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

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JU N 1903. ASK CASTRO TO STOP Venezue'an Legislators Unanimously Reje Proposed Resignation URGE COUNTRY'S CRITICAL CONDITION Erdorse Precent Administration and Recom- mend Its Continuance, EXECUTIVE STANDS BY HIS DEC|S|0N1 Refnses to Withdraw, but Will Offer Some | Buzges'o ! — | | CLAIMS ALLIES SECRETLY AIDED RiBELS Scores Blockading Powers for Resint- ing Arbliration and Insurgents for Accenting Forelgn Ald 1 Revolution, CARACAS, March The Venezuelan | eongress has unanimously declined to cept President Castro's resignation and has | passed a resolution requesiing him to re- consider his decision It is believed he will yleld to this expresscd desire and re- main in power. The congressional hall was crowded yes- terday and all the members of the diplo matic corps were present when President | Castro read his message to congress. After first revelwing the terrible conditions in the country and denouncing the errors of his countrymen, he added It it is pain- ful to consider how much blood has been shed, there is consolation in the thought that out of this bitter stream, by the law of compensation, something corresponding to present day aspirations must inevitably | spring. Every struggle begels an idea and every victorious idea justifies the suppo- | sition that an onward step has been taken on the road to human perfection. Our| victory, citizen legislators, over the great troudles which have just oppressed us must terminate the tumults of our life, other wise we shall reach a shameful dissolu- tion."” Allies Seek to Ald Matos. ac- Touching then on the recent foreign blockade, President Castro said it had been Frought about by a league who, unable to submit thelr claims to the impartiality of the tribunals, had employed force, and that because he refused to submit to the Anglo- German exactions, they, acting In collusion with the revolutionary general, Matos, en- deavored to get rid of him. In confirmation of this statement he cited a letter written by the commander of the German warship Stosoh, President Castro pointed out that the sovereignty of the naidon had been safe- guarded, and said: 1 now deliver my abdication in order that $You, may proceed legally lo call on him whe should take my place so that there may remain to no Venezuelan the siightest pretext for hosulity to his country or for connfvance with forelgners who, without any x‘mnnd save force, fell upon unfor, nate Venezuela, trampiing under foot r son and justice to the detriment of civill- Zatlon. apd. right.. With head uplifted and ‘with a tranquil consclence 1 return to that toll_which honors and aignifies. Al the energies and posaibilities of my life are at 'our service should it become necessary arise and defend our country against the attacks of the foreigners. All the glory 1 ask is to contemplate Venezuela becoming respected. prosperous and happy. Rewsignation Is Quickly Refused. The president of congress then received | President Castro's resignation and a com- mission was immediately appointed to draw up a reply. The news of the president's resignation ecreated intense excitement in political eir- cles, but the city remained quiet. Later a night session of congress wnu:‘ held and a resolution adopted requesting the president to reconsider his resignation in view of the critical condition of the republic and a vote of confidence in his policy was passed unanimously. A com- mittee was appointed to transmit this re olution to the president today. In view of the reasons for the resigna- tion given in the presidential message It | is believed, in political circles, that Senor | Castro will withdraw his resignation. | The delegation appointed by congress led today on the president and pre- sented the resolution unanimously adopted refusing to accept his resignation and re- questing him to reconsider his decision. President Castro, in reply, declined to change his mind, but after being urged by | personal friends, offered to present auother | message to congress on Thursday, to sug- | i gest a solution to the situation. The French warship Troude has left La Guayra. Its departure Is taken to indi- cate that there is no reason to fear in- ternal complications as a result of Presi- dent Castro's resignation. London is LONDON, March 22.—The news of Presi- dent Castro's resignation came as a com- plete surprise to people here, but London 18 deserted today by diplomats and the event 18 little discussed Until Saturday, President Castro's tenure of office was taken as a matter of course. In fact, the reported hitches in the negoti tions with the powers were privately at- tributed to his endeavor to make another bld for popular favor. Some months ago | the possible deposition of the Venezuelan | president was discussed at the foreign office as a serious objection to making terms with Venezuela, with nothing but President Casiro's signature as a guaranty, but since then officlals were inclined to be. Meve that his position was well estab Mshed. Germany Expects BERLIN, March 22.