Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 22, 1902, Page 1

[ ——= Tae OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED J1 NE 19, 1871, OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, = FEBRUARY 22, 1902-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. TAKES KAISER'S SIDE Ambassador White Oommends Germany's Attitude During Spanish War. SAYS STRICT NEUTRALITY WAS OBSERVED Deolares That Reports of the Betrayal of American Trust Are False, CONBDUCT ALL THAT COULD BE PESIRED Dispels Illugions of Pending Trouble Between Two Nations. COMMENTS UPON SPIRIT OF FRIENDSHIP Im Celebration Cercmonies of Wi Angton's Anniversary at Berlin An- Adrew D. White Ex: peror of Alleged Du BERLIN, Feb, 21.—Andrew D. White, American ambassador here, presiding to- night at the assemblage of 300 America who celebrated Washington's birthday at the Keiserhof by a musical reception, fol- lowed by a supper and dance, said: Many writers on this side have been es- clally eloquent in denouncing the general tred of Germany and the Germans which they insist obtains in tne United States. uch has been said of “Deutschen hetze (German baiting) and this has been placed in such & lurid \ght that one would almost belleve that on the appearance of one of our German-American fellow cltizens on the streets of an American city the citizens of American cities were ready (o cry havoe and let loose on him the dogs of War. 1t_has been my duty for five years to read, with considerabie consclencenexs, & number of the foremost American news- apers representing the dominant thought various parts of the union, and 1 can most truthtully say that L have falled to find the siightest trace of such '‘Deutschen Letze,” 1 did not discover anything lke trod or @ persecuting spirit. toward the erman-Americans on ihe American conti- nent. Even it there were no other reason the Americans are too busy or tog good natured for an amusement of that kind. Pispels 111 of War. On the other side it has been insisted by ore or less well meaning people in the Dhltea States that & dark cloud between exists, and the % men- especially during our ‘Spanish war, the ' German government was somewhat hostile to the United Btatos, manner which nobody seems ‘to give with precision, the German govern- ment did_something which it ought not to have done, and left undone something which it ought to have done. This answer has been made, if 1 may be allowed to refer 10 It, by myself as one competent to ex- press an opinion on the conduct of the German government toward the Unite St during the Spanish war was excel le The German government showed a strict neutrality and no untriendly spirit. From the first to the last it never made any sug- gestions that embarrassed us in the slight- est degree. In fact, the conduct of the German government was all that uld desire it to be. Some self-constitut 1l f the ifare of the United that If not the imperial gov- ernment, the honored aud revered soverelgn of the empire who spread this cloud over the relations of the two natlons, by or if mot Join! ting, moting, by % In 2 ugbe (6 tntervene 1o stop the © Emperor On this /4ccount various made themselves ly vy , however, within a fol be and refused in such a manner as to s| that Re ""”""3" the motives. and feel- f the Am government. night, even at this very moment, other exhibitions of the good feelings between the American and German governments Thanks to wireless tele- §ood _witl are nz the emperor to our shores. ese messa £ to all parts of our country; they come from all parts of our country, for the miagion of our royal guest is clearly seen to be and kindnes It is sometimes d by the that missions and demonstratios sae now beginping in America accomplish nothing, for the reason that they set Teally important question. An aasertion this_betrays a very narrow view of public affairs on the rt of any person ing it. It is doubtless true that such demonstrations do not directly settle pend- ing questions between nations, but it none the less true that such demonstr tions, heartily and kindly and arousing a Dbetter feeling In both natlons, are powerful in creating an atmosphere in which the pending questions are more easily settled. We glvo every reason, then, this even- Ll jolce at this restored rei, good Wi, ‘®A% to the couds of ) reason to hope way. Certainly the eve ot ash- s birthday may well be celebrated Joytaily. CABINET RESIGNS ITALIAN Antmated by Defeat of mor Villa for Re-election to Presi- dency of Deputiel ROME, Feb. 21.—The cabinet has re- vigned, owing to the failure today of Signor Villa, the government's candidate for the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies to secure his re-election. The cabinet succeeded the Sarraco min- tstry, owing to Its having be Chamber of Deputies February 6 by a vete of 218 to 202 at the close of the debate on dissolution of the labor exchange at Genoa, which had lasted several days. The Zanar- delll cabinet was composed as follows: Premier, Signor Zanardelll; minister of the interior, Signor Gilottlo; mimister of forelgn affairs, Signor Prinettl; minister of finance, Signol noe, Signor Cocco-Ortu; minister of ag- riculture, industry and commerce, Signor Baccelll; postmaster general, Signor Gal- minister of public works, Count Guisse; minister of war, Lieutenant Gea- Tine, Vice Admiral Morin; minister of pub- lic education, Signor Nasl; minister of the treasyry, Signor Digbroi. GLADSTONE ON CHAMBERLAIN Predictec that Colemial Secrel Would Give Great Deal of Trouble. LONDON, Feb. 21.