 was the coldest day of the present term, having a mimi- mum of 12 degrees below zero. Since then the mercury has been below sero on Jam- uary 28, January. 81, February ¥ and 2, and at no time since January 26 has the mereury been above 17 degrees above zero. Taken as a whole, the month of January was unusually warm. Untll January 23 there was an excess of warmth for the month amounting to 351 degrees. The de- ficlencies of other .days brought ‘this ex- cess down to 233 degrees for the month, muking an avefage daily excess of 7.5 de- grees for Jamuary. £ £ Until January 20 there was no precipita tian ‘reconded for the month, DUt since that last two ‘years, when .that month was ox- ceedingly warm, the average dally. excess in 1901 belng 9 cdegrees and in 1900 11 degrees. Last winter there were only three days when the mercury went below zero and the coldest time was om December 31, 1900, when ‘2 degrees below was recorded. This cendition has, in the opinion of the local forecaster, led the people to forget the usual winters of Omaha, which are about such as the one we are having now, with perhaps a greater range, taking ten. days at'a time in consideration. “The rough weather on the coast,” said Mr. Welsh, a continuation of the storm which passed over Omaha Saturday night. It struck the lakes with a maxi- mum wind velocity of twenty-six miles an hour at Buffalo ‘this morning and with probably increasing velocity as it pro- ceeded to the east.'” At the Omaba station at 4 o'clock Men- day afternoon. the wind velocity was twenty-six miles an hour, and flurries of snow gave appearamce ‘of inciplent blizzard, but reports received at the local office caused the forecaster to maintain that ne serious storm would fellow. At 3 o'clock this morning street ther- mometers varled from 6 fo 8 below zero. MERCURY LOW IN NEBRASKA Cold Weather and lce farvest Con- e Throughout the State. HUMBOLDT, -Neb., Feb. 3,—(Special)— The thermometer dropped agaln Saurday night to 18 degrees below, but Sunday it moderated somewhat and the groundhog ex- perienced no difficulty 1n seeing his shadow. The last cold spap was taken advantage of by the local dealers and the ice harvest is now completed. - The Spring Lake com- pany has in its houses 1,600 tons of finest quality ice and is in much better shape than last year when It disposed. of sev- eral carloads to other cities which were not sq fortunate. KANSAS CATTLE COMFORTLESS Stockmen Fear Losses After Last Night, the TOPEKA, Ksu, Feb. 3.—Stockmen in western Kansas are baving trouble tonight in the effort to protect their cattle from the cold. The mercury took a sudden drop this afternoon and is now below zero. - The night is the most severe of the winter. The cold is accompanled by a stiff wind from the morth. The ground is completely covered by smow to a depth of several inches, which makes it hard for the cattle to obtaln the mecessary food and wa Stockmen expect losses to result if th weather does Dot moderate by morning. SEVERE COLD WAVE IN CHICAGO Ome Man Frosen to Death and Others Serlously Aflected by Weather. CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—Chicago red se- werely from the cold wave today, the mer- cury at 7 o'clock being & degrees below zero and at 1 o'clock 1 below. An lamate of the Old People’s home was frosen to death and Johu R. Davis of Glenville, 111, was taken o the hospital with bis bands so badly frosen that amputation may be neces- sary. AL the county hospital it was said that “¥ounmg Griffo,” the pugllist - whose hands and feet were frozen last night, was in & serious cpedition. The physiclans could mot state whether amputation would be nevessary. -~ s UARY L%, COLD BY NO MEANS MINUS|YORK STATE 1N BLizzano onrp Sections Bati ' El ¢ : # NEW YORK, m_l:‘h&m forty miles an hour, A~hesvy snowstorm walley. Not ‘New York still rages through the H train from the’ west on Central one through Gemeva, and onl, two from the west have Traffic on all lines has demoralized 4, 1902-TEN PAGES. REPORTS OF CITY AFFAIRS wfl-flfiw Subumts Their Roviews. CASH BALANCE ON THE WGHT SIDE Bxpense Kept Within Income Last Year Through Strict Vigilance, and Promise Remewed for Carrent Year. Reaswater Mayor Frank . Moores presented his nual message to the city councilmen at a called at 3 o'clock yesterday after- is as follows: r and have before iod. The ly and most of the roads are devofing their attention to keeping e ing. Al the passenger one to twenty-four hours lute, tfains mov The Washington train over the Penneyl- vania, due at Suffale at 7:40 Sunday even- ‘& beav; ing, arrived this aftermoon pull of engl abandoned. TRAINING SHIP DRAGS ANCHOR ,are from Al traing on_the Erie between Salamanca asd Dinkitk have been - wn_and that several exceeded their allotment. 