Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 20, 1903, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. - - ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. WHEELS SLIP 0N ICE Sehool Ohildren's Street ®ar Dashes Into Lackawaona Engine EIGHT DIE AND THIRTY ARE INJURED Yousg Men and Maidens Meet Instant Death in the Orash. ONE BODY LODGES ON MOVING TRAIN Force of Impact Bhown by Boattered Human Porms and Wreckage. MOTORMAN VAINLY STRIVES TO STOP Hard, but Rushes to Closed by Vigllant Watch man at Crossing. NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 19.—A fast express on the Lackawanna railway cut through a trolly car crowded with school children at the Clifton avenue crossing today. Eight of the children were kilied and thirty or more injured. The motorman of the car, who stuck to his post, will die, and the engineer of the express was so badly hurt that there Is little hope of his recovery. Both the express and the trolly were on steep grades, going at right angles. The express was signalled, and the crossing gates were lowered while the street car was yet only halt way down the hill. The motorman immediately turned off the power and applied the brakes, but the car slip- ped along the lcy ralls. It gained tremen- dous momentum and at the bottom of the bill erashed through the gates directly in the track of the oncoming traln. The loco- motive ploughed its way through the irolly, throwing the children in every di- rection. The dead, all of this city except ene, are: VIOLA ILL, 17 years. MAUD BAKER, 15 years. ERNESTINE P. MUELLER, 15 years. MABEL E. KARSCHNER, 17 years, Tiffin, ALMA LOEHNBERG, 16 years. ROSEBUD KOHN. ELLA WERPUEP, 19 years. EVAN L. EASTWOOD, jr., 16 years. ‘The more seriously injured: Peter Brady, motorman of trolley car, skull erushed, will die. Oscar Backliff, engineer of train, head crushed, probably fatally jujured, Jennie Melelland, 16 years, skull frac- tured; other injuries, probably fatal ankle broken and badly rt about head and shoulders. Mabel Smith, 14 years; head injured. George Smith, colored, leg fractured. ‘Walter Bauermaan, 17 years, ribs broken. £ than its ordinary load today, ow- to the cold. It contained every child d squeese inside, and others stvod platform. Because this car crowded many who were wait- 1t before the hill was reached could on, although some climbed on the latform with the motorman. or more children were compellad car afoot. They say that when still Jess than half way down hin rallroad gates began to drop. Peter Brady, the motorman, promptly shut off the power and applied the brakes. Speed was checked, but it continued to move slowly down the incline. There was no thought of danger. Then it began to move faster and faster. The ice-covered ralls afforded no hold for the wheels, and, a though Brady jammed his brake harder and then swung on the reverse, the momentum of the car graw &t every yard, and the car ehot down toward the railroad. When it was right at the gates the express thun- dered luto it. ‘Warned by the cries of those afoot and by their own sense of danger those on the platforms began to throw themselves off into the snow, and as the car sped aloi the few remaining feet toward the ralls perhaps one-third escaped death or injury 1a this way, but there was no time for those within the car to do more than crush toward the rear door. The gates were swept aside like toothpicks, and before the eracking of timbers died away came the crash amid the frantle cries of those who saw death dashing down upon them. The wreck of the trolley was complete. The pliot of the engine struck It almost amidships, turned it partly around and cut ft in two. One-half was thrown to on side and lay on the tracks, the other wa hurled some distance away. In ry direction lay the injured and dead. The engine brought to a stand- still, and from the train and nearby houses men rushed to the rescue. The spectacle ‘was appalling, and many who star.ed to work had to give up, unnerved. From the high school, where the crash bad been heard came puplls and teachers 10 ald in succoring their companions. A g8 gEs H 39 3! fe 3 % (11 g the was the lad who landed safely in a snow bank thirty 1 feet from the crossing arose, brushed the snow out of his eyes, and with a shriek rushed up the street to a Srebox and turned in an alarm. Within five minutes as many dead bod- fes hAd been laid side by side in the snow alongside the track. Ope of them, that of | & girl, was found & block beyond. It had been earried thare on the pilot of the en- glne. Load after load of injured was sent y in patrol wagons and ambulances Within & short time there was not an in- jured person near the scene of the wreck, and the dead were om their way to the morgue. o ctor Makes Statem. The conductor of the trolley car, George Gould, sald: It is customary for trolley conductors to leave their cars at this crossing. and, as the car stops, to run ahead and see If the rack ia clear. T should have done that this morning had 1 not seen that the gates were lowered. Naturally, 