Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 17, 1903, Page 1

STABLISHED JUNE COMING TO OMAHA Prosident in to Visit Bix Nebraska Oities Late Noxt Month. STRENUOUS WESTERN TRIP IS PLANNED Beveral Daily Visits Are Arranged for Nine Weoks' Tour. WEST AND NORTHWEST TO SEE ROOSEVELT Executive Will Be Kept Busy Traveling Over Oountry, DUE TO REACH ALLIANCZ ON APRIL 25 Grand Island, Has(ings, Lincoln, Fre- mont and Gate Olty Are All to Recelve Calls from Na- tlon's Head. President Roosevelt will spand the night of Monday, April 21, in Omaha, arriving at § o'clock in the evening of that day and departing at 6 o'clock the next morn- ing for the south. He will be given first & drive about the oity by his hosts, the governors of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Den, and then will be tendered a dinner at the Omaha club, but thers will be no public reception. Thus is Omaha to have reparation for the disappointment of last fall, when the president was to have graced the carnival festivities with his presence the night of September 27, but was prevented from doing o by the increasing serfousness of the injury to his leg. At that time Becretary Cortelyou, for the president, implied that the latter would yet carry out his plans and the Ak-Sar- Ben governors accordingly renewed thelr invitation, with the result that it has just been formally accepted by the president, for this new date. The substitution of a carriage drive for the customary publio Teception is at the wish of the president and will have the effect of giving moro persons opportunity to see him with less fatigue to them and to the executive him- self. \ Nebraska Cities on the Ro Practically every Nebraska polnt that was on the list last fall is on the Mst now and will be honored with the executt presence for about the same length of time contemplated in the original plan. The The first important stop will be at Grand Island, where the presidential party will spend all Sunday, April 26, and until 9:30 Monday morning, when it will proceed 1o Hastings. The mayor of Grand Island s to have charge of the arrangements there and Senator Deltrich of the arrangements at Hastings, his home town. About 2 p. m, Monday the party is to ar- rive in Lincoln, where there 18 to be a car- riage drive, arrangements for which are 10 be under the supervision of Congressman Burkett. From Lincoln the party, abandon- ing the Burlihgton, will go over the Elk- hom to Fremont for a thirty-minute stop and then come into Omaha over the Unton Facific, arriving here ‘at or about § p, m. Provisional- outiines of all local programs are to be submlitted to the president’s new weoretary, Mr. Loed, within the next few cays. Full detalls of his entertalnment here tave not been decided upon, but they will te in chacge of Senator Millard. The names of all who will be In the president's party during the trip have not been announced. When the president leaves Omaha, early In the morning of Tuesday, the 28th, he will | 0 directly to St. Louts, there to particl- vate in the dedication of the exposition grounds. Itinerary of Tour Ready. WASHINGTON, March 16.—Severs ators and members of the house of rep- resentativey from western states today had conferences with President Roosevelt con- cerning his approaching tour of the west and northwest. Dates for the president’s visits to cities of the several states tr be included In his journey were discussed. A few changes were made, but the itinerary of the trip practically has been completed with the exception of the time of arrival ard departure from a few pla: The itin- erary now is in the hands of tLe raliroads for exact determination of the running time of the president's train. The party will leave Washington on the morning of April 1 and proceed to Chicago. April 2 will be spent in Chicago. Thence the president wiil go to Madison, Wis., ‘where, on the morning of the 34, he wiil address the legislature in the statehouse. Waukesha and Milwaukee will be visited mext. He will be entertained at a banquet by the Merchants' and Manufacturers' as- soclation of Milwaukee. The next morning, after a two hours' stop at La Crosse, he will go to St. Paul and Minneapolls, leaving the latter oity late that night and arriviog in Sioux Falls, 8. D, the next morning. After a brief stop there he will go to Yankton, Mitchell and Aberdeen, 8. D., and Edgeley, N. D. On the morning of April 7 he will reach Fargo, N. D, and vislt Jamestown, Bismarck, Mandan and Medora, all in North Da- kota. He will visit Livingston, Mont., on Wednesday, April 8, and arrive at Cinne- bar, Mont., at noon of that day. Clanabar is at the entrance to the Yel- lowstone park. The president’s train will be sidetracked there until Friday, April 24, President Roosevelt, accompanied by Secre- tary Root and John Burroughs, the poet- paturalist of New York, will make an ex- tended tour of the Yellowstone National park under the guidance of Major Pitcher, the park superintendent. president will be escorted by a picked de- tall of soldiers. It is understood that Sec- retary Loeb and the other members of the wresident’s party will be on the tram at Ciunabar during the president’s absence, but communication will be maintained with the president daily during bis absence, Alllance First