Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 2, 1903, Page 1

ESTABL{SI;ED JUNE 1 : RACE PLAYS NO PART Boosevelt Vigoronsl; De‘ends His Policy in Bouthern Appointments. COLOR 1S WEIGHED IN NEITHER BALANCE | Would as Boon Consider Oreed or Birth- place in Filling Offices, HOSTILE CRITICS MOSTLY NEW YORKERS | Men Totally Unaffected Btart Outory for Heasons Hidden, SAYS PUBLIC SERVANTS NAMED ARE GOOD Refers to Many Promises to Remov Democrats and All Who May Be Proved Unfit for Positions Given. ATLANTA, Ga, March Roosevelt has written to the editor of the Constitution defending his policy with re- gard to federal appointments in the south The letter was In reply to & request from the editor that Mr. Roosevelt answer cer- tain criticlsms passed on his actions by Harry Sulllwell Bdwards of Macon The letter follows Dear Mr. Howell: As to federal appoint- ments in the south, frankly, it seems to me my appointments speak for themselves and that my policy iy celt-explanatory, So far from feellng that they need the slightest apology or justification, my position is, that on the strength of what I have done, I'have the right to claim the support of all good cltizens who wish not only a high standard of federal service, but fair and equitable treatment to the south as well as to the north and a policy of consistent justice and #ood will toward all men. Conwiders Loeal Prejudices. In making appointments I have sought to consider the feeling of the people ot each iocality so far as I could consistently do €0 vithout sacrificing principle. The prime tests 1 have applled have been those of character, fitness and abllity and when I have been dissatisfied with what has been vftered within my own party I have without hesitation gone to the opposite party, and sou are of course aware that I have re- peatedly done this in your own state of Georgia. 1 certainly cannot consider color a bar to nolding office (for did I do o 1 should be sbliged to consider creed or birthplace also), slways provided that in other respects the applicant or fncumbent ls a worthy and well behaved Amerfcan citizen. Just as little, however, will 1 consider it s conferring a right to hold office. I have veant sympathy with the man of mere the- ory who refuses to face facts, but do you not think that in the long run it is safer for averybody If we act on the motto “All men up” “rather than on that of ‘‘Some men down?’ 1 ask you to judge not by what I sy, but what during the last seventeen months 1 have actually done, In your own itate of Georgla you are competént to judge ‘rom your own experlence. In the ik of the cases I have Teappolnted P fent McKinley's appointees. l have m: were, 1 agree, changes for the better an he worse. Whites Often Supplant Blacks. 1t happens 1 have appointed a white man to succeed a colored man as postmaster at Athens and surveyor ot Atlanta. In Bauth carolina [ mil 'l_y- ted u white postmaster. ve nominated % colored man to fill a vacancy in the posi- fon of collector of the port of Charleston, ust_as In Georgla 1 have reappointed the Jolored man who 18 now serving as collector 4f the port of Bavanuah. Both are fit men. Why the appointment of one should cause “ny more excitement than the appointment T ihe other 1 am wholly at a loss to Imagine; need hardly say that to connect elther of hese appolntments, or any or all my other _ppointments, of my actions Jn upholding she law at Indtanela, with such questions “social equality” &nd “Negro domination 18 as absurd @s to connect them with the acbular hypothesis or the theory of atoms. 1 have consulted freely with your own senators and congréssmen as to the char- scter and capacity of any appointee In eorgia concerning whom there wero was question. M dvisers in the state have been Major Hensonn of Macon, Wal- ter Johnson of Atlanta, both of them for- mer confederate soidiers, and Harry Sull- well Edwards, also of Macon. 1 believe you will agree with me' that in no state would it be possible to find gentlemen bler and more upright or better qualified ou_ will not for fill_the positions they have filled with | ference to me. In every instance where ihege gentlemen hve unitea in making a Jecommendation 1 have been able to follow Jheir advice. Am I not right In saying hat the federal oficehoiders whom I have ppolated throughout your state are, as a vody, men and women of a high order of efficlency and Integrity? 1f you know ny federa) offigeholder in Georgla of whom {hin is MOE tFU@ DTay let me know at once. « will welcome testimony from you or from any other reputable citizen which will tend t show that a glven public uricer Is un- worthy: most emphatically short will be the shrift of uny one whose lacx of worth is proved. Incidentally, I muy mention that 8 large percentage of the incumbents | of federal offices in Georgla under me are. ¢s 1 understand it, of your own puliticai ‘aith, But they are supported by me in every way as long as they continue to ren- cer good and faithful service to the public Refers to Many Demoerat This is true of your own state, and by applying to Thomas Nelson of Virginia, to General Bastl Duke of Kentucky, to George Crawford of Tennessee, to John M@liheny of Louisiana, to Judge Jones of Alabama | and Edgar 8. Wilson of Mississippl, all of them democrats and all of them men of the highest standing in tueir respective communities, you will find that what i have done In Geotsla stands not as the ex ception, but as the rule for what I have done throughout the south. 1 have good reason to bellev: appointees in the different states men tioned, and as the aum of the parts is the whole, necessarily in the south at large, repregent not merely an improvement upon é that my those whose places they took. but upon the | whole a higher standard of federal service than has hitherto been attained in communities in question. 1 may add that the preportion of. colored men amoug these new appointees is only about 1 fn 100 In view of all these facts I have been surprised and somewhat psmed at what seems to me the incomprenensible outery in the south about my actigns. an ou apparently started In New York for reasons wholly unconnected with the question nom inally at issue. 1 am concerned at the at titude thus taken by 8o many of the south- | ern people, but I um not in the least angry; and atiil less will this attitude have th effect of making me swerve one hairs breadth, to one side or the other, from ths course 1 have marked out. the course [ have consistently followed 1> the past and shall eonsistently follow in we future, With regards, sincerely yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. BALDY SMITH PASSES AWAY PHILADELPHIA, March 1.—General Wil- lam Farrar Smith, better known as “Baldy” Smith, one of the prominent figures of the civil war, is dead at his home in this city. He was in his S0th year. He entered West Polnt at the age of 17 and when the civil war broke out was made commander of the Third Vermont regiment He rose rapidly and became one of (he leading figures in that struggle. Fifieen years ago he engaged in (he work of improving the rivers and harbors in Delaware and Maryland and made his home in this city. About a year ago he retired trom this work and last November he took a cold, from which he mever recovered He 18 survived by a dsughter and a son, who is an assistant naval comstructor General Smith's death reduces the corps commanders of the civil war to four, 1.—Preetdent | of | the | NI)AYV MORNING, MARCH o = 1908. COPY THREE CENTS. {INVENTORS IN_THE ASYLUMS WORK OF THE SHORT SESSION PASSENGER TRAWS COLLIOE | FLEE FROM INVADING FLOODS | Russian Scientist Says that Mental Straln Drives Them (Copyright. 1%2, hy P, Publishing Co.) ST. PETERSBURG, March 1.—(New York | World Cabiegrem — Speblal Telegram.) Prof. Stiel of St. Petersburg, an authority on brain diseases, has been collecting sta- tistics cf mental aberration due to straining of the inventive faculties. He says the number of nventcrs in Russian asylums for he irsane has increascd fivefold in tem years. The number now s nearly 1,300, of whom elght are women A physiclan who went mad tr flexible artificial limbs with joints is now engaged in the asylum in gro:esque ef- forts to invent a marionette which can walk around the room without stumbling. | A chemiet who became insane in an at- {tempt to discover new artificial soll ferti- lizers imagines himself a grain of wheat and l¢ constantly planting himselt in differ ent kinds of solle to observe me effects. One woman is ceaselessly wrapping up a large doll with different kinds of bandages but, as she remains obdurately eilent, it is diffcult to guess what her ideas are. was a typewriter who lost her reason an attempt to Invent a noiseless machine. Another woman s at work Inventing an | ointment to smear on children's bodles to keep the cold out. CUNARD WE Those In in ted Only Recelve Informal Note the Day Before the Wedding. (Copyright 1993, by Press Bublishing C LONDON, March 1—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Mrs. Padel- ford's wedding with Mr. Cunard was only were invited by informal notes sent qut by her the day before. Ambissador Chod:e accompanied the bride to the church. She ‘was extremely nervous and anxiously asked the ambagsador if she had arrived before the bridegroom. But the latter was tharo already. The bridal robe was a doucet frock of champagoe colored crepe with masses of deep plaits and a falling cape of guipere over the sleeves. In addition to the embassy people, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lorillard were present The first month of the honeymoon will be passed in Paris. Then the couple will motor to Nice to stay with groom'’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ridgley Carter gave a luncheon Sunday in honor of the bride and bridegroom at the Cariton. NO TERRORS IN PNEUMONIA Itallan Physician Discovers a Serum Which Robs Disease of Danger, el (Copyright, 198, by Press Publishing Co.) ROME, March 1.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Speciel Telegram.)—Prof. Guido Tizzonl of the Bologna university has discov- ered a sorum which s said to render pneu- monia comparatively harmless, depriving it of its dangerous character. ments on strictly s one of the most important medical dis- coveries of recent years, and ome likely to lower materially the death rate in all countries. Prof. Tizzon! has already discovered the curative serum of tetanus, or lockjaw. He was born in Pira In 1858, took his M. D. at the Naples university, studied under Virchow, and was appointed to the chair of pathology at Catina, from whence, in 1880, he went in the same capacity to Bologna. Tizzoni 18 also an ardent politi- clan and a member of the Itallan Chamber of Deputles. Century Mark Does Not Keep Two Noted Ones from Ranks of Mentally Active, | Copyright, 198, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, March 1.—(New York World Ca- French medical men is Dr. David of Mont- pellier, who celebrated his 103d birthday on February 10. The doctor was born on the 19th day of Pluviore year IX. and prac- ticed medicine until he reached the ripe age of 99 years. He then retired and went Dr. David is in full possession of all of his facultles, is an authority on certain diseases, and patlents still consult him, some from great distances. Another grand old man of France is Ernest Legouve, the academician, 96 years old. He is still hale and hearty, continues in literary work and every morning has a | quarter hour's bout with his foils with his fencing wmaster. Indeed he is a firm be- Mever in every kind of physical exercise and especially fencing as a source of longe- vity. COLOR AND PERFUME STATUES School of Parisian Sculptors Have Taken Up with a New F New (Copyright, 193, by Press Publishing (o.) PARIS, March 1.—(New York World Ca- blegram — Special Telegram.) — The latest notion among Parisian sculptors is to per- fume as well as color their feminine fAigures. The practice of tinting the marble to such an extent that in the last few years |a pure white statue, particularly repre- senting & woman, has been a rarity. The younger men, in their desire to pro- duce something ultra iesthetic, mix their paints with oils especially prepared with powerful perfumes, thus glving an added touch of realism to the statues by making an appeal to the sense of smell as well as to the sight. The true Parisian is an en- thusiastic advoeate of perfume Phipps Further Alds India, CALCUTTA, March 1.—Henry Phipps, di- rector of the Carnegle Steel company, who gave Lord Curzon $10,000 on February 1 to be devoted to some practical object for sclentific research, promising to be of en- during benefit to India, and who, on Feb- ruary 3, gave Lady Curzon $10,000 for her to Lord Curzon today a further sum of $50,000 for the promotion of agricultural and scientific educaticn. overnment Alds Strike Se VICTORIA, B. €. March 1.—At the min- ing couveption here last night Premier Prior was present and announced that the government would pay the expenses of commission, to be named by the conven- tion, to proceed to Fernle and endeavor tu settle the coal mivers' sirike. The an- pouncement was received with surprise, e t ing to in-} She | DDING IS PRIVATE | attended by intimate personal friends, who | fine | the bride- | the great German pathologists Scron and | FRENCHMEN WHO LIVE LONG| blegram—Special Telegram.)—The dean of | to live at Montpellier with his daughter. | has | been gaining in favor with French sculptors | Victoria memorial midwifery fund, handed | 4, " ‘\:gmv Has Done During the Last Th-ee Month B | CONTROW ATION OF COMMERCE Crestion of « #t Position Which WL Have { i¥ge of the Basi- ness tnterests of the Conn- try at Large. (From a Staft Correspondent.) | WASHINGTON, March 1.—(Special.)— | Three or four years ago the corresponden: of a.great metropolitan dally newspaper recelved a dispatch from his managing ed- itor which read ‘When is congress likely to adj ? Rush answer.” There are a great many people in country, including managing cditors of im portant newspapers, who do not who fail to remember that under the law | the final session of every congress mus' adjourn sine die at the cloze of the legisla- | tive day of March 3. This means, invaria- bly, at noon on March 4 of each 0dd num bered year. The final sescion of the Fifty- seventh congress will adjourn on Wednes- day next at noon. It will have mass of bills, probably upward of 10,000, | umacted upon at ihat time, but the short session will nevertheless be notable for the great amount of legielative work ac- complished dulng the last three months Because there are a few days morc remaining in which bills may be through ome or both houses, it is impossi- has been accomplished. But the short ses- slon of this expiring congress has enacted no less than four iaws directly aimed at trusts, which have been the prime objects of attack for several years past. The first | of the four has for its purpose the ex- | pediting of the hearing and determination of suits in equity now pending or which be brought in the future under any aws now in force, or that may be here after enacted, upon the certificate of the | attorney general that the case is of gen- |eral public importance. The second act | directly related to anti-trust legislation is {a clause in the general deficiency bill au- | thorizing the president to appoint an as- tant attorney general at a salary of 000 and another at $5,000 a year, and also uuthorlzing the attorney general point two confidential clerks without refer- ence to the Civil Service ralaries of $1,600 a year each. | may These new as may be assigned to them by the attor- ney general, and it is of in looking especlally ‘after the cnforcement of anti-trust law Funds and Machinery. | of the government are therefore provided for enforcing the observance of the laws to regulate commerce and to protect the busi- ness interests of the country agalnst un- lawful restraints and moncpolies. This law generally known as the Sherman anti-trust was originally introduced by the late John Sherman of Ohio, them chalrman of the finance committee of the senate. The so- called Sherman law was reported from the Ohio statesman's committee with a favor- able recommendation, but it was subse- | quently referred to the committee on the Judiciary, over which former Senator Ed- munds presided, and it was a substitute, sembling the original in but few par- | ticulars, that was finally reported back by | the senator