Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 23, 1903, Page 2

o THE OMAHA DAILY -_—————_— _ e — BEE: MONDAY ) MARCH o =3, 1903, tlon H. R. 236, the Gilbert primary election bill, which {s aimed at making a man tell all the secrets involved in the Australian ballot system, Hall of Burt, evidently im- pressed with the drastic nature of the measure, declared that “In my judgment, this bill lacks but one thing: Tt obught to provide that the elec- tion board shall be equipped with branding frons and brand every voter as he comes up to register, so that he may never again vote any othet way except that which he has decided to vote on this occasion. It seems to me this method would serve the purpose of ‘the faction promoting this bill better than any other possibly could.” rrie of Dawes, who also represents in the house Sheridan, Box Butte and Sloux counties, is one of the most popular mem- bers of the legisiature. Yet he is one of the least assuming. He seldom is heard in public speeeh, though he takes an active interest In all the proceedings. He never allows a bill to get by without voting on it. Currie is a, cattle ralser and is possessed of sufficient of this world's goods to keep the wolf from the door for many moons He owns a range of 8,000 acres and keeps about 1,000 head of cattle regularly, be- sides the thousands he buys and sells. In the frontier days of Minnesota, Currie was one of the ploneers of the North Star state, being a robident of Drainerd, where he conducted the old Leland hotel. Currie has been vigorously promoting a bill this ses- slon calculated to exterminate prairie dogs, which are expensive nulsances out in his section of the state. Sweery Springs a Joke. For some thme there has been a standing joke that one chair would do for Sweezy of Adams and Spurlock of Cass, because when ono member was not up talking, the other one was. The joke was sprung by Spurlock himself. The other day Spurlock who, by the way, is one of the most ple: ing and effective debaters in the house, was making a forciblo plea for some meas- ure, and Sweezy slipped over and planted himself in the Cass county man's chair. When Spurlock. sat down he found him. selt in Sweezy's lap. A laugh arose, which was accentuated when the gentleman from Adams promptly arose and began talking, turning to Spurlock and explaining that as there wag but one chalr between them he (Sweezy) had mo other recourse than 10 begin speaking. Probably no other man in the house has been heard more often during the session than Sweezy. Harmon of Saunders, who seldom speaks, declares he has made a care- tul calculation and found that Sweezy ha consumed precisely $9,318.45 worth of time this session In debating. In this connection may be told the cir. cumstances of the only speech made this on by Bacon of Nawes. Bacon i3 one of the best-natured members of the legls lature and is liked by everyone. He one of the fifty-five farmers of the house His seat is directly in front of the clerk's desk and he pays strict attention to every proceeding. Last week the house adopted a rule limiting speeches on the revenue bill to ten minutes. One day Sweezy arose and began talking. Half a dozen watches were pulled out. When he had talked ten minutes some member called the attention of the chair to the fact, whereupon Sweezy exclaimed; “I'll take my seat if any mem- ber demands | Everything was quiet and Sweezy re- peated his bantér, smiling as if he knew no one would call him. “I demand it," presently shouted Bacon, ltting his 265 pounds of avordupols from his seat. “This w took effect immediately, down forthwith. P —— No Time to Fool Away. Conighs, colds and lung troubles demand prampt treatment with Dr. King's New Dis- covery. No -cure, no pay. b0c, §1. For sale by Kubn & Co. BULLET AS WEDDING GIFT Disearded Lover Shoots Newly Made Bride at Chicage Marriage Feast, Bacon's malden speech, but it for Sweezy sat CHICAGO, March 22.—Extending a wed- ding gift in one hand and a revolver in the other, Benjamin Valerio fired at the bride of Joseph Malone at the wedding feast which they were celebrating tonight. In the struggle which followed as the bride sank to the ground dangerously wounded, Valerio received fatal injuries and Michael Malone, a brother of the groom, was eo severely hurt that he may not recover. The tragedy occurred while the nuptial festivities were at their helght and while enthusiastic guests were crowd- ing around the newly wedded pair to offer congratulations. Valerio was a discarded lover. TOOLS FOUND, MEN ESCAPE Police Loeate Wire Tapners' but Cannot Cateh Eariched stru- me rooks. NEW ALBANY, Ind., March 22.