—~The German govern- ment had no warning of President Castro's retirement. The feeling in official quarters is rather one of regret than otherwiee, be- cause the resignation creates uncertainty regarding conditions that were uncorstood during the unfinished negotiations at Washington. A declaration from his suc- cossor that the terms of the settiement already reached will be fulfilled is ex- pected bere. The official mind declines to consider the contingency that the payments under the protocals may be defaulted or the settle- ment repudiated. On the contrary, it as sumes that the new Venezuelan executive will stand by President Castro's engage- ments abroad, in order to have a free hand in quieting the iuternal disorders. Astounded. Assurances. | | | | | | Pope Prays for March ~Considerable impres- slon was made here, especially at the for- elgn office, by tho news of President Cas- tro's resignation, which Is regarded as a sign that the internal situation of Venezuela Is much worse than appeared from the news which bad been allowed (0 leave Venezuela. It is hoped that President Castro’s action will lead to the pacification of the country and the re-establishment of order. The bellef prevails that his disappearance and o ace. (Continued on Second Page.) ‘lhu |CORRAL ROBBERS | Canadian Officers Track Bank Bandits | posse URUGUAY REVOLT IS ENDED Government Signa Peace Pact with Rebeln Threatening Country's Stability, March MONTEVIDEO, signed Uruguay and the retd The revolution brgl the departments of & donado. und thus lasteny ""', bellion was brought aboth party who were dissatisfied W president, Ordonez, who succeedsd lent Cuestas, and with the recent apbe ments of departmental prefects, The government while taking strong mil- itary measures to suppress the revolt, also made certain proposals with a view to ar- riving at a peaceful eettlement. Four gov- ernment delegates were sent the disaf- fected provinces treat for peace and the president of Uruguay authorized them to make conciliatory propositions. They were instructed to inform Senor Saravia the instigator of the revolution, that, a basis of an arrangement, the govern ment would agree to the appointment un- der the direction of the nationalists, or white party, of new prefects in zix depart- menta The uprising was not generally popular, although the rebels mustered 8,000 men, who had destroyed the rallway, cut the tel- egraph wires and were threatening to at- tack Montevideo itself. It appears that the rebels have now ac- cepted the conciliatory propositions made the government. 22.—Peace wau » March 16 In a.and Mal- iThe re- .2 M, to IN BARN Across Fifteen Miles of Country. HALIFAX, N. S, March 22.—An armed of ‘officers from Bridgetown captured two men who are supposed at Granville cash Ferry and secured $3,100 During last night the oficers tracked the burglars for fifteen miles and rounded them up in a barn. At daylight they were or- dered to surrender, which they did with- out showing fight. When searched the burg- lars were found to be equipped with safe-breaking sticks of dynamite. tound on them. some small silver found tools in the bank. PLAGUE HALTS ITS RAVAGES xico Almost Free of Disease and Texas Quarantine xed. Re- MAZATLAN, Mexico, March cases today. The plague ha: checked at Villa Union. LAREDO, Tex. diminished, after forty-eight hours careful dlsinfection. British Buy Mexican Firms. MEXICO CTTY, March 22.—It is reported | that a Chicago syndicate, which has about compieted a deal for the purchase of sev- eral cigarette companies here, will pay | over the money on the completion of the They are documents now being prepared. operating with British capital. Cabinet Crisin, MADRID, the cabinet over the budget to cause a ministerial crisis. which $1,000,000 is for the army. Texas Rallway Wages Raised. HOUSTON, Tex., March 2: & Texas Central today announced April 1. Ex-President Dies in Exile. MAZATLAN, Mexico, March Ecta, ex-president of the republic of Sal- vadore, bas died here in exile, poor and al- most friendless. expenses of his burial. France Threatens China, SHANGHAI, March 22.—It that France has threatened to move French troops from Indo-China iato the Kwangsi province unless the Chinese government suppresses the disturbances. OPERATORS CLAIM VICTORY Say Arbitrators’ Award Practically Vindicates Coal Companies’ Position, WILKESBARRE, Pa, March official of the largest coal corpora- tion here sald today the award was a prac- tical vindication of the caal companies The report and ‘the review of coal mining conditions would be of great ultimate good and peace and normal conditions would pre- vail for the next three years at least All the local company officials will their clerks at work tomorrow to up the bonus coming to each employe the award granting a 10 per cent on wages earned since November 1 The Lehigh Valley has in its employ 006 men and a of them wili ceive from $25 each. The miners also made good since the s.rike ended and will profit the award to the extent of from $40 $60 each on per- centage The Susquehanna Coal company was the only corporation that presented before the commission, but has agreed to abide by the award. It will pay its em- ployes the same rate and in the same man- ner as all the other companies. SHAMOKIN, Pa., March 22.