1 concluded that the car would stop and the first thing I knew was when we went crashing through the gates. Policeman Stuckey, who was a witness of the accident, said the trolley car had projected about four feet over the track when it was struck. There were about twelve children on the fromt platform. It s not known whether they bampered the motorman's movements. Passengers on the train beard the screams of the children be- fore the train struck the car. As an illustration of the force of the collision, the front part of the trolley car (Continued oo Second Page) | | | OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1903-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COoP Y THREE CENTS. T0 PRESENTJ JOINT NOTE| Nations of Farope For Sultan of Inte mugurate Re Notity o PARIS, Feb. 19.—The Russian minister, Count Lamsdorff, has ron;h,t 1 cated to the Fremch government the P that Russia received yesterday the last of ) the adberences of the European powers to the joint mote to Turkey. on the subject of reforms, thue making the action of the powers unanimous. He accordingly directed M. Seinovief, the Russian ambassador at Constantinople, to proceed with Baron von Calice, the Aus trian ambassador, to the sultan and present the note today. It was at firs: 1ntended to present the Austrian ncte first, but this was coneidered in order to give added force to the joint personal presentation It was also desired to secure the full ad- herence of Germany, which was somewhat conditional at first. The unanimous action | decided upon yesterday includes that of | yesterday. The mote, as finally framed, strikes out all reference to Macedonia, as It was considered that the designation of one part of the country by name would In- crease the anti-foreign agitation which the powers are seeking to check. The note is generalized 5o as to cover all the localities where Christian people reside, the only locality specified being three villages in Northern Turkey in which most of the Christians live. The protéc- tion of the lives and the complete safe- guarding of the interests of the Chbris- tlans form the chief features of the note. In view of the unanimity of the powers | the officials here consider that the sultan is certaln to accept the proposed reforms, but it is not intended. to terminate the question with the presentation of the note. It will be followed speedily by further joint action, including the sending of con- suls of the various powers throughout the Christian regions to see that protec- tion is actually given and that the reforms are really carried out. The authorities do not hesitate to say that the note is only the first step in the plans for the bettermant of the con- dition of the people under Turkish rule. Au’ official here said that while the United States was not concerned in the action directly, yet the protection de- manded for all Christians would be indi- rectly beneficial to the American Chris- tians in Turkey.~ BRETONS DEFEND - SCHOOLS to Oust Nuns According to Law. PARIS, Feb. 19.—There was a revival to- day of the religious disturbances which characterized the closing of the congrega- tionlst schools in Brittany last summer. The nuns haviog reopened thcir school at the village of St. Meen, near Lesneven, a police commissary, accompanied by & squad of gendarmes, proceeded to the vil- lage to serve the order to close the school. ‘When be arrived the chapel sounded the tocsin and 300 peasants gathered in front of the school, shouting. “Death to the commissary. Down with Combes,” and for the efsters.” sary and the gendarmes, who, howev: forced their way through the erowd and into the school. The commissary read the order to the lady superior, whe, after some parleying, promised to depart within a week. The commissary was again hooted as he left under escort of the gendarmes. The teachers of lay schools and reporters pres- ent were also hissed and hooted and ex- perienced some difficulty from the {1l usage of the mob. No arrests were made. BOATS MUST WINTER IN ICE Tries Once More Fruitiess BT. JOHNB, N, F., Feb. 15.—The United States revenue cutter Seminole made an- other attempt this morning to reach the Bay of Islands. When it started a northwest gale was blowing and the conditions were decidedly unfavorable. The gule increased to a blizsard at noom, forcing it to abandon the attempt, and it returned to the harbor at 3 this afternoon. Seminole succeeded in escaping from the storm only by feel- ing its way for miles around the channel head back to the channel, or it would have probably been crushed against the coast. It is now gemerally conceded that Semi- nole’s mission is hopeless. ESTATE IS TO ACCUMULATE drem HONOLULU, Feb. 19.—(Via Victoria, Feb. 15.)—A peculiar will has just been filed for probate. It was made by the late Mrs. A. B. Carter, a native woman who married & Philadelphis pbysician, who survives her. The will disposes of property in Philadel- phia and New York and the island of Oahu | valued at about $22,000, and provides that | there is to be no distribution of the prop- | erty until after the death of all her chil- | drep, the youngest of whom is 4 years old. | The grandchildren will then sbare alike in the distribution. CUT WAGES - CAUSE STRIKE | | | | | c Copper Compamy Piremen | Walk Out When Pay is Reduced. CANNE. Mexico, Feb. 19.