Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 23, 1903, Page 1

ESTABLISHED J LESSON FROM A LIFE|marcont is muck cast oown| ORGAN I A HARD FICHTER Many Bervices Mark the Birthday of Oountry's Father in New York PATRIOTIC SONGS ENLIVEN Y, M, C, A Military Bavd and Big Ohorns Lead Musio for the Oocasion. BOOKER WASHINGTON PLEADS FOR NEGRO Time Has Oome for Dispassionate Convention to Bettle Oolor War. ROME ALSO OBSERVES DAY FITTINGLY eligioun Scruples Make Fetes Intor- mal, but Embassy Reception in Held and Dinners Are Glven Afterwards. NEW YORK, Feb. birthday was observed here by apecial serv- ices of patriotic socleties, and many cler- gymen made the annivgrsary the subject of their sermons, The Sons of the Revolution of the state of New York had its thirteenth annual service in the Presbyterian church. At Carnegle hall & patriotic mass meeting was conducted under the auspices of the west slde branch of the Young Men's Chris- tian Assoclation. Patrfotic alrs were rendered by the Seventh regiment band end the New York festival cho- Tus of 300 voices, the audience jofning in the national anthem and the battle hymn | of the republic. Booker T. Washington was the orator at ® memorial meeting held tonight in the Academy of Arts and Sclences. Convention to Settle Race War, The speaker devoted his addresses to the conelderation of the race problem and sald in part: Unlike_the Indian, the ofiginal Mexican, or the Hawallan, the negro, so far from dying out when fn contact with a stronger and affferent race, has continued to :ncrease in numbers to such an extent that whereas the race entered bondage twenty in num- Der, there are now more than 900,00, So, 1 want to emphasize the truth that whother we are of northern or southern birth; whether we are black or white, we must face firmly the stubborn fact that in bon- iage and in freedom the negro, in spite of all predictions to the contrary. has continued /ear by year to increase in numbers until fle now forms about one-seventh ot the «ntire population, and there is no sign that the same ratio of increase will not hold Good in the future. Further than this, Gospite ell the shanging, uncertain condi- tions through which the race has passed, d_is passing, you will find that every ear since the black man came into this country he has m: teady gain in ac- quiring property, skill and habits of in- austry, education'and Chriatian character. To dea] practically and directly with the eftatrs of my race, 1 believe both the teach- ings of history and the result of everyday observation should convince us that we thall make our most enduring progress by .aying the foundations carefuily, p ‘n’ the ownership of the soll, the exercise of habits of eccnomy, the saving of money, the securing of the most complete educ of hand head_and .ihe, cultivation of Chtistian virtaes. 1 cannot believe, I will not belleve, that « country that Invites into its midst every 1ypo of European, from the highest to the dregs of the earth and gives these comers Shelter, protection and the highest en- couragement, will refuse to uccord the rame protecilon and encouragement to its black oitizens. The negro seeks no special rivileges. All he asks is opportunity, that he same law which is made by the ‘white man and applied to the one race, be applied With equal certainty and exactness to the other. The age for settlivg great questions, elther soclal or national, with the shotgun, the torch and by lynchings has passed. "An &) l to such methods is not worthy of <RBer race. I believe the time has come and T belleve it in a perfectly practical hing, when a group of _representative southern white men and northern white men and negroes should meet and consider with calmness and business sagacity the Whole business as viewed from every stand- R Day is Kept in Rome. ROME, Feb. 22.—Beautitul, springlike weather prevalled here today, and some ot the Americans houses were bedecked with the Stars and Stripes. Because of Washington's birthday falling on a Sunday, some objections wero made to holding receptions today. Thuse objec- tions, however, were smoothed away by making the reception at the United States embassy @ purely informal affair, at which tea was served. It was a most enjoyable affair, and the 600 Americans present in- cluded Dr. Nevin, rector of the Episcopal church; Dr. Willlam Burt, head of the American Methodist missions in Europe; Bishop Burke of St. Joseph, Mo.; Monsignor Farrelll, director of the American colle Monsignor Robert Seton, the prothonotary apostolic delegate; Colonel Tillman of West Point, Mr. and Miss Choate, Mr. and Mrs Prescott Lawrence of New York, Mrs. Frank Morris Avery of New York, Mr. and Mr Dudley Hickman of Boston, Alllson Ar- mour of New York and Mr. and Mrs. Sey- mour. The Chinese minister, with tha staft of the legation, also attended as a compliment 1o the United States. The American college gave a dinmer in honor of the day, at which toasts were drunk to the pope and President Roos velt. Dr. Nevin also gave a dinner tonight to several membérs of the Loyal Legion, in- cluding General Sawtelle, General Clos, General Ripley Cole Pole and Major Ab- bott. The American and French ambassa dors and Beton Blane, formerly Itallan min ister at Washington, were also among the guests. APPROVES MUNICIPAL CARS Liverpool Tramway Manager Comes upport City Ownership of Public Franch: NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—The steamship Etruria arrived today, after a rough voyage across the Atlantic. Among the passengers was C. R. Bellamy, manager of the Liver- pool tramways, which are under munieipal control. He comes to attend a convention at which the question of municipal owner- | ship of all public franchises is to be dis- cussed. He is an enthusiastic advocate of municipal ownersh’p and says that the Liverpool tramways have been operated by the eity since 1897 and the experiment has proved highly satistactory PNEUMONIA DOWNS PRELATE Lies Seriously Il at Westey Hospital, € ca CHICAGO, Feb 22—Bishop Stephen M. Merrill of the Methodist Episcopal church is seriously il at the Wesley hospital here with penumonia. 1t was said tonight that he was holdiog his own, and his doctors were confident be would recoves. 22.—~Washington's | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. UN Does Not Th sh Government Inven- (Copyright, LONDON Cablegram Feb Special Y 22 Telogram.) |dined in the House of Com | weeks aa the guest of Hennike M. P., the postoffice reformer. Mr. Marconi complained bitterly to w eral prominent statesmen, Including Primie | Minister Balfour, to whom he was In troduced, of the lukewarmn. of the | British government toward inven- | tion. Postmaster General Austen Chamberlain does not think the Marcon! system is sut- ficlently developed (o be used as a method of communication for commercial pur- poses. ““When it Is," he said in reply to Marconi's complaint, “I have no Press Publishing Co.) (New York World his for the public in this country. 1 present in communication with conl company on the subject.” POPE FEASTS ROME'S POOR Pontifl Dines and Wines a Thousand am at the Mare in Honor of Pontifical Jubllee, ROME, Feb. 22.—Today was a great day for the poor of Rome, 1,000 of them being the guests of the pope at a dinner in the Belvidere court of the vatican in honor of his jubilee, The tables were decorated with flowers and minlature papal flags. The guests were walted upon by nune ani the Swiss guards in brilllant uniforms kept order, their band playing during the repcat. The excellent menu included wine and dessert. Great enthusiasm was dieplayed and there were repeated cries of “Long live Pope Leo.” The pope desired to personally admin- ister his blessing on the gathering, but, although he was well, the doctore vetoed his wish In order that he might husband his strength for the coming functions. VON HOLLEBEN IN DISGRACE Former Ambassador to W, $aid to Be Much Broken Down. ington (Copyright, 198, by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN, Feb. 22.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Ambassador von Holleben has sought seclusion since bs return from Washington to Germany. The World correspondent inquired for him both at his hotel and at the forelgn min- istry without ascertaining his where- abouts. It & said the ambassador was ex- tremely despondent when he arrived here There has been no mention in the semi- official papers of the kaiser having even formally summoned him to the palace. Von Holleben is spoken of in official circles a broken man and as no paper dare publish any vindication of his course he s liable to pass the remainder of his days under a cloud of suspicion, though mo offense has ever been publicly set forth. CZAR INSTRUCTS JOURNALISTS Tells Newspapers Kindly a Doings in Per: ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 22.—The govern- ment, in a secret circular sent to the press, calls attention to the declaration published in The Officlal Messenger February 15, in which the newspapers are instructed to re- frain from publishing articles hostile to Turkey in connection with the Macedonian situation. of the czar peacefully and earnestly to pro- mote reforms in Turkey, and it recom- mends the papers to abstain from super- fluous attacks upon the sultan, and the Turkish government. Another circular forblds the mention of ment and Its local agents In the construc- tion of highways in Pers| MRS. MACKAY LIVES QUIETLY Seldom Seen Except at Chureh Dur- ing Her Recent Stay in Paris, (Copyright, 108, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. 22.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Mrs. Jobn W. Mackay, who has been staying quietly at Hotel Ritz for three weeks, left for Rome cess Colonna. Mrs. Mackay lived retired while in Parls, having no receptions, no visitors, and going out rarely except to the church of the English sepeaking Catholics on Avenue Hoche, of which she is one of the mainstays. She did not even &0 down to dinner at the Ritz, but took her meals in ber own room. Her only com- panion was a little dog, of which she 's care since the loss of her former pet, which died the last time she was in Par KAISER TAKES UP A NEW FAD At Present Time is Enthu the German Ruler stic Over the Automoblle, (Copyright, 1%3, by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN, Feb. 22.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—The German kal is still gnthusiastic about automo hllln‘r He Is often seen about Berlin or Potsdam In a variety of horseless vehicles. | Being of a martial disposition it is only natural that he should seek to adapt motor cars to the requirements of war. He has at least one that he uses on his visits to troops, inspections and other military ex- peditions, and it is reported that he in- tends to use it at the next grand arm | maneuvers. At the present mément, how ever, his attention is being given largely to engagements in which the powder em- ployed 18 not loaded into cannon or rifies. {FIRST REQUISITE FOR STAGE Mrs. Garduer Has a Divovee and Studying Musle, i Now (Copyright, 138, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. 22.—(New York World Ci blegram—Special Telegram.)—Mrs. Gard- | mer, the divorced wife of the Gardner of the {firm of Gardner & Serpofiet, has returned to | Parts for the season and will pursue her musical studles. | It 1s proposed to organize next season a ries of musical recitals in Paris at which | American dulent exclusively will be repre | sented and Mrs. Gardser probably will make | ber dobut thes. "y doun | it will be possible to secure its advantages | Today’c circular says the previous declar- | ation clearly indicated the constant desire | the participation of the Rugsian govern- | on Thursday to visit her daughter, Prin-| exceedingly fond, watching it with jealous | MONDAY MORNI FEBR NG, UARY ¢ COPY THREE CENTS. Keeps Up the Oontest for His Pet Plan, the Nicaragua Oanal Route. PROPOSED ANNEX TO THE CAPITOL ;"" Few Years Likely to See Large Additions to the Pablic Bulldings at the Seat of National Government, [ | ~ | (Frim a,Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—(Special.)—The manner fn which Senator Morgan of Ala- | bama has carried on his fight against the | Panama proposition and In favor of the caragua route is a pathetic illustration of the vigor and energy sometimes shown by an old man in the United States senate It {8 now nearly thirty years since Mr Morgan began to advoeate the construction of a canal across Nicaragua by the United Siates. Since he began his propaganda | millions of dollars have been expended by | private individuals and corporations in the preliminary work of the construction of |8 canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific | | through the Nicaragua route. At various | times during that period it has seemed | | probable that this particular plan would | be indorsed by the federal government. But at last the French company, owning the rights and franchises for a canal in the | republic of Colombia, made such a propo- | sition that it was deemed most expedient | to take up the work inaugurated by De Les | seps and carry it to completion. After the | United States had once been committed | to this proposition it seems futile for any- | one to undertake to negative the action | of the administration and of congross. Still | Senator Morgan never abandoned th> fight | for a moment. On the contrary he has ai- lowed no opportunity to slip by in which | he might continue his contest. During the past few days the executive sessions of the | senate have been devoted to the consider- ation of the Panama canal treaty. No one has thought for a moment from the outset | of the discussion that any possible contin- | | gency could arise which would Jead the | | United States to recede from the action | which it has already taken and to provide | for a canal by the way of Lake Nicaragua. | Yet Senator Morgan has talked day after day ‘l | | | | | in favor of his pet project. He is an abie and brilliant man and when he becomes | enthusiastic upon any subject he can dem- | onstrate his ability to discuss it to the utmost degree. There are perhaps a dozen senators who agree with Mr. Morgan that the Nicaragua route Is by far the bett | of the two, and there are some who even | B0 €0 far as to assert that the day will | come when two canals will be necessary to accommodate the commerce which must pass from one ocean to the other. But | after all the Panama canal will be the first | constructed and it will, of course, be built | under the auspices of the United States government. There can scarcely be a doubt that Mr. Morgan realizes this fact, but tho knowledge has not prevented him from doing everything in his power to further his original proposition. A few days ago ex-Semator Warner Mil- ler of New York was in Washington and during his visit he took occasion to heartily indorse everything that Mr. Morgan has dome. Mr. Miller was one of the principal promoters of the Nicaragua Canal com- pany, which concern spent more than $1,000,000 in surveys and preliminary work. | Mr. Miller aid not hesitate to express him- selt very forcibly and he sald that in his Jjudgment, acquired from a personal knowl- edge of the physical condition, that the Panama canal can never be put into sue- cesstul operation. Mr. Miller believes that whatever money may be paid to the French | company for its rights will be virtually thrown away and that the day will come within a very few years when the world will admit that the Nicaragua route is the only feasible one. Annex to the Capitol. The house of representatives has again | demonstrated its faith in Mr. Elliott Woods, | the superintendent of the capitol, who is | the official architect of congress. “Uncle” Joe Cannon, soon to be elected speaker, who 