1901 was proi do every it T th Funds. the amoynt of Whe: charter. n the people in our power Y end of the lev: the,_year o atier pasing ail ol Ve claime Gepariment had excecded This result was only ac- and Lancaster Cuts Cable at Newport News y Swmall Graft NEWPORT NEWS, Va, /Wb, 3.—The 3 y ot 70 training wind last night attained a miles an_hour. The United ship Lancaster dragge@ its | the Bell telephone cable, ' acros; 1, and many small boats were sunk. premetusmrt vakeh e CONFER ON THE DUTCH NOTE — ; ster Spemds Comsiderable British M Time with Dutch Minister of . Foretam Aftairs, 2 . THE HAGUE, Feb. 3:~The British min‘ ister to the Netherlands, Sir Hemry How- ard, had a long conferemce tofay with the minister of foreign affairs, Baron Vaa Lyn- and Dr. Kuyper, at the latter's resi- dence, on the subject of the notes exchanged | d: Dutch and British governments. In the first chamber today Baron Van de Between ¢! Lytden, replying to & Yuestion, said noth yet be .row subject of peace in British government. sire for a elmi London, and The Hague, expresséd a de. DON, Feb. 3.—In’the Héuso of Com mons today A. J. Balfour, governmen LONDON, *¥eb. 3.—Commenting, afternoon, on- the reception on Saturday o the Wiveés and children of the members of the diplomatie corps at Pekin by the dow- ager empress and emperor and the empress, the Globe wrathfully remarks that it was bumilfating to every European and Amert can, and‘ expressed indignation at fact that the ministers wives and children to be degraded by bow. ing to the infamous woman and recelving decorations from her bloodstained hands,” adding: “The nocklace the dowager empres: KI.:M on Madame Conger should n_ spurned American christian women. The ‘were not primarily to blame, but matists who allowed The ladies will be represented as havin performed kow- to the usurping tyran te OChristen Yacht. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—The kaiser's gifs to with to Awerica of Admiral Prince s the Berlin correspondent of the Journal, is to In' & gold jewel case, richly In the center of Miss Alice Rorsovelt, in comnection studded with dlmonds. the Md s a portrait of the kaiser, with th imperia] monogram in-diamonds. . Thé internal fittin; sald laughingly: as I want it to take part in the Kiel r satta.” EARL OF MUNSTER KILLED Major of Brit Army Loses Life a Lape Mines in South Africa. LONDOK, Feb, 8.—A South African cas- ualty list published this evening includes the name of the ear] of Munster, Geoffrey Qeorge Gordon Fitz-Clarence, who was cidentally killed at the Lapo mines ruary 2. He was born in 1859, Steamer i y Reaches Port. LONDON, Feb. 3.—After tossing help- lessly in the sh channel for sixty five hours the Do tend passen ger steamer Marle Henrietta w into Ostend this morning. The gale & abating. In view of the severity of th weather, the number of casualties thus fa reported is comparatively small. News has just been recelved h the steam trawler Anlaby, wi tw regiment. landed at Falmouth today. of Ushanty. The bark wrecked the Itallan bark Lofaro. A Wreek Nordica's Nerves. SAN FRANC Feb. 23— Palace l:al with mn." neas. o té. Nordica con! iy o ek and destroyed the long distance semmunicstion. One small schooner was driven ashore here, regarding the Duteh and British communications on the h : Aftica, the publication in were then discussing ' the tiie of 'thelr this the “‘permitted thelir ave as the gift of murderers chargeable with the torture and death . of ladies 2 an unpardonable fault rests with the diplo- the cruel indignity. d decorations of the kaiser's American yacht are being made | by a London firm of decorators and the chief artist hae interviewed the kalser, who “I shall send a torpedo boat for my yacht some day before Jume 18, so you'll have to get it finished by then, The earl was & mojor of the | (i Third battalion of the Royal Scots, Lothian towed that crew of elve men, belonging