—The engineers and firemen of the Canne Copper company have walked out and the road is again completely tied up. No ore is being moved from the mines to | the smelters. The walkout was due to the company’s action in reducing the wages of firemen and brakemen. | | HONOLULU, Feb. 19.—(Via Victoria, B. bat may herald the end of the ol feudal system in vogue among the an- cient chiefs and still observed by many of the wealthy Hawailans, occurred in the cir- cult court yesterday. John Bright, a . tive, secured judgment for $450 against | Prince David Kawananakoa, a brother of | Prince Cupld, the delegate-elect. It wa claimed by the defense that Bright had | been a retainer of the late queen dowager, | and that the services for which he claimed | compensation bad been pald for by the use of & portion of her land. President of Salvador Elected. PANAMA, Feb. 19.—Pedro Jose Escalon bas been declared elected president of Salvader, sucoeeding General Regalado, and Calix Velado bas beea declared vice presi- desi | Spanish-American war has much which | 1ts cumbersome and refractory state militia | time of need,” contioues Colonel Sanger, MAY CALL EXTRA SESSION Prerident Insists Upon Ratification of Cuban and Oanal Treaties. CTXICAN CATTLE MAY NOT ENTER Authorities Report Disease Live Stock, Which Wash- -t Authorities Investigath Are (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—(Special Tele- gram.) with President Roosevelt today regarding matters in Nebraska. After he had stated his wants the president inquired in regard to the status of the Cuban treaty, and it is understood the president stated to the senator that there were erroneous reports | abroad in relation to his position regarding the same. From conversation with the senator it was learned that unless the Cuban treaty was ratified during the pres- ent congress he would call the senate in extrgordinary session for that purpose. There was no mincing of words so far as | could be learned. The president was em phatic in his declaration. He stated that he was not disposed to allow the Cuban treaty to die an ignominious death and that if the senate falled te do its plain duty he would call them together in extra session for the purpose of ratifying the treaty between Cuba and the United States. The outlook for confirmation of the treaty 1s not considered exceedingly promising by the president, o far as he can judge from conversation had with senators on the sub- ject. The president regards the Cuban treaty as the most important of all those pending, and that he does not intend to permit any complizations to interfere with the ratification of that treaty le made ap- parent in his emphatic announcement that he will hold the senate {n Washington until some definite action is taken upon the measure. Cut Buflding Appropriat Senator Fairbanks, chairman of the pub- le buildings and grounds committee of the senate, announced today that his commit- tee had in prepmatiop a public bullding bill that would very materially decrease the -amount carried by the house bill re- cently reported. He stated that be had recelved word from Representative Cannon, chalrman of the appropriations committee of the house, that the latter would not permit any bullding bill of an omnibus character to pass congress carrying more than $6,000,000. In accordance with these well defined views on the part of the veteran chairman of the house appropria- tions committee, Senator Fairbanks hopes 1o report a bill on Saturday that will meet Mr. Cannon's support. Nebraska and lowa will probably suffer by reason of the cut in appropriations which bas been ordered, but to just what | extent fs problematical in view of the indefiniteness which surrounds the bill at the present moment. The rubcommittee, however, 1s at work and it Is the desire of Senator Fairbanks to report and pass the measure before the house takes action on the bill reported from Merver's committee. Routine of Departments. Bids were opened today at the Treasury department for the construction of the extension of the public building at Bur- lington, Ta. The lowest bid received was that of A. L. Shaw of Burlington, at $38,590. Postmasters appointed: lowa—Fred G. Fearis, Richland, Keokuk Paul B. Farley, Summerset, Warren county. ‘Wyoming—Thomas Freeguard, Barnum, Johuson county. | An additional rural free delivery route | will be established April 1 at Bedford, Taylor county, lowa. The route embraces an area of eighteen square miles, contain- ing a population of 450 persons. Mexican Oattle Barred Out. Secretary Wileon said today that the British government had received ad- vices from ome of its consuls in Mexico to the effect that foot and mouth dfsease had broken out at San | Luis Potosi, and that the