Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 4, 1903, Page 1

SHED JU THINK END IN SIGHT Washington Authorities Believe Venesnslan Trouble is Practically Settled. MINISTERS URGE ALLI S TO GIVE WAY e 4 ESTABLI 'HREE CENTS. ACCEPT KANSAS LAW Revenue Oommittee Finally D:oldes to Mae it Basis of New Measure. 1903—TE SNOW AND WIND HOLD REVEL Storm Extends All Over West and is of Unusual Severity. LOCAL BUSINESS MUCH CZAR UNIFORMS American Minister Obliged to A Himself in GIN INSISTS ONM CONDITION OF THE WEATHER for Nebraska reday, Fulr BIG SHEEP OWNER 1S SHOT Dyvamite is Used to Destroy His Oamp and Kill Off His Flooks. UNION MEN IE ATTACKED Waterbury Riots Take New Turn When Stones Fly at Strik- Bosges. Forecast Th: Fair Wednesday Warmer. ring Wenr- 1 Warr Ing Apparel, Temperatare a Hour, Deg, 5 oa 17 G p 10 7 n 0 S . 1 » n 5 10 a. 11 a. 12 m... Omahn Yesterday: ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 3.—With regard to the curiosity shown respecting the uni | form cf the United States ambassador here It 1s explained that the court officials have persistently pressed the uniform question upon several Ambassador McCormick’s predecessors, These dfligs bocame insistent when a4 the post 4 an embassy, and oy e Charlemagne % dclded on the matter and carried out ,;.»%’ wof the State de partment that a Ukl We tive should conform {64 country to which he is a&) , After a consultation with o ‘»‘:‘ of- | clals former Ambassador Chejdémagne | Tower adopted for himself and for the | secretaries of the United States embassy uniforms which satisfied the court require- | ments. These uniforms are of black cloth FEBRUARY WATERBURY, Conn. “lmr\n-} demonstrations by crowds n sympathy with | the striking street car men continued nu»i today. There were, however, no serious outbreaks, the large foree of militia in the | city holding the turbulent crowds in check. | In the Brooklyn distriet several crowds | were stoned, but the gumrdsmen dispersed | the rioters, and later #ix soldiers were | | placed on each car in district. Pri- vate Duncan of Compafl¥ C, Sixth regi- ment, was clubbed by #Ffkers during the | day aud badly hurt. * In the center of the @ity there was an unexpected disturbance @his evening. The victims, however, were sflkers and sympa- thizers with them. A ulllon 'bus was at- | | tacked with stones. Patflek Flynn, a stri- - ker, acting as conductor of the 'bus, being struck on the Head. Of the twelve passen- gers In the vehicle nine Were women, two of whom were hit. It Sgemed a concerted action against the w on. The company resum is morning the | efforts to run cars on schedule time. {union motormen and eonductors mai m. ™. .. n RAID IS CHARGED UP TO THE CATTLEMEN INTERRUPTED | NEWS COMES FROM OTHER SOURCES Herder Who Eseapes Brings the News to Thermopn Drifting Snow Prevents or Interferes with All Outdoor Makes Trav DiMeult. Bend Joint Note Homs Suggesting Compro- mise on Preferential Olaims, OMcers with | A Doctor Start for the and Members of the Oommittes, with Some Reluctance, Admit Faot. I ‘raffic and ; Extremely - seene. PROPOSE EXCLUSIVE PAYMENT FOR MONTH | — BEALS SCHOOL HOUSE SOME POINTS OF LAW SETTLED UPON Frame Building Entirely Destroyed t £, Wyo., Feb. 3.—(Special Tel- | egram.)—Masked raiders used dynamite with telling effect among the flocks of Willlam Minach, a wealthy sheepman, who | ranged his flocks on the western slope of | Big Pine mountains, about forty miles from Thermopolis. A band of twenty-five mounted und heavily armed men appeared at Minach's camp, shot Minach through the lungs, dynamited his camp, wagons and with rold braid. They have the advantage | outfit, stalked his horses and dynamited of rendering the United States representa- | 400 sheep in the corrals. The raiders, who tives Inconspicuous and saving them from | are supposed to be small cattlemen of that the humiliation often experienced by their | gection, then scattered among the hills predecessors' when their servants were| Minach's herder, who fled at the ap- summoned to Identify them at the winter | proach o1 the masked party, returned and palace. | carried the dying man to a neighboring Spectiug the nature of the mext proposal | "\ et R BEI they will submit to Mr, Bowen, but it is | Ambassador McCormick accepte t | camp, and théh came to Thermopolis for expedted the note of Mr. Bowen, addre 4’"‘,': T A8 neitled and ordered a duplicate | aggistance. Sherift Stough, accompanied by , s o to the British ambassador last night, will - Tower’s uniform. Dr. Schuelke, left at once for the scene, \esult fn an adjustment. - but it is doubttul if any of the raiders At the British embassy today the most | REDMOND IS qUT OF JAIL apprehended. There has been more or les: HRGEEAtR SoaTuriDs. thit the represent strife over a division of the range In tha 1von of the AIITSe Save hate Among them. | Member of Parllament Releaned After | northern countrs for some time. The cat- Selyes Look plash. As & result the foreigh Serving Only Half of tlemen were determined to find pastures offices in London, Berlin and Rome are in Hin Term, for thels oatlie. and fcckmadters wers possession of suggestions which, 1f adopted, s | equaily determined to secure the ground. The clash of yesterday was not vnexpected will mean the success of the Washing.on 4 | i DUBLIN, Feb. 3.— R , M. negotlations and the raising of the block- | , PUBDLIN: Feb. 3—William Redmond, M. | As both tactions are determined, further | P., who was sentenced last year to six | ploodshed is feared, e\ Lo ne¥es BAve been agatn #6- | liihyi ioiaonment beodhes, he tatined quested to consent to priority of payment to give bail for his future good behavior, as E S 1 CAP for 8 timited pariod only, and the equality | ouo" couie: of an alleged incendiary speech WIFE HELPS CONVICT ES E of all claimant nations thereafter. at Wedford, was released today, although | He Goes to Supposed Friend for Bowen Offers Compromise. ke N R e he had anly served half his term. Mr. Bowen has stated that he is willing | In an interview he sald that the allles receive preferential treat- T s "I reisned, hut 1 T A a o n i 1 ment for one month, and be placed on an who have kept me in jail for three months equal basis as to time and proportionate payments. It Is the conviction of one of for really nothing. Mr. Redmond added that he stood by the negotiators at least that tnis proposi- tion of Mr. Bowen is eminently fair. every word of the speech for which he was imprisoned and sald there would be no real The feeling Is growing that a persistence in their present position can result only peace in Ireland until Dublin Castle was in loss of prestige for the allies, and bad cleared out from top to bottom. LONDON, Feb. 3.—The remaining fm- foeling inst them, not only in Venes- uela, but elsewhere throughout the Ameri- prisoned Irish membors of Parliament, Willlam Dufty and John O'Donnmell, with cas. As A result of these considerations, | several members of the Land league, will it was agreed at the conference this aft- | be liberated forthwith. This amnesty coln- ernoon that a note should be addressed to the three governments, setting forth the cides with the return to Dublin castle of exact attltude of the United Stafes toward Not fn four years at least has the west been visited by a storm of the extent and severity of the one which swooped down by Fire Early Last from the northeast yesterday. Shortly Eventug. after midnight Monday at Omaha the wind ¥ . began to freshen, and by daylight Tuesday morning the snow was falling fast and { was being driven furiously by a stiff breeze, | |80 that except for the cold the storm ex- | hibited all the phenomena of a genuine | blizzard. Reports recelved by the local |ofice of the Weather bureau during the day and up to 9 o'clock last night indicate that the storm is general, covering the Non- | entire country between the lakes and the b nned | river. North and west of Omaha the snow e cars. was not so deep, but the cold was more | g, Nlsrscad (5 ths 26 atn 1 erigerated b7 $ho strikers were | sovere. At Valentine the lowest tempera- [, kI8 were first discovered n the north by the company’s tracks.@d they continued {7 p. m. From the Dakotas and Montana o ‘phone before an alarm could be given. R Ive the sehrie of passenger | came the usual range of from to 10 be- Engine company No. 10 made a quick rur RS low. East of Omaha the snow was even considering the distance which it had to nosche R 5 deeper than her t | cover and the elements and difficulties IBANK ROBBERS ARE CAPTURED Interferes with | which it had to bdttle against. The snow Blow Open Safe amd Becure Momey,| Omaha people had difficulty in getting | Was drifted so deeply In places ]Hm' the ut Smow Stefml Prevents j about the clty to attend to thelr business | horses wero barely able to pull b | during the day and very few ventured out | Fatus. After arrival it was found tha st ool | at night. Several social functions booked | Water could be thrown, as the nearest hy- p |tor the eventag were postponed and the | drant was nearly three-quarters of a mile theaters were left with almost as many | dlstant. The men fought against the odds people on the stages as there were in the | Which beset them rnd succeeded in rescu- audiences. ‘Y;'g :I(”; of the 'lx;‘uwfl and Ilnnk;\ from Jo y the : osle e bullding before it was consumed steady wind, although not violent, was just | d¢struction of the south building. where they are beld, pending an examina- | sutficiently busy to keep the tracks well | The buildings destroyed were both one- tion. |'covered with snow, no matter how fre- | St0T¥ frames. The schoolhouse was a four. No trace of the money has yot been dis- | quently the big plows awept the mass of | T0OM affair. The last person to leave the covered, but it will be found shortly, as | rather dry flakes aside, Cars did not move | PUIdIngs is said to have been Janitor Arm- the robbers had practically no time In | pocording to schedulo on any of (he Jines | *FODK. Who cannot offer the elightest idea Wwhich to make any great concealment of it. | and on some of them the ecrvice was little | NOW the fire originated , At 2 o'clock the city was aroused by the | better than none at all. However, cvery| It 18 estimated that nearly 150 pupils who explosion. After the robbers had started |lino in the city was kept open in a sort | Attended at this building will be without the to work a snow had commenced falllng. |of ap apologetic way from carly morning | Prover accommodation until arrangements This ingreased in volume and It was an |uncil late at night. The company had about | °0 be made for thelr aitendance at other easy matter for the posse fo trace the rob- | ywenty sweepers at work and {t was an- schools in that vicinity Pers to a barn two miles east of the city. | nounced at the power houses fast night | . FIre started in the shipping s S The four men were found buried beneath | that the machines would be kept going oser | COOK'S Fubber stawp factory, 1112 Farnam the straw and were taken to the jail the lines all night long. so that trafc|®reet. and burned coutents and wooden The robbers stole a bandcar at Galva, | michy po ot LHIN moFaILE partitions, causing a loss to building and fourteen miles east, and abandoned it one contents of about §200. There was insur mile eas Trafic Delayed, &nde. s representa- Bowen and Other Olaimants Ready to! Bgws of. the Oreation of the Offioe of County Assessor Acoept This Solution, is One of These. CLERKS GONEAND DOCUMENTS LOCKED UP MEKICO NG, J0WS CHORUS OF DEBTORS Fire which broke out early Tuesday evening entirely destroyed th4 north build ing of the Beals schools, located at Forty- eighth and Walnut streots, togethor with the boiler house, which was located just | south. Another building, situated south of the boiler room, wae slightly damaged by | being scorched. Through tfle efforts of the firemen most of the fixtures and books were removed from the destroyed building. The loss is estimated to agsregate $4,500 Castro's Troo) der America: Leader, Inflict Severe Defeat on Rebels, Who Seatter or Die tn Pattle. Rallroad Ploggers Have Leglslative Mind Befogged on Municipal * Taxation of Rallroad Ter- minals in Oftles, WASHINGTON, Feb, 3.—There are as yet ML Bk § St B0 advices from the allled governmonts re- el b Wt DT R L committees of the revenue committen plugged away all day getting In shape and | putting on paper those sections referred to them at the meeting yesterday and last | night, as published this morning During the day the subcommittees got together and indorsed the election of county assessor. This officer will be em ployed only about halt of his time, and the salary will correspond with the time worked. The revenue committee, after having thought the mat no doubt has shelved the Nebraska revenue law and is using the Kan law, as a 1ailroad man expressed it, “‘as a method by which to pro- ceed.” The Nebraska law will be used to make amendments. The change from the Nebraska law, which was at first the basis of operation, s one ‘ason for a desire for | secrecy on the part of the committee. ‘When asked whether the change had been made, one member of the committee sald e found that the Nebraska law would have to be almost entirely rewritten and are therefore getting a portion of the rev- enue law from laws of various states. We are using as a basis only thé constitution.” | It the Kansas law Is the center of a bill that the committee will report, it will oc- casion no surprise to those vho are ‘watch- ing the proceedings. The committee has ropeatedly refused to give out the names of the members of the subcommittees, but it was loarned tenight who com [ | | 2 | | a Business. F over PEORIA, 1ll, Feb. 3.—A speclal \o the Journal says: The First National bank at Cambridge was robbed of about $10,000 at o'clock this morning and within a few | hours the robbers were captured by the { citizens and marched to the county jail, SEDALIA, Mo, Feb. 3.—Dan Kane, a convict who escaped from the Jefferson City penitentiary last Saturday, came to Sedalia on a Missourl Pacific freight train at 2 o'clock this morning. A few minutes later he called at Hill's | boardiug house in East Sedalfa, where he aroused Frank Hill, an acquaintance, and persuaded him to provide a meal. Kane admitted that his wife had fur- nished him citizens clothes in which to escape and said the prison authorities were | “easy marks.” He told Frank Hill that he was going from here to Nevada and | | | | Raflroad the lord lleutenant, the earl of Dudley, and his popular wife. the preferential deémand, the state of pub- lic feeling here regarding it, and urging a prompt acceptance of preferential pay- men(s for a perlod of from one to six months. An answer {s hoped for within the next twenty-four hour ATl Oppese Ia; The question of referring the one ques- tion of preferential treatment to The Hague for settlement, as suggested by Mr. Towen, came up, and it was evident at once that the negotiators were all opposed to calling in The Hagho tribunal except as a last resort. TPhe ambassador raised the mgtter with Mr, en during the forenoon and ' 1t developed that Mr. Bowen was no less anxious than the allles that the whole con- troversy be settled here and now. All these facts have been cabled in full to the three powers. Confidence that a eettlement will be forthcoming