Nebraskas St On Friday, April 24, he will leave Cinna- bar and after passing through Livingston, Mont., and Billings, Mont., arrive at Al- Ilance, Neb., late on *he afternoon of April 25. After a short stop there he will pro- ceed to Grand Island, Neb., where the will spend Sunday. During Monday, 27, be will visit Hastings, Linceln, He will spend the April Fre- night early mont and Oma at Omaba and reach Shenandoah, Ia., on the 28th. During that day he will make brief stops at Clarinds, VanWert, Osceola, Des Molnes, Oskaloosa and Ottumwa, all in lowa. Pacslug the night on the train, the pres- tdent will arrive at Keokuk, Ia., on the morning of the 29th and on that day will visit Quincy, 111, Hannibal, Mo, Loulsiana, Mo, and Qlarksville, Mo. He will arrive at St. Louls late in the afterncon. That night and Thureday, April 30, will be speat in 8t. Louls, where Mr. Roosevelt will partiel- pate in the ceremcnies incident to the ded (Continued on Becond Page) On this trip the | | Shanghai, party | ), 1871. 1¢ tarpolas arrived from Australia foda; ool ditional news of the typhoon iy dp wave at the Pearl island group w middle of January The French government has investigated the disaster and found that between (00 and 600 islanders perished during the storm. After the wind had subsided and the waters receded bodles of drowned natives were found tied to drees about the place The Islands of Hao, Morakau and Hi- queru are virtually wasted away, as they are at preseat little above the sea level and are destitute of vegetation. On them man cannot subsist, as the soil has van- fshed and the cocoanut trees are dried up and dead After the storm passed the survivors were in a piteous plight. Food was at a discount, and from combating tons of wa- ter the sufferers were brought to the brink of death from being thirsty. Shelterless, nude, weak and discouraged, It {8 not to be wondered at that a few of them looted the neighbors’ goods. However, on the whole, tho order was commendable, The rellet from thirst came in the form of condensed water provided by Mr. Gil- bert, an American, who secured the eon- sent of Dr. Bounat! to distill water. The administrator was at first skeptical, but, having refused consent, ho was given a small quantity of fresh water from a minfa- ture condenser constructed by Mr. Gilbert. At length two tanks, some frames of an iron bed, for use as tubes, and some tubs were found. With this primitive machin- ery 200 gallons of fresh water wore dis- tilled dally for several days. The last sensational hurricane in the district swept over the Samoan and Navi- gators islands fourteen years ago today. Six warships and ten other vessels wero lost and 142 officers and men of the Ger- man and American navies lost their lives. Of all the ships in the barbor the British corvette Callipos was the only one to escape, owing to the masterly seamanship of the captain and the general rule on Eng- lish vessels never to let steam go down. FOREIGN EXHIBITS AT FAIR France to st Be Well Represented at Louts, t About Germanmy. Some Doubt BERLIN, March 16.—The St. Louts expo- sition appropriation of 175,000 marks will be presented to the budget committe of the Reichstag tomorrow. The committee, which is largely composed of party leaders, has been systematically cutting down the government's requests, and may take off the appropriation fur St. Louls. Interior Secretary von Pasadowski-Wer- ner, it is understood, canvassed the com- mittee rather carefully and is in doubt whether he can secure a majority for leav- Ing the item as it {s. The argument whict the imperfal secretary is using is that the honor of the government Is fully committed to adequate representation and it will mot do to affront the United States by backing down, PARIS, March 16.—Minister of Public In- struction Chaumle bas issued a decree gov- erning the exhibiticn of French works of art at the St. Louls exposition. It establishes the French section of the fine arts exhibit and directs that it be opened from May 1 to December 1, 1904. It will be limited to works of art produced since 1892, The works of art are divided into six classes—first, paintings; second, la quarel- les, miniatures; third, sculpture; fourth, architecture; fifth, engravings and litho- graphs; sixth, porcelaln and mosalcs and works of metal, wood, leather and silk. Coples are excluded. Each artist is lim- ited to six works. Their merit will be de- cided by a jury to be pamed later. The ministers of public imstruction and com- the expenses of installstion and exhibition. TO BE NO WAR AT PRESENT Trouble Between Salvador and Guate- mala to Be Settled by Arbi- tration. PANAMA, March 16.—Cable dispatches received here from Salvador say the ef- forts made by Consul Gemeral Chocano have mude poesible a peaceful arrange- ment of the differences between Salvador and Guatemala, which, it Is added, will be submitted to the arbitration of a Spanish-American president Senor Chocano at first proposed that President Diaz of Mexico be appointed as permavent arbitrator, The Guatemalan army will be disbanded shortly. The presidents of Guatemala and Salvador have expressed thelr gratitude at the medi- ation of Senor Chocano, who is consul gen. eral of Peru at Guatemala City. OFFENDERS TAKEN TO JAIL Detaulti Officers Are Placed Be- hind Prison Walls at Manila. MANILA, March 16.