—E. L. Godkin, for- merly editor of the Evening Post of New York, writing to the Westminster Gasette with reference to Joseph Chamberlal colonial secretary, says that wh Chamberlain deserted the liberals Godkin) asked Mr. Gladstone, through & correspondent, for Information in regard to Mr. Chamberiain, Mr. Gladstone's reply W “Chamberiain is the first politician have had of the American type and he is Hestined to give a great deal of trouble. Tolatel N+ . Se Weil YALTA, Orimea, Thursday, Feb. 20.—A bulletin issued at 9 o'clock this evening wnnounced that Count Tolstol's temperature was Jow and that he was suffering from TO STRENGTHEN KING'S FLEET Poliey Adopted by B h Admiraity Involves Larger Nav. Estimates. LONDON, Feb. 21.—The secretary of the adiniralty, H. O. Arnold-Forster, intro- duced the naval estimate for 1902-3 in the House of Commons today. The estimates show a fotal of £81,256,000, as compared with £30,875,000 last year. In the course of an accompanylug statement, Mr. Arnold- Forater remarked that no thinking man could have anticipated any reduction from the estimates of last year, in view of the fact that the army was engaged in a dif- cult conflict 7,000 miles away. In regard to the naval reserve, the sec- retary of the admiralty said the govern- ment had discovered that there were legal objections to the engagement of men in Newfoundland. The movement would there- fore be temporarily arrested, but legislation would be enacted legalizing the engagement of men in every part of the empire. The secretary further announced that promotion in the engineering department would be accelerated by the creation of ten mnew posts. He also sald that the progress of naval construction during the last year had been unparalleled. The present estimates, sald the secretary, gave the government &£15,- 000,000 for new ships and it wa to spend the money. No fewer than forty- nine ships would be put in the water dur- ing the present year and next year there would be under construction sixty ship, in addition to twenty-seven others that would be lald down. Besides this, a large program of reconstruction would be undertaken, ad- ding greatly to the fighting power of the fleet. Guns of more formidable caliber would be mounted on many vessels, and six-inch rifles of the latest and most im- proved type would replace the 4.7 guns. Referring to the smaller craft, he sald that ubexpected rapldity bad been exhib- ited in adding to this fleet and more would be added. Atter glving further details of the ad- miralty's program, the secretary concluded by eaying that wl dmiralty was de- termined on was to prepare the fleet for war—preparation for that day of trial which it was hoped would never come, but against which the admiralty was in duty bound to provide. CRISIS NEAR IN MACEDONIA Conflict Expected Between Troop the Brigands Who Are Holding Miss Stone. LONDON, Feb. 21.—Cabling from Zeres, European Turkey, under date of February 21, the correspondent of the Daily Graphic says that Miss Ellen M. Stone, the captive American missionary, was seen last Satu day escorted by a body of armed brigands in the Bosdagh mountains, at the southern extremity of the Perim range, thirty miles from Zeres. M. Garguilo, the dr: an of the Ameri- fcan legation at Conetantinople, is still here, continues the correspondent. He fears that if the foregoing be true there e likelthood of an encounter between the brigands and the troops patrolling that country, In which case it is doubtful ‘whether the brigands would allow the cap- Conditions in Mace~ says the Dally are occurring frequently. The killed three soldlers at Ligdatch last Sun- day. The Bulgarians are reported to be armed with Mannlicher rifles. Elghty Bulgarians are reported to bave been' wounded during recent attempts to cross the line of demarcation. Spring has come and the snow on the mountains is melting. BOSTON, Feb. 2 E. E. Strong, D. D., editorial secretary of the American Board, today stated that he had assurances that Miss Stone and Mme. Tsilka are alive and well, and that efforts for their release have been prosecuted unremittingly. DEAL FOR SWEDISH MINES by Steel T Purchase is STOCKHOLM, Feb.: 21.—It is reporied that the United Sta Steel corporation has purchased nearly all the shares of the Gellivare Ore company at the nominal price of 6,000,000 kroner. It adds that the steel corporation will take over the working of the North, SWedish mines In the NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—A repr of the United States Steel corporation de- nied the report from Sweden that the cor- poration had bought iron properties in that country. It was sald that negotiations had been entered on some time ago between the London representative of the Carnegle Steel company, acting for the United States Steel corporation, and the owners of the Swedish properties referred to, but it was deemted wise by the directors of the steel corporation not to acquire these properties or make any purchases of this sort in for. Emperor Municipality of Be Revived. BERLIN, Feb. 21.