Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 4, 1910, Page 1

M. t ¥ y THE OMAHA BEE Is the most powerful business getter in the west, because it goes to the homes of poor and rich. VOL. XXXIX-— HE OMAHA DAILY BE WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska-~Fair, For lowa—Falr. For weather report gew page 2 , FRIDAY MORNING, NO TARIFF WAR WITH GERMANY Agreement Reached Whereby Each ‘Nation Gives Other Benefit of Minimum Rates. VAST COMMERCE 1S INVOLVED| Business Interchanged Amounts to Half Billion Yearly. TREATY EXPIRES MONDAY United States Now on S8ame Footing with European Nations. MEAT ISSUE I8 ELIMINATED Exclusion of Dreased Pork and Cattle at Certain Germ Ports Will Be Comsidered at Future Negotiations. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Conces both the United States and Germ: averted a threatened tariff war. tlons have been conciuded between thi countries, which settle the question minimum and maximum rates with the ex ception of the cattle and Adressed meat is- sue which was eliminated from the present negotiations and wiich will be considered hereafter in separate diplomatic representa- tlon. The result of the negotiations agreed to today is to exchange American minimum rates for the entire and unqunufled mini- mum iist of Gerumany, The © 12 con- | sldered just and advantageous m both countries. The State department lssued a statément In part, as follows: “Hy the understanding arrived at there will be no tariff war and no interruption of the enormous commerce passing between the two countries. The magnitude of this busifess appears from the statement that in the calendar year just closed, the di- rect Interchange of commodities between Germany and the United States exceeded $400,000,000, and allowance being made for the German importations through other countries the actual volume is probably in excess of $500,000,000. “The products of the United States will be assured the fullest opportunity to partici- pate In the oconstantly growing business of the German'emplre. This will be done on o complete equality with the competing products of other countries. Treaty Expires Monday. “By the torms of the commercial agree- ment which has been In force since 1907, Germany extended to the United, States - its eonventional or lowest rates on about 100 out of nearly 1,000 tariff numbers. These 100 numbers govered a large percentage in value of the actual imports from the United States, but, nevertheless, left many im- portant coramodities of American manufacs ture at a disadvantage In competition with other “This’ expires February 7. It was the earnest desire of the German gov- ernment to reach a solution of the ques- tions at issue so that the necessary legls- lation might be enacted to prevent any disturbarice of existing commercial = reld- tlons. - The president fully reciprocated this sentiment. “In consequence of the friendly dispos: tion of both governments an agreement | has been reached, where it will be possible for the German government with the co- operation of the imperial Parllament, to avold/any Interruption of trade and at the same time to extend to the United Btates not only the rates at present enjoyed, but ths entire remaining schedules of minimum rates now accorded other countries. Basis of Settlement. “The basis of the settiement s that Gor- many grants to the United States Its full conventional tariff rates in return for the winimum tariff of the United States. This 18 an exchange of minimum for minimum. 1t places the United States on exactly the same busis as all other countries to which: Germany grants conventional rates under its various commerclal conventions, or most tavored nation treaties. “In the president’s opinion the responsi- bliities devolved upon him by the Payne- Ald act require from all countries & sran{ to the United States of substantially their \lowest tariff rates. ' It Is a source of much gratitication to the president that Germany finds it possible to extend to the United States its complete minimum sehedules without reservation or qualifica- tion.” “In return for the concession of its full conventional or lowest rates, Germany will be accorded the minimum tariff of the United States,” the statement continues. “This puts Germany In the position of the most favored nation in its tariff relations with the United States. The maximum taritt of the states, which as the basic taritf would otherwise apply after March 31, will, therefore, not go into effect, the minlmum belng granted In return for Germany's full minimum rates. The result is to give to Germany the same assurance under the United States tarift law that it has secured by its treaties with other countries. Pork Imspection Issue. “In reaching a settiement, some ques- Uons whith had arisen regarding the ad- mintstrative features of the Payne-Aldrich law and some misconceptions as to a pos- .. #ible unfavorable treatment of German im- ports Into the United States have been dls- pelled to the satisfuction of the German government A collateral matter relating to the Interpretation and application of the pure food law has also been explalned satiafuctorily.” I8 was President Taft's opinion,” says the statement, “that In view of the thorough and complete inspection of pork products now made under the United States inspec- tion law Of 136 the healthfulness of these products Is so fully' established be- fors thelr exportation that the results of * this Jnspection shovld be accepted in for- elgn countries In place of the microscople | inspection, which formerly existed in the United States. No objectlon is made to mieroscople inspection of their own by for- elgn countries, but the insistence on certi- ficatea of mioroscopic Inspection from the Unitéd States and the fallure to recognize the present lnterstate Inspection, which was substituted for ft, was a bar to the ad- mission of these products into some of the German ports. Wil Modify Regulations. “The reasonableness of this position was recognised by the German government and under the agreement the imperial authori- tles will take steps to modify the pm.m regulations under which some por 2 b Radicals Are Not in Saddle With Stalwarts Conference Who Are Conservative Are Leaders in Faction, HURON, 8. D, Feb, going trains this morning carried to their homes the last remnant of those attending the stalwart conference here Tuesday. That the conference was not what they antic- ipated was evident from the fact that not a few expressed disappointment that a full state ticket was not named, which was essentially the desire of ex-Senator Kittredge and the more radical stalwarts, | However, the leaders are confident: that good will result from the gathering and that the plan to leave an open field to all candidates at the June primaries is the best thing that could happen. There are no sore spots on those who Wwere suggested for governor or other of- fices. Ex-Senator B. L. Abel of this city, who was conceded to be in the lead for governor was not an applicant for the position, He says his business interests are guch that It would be a sacrifice to | him to accept the nomination, though his griends will continue to keep his name be- ve the public. Ex-Governor Elrod Is a % ounced candidate for the place, and %, ‘lowing 1s large. While here he had "%,%,, say concerning his candidacy, but Y t that he s in the field to stay bmpalgn closes. h of Congressman Burke and Marth, e well received. Each expressed a desire for harmony, but neither was will- ing to concede anything on the part of the stalwarts to accomplish it. Mr. Mar- tin, whose leaning has been toward the | progressives, was more liberal and he stiif has @ tendency In that direction, and while his utterances did not indicate a positive attitude toward the progressives, It was not as strong in beahlf of stalwartism as the more radical could wish. Martin and Burke were the controlling spirits in the gathering, and while not directly opposed to the plans of Senator Kittredge, it was evident that they could have their own way In whatever they proposed and they left the conference in especlal good favor toward' them. Both will enter the cam- palgn and make speeches according to the schedule prepared by the executive com- mittee. They both advised a more con- servative course and this will be their slogan in the campalgn. Personally, they would be willing to make concessions for harmony In the republican party of the state, but their following, coming from both stalwarts and progressives, leaves them somewhat handicapped. Thelr atti- tude toward Senator Kittredge might be { clagsed as neutral and they will dominate the management of the camapign. While Mr. Kittredge had many warm friends in the conference, it was apparsnt that his following was less pronounced than was that of the two ocngressmen, who will doubtless continue the fight against the progressives, but in conservative temper. Mrs. Brokaw Given Alimony | Wife of Millionaire Wins Suit and is Allowed Fifteen Thousand Dollars a Year. NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw today was granted a separation from her husband, W. Gould Brokaw, a