Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 24, 1903, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. UESDAY OMAH MORNING, MARCH 24, 1903 INGLE cory THREE CENT WILL OPEN JAIL DOOR British Autllnrldu Decide to Set Mrs, May- brick Free Next Year. PARDON 18 REFUSED TO BITTER END Belease in Acvordanee with Established Englisk Practioe. SENTENCE COMMUTED FOR GOOD CONDUCT Life Prisoners Oan Always Escape with Fif- teen Years. ANNOUNCES DECISION TO AID LAND FIGHT Home Secretary Tells Lawyers Push- ing Woman's Claims to Help Them Postpone American Lawsuits, LONDON, March 23.—Mrs. Florence May- brick, the American woman who was con- vmu at Liverpool in 1889 on the charge of poisoning hor husband, James Maybrick, Jv arsenic, and whose sentonce of death Was commuted to penal servitude for life, will be released in 1004. The announcement comes from tho home office, which authorizes her Washington lawyers to use the fact of her release next year as a reason for securing the postpone- ment of the trial of the lawsuits bearing on the prisoner’s interest In land In Kentucky, Virginia_and West Virginia. Mrs. Maybrick’s pending release is in no sense a pardon, being strictly in con- formity with English practice, whereby a good conduct prisoner Is released after serving @ stipulated part of his sentence In the case of life prisoners this period s placed at fifteen years, znd Mrs. May- brick will next year have been in jail for that time. Those who are In a position to know say that Home Becrotary Akers-Douglas has shown great courtesy in connection with the suits now pending In America. Girl Marries Old Husband. Mrs. Maybrick, who was Miss Florence Elizabeth Chandler, and a member of a well known end prosperous southern famlily, was married July 27, 1881, in St. James' church, Pleadilly, to James Maybrick of Liverpool. She was then 18 yea olq, vivacious and beautiful, and also a favorl Her husband was over 40 years old. the spring of 1889 Mr. Maybrick became 111 and in a few days he died. His brothers investigated his death and charged Mrs. Maybrick with the murder of her husband. In A long trial followed and a number of doc- | tors swore Mr. Maybrick died of arsenical polsoning. ‘The defense proved that for twenty years Mr, Maybrick had been a confirmed ar- senic eater and that he daily took doses that would have killed a dozen ordinary men. Mrs. Maybrick was eventually sen- tenced to death by the judge, 8ir Fitzjames Stephens, who spoke for two days in charg- ing the jury, and who ulfl it was impos- %’%fim. S From the time of llm Maybrick's con- viction, her mother, the Baroness von Roques, has been unremitting in her at- tempts to obtain the prisomer’s release, in which she has been. aided by influential friends on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1900, after the death of Lord Russell of Killoween, chief justice of England, a let- ter written to Mrs. Maybrick in 1895, was discovered, It showed that the eminent lawyer was convinced that she ought never to have been convicted, and it has been generally understood that all the recent American ambassadors to the court of St. James have done everything possible to obtain Mrs. Maybrick’s pardon. Had she not been able to testity in the suits pending in the United States Mrs. Maybrick and her mother would have lost all title and interest in large tracts of land sitbated in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. LELAND’S BODY IS CREMATED Ashes, Together with Those of His ‘Wite, to Be Brought to United States, FLORENCE, Italy, March 28.—The ere- mation of the remains of Charles G. Leland (“Hans Breltmaon'), the American author and poet, who died here Friday last, took at the Tresplano crematory, Mrs, John Harrison of Philadelphia, sis- ter of the deceased, and her husband were presont, as were many other Americans. The ashes will be taken to the United States with those of the late Mrs. Leland. No religious services were held, but at the Protestant cemetery the remains were blessed. SULTAN CALLS REVOLT OVER Morovean Pretender is Still ut Lar, Inruly Tribes LONDON, March 23.—The Times' corre- spondent at Tanglers says the sultan of Morocco is disbanding his irregular troops and hes announced officially that the bellion is ended. The correspondent adds, however, the situation is inexplicable, tender, Bu Hamara, has not been captured and the government troops have falled to recapture Taza and never attempted to punish the rebellious tribes. LADRONES CAPTURE TOWN Slay Dei & Coustabulary in the Island of Mindanao and Aw Attacking Troops. MANTLA, March 23.—Suriago, thi in morthwestern part of the Island of Min- the danso, was captured yesterday by ladrone: who killed Constabulary Inspector Clarke d several others. A detachment of thirteen men, belonging to the Tenth infantry, under Lieutenants Patterson and Brown, is burrying from llogan, on the northwest coast of Min- danao, with orders to recapture the town. Asreement s Almost Ready. LONDON, March 23.