—Willlam Wilson, former disbureing officer of the bureau of coast guard and trapsportation here, who was arrested at Montreal, om the charge of embezzling $5,000, arrived here from Montreal today in custody. James Beabam, disbursing officer of the Philippines bosrd of health, who was re- cently convicted of altering the accounts of the board, arrived here today from from which city he was extra- dited . The two prisoners Were taken to fail. OFFICER TAKES HIS OWN LIFE lice Sergeant of St. Louls Cammot Stand Criticlsm of His OM- clal Conduect. BT. LOUIS, March 16.—Police Sergeant John Noonan of the Fourth preclnet, in which vice and corruption disclosures were recently made by the grand jury, com- mitted suicide today by cuiting his throat and shooting himself in the abdomen. He trom nerveus prostra- Night and His WASHINGTON, March 16.—Reports from the bedside of Mr. Justice Day of the su- preme court continue favorable. His tomperature which has given the physicians some coocern, had dropped to wormal. Acoompanied by Senator Dietrich He Pre- sents Papers for Attorneyship. HULL TALKS ON POLITIOS IN I0WA “presses Confidence In His Ability Win Out in Contest for He- nomination in 1904 Cam- palgn, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 16.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Senator Dietrich, with Chalrman Lindsay of the republican state committee, called on tho president today for the pur- pose of pers Ily presenting Mr. Lindsay a8 the eandidate for the United States at- torneyship. The fight over tho district at- torney has drawn its weary length along since December. Sepator Dietrich h grown weary of inaction and he now pro. powes to actively push the candidacy of Lindsay for the place and insists the rank and file of the republican party of the state asks his appointment at the hands of the president. Mr. Lindsay's inorsements were presented to the president. Commissioner Richards 111 W. A. Richards, commissioner of the gen- eral land office, Is confined to his home with an attack of grip. Mr. Richards has been working very hard stnce he became the head of the land office and is considerably run down in consequence. His physiclan has ordered him to remain closely at home for a few days. Hull Not Alarmed. The so-called “Iowa Idea” as to tarift reduction will be tried out in the coming campalgn in Polk county and will be along the lines as enunciated by Governor Cum- mins in his recent speech in Des Moines. The contest will be watched with Interest Dboth because of its tariff features and also because it will determine whether the vet- eran representative, J. A. T. Hull, Is to re- ceive another nomination. Recent dis- patches from Des Molnes to the tern press have been proclaiming the defeat of Captain Hull and the triumph of the “lowa idea,” or, in other words, Governor Cum- ' 1deas of a material reduction of cer- taln of the tariff schedules. Captain Hull, who has been tarrylng In Warhington since the adjournment of congress to set- tle up odds and ends of interest to his constituency which he had not the time to attend to before, has about cleaned up his slate and will leave for lowa Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Mr. Hull will plunge at once Into the local political fight and does not by any means feel alarmed because his opponents a few days ago se- cured the election of a majority of the county committee. “I don’t care whether the other fellows bave the county committee or not,” said Mr. Hull. “All that committee has to do 18 to call the primaries for the nomination of a republican candidate for congress. For several years the committee has been witn me, and 1 have been accused of doing all sorts of things. Now I am perfectly willing to let the other eide have the committee. Cummins and I live In the same precinct, and [ easily beat him there In the last fight. He and his friends say they ean defeat me at the primaries for nomination next year. I am not entirely convinced that they can. As to the “Iowa idea” we hear b much about just now, I am free to confess, I don't know exactly just what Is meant by it. I do kmow, however, that the president and leading republicans gen- erally propose to do nothing to causc a slackening of the present prosperous con- dition of the country, and do not intend to haeard it with premature legislation which would send us Into the next na- tional campaign with panicky or disturbed commercial feellngs instead of the back- ing which will surely come with a continua- tion of prosperity. So far as & revision of the tariff 1s concerned, the republicpns, if in power, will legislate along lines to pre- a | serve prosperity instead of destroying it. merce, jointly with the state, undertake ' It is never good policy to set fire to a bridge which is safely carrylng one over. |In my opinion. lowa republicans will be loyal and in ord with the president and the national platform when the time comes for them to act.” Houtine of Departments, Charles P. Schwar of Hebron, Neb., and Samuel C. Jobnson of Knoxville, Ia., were today admitted to practice before the In- terior department. Kennett R. Andrews and T. G. Rhoades were designated members of the clvil sery- Free delivery service will be established June 1 next at Ames, Ia., with three ca riers, one substitute and fourten street letter boxes These rural letter carriers were ap- pointed today: Nebraska, Columbus, Harry Beardsley, regular; Barle Weaver, substi- tute. Iowa, Crawfordsville, Heary Whitt- rig, regular B. B. Wittrlg, substitute. Holsteln, George D. Agnew, regular; Mrs. Emma Agnew, substitute, The corporate existence of the Commer- clal National bank of Waterloo, Ia., h been extended until the close of business March 16, 1923 > The Corn Exchange National bank of Chicago has been approved as reserve agent for the First National bank of Fonda, Ia. These rural free delivery routes will be abllebed April 1: Iowa, Brighton, Wash- ingtom county, two routes; area covered, 34 square miles; population, 965. South Da- kota, Blkton, Brookings county, two addi- tional routes; area, 92 square miles; pop- ulation, 1,000. Judge Van Devanter Sworn In, Judge Willis Van Devanter today teok the oath of office as circuit judge of the Bighth judicial circult and this evening left for St. Louls, where by special re. quert of his associates on the circult bench he will sit with them In the celebratea merger case of the Northern Becurities company. After being eworn Into his mew position today, Judge Van Devanter's as- sistants. twenty-five in number, In the legal branch of the Interior department, presented him with engrossed resolutions expressing their appreciation of his work in the department and with & handsomd &0ld watch fob, handsomely jewelled. Becomes Assistant Secretary, Rudolph Forster of Virginia was ap- pointed today assistant secretary to ihe president. He was educated in this city and is a graduate of the Cclunbia univers- ity law schools He entcred the g vernment | service in 1894 and since 1900 has been ex- ecutive clerk o the president. Wyoming OMel Approved. The senate In executive session today confirmed the following nominations: Ern- est Lson, minister resident and cousul general at Monrovia, Liberia; Jobn D. Daly, surveyor general of Oregon; A. B. Hayes, solicitor of internal revenue; James N. Kelly, receiver of public moneys at Bozeman, Mont.; John A, Swenson, recelver (Continued on Second Page.) 1903 MEN NOT ORDERED TO QuIT Tralnmen on Chieage & Alton Have No Intentlon of Striking nt Present, 8T. LOUIS, Mareh 16.~P. H. Morrissey, grand master of the Brotherhood of Rail- way Trainmen, wl shown the dispatch from Chicago stating that the tralnmen of | the Chicago & Alten railroad had been di rected to strike unless their demand for an increase of wages is agreed to by the officials of the road, sald there was not a word of truth in it. Mr. Morrissey dietated the following statement, which he sald covers the situa- tion on the Alton road: The report sent out from Chicago tha h of the Chicazo hoen directed thelr dema an casq of | wikes is agresd to By the officl road has no foundatien in fact | There has been 80 praposition to strike | submitted to the employes of the system and there can be no §trike unless th | ployes authorize It By a two-thirds vote. | The committee representing the trainmen nd conductors afe conferring with the | general officers of the raliroad company as | to wages and rules governing their em- | Ployment, und thers 8 every reason to be feve they will reach an amicable agr ment The fact that an officer of each organiza- tlon connected with the committee in Chi cako yesterday has mo significance. These officers wera enroute from St. Louls to St Paul and incldeatally met the Alion com- mittee In Chicago yesterday, as they may have met committees of othcr line VOTE WILL FAVOR STRIKE Employes of Nefv York, New Haven & Hartford Demand Con- ecasions, NEW YORK, Mareh 16.—According to employes of the New York, New Haven & Hartford ratlway in this city the vote of the men will show a large majority to be in favor of a strike if eoncossions cannot be secured. The canvass of the vote probably will be complete by tonight. When asked about the standing a com- mittee of citizens would have If they should endeavor to bring about m settiement an official of the raliroad company sald: The rallroad has stated its position through its president and there is nothing more o add at the present time. J. P. Morgan and other members of the board of directors of the company were In conference with President Hall today. It was sald there was nothing to give out. President Hall of the railroad company sent a communication to the joint com- mittee tonight, snmouncing that he will meet tomorrow. The committee have accepted the invitation, and therefore will not announce the result of the poll. It s understood that it is the idea of President Hall that this meeting is to be informal, and for a discussion of the r sons why the company has not been able to formally meet the joint committec. NEW MEN REFUSE TO WORK Workers Imported by the American DBridge Company Join the Strikers. PITTSBURG, March 16.—After waiting several weeks for the striking structural iron workers to work the American ‘Bridge mmymnm to Im- port men and today thirty-elght men reached here from Louisville. They were met at the state convention by a force of detectives and escorted to the company’s offices, but after learning the situation they refused to work and later joined the strikers at thelr headquarters. The company |8 determined to resume and declares tbat more men will be imported at once. It the strikers interfere with them an uppeal for protection will be made to the court. The Louisville men will be sent home by the strike: MARIETTA, O., March 16.