Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 30, 1909, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE 1= the most powerful business getter in the west, because it goes to the homies of poor and rich. VOL. XXXVIII— THE OMAHA DAILY BE OMAHA, FRIDAY NADIR PASHA IS EXECUTED Chief Adviser of Sultan of Turkey is He is Found Guilty Recent Mutiny Amo AFPOINTMENTS BY Halidiza Effendi is First Secretary of Imperial Chancellery. FUTURE OF YILDIZ PALACE Proposition to Cemvert It Into a Museum Make Public Park of Grounds Surromnd- ing It CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20 -Nadir Pasha, the second eunicl of the palace under the regime of Abdul Hamid, was hanged at dawn today on the Galata bridge, the great (horoughfare that connected Btamhoul with the quarters of Galata and Pera. The body was allowed to swing until & o'clock In the morning and thousands of people stopped to look al the great Nublan whose name was a terror under Abdul Hamid. The dead man's face showed an undershot jaw and thiek, heavy lips. ~In life he had been fully six fect 1 inches ‘all. Nadir was executed after a trfal by court-martial on the charge that he in- stigated the mutiny of the troops on April 13 HMe was reputed to be intensely am- bitious, subtle minded and insensible to the =ufferings of others. He' was one of the*trio that formed Abdul Hamid's private cabinet under the old regime. The other members of this cabinet were Izzet Pasha and Fehem Pasha. The former, the sul- tan's secretary, 18 now in hiding in Lon- don, and the latter, who was head of the sultan’s spy systom, has been assassinatod somewhere in Russia. Nadir Pasha came to the imperial palace as & slave and grew up In that hothouse of intrigue. Since the’ departure of Izzet Pasha and Fehim Pasha, Abdul Hamid had relied entirely upon Nadir, who is regarded us having been the chief conspirator in the events of April 13. New Sultan Makes Appointments. Lultl Bey, secretary of the foreign min- Ister, hag been appointed first chamberlain 10 the new sultan; Halldiza Effendi, a well- known author, has been made first secre- tary of the Imperial chancellery, and Rems! Bey, commander of the Salonikl chausseurs, has been made first alde-de- camp to his majesty, Mehnied V, the naw. sultan, already has recelved congratulations from practically all the countries of the world on his ac- cession to the throne. (Numerous telegrams arg being recelved here from the' o ‘overyofte wel- comes the chahge 1t sovereigns. The transtormation of the barracks and parade grounds forimérly occupied by the troops of the sullAf into a residential quarter is belng discussed and it has been suggested that the imperial palace at Yil- diz_be converted Inté a museum and the park surrounding it be turned into a rec- reation ground for the people. Hencoforward the people will be allowed to remain on the streets until 10:30 at night Many Turks of All shades of political opinion whose lives Were In danger during the recent upheaval sought and obtained the protection of the British authorities here. They were glven asylum in English nouses. No Trial ior Abdi The déposed ruler, Abdul Hamid 11, is to be kept @ prisoner in a house with walled crounds on a belght overlooking Saloniki, wihich has lately been occupled by the Ital- lan commander of the International gen- dagmerle, He is not to be put on trial, as hat been widely reported in Constantinople, tor he i considered to be above the law. It was thought wise to keep the deposed sultan in European Turkey, remote from, the capital. His household will be adminis- tertd for him upon & generous scale and his life will be safoguarded as he earnestly Dbesought when notified of his dethrone- ment. The constitutionalists would like to get bagk part of the great sums of money that the former sultan is supposed to have abroad, not only because the government 1s In need of the money, but because it is deslrable that he should be deprived of the resources for another coup d'etat. Specula- tion places Abdul Hamid's wealth at any- (hing between $25,000000 and $300,000,000. It was mentioned with pleasure today at the palace of Mehmed V that the American ambassador was the first of the forelgn representatives to communicate his good wishes to the newly proclaimed sultan. The sultan seént his compliments to Mr. Lelsh- man, expressing pleasure that the repre- sentative of the United States was tirst to congratulate him. Final Scenes at YiL Carassa Effendl, & member of the depu- tatlon from the national assembly, which vesterday conveyed the fetua to the Yildiz palace, tells a graphic story of the dramatic sctne whi¢h closed