—The president of the Hoard of Trade, Gerald Balfour, announced in the House of Commons today that a for- mal agreement between the government and the International Mercantile Marine com- pany, on the general lines which he an- nounced at Sheffleld In September, would be ready for signature before Easter. Pedestrian Makes Long Jo ey. GUAYAQUIL, Eecuador, March 23.—Guil- lermo Koppel, the Mexican pedestrian who * Jeft Argentina about & year ago on his way to Bt. Louis, has arrived here. ¢ the pre- | REBELS TAKE SAN DOMINGO ary Street Battle y Suce Black Republie, Ends in in Revolution SAN DOMINGO, March 23.—The revolu- tionists are in full possession of the city of San Domingo. They have taken charge of the cable office and the government land telegraph lines. Forelgn Minister Sanchez has sought refuge in the United States consulate. General Peppin, at the head of the rev- olutionists, attacked the fort at 1 this after- noon and released the political prisoners. Then entering the town the rebels began fighting In the streets. Firing was at close range and the loss on both sides is heavy. Among those known to be dead are Assist- ant Governor Echnique and the commander of the government forces, General Pena. It {s expected the government troops out- side the city will attack the revolutionists tonight or tomorrow. General Wos Gil has assumed command of the revolutionary forces. The stores are all closed and business is at a standstill. The garrison of Fort San Carlos, about two miles from this city, has declared it- self n favor of the revolutionists. Pres- ident Vasquez is absent in the interior of the republic. DISORDER IN SOUTH CHINA Chiefly Due to Bands | Operating in That Section of Empire. of Brigands PARIS, March 23.—It is said at the For- eign office here that recent official reports show there is a growing state of disorder in South China, particularly along the bor- der of French Indo-China, chiefly due to the operations of bands of Chinese brig- ands, Although the French authorities have not yet taken deflnite action, the offictals here confirm the reports from Shanghai to the effect that a continuous disorder will wh- doubtedly lead to the sending of French troops across the border to suppress the brigands and insure protection of French interests. The Forelgn office has no information re- garding the report that the French com- mander at Tien Tsin has demanded $1,500,- 000 compensation and mew barracks befors he will evacuate the arsenal there. It is sald that such a request would necessarily be made through the French minister at Pekin, who has not asked for authority to make representations on the subject to the Chinese government. SOUFRIERE CONTINUES ANGRY Casts Up More Solld Matter Than in Either of the Previous Eruptions, KINGSTON, Island of St. Vincent, March 23.—The eruption of La Soufriere con- tinues. The volcano has been can¥onading all day and has cast up more ashes, sand and stones than at either of the previous eruptions, but stormy winds are driving the clouds northward. There has been a fall of L o SR casualties. The Mmhabitants are moving southwest in great excitement. Barbadoes reports that darkness spread over that island at 11 in the morning, when a shower of red dust fell. LONDON, March 23.—Earth shocks were reported from the continent yesterday and today. At Cuneck, northern Italy, there was a slight shock this morning, while various points between London and Woerth, Bavaria, yesterday experienced shock: which frightened the inhabitants but caused no damage. DEBATE PREACHING ORDERS French Deputies Consider Claims to Passionists and Others to Hold 1% vices. day's session the Chamber of Deputies took up the application for authorization made by the preaching ord: These orders form the second class into which the com- mission has divided the male congrega- tions, and include the English Passionist Fathers, In whose cause the British and United States ambassadors interested them- selves, because the passionist order has an Anglo-American church in this city. The entire day was taken up with a resolution calling on the government to hold a referendum to ascertaln whether the people desire the dissolution of these re- ligious institutions, The Chamber finally, at Premier Coombes’ solicitation, refused urgent consideration of the resolution by 877 to 156, and then adjourned. BRITISH POLICE FIRE ON MOB Trinidad Pop ernment Bu Jncke! ce Rises, Burns Go ngs and Blue are Landed. KINGSTON, St. Vincent, March 23.—A serious riot was in progress at 2:30 this afternoon In Port of Spain, Trinidad, ac- cording to a diepatch just received from | that city. A mob attempted to-burn the government buildings and the police had to fire on the rioters, killing or wounding sev- eral. The British cruiser Pallas landed blue jackets. The rioting was due to the retusal of the government to veto an ordinance concern- ing the new water works to protest against which several public meetings had been held. A demonstration was made at to- day's meeting of the executive council and | fnally the mob stoned the government buildings and set fire to them. The riot act was read and the police fired on the mob. CASTING VOTE SAVES TREATY French e Agrecment Omly Just Passes Newfoundland Leg- islatu; ST. JOHNS, N. F., March 23.