to Hull, has been lost in & snow storm off Iceland. The first officer of the French ship Chanaral was He is the sole survivor of the crew of twenty-two men the vessel, which was capsized off off the Seilly islands last evening, and which was supposed to | May's be & German vessel, turns out to have been Mme. Lillian Foom et the cft in_no manner responsible for their overlap. This record is one of which we may well be proud. And now, before the levy of 1802 is made. T desire to renew the piedge of 1901 for 182 Whatever that levy may be, it shall be my steadfast purpose s0_manage the financial affairs of the y that at the close of 1902 our balance sheet shall not show an overdrawn fund or allotment. City Treasurer. The_record made by the city treasurer for 191 was even better than that made by him in 190. On December 31 his books showed that 5 per cent of the 191 levy for personal taxes had been collected, al- though the tax lists had been in his hands only %ht months. In he collected 84 per cemt of the reonal taxes for the current year, while is predecessor collected but r cent in the corresponding petiod of 1899. Tesult of this actlvity has been that on January. 1, 1902, the outstandin eral warrant dert of the city was $170,000 less than it was on January 1, 1901 Bpecial taxes have come In during the year at the rate of about $10,000 per month and the epecial warrant" debt /has been largely re- uced. TIn the year 130 the city was on a cash basis for only three and one-half months; 1%1 four and one-half months, and in - {192 this should be Increased to five and one-halt months. Fire and Police Board. At the 1897 session of the legislature of Nebraska it was provided that: “IN each city of the metropolitan class there shall be a board of fire and police commission- to * | it ex-officio he electors of the eity, who shall be appointed the govemnor.” = -1 On June -23, 188, our me court, in ¢ | fom “opinion a the case. of Bate esulnat Loores, n 3 Neb., crence o, this of ‘o ‘Charter. : The mct of the: leglslature. of 1897, ‘50 far as it assumes to_confer authority apon the governor. to t fire and po- ‘ment. -~ g " [ Toedd0, dn che case” Bt Hidth afalniet Kaiifiedy, reported in @ Neb, page the supreme court said with reference to the case of Stat t * Moores, : “That the s through its governor, could not lice commissioners for that said fidlmznl is conclusive upon the state and, € | s @ matter of course, is binding upon the governor -and those claiming through or under - him.” . In the Redell case the supreme court de- cided that the present board has the legal authority and right to try the charges against Redell. @ present board was appointed under the law as established by the supreme court, was confirmed in its right to hold sald office by the court and later held to be authoriz to try charges filed with it It s therefore the legally authorized, ap- pointed and acting board and its members are entitled to the office until their terms expire or until the legislature shall make a new provision. Police Department. The report of this department is & most gratifying one. It discloses the fact that the amount of stolen property reported last year was $20,046.2 as against 3$27,137.48 in 1900 ‘and $27.0i8.65 in 18%. White the amount stolen in 1901 was less than that % | reported ‘in 100 or 189, yet the percentags and a day of regret will assuredly come." KAISER SENDS JEWEL CASE Rich Present to Miss Roosevelt, Whe of stolen property recovered was larger than In the previous years, being $15,625.07. During the recent prolonged perfod of extremely cold weather the number of persons suffering_from cold and hunger was appalling, “The Assoclated charitles was discontinued last winter, and so there being no other organization’ to appeal to, these unfortunate persons applied to the lice department for aid. = Had it not m for their prompt and efficient action in meeting the emergency, much suffering and many deaths would have resulted. As m-f‘nr of the city, 1 l?pellad through the d‘I.y press to the people of the city asking tHat money, clothing, etc., once to reliéve the di genarously responded. 