—The Ameri- cun Bridge company brought forty men here today to take the place of the men | who are out on a sympathetic strike and thirty of these men went to work om the bridge over the Ohlo river. A number cf special policemen have been sworn in. GENERAL BOYCOTT ORDERED Kansas City Union Men Urged to Aveld Merchants O Teamste: KANSAS CITY, March 16.—The Industrial council has passed resolutions urging the | similar |of this short campalgn consisted of about | HARRIMAN OUTWITS KEENE Battle Between Wall Ftreet Giants for Oontrol of Bouthern Pacifio. FORMATION OF POOL AND ITS RESULT Effort to Send Stock o ton Road to Par Only Fises Ita Control by Union Pacifie More Firmly. NEW YORK, March 16 firm of Talbot J. Taylor & Co. has issued a call for proxies to be voted at the annual meeting of the S8outhern Pacific on April § Unfon Pacific has also sent out a cali for proxies, The meaning of these two events Is very plain. It is that the speculative forces of Wall street’s greatest speculator are arrayed for battle against the corporate powers at the command of Wall street’s greatest raliroad king The origin of the struggle dates back more than & year. At that (ime James R Keene began to ask various capitalists in Wall street certatn questions relative to the possibility of getting up a pool in Southern Pacific stock. As week followed week more and more of Wall street's spec ulative fraternity professed a will to enlist under the banner of Mr. K @ campaign to put this stock thirty or forty | points higher than ruling quotations. All| Iast spring Mr. Keene and his leutenant Talbot J. Taylor, worke unceasingly in the completion of this pool. They tried the market thoroughly. They put the stock | through its paces and discovered just how | much it could ba moved hy the buying of a | certain amount; how easily it broke under | selling, how strong & beur party bad to be met and defeated on each move of the game, how much capital it was necessary to have behind the manipulation and, in | fact, they gained in those months of skirm- ishing all the knowledge that it was deemed | necessary to possess if the undertaking of the pool w to be carried through to a successful termination. Keene's Plan Well Latd. On Mr. Keene's return from Europe last summer the real campaign began. The great leader told his fricnds that it would be short and sbarp, and that by the end of September Southern Pacific would be selling at par. The pool at the begluning (Special)—The 300,000 shares of the stock of Southern Pa- | cific and wi composed of about elghty members. It was the biggest speculative pool, and the richest, that Wall street has ever seen. It had behind It an aggregate capital of nearly $100,000,000. The mem- bers of it wcre strong and confident, amongst them were numbered some of Wall street’s oldest and wisest brokers, at lea two raflroad presidents, two chairmen of raflroad boards, and five independently wealthy capitalists. Hardly a man in It but was a director of one or more corpor- atlons whose stock Is listed on the Stock exchange. The Wall street public knew vaguely ot the pool and to & mad belleved that It would be carried through to a successful conclusion. The name of Keene worked wonders, They knew him as a man who had tasted of both victory and defeat in the war of Wail street. The olger-ones re- membered how once he had gone down In fallure, and with what wonderful resource he had risen again to power and wealth The: younger ones knew him as the “gre bear,” the man whose omslaughts on the market had many a time put to route the strongest bull forces of the sireet, Of more recent years they knew him as the man who bad scattered 10 the farthest corners of the earth the stocks of the United States Steel corporation. For two years he Lad been the most consistent bull. He had been the right-hand man of J. P. Morgan. He had accomplished in two years what no sypdicate had dared to undertake, namely. the distribution of the billion-dollar capital of United States Steel. He had accom- plished this distribution at high prices by the most remarkable bull campaign o all the varied history of the street. What dif- ficulty then, they argued, would this wan have in distributing to the public 300,000 shares of such a stock as Southern Pacific? Confident of His Position. At the outset Mr, Keene assured the members of the pool that Mr. E. H. Har- riman would not in any way oppose the pool operation. They scattered literature across the continent to tell the public that the Soutbern Pacific pool was golug to put 15,000 union men In the eity to boycott all business men who are not in sympathy with the striking teamsters, and the situa- tion is now more tense than it has been sinnce the strike began. A mass meeting in the interest of the striking teamsters will e held tomorrow night, which will be addressed by Mayor Reed and labor leaders. PLANS FOR A ROUGH RIDE Roosevelt May Make a Portion of His Jeurney in Wyoming on Horseback, CHEYENNE, Wyo.. March 16.