Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1903, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871, OMAHA MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMB ER " 30, 1903. SINGLE IRRIGATION IN PERIL| Bome Amendments to Land Laws May Make Water Law Inope-ative. DANGER TG HOMESTEAD PEATURES} { | Hansbrough's Pro-osal Opens the Door for Large Acreage Filings. GOVERNMENT FIGHTS THE RAILROADS | Makes Oommon Oaute with Oement Makers | to Foroe Low Froight Rates. WILL ERECT PLANT IN ARIZONA Cost of Oarrying Material for Big Tonte Pasin Dam Proves an Up- expected Diffenlty in Ita (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—(8pecial)—The future of the irrigation law is ihe subject of earnest consideration of that beneficent measure. If some of the bills introduced to amend certaln features of the bill be- come laws there 1s a deep rooted feeling that the frrigation law, which has been hafled by the arid and semi-arid states as the greatest boon ever glven them, will be rendered wholly inoperative Senator Hansbrough's amendment to the timber and stone law introduced the other day may, in addition to changing that law, have a disastrous effect upon the irriga- tlon law, Alsemboweling it of its home- making features and leaving it a convenlent and profitable tool for grasping speculators And cattlemon The Intentlons and provisions of the irri- mation act are that the government shall ptore the flood waters and construct great ms and diverting works which shall make fortile the arid lands. But the central breathing opirit of the law is fits strict | provision that the nation's land when so reclajmed from the uninhabitable desert to fertility and productiveness shall be divided fnto small farms and given by the govern- ment to homemakers an real settlers. Tt s contended that the Hansbrough stone and timber amendment would abso- | Tutely destroy this fdea,’ Tt would allow the | lands reserved by the government under Irrigation works to be filed upon in tracts of unlimited acreage by Individuals or cor- porations holding In lleu land rights for fands included fn the forest reserves. Homenstend Feoture in Ineffective. When the national irrigation act was originally passed oy the senate it left the land open to all kinds of speculative entry until ‘the contract to bulld the firrigation works was let hy the secretary of the In- terior. After a flerce and bitter contro- versy those who Insisted that the reclaimed 1ands should be reperved for actual settlers exclusively secured an amgndment to the b1l betore it passed the house of repre- mentatives under which the secretary of the Interfor was authoriged to reserve all lands which he contemplated reclaiming under the act “at or Jromediately prior to the time of beginning theé surveys for any con- templated Irrigation works.” These lands wore 16 be withdrawn from entry “except under the homestead law.” Every acre which has been withdrawn under the na- tional frrigation act remains “subject to homestead entry.” The Hansbrough amendment to the tim- ber and stone act uses this same expression permit every acre of worthless private land In forest reserves to be erchanged for lands subject to homestead entry, although they had been reserved under the national Irrigation act. If the Hansbrough amend- ment is enacted Into law it is contended by the friends of the irrigation law It would ®ive to every speculative owner of lands n tho public forest reservations the ab- #olute right to relinquish such lands to the movernment and to select In lleu thereof a fract of vacant surveyed nonmineral pub- Me lan@, which is subject to homestead entry not exceeding In area the tract cov- ered by his claim or patent and not chiefly valuable for timber and stone. Danger of Hansbrough Amendment, In all the public land states and territo- vies sections 16 and 36 are state lands and are almost universally controlled by land speculntors. Within the limits of every raliroad grant the alternate sections were rallroad lands and nearly all of them have been #old by the rallroad companies to men WEko have cut off the good timber or who Are at present engaged In cutting it off as rapidly as possible. The Hansbrough amendment, it is contended, would #ive the owners of hundreds of thousands of acres of such practically worthlees lands as these rocks and stones and stumps und brush and chaparrel and mountain precipices and Korges—the right to turn that land in to the Kovernment and locate in exchange for it the very lands which &re now reserved un- der the national irrigation act for actual homestead settlers only. The provision of the Hansbrough amend- ment 18 innocent enough in appearance un- il considered in connection with the irriga- ton law, then Its dangerous features be. come apparept Will Build Cement Mill A% & result of the conference held this week between officlals of the Interior de- Ttment in charge of the coustruction of tion works and the representatives of | the manufacturers of Portland cement, an amicable agreement has. been reached, which will result in the Interior depart. | ment advertising for bids for the furnish- | Ing of 20,00 barrels of cement, to be used | In the construction of +he Tonto Bastn| dam in Arigona. Neat to the proposcd dum | the government will at once erect a cement | mill, with a capacity of 26 or more bar- | rels daily, and the contractors will be re. | quired to bid with a view to furnishing | thelr products delivered at the dam site, | and also for manufacturing the cement | on the ground, with the plant and power | furnished them free by the government, | The