1o Investigate the applications for assist- ance, and supplies were furnished at once to all worthy persons. It has been urged that this work was outside the proper sphere of the police department. I admit it, but this was an unusual emergency. ‘There’ was no other agency to take charge of the work, and it seemed better to_have the department go ‘beyond the limits of its proper sphere for the time being than to have unfortunate people freeze or starve. However, it is hoped the necessity will not occur again. Omaha needs a perma- nent. charitable organization, and our philanthroplc people should provide one without delay. Police Ju The people, by their ballots, have ren- ¢ | derea a” verdict on the police’ judge that is_very gratifying. The former. police sive luxury. court v each year, be sent in at udge has been a vei h‘:‘rmlpu from nr.z rown smaller and ut not so with the expenses. . “Wince 1897 our charter has providea for an anpual salary of 31,200 for the lce ud, but by a I technicality ud’e n has compelicd the city 1o pay him annually the sum of $2500, or §1, each han the charter provided. in their selec- —~ (l ma ’? Y Berh‘ tor l:e/ office o e Judge. man of experi- | ence. anda” ability, Who has demonstrated in the past his ability to preside over the polica court. 1 trust all ordinances will now be enforced. Especially the ordinances _|in which the people are so h inte ested, such as those prohibiti the sal = | of adulterated milk and food, short meas- - | ures and_the dumping of garbage within the city lmits. - Fire Departmen The work of this department deserves reat praise. Chlef Salter has aroused o the ‘members of the force an intense enthuslasm and loyalty which has .never before. existed ' under previous manage- ment. He is a trained fire fighter and has the respect and confidence of his men. During the year there were 465 fires. The fire loss was $259,13. of which 388,43 was on bulldin and $165.680 on contents, The loss over insurance was only about $10,440. “Among the large fires of the year were the following: January 15, Lininger & Metcalf implement house, 300, February 5, Omaha Street Rallway com- pany car barn. . ‘October 19, Western Type Foundry and no; e B Thiee-story . brick buliding, tober D"“{' $7,000. Deember i, Omaha Creamery Package company, $56,000. %flmnl had new - adgitiona) apparatus —- AT LRR teat "of hoss should b ires that have occurred tu the i dmte s e s e chiaid B (Continued on Fifth Page) made the,| fire and | da; {who w ~DAILy BEE. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. POLICE ARREST KIDNAPER Oficers In North Dakota Capture Woman and Boy Who Disap- peared from Evansto CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—Chief of Pollce O'Nell today received a telegram from Chiet Bal- lard of Casselton, N. D., saying that Flor- ence Ely and Frank Ely Rogers, the boy whom the woman is sald to have kidnaped from Evanston last July, are in that town. A second telegram stated that Miss Ely was sald to have confessed her identity. “I belleve Ballard has found the right people, although of course, there may be wome mistake,” sald Chief O'Neil. “No time will be lost in making the identifica- tion absolute one way or the other.' The Ely kidnaping case is one of the most pecullar with which the police have had to deal In years. Miss Ely, the aunt of Frank Ely Rogers, 13-year-old boy, peo- | cherished an infatuation for her nephew which the boy's parents regarded as re- markable. It is thought that preparations to send Frank away to school, thus remov- ing him from the influence of his: aunt, caused the latter ‘to take him away her- self Mre. Rogers has beem i1l from grief and anxiety since her son disappeared and. the police of the whole country have been put on the watch. STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE more in Medi Department of Usiversity of Michigan Shoots Herself. ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 3.