18 not given to advocating extravagant ap- | propriations, Is the father of the plan to | adopt Mr. Woode' idea for the erection ot | great ofice bullding for the use of mem- | bers of the house of representstives and to be connected with the capitol proper by & | subway. Upon Mr. Cannon's motion the house adopted an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill, authorizing the purchase of a site and the expenditure of |$3,00,000 In the erection of the bullding | upon plans drawn up by Mr. Woods. It is | proposed to acquire the property facing Cap- |itol park on the south, and to put up a modern, convenient office building which ‘wlll enable members (o attend to the af- | tairs of their districts in proper manner | without being compelled to pay office rent | out of their private purses. The extent to | which members are subjected to this ex- | pense 18 not realized outside of Washing- | ton, and few people even here realize that [ the offices maintained for the benefit of | their constituents by nearly 100 representa- tives must be maintained at the private ex- | pense of the member. Some of these offices | cost trom $1,000 to $1.200 a year, in addi- tion to the cost of clerks and stenographers | Who occupy them. The senate, on the | other hand, furnishes each of its members with a room. The majority of the senators are quartered in what is known as the sen- ate annex, six-story building to the | norih of the capitol grounds, which was {erected for a hotel some fifteen years ago by & man from Baltimore. The hotel was & | dismal failure from the outset. The owner | of the property found that he had an ele- | ihant on his hands, and after a great deal of cffort he succeeded in unloading it upon the government at a comfortable on 1ts original cost found necessary advance Soon afterward it was to practically rebuild the | interior in the interests of safety. Today it is a miserable substitute for a real office | building, inconvenliently located, badly ar- ranged and with nothing like modern facili- ties for the transaction of business. The nate will undoubtedly indorse the action of the house In providing the means for the erection of an office building for the popular branch, of congress. There is also a proposition p & to acquire a site and | erect a similar bullding on the north side of the capitol so as to balance up, as it were, the architectural aspect of the sur- roundings. Whether or not this may be done during the present session of con- | I'gress, it Is certain thai a new office build- | ing for the senate will be auiborized within | | & very few years. Such a structure is badly | needed, and the need is recognized on all | sides. | New Public Bulldings. | Within the next five years there will he! eeversl notable additions to the buildings of the national capital gress has already authorized the erection |of a fine new bullding for the use of the | Department of Justice. 1t would have been | (Continued oa Fifth Fage) public Con- | | the | against {upan at the national conference and they | trom THROW MAN THROUGH WINDOW Strike Riuters Attack Indlana Power House and Injure Workman, Ind., Feb An attempt A mob of 150 men to wreck of the Indiana Railway injury the employes SOUTH BEND, was made by the pow house company and do here today There were seven men at house when the attack was'made. One, the watchman, named Deitrich, thrown bodily through a window and seriously in- Jured. J. A, Ovvitt and M Lester were badly pummelled and gashed by brickbats, stones and clubs The attack was planned for an hour when it was thought the pelice co:ild not reach the scene in force, but a detall ar- rived in time to eftect several Among those arrested are two employes of company on strike. They will be charged with conspiracy, riot and assault with intent to kill OMAHA ROAD GRANTS RAISE Conducs the power was to ors amd Trainmen Wagens Controversy. Reach Settlement om ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 22.—The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapol:s & Umaha yesterday reached a settlement with the committee of conductors and trainmen, who have been negotiating for a 20 per cent increase since | | January 1. A detailed schedule providing minute reg- ulations for each run and dfvision on the road was signed by the committeemen and General Superintendent A. W. Trenholm. The schedule will become effective as soon as it is approved by the’ grand officers of the tralnmen’s organizations and the pres- ident of the road. The most important concessions gained by the men were substantial increases in wages. On some runs the advance s as high as 25 per cent. The Great Western committee is rapidly approaching a settlement. SETTLED STRIKE IS RENEWED California Copper Miners End Fight for Short Hours and Now Com- bat Discrimination. REDDING, Cal.,, Feb. 22.