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Show fSjwiira vn press AIL TOE KEYS seimce. All OGDEN CITY, UTAH, SATUDAY MORNING. JANUARY 23. 1904 NO 23 VOL L THE M. PRICE FIVE CENTS, RUSSIA DELAYS ANSWER TOWN Rivers lay Mslag Em long ConlinueA Rails. LI PITTSBIRC LOSSES AW on Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific From Twelve to Four- Train teen Hour Lata, Buffalo. X. Y., Jan. 22. With a continuous fall of rain for nearljr 24 hour of enow quantity the Immense throughout the western port of New York was rapidly turned into water, vbkh soon tonight sent the river out of bound, flooding great floviug ireaa nonbeern New York and place in where the temperature waa lover, the rain turned into aleet and telehu. prostrating telegraph and railroad phone lines aud demoralizing traffic. Train on the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific tonight are reported at from 12 to 24 hour late. The Chiarrcago express on the Grand Trunk after 26 hour laic, Toronto at ived (pending 13 hour in a snow bank. ailed in the snow Another train U somewhere between Montreal and Toronto and mow plow have been aent out to rescue the train. In 1 Cleveland, Ohio. Jan. 22. The flood (itiiation in Cleveland and vicinity ia brighter at midnight tonight because of a fall in the temperature whleh Will lessen the probability of a dangerous gorge about 10 mile up the Cuyahoga river breaking and letting loose a great mas of water held in check by U flowing It. The Cuyahoga river about 15 mile an hour and ia slightly lower than during the day. The three great lake barges that broke loose from their moorings today are still wedged closely together and there is no possibility of their breaking away until the flood water has ceased running out into the lake. The entire loss in Cleveland I estimated at half a million dollars. 0 Thirty Seven Persons Killed and More Than One Hundred Injured Many Blown Hundreds Pittsburg, Jan. 22. Midnight The Allegheny and Monongoiiela riven are rising steadily. The Allegheny la three feet higher than her consort stream, and as a consequence a dangerous ice gorge ia now forming lteiween the Wabash and Bmllhfield street bridges, just above the confluence of the rivers. There is Ice enough in both rivers at this time to keep both the rivers well tilled until Sunday morning and pcrhaius later. Early in the day, owing to ihc warning sent out iu regard to the danger from the Allegheny, all of the coal barges and steamboats were sent into the Munongahela to gain the better protection of the pools and consequently stiller water. Already a barge containing forty thousand bushels of coal has been sunk and the whole fleet with nearly 275,000 bushels on board is in danger. At 2 o'clock this morning. (Saturday), the guage showed that the AlleIngheny stood at 29.6 feet at Tears land, and was rising at the rate of of a foot an hour; the stood 27.2, rising .8 fool per hour. The Ohio at Davis Island stood at 29.1 and rising .4 foot per hour. The worst fears of manufacturers along the Pittsburg side of lbs Allegheny river were realized shortly after midnight when the water swept ever the banks in many places and InundatEvery ed the surrounding districts. mill and factory between the Allegheny Valley railroad tracks and the river is more or less flooded and it is estimated that In the neighborhood of 25.000 men will be forced to lie idle until Monday or Tuesday. In the Pennsylvania avenue district many of the- milia have their below flood level and were compelled to shut down, throwing seven thousand men and boys out of work. -- of Feet From Their Beds. Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan 22. A disastrous tornado swept over Moundville, Ala., a town of 300 inhabitants, fifteen miles south of Tuscaloosa, early today, and, as a result, thiriy-;sevepersons were killed and more than 100 injured. Every business house, with the exception erf one small store, was completely destroyed. The tornado struck the city from the southwest, and mowed a path through it a quarter of a mile in width. Following I a partial list of the while person killed: K. Seymour, Nashville, Trim, who accepted tis position as operator al Ihe railroad station last evening. A. P. Warren, Birmingham, employed by the Alabama Grocery company. J. Tf. Redmond, superintendent of the pumping station, formerly of Nashville. Robert S. Towers of Tuscaloosa. Mis N ft tie Farley. 