rHE. Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTAIlMKIltilJ JUNK 19, , 1871.
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! QUIETER AT TIIE S00
fline Men Arretted for Being Implicated in
f the Biota of Monday. 1
VXITY HAS BEEN AIDING DESTITUTE
1 With tho Arrival of Troont This Assistance
Will Be Discontinued.
DYE HUNDRED WOODSMEN DETAINED
Eeld in Camp Few Milei from Town Until
Others Leave.
TRAIN CREW RUNS FROM ANGRY MEN
Emplnrei, Feurln They Are to Be
Kept at Station, (Hart nall
Rlftt, While Home Walk
to Towa.
"AULT STIC. MARIE. Mich., Sept. . '
The arrest of nine men charged with
bring Implicated In the riