Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 6, 1902, Page 1

- NOT REVIVAL OF FORCE BILL THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. - == — ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1902—-TEN PAGES. RHEA LOSES SEAT IN HOUSE Democrat from Kentucky s Succeeded by Re Contentant. BILL TO ANNEX CUBA Moasure Provides Unioa Pirst as Territery, Then as State. INTRODUCED BY NEWLANDS OF NEVADA to e tean WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—House election committee No. 1 today decided the con- tested election case of McKensie Moy against Representative Rbea (dem.) of Ken- tucky for the seat of the Thira Kentucky dlstrict in favor of the contestant, recom- mending the unseating of Mr. Rhea. The vote was on party lines, the democrats voting against unseating thelr colleague. The contest is one involving alleged elec- tion irregularities. The petition of members of the hous Author of Rosolution Under Which Hawaii Was Annexed. ot timate Plan is to Morge representatives addrossed to the ways and m means committee asking that no legislation One State. on Cuba be framed which shall injuriously | ffect American Industries now reached benty-five sigoaturds, mainly of repub- members. The mombers of the Mich- Melegation whose constituencies em- rgo business industries first circu- Pthe petition and within the last few days Representative W. A. Smith of Mich- igan has had the matter in hand, with the result of bringing the signatures up to the total stated. Representative McCall and other mem- bers of the ways and means committee have Nowlands of Nevada, of the ways and means | rooeived letters from General Wood, mill. pommittee, who was the author of the reso- | yary governor of Cuba, similar in gene lution annexing Hawall, today introduced a | cparaster to those seat senators and poml- folut resolution, inviting the republic of |,y ou¢ the desirablity of granting conces- Cuba to become a part of the Uniled States, | yiong o Cuba. The letters to ways and first as & territory and then as & state of | \neang committee members art typewritten the tnion, to be called the state of Cuba, | jypiicates and set forth in substance the 8180 suthorizing a 2 per cent reduction of | yioyy General Wood has expressed in in- Suty on the present crop of Cuban sugar, in | yorcio,." consideration of Cuba's granting preferen- | e ways and means ccmmittes gave a tial rates to the United States. The reso- | peuring today to ex-Secretary John @. Cars Jutions confine the 35 per cent reduction of | e i1 gupport of the measure to re- duties to the period prior to JABUATY L |funq the duties and mcoumulated interest 90 pald on Porto Rico imports and exports The provisions as to annexation are &S| gurng the transition stage preceding the gollows: Foraker act. The -laims aggregate about ubuc of Cuba is Nied® o}?&fl“:fi the l"mw $400.000. itates r_people to come citizens of United States, with op The legisiative, judicial and executive e seiratios ‘thet Coba will be satitied | Sopropristion bill, carvying the appropria- u rst to a form of government tions for numerous branches of the gov- !*In cons! I.llflol and laws of [ n and i t the| ernment service, was completed today by deley n cony s legate, i congress | the house committee on appropriations. uug be .nm.d t Judgment f o e It carries $26,198,989, or about $500,000 advisable to | below the estimates In the item increas. gamit A l::fufl% Such ‘ather West e ndies, belonging United States as ing specific salaries, 266 such increases are deemed advisable, ph{n in the union, to be cnllad (he state ol BILL FAVORS REDUCTION OF SUGAR TAI Ree. ends Twenty-Five Per Ci Decrense in Considerat ot Preferential Rates to United States. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. §.—Representative on account of rural free delivery. It is proposed in the bill to continue for an- other year the temporary force of employes now in the Treasury, War and Postoffice departments whose scrices are necessary because of increased work incident to the war with Spain. The Oklaboma appropriations have a lim- itation against the removal of the capital or contracting for a capitol bullding. The anti-anarchist bill, which will be c-l.