principle Involved in this matier is | one which has greatly concerned (he man- | ufagturers of Portland cement throughout | the country, Frelght Rates Figure High. In making the plans for the nto basin Project it was estimated that the dam, which I8 to be the largest in the United Stafes and e of the largest in the world, would require 0,00 barrels of cement. | \When Chief Engineer ¥. H. N ell of the | United Btates Gicologien) survey. who is in | harge of the construction of the dams and | senale to be built under the irrigation act, | Investigated the cost of landing the cement at the dam site, he found that the freight rates, plus the cost of transporting the cement overland from the terminals at Jlobe or Phoeunlx, were so husually high | that the price of the 30.000 barrels greatly excesd the sum alioited for that part of the (Continued on Wixth Page) | United States. | within two miles of the city. WANT AMERICAN DETECTIVE One of Guards for President Loubet When He Makes Trip to Ialy, Press Publishing Co.) —(New York World Cabl Telegram.)—It seems that the heads of state throughout the world formed a mutual protection assocta- tion againghenarchists and anarchical as- eassins. @ SglVorid correspondent learns unoffoff s ,.l\'.u system of international exchangds has been Inaugv rated. T hat English, French, German antigh latectives will soon be among those 0 g from lunatics and anarchists the Soresident of the Jiye step in this Bective & R Aret service (Copyright, 1% PARIS, Nov gram-—-Special by have a direction has been § Ireland, who was ond men surrounding Pres e “Kinley at Buffalo in September, 1% & Then a sassin fired his fatal shot.ls about to he attached to the corps of detectives detailed to protect President Loubet on his return visit to the king of Italy, The official re- quest for Ireland’s services has angered the secret police of France, who sneeringly declare that inasmuch as Ireland did not prevent President McKinley's assassination he is not capable of guarding any one. In a word the secret police seek to protect the Prench protective Industry WASHINGTON, Nov Necessarily every one connected with the secret service is most secretive. It is sald here that Tre- land, who 1s reported to have been engaged by President Loubet to guard him against American-Italian anarchists on his Italian Journey. not now with the secret service of the United States. He has been out of that s ice for more than a year and passed last winter in this city collecting Information for New York stock brokers. He has not been here this autumn It i denled that he ix on leave of absence Further, it is sald, that when Ireland was In the secret service his lne of work was not such as would give him a wide ac- quaintance among anarchists. NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—The World cable- gram from Paris is the more fmportant in vidw of the extraordinary precautions taken to guard President Roosevelt when he went to James King Gracie's funeral in this city last Friday. Hundreds of policemen, scores of detectives and a dozen secret service men were so0 employed. In explanation Police Commissioner Greene, who person- Iy attended the president, said: “T am at liberty to say only that In Secre- tary Loeb's letter of notification of the president’s visit T was req unusual precautions on this occasion. ' Tt goes without saying that the secret police of the world would keep secret an In. ternational agreement between them TANGLE OVER YACHTING CUP Postponement Due to Failure of Two Clubs to Reach an Agree- ment, 2, 1e connecte a BERLIN, Nov. 2.—Although the reasons of Emperor Willlam for withdrawing his offer of a cup for a transatlantic yacht race are regarded by his. yachting advisers sufficient, there were other considerations that made a withdrawal of the trophy for the next weason the easlest way out of the tangle cuused by the inubility of the New York Yacht club and the Atlantic Yacht club to agree on the subjeot. The original Idea of Emperor Willlam was to have the race managed jointly by the New York Yacht elub and the Atlantic Yacht club. of both of which clubs he Is a member, and the Royal Yacht squadron of Cowes and the Imperial Yacht club of Kiel. Previously Sir Thomas Lipton had of- fered a cup to the Atlantic Yacht club for an ocean race in 1904, but learning that Emperor Willlam desireéd to give & trophy, Commodore Tod of the Atlantic Yacht club sent a cablegram to Sir Thomas asking it he would withdraw and permit the em- peror to offer a cup. Commodore Tod's cablegram was marked “Private.” Sir Thomas, bowever, on October tele- graphed Emperor Willlam his withdrawal, and the emperor, supposing from Sir Thomas' telegram that everything had been arranged in the United States, replied to Bir Thomas uii October 2, thanking him for his magnanimity, saying that he would have his ambassador offer a cup. The inability of the New York Yacht club and the Atlantic Yacht club to agree with regard to the matter was met by a proposal by Emperor Willlam last week that he would give a cup In 1904 to the Atlantic Yacht club, providing the New York Yacht club would enter fts yachts in the race, and one to the New York Yacht club in 1905 for & race in which the Atlantic Yacht club would enter, thus avoiding Jolat management of! the cup. This was not satistactory to the New York Yacht club, and the emperor therefore withdrew his offer, as the time is now too short to get new boats ready for a race next year. BRYAN TAT.R II; IRELAND Tells Effect Upon United States of Infusion of Blood of Gens Sanetl. DUBLIN, Nov. %.