—Several coal operators have decided add one-third of the back wages awarded the miners to their pay for the three weeks commencing March 3. put figure under increase majority $50 wages by re- to w as not rej to [MITCHELL MUM ON STRIKE | Refuses to Discuss Chances of Virgiala Walking « HUNTINGTON, W. Va now believed that quite a number of coal operaters, as well as the miners of West Virginia and Virginia, will attend tomor- row's joint conference. The sessions of the United Mine Workers may continue the greater part of the week Jobn Mitchell arrived tonight, but is re ticent concerning the question of a prob- able strike in Aprik March 22.—It Is today between the government of | SURRENDERS HIMSELF TO OFFICERS ito | today to | have blown open the safe in the Union bank in fully armed and and Only $15 in cash was Papers wrapped around their posses- slon bore figures made by the manager of 22.—There were no deaths from the plague and no new also beeu March 22.—As the num- ber of plague cases in Mexico has greatly the authorities will hereafter permit people to leave and enter this port obeervation and Mareh 22.—Dissensions within still threaten The war min- ister demands an increase of $3,000,000, of The Houston that | trainmen and conductors will be given an increase of 121 and 15 per cent, beginning 22.—~Carlos Governor Canedo paid the 18 reporteg ;TURLE\' KILLS A NEIGHBOR Empties Both Barrels of Shotgun Into Breast of His Viotim Trouble Arises Over Hogs and Lurley Says Bliss Attacked Him with a Pitehfork and He Shot in Self Defense. . SHELTON, Neb, March 22.—(Special | Telegram.)—Tim Turley shot and instantly killed N. P. Bliss today. Both of the men lived on farms threz and one-halt miles north of Shelton, Turley having moved on the Barnhart farm Saturday and was to have charge of a lot of plgs which wera left there by the owner of the place, James Barnhart. Neighbors report the stock had been going to other farmers' corn, piled | on the ground, and wasting much of ‘t Today about noon Mr. Bliss went out into hie fleld, accompanied by his 14-year-old son, and they took a pitchfork along, and as the pigs were trespassing again two were killed. Turley, with his eon, about 12 years old, took his shotgun and started across the fleld to the Bliss farm, wheh ie in Hall county, and where the pigs \sere. By thie | time Mr. Bliss and son had started for their home, which was some forty rods distant, when Turley and son came near and Turley took one shot at Bliss, which missed him. When Bliss turned and eald: “For God's sake, don’t shoot again,” and facing the man with the gun. Turley fired again, striking Bliss in the breast with the full charge from a distance of twenty-four feet. He then took the shells from his gun and dropped them at his feet and reloaded, when the Bliss boy, seeing his father had been killed, began to cry, whereat Turley said: “You stop crying or you will get shot, to0o." Turley came at once to town and gave himself up to the marshal and was at once taken to Kearney. Bliss has been living in this section for a number of years and bears an excellent reputation. He leaves a wife and three children and is a man in moderate circum- stances. Turley is a poor man and has |lived in this vicinity for a number of years and possessed a sort of roving dis- position, but was always considered peace- able. He has a family. The coroner of Hall county will hold an Inquest Monday. Brought to Kearney Jail, KEARNEY, Neb, March 22.—(Special Telegram.)—William T. Turley was brought to this city by Marshal Oliver of Shelton this afternoon and placed in the Buffalo county jail. Some time after moon today Turley 10de up to Oliver's house and gave himself up. saying that he had killed a man named Bliss on the latter's farm, a short distance east of Shelton, In Hall county. Turley's story is that he has been living on and, taking care of a farm adjoining Bliss' farm. This morning some of his hogs got out and got onto the other man's land. He wemt with his boy and another lad to look for them and discovered that Bliss had killed three of the animals. When he came upon Bliss a quarrel en- sued and Turley says that Bliss came at him with a pitchfork. Turley had a double- barreled shotgun, and when Bliss was about twelve feet from him emptied both barrels, the loads taking effect In Bliss' breast. ;| Turley did not examine the man to see it I he was killed, but returned to his house, saddled a horse and rode to Shelton, where he gave himself up. Ho Is a marrled man, about 30 years old, and has four chiidren. He has lived in and about Shelton most of the time for nine- teen years. Bliss was about 55 years old and was also married. The sheriff of Hall county is expected to arrive here for Turley Monday morning. NEWSPAPER PLANT BURNED Norfolk Pres: Much Suffers Entire Loss and Other Property is Indiana