-- Avparently Willing. Mr. Newlands, in explanation of his res- elution, said: Al those who have appeared to volco irements have indi- et an avita Gt to Cuba of annex- ation would be aeccepted. Annexation by force would not be justi- It must -ccoug!l-hod. if at sll. y the free act of the le. Rt hove . mnhlnury th Cuba .,y reported to the house in a day or two, con-~ hich the popular will can be tested. but | tains one feature not herctofore ailuded the Cuban constity g f: ted: | to. This 1s a provision giving to forelgn R Cubin gove ar“' 1 be or: | ambas dors and ministers aseradited to ‘the o8 Wi then | Washington protection against assaults ana jonye the government ang, Ooniro! ofi 'he | punishing, with death, any such sssault B ol m"",,’ her will, and it is | Which Tesults in the death of a foreign only “necossery over the present | ambassador or minis ST have %mu.!' diced, Teducing the Ty y%-‘&s Sk 'r::'-:'..,,... ] EREE WIN Get Pollti DANIELS CASE IN IN BALANCE Must Satiafy Pre t that His Record is Clear of Im- { e, i Freedom. i e AL WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Tn the executive seasion of the sehate today the decision of the nomination of Ben Daniels to be mar- shel of the territory of Arizona was con- tinued. Senator Hoar, as chaifman of the committee on judiclary, which reported favorably on the nomidation, explained that Daniels’ commission had already been issued, rendering it impracticable to con- 3 80 seriously under flclvroml trade rela- the redson that the restricted w8 et this countrv will apply and e the cost of production to such an revent overstimulation nl her Pkoth ot the orld. 1 much Sittical union. for 2 % yond, 1 mu uu’?'m ma ical ‘union, for --a»ca.n.m Teller's proposition to re unlon that can be established between the | “OnSicer the vote. &:fi countries. Such annexation is entirely Further report was made to the ef- III:‘ with the traditional policy of the When the time for statehaod comes Cuba, rto Rico and othe Wnt Inclan islands n our possession can be incorporated into the union us one state. thus Soing away with the danger of over-representation in the senate. fect that the president had begun an ex- amination of the case on his own responsi- bility, by wirlng to Cheyenne for particu- lars concerning the man who was {mpris- oned there and who is supposed to have been Danlels and by telegraphing to Dan- lels himself, instructing him mot to enter on the discharge of his duties until the charges made could be Investigated. It was stated that there was some doubt s to the ideatity of Danlels with the Wy- & oming convict. \ With these explanations the matter was e dropped for the time. Senators generally w:‘u"unfilpm .:m:::.:::m express the opinion that it the charges Drove to be true Daniels will be discharged from office. Wyoming Thinks it Another Danieis. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 5.—(Special Telegram.)—No such person as Benjamin F. Danlels ever served in the Wyoming peni- tentiary, but a man named Benjamin Danlels, with no middle initial, spent three and a half years there. Benjamin Danlels was convicted of steal- ing government property at Fort Russel in 1579 and was sentenced to two years at hard labor. He appealed his case to the territorial supreme court and was granted a new trial. He had been indicted on two counts and the second trial resulted in con: Dongressman Orempacker Explains the Meaning of His Reso- ¢ Aut viction. He was sentenced to three and a half years by Judge J. 8. Seaner. Judge Melville C. Brown, now judge of the district of Alaska, was United States attorney here at that time. Danlels entered the penitentiary on June callege resting upon s fictitious basis. | 19, 1880, and was released in August, 1883. It this be found to be true in fact, and | He left the state and went to New Mexico. wepresentation be reduced mccordingly #s | Nothing has been heard of him since that the comstitution imperatively requires, it |¢ime. It is the opinion here that the Ben- would go a long way toward settling the | jamin Daniels appolnted marshal of Ari- ru.!;u&on- Such's mn:‘c w:l': l:l:: zona is not the Benjamin Danlels that none characteristics of a force 1t would require Bo force for it execution, | T e 0 ‘_.‘_w___’mm' A Disfranchisement would suffer a reduction of pdme:’l-il':.r‘ which they could regain CARRIES OUT SHAW'S THEORY by educating their citizens and admittin = them 1o the privilege of the ballot. The | P11l Introduced in M ‘whole question would rest with those states. “But the caucus is asked slmply to au- thorise & thorough Investigation of the whole question through a ‘congressional committee specially appointed and equipped for that purpose, and when the facts as they really exist are laid before congress and the country such action may then be taken as the situation requires.”” OLEO IS ON TH ON THE INCREASE Shows Esormous Gains in Plants and Capital in Last De- Respecting WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Representative Pugsley of New Yorx, member of the house banking and currency committee, to- day introduced a bill on the general lines of Secrotary Shew's letters respecting the deposit of surplus government funds under certaln conditions with national banks. The bill invests the socretary with wide discretion in the deposit or recall of the treasury funds, but uthorizes him to make deposits with