—The strike at the Mountain Copper company's mines and smelters at Keswick s on again. A demand for an eight-hour day was re- | cently settled apparently satisfactorily to both sldes. Today the local eommittee of the Western Federation of Miners an- nounced that the company as discriminat- ing against union men, & number c? whom had been informed that they would not be re-engaged. A strike was accordingly declared. The manager of the company de- nies the ctatements of the committee. As a result of a discussion of uniomism today near Keswick a German hotel man who was opposed to laber unions, was shot and killed by George Gallinger, freight agent and member of a rallroad union. i WILL TRY UNDER SEA BOAT Naval Authorities Propose Vigorous Test of New Submarine Tor- pedo Crafe, NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—The submarine torpedo boat Protector, a new type of vessel shortly to be tried for the purpose of demonstrating its capabilities to oficers | of the United States navy, is belng over- | hauled at City Island. Protector was bullt in Bridgeport, Conn., by its inventor and owner, Captain Simon Lake. The vessel fs designed -for harbor defense. It is sixty feet long, of eleven teet beam, draws twelve feet of water and weighs about 200 toms. It is built of steel and equipped with two wheels to enable |1t to travel along the bottom of the sea. There are two torpedo tubes, one foro {and one aft while an opening in the bow will admit of a diver leaving the boat to cut cables or mine connections. MITCHELL FORESEES TROUBLE Goes to Ald Wages Conference inm Illinois, but Fears Miners’ Clatms. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, left tonight ior Springfield, Iil., where he will attend the convention of the Illinols miners and the jolnt conference with the operators. The citizens of Springfleld will give a reception in his honor tomorrow night. Mr. Mitchell says there may be trouble the settlement of the wage scale of Feb. 22.—John in Illinole. The thin vein miners in the north- | ern part of the district made a hard fight epting the wage scale agreed are still dissatisfied with the scale signed with the basing potnt, Danville. WO0OD ALCOHOL SLAYS Two Mother and Daughter Make Mistake Mixing Medicin Drate, Fatal SCHENECTADY Y. George Stave, aged § Mrs. Lemuel David, aged died today drinking wood alcohol They had been accustomed to drink small Feb. , and her daughter 2 | quantities of hot diluted grain alcohol to relieve iliness and neither one being well mistake wood alcohol during the night, they prepared by and drank it |BANKER MILLS REPORTED ILL Amed Financler Catches Cold Which Speedily Develops Into Grip. NEW Feb. 12 banker, is 11 A week ago'he contracted a severe cold which developed into the grip. Callerg at his residence today were told that Mr. Mills' condition was not regarded as critical TWELFTH CORNELL MAN DIES Fever Claims Another Student Vie YORK. who is in his D. 0. Millsy the eventy-eight year, and Also Conguers Ithaca Woman, ITHACA, N. Y., Feb. 22.—Two deaths trom typhold occurred here today. was that of Francis E. Swartz of Marlboro, N. Y., & senior in the Cornell college of law, the twelfth student to succumb to the arrests. | Mrs. | MONEY BILLS ARE HELD UP 8tatehood Debate Holds Senate Businesy Back All Bession. TEN CASH MEASURES STILL TO DEAL WITH Only Eight Days Make Are Left in Wh to Appropriations—Long (tings Seem Certaln Now. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The course/ ot proceedings in the senate during the pres- ent week will depend largely upon tbe statehood bill. It there is no agreement the bill will continue to cut a figure fn the proceedings whether it be under considera- tion or not, just as it has done for the greater part of the session. If the canal treaty is proceeded with the statehood bill it will do much to shape its course; it the treaty is put aside and the appropriation bills taken up, the statehood question will | present itselt in the shape of riders on those bills. Postofice BIIl Flrst, According to the present program, the postofiice appropriation bill will be the first {of the supply measures to be considered It is indeed the only one of these bills not yet passed, which has been reported from committees. It carries the statchood bill | as a rider, and unless an understanding 18 arrived at before the bill is taken up the question of its retention will immediately | confront the senate. That will be the crit- | fcal perfod in the statehood bill's career. Some of the anti-statehood senators con- | tend that it can be beaten as a rider and | advocate an invitation to this test of | strength. | "In accordance with the annual custom in | the senate on Washington's birthday, the | proceedings tomorrow will begin with the reading of Washington’s farewell address. The reading this year will be performed by | Senator Dubols (Ia.). At the conclusion of this ceremony Senmator Cullom (Ill) will | move that the senate proceed to the con- | | slderation of the canal treaty in executive ession. If In the meantim~ a compro- | mise on the statehood bill has been effected | 1t 18 believed the ratification of the treaty | can be secured within & day or two. But | | whether there is an adjustment on the | statehood bill or not, or whether the treaty | 18 ratified or not, it is intended that many more days will be allowed to elapse before | ) taking up the appropriation bills. With | | only eight working days of the session left, | all senators appreciate that it s essential that there should be little more delay in | voting the necessary supplies for the sup- port of the government for the mext fiscal year. Many Bills in Danger. Of the thirteen appropriation