six centuries dominion of the boundiess power of the Padishahs. When the deputation arrived at the pal the scene was one of utter desolation. The investing army had cut ofr tne water, gas and electric supplies and had stopped the fngress of food, so that all the palace of- | fieals already were suffering-from hunger afdd panic While walting to be introduced to the sultan, the members of the deputation carefully examined their holsters and pis- tals, and, according to Caressa, had Abdul Hamid_shown an armed hand he would have ahot on the spot. After much Aelay uiwelcome visitors, surrounded by p black eunuchs, were ushered inta A lithn’'s apArtments, where siood (he suitan’s son, Price Abdur-Rahim. Presently the sdltah cntered, in a bewil- dered manmer, He was dressed somewhat eal arms hung At his sides and (rembled. Abdul Hamid Pleads for Life. Atier m milent salute, Essad Pasba pro- nounced in 4lé% tones the decree pf depo- sition, At which the sultan shuddered. There was & puinful silence followed by an taually painful colloquy, lasting a quarter of an hour. ABdul Hamid appealed for his life wnd for the lives of his family. He protested his devotion to the people and his Innocence in recent events. The youthful prince burst into tears and (Continued on Second attire. his His hands Page.) though his clothes had been | [Nebraska Next in the Fight on ! Two-Cent Fare President of Rock Isl Declares Battle Will Be Transferred Here from Missouri, KANBAS CITY, April 2.—"As far as we are concerned the 2i4-cent fare in Missourl Is settled. The fight in Nebraska is the next one we will have” sald B. L. Winchell, president of the Rock lsland rallway system, here last night. Mr. Winchell was returning to Chicago after an Inspection trip. Attorneys for Nevraska raliroads say they have done nothing new in the matter of a fight against the 2-cent passenger law in Nebraska and are preparing evi- dence to be used In the cases now pending before the supreme court. Judge W. D. McHugh represents all the railroads In these cases and he is out of the city at present. The Union Pacific | attorneys say mo new move has been made and nothing will now pending are settled. torneys also say nothing done. The penalities for violation of braska law are so severe that the rail- roads did not take the same tack they did in some other states, but complied with the law to the letter when it went into effect. They have, however, been keeping records of the business and expect to bo able to show that the rate is confiscatory and also that the penalties are too severe for violation of the law. udge Smith McPherson stated from the bench in the Missouri cases that the rate was too low,” sald L. W. Wakeley, gen- eral passenger agent of the Burlington. “It the rate s too low in Missouri, where they have a population of thirty-nine per- wons to the square mile, it looks like it would be an easy matter to show it is too low in Nebraska, where there are but four- teen persons (o the square mile. Fireman Killed and Many Hurt in Chicago Fire Burflngton new has at- been the Ne- Big Illinois Central Elevator Burns During Terrific Thunder Storm— Loss, Million Dollars. CHICAGO, April 20.—One fireman was killed, another is missing and eight are seriously Injured in & fire which destroyed clevator B of the Illinols Central railroad here early today. The conflagration, which was discovered at the height of a violent electric storm, completely consumed the elevator and Its contents. The loss is estimated at $1,000,000, The blaze, fanned by a gale which swept in from the lake, spread lo the Illinois Central @ocks, to-traln sheds and frefght cars and it was with great difficulty that the firemen checked the fire from & gen- eral spread over the lake front yards of the raiiroad company. The structure, its bins choked with wheat, corn and oats, was a mass of flames by the time the first fire companies reached the scene. Though a heavy rain was falling the bullding burned like a tin- der box and firemen of truck No. 3 were caught under a falling wall which burst out without warning. Lieutenant Patrick McElligott was buried beneath the debris and instantly killed. Eight others were trapped and seriously injured. They were hurried to the Bmergency hospital. One fireman had an arm cut off. The fire, it is belleved, was caused by lightning. For hours the electric storm, which burst over the city shortly after | midnight, created havoe. Frequent alarms of fire kept the department busy In sev. eral sections of the city and it was In the midst of the bombardment of lightning that the elevator was discovered on fire by a watchman. Suffrage Ranks Rent in Twain Faction in London Conference Bolts Because of Restriction of Membership. LONDON, April #.