national banke having wot less than $100,000 capital and surplas of $190,000-0f su~h portion of the surplus treas- ury funds above $50,000,000 as may seem to prevent abscrption of monmey in m * fderal treasury. No one bauk is to receive deposits of more than 50 per cent of its combined cap- ital and its surplus. Unless United Btates bonds are deposited as securities the bapks shall pay interest on government deposits of mot less than 2 per cent per ampum. These deposits are made a first lien on bank assets. The bill spectally Lrovides that it shall not affect existing depositories. The author of the bill estimates ibat under it the gov- erament surplus would be deposited with 800 banks, instead of the comparatively small numbep now entitled to hold govern- woot fynds, — ‘WASHINGTON, Meb. 5.—The census bu- four between 1860 and 1900, with a total capital invested of §$3,023,646, increas: of Other items given are: 1,085; (ncrease, 311 per 7,689,501; lncrease, 1 of the products, . Oleomargarine wan- by slaughbtering 1er $12.988.136; OMAHA Ernest Djureen Appointed on Quay’s Com (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Papers retary Hi band. It agency, in council assembled, approved the leasing proposition, and that the objectors were heard from only after bids we called by advertisement in the newspapers. Bouth Daketa Indians Sesk te Restrain SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. BANA ROBBERS KILL SHERIFF Shoot Offissr Whe Boldly Attempts te Inter- Actien of Government. Vi oopt Their Flight. LONDON, Feb. B-Lord Salisbury, the T MAN MADE A MESSENGER | premier, unvefled a life-sized statue of the ESCAPE WITH TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS re itchcock is stated ihat Indian Commissioner hearing before the senate committee last night. The united 1 Indian grazing lands in that state. ator Kittredge sald today that he advo- cated the lsasing of lands, but that some changes might well be made in the dis- tricts as marked out by the offictals. resentative Burke is opposed to the prin- He says it will delay the opening cliple. South Dakota delegation is not n opposition of Indfan lands in the tard its full and complete development. Mén Made Messenger. Through the influence of Semator Mil- lard, Ernest Djureen of Omaba was today o appointed messenger committee on organization, expenditures of the executive departments. Mr. Djureen for the past two years bas been employed in the folding rcom of the house of representatives. Representative Fowler of New Jersey, ¢halrman of the committee on banking and currency of the house, and Congressman leave Monday for Lincoln, where Congressman Fowler will deliver an t the annual dinner of the Young Republican club the evening of Lin- Burkett address Men' will coln's birthday. stock of setting at York, bill to mccept. it is understood, Congressman Shallenberger’s bill for the relief of George R. Chiery, ntative Stark’s bill for the religt ot John Fisher were reported favorably today. There is hardly a national bank in Ne- braska or Iowa but has written letters to congressmen from the several urging that the tax be taken off the capital and these requests and petitions are becoming so numerous that the congressmen find it almost impossibie to answer all questions regarding this mat- banks, will have a large majority when it comes before the house for final action. Congressman Stark today filed a briet avantages accrue if a public bullding should be erected Mr. Stark has introduced a carrying an appropriation of $75,000 | pom, for a bullding at that piace and is recelv-| ing substantial backing from Postmaster T. E. Sedgwick and other business men. Senator Millard today recommended the appointment of Henry M. Walker to be postmaster at St. Michael, Buffalo county. L. D. Richards, accompanied by Senator | “Tne Millard, called on the supervising archi- tect of the Treasury department in relation to & lock which he desires the department The expert of the department, thinks favorably of the lock, and has asked for another conference with Mr. Richards tomorrow. “Incidentally, forth the Neb. of the difficulty.” Jobn Steen, formerly of Wahoo, who is now interested in a land syndicate in Texas, has written friends of bis in Washington for thel tership at Geraldine, a new office ‘which it is desired to establish. Hearing on Bowersock Bill. committee on public lands, of which Major Lacey of lowa Is chair- man, gave a hearing chairman of the cattlemen's association, and John P. Irish, who appeared before the committcs, in advocacy of the Bowersock to authorize the leasig of Indian While they were accorded close at- tention, it is pretty generally known that the committee does not favor the meas- Its chances for favorable action are extremely small, and the same fate is ex- pected for Senator Millard’s bill, which he introduced by request at the instance of the big cattle syndicates of the west. A delegation of six Rosebud Indians is here to appear before the secretary of the interior on matters pertalning to that de- bill lands. 1 ure. partmen nt to CoLU the bill working gate Dh The house Personals Keeps C! help Grimes. Postmasters appointed: Jowa—Winnle De'Haan, Chisholm, Mon- roe county; L. W. Nelson, Glendon, Guth- rie county. South Dakota—E. P. Zunkel, Wittenburg, Hutchinson county. Adam Breede of Hastings, editor of the Hastings Tribube, Is in Washington. Mrs. T. B. McArtion of Sloux Falls is in Washington. Congressman Thomas of the Sioux City district today said he expected to decide the Sioux Ciiy postmastership within a few days. There are three candidates for the place, the present postmaster, Mr. Helser, formerly of the Sloux City Journmzi, belng one of them. W. H. Green was confirmed today celver of the land office at Lincoln. s his bond has been approved his commis- sion will be forwarded. d Indian Commissioner Jones by the supreme court of the District of Columbla asking them to show cause why they should not be restrained from approving certain leases for Indlan graz- ing lands in South Dakota. Hearing in the case will be held February 13. clals express the belief that mo injunction will be fssued by the court. that they have acted in accordance with the law and that the objection of the pres- ent plan of leasing lands at Standing Rock comes only from a small minority of tho Fremont postmaster- ship was discussed,” said Senator Millard, “‘but so far as I have any knowledge, things are in about the same condition they were ‘weeks ago, and we a d Dep A rural free delivery route will be es- tablished March 1 at Grim: with Stella Butler area covered is thirty square miles and the population 1s 650. The postofice at Ridgedale will be discontinued and mail late queen at the Constitutional club to- night. Speaking at a dinder after the unvelling the premier ‘to the recent Dutch note in a tone, for him, of unusual filppancy. He said that doubtlgss some of his audi- tors thought it but & trick to catch a cabinet nifnister and extract ffom him some in- formation con that abortive crisis which had lately filled columns in the news papers. He doubted, however, if they would extract much. For ‘himselt, he was un- able to imagine the object of the Dutch, for whose friendly feellngs he bad the greatest admiration, but he could pot see the pre. clse object they hopedl to galn by this curt- ous step. “There is no longer &ny question of sen- timent,” continued Lord Salisbury. “We have entered Upom & matter of business which we must push through. What we are now seeking fs security. Any peace which recognizes fully the rights of the soverelgn and gives us,security for the em- pire we should accept, mot only with will- ingness, but with delight. It is useless to tell us to behave 80 a8 to leave a pleasant recollection in the milnds of those with whom we are fighting. The only result that can compensate for the sacrifice of blood and treasure is that for the future there &hall be security in that part @f the empire on which the ambition of Mr. Kruger has poured ths abundance of worrow and deso- iation.” IMPERIAL YACHT ON THE WAY Hohenszollern Lands at §t. Thomas and Will Soon Head for New York, ST. THOMAS, D. W. L, Feb. 5—Tae Ger- man imperial yacht Hohenzollern, which left Kiel January 18 and touched at Gibral- tar January 31, arrived here this morning. Admiral Count von Baudissin, commander, was seen on board the yacht. He sald that Hohenzollern had had an udusurlly fine voyage through the North sea over the bay of Biscar and the Atlantic, and that no in- cldent of importance occurred. Hohenzol- lern will leave soon for Bermuda. At Ber- muda the yacht will cosl and remiain one day and a balf. It will then leave for New York and hopes:to make the run from Ber- muda to that port in forty hours; or it may await fine weather at Bermuda. Admiral Von Raudissin expressed pleas- ure at his approaching visit 1o {he United States. Hohenzollern {8 a sagnificent hoat. Its rooms are fintshed in bird’s-eye maple and rosewood and ere beautifully pepered and decorated witn guantities of pictures, pho- tographs and aketches collected during the tours made by !‘mur-' Willias, CAPTURE: BEWET'S LAST GUN Famous Hoer Commander 1a Now Ea- vernor of Arkansas Offers Five ™ d Dollars Reward and Bankers' Assoclation Adds to the Amount. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. 5.