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

OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1903—-TWENTY PAGES. NGLE (‘OPY FIVE CENTS. IT PAYS TO BE GOOD Especially is This True if Caught Doing Otherwise in Russia GRAND DUKE PAYS DEARLY FOR ESCAPADE Thirty-One Years in Exile is the Penalty for a Boyish Offence. CZAR At LAST RELAXES PUNISHMENT | Uolonel Grimm is Another Example of Those Who Offend. WAS ONCE PETTED DARLING OF SOCIETY Wow Serving a Twelve-Year Sentence in Worst of the R n Mines in Remote Part of Siberin, (Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. 28.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—A royal eaca- pade which cost the delinquent thirty-one years of darkest, gloomiest exile as expla- tlon is recalled by the czar's order that the Grand Duke Nicolas Corastantinovitch shall bo removed to Balaklava in the Crimea and receive the best medical attention, Grand Duke Nicolas Constantinoviteh, the eldest son of the Grand Duke Constantin Nicolafevitch, handed in thirty-one voars ago his resignation as a lieutenant of the guard in order to follow n French sirger with whom he was infatuated to a foreign land. His means belng slender, he took money that was not his own to aid his flight. In spite of the culprit’s youth (he was only 22) and his high standing, Alexander 11, then csar, proved inexorable. After a scene with the young man and his father he exiled him first to Orenbourg, then to the Crim: Feeling the horror of his dis- grace and his abandonment by his family, Nicolas married tfie daughter of a police- man of Orenbourg, who had little to recom- mend her personally. One day, overcome by the desolation of his position, he escaped the sples- set to watch him, disgulsed as a Cossack, but he was captured and taken back to Tachkent. His reason s shaken by this recapture, and he has remained in a demented cond! tion many yea: He s now 53 years old. His sister Olga, the queen of Greece, who has pleaded his cause many times with the former czar and the present one, has at last obtained permission from Nicholas IT that the grand duke may be taken to Balak- lava, where a celebrated specialist in cerebral ngladies, Dr. Mercherevski. will treat him. The czar, it seems, has also promised to see him and assure him that his boyish escapade, after thirty-one years' explation, is forgiven. Horrors of erian Mines, BERLIN, Feb. 28.—The horrors of a Biberian prison are being terribly exempli- fled in the case of Colonel Grimm of the ‘Warsaw general staff, one of the most sclentific Russian officers, who was sen- tenced to twelve years in the mines for betraying to France and Austria plans of fortifications on the Russian frouties Grimm is at Nortchinsk, one of the most awful of the Siberian copper mines, away beyond the great lake, Baikal. His fellow prisoners are the commonest sort of crim- inal A child murderer and two burglars share his room, Day and night the wretched Grimm has heavy chains on his feet, to which are fastened large iron ball It s torture to walk and every movement at night awakens him. On his arrival in Nortchinsk the right side of his head was shaved and his beard and mustache as well. He 1s dressed in a fithy costume and on his breast and back 18 the number by which he is known. He works ten hours a day in the mines, with three or four intervals of an hour each, when he is permitted to ascend to the surface to dry his clothes. The mines are wet, and the miners, in constant contact with the copper water, incur a varlety of skin discases, as well as rheumatism in a particularly violent form. During work Grimm is not permitted to utter a word and overseers are ever present to that he does mot shirk. He is al- ready suffering from opthalmia. In Warsaw Colonel Grimm was one of the darlings of soclety. He led a luxurious lite, flattered and made much of by beauti- ful Polish women. TRIES THE HUMBERTS' GAME Russian Raises the Money, Unable to Get Away with It t i (Conyriaht, ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 28.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telogram.)—An tmpecunlous noble of St. Petersburg named Michacloff, a diligent student of Mme. Humbert's exploits, decided to follow her example and hinted to friends that he wa about (o recelve an {nheritance of $10,000,000. At first his friends smiled. They were amazed when he produced & stamped receipt from the state bank for $9,000,000, which sum was to be paid to him within a year. How he got the receipt remains & mystery, but it was filled up by & hand which ex perts say is Michaeloff's. On the strength of it he began to borrow and when he had got nearly $2,600,000 he bought a ticket for Monte Carlo. He was arrested at the Russian frontier on the in- formation of the girl who loved him and | suspected that he was meditating flight. Bhe sald to the police t is better to have him in prison here than among the bad women in. Monte Carlo.” AMERICANS TRAIN "FOR COURT Several Women BExpect to sented at the Comiug © monial. (Copyright, 198, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 28.