—Lord Mayor Harring- ton today gave a luncheon at the mansicn house in honor of William Jennings Bryan, The guests included Archbishop Walsh, John Redmond and John TMion. Mr. Bryan delivered a brief speech in which he alluded to the strong infusion of Irish blood in the United States and he said he believed the greatness of his country was due to the composite charac- ter of its people; “and,’ continued Mr. Bryan, “they are going to build up a citi- zenship in advance of anything the world has ever seen.” Tomorrow Mr. Bryan will visit Belfast COME TO WELCOME AMERICANS eneral Ras Makounen, with Stromg Hodyguurd, Meets Thew at Border Land, BJIBOUTIL, French Somaliland, Nov. 2.—Robert P. 8kinner, United States con- sul at Marseilles, Who is going to Abys- sinia to conduct negotlations with Menelik, with his escort Abyssinia, Saturday. met the party eight miles outside the town and General Ras Makonnen with a bodyguard of 1,000 greeted the column when The new pal- the disposal of the mp was established Ras Makonnen was recelved honors. The scene ‘was The Americans met with much reached Harrar, Abyssintan troops ace was placed at Ameriocs Today & ¢ and General with military pleturesque. honor st rg Sees Emperor. BERLIN, Nov. 2.—Bdron von Sternberg, German ambassador to'the United Btates, had an audience with Kmperor Willlam at the new palace today. The emperor leaves for Hamburg today and will sail for Bre- men on the Kalser Wilhelm 1L sted to exercise | King ' 1 | i | | | versity | will likely i | | be allowed to carry WESTON'S ARREST SURPRISES | REDUCE WAGES OF MINERS | Friends Assert He Was Not Stce”holder of Baok at Time of Failura, NOT AN OFFICER OF THE INSTITUTION Shonld Conviction om Wyoming Charge Result it Will Operate to Create a Vacancy in Offic of State And: (§rom a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Nov. 20.—(8peclal)—Like thunderbolt out of a y news to Lincoln this morning that Weston, together with his pariners in th banking business at Casper, Wyo., had been arrested for taking in deposits in the bank when they knew the same to be solvent. All day long all over town, politiclans and others, it has been the gub Ject of discussion and speculation. Few even of Mr. Weston's most intimate filends were aware of the fact that he was in the banking business in Wyoming, though it was known that he had lavge sheep Inter ests in this state Mr. Weston has not yet returned o Lin- coln, though he has doubtless communi- ated with his friends, as who stands close to him said this afternoon that the auditors would return Tuesday. said also that he understood that Mr. Weston owned only a small amoynt of stock in the bank and was not even an officer of the Institution. He said it wus his im- pression that this stock, howeve s0ld some time ago and that Mr. Weston's presence in Wyoming was occasioned by trip there to wind up the business. Oth of Mr. Weston's friends who were could throw no light on the matter disclaimed any knowledge of the affair Politiclana were interested in the arrest a8 (o what effect it would have on the next state campalgn. His closest friends main- tain that when the trial is held that the auditor will come out of his troubles with- out a stain. The Nebraska statutes, which an attorney who has had experience In the Wyoming courts sald were similar in such cases to the Wyoming statutes, pro- vides that the crime with which Weston is clear ame th aditor mong a n and charged is a felony and that upon convic- | tion the punishment Is from years in the penitentiary, one to ten Another section of the statutes provides that upon convie- | tlon of telony) an by infamous crime an office holder the office 1s vacant. Should a conviction result in this case, according to the constitution it would be the duty of Governor Mickey to appoint an auditor to hold office until the next el tion. the office belng vacant as soon as such a verdict was returned. It was reported this afternoom that N. K. Griggs, the Wyoming representative of the Burlington iegal department, had been retained by Mr. Weston to defend him, but this was denied by Griggs, who stated he knew nothing of the case except what had been published. Pollce n (which is a Firemen to Meet. Eleven members of the police department, averaging over 20 pounds avoirdupols, and the same number from the fire department averaging over 187 pounds, will meet on the university grounds in the near future to hattle for the hoavyweight fovt bull cham- wlonship. Both elevens are doing both individual and team work practice, and it is confi- dently expected that when the two get to- gether there will be a crushing of dry bones such as has never before been seen on.a gridiron. Between the teams there exists u rivalry that will result in an effort on the part of each to “do or die.” The police ex- pect to win by line bucking, with end runs if ne sary. To accomplish the rormer they have a front line that will welgh over 800 pounds, well seasoned and long-winded. This they claim could stop an engine, and it the firemen ever get the courage to go against it, they hold, the fire laddies will “fall back and fade away like dew be- fore the glorious rays of a Nebraska sun.” 8hould a miracle be performed on behalf of the fire laddies and one of thelr number get through that 800 pounds, then the police have two men whom they claim will make the arrest before the fir'man gets a good start All that the police are claiming for them- selves the firemen are claiming with the exception of the S0-pound rush line, and | thelr friends are accepting every bet made on the police side of the controversy. One question