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VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,127.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SENATE UTS OFF
E
Punishes Beveridge for Push
ing Himself Forward in
First Term.
FORAKER'S BITTER TAUNTS
J)cfcat ot Statehood Bill Intended r.s
Jtcbuke to Young Senator.
Ills Methods of FlghtliiK
riainly Exposed.
ORKGONIAN XEtVS BUREAU.
Washington, March IS. The United
States Senate has an unwritten rule
that requires every new Senator to
conduct himself modestly and unob
trusively during the first years of his
term. He must not force himself into
the limelight; he must not attempt to
assume leadership at the start; he
must sit quietly by while others man
age the affairs of the Senate; he him
self must be a mere onlooker and a
follower. He is privileged to advocate
legislation of local interest to his
state, but he is not privileged to jump
in and shape legislation of a National
character.
This unwritten rule is just as sacred
to the Senate as any rule that has been
formally adopted by vote, and the Sen
ator who allows his ambition to get
the better of his judgment and at
tempts to assume an important posi
tion in the Senate during the first
years of his term may safely expect,
soqncr or later, to feel the displeasure
of his older colleagues. The mills of
the Senate sometimes grind slowly, but
they are effective.
Beveridge Violates Rules.
No better demonstration of this fact
lias ever been laid bare before the peo
ple than the recent rebuke and defeat
of Senator Beveridge. when he at
tempted to secure the passage of the
joint statehood bill as it came ovor
from the House. He came to the Sen
ate in 1S93. Jn Indiana he was recog
nized as one of the brightest speakers
in the state; he was also credited with
being a. man of very great ability in
many lines.
Flushe fcv his successful campaign
kbjs2& Legl slat ui : ""
came to Washington and. without wak
ing to fftel his way, at once injected
JilmFelf into the very midst of things
in the Senate. He had hardly taken
his seat before he began to speak on
very important occasion. The senate
realised at once that Mr. Beveridge
was a man of more than ordinary at
tainments: it recognized in him a fluent
and ready speaker and perhaps a good
campaigner; it may have Been much to
approve hi the sentiments he uttered,
but for all that the Senate did not like
his manner. He had transgressed that
unwritten rule, and .ie -a first rebuke
he usually spoke to an empty Senate,
though to well-filled galleries.
Statehood a Buffer.
Hut Mr. Ueveridge either ignored the
insult or else did not understand, lie
continued to speak whenever any topic
of general importance way before the
Senate. Every speech he made did him
injury. At the end of two years, a
turn of the wheel of fortune made him
chairman of the committee on terri
tories, and as its chairman he became
the manager of tfie statehood bill, up
to that time a dead issue. With his
characteristic vim and determination
he revived the bill, reported it to the
Senate, and started to force its pas
sage. He had It made the unfinished
business in course of time, but it be
came the 'buffer' used by older Sen
ators to kill more objectionable legis
lation, and Mr. Beveridge was not per
mitted to get a vote. It was the same
in the next Congress and, while there
were volumes of talk on statehood,
there was no vote.
"When the present Congress con
vened Mr. Beveridge announced that
the joint statehood bill (somewhat dlf
Jerent from the original bill, but pro
ilding for two states) would be passed
before the Holidays. The House passed
the two-state bill, Mr. Beveridge re
ported it to the Senate, and then began
his fight, but 'he' was beaten from the
start. The Senate owed him a grudge,
it was getting tired of statehood de
bate, so it permitted the fixing of a
day for a vote, and, when that day
came the Senate overwhelmingly
adopted the Foraker amendment which
killed the Beveridge bill. It was the
first opportunity the Senate had had
to pay off an old score, and it did It
handsomely under the leadership of the
Senator from Ohio.
Incident to this defeat. Senator Foraker
assailed Mr. Beveridge as one Senator
seldom arraigns another. He actually
showed that Mr. Beveridge was making
his fight for point statehood iy unfair
und unjust means: he virtually told 'Mr.
Beveridge to his face that he did not
tell the truth. The colloquy was very
pharp. It was intensely interesting and
was" heard by the full Senate and crowded
galleries.
Forakcrs Cutting "Word.
All through the debate Mr. Beveridge
had alluded to a horde of, telegrams he
had received from all parts of Arizona
declaring that the people of the territory
were in favor of joint statehood with
New Mexico. He had charged that the
opponents of joint statehood were men
employed "by the railroads and mining
corporations.- -Mr. Foraker, toward the
close of the debate, rose.
"I have some information in my pos
session," said he. "showing how the Sen
ator from Indiana happened to receive so
many telegrams declaring that Arizona
wants Joint statehood."
"Then the Senator has jmore iaferma-
ONE
Hon than I have," sharply retorted Mr
Be verld Be.
"That may be true." responded Mr. For
aker. "It Is true on this subject," came back
Mr. Beveridge.
"Oh. certainly." was the bland reply
of the Ohio man. And in most patroniz
ing tones: "1 would not presume to have
a much Information as the Senator from
Indiana has on any other subject." It
'was a sharp cut and went to the bone.
Mr. Foraker then read a telegram re
ceived by Delegate Mark Smith, of Ari
zona, from'thrce of his friends, which ran
as follows:
Sheaf of Telegrams.
"Say to Foraker telegrams sent here
to Tom Schultz today urging that tele
grams be sent by anybody who will sign
them to BevcridRc. urging joint state
hood. We know of no one of standing
favoring joint statehood."
The only rejoinder which Mr. BcverMRc
had to thlf attack wai tho statement
that Mr. Foraker was using as ammu
nition h telegram sent to a Democratic
delegate in Congress. That was no an
swer, of course, but Mr. Foraker followed
up the attack with another telegram to
Mr. Smith, which read as follows:
"John B. Wright on etreet last evening
declared he had telegram from Beveridge
saying he intended making speech on
Friday, and joying 5W telegrams could be
used to good effect."
Mr. Beveridge declared he bad sent no
telegram to anyone in Arizona asking
for anything, but Mr. Forakor relentlessly
continued: "1 am leading these telegrams
to show how the Senator's telegrams
happened to be sent." Later Mr. Foraker
said the statehood flRht would not be
settled upon the number of telegrams re
ceived, but solely tpon the merits or the
case.
"We ask nothing better than that,"
chirped Mr. Beveridge.
"Certainly; except a few vote thrown
In." replied the watchful Mr. Foraker.
And then tame the vote which beat
the Joint statehood bill, humiliated and
humbled Mr. Beveridge and paid off an
old score of six years' standing. It was
something that had been stored tip. and
it was the larger for having waited so
long. It will take Mr. Beveridge some
time to live down this defeat, for ac
companying hip downfall was an exposure
of his unfair methods of fighting, and
that will not help him In the future.
KILLING OP THE
LIKE SMOKING OUT BEES, SAYS
DR. PARKHURST.
New York Preacher Scores Congrat
ulatory Message Sent by Presi
dent to General "Wood.
NEW YORK, Marcli IB. In hi ser
mon m the relation? of so-called Chris
tian nations that are pagan, the Rrw.
Dr. Charts H. J'ackhurst referred today
to the recent killing of Moros and Presi
dent Roosevelt's congratulatory dispatch
to General AVood.
"Consider," he said, "the easy and self
satisfied way In which we regard the
mowing aown or the lavage and semi
savage in the Philippine Inlands, when
they stand in the way of the National
purpose of which, after eight years of
benevolent assimilation.' we have just
had a most startling and heartrending
example in the bombarding to death of
COO men. women and children, collected
in a crater in the Moro Islands.
"There are two things to be said about
the Jubilant congratulation sent by the
Chief Executive to General "Wood. The
first is in reference to the designation of
the performance as a 'brilliant feat of
arms. Basing our estimate on the re
ports rendered by General Wood, it was
no more a 'brilliant feat of arms than
smoking bees out of a hive or rats out of
'a nest.
"But a far sadder feature ot the Kx
ecutive communication to General Wood
is that it contained not one word Qf
sympathy, one nolo of tender distress, in
view bf the indiscriminate slaughter per
petrated 'in honor of the American flag.
"We have been taught to believe and
we like to believe, that the President has
a great heart. And so I prefer to think
of that cablegram, composed as 1: was, in
the presence, practically, of mangled
men. torn women, armless and headless
children, I prefer to think of It not as
being the expression of the man Roose
velt, but of the President Roosevelt, In
whom officially the lieartlessness and the
greed of unrcgenerate nationality is func
tionally represented. I want to rtnd a
way out for Roosevelt, for the perform
ance on tho Jolo island has a ghastly
look and the cablegram matched It.
"With the exception of the maintenance
in the South or negro slavery there has
been. I should say. nothing sadder In
our history than the National attitudo 4a
which we today stand as toward the Ut
ile brown people of the Philippine isl
ands." LITTLE EGYPT IN MANILA
HORACE M'KLNLEY PARTED
WITH HER AT SHANGHAI.
Said lo Be on His Way to Guate
mala Under the Name
of A. Osier.
MANILA, March 19. Eva Rowland,
known on the Pacific Coast as "Little
Egypt," who was reported ' io have
eloped from San Francisco 'with' Horace
McKlnley. who figured In the ' Oregon
land-fraud cases, has arrived here. Miss
Rowland says that .she and' McKlnley
separated at Shanghai and that McKlnley
Is now on the way to Guatemala under
the name of A. Osier.
Operator Runs Away.
.DENVER, March. 18. The police of
this city have been asked by tho Sher
iff of Fremont County to locate Frank
Lively, the Denver & Rio Grande tele
graph operator at Swallow, to whose
negligence is attributed the wreck early
Friday morning, which caused such
great loss of life and Injury to passengers
and trainmen. It is reported that- Livery
left Swallow today and joined his broth
er, also an operator, at Portland, and
later both left on an east-bound train.
A subpena has been Issued for Frank
LIvcIv' to appear at the Coroner's in
quest temorrow. Detective are oeurIng
tfce city for tfeeyousjr awn.
CAMPAIGN EXPENSE
By
President Orr, New York -Life,
Charged With Using Funds
for Personal' Benefit.
POLICY-HOLDERS IN RAGE
Through Counsel They Demand That
Wafting or Money by Official
in Attempt to Bc-EIcel
Himself Must Cease.
NEW YORK. March IR.-Samuel Unter
myer. counsel for the International policy
holders' committee of the New York Life
Insurance Company, today sent a letter
to Alexander K. Orr. president of the
New York Life, protesting In the name
of the polky-holdrrs againt what he
terms the extraordinary effort that Is
being made by the officers of the com
pany to obtain proxies for the annual
election, to be held early in April. Mr.
Untemiyer's letter explains the objection
of the committee and declares that no
election should be held until legislation
affecting the insurance business is
passed.
Addressing Mr. Orr. Mr. Untermycr say.
that as l he representative of upward of
SO.Oft) policy-holders In the company, he
has been Instructed to protest In their
behalf "against the extraordinary use that
is being made by you and your officers
of the agency force of the company, who
are blng pressed Into the service of
soliciting proxies for the re-election of
yourself and associates an directors, at
enormous expense to the policy-holders.
"I am informed." the letter continues,
"that within the past few days you
rent oat from your head office to your
entire agency throughout the country tel
egrams urging them to collect proxies. I
have before me one of a number of print
ed letters and circulars issued from your
head office, sdgned by the cashier of the
company, with an accompanying form of
proxy, addressed to policy-holders, en
closing a biography of each of the di
rectors and ofTlcers whom you seek to re
elect. Including yourself. This proxy Is
to Messrs. John Claflln. Oscar S. Straus?
and Clarence II. Mackay. of whom biog
raphies are also enclosed, printed at the
cxpnsn the policy-holders.
"If ih-f doctttneutK have 4n tm to
every policy-holder. vthc cost to the com
pany of postage alone would be about
K0.0CO and the cost of printing as much
more. How you justify sueh expenditures
(to ray nothing or the manifest impro
priety of such action at this Juncture) I
fall to understand.
"These documents are coming to us In
great numbers from Infuriated policy
holders, with the request that our com
mittee take some action to prevent your
thus wasting the money of the policy
holders) In the attempt to return yourself
to office."
ELIGIBILITY OF THE TRUSTEES
Hamilton Says Those OuMcd Should
Be Barred for a Year.