—The old fight between Bmperor Willlam and the municipality of Berlin over (be confirmation of Herr Kauffmann, the second burgomaste reopened in the lower house of the Prus- slan Diet today. The house was packed. Amid intense excitement, Herr Traeger (radical) demanded to kmow why Herr Kauffmann had not been comfirmed. The nister of the interior, Baron von Ham- merstein, réplied that grave objections ex- isted to Herr Kauffmaon. But the min- ister declined to furnish any further ex- nation. He sald that the facts in th case had been reported to the empero: It was patent to everyone, sald the min- Ister, that the left was endeavoring to bring party politics into the Reichstag. NEGRO COOK LOSES HIS LIFE Killed in Wreek of Excurs Trailu Near the COity of Mexico, MEXICO CITY, Feb. 21.—The baggage and dining cars of the Pennsylvania rallroad e; cursion were deralled seventy miles morth of this city today and the second cook, a colored man, was killed. Two others of the kitchen crew were badly scalded and several slightly injured. The cause of the acel t was the burn- ing of seven ties, which allowed the rails to spread. The cars occupled by the ex- cursionists did mot leave the track. Ome of the passengers was slightly injured. The party arrived here at 7 o'clock tonight. intendea | EXPECT DELAY IN ARRIVAL Reception Delegates Beliey' ™4 Weather Will Retard Prine ;o'\ v ALL IS READY FOR,” S UYAL VISITOR < Marcon Labor { wel 8f / Telegraphers Jocate the Ven /Mdle of the rnoon. NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Admiral Prince is due in New York to- morrow. e will arrive on schedule time Is, however, exceedingly doubtful. Kron Prinz Wilhelm, to equal its westward record, should reach Sandy Hook lightship by 7:45 o'clock tomorrow morning. Owing to the conditions now prevalent on the Atlantic, its arrival at any hour during tomorrow will be surprieing. At the offices of the North German Lloyd company Man- ager Bchwab, although somewhat upset in his calculations by the delay which Teu- tonle experienced, that boat having arrived twenty-four hours overdue, still expresses the bellef that Kron Prinz Wilhelm will arrive In the harbor late in the afternoon. Some of his assoclates were not so hopeful, however. An all-night vigil was kept by the wire- leea operators on Hohenzollern and Etruria, in the hope of coming In communication with Kron Prinz Wilhelm, Up to midnight thelr vigll had not born fruit. On Hohen- zollern the officers, from Admiral Baudissin down, sat up the greater part of the night, hoping that news might be ticked out from the mysterious instrument in the cabin. All in Readinews for Prince. All 1s In readiness for the prince's re- ception. The president's delegates, ap- pointed to recelve the royal visitor in the name of the nation, arrived this evening from Washington. Those in the party are First Assistant Secretary of State David J. Hill, Brigadier General Corbin, Com- mander W. S. Cowles, Colonel H. T. Bing ham and several aides. The entire Germ: embassy staff also arrived and joined Am- bassador Von Holeben. The party occupled apartments at the Waldorf-Astoria. Gen- eral Corbin said tonight that if Kron Prinz Wilhelm does not arrive in time to dock on Saturday the president's committee will carry out its plans for the reception just the same on Sunday. The committee has planned to accompany the prince and suite to the Irving Place theater tomorrow evening, to attend him on his rounds Sunday, go with him to Washington Sunday night, return with him to the launching on Tuesday and femain with him untll he salls for home. Complete Plans of Precaution. The president’s delegates retired to their rooms soon after thelr arrival and had luncheon served in one of the parlors. General and Mrs. Corbin dined with White- law Reid and afterward were his guests at the opera. The last steps were taken this evening for the protection of Prince Henry from possible interferemce by cranks. Captain Titus, chief of the detective bureau, after a conference with Colonel Bingham, asnoynced that the police ar- rangements at the Thirty-fourth street pler bad been completed. Ten of the most re. pecial for the person of nce Heory and three were chosen to keep a constant surveillance about President Roose- velt during his stay in New York. The imperial yacht Hohenzollern, after baving been cleaned up, lies at the pier at foot of West Thirty-fourth street, awalt- ing the prince’s arrival. Its maln gangway has been placed directly opposite the door through which Prince Henry will land from Kron Prinz Wilhelm. He will cross the pier and board Hohenzollern. At the gangway he will be met by Admiral von