'J ne negroes dead are: W. N. Allies, wife and six children. Albert Boston, wife and three children. Fourteen other negroes unidentified. Surgeon were rushed to Moundville from Greenboro and Tuscaloosa and all possible was done to alleviate the suf- - fly-pi- ts (Continued on page ferlngs of the injured. By the force oi the storm persons were blown hundreds of feet from their beds in the blackness of the tiighi. Through terror. a father, mother and three children fled from their home to seek refuge and In their excitement left a live year old boy in bed. Today he was pulled from beneath some timlier and thus far it impossible to find any of tbo other members of the family. Bedding, carpel and wearing apparel are scattered over a distance of ten miles through what was a forest, but. which is now clear as if cut ly the woodman' axe. Freight cars were lorn to splinters, the truck from them lieing hurled hundred of feet from ihe track. The depot, the hotel, warehouse, gins, thirty home, seven storehouses, together to National Magazine. Were Passed. vrilcs: There is no more engrossing quest- ion than that of tho relation labor and rapital, which seems the paramount issue today. The instinct of working men to band together to protect themselves is no more to be wondered at than the same on the part of capital. Now jny plan is to have organised union labor Americanized in the best sense and thoroughly educated to an understanding of its responsibilities, nd in this way to mako it the ally of the capitalist, rather than a foe with vfcich to grapple. 'Ii is nrten asked what Is to of the consumer n amicable alliance is made labor and capital. But every man belongs to the one or the other Prnnp; fOT matter, he is likely to belong to both. I took some time to consider the ork of the Civic Federation, and 1 m firmly convinced that it is the to which 1 desire to consecrate 'he remaining years of my life. I J'lly appreciate that it is a long atrug-J'-; 1,ut the progress already made r the motto of ihe Civic Federar Jindi-tho golden rule has surpassed '''n my most sanguine expectations, f.i .aiu BUr, that the American peo-1;- '' sill sustain a lsilicy based upon mural aud social impulse hi'li sii eliminate the. passionate rrciudieos that nos-- exirt hr tween reital and labor." ,I)Tus,il,,R oin of the objects ef TiC edc,,t,on Senator' Hanna tav n be-fotn-e be-ive- ob-jjH- - -t I mil v iihln n comparatively few irs big capitalists or the empioy-- , J R 'Merest, have had the advantagA there were more workmen But conditions charged, aud for every work-- , "n n average, there are two ,low f" the heyday of our pros-L'- f i'5- - Bnd it is expecting too ranch ,'hni.n nature to ' suppose that 'tiiingmi'n shall not desire a larger ' ,,f tllp profit. Has not this mo-f" l",:i eiimulat.ng incentive of are making business af-t; No one who is 'ii union labor f.ir t!ie acquainted five ( ' fcuse t": 1 ,Prp , i. ,?Vho 1 p-,- 'f ,i. r, IS1'-- oni i '1'1 - :: La.i til r.'ns!iite "tee Hint ban - cisiMieatlod . ivanaai-n- i -- :L. wuii- ii rrtnde in ih.r- et,i it of th;c s ATTACK OR Debate in Senate on Wood and Speech of Former Crum Cases. New York, Jan. 22. An altark on labor unions made by Former Assistant Attorney-Gener- al James M. Beck of Philadelphia, waa the cause for the remarks made liy W. J. Bryan in from the text of bis speech at tbo Holland Society dinner just held here. Mr. Bryan declared there la greater danger from "corporation which defy the law than from labor unions. Mr. Beck, in the course of hia ieech, said: "If I do not miarcad history, the prosperity of Dutch people waa founded upon n principle which la vitally essential to the progress and hap lines of any people, and that Is the Inalienable right of every man to work for whom he pleases and at what wage he pleases, and tl enjoy freely the fruits of hia toll. Tills principle ia In some need of vindication in this eoiinlry and at this hour. Man was brought into the world to work. It ia not only hla burden; It la hia right, and any form of social tyranny which contravenes this right ia infinitely "In vain arc written constitutions, with their paper guarantee of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, if the right of tbo humblest citizen to earn hia bread in the aweat of hla brow la thus denied. Rrn-- right ia In no respect inconsistent wHh the right of lalmr to organize. "The tyranny of boycott In Ha attempt. to club the free labor of our land into slavish submission to a labor oligarchy has been strongly illiiMrat-c- d within a few months In tho city of Chicago, where it people were not even given permlnsion to bury their ay g dead. Today we are told on eminent authority that a struggle is on between the plain people and organized wealth. I venture io assert that this line of cleavage between the classes ia as mischievous aa it ia lacking In justification. No greater injury ran he done to the program of the American lieople than to throw firebrand of class hatred into their midst. - aes-aiu- JIT INCREASE Of Revenue. Wa:UiB.efon. S';u'-,0U:- J 22 A move- . j - rc'.