from Vermont and subsequently passed by both houses. In a letter written Edmunds says that the judiciary committec was at that time “‘unanimously of the opin- fon that the bill it reported was in respact | of its general scopa an exercise of vhole constitutional power Jf congress, which could only legislate for ¢he frecdom and regulation of commerce with foreign nations and among the several states.” He adds, “and I am of the same opinion still.” He then says: “The only difficulty with the bill we reported and which becsmie law was the want-of adminfstration, that 18 to say, that the law was and is entirely | capable of putting an end to eo-called with or restrain commerce among, the ment having charge of the enforcement of i the law understand their duty and are will- | ing to do it, being, of course, supplied with | suMcient means to put it in force.” In | conclusion, he says: “What is needed is not, so much, more legislation as competent and earnest administration of the laws that | exist. I have mo doubt that the present | ants will find easy means, If supplied with course under- | | stood that their duties shall consist mainly | with the necessary funds and machinery | Iaw, because the bill which led up to it | a short time ago referring to this act, Mr. | the | trusts and such combinations as interefere | states, ete,, if the officers of the govern- | | attorney general and his very able assist- | carrying out the order, on the ground (hat | | Engines Smashed, But No in a Wreek on Unlon Pacifie. One In- Jured CHEYEN) Wro. Telegtam.)—No. 1, eastbound, met headon at March 1.-—(Spectal westbound, and No. 1 Megeath, ffty ! miles east cf Sidney, Neb, on the Unton | Pacific at an carly hour this .oorning. No. 4 had orders to meet No. 1 there and to tako | the siding, but the air faled to work and | this | know or | the eastbound train crasbed into the fiyer. | Three engines were badly damaged, but ag far as can be learned no one was injured Traffic was not delayed to any great . fer No, 4 wae not runming fast and the aceldent occurring at the switch little diffculty was experienced in clearing the track OGALLALA, Neb., March 1.—(Special Tel- egram.)—"rain No. 1, limited, westbourd and tra'n No. 4, the Overland, eastbound were in collisicn at Megeath at 3 a. m. to- day, caused by the airbrake not working on No. 4. No. 1 had two engines and the | three engines on both traing were damaged left a vast still | rushed | ble at this time to say accurately just what | | could be found last night, said: to some extent. No persens were injured No. 1 was standing on the main track wait- ing for No. 4 to take the siding. Th wreck oce) g at a siding other trains were not delayed. Passengers on the ed trains were (ransferred to other Fresh cngines were semt to the scene from Sidney and both trafns proceeded. No. 4 arrived in Omaha at 9:40 last even- ing more than fourteen hours late, but a large portion of the delay was previous to | the wreck and due to drifting enow. Thomas M, Orr, secretary to the presi- | dent, the only officer of the company who “We have received nothing but Incomplete report but they state no person was injured. I do not know esaétly how the accident hap- | pened nor who was responsible.” NEBRASKANS BITE AT FRAUD With Towans aund Others Buy Bogus Timber Lands in Oregon. BAKER CITY, Ore., March 1.—A timber land swindle, in which a number of Ne- braska, lowa and | been caught, has, it is stated, been discov- to ap- | ered at Sumpter. Persons from these states arrived here | recently to look up timber land, purchased commission at | officials are directed to perform such tasks | | enforced | the necessary funds, to arrest the progress | !and undo the mischievous work of such | great and injurious combinations as have | 50 largely come into recent existence. | New Cabinet Office. The act to establish the Department of Commerce and Labor also creates a bureau | which will have its effect upon trusts. This is the bureau of corporations, over which James R. Garfleld, son of | president, has been sppointed to preside. | Under the act authority is given to the | commissioner of corporations to make in- | vestigation into the organization, conduct {and management of the business of any corporaticn, joint stock company or cor- | porate combination engaged in commerce among the states or with foreign nations, | except railroads and other common | riers. The information and data gathered is for ‘Ahu purpose of enabling the president to recommend to congres such legislation for the regulation of commerce as may be doemed desirable under the circumstances. car- | able to carry on his investigations, 1s given | power similar to those held by the Inter- | state Commerce commission, including the right to subpoena and compel the attend- ance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documents and also to ad ! minister oaths. The act, however, does not interfere in any way with the business of private individuals, nor does it organize an investigation into their affairs Asainst Railroad Reba t | | The fourth of the acts affecting trusts | enacted during this short session of con- | grees is that kmown as the Elkins anti- rebate act. Its eblect is to prevent undue discriminations in the way of rebates and makes the recipients ©f such rebates as well as the giver subject to a flne of from $1,000 to $20,000 for each offe to the Interstate Commerce commission | Mewmbers of that bLody dezlare their beliet that in substituting fines