Baudissin, while the other officers of the yacht will stand at the sides of the gangway, Be- hind, on the deck of the boat, the crew will be drawn up and the ship's band will play a national air as the prince steps on the boat. Marconi Gettin Buny. The Marconi apparatus on Hohenzollern has been tested and found to be in good working order. Tonight the operator on board will begin to send messages In the effort to locate the prince’s ship. On board Etruria the wireless apparatus is also in readiness and an operator is on watch for signals from Kron Prinz Wilhelm. Admiral Evans, Adjutant General Cor- bin and Assistant Secretary of State Hill, the president’s delegates, will meet Kron Prinz, probably at quarantine, and will greet Prince Henry in the mame of the government. Arrangements have been completed for the dinner to be given by the press In homor of Prince Henry on Tuesday next, and Herman Ridder, who has charge of the arrangements, sald today that the number of acceptances from leading representatives of the newspapers was gratifying. Special Entrance for Prince. The Irving Place theater, where a gala performance is to be given tomorrow even- ing, has been beautifully decorated and or- ders have been glven for the festooning of the prince’s box with American Beauty roses. Helnrich Conreld, mabager of the theater, has had & special entrance broken through the wall on the Fifteenth street side of the theater n order to permit the prince to enter the royal bov. ‘mmediately on stepping from his carriag The play selected for this perform: is Blumenthal This cause the prince has thus far had no op- portunity of s ay, owl Everything has been made ready for the spetial opera performance to be given for the prince. It is belleved that this will be tory of the Metropolitan opera house. Will Honor Grant's Memory. On Saturday, when Prince Henry visits , ha will place Both American Beauty roses, lilies and orchids, and will bave in the center a crown. The emperor's wreath will be worked In flowers, the Initials “W. L R"—"Willlam Imperator Re; The pler at the foot of West Thirty-fourth street, where the prince will land, has been with two ¢ mounted policem picked men. lern precinet. A Postal telegraph office, with a direct | wige comnection with the German eable, | bas been established on the dock at the foot of Thirty-fourth street for the mc- commodation of Prince Heory of Prussia aod his suite, who will thereby be in in (Contianed on Second Page.) and 100 patrolmen, all It is known as the Hohenzol- the most brilliant performance in the hll«i | { LUMBERMEN JOURNEY HOME Ne kans Retnrn trom Inspeciion of the South. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 31.—(Special Tele- 200 retall lumber dealers of a have been In town today and have been entertained by the wholerale lumbermen of Kansas City. There was a dinner at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon after & ride about the city ahd the day endcd with a theater party at the Grand this afternoen to see “The Telephone Girl." The guests of Kansas Clty lumbermen are the dele coln February 12, who went on a pleasure trip to Galveston and through the southern lumber regions and are mow on their way home. They have a special train of seven cars on the Missouri Paclfic under the di- rection of T. F. Godfrey of Omaha. The committees of the association in charge of the excursion Is composed of H. H. Judd of Rising City, Frank Colpetzer of Omaha and J. C. Cleland of Framon last of whom is_secretary of the staté assoclation. The party left Lincoln on February 13 and visited many lumber camps in Arkan- sas and Texas, where the yellow pine, which 1s now most extensively used In the west, comes from. “You see,” sald Willlam Krotter, who operates a chain of yards in Nebraska and who is one of the party, “We can't get white pine any more, because the northern output has been so curtatled and the demand for lumber in the west has grown so in t! last three or four years. The white pine forests can no longer supply the demand at any price, so we have. 10 take the south's yellow pine and we have been looking over the new source of supply.” The lumbermen left on their own train late tonight for Omah: ON HIS WAY TO WASHINGTON Young Hoowevelt Goes Home with His Mother, Sister and Dr. Rixey. GROTON, Mass., Feb. 21.—Mrs. Roosevelt decided late this afternoon to ptart for Washington tonight. In pursuance of this plan Theodore Roosevelt, ir., was taken from the infirmary to the train at 4 o'clock. The decision to leave tonight was reached suddenly, despite a smowstorm. In a hack on runners Mrs. Roosevelt and her son, with Dr. Rixey, were driven to the station, where an engine and special car, which have been here for several days, ~were ready. Miss Alice Roosevelt followed in another conveyance. The boy was bundled up to his eyes, 8o that the.few spectators at the station could not get a glimpse of him. At 4:40, about fifteen minutes after the party reached the train, the engine started. The party occuples the private car Convey. | The engineer, conductor and crew, it is understood, are the same which had charge of the president’s special train last Friday. WORCESTER, Mass.; Feb, 21.