department of | agriculture, acting on the British repre- | sentations, had directed Inspector Sbaw of the bureau of animal industry to make a thorough investigation. Dr. Shaw is now in the neighborhood of the reported outbreak. Pending his re- port the entry of live stock from Mexico has been interdicted. There are no official advices to this government to indicate the presence of the disease on the Mexican border. Finds Militla System Faulty. Three years ago Willlam Cary San- ger. then inspector gemeral of the New York National Guard and now assistant secretary of war, made a thorough imspection of the reserve and anxiliary forces of England and of the militia of Switzerland. The work was voluntary, for, though President McKinley greatly desired it, there was no appropriation available and Colonel Sanger defrayed his own expenses. The result of this investigation is embodied in a report just issued from the government printing office, which it is thought will become & text book for the military student. Says the author: “The story of the Americans must read with pain.” And then he tells how seriously the government was embarrassed In its efforts to make use of With the state forces that are main. tained with & view to national defense in “there can be mo excuse for not devising in time of peace the best plan for utilizing their services. * * * And if it is ad- mitted, as it must be, that the army and state forces combined will not be numer- ically strong enough to carry on any grest | war, it is our plain duty to decide in ad- vance what is the wisest and best plan for exploiting our fighting force when such action is necessary.” Having sounded this warning, Colonel Sanger proceeds to state in detall the re- sult of his Investigations in England and | Switzerland, the former coustry being chosen for inguiry because it resembled the United States in having Do system of compulsory wilitary service. Wishes Joint Commi fon to Meet. Sepator Fairbanks has suggested to Sir Wiltrid Laurier the advisability of again calling together the jeint high commission cn the Alaskan boundary treaty Sir Wilfrid and Senator Fairbanks are | chairmen of the joint commission and when that body adjourned in 1900 it was with the | understanding that it could be mvudl oply by the mutual agreemeat of the l'ul chatrmen | The Alaska boundary was the rock upon | which the commission split at fta last| meeting, for it .was clearly evident that Senator Dietrich had an interview | | which | ment eompany, | Fields declined | coming, and sult was brought by Mr. Plelds Friends of Statehood amd of Canal Tr Ink Fate if 3. — A WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—There Is a movement on among #ome of the friends | of the siatebood bill in the senate to couple the fortunes of that Mmeasure with those | of the Panama canal treaty and make the | ratification of the one depend upon the pas- sage of the other. The details of ¥ May Neee n bhave not come to light fully, but It}ls understood that {the scheme i& to m e the treaty by jdelay until an agreembnt to vote on the | statehood bill can be secured. None of the statehood supporters will [admit that this is the purpose, but one | of the most prominent of them on the re- | publican side of the chamber admitted that | such is the tendemcy. Many of the state- | hood advocates on bothysides of the cham- | ber they will not §llow Senator Mor- { BaD to be forced by .:x of physival en- | durance to complete speech io oppo- |sition to the treaty before he is willing to_conclude of his owh accord. The rumor of such ® purpose was cur- Tent about the senate before the executive session began at 12:20 today and those | { who had heard it merely s a rumor were convinced that it was Without foundation in fact when instead @f Senator Morgan resuming his speech s06n after the ex- ecutive session began Benator Quay ad- dressed the chalr and Sent wp some doc- | uments to be read, amovg which was the constitution of Colombia. He made no explanation beyond saying | that the documents would throw light on {he subject and that he though, especially at this time the senate should be informed a8 to the provi of the eonstitution of the country with which the United States is doing business. This step on his part w notice that he intendedy opposition of the treatfand it was re- called that during ay’s executive s2ssion and while Senator Morghn was still speaking Mr. Quay had Suggested the ab- sence of & quorum, thus helping to make it easy for the Alabama senator. Mr. Quay took the copy of the Colom- blan constitution, which be asked to have read from quite a large pile of documents which lay on his desk and when he asked to have it read the republican senators sitting near him immedistely reached the conclusion that he had united his forces with Senator Morgan and (hat the step was intended to force the aceeptance of the statehood bill. Without giving voiee to such a supposi- tion Senator Aldrich objected to the read- ing of the document by the clerk, saying that evidently the