Men $tr CRAWFORDSVILLE, Bert and Jesse Hills, section men on the Vandalia railroad, in attempling to clean out Browns Vallsy last night, first attacked the station agent, Arthur Jordan, who shot one of them with a revolver. They resented his action and went to town to get re- volvers for themselves. James Patton refused to eell them any and they picked up scale-welghts and hurled them at him and his customers. Sev- eral peoplo wore knocked down, but made their escape, leaving the Hills in possession of the store. A posse was formed and the Hills took refuge in Dr. Willlams' office, which they barricaded, and thus success- tully resisted the attacks made upon them. During the night they escaped, o'though the poese built a bonfire and camped out- side. The entire town started in pursuit and after a thirty-mile cross-country chase captured the flying couple The fugitives eircled toward the “Shade of Death,” and managed to elude 100 dep- Ind., March | uties and horse thief detectives who were in pursult. Twice the posse caught sight of them, but both times they escaped, once by seizing a handear and running it down the Vandalia track several miles, and the eecond time by catehing horses in an open field and riding them without bridles or saddles. The capturc wal at length effected in & wild 1. vine on Sugar creek by Scott Steele, a Crawfordsville policoman, single-handed and alone. His attention was drawn to the smoke of their camplire and creeping up he caught the desperadoes, worn out with their long chase and fast asleep. They made a show of fight, but weakened when a bullet cap. They were chained together and marched at the point of a gun five miles, nd then turned over to the sheriff. Bert Hills, the leader, is suffering se- verely from a bullet in the shoulder re- ceived when the hostilities opened at Browns Valley. FUGITIVE CAR MAIMS MANY Steep Hill Sharp Rushes Down and s EAST LIVERPOOL, 0., March 22.—A street car on the new Pleasant Helights line ran away tonight on a steep hill, struck a sharp curve and overturned, land- ing thirty feet aw There were fitteen persons on the car and all were injured, some seriously. The wreck was so com- plete that the car had to be chopped with an axe before all the passengers could be extricated. The most serlously injured: Joseph McGill, right shoulder broken, hurt internally; may die. Sarah Sailing, internally injured and ter- ribly bruised. G. W. Toland, motorman, injured inter- nally and badly bruised. Charles Johnston, crushed and cut, Eva Johnson, by about the head and lmbs. Benjamin Jones, body erushed and inter- nally injured. Lucinda Hyder, back wrenched and shoul- | ders crushed, John Hyder, crushed, bruised and inter- nally injured. Ralph Alcoy, seriously injured. John Hall, crushed and limbs bruised. Lotta Simmons, limbs bruised and inter- nally hurt. Herbert Smith, arms and body badly lac- erated Effice Nisson, gash in the head and nu- merous bruises. ROCKS HIDE FIRING STRIKERS Colorado Office, War rs Shot from Ambu with n Four Un- known, Destroyed, NORFOLK, Neb, March 22.—(Speclal Telegram.)—The most disastrous fire Nor- folk has bad in recent years occurred this morning about 5 o'clock. Early-rieing | duck hunters discovered flames lssulng from the rear part of the basement of the | Norfolk Press office. By the time the de- partment could get out in force and get water the building was doomed. Hard work saved the adjoining bulldings. The build- Ing was & two-story brick and iron veneered | bullding owned by G. A. Lufkart and P. F. | Sprecher, occupied by C. E. Doughty on one side with gas fitting supplies and on the other by P. F. Precher with the Press | newspaper plant. A part of the basement was occupied by the Nebraska Telephone cowpany as a storeroom. The building and its contents were a total loss. Dr. Macomber's office building ad- joining was badly damaged, as were the buildings of L. M. Gaylord and Dr. Hagey. | The total loss is about as follows: | Sprecher & Luikart, building, $5,000; in- | surance, $1,700. Sprecher stock, $3,000; insurance, $2,000. | Nebraska Telephone company, $1,200; in- surance not known | Dr. Hagey, $1,000 to building and furni- ture; fully insured Dr. Macomber, $400; no insurance. C. E. Doughty, $300; n insurance. L. M. Gaylord, $260; no Insurance. ! The buildings of I. M. May and Isaac Powers across' the street were on fire sev- eral times, but were saved with little dam- age. Oeccuring at the time it did, the ori- gin of the fire is a mystery, as there had | en no fire in the basement at all Satur- | day and none on the other floors after § o'clock in the evening { SHELTON Neb. March 2.—~(Special ! | Telegram.)—The most disastrous fire which has visited Shelton started in the | | room occupied by the postoffice, the Shelton | Clipper and J. E. Waple' Jewelry store at 5:30 this afternoon, and by great efforis | was confined to this one room. There is {Bo fire protection in the town and only the bucket brigade was available. Every thing in the bullding was consumed, in cluding Postal records, presses and type | and the jewelry stock. Nothing is known | | as to how the fire started. For a time it was thought the whole half of the town would burn and hundreds of dollars worth of goods were ruined by removal to the muddy streets. The burned building }.,wm by George Melsner and will be re ever built at once. The stock of goods was partly insured i Damage by Ish Water, WEST POINT, Neb., March 22.