Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 1, 1903, Page 1

53 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. [ —— ESTABLISHED JU GERMAXY IS HONEST Cancet Undersiand Reasons for 8 Entertained in America. HAS NO ULTERIOR DESIGNS IN VENEZUELA Official World Has Not Thought of Gaining Territorial Footheld. ALL OF ITS CARDS ARE ON THE TABLE Prominent Editor Astonished at Way the Publio is Mised. LAYS IT AT DOOR OF BRITISH INTRIGUE Does Not Henry ~ See that Visit of Prince | Drawn Two fons Any Closer Together, (Copyright, 103, by Press Publithing Co.) BERLIN, Jan. 31.—(New York World Cablegram—S8pectal Telegram.)—Dr. Theo- | dore Barth ls the leader of the liberal left wing in the German RelchstAg, and | probably the ablest man In that assembly, | mext to Deputy Bebel. He fs personally acquainted with President Roosevelt, knew | President McKinley and has traveled much | in America. Dr. Barth has made the fol- Jowing statement to the World: “The reason suspicion of German policy | s growing in America is because America | does not understand Germany. _Germany | understands America still I But [ can- | not explain the dislike growing up against | this country. “1 am convinced that neither in the for- elgn minfstry nor in the marine winistry 18 there any feeling but a sincere desire to carry out this Venezuclan matter in a spirit friendly to the United States. The | best proof of this is the alllance with Eng- land. “No one who knows Ccancellor von Bue- Jow or the whole trend of Germany's for- elgn policy can belleve that Germany en- tortains plans either in Central or South America. There may be people In high places who want to carry out the policy of | | a special critie NE GOSSIP OF PARIS THEATERS Artists Who Go Abromd Lose Th Popularity in the French Capital, by Press Publishing Co.) (New York World Ca- blegram—§ Telegram.)—Michel Mor- ton, who the adaptation of Count Tolstol's “Resurrection,” which is now be 1ng rehearsed in New York and London, is adapting Paul de Courcelle’s new play for Sarah Bernhardt, taken from Goethe's “‘Sor- rows of Young Werther,” which will be produced in the tragedicnne's theater in Paris, February 2 Mr. Morion says “De Courcelle's play provides Mme. Bernhardt with another male part She described Werther as Hamlet of Lov and 1s very enthusiastic about the charac- ter. Mr. Morton's adaptation will and poetic in treatment. peaking of “Resurrection” Mr. Morton it will be produced simultaneously in New York and London, February 17, coin- ciding with the hundredth night in Paris. Mr. Kemper of the firm of Wagenhals & Kemper, managers, arrived on one boat and went back on the next, having spent a day and night with the playwright re- hearsing “‘Resurrection’ all the time. M Morton said: “He has the tion of the play d I am convinced that the New York production will be equal to the French and English versions. While here Mr. Kemper bought #ll the costumes, furniture and bibelots for *‘Resurrection.” They are now on the way to America. 1 promised Mr. Kemper that on the first night In New York before the curtain goes up [ will d cable telllng how the play was received in London the same night S0 much Interest taken in Mr. Tree's production that the Figaro will send to London for the opening. The effect which will be produced by ‘Res- urrection’ will be to inculcate in the peo- ple of America Tolstol's ‘Gospel of Human Tenderness to the llen and Despised.” " While American authors and playwrights are Invading Parls, some old favorites are rapidly losing ground. The fate of Bernhardt's latest production, “Therolgne de Mericour! is evidence that the actress’ popularity is waning. The play is a splendid historical spectacle, ap- parently having all the elements of sucs cess, 18 beautifuly staged, has over sixty speaking parts and cost an enormous Copyright PARIS, Jan 1003, 2 1al wrote be simple | | | | (Copyright, 190 true concep- | MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 18903— WENTY PAGE FRANCE MOST ASTUTE, Delays Eutering Veneguelan Mudd'e Until Last Possible Moment. SEEKS TO BREED TROUBLE AMONG POWERS Diplomats See Attempt to Play Britain an Germany Against Each Other. HOPES TO CREATE BREAK WITH AMERICA Friendship of United States for Alli as Oause for Demand. Given | BERLIN EXPLAINS HITCH IN SETTLEMENT Kalser's Government Says Thirty Per Cent of Customs Offered Is to T clude Thirteen Per Cent Al- ready Hypotheeated. 3, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Jan, 31.—(New York World < a- blegram—Special Telegram.)—The hitch in | the Venezuelan negotiations caused by the | Frerch demand for equallty of treatment in the settlement of claims, has caused a great’ disappointment here, where the Ven- ezuelan trouble is regarded as a danger which was needlessly assumed by the Brit- ish governmeut. | The French interposition at this stage 1s held in diplomatic circles to be an ex- ceedingly astute move by Foreign Minister Delcasse, as it is calculated to keep the question open, to the detriment of the re- lations between Germany and England, and of both with the United States. M. Delcasse remained inactive until Germany and England were about to be ex- tricated from the muddle and the point he has now raised is thought to be more dit- ficult of arrangement than any heretofore i dispute. All this only intensifle annoyance felt here over the short conduct of the British ministers, who seem | to have entered into the affair unmindful of or oblivious to the complications bound to follow their action. Although' Foreign Secretary Lansdownoe has been too ill to go to the forelgn office | less ine EXPECTS LONG TO GET WELL Doctor Gives Hopeful View of Former Seeretary of the Navy's , Jan. 81.