-nii-- diM.-ase- to ment if making for n agreement between the overpmrnF ot the lmed States and France in lieu of the rehas jected reciprocity treaty which Sennot received the approval of the ate and consequently baa failed through the expiration of the period of time allowance for ratification and exchange. .In the search after new sources of revenue the French government has let It be known that It contemplates a considerable increase on the duties of imported meats, which would, of course, fall principally iiKin American meats. six-stor- y In-ar- HEEL OR France Serefo"3 for New Source of col-sizi- d Washington, Jan. 22. A request for an appropriation of $1,150.0UU to carry on tho work of a naval ntation at Guatsuamo waa transmitted to the House today from the Navy department. ORDER FAILS Only Largest Steamars Can Ge Receiver Appointed for Bankers Assistant Attorney General Washington, Jan. 22. The Renal to-d- Mr. Halt Says Comptroller Will Make Short Work of Claimo for Salariea adopted tho resolution of inquiry Under Such Appointments. concerning affair in Tauama introduced on the 5i Ii instant by Mr. GorWashington, Jan. 22. The House to- man and listened to a sice-ou the day passed 207 pension bill and also Panama question by Mr. Dollivcr and resolution calling on the Secretary of and another on the subject of rcccsa Washington, Jan. 22. After the disfor in- appointment. War and the Attorney-Gener- al tho text of the Gorman posal of the routine business of tha Following to the number of horse formation Rcnalc Mr. Tillman was recognised resolution adopted: and carriage maintained at governResolved, that the President be re- to speak on his rcsoliitkni, relating ment expense for officer of these resquested, if not in his judgment !::eom-iwtib- le to Senate recesses. His remarks dealt pective departments. with public interest, to inform A bill to allow the free entry of any with thu pending nomination of lr. article not specifically Imported by the Senate: Crum to bo collector at Charleston, 8. dale circumthe when and the First, established incorporated institutions , C. Mr. Tillman disclaimed any instances under United the which States educafor religion, pbllanlhropk-alfirst time and each succeeding tention to consider this as a party tional, scientific or literary purposes, for theused a military force in Ihe question, but asserted that his desire or by any stale or municipal corpora- time, tion, when Imported for exhibit at the Internal affalra of New Granada, or was to prevent the establishment of under ihe treaty of 1S46; St Louis Exposition and then donated Colombia, whether such use of military force was a harmful precedent and to find out to such Institutions, was passed. of a conwhat tho Senate At 3.55 p. m. the House adjourned on the initiative of the United States structive recess. thought it had resaid lie New or or of Granada the request by until tomorrow. our to mained executive for. present ofIn or of Colombia, consequence any ficial representation of either; and also exercise the right, and power of makmatters by tho workingmen them- to trauamit to the Senate copies of the ing appointments between 12 and selves. letters or notes, In the Department, of 12:30 o'clock of the same day. Mr. Neal took exception to the "Labor organizations may be open Stale, and of the orders by the Navy to sharp criticism at times, but it can- Department relating lo such use of mil- statement that the President bad are alcommitted himself to tbo proiwsit ion not be fairly staled that they itary force. as set forth. He had never doubted ways wrong. If every man 1 treated to inform the Senate also Second, as a man, and an appeal made to his whether or not the United Stales has that the comptroller would make short heart as well a to his reason, it been asked by New Granada or Colom- work of claims fur salaries under surh As for himself, he did will establish a bond of confidence as bia or any official representative of appointments. of a construcnot the a sure foundation to build upon. accept either, to execute, liy armed force, eith- tive recess, andtheory he did not believe While labor unions may have been a er the of the of guaranty neutrality curse lo England, I believe that they senators so held. of other Mr. Tillman quoted a Ictier from will prove a boon to our own coun- the Isthmus or of the sovereignty over the New Granada or Colombia, Shaw concerning the aptry, when respect and confidence is name; and if (he Uuited State ha Secretary established. of Collector Crum, taking pointment ciribo position that there had been a The menace of today is the spread been so asked, then the dates and of a spirit of Socialism, one of those cumstance thereof, and to send to the constructive recess between tho time copies of ihe letters or notes, nf the adjournment of the late extra things which is only half understood Senate and !s more or less used to inflame in each care, conveying the application session of Congress and the liegin-ninof the present regular session. the popular mind against ail individ- and what was done there under by Ihe ual initiative .and personal energy, Untied States. This, Mr. Tillman contended, was in to the Senate also inform and Tibrd, which has been the very essence of violation of the constitution, and he American progress. There is a spirit in which, if any, of the disturbances also contended that there waa no comof cooperation or community of in- on the Isthmus of Panama referred to mon sense in the plus that there waa n terests, which some people may con- by the President In his last annual any Intoriem between the extra found with Socialism, thst is making message, the United States used a miliand thu regular session when one headway with us: but when any one tary fore solely on Ills own initiative, was Immediately adjourned to preparo attempts, for political or financial rea- and uninvited by the government own- for the other. Mr. Tillman quoted a number of sons. to advocate the whole program ing the Isthmus and also to Inform the of European Socialism, he will find Senate of the circumstances in each precedents in support of hla position, little prospect of the seeds taking case which required 'such use of mili- citing utterances of Charles Rumner both of whom the root in American soil. This I think, tary forces and transmit copies of the and John was demonstrated very conclusively order issued by the Navy Dcrtmciit senator lauded. Mr. Spooner rose, r- e" said Mr. TitJman. In the Ohio campaign, where higher for such "f do not Socialism waa brought forth as au the wratnr front Wisconsin obFourth, aud alsu that b will inform 'that to ng members of Jnuie. my the Finite of the dates w'urp and cir- jects "Fairner.z and prejudice will never cumstances under which the United hi party?" "No." replied Mr ftpooner. "hut I agree to the confiscation of he pro- States bweraplryrii military force in ducts of one man's toil in order to In- th internal affairs of New Granada cannot under?adwhy he ehauld wait .worthsure comfort to the idle and they arc dud. or ChlOtnbla hn account of any revolt until dwelt on the consideraMr. is wanted ' by the or less. No ism 'revolution or disturbance of the tion ofTillman American people that will take from a similar merger of two eer rior.fi of Congress during the admlnis-tiati-any citizen the just and equitable re- people therein. of Andrew Jackson, and Mr. ward of his labor. Both rapital and FIRE LOSS. $5(10,000. labor must yield in time to the great Haie iutcreup'rd to express his satislaw of fair dealing, man to man.- - I faction ii.at the proceeding had been New York, Jan. 22. Fire in the up- cited. He considered ft conclusive and wish I could Impress uimn every factory of said : American the Individual responsibility per floors of tlic law then ia good What was go-ithat rests uton each one of in. Every the E. W. Bliss company iu Plymouth damage. The law now." dollar of accumulated capital, every street today did dies and Mr. Kale said that the Crum nomitalent we possess should lie regarded company, manufactures as a sacred charge for the good of presses Tor motal stamping and cast- nation. that ol General Wood and of white hrad utli- - rx were mu In as rereS. but the nation, to help in uniting the in- ' ings andi oilier parts terests of rich and pair, learned anil torptdoc-- for tli" Uuto-- Stales navy, as rep; Jar nomination-;T dr.v it on too authoritv of Secunlearned. BISHOP DUDLEY DEAD. retary Shaw. replied Mr. Tillman. dirpo- ing of ihe Tillman CREDENTIALS PRESENTED. at 2 o'clock, NY York. Jan 2.