Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 21, 1903, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNI NG, FEBRUARY 21, 1903-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. FATAL HOTEL FIRE Oedar Rapids Hostelry Oremates Nine Perrons in Roaring Blase FRENZIED GUE‘YS LEAP FROM WINDOWS Many Escape Flames Only to Meet Death on Pavement Below. Y. M. C, A DELEGATES AMONG VICTIMS Young Men Attending Btatg Convention Oaught in Holooaust. NEBRASKA CITY SOLDIER BOY WILL DIE Philippine Veteran Faces Bullets, but mceumbs to Flerce Flames While Peacefully Selling Hides as Drammer, CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Feb. 20.—~Nine lives, @according to the best information obtainable under difficulties, were lost in a fire which this morning destroyed the Clifton hotel in this elty. The fire started at 2:30 and at 10 the smoulfering debris furnished so flerce a heat that search for bodles was impossible. The list of the dead may prove longer than the number given, but it is hoped that the information which accounts for all but this number is correct. Two persons were fatally injured and forty-two more hurt more or less severely, mostly by jumping from windows. The work of identification Is compiicated by the loss of the hotel register, which was burned. Hotel A Fire Trap. The hotel, a three-story veneer struc- ture, 18 said to have been a veritable fire trap. The flames started in a pile of rub- bish In the basement, presumably ignited by defective electric light wires. The night clerk was on the third floor when the cry of fire, ralsed by a bell boy, startled him. He took up the cry and in an instant the hallways were choked with frightencd guests. A rush was made for the stairways. It was then that the crowd already collected in the street heard heart- rending cries of anguish and desperation, for the fire, feeding ravemously on the tinderlike material of the lower floor, had completely cut off escape. There followed a stampede for the win- dows, the only means of exit left. The street below was now filled with a crowd carcely less frantic than the despairing ones in the fast burning bulldin Like a Pleture of Inf “It was like a Dore plcture of Inferno. sprung to life” said one spectator in de- scribing the scene. ““The flames, looking blood-red from reflection against the snow, 't up the pale, drawn faces of the people in the windows, with a glow that was unearthly.’ The victims were literally driven by the flames to jump. Nearly every ope of them lingered to the last moment, urged by the ‘weople below to WAlt s long as possible fu the hope of assistafite, Then a cry would tell that the fire had reached them of the smoke had made it impossible to breathe, an@ one after another jumped,\some to the street and some, more fortunate, to the roofs of buildings adjoining. In a short space of time the street was filled with men and woruen, bruised and battered, with broken limbs and half crazed. All were in their night garments. In an hour 8t. Luke's hospital contained fifteen injured, while many more, chiefly those who had ped with comparatively slight hurts, were being cared for in build- Ings near the scene of the tragedy. Some who jumped owe their lives to the fact that their falls were broken by tele- graph wires which interposed in their down- ward flight. A number of the guests who ‘were able to converse calmly following their escape declared that they had stumbled over prostrate bodies as they rusned to the win- dows. Literally Chased by Flames. The flames literally were chasing them, and the smoke made it almost impossible to breathe. The proprietor of the hotel placed his estimate of the number of people in the bullding at between seventy and eighty. Many of them were delegates to the Wtate convention of the Young Men's Chris- tian assoclation, which began here yester- day. Those who were first to escape, where they were not too severely Injured, stood for some time barefooted in the snow, chained to the spot and rendered uncon- scious of the cold by the horror of the sceme. Many of them had to be led away. Some of th The dead: . W. A, MOWREY, What Cheer, la. E. C. YOUNG, Minneapol's. TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN; bodles re- etims. still in debris. The injured: Vina Burn: third story. L. C. Burnett, Nebraska City, Neb., badly burned. ¢ Sinda Willlams, waitress, burned and leg injured. Lizzle Kelly, waitress. F. C. Outing, Center Polnt, #prained and hands burned. Emma Smith, waitress. H. W. Bremer, Lyons, la. F. R. Moore, Chicago. v Beatrice Netolicky, Shueyville, Ia. J. O. Winoinger, Waterloo, face burned and right wrist sprained. J. B. Anderson, Chicago, back strained. A. 8. Farrow, Boone, I F. G. Gardiner, Woodburn. D. F. Tatlor, Davenport, head Injured, elbow fractured, hip injured and badly burned. G. C. Thompson, Cedar Rapids, badly burned. 3 A. M. Larsen, Oelwein, foot bruised and lungs burned. C. W. Roberts, Cedar Rapids. L. O. Vernon, Delta, Ia., cut and right side burned. P May Reel, waitress, badly burne M. P. Hoover, Tams. la. P. J. Daly, Canton, NI J. A, Bylar, Davenport, slightly hurt. C. L. Benedict, body burned. D. P. Hawes, Decorab, la. “F. 0. Redmon, mall clerk, Tama, la. E. D. Templeton, Monticello, I George Tagart, St. Puul, hands and face burned. Jim Lewle, colored porter, slightly. H. W. Bremer, Lyons. John W. Lewls, Ottumwa, bruised, mot seriously. J. M. Dunbar, Monticello. Dr. 8 C. Grove, Cedar Rapids, terribly burned while hanging to fire escape; probably fatal. P. E. Strickland, Clinton. la., (Coutinued on Becond Page.) head waltress, jumped from tace badly left arm Jumped BRITISH NAVY INEFFICIENT Radical Leader in House of Commons Cells Attention to Comdie tlon of Ships. LONDON, Feb, 20.—~When the debate on | the address in reply to the king'a speech was resumed today.in the House of Com- mons, Sir Willlam Allan, advanced radical, who is largely Iuterested in shipping, moved an amendment to the address, ex- pressing regret at thggtact that the speech made no reference, the British navy. Sir Willlam vehenfhe admiralty’s policy in regivis gine boilers and declared that fitted with Belleville boilers W& liable. £t Mr. Arnold-Foster, secrctary of the wi® miralty, referring to the ‘extravagant statements” of Sir Willlam, said the ad- miralty had discontinued the use of .the Belleville bollers, now testing a new type of bollers and, foilowing the lead of the United States, had adopted the McLauss type. As to armament and armor, he continued, the latest British battleship, New Zealand, and the latest Briush cruiser, Duke of | Edinburgh, would be without parallel in the | | world. Om the subject of submarine tor- pedo boats the secretary of the admir- alty informed the House that as the re- sult of experiments with five purciased subma-ine veesels, the British admiralty had produced a submarine boat of wholly British design, which was a great improve- ment on the originals. Sir William Allan then withdrew motion. GOVERNMENT BARELY WINS Balfour his Intervenes at a Or Juneture and by Promises Saves the Day. feal LONDON, Feb: 20.—The government nar- rowly escaped defeat In the House of Com- | mons last night. Mr. Lambert moved an amendment to the address drawing attention to the non- prosecution of the directors of the London and Globe Finance corporation. He sug gested that the prosecution had been with- | held because titled persons were connected with the affairs of the corporation and he read out t of titled naines in support of his argument. This suggestion was repudiated with much vehemence from the attorney general and solicitor general, but their contentlon that nothing could be done in the matter deeply offended members on both sides of the house. It was evident that the set of opinfon was very strongly against the line which the law officers of the crown had | taken. g At a eritical juncture, when defeat of the government seemed certain, Mr. Balfour intervened and by a promise of Immediate legislation to cover future cases of a simi- | lar character he saved the situation and | the government emerged from the division | with a majority of 51. REVOLUTION IS INCREASING Numerous Outbreaks Are Reported to , Have Occurred in Sections PANAMA, Feb. ,20.—The revolutionary movement in Honduras s increasing. At | Choluteca, Macome, Pesplre, Yuscaran, | Daull and Gracias outbreaks have occurred against President-elect Bonili | General Herrera, chief of the presidenti forces, has been defeated at Olancho. Gen- | eral Slerra, president of Honduras has | since then assumed supreme command of | | the army. | Goneral Fidel Bulnes, with tho assigtance | | furnished by General Regalado, president of Salvador, has invaded Honduras by way of Ocotepec with 500 men and will sup- port General Bonill PFifteen congressmen of Honduras re- cently escaped from Teguirgalpa and fled to Salvador, whence they have left to join General Bonllla at Amapala island, his | headquarters, MAKES SENSATIONAL CHARGE Leader Ace: of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Crime, VIENNA, Feb. 20—Sensational charges against Prince Phillip of Saxe-Coburg. Gotha, an Austrian field marshal and hus- band of the Princess Louise of Belgium, were made today in the Reichsrath during the debate on the army bill by Herr Das- | | synskim, the Polish leader. | The leader denounced the prince as a | criminal. Referring to the imprisonment ot/ former Lieutenant of Hussars Mattasisch, | who eloped with the Princess Louise of Co- burg several years ago, and who was sen- { tenced to four years' imprisonment last De- | cember for forgery, he asserted that while Iln prison Mattasisch drew up a formal ac- cusation charging Prince Phillip with fore- ing the Princess Louise, who was confined in an asylum for the insane near Dresden | some time after her elopement, to encourage | | the advances of the late Baron Hirsch and | with compelling her to ask the baron for | money. EMPEROR EXPRESSES THANKS | egra to Commodere Scheder and Asks that it Be Made Publie, KIEL, Feb. 20.—On the occasion of the | raising of the blockade of the Venezuelan | { coast by the allied powers Emperor Wil- | llam cabled Commodore Scheder, the Ger- | man commander, as follows: It is with satisfaction that I have gained | the conviction from your reports that you, | together with the commanders ard. crews | of ‘my ships 1n Venezuelan waters during the blockade, did thelr duty “ana accom plished their n every particular an, under difficulties "l It ls with gratification that I take the | | opportunity, ‘now that the blockade ' ls | Yalsed, to express to you and the officers | and men of your command my fullest satle: faction with the services you have rendered 1 desire to make this known. OlL IS FOUND (N DUBLIN' Ralsed that Throughout Irel Productive. Hope is Box Land d May B, | DUBLIN, Feb. 20.-The discovery of oil near Mount Joy square. this city, has ecre- | ated, great Interest and has raised hopes that the old bog land throughout Ireland | may prove similarly productive. | A sample of the Dublin oil, which has | been examined by experts, is said to be of | good, clear quality. | It was discovered in the basement of an | ordinary house built on reclaimed bog | land and it was sald that a copious flow | has continued since the find was made five weeks ago. Experts attach much impor- taBice to the matter, | was groging restle { feather fans on both sides of the Sedia | ! pope | der the care of Cardinal Satelli. HAPPY DAY FOR POPE LEO Oompletes Funotions of His Jubilee Without Undue Fatigue HALL PRESENTS MOST BRILLIANT ASPECT | Number of Americans Are Present at | the Celebration at the Vatiea, Including Bishop Burke of St. Joseph. ROME, Feb 20.—The pope completed the functions of his jubilee today without un- e fatigue. Upon returning to his apart- ments he exclaimed: ‘‘This is really the happlest day of my life.” “It seems impossible that it is twenty- five years since I have heen there,” was Pope Leo's exclamation as he looked from a window of his apartments this morning | into the suhlit plazza of St. Peter's. | This was the pontif's only reference to his long term of self-imposed ‘mprison- ment in the vatican, during which he has not gone beyond the palace grounds and | St. Peter's, which {s considered to be part of the vatican “What a glorfous morning for the jubilee | of my pontifi:ate,” the pope said, as he proceeded with evident pleasure to peruse the almost innumerable telegrams, letters and addresses of congratulations which have reached the vatican from all parts of the world. Hall Presents Brilllant Aspect. | | The hall of beatification above the | portico of §t. Peter's, where the pope held | his jubilee reception, presented a brilliant aspect. It was beautifully hung with antique brocades and {lluminated by thou- | sands of electric lights and wax candles. The boxes lining the long, narrow hall were filled to their capeity with members of the Roman aristocracy, diplomats, women with black veils, men in evening dress and monks and sisters in varying garb. Here and there groups of papal guards in bright | uniforms lent color to the whole. Notable | among the diplomats was Count Almorov head of the special mission sent to repre- sent the king of Spain at the jubllee. The struggle to get Into the hall was | turned terrific. People were swept off their feet and women were overcome, but none were really injured. The babel of tongues raised in protest testified to the world-wide character of the gathering. | Amerfcans Who Are Present. Among the Americans present were | Bishops Maurice Burke of St. Joseph, Mo., | and Edward Dunne of Dallas, Tex.; Fathers S. P. McDonnell and Hugh O'Gara McShane of Chicago and Thomas O'Gara of Wilming- ton, Il.; Mr. and Mrs. Choate and R. U. Johnson, There was a long and tedious wait before the ceremony commenced and the audience when suddenly a great roar of "Long live Leo” and “Long Live the | Pope King” announced the arrival of the ! pontiff. His holiness was borne n the | cediagistoria on the shoulders of elght men | habited in red brocade. The pope himselt wore gorgeous robes and had the triplo crown on his head. He bestowed his. bemediction right and left as he passed through the cheering con- course, whose enthuslasm was so great and whose desire to touch the hem of the pope's £owa was 50 Intense that the presence of the guards seemed really necessary for his protection. In a procession, surrounded by such a brilliant escort of prelates, aristocracy and | guards, Pope Leo always appears at his best. His feebleness and bent form are hidden and the public sees only the ven- erable patriarch with cameo-like features and kindly smile. Give Pope Many Presents. The pope was accompanied by Cardinals Mocenne, Perraud, Ferrari, fatolll, Res- pighi, Boschi and Macch! and escorted by | the noble guards in their red state uni- forms, which they had not worn siuce the | fall of the temporal power. The celebrated | Gestatoria excited great interest among the Americans present, as it s said they wers a gift trom Mrs. Joseph K. Drexel to the Old Ones’ home and given to the museum of the University of Pennsylvania. On the right of the pontifical throne was assembled the Peccl family, to which the pope belongs, and on the left stood Count Almodovar. When the pontiff ascended the throne he seemed to be in a kind of glori- fied atmosphere attained by a pecullar ar- | rangement of red draperles before the windows. i Cardinal Respighi, vicar of Roghe, read an gffectionate Latin address, expressing loyalty and devotion and offered the gold tiara, the jubilee present of the Catholic world, which cost $25,000, and $40,000 in money. Cardinal Ferrari, archb'shop of Milan, on behalf of a pllgrimage from Lombardy, presented an address of felicitation and gold and sllver and bronze commemorative medals on the obverse of which was the head of Leo XIII and on the reverse the | figure of the Redeemer, surrounded by the apostles in the act of conferring on St. Peter the supreme pontifical power. The hanked the Lombardy pilgrims and | gave them his benediction. | Cardinal Boschi read a third address and | presented his holiness the symbolic keys, one of gold and the other of silver, mc- companied by an offering of $40,000 in gold colns. The Roman committes for the jubilee fetes presented a rich parchment volume with the signatures of all who had contrib- uted to the offering, with anothier $40,000 | 1o be devoted to the restoration of the basilica of St. John Lateran, which is un- i Other committees followed with addresses ‘l-‘u-. Man © and offerings. The pope expressed his gratification and | admiration at the artistic designs and | workmanship of the various offerings and | then charged Monsignor Bislet!, his mas- | { ter of the chamber, to read a Latin speech addressed “To my vemerable brothers and beloved children." Poniif Ret Thanks. In this address his holiness expressed satisfaction and continued: “For the sec- | ond time in & century Christ has wished to | glority His viear oo earth by allowing him to reach the years of-St, Peter.” The address ended by saying that the pon- | tif was happy to celebrate his jubilee ! amidst the homage and veneration of mal Catholic universe. After bestowing the apostolic bleuln‘.l he returned to his apartments amid the en- thusiastic plaudits of the multitude. He completed the functions of the jubllee without undue fatigue. Op his return he sald: This is really the bapplest day of my lite. In St. Peter's this afternoon Cardinal Rampolla celebrated a solemn mass and te- deum at an alter brected next to the papal (Continued o Becond Page.) | CARNEGIE LARGEST VESSEL Cedric Reaches Ne ventful Malde At York After Une- Trip Across e, NEW YORK, Feb. 80.—Th: new White Star liner Cedric, the largest vessel In the world, arrived today irom Liverpool and Queenstown after its maiden voyage. The passage from Daunts Rock was made in eight days, elght hours and sixteen min- utes. It brought 742 passengers, of which 430 were steerage. The external of Cedric is ldentical with that of its sister ship Celtic of the same line, but by reason of | structural differences to provide increased passenger accommodations the gross ton- | nage of the former vessel has been slightly exceeded. Celtic 1s 700 feet In extreme length, sev- | enty-five feet in breadth and forty-nine and | one-third feet deep, with a gross tonnage of 21,034 tons, dead weight about 18,000 tons and a displaccment of 38,000 tons. The propelling machinery consists of two sets of quadruple expansion engines, driv- ing the twin propellers. The vessel s de- signed to attaln a speed of seventeen knots at sea. The funnals are 131 feet above the keel and their dimensions are fourteen feet three inches by eleven feet Accommodation for second-class and 2,600 sf is provided first-class, 200 erage passengers sists of 336 men, ninety-two of whom are | employed in the engine room. With the advent of Cedric the White Star line possesses the worl®s two largest vessel On the passage from Queenstown Cedric encountered severe northwest gales dur- ing the last four dayd, but, ms Captain Haddock remarked: “It did not bother us gny, for you would kardly know you were at sea when on this steamer.”” Among the passengers on Cedric were: Sir Randolph Baker, Sir Cavendish Boyle, K. C. M. G., governor of Newfoundland; Captain James Cole, R. Erastus S. Day, United States consul at Bradford; captain De Falbe and Hon gerald. PROBES BRIBERY SCANDAL Grand Jury Summons Chicagoe Mayor in Aldermanic Corruption Case, CHICAGO, Feb, 20.—Mayor Harrison, James B. Forgan, president, and John A. Shoor, a director in the First ational bank, were summoned before the grand jury to give ovidence in the investigatior into ellegations that Alderman Frederick Hart solicited bribes. The original charge against Hart wi made by the Munieipal Voters' league, which declared him unfit for re-election and accused him of seeking bribes. The grand jury took up the matter and summoned Secretary Fisher of the league, who declared that firm of D. H. Burnham & Co., architects, had accused Hart of solleiting a bribe. Gra- | ham was summoned before the jury and sald afterwards he had declined to make to that body the statement which Fisher as- eerted he had made to W Vflw league. - ~rwd The subpoenas of the mayor end Messrs. Forgan and Shoor were issued in the line of an attempt to show that Grabam had 1d to them the same things which he was reported to have sald to Fisher and wuich he declined to make to the grand jury. NINE VICTIMS ARE NOW DEAD Another Newark Cupll Suecumbs to Injuries Sustained in Treol- ley Smash. NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 20.