of Importance that will have to be decided before the date of the game is announced 1s whgther the police will their clubs to the ground. The firemen, of course, will move all their fire-fighting apparatus on - the side line, 8o that in case of an alarm being turned in they will lose no time in getting to the scene of conflagration. Now the police think this precautionary measure is | all right, but they belleve also that when the firemen see the tide of battle against them sufficient alarm will be occasioned to cause some member of the department to turn the hose on the police team. There- | foro to guard against this, those betting on ti#e police want the latter to carry thefr insignias of office lined down the legs of | their uniforms, to hold as clubs over the heads of the firemen, to prevent any move in that direction. This, however, will likely be Settled by the police agreeing to allow a search of their clothing upon ar- rival at the grounds, One-half of the proceeds of the game will 80 to charity and the other half will be 2i- vided between the two depertments. An immense crowd is expected to attend. Chan- cellor Andrews granted the use of the uni grounds and the university bund furnish music for the occasion. Here 18 the Jineup: POLICE. Mitchell, Greea... MeWiiliama Reyaolds Dawson Bentley, Pound.. J. Cody, Grady O'Kane, Harry T. Cody, David Soerger Routzabn (Capt.) FIREMPN. Staats, Halabaw 3 Shipman G o Johnsen Russell (Capt.), Prart ¥ Lee, HIN Whitlook on, Kerr Davoll Curran B T . a % E a T H H BEE Kiowit e Druper, i.Q. Weldman, Fitagerald Carnshan ¥ Lindsley, Nellis The officials will be as follows: Referee, Mayor Adams; umpire, P. James Cosgrave; head linesman, William Lawlor: linesmen, W. C. Frampton and L. J. Dunn Chief Clement is the coach for the fire- men Humbeoldt s Even, HUMBOLDT, Neb., Nov, 2.—(Special.) ‘The basket ball team from Falls City High school played & return game on the Hum boldt grounds with the school team of this city and the latter won by the de- score of 42 to 2. This was the second game played by the home team, the first one belng lost to the Falis Cily aggrega tion last week by a score of 16 to 15, A large crowd of spectators were present and witnessed a4 very pretty exhibition of the sume. The visitors were In charge of Prof. E. L. Tobey of the Falls City schools, who acted as umpire. while Prof. O. Beblalfer of the city schools was referce. The visit- ors were outclassed ull along the llne. After the game was over Buperintendent Hoff of the city schools entertained the winuing “eaIn Gl 4B OySter supper at his home. This party | had been | the state, “Which | April | Somerset Coal | actions public. i ter | return to PBe Posted Making in Notices Cuts Pennsylyania Conl Mines. BALTIMORE, Nov, 20.—It that the Somerset fieal K. Kniver Coal chants' Coal company erate a numb Penneylvani a reduction is hnnounced company. the W, mpany and the Mer- which own and op- of mines in the Myersdal reglon, have decided to make f 10 centys & ton in the wages paid the miner: The cut will become December 16, and notices will be t the mince tomorrow The three companiss employ apwards of 2,500 and it s expected that the other small oy ttors in that region will follow with stmilar reduction. It is said that far the miners have ne knowledge of the de elslon reached by the companies, but the latter do not believe protest When the coal t the companie the pay from 55 Lo tb eents o the trade is very flag and com; it is considered o take ine and go back to the old rate. .Offi- of the three compunles held several conferences here during the past when it was decided to reduce wages. The company operates elghteen mines in the Myersdale rogion and employs 1,600 miners. The W. K. Kniver Coal company employes about 630 men. It 1s sald that the reduction whi not affect the scale of wages paid in other regions Mill Operators Get Redunetion. PROVIDENCE, R. I, Nov. 2.—The new wage scale adopted by the cotton mills of duces the wages of op- eratives 10 per cent and restoring the price ist of two years ago, will tomorrow Thirty-seven mills with employes aggre- gating more than 17,000, will be affected. No trouble is anticipated by the mill own- The employes are dissatisfied with the new schedule but belleve that many of the manufacturers will not hesitate to cl their mills if a strike becomes imminent. They will awalt & market more favorable to the operators before pressing for a re- ade volu; was booming ntarily last Ivanced Now that is tl.ion acute, neceseary se Is ov K |turn to former figures. , Miners to Retura to Work, LOUISVILLE, Colo., Nov. 20.—The strike in the northern coalfield is settled and a majority of the miners will be working to- morrow. J. C. Willlams, general superintendent of the Northern Coke and Coal company, stated tonight that he did not think there were sufficient miners in the-district to op- erate the mines at thelr full capacity at present, but he believed those who had left the district would return as soon as work begun. The subdistrict board held a secret ses- sion in Louisville today and counted the votes cast last night, but d1d not make its The miners express them- selves as pleased to be able to return to work. VICTOR, Colo., Nov. . 20.—About 8:30 o'clock tonight & sentry stationed below Camp Goldfield ordered someone moving | in the darkness to halt. The order was not obkyed und the sentry fired eight shots. The fire was returned by the skulker, but none of the shots took effect. THREE-HOUR WLDDING FEAST Queer Customs Which #revall in the n Colony in South Dakota. MITCHELL, 8. D., Nov. 2.—(8pecial.)