ALBANY". N. Y March IS. Judge
Andrew Hamilton said tonight that he
expected to go to New York tomorrow
to remain two or three days. He
would not say what were his Inten
tions as to his visit, or whether he
would see any member of the Fowler
committee, which has been Investigat
ing the internal affairs of the New
York Life Insurance Company.
Friends of Judge Hamilton here ex
press doubt as to his going before the
committee, questioning the propriety
of his submitting himself to men -whom
he has characterized as he did the New
York Life trustees In his speech be
fore the legislative committee last
week.
Judge Hamilton tonight expressed
the opinion that when the bills pro
posed by toe Armstrong committee are
reported they should contain a pro
vision that no trustee legislated-out or
office next November, as recommended
by the committee, shall be eligible for
re-election until a full year has
elapsed.
"The propriety of this Is obvious,"
said Judge Hamilton, "and T believe a
commit
I "
t EW HEAD OF THE GKK.MAK !!
if - ":MJ--i$$Wi '
I HB ;. HEIR
I Cent Helmath tob Mel Ike.
Cont Htlrsruth von Xoltlte. th ntw
chief of the rneral iff of tae Gr
mm rair. Ji x nrphew ct tb srrat
Woltke, -fer -whom ht itm aa alfle .la
the Fraaco-PreaeUs war.
EVENTS OF THE COMING WEEK.
I'aToralilc Symptom at Aljceelra.
The fct that Iht International Mo
roccan Confrerce at Alcclr ha ad
journed until March 20 has xiven rise
to the hope amosr th lnRutntlal neu
tral i;trlt that France and Ger
many win In the m?an:tme reach
b: of accord. At Atceclra th
J"mp:cirj! of aRreni'nt are coasidTei
more favorable, lrhrre the rprnta.
Uvea of neutral natlena are enrcetle
ally endaTorinr o Influence mutual
cosceMlocr.
CoafereHce nllh Coal Operator.
Dliumlnoui ovrators to the number
of about V-0 are expected lo arrive In
Indianapolis today to eonfrr irith th
Untied Minevorkfra of America. The
fltuatlen In the threatened coal strike
appear to ht ucrhsncd. the oil I com
nr belnc In the hand of the mlnr.
The Itj an rfclntln haxlng heew prac
tically r?n4d and the leport of the
ratea committee h'inc faorab!,
there fTT IrdlcaOon that conirv
atlsm will gven the Aa! tleUberatloaa
of the minora and praier.
PrfMent 5amul Campers, of the
American Federation of Latof. has
called a meeting of the exemire. coun
cil of the Federation for today in
.Waahinirton, and though It is not defi
nitely announced that the coal strike
will b dltcuseed. It la jcenerally be
lieved that the meeting will consider
tbe aitcation. t
Intercollegiate. Che Match.
The Intercollegiate ch?s match be
tween Oxford and Cambrldne and Cor
nell. Brown and the University , of
Pennsylvania for the Imvac I Rke In
ternational che trophy, will bcrta
March 24 and last one week.
Strlramlnr Tourney "at Chicago.
The New Tork Athletic Club's axlm
mlnc team, which recently nuuta auch
splendid records In the club's Indoor
wimmlnc tournament, will. March 21.
In Chicago, meet the swimmers of the
Chicago Athletic Aiwlotion In a ser
ies of dual events.
CotiTeatlona of the "Week.
. The National Convention of the As
sociation ot American Medical Col
leges will b held in nttsburg. March
19.
From March to to 22 the National
Convention of American Railway En
gineers of Maintenance of "Way Asso
ciation will meet In Chicago.
Tbe National Convention of the Meth
odist Episcopal Missionary Society will
be held In Minneapolis, March 21-23.
demand for It Is coming to a
head. You know wc have adopted
from the Kngilsh common law the
procreation that no Sheriff can be re
elected until a term of service has
elapsed. The theory l. and It applies
equally to a trustee of a life insurance
company, that the Sheriff exercises
such an Immense power that ho could
always command his re-election. Ho
veiih these trustees Uiey are In a po
sition, which" -would enable them by
favoring one arid persecuting nnother.
to command .proxies to secure their re
election If they- see fit. This should
be freveuted by making their re-elec-tlbn
Illegal.