millionaire, and was awarded alimony of $15,00 a year. The decision was handed down In the supreme court at Mineola by Justice Putnam, before whom the case was tried. The separation was granted on the ground of desertion. Mrs. Brokaw asked a separation and $2,600 & month alimony. She charged cruelty and abandonment and for days occupled the witness stand telling in. detail how, as she alleged, she had been spled upon by ser- vants at Mr. Brokaw's direction, while she was staying at the Brokaw residence at Great Neck, Long Island, and Mr. Brokaw was at his hunting lodge in High Point, N. C. Her husband had neglected her and slighted her, she claimed, and finally aban- doned her. She attributed his conduct to unreasoning and unreasonabie jealousy and bad temper. On cross-examination Mr, Brokaw's counsel tried to show that her husband's Jealousy was justified, The telegrams and letters from Brokaw to his wife and from Brokaw to the Great Neck employes, read into the evidence, en- livened the trial appreciably. FIFTEEN PET CATS SAVE LIFE OF AGED WOMAN FROM FIRE When House Starts to Burn Oats Set NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—-The fifteen pet cats kept by Miss Tersa Mulvey, 63 years old, gave the alarm of fire today which probably ‘saved the life of her sister, Mar- garet, 80 years old. Miss Tersa was so badly burned that she will die. The fire was In the kitchen, where the cats were kept. Their howling awoke the sisters and Miss Tersa was fatally burned In trying to rescue her pets. Her sister fumped to the hallway just In time to escape the burst of flames. Early Bird Robber Gets Another Nice Young Worm A lone bandit who works in the coul gray dewn has made his latest appearance in Couucil Bluffs. At 6 o'clock Thursday morning he en- teréd the local depot of the Rock Island, on Sixteenth avenue, with his face sovered by & mask to his chin. Presentng a big revolver muszle in the face of E. J. Kel- ley, & young telegraph operator, he de- manded all the valuables in the place. Kelley, who was putting in his second day on thy job, pulled out his watch, but the robber said: “Keep that, kid; you need it worse than I do. Get over nnd open the safe. Kelley was nervous aud fumNod with the combination so long the robber spoke sgaln: “1 guesd you don't know.the com- bination very well yet, kid, s0 never mind the safe.” Dlnlolu Congressmen 3.—~(Special.)—Out- | ALWAYS ADVANCE, | SLOGAN OF PARTY Senator Burkett Makes Address! Before’ Nebraska Republican | Association at Capital. NO PLACE FOR REACTIONARIES People Must Sweep Them Aside and| Move Onward. TERM “PROGRESSIVE” IS TRIBUTE | Party Now Waging New Battle in Interest of Humanity. PRESIDENT’S TASK NOT EASY Ofl[ Conservation, Postal Savings Banks and Other Problems Vital to People Will Be Solved at Barly Date. (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—(Speclal. Tele- gram.)—"Reactionaries must be swept aside today, as they have always been, it | the republican party 1s to continue fts achievements and triumphs for the public welfare.” This was the keynote of a speech made ! last night by Senator Eimer J. Burkett at the annual reception of the Nebraska Re- publican association, the feature of which was the senator's address: “Every republican- should be proud of the history and traditions of the republi- | can party. High ideals that have con- trolled and directed the party in the pusi must be sustained,” continyed the senator. “No party organization in the world's history has been so successful in accom- plishing good for the people, and in re- taining their confidence so long and so un- interruptedly as has the republican party in America. There i3 but one reason for it, and that is that it has always re- sponded to the heartbeats of menkind and has enacted legislation approved and de- manded by the consclence of the Amerlcan people. “It has kept pace with the Industrial and commercial development of the coun- try and with the uplitt of American stand- ards and human ideals. It stood for Old Glory in Its mission of humanity upon the seas when there were reactionaries within and without Its own ranks who would have hauled it down. Definition of Progressives. “There are some of us who are called progressives, but that is only a tribute to our genuine republicanism. We are some- times called Insurgents, but that is only Dbecause we protest - agalost those who ‘would stand In the way Qf progressive leg- islation. Today the republican party is waging & new battle for humanity, & bat- tle, not otly for the people now llvl‘n‘ but for generations