—The town of Clarksville, Johnson county, is greatly excited over a bold and successful bank robbery which occurred about 3 o'clock this morning. Sherift John H. Powers was shot and killed by the robbers. The exact amount secured by the thieves is not known, but it is supposed to be between $1,000 and $2,000. Sherlff Powers, who roomed in a bullding adjoining that of the Bank of Clarksville, was awakened shortly before 3 o'clock by a terrific explosion fn the bank. Selzing a pistol in each hand he rushed to the bank. The robbers, who numbered five or six, were evidently prepared for him, as they opened fire the moment he appeared. The officer was wounded at ti st volley, but he stood his ground and returned the fire, sending ) 31t a dozen bullets at the robbers. The wor @ : sheriff managed to get back to his roo; where he died within twenty min- utes. ./hen hastily aroused citizens began artiving at the scene Sherift Powers was dead and the robbers had vanished. The interlor of the bamk presented a wrecked appearance, the men having used dynamite to break open the vault ¢sor. Thoy had several men standing guard outside the bank. They were armed with Winchesters and had apparently anticipated interfer- ence from the sheriff, as they must have known of his presence nearby. A trall of blood leading from the bank indicates that Powers injured one o more of the robbers. He was shot three times himselt and any one of the wounds would rved today on Sec- The offi- They the the Indians at this Jones had another to the leasing of Sen- Rep- te and thus re- have proved fa Governor Dlvlu tonight offered a reward of $5,000 for the arrest and conviction of the bank robbers and the Arkansas Bankers' association offered a reward of $500. A vigorous search is being made for the fugi- to Semator Quay's conduct and tives. Sherlff Powers was one of the best known officers in Arkansas. He had been sheriff of -Johnson county for twelve years. He had the reputation of being brave and fearless and had run down many crimin Clarksville is fifty miles ea Smith, on the Little Rock & Fort Smith railway. It is thought the robbers escaped into the mountain fastnesses of Newton county, where there are nelther raliroad nor telegraph facilities. ROB BANK AND HOLD UP PAYCAR Outlaws Tell Ranchman of Thelr Deeds and Leave for Ren- desv and Repre- districts DENVER, h.l: l—‘ lmlll to the News line. The leader of the gang informed ranchmen that they had robbed a bank at Santa Rosa, N. M., and held up the paycar of Goode & Co., railroad contractors, near that place a few days ago. The authorities were notified of the matter and & large posse started on the trail of the outlaws. URGES NEW FOREST RESERVE Report of Senate O ittee Recom- mends the Establishment of Appalachian Park. and Commandant Wessels, one of his prl cipal lleutenants, -has been routed.. Lord Kitchener sent the news ia a dispatch from Pretorls, dated Thursday, February 4, as follow: ng's column, while proceeding toward L uraviah Kter & night’s march. a tacked and routed a_conslderable force of the enemy under Commandant Wessels, We captured a fifteen-pounder and a pom- taken from Firman's column, and also’ a Boer pompom was the last gun Dewet had, and three wagons of ammuni- tlon, 180 horses and 100 mules. The Boer casualties were five men Killed, six wounded and twenty-seven captured. the killed was a field cornet, .Among the prisoners is Captain Matier of the Btaats artillery. The enemy Was neattered. Our casualties were slight. nadonal scoute, near Middleburg & at York. that would Among Wessels. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Senator Prit- chard, from the committee on forest reser- Cars Colouy): captusel (hirtest vations, today presented a written report R, hoar Ameratoort - (Lianevaan; | on the bill, appropriating $5,000,000 for a cnm\-rad seven prisoners and head of | forest reserve in the south Appalachian re- a “General Glibert Hamlilton captured thirty- | 5100 uthorized by the committee sev- eral days ago. The report urges the estab- two prisoners. i iy o8 lishment of the reserve for the protection CONGER GIVES A BANQUET |of the timber and the conservation of the i waters of the land embraced within its pro- Minister to China Tenders Luncheon | nosed area, placing the damage done by to Mnjor Robertson Prior to floods arising. in that area in the year 1801 His Departure. at $15,000,000. It is claimed that the land needed can be purchased for from $2 to §3 per acre. The following resolutions and bilis were introduced In the senate today: By Senator McMillan, directing the torney general to bring sult to determine the constitutionality of the retrocession of that portion of the origioal District of Co- Jumbis whick was ceded to the United States by the state of Virginia. By Senator Hoar, bill Increasing the salaries of senators and members of the house to $7,500 and the salaries of the speaker of the house and the president pro tem of the semate to $15,000 each. By Senmator Foraker, bill to amend the law requiring raliroad trains to be equipped with automatic couplers, so as to provide, explicitly, that it shall apply to all vehicles cngaged in Interstate commerce or those engaged in business in the territorie By Senator Mason, a bill providing for the transmission in the malls of sums of money of §1 or less by postage stamp cer- tificates, to be used in lleu of postage stamps; also @ bill authorizing the con- structiom of & gunboat of the Helena type of about 1,600 tons displecement, to cost not more than $500,000, to be used when not otherwise needed as a training ship for the paval militia of the several states borde: ing on the Mississippl river. ANGUS BULL BREAKS RECORD no nearer a solution PEKIN, Feb. 5.