bills, six have 8o far been considered by the senate proper, but several of the remaining seven have had the attention of senate commit- tees. Three have mot, however, been re- celved from the house of representativer Two of the appropriation bills, namely, the pinsions and the diplomatic and con- sular bills, have passed both houses and recetved the signature of the president. legislative, executive and fudicial bill | 1s ready to go to the president; the army bill s in sesond conference; the Indian | and the District of Columbia bills_are both | in conference with meny differences to ad- just; the postoffice bill has been reported to the senate; the agricultural bill and the military academy bill have received final consideration at the hands of the | committees having them in charge and are | ready for report; and the sundry civil bill 1s undergoing the scrutiny of the commit- | tee on appropriations and will be reported during the week. The naval bill, the forti- flcations bill, and the general deficlency bill are still in the house of representatives. In order to conclude its work on the appropriation bills and traneact other ne- cessary business before March 4, the sen- | ate will find it necessary, regardless of the | statehood bill and the canal treaty, to hold | longer sessions than ordinarily and it is probable that during the greater part of | the time henceforth the dafly sittings will | begin at 10 or 11 and run Into the night. | Tomorrow’s session, however, begins at | noon. i HOUSE HAS CLEAR DECKS| Practically All Sesal posed of Except Deficleney Bi &l Work Dis. General WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The house en- | ters the last full week of the session with | | the decks practically cleared of everything | except appropriation bills. Only ome of | these, the general deficiency, which was re- | ported yesterday, remains to be passed. Geveral Interesting contests are expected on a number of bills in conference. Es- pecially spirited would be the fight over the proposition to accept a statehood amend- | ment if one should come to the house as a | rider on an apptopriation bill. It would | command the solid support of the demo- | eratic side, and it 1 believed enough re- | publicans to accept it, although it would | be strongly reststed by the republican lead- | ers. The Philippine currency bill has been | set for Tuesdey. | The suspension day which, | rules, precedes the expiration of each con- gress, begins on Wednesday and by | means of the parliamentary expedient of | making motlons under suspension of the rules parliamentary knots can be cut and | | legislation expedited | | The Fowler currency bill will continue ta | be the stop gap whenever matters are not | | pressing, but there seems no prospect of There is an Intimation, how- | under the its passage ever, that it might serve a useful purpose in case the Aldrich deposit bill shouid | i come over from the senate. It is sald that ! | the latter bill could be substituted for the | | former without going to committee, either | | by striking out all atter the enacting clause of the Fowler bill or through the operas | tions of a special rule. If neither of these | courses was adopted, the bill would be re- ferred to tne ways and means committee, | which could raport it forthwith, as it is well understood that a reference to tue com- | mittee on banking and currency would be ! equivalent tca'ts death. The reference Lo | the ways und means committee can be | made on the ground that ‘t provides (Ori | Interest on government deposi' in the na- | tiona! banks, and to that extent is a reve- nue measure, | BID FAREWELL TO QUIGLEY Six Tho spects nd Buffalo People Pay Re- to Chicago's Ne ! Archbishop. One, | | BUFFALO, Feb. 22.—Six | ple today gave a farewell | Most Rev. thousand ;.mr‘ reception to | James E. Quizley, who, mext week leaves Buffalo to take up his work | | come from comparative obscurity to take disesse, and the other that of Mrs. W. C. l Taber, & resident of the oity. a8 archblshop of Chicago. sasaki, Bhanghal and Hop~ Aong. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for N Tuesday Fair in West Fortion hraska — Falr Monday ast, Probably Snow 1 TIMETO SHOW HANDS Revenue Bill Will Oertainly Be Presented to House This Afternoon. GOES DIRECT TO THE GENERAL FILE This is Done in Order to Head Off Regular Oommittee Opposition. FATE OF THE MEASURE 1S UNCERTAIN Indications that the Railroads Are Playing Game Under Oover. WORKING NOW WITH THE FUSIONISTS Temperature At Omaha Yesterday: Hour. Deg. Hour. Des: L] 28 1 seeune “ 28 2 7 28 [l s 20 [ a2 10 as 11 as 12 40 4 45 . 40 47 a4 4z . 