"I note thnt some of those gentlemen
In New York say they do not know
me. It certainly seems strange that
any man should be In a position to
spend very large sums of money of
which they are the legal guardians
during a long term of years and yet
be totally unknown to them."
Most's Body to Be Cremated.
CINCINNATI. O.. March IS. The body
of Her Johann Most, the Anarchist, will
be cremated here next Tuesday. Mra.
Moat arrived from New York tonight.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Tb Weather.
VKSTKRDAT'S Maximum temperature, 13
deg.; minimum. S2 deg. Total precipita
tion. 0.45 of an Inch.
TODAY 5 Haln or snow; easterly winds.
Domestic.
Camp Bird mill crushed In snow atlde; em
ployea taVe refuge la mine tunnel. Page 2.
President Mitchell, of Mlneworkera. says an
thracite operators cannot &Sord to break
orr negotiation. Page 1.
Dr. Parkhurst scores meage snt by Presi
dent on the killing of the Morot. Page 1.
Kew Tork IJfe policy-holders pretest on waste
of company's funds by officials for elec
tion. Pace 1.
Lake steamer Atlanta burned near Sheboygan
Mich.: one life lost. Page 1.
Kacsaa CUr woman shoots dinner gueat who
makes disagreeable remarks. Tage 2. t
Divorced wife of Baron von dtm Bunvhe com
mit suicide at Fort Javenwrth. Page 1.
National.
How tbe Senate puaWie4 the forward young
Senator from Indiana. Pace J.
Debate on the railroad rate Mll will talcs bp
all the epare time of the Senate. Page 2.
Bill abolishing grade of Lieutenant-General In
the Army will be disposed of in the Heaie.
Tage 2. ,
Foreign.
Russia la preparing for a threatened uprising
of tht people. Page 4.
John Redmond ss "bright days are ahead fer"
Ireland. PasU.L
Foreign Mtnlsttr Bourgeolse Is Inclined to
compromise 'with Germany In Mesoccan
affair. Pag X
Pacific Coast.
Steve Adam la considered xnsntally unbalanced
by ftah peopie. Page 4. ,
TV. E. Borah, of Idaho, denle that he is about
to bolt the Republican party.. Page A.
Coal miners strike may be extended from
Alberta to British Columbia. Page 4.
Body of F. G. Naylor. of Athena, found 'In
rnlllrace. Pare .
Fort Missoula officers ask for abolition of sa
loons near post. Page 4.
Pitcher Moiler awarded to Seals by PaclflcJ
Coast League cireciors. rage to.
Sports.
Portland's young pitchers show well In' game
with Stockton club. Page 13.
Portland amd VIclaHy.
Four tnehe of abw fall In Portland, j"otre-
thlng unprecedented at this season ot the
year. Page 1.
Grltxmacher and Bruin patch up differences.
Page 12.
Republicans In South Portland bava lively
wrangle over endorsement. Page 8.
Mr. and Mra. W. F. Woodward return from
Mexico. Page 14.
City and County Medical Scclets pastes reso
lution agalr.it cos tract practice ayatem;
cheapen profmrtos. Page 9.
Dr. A. A. MerrisaB dtllvers Seal lecture ca
Cartstlas Sdeace. Pag 5. .
Mayer Lab aaay veto both Freat-vtreet rail
road franchises. Pag 5.
Tort of Prtlaa4 Oemaslssion and Hill rep
: tatfCtatlrM coaler .tkis afttrxsm. Pars 9.
I
8 INCHES :
BF SNOW FELL
Something Unprecedented for
This Season of the Year
in Portland.
PREDICTIONS FOR TODAY
Weather Bureau Itccord. Show
2olIiInc; Since 1885 to Compare
With the Climatic Condi
tions of Yesterday.
Four inches of snow fell In Portland
and vicinity yesterday, which was the
heaviest fall at this time of the year
that has ever been recorded by the
United States "Weather Bureau of this
city. The weather burau in Portland
began recording the snowfall In 3S35. A
peculiar circumstance In connection
with the storm of yesterday is that the
snowfall was confined almost exclu
sively to Portland and vicinity. Yes
terday morning snow fell along the
Columbia Ittvcr west of the Cascades,
hut In the afternoon It changed into
rain. In Portland, however. It snowed
all clay.