—Major E. B. Robertson of the Seventh infantry started today for Manila, and Captain Andrew Bromster of the same regiment assumed command of the United States legation guard. Many foreign military men, including Japanese and British officers, bade the major fare- well. An American guard of honor was mounted at the railroad station. The United States minister, Mr. Conger, previous to Major Robertson’s departure gave a luncheon in his honor. It was at- tended by all the American officials and their families. SYBIL SANDERSON IN COURT Says She Intended to Walt Ten Y efore Paying for Silks. to secure him the cday to F. C. Lusk, PARIS, Feb. 5.—The civil court today heard the case of a Parislan lace manufac- turer against Miss Sybil Sanderson for 18,- 191 francs for lace purchased in 1899/ The defense of Miss Sanderson was that she had been promised’ all the time she wantéd to pay this amount, and as her income was only 50,000 francs she wanted ten years. The defendant declared the prices on the lace to be exorbitant. The court will ren- der judgment next week. LIBERTADOR APPEARS AGAIN Revolutionists’ Ste Reported Sunk is Claimed to Still Be in Active Service. tment Notes, Polk county, carrier. T CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—The Aberdeen-Angus bull, Prince Ito, sold at auction at the Union Stock yards, Chicago, today, brought the record price of $9,100. The highest price for an Angus bull ever realized in the ring before was $3,050. The Herefords made the previous highest record in twenty years with the bull Per- tection, which brought $9,000. M. A. Judy of Williamsport, Ind., was the owner of Prince Ito, which was sold to B. P. Plerce & Son of Creston, Il ESCAPE FROM THE STOCKADE |! y Prisoners Break Jail Trace Be- WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacoa, Feb. —According to trustworthy information r celved -here today the Venezuelan revolu- tiontst steamer Libertador was at Sabanilla January 31 and was to have left there Feb- ruary 1, In order to renew its operations against the forces of the Venezuelan gov- ernment. This seems to contradict the re- port received at Colon that Libertador was sunk at Porto Colombia recently, while un- dergolug repairs, by & Venezuelan gun- boat. Preacher Opposes ese Act, WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Rev. 8. L. Bald- win of New York, secretary of the Missio ary society of the Metbodist Bpiscopal re- As soon re: MBIA, 8. C. to prohibit cotton_fuctories of thi Jhe vola ) 5 i Ilntn'oulfl Feb. 5.—The representatives of this state Il\duv i) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6.—Ten of the military prsoners confised in the stockade in one of the camps st the Presidio escaped last night and bave not been traced. Thelir exit from the enclosure in which they were church, was heard by the house committee on foreign affairs today in opposition to the Mitchell-Kabn bill for Chinese exclusion. He took the position (hat general restric- tions ou immigrauts siould govern all s n Fae little children from conormon of Twe weATHER 111G WHOLE FAMILY Forecast for Nebraska—Snow and_Colder Thursday; Friday Fair in North, Snow in Southeast’ Portion; Northwesterly Winds. Gas Explosion Canses Hoavy Lows of Life and Praperty in Chieage, Temperature 1 =2 —_— s THIRTEEN PERSONS KNOWN TO BE DEAD L3 —_— / ‘i Accident Originates in Basement asd Build- 4 ings Are Shattered. DEATH OF MR. L. A. GARNER FIRE FOLLOWS AND INCREASES THE HAVOC Assistant Gemeral Superintendent of Am hlx'.r'-l: 3 Tr':-v s4¢- | Spreads te Adjoining Btruotures, Threaten- mmbs to s Injuries. ing Entire Bleek. Mr. L. A. Garner, srsistant gemeral su- perintendent of the \merican Express com- pany, dled about widnight at his home, 2689 California street. Death was the re- sult of injury to his spine and paralysis caused by a fall on the jcy sidewalk la front of his home tWo weeks ago. He had received the best ‘of medical attend- ance unceasingly since his accident, and every means known to sclence was applied 1o the effort to save his life, but without avail, Mr. Garner had for thirty years been with the American ¥xpress company, most of the time making bis hesdquarters in Omaha. He had general charge of the com- pany’s agencies in the west from Chicago to Wyoming. He leaves six children. His | age was 62 years. WOODFORD SAYS Admits Chandler's Charge that He Never Dei d Independ- ence for Cuba. CAUSE OF EXPLOSION Wit IS UNKNOWN Disaster Comes ut Time for Are Caught No Chance of CHICAGO, Feb. 6.