—The po- ce today recovered the wire and batteries of wire-tappers who stolé information from the poolrooms at French Lick and West | Baden Springs oii Friday afternoon and thus secured $8,000. The wire was tapped two miles north of | New Albany. A fine copper wire was run down a pole and along the ground to a va- cant house a quarter of a mile away. Six- teen hundred feet of wire and forty-nine batteries, valued at $100, were recovered. Telegraphers Vote to Strike. TEXARKANA, Tex., March 22.—The re- sult of the ballot taken by the telegraphers and station agents of the Kansas City Southern on a proposition to strike was made kuown today. The vote favors the strike by a large majority. —ee ey BETTER SHOW For Her Children Th They will do it because they don't think carefully, but parents who give coffee to children reap thelr own punishment in the puny, sickly looking lttle ones. Many and many a child has been started og the road to disease that ended in death by being improperly fed and given coftee, which is a rask poison to many a highly organized human belng. A lady of Atlanta, Ga., says; My mother vas a slave to the whims of her children and let us eat and drink soything we called for; particularly she gave us coffee, and lots of it. “1 grew up delicate, mervous, half sick erd miserable. When I was about grown I began heving serious spells with my heart and my condition became 80 bad my friends decided 1 could not live long. At a con- sultation of physicians one of the dootors proposed that 1 discontinue coffee. This was years ago, before Postum was dis- covered. [ quit the coffee and in a year or two my heart was perfectly well several years later when 1 had a home my own | imagined that the stimulant cofiee might benefit me, so 1 started in on of of it and in a few days the old symptoms of hoart (1guble returned, "I quit it and took up Postym Food Coffee for my morning beverage gnd the heart trouble disappeared. 1 ind Pgstum alds my digestion and has helped ta bukld up my whel “I nowi usq it three tim .a:y‘.:;: ;u: it to my chll with the kno t it 1s & pawertul, delicious liquid food 1 stead of a pernicious poison.” Name gives b Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich, - CONGRESS TO MEET EARLY President Determined to Convene Special Bession ip Ootober. CUBAN TREATY LEGISLATION DESIRED Indieations Point to the Adoption of Some Kind of a Cloture Rule in the Senate at Comin (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 22.—(Special.)— President Roosevelt is fully determined to call congress together in extra session on of before October 1. All sorts of pressure has been brought to bear upon him in the hope of inducing him to abandon this project. But the president has decided that it fs essential that legislation must be enacted to put the Cuban treaty into effect before the marketing of the sugar crop of the Island for this year. The presi- dent has told those who have called upon him to protest that, in his opinion, the nec- essary work can be accomplished within two or three weeks, and that nothing need prevent an adjournment in ample time to allow senators and members to take part in the fall campaigns in thelr respective states, There is no doubt that if the president's plan should be carried into effect with the leaders in both houses in harmony with him the desired joint resolution could be disposed of within a week. But con- gress is not in the habit of acquiescing in the wishes of the president in matters of this kind. Within an hour after the formal election of Mr. Cannon as speaker the bill box will contain several hundred bills, the authors of which will push their favorite measures with thelr utmost vigor. The so-called Aldrich financial bill is one which will cause prompt discussion. It was not because they opposed the principles laid down In the bill that the democratic mem- bers of the house refused to allow it to be discussed during the last few days of the last session, but they argued with a great deal of force that so radical a depart- ure from existing law should not be forced through the house under whip and spur during the last hours of a dying congre especially as the bill had not been printed more than twenty-four hours when the attempt was made to pass it. Bonds Involved. The fact that under the Panama canal treaty something like $150,000,000 in 2 per cent bonds will be put upon the market within the next few years, may have an important bearing upon the fate of the Aldrich bill. Heretofore United States bonds, even when bearing the lowest rate of interest, have always commanded a pre- mium. This 1s due in part to the fact that such bonds are the basis of national bank circulation, and are also required as a guaranty that United States' funds de- posited in banks will be repald when needed. The Aldrich bill, as it Is well known, provides for the substitution of state, municipal and other bonds for such purposes, and it is belleved that should that bill become a law and the outstanding indebtedness. of the United States be