at Washington In a short time 18 based to a considerable extent on the ac- tivity of Baron Aon Sternberg, who has given every evidence that he sincerely wants the matter adjusted without pro-’ longing the bldckade. The president today received a call from Baron Sternberg and the two spent half an hour or more In informal conversation on the Venezuelan affair. The president is most anxious that the blockade be ralsed at Friday will consider among other matters the draft of the Irish land bill, which, ac- cording to report, ha generous lines by Sir Anthony MacDonnell, KING ABANDONS HIS VISIT Phystel, suffering from a mild, attack of influensa, passed a good night dnd 1s wiking favor- able progress toward recovery. duchess of Devonshire at Chatsworth has, however, béen indefinitely postponed. morning, which was attributed to the king's indisposition, equerry, Windsor at 11 o'clock this morning that his torilly. after a brief visit to Windsor. castle today, | returned statement that the king had. a slight a tack of influenza. It is stated that the cabinet council mext been prepared on % Announce that He is Not in a Serfous Condi- tion. LONDON, Feb. 3.—King Bdward, who is His proposed visit to the duke and Consols fell oft one-eighth pence this Sir Righton Probyn, King Edward's officlally notified the mayor of majesty was progressing satisak- t Sir Francis Laking, the king's physiclan, | to London and confirmed the He sald his majesty’ thence to Texas. money, that he would never be taken alive. one: Graceland, In which twenty-three persons were killed, began here today. Dr. county, who read the statement made to him by Engineer James Davis on the aft- ernoon of the-disaster. glue had a leaking steam ches: been cracked for a month, and that the steam escaping from it prevented him from seeing the tower signals. He was armed and had and volunteered the information Later Hill reported his experience to the police, but so far they have been unable to locate. ing here with a view of escaping tonight. Kane. He is believed to be in hid- e STEAM CAUSES JERSEY WRECK Dead Engineer Leaves Statement Ex- plaining How Disaster Occurred. PLAINFIELD, N, J., Fob. S~The oy Investigation of the recent wreck at The most important evidence was that of Westcott, county physician of Unfon Davis sald his en- which had He did not see he train ahead until within sixty feet of it. David H. Deeter, master mechanic of the railroad at Philadelphia, admitted that he had known of the leak in Davie' engine, but | | They were evidently making for this car, on which they Boped to escape, but they were unable to 40 this on account of the snowstorm prevalling at the time they should have made their escape. The !dentity of the robbers has not yet been established. UNABLE TO CONCEAL PEARL Muach Wanted Missouwr! Fat Girl En- Joying Life in the Sunny Southland. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., #¢h, 3,—(Special Telegram.)The principsl wirkotien at the Elks' fair, held here recently, was Pearl, the 11-year-old girl, an infant phenomena, who welghed 535 pounds. Pearl came here from Savannah the week provious and the Elks secured her attend- ance. She wa$ made much of by the women visitors and was considered a drawing card She was dresscd as a child, with hair In curls and looked quite pretty. Later, after the fair, her wanager put up a booth on Bay street and has been doing quite a rrofitable business, Pearl being his main and about the only attraction. Pearl, when cecn tonight, said that she was pertectly contented with her present manager and that she did not want to go home.. There #b2 did not have the comforts snd good at- There was a general lateness of fraine into Omaha yesterday, but tbe cold was not sufficiently intense to make the verfations from the time cards of a serlous nature. Up till noon most of the late trains were fn within an hour of their schedule. At Burlington headquarters General Man- ager Holdrege bad reports from all four divisions, the Southern, Western, Wyoming nd Northern, showing that snow was fall- Ing everywhere. It was heaviest on the western division, Superintendent Campbell reporting from McCook three to eight inches over the division at 8 o'clock yes- terday. The other divisions have snow trom two inches to six. © There has been but little difficulty with Burlington trains yet, but some s expected later if the wind continues. All the Bur- lington tralns into the Omaha station ye {terday were on time save one, No. 1 the fast mall, which was due at 8:28, and was two hours late, All the others, No. 6 | from Denver, No. 4 from Lincoln, No. b from Chicago, were on time. Tardy street oar service caused some fifty Omahans to miss the $:40 train to Lincoln, as it left | on time. On the Unfon Pacific, At Unfon Pacific headquarters it was learned that the snow began early in the | west, commencing at 2:30 at Grand Island, {COMMITTEE CHANGES DATES Fixex April 10 and peblican as Time of Re- Primartes and Convention. To eonform with the provistons of the | Saunders-Gilbert city election law, which changes the time of Omaha's municipal election