—~Thirteen lives wers lost, many people slightly injured, two bulldings at 372 and 374 Twenty-second street were wrecked and 350,000 damage was done by an explosion of gas tonight at the Intersection of Twenty-seqond street and Archer avenue last night. Dead. OTTO TROSTEL, 35 years old, butcher. MRS. OTTO TROSTEL, 85 years old. OTTO TROSTEL, JR., 2 years old. LENA TROSTEL, 7 years old. ANNIE TROSTEL, § years old. MAMIE TROSTEL, 11 years old. FRED TROSTEL, butcher, nephow of Otto Trostel, 23 years old. SOPHIE KNEIPPE, domestic in Trostel family. MARY ROSENTHAL, 32 years old, 2111 Purple street. MRS. M. KAUFERT, 372 Twenty-second street. EDWARD KAUFERT, 14 years old MAMIE KAUFERT, 4 years old. ANDREW KOLB, roomer with Mrs. Kaut- ert. I have no idea that the public will be ' nterested in this matter, if 80, the answer is: Tt is true. I never demanded inde- pendence. It was absolutely impossible to do so. It would have resulted in my bein Y, Mithin twenty-four hours an fovers precipitated the war sooner than it I never had any Instructions to demand independence. The only thing look- suggestion of the president v dance. 1 answered that the Independence of Cuba was under the Span- ish constitution, Jmpossible without prior sanction of the Cortes, which was not then in session and would not meet for a month. All my Instructions looked to an armistice. As to independence, the thing was never suggested to me by the administration. On my own_hook I sounded one or two per- sons at llldnd mfl found it Impracticable and 1 never ested It to the Spanish jovernment. le‘ntlml. 1 did s II.,’S. . hav- n. cl ly in my mind the question of in. P. E. Donohue, firem: ndence, or cession by sule, an armistice | . d mlrln‘d'he rainy_season, fefl thlt i induce Spain to take step Peter Danusand, cut by glass. then influences at 'm‘k durin Ih' lflllow- J. P. Collins, street car conductor; blown following 7 4 ln':’ aix months through car, cut and uyc internal io- IT IS TRUE NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Ex-Senator Wil- llam E. Chandler today issued an open lef ter reviewing the diplomatic Incidents which preceded the Spanish-American war, and Intimating that Spain would have ylelded independence to Cuba in order to avold the war. The article involves the attitude of Stewart L. Woodford, ex-minis ter to Spain, and a copy was shown to him. After reading it he said: Tujured. Lucy Merranoskl, cut on head and face by glass. Andrew Finstalkl, cut and Internal in- Juries August Rosler, cut about face. Sing W Twenty-third street and Archer avenue, blown tbrough window: cut and bruised. Nellie Merchand, cut by glass. Kate Sever, cut on face and head. Emma Folz, cut by glass. J. W. McLeod, ¢ut by Mrs. J. W. McLeod, cut and badly bruised. Timothy Moynihan, fireman; hands badly burned. A came. left arm cut with the United T Ve first wish of the pnu!-nn v:i the avoldance of war and the BURY BIDDLES IN ONE GRAVE Only a Few Present at the Cemetery, Though Large Crowd Wa Expected. PITTSBURG, Feb. 5.—The remains of Bdward and John. Biddle were quietly in- terred In a single grave at Calvary ceme- tery at 9:45 o'clock this morning. There were not more than twenty-five persons, including the brother, Harry Biddle, that accompanied the bodies to the grave. Father Sweeney ‘was 'g"‘- to what of They had been Mnntlm Otto Trostel, Mrs. Augusta Trostel, Annle Trostel house. Sophie Kneippe, domestic in Otto Trostel, Jr., Mrs Mamie Rosenthal, Fred Trostel, unidentified man and unidentified woman. List of Injured May Be Larger. The list of injured might be Increased to twenty-five or ‘more, as there were many people In the nelghborhood who sustained slight injuries from flylng glass or slight bruises caused by falls, but whose names have not been reported. Only one of the bodies of the dead—that of little Lena Trostel—has been recovered. All that is known of the fate of the other dead is that they are thought to bave been in the de- molished houses, and since the accident no trace of them has been found. The cause of the cxplosion is unknown and it bas not yet been determined whether it was sewer or flluminating gas. Mains filled with the latter were instantly ablaze after the explosion gnd & succession of explosions followed, the flames shooting up through the manholes in the street. It would be difficult to ascertaln whether the flluminating gas exploded or whether the mains were broken by the explosion of er