for imprisonment as penslty for violatons of the Interstace Commerce act will enable the commission to secure convictions In many cases where such eonvictions would be impossible if (Continued on Fifth Page.) the martyred | 1 | The commissioner, in order that he may be | | The enforcement of (his law Is entrusted | Roo | | they had s For the first time the chiet law offcers | tor | darkness. | to his home. from a company that had been aperating in the east. It wae represented that a large eastern syndicate was soon to begin operations here and that quarter sections of timber land that could be located for from $100 to $125 would, Within a short time, enhance wondertully in value. Some of the investors, it is stated, have been shown fine bodies of timber land which lected only to find that the loc tor had picked out for them a worthless piee of rock land. i WATERBURY RIOTS RENEWED Both Sides Fire Shots nnd T Attack Prosecuting Atterney on Street, WATERBURY, Conn., March 1.—Little of note was reported today in the strike situation. As Manager Sewell was riding home on the Waterville line last night the car was fired on by a man shrouded in At the samoe time stones were hurled at the car. Three arrests were made today. Prosecuting Attorney Durant was at- tacked by two men tonlght as he was going They knocked him down with clubs and fists and as he lay on the ground he fired: four shots at them. One bullet weat up through the hat of one of the men and krocked it off. Attorney Durant brought the hat back to the police station. The men escaped with no clue s to their identity. TRY TO TAX MERCHANTS NOW Indian Authorities cision on ased with De- attle Import—Mulet Storekeepers. ARDMORE. 1. T., March 1.—It Is stated here today that Indian Agent Shoenfelt has instructed the Indian police agents to col- loct the tribal tax of 1 per cent on the dollar valuation of merchants' stocks in the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations, Agent Shoenfelt js sald to be acting on the authority of Secretary of the Interior Hitchcoek, who holds that the tribal tax is valid and, like the cattle tax, may be The merchants will ask for an injunction to restrain the police from the tax is invalid RAILROAD MEN DISSATISFIED Seek Shorter Hours and Better Sys- tem of Filling Conductors’ Vacancles. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 1.—A large delegation of ‘rainmen, freight and passen. ger conductors and firemen of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad was held today to draw up a eet of demands to be presented to the officials of the road. | The demands include an eight-hour day and extra pay fcr work done over that time, and that the freight conductors be promoted to the positicn cof passenger conductors when vacancles occur, instead of the posi- tions belng & baggagemen. BUFFALO VICTIM IS BURIED Burdick's Remains of His Widow and Children, Interred In the Presence i BUFFALO, March win L. Burdick. who was murdered last Thursday, was today taken to his former home In Canastota, N. Y., near Syracuse, for burial. Mrs. Burdick, her three child- ren and two close personal friends went with the body after a brief funeral service had been held at the house. The authorities are inclined to the the. ory that the crime was committed by a woman FIRST LADY RETURNS HOME Mrs, The body of Ed- Roosevelt Leaves for Washi ton After Visiting Sous £t Sehool. GROTON, Mass., March 1.—Mrs. Theodore velt, who has been spending several days at the Groton school with her two sons, Theodore, jr., and Kermit, left for Washington this afternoon. She was accompanied by her daughter Ethel and a maid. BOSTON, March 1.—Mrs. Theodore Roose velt and her party passed through the ety this evening bound for Washington. ex- | Illinois fnvestors have | Pittsbnrg Residents Take Refuge in Upper Stories When Waters Rage. {BOATS PLY ON ALLEGHENY STREETS Rivers Take Possession of Roadway, Forcing Vehicles to Stay at Home and Trafe to Float Aloft. PITTSBURG, Pa, March 1.—Swollen | tributaries forced the Ohfo river over its | banks today, flooding hundreds of houses and sending the occupants to seek refuge In_the upper stories. Mills on the low lyink levels throughout | the county, | sixyy, were flooded, and 38,375 men thrown | 1d1€ for four or five days. | The flood was general throughout west- | ern Pennsylvania, the streams everywhere {overflowing their banks and causing more or | 1ay aloag their course burg cellars and basements of business | houses were inundated, while in Allegheny two railroads were temporarily paralyzed Pecplo in the First and | Allogheny had to employ boats on the streets, skiffs being commoner than wheeled | vehioles Ample warning had been received by most {of the residents and business houses to minimize osses. The highest stage reached by the swollen rivers at Pltisburg was 204 feet at the government dam at 6 this evening. It became stationary at mark and gradually subsided. Three hours later the record was 20.1 feet. The Market | street guage at 8 o'clock showed the high- (0 be 286 fect. In an hour after it had fallen a little over an inch. The govern- ment guage at Davis island dam, five miles below the city, showed the highest stage to be 26.5 feet at 9 o'clock, when the waters were stationary began to fall | The cold weather which set in I | served to check the flood. Soon after day- light the water took possession of the point districts in Pittsburg and ‘came up almost to Penn avepue. All lower Alleg- | heny felt the