—If Pres- ident Roosevelt carries out his plan to | ride horseback from Laramie to Cheyenne during the western trip, troop A, Wyoming National guard of this place, will be de- tailed to escort him. A cowboy escort will also probably be provided. The fifty-seven-mile ride from Laramie to this place is filied with polnts of interest, Including some very rugged scenery. Makes & Serio rie. MANTLA, March 16.—General Allan, chiet of the Philippine constabulary, has written to President Gonez of the national party, charging that the party Is assisting the ladrones in Rizal and Bulacan provinces and requesting Gomez to produce the records of the orgamization aud explala the collection and use of the dues. Gomes reported that the party was mnot gullty. He admitted that individual members sisted the ladrones, but sald the parcy ex- | | pelled them for so dolng. General Allan | placed evidence in the bands of the prose- cuting attorney and It is expected that the government will prosecute & mumber of the nationall Smallpox at Basset LONG PINE, Neb, March 16.—(Special | Telegram.)—The town of Bassett, east of | here, is euffering from an epidemic of smallpox. The school has been closed, and all public meetings prohibited. No deaths have been reported in town, although there has been at least one fatality in the coun- try. HAMILTON, 16.—Alfred Knanp, the multi- was given preliminary “examination hefore ~ Mayor Bosch today and held to the grand jury without ball. The testhwony developed nothing new. Knapp was handcuffed, but he court room was | the stock up partly in order that the 750,000 shares held by Unlon Pacific and Mr. Har- riman might be of greater value to those two interests. They stated flatly that Unfon Pacific and Mr. Harrimar would in no wise object to this increase in the valus of thelr assets. At a cost of $40,000 they \ssued & magnificent clotbbound circular telling of the greatness of the Southern Pacific rallioad, its marvelous resources, its wonderful territory, its growing indus- tries, its thriving towns, its rich iineral prospects, its splendid record of earningi They stated In this circular that before the end of 1902 Mr. Harriman and Union Pacific would decide to pay a dividend | of 4 per cent on Southern Pacific stock. They gave to the world the impression that | Mr. Harriman and Unlon Pacific had | pledged themselves ta the declaration of this dividend. They lefl to the world pot & single doubt as to the fact that Southern Pacific by the end of 1902 would be & divi- dend stock, paying its shareholders a rich return on thelr lnvestment | Southern Pacific went up. It went from | 60 to 70 in a week. It went ‘rom 70 to 0 in three weeks. There it checked. Some- | body was selling. Market sharps in the offices nudged one another as they watched | the ticker and confided to one another the | sccret: “Keeae is selling the pool stock.” Harrim: . W to Strike, That was the cruclal moment in the hi tory of this great pool. If it had been true that Keene was doing what his admirers | thought he was doing all would have been | well. It is true that Mr. Keene denied | flatly at that tme that he was selling Southern Pacific, but of course no one be- lieved him. No one ever belleves the leader | of a pool in Wall street, so the public winked and made remarks complimentary | to the gemius but not to the veracity of | James R. Keene. Meantime the selling continued. Southern Pacific was traded in | to a tremendous extent ome days much as 100,000 shares crossed the boar: People began to wonder who was doing the | buying. The stock seemed to be pegg.d around §0. Then, as suddenly as it had become active, the stock became dull. Peo- ! ple sald that Keepe had got out of South- | ern Pacific. | Meanwhile Mr. Keene was having troubles | of his own. It can be stated now In the light | of subsequent events that Mr. Keene had | s0ld no stock of Southern Pactfic. Om the | contrary to keep the stock from dropping back to where it was when tbe pool be- gan he had been obliged to buy an immense smount of additional stock. For once the great leader was beaten. He did not know | (Continued on Becond Page.) | this CONDITION OF TfHE WEATHEP Forecast for Nebraska Wednesday Rains Tucsday and at Omaha Yesterday: dew. Mour, Dew an 1 . . B4 a7 2 [ a7 El 64! a0 e 17 a8 o 52 . 3 “ [ 10 " 12 .. B2 . B0 an an 4 TOWN| Be Observed, Be No » ». » v ». IRISH WILL OWN THE K's Day Wil but There Will Parade. The man who drinks today will do w0 at Iite, and the man who handkerchiet will what hit him. pass, for it the Trish will own There Isn't to be any parade in Omaha nor any other sdrt of open-alr demon- stration, but at night local members of the Anclent Order of Hibernians will cele brate with an entertalnment in Schiitz hall, Sixteenth and Harney stre At there will be an opening address at 8 o'clock by T. J. Mahoney, who is to preside, an address by Rev. J. Fitzpatrick a recitation by M. P. O'Connor and musi- | cal contributions by Miss Genevieve Croft John Gentleman and the Misses Gentle man. At the eonclusion the audience will #ing “God Save Treland.” Not to be outdone, the South Omaha | division of the Hibernian order will have & similar celebration. It will be in the evening at the Hibernfans' hall, Twenty- fourth and N street, and there