—The bill re- newing the modus vivandi regarding the French shore passed the upper house of the legislature this afternoon by the pres- ‘ident casting the deciding vote. Its defeat, however, appears to be cer- tain should the British government request another renewal. POPE IS IN GOOD HEALTH Holy Father ROME, March 23.—The pope is enjoying better health and has resumed his private lululc received Right Rev. Jose Mors, NM of Tulanicingo, Mexico, PARIS, March 23.—Toward the end of to- POST FOR IOWA ARBITRATOR President Rlates Olark as Assistant Seore- tary of New Administraticn. ROOT QUICKLY EXONERATES W War Department Decides to (From a Staft Corre WASHINGTON, March Telegram.)—It is understood tonight Wfent.) 23.—(8peclal that E. E. Clark of Cedar Rapids, la., has been chosen by the president to be assistant secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Mr. Clark ls well known in | "allway circles, being president of the Or- | der of Rallway Conductors. He will also | be remembered as a member of the an- thracite coal strike commission. Mr. Clark was strongly recommended to the president by Justice Gray and Senator J. P. Dolliver of Towa. Reverses Hennessy ¢ Chiet Justice Fuller today from | the supreme bench of the United States re versed with costs an appeal from a decree of the clrcuit court of the United States for the district of Nebraska and remanded the same with costs In the case of Jacques Richard, Maurice Hennessy and others, ap- pellants, against the Richardson Drug com- pany appellee. There were three hills brought by complainants who are engaged in producing, bottling and exporting liquor known as Hennessy brandy, against defend- ant, who is charged with selling brandy under the name of Hennessy, using fac similes of complainant’s trade-mark, de- vices and labels, all of which are fully set out in complaint. The complaint alleges that complainants are “all of Cognac in | France” and “citizens of the republic of France” and that defendant is a citizen of the state of Nebraska. It is alleged that |the value of the trade-mark exceeds the sum of $2,000. 3 The dcfendant answered the complaint and Qid not specifically deny that com- plainants were citizens of the republic of France, nor did he ralse any objection to the jurisdiction of the court. He denies that brandy sold by complainants under their label and trade-mark is jmported brandy at all and alleges that it is pro- duced and bottled in the United States, and he claims that the alleged trade-mark is a fraud used to decelve the public and charges various other fraudulent acts on the part of complainants. The answer a mits that defendant is a citizen of the state of Nebraska, but denies among other things, that defendant has sold brandy with labels used by complainants. The action of the supreme court today permits a rehearing of the case in the Nebraska coirés. Routine of Depart The postofice at Buchanan, Lincoln county, Neb., has been discontinued. Station No. § of the Des Molnes postoffice will be established July 1 at Seventeenth .. rural free cerriers at Weldon, Ia. Drs. H. F. Walker and F. L. Anderson have. been appointed pension examining surgeons at Osage. Ia. The comptroller of the currency today approved the application of James Gardl ner, T. K. Elliott, . Grueby Macher, C. P. Rugg, H. H. Brownell and F. W. Powers to organize the Black Hawk National bank of Waterloo, Ta:, with $100,000 capital; also the application of W. J. Moore, George E. Beatty, F. D. Wingert, W. B. Reeder, Henry Britcher and J. H. Coutts to organ- ize the City National bank of Tipton, Ia., with $50,000 capital. The National Bank of Commerce of St. Louls has been approved as reserve agent for the First National bank of St. Charles, | Ia. ‘Woo Root Exonera | Secretary Root today took official action | on the charges made by Estes G. Rathbone | against Brigadier General Leonard Wood. | He made an endorsement on the papers, | aying that no answer to the charges was | required from General Wood, and no action | will be taken thereon, that it was known to the secretary of war that the charges in | every respect were without just founda- tion. The secretary refers to the part taken by the military governor in the postoffice case in which Rathbone was a defendant, | saying that Gemeral Wood at every step | had the approval of the secretary of war and exercised only such control as was necessary as military governor. He refers to the gift of Ja Alal and declares that the glft accepted by General Wood had no relation whatever to any of- ficlal action of his, but was part of the expression of gratitude of the Cuban peo- ple toward the representative of the United | States and to have refused the gft would | have been discourteous and unjustifiable. The action of the customs officials in reference to the gift, the secretary says, was strictly in accordance with the law aud official propriety. The endorsement closes as follows: “There is no foundas tion for the charge Army Gives Eski o8 Foo: rgent appeals have been made to the War department for