severest effects of the high | water and practically every house between | Isabella street and the river from the | Ninth street bridge to the Point havo cel- | lars and first floors flooded. The Pittsburg | & Western railroad and the Buffalo, Roch- | ester & Pittsburg tracke are under water, necessitating thelr sbandonment tem- | porarily. Boats Protected in Time. t night River men took early precautions to place shipping under safe control and as a result property of that character suffered comparatively little. From the territory up the Monongahels | and Allegheny rivers comes reports of much | damage by the flooding of the lower floors of | houses, mills and factories. From all points above on both rivers the waters are re- ported as either falling or stationary and danger 1s averted. Towns below here on the Ohlo, however, are still to have thelr worst experiences. At MoKees Rocks and CorpoMs, a few miles below Pittsburg, the river tonight Is 50 high that the business sections of both places are under water and several street car lines were forced to suspend operations. East Liverpool repdrts thirty feet of water, thirty-five houses flooded and sev- eral of the pottery plants damaged, of which the Thompson Pottery company will suffer most. Street car service to Smith's Ferry -has been abandoned. At Wellsville, four miles below East |'Liverpool, the mill of the American Tin- plate company is partially inundated and scores offamilies are suffering. Steubenville, 0., reports thirty feet of water and rising five inches an hour. Five mere feet are expected,” which will cause the Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Cleve- land & Pittsburg railroads and mills on the low ground to PARKERSBURG, Va., March 1.—The Ohio river 1s rapidly approaching the dan- ger line and predictions are that it will-be in the lower streets by Monday night. Forty-one feet are expected. | So far no houses have been reached by the flood, but men have been busy all day moving goods out of cellars and warehouses | in the wholesale district and moving peo- | 'ple in low eections out of their homes. | Many homes are flooded in the Little Ki | nawha valley. Today's cold snap will check | the water and the Little Kanawha river is already falling. ntie Boat. PHILADELPHIA, March 1. ale Disables A pany arrived here today from Antwerp after a voyage of 18 days, during which it encountered terrific gales. On February 14 a severe storm struck it trom the northwest. The storm continued several days and during fts height the | steering gear gave way, leaving the vessel helpless for three days. The vessel sus- tgined other minor damage. Switzerland carried 231 passengers. Wheeling Mills Submerged. WHEELING, W. Va., March 1.—The dan- ger point in the swell of the Ohio has | been reached and the river is still rising | The stage at 11 was\37 feet 6 inches and it was rising six inches an hour. with Indica- | tions for a maximum etage of 41 or 42 feet | Wheeling island, a portion of the south side and half a dozen blocks from the river fronl_ o the hill in Bellaire are under water, but” merchandise and household ef- fects have been removed in most instances, The iron and steel mills on both sides of the river have been partially submerged end as the industrial establishments gen- erally are iv the low-lying districts they will be compelled to svspend opera‘lonms. Trafic on the Baltimore & Obio river roads was delayed several hours. Tonight tracks of the Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohlo, Wheeling & Lake Erie and Cleveland, Lor- aln & Wheellng raflroads are submerged #t different points and no trains are run ning Evansville Also EVANSVILLE, Ind river is sta‘lonary | stood at 32.9. Monday All the side streams are still rising rapidly. Rough and Pond rivers are out of tholr banks and thousands of logs and tfes were lost today. | worse rise than that of a few days ago, as the headwaters are rising and the southern rivers are bank full. Reporis tonight say Fear: March 1.—The Ohio here tonight and at § It is expected to be rising on high. Boats have been unable many of the Paducah for two weeks to make Prestdent of | MONTEVIDEO, | Ordonez Uruguay. ruguny Elected. March| I,—Jose Batele was today elected presideni of number{ng between fifty and | ss damage to houses and farms that | Downtown in Pitts- | Third wards of | that | est point reached by the Monongahela river | From that time the flood | ‘The steamer { Switzerland of the Mercantile Marine com- | River men fear a much | the Wabash, White and Patoka rivers are | landings between here and | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr Monday Tuesday: Warmer Monday and in Portion Tuesday and West Yesterday: Dex. 5 Temperature at Hour. Deg. .15 1 14 10 20 28 . 