—Some encouragement, any time in the last fort eight hours, was given at St. Margaret's infirmary tonight after the doctors had made their visit to former governor John D. Lonj The follows Mr. Long passed a comfortable day. His condition is now a little better than at the sa time last night. He has been erent In hie speech and at times quite rational. He is somewhat stronger. Mr. Long was in the care of his nurses from early afternoon umtil well along in the afternoon, without @ formal vielt of either Dr. Cabot on Dr. Cutler, although both were at his bedside between § and 10 o'clock. Dr Spooner arrived a little later and took his customary charge tor the night. Mr. Long has improved during the day. id Dr. J. W. Spooner, his physician, “and it he continues to do &0 for two or three days more, I believe he will recover. Under the present conditions, If nothing turns up, I expect Mr. Long to get along all right.” more than ulletin from the bedside was as STONES STOP STREET / Connecticut Strike: A “] Mob W and Foree Troileys Retire, ien £ 14 ¥ & o v tonight | WATERBURY, Conn., strike conditions in t reached the proportions Jeneral riot. Every car sent out fgf . & barns was greeted with a valley les at various points and no car esca windows. | Thousands of people filled the streets and | the police were powerless to control the | mob and were at length forced to order the Connecticut Rafiroad and Lighting officials to call in their cars. The request was complied with and the last car pulled into the barn at 11:16 p. m., escorted by the police. One metorman injured so severely by a stome that a car etarter had to take his place. Several other motormen were badly hurt. | tions of the properties of the Failroad com- Without broker | 190; CONTESTS ITS TAXES Burlington Road Takes Initiative to Pre- vent Raise in Assessment. FILES ITS CAS: IN THE FEDERAL COURT Temporary Restraining Order Against Oity Authorities HEARING SET FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 | Company Insists Assessment by State Board | s Legal One. | Tssued ONLY RAILROAD VALUATIONS INVOLVED Union Pacific Has Begun Similar Pro. and & Stmi of Court ceedin r Order ues in that Initiatory steps have been taken by the railroad companies to settle in the courts | the question of the right of the municipal government of Omaha to assces those por- | panies which have previously been us- | sessed by the State Board of Equalization. Action was begun in the United States circuit court yesturday by the Chicago, | Burlington & Quincy Railroad company and a temporary order of the court was lesued restraining Tax Commissioner Fleming and the members of the city coun- cil from acting upon the assessment property of that company for the tax of for a temporary writ of injunction. The | hearing of this application is sct for Feb- | ruary 16 at 10 a. m..and in the meantime the members of the city council are re etrained from acting upon the as: sment | as returned by Tax Commissioner Fleming | and passed upon by the Board of Review and the city ¢ouncil acting as a board of equalization, or upon any other assessment | than that made by the State Buard of | Equalization; and Mr. Fleming as tax com- | missioner s restrained from delivering to the city council his “‘pretended ssessment of the | = SINGLE THE BEE BULLETIN. for Mo orecast Sanday Nebraska—Fa ay ¥ r and Colder Page. 1 Germany is Denling Fairly. Aswerts Fran cekn Trouble, Railroad Enjolns City Asseasment ittle Done by Legislature. Rumple Dead. English Student's View Trasts. News from Nebraska Towns, Saxon Prince Re! Throne. enate Passes the nin. anama Treaty in Danger. Rock Ialand Stoekho Affairs at South Omat Chicago Sells Conl at € Week In Omaha Soci Sehwab Dentes Miners and Ope Conmressmar Town News, Man Shot at His Own 1 Review of & Give America Concession In the D of Woman, Amusem and Musie, Editorial. Rabhi Simon on Sabbath Schoo Father of Life Insura Story, “Seve Markets and Fina Baptists to Buil main nts ce. clal, a New Church. Tempernture at Omahn Yesterduy: Hour, u * De, [} ¢ rondine e hemmine ot ™ iatiee | BUSY HOLDING UP SALOONS Three Games of Kind Re, One of Which Robber ix Wounded. The holdup pair was busy again last night, entering the saloons of Walter Brandes at Tenth ands Mason and Tom Kirk- land’s at Seventh and Leavenworth streets From the first of these they from the latter $15. Brand and wounded of the men, streots shot one but they ders Protest. re Dendlocked. ted, in | took $16 and twice am PAGES 1 TO 10, F COPY FIV TAKING THINGS EASY CONSEQUENCE IS LITTLE IS ACCOMPLISHED | Talk in and Around the Oapitel is All i of Revenne Revision. SOME MEASURE WILL BE READY IN WEEK Committeemen Announce They Will Put in Time Industriously. SOME DOUBT ABOUT CHARACTER OF BILL General Opinion eral it Overhauling Wi t ot Be a Gen- Present Laws New Instend Measure. (From n Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. (Spectal.)—Pursuant to arrangements made yesterday, both the house and senate today ,adjourned until Monday, February 9, at 2 p. m., to afford time for the joint committee on revenue to complete {ts work of framing a revenue bill. The house was in session a little over an hour, convening shortly after 10 this morning and adjourning at 11:45. There were but fifty-two members present at roll call and many of them were not in their seats until thelr nawes were called the second or third time. The senate held un- til noon. Revenue revision, naturally, is the tople of general conversation, with the signifi- cance of the week's adjournment as a side light, It required a hard fight to obtain | this week for the committee and 1ow that it has been obtalned nothing short of a genuine, complete bill providing for proper revision of the revénue laws of the state will be expected that such a measure will be ready for introduction at the end of this interim is by no means certain. It is a big task to accomplish in a week and while the committeemen, most of them, | think they can make it, others entertain grave doubts and adhere to the theory that yet FORTUNE IN ART TREASURES or to receive the diplomatic corps, the — American charge d'affaires, Henry D.|Marquant's Colleetion Fetches $703,- White, has had conferences with him at 019 When Put Up to ansdowne house during the last two days. i The marquis has also recelved the German e g ambassador. for the taxes for the metropolitan ¢ty of | wero able to escape. Frank Schrupa, who Omiha for the year 1903 upon the proper- | ryny'y saloon at Ninth and Douglas streets, tles assessed in the name of the Omaha & | 5;p041te to the pne held up Saturday night, Southwestern Ratlrond company, and the | yo1q Sergeant Dempsey that his place had | Omaha and North Platte Rallroad company | peen entered and $165 taken. It was also §:Taised by the Board of Reyieft™ | reported that'two men tried to enter the the committee will require further time. Ex-Speaker Sears, onc of the prominent | members of this committee, feels confident that the bill will be ready at the end of the week and other nembers have expressed similar views. The present revenue law amount of money to produce, vet it has been a disastrous fa The only ex- | planation is that Bernh@dt's drawing pow- | ers are failing. Her frequent tours abroad | also have ‘cooled the admiration which Parisians formerly had for Bernhardt, and the rough, but these are not in the gov- erument nor responsible. “I am In correspondence with former Ambassador White, and his views on this question coincide with mine.” Dr. Frankfurter, the chief editor of the Boerzen Courler and one of the best known authorities in Berlin on forelgn politics, | sald: am utterly at a loss to explain the growing suspicion of Germany in America. Germany has no ulterlor motive. Every | card it has is on the table. It is an in- Justice to Germany to suppose that 1t {8 not Playing this game fair. No onme here dreams of colonial aggrandizement at the expense of the Monroe doctrine. “I am axtonished that so independent a people as the Americans will allow them- selves to ba influenced on this question by England. I am fully persuaded that Eng- | 1ish iLO1EUD fe at the root of all the grow- | ing dislike of Germany in the United States. | “I thought that after the magnificent re- | teption given to Prince Henry the two na- tions would draw nearer. 1 am disap- polnted. They have not been thick friend They can never be with thelr rival com- merclal interests, but they ought to garn 10 tolerate one another.” SOUSA PLAYS FOR THE KING Compelled to Return Nice Sum to Ticket Purchasers to Make the Date. (Copyright, 1%, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON| Jan. 31.—(New York World Ca- blegram—8pecial Telegram.)—Sousa and his | band played tofight before King Edward and the royal household at Windsor castle, | glving a different program from the one at the concert at Sandringham. In order to do this, in obedience to the “‘command” of the king, as such royal lavitations are | styled after ancient custom, the band had | to travel by special traiy from Sheflield to Windsor, and Sousa had to return $3,000 which had beea pald for tickpts for a concert arranged to be given in Man- chester tonight. He hwill visit Manchester later in his tour, Sunday morning at 2:30 Sousa and his | band will leave Windsor in a speoial train | for Holyhead and on Monday morning will reach Cork, where a concert s to be given on that night. On Tuesday he will go to Dublin and give a “command” performance before the viceroy Dublin castle. | Sousa’s tour has been exceedingly sue- cesstul, but the strain of these iong night | journeys, which cannot be accomplished | here as comfortably as at home, is telling | severely upon his artists. | e | AWAITING AN ENTERTAINER Colorade and New York Milllons Ex-| pected to Cut m Swath in London. (Copyright, 18, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Jan. 31.