- Koi'" copal resoiutii-i- i the Washington. Jan. 22. Si r.afur For- . rut ion of tin- Gorman f the akcr today Ui:lmp Thomas Vt( rwmid l.Mll-yHanna for t It r, ni of six Ky., dlcil here today of t . on I'ui'e 3.) t ,v nniiiiiir-Fib. i, 19u5. yearn j - FOOD BILL PASSES HOUSE. Washington. Jan. 22. The pure focal ufi It passed the house, provided that it should lake effect Sept. 1. , it.stead of FeU 1. UK-i-, as was erron- Mil. 19-i- j EXPENSE. SOUND Through. I EXPANSION E ISLAND d MORE IRLi 1 Boston, Mas., Jan. 22. Senator liauna contribute to the February number of the National Magazine of this city an article on "Socialism and the Labor Unions. After expressing his belief in the lover of education over the America people, and declaring that the tali of tho right of success is fairness and justice. Senator Hanna tn-k- THE SENATE Senator Gormans Resolution Two Hundred and Seven Bills Says the Senator with their were completely dc- stroyed. Where they stood it is to find even the pillar upon which these structures rested. Bale of cotton which were stored in warehouses were toru to atoms, the fragment of lint lodging In trees, making it appear as though that section had been visited by a snow storm. Heavy iron safes, the doors of which In some Instances were torn from their hinges, were earrind away by the force of ihc wind. The town of Hull four mile north of Moundville. suffered from the tornado. Tho Bales Lit m tier comiwny's planing driiarlmrnt waa completely wrecked and tho negro firemen St. Petersburg, Jan. 22. The Czar crushed. not yet called the council to conhas Four residence and oue church waa the Jaijanese reply bnl. it la sider demolished. Mid, at the foreign office, that the summons may bo Issued any day. Tbo delay, coupled with dispatches from Tokio, raying that Japan la armed and grimly awaiting, has caused a IN CEWGRESS Senator Hanna Contributes Article Menace of Today (s the Spread of the Spirit of Socialism, 1 an THE RECESS Requesting Information, The , 1 3.) PENSION BILLS - Ist rorre-epende- Mon-ongah- six-tent- hs Lond.m. Jan. 22. The delay In the Attitude of Japan on Russian reply to the latest note from l'oiclditt Japan ia reusing the customary crop of sensational statements pointing to the Maocfm Question. imminence of war in the Far East. The Daily Graphic this morning saya ii understands that there ia no likelihood ot a compromise owing to the unyielding attitude of Japan ou the Manchurian question and the fact that in her last note to Russia Japan struck out the MARE SENSATIONAL STATEMENTS whole article in the draft of tne treaty relating to the demand of Russia for a neutral tone. The correspondent of the Morning at Che Koo has sent in an alarming Report That 12,000 Japanese Troops reimrl that 12.000 Japanese troops have Have Landed at Naaampho in in Southern landed at Nasamplio Southern Kora Korea, and ihc Port Arthur of the Paris edition of Ihe New York Herald also refers in a dispatch to the fact that the Japan-w- e occupation of Nasamplio ia being re- alight renewal of public nervoufinean, ceived calmly. which was reflected by the weakness There reporta are not confirmed oil ihe Bourns today. This alarm ia dissource are and from any other not shared in the higher seemingly credited. government circles, where it 1 insisted that the Czar's pacific declaraSpecial dispatches from Seoul My tion were not idle word. The worst the Kmcpror of Korea has apiointed a that i now anticiiiatod the break new rabinrt, with VI Yon Kik as Mindown of the negotiations in the event ister of War aud Finance. Yl Yon of Russia's response being unacceptGlk has ordered 10.000 riflea for the able to Japan. army. The paper today published promthe statement (hat tho United The Tokio correspondent of the IMily inently Htalra Asiatic squadron will remain Mail send the following dispatch: In Philippine waters. On the day following the ratification of the Chtneae-Americtreaty. Ruaala London, Jan. 22. A dispatch to tho not tiled Japan that it waa useless to neCentral News from New Chwang, Yalti. on the aone neutral a gotiate thousas the ratification of both trestle dated January 2Kh. soys six New showed that Manchuria was Chinese and Russian soldiers entered Chwang January 19th. The municipal dominion. affaire of New Chwang are managed Cabling from Shanghai, the corre- by a Russian commissioner, and actdeclares Mail of the Daily spondent ing on his orders the Chinese mertne Chinese government has learned chants displayed Russian colors, when force a la large that Rujutla (tending marched into the city. ihe troops to Chinese Turkoman. Union of the World. President Surprieed, Though He Admits There Had Been Difficulty With State Auditor. shore to shore and from Hell Gate lo New Haven, Conn. Only the largest steamers went through during the night and unless there is a thaw navigation la likely to be rloaed tonight. Lincoln, Nnl) Jan. 22. Chief Jusllra Hundreds of sailing vessels and big Holcomb of the state supreme couit ocean-gointugs are frozen in the today