Friday, the weather was very mild
and delightful and there were no signs
of an impending storm. When the
people of Portland awoke yesterday
mornlng'they were amazed to find the
ground covered with snow to the depth
of several inches. It began to snow
about 2 o'clock In the morning and the
fall continued almost without cessa
tion until lato in the afternoon.
No Damage Bone to Fruit.
One pleasing feature of the storm Is
that It is not thought that the crops or
fruit will be damaged in the least, even
though snow at this time of the year
Is almost without precedent. The
anow was so damp and melted so rapid
ly after It had fallen that It had vir
tually the same effect upon crops and
fruit as would rain.
Conditions were favorable for rain
yesterday and It was expected by the
Weather Bureau, hut a cold wave
swept down the Columbia Itlver and
chilled the. air. This turned the rain
Into snow. Yesterday morning there
was a heavy antfVfrtit ong the Co
lumbia Btvcr from tu Cascades to the
ocean, but only In ho lower end of
the Willamette Valley did snow fall In
the afternoon. At Salem there was
rain nearly all day, but no snow. Tho
reports received by the Weather Bu
reau did not show tho division point
of the snowfall between Portland and
Salem. In Southern Oregon there was
a slight rain, but In Central Idaho
there was a snowfall much heavier
than that In Portland and vicinity.
Prediction for Today.
Either snow or rain Is predicted for
Portland today. The temperature is
fluctuating between 32 and 38 degrcca.
and aa no Immediate change in the
weather conditions Is expected It Is
Just as probable that It will snow as
It Is that It will rain.
Although four inches or snow fell
yentcrday, at 6 o'clock there was but
two lnchos of snow on the ground.
Owing to the high temperature it
melted very rapidly and the sidewalks
and streots In the business districts
were covered with slush.
Many Trains Delayed.
All of the through trains which were
to arrive in Portland- yesterday were
delayed by the snowstorm with the
exception of those on the lines of the
Southern Pacific, all of which reached
the city on schedule time. Trains No.
1 and No. 5 on the O. R. Sz. N.. which
were due yesterday, are Indefinitely
late, being snow-bound near Glenn's
Ferry, between Huntington and Poca
tcllo, on the Oregon Short Line. A
make-up train started from Hunting
ton to Portland last night.
On the Northern Pacific, train No. 13
from Seattle reached tne city on time,
but tne through train. No. 3, due to
arrive at 6:30 o'clock last evening did
QCAKKRS KX-BOSS 11 VINO IX
1UUIXU.
Israel W. Darfaam.
Harinr lost the control of the city
of which he waa supreme- boss. Is
rael IV. Durham, the dthroned Re
publican ruler of Philadelphia. Is now
in hiding, la broken health, asking, hi
friend say, only that ha may die la
peace.
I '
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not reach the city until an early hour
this morning.
First Heal Snowstorm of Season.
Yesterday was the first time this
Winter that the people of Portland had
an opportunity to enjoy a real snow
storm as before the fall remained on
the ground only a very short period.
Hundreds of persons found pleasure in
going out of doors, as such Winter
weather is rarely experienced In Port
land.. The snow covered the ground
nnd tiie fall was so heavy that the
trees also received a coating of white.
The small boys and girls reveled in
the snow of yesterday and coasting
and smowballing was all the rage.
The children engaged in snow fights
and snow forts were erected, the same
as is done in the Eastern cities in the
Winter. Immense snowballs were con
spicuous in many ' of the Portland
yards. Coasting was not as univer
sally Indulged in as was snowballing,
ns sleds are scarce In Portland. Some
of the boys made sleds themselves.
FIRES BULLET INTO HEAD
SUICIDE OF DIVORCED WIFE OF
A GERMAN" BARON.
.Mrs. Von dem Bnsschc Lived With
Her Son, an Officer at Fort
Leavenworth.
LKAVENWORTII. Kan.. March IS.