40 89 LEAVE-TAKING OF MR. TREFZ Pastor of Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church Formally Presents His Resign, 4 " o -ggeesgg m m . m. m - fon. Rev. Bdward Frederick Trefz, pastor of Kountze Memorial Lutheran church for three years and six months, formally an- nounced his resignation to his congrega- tion yesterday morning. He will terminate his connection with the church on Sunday, April 12, to go to Binghamton, N. Y., where be will be pastor of the First Congrega- tional church. His farewell words expressed regret at leaving and satiefaction with the accomplishment of his work here. He de- clared that his incumbency of the pulpit bas been most happy. The members of the church are requested to nssemble Monday evening, March 2, to declare the pulpit va- cant, according to the constitution. As to his reason for making the change, Mr Trefz said: “Apparently it seems that the question of finance and prestige has lent influence to my decision, but this is not true. When the accounts are balanced my new fleld presents no financial advantage, and surely, 1 could mot wield a greater power in cer- tain directions there than I have in Omaha during at least the last two vears. That part of my ministry which I most enjoy, and which I feel to be most important, I have had no opportunity to exercise wWhile among you. The prophet of God must have time to spend at least an hour or two hours each day In brooding and meditation and listening to overtures from the Beyond. He should, likewise, come into personal touch with each of his people, and from this experience, bring forth his sermcns and the work of his ministry to ite fullest bloom and blossom.” As to his work heré the clergyman says: “In these three years and more of my ministry, I have been privileged to see the growth and prosperity of this church, through such marvelous strides as it never enjoyed in its previous history. We have Predicament of the Douglas County Delegation is Causing Much ent for the Other Members, Mer; (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 22.—(Special.)—The cry of “wolf" has been heard so often in con- nection with the introduction of the re enue bill that when the committee gives out the assuring statement that the bill will be Introduced in the house Monday everybody seems to be from Missourd. But it really looks lke nothing could stop the il now. It is completed and every plan has been made for its presentation to the lower branch of the legislature. The 1dea 18 to introduce the bill at the afternoon session ‘omorrow, when all the members will be present. It will be submitted the product of the joint committee ap- pointed by the house and senate to frame such a measure, It will be recalled that the house rev- enue committee was {gnored when the work of drafting this important' bill came up and a speclal committee named from that body to act jointly with the regular committes from the senate. There is (herofore some sore feeling on the part of some of the members of this committee, and it 1s little doubted that they would llke nothing bet- ter than a chance to hang up the bill. But they are very Likely to be denied this priv- llege as the plan is to have the bill go directly to the general file, passing over the heads of the regular revenus commit- tee, to which it would be referred to it referred to any. It is hardly safe to venture a prediction as to the course of the bill or its fate after reaching the legislature. It is known from the gentlemen themselves, that same of the revenue committeemen are dissati fled with certain provisions of the meas. ure and would ltke to have an opportunity of amending it. Douglas, for instavce, who from the start, was of the opinion that nothing but fragmentary revision should be attempted, fs not in sympathy with tho entire bill, though admitting that there is much to cormend in it. He took excep- tfons, when, in his absence, the committee decided to slip in a goodly part of the Kan- sas revenue bill and not until last week would he consent to meet with his col- leagues on this account. - Mr. Douglas and others further object to the method of as- sessing franchised corporations, as adopted within the last few days. So that if the blll is torn to pleces after it reaches . the house there will be little surprise. Position of the Railroa V/hat the railroads intend doing &bout the measure is not certain. The Unfon Pacific has made known its endorsement of the bill and it Is naturally supposed it meets the approval of the other railroads interested. It was, of course, the ‘original | position of the raliroads that revision bt | the revenue laws was unnecessary, but siuce they were unable to wholly prevent revision, they have done the best they could toward having the old laws revised— tavorable to their interests and the que: tion Is, Have they not succeeded so ad- the foremost place in the front ranks of the churches of this city. We have made it a center of religious influence, a power for righteousness, a refuge for the tempted and distressed, and a source of encourage- ment and hope to all those who are cast down.” BASIS OF FRANCHISE VALUE Representative Douglas Says All Mem- bers Are Not Satisfled with Gross Recelpts. Representative Douglas of Rock county, & member of the joint revenue committee, spent Sunday {n Omaha. Speaking of the bill which this committee has completed { and probably will introduce today ‘n the house, he sald there was some dlivision among the members as to certain provi- sions. For instance, the amendment tacked on within the past few days specifying the new method of assessing franchises of cer- tain corporations—to assess their gross earnings aside from their tangible prop- erty. This did not meet the unqualified ap- proval of Mr. Douglas or some others of the committee, and there fs a dlsposition to revise this feature of the bill. It 1s understood from other sources that President Frank Murphy and W. V. Morse of the Omaha Street Railway company and | Paul Clark, v ul Olark, represeniing similar Lincoln | ;o)) o0"o make opposition to the pas- corporations, were instrumental In secur- i sage of the bill superfluous? It they have ing the adoption by the revenue committee | U B TG T SERRT HOURT TR LIOY fave of this amendment, assuring the members | { which to draw in trylng to defeat the bill. :::;r :‘.