proceeding was merely | intended for the purpose of delay. | Senator Quay replied that such was mot | his intention and that he would ask to have nothing read which would not throw light upon the subject under consideration. Senator Morgan also said that so far as he was concerned there was mo collusion. It was then agreed that “for the present and until it should become @vident that the reading was for delay,” it should con- tinue. The anti-statehopd republican senators made no concealment of itheir suprise at Mr. Quay's proceeding #pd sll of them who would expgess an ( af oIl sat that the move would mot result in the passage of the statehood bill, whatever might be its effect upon the treaty. They id not believe that it would prevent rati- fication of the treaty. Before Mr. Quay took the floor Senator Hoar made a brief speech in support of the treaty, saying that since the Spooner act had become a law the United States is in homor bound to consummate the tram action provided for by that act. BID ROOSEVELT TO WATER TALK | | Dietrich, Rosewater and Others Invite | ent to Attend Irriga. tion Congress. | taken as a assist in the WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Senators Kearns of Utah and Dietrich of Nebraska, Wil- llam Glassman, mayor of Odgen, Utah, and | Edward Rosewater, editor of The Omaha Bee, today invited President Roosevelt to| attend the eleventh irrigation congress, to | be held in Ogden on Septembe: 9, 10 and | 1. The president said he probably would not be able to accept. GET-RICH FIRM SAVES MAIL Suspected Crook Obtains Imjumction t St. Louls Post- ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19.—Judge Thayer to- dny issued & temporary restraining order against Postmaster F. W. Baumboff requires him to desist stamping the word' “fraudulent” on mall addressed to the National Securities company. He is to appear in the United States circult court on February 25 to show cause why the injunction should not be made per- manent. Solomon Bwartz, who has been appointed recelver of the E. J. Arnold Turf Inv this evening made ar- rangements for an expert to open the safe in the office of that concern. He also took charge of seventy typewriters and | had them stored. The postoffice department has ordered F. W. Baumboff to hold the mail of John Ryan and company, the St. Louis Turf syndicate and the Colonial Securities com- pany. JURY GRANTS HALF MILLION| Awards Bi tract Assigned with No Guar- ee of Payment, Damages for Broken Con- NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—After a trial lasting fourteen days s jury in the United States circuit court todsy awarded $500,000 to J. W. M. Fields, a distiller of Owens- boro, Ky., against Paris, Allen & Co. of this eity. Mr. Fields entered i0!0 & comtract hll 1884 with Parls, Allen & Co. to| turnish them with the output of his dis- ! tillery for ffteen years. They assigned | their contract to amother firm, and Mr. to ship goods without & guarantee of payment. This was not forth- to recover. VOTES MONEY FOR TWO FAIRS SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 15.—In the senate today a bill was pazsed appropriat- | MeAn | Fourth, Johnson | Thirty-sixth, Butier and Seward. Bill to Reapportion the Btate for Legie- lative Purposes. REPRESENTATION BASED ON POPULATION ter of De Intended t Offers a Me Pat the Cot on a More E (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 19.—(Special.)— McAllister of Deuel has all ready for intro- duction his bill for the reapportionment of the state into senatorial and repr. ative districts. The bill increases the number of representatives from Dougias county from nine to thirteen and senators from three to four, giving the metropulitan county seventeen, instead of twelve mem- bers in theé legislature. It combines a small area of the western part of Doug- las with Saunders county in & new sen- atorial district and gives it one member The bill reduced the total number of senatorial districts from thirty te twenty- eight and increases the number of rep- resentative districts from sixiy-seven to seventy-four, but leaves the number of members the same as at present, 100 rep- resentatives and thirty-three senators. Lancaster gets -six representatives, & gain of two, but retains the same namber of senators, two. Countles like Richardson, which bave but a small population and large representation, are most sffected Richardson has a population of 19,000, with three members in the house. The basis of representation intended by law s 10,- 000. Thus under the present law Richard- son would scarcely be entitled to two, The new bill gives Richardson only two members in the house. The purport of without geremandering. The changes makes may be seen from the new districts which follow: Senatorial Districts. Distriet Countjes. First, Richardson and Nemaha.... Second, Pawnee, Gage and Saline Third, Johnson ‘and Otoe... Fourth, Cass and Sarpy.... Fifth, Douglas R Sixth, Douglas and Saunders. Seventh, Washington, Burt and Thurston Eighth, Dakota, Dixon and Cedar. Ninth, ' Cuming,’ Wayne and Plerce... .. enth. Stanton, Madlson and Antelope. .. Eleventh, Boone, Nance and Merrick... ‘welfth, Platte and Polk........ hirteenth, Dodge and Coifax ourteenth, Butler and Seward, Fifteenth, Lancaster...... Sixteenth, York and Filimore Seventeenth, Jefferson and Thayer Eighteenth, Nuckols, Webster, Nineteenth, Adams and Clay. ‘'wentleth, Kearney and Buffalo. ‘wenty-first, Hall and Hamilton Twenty-second, Howard, Sherman, Greeley, Wheels Biaine Twenty-t Rock . Twenty: v Cherry, Sioux, Box Bitte... Twenty-fifth, Lincoln, Hooker, Grant, McPherson, Keith, Per- kins, Deuel, Rimbale” Che; ball, Ban- Ber and Bostte Blate s oioe e Fyenty-sixth, Custer and Dawson enty-seventh, Harlan, Phelps, Fronfier and T.vees TS Members, 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 B | 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Logan, v se, #epresentative Districts. First, Richardson Second, Nemaha . Third, Pawnee . Fifth, Nemaha, Pawnee and Johnson. Sixth, Otoe . Seventh, Cass Eighth, 'Sarp ainth, 'Douglas . “Tenth, Washington Eleventh, Burt Twelfth, Cuming ... T}'Alrleenlh. ‘Washington, Fourteenth, Dakota and T Fifteenth, Wayne . Sixteenth, Dixon . Seventeenth, Cedar Eighteenth, 'Stanton Nineteenth, Knox ... Twentleth, ' Knox an Iwenty-first, Antelof eaty-second, Madlson Twenty-third, Platte . Twenty-fourth, Platte Twenty-fifth, N : xth, Twenty-seventh, Dodge . Twenty-elghth, Saunders . Twenty-ninth, Lancaster . ihirtieth, Gage ... Thirty-first, Jefterson . Thirty-second, Saline ... . Thirty-third, Baline & Jefferson. Thirty-fourth, Seward Thirty-fifth, Butler . O Thirty-seventh, Polk. Thirty-eighth, ‘York. Thirty-ninth, Filmore. Forty, York and Filmore.. Fort Ferty-elght Forty-ninth, Hamilton and Hall. Fiftieth, Merrick....... Tifty-first, Boone..... Fifty-second, Howard. Fifty-third, = Garfleld, Greeley ............. Fifty-fourth. Sherman Fifty-fifth, Holt and Thom: Fifty-seventh, Hooker ang Grant, Fifty-eighth' Sherman Fifty-ninth, Scotts Bluff, Box Butt and Banner. Sixtleth, Deuei, Kimball . . . Stxty-first, Lincoln. . Eixty-second, Custer. Sixty-third, Custer, Logan and McPher- ~ s 2 . Sixty-fourth, Buffaio. ffth, Kearney sixth, Franklin seventh, Harlan Sixty-eighth, ' Phelps.. Sixty-ninth, Furnas Seventieth, Dawson.. .o 4 Seventy-first, Dawson, Gosper and Fur- Seveniy-second, Frontier and Hayes Seventy-third, Red Willow tesessesiensns Seventy-fourth, Hitchcock, Dundy, Chase Kelth, Cheyenne and and Perkins TILLMAN TO STAY IN JAIL Application for Release on Hond is Refused by the Magis- trate. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Feb. 19.—Former Lieutenant Governor Tillman was this aft- ernoon refused bail at the conclusion of the hearing of his application for relcase on bond. Mr. Tillman is held on the charge of murdering Editor Gonzales Mr. Tillman not present at the ksar- ing. The aMdavits by the defense tended to show that Tillman acted in self-de- tense. In his sworn declaration Mr. Tillman stated that be had been repeatedly urged and warned to watch for his safety. He wished to avold any altercation, his state- ment says. As he was about to retire from the office in & couple of days, he was removing his personal effects, including two revolver when he met Mr. Gonzales, who, he stated, pushed his hand into his pocket. Believ- ing bis life to be it danger, Tillman hur- ing $5,000 for U s exhibit at the S riedly sald: *1 got your message,” e s | 1OUAS falF and $10,000 for ihe Lewis and | fired, the aMidavit declares, to save the de- fendant's life. ent- | the bill is to equalize as nearly as possible | it | e —————— . R i i e 0 e MAY FORM A TOMBINATION|DIVIDES DISTRICTS ANEW [CONDITION OF THE WEATHER | Forecast for Nebraska—Friday Fair; Satur- | day Warmer in East Portion, Fair. Temperature Ho LS t Om. Des. a Yesterday: Des. . 88 . 27 30 20 . 2% 27 25 28 21 COOPER CLUB'S BUSY NIGHT st Organization Elects Ofcers on Addressed g1 .I-Il.al—’ At the meeting of the Peter Cooper club last night the following officers were elected by acclamation: President, H, F. Mcln- tosh; vice president, James McMonies; treasurer, Silas Robbins; secretary, L. B. Forgan; executive committee, John Em- blem, George Magney, L. J. Quinby, F. G. Kellogg, E. J. Morrow; membership com- mittee, R. P. Quinlan, Silas Robbins, Fred Horton; sergeant-at-arms, program committee, James McMonles, E L. Thomae, George Magney, L. J. Quinby | H. P. McIntosh, The club discussed the question of placing a city ticket fn the field for the purpose in the city and to hold the party organiza tion. The following resolution was adopted Whereas, There is now pending before the legislature of Nebraska a bill known as a substitute bill for house roll the pur- pose of which is to equalize ta: jon in the citles of Nebraska for city pui }mr ,_and Whereas, The sole purpose of the to cause the railroad corporations | property in the cities to share equally with ernment, and Whereas, Buch equal taxation is required | under the constitution of the state and is only just and equitable, and | " Whereas, Sueh equitable taxation for local | ever, or in any way impair the revenues | of_any county or district in the state. or take away from such districts any advan- | tage they enjoy: therefore be it TResolved, That ‘we, the Peter Cooper Pop- ulist club of Omaha, do most carnestly re- quest and demand of the members of the | legislature, without regard to party aflia- | tion, to grant the people of the cities relief { from the unconstitutional inequality of assessment existing and which it is sought to remedy by enacting into law, without | delay, the substitute bill for house rall 17 RED MEN’S MYTHS PRESENTED araival Devotes Day to Roose- velt Among the Visitors. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 19.—The Knights | of Moners gave the opening pageant of | 1 | the carnival representing the myths of red | men, sixteen elaborate floats parading tbe | etreets decorated to illustrate legends of | the aborigines. | The city was magnificently {lluminated | and decorated, the weather favorable and | the throng of visitors greater thaa ever. Miss Roosevelt and other visitors viewed the parade from the olub galleries, whi'e Admiral Schlgy stood beside the mayor at the eity Wnflumu‘ ovation. The Momus ball was espectally brilliant, with Miss May Schwarts as queen. Admiral Rivet of the French cruiser Tage and Admiral Schley occupied a box to- gether. Miss Alice Roosevelt was again made | part of the royal court and special atten- | tion showered on her. The officers of the | battleship Texas and the French crulser | attended and with the Indian costumes of | the maskers and rich toilets of the women | made the scene unusually picturesque and inspiring. 'BOILER BLOWS MEN TO BITS Reading Locomotive Expl . K ing Two and Injuring Sev- eral Others. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 19.—By the ex- plosion of a boiler on a Philadelphia & Reading passenger train engine here to- night, the fireman of the locomotive w Killed, the engineer fatally and several oth- | ers slightly injured. Barney Rabb, the fireman, was buried under the ruins of his engine, and his headless body was recovered two hours later. John Alexander, the emgineer, was removed to a hospital. He camnot live. John Gillesple, & passenger, was seriously Injured. $ CATTLE DISEASE Dr. Claims SERIOUS Salm eat Precau- Fred Horton; | of ascertaining the mumber of popultsts | all other persons In the burdens of city gov- | city purposes cannot in amy manner what- | | osition. (BONDSMEN ASK HELP Men Who Are Btill Held on Bartley Obliga- tion Working on Legislature. | SAY THEY ARE READY TO PAY SOMETHING Only Three Who Are Solvent Who Are Not Already Released. WORKING QUIETLY ON LEGISLATORS Bcheme Will Be Launched Sometime in Next Eleven Days NOT CERTAIN OF GROUND IN THE HOUSE Members of Omaba Park Board Ask a Larger Tax Levy and Say Amoung le in Omaha is En. tirely Inadequate, (From a Staff Cofrespondent ) LINCOLN, Feb. 19.—(Special.)—Uniess systematic plans which have been set on 100t miscarry a demand will be made upon the legislature within the next sleven days | to provide means for the relsase from their financial obligation to the state of the ‘Mnd'ml‘ll of ex-State Treasurer Bartley. | Bvery effort is being made to fnsure the success of these plans and prevent thelr | miscarriage. The men behind this mov ment have been assiduous In thelr enter- s | Prise, and have been anxious to launch thelr boat in open waters before this, but have been advised not to do so until some sort of definite action is taken with reference { to the revenue bill, which has claimed and ‘ml!tl”d right-of-way from the very first of the sesslon. This advice has prevalled, and the plan now is—though there may ‘!!l be some change—to let the Bartley bond | proposition rest untll the revenue bill is in- | troduced and well on its way. | William A. Paxton of Omahs amd C. C. | McNish of Fremont, two of the Bartley | bondsmen, have been frequeut visitors at | the state capitol since the legislature con- { vened, and have been carefully laying their | wires. Mr. Paxton left the city yesterday. | The information comes from a source that | cannot be doubted that the launching of | this movement has been arranged, and that the matter will now be allowed to rest for a few days. However, as hut eleven days | of the forty within which bills and resolu- | tions of this character can be introduced, | it will be necessary to get the machine into action before those eleven days expire. The members of the senate and house have been pretty well sounded on this prop- osition. While it can be said that even the bondsmen themselves are not any too sure of their ground, they feel reasonably certain that some sort of compromise might be made whereby their burden could bs les- sened. It is not understood that the plan is to work directly through the compro- mise board, as was vndertaken on a previous occasion. When the time for action comes the argument will be e that are ‘bond wha coul” - responsible. For certain reasons the names mentioned