—Jennie E. Mc- Lelland, one of the victims of yesterday's trolly ¢feaster, dled at the city hospital today, making the ninth death. Miss McLelland was 16 years old. Mer mother arrived at the hospital a few minutes before the girl's death. When her daughter expired Mrs. McLelland collapsed and is now in a serious condition. The rest of the injured, with two excep- | tions, were all reported to be doing well. Those whose conditions are not favorable | are Peter Brady, the motorman of the wrecked car, and Oscar Beckliff, engineer of the Lackawanna train. The house surgeon said today that Brady's death might occur at any time, al- though there was still a possibility of his recovery. The motorman s suffering from a fractured skull and other injuries Becklif's head is crushed and h badly lacerated. It was said at the hospital that his condition was grave. OREGON ELECTS OLD IOWAN Takes Seventeen Ballots In Evening Before Fulton In Sent to Senate. , Ore., Feb. 21.—C. W. Fulton was elected United States senator on the seven- teenth ballot of the evening session. Charles W. Fulton was born in Ohio, August 17, 1853, Later he moved to Iowa with his parents, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He came to Oregon in 1875, taught school for a time, later locating at Astoria, where he has since resided and enjoyed & lucrative law | | practice. He has been elected to the state senate four times, and was president of that body in 1593 and 1901. He was a mem- ber of nearly every state convention since 1880. SAYS SUN INHABITED lowers IS and Grass In Surface. LA PORTE, Ind., Feb. 20.—Alexander Young of La Porte today announced that from observations made by him he is con- fident that the sun is inhabited. He claims to have seen on the sun's surface moun- tain sides with great and precipitous rocks, | which glow with prismatic colors, blended with the greepness of a perennial vegeta- ! tion and with a floral radiance mor> deau- tiful than that of the earth. Beyopd these | mountains he saw valleys and plains where people live. INCREASES GIFT Stevens Institute Endow- ment Fund Up (o 8235, 000. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Andrew Carnegle today added $125,000 to the endowment fund of the Carnegle Library of Engineer- ing at Stevens Institute of Technology. Mr. Carnegle in 1900 gave $66,000 for the erection of the library. When the building was dedicated @ year ago he &uve §100,000 as an endowment fund. The crew of the vessel con- | BEvelyn Fitz- | E. R. Graham of the | tace | Intimation that His Visit to the Capital Has Some Political Significance. NO CHANCE FOR ANY LAND LEASE BILL Sgatement that Fences of Cattleme Wil Come Down at Once Upon Adjournment of Se. of Congres | (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—(Special Telo- gram.)—Oovernor Albert B. Cummins of lowa, with his wife, arrived in Washington this morning, enroute to Florida, where | they expect to spend several weeks. Gov- | ernor Cummins called upon the president ;lofll}' to pay his respects and spent the | greater portion of the afternoon at the cap- itol, whore he was the special guest of | Senator Dolliver, who introduced the gov- ! ernor .to many of the senators and mem- | bers of the house who were not personally | known to him. In explanation of his pres- | ence in Washington, Governor Cummins | said: | “I bave been wosking a little hard, and Mrs, Cummins and myself concluded to | take a short vacatiou. Washington suited | us as.a place to spend a portion of our va- cation and we will remain at the capital four or five days and then go south, visit- ing several cities in Florida. Altogether we expect to put in several very pleasant weeks before returning to Des Moines. | Comen to Discuss Polities. The governor desired today to merely pay | bis respects to the president. He chatted with him a while, but before he leaves Washington will have an extended confer- ence with him. While Governor Cummins conveyed the | impression that there was little political | significance in his visit, it Is known that he | desires to discuss with President Roosevelt | and others distinguished in national af- fairs politipal questions of interest mnot only to Iowa, but also to the entire coun- try. The republican state convention of Towa will be held next summer for the nom- ination of candidates for governor, lieu- tenant governor and other state officers. At present Governor Cummins has no op- position for the gubernatorial momination. The platform to be made by the lowa re- {' publicans will be of importance, particu- { larly as this is the year just preceding the presidential election. On account of the attitude assumed by the Towa republicans under the leadership of Governor Cummins, on the tariff question, {1t 1s understood that the platform declara- | tions of the Towa republicans this year will be discussed during the governor's visit. Governor Cummins sald that. while no- body could foretell the action of a conven- tion regarding a platform, he assumed that it ‘would agree on a platform that would not be inconsistent with Iowa republicans in the past. It is sald, however, to be the desire of 1 Governor Cummins, after consultation with the president and republican leaders gen- erally, to have the republican party of Towa stand in harmonious relationship with | the national teaders and the natioas) poliey of the party. Governor Cummins called at the White House again tonight by appolntment and remained for more than an hour in con- sultation with the president. He declined | to be interviewed after his return to his hotel. No Land Leasing Leginlation. Major Lacey sald today there could be nothing done at this session to pass a bill | to provide for the leasing of the