‘i" .mfgh‘w::m'r:’-“:d P :""f‘:‘:! Within the past week tne presence at the . 5 2t o Pt i g 44 Capital City of such well known and astute ncrease them. Yet they are sald to have | gopocratic politiclans as Benton Maret argued that even if it did increase them | this would be more satisfactory to |hemA:':d ';:"' s,":::'m':’h“ ""'h""::" "': as it would make the assessment definite | | were endeavoring to line up the fusionists and enable them to avold annoying MUEe- | soain i ihis bill and the Omaba tax eom. tion likely to arise under the present con- | niiionor bill. They cannot hope to 8- ditions. cure all their etrength from the ranks of Senator Saunders of Douglas county, who, | (e’ majority and the wisdom of working by the way, was not present at the meet- | ,nonp the fusionists has become apparent ing of the committee at Lincoln when the | (o (nem. The fusioniats haye kept mam matter of ssing the public service cor- | 1o what they Intend to do. Their leader in porations was up, is credited with being | (he house, Loomis of Dodge, was one of stoutly opposed to any change in the pres- | ihe most active and useful members of ent system of valuation, is_supposed | *he revenue committee and it OMAHA RECLAIMS LOST SON s B% oy that if the bill meets his approv | exert his influence to bring his comrades in Cudahy's Late Electrician Decides to | Return from Hudson Val Iine for the bill Ratiway Job. Amused at Douglas Membe Another interesting situation in the leg- islature fs the position of the Douglas county members on H. R. 380. The mem- bers themselves don't seem to know just what they ought to do. With the pande- monium of appeals for support from thetr constituents sounding in thelr ears, open opposition to the bill they certainly muat realize would be a fatal political move, still for some reason they certainly are faltering in their espousal of the cause which this measure repr nts. This complex situ tion s furnishing a good deal of amuse- ment to other members of the house and GLENNS FALLS, Y., Feb. 22.—General Manager 8. 8. Joselyn of the Hudson Val- ley Rallway company has resigned to be- come the general manager of the Unlon Terminal Rallway company, with head- quarters at Sfoux City, I Chiet Electrictan C. C. Fitch of the Hud- son Valley rallroad leaves in a few days for Omaha, to resume his old position as chiet electrician of the Cudahy Packing company planta. senate. BAKED TO DEATH |IN QVEN| Nelson and Gilbert of the house commit- | tee on cities and towns will, as was stated | tn The Bee, submit a minority report today on the South Omaha charter bill, opposing the Roberts smendment providing for the tex commissioner exemption clause, for which they voted the other night when the committee unanimously recommended the bill for passage. This clause is precisely the opposite of H. R. 330 and the two Douglas county men, in giving their explanations for thelr for- mer action, recognize the fatality of sup- | porting it | This week, with so many important m: | ures on and pending ought to be & most aventful one in the history of the twenty- elghth session of the Nebraska legislature. Pennayl Kiln a Cuild Rol Upon Stum HIll Abo Into Coke CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 22.—Mary Kohland, aged 11, met a horrible death to- night by being burned alive in a oven The little gi-] in running down hill rolled into one of the hot ovens. Men at work nearby broke into ‘the oven and secured the body, but it was burned to a crisp, hardly a semblance of a human form be- ing left coke |QUITS THE NEWSPAPER FIELD Ex-Senator Allen D of the Journal He Started About & ¥ Axo. Movements of Oc At New York—Arrived E Liverpool and Queenstown; K Copenhagen and Christinla; A Bremen; Minnetonka, from London Menominee, for London At The Lizard—Passed New York, for Southamy At Inistrahull-Passed New York, for Glasgow At Kingston, Jamalca,—~Arrived: Princesse | Victoria Loulse, from New York, on West Indian cruise At Lidverpool York At ueenstown—Arrived New York, for Liverpool Salled: Campania, from I} ork. n Vesnels Fen, 22, from from from Sailed Finlanfl, from | on and Antwerp. Pomeranian, from ri cla n. ones MADISON, Neb., Feb. 22.—(Special.)—~The Mall, & newspaper which ex-Senator Allen started about & year ago, has been ocon- solidated with the Star, and J. B. Domo- an, the editor of the Star, will conduct the consolidated journal in the future. The reason assigne¢ by Mr. Allen for selling the paper is that his law practice makes such nds upon his time that he is unable ote the attention Decessary to the newspaper. Arrived: Tauric, from New Ivernia, and erpool from roceeded. for New Moville—Balled for York Yokohama—Arrived trom Seattle and Vietoria hal and Hong Kong: Francisco via Honolulu Ethlopia, from Glas Kinshu Hiogo. Gaelle, " rrom for ogo. Maru Shang- 8an