—A serious split in the women's suffrage ranks took place today at the session of the International Suffrage alllance and as & result « body of dele- gates left the hall. Some of the socfeties desired to enlarge the membership, but, under the leadership of Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, one of the American delegates, the conference voted to reserve membership to societies having the enfranchisement of women as their wole object. be done until the cases | TROOPS WILL RELIEVE HADJIN Two Battalions of Turkish Soldiers Reach Mersina Enroute to Beleaguered City. MANY BODIES COME DOWN RIVER Corpses of Victims of Massacre Float Down to the Sea. WOMEN KILLED FOR SCREAMING Pitiable Stories Told by Wounded Armenians Taken to Hospitals.: ADANA IN GREAT NEED OF AID sacre is Soldiers and Omcials—Women Are ried OM. Responsibility for Aw MERSINA, Asiatic Turkey, Aprjl 2.—Two battalions of Turkish troops arrived here today. It is understood a strong detach- ment will at once be sent up country to Hadjin to effect the relief of the American women missionaries there who for nearly a fortnlght have been besieged In their mission house by & horde of fanatical Mo- hammedan tribesmen of the surrounding country. The river that empties Into the sea here is carrying down many bodles of men, women and children. They undoubtedly were thrown into the river from the coun- try above the city. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 23.—A tele- gram recelved here today from Adana says the fighting which began there again last Sunday continued for two days, that ter- rible fire was destroying the Christian quarter of the city and that further ef- forts were being made to stamp out the Armenian population. A subsequent message sald the fire had been extingulshed. The first communication’ from Stephen E. Trowbridge, a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Forelgn Missions. It probably s dated April 2. It says: “The fighting, which began again in Adana Sunday night, has continued for twp days. A terrible fire |s destroying the Christian quarters of Adana and an effort is being made to stamp out the Armenians. The local officlals refuse to furnish us with a sufficient guard. No attempt has been made to put out the fire, The last resort for us and the English will be to retire to Mersina, as we are still in daily danger, “Please inform Washington and Boston.” Women Killed for Scre ADANA, Asiatic Turkey, Saturday, April 24.~The emergency hospitals established here contain 30 patients suffering from wounds, many of whom are women. The average number of wounds to each patient is four. ‘There is great and immpediate need for foodl and medical supplies. Practically the entirs Armenian population of Adana, 15,000 people, 18 homeless, without bedding or clothing, and the food supply in the shops 1s exhausted. Some of the wounded Armenian women have told Miss Wallace, an Engiish nurse who is caring for them, that they were shot by the Moslems because they screamed when they saw their husbands killed before thelr eyes. Many Armenian girls were car- ried off by the Turks as booty. A large number of mutilated bodies have been found in the housed of the city. During the first five days of the dis- orders while fighting, killing and plunder- ing was going on on all sides, the vall of Adana kept the Turkish troops in govern- ment houses day and night, under orders. On the sixth day he ordered them to stop fighting, which could have been done on the first day. Stephen Trowbridge, sionary. sald today Ofcial Held Responsible. /One man' is responsible for the disorders here, the vall himself. He had it in his power to suppress lawlessness and mas- sacre, but deliberately refrained from doing s0. He said simply ‘we are not responsibl The better class of Turks in Adana,” Mr. Trowbridge continued, “the members of the committee of union and progress, are deeply grieved and saddened at these dreadful events. Some of them are ready to join us in relief work for the Armenians. One bey already has opened his house to refugees.” The missionaries have picked fourteen Mauser bullets from the walls of the girl's school. Few clvillans had Mauwsers. It is probable the best elements of Adana will demand the execution of the vali. One of the most threatening features of the situation today is the garbage and filth in _the streets, which have not been cleaned for a week. There iy not enough water for drinking purposes or to dress the wounds of the injured. Scenes of great brutall w an American mis- v