— Marriages down in the Hutterische soclety, located at Rockport, Hanson county, are celebrated with more or less jollity.s Wed- Aings Russians are seldom celebrated singly, and very frequently thrée or four couples are married at the same time. Sunday last occurred a quadruple wedding which brought out nearly the en- Ure_settlement to the great feast of the day. 'The following are the names of tha contracting parties. David B. Hofer and Katharine Walder, Samuel Dekkar and Susanna Entz, John Hofer and Mary Klein- saaser, and Jucob Waldner and Rachel Hofer. The ceremony began at 8 o'clock in the morning and lasted three hours, place in a school house, which 1s also used as a church. It is the custom for the men to occupy one side of the room with the women on the other. The wedding couples occupd the central part of the room. The wedding service was conducted by the min- ister from Elm Spring, which of Itself was short in comparison to the rest that fol- lowed. For nearly two hours the minister gave out songs and lined them in the old- fashioned way. When this part of the ceremony was con- cluded the entire company repaired to the immense dining ball, where a great wed- ding feast was prepared and served to the colonists. The by the young people of the colony enjoying all kinds of sports and w.nding up wih a dance. It is statell that within a short time six couples will be married at Rock- port, and the occasion will be made the greatest in the history of marrluges among the Russians. KILLS DAUGHTER'S BETRAYER Missourt Man Wreaks Vengeance Upon Young Man Who Threat- ened Him. among these SEDALIA, Mo., Nov. 20.—Frank C. Dun- ton shot and killed Emil Meyers here this afternoon. In August last Dunton's daugh- died, leaving a charging Meyers with her betrayal The father was not at home and did not unul last night. This morning he Interviewed two women who knew of Mey- ers' relations with his daughter, went to the church of the minister who preached her funeral sermon, went home to dinner and then walked to Meyers' home, called him out and told him that he wanted to hear his side of the story of the girl's death. Meyers made a threat and Dunton shot him three tmes. Dunton is in cus- tody. The sympathy of the community is with him. note FIND THIEF WITH BOOTY Former Servant of Philadelphian Cap- | tured in New York Carrying Jewelry of Employer. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. —-Charged with th robbery of £9.00 worth of fewelry from Mrs. Welsh Harrison of enside, Philedclphia, Adolph Waltz, servant formeriy employed by Mrs. Harrison, is locked up at police headquarters to await extradition. The jewelry, which included a pearl necklace valued at $15000 and a large number of minor articles, was taken trom Mrs. Harrison's room while the fam- fly were at dinner on Thanksgiving day. Walts, who had been. empléyed in the house only two months, disappesred at the same time. When arrested today all of the jewelry with the exception of two | peces of minor value were tound on him. | men, oft the | woek, | B0 Wito effect | taking | afternoon was taken up | Emil | near ! THIRD BODY IS RECOVERED Obarred Remains of William Burmester Taken from Burning Debris LITTLE DOUBT AS TO THE IDENTITY Vigllant Search Continues for Fourth Fireman, Willlam Barrett, Who Lost His Life in Big “ire. | | After two and a halt days of continucus work on the part of a large force of men who have labored under unusually difficuit | circumstances to extricate the bodies of the four brave firemen who lost their lives they will make any |in the collapse of the Allen Bros.' ware- | | nouse last Thursday morning, the body of one of the victims was brought to light at 5:15 o'clock Sunday morning. The jond body was recovered at J:16 p. m., the third at 7 p. m. The bodies were found in a ghastly state, | the heads, arms and lower limbs being par. ticularly In bad copdition. They were im- bedded in a steaming and smouldering mass of material of all kinds, requiring extreme care in removing. ! 7he first body has been identifiel by | Captain Coyle as being that of Herbert | Goldborough. The second body has heen ldentified beyond a doubt as the remains soc- f Leroy Lester, a scar resulting from an | operation for appendicitis being quite dis | cernible. The third body supposed to be that of Willlam Burmester, aithough this cannot be stated positively until the last body has been recovered. Near Center of Huilding. The bodi s already found wer about twenty feet from the doorway of the north alley, near the canter of the building and teneath the wreckage at a depth of five or six feet bellef that the lll-fated firemen followed the aisles ieft open when they entered the blrning building. When at 5:15 Sunday morning the word was passed up from the steaming pit that the first body had been touched, there was pecullar sense of rellef on the part of the little group gathered around the scene. Coroner Brailoy, Chief Salter, Captain Coyle and a few others particularly inter- ested were soon on hand. When the coroner arrived, Goldborough's broken helmet was first handed up to sev- eral firemen, who had been waiting all night for some evidence of their late com- panfons. The fragments of the helmet were sconned carefully and taken to the fire-house of the dead firemen. Captain Coyle was visibly affected as the workmen removed the rubbish away from the first body, and as the flesh came to sight he turned away, a faint suspicion of tears mofstening his eyes. Many of the laborers were unnerved at the sight of the mutilated body. As many of the men as could be spared were kept at