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—Among the American debutantes to be presented at the coming court will be Miss Frewen, daughter of Moreton Frewen, whose wife is a sister of Mrs. Corwallls West (Lady Randolph Churchill). Miss Frewen, a pretty, fair-haired girl, is endowed with a parcicularly winning man- ner and high spirits, uncommon among Eoglish girls. Another debutante will be Miss Ethei Stafford, who has been much admired in society this winter. Her mother was a Miss Matthews before marriage, a San Prancisco belle. Mrs. Stafford has a preity flat in Wellington court, Knight's bridge, and both mother and daughter have been going & goed deal into soclety. 1903, by Press Publishing Co.) | ANOTHER WIRELESS MOTOR Beitish Claims to Have urg Engineer Preceded the Stra Inventor. (Copyright, 193, by Press Bublishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 28.—(New York World Ca- blegram—8pecial Telegram.)—Thomas H. Willlams, a civil engineer already known for several useful electrical inventions, claims he preceded Braun of Strassburg in applying electric waves to driving motors unconnected with any source of supply—in other words, propelling motors by wireless telegraphy. Mr, Willlams says he has' been working on the Invention since 1890, adding: “‘My system, as tested, consists of a high fre- quency, alternating electric generator, from which energy was distharged into space, There was no connection whatever between the motor and the generator. The motor was attached to a model car which was arranged to run on a circular railway, the transmitter being in the center. One terminal of this generator was attached to the transmitter and the other was con- nected with the earth. “The model car was provided with a eol- lector, by means of which the etheric waves of rays were picked up. The collector was connected with the motor through the medium of a specially devised transformer whereby the etheric energy was trans- formed into essential electro-motive force for operating the mbtor, the earth circuit being completed through the rails and the wheels of the model car.” Mr. Willlams expects to apply his sys- tem to rallroads as well as road motor traf- fic from central generating stations, but he fs not yet wholly satisfied that danger might not result from an atmosphere so heavily charged with electricity. A new departure in raflway locomotives has been fntroduced on the Great Hastern rallroad with a new ten wheel engine called a “decaped.” The engine runs at a speed of thirty miles an hour within thirty seconds from starting, and gains a mile an hour in speed every second it runs. The decaped 18 intended to secure rapid transit on the suburban lines, where the stations are close together, by saving time in starting and stopping. It weighs ninety tons and can haul a load of 1,200 passengers. ROOMS FULL OF FINE LINENS Em of Germany Has Great Col- lection for Her Per- sonal Use. (Copyright, 108, by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN, Feb. 28.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The em- press of Germany has three large rooms devoted to treasures of linens and lace for her own wear and four seamstresses are always at work keeping the thousands of articles in order. The rooms are lined with . huge oak sideboards from floor to ceiling. In the center of each room is a table. There are chairs for the sewing women and a large supply of materials for mending, darning, etc. These rooms do not contain the house linen—that is quite an other departmeat with which the empres: concerns herself very little, but she is deeply concerned about her own clothes. In the twenty-seven cupboards of the three rooms there is ap {mmense colléotion of most artistic lingerie. Some of the pocket handkerchlefs are as costly as jewels. The empress owns a dozen with chantilly lacé borders which ary worth $125 each, and a still more valuable collection of fifteen 0dd handkerchiefs, believed to be worth $200 each. The empress is an ex- cellent judge of lace and all her life has collected valuable specimens. Her collec- tion of Venetian and Maltese lace is one of the finest in Burope. The varlous articles of clothing are tied up in half dozens with ribbon. Bach cup- board has its own colored ribbon and out- side on the cupboard is a printed card giving the contents of the shelves. MAKES SOCIAL HIT IN LONDON American Woman Who Married South American Diplomat Greatly Admired, (Copyright, 103, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 28.—(New York World Ca- blegram — Special Telegram.) — Another American heiress who married into,a for- elgn family of eminence and has again come before the admiring eyes of fashion- able London !s Mrs. Vincente de Domingues, formerly Miss Helene Murphy of New York. She is the wife of the first secretary of the Argzentine legation in London, and has just returned to England after a long visit in Buenos Ayres. Her great beauty and grace have made her a favorite in London. Mme. Vincente de Dominguez is the daughter of the late Daniel J. Murphy, whose New York residence was at 44 East Thirty-fourth street. Mr. Murphy, who was very wealthy, was created marquis of the holy Roman empire by Pope Plus IX. Being an Ameri- can, though for many years a resident of England, he never used the title, which descended to his eldest son. Donna Helene's husband is the son of Don Luls | Dominguez of the Argentine republic, min- ister to Britain, gnd is considered a diplo- mat of great promise. place in London in 1896. ROYAL CASTLES IN PLENTY Emperor Willlam Will Have Fifty-| Two with Proposed One : at Posen. (Copyright, 193, by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN, Feb. 28.