—Theodore Roosevelt, ir., in charge of his mother, and his sister, Miss Alloe’ Roosevelt, and Dr. P. M. Rixey, enroute to hington, ar- rived here from Grotom in a special train over the Boston & Maine road at 5:30 p. m. Dr. Rixey Informed a representative ot the Associated Press that the boy s stand- ing the journey very well, as the car fectly confortable.. A lar the unlon station to see m party, but Dr. Rixey was the only one who showed himself, as the members of the Roosevelt party drew the curtains to shield themselves from the gaze of the people. PARALYZED IN A WRECK Brakeman in Attempting to Jump Car Window i \ y Injured. CLEVELAND, Feb. 21.—The Lake Shore accommodation train leaving this city at 3 p. m. was wrecked on the outskirts of Oberlin about 4 o'clock. Louls Bates, the head brakeman on the train, Is the only person reported seriously hurt. He jumped through a car window and in falling in- jured his back, causing paralysis of his lower limbs. John Lace of Norwalk was thrown against a seat and his head was cut. Beyond a severe shaking up it s sald that no others of the passengers were hurt. A crank pin on the left driver broke, loosening the connecting rod which swung with the wheel, demolishing the cab on the fireman’s side. It also broke the connect- ing rod on the other side. This rod tore the airbrake cylinder off the engine and rendered it useless. The engine and cars left the rails and the five cars were piled up In the ditch. The passengers were able to leave the coaches through the doors. The track was quickly cleared. ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE Colorado Man Comes Clear Killing of Woma soc! f Alleged A DENVER, Feb. 21.—W. P. Flanders of Lyo! Colo., who has been on trlal here for the murder of Mrs. Nellle Hardifer, was acquitted by order of the court today. The charge was that the two had decided to die together and that Flanders adminis- tered the poison to the woman and to him- self. The court decided that the evidence insufficient. The woman died, but Flanders recovered. Mrs, Hardifer was the wife of a Denver contract PATIENT FLEES IN DELIRIUM Escapes from H Dead from Ex the CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—Eluding the attend- ants, Emil Krueger, a delirious typhold- poeumonia patient at the county hospita escaped from his ward today through a window to the infirmary His bare body exposed to the chilled air, the crazed man ran to the eight-foot iron fence, scaled it and proceeded half a block before he could be captured. He was returned to t hospital to drop dead at the door of his ward. MERCHANTS SEEK PROTECTION St. Joseph and Kansas Clty Des Prepare Bill Against ito and Overtaxa ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 21.—The retall merchants of Kansas City and St. Joseph held a meeting hero today, at which orders were given for the preparation of a bill which will be introduced at the next ses- sion of the legislature, giving merchants protection against deadbeats and over taxation. All merchants of the state will be invited to join the organization with the object of forcing through needed legisla- tom, . ADMITS RILLING OF SHERIFF Oharles Woodward Oonfesses on Witness Btand How He Blew Rioker, QUOTES DYING OFFCIER'S PITIFUL WORDS Wite as He Bables Supreme Thought les Wounded—Recital Creates Courtroom Sen- ton. CASPER, Wyo., Feb. 21.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Charles Woodward this evening went on the witness stand and in a trem- bling volce confessed to the murder of Sheriff Ricker. After breaking jall. Woodward said, he went to the stock yards below town, where he found a six-shooter, but he would not tell who put it there. This was the weapon he used in shooting the sheriff. The second night out of Casper he re- mained at a ranch six miles below town. The next day he spent in a coal bank mear the ranch. In the evening he secured a horse and rode to his ranch at Garfleld Peak. Arriving there about dusk and going to the barn he found the horses of the sheriff's posse, and knew the officers were looking for him. He untied one of the horses, mounted it and was ready to ride out of the barn, when Sheriff Ricker came from the house and said: ‘“Harry, is that you?" “‘No, it's not Harry " Ricker then said: “Oh, it's you, Charlle." Woodward said: “I pulled my gun, swung it around and said, ‘Go back,’ and it went o, Claims Shooting Unintentional. “I did not Intend to shoot or kill Sheriff Ricker,” sald Woodward, continuing his confession. ““I thought I might scare him and that he would return to the house and give me a chance to get away. When I fired the shot he sald, in a loud voice, ‘Oh!’ right out loud, that way. I jumped off my horse, went back into the barn, and did not hear anything for n minutes. Then Ricker came to and called out, ‘Oh, boys, come and get me.' He called this way two or three times. Some persons stood mear the house, for I could hear talking. 