the relief of the Es- kimo and Indian Inhabitants of Northern | Alaska, who are destitute as a conee- quence of the strict enforcement of the | laws prohibiting the slaughter of fur béar- ing animals. There is some doubt as to the muthority of the War department to issue food supplies in such case, but acting on the advice of Judge Advocate | General Davis, instructions have been sent to the department commander to investi- gate the situation and In his discretion | distribute rations in cases of emergency. This action was taken in the belief that congress will sanction whatever outlay is found to' be necessary to the preservation of lite. Ask Pres The people of the states through which | the president is to travel on his western trip have been besieging him for changes in the schedule, 50 as to take in points at which no stops had been arranged. As a rule, It is impossible to comply with such requests, but where slight changes can be made by rearranging the time within @ state they are being made. For instance, today the Washington schedule was altered 80 as to extend the president's stay at Seattle and Spokane. Senators Hansbrough of North Dakota and Heyward of Idaho also were at the White House today to se- cure changes in the schedule, but in their cases no arrangements could be made. The latter wanted to aprange a trip down in one of the big mines for the president, but it could not be don It is understood that Mrs. Roosevelt and | Thomas Faulkner on Uctober 6. i was shot three times by Crossland, but BLACK United DIPLOMAT SHOOTS States W to Liberin Comes to Tell Roosevelt of Monrovian Scra; ter BW YORK, Mareh 22.—Dr. J. R. Crossa- United States minister to Liberia, {0 C. Washington Eills, secretary of lega- Nlon, were passemgers on the Incoming steamer La Champaghe tonight. Both aro [Inspires the King of Musical Instru- negroes. ments to Give Forth Sounds They came in under assumed names. Crossland appeared on the passenger list a8 J. R. Aubrey and Bllis as C. Washing- ton. intended to stave off questions regarding the shooting at the legation in Monrovia untfl the minister had a chance to report to Washington. According to cables re- ceived in this country, Crossland+had an altercation at the legation building with recovered. Crossland said tonight that the shooting | was In self-defense. He had trouble with| Faulkner over the legation building, which | was owned by a Mr. Hill Faulkner received permission from the owher to occupy two rooms and, represent- ing that he was the mgent of the bullding when the legation meved in, he collected | rent. Orossiand boarded with Faulkner and his wite. Tz After some time, a8 Mr. Hill was not receiving his rent, he came to inquire about it and after hearing the story decided to lease the building to the United States. Crossland then crdered Faulkner to move | out, and then the ~shooting began and Faulkner assaulted him with a razor. On October § he was again assaulted by Faulk- ner without provecation and in self-defense shot him, Mr. Crossland sald he has not come home to resign, but was sitmply on leave of ab- sence. DECIDE WOOD PULP CASES Declave Extra Duty uebec, b Appraisers in Proper on NEW YORK, March 23.—The board of classification of the United States general appraisers today decided the Canadian wood pulp case, which has attracted wide- | spread attention. There were two protestants in the case, F. W. Meyers & Co., acting for Hollings- worth, Whitney & Co., of Boston, and the Sault Ste. Marie Pulp and Paper company of Michigan, Two distinct questions were presented to the board. from Quebec and the other to pulp from Ontarlo. from wood cut on “erown lands.” crown lands is authorized to grant licenses to cut timber on the public domain, sub- ject to the payment of a tax, a rebate being allowed on timber manufactured into paper pulp in Canada. The United States customs officials lovied an additional duty equal to the rebate al- | lowed. The board of eclassification now overrules the protest relating to the pulp from Quebec and the is_sustained. - pulp Under the law of lhlt ‘province, however, no one is permitted to cut pulp wood on crown lands, unless it is to be manufac- N jtured in Canada. As regards importations from Ontarlo, the board holds that the province of Ontario “levies no export duty jupon wood pulp exported from fits limits and therefore the additional duty was im- properly assessed.” An appeal to the federal courts prob- | ably will be taken. WILL SEAL PRESIDENT'S GUN| Park Om velt a Decide to Treat Roo a Private Cit- ixen. FORT YELLOWSTONE, National Park, March 23,—Over the length and breadth of the national park there swept a terrific snowstorm yesterday and last night. It deepened the snow that already lay on the ground, filled up the gulches and made travel, even for the ski runners, who travel from snow station o snow station on patrol duty, well nigh impossible. Alto- gether the prospect of passable trails and pleasant weather when the president comes two weeks hence is not at all good. Major Pitcher, superintendent of - the park, declared that President Roosevelt