yet unborn. “Copsefvation of the. naval, reseurces is: nb longer a bogyman to be scoffed at, as when the great. Roosevelt promulgited it for the republican party is thoroughly and unequivocally committed to it. It was be- gun by Rooseveit, It must be completed by Taft. I call upon you republicans to sustain the president in the great work that he has assumed. Hls task 18 nof easy, his burden 18 not light, for there are those who would hamper him as there were those who hampered Lincoln and McKinley and Roosevelt. But with the sustaining sup- port of the people, which he must have, he will brush aside every obstructionist, and crystalize into law those great policles for which he stands, and complete the work for which his predecessor fought so val- lantly. “For half a century the people have wanted postal savings banks. 1 say to you that before this session of congress ad- journs, 1t will be a realization. The repub- lican party has put its hand to the wheel, there must be no looking back. The peo- ple are engaged In the fight. They are with us in the undertaking and with them there can be no failure. Without the awakened consclence of American people, Lincoln would have gone to his grave un- heralded and unsung. Without the un- flagging support of the people, the patient MicKinley would not have achieved in Cuba and the Phillpines, what he did and without the people’s support, Roosevelt would not have won his great triumphs in our industrial legislation. President Taft must have it and we must sustain him as our great party chief." No Money for Wells. \ Representative Norrls today made an unsuccessful fight to secure the tion into the agricultural appropriation bill, of $25,000 to enable the secretary of agriculture to conduct experiments In the semi-arld lands by boring artesian wells. Judge Norris sald the secretary of agricul- ture has been authorized to make almost every concelvable experiment that man has yet thought of to improve the condition of the farmer on lands where it might be possible through artificial means to cause @ dozen blades of grass to grow where nature will only produce one. Mr, Norris belleved by sinking a few artesion wells in certain localities, velns of water might be tapped apd a flow of water secured In sufficient abundance to cause these semi- arid regions to blossom. The senate committee on Indian affairs today brought in a favorable report on the Gamble bill to provide for the pay- lmenl to the Cheyenne and Standing Rock inser- Indians in North and South Dakota, of " (Continued on Becond Page.) Still holding the gun on the scared op- erator, the bandit went to the money drawer and helped himself to §15. Then he quietly disappeared. Kelley was able to give the police a good description of the man and the officers say he ls the same chap who last week held up the barkeeper In the saloon of the Emmett house, locked him in the ice box and helped himself to ‘he change in the cash rgister. That was also an early morning stunt. Omaha police believe the Counell Bluffs operator of the mask and gun is the same chap who recently stuck up & workman in the raliroad yards in this city, between 6 and 7 o'clock In the morning, on which occasion he secured $10, but refused to take & watoh. FEBRUARY ‘4, 1910—-TEN PAGES. SXMH.I'. Only a Little While Ago— From the Chicago News: WARRINER NAMES COMSTOCK Self-Confessed Embezzler Says Pre- decessor Was Short. | R TOOK MONEY FROM REMITTANCES Unable to Say Why the Auditor of Big/Four Read Did Not Learn " of His Stealings Long Time Ago. N W HCINCINNATI, g 3—Chatles L. War- tiner today testified Wnder oath that Frank D. Comstock, his preascessor as local treasurer of the Big Four, was short §10,- 500 when Warriner succeeded him. “I assumed that shortage as part of my own,” kaid Warriner. A ruling by Judge Swing that all the tes- timony regarding the defalcatiod of Charles L. Warriner is relevant in the trial of Mrs. Jeannette Stewart Ford on a charge of blackmalling the former local treasurer of the Big Four today opened the way for a detalled sworn statement’ from Warriner a8 to the amounts he had taken and what he had done with them. The ruling came In settink ‘aside an ob- jection by the prosecution to the line of cross-examination followed by Mrs. Ford's attorneys. Warriner protested personally to the court, saying that he had confessed. his wrong and paid the penalty and that ques- tion as to the detalls.of'the shortage would be very “painful” to him. Asked to explain his system, sald: “I took the money from the dally re- mittances of the station