in- creased, as it must be, as soon as active work begins on the canal, the result will be the depreciation in the value of gov- ernment bonds. But that the Aldrich bill, or some similar measure, will be put through congress at the mext session s a foregone conclusion, and that an attempt will be made to have it enacted into law just as soon as = congress reassembles, whether it be in August or December, is equally certain. Some talk has been heard within the last few days of an organized attempt to de- feat the Cuban legislation, but it is not at all likely that it will be successtul not- withstanding the efforts of the anti-Cuban labbyists to this end. Cloture Rale in Sight. There were one or two significant in- cldents In connection with the extraordl- nary session of the senate which has just closed which seemed to presage changes in the senate rules. Some of the most persistent advocates of unlimited debate among the older menators openly express themselves as tavoring rules which will fa- cilitate business in the upper branch of congress. It is not likely that a cloture rule as drastic as that of the house will ever be adopted, but it seems quite prob- able now that within the next year the senate will wipe out some of its tra- dittons, and will adopt some method whereby the majority can legislate when so disposed in spite of the opposition of an insignificant minority. In the past Senator Allen of Nebraska tied up the senate for several days until he forced his views upon the majority. Senator Quay of Pennsyl- vania spoke for nearly a week in oppo- sition to the Wileon tariff bill and wi ready to keep it up for another week it the majority had not agreed to the amend- ments he desired. At the close of the Fifty-sixth congress Semator Carter of Montana killed the river and harbor bill by talking it to death, because he did not think his section of the country had been properly cared for in the matter of irri- gation legislation. The most recent ex- hibition of one-man power in the senate was that given by Senator Morgan, who forced the extra session because he would | not permit a vote on the Panama trealy | before the 4th of March. Such men as| Senators Alllson, Aldrich and Cockrell have | come to the conclusion that the time has | arrived when the senate should be per- mitted to do business if a majority of that body desires to accomplish something. The result will be that the Fifty-eighth con- gress will see a new order of things in the upper branch, and many of the obso- lete rules will be expurgated, New Pul Bulldings, Within the next year, in all probability, active buflding operations will be begun on both sides of the park surrounding the capitol. Although the omnibus bill, carry- ing $3,100,000 for a new office bullding for the house of representatives was not signed until March 3, three weeks have not elapsed before the first step toward securing the necessary land for this pur- pose had been taken. The commission which has the matter in charge proposes to push matters with the utmost speed in order that the new structure may be ready for occupancy at the very earliest possible date. Almost identically with the appropria- tion of the first installment of the money for the congressional office building, con- gress provided for & Hew union station for the rallroads entering Washington. This station is to be located immediately north of the capitol grounds. It will cost, to- gether with the approaches and tunnel, somewhere in the neighborhood of $10,000,- 000. The construction of the building will be under the dfrection of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, and a great deal of in- terest is felt here over the probable time which will be required for the work. It Is & notorious fact that government buildings invariably require twice as much time for their erection as do private bulldings of like cost. In fact, the ouly notable ex- ception to this rule In the last decade was the rebuilding of the capitol roof under the direction of Mr. Elliott Woods. It was | are about completed, because of the wonderful work that he did in this instance, and also In the matter of tearing out and rebullding the old con- gressional Itbrary, that Mr. Woods wa: given the position of superintendent of the bullding, in spite of the opposition of some jealous architects, who wanted the place tor one of themselves. The Pennsylvanis company I8 ecxpected to start work just as soon as the plans can be prepared and arrangements made with the Baltimore & Ohio, which is the only other road at present having Its own terminal facilities in Washington. It 1s confidently belleved that within five years the tracks which now cross the Mall will have been taken up, that the historic old Long bridge will have been abandoned and that Washington will be provided with a handsome railroad station