will do no hunting in the park. His gun will be sealed by the milit enters just s though he were an ordinary citizen. It is understood that information received by Major Pitcher from Washington that one of the chief purposes of the pres- ident’s visit is to examine the precautions that are being taken for the preservation of game and to see what steps are neces- sary to make that protection still more effective, DRUGS AND ROBS STROLLER Opera Singer DL ppears From Tre: urer's Room with Com- pany's Cash, MILWAUKEE, March 23. -Harry B. Nirk- lnger, treasurer of the Marguerita Sylv Opera company, presenting “The Strollers, was robbed of cash and notes amounting to about $3,000 at an early hour today. The money was taken from beneath his | head while he slept. It is asserted that Mr. Nirklinger was drugged before he re- tired. A member of the company who slept with | Nirklinger is missing and is suspected of the theft. ATLANTA Secretary of the Treasury is G Hounor at Clearing House A, sociation Dinuner. ATLANTA, Ge.. March Shaw, who reached Atlanta today from. New Orleans, was the guest of honor at a banquet given by the Atlanta House essoclation tonight the children will spend the time during the tour ll Oyster Bay, lnd that imme- Secretary Shaw responded to the toast, | sponses to his recalls were a Pierne sere. [ Al New Yorkoarrived: icon, from Hre- “Our Country.” The other speakers were: | nade with muted strings. “Motto Per- | At 'Hong Kong—Arrived: Doric, from San Governor Terrell, Mayor Evan P. Howell, | Petuo” (Rles) and “Rondo des Lutins” | Francisco via Honolulu and Yokohama Clark Howell, James R. Gray, Hoke Smith, | (Bazzini). The program proper follows: |\ At The Lizarg=¥asied: Amaterdam, from John Temple Graves and Colonel Lowry. Concerto, D major........Paganini-Wilhelmj | New York for London; Finland, from New Koclan. York, for Antwerp. TRAINS CRASH IN KANSAS | (@) Novelette © major Schuman | At Naplés—Sailed: Peruvia, for New York (b) Chant Polonais . . ..Chopin-Liszt At Greenock—Salled Sardinian, from (c) Valse....., . ‘Nicolaus Rubinstein | Glasgow, for Portland @ Limited Wrecks Union Ml .Iulie Geyer gres—Passed: Lahn, from New York, " (a) Canzonetta r Naples and Gen s Basise at Low. (b) Romance . At Hamburg—Arrived: Pennsylvania, | senoe (¢) Scherzo Taranteila Wientawski | from New York via Plymouth and_Cher: ' Koclan, | bourg, Salled: Belgravia, for New York — Caprice Espagnol . zkowski | At Liverpool—Sailed: Winifredian, for =4 iss Julie Geyer B LAWRENCE, Kan., March 23.—The Rock | pantaisie Boheme Sevelk | ibraltar—Arrived: Lahn, from Island limited eastbound passenger ram Koclan. Naples and a, and_proceed tto the Leavenworth branch Union Pacific | | Ballea; Trave, from Gen: ‘and Naples, for train at noon today as the latter was back- Sazk. Maist 94 Mo Daok, | AV Delagoa Bay—Arrived: Kiek, from ing onto a siding. Puu..rl)’?l.rnm M;‘n-.:l ::,71-2. Freuch | l’n\rll\;nd 0"5 R g Bark Allo T. Taabel which arsived on Bun- | | At ‘iremen—Safled: Koengin Luise, tor Bieiongions. vere. WAL vrvshed, but Marcus Hook, Pa., In ballast, from | New York Do one was injured. The llmited staried east after two bours' delay. They alleged that this secrecy waa | Faulkner | One related to pulp !mported ! In each case the pulp is made | Under | the law of Quebec the commissioner of | of the mlluwr ey, hea. y when he | BANQUETS SHAW at of 23.—Secretary | Clearing | *“Hark! Hark! the Lark! KOCIAN CONCERT A TRIUMPH Demonstrates to Lng' Audience that He is a Master of the Violin. THOSE WHO DOUBTED FORCED TO PRAISE Which Entrance Music and Novice Allke. Koclan has played—"and won!" The frankly friendly little Bohemian who charmed his countrymen with his manner: charmed them even more with his violin last night. Not them alone, but so many other music lovers as to pack the Boyd theater from its pit to its gallery. Scarcely | | 80 large an audience as Kubelik had, but one large enough to be a compliment to any | entertainer and particularly to one who has only individual genius, devoid of pic- | turesque setting, to offer. And that Koclan has genius there re- mains none to deny. He won them all. The | plain and honorable man who frinkly ad- mits he doesn't know a serenade from a gallop was there, applauding. The girl| with the three months' course at the con- servatory and just beginning to dissertate upon “Vogner" and “Shopang” was there, applauding. And those whose whole heart and soul (and bread and butter) are in music were there, applauding. | Music of the Heart, It had been claimed for Koeian that his was the music of the heart; that his soul was in hie rytbmic message, and that, | withal, mastery of his instrument was not | lacking. There were those who doubted, but they doubt no more. The last of their skepticism vanished as he gave them Baz- zini for a parting remembrance. Such timbre, such marvelous runs, such un- slurred clearness in all the intricacy of changes left no opening for attack of what, for lack of better word, may be termed his And as for “feeling,” it was ob- vious to the least musical of his auditors. He indulged in no gymnastics