1 thought they were coming to the bara and I held my gun and shot it 'off in the air. I hoped to warn them I was at the barn, so they would not come and get me. The men at the house then fired several shots. “1 went into the barn and laid down by the mangers, the fellows at the house shooting all the time. One of them called out, ‘You had better surrender, for we have you surrounded.’ “Finally the sheriff called out, and these were the last words he spok: Dying Sheriff's Pitital W Here Woodward broke down and wept like a child. When he had regained his composure he continu; “The sherift sald: ‘Won't you come and carry me to the house? Ob, my poor wife and bables.’ He sald this two or three th “I did not object to the men at the house coming and getting Ricker, and I bad a notion to just glye up everythin It sounded #o pitiful for the sheriff, who was calling for his wife and bables, but I id Woodward. then held onto th crawled out of a sma on the horse. “I knew the sheriff was dead when I went away, but I did not steal his money. His gun was lying on the ground, and I picked it up, and then unbuckled his belt and scabbard and put it on myself.” window and e Escape and Recapture. Woodward then described his trip across the country to the Mahaffy sheep camp, where he took breakfast. He told Mahafty he had broken jail, but said nothing about the murder. He rode the same horse to Arvada, where be took the train for Billings. He then went to Laurel, where he met Wilson Owens and John Burkheimer. He asked Owens for work, as he wanted to find me place where he could rest up for awhile. Oweps took him to his ranch, where he remained a week or more. Woodward here told how the men had captured him, saylng they beat him over the head with a revolver until he was al- most unconsclous. He tried to crawl under the bed, so they would not beat him to death, and several times he cried out, 0ld up, men, don't kill but they kept on hitting bim until he was hand- cuffed. The confession caused Intense excitement in the courtroom, but the people controlled themselves and there is no longer any talk of a lynching. Woodward undoubtedly will be disposed of immediately. The jury will return its verdict early tomorrow. Woodward will be nienced at once and it is expected that | an execution will follow without delay. Burkheimer's Testimony. John Burkheimer was the only witness for the prosecution on the stand at the fcrenoon session of the trial. He testified that Woodward came to the Owens ranch, near Billings, during January and applied for & position. He told him he had had trouble in Wyoming and was compelled to flee from the state. 4 The ffth day after his arrival at the Owens ranch Woodward told the story of his escape from the Casper jail, the killing of Sher!ft Ricker and the flight to Montana. He said he sawed his way out of prison, and, stealing a borse near Casper, rode to the Woodward place, where he found Sherift Rie nd his men. Going to the barn, Woodward was securing a fresh mount, when he heard some one approach- ing. He went to the door and peered out. Just then Sherlff Ricker called that you, Harry?' evidently thinking that the man iuside the barn was Harry Woodward, brother of the murderer. | Brutal Treatment Atter shoot | Woodward told Burkheimer he replied: “No, it is ot Harry,” and them shot ths officer, afterward taking his gun and beit and beating the office’s head open with the butt of his pistol. Woodward remained at the ranch for an hour, then secured a horse and rode away, the deputies firing several shots at him as be left the barn. At the Owens ranch in Montana Wood- ward attempted to dispose of Ricker's gun, {saying: “This s what I killed him with, |and I want to get rid of It." Burkheimer_ then told of capturing Wood- ward. He and Owens beat the prisoner over ithe head with a pistol, but he was only | subdued after a hard stru ra ser Runs Into Stock Train, COLUMBLUS, O., Feb. 1. No. § of the Norfolk & Western, here at 7:35 a. m., ran into an train_about three miles out of The engineer of the nger agea ‘o chec ‘the traln somewhat, But the passengers were thrown from their seats and were co bly shaken up. The wreck train had to be calied before the passenger traln could proceed. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Fair Saturday and Erobably Sunday; Variable Winds, Mostly Southerly. .. fe . 88 . 40 . 40 o srr2ares TTIET] srasasnu= DEATH STOPS PROSECUTION Evan L. Evans, Hays Center Bride- groom, Released from the rie of Bigamy. DENVER, Feb, 21.—(Special Telegram.)— Because of the death of his former wife, Naomi 8. Evans, Evan L. Evans will not have to appear in Magistrate Hyne's court tomorrow to answer to a charge of bigamy brought by her last week. Mrs. Evans died at her home, 2420 Sixteenth street, Wednes- day. Her end was hastened, it is belleved, by the nervous and mental straln of her domestic troubles. She was 64 years old, Just four years the senior of her husband. Early last week Mrs. Evans swore out a warrant in Judge Hyne's court charging Evans with bigamy. When he was arrested at the lumber yards of McPhee & Mc- Ginnity, where he is employed, he told the officer he had secured a divorce from his former wife In Hayes Center, Neb., sev- eral years ago, and produced the document in court a few days later. Mrs. Evang testified that she had never been served with a notice of the suit and that If her husband had a divorce he se- cured it by fraudulent means. The case was continued until today. Mr. Evans married his second wife at Hayes Center, December 1, 1900. He mar- ried Naom! Evans In 1866, ONE OUTLAW IS SHOT DEAD After His Death Two Comrades Sur- render—Breaks » Desperate GUTHRIE, Okl. Feb. 21.