—(Special.) ~During the high water of last week tha | Elkhorn river cut an entirely new channel | west of the remains of the dam, leaving the old dam high and dry. This caused | much damage to the milling company nl | will necessitate changing the current of | [ i 1_ __,‘Con““.‘ o fll;l Page.) | stumbled upon by RESIGNS PORTO RICAN POST| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 22.— Five shots fired early this morning by unidentified persons, from a ridge:of rock west of the Standard mill, resulted in a fight between deputy sherifts and four strikers, in which Robert Delong, a pickot for the strikers, was severely injured by being struck on the head with a revolver. Delong and O, Beatty, another picket, were arrested, charged with disturbance. Merchants of Colorado City went on their bond of $260 each, and they were released. Both declared they fired no shots and ‘he fight occurred while the deputies were scarching them for weapons. Sherman Bell arrived today from Denver investigate the trouble and look into the situation at Colorado City. Trainmen on the roads entering Colorado City are taking up the question of hand- to | ling ore still being shipped to the Stand ard mill. A meeting of switchmen was held | today, at which the switching of the alleged unfair ore announced. WIDOW FINDS NEW FIELD PLAY Discovered Posthumous Work Will Be Produced in New York. was discussed. No action was Recently COLORADO SPRING! The arrival in this city jr., and Frederick Coms the poet he a comic opera from the pen of Eugene Field will be given in New York next fall. The production of the “Bucca or, the Be gum of Piura,” in three as been ar- ranged for and the music is being written by a well known composer of light operas The manuscript, which had been forgot- ten, lay buried among a file of old papers pertaining to connection with the Denver Tribune, it poet's widow Colo., March 22 of Eugene Field, ok Field, sons of announcement that has caused until the Insular » Attorney General Comes to nland in Order to Give Up OMce, NEW YORK, March 2 attorney day ~~James 8. Harlan, general of Porto Rico, arrived to- on his way to Washington to see the president and offer his resignation. Private business of an urgent nature requires his attention at this time Queen Lit WASHINGTON, March Liluokalani of Hawali Washington during the support of her claim of which she eprived when the was anvexed to the United States, here for San Francisco, en route lulu. She was accompanied by retainers, who came . hington. ¥ who rmer Queen has been in winter lobbying ‘n for the crown was island has left to Hono two of her to Washington with from his revolver plerced Jesse's | accidentally | lands | SAMPLE BRICK OF BROATCHISM Police Olub Discriminates in Pioking Its Baloon Victims. TWELVE PLACES SHUT—ALL OTHERS RUN Police Force Projected Into Politics to Line Up Men for Broatch B didates. faunor of Ca Like the states of Kansas and lowa, Omaha was in dry spots Sunday, the spots being those saloons which were placed un- der the ban of the fire and police commis- sioners, following the threat of John N Westberg in the Sixth ward Friday night when he foretold the closing of a number of the saloons selling the product of the Metz Brewing company. The twelve saloons placed under strict enforcement of the Slocum law | wege located in all parts of the city, from Sheeley to Twenty-fourth and Burdetic streets and from Sixth and Pierce to Twenty-seventh and Leavenworth street the a demonstration of the power of the police club in the hands of the Broatch machine. enforced by policemen, who had received specific instructions and who during the earlier hours of the day made special effort to watch the designated houses. The saloon of John Dahmke at 512 South Sixteenth street was locked tight and the screens removed A nearby saloon, how- ever, at 513 South Sixteenth street had back door open and was doing its usual Sunday business. Petersen’s saloon at 2705 Leavenworth street was closed with the windows bare. Another saloon, near Twenty-seventh and Leavenworth, was doing a can-rushing busi- ness through the back door. Koenigsbrugge's saloon at Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth had all screens down and the door locked, but relief business was carried on at the saloon on the northwest corner of the same stréets. John Hroch's saloon in Metz hall on South Thirteenth street was closed and clear for public inspection, so far as the bar was concerned. A competitor's saloon, a few doors north on the opposite side of the street, for a while operated through the front door until the policeman sta- tioned in front of Hroch's place told them to welcome their patrons at the rear