—(New Yerk World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—Mrs. New- | house, who Is about to return with her husband from Colorado, is negotiating f & large mansion near Park Lane. It fs ex- pected that she will entertain lavishly there durlng the coming season. Mrs Bamuel Newhouse moves in one of the “smartest” sets of London society, her beauty, simple, charming ways and delight- | ful entertainments making her a great fa vorite. Her multi-millionaire husband has | loaded her with costly jewels including a Tiffany necklace of pearls estimated to be worth $250,000, yet sho seldom wears them Mr. Newhouse was born in New York went to Colorado and became a mining and | rallway king. He is the head of the syndi- cate which bullt the much-talked-of “Flate ron" skyscraper at Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street, New York City. LARGEST BARRACKS IN WORLD R | Completes Mon- | on German Governmen Frontler. (Copyright. 193, by Press Publishing Co.) ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 31.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The Russian minisiry of war has just finished the largest military barrack fn the world fn Warsaw, near the German frontler. It will contain 58,000 soldiers, or two Russian | army corps, covers nearly 200 acres and bas modern lmprovements. It cust over $8,000,000, nearly double the amount ap- proptiated for educational purposes. | murder cases i to her latest one, in which she accepted money from Berlin audiences, was a sore dlsappointment to her friends. Bernhardt, only makes money in the French provinces and abroad. Were it not that she has a Paris theater on a twenty- year lease, and that in order to secure the municipal subvention she must glve a cer- tain number of performances annually in the capital, her appéarances in Paris would be even rarer. Coquelin, too, makes a great deal more money in America, Englend and Germany than at home. So he has given up the | Theater Porte St. Martin and will make a new tour lasting till 1904, His great popu- larity with Parisians is past. When the German emperor received Coquelin the na tional press was filled with viblent protests against his unpatriotic conduct. Now that he has repeated the offense, the best thing he can do is to tour. Even Mme. Rejan, another great player, jeopardized her popu- larity by touring abroad. Her reception on her return from South Amerita was dis- tinctly cool. Parisian theater-goers to keep their artists to themselves. |SCORES WHOLE COMMUNITY Startling in London Paper of the People of No: folk and Suffolk, Arralgnment by Press Publishing Co.) 31.—(New York World Ca- Telegram.)—The release (Copyright, 1903, LONDON, Jan blegram—Special | ot Willlam Gardiner, a choirmaster and lay preacher, after two of Rose Harsent, a beautiful servant, trials for the murder in Itke | | that country. the Suffolk village of Peasenhall, ends one | of the most mysterious and sensational tried in England in many years. The evidence was purely circum- stantial. Although convincing in some par- tieulars, it left room for doubt, by which the prisoner hds benefited. It was only because the jury could not place confidence in the testimony of Gardiner's fellow vil- lagers, and the belief that perjury and slender are Indulged.in by East yokels without stint or compunction, that the prosecution failed The Daily Mail published an article (Norfolk and Suffolk) dition of general painting the con- lack of morality among | the East Anglian peasants in language never applied to a clvilized community. This writer, whose indictment has | London, Berlin and Rome, and & triendly Anglian | and Irish court in |signed by a person long in East Anglia! | | aroused extreme indignation in the districts | affected, says ‘Baby tongues lisp such converse as would be shameful from the most aban- doned and profligate, and the loudest pro- tessors of religion are the worst offenders. | Their attendance at church or chapel is but & hypoeritical ntly cloak. The most callo is the shining ornament of the “In addition, the habitual vice of un- truthfulness obtains to an incredible extent No villager would consider whether he should tell the truth or not from any other point of view vantage. To lle, if it mere matter of course, and long habit has given these people the power of sticking their lles in the face of overwhelming evidence.” KRUGER'S HEALTH*NOW GOOD | ent Climate of Mentone Suits the Former | President of the Boer Re- public Perfeetly, (Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) NICE, Jan. 31L.—(New York World Ca- legram—Special Telegram.)