—A fight oc- curred today between Oklahoma officers and the band of outlaws that killed Sherifts Smith and Beck a month ago. As a result vne of the outlaws, Walter Swot- ford, s dead and Deputy Sheriff W. A. Jones of Asher, OkL, is seriously wounded. The snow enabled a posse under Sherift Milner of Shawnee, Okl to trail the out- laws to an isolated house south of Wewoka, I T. As the posse approached the out- laws, three in number, came from the house and opened fire on the officers. The fire was returned and for several minutes the battle waged. Deputy Sheriff Jones was shot by Swofford, who had opened the fight. When Jones fell, the officers turned their attention to Swofford and he was plerced by several bullets, and killed in- stantly. After the battle had continued several minutes longer the other two out- laws, Sam Casey and Bill Watson, sur- rendered, Watson is sald to be a fugitive from Kentucky on & murder charge. Offers of $9,000 for the capture of the three were outstanding. LONG LIST OF OVERDUE SHIPS Npmber of Vew Delayed in Vari- ous Parts of Pacific Inerea o SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.—The list of overdue vessels posted at the Merchants' exchange is steadily growing. Red Rock, elghty-five days out from Frazer river, for London with salmon, is quoted at 15 per cent reinsurance. The British ship Cape Rock, is out thirty-five days from Port Los Angeles for Portland and stands at 16 per cent, and Earl Cadogan, thirty-four days out, between the same port, is at the same figure. The French bark Las Adelphes, 129 days from Mada- gascar for Portland, is at 20 per cent, and the French bark Ernest Legoure, 106 days out from Hobart, Tasmania, for Portland, is quoted at 20 per cent. The same figure obtains on the French bark Olivier de Clis- son, 165 days out from Cayenne for this port, and there is & rate of 15 per cent quoted on Yosemite, seventy-elght days out from Tacoma for Callao. KILLED AT TRACK JUNCTION Two Men Are Dead and One Fatally Hurt in Rallway Accldent. CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—Two men were killed and another probably fatally injured tonight at the Lessing street crossing of the Chi- cago & Northwestern rafiroad. The men who lost their lives are Robert B. Elvee and Robert Cluth. Wilson Youngs received a broken arm, Internal injuries and a frac- ture of the skull. The men, who were electricians for the road, were working un- der the new tracks and hastened to get out of the way of the train, which was north- ward bound. As they did so a suburban train, southbound, bore down upon them. HAY REFUSES PASSPORTS Seeretary ol State Denles Re of Americans to Visit Boer Cami ests CHICAGO, Feb, 21.--Dr. and Mrs. Hiram' Thomas of Chicago were refused passports to visit the South African concentration camps by Becretary Hay of the State de- partment at Washington today. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas intended golng to Africa to distribute money for use of the camp pris- oners. Secretary Hay, it Is stated, gave as his reason for refusing the passports that President Roosevelt would object, and con- sequently he would not make application for them to Lord Pauncefote. RECRUITING CITY OFFICIALS Counell and Mayor at Kansas Fill G in Loeal Gove ment. City KANSAS CITY, Feb. 21.—Two more of the mayor's appointments for the vacant city charter offices were confirmed by the council tonight. Andrew Gallagher w confirmed for comptroller and D. B. Holmes for assessor. The mayor's nominations for Movements At Queenstown—Arrived: Lucanla, from ork, for Liverpool, and proceeded. Naples—Arrived: Langbank, from Ore., and Coronel via 8t. Vincent Liverpool—Arrived: Sylvania, from Boston; Numidian, from St. Johns and Halifax. At Boulogne—Salled: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, for New York. At Moville—8alled: Corinthlan, Liverpool, for 8t. Johns. At New York—Arrived: Teutonie, Ldv L A: ibraltar—8alled: Trave, from Genoa and Naples, for New Yorks from from trom LIVES LOST IN HOTEL Park Avenus House in New York Bums with Other Big Buildings, SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT ARMORY GONE Street Oar Barns Also Threatened with Oomplete Destruotion, FIRE STARTS IN MILITARY HEADQUARTER! Bodies of Guests of Hotel Found in the Ruins, OTHER BOARDERS JUMP FOR RESCUE Determined Efforts of Firemen Are Dafied by the Flames—Entire Police Force at th Seene. NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—Fire that broke out early this morning in the