agents. These varied, but sometimes run as high a: $200,000 Or $300,000 a day. It was only neces- sary for me to make the credit less than the amount received. Auditor Had Duplicates. It was brought out that the auditor of the road had duplicates of the station | agents' remittance slips with which to check Warriner's accounts. Warginer was| asked how it happened that the shortage had ot been discovered, the witness re- ‘Warriner for him to explain." “Was there some understanding between you and the auditor?” “There was mot. He did not know of my shortage.” ““Who Is the suditor of the Blg Four?"' . A, Hewitt." “Did you change the remittance slips?" “No, I just changed the total credits.” When court met today Attorney Thorn- dike resumed his interrogations regarding Edgar 8. Cooke's relations ‘with Warriner. It was brought out that Cooke had used for his own purposes money which Wagri ner had sent to him for the payment of Mrs. Ford's shopping bills in Chicag: Then Warriner admitted that one of his visits to Chicago had for its object the settlement of a row between Mrs. Ford and Cooke, He sald Cooke had beaten the woman and that she had threatened* to ap- peal to the police. Laymen Confer Minstons. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 3. —~A four days' conference of the Laymen's missionary movement will begin here tonight with a dinner to the 2,000 delegates. Addresses will be made by Dr. M. D, Lubank .of China, B. W. Halford of Washington and J. Campbell White of New York. Let us help you find the room you want, On the want ad. pages of The Bee you will find a list of practically every vacant room in Omaha. The people who have rooms to rent are learning that the way to se- cure tenants is to advertise the rooms in The Bee, Have you read the want ads, today? {dent Davilla by congress. And Now. Wife of Vaughn Demands Half of Each Organ Widow Would Protect Herself Dur- ing Autopsy in Search of Poison, MONROE CITY, Mo., Feb. 3.—An autopsy ‘was ‘performed on the body of Prof. J. T. Vaughn this morning and a pathological ex- arhination Wil be shade of the viscera. The autopsy proceeded only after a.com- ference had been held to discuss a demand by attorneys for Mrs. Vaughn that half of the stomach, liver and brain be given to her representatives. This demand was refused by Coroner Wilson, but a’ compromise was . made whereby the examination of the organs will | be made by two chemists, one selected by the state, family. Dr. Harry Payne of Paris, Mo., did the active work in the autopsy. Dr. George 8till of Kirksville, represented the brothers of Prof. Vaughn and Dr. C. P. Dixon of Fulton the widow, Dr. George Turner of Monroe City was present at the request of Prosecuting At- torney Fuller of Monroe county and Dr. J. W. Martin ot Kirksville was there for Prosecutor Rieger of Adair county, where Prof. Vaughn dled. Mrs. Vaughn's attorney, in making the request for half of each organ removed from the body, sald the family was en- titled to that by state law. The prosecutor opposed the request, Even after the agree- menl that two chemists should be em- ployéd, Mrs. Vaughn's attorney declared his client's rights were being overridden. Shaft Raised to Goebel’s Memory the other by Mrs. Vaughn's By Coincidence Ceremonies Are Held in Connection with Funeral of Would-Be Avenger. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 3—The tenth anniversary of the death of Willlam Goe- bel, who was the central figure In one of the most stirring chapters in the latter days of Kentucky's history, was observed today by the unvelling of a marble and bronze monument above the grave of in the state cemetery here today. Colneident with the ceremony of unvell- ing the body of his brother, Arthur Goeb who devoted his life after the assassina- tion, to an effort to convict the men he belleved gullty of the murder and dled Just after his work had come to naught, was lald to rest beside that of his brother. New Strike on Arkansas Capital. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 3.