public do- ‘Klulln for the purpose of grazing cattle | thereon. | ““The Nebraska delegation in congress has | | been given every opportunity to get to- | | gether and agree upon some proposition | ( which might be satisfactory to all con- { cerned,” eaid Mr. Lacey, “but dissensions | have arisen and there now seems to be no 4vay of affecting a compromise through le | islation. The much complained of fences will be pulled down,” concluded Mr. Lacey, “and they will come down just as soon the machinery of the government can be started, and that will be very soon after | congress adjourns. It will then be seen { who s benefited.” Representative Mondell today Introduced a bill suthorizing the recorder of the gen- eral land office to issue certified copies of patents, records, books and papers. 'nul | purpose of the bill is to give the same force | and effect to papers authenticated by seal and certified by the recorder as when certi- fled by the commissioner of the general land | omce. | Representative Shallenberger today in- troduced a bill to increase the pension of John L. Correy to $20 per month. { Routine of Departments. These rural letter carriers were today ap- pointed for South Dakota: Farmer, regu- | 1ar, Fred J. White, Leroy F. Lemert; sub- | stitutes, Pearl L. White, Nettie M. Lemert. Hartford, regular, Iver 8. Henjum; sub- stitute, Nels K. Nelson. Humboldt, regu- lar, William J. Berguin; substitute, John Berguin. Waubay, regular, Lyman Chi dock, John A. Watkins; substitutes, Clara D. Chaddock, Mary A. Watkins. Nebraska postmasters appointed: Mrs. Frances B. Horman, Adams, Gage county, vice M. D, Horman, deceased; Henry Sohr- | wela rtoria, Buffalo county, vice B. | Kretzschmar, resigned. | The comptrolier of the currency has ap- | proved the Commercial National bank of | Salt Lake as reserve agent for the First | National bank of Kemmerer, Wyo. The postoffice at Longwood, Custer county, Neb., has been ordered discontinued. Bill to Protect the President. The conferees on the bill for the protec- tion of the president have agreed and thelr report has been submitted to the House. The senate accepts the house amendment to the original bill with some changes in | the wording. greed upon by the conference com- | mittee, the death penalty is provided for | P nyone who shall wilfully or maliclously | Kkill the president or vice president or any | oficer upon whom the duties of president | may devolve under the constitution, also for the wiltul killing of any officer of the government In line of succession to the presidency, or any ambassador or minister accredited to the United States. An at- tempt to murder the officials named is made punishable by death or imprisonment for not less than ten years. Anyone, under this bill, who aids or abets the killing of the president, vice pres- ident or any officer upon whom the duties of president may devolve, or shall ald, abet or advise the killing of a forelgn sovereign, shall be deemed a principal offender. Any- one who aids one gullty of the offenses d scribed in the bill shall be punished a principal. Further provision is made that anyone within the United States who teaches the (Continued on Fourth Page.) l; ARRIVES | (UINS SEES PRESIDENT|CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Fair Saturda: Sunday. 3 Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: n Dew. .15 f 10 17 it 23 24 a0 KOCIAN DELAYS HIS VISIT Musician is 1Il at Birmingham and Cannot Play in Omahs Monday. Koclan, Bohemian violin virtuoso, billed to appear at Boyd's next Monday afternoon, will not be here upon that date, and prob- ably not until on or about March 18 This much became known yesterday when the evening papers circulated, and the con- sequence has deen to disarrange and re- arpange all the elaborate arrangements that had been made by Nebraska countrymen of the young artist and by local musicians. The word came here to Rudolph Aron- soft, who is managing the Koclan tour. At the time Mr. Aronson was consulting with some of the local Bohemians' committee of arrangements and so was able to let at least & few of them know at once. The telegram was (rom Birmingham, Ala., where Koclan was to, have played last night, and simply stated that he had be- come seriously {1l the night before, had to dismiss his audience and wae not in condition to think of tiking the long trip to Omaba and trying to play Monday afternoon. From other portions of the telegram Mr. Aronson drew the conclusion that it is Koclan's intention to go either to Denver or directly through to San Francisco, where be is to play ten days hence. Manager Aronson further sald that Kocian is to return this way from the Pacific coast and that undoubtedly he would then fll his Omaha engagement. Mr. Aronson left for Denver at 4:25 yes- terday afternoon. Manager Burgess of the Boyd theater said: “I have an open night date March 16 and it may be arranged for Koclan to take that. 1f not, then it will Le an afternoon date, as with this one exception I have no opén nights that he could utilize. The sale has not equaled that for Kubelik, but it has been very good and we are pretty busy now mailing back the remittances of people who have sent in cash and orders from | other places.” The local Bohemians had selected an ar- | rangements