in either his | fingering or his bowing, but his every touch | was a caress. He played as though the | pleasure was his as well as his auditor's, | and he lent the fire of youth to the confi- dence and mastery of maturity. Kubelik | played as a boy. Kocian plays as a man | and still retains enough of Young April's ardor to give his playing a warmth that Kubelik's lacked. This was another claim made for Koclan that many people dis- counted before they heard him. Not after- | ward. The comparison is made not in un- friendliness for Kubelik, but in fairnese to Koclan. The admirers of the former have | not abandoned him, but simply exalted two young artists where before there was the one. Rqually honored for thelr superb | technique, Koclan simply gains an addi- | tional plaudit for a warmth the other aid | ot show. Merely a Natural Difference. To me a little, It may be asserted that this s Nature's own doing. She bullt | them different in their Interior nn'u. m fiu; oll-w elding trath overy annoyance. Al a special dressing room he rehearsed Mm- self into condition by a process that oc- cupled more than half an hour. When Kocian came last night he had no attendant and no companion but his “chum” and ae- companist. Franz ~Spindler. He sallied through the stage door jauntily and with | |a laugh on his lips. Sauntering to the | apartment where Miss Geyer and h-r| mother were waiting he made them an ex- quisite little bow and then an exquisitc | little pun in oddest English. Tossing off | | his great coat and hat he gave the two very | commonplace “yanks” at his retreating | cuffs, then lelsurely reached for the:Astor | violin. Once or twice he drew the bow across the strings, then paused to jest | again. He reached the theater at 8:15 and at 8:25 he was ready to go on. In those | ten minutes he had done all the practicing | he deemed necessary, with others talking | freely at his elbow, add bad foun. nim to | | be an active participant. in the conversa- tion. A more composed or more care-frec performer would be hard to imsgine. He even enthused the other members of his | party and Miss Geyer, who had been hud- {dlng wearily in & wrap, thawed readily into smiles under Koclan's banter. When It came time to go on he was the | first to face the audience, leaving his ac- | companist to come at lelsure. The latter's | | introductory was a bit long and In frank- | ness let it be said that Koclan, while wait- ing, was not particularly graceful, but he was easy, confident and suffclently com- posed to look over the house from its packed gallery to its half filled boxes, and | to seem to signal a cordlal greeting to all. Then his bow touched the strings and all things else were forgotten. | | | | Triumph Complete, During the intervals between his num- | bers he wi just as composed, just ss affable, as before, and when he had bowed his acknowledgements for a last time he | shook hands with the little group In the wings and thanked its members very pret- | tily for coming back to see him. Th!rs were several local musiclans of prominence | in the party. In the dressing room were flowers too numerous for the capacity of any pair of arms. The local committee on arrange- | ments had sent over the footlights & huge basket for him, a bouquet for Mr. Spindler and another for Miss Geyer. Another bou- quet had been sent him by Tel Jed Sokol, & bunch of American Beauty roses by John | Rosicky and family, a basket of violets and | lilies of the valley by Vaclav Buresh and | family and & bunch of carnatiens by V.| Hoffman and family of Havelock, Neb. 1 That the tributes oral and applauditory | | should be shared by Koclan's supporters seemed eminently appropriate. Mr. Spindler | | had proved himself an accompanist of rare | | merit, and Miss Geyer, unassuming and | strictly attentive to the keys, had created |a most favorable fmpression upon both | those who were entitled to judge critically | and those who were entitled to ]ud(ai | casually. Repeatedly encored, she piayed (Schubert-Liszt) Koelan re- | and “Berceuse” (Henselt). d'Olonne, sank i its dock today. hEhl | an equal { commonly called ‘catalogue houses.’ | aggregate amount represented s estima | at $1,000,000. | pay less than 20 cents on the dollar Forecast for Nebraska Tuesday; Wednesday Fair. Temperature at Omaha Hou Des. 1 - 2 pom 8 p.om Apm 5 pom 6 p.om 7T p.om & pom ®p.om.. BLOW AT JOBBING INTERESTS ed Pure-Food Bills in Legisl ture Regarded as & S0-C Mennce. Omaha and other jobbers and manufaoc- turers of the state are just waking up to the fact that the pure food bills that are being urged in the legislature are not an unmixed blessing. In many respects these bills are an actual menace in the eyes of the dealers who will be aftected by them. One of the leading Omaha jobbers, speak- ing of Senate Files 82 and 83, the pure { food bills, says: “We are strongly in favor of a national pure food law, as by a national law only can the manufacturing and mercantile In- terests of the United States be placed upon basis. 