en- trance. C. G. Loftman’s doors, at Fourteenth and Howard street, were locked, but a string of people passing through the rear door of his nelghbor's “old corner’ testified to the continuous operations of that house. A. M. Back, at Sixth and Plerce streets, was locked and exposed, but a saloon a few doors north was undisturbed in its business. One corner only of Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets offered refreshments to the thirsty, for Jacobson's place was locked, while the Willow Springs resort on the corner of the same streets was receiving callers through the rear door. Peter Knudson, at Twenty-fourth and Caldwell -streets, was lockcd -and- exposed, while the life saving station, a few doors farther north was in full Sunday opera- tions. George M. Stafford was closed at Thir- teenth and Douglas streets, a new padlock having been secured for the purpose, but nothing interfered with securing refresh- ments at the hotel bar on the opposite cor- ner and a half dozen other saloons within a stone’s throw. dette streets, was closed and the windows clear. At Twenty-fourth and Lake streets, there was no change in the former Sunda; business arrangements. Sloup & Kruml were Fourteenth and William block east as usual, August Krakowske, at 2506 Walnut street, was closed, but a saloon within a block was in full swing of through the back door. While the twelve saloons were out ot business other thirst-relieving resorts were running open as usual, and the proscribed saloonists had the experience of seeing their customers led Into the doors of com- petitors under the discriminating instruc- locked streets, tight at but one tions of the Broatch Bcard of Fire and Po- | lice Commissioners. |JEROME SCORES C.ARNEGIE Would Rathe Homestead Men Better Paild Than e Librarie: Says Workmen See { NEW YORK, March 22.—District Attor- | ney Jerome today addressed the Central | Federated union. Rumor has been busy | for some weeks that if Mr. Jerome ventured to address the body he might expect rough treatment, but nothing of the kind oc- urred. Of the multiplicity of the pro- Jected libraries he said: It is well enough to give public libraries and such things in the way of gratuity, but when a_man has stood behind a lathe for ten hours he does not want al literature in a public would_rather that some of the been left in the pockets of the men at Homestead rather than to have had it taken to_found public libraries in the city of New York Of the disputes between capital and labor ¥r. Jerome sald yu are not 10 per cent, ganized lubor, of the men Btates. If you think the ¢ are going o stand for vio read them. They won't hav that no man today is more John Mitchell, and yet Stronger words than his physical violence. | | e library money He had you men of or- of the United her 90 per cen nee you mis- it. T take it respected than there were n) uttered against KEEP GIRLS FROM PARADISE Bivds Enster Bonnets Decl a to Destroy Heavenly Chances. BOSTON, March Prof. Sharp of Boston university, as preacher at the First Methodist church tonight, said No woman who wears a seagull or a song. bird In her hat can ever get to heaven. If you need an Easter bonnet get it. Wear it to church, It s an honor to God and a benedietion to ‘the soul to have and see aster bonnets. Get the bonnets, however ithout robbing and killing FIERY FURNACE Works Dallas L. CREMATES Engulfed Do Fireman Which steel ¥ n en Pour Upon Him. PUEBLO. Mowbry steel works, was burned by & torrent of flame aud | that gushed out upon him furnace His clothing was burned | sad be inbaled the fiery gas. March of & Colo. toreman 22.—He department death redhot from man at A the toda cinders blast o from bis body 80 that each section of the city was given | The order of the police board was strictly | Lind's saloon, at Twenty-fourti: and Bur- | the bar was dispensing drinks | Sunday business | to read class- | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER for Nebraska—Snow or Rain in ir in North Portion Monday; fr and Warmer. | Forecast South, Tuesday Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: our. Deg. Hour. S8 SMoisies 1P, 6a om... 2 p.om. T a . o 10 11 12 HEAVY SNOW AT ST. JOSEPH Missourl City Garmented in Deepest White Mantle of the Sensol ST. JOSEPH, Mo., lest snowstorm of March 22.—The heav- the year set in at this afternoon and an hour later rallway trafic was greatly impeded. Tonight tele- graph and telephone wires are only par- tally in operation The flakes are the largest ever seen here, and while much of the initial fall melted rapldly, the temperature fell slowly till the blanket of white soon covered the north- ern part of the city to a depth of from six to twelve inches. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Marc] ~Follow- ing a drop In the temperature, which began | at noon today, one of the heaviest snow- storms of the year is in progress tonigh: | The fall of snow has been steady for hours, | | but it has melted rapidly and here it is { not more than an inch deep on the level | The storm is accompanied by a stiff north ! wind and is general over northern | souri and Kansas. At Junction City, Kan., the snow is six inches deep, while Abilene, | Emporia, Atchison and other Kansas points report a fall of from two to four inches. PRAISES RAILWAY MAGNATES Attorney Richey fenl 11s the Philoxop They More Gratitude. Soclety Deserve Tsadore Ziegler, who was to have read a paper on “Rallroad Mergers” before the Philosophical society, was not in the city yesterday. The paper, therefore, was read | by A. S. Richey. It was entirely historical |in character and detailed at length the recent and early consolidations of rallway | property. Mr. Richey in conclusion said: “When T think of the efforts to develop this great country of ours from the time of the early { Jesuits and trappers to the present day, {and consider the part that the railroads bave had in it, the least 1 can say of the builders is that they were men of brains and genius. Whatever else these great railroad constructors have done they have made the west possible, and I think such men as Hill are entitled to far more credit and praise than they usually get. I be- lleve the lines of rallway stretching from coast to coast have done more toward realizing the brotherhood of man than all the anarchists that ever came to Pater- son, N. J." WIDOW SUES FORMER OMAHAN Breach of Promie ( Louis e Begins in St. ourt Against S, A. Huntoon, formerly of Omaha, but Louis as the purchasing xpress company, has M. Peters for $10,- 8. A. Huntoon, now located at St. agent of the Pacif been sued by Frances 000 for breach of promise to marry. The attorney for the plaintiff refused to dis- | cuss the case with a St. Louis reporter | or to give the address of his client, on the ground that she wished to awoid all pub- licity. All the attorney would say was that his client was a young widow. Mr. IHuntoon, who is a son of Captain Hunteon; who died a week ago at Verdigris, Neb., is well and favorably known in this city, where he resided for thirty years as local agent of the express company. He { let here in January, 1900, for St. Louls. | He was married at the ttme of leaving | Omaha, but Mrs. Huntoon died about a year ago. He has a son grown, is about 157 years old and has two sisters living at | Twenty-ninth and Mason streets. DEMAND REDRESS FROM SWIFT Counell Must Packing Trades Declares Sheep Butche Have i Grievances Righted. CHICAGO, March ~At a meeting of the Chicago Packing Trades council to- | night the grievances of sheep butchers in the Boston end Buffalo plants of Swift and | Company were considered and action taken { which may involve other plants of the compary. Michael Donnelly, president of the coun- cil, reported that he had investigated the grievances of the Boston and butchers, and on his recommendation the | council voted to demand an adjustment ot | the differences in those cities IDAHO MAN Take Unawares, Leaving Him Dead Road, |BANDITS SLAY | Two ghwaymen raveler | on IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, March 22.—Joe Brown was shot and killed by an unidenti fied highwayman a few minutes after mid night Brown when one was on his way to the statior man approached him in front and { another in the rear. In an instant the | in front fired, the builet abdomen MORPHINE FIEND SUCCUMBS Man with man plercing Brown's Texas Fou D i Dead in Bed Beslde ! 22.—~William Tex., was found White House hotel WARSAW, Ind., March Watson of San Antonio, dead In bed at the A bottle partly full of morphine his room, but the g cide was intended. Movements of Ocean Vessels March 22 At New York—Arrived: Liverpool and Queenstown Hamburg, Bouloy and Plymouth AL The Lizard- Passed: Rotterc totterdam and Bou it Mer rk At Naples—Arrived At Madeira—Ariived Mediterrs ris, on cruise At Arrived: Numidia {. John, 3 Hallfax Umbria, from rk At Moville Columbla gow, for N | TAY Quee | Liverpool, in sul was lice do mot think Etrura. f Pretoris, fre trom | KN or New Y New for cngland Boston; fre v for Moville from Glas Salled or New York. ampaula, from Mis- | Buffalo | CEN/ ITIE GETTING SHORT Only Nine More Days for Which the Legis ture Oan Draw Pay. \MUCH IMPORTANT WORK STILL PENDING Principal Appropriations as Yet Unacted on by the Lower House. SENATE STARTS IN ON REVENUE MEASURE { Committee Commences to Stuefer Bond Deal MEMBERS LAUGH AT EXPENSE OF ROUSE Look Into Hall of Burt Makes Caustle Comment on the Gilbert Primary | Election Bill-Leg Some ative . Gonsip. | (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March (Special.)