from the first Tuesday in March to the first Tuesday in May, the republican city central committee last night changed the date of thé republican city primaries to April 10 and fhe date of the convention to April 11. The old dates were February 13 and 14. In addition to this the committee, which was psesided over by Chalrman Herring, ordered that the chairman appoint a ‘com. mittee on rules to report March 31, the time of the next meeting. This committee will be named later. The committee changed two polling places, making that { Bighth ward 2011 Cuming street and of the | Third ward 313 North Fifteenth street. | and was well attended. |OMAHA TO HAVE HORSE SHOW Soclety Organized with Ample Cap- of the | | The meeting was beld in Washington hall | that the railroad taxation committee was composed of Sears, Brown, Day, Reynolds and Fries; on personal property, Thompson, Anderson, Wilson and Douglass. Baldwin Defends Harriwon. The subcommittees were not ready to re- port and consequently the committee did | not moet tonight. .In a typewritten fnter- view issued in the Union Pucific headquar- ters at the Lindell, John N. Baldwin ceeks to defend and to explain the action of his understudy in sending out letters' to the country press, in cn attempt to produce ed- | toral comment in belalf of the rallroads | against the taxpayers, as was exposed fn a Ictter published in The Bee yesterday. The interview as sent out {s as tollows: “1 see that some adyerse commont 18 at- tempted,” said Mr. Baldwin, “because the rallroad companies utilize the newspapers to present their side of the tax contro- versy and bccause they express a willing. | mess to pay the expense of printing. Why | should they not, the arguments presented are cnanswerable. The outside counties ot | the atate are vitally interested. The { Omaba papers give only one side of the question. The outside newspapers are en- | titled to receive information exposing the | selfishness of the Omaha real estate boom- | ers, and the railroads have a perfect right | to pay for the expense of printing this in- formation. | but at Lincoln and Omaha it did not begin til 7 o'clock. It was reported as three to | | four tnches deep over the system, but was | | causing mo trouble by noon. The mean | temperature over Nebraska, meanwhile, insisted that the escaping steam was not sufficlent to obstruct the engineer's view. RUSH TO GET STEEL STOCK tention she is now getting and she pre- | ferred her present life. When told that her father wanted her she replied that she { would like to see him, but that she would not go back. Her manager sald she was Progress was quite satisfactory. Adylces from Chatsworth say that there is no likelthood of the king's re- covery belng sufciently speedy to enable him to leave Windsor this week his visit ‘“The rallroads huve no newspapers of their own to present the case, and there is no one newspaper of wide circulation stand- ing up for the rights of the country as | against the encroachments of the large city, the earliest possible moment. The French ambassador, M. Jussrand, pald an (oformal eall on Mr. Bowen and made it plain that while France would in- sist on the protection of its rights it w: ital to Make the prise Go. Enter- and this is the sav- | At & meeting of prominedt lovers of anxious that Venezuels be also protectsd end would do all it conalstently could to preserve peac Citizens of Mexico also have claims against Venezuela and that government has been asked to be put on an equal footing with the other nations. Notice of Mexico's intention wms communicated to Mr. Bowen today by the Mexican ambassador, who sald the claims amounted In all to £18,000 sterl- iug, or approximately $90,000. Mexico adds another to the list of nations who are lined up against the proposition of the allied powers for prgferential treat- ment. Minister Warns Germany. BERLIN, Feb. 3.—The German ambassa- .dor to London, Count Wolff Metternich, in a dispatch to his government, referring to has been definitely abandoned. GERMANY BARS AMERICANS in favor of allowing American insugance companie the minister of the Interfor raises diM- | culties, taking the ground that the adml slon of these companies cannot be an act of grace, but depends upon the Americans complylng to the I empire’s insurance laws. Are Fought Down, BERLIN, Feb. 8.—The Forelgn office is J to do business in Germeny, but t particular with the The minister of the interior is acting sl Trust Employes profit-sharing plan closed Judge Gary's statement men subscribed for 51,1 which is composed of men who recelve $800 or cribe for 51,125 » of Biilion Dellar Combine. Shay NEW YORK, Feb. 4—A meeting of the directors of the United States Steel cor- poration was held here today g\t its close udge Gary, chairman, gave out'a statement under his charge and that she was well cared for. ’ MURDER TRIAL IN PROGRESS Missourl Man Charged with Killing Father-in-Law Because He Re- fused to Endorse Note, in which he sald that the subsidiary com- | panies at the present time have orders for | over 5,500,000 tons, which is the largest un- | The work of securing a jury in the case of filled booking.that they ever have had. Books for subscription to stock under tae | on January 31 says that 27,883 5 shares. Class I, less in wages, subscribed for 15,038 hares, 12,170 ~ubseribing. KIRKSVILLE, Mo., Feb. 3.