occurred In the (Continued on Second Page.) The Minneapolis & Omaha rallway had considerable trouble for the fitteen years through the obstinacy, is alleged, of Thomas J. Curry, & settler | on the right-ofsway near that company's bridge at South Soux City, Neb. Efforts have been repeatedly made by the railroad to Induce Curry to vacate his has last any hurry to do so The amount of land involved is about thirty-seven acres. Curry has been farm- ing the land in ouestion for over fifteen years and has established his home thereon Finally, as & last resort, the rallway com- pany brought sult for recovery of the land in the United States circuit court in Jan- | uary. ®he case was set for hearing early { during the present term, but a continuance | has been secured until May 12, ‘That portion of the right-of-way now pre- empted by Curry is on an abandoned ‘part of the right-of-way of the railrcad com- pany. When the company first secured the grant of the right-of-way, some twenty or more years ago, the line ran in a round- about way around and north of the present town of South Bioux City, then followed down the Missour! river valley to the old town of Covington and passen: and freight cars were fer- connect with the lowa part of the line. premises, but Curry does not seem to be iu | Here the Une ended | {1s not available for raliroad purpose ried across the river to the lowa side tofthat One Way to Get a Farm | is to Take It and Keep It After the new bridge was bullt across he river at Bouth Sioux City, the old Covington detour was placed in disuse, the main line then running through South Sioux City connected with the bridge In the south part of the town The rallroad company to relinquish its right-of-way up and around the town and then back down through the old town of Covington, and, In order to hold its title, lot the tracks remain and once a year the railroad com- pany runs a solitary freight car over the tracks just to Insure/the right of posses- sion Curry was at one time an employe of the rallroad, and discovering the situation, squatted on the Jand down near the bridge which is technically known as a part of section 22, township 29 and range §, em bracing thirty-seven acres, and has bullt his home there and farmed the land for upwards of fifteen years. He maintains that the rallway company has abandoned its right-of-way, and that the running of a solitary freight car over the track once a year is simply for the purpose of holding title to the right-of-way, when, in fact, it has practically abandoned it for many years. He holds, further, that the land and the raliway company so determined when It virtually abandoned the land. was not disposed MORNING, APRIL 30, From the New ¥ork Herald. GENERAL HAINS ON STAND Father of Annis’ Slayer Says Son W Very Nervous. ATTEMPT TO PROVE INSANITY of Peter at Times. Witness daet Telln ot and Peculinr n Other Battle FLUSHING, Peter C. Ne: ¥, Hains, retired, April 29 —General trial here for the murder of Willlam B. Annis, fense today. While his father was testifying the pris- oner sit with his face toward the jury and pald no attention to him, General Hains testified that he discov- ered an early period of Captain Hains' life that the boy was suffering from excossive nervousness. He said’ the captain gradu- ated at the naval academy at Annapolls in 1806, but did not enters ¥ Waval xervice He de- Hains the captaln, during on account of defectife &¥esight. scribed the conduct of Claudia towahr her husband, their early marriage as that of a “loving wife.” He sald that they were very happy until 1908, During the Porto Rican campalgn captain, then 'a lieutenant of artillery a mamber of his command, the general said, and they all suffered excessively from the sultry and bad climate of the island. “Describe your son's conduct at the bat- tle of Guayamas,” said Mr. Melntyre. In Way on Firing Line, ‘“He was always getting in my way on the firing line.” replied the witness, ‘‘and when 1 told him to get away he said 1 had no right to wear that blg white helmet on the firing line. Then I told him I would have to put in the ranks If he did not stop bothering me." Reverting to the eariier-years of the de- fendant's life, the general sald he Id fly into a passion when contradicted and was subject to violent nightmares. He fell Into the hatchway of the steamer Pharos when he was 12 years old, striking on his head, and for a long time afterward suffered from nervous excitement and de- pressing headaches. Slight excited the boy and made him turn pale, the father sald, and at 4 years of age he stuttered and stammered very badly. This lasted for .ten years. when