second to none in the country. It is not generally known outside of Washington, and in fact few people In the city realize, that the Long bridge is almost a thing of the past. The stone plers for the mew structure to take its place and within a month or two the work on the superstructure will have been started. Shakenp in Shaw's Department. This Is not an age of “old men for coun- sel” in the treasury. That Important gov- ernment dopartment is mow in the hands of “young men for action,” and the result is that the ripper process s going on at a rate that would amaze the oldest inhab- itant of any city reorganized by a legisla- ture. This business is called “improving the service,” but just why it improves a service to put experienced men out and in- experienced men in, will probably not be easily understood. The recent retirement of General Spaulding, assistant secretary, one of the most distinguished and experi- enced men in the customs service, has now been followed by the enforced departure of General James A. Dumont, who has for thirty years been connected with the steam- boat inspection service and for a largs part of that time supervising inspector general. He is a man of an ability fully corresponding to his extensive experience, and has beqn recognized as a great au- thority on all matters connected with this service. Bath the generals are succeeded by young men, without knowledge or ex- perience in the line of work which they have undertaken. It is a sufficient com- mentary on the “ripper” business to say that both -the generals are transferred to inferior positions, the value of their serv- ices being thus recognized, while the higher places are held by the young newcomers. The whole clerical force of the department is belng shaken up in the rejuvenating process (so-called), and, as far as has yet developed, not all to its improvement. Cured by One Bottle of Chamberiain's Cough Remedy. The honest truth as stated by Frank W. Perry, editor of the Enterprise, Shortsville, N. Y.: “When I had an attack of the grip last winter (the second one) I actually cured myself with one bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This s the honest truth. 1 at times kept from coughing myself to pieces by taking a teaspoonful of this rem- edy, and when the coughing spell would come on at night I would take a dose, and it seomed that in the briefest interval the cough would pass off and I would go to sleep perfectly free from cough and its ac- companying pains. To say tbat the remedy acted as a most agreeable surprise is put- ting it very mildly. 1 had no idea that it would or could knock out the grip, simply because I had never tried it for such a pur- pose; but it did, and it seemed with the second attack of coughing the remedy caused it not only to be of less duration, but the pains were far less severe, and 1 had not used the contents of one bottle before Mr. Grip had bid me adieu.” ASK CASTRO TO STOP (Continued from First Page.) the lllpr!mlcy of any other man cannot change either the attitude of the powers toward Venezuela or the engagements en- tered Into by Venezuela through Mr. Bowen. ‘When the pope was informed he said: “Let us pray God that this may end the tribulations of our beloved children there.” Doubt Castro's Sincerity. WASHINGTON, March 22.—President Castro's resignation came in for much dis- cussion today in government and diplomati circles. The general sentiment of thos: conversant with South American nffairs seemed to be that the president’s action was merely a political move to obtain a vote of support from congress. It is not thought that he has any serlous idea of glving up his office permanently. Some manifestation of confidence, it is suggested, was necessary, in view of condi- tlons existing in Venezuels, arising, it might be, out of the extraordinary import duties levied about a month ago, and the eftect of the revolution. MAY SETTLE FAIR ESTATE Relatives of Dead Millionaires Nego- tiate Friendly Agreement of Disputed WiIL NEWMARKET, N. J., March 22.—Abe Nelson and William Smith, halt and full brothers of the late Mrs, Charles Fair, to- day refused to discuss a report that the claims of their family to the Fair estate had been settled for $2560,000. A friend of the family, who s in a position to speak, sald, however, that he doubted that such a settlement had been effected, but if the re- port said the settlement was on the basis of $250,000 to eath of the relatives of Mrs. Fair he would place some reliance in ft. From his manner of talking it was infer- red that negotiations to settle on that basis are in progress. TUGMEN RENEW HOSTILITIES Owners of Vessels Are Notified t Men Must Be Employed. Union TOLEDO, 0., March 22.