1t a pure food bill is passed by both houses of leglelature and becomes a law it will place a restriction upon the manufacturers and dealers of this state, both wholesale and retail, making it necessary to mark prod uets and articles of merchandise in such & manner as to render them unsalable to | dealers and consumers outside the state, thereby depriving manufacturers and job- bers of a very large trade which they now enjoy. Situated as we are in the western country, where manufacturing interests are comparatively small, the requirements of this law would tend, not only to discour- age new manufacturers from coming in, but to eripple some of those we now have. ““There is a custom now Among a hum- ber of the consumers of this state to pur- | chase thelr supplies from eastern houses, 1t the dealers of this state are required to mark or brand certain articles of merchendise it will have a tendency to increase the pur- chases by consumérs of the foreign ‘cata- logue houses.' even with the knowledge that the quality of the selections made is exactly the same as those kept for sale by their home dealer, but which by necessity of the pure food law carries special labels or brands. “Bastern catalogue houses can and will with impunity brand their goods ‘abso- lutely pure, quality guaanteed,’ to be sold to the consumer in this state, when in fact the quality will be no better, if as goocd, as that of the merchandise sold by home dealers, and in no.way can a pure food law of this state reach them.' MAD MOTHER SLAYS BABES Cuts Her Own Throat, Pours Ofl on Corpres and Then Fires ! the Houne. St 1 K SSTUNBRIDON, Makv Maroh 28.—Mrs. Peter Burke in the little hamlet of Fiok- dale, after cutting off every means of es- cape by fastening windows and doors, crushed in the heads of her folir childran today, threw their bodies into a closot, scattered ofl over them and herself end then, after setting all on fire, cut her own | throat. The victime were Lilla, aged 6, William, 5; Loulse, 1%, and May Rose, But for the accidental discovery of the fire the deed might have been hidden for- ever by the destruction of the house. Two | boys happened to be passing when they saw smoke coming from a window. They | burst In the doors and tried first to put the fire out with buckets of water, but it gaincd on them so fast that they were obliged (o run for help. The neighbors prevented the flames from reaching above the first floor. Up to that time no one knew of the tragedy. But some one noticed that a closet door which seemed to be more charred than the rest of the woodwork was open and glancing inside, a blackened mass was seen. In this heap were the bodies of Mrs. Burke and her four children. TURF FIRMS LEAVE LITTLE Depositors May Receive Twenty Cents for Each Dollar In. vested. ST. LOUIS, March 23.—By consent of de- positors the United States district court ordered United States Marshal W. L. Mor- risey to take charge of the affairs of the International Investment company, which was conducted by J. W. Hogue, and to ar- range for a settlement. The assets are placed at $8,000 to $10,000, While the liabilities are not known a book was turned over to Marshal Morrisey con- | taining about 1,000 names, supposed to be the list of depositors. More than 11,000 certificates of deposit in the John J. Ryan Investment company are now in the bands of Marshal Morrisey. The It is stated the assets will COAL BARONS AGAIN IN COURT Dealers Sued by Natlon When Sta Action Falls, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 23.—Sum- mone were served today on eight Indiana coal companies ordering them to appear in the United States district court at Chicago tomorrow to answer an application for a restraining order filed by United States Dis- trict Attorney Bethea. They are the same companies that were indicted at Chicago for conspiring to raise the price of coal during the famine last winter, when Judge Chetlain decided that | the state courts had no jurisdiction. Ocean Ve Movements March 2: At Hrowhead—Passed: Cevic, from New York, for Liverpool the Nebraska | HOUSE IS GENEROUS Votes $100,000 for an Agrioultural College at the Nebraska State University. RAISE TOTALS OF Benate Qommittee Will Not Admit Taxpay- ors to Revenue Bill Disou sion. APPROPRIATIONS INVESTIGATE STUEFER BOND DEALS Former Treasurer Says He Employed Neligh to Buy the Bonds. LATTER CLIP3 COUPONS FOR HIS PAY Denies Having Insned Certified Checks in Payment, as Allegod—Bury People on Hand to Testify. Counnty (From a Staff Correspondent.) ' LINCOLN, March 23.--(Special Tele~ gram.)