—(Special.)— J. M. Robertson, charged with the murder of his father-in-law, George Conkle, in November of last year, began in the eir- cuit court this morning. The case has attracied wide attention, and the courtroom was filled this morning. The state has subpoenaed seventeen wit- | was about 16 degree | ing feature of the storm. . 4, duc at 7:30 yesterday morning, was | thrae hours behind. No. 8, due at 9:40, was fitty minutes late. At Fremcnt, Elkhorn & Missourl Valley headquarters it was reported snowing all over the system, but by noon no trains had | been delayed by the storm. Chicago & Northwestern trains from the | east and north were late. No. 1. the Over- | 1and Flyer, due at 9:20, was twenty minutes behind. No. 17, due from Sioux City at 10 lotclock, was an hour behind. No. 71, due { trom Minneapolis at $:15, was twenty min {utes late. No. 101, due from the east at | 8:50, wae an hour behind, Illinols Central train No. 1 was an hour {late, being due at 8:05. No. 6 was an- Unlon Pacific passenger trains were late. | horses in the office of F. A. Nash Tuesday afternoon the Omaha Horse Show assocla- tion wag formed, stock being subscribed to the amount of $10,000, sufficient to float the organization. Officers have not yet been elected, but will be shortly. About fitteen men are {nterested in the assoclation. | 1t was decided at the meeting to give a {horse show in Omaha September & to 11 next. This will be given in the Auditorium it possible. | age the sHow was left for further consider- | ation. The association already bas sev ! eral applications besides that of Dr. C, D. | Gray of St. Louls, the man who has al- | ready been given the promvtion of six of the shows on the American Horse Show as- | soctation circult. Dr. Gray was present t the meeting Tuceday and left afterwards The selection of a man to man- | The defense of the country must come from the country papers. We nnot demand that they ‘use their space without recom- pense, although many of them, recognizing their own local Interest fn ihe controvergy, decline compensation and froely open their columns to forcibly express thelr opinians of the Omaha scheme. The criticism from the Omaha boomers {8 ridiculous. It sounds | lke the plaint of a falling and hopeless cause."” | While the committes of tlhe whole was !in session this afternoon Reprecentative Warner recelved wotd that his mother had died suddenly at their home at Wa erly. Mr. Warner immediately left for home. This makes three members of the commit- | tee absent—Wilson, Douglas and Warner. | Notwithstanding the fact that Johm N. | tor Milwaukee. | Baldwin could not explain to the revenue | committee and others why It was that |AK-SAR-BEN® AND AUDITORIUM | axing tho ‘raiirond terminale. 1o o would reduce the amount of taxes received | Board of Governors of One Agrees to|from railroads throughout the country dis- | Help Board of Directors | trict, there are some members of the leg- gy s tslature who still believe, or pretend to be- nesses, and they were all in court ready to testity. I'he state will undertake to show that Robertson and his wife went to Brashear on the afternoon of November 13; that Roborison wemt to the state bank there and asked It Conkle's note was good for | upon the advice of German insurance com- | panies and ralsing all sorts of technical | i opposition to admitting Americans. For- WIPE OUT PROHIBITORY LAW elgn Secretary von Richthofen, it is under- | stood, recognizes that the exclusion of the American companies has long been a s.urce of irritation and believes that good feeling | nulled, coming in as a second sectlon of | No. 8 Rouk Island, Missour! Pacific and Wabash trains were somewhat delajed, but the IArgins were very narrow. Conditions Somewhnt Worse. British public opinion on the Venezuelan question and the British cabinet's attitude in consequence thereof, says the govern- ment 1s consclous of lack of popular sup- port n its assoclation with Germany, es- pecially in the disapproval of the middle Vermont Agrees to Allow Each D trict to Deelde or Quen- classer H Premier Balfour and Foreign Minister Lansdowne have the support of the other members of the cabinet in their steadfast determination to carry out an agreement with Germany, but the ambassador ven- tures the opinion that Lord Lansdowne's position is weakened through loss of public support and- that the cabinet is in a mood | 1o accept almost any way out of the Venezuelan entanglement that promises the ultimate payment of the claim Ambassador Wolff Metternich also says » genuine dislike exists generally in Great | Britaln to the government's partnership | with Germany, and, in counselling that the negotiations at Washington be hastened, he lotima that if the situation becomes umore confused it ls conceivable that Colonigl Chamberlain, on his return from South Africa, may become the interpreter the popular view in the cabiney and Wdvise (Be other ministers accordingly. | A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger (romi The Hague today announced that Herr von Prollius, secretary of the German legation there, had been appointed minister of Ger- many to Venezuela. s Attitude s M1 ratood. | LONDON, Feb. 3.