—Last year's hos- tilities between the Licensed Tugmen's Pro- tective association and the Great Lakes Towing company will recommence officially tomorrow, when all vessel and tug owners will be notified that the Great Lakes tugs have been placed on the unfair let. All boats which have been towed by these tugs will be refused the seryice of the IMtern tional 'Longshoremen Marine and Trans- port Workers in loading and unloading, un- less the tugs so employed carry union men. The differences between the so-called tug trust and the tug men grows out of the demand of the towing company for the rein- statement in the protective association of men éxpelled last season for refusing to obey strike prders. SULTAN CALLS REVOLT OVER Morocean Pretender is Still at Large, However, and Unruly Tribes Defiant. LONDON, March 23.—The Times' corre- spondent at Tangiers says the sultan of Morocco is disbanding his irregular troops and bas announced officially that the re- bellion is ended The correspondent adds, however, that the situation Is inexplicable, the pre- tender, Bu Hamara, bas not been captured and the government troops have failed to recapture Taza and never attempted to punish the rebellious tribes. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Teke Laxative Bromo Quinine Toblets. This ::nnm" ’ oun every box. ROBBERS RAID STREET CAR Bhoot Right and Left Among Orowd of Cowering Passengers. IOWA MAN FALLS DYING IN MOTHER'S LAP Nervy Tr Revolve eler Repels Attack with Thus Precipitating Gen- Fusilade, Saving Com- panions’ Valuables. eral LOS ANGELES, Cal, details concerning the street last night show that after a pistol duel between C. W. Henderson, one of the p sengers, and one of the robbers, the other two highwaymen began shooting right and left through the crowded car. One passenger was killed wounded, The dead: H. A. GRISWOLD of Manson, Ia. The wounded: J. C. Cunningham of Los Angeles, bone broken; serious Ellls Pearson of Sawtelle, shot through left leg. Dr. C. H. Bowles of Los Angeles, through left hand. It is believed that onme of the robbers was badly wounded. Mr. Griswold came here several months ago for the benefit of his mother's healtb. Car Strikes Obstruction. The holdup occurred at the head of a deep eut. The robbers had placed a steel rall, a large bench and a cement barrel on the track. Charles Curry, the motor- man, saw the obstruction when the car was several hundred yards from it and at once turned off the current and ran slowly to the place. The moment the car struck three men wearing masks over their faces sprang from the weeds alongside the track. car holdup and three thigh shot One boarded the frort end of the car and | the other two the rear end. The first man commanded the passengers occupying the open seats to put up their hands and when one of them did not comply he fired a shot. Henderson then opened fire on the robber, shooting as fast as he could pull the trigger. The robber turned his gun upon Hen- derson, hut as he did 8o he was seen to bend over and ery out as if in pain. Then stralghtening up he began shooting at the passengers huddled in the front seats. One of his bullets struck Ellis Pearson in the left leg. Henderson continued firing and the robber was seen to fall. While this was going on the two robbers who had entered the rear door commanded the passengers to raise their hands and most of them did so, but before they were searched the shooting began on the out- side. Then the other two robbers began #hooting right and left into the crowd of passengers. Falls Dying in Mother's Lap. Griswold was seated about the middle of the car with his back turned toward the robbers. At the command, ‘“Hands up!" he tried to secrete his watch under his legs and one of the robbers, thinking he was about to draw a gun, fired point blank at him. The bullet struck him in the back of the neck and he fell over into the lap o‘rdm. aged mother, who was seated at his side Dr. C. H. Bowles was near the front door and at the word of command raised his hands. When he had them in the air one of the bullets from a robber's revolver struck his left hand and shattered the bones. After emptying their revolvers the robbers backed out of the door, sprang off the car and disappeasads The car proceeded with all possible speed to Sawtelle, the nearest point where med- ical ald could be secured. Griswold expired before the car had gone a mile. He never spoke after he was siot and when his body was lifted from the car at Santa Monica his watch was found under him on the seat. His mother was covered with his blood:and was almost in- ne from fright and grief. The bullet which killed him grazed the cheek of Miss Anna Funk, who was traveling with him. At Sawtelle Pearson was taken off the car and conveyed to his home. The other wounded persons were taken to Santa Monica and given surgical attention. As soon as the shooting was over Hen- derson sprang from the car and started to run. He ran across a vineyard and struck