—The passage of H. R. 1023, appro- priating $100,000 for an agricultural col- lege at the State university, favorable re- port of the deficlency bill, increased to | 120000 by the house, the first meeting of the Stuefer investigatiog committee and the flat refusal of tho standing revenue | committee of the senate to admit taxpayers | of the state to its meetiug tonight, wer | events of importance In legislative affairs today. The house and sennte held afternoon meetings and the house was in session until 10:25 tonight. The entire night s | sion was devoted to consideration in coms | mittee of the whole of the deficlency and claims bills. Some ftems were stricken from the former and others inserted, net ting an increase which brought the total amount up from $118,000, approximately, to $120,000. As two or *three items In the claims bill could not be settied, that bill went over for further consideration. No changes were made In the bill, as far as { drcided om Its total originally was about | $66,000, H. R. 102, by Cropsey of Jefferson, set ting aside $100,000 for an agricultural eol- lege at the university, has been pushed through over strong opposition and ma- terially increased the already large appro- priation budget. Warner of Lancaster has been a lcader in the advoacy of this bill. rvestigating Bond Deal. The committee uppointed by Speaker Mockett,” on motion of Nelson 6f Douglas, to investigate the official acts of ex-State Treasurer Willlam Stuefer in the purchase of the Burt county school bonds, began its work this afternoon. The committes is composed of McAlllster of Deuel, chair- man; Davis of Buffalo, Mangold ot Douglas, Moradith of York and Fishback of Clay, Representative Sears, who instigated the investigation’ as chairman of the claims committee of the house In rofusing to al- low. Mr. Stuefer's. cm- of $3, nlm m the promium on his afelal bond the last Vear of bis téFm of UMce; was by the committee as Its uttorney, und ex-State Senator J. H. Van Dusen of South Omaha represents Mr. Stuefer. The committee began its operations with Mr. Stucfer on the stand about 4 o'clock this afternoon and adjourned at 5:30 to meet again at 7:30 tomor\ew morning. The hearing was frequenily interrupted by pro- ceedings in the house which called the committeemen away at intervals. Nothing important was brought out. This investigation grows out of the writ- ten statement submittod by Sears to the | house when he refused to yote with the other ten members of the claims committes to pay Stuefer's $3,000 claim. At that time Mr. Sears sald To 8o much of the portion of H. R. 164 as provides for the reimbursement of Wil- llam Stuefer, late treasurer of the state, I am opposed. My reescn is that two years ago Mr. Stuefer was only reimbursed for im- first year's bond expense after stating publicly before the house that the earnings of public money ehould go to the state. After that he did not conserve the publis funds in this, that he neglected and re- fused an opportunity of buying bonds for the permanent schoo! funds, but did in at least one Instance, that of the Burt eounty bends, furnish the schcol money to an out- sider and then bought the bonds, or pre- | tended to buy them, after coupons to the extent of nearly $3,000 had been detached and retained by such outelder, a loss to the school fund of the state or to the county— in any event to the publie—of the amount 80 detached, ihe state-both furnishing the money for the transaction and losing by it." What the committee proposes to accer- tain is whether Mr. Stuefer did cause the state to lose and himself to gain an amount | equal to $3,000 as a result of this bond transaction and is therefore, by reason of this fact, not entitled to obtain from the legislature the appropriation which he seeks. Stuefer Employs Neltgh, On examination by Sears, Stuefer tes- tified that he bought the $80,000 issue of ! Burt county school bonds, bearing date of July, 1901, by order of the State Board of | Educational Lands and Funds. The bonds | bore interest at 3% per cent and he bought them at 3%, he sald. He stated that he employed W. T. 8. Neligh to make the transaction. The difference on the rates | of interest, he said, was determined by de- | taching the coupons, which were given to Neligh. He said that Neligh left about $550 in coupons undetached. It not brought, out how much of the $4,000 “‘difference” went to Neligh or where the state got off in the deal. These points will be probed for at another hearing. Stuefer denled that he issued two checks, one for $70,000 and the other for $10,000 for payment of the bonds and that these checks, | dated July 5, 1901, were taken by Neligh to Burt county July 5, when the bonds were in Stuefer's possession as state treasurer. Stuefer sald he made a record of the salo of these bonds September 10, 1901, fn the office of State Superintendent Follmer at the meeting of the board, under whose direction the deal was effected, and that he did not make the record at the July meeting because he, Stuefer, was not in the | city at that time. Stuefer sald Neligh told him the bonds were “O. K." after he had detached the coupons, leaving the $550 worth. Stuefer did not explain why these coupons were left, but sald that ho nc- cepted the bonds as all right un the au- thority and advice of Neligh. He vaiu they were registered july 5. | Checks Not in E nee. In the subpoena which the committee is- sued for Stuefer he was requested to bring all certificates of deposit he had given Neligh during the negotiations for this bond purchase and he brought them. But the subpoena sald nothing about certified checks, which Stuefer testified were used in the trausaction fustead of certificates of Sears lusisted that these be | deposit.