20 as om Hour. 2 8 4 5 o 7 s o 0 12 .. poom. JEALOUS HUSBAND SHOOTS Frank Robinsom Takes Two Shots at Robert MeCullen, Doesn’t Kill. but Thirteen months of dome: infelicity |led up to a shooting yesterday afternoon, | wherein Frank Robinson of 215 Willls ave- nue seriously wounded Robert McCullen. The shots were fired in the saloon of Rem- ington & Burk, Sixteenth and Nicholas streets. The wounded man was taken to | Dr. fe to Clarkson hospital. The wound was found to be In the left side of the abdomen and | not of a fatal character. The bullet was abstracted. Robinson was arrested and charged with shooting with intent to kill, and Mrs. Rob- inson and Herbert Robinson, the latter Mv- ing at 1549 North Eleventh street, who were present when the shot was fired, were taken Into custody as state witnesses. The fight between Robinson and McCul- len was the result of the former’s sus- picion that the latter had been too atten- tive to Mrs. Robinson. Herbert Robinson, who, by the w is no relation to Frank, that McCullen gave him a note ad dressed to Mrs. Robinson, which said: “Sweethea*t, I need some money. Send $2." Herbert says he delivered the note to Mrs. Robinson and then told her hus- band of its contents. Yesterday Frank and Herbert, followed closely by Mrs. Robin- i son, went on a hunt for McCullen. They kept up the search all day, and late in the | afternoon encountered their man in the saloon at the corner of Sixteenth and Nich- olas streets. Here the fight occurred, in which Robinson drew his revolver and wounded McCullen. ' GRAIN SITUATION IN KANSAS W. F. MceLaughlin Says It is Next to Impossible to Secare Cars. W. F. McLaughlin of the Peavey Grain company, Marysville, Kan., is in the city in the interest of that concern. ““Thie grain situation in Kansas is in rel- ative chaos because of the lack of trans- portation facilities,” he said. “It is next to impossible to secure cars, and grain buyers are rather chary about buying grain until the transportation situation is re- lleved. The prevalling price paid for corn there now is 31 cents for white and 31% cents for mixed corn. The corn grading facilitfes are limited at Marysville and bet- ter rates for grain prevall at points sev- eral miles either wey from that town be- cause of the difficulty of hauling over the rough, hilly country surrounding Marys- ville, which Is additionally embarrassed by the prevailig bad weather. “The grain men in southeastern Ne- braska and northeastern Kansas are deeply interested In the strike situation here at Omaha. They are apprehensive that it will further complicate the transportation ques- tion, and defer the longed for relief in- definitely, poesibly until seeding time, which will further delay grain shipments { because of the busy farming season then to ensue and the Indisposition of the farm- ers to haul their grain to the buying sta- tions." FOR GRAND ARMY COMMANDER Judge Estelle and W. H. Green Are derstood to Be Omaha Candidates. ‘o i The next commandership of the Nebraska Grand Army of the Republic is exciting interest even'at this early day. Omaha is in the fleld with two candidates, in the persons of Judge Lee Estelle and W. H. Green. Judge Estelle was a strong candi- date at the department encampment in this city last year, in fact, the only candidate against former Lieutenant Governor C. F. Steele of Falrbury, who was elected. The of Senlor Vice Commander Peters of Bea- trict. The next department encampment will be held at Fremont in May. There will also be a brisk contest for the cholce of delegates to the national emcampment of the Grand Army, which meets at San Fran- cisco in August COTTON WORKERS TO STRIKE Speeded Looms and Other Changes Declde Operators to Leave Mills, NEW BEDFORD, Mass., March 1.—Three hundred weavers employed in the Bristol i cotton mills go en strike tomorrow. The | trouble Is based on complaluts of poor | | yarn, poor flling, poor fixing, high speeded {1ooms and changes in style. | LOWELL, Mass., March 1.—The Lowell | Textile councll, composed of delegates cf {all the unlons organized aemong cotton | workers, has asked the treasurers of the seven cotton corporations for an advance of 10 per cent in wages, to take | March 31. | The mill treasurers sald tonight they wauld reply to the request in writing | within a few days The demands affect 18,000 operatives FALLS FROM BRIDGE TO DEATH Workman Tumbles Seventy-F! and Dies on Lighting Upon Company's Bullding. i Feet ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 1. Baird of Guysville, 0., aged 24, w stantly killed yesterdsy by falling from the Vincent street bridge over the Genes. see river to the roof of the electric light H enty-five feet | It is thought he stepped backward and | fell. > | | Movements of Ocean Vessels March 1, At New York—Arrived—Campania, Liverpool;: Citt dl Milano, from Naples: La Savole, from Havre. At ibraltar—Passed —Cambroman | Genoa and Naples, for Boston Genoa and Naples, for New York. At Prawle F 1 Passed—Staatendam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne, for New York At Liverpool—Arrived—Mongolian, John, N. B., and Halifax. At Queenstown—Salled—Merion, from Boston, for Liverpool; Umbria, from Liver- pool, for New York At Southampton--Satied—RBlu her, from Hamburg and Boulogne, for New York. from Genoa and Sicills. from from 8t Hostetter's office and from there sent south Platte country may present the name | effect | | in- company’s plant below, a distance of sev- | trom | 'RECORD - OF SESSI0 Thirty-Four Days Gone and Important Work Only in Embryotio State. TWENTY-SIX DAYS MORE TO DRAW PAY If Legislative Labors Are Finished it Means Lively Times. REVENUE DEMANDS FIRST ATTENTION Railroads Oenter Their Opposition on Tax- ation of the Terminals. OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS ON TAP No Apparent Inclination to Take the Lid Off the Celebrated Bartley Clgar Box Investi- wate Co (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 1.