a wire fence, being knocked down. While in that position he saw two of the robbers run to a road nearby and climb into a buggy and drive toward Los Angeles. Every avallable officer was sent to the scene but mo trace of the robbers was found. Owing to the confusion incident to the shooting no deseription was received except that one was an unusually tall and the other two of lower stature. The general manager of the company to- night offered a reward of $1,000 for the capture of each of the robbers. The high- waymen secured nothing whatever from the passengers. Inside the car were thirty or more pas- sengers and there were more than ten shots fired. Bullets were found imbedded in the woodwork In many places when the car reached this city. SEES HOPE FOR BLACK MEN Archbishop Ireland Clalms Negroes' Economic Progress Breaks All Records. WASHINGTON, March 22.—A delegation from the megro press and the Negro Pen and Pencil club called on Archbishop Ire- land today and expressed their gratitude at his stand on behalf of the negro. Archbishop Ireland, in response sald to him the Stars and Stripes had no meaning whatsoever unless it was the brotherhood of man. The idea of & distinction belng made fn civil and political matters because of race, language or color, he declared, un- American. A man {s a man and that is all the American constitution requires or that it should require if it is a constitution truly expressive of liberty. He urged his callers to have patience and said that with it the march of civilization and of Chris- tianity would result in full recognition of thelr civil and political rights. He ex- pressed the opinion that there was not in the history of the world an example of sim- flar progress made by a people of any color or any race equal to that made by the col- ored people in the forty years since Presi- dent Lincoln declared them free and inde- pendent. He predicted that what had been accomplished in the last forty years would be quadrupled in the next forty years. ICE IMPRISONS THREE SHIPS Closes in on Vessels, Giving Their Captains Knotty Navigation Problem. BALTIMORE, Md., March 22.—The Don- aldson line steamer Hestla, which arrived today from Glasgow, had a hard battle with icebergs off the Newfoundland banks on March 15. On the night of the 14th the vessel ran into & floe of ice and by daybreak was completely surrounded by icebergs, some of which were 100 feet high. After trying for five hours to make a breach in the wall of ice, Hestia finally succeeded in getting out. Two other vezsels were in the same pre- dlcament, the oil tank steamship Ofl City and & four-masted steamship, spparently & big liner, OU City followed Hestia out March 22.—Later | | talked outeide of the breach, while the other vessel broke through previously, but as it was not over- hauled it is thought it must have been dis- abled ST. LOUIS CHEERS FRANCIS Falr President Gets Honor at Home After Interviewing Crowned Heads, ST. LOUIS, March 22.—David R. Francls, president of the Loulsiana Purchase Ex- position company, returned today from hls trip in Burope. He left St. Louls on February 10 and was In Europe eighteen days, during which time he visited the capitals of England, France, Germany, Spain and Belglum, and had audiences with King Edward, Presi- dent Loubet, Emperor Willlam, the Spanish premier and King Leopold Mr. Francis arrived In the private ear ot Willlam M. Greene, vice president and gen- eral manager of the Baltimore & Ohlo Southwestern. The train was two hours late, but when it rolled into Union station at 7:30 this evening there was a crowd of at least 10,000 persons present to greet him. With Mr. Francis were a committee of twenty prominent St. Louisans, who went to New York last week to meet him and attend the dinner of the Missourl soclety glven there in his honor. Among them were Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee, former Governor E. O. Stan nard, D. M. Houser, C. W. Vnapp, John Schroers and Corwin H. Spencer, who had been acting president of the exposition company during Mr. Francis’ absence, Mayor Rolla Wells headed a local recep- tion committee, made up of Director of Exhibits Skiff, W. C. Stelgers, George H. Morgan, Henry B, Hawes, Norris B. Gregg, Becretary Walter B. Stevens, David R. Francls, jr., C. P. Ellerby and A. L. Col- lini After an impromptu reception on the plat- form Mr. Francis was escorted by a squad of police through the cheering crowd to carriages, in which were his wife and daughter-in-law, with whom he was driven home. WHITES OPPOSE LYNCH LAW Colored Preachers See Hope Negroes in Schools and Public Sentiment. for NEW YORK, March 22.