— The | house and senate start out tomorrow on | the last fortnight of the session. Nine | days of the sixty allowed by law for the | session are left. They will be the busiest | days, too, if half the work pending is ac- | complished. One hundred and ninety-five bills are on the general file fn the house and about 100 fn the senate. Among these are the bills for constitutional amend- ments, appropriation bills and three re- | @pportionment bills. The revenue bill is | yet to be finally acted on in the senate, | where it has passed its second reading. Despite the general impression that the revenue bill will pass the senate without amendment, there is a strong indication and a strong feeling that it may undergo a change or two. At least it is believed persistent efforts will be made to effect a few modifications in {t. The franchised corporations and the {nsurance lobbyists, as is known, are nursing disappointments over this measure and will amend It in the senate if possible. It is a notable fact that 1 both these lobbies have been unceasing In their efforts to mold the bill to suit thelr Interests and were bitterly disappointed when it went through the house as it did. A prominent representative said on this | point today “The plan of the street rallway and in- surance companies is to tack on thelr | amendments to the revenue bill in the sen« ate. The street Iway people intend making the struggle of their lives to have their interests placed under that section { which provides for taxing the gross earn- | ings of corporations, aside from their tangible property, as fraichises, which provision is made for telegraph, telephons and express companies. Twice were they thrown down by the house in this under- taking, but they have not given up, and those who are opposed to this proposition may well keep on their guard." R ds Want Spe One thing that is bothering the street railway magnates is whether they can sailsfy the rallrond faction” as to their ability to open up the revenue bill. for amendment without jeopardizing its safety against othor amendments and delay, which might ultimately cause its defeat. The 1ailroads bhave decided on a rapld-transit gait for the bill and will hurry it through the senate unless they can be thoroughly satisfied that a little time exposure wiil not prove fatal to their negative. This scheme became apparent when the houso passed the bill at 6 o'clock Friday evening, and the senate—that leisurely body—con- vened Friday night to have the bill read | for the first time and again Saturday | morning for its second reading. It is worth while observing, too, that but forty min- utes were consumed in the first reading {and that the senate adjourned as soon as this was dome. As a matter of fact, by the most fluent and rapid reading, the house clerk was never able to get through the bill in less than an hour and a half { Iro investigate Stuefer. The house committee appointed to in- vestigate the official act of ex-Treasurer Stuefer in the purchase of the Burt county bonds is expected to hold its first meot- ing tomorrow morning: It has subpcenacd several persons to testify before it. Stuefer fs expected to appear. This action was precipitated by Representative Scar: who as chairman of the house claims com- mittee refused to vote to allow the bill of Mr. Stuefer for $3,000 for payment of the premfum on his official bond for the last year of his term. Sears' position fs that |1t should first be demonstrated that Stuefer { did not realize this amount off this bond transaction before the legislature allows this bill. Stuefer claims to have paid $6,000 for his bond for {wo years, while the present treasurer is quoted as saying ! that his cost him $5.000 for the blennium and Meserve, Stuefer's predecessor only presented a bill for $2,000 for his bond for the two years. There is § very general and persistent demand for & thorough inves Jgation into this affair, as there was regarding the in- vestigation of the Bartley case, which was gone over In a sort of perfunctory way by a house committee, It is the current opin- fon that some Interesting testimony can be adduced in the Stuefer case, as could have | been adduced in the Bartley case, and the committee will be urged by parties who rre Interested In rair play and an entire gettling up of this complication, to make an honest effort to get at the facts, so that the state will know just where it stands and where Mr. Stuefer stands in this matter Hall prosiding | committee of the whole night last | week when the revenue bill was under con- | sideration. A member had just concluded |a very forcible speech certain sec- tion of the bill, when Mangold of Douglas who was sitting in a poorly lighted the hall, addressed the chairman, e Goxsip. | Rouse of was over the one on a | county part saying | “Mr. { mor of 1 would like on this matter hinking Mangold deficient illumination, itor Chairman to have light 156 { to the | the ja “Go inder !, an e had roference called out to there and lights turn on the re- 0 the gentleman of those of laughter went up from the gal- and floor In which everybody seemed join, except Rouse, Mangold and the | janitor. Rouse, who was perfectly uncon- the joke he had perpetrated, be- poundiug on the speak desk with big gevel for order; Mangold was too to say he dldn't know | whether to get mad amused, and the nitor, evidently perplexed, stalked, hesi tatingly, over to that part of the spacious ball turs lights, which shed & brillian upon (hé blushing | countena member from Douglas, i this time as luminous as the lights themselves J | 'When the senate had under céuside A roa lery gan his con and d on the radiance e of the which was by