—(New York World Ca- blegram — Speclal Telegram.) — When the proposed royal residence at Posen, for which Emperor Willlam has just asked a ! grant, is completed he will have ffty-two castles and lordly @wellings 1n Prussia and other parts of Germany. In Berlin he has three—the Royal palace, Belleview and Montjou; in Potsdam and the neighborhood he has thirteen, among which ‘are San Souct the Marble palace, the Orangery, etc.; sel he has three, among which is Wil- helmshohe, where Napoleon III was im- prisobed. Then there are those in Hanover, Wiesbaden, Stettin, Strasburg, Charlotten- burg. Breslau koenigsburg and Erdmansdorf. FINANCIAL EYE KEEPS GOOD Utalh Man Postpones Visit to Decior in Order to Close a Miu- ing D (Copyright, 193, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 28.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Samuel New- house of Utah and bis wife are staying at Claridge. Mr. Newhouse came fo Europe principally to consult Dr. Pagenstcher of Wiesbaden about his eyes, which have been giving him much trouble, but he has been %0 busy in connection with some new min- Ing ventures that he has postponed his journey to Germany three woeks The wedding took | | man forgave her, but his wite didn't. | Lora Rosebery Coi Coblents, Huberstock, Hoh- | plegram — Special Telegram.) — Winston NAY, NOT AN ORATOR French Newspaper Writer Gives Impressions of President Roosevelt. FIRST IMPRESSION IS A SURPRISE | Disappointing to Audiu;r Who Hears for the I'hn Time. WEARS AWAY AS ADDRESS e " Frank Honesty Winl Ont.or'l Art is Laoking | SENSIBLE QUALITIES ARE DOMINANT Has Made Himself a Pablie Speaker by Perseverance tion Rather Than by Natural Gift. | (Copyright, 188, by Press Publishing Co.) | PARIS, Feb. 18.—(New York World Ca- blegram—8pecial Telegram.)—"One goes to hear an orator and ome hears a man,” writes Othon Goerlac in the Reveu Bleue regarding President Roosevelt as a public speaker. | It to be an orator,” says Mr. Goerlac, | “is to find your words readily, to have them | flow in easy periods, Mr. Roosevelt is not one. Mr. MéKinley and Mr. Bryan far out- stripped him here. A discourse for him is | a veritable struggle. He hae no little paper | at hand; nothing but his memory and will to aid him. He neither recites nor im- | provises. His speeches are a singular mixture of conversation, political harangue and preaching. “Mr. Roosevelt s not witty, but gay—too gay, sometimes. “He has not. like Chauncey Depew and Willlam J. Bryan, the gift of anecdotes. His smart sayings usually are those of the cowboy. His gestures are awkward, and he makes such grimaces that they provoke laughter. “To sum him up as an orator, Mr. Roose- velt has become ome, as he has made him- self an athlete—by force of application and perseverance. The first time one hears him one is disagreeably surprised at the start, but this teeling passes. There is something 80 trank, sincere, honest and sensible about him that those qualities predominate over his struggle with words and his grimaces SCHOOLS FOR THE POLICEMEN German Citles Propose to Educate the e Line of Their ' Daties. (Copyright, 193, by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN, Feb. 28.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Several Rhen- ish gities, Dortmund leading the way, are | Schwa about to establish schools for the training of young men who intend to enter thb po- Hee. Hitherto retired sergeants and sol- djers have been pitehforked into the police foroce with altogether inadequate prepara- tion, much as {n Bngland and Ameriea, ‘The Rhine cities mean to do the thing thoroughly. Not only will the police can- didates be Instructed in drill and in safe- guarding property, but they also have to attend a large varigty of lectures, and any- one who c¢annot pass a satisfactory ex- amination on the subjects of the lectures will not be admitted to the force, no mat- ter what his other qualifications may be. Detectlve work will be one subject, Imaginary crimes will be committed and criminal problems wil] be set for the can- didates to unravel, and shadowing will be taught. An important branch will be lese majeste and how best to trip up people ad- dicted to it. Special instructions will also be given on the exact boundary line be- tween legal and illegal criticism of the superior powers in_the state, also on the | exact boundary 1iné between the moral and | the immoral in works of art in shop win- dows, ete. How men and women must conduct them- selves in the streets, in cafes, theaters, etc., will all be gone into, and minute in- structions will be !mparted on the rela- tlons between domestic servants and their employers. The Rhinelanders are shaking their heads at it all, and say that the police know teo much already. MISTAKE LEADS TO ARREST Woman Now Knows Better Than to Kiss & Man in His Wife's Presence. (Copyright, 1%3, by Press Publishing Co.) MOSCOW, Feb, 28.