will be an address by Father Byrne, state chaplain of the order, stationed at the orphanage at Benson. His topic will be the vencrated saint whose name the day bears Another observance of the day at the Lowe Avenue Presbyterian church out on Walnut Hill, where there is to b a program of recitations and music ap- propriate to the occasion. “An Evening in Ireland” will be given at Immanuel Baptist church Already the Shamrock has appeared on many lapels, for sprigs are belng given away at a local railroad ticket of- fice. Haberdashers have done their usual thriving business ' in green necktics; printers are turning out badges and even the green goods men feel that the police should stand back and let them enjoy un- restrained prosperity for a day. Surely St. Patrick is a much-honored man, for he has been dead something like 1500 years, yet the observance of his day | of demise s quite as faithful as it was | years ago, if no more so0. HARRISON IS TO RUN AGAIN ted for a Fourth Term ayor by the Democrats of Chicago. orange phosphate the risk of his flourishes a yellow er revive to learn Green and only green will will be St. Patricks’ day and the town will be Nomi: for CHICAGO, March 16.—Mayor Carter Har- rison was renominated for a fourth term in the democratic city convention here today. The remainder of the slate agreed upon | at s caucus of democratic leaders yesterdey was as follows: City treasurer, Broest Hummel; city clerk, Willlam Loeffler; city attorney, John E. Owens. Just before the hour et for the opening of the couvention, hewever, Loeffler de- clined to run and the name of J. J. Boehm was substituted. The platform adopted deals at consid- erable length with the traction question, advocating the passage by the. legislature of an ennabling act and municipal owner- ship at the earliest possible date. Other | planks are: The Initiative and referendum | on all important municipal questions; the tmmediate lowering of the river tunnels and | the removal of cen‘erpiece bridges, and a deep waterway between the sanitary canal and the Misslesippi river. | MINE BLOWS SELF TO BITS| Three Workmen and Destroy Pit at Card Tiinots. Mysterions Explosions KIill PONTIAC, I, March 16.—Three more terrific explosions occurred at the Car- diff mines last night cnd today. Eix miners were down the pit last night cleaning up the wreckage of Thursday's | explosion, when the first of the last series occurred Men were sent below at once to their aid, and recovered Willlam Hum- | phrey alive but terribly Injured. The dead bodies of two other Bohemians also wers | recovered, but three of the party are still | burfed in the mine. | At 9 this morning the most violeut ex- | plosion of all occurred, blowing out the top of the shaft and wreckisg the top works. Chief Mechanic Michaels was at the mouth of the pit, and was so seriously fnjured that he died three hours later, Another explosion came at 3 this after- noon, but with nc fatalities. The state mine Inspector is at the mine, but is upable to give an explanation of the disaster. The mine will be flooded DAKOTA CHILDREN DROWNED | tonignt | veray {and Wilson remarked: {is so thin skinned he can’t stand new: | quiry. HREE 'SWEEZY IN NEW ROLE Amendment to Revenue Bill Mor Radical Than that of Oaldwell FIGHT TO BE RENEWED IN THE HOUSE ember from Adams Takes Exceptions tc Way Newspapers Quote Him. INVESTIGATORS WORKING SHORT TIME Stuefer Oommittee Waiting for Obairman and Oigar Box for Witnesses. NOTHING DONE ON THE PARDON MATTER Senate Lines Up with House on Taza- tion of Rallway Terminals by Citles Which They Are Located. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 16.—(Special Telegram.) The fight on rallroad taxation has been revived in the hous Sweezy of Adams submitted an amendment which, , will reopen the whole contro- The amendment went over by re- quest of the author and may be called up tomorrow. It is Ideutical with the Cald- well amendment which was sidetracked Friday night by the adoption of the Thomp~ son amendment, except that it goes fure ther. The Caldwell amendment took the market value of stocks and bonds plus the indebtedness of railroads as the basis of valuation. Sweezy contends that this does not catch rallroads having no stocks and bonds and that his amendment supplies this deficiency by providing for taxing tangible property of such corporations. Caldwell favors this amendment. He bad determined on submitting some such proposition to modify his original plan so as to consider stocks and bonds not us the basis, but as an item of valuation. Opponents of the Caldwell amendment are opponents of the Sweezy amendment. They see little practical differcnce between them. The chief objection urged to the Caldwell amendment was that it contem- plated a speculative and therefore fictitious basis of valuation and it is argued this element is not satisfactorily eliminated by Sweezy's plan. Sweezy voted for Thomp- son's amendment. Loomis of Dodge m.iy submit a proposition to tax proprietary Tnes when the fight Is again in full sway. Friends of the Thompson amendment will steadfastly support his propositien. Some excitement was provoked in the Louse tonight when Sweezy offered a reso- lution providing that the bouse proceed no longer without au official stenographer