he finally re- covered from the affliction. General Hains said the conduct captaln and his wife toward each prior to Septembder 7, 1907, was Joving and exemplary. Asked Father About Wife, General Hains said that his son on the latter's return from the Philippines, asked him if he (the father) believed the reports about the captain's wife. “I told him she had been away for a week and nobody, not even the servants, knew where she was, and when she returned she sald she was in bed & week. The captain censured me for not letting him know about things and said he wanted me to help him Investigate and settle it. ‘We can go the country where Claudia sald she had been and find out if it was true,’ said the captain. The general said his son was greatly ex- the was of the | cited at that time, but would not say that his condition was irrational District Attorney Dewitt examination of General to the alleged infidelity wife, and judge Garre jected to the Hains in regard of the captain's n ruled that the (Continued on Second Page.) Everythingonthe want ad pages from pianos to t)o.ultry, Speaking of pianos. some of our big piano firms tell about their best bargains on the want-ad page under the head of ‘‘Offered for Sale— Pianos.” They know that want-ad readers look for real bargaius there. Often they, or other people, have slightly used piance, too, that may be bought for & fraction of what a new one would cost Have you looked at the Bee want ads yet todav1 1909- Con- the aged father of Captain Peter C. Halns, jr., who s on was the first witness for the de- nolses always other these to -TWELVE PAGES. ‘““ET TU BRUTE.” Haskell Land Fraud Cases to Be Pushed Attorney General Instructs District Attorney to Ask for New Grand Jury at Once, WABHINGTON, April 20.—After consid- eration of the -easons given by the court for its action in quashing the indictments against Governor Haskell and others in Oklahoma, Involving the alleged land ir- regularities, the attorney generai today telegraphed instructions to the United States district attorney at Tulsa to pro- ceed with a vigorous prosecution of those cases. The district attorney is instructed to apply to the court for a new grand jury drawn In conformity with Judge Marshall's decision and to present the cases to the grand jury. TULSA, OKlL, April 2.—Governor Charles N. Haskell and six prominent Okla homans were indicted at Muskogee In Jan- uary last charged with alleged conspiracy to detraud the federal government ahd the Creek Indlan nation In connection with the scheduling of Muskogee town lots in 192 The Indictments were quashed at Tulsa on April 10 by Judge John A. Mar- shall of Utah on technical ‘grounds. All the seven Indicted men are wealthy. Be- sldes Governor Haskell, they are Clarence W. Turner, Walter R. Eaton, Willlam T. Hutchings, F. B. Severs, A. Z English and Jesse Hill. A new grand jury was called this after- noon to meet In Tulsa on Monday, May 10, to reinvestigate the fraud cases. Special Assistant Attorney General S. R Rush, who had charge of this prosecution, has gone to Colorado to assist in the trial of Mason and Vanderwelde, charged with conspiracy in defeating the ends of justice which resulted in the death of Joseph Walker, an officer of the secret service, at Durango, Colo., two years ago. Mason and Vanderweide were acquitted of the charge of murder, but were reindicted on the charge of conspiracy and will now have to stand trial on that charge. The killing of Walker grew out of some investigations he was making relative to some coal land frauds at or near Durango. Would Disprove Boyle Marriage Detectives Are Looking Up Records to Show Helen McDermott Wedded Another Man. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 20.—In an ef fort to prove that Helen McDermott and James Boyle, now being held in Sharon, Pa., for the kidnaping of Willle Whitla, are not legally married, lva V. Kepner, a Pittsburg detective, has arrived here search the local records for & marriage | certificate. Detective Kepner is .seeking evidence to show Miss McDermott was married here to Frank Parker, who is now in the Missourl peniten- | | serving sentence | tiary. THREATS FROM NIGHT RIDERS soldiers H WAVERLY, Tenn., April 2.—The sensa- | tion of the night rider situntion here today was a threatening letter received by At- torney General Bowman from Clarksville, signed by Tennessee and Kentucky night riders, The communicgtion advised that if the prosecutor wanted to live in peace had better keep the soldiers always Keep Aroand | Attorney General Advised Always to | he WEATHER FORECAST Nebraska—Falr lowa~Rain O snow and colder weather report see page 3. For For SINGLE TRAGEDY ON SMITH CAMPUS Porter Smith of Chicago Shoots and Kills Miss Helen Ward. HE THEN COMMITS SUICIDE Her but He Had Been reing Renew Their Engagement, She Refased to NORTHAMPTON, Mass., April 20.