—The World correspondent inquired of Paul Kruger's secretary if the Boer ex-president’s health had improved “He is very well,” swered. “The climate of Mentone suits him to perfection. He certainly will re- turn next year If he is still in Europe." Being asked if Mr. Kruger had taken any step toward obtaining permission to return to South Africa the secretary relapsed into Dutch and declined to be further drawn out A the secretary an- few days ago Mr. Kruger drove a short distance to the ltallan fromtier (o visit the Museum of Prehisteric Relics, founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, and the caves adjoining it. This was only the sec- ond time he bas left the villa since his arrival in November, although he goes dally into the garden. | vent us from having ours. than his personal ad- | be profitable, is a | | the | whole aftair, | celpts, which constitutes a priority claim | ton is explained in the following manner Doubt America’s Anger. Austin Chamberlain, postmaster general represented his father at the annual dinner of the jewelers and silversmiths at Birm- ingham tonight. In replying to the toast, “His Majesty's Ministers,” he devoted the greater part of his speech to Venezuela. He said after the British government had decided to seek satisfaction for Venczuelan outrages and to demand guarantoes agalnst thelr repetition, it had been approached by Germany and requested to co-operate with Courtesy made it impossible for the British government to decline, and now it would be_dishonorable to withdraw. The government was fully aware of its lia- bility. Replying to a suggestion that the pre: ent course might jeopardize the good rela- tions between Great Britain and the United States, Mr. Chamberlain said he would re- gard that as a calamity to the civilized world. There was no nation whose good opinion Great Britain valued as highly as that of the United States. But he thought it incredible that the United States should ! take umbrage because no nation so loyally | supported the Monroe doctrine as Great Britain. In conclusion, he said he was confident America would look in a friendly manner on efforts to secure that redress for British | subjects which it would feel to be its first | duty to obtain for American citizens. France Wants Its Money. | (Copyright, 13, by Press Publishing Co.) | PARIS, Jan. 31.—(New York World C: blegram—Special Telegram.)—"The question | of preterentil treatment of the allies in the payment of claims against Venezuela will not be settled in Washington,” said a high official of the French Foreign ministry today to the World correspondent, “but in solution only seems possible through the withdrawing of the request for preferential | treatment.” He added: Prance's poaition is the same as that of | the United States. It looks to me as if the powers that have | employed the blockade and used other | drastic measures against Venezuela are | reaping an advantage from these coercive | tactics, while those that employed arbitra- don and other pacific measures—France, the United States, Belgium, Holland and other powers—are In danger of being in- | terfered with. That is why the French | and the American interests are identical in | this matter. But It is not alone a Franco- American question. The Interests of all neutral powers are involved—that is our point of view. We have taken no measure mgainst any power. All we have done since the be- ginning of the crisis was (v notity the nezuelan government and Mr. Bowen, at Washing®on, that we have claims which were admitted before the beginning of the trouble and that we expect them to be respected. We are perfectly wiiling other | forelgners should get their money, but we do mot intend that thelr action shall pre- | We do mot want to bluff We are not | the German emperor. We know aquite well | that it would mot Increase sympathy for | France in the United States to say: “Here is an occasion whers our Interests go hand in hand; let us send an ultimatum.” | It {8 only a question of money, and it is | \me for all the powers Interested. | arious Bovernments are now reco sidering the position In view of ths new | per -t MR aetien’ of Somet Britain, Germany and 1taly | The tone of the French pross shows that editorial writers fear tbere will be a renewal of hostilities by the allies in Venezuelan waters as a result of the pres- complications. The Temps points out chief interest that the world's 1s to secure an end to the | which is beginning to be viewed as another Maximilian blunder. ! Germany Explains Hitch, BERLIN, Jan. 31.—The apparent hitch | in the Venezuelan Legotiations at Washing- | | France some | of the customs re- Venezuela hypothecated to time ago 13 per cent upon the Venezuelan customs. ading powers are quite willing to recog- nize this in & sense, but President Castro wants it to be understood as constituting | part of the 30 per cent offered to the block- ading powers. | s the latter would then only have 17 per | cent left, they regard it as Inadequate and “nce are rot willing to accept It is belicved here that the blockade will not be raised until President Castro | yields on thie point Allles Are Little WASHINGTON, The block- Disposed to Yield, 31.—The answers of the (Continued on Second Page.) | | pair the tramway telephone line. | enteen NEW YCRK, Jan. 31.