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The drama, “The Night Refuge,” by Maxime Gorky, lighted such enthusiasm in a Moscow woman that it entangled her in an adventure, from which the police court alone extricated her. She saw a man she supposed was the famous author promenading the streets | with his spouse, rushed to the unsuspecting ! man and ealuted him with a warm kiss, ex- | claiming “Great Maxime Gorky, let me kiss the | author of che touching drama, ‘The Night | Refuge.’ " | a genfus. The worthy citizen not averse to being taken for Maxime Gorky in this enthusiastic fashion, but his wife was, and | proceeded to express her dissatisfaction by | an energetic use of her umbrella, where- | upon the three persons were invited to tho | police. court to explain themselves. There | the enthuslast learned her error and con- | sented to take back her ki The good | pliments Him at (Copyright, 193, by Press Publishing Co.) | LONDON, Feb. 28.—(New York World Ca- | Churchill scored a blg personal triumph in Parliament by the speech attacking War Secretary Brodrick's army reorganization | scheme. Lord Rosebery, who was among the most fascinated of his audience, rushed down to the lobby to congratulate Churehill, saying: “My dear Winston, you should be on our side, where you will get full scope for your reforming schemes. ¥ou can never do any- thing with the torfes.” Though naturally delighted, Churchill was perfectly self-possessed. His speech was brilliant, alike in argument, in the massing of destructive facts and in sarcastic huntor. His slight defect in enunciation has been almost cured. He undoubtedly is the ablest of the band of young tories in whom the tuture of that party lies. His mother wit- nessed his triumph from the ladies’ gullery. | Siyke has been |GREAT TRIUMPH OF CHURCHILL | SCHWAB HAVING A GOOD TIME (Copyright, 198, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. 28.—(New York World Cable- gram—Special Telegram.)—Among the prom- | ingnt Americans who had a good time on ulevards during the carnival ¥ M. Schwab. He went out alone to ® a look at the crowds. As he turned Jut of the Rue de la Paix into the Place de I'Opera some one poured half a sack of confett! down the back of his neck. When the steel king turned around to look {for the culprit everybody laughed. Mr. Schwab did the same, turned up his collar and prepared to do as the Parisians do. He went to the sidewalk, bought a large bag of copfetti, elbowed his way through the lively throngs, slung the confetti at his neighbors with evident gusto and when he returned to his hotel his hat was a‘wreck and his clothes were simply smothered in confett! and dust. “You look as it they made a target of you, Mr. Schwab,” remarked the manager of Hotel Ritz to him as he entered. ““Yes, they gave It to me,” responded Mr. “These Parisiennes are holy was terrors When Mr. Schwab was on his way from Paris to Cannes in an automobile, a®com- panied by Dr. Schenborn and a chauffer, the party was caught In a sudden storm and had to take refuge in a little village about twenty miles from this city. They were famished and put up at the omly inn, & miserable establishment, where the trav- elers dined very badly. After the storm, however, the party was able to resume the | journey and on arriving in Paris late the same night a regal, supper at Hotel Ritz, which had been ordered in advance by telegraph, made Mr. Schwab forget his dis- comforts and his previous repast. Mrs. Schwab is now so much better a to be able to walk about wmer apartments, Thelir de- fixed tor but she does not partyre to Ameri March 11 SOCIETY WOMAN GOES LAME Countess of Strafford Compelled Submit to Operation on Her Knee. go out. remalins to Copyright, 198, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 28.—(New York World Cablegram — Special Telegram.) — Ccra, countess of Strafford (formsrly Mrs. Sam- vel’ Colgate ot New York), has just under- gone a severe surgical operation on her knee at the nursing home in Bentinck place. She had been troubled by her knee ever since she hurt it two years ago and when golng to the durbar she slipped on the | wet deck, twisting it badly, She suffered intensely at Bombay, bat could not re. turn home then, as her daughter, Miss Colgate took a fever. -They arrived in London a fortnight ago. s Expert advice was taken and an operatio performed. A small plece of bone ‘removed from the knee and -the opera ds considered successful, but it ‘v sald yet whether the joint wi be permanently stiff or mot. It will be five weeks before the patient whi be allowes , o stand: MARCONI WAS A DULL PUPIL / Childhood Gave No Promise of the Genius of the Mature Man, (Copyright, 1908, by Press Publishing Co.) FLORENCE, Feb. 28.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The school | mistress who taught Marconi at Florence, in his youth, Signora Loulsa Cavellero, now | 74 years old, expresses unbounded aston- ishment at the genius he has developed. “Who would have thought,” she says, “that the little Englishman, as we used to call him, because of his slight figure, and sedate manner, would have turned out He always was a model of good behavior, but as to his brain—well, the t sald, the soonest mended. “I am afraid he got many severe punish- ings. But he took them like an angel, At that time he never could manage to learn anything by heart. used to think I had never seen a child with so defective a memory.” AMERICAN NURSES IN PARIS Enterprising American Woman Starts a Bureau and Makes a Hit, (Copyright, 198, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. 28.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Thanks to the enterprise of a young American, Miss Katheline McLean, a niece of Mr. Shea of | New York, Parisians can now secure the services of skilled American nurses, some- thing hitherto unknown in Paris. Miss Me- Lean has been six years in Paris, but has just opemed a bureau. Already she has so many applications she cannot meet the de- mands. She says the American nurse studies more and knows more about a sick room than the French nurse, and that her training is different and more thorough. The French doctors with American patients all go to Miss McLean for American nurses. DEFENDER FOR AMERICANS Berlin Clergyman Takes Up Cudgel Copyright, 1%, by BERLIN, Feb. 28 blegram—Special Press Publishing Co.) -(New York World Ca- Telegram.)—Rev. Van eloquently defending the American character in the Berlin press. In an article under the caption, “Is American Character Declining?’ he answers the question in the negative. Much is said here about municipal corruption in the United States, but Dr. Van Slyke points out that where corruption is the most rampant there | is & continuous and on the whole success- ful fight maintained against it, backed by the moral sense of the mass of the Amer- fcan people. TWO NEW DRAMAS BY Ceos te Edition of ed in Copenhagen Con- tain Them. (Copyright, 138, by Press Bublishing Co.) COPENHAGEN, Fsb. 28.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—In the complete edition of Ibsen's works, just published in Copenhagen, appear two dramas bitherto unknown: “The Tomb of the Warrior” and “Olat Liljekrone.” The latter has much more merit than the former and was composed under the influence of the Danish romantic school. Some Bews- paper articles written between 1861 and 1863 are included in the editien. 1t was impossible, I| IBSEN | Works Pub. | Rains in East and Western Blissards Oarry Destruction in Wake. WASHOUT WRECKS A SOUTHERN TRAIN | Three Die as Result of Aocident Near Tenoir Oity, Tennessee. NEARLY ALL SOUTH IS STORM SWEPT Trains Are Delayed or Btalled, Wires Torn Down and Rivers Swollen. SNOW AND WIND BLUSTER ACROSS PRAIRIE Dakotas, Kansas, Montana and Col- o Report Damage to Stock and Drifts Stalling Cars on Loecal Ratlroad, LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 28.—The annual spring freshet, which annually damages | railroads and crops and at times Inflicts loss of life, has left this season’s impress on many parts of the south, after two days of rain, accompanied by high winds. Accidents last nigbt and this morning, directly attributable to the elements, have resulted in the death of nine persons and injury to twenty-nine. Three deaths, to- gether with a long llst of injured, were brought about by an accident on the South- ern rdilway early this morning, when a | traln bound east from Chattanooga, ran into a washout near Temolr City, Tenn. Drowned in Ohio River. Six persons were drowned while trying to cross the Ohlo river near Hickman, Ky., the swift current carrying their boat into some driftwood, and five persons were hurt in a tornado which passed over Hickory Level, Ga., this morning. The damage to railroad property is large and the inconvenience to the public con- siderable. Cloud bursts are reported in Kentucky and Tennessee, and it s feared there has been some loss of life in the affected sec- tions. In Middlesboro, Ky., every house in the lower section of the place was flooded and every merchant suffered damage to stock. The valley of Yellow creek was flooded for eeveral hours from mountain | to mountain. Near Anderson, Tenn., a cloud burst car-. ried away a quarter of a mile of track on | the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louls rallroad. High water carried away three bridges and a trestle on the Tenessee Central near Crab Orchard, Tenn.,, and damaged other bridges. 1 A steamer was blown against the South- ern rallway draw bridge over the Bigbee river in Alabama, sending part of the struc- ture to the bottom. Landslides occurred in two tunnmels on the Cincinnati & Southern railway near Harriman, Tenn. All streams are baakfull, the Alabama river risitg nineteen feet at Miilstead, ‘mear Momtgomery, night. Flood warnings were sent out by the Montgomery weather bureau. The Misslssipp! has passed the danger line at several places, but the levees are holding. The OLlo is rising. South Dakota Also Sufters. MITCHELL, S. D., Feb. 28.