to report the remarks of the members. He was impelled by the alleged failure of the newspapers to correctly quote bim and other membe The resolution was voted down, h wever. Douglas of Rock, Thompson of Merrick, Wilson of Pawnee and Good of Nemaha deprecated its adoption. They (hought the reporters did pot Inteptionally misrepresent the actions of any member. Thompson observed that the newspaper men were entitled (0 commiseration be- cause of the poor asccoustics of the hail, “Any member who it is s paper criticlsm ought skin.” The house spent the afternon on routine and the night considering the revenue bill, making a few minor amendments. investigators Are Idle, Nothing has been done by the spectal bouse committee appointed by the speaker to fn- vestigate the bond-purchasing methods em- ployed by cx-State Treasurer Stuefer. As has been sald, the committee 1s without head. Three men have been named, and have declived (o serve, but the third, Doug- las of Rock, not having “formally” ten- dered his declination to the speaker, the epeaker is deterred from appolnting anyone clse to act as chairman. As early as last Thursday Mr. Douglas informed the news- paper men that be would not serve on this committee; this morning he repeated these words. But Speaker Mockett, when asked this afternoon what he had done about the chalrmanebip, sald the matter still rested with Mr. Douglas, from whom he had re- ceived no notice of his “formal” decltna- tion to serve. Those who are in earnest in demanding this Investigation before it 1s time to act on the claim of $2,000 which Mr. Stuefer has in the claims bill, are disposed to think that, whatever the motive, the mat- ter of an investigation will be deferred by this chalrmanship proposition uatil it js too late to do anything. It is possibles that one of these gentlemen will call this matter up in the house unless the speaker takes action In & day or so. As is re- flected by the state prese, the demand for thie lnvestigation is general and persistent, and it is evident that disappointment will foliow a fallure to bring about the inquiry. Waltlug on Sammers. to thicken up his On the subject of investigations it may be remarked that matters seem to be at & andstill in the Bartley “cigar box" in- Chairman Knox of the committes sald today he and his assoclates were anx- fous to get down to business again, and would as econ as possible. The revenue { bill debate last week in the house nece Break Through Hotten Ice and Meet Their Death Water MILBANK, 8. D., March 16.—Two chil- dren of Charles Bracht, a farmer living west of here, broka through the ice yester- | day and were drowned. | {PROPOSE TO TAX RAILROADS Missour! Senators Favor Bill Muleting Tracks and Wires for Sup- port of Roads. | | | iy ! the interrupted these hearings, but it is boped that this week something can be ac- complished Chairman Knox of the Bartley investiga- tion committee tonight announced a mect- ing for § o'clock tomorrow morning. £. Summers bas agreed to be present. s in the case of the investigation or- dered into the affalrs of Stuefer, so in the Bartley fnvestigation, great imterest is aroused over the state. If the extracts from the state papers form a just criterion demand for a thorough and honest problug of this matter is overwhelming It s the general opinion that the commit- tee could obtain access to some vital facts 11, proceeding with tne examination of wit- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.,, March 16.—The | senate today passed Field's bill to asse rallroad, telephone and telegraph companiea for road taxes. i v * March 16 Arrived—Ryndam. Boulogne; Ivernia, Movements of Ocen At New York. Rotterdam and Liverpool . At Plymouth—Arrived—Kalser der Grosse, irom New York Salied raf Waldersce, from Hamburg, for New York At _Dungeness -Passed -Lindenhall, from San Francisco. for London At The Lizard—Passed—Zeeland, New York. for An*werp. At Cherbourg—arrived—Koenigen Luise, trom New York, via Plymouth. for Bre- men, and procecded: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. from New York, yia Plymouth. for Bremen, and proceeded. "Salled -Konig Al- bert, from Bremen, for New York At 8t Michael—Arrived-Commonwealth from Naples, for Boston. At Bremen— Arrived—-Koenigen trom New York At Jaffa—Arrived—Ka'serin resia, from New York ports, on Orlental cruise. from from Wilhelm trom Maria The- via M(\‘HVI’I‘DL’U\' nesses. Pardon Matter Drags. The house judiciary committee to whick wes delegated the task of lovestigating the Bartley pardon to determine ite legality, likewise has done nothing. Neleon of Doug- las, chairman of that committee, said to- ¥ be though! the committee would get down to work on this right away. The committee will find strong demands for and againet this lnvestigation. From the first of the session influences bave been at work to stall off any and all investiga- tions relating to the Bartley case and these powers have increased thelr efforts of since this agitation has become so genersl. Prominent lawyers of the legis- lature think there is more availabie ground on which this committee could proceed than any of the other investigating bod- les. The facts that the pardon made out was never signed by the secretary of stal bis oficial seal mever lmprinted on it an