a distance until the body was removed to the mgrgue. News Spread Rapidly. The news that the first body had “been found spread throughout the city like wild- fire. Within a few minutes the ropes sur- rounding the enclosure began to be sur- rounded with a crowd, whiok iIncreased as the day went by, An extra force of pollce- men were detalled, and It required the ut- most vigilance to keep the anxious throng within bounds. Work Again Suspended. Ed Burmeister called at the morgue last evening and identified the body found at 7 p. m. as being that of his brother. This establishes the identity of the second and third bodles without a doubt, and although Captain Coyle is of the first one reachied was Goidborougi, there ure some who are inclined to think it is not. This point will be settled when the last Rody has been reached, as Gold- borough was & medium sized man, while Barrett was o large man. The work of uncovering the remains of | the fourth fireman recelved a setback at an early hour this morning, when the fore- man discovered that the large smokestack which stands against the Allen Bros. firewall was unsafe. The foremun drove seveial piugs Into the seam between the stack and the firewall and when the plugs fell out later on he was satisfied that the big chimney was unsteady. As the stack stands in a direct line with the workmen there would be a terrible catas- trophe should the chimney fall. The dangerous stack will be propped this morning and the search for the remaining body pushed forward with all possible haste. . LANDLORD AND TENANT FIGHT Battle Attracts Large Crowd and Par- cipants Are All . Placed i Under Arrest. | CINCINNATI, Nov. #.—Feudal fighting !that hud been going on at 158 Richmond street for o week today culminated in an inciplent riot in the central part of the | city. Murder and lynching were narrowly averted. The premises on Richmond street are owned by A. T. Anderson, who occupled the tecond floor, while the family of Wil- liam 8. Ford, as tenants, occupled the first flodr. The feud was between the Andersons and the Fords. The latter having paid their rent the former could not eject them and attempted two days ago to drive the Fords cut by turning on the er from the upper floor and flooding the house, damaging his own property over $1,000. Yesterday he fired repeatedly through holes | made iz the floor. At one time, when there was a fusillade of shots from the upper floor, Mrs. Ford and her baby were slightly scratched with bullets | Today Anderson cut with o through the floor turned the hose directly onto the F The ange of shots that followed tracted hundreds of people and also a for of police. The latter had great difficulty in holding the nelghbors and the crowd back | when Anderson’s door was broken i he was arrested, Anderson sisted he would shoot any one that came near his door, but he did not molest the policemen | Anderson was arrested for shooting to kill Ford was shot behind the ear have been instantly killed by inserted in his head after he had shot years ago In a similar scrape i After Ford's wounds were dressed at the | hospital he was arrested for cutting the | water plpes to prevent the flood that An- | derson had turned loose Andersor WAS re- | lrased on ball, but ket Inside ss lone | the angry ciowd remalned outside. Elijah Thatcher, son-In-law of Ford, was also AT rested for shooting to kin — Nose Is Brokem by Fali. Charles Burd of 15854 North Seventeenth strset fell from a Sherman avenue street car which he was trying to board at Seven- teenth and Cuming streets Sunday morning Burd struck on his face, sustaining-u broken nose and several cuts on the face. It was thought for & time that the injured .man bad concussion of the brain, but it was reported from o tal last gven- g that Burd was b bet: x a ing large and 1s. hole and ce and would for a silver | plate been pinion that the | brick | CONDITION OF THE WEA for Nebraska Rain or Snow THER Monday iy Fair | _Temperature at Omaha Yesterdny: Hou » De; 5aom...... ¢ = T " » 10 1" { POLICE CAPTURE “GOO0D” ed in Bed at ather ’wn....n., conard Sarpr 1 the Home of His Wife’ | H in Lincol | o (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 2.—(Speclal { gram —Frenchy Leonard, considered one of the most ¢ eriminals In the country, was arrested here tonight by Ser- geant McWilllams and a squad of pollce and {8 now in the city jail. He was sur- prised o the home of his wife's father, James Fedaway, where he was in bed {He was taken before he had oppor tunity resist. It is s=upposed he had been In Lincoln only a short time Some years ago Leonard was sentenced to seven 8 in the penitentiary from Ohiowa for robbery, and while a new t was pending h from jail. He wanted at ( robbery, having made his getaway from thes after being arrested. The police have information tha he is wanted 'n Arkansas for doing a job for which hig pal was hanged, Eight years ago Leonard was arrested here nd res | sisted, resulting in his being dragged to | Jall with a broken ar This was broken <perate ve escaped neva for i located | by the officer when Leonard atterapted to ' shoot. This is supposed to boe first appearance in Lincoin in eight | He refused to talk after being I Leonard's vears, d up, This strengthens the [ but paced his cell for an hour before going | | to sleen. Pinkertons and other poiice au | thorities have long been'on the lookout for him, | TAKES DOSE OF CARBOLIC ACID | Popular Teacher of Snunders County | Despondent Over a Love | Aftatr | ASHLAND, Neb, Nov. 20.