—(Special Tel- egram.)—This part of the state was storm- swept yesterday afternoon and last even- ing. The snow had practically disappeared | yesterday and the weather was of a thaw- | ing character. Snow fell during the day and at 6 o'clock | a strong wind came up and the conditions | | were those of a blizzard during the night. The Milwaukee road did not send itd pas- senger train west last night, because of the | storm, and snow plows were sent out this morning to open the road. The storm was about the worst experi- enced this winter. The thermometer did | | not reach zero. ABERDEEN, 8. D., Feb. 28.—(Special Tel- | egram.)—Yesterday's snowstorm, which be- | came a blizzard during the afterroon, was | worse than for years. No loss of life s feared, as the storm came on gradually. Trains on all lines were very late or aban- doned. Several sfuck in the snow at vari- ous points. The weather today is clear and cold. . Sleet and Snow in K TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 28.—A flerce bliz- zard is sweeping across this portion of the state today, with the air full of sleet and snow. The temperature registered 17 7 o'clock a fall of 27 degrees since 7 | o’clock last evening. This will cause great suffering among western range cattle, where | the ground is covered with snow. | GARDEN CITY, Kan., Feb. 28.—Western | Kansas is buried under what probably is the heaviest fall of snow ever experienced | and to figure personally in politics. in this portion of the state, snow covering the ground on the level to a depth of twenty | inches. The indications are that loss to stock will be heavy. Feed is scarce. Unlon Pacific train No. 2, which left Den- | | ver yesterday afternoon for the east, ha: | | been stuck in the snow near Cheyenne | Wells since 8 o'clock last night. Engines | sent to the assistance of the train are meet- | { Ing with much difficulty owing to the heavy | drifts. | Farious Blizzard in Montana. RED LODGE, Mont., Feb. 28.—A furious | blizzard has been raging throughout this | section. Several inches of snow has fallen | and is being badly drifted by the high | winds. Unless there is a sudden fall in the | temperature it s not bellevea stock will suffer materlally. do Trains Blocked. DENVER, Colo., Feb. 28.—The storm | over the eastern and southern part of | Colorado and western Kansas delayed all trains and in some instances completely blocked the trafic on the Rock Island. The storm was worst betweea Limon and Colby, Colo., and trains were held at Goodland, Phillipsburg aad Selden, Kan. | Dining cars were attached to all of them, | 80 no suffering resulted to the passengers. The company has two rotaries at work, and expects to get the road open tonight. Trains left tonight on schedule time. Union Pacific trains due this morning from the coast and from Chicago were in- definitely late. A heavy wind blew and filled the cuts with snow. On the level the snow averaged about eighteen inches. Blizsard in Wisco: LA CROSSE, Wis., Feb. 28.—Tho mild weather and recent rains have caused flocds in the country and much damage is reported. Last night a flerce blizzard struck the city and the temperature dropped 80 degrees. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 28.—High winds prevalled here all day and great dam- | Calo (Continued on Second Page.) | New York, for Rotterdam. ~ . THE BEE BULLETIN. for Nebraska—Falr and Warm ; Monday Fair. Page. 1 It Pays to Be Good in R French View of Roosevelt. Eleven Lives Lost in- Flood. Propose Changes in Constitution. Fatal Stabbing Ends Saloon Row. Misno Asks Pardon for Senter. News from Nebraska Town Lillle Case s Nearing Its End. Serlous Fire at Nebraska Ofty, ind of Bowling Tournament, n Tumblies Into Diteh. derer Knapp a Degenerate. Past Week in Omaha Soclety. Calls Morgan America Bluffs and lowa News. Weekly Review of Sport Help for the Old People's Home, Aftairs at South Omaha. Summer School for Omaha. Man Who Routed Roodle Gang. Still Worship Astec Gods, Niobrara and the Elkhorn Road. Modern Books in Second Place. In the Domain of Woman. Amusements and Music, Editorl Ra ds Evade Taxation, Says Husband Felgned Insanity. Story, “Flower o' the Corn.” Markets and Financial. 12 13 14 15 It 10 Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Hour. Deg. Hour, Des. 16 ». 13 ». 11 ». 11 ». 11 ». 13 ». 