—Bishop W. B. Derrick of the New York diocese of the African Methodist Episcopal church and Rev. R. D, Stinson, commissioner of the Morris Brown college of Atlanta, Ga., ad- dressed a congregation of colored people in the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church today and both were hopeful for the future of the colored race. Bishop Derrick polnted out that educa- tion for the masses, both white and black, in the south is deficlent, and continued What the colored people of the south neel is the passage of a bill like the Blair meas- ure in the last congress. That bill Is basel on & sound conception of the educational needs of the southern negro. We do not ask the nation to pension us. We ask the nation, though, to educate us so that we can support ourselves. Speaking of the bellef among northerners that colored people were not safe in the south, Dr. Stinson sald: You think we are golng to be annihilated down there some day. That is because someone like Mr. Tillman comes up. here and makes a few rash statements. The fact of the matter {6 that the governor himself could not stop the punishment of the negro, even if he stood with the people who were taking the law into thelr own hands. There are just as many people, white people, down south who oppose such acts as there are In the north, ONLY ~ PRINCESS’ FRIEND He Never American t Says Taught Eloping Lady to Wheel Den NEW YORK, March 22.—Dr. Lewis O'Brian, Mrs. O'Btian and their young son arrived on the steamer Pretoria today. Dr. O'Brian Is the American dentist whose name has been connected with that of Princess Louise of Saxony. Today he emphatically denied that he had been officially éxpelled from that coun- try. He sald he had heard such a report when he got to Plymouth and averred that the truth was that, learning that the Saxon officlals had been talking of some such ac- tion, he did not walt to glve them a chance. Princess Louise, he claimed, was simply & patient of his and a friend of his family. When her visits became the subject of gossip they stopped. He never taught her to ride & bicycle or went wheeling with her. Mrs. O'Brian corroborated all her husband sald. Dr. O'Brian has with him a letter from Charles L. Cole, United States comsul at Dresden, glving him a high character. The letter is addressed “To Whom it May Concern” and contains the following passage: Dr_O'Brian has been the victim and sufférer from calumny and the arbitrary ruling of a kingdom, and I believe wiil gain the sympathy of all those Americans Who hear of his recent experience. GAS ASPHYXIATES ~ FAMILY Mill Manager Finds Wife and Babe Dead and Then Commits Saielde, CINCINNATI, March 22.—The dead bodies of A. M. Beity, local manager of the Washburn mills of Minneapolis; his wite, Lulu, and their boy, Harry, eged 20 months, were found in their home tonight. A note written by Betty was lying nearby, in which he accused his wife of killing the babe, and the police think the woman may bhave killed herself and child on account of domestic troubles. It is sald divorce proceedings had been instituted two years ago and were with- drawn before the birth of thelr boy. Betty, it is thought, found the dead bodies on his return home last night and deliberately took his own life. The body of the babe was found in the basin, with no marks on it whatever. It 1s thought that Betty took it from the erib and tried to revive it by turning on the water. When he found it dead he turned on the gas and lay down beside his wife's dead body to die from asphyxiation, and in that position thelr bodies “were found. The odor of the gas led to the search ihis evening. NEGRO SHOOTS FOUR FRIENDS Chases His Sweetheart, Loses Her, and Then Turns Wrath on Othe: . INDIANAPCLIS, Ind, March 22.—John Willis and Mrs. Laura Jeffreys, aged 19, were killed, and Frank Rowden and Mrs. Lucy Coleman shot through the right and left arm by Albert Wright tonight at the home of Mrs. Cdleman. Cora Carr of Jeffersonville, Ind., was vis: fting Mrs. Coleman and the other victims were callers. Wright had been calling on the Carr girl and came to the house. They and when she came in Wright followed her chasing ber through the house. Willis trled to quiet him and was killed. Wright then shot Mrs. Jeffreys through the heart and emptied the gun at Rowden and Mrs. Coleman, wounding both. The Carr girl escaped by hiding under bed in a rear room. When his gun empty Wright ran and is being puuu..:l All are negroes. WATERS WASH LEVEE TOPS Vicksburg R«nivu Discouraging Reports of Flood Ounditions in Missiesippi. RAGING TORRENT TEARS DOWN EARTH Memph Are, Natchex and New Orleans Hopefal, as River Generally Seems Inclined to However, Drop and Spare Country, VICKSBURG, Miss., March 22.