—The sale of the art collection of the late Henry G. Mar- quant, which has been in progress for over a week, closed tonight, with a total of $105,019, of which 3234064 was realized today. The distribution of the collection has been attended by. art connoisscurs from Europe, well as every part of America. The great majority of the treasures will, however, remaln In_& country. The plano which designed for Mr. Marquant by Sir Al Tadema, R. A., with a painted panel Sir Bdward Poynter, P. R. A, and which is said to bave cost £50,000, was By Willlam Barbour for $5,000.° DRAW KNIVES AT CARD GAME Calitornin Gamblers @ el nd Fight to xa_h. REDDING; Caly Jan. 31.—Two men, Lee Barnes and (édorge Silverthorn, fought a | duel to the death in a small cabin twenty miles from here last night. Silverthorn is dead and Barnes cannot live - The men were gambling for small stakes and quarreled-and both resorted to their knives, weapons with nine-inch blades. | They fought desperately, both recelving | numerous wounds. Silverthorn finaily fell | to the floor of the cabih, mortally wounded There was only one witness, and he saw | only the end. TWO BURIED iN SNOW SLIDE | Force of Men Now Engaged in Dig-| #ing the Bodies Out of th Deb Over CHEYENNBE, Wyo., Jan. 31.—Charles G. Comer of Greeley, Colb., and Peter Laure, & French Canadian, both employed by the Boston Smelter company at Grand En- campment, were sent out Wednesday to re- Four miles from station No. 8 of the tramway line they were caught in a snow- slide and killed. Searching partles are now trying to reach the bodles. The slide was | 300 feet long, 250 feet wige and Afteen feet Qeep. WOODMAN'S CONSUL TO QuiT Health Wi Him to Co Northeu Not nue in Lue omce. Allow MEXICO, Mo., Jan. 31.—In a letter re- celved here today from W. A. Northeutt, lieutenant governor of lllinois, and head consul of the Modern Woodmen of Americ: he says the state of his health will comp Bim to resign his post as head consul. The position pays a salary of $5.000 a year. An election will be he!d at. Indlanapolis at the anpual sesion of the order on June 16, FLOOD DANGER IS PASSED Pittsburg Waters When Blockading Ice Floats Down River. Recede PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 31.—The flood has passed Pittsburg for the present and the river 1s running free of ice. The Ohio at Davis Island dam had sev- feet six inches, and was failing slowly at 9 o'clock. The Allegheny at ierr's | Island dam had ‘twenty feet eight inches, and the Monongahela at No. 1 dam had twenty feet three inches. Almost all the ice In the Allegheny has run out. BRYAN TO ATTEND BARBECUE Promises to A Jeflerson-Jackson- incoln League's the erin Jan. 31.—A letter was re- ceived tonight from Willlam Jenning: Bryan, stating that he would attend the barbecue to be given here on the evening COLUMBUS, 0. | controversy. of February under the auspices of the Jefferson-Jackson-Lincoln league. Others who have accepted invitations to speak are: W. R. Hearst of New York, Mayor Johnson of Clevelsnd and Clarence Darrow of Chicago. Does Not Tie Up Whole Levy. | The attorneys for the Burlington road | in this case are Greene, Breckenridge and Kinsler, and Mr. Breckenridge sald yester- | day that care had been taken to so draw | the petition as to involve only the prop- erty of the rdllroad company and obviate any pecessity of tylng up the whole tax levy during the pendency of this sut, Further discussing the case, Mr. Brecken- ridge sald that if the temporary writ should be granted by the court it would be reagon- | able o expect that the answer would be | filed In May, and in that case the final hearing of the case on its merits would come up in November. However, it might | be possibl would: be more ' promptness than would be expected in the regular course of business. The pleadings on the part of the Bur- lington company as orator. In the case set forth the return of the Burlington property | by the company to the State Board 'of | Equalization for asessment as required | by law and the assesment made by that | board, and further relate the action of the tax commissioner in making an assessment | of the property and the action of the Board of Review, and finally the city council act- | ing as a board of equalization. i The Burlington company in this action | retains the ground taken in the proceed- | ings before the Board of Review and the Board of Equalization, denying the juris diction of the tax commissioner or an other munictpal body to make any assess- ment upon that portion of its property that has been assessed by the State Board | of Equalization. | | Stmilar proceedings were begun by the | A piece of the handle of a large revolver Union Pacific compapy and a similar order | of court was issued in that chse. City Attorney Connell's View. City Attorney Connell knew nothing of | the proceeding until called upon last night by a reporter for The Bee. He sald: “Ot course we shall have to meet the ! proposition involved, sooner or later, and may as well do 5o how. This only serves to emphasize the necessity of legislation | that will do away with all grounds for 1 think the legislature should immediately take such action as will har- monize the present law and make clear | the right of the-city to assess rallroad | property for the purpose of municipal taxa- | [%ion on the same basis as the property ot individuals and of other corporations is as- sessed. ‘Just_what steps the city will take I, am unable to state until I read the bill. | 1 am going to Lincoln Monday, to remain | over Tuesday, and will then read the bill | filed. After that T shall be better prepared to state what the position of the city will | be.t [ ASK NEW RIFLES IN HURRY | ment Mansachusetts Armory to Rush Shipments of Gove Instruects Krag Weapons. SPRINGFIELD, 111, Jan. 31.