—! raged because she had broken her engage- ment with him and refused to remew it, Porter Smith of Chicago, who was gradu- ated from Dartmouth college last year, to- day shot and fatally wounded Miss Helen Ayer Marden, a senior ut Smith colloge, and then committed suicide. Miss Marden Is a daughter of Frank Marden of Somer- ville. Smith for several days had persistently followed Miss Marden and tried to force his attentions on her, but she refused to Mave anything (o do with him. This fore- noon, whef the majority of the students of Smith were in chapel Miss Marden came out of the students’ building, wheve she roomed. She had gone only a short dis- tance when she met Smith. There were no students near by and it Is not known whether there was any conversation be- tween the two. Suddenly workmen not far distant heard a shot and a girl's scream. Turfing around, they saw Smith standing beside the girl with a smoking revolver In his hand. Before they could reach the couple they saw Smith ralse the revolver and fire two more shots at the girl. Miss Marden sank to the ground and Smith immediately placed the muzzle of the weapon to his own head and fired, falling dead beside the young woman. Miss Marden's sister, Loulse, fs a mem- ber of the junlor class at Smith and one of her classmates is Smith's sister, Miss Aline Smith. Miss Marden dled shortly before noon. CHICAGO, April 20.—Porter Smith's fa- | ther, before his death some time ago, was a manufacturer uncle, E. of shoes in Chicago. An G. Smith, Is a member of R. P. Smith & Sons, shoe manufacturers. Porfer Smith was a traveling salesman r R. P. Smith & Sons. “Porter returned to Chicago from a west- m trip only three days ago,’ ward G. Smith later today he had agaln gone Into that territory sell- ing shoes. That he was In the east less than the tragedy of today. prise to me. between no is a sur- T know nothing of the romance him and Miss Marden.” Long Haul on Wool is Cheaper| Utah Points Save Money by Sending Freight East by Way of Los Angeles, SALT LAKE CITY, April 2.—In the hearing of the suit to dissolve the merger of the Harriman lines now in progress in this efty, J. W. Bummerhays, a wholesale wool and hide dealer, testified that when he wanted to make u shipment over the Denver & Rio Grande he was unable to get a car set over on his switch for three or four days, but an order from the Oregon Short Line was filled immediately. Mr. Summerhays also testified that a gradual evolution of ratés had followed the merger of lines in 191 and that competition had practically ceased. He also testified that wool could be shipped from south of Salt Lake City to Los Angeles and thence back with him. to Boston cheaper than via Salt Lake City to Boston. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., April B—(Special.)— A Job awaits “Judge’ Julius 8. Cooley of Omaba if his friends will only get busy. In an informal way Judge Cooley once ‘wcted as escort for the governor who visited Omaha. Judge Cooley has a stronger pull with the present governor for the job of ofticial escort for the exccutive whenever he visits Omaha—it 'he does again, udge’’ Cooley and Governor Shallenberger are bound by & tle stronger than eves ver 'Si]allenberger Once Trod“ Boards in_g_gise of Hamlet bound Judge crnor. Both have played Hamlet Why this never became known during the campalgn is explained only by the fact that Chris Gruenther of Columbus was close-mouthed. But the secret never came out in the nature of a campalgn charge. But a resident of the Fifth district in Lincoin recently (old how he first saw the governor, charging across the stage with sword In one hand to stab his luckless uncle. It is only necessary for “Judge' Cooley 1o make application Cooley and the other gov- { | | | | { | | COPY TWO CE IRES DOWN IN ALL DIRECTIONS High Wind and Heavy Rain Cuts Chicago Off from the Rest of the World. STORM IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS Worst in History is Last Message from Peoria. COLD WEATHER IN THE EAST Ten Inches of Snow is Reported in Western Pennsylvania. SNOW IS FALLING IN WYOMING Five Inches at © in Last Twenty-Four Honrs—Shoep Suf- tering, an Shearl [ Progress. or BULLBTIN, CHICAGO, April #.—A squall, with winda blowing forty-five miles an hour and rain talling In torrents, struck Chicago at tonight. Wires went down in every direc- tion and communieation with other clties was completely severed, “Peorfa is experfencing the worst storm n its history,” was the last ‘message sent from that clty just before communication was cut, CHICAGO, April 2.