—Miss Agnes Inglis, sophomore student in the medical department of Michigan, committed suicide here today. She was a daughter of Dr. David Inglis, & prominent physician of Detroit, and was 25 years of age. The young woman was an unusually bright and promising student and had alrcady made name for herself among the pro- fessors. She was prominent in athletics, being coach of the freshman basket ball team and taking great interest in gym- nasium work. No motive for the deed has been disc- oovered, but it Is koown that she was subject to attwoks of great mental de- pression. At such times she has often threatened to take her life. Worry over examinations does not seem to be the cause, as she passed with high marks all she had taken up to this time. After examination she went down town. returning to her room and shot herself. the bullet penetrating near the heart. She then opened the door, walked out into the hall and fell. She dled half an hour later without regaining consclousness. MURDER CASE OF WILL PRINCE He in Being Tried in Kansas City for Share In Death of Philip H. Kennedy. POLICY -FOR SOUTH Republican Omuons Fails te Agree on Tavestigating Disfranchisement. THREE HOURS OF LIVELY DISCUSSION Orwmpacker Presents Reselution and Pleads " Urgent Neowssity. SOUTH FAVORS STRONG ELECTION LAW Declares Agninst ‘:—m of Btate et LONG OF KANSAS ARGUES FOR CAUTION Deprecates Stirring Up Amitation Suoh an that of Ferty-Third Congress, w 'h Oaused Indirectly Death of Five Congressmen. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3,—The ' republican members of the house of representatives. bad a caucus in the hall of the house to- night to consider the line of poliey to be adopted concerning the alleged disfranchise- ment of voters in the south The esucus lasted from 8 o'clock until shortly after 11 It was determined to adjourn for one week to consider more fully the various proposi- tions brought forward. The main discussion of the meeting turged on a resolution offered by Representative Crumpacker of Indiana, providing for the appolatment of a special committes of the house to Investigate questions of distran- chisement and to report remedies to the , house. This brought out seversl other propositions, mainly from southern repub- licans, who favored a strong federal elec- tion law, including ene from Representa- tive Bartholdt of Missour), on these Iines. One hundred and {wenty-five republican members were in attendance out of & full membership of 200. Speaker Henderson. Representative Payne of New York, the re- publican floor leader, and most of the lead- ‘ers of the house, including about all the southern republicans, were present. The gathering was pot as numerous as had been desired, however, owing to the bad weather and private engagements, and this was one of the main reasons for deferring action. Representative Cannon of Illinols oecupled the chair, with Representative Louden- slager of New Jersey as secretary. Crampacker's Renol At the outset Mr. Crumpacker presented his resolution, as follows: KANSAS CITY, Feb. 3.—The trial of | m Will Prince as one of the murderers a year ago of Phillip H, Kennedy, his bro- ther-in-law, was begun here today. Ken- nedy, whe was soliciting agent of the Mer- hants Dispateh Transportation company, e ‘marriage set aside, asserting that he had been compelled to marry the girl by her tather and brothers, Bert and Will. On the y that Kennedy's case was to have come up Mrs. Kennedy called him from his office in the Ridge bullding in the down town district and shot him. She found gullty and sentenced to ten years tn the penitentiary. Her father and brothers were charged with conspiring with her to kill Kennedy. Wil Prince asked for a severance of the cases and he will be tried alone. His sister, who 1s out on bail waiting decision on appeal of her case, will, it is sald, tes- tity in his bebalf. MANGLED BODIES RECOVERED Elghty-Four Dead and Sixteen Men Barely Alive Taken from Ho: Mines. HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 3.—A special from Eighty-four bodies and y alive, some of them horribly mangleds have been taken from the Hondo' mines. The search for the bodies has stopped, on aecount of the stench, but disintectants arrived this afterncon and work will be resumed. The shaft had (118 men enrolled and elghteen are still missing. Twenty-five head of dead mules have been taken from the shaft. The damage to property is very great. The company has obtained all the phy- siclans and nurses that can be secured from all points and s dolug everything possible to save any of the miners who may still be alive. The'scene at the open- ing of the mine was horrible. Wives, mothers and ghildren of the dead and man- gled were screaming and crylng and re- fused to retire, DYNAMITE IN NEW YORK Blast at Old Stewart Ma n Dis- ables Two Men and Arrest NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Two men were severely wounded this afternoon by a hea¥y blast of ‘dynamite on the site of the old A. T. Stewart mansion, Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue. The mem hurt are Mor- ris Harnett, 8 watchman employed by a fria of bullders, whose ekull was fractured, and Ferdinand Holly, a furaiture designer, cut in the thigh by a plece of fiying rock. A bullding foreman who'had charge of the blast was arrested. ROCK IN BAKING - POWDER New York Health Oficials Seize and Destroy Adulterated Goods. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Three and one-half tons of baking powder peized by the Board of Health und officially condemned by the city chemists, were destroyed today. Part of the powder found &t a department store and the rest in a warehouse. The chemists who examined it said that it con- tained 20 per cent powdered rock. GUN BURSTS ON KEARSARGE raet Prac. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The navy de- partment has been advised by Admiral Hig- ginson in command of the North Atlantic squadron (hat one of the five-inch guns of Kearsarge burst while the ship way at target practice. No one is reported to have been injured. Kearsarge is now on the way trom Porto Rico to Ouba, 5 tme, by or measure as may o place the representation of such In Tiie house of 1 representatives. o stitutional basis. Urges Nged of Investigati Mr. Crumpacker supported his resolution in a vigorous speech, urging the need of an investigation fully authenticating the facts ae a preliminary to deeisive action by con- gress. He was followed by Representative Taylor of Ohlo, Dayton of West Virginia, Olmstead of Pennsylvania, Morris of Min- nesota and Shattuc of Ohlo, all in faver of the proposed investigation, ' It _soon developed, however, that the southern republicans were more favorable to a strong electior law than to any reso- lution which contemplated & reduction of membership from the south. The southern men who spoke against the resolution and In favor of & federal election law included Representatives Blaokburn and-Moody of North Carolina, and Gibson of Tennessee. Bartholdt of Missouri, and Rodney of New Mexico, also favored the plan of anm olec- tion law. # Chairman Cannon Pleads Caution. After the discussion had proceeded for some time, with little prospect of agres- ment, Chairman Cannon ylelded the chair Long of Kansas, took the floor and had been emcountered whem former ‘‘force bills” had been urged before congress, and he cited the incidents in the Forty-third congress, when five members of congress had .died from the Indirect effects of the protracted struggle over an election law. He referred algo to the ugitation this move- ment would occasion, and the feeling it would engender. Mr. Cesunon was for postponing action, ut least for the presest, and the temor of his remarks was Dot favorable to any of the plans proposed. Representative Parker of New Jersey also opposed action, and Representative Reeves of Illinois was for postpomement. Late in the evening Mr. Payne, the floor leader, made a brief speech, adding bis view in favor of deferring action .until the ques- tion ceuld be examined with more came. By this time the sentiment of the caucus was clearly favorable for postponing the subject for another week. Accordingly s motion prevailled to adjourn the ceucus until Monday night. SURRENDERS EXCEED CAPTURE Govermor Taft Says Many (Give Up Arma V tarily. urgents WASHINGTON, Feb, ~~Governor Taft today continued his statement senate committee on Philippines regarding the conditions existing in those islands. Governor Taft sald it will be found, on (nvestigation, that the surrgnders by ia. ents of arms and men were far iz ex- cess of the actual captures by the There were, he wald, 10,000 adulf English. “In the meantime,” sald be, reliance of the commission is on the small educated portion of the commyaity, who torm & pucleus about which think » stable government can be erected" W Movements of Ocenn Vessels, Feb. & At Halitax, N. 8.: Arrived- tor St. John's, M. A , for . _John' . B, O Eoston: Arrived-8yivanty, from Liy- erpool. dsbane: Arrived—Aorangl, from v};confir‘e:. Via Honoluly, Sydney, N. B.u1 Gibraltar: Arrived—Lehn, from New ork, for Naples. YA ucenstown: Arrived—Ivernia, from Nork, for Liverpool, ‘Antwerp: Arrived—Southwark, from New York. R S e R