14 » 16 STRICKLER GOES TO NEW YORK Well Known Attorney Aceepts Posi- with Big Mining Corporation. tion Attorney Virgil 0. Strickler Iy to leave Omaha and take up his residence in New York City. How soon, Mr. Strickler himselt doesn’t kmow, but as quickly as he can adjust his busi- ness matters here, which will probably be this week. He will abandon .his law practice in Nebraska courts entirely, but perhaps will not be able to dispose en- tirely of his other interests so soon, and anticipates the necessity, and the pleasure, of occasional visits here. Mr. Strickler's plans are of retent making and the result of a three months' visit down east in the interest of western mines he either owns or has Interests in. The mines needed heavier financing than the owners could give and Mr. Strickler went after it. He not only got it, but he got himselt a fat salaried position as counsel for the corporation that will assume con- trol. This corporation is made up of sev~ eral men who are at the heads of other enterprises and have joined In promoting a $10,000,000 capitalization for the develop- ment of these mines and some similar west- ern undertakings, Because of his exten- dartug: e | sive acquaintance in the west and for other obvious reasons Mr. Strickler was offered not only a place as counsel, but also a seat on the board of directors, and has ace cepted both. His removal to the east will take from Nebraska a simon-pure specimen of the genus “hustler.” Wheu he came up from Luray, Va.; in 1887, to practice law in Ne- | braska he boasted that he had a university education and $45 as his total assets. Since then he has been somebody's attormey in each of more than 700 lawsuits, and made money on real estate and business deal when older men were losing, until he is “pretty well fixed.” And between times he found opportunity to write the Australian ballot law in the form Nebraska still uees, to draft numer- ous other important legislative measures, He bas dropped the ‘politics ‘‘because it pdy,” but out through thir state and a good many others, people still remember | the time Strickler took a carload of en- thusiasts east to attend the birth of the populist party; how he subsequently “landed” the national convention for Omaha and how, mitteeman of the populist national com- mittee, he campaigned with “Jim" Weaver while his own chances of election as state’s attorney went glimmering. “I am leaving Omaha and this state with considerable regret,” Mr. Strickler said yesterday, “but I feel that I can do better where I am going and o am forced to say a reluctant but most cordial goodbye." DISCUSS THE TAX SITUATION Committee of Ten Meets with Commit- teemen of the Real Estate Exehange. The citizens' committee of ten on tax legislation met with several members of the tax commlittee of the Real Estate ex- change yesterday at the office of T. J. Ma. boney to consider the present situation of the campalgn for municipal taxation of railroad property. Senators Hall and Howell and Representative TenEyck were present and offered some suggestions, also explain- | Ing the situation at Lincoln. A suggestion was made that the com- mittee should take a stand in favor of the tax levy as made by the city council by urging the mayor to sign the levy ordi- nance, but it was decided that this mat- ter was beyond the jurisdiction of ‘commlittee. On_ Baturda, to Thomas Kimball 100 feet front on Twenty-fourth avenue, between St. Mary's avenue and Harney for $,000. Ii Is an- nounced that Mr. Kimball will improve the property at once by the erection of two arge houses on it. e. Movements of Ocean Vessels Feb. 28. | New York—Arrived— 0ol and Queenstown; Pennsylvania, from Hamburg. Salled—Etruria, for Liver- | pool; Belgravia, for Hamburg; Kroonland for Antwerp; Miunetonka, for London; Fur- nessia, for Glasgow; Bohiemian, for Liver pool At York. At Southampton—8ailed—Philadelphia, for New York, via Cherbourg and passed Hurat Castle. At Moville—Salled—Tuslania, from Liver- pool, for Hallfax and 8t. John, N. B. At'Genoa—Arrived—Lombardia, from New York At York. At Naple At Livery tie, from Antwerp—Sailed—Finland, for Hamburg—8alled—Blucher, Salléd—Slellia, for New York Phoenicia, for New York; Welmar, Genoa, ctc., for New York. At Havre—Arrived—L Aquitaine, from New York. BSalled—La Bretagne, for New York. 4 At Bremen—8alled--Barbarosa, York At Rotterdam—Sailed—Staatendam, New York At Liverpool—Arrived New York. Bafled—1 mbria w At _ Boulogne—Arrived—Ryndam, for New for Lucania, for York trom doesn't | still later, as an executive com- | the | Charles E. Willlamson sold | New | from | for New | from | FIX UP ORGANIC LAW Indications Bome Amendments Will B Offered to Voters of the State. COMMITTEE WORKING ON THE CHANGES Governor Miokey Persistent in Urging that Action Be Take THREE AMENDMENTS CONTEMPLATED Bweesy of Adams Oounty Has a Judi Reapportionment Measure. WOULD LEGISLATE SEVEN OUT OF OFFICE Pharmacy Board Shows Legislature it Was Mistaken in Resolutio= Regarding Accounting for Fees. (From a Staff Corres LINCOLN, Feb. 25.—(8pecial.)