--Orders have been received at the United States armory here to rush the shipment of 106,000 Krug rifles to arsenals the country The original cause of the order was the passage of the militia bill, but the rush feature of the is held, locally, to have @ speclal over order cause. Movements of Ocean Vessels Jan At New York—Arrived: La Loraine, from Havre. Salled Patricla, for Hamburg Etrurla, for Liverpool; Minneapolis, for London; La Champagne, for Havre; Kroon- land, for Southampton and Antwerp. At Havre—Salled: La Bretagne, for New York. At Bouthampton—Bailed Mesaba. for New York, and passed Hurst Castle at 1:30 p. m At York At London—Arrived: Manitou, from New York At Liverpool—Arrived Boston; Lancastarfan, Cymric, from New York for w York. At _Gibraltar—Passed from Naples, for Boston. At Queenstown—Arrived: Lucania, from New York, for Live pool, and proceeded. At Rotterdam—8alled: Ryndham, for New York Bremen—8alled: Neckar, At York. Fayal, Azores—Arrived: The United States gunboat Machias, from Bermuda At Yokohama—Arrivelle America Maru, from Ban Franeiseo, for ¥ois Kong: Glen: ogle, from Tacoma: YiocMaru, from Seat- tle; Tartar, fromy Vancouver. At Hong Arrived: City of Pekin, trom San i Duke or Fife, trom an. Antwerp—Salled: Finland, for New Devonlan, trom Salled from Iv Commonwealth, for New ! s, | others Metz brewery shortly before the Kirkland holdup, but did not succeed. The Brandes holdup occurred at about 12:30 o'clock. The saloon has three doors, ono at the corner of the building at the in- tersection of the streets, another on Mason street and the third at the west end of the house off Mason. Walter Brandes, Ed Brath, the bartender, Lou Herman of 1208 Pacific street, Kabe Haley and Will Thorp of Pa- cific Junctfon were present when the af- fair came oft. The two mien, one wearihg a red and the other a white handkerchief, with leveled revolvers entered the door at the rear of the bullding. Brandes w standing by the side door opening on M {hat "the case from lta Dature | 80T strect as they cume through, the swing- %t forward and teken up with | 1& screens which divide the room in the | center. “Hanids up!"” commanded the holdup The proprietor put his hands up with “the others, and then jumpdd out the door: men He took his 3S-calber revolver from his pocket and entered the back door through which the boldup men had come. these, heafing his footsteps, sald, “Who's that?” The otber saying, “I'll fix that big starfed for the sereen. Brandes on the other side replied, will, will_you?" and fired twice. You He was about ten, feet from the screen and could | sce the legs of the robber just on the other side. He charged through the doors and out the front door, where he saw a man running towards the viaduct. He gave chase and fired twice. The fleeing man was Wil Thorp. The robbers ran west on Mason Eleventh and then south. They had taken the money from the register, $16, and were searching Erath when the shooting began. and the flattened bullet were found and the place was spattered with blood. The two holes in the inches apart. Brandes had dlamond ring and Erath's week's pay lay on the back bar Kirkland's was entered Walt Nelson and Tom only ones in the house the till of $15 and went pockets. They were rough with him be- cause they did not get more money. Schrupa Says he was held up at closing time about 11:30, when five men were pres- ent. It s thought odd that he did not report the holdup to the poliee 4n the regular manner. He says there was $165 in the register BOOSTS HOWELL'S BUSINESS Fire [ at 11 o'clock. Stevens were the Honrd Mgkes Arbi- trary Rule on Bonds for Policemen. One of {he recent orders of the Board of Fire and Police commissioners turns a neat Iittle bit of businees into the way of Sen- ator Robert B. Howell of the Douglas county delegation to the leglslature. Th: board recently designated a certaln fidelity | bond company as the one licemen should bonded that this favored company in Omaha the ineurance bu Thirteen of the new appointed passed the tien and are directed Senator Howell's company at once who have given individual also dirccted bonds from thy favored instanter. Al the rest of the force required to secure these bonds as fast thelr present guaranty bonds expire complaint is made by the men who have surcties like John A Creighton that they should be forced to the expense of giving a bond in a guarant company and others are of the opinion that the board has acted rather arbitrarily in directing them to forsake the companies they have heretofore patronized, and which were found safisfactory by other boards and take w bonds in a new com- pany. Of course it just happens that ator Howell Is agent for the company th board has decided to favor with its bus! nees in which all po- It turns 1s Howell, be out by Senator who s in policemun recently muster of examina- to give the bond Ia bon< were o get company is me out ne King's Seat for Sale. LONDON, Jan. 31.