armory of the Seventy-first regiment, National guard, New York, at Park Avenue, Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets, spread to the Park Avenue hotel and at least four lives were lost, while the damage le roughly es- timated at over $1,000,000. One woman, a guest of the hotel, jumped from the fifth story and is believed to be fatally injured. Colomel Pepper on Death List. Four bodies have been taken out up to 3:30 this morning, but the only one so far \dentified is said to be that of Colonel Pep- per of Loulsville, Ky. The Park Avenue hotel will, Ileved, be a total loss. The Seventy-first regiment armory, a magnificent granite structure, and one of the finest in the city, was destroyed, The carbarns of the Metropolitan street rallway, on an adjoining corner, were mo- mentarily threatened with destruction, but for hours the good work of the firemen succeeded in saving them. The armory occupled an entire block and was occupled by the Second battery and the First signal corps. Starts in the Armory. it is be- The fire was discovered in a window of the armory on the Thirty-fourth street side, and by the time the firemen arrived the flames had completely enveloped the bullding and appeared through the roof. Shortly afterward the cartridges and am- munition exploded. Shortly after 2 o'clock a thousand pounds of powder in the casllar exploded and the walls of the bullding were thrown out- ward. By this time the people living In the neighborbood had been driven from their homes by the heat and were sheltered in the carbarns near by. Many narrow es capes were witnessed and herolc work wai done by firemen and spectators. Hotel Guests Panic Stricken. The guests of the Park Avenue hotel, numbering about 600, were aroused as quickly as possible, but not without panic amoog the women and childfen. The fre- men poured eleven streams upon the side of the hotel nearest the armory, but in spite of this the third floor caught fire and flames ran along the walls of the hotel and spread to the roof. The firemen ran ladders up on every side and attempted to work thelr way through the hotel, but were driven back by the dense volume of smoke again and again. Hotel Is Doomed. A little after 3 o'clock the four upper floors of the hotel were a mass of flames and the fire was spreading rapidly down through the structure. It was then apparent that the hotel was doomed. Notwithstanding the fact that everybod in the hotel had ample time to get out, large number of women were carried dow the ladders by the firemen until It wa thought everybody had been taken out. Just at this time a woman in her night clothes appeared at a window on the fth floor and before a warning could reach her, flung herself headlong to a portico over the main entrance. .It is belleved she will die. 1y Bodies Fo! Two bodies were found on the ffth floor by the firemen and two more In other parts of the bullding. It Is feared several other bodies will be found in other parts of the bullding At 4 o'clock Chlef Croker, who had been inside the bullding, sald he be- lieved a large number of dead were ineide in the halls and corrldor: Among those who escaped were Bishop Ludden, Monsignor Kenny and a number of Catholic priests from Syracuse, N. Y. James M. Payne of Comnecticut and C. H. Stockwell of Troy, N. Y. At 4:15 the fire w Admiral Miller's Fate, Admiral Miller, U. 8. N., retired, who had a room on the Afth floor of the Park Avenue hotel, fell unconscious in an at- tempt to escape from the burning building. It is stated that he cannot recover. Ad- miral Milller went through the Windsor botel fire and” the Murray Hill explosion unscathed. ‘Two men whose names have not been learned attempted to escape from the Park Avenue hotel by going to the roof. Both of them jumped from the roof later .and one was instantly killed. The other was fatally injured BANKERS WILL TEST RULING De- under control. ititute Lex Proceedings » termine Valldity of the Yerkes Decl NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Legal proceedings to test the decision of Internal Revenue Officer Yerkes, that all banks are liable to & tax on undivided profits, will be insti tuted at once. A committee representing the clearing house associations of St. Louls, Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, had a conference with Com- missioner Yerkes, at which an agreement was reached not to enforce the tax, pending & judicial comstruction of the banks in the meantime to make & return of the amount of thelr undivided profits, under the statute, leaving the payment of the tax in abeyance, pending the decision of the courts. 1t was decided to have some bank pay the tax under protest and bring suit to recover the same in order to obtain a judi- cial construction, which would apply to the banks of the country as & whole. As the question involved all the banks of the country, the American Bankers' association decided to assume the respon- sibllity and expense of this test, a Leather Manufacturers’ National bank of this city, in whose name the suit will be brought, pald the tax under protest,