~Officers of the steamer City of St. Joseph, which ar- rived here this afternoon from Greenville, report a critical etate of affairs along the Issaqueny county front. All along the line the water is almost level with the crown of the levees and at several points 's washing over. New work is sluffing badly and at Fitlere a great cave has appeared in the old levee. Into this cavity 2,000 sacks filled with sand have been dumped without effect. Inspector Dulaney, who is in charge of the work, has about dacided to cut the old levee at half a dozen places, as a sudden break would be disastrous to the new levee further back. This is vigorously opposed by peo- ple living between the levees, and feeling is sald to be running high. At Duvals and from Brunswick to Ghot- ard there {s imminent danger at several polnts where large forces of laborers are working day and night. City of St. Joseph brought in more than hundred refugees, men women and child- ren, from the Davis and Kiger places, and | will go back as soon as discharged for oth ers who are imperiled by back-water. Four hundred head of stock have been concentrated on the high place at Aus tralia awaiting removal, but It s feared that most of them will be swept away be- fore a,boat can be secured to bring them | out. On the Louisiana side, about Pilcher's Point conditions similar to those at Fitlers exist and it will be impossible to hold the line much longer. The gauge here tonight rogisters 50.6 and rising, and the under-the-hill section of the city, embracing the wholesale district, tho railroad shops and compress, 1§ well cov- ered with water. The private levee protecting the Hamp | Davis place In Issaquena county gave way | this afternoon, flooding thousands of acres of cultivated lands. The break will seri- ously affect the weakened levee extending trom Duvalls to Ghotard, a distance of | four miles, and news of a break in that line is momentarily expected. Waters Fi Memphis. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 22.—The river here continues slowly to fall, the gauge | tonight registering 20.6 feet. The flood conditions are becoming brighter, and it is generally accepted that the worst is over. Roports from the levees both north and south of Memphis say they are holding splendidly. The rallroads west of the river will be open for trafic by Wednesday next. More refugees arrived today from the south and are being taken care of by the authorities. The chipment of tents by the government friom Jeffersonville, Ind., morrow and a refugees’ pitched, with ample accommodations for all flood sufferers. Reports from Natchez say that while the weather today has been most favorable for the levees, it found necessary 1o send more men to the Sycamore levee in Cordia Parieh, Louisiana. It was expected that the grade would be reached yesterday, but when daylight broke this morning the work was so far behind that the New Or- leans & Northwestern railroad sent sixty men to the front. There h not been enough sunshine to dry out the earth with | which the men have to work. The fears of the people have been increased by the con- tinued rise in the river and while the levee men and engineers contend that Syca- more will hold, old timers who have ex- perienced the high waters, are skeptical, as a heavy pressure is yet to come. The Natchez gauge tonight reads 49.3, a rise of 0.2 in the last twenty-four hours, and rising. Only One More Break. NEW ORLEANS, March 23.—The river tonight reached the twenty-foot stage and as the Memphis wave is on the way, twenty-one feet will be reached by Satur- day if the levees hold along the Loulsiana line. On the Ponchatrain district, New Orleans to Baton Rouge, less than twenty miles of levee was found slightly below the highest standard, and this has been given false crowns two feet high. The only Louisiana break reported today wae on Bayou La Fourche, in front of Collector of Internal Revenue Powell's Waverly plantation. It 16 about 150 feet wide. THOUSAND THREATEN STRIKE ge and Wagon Work- to Quit Work for Union Recognition. Chieago Cn ers Vote CHICAGO, March 22.—A thousand car- riage and wagon makers will go on a strike tomorrow unless their demand for recogi- tion of their union and an increase in wages is granted. At a meeting of the men this afternoon the manufacturers offered to compromise by paylng extra for overtime and to grant @ nine-hour day. This was unsatisfactory to the men and they voted unanimously to strike. They will go to the various shops tomorrow, but if the Arms again refuse the men will not work. TEXTILE MEN HALT STRIKE to Postpone Issuing Final Order Until Thur Night. Declde LOWELL, Mass., March 22.—After two sesslons, at which no action was taken, the textile council decided to meet again on Thursday night and then decide whether to order a strike in seven corporations here, the agents of which have declined to Increase Wages. President Conry, in an interview, says he has not sought outside Influence for arbitration, and the textile council has not, up to the present, been given any official assurance of support from umions in other places. 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