gas. Many people living in the vi- cinity belleve that the first explosion was in & main at Twenty-second street and Archer avesue. Manholes Thrown in the Alr. The :manhole half a block south on Archer wnue was thrown into the air by a loud ex- plosion. Flames leaped high from the hole. The fire spread below the street and other manboles were blown into the air. The flames from the first gas main shot high into the air and reached, with the aid of the wind, the Trostle butcher shop. The building was a three-story frame structure and it had been weakened and nearly wrecked by the shock. It is supposed that the occupants of the bullding were knocked unconecious or were too panic-stricken to rush from the place. The flames caught the weather-worn timbers. The dry and rotten wood was food for the fire and In an instant the flames had enveloped the structure. With a roar the buflding col- lapsed and the occupants, with one excep- tion, were carried with it to the basement. The adjoluing bullding, & two-story strue- ture, flared, up, the next bullding was wrapped in flames and ture caught fire. It seemed that the vlol- At the cemetery Rev. read the burial service of the Roman Cath- olic church. It was oxpected that the cemetery would be crowded by curious persons and a large force of police was on hand to preserve order, but their services were not needed. A dispatch from Butler, Pa., says M Soffel epent a bad night and she is quite feverish. She took no nourishment today, but, while her condition is not so favor- able, her recovery is hopefully looked for by her physiclan. It will be several days before she can be removed to Pittsburg. MORTAL FEAR LEADS TO DEATH Wom in Guarding Against In- truders Locks House and Buras. CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—Fear of burglars w the indirect cause of the burning to death of Mrs. Amelia Bricson here today. Bhe loéked and holted all windows to her house. The house caught fire from a gasoline ex- plosion. Neighbors heard Mrs. Erleson erying for help, but were so much delayed by the latter's precautions agains: Intruders that entrance was galned too la BILL TO GIVE SCHLEY CREDIT Kentucky House Passes M. fining School Hister! Ui in State, re De- to B FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 5.—The house today advanced the bill which probibits the use of any kind of book in Kentucky sehools that does not glve full credit to Schley for the Santlago victory. The committee on education reported it adversely, but the house, by & vote of 38 to 32, advanced the bill, the report of the committee notwith- | block would be wiped out before the fire- standing. men could bring the blaze under control. ADJOURN PATRICK CASE AGAIN Fire Wall Stops Spread. A fire wall of a brick bullding at Archer avepue and Twenty-second street held the fire In that direction. On the west of the burning bulldin two small one-story cottages. They were a few fest from the burning bulldings and that gave”the fire. men ah opportunity of heading off the five, Window glass throughout the nelghbor- hood was broken and bottles and glassware in the dwellinge and stores were throwa to the toor and broken. Many persons in buildizgs near the explosions were knocked down. Scores of men and women, many of them carrying children, rushed to the Continuance of on Account of J NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—The trial of Albert T. Patrick for the mlurder of Willlam Marsb Rice, was adjourned agdin today on account of the continued iliness of Juror Jobn D. Campbell. Movement of Ocean Vesseld, Feb. 5. AL B York—Arrived: Taurice. from ; Sicilia, from Genoa und Naples. ?u i " Louts, for Bouthamptun; Oceanic, | streets. They were greeted by the glare of or Liver) from the manholes, Fearing fur- Arrived: Alberta, fi the fre pf.‘,.c‘,‘."m ™ lg'lA‘\fim.m l"' "’""B'" ther explosions the people Tushed down At Liverpool—Arrived tonl: rom t, ny women ‘eamn! anmn Baitea: ‘Noordland, for Brusact: | e * v Spnming 'S vl At Hamburg—Salled: Seperas, for San n—Salled: Kaiser Wilhe!m Som Bremen, for New York via Cherbow At Ruu.rdum—Arrlved On several street cars near the place the windows were smashed and the passengers severely shaken up. When pgople in the cars saw the fames fSash from the ground all rushed for the doors. A number of per- sofis were bruised and kaocked dowa fin Rotterdam, from Baremar, from to 33 Hld l“ tionalities clike and that discrimination "ww-tmw-.u-.vuncum H" public iaterests confined w sround which they bad evidently been se- cretly constructing for severs: Dights, made by & tunnel through the | T X g d VieGorta, B. Cu, 5 G, Vin c B Bhanghal, via Yokohama, , from Beat- Yokohama, the excited exit. One car, filled with pas- sengers, was throws from the tracks. Awmong the dead are supposed to be three