Caroline von dem Bussche, said to bo
the divorced w-ifc bf Baron von dem
Busschc-IIaddenhnuscn. a German
baron, of Berlin, committed suicide by
shooting at the home of her son. Sec
ond Lieutenant Carl Frederick von dem
Bussche, of tho Eighteenth Infantry,
1". S. A., at Fort Leavenworth today.
Lieutenant von dem Bussch6 Is a cousin
ot Frelherr von dem Bussche-Hadden-hausen,
first secretary of the German
Embassy, at Washington, D. C.
No cause, except that possibly of
melancholia, is known for the woman
having taken her life. The ofTlcers at
the fort decline to make known any
definite facts regarding the affair.
Mrs. von dem Bussche killed herself
by shooting, firing a bullet into her
head In her room, adjoining her son's
private room, where she had lived with
him for some time past. She is known
to have been treated last Summer for
a nervous disease at Donver, where
the family formerly lived.
Baron von dem Bussche and his wife
are- said to have come to the United
States from Prussia, where he was be
lievod to have? owned large estates sev
eral years ago. He was a mining en
gineer, and for many years lived at
Denver, where the son was born.
The son. Carl Frederick, in 1S9S en
listed in the Sixth Infantry, and In
1301 was commissioned a Lieutenant.
Three year ago Lieutenant von dem
Bussche was ordered to the Philippines
with his regiment, and his mother ac
companied him. When he returned to
Fort Leavenworth, something over a
year ago. she followed him and since
then has lived with the young officer
at the officers quarters at the fort.
Six months ago her husband visited
her here but soon left, and It was
stated, returned to Berlin, whero he
now resides. Later It became known
that the couple had been divorced. Mrs.
von dem Bussche was 46 years of age.
LAKE STEAMER BURNED
CREW AND PASSENGERS PJCKED
UP BY TUG.
One Life Lost In the Destruction, of
the Atlanta, from Shehoygan
for Milwaukee.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. March IS. The
Goodrich steamer Atlanta, which left
this port for Milwaukee this morning,
was burned to the water's edge 12 miles
south of Sheboygan. The Atlanta Is val
ued at about t-150,000.
The Atlanta left Sheboygan at 10 o'clock
southbound, with a crew of 60 men and
two passengers. The lire was discovered
at 11:15. The crew were at once set to
work fighting the flames and the tight
was kept up until 1 o'clock, when Cap
tain McCauley decided to abandon the
ship.
The crew and passengers were put off
In the lifeboats and were picked up by
the tug P.essler. without trouble, as there
was no "sea running. Soon after the
steamer Georgia hoy iir sight and took
aboard the crew and passeagers of the
burned vessel. The Georgia proceeded to
this port, leaving the Atlanta a total
wreck close to the beach, for which she
had been run.
It is thought the fire may have been
started by a carelessly thrown cigar.
But ono life was lost in the wreck. Mike
Ulckey. a deckhand, who was drowned
In trying to escape from the flames.
BRIGHT DAYS FOR IRELAND
Redmond Says English Will Soon
Give Her All She Demands.
LONDON. March 18. JohVjledmond,
addressing a St. Patrick's day demon
stration at Manchester today;-made the
most hopeful speech that has been
heard from an Irish leader. He said he
believed that Ireland had turned the
corner: that the record of the last elec
tions would never be reversed, afid that
the English of the future would give
to Ireland all that she could reason
ably expect or demand.
The government would be given time
to fulfill pledges, contained in tho
King's speeches and the Nationalists
would not contemplate the possibility
of a rising in which they -would be
forced to turn them upon previous gov
ernments. Sheep to Invade Idaho.
SALT LAKE CITY. March IS The
Tribune tomorrow will say that the
leading sheepmen of "Utah and Nevada
will gather with their flocks at Te
coma, Nev.. March 20. and cross the
Idaho line In defiance of the order of
Governor Gooding- This decision Is
the result of an opinion secured by the
sheepmen from Secretary, of Agricul
ture Wilson, in which the Secretary up
holds th right of flockmasters to go
from one state to another with their
herds when the animals ax& free from
LjiiseaBe
MITCHELL URGES
CLAIMS QF MINERS
Declares That Neither Side
Can Afford to Break Off
Negotiations.
GROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT
New Wage Scale Proposed In An
thracite Districts, Ho Says, 2Tb t
J Excess 'of Those Paid In
Bituminous Sections.
INDIANAPOLIS. March IS. Prcsir
dent John Mitchell, of the United
Mineworkers of America, has mailed
to George F. Bacr. chairman of the
anthracite coal operators committee,
his reply tq the committee's communi
cation regarding the demands of the
miners' organization. The letter, dated
March 17, follows:
"Referring again to your communi
cation dated March 10. with accom
panying documents, and to our reply
thereto. I write to say that I have sub
mitted to our committee the answer
made by your committee to tho propo
sltlons presented by us. It Is unnec
essary to state that we were -keenly
disappointed to learn that our demands
were rejected in toto. and that our
nrguments in favor of them had received-
so little cohsideration at your
hands that they were practically ig
nored in your reply to us.
"We have again reviewed the seals
presented for your consideration; have
compared It with the scale of wages
paid for similar classes of labor in
other coal-producing states and dis
tricts, and we are satisfied beyond the
peradventure of doubt that the wages
proposed are not in excess of indeed,
that they are not so high as the.
wages paid in the bituminous mining
districts of our country.
Real Import Not Understood.
"Judging from the language em
ployed in your answer to us. it is per
fectly evident that we failed to make
clear or that you failed to understand
the real import of the propositions sub
mitted by us. .
"We wish to assure you that we are
not unmindful of the great public inter
ests involved In this controversy as -to
our future relations, neither are we im
appreclativo of tho splendid efforts
made by the anthracite coal-strike
commission to establish a relationship
between us that would insure a just
and permanent peace; but if you will
refer to the award of that commission
you will find that tho commission It
self was in doubt as to the pormanenoy
of its findings and expressed the hope
that at the expiration of the award tho
relations of operator and employe
would have so far Improved as to make
impossible such a condition as existed
throughout the country in consequence
of the strike in the anthracite region.
Expect Serious Consideration.
"We had entertained the hope that
our adherence to the letter and the
'spirit of the award and the absence of
local or general strikes during the past
three years would have, appealed more
strongly to your confidence and that
we might reasonably expect serious
consideration of our claims at this
time.
"But it would seem, from reading
your reply, that all our propositions
have been rejected, and that your final
decision has been given. We trust that
this conception of your Intention is In
correct.. It is our opinion that neither
you nor we can afford to break off
negotiations in this abrupt manner.
"So far as we and the interests we
represent are concerned, we are not
willing to accept any share of the re"
sponsibillty this action entails. "We
believe that further meeting should be
held and that we should strive earnest
ly and conscientiously to reconcile our
differences.
Ground for Complaint.
'While It may be true that, on the
part of the operators, there has been
no serious cause for "complaint during
the past three years, we wish to as
sure you that in expressing this opinion
you do not reflect our views. !Not only
has . there been criticism among" the
miners but, what Is mOre important,
there .exists much call for criticism and
complaint. To such an extent is this
true that we feel it incumbent upon us
to say that we cannot with any degree
of contentment or satisfaction continue
to work under present conditions.
"However, we repeat that the Inter
ests involved are so vast that we are
not willing to break off negotiations
without first making further efforts to
reconcile our differences. We. there
fore, propose that further conference
or conferences be held between now
and the flrst of April.
"If this suggestion meets with your
approval we shal be pleased to ar
range with you a date upon which our
joint committee may reconvene."
SHOOTS TWO BROTHERS
Pueblo 3Uner in Drnnkcn Quarrel
in Saloon.
PUEBLO. Colo., March 18. A special
from Florenco says:
John Gehr, ex-organlzer of the United:
Mineworkers. early this evening shot John
Thomas, and his brother, Tom Thomas,
later, being probably fatally wounded.
The affair occurred In Tarradlnes' saloon,
where the trio bad been drinking.
Gehr first shot John Thomas. The hit
ter's brother procured a shotgun and fired
at Gehr, "but the latter, shooting at the
same time, prevented the charge from the
shotgun taking effect. The cause of tho
shooting is not known. Officers are now
In search of Gehr.
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