—(Special)—If the twenty-eighth Nebraska legislature com- pletes its docket within the sixty-day Mmit set by law It will need to mccomplish a great deal more in the next twenty-six days than it has in the last thirty-four. When the recess was taken Friday the | thirty-tourth legislative day was finished. The session reconvenes again tomorrow afternoon. From January 6, whem the session began, up to tomorrow, forty-seven work days have passed, and from Monday until April 1 there will be just twenty-six, exactly enough to complete the scssion. But if the legislature loses as much time, proportionately, this month as it did dur- ing January and February it will come far from winding up affairs by April 1. Thir- teen days during the session thus far it has not put in. Of course, a week of this time was glven up to the jolut revenue committee. When the work undertaken and that com- yleted thus far is compared It appears that! this legislature is, to say the least, a de- liberative body. Of the !mportant projects | ot legislation how many have been con- summated? There s revenue revision, ad- | mittedly the biggest wnd most Important task before this legislature. It really is scarcely out of the shell stage. True, a bill has been drafted and is now in the hands of the standing house revenue com- mittee, but from what is known of that Dbl it Is evident that if it passes at all it will be after a prolonged fight has been made, for it is not one that will meet such general approval as to pass through um- obstructed. Then there is the matter of constitutional amendments, one of the most fmportant before the legislature. Nothing conclusive has been done with it. Governor Mickey has urged action, however, and it s prob- able the matter will recelve some impetus this week, but everything of this character s yet to be accomplished. Some Pressing Questions. Under this head of constitutional amend- ments may be found' sowie: of the pressing questions befors the people of Nebraske. For instance, the persistent demadd for the safe investment of the permanem school fund and the status of the supreme court. Governor Mickey and others aré convinced that immediate changes are im- perative. It 1s proposed that! the bench be enlarged in membership and that the salaries of the members be substantially increased. This all must be done through the process of constitutional amendments. There is, too, a demand of undetermined extent for increases in the #alaries of state officers. This, ‘tco, muot be done through amendments to the state constitution. Of course there is tho demand ftrom Omaha and other municipalities for a law entitling them to lavy a direct tax on railroad terminals for local purposes, a de- mand so persistent that the railroads have arrayed their mightlest hosts against it with unrelenting vigor from the first of the session. They have centered their forces against this proposition as they have against no other one. This still {s un- tended to One bill, H. R. 171, has come nd gone and been succeeded by anothe: H. R. 330, which has been tied up in the | hands of a hostile committee ever since its | introduction. The rallroads are detérmined |to keep it tled up there if possible, or falling in this, as it seems they must, kill the bill in another way. The bills to reapportion the legislative and judiclal districts of the state have just barely been introduced. If they get beyond the jockeying line they will do well. There | are @ lot of other measures of local charac- ter, such as the Omaha and South Omaha charter bills, which have been presented and hung up for mysterious reasoas Cigar Box Lid Closed. But one of the most righteous demands of the people of this state kas not even had a hearing yet, and that is the demand for an investigation into the cigar box mystery in connection with the Bartley case. Some had thought the leglslature would mot fail to address itself to Lhis important matter, | but 1t appears that the legislature is caldly indifferent to it. The only thing that has been done in connection with the Bartley case 1s the introduction of a resolution by Senator Hall of Douglas for the release from their obligation to the state of the men who went Bartley’s security. But honest inquiry develops little or o grounds for belleving that this resolution will ever receive the sanction of the legislatur Probably had not the state of Nebraska been so desperately lu need of drastic revenue revision and pressed its demands with such persistency as to force the logis- | 1ature to pay some attention to them, there would have been less obstruction to faith- ful work. But the rallroads, being ua- alterably opposed to any fofm of revenue revision that would bring them to time on the payment of taxes, simply delermined at the outs:t on blocking every move tend- ing to change the present revenue laws and it must be admitted their efforts have not been in valn. It is sald quite generally that the railroads dictated enough of the revenue bill to make it satisfactory 1o them. The revenue bill doubtless will be turned over to the house by the committee Tu day, when preliminary skirmishing may set in. H. R. 830, the so-called Omaha tax commissioner bill, probablv will get inte the house Tuesday, and possibly Monday. But it will come back handicapped. The majority of the committee on cities and towns, as has already been stated in The Bee, will recommend it for indefinite post- ponement, and the minority for passage, The common ground will be the general file, and it will be the play of the minority to land 10e bill on that base. Unless this can be accomplished H. R. 330 is a “‘goner.” New Light for Court Room, YORK, Neb, March I.—(Speclal)-—The district eourt room has just installed a thirty-six ligkt electroller, which se “a.