—Work on Arkansas' new capital is again at a stand- still, this time because of a strike of 175 union laborers. The walkout resulted from @ disagreement between sub-contractors who are placing the sheet metal work, and their employes. Already the bullding has been ten years in construction. |Edward ¥. HYDE ENDS SLANDER SUIT| Independence Physician Dismisses Case Against Swope Executor, MOVE TO BAR OTHER SIDE Dismissal Comes Just as Attorneys Are Preparing to Take Deposi- th of Dr. Myde and Others, P RS WCANSAR CITY, Feb, 3—A legal olash Qeveloped @ the sénsational Swope case | today. It came when, at the request of Frank P. Walsh, attorney for Dr. B. C. Hyde, the cireult’ court at Independence, Mo., dismissed the sult brought recently by the physiclan against John C. Paxton, ex- ecutor of the Swope estate, asking $100,000 for alleged slander. Mr. Walsh's. move was made, it was stated, to prevent the opposing attorneys from sécuring the depositions of Dr. Hyde and others. The order to dismiss the sult was tiled in the court just s persons subpoenaed by both sides were assembling to give their depositions. John H. Atwood, attorney for Mr. Pax- ton, thereupon prompfly petitioned the cir- cult court to restrain Mr. Walsh's notary from taking depositions in Dr. Hyde's sec- ond sult which was for $600,000 damages, and which was directed against Mr. Pax- ton as well as against Dr. Stewart and Hall. The restraining order was granted and served upon Mr. Walsh without delay, At the time Mr. Walsh was in the midst of taking depositions for Hyde's side of the cage. Ho did not oppose the restralning or- der, but appointed another notary and pro- ceeded with his Qepositions. Attorney Atwood then likewise proceeded to take depositions for the opposing side in the second suit. A deputy from the sherift's office who yes- terday had attempted to serve subpoenaes upon Mrs. LOgan O. Swope, and a nurse in the Swope home at Independence had not succeeded in doing so up to noon today, The fnquest over the body of Colonel Thomas H. Swope at Independence, Mo., next week will be open to the public and | will be held in the armory, & hall that ac- | & hatehet twice on Friday last. commodates 500 persons. narlly are couducted in the court but the coroner @& a concession to public sentiment has declded to accommodate all | that time, | Sandie L()PY TWO CENTS. SHOOTS WIFE AND KILLS SELF Morrison, Letter Carrier, Keeps His Part of a Sui- cide Compact, WOMAN REFUSED TO GO INTO IT Enraged, He Attempts Her Life and That of Her Father. \J A. SUMNER, LATTER, MAY. DIE Hornson. Jealous, Proposed Double Suicide to His Wife. TRIED TO KILL HER WITH AXE 4" Havie Jlywasobid DAY, for Rl In Her Halr—He WBrooded Over Trial for This Asvnnlt. W Sandie Morrison, dead. James A. Sumner, probably fatally in- Jured. Mrs. Hattlo Morrison will recover. The failure of Bandie A. Morrison, a mail carrier to induce his wite to join him in a sulcide pact, that bie jealousy might be appeased, followed by scenes of bitterness | through a married life of seven years, la him to sulcide after an attempt at murder, shooting Mrs. Marrison and her father, James A. Sumner, at the Monadnock hotel, Fifteenth street and Capitol avenue this morning. Morrison died instantly after pressing the revolver to his forehead and firing a bullet into his brain. Mr. Sumner fn at the point of death with a bullet in his brain, Mzrs, Morrison, the wite, ls suffering from a deep scalp wound Inflicted by a bullet, but is In no immediate danger. Walking from the Monadnock hotel in company with his wife and her father, on thelr way to Justice Alstadt's court where their differences were to be adjusted preliminary to ‘a diverce, the murderous frenzy overtook Morrison. Half way down the stalrway he wheeled with revolver in his hand, he fired at his father-in-law. The bullet took effect at the upper edge of the right eye, burying itself in his brain, but the wounded man did not stagger. Be- fore he could move, the second shot was fired, and Mra! Morrison fell with blood flowing from & wound in the back of her head. Then Shoots Himself, Morrison paused an instant, looking back at his victim, then raised the revolver to his head and fired into his temple. Ho reeled down the street a few steps and fell ‘dying on the sidewalk at the south- east corner of Fifteenth street and Capitel avenue. He was dead, with the revolver still gripped in his hand, when the first man reached him. Mr. Sumner, with the buliet which is- ta, edd his lfs/ braced him- | seit “ana walked 1o the stédet. Taking & quick look about, he fan up the steps to his wife, Mrs. Clarisea Sumner, who was at their rdom above. “He's shot us both—1 must go for the police,” he' exclaimed. Mrs. Sumner snatched & towel from the stand nearby and tied it about her hus- band's blseding fotehead, wiping the streaming blood from his face. He left the room &nd started for the police sta- tion. The alarm had reached ‘the station and the officer rushed the injured man and his daughter to Bt. Joseph's hospital. Willis Crosby, coroner, took the body of Morri- son to his morgue at Twenty-fourth and