committee, and John Rosicky, its «chairman, S. A. Beranek, its secretary, and Vaclav Buresh, its treasurer, were all very busy gentlemen yesterday afternoon. They had planned to banquet a hundred or more at Balduft's Monday night, with Kocian, and there had been made plans for Sunday, which the distinguished visitor was to spend at the residence of Mr. Rosiéky. The invitations to the . banquet, by the way, give the mudician’s name in full—Jaroslava Koclana. What particularly distresses the commit- teemen. s the fear that the out-of-trwn partieg organized by Colonel Joe Mik will not hear the new development in time and will make the journey for nothing. To remedy this and any other trouble, if an: the committeemen and other Bohemians met at Turner hall, Thirteenth #nd Martha streets, last night and canvassed the situa- tion. It was decided at this meeting to hold everything in abeyance until Koclan is heard from definitely, and, it he comes in March, to carry out the program just as it had been arranged for Monday. |TREFZ TENDERS RESIGNATION Kountze Memorial Will Not Stand ia Way of Its Pastor's\ Ad. vancement. Rev. Edward Frederick Trefz, pastor of Xountze Memorial church, will leave Omaha. At a meeting of the church council last evening he laid before its members the formal letter of call from the Blughamton church and told them of his wish io cept the same, this being his first intima- tion of his wish In the matter. The mem- bers of the council, while expressing, their decided desire to retain Mr. Trefs as thelr minister, refused to stand in the way of his advancement and accepted his resigna- tion. A church meeting will be called for March 2 to formally acquiesce in this ac- tion. Mr. Trefz will continue here until after Easter 8o that the church will have ample time to secure his successor. The matter was discussed last night and the council already has in mind a young divine whom they may wish, to eall to the pulpit. He is sald to be at this time undecided as to | whether to accept & call from an ecastern church, Mr. Trefz will give bis formal notifica- | tion to the congregaticn M Kountze Me- morial Sunday morning. He expects to leave here, with Mrs. Trefz and family, about April 13 and will assume the pas- torate of the First Congregational church at Binghampton after & week's vacation. His principal reason for accepting the call to Binghampton, N. Y., was because this puts him in touch with Dr. Hillis of Ply- mouth church, a dear friend. The church has been paylng $4,000 to its pastor, but Mr. Trefz refused to accept more than $3,600, the amount offered him here, for fear that his motives might be questioned In his new pastorate he will be allowed a summer vacation of two and a half months telephone dues, a private secretary and a | parsonage will be furnished Salaries Are Increased. SPRINGFIELD, 11l Feb. 20.—The salaries of the officers of the United Miners of Tlli- | nols were Increased at the state conven- tion today. The salary of the president was Increased from 390 to $12 per month: vice president, from $3 per day to $100 per month, and the secretary-treasurer, from $90 to $125. The resolution raising the age limit for boys employed in mines from 14 to 16 years was adopted. A favorable re- ort was received on the proposition to select mine inspectors by popular vote of the people. Movements of Ocean Vessels Feb, 20, At New York—Arrived—Cedric, from Liverpool At Bremen—Arrived—Brandenburg, New York. At Huvre—Arrived—La Bretagne, New York. At Brow Head—Passed—Belgenland, from Philadelpha, *for Liverpool; " Cusfodian, from Galveston, for Liverpool. At Liverpool—Arrived—8ylvani Boston. At 8t. Michaels—Passed—Trave, trom New York, for Gibraltar, Naples and’ Genoa At Moville—Salled—Numidian, from Liver- pool, for St. Johns, N. .. and Halitax At | Curaco—Arryed—Princess Victoria Loulse, from New York, via Nassau, on a crulse. At Genoa—Arrived—Auguste Victoria, from New York, via Funchal, on a cruisei Cambroman, from Boston, via St. Michaels and Naples. At Rio de Janeiro—Arrived—Princess Vie- toria, from Newcastle, England, for Vic- toria, B. €. At Auckland—Arrived—Ventura, from San dsco, via Honolulu and Pago Pugo, tor Bydney. trom from from DELAY REVENUE BILL Adjournment of House Puts Off Its Intro- duetion Until Monday. SOME ~MENDMENTS AT LAST MOMENT Publio Bervice Oorporations to Be Assessed on Their Gross Reoeipts. BINDING ON THE INSURANCE COMPANIES Rouse Has a Revenus Bill of His Own Woich He May Introduoe. DOUGLAS MEN EXPLAIN THEIR POSITION Assert They Will Present a Minority Report the South Omaha Charter Bill Regarding Railway Terminals. om a Staff Correspendent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 20.