—Although the session is far spent, there is every probability that the present legislature will not adjourn without effecting, or trying to effect, plans for needed amendments to the state constitution. The house committee on constitutional amendments will meet Monday and perhaps arrive at some definite decision as to the character of procedure. It s probable that the idea of constitu- tional amendments will prevail over that for a constitutional convention. The la ter proposition is now pending before the senate in the form of a resolution, but it does not seem to have gathered to itselt substantial support. As' was Indicated by his interview pub- lished in The Bee, In addition to his inau- gural message, Governor Mickey favors the submission of constitutional amendments to the ratification of the voters rather than the proposition for a constitutional conven- tion. He has been In consultation with the committeemen in the legislature having these matters n hand and urged his recom- mendations with them. It appears that the governor and the committeemen, at least a good many of the Iatter, are agreed that at least three changes should be made in the organie laws of Nebraska. These are in the number of members of the supreme court, ipcreasing them from three to five or soven; plans for the safe investment of the permanent school fund and the increase in the sala- ries of state officers. In the proposition concerning the supreme court it is also urged that the members should be paid at least $5,000 a year, as it is held this would have a tendency to Induce eminent jurl to accept places on this bench. Governor Mickey is especially desirous that every wise provision be made to insure the best possible character and talent for the high- est tribunal in Nebraska. And it appears his eentiments fmd ample approval smong members of the legislature. iengthening Oficial Terms. In connection with proposed constitu- tional changes there is a demaad, how great it cannot be said, for the extension of the terms of state remators and rep- resentatives from two to four years. O tain members of the house committee constitutional amendments have advocated this proposition and may urge it before t! remainder of the committee. Sweezy of Adums, speaking of the matter this morning, said: “I am convinced that our state would | profit if the men elected to make the laws | could serve for four, iustead of two years. | The average legislator serves but one term and is out of office really before he reaches his highest stage of usefulness to the state in this capaeity. I realizo that such a change as this would strike the mass of people, at first, as too radical, but 1 believe it is right and would be so re- garded i the people would give it their best consideration.” Already bills have been introduced in the house and senate providing for changes in the ballot law so as to place constitu- tional amendments at the top instead of the bottom of the tickets, thus insuricg better results at the genaral elections. Bx- perfence has taught thatas a rule a vast number of voters overlook or for' some reason fall to vote on constitutional amendments when they appear at the bot- tom of the ticket, has always been the case In this state. This is given as the reason for the fallure of passage of the constitutional amendments which already | bave been submitted to the people ot Ne- braska. New Judicial Districts. Representative Sweezy of Adams has completed his bill for the reapportion- ment of the judicial districts in the state. It makes some interesting changes. Leav- ing the number of districts, fifteen, the same, it cuts down the number of judges from twenty-elght to twenty-one, taking one from the Third district and one from the Fourth. The Third district is com- posed entirely of Lancaster county, with | Lincoln as its center, having three judges, | and the Fourth of Douglas, Washington, ;s"py and Burt, with Omaha as its center | and a total of seven judge | district would, under the Bweezy bill, have six judges and Lincoln two. Every other istrict in the state is left with one judge each. The bill contemplates & reduction of the district court expenses, including salaries, of course, of $36,000, and is designed to give each district, as near possible, 65,- 000 inhabitants, Of course the Fourth | district exceeds this number very ma- terially. The districts under this bill are: First—Richardson, Pawnee, Gage. Second—Otoe, Cass, Nemaha, Johnson. Third—Lancaster. Barpy, Fourth—Douglas, York, Polk, Hamilton, | Burt. Fifth—Seward, Dodge, Cuming, Colfax. Jefferson, Fillmore, ondant.) Washington, Butler. Sixth—Saunders, Seventh — Saliné, Thay Zighth—Thurston, Dakota, Dixon, Cedar, Plerce, Knox atté, Madison, Boone, Stanton, ckolls, Webs r, Adams, Clay. Hall, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Twelfth—Dawson, Bufialo, Custer, Blaine, Thomas, Hooker, Grant, Logan, McPher. son, Arihur and the unorganized territory 1oining Thirteenth — Lincoln, ~ Perkins, Keith, Banner, Scotts Deuel, Cheyenne, Kimball, { Bluft, Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte. Fourteenth—Kearney, Phelps, Gosper, | Frontier, Hayes, Chasé, Dundy, Hitchoock, Red Willow, Furnas, Harlan, Fifteenth-—Holt, Rock, Brown, | Pana, Cherry, Bheridan, Boyd, Loup, | fleld, Wheeler and the unorganize tory adjoining. This {s the second judiclal reapportion- ment bill before the legislature. Warner of Dakota is the suthor of the one in the senate. It reduces the total number of judges only three. Nelther bill has the sanction of all the judges, if any, in the | state. And there is a great deal of oppo- sition to them from ouside sources. The | argument, especially from the western end | of the state, where one judge bas & mum- Keya Gar- terri-