Seward streets. His Fortitude s Deveptive, The extreme fortitude which Mr. Sumner displayed led to the bellef at first that he had not suffered dangerous Injury. At the hospital, however, Dr. C. C. Allison found that the bullet had entered Sumner's brain, At 2:30 o'¢lock Sumner was yet alive, but his condition was declared to be highly critical, Morrison, the suiclde, was a brother of EA Morrisofi, & member of the police force, Within tiree months of thelr marriage Morrison begged his wife to enter a sul cide pact with him. “It Is the only way I can be happy— with us both dead—then I will know you are mine,” sald Morrison. The young wife consulted her mother and it was decided that she should not leave her husband at that time, fearing that the alternative of living with him was less direful than the possibllities if she left him. Morrison struck his wife in the head with Bhe sut- Inquests ordi- | fered deep wounds and but for the pro- house, | tection of a heavy “rat” worn under her pompadour she would have been killed at She quietly went to the family comers and to dfspel the mystery that has physiclan and had her wounds cared for. surrounded the case. The people at Inde- | She sent for her mother who was staying pendence are greatly aroused over the case, | with her at their home on BEiimet street. The Inguest will be called at 10 o'clock | Monday morning. MILLION DOLLARS FOR RANCH Morris of Chicago Buys 1,260,000 Acres in Mexico. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 3.-It nounced today that Edward F. Morris of Chicago, president of the Nelson-Morris Pacling company, has purchased from Dr. W. B. Woods, former president of the National Bank of Commerce of this city, e ranch in Mexico, comprising of 1,20,000 was an- | acres. The consideration was$1,000,000. Move to Depose Davilla as President of Honduras NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3.-~A special from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, siys: The situation here is regarded as critical. It may result in the deposition of Presi- A state of slege has been declared for some time and nd one is allowed on the streets at night after 6 o'clock. Foodstuffs are selling for three to four times what they brought before the state of slege was declared. Congress, In sesslon ever sinee January 1, has done nothing but quarrel with President Da- villa over certain laws that he enacted by decree during recess. Cougress refuses to ratify them. clares it has discovered a plot hatched by the conservatives to precipitatc armed in- tervention by the United States by firing on an American warship in the harbor of Cerinto. BIORNSON'S FAMILY WITH HIM Death of the Norweglan Nov. Looked For at Any Moment at Paris. PARIS, Feb. 3.—The death of Bjornst jerne Bjornson, the Norweglan poet and novellst, was expected momentarily (his afternoon. The members of tre famlly were summoned early and remained at the MANAGUA, Feb. 3.—~The goyernment fle-Lhe“. l Mrs, “For God's sake give me & warrant for my husband, he wants to kill e and he'll do it it you don’t stop him,” exclaimed the woman in Judge Altstadt's court Tuesday morning. A peace warrant was issued and before J. C. Woods, the constable could tind Morrison Ke appeared In court. He was released on bond of §100, and at 2 o'clock Thureday afternoon the hearing was to have been held Father's Fears Aroused. Mrs. Sumner fearcd for their safety fol- lowing the filing of the complaint and took her daughter with her to the roems of her husband, James A. Sumner, In the Monad- | nock hotel. Three times Thursday morning Morrison called. The plan was apparently in his mind early in the day. When Frank Bex- ter, proprietor of the Monadnook, opened the door for the early caller at 6 o'clock in the morning he saw Morrison yeach to his pocket where later he produced the re- volver. Aftgr a conference at the Sumner's rooms, in which the whole family had participated, it was decided that Mrs, Morrison should withdraw the eomplaint in Judge Altstadt's court on the condition that hier husband should allow hes to peace- fully take a divorce and the custody ‘of thelr two children, Clara 3 years old, and 1, 6 years old. Who will go with you to the court?' asked Isaac Sumner, brother of Mrs. Mor- rison, who had been her ‘body guard for the last five days. “I'm tired out; I've not had any sleep for two days” Morrison smiled. Each day before when he had celled at the Sumner rooms he had asked them to search him to make sure that he had no weapons. This day he was armed and sald nothing. Morrison, accompanied By her