—(Special,)—Had not the house ndjourned today until Monday | the revenue bill would have been intro- duced tomorrow. The subcommittee ad- ministered the final touches today, closed up its operations and has the bill regdy for submission to the house. It had planned to introduce the measure in the house Saturday morning, but the house caused & further delay in this importznt piece ot legislation by deciding not to Lold a ses- | #lon tomorrow. The committee will intro- duce the Lill Monday, one eald today. Some uotable changes have been made in the bill. The most vital is one provid- Ing that all street rallway, electric light, gas and telegraph companies, as well as telephone oomparies, shall be assessed lorally on their gross receipts as fran- | chises In sddition to the regular assess- ment levied on their tangible property. This clause provides that all these corpora- tions shall be assessed locally on thelr tan- gible property the tame as any other prop- {erty and In addition ehull be assessed on their “'gross recelpts for the next year pre- ceding the first day of February of the cur- rent year, such gross receipts to be taken and corsidered in the total as an item of property and be so lsted and levied against the same as other property. Such gross recelpts shall represent the franchise val- vation, which shall not be otherwise as- sessed. The original bill, as was stated in The Bee some time ago, providing for the as- sessment of the gross receipts of telephone companies as their franchises, but only within the last day or two were the other companies included this provision. Insurapce Company Provision. Another important amendment {s section 68, which reads fire insurance company 4 in this state, except companies that operate ‘on t assessment plan, have no capital stock, and make 1o dividends, shall be taxed in the county, town, city, village and school dis- trict Where the agent conducts the ness, upon the gross amount of the pre- miums received by ft from the lgurfl: te To- written upon property within t ing the preceeding year. 8 gross ceipts to be taken ug an ftem O Phat value and 1o be- antensed ahd taxed on the same per cent of such value I&fllfir property. The agent shall render the list and be personally llable for the tax. If he refuse to render the list or make the af- davit that the same is correct the amount may be valued and assessed ac ng to the best information of the assessor. The idea of this provision is to compel the insurance companies to submit all their taxable property to taxation and prevent evasion of sssessment on intangible af- fairs. Sentiment 1s divided as to the fate of the revenue bill. It is obvious enough that the measure, so far as it is known, does not command universal approval. The ultra revisionists are convinced that their hopes are, in a large measure, blasted, since the paramount lesue has not been met. In other words they feel that ade- quate provision for bringing the radroads to time, for compelling them to pay their fair share of taxes, {8 lacking almost as much as before the long work of drafting | this bill was undertaken. Therefore it is evidert that when the bill atarts on its course through the legislature it will meet with some obstructions. The committes that framed the bill gave out some time ago that every member would stand shoul- der to shoulder for the bill. No different statement has since been made. o Evidence of opposition to the revenue bill may be found in tho fact that Rouse of Hall—one of the most aggressive men on the floor of the house—has prepared a bill which, was published in The Bee this afternoon, seeks to cover a section in the present law which the author be- lieved was not provided for by the bill. This section was that relating to the method of foreclosure on delinquent land sales. Rouse would have all land on which the tax was four years delinquent sold to | the highest bidder, regardless of the amount of the tax and tax decree igalnst them, and allow the owner to redeem the property within eighteen Months, exacting interest | at the rate of 6 per cent for any time up to six months and 1 per cent additional for every month thereafter, compelling the redeemer to pay all the amount of the decree, but allowing no redemption to be made for less than the amount of the de- cree. The state, county or any city may bid the land in for taxes held agalnst the property by them. The bill does not meet the aprpoval of the revenue committeemen and some of them have already endeavored to dissuade Mr. Rouse from introducing 1t is eald that they have threatened to line up against the Rouse bill if the latter persists in pushing it. Rouse sald today he was mot sure what he would do. A statement is attributed to him, however, to the effect that he ls entirely out of sympathy with the work of the revenue committes and there is no assurance that he, with the ald of a few other prominent men fin the | house, will not strew some thorns along the path of the revenue bill. Perry of Furnas has been picked as an- other of the republican leaders who will line up against the revenue bill. What the fusionists will do is hard to tell. Their leader, Loomis of Dodge, is on the com. wittee that framed the bill. Minority Report on Charter, Nelson and Gilbert, the Douglas county .memberl of the house committee on cities {and towns, informed u correspondent of | The Bee this morning that they would sub- mit & minority report on the adoption ef the South Omaha charter bill which last night the committea, with these gentlemen present, voted to recommend for passage. The significance of . the Douglas county men’s position Is that the bill was amended by Roberts of Dodge, providing that rail- voad terminals in South Omaha should be assessed on the figures returned by the ! State Board of Equalization and not by di- lml assessment of the city, thus precluding