are not disclosed. There were originally, of course, a dozen persons on this bond of $1,- 000,000, but by one means and another most of them have managed to get from under the load. Willing to Compromise. One of the men whom the state still holds responsible for indemnity on the Bartley bond, who was in the eity today. was interviewed upon the movement -to secure release front this obligation. He conversed freely, but asked that his name be withheld from publication. He sald. “While 1 am not prepared or not at liberty to say what has been done toward securing the release of the Bartley bonds. men from this bond, I can substantiste the statement that something is being dome. It is a fact that we have taken steps to get off that bond—not, 1 remind you, to shirk any fair responsibility, but to arrange for a just and equitable set- tlement of this matter. I can say that even before tne legislature convened cer- tain members were approached, with hon- est motives, in the interest of this prop- And efforts have been made since to obtain a nucleus among the members of the legislature upon which we might pro- ceed with our scheme, but I am mot as thoroughly in touch with the status of tbe movement now as some others and cannot give you a definite statement as to that. I have not recently entered into any con- siderable talk with any of my assoclates on that bond about the matter, though I [ Are Necessary | g P | BOSTON, Feb, 19.—According to Dr. D.| E. Salmon, who bas come on frem Washing- | ton, the foot and mouth disease in south- eastern Massachusetts is of a more serious pature than has been realized in this state He says more precaution is necessary than { those in charge of infected animals have | { been willing to take if the disorder is to be stamped out within a short time. OVERLAND LIMITED WRECKED Cars Leave the Rall of Brokem Wheel, but One is Injured. Reault | No ! | { s | CHEYENEE, Wyo, Feb. 15.—(Special Telegram )—Eustbound No. 2 was wrecked at Bushoell, on the Union Pacific this aft erncon. Several cars left the rails, but no ome was injured. Traffic was delayed about six hours. A wreeking outfit from Cheyenne was sent out to clear the track. The ac- | cident was caused by & broken wheel un- der the engine tank PARENTS AID LOGAN STONE | CARBONDALE, IIl, Feb. 19.—The resi- {dents of Jackson county have started a movement, supplementary to that of the | school children, to erect & monument to | General Jobn A. Logan Tomorrow & mass mecting will be held 10 launch the movement Movements of Ocean Vessels Feb, 19, At New York—Arrived—Lancastrian, from Liverposl: Purnessia, from Gissgow. Batled —L'Aquitaine, for Havre; Bulgaria, for nd, Liverpool, Celtie, from Liverpool, ork At Liverpool —Parisian, from St. Johns, N . At Rotferdam—Arrived—Amsterdam, from New York At London—Arrived. Feb. from Bostou. Tork. 18—Columbis, | lis, for New have seen some of them in the eity and presume they were here to see what was to become of our scheme. ‘It strikes me that some fair basis of settlement ought to be arranged. If the legislature thinks we are not entitled to complete freedom of responsibility let it name what amount of the loss it thinks | ought to make good. For my part I wauld be perfectly willing to leave the emtire matter to any twelve of the largest tax- payers of Nebrasks. I would be willing to abide by their decision. There are but three of us who are feeling any coneern over this proposition and we are disposed to do what is fair and right, but we canBot believe that it would be right to require us to discharge the responsibility that was placed on the whole number. We are ell reduced In pecuniary resources as a result of this bond proposition as it is. I venture to say that we have expended already not a cent less than $50,000 1o | detending and prosecuting the suits aris- ing from the situation. Four suits have been tried in the distriet court and three in the supreme court and sults of that character are not tried for nothing. . T would be eternally glad 1f this legislature could see its way clear to provide means for stralghtening up this matter and of course I, as well as my soclates, would be glad to get from under this heavy load.” Fearful of House. There is intense anxiety on the part of the bondsmen—this ome, at lea doubt his feelings may be taken to those of the others—as to the prospects for the success of their proposition. This gentleman, in his conversation with a cor- respondent of The Bee, asked “From your own observation, what do you think would be the chances of getting such a resolution through the bouse and senate?” It is evident that greater fears are en. tertained as to the bovse than the senate, Still, more work has apparently been dome among the members of the senate tham the house, with a view, it has been suggested, of being able to secure a more sure founds. tion by beginning in the upper house. Members of the senate and bouse who have been taken into confidence on this movement are loth indeed to talk. It is feared that if too much i sald mow, the