—(Special) Mise Jesste Jardine, an attractlve younsg school teacher, committed sulcide Saturday { evening about 10 o'clock by swallowing car- { bolle acia. Miss Jardine lived about dn | hour after drinking the acld No motive for the deed is knewn other than that the young woman had not had smooth sailing In her love affairs. Miss Jardine was teaching school in district No. 2, north of Ashland, and boarded at the homo of An- rew Wilson. Mr. Wilkon sald she had teen nnusuaily jolly Friday night hefors @he left for her home in this city. She at- tended a performance at Sears’ opera house Friday night and was apparently in £ood spirits. Miss Jardine was aged about 19 years and lived in Ashland all her life, { She was well known to many Saunders | county #chool teachers, kaving taught school last year near Malmo and attended the County Teachers' institute at Wahoo. Red Men Blect Offteers. NEBRASKA GIRY, Nab., New. .20 —(8po- ofal.)—Nebraska Ciiy lodge No. 1, Iroquois tribe No. 25, Tmproved Order of Red Men, have elected the following officers for ihe enguing year: G. W. Parr, sachem; M. A. MeCartney, 8. ' 8. George MeC: prophet; Tra Goldin, K. W.: hart, K. R.; Miles Andreason, Sam and D. W. McCallum, trustees. Injured by Fall from Bridge clal)—T. E. Thompson, a well known *ditl zen of this place, fell from the South Kiev enth street bridge and when found was un consofons. Owing to his advanced age his | complete recovery is considered very doubt- | ful {RUSSIA INDULGES 'IN THREATS allum, Poling | Tells China it Can E ¥ Japan Should that Nation { Interfere. Crush LONDON, Nov. 3.—According to the To- kio correspondent of the Dally Mall a tele- gram from Tlen Tsin to the Amijl reports a sensational conversation between Gen- eral Wogach and Yuan Shal Kaf, director of the Peking-Shan-Hal-Kwan rallrond, in which General Wogack Is reported to Fave stated that the demand for the evacuation of Manchuria is unreasonable and impos- sible of fulfillment. Yuan Shal Kal is sald to have replied that a third power would never consent to the occupation, General Wogack replied that a third power meant Japan, and that Russla could easily crush such. a poor opponent at one blow, adding that China must accede to Russia’s wishes. The correrpondent at Tokio of the Times says that Admiral Alexieff, Russian vice roy of the far east, has sent the battl ship Poltava and three torpedo boat d stroyers to Chemulpo to support Russia's demands for redress in connection with the recent affray between Russian and Japan- ese sallors, regarding which the Russian minister at Seoul maintains an unyielding atttitude. Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister to Great Britain, In an Interview had with him here today, sald he n..»,\[v-\-m his gov- ernment considered it to be the interest | not only of Japan, but of other countrie | that either Yongampho or Wiju'should be | opened to forelgn commerce. Japan, hows { ever, he sald, would n | ter with Corea and not with Russia | TIEN TSIN, 20.—General Wogack, formerly Ri military agent i Chin after having consuited with M. Paul Les- | ser, the Russian minister to China, at Pe- | king, wil! leave here for St. Petersburg by way of Port Arthur on Tuesday next, His | Buccessor as military agent, Captain Ogorde | nikoff, has arrived Nov sian ve n and | ALLEGED FORGERIES FOUND| Addourn Pend Ministers May Parllament the Freuch ug Investiga- of Dreyfus Case. PARIS, Na 2.1t Is afirmed that G n. eral Andre, the war minister, examined the | Dreytus doseler in order to verify accusa- | tlons agalnst a certain officer involved In | the Dreytus nd the that | two documents which influenced greatly the court at Rennes before which Direyfus was tried were undoubtedly forgeries, iy ie further nsserted that a number of ¢ ents most favorable 1o Dreyfus we shown to the Rennes court A | In the event of a demand for an | %4 pellation regarding the case being m the Chamber of Deputies the goversy intends (o ask for an adjournment of body untll the commission to whick { teferred the dossier and the petition revision of sentence shall huve ready decirion. This action will be taken vent Parliament from interfering in vestigation of a purely judicial ch ton ase, statement cCory Tele- | Munroe Nei- | sotlate guch & mat- | THREE CENTS. FINDINGS OF BRISTOW .Repon of Reoent Postal Invemwimatiu:s is G.ven to the Public WORK COVERS A VERY WIDE Contractors in Several Eranchos of Div.ded Prcfi s with Bmployes SCLPE ice TYNER, MACHEN *1D BEAVERS AT FRONT These Said to Be Responsitle for Many Qorrupt Praoctioes, | | | PRESIDENT COMMENTS UPON THE REPORT | T T | Snye thar 1 Able Work Neen Dome In an Manner ani Versons Gullty Shovld e Come WASHINGTON, v | Fourth A tant Postmas tow on the Investigution epartment was made public today, The report opens with the eonsideration of the supply division, in charge of Michael A\ Touis Cincinnat! 