—Reuter's Telegram wompany says it is officially informed that | ‘the attitude of the allies regardiug the so- wcalled priority claims against Venezuela | as been misinterpreted, thus increasing the complicktion: 1t is explained that the allies do not in- ®ist on th precedence of their claims over others, but insist that they shall be re- igarded a8 separate, to he dealt with direct tetween themselves and Venezuela. Until & epecific arrangement is made for the satisfaction of their claims they are determined to continue the blockade. It is turther stated that the allies do not bind Venezuela regarding the sum to be (Continued on Becond Pag: ) toward the United States suggests liberal | treatment. the minister of the cent | propesed scheme, the government of China i to & ally elgners Tesentatives of twenty-three voted in favor of a general strike in sup- | port of | speeches were made urging the workmen to be in readine launch the soclal revolution Crown Princ panled by Prof. Giron, left here today for Geneva, where she will tain permission (o see one of her children, who s {1l Zeuting announces that Silesta, This view is not accepted by interior. China Wil Control Wire e SHANGHAL Feb. 3.—In spite of its re- | t sertion that it had abandoned the L1 agaln announced that it has decided | s ssume control of the commercial tele- | ph lines, and the local taotai has form- requested the consuls to forbld for- to purchase shares in these lines L 1 [t t bl Motors Fail in Postal Service, BERLIN, Feb. Herr Kraetke, the | minister of posts, has informed the budget committee of the Reichstag that automo- | biles have failed mail gervice. all cases got out of order aftcr a few weeks use. them altogether. in connectlol with the The electrical machines in The postal officials have discarded | Vote for Gemeral Strike. BARCELONA, Feb. 3.—A meeting of rep- trades today the strikers at Reus. Violent | | to destroy authority and | I K Princess Would See Sick’ Child, MENTONE, France, Feb. 3.—The former Louise of Saxony, accom- endeavor to ob- Kalser St BERLIN, Feb. es America. 3.—The the Schleasessin president of Dr. Holt John Burnhardt tound dead today In & room In the Argyle block In Colorado City. McDonald sald | suteide, but he was arrestes on suspicion of having murdered his companion. is going to the United ' bly bas ps States by desire of Emperor William to | for ¢ make certaln special studies tion for Itmelf. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt., Feb. 3 ~The advocates of local option carried the tate today and after more than half a cen ury of prohibition, c'ties and towns of Vermont will, after March 1, be permitted to cclde whether or not intoxicating liquors hall be sold. The total vote, with seven small towns missing, is 30,588 to 6 in favor of a icense law. The miscing towns gave a otal vote of less than 300 at the last elec- fon. It is a colncidence that Vermont oted for prohibition in 1853 by 1,500 ma- ority CLAIMS FRIEND IS SUICIDE Dakota Man Held in Colorade on Suspicion of Murdering Companion, COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., of Langdon, N Feb. 3. D., was He had been shot the head with a revolver. The shooting was heard outside and po- {cemen broke into the room, where they 'ound Danlel McDonald, also of Langdon that Burnbardt committed | voTES CASH_FDH G A R Assembly Appi to Entertein Old Soldt, rintes SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 3.—The sed a bill appropriating § © pational G. A. R. encampment to be {Beld 1n San Francisco in August. | | i $150; that the cashier said it was and wrote out such a note at Robertson's request; that Robertson took the nete to his father- in-law, and requested him to sign it; that the old man refused to do %0, whereupon Robertson pulled out a revoiver and fired three jimes; that the first and second shots failed of their mark, but that the third plerced Conkle's heart and he died in- stantly. TO WORK FOR STATEHOOD Prominent Democrats of New Mexico Are Named 10 Go to hington, . M., Feb, alrman of the committep of New Mex following prominent Washington and work the omnibus statehood to Congress Harvey B querque Judge Napoleon B. Laughlin, Santa Fe; B. V. Chaves. Albuquerque, and J. E. Wharton, White Oaks. A fifth mem- ber will be appointed T, PREPARE Preac 3.