~A terrific thunder. storm struck this city shortly after mid- night and raged for sevoral hours. It was accompanied by detonations which seemed to shake the skyscrapers in the down- town district and two bulldings were struck by lightning, but no damage was done. The storm is sald to be the forerunner of one which s raging |n the middle west and which has prostrated wires in Kansas City and lowa. Worse weather is expected within twenty-four hour Deep Snow in East. NEW YORK, April 2.—After nearly a month of extremely cold and unseasonable weather, New York experlenced a la April snow this morning. Snow began falling about § a..m., but after a siight flurry It ceased for a time. At § o'clock the snow flakes were falling as thick as it it were February, Although a cold northeast wind was blowing, the snow In the city melted as fast as it fell, but in the suburbs the ground was covered with a white blanket. This is the latest snow- fall recorded In New York since that of May 6, 1801, which was regurded as a freak of the temperature. Since the begihning of April only one warm day has been ex- perienced. PITTSBURG, April 2.—The heaviest snowfall of the wikter in western Pennsy) vanie began shortly before last midnight und this morning at Bradford the snow was ten Inches deep and still falling. Bnow. shoveia, wtored away for the summer, had ' to be brought out. Al {raiffe experienced delays. Telegraph Q‘ uhpnoz tren have been broken. In Pittsburg the ther is mild and two thunderstorms early (oduy were suggestive of summer. Cattle Killed by Storm. WERBSTER CITY, la., April 20.—(Special Telegram.)—A terrific storm of wind and rain did several thousand dollars worth of damage here last night. The roof was blown off the cement pipe and tile fabtory and fifteen cattle were killed by the col- lapse of a big cattle barn on the Alexander farm near here. Barns and outbullings were demolished generally over this section of the state. DES MOINES, Ia., April 8.—8rm re- ports from various sections of the state indicate that a severs wind accompanied the rain which fell during the night in the north and central parts. Much damdge is reported in Hamilton county to bulldings and outhouses. On the Alexander farm south of Webster City a large cattlo barn was blown down and fifteen head of | blooded cattle killed. ., Smew In Wyem CASPER, Wyo., April 2.—Five inches of snow has fallen here in the last twenty- four hours. Some damage has been done to | sheepmen, shearing now being I sald Ea. ! P 3 & In_progress “We thought | generally over this part of Snow also is reported at Yellowstone Park MANITOWOC, Wis., April 2.—A blizzard last night wrought destruction to telegraph and telephone wires in this vicinity. MARINETTE, Wis., April 3.—A driving snow and sleet storm has prevalled here since last night, accompanied by w forty- mile gale. Fears are entertained for the safety of the steamer Oscoda, which left port last night. HELENA, Mont., April 20,—Several inches of snow have fallen here since last night. SHEBOYGAN, Wis., April #.—Telephone poles broken, trains delayed and business almpst at a standstill in this city are the results of the big snow and sleet storm which prevalied here last night. Wyoming. Sherldan and TORNADO NEAR FORT SMITH Six Persons Injared by Storm Northwestern Arkansas. FORT SMITH, Ark., April 20.—At least six people were serlously Injured thls uft erncon in a tornado which passed Washington and Crawford counties. Kibler elght houses were great damage done to crops It was re- ported that the village of Carrolton was blown away. The tornado was also sever: at Dyer and Springdale. it was feared that life had been lost. e —— MAYBRAY'S PICTURES SENT TO LEXINGTON Friends of James P. McCann Will Be Given Opportunity to Settle Question of Identity, over At wrecked and LEXINGTON, Ky:, April #.--Lexington people who knew James P. McCann said have been murdered by ‘Lord" Sey- mour Barrington near St. Louls several years ago, will be glven an opportunity to settle the controversy as to whether J. €. Maybray, the alleged foot race swindler now in jall ut Des Moines, (a., I8 ofle and the same man, Pictures of Maybray have been sefit here by Chief of Police Miller of Des Moines and are on exhibition at a local hewspaper office. Former friends of McCann have been requested to cell and lnspect the pictures. McCani was born and resred in this county. has many relatives here and there Is hardly a man in Lexington or Fayette county who did sot Kiew bim nersonally. N