granted the request of Deputy fields with their tows. galea have State Auditor Pierce for a temporary Strong northwesterly been piling up led Into the neck of receiver for the Bankers Union of the tho sound, and now rakea Arc Inches thick are gathering In a great floe World, an insurance order with headsixty miles long and twelve railea wide quarters in Omaha.and Sheriff Power of Omaha was appointed. at New Haven. Through Us center a narrow of atrip It la alleged the order la insolvent, of thin ice. fringed with lofty hum- that all liabilities have not Unra mocks, marks the path arduously that the amount due policy broken out liy the Fall River liners. holders and unpaid Is 130.000 and that deThe oldest skippers on the sound the asset are only f2,490. clare tbo condition is something new to them. Conaiderable loss is being Jan. 22. The Banker's Omaha, mused by the delay in moving freight. Union of the World, for which the Supreme court today appointed a temCHICAGO HARBOR FROZEN. porary receiver wa originated flvo years ago by Dr. K. C. Finney, who Chicago, Jan. 22. The steamer Iowa has been its president aim the charof (he Goodrich line, with a crew of ter was granted. Judge K. P. Holmes, fifty men and fifteen passengers is ire of IJncoln, ia and M. hound near the two mile crib north T. Bwartx, hanker. The company hag enwaa harbor. Difficulty oi Chicago been doing IniHinesM in twenty-fiv- e countered by the boat in leaving Ihe states and has In force about 25,ouo.-00- 0 shore milen from harbor, and several of insurance, its grow receipts for It was unable to proceed. The boat 1903. according to a statement just ismen at the sued were. la being kept in view by $135,387 and the rlalma paid danlife saving station, although no the same period amounted la during ger is feared. The boat has provisions $52,000. for three days. President Spinney stated that the receivership came aa an entire surprise Milwaukee. ,Vls.. Jan. 22. The It lo him, although he admitted that field which blocked navigation on the had lieen aome difficulty between' west shore of lake Michigan for the there the state auditors office and the comIn out the driven was 48 hotira past as a result, ho raid, of hie unlake tonight by a rhlfllng of the wind pany, ion to pay certain alleged declining in were locked and all vessels which charges for examination. the bluckado between Milwaukee and He says that on January 10 the conKenosha have been released. cern had $12,000 in cash on band anil owned other assets worth $25,000. The KANSAS CITY BOODLERS. eilegaiion that the state auditor makes, $20,000 was paid him for 23. The Kansas City, Jan. grand be said,forthat 1903 waa untrue. He stated salary has month jury, which for the past that his salary had been $6,000; that ho I tern Investigating cborgra of hnodlii.g enmraifi-sion- s, in Kansas City. Kansas, in Ihe ap- had hern aid about $7,000 five which cent, per represented pointment of tea her and the award- allowed him. nevhad hut. ing of school rovuarts. and the city er drawn nn the hwnoexa for oftrtalt- - iu ihe preteijion of gsmhhnc and joints. r illicit wsirxuis. fini'bd three former jera; Ii,!") patd '-ralvry foe editirs he offiltc work todav. and ir- voting unnn his wife paper and $? "oo in stock which he rvnteen indict mats. . The lndirf-msul-to- s cial had placed to the treaaur? and which h riirned will, it is said, dinight. Although the citizens' commit- was returned to him by order ef the rectors. some tuna formed ago tee, which waa The headquarters of the Bicker to push the investigation urged the Union occupy a large suite of room ia grand jury to continue the investigabuilding and employ a tion. Attorney General Coleman, who a down-tow- n ha had charge of the Jury' work, de- large force of clerks. Sheriff Power, the temporary receivclined today, inti mating that sufficient evidence to convict had already been er of the Union, took posesalon of tilt offices of the concern late today. secured. New York, Jan. 22. Long Island Bound is a compact ice field from g NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. tYaeliington. Jan. S2. The Senate today in executive session confirmed the following nominations: Fleming D. Cheshire. New York, consul-generat Mukden. China; Edwin V. Morgan. New York, consul at Dalny, China: .lames IV, Daviiimm. Minnesota, consul at Antung, China. 8UICIDE IN WIFE'S PRESENCE. Columbus, Ohio. Jan. 22. Ned Howard Fowler, leading man of tha Empire Theatre Stock company, shot and killed himself today In tho presence of his wife, Ijtura Nelson Hall, whom he married recently. Nervousness la due tu assigned aa the iaua |