—The Hill of Tara g0 rich in historic memories, will shortly be sold at auction in Dublin. Until the sixth century s the chief seat of th Irish kings. The last important gathering on the' Hill of Tara was in 1843, when & gigantic meeting was held there under the auspices of Daniel O'Connell, who urged the regeal of the uniom. One of to screen were only four | on a $150 The holdups tifled through Nelson's contains 240 sections and it will be neces- sary for each one of these to be dealt with separately and carefully, so that anyone gan see what {3 before the committee. The committee has decided to hold morning, efternvon and night meetings every day from now until the legislature reconvenes. The gentlemen appear determined to do something. Take Present Law as Basis. Whether fragmentary or complete revis- jon will be the result of the committee's work 18 still an unsolved problem. Repre- sentative Douglay of Rock county is au- thority for the statement that nothing but amendments of the present statute will be attempted, not a complete new law. The present Nebraska revenue statute has been taken as the basis of operations. Fragmentary revision Is what the rail- roads prefer, since they have not been successful thus far jn blocking the per- sistent movement for this reform. It is still the purpose of these corfiorations to head off any action along this lina it pos- sible, but their success is fraught with em- inent dangers. It has been -rmlf' that the joint commitiee s the majority of friendly to waflroad interests, and-while there Is a question as to this, it Is entitied to serlous consideration, yet the assump- tion that a majority of the meh on this committee would arbitrarily favor the rail- roads in theperformance of the grave and important duties before them probably should ngt be entertained. Of course it i truc that one of the house members of this committee fs a paid employe of tie Burlington and one of the senate members a pald employe of the Elkhorn and it also is true that what is known as the “organ- fzation” factions of both house and senate are well represented. So that in any event | there is no great fear that the railroad in- terests are going to suffer. Senator Brown, chairman of the joint committee, this morning voiced the senti- ments of his colleagues when he said: “We have started out on this important work and all we ask {s for the people to suspend judgment until we have completed our task. Then will be the time to make comment and critlcism; it's too early now.” i Confdent, Ex-Speaker Sears said last night in ferring to the work of the committee: was very much afrald we were not golng to be given this week jn which to do this work. Some members took the liberty to cast aspersions upon us by insin- uating that we would trifie away the time and not sincerely devdte aur efforts to framing a revenue bill. I am sorry our motives have been thus tmpugned, for we want and intend 1o do our best and if we | to us to produce | finance, represented | Twenty | are unable by the end of thé time allotted the bill expected of us, it won't be our fault. We will have some sort of revision and something will be bet- ter than nothing. But 1 do not apprehend a faflure to complete the work." »ripus complaint has been made by eer- tain members of the house commitied on and means of the Jmposs- getting other memberd of the down work. Vo committee the house 1s con- fronted with more important work than this one,” sald & member today, “and yet Bave actually done nothing. It has beefl impossible ta get qur committee down 1o business. . We are now covered up with pressing matgrs, matters that should have been attended'tb long ago, and still nothing is dene. :The result will be that we will comé to thé'emd of the session with our hands empty Khd be caught in a snap and forsed to wind /p.aftairs in & shape that will reflet’ disgredit, it not dishemor on the entire committee, when not all will be to biame. One very essential thing for this committee to do is o go over the af- fairs of all the state institutions, ascertain the neega of each, both as to employes and material, and then as to financial appro- priations. Unless we take hold of this right away it will be impossible for us to complete it. Then when the sesslon s about over representatives from these Flous fostitutions will crowd in here and submit their numerous demands and we won't know whether they are all just or not, the res being that we will have to either allow them and run the chance of dolin ey unne rily or cut them when they may really need the There is too much mystery about this sort of thing.'" ways bility of nmittee in we out m down money road Tases. Senator Hall of Dopglas by “‘special re- quest” this morning {ntroguced a bill pro-