1n that it 14 shown that through a contract with the Ault Wihirg “company for cancelling ke of 1032 was pald, while the year but $430266 wns pald at for inking pads en con- Long the “rake-off” wis On the subject of man- the rport says or. 1001, George 1 of the General Manifoid anklin, Pa submiticd *iton to furnish manifold books mado patented duplicating paper for the | registry Ssyvatem. W. H. Landvolgt was hen superintendent of the system. After Morton submitted this proposition, but b fore # books were ordered, he proposed | to sacure Landvolgt's son employment with the president of the General Manifold com- pany. The proposition was acoepted by Landvoigl, who considered it a great per- sonal favor. It was Landvolgt's duty to pass upon the merita and ouality of the supplies fur- nished by this company, and the aecept- ance, therefors, of o favor of this ohar- acter wax considered highly improper, and his resignation was requested and accepted, iT original proposition was to furnish a | book containing B0 receipts for 294 onnts ‘l‘li"ll This hook, however, was never used, | but In ts stead a book contalning 1,00 re- | eeipte, which " cost $1.10 ho' result (of mending | fices) The report of ter General Bris on in the Postoffico & the mum preceding for the same tract with W fold books prosen tative ompany of prop o s v, year, Morton, books cost vear to all of- of manitold 2-'08 was the flscal Lag been that the | supplies for the fiscal 1 984,768.85, as ngainst -$41,490.24 tor | year 1901, “when suppl by *the publio printer, dn increase of §i3.2051. After the | books ‘were once adopted for general ues the company advanced the prices. . lomee of Awsintant Attorney Gemer The office of the assistant attorney gen eral came in for consideration mext. In this office was heard the cases wherein parties were charged with using the mails for purpose of fraud. Attorneys Tyner, Barrett, Johns, Miller, with others were Implicated. A typical case clted in the brief follows: Shortly after Tyner and Barrett wero | Installed 1n office eight of these bond in- vestment companles, against which fraud orders had been lssued by Thomas, formed an organization and sent vepresentatives to Washington for the Tpann of aving tieas fraud oraers |a\'o4uzu . A. Villere, of New Orleans, a representative of these compa- nies, on' June 74 wrote the secrutary of his company as follows "l have the strongest assurance that the government is our’ friend and will do they ean for us: Being sure of this [ 'u.n}ed to reiurn home, but Butterworth, Dudley and ‘Tyner hiriself tell me that [ hera; that I will be needed.” On June 2, four days later, ho again wrote! . ‘Had a long intervipw with the law clerk (very satisfuctp Barratt, un of ofirs and ¢ 7% Toxi Thursday.” This letter was writ 28, ‘The fraud order Wednesday the 30th, on Villere expected Early in the year of 19 X Henning Nelms, an agent for a bond In. vestment company, made a yerbal agree- ment to enter in a law partnership Jaunu- ary 1. 190l Shortly after this agreement Barrett announced that he intended to ren- der a decision as ‘to all bond Investment schemes. Phis opinion was rendered on Desember b, 1900, ‘and it held all_bond in- vestment concerns as fraudulent. But while declaring them “inimical to the postal laws," Barret suggested that they be given an_opportunit “to make such changes as will eifminat all objectionable features hefore furthe actlon 'is taken by this department fn the direction of depriving them of the use of the madls.” And the same mail that carried the opinion with this suggestion to the bond investment concerns also carriod the an- nouncement that Barrett had resigned and formed u law partnership with Nelms. The result was that many concerns immedi- ately sought nis services. In a letter to the secretary of one of them, written ten days before he retired from office, Barrett said halleve wa can climinate all the ob- jectionable features in the contracts amd put them in such form that they will meet with tne upproval of the department. Our ee would be §1,000 retainer and $100 & month for twelvp mor must stay and J. Charges Open Bribery. A number of representatives of bend-in- vestment companies were in Washington curing the hoiday week of 1906, but they could get no watlstaction out of Tyn But on Decemoer 31, after 4 o'c.ock in the afternoon, they et Marrett by ap- pointment and employed him as their attor- ney. On the next day he presente. the atter (o Tyner and had their certificates approvec The Southern Mutual case, of Lexington. | Ky., probably more Glearly {ilustrates the scheme of Barreit, Tyner and Nelms than any other. Nelms was the attorncy for the company. A fraud order had been i sued aguinst It by Assistant Attorney-Gen- eral Thomas on January 21,1587, but afer- wards revoked by Barrett. On_ December 3 cured approval roval which enablec according to the old pian, which Barret hie ‘opinion had declired fraudu ent on January 6 following Nelms wrote ywman, secretary of the company ‘I wish you would state to your board of girectors just what 1 state you amd Mr. Bronston when you and he agreed to pay me $1,00 fee to get General ‘lyner to say he would approve the contracts sub- mitted to him. The fssuing of this opinion of Farrett's | caused a panic among hond-investment c cerns. K. G. Pulllam, of the American vestment company, had employed «x-Seq: tary Carlisle as aftorney to represent him his efforts_to prevent the issue of o fraud order. Pulliam'in a statement says that Mr. Carlisle advised him | ““There are only two ways of acc mp fsh- {ing this: First, to take the matter into the federal courts at a likely expense of $5,000; the second, to employ Messrs, Far- Tl & Nelma & newly organized law frm, wh od close to t ner crowd, but if it was to be done this way he would heve nothing to do with it. Pulliam, however, was not so sensitive He employed Barret & Nelms and cos tracted to pay them $100 a8 a retainer ux\wurlhsr compensation of $800 por wy in_monthly instaliments, ¢ books of Barrett & Nelms show the % the first fifty-five days of (heir sorship they received $6,600 from the ss investment concerns. e report deals In simYar ma; ases of Ryan «nd others ooting of the safe ir as published at the Money Order Department. the of plan operate ita busin ss lm time. phase of the work was | r department, and in this it money-order forms for four ptember, 4, 188 he bid of $4,045 leas than that of