—~W. 8. Hope- democratie central 0. has named the democrats to go to for the passage of bill: Ex-Delegate Ferguson of Albu- r Says St tween Unite agisle Is Com Brethre, ng Be- in Christ and Utah Men, NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—The Rev. Dr. Wil lamr Bell, general secretary of missions of the United Brethren In Christ of Dayton, 0., speaking to the Naticnal Pederation of Church Workers today sald There is u vast territory in the west where we shall presently have a treme: dous struggle with Mormonism. And there 18 ro way in which we can grapple success- fully with the spirit that possesses tha great district unless we federate and Oght it together. | 0 FIGHT MORMONS | | Dy nightfall the wiud had raised to the | extent that the snow was drifted even more | seriously than during the day, and as the i fall was still quite heavy the railroad situ- ation was rendered more serious. Rock Island No. 3 came in only a little behind | schedule time, but the other lines all had a different story to tell. Milwauke due here at 11:15, was delayed twenty-five | minutes; Northwestern No. 5, due at 11:30 was an hour and a half behind the schedule; | Iiinols Central No. 3, due at 10:35, was three hours and a half late; Sioux City & Pacific traln No. 75 was fifty minutes late, | »nd Union Pacific No. 2, due at 7:30 p. m., | was seven hours late getting in. Trains jon the Burlington, going both ways, were | alsp far off thelr scheduled time. So far as could be learned in Omaha last n'ght, there {s no danger of a blockade on any of the lines |sNow cov | Dakota, ERS MANY STATES Missouri, Colorado, and Even California Share Storm Kan, with Nebreska. Feb. 3.—Nebraska experienced the worst storm of the winter today, and with nightfall its violence has increased rather than dhoinished There bas been a steady snow' since 5 this morning, | by a higk wind, which piled it in drifts Irregular street car trafic was maintained |in Lincoln during the day, and the trac tion companies are making efforts to keep the lines open tonight. Passenger trains on steam roads are slightly delayed. At midnight it was reported by the Bur. lngton that trains were moving with dif- culty on its Black Hills line near Ravenna, Neb., aud that if the weather then prevail LINCOLN heavy fall of 5 accompanied (Continued on Fifth Page.) No. 5, | 1 At a dinner in the Omaha club last night the greater number of the members of the hoard of governors of the Ak-Sar-Ben and the committee of directors of the audi- { torfum company met, and after a general discustion of the matter in hand, the gov- ernors put themselves on record as willing to do everything posstble to support the | auditorium directors and further the build- ing of the auditorfum. The directors now have seventy tons of structural steel on the grounus and have been notified by Paxton & Vierling that two cars more will arrive tomorrow. It is the expectation that the final contract will be let at the meeting on February 12, and active construction will be begun as soon as the weuther permits. The | expectation is that the building will be | completed by September [WATER ‘POISONS A THOUSAND River Floods Indinn | City s A People, | NOBLESVILLE consumers of eity violently 111 Ind., Feb. 3.—Fully water in Noblesville came this morning and of them has fully recovered. The color of the water first attracted attentio Ice breaking up In the river had allowed the river water to enter the city mains. | Movements of ¢ Vessels Feb, Zeelund, from At New York Antwerp. Salled—Aug Victora, for Finchal, Malags, ete.; Cevie, for Liverpoo At Hong Rong—Arrived tic, from San Franciseo, via Honeluly, At Sydney, N. 8. W.—Ar from 8an Froncisco. via Auckland | At Na York At the Lizard—Pussed | New York, for London 1,000 be nun unusual Arrived d—8onoma Honolulu and Arrived—Hester, from les New Minnetonka, from !Ueve that Mr. Baldwin's statement was correct. One senator sald: | “If I was sure that the taxing of the | terminals would not i1educe the school tax received from railroads out in the state, 1 would be In favor of taxing the terminals for municipal purposes. | belleve that rallroads should pay thelr just share of taxes, but I do not want it done at the expense of the school districts. If tho people of Omaha will make it plain to me that the bill they desired passed will mot reduce the amount of taxes we get from railroads out In the state, then I am for the bilL" Personnel of Committee, As the revenue committes was appointed to draft a bill that would meet the re- quirements of the state’s needs and at the same time do justice to all men and all | taxpaying bodies, it is well occasionally to look ever the list of names of the mem- | bers ana know thelr professions or business. From the house comes six pro- fecsional men and one who may be reck- oned a farmer, Warner. The senators rep resent more varled interests, Among its members being a banker, lumbermen, law yers, real estate dealer and one farmer. The names of the members of the commit and thelr occupation are as follows Wilson, physiclan; Douglas, lawy@r; Sears, lawyer; Thompson, lawyer; Sweely, law- yer; Loomlis, lawyer; Pemberion, lawyer; Brown, luwyer; Saunders, real wecate, though he has been ted to the bar; Day apd Fries, lumbermen; Anderson, banker, and Reynolds and Warner, farm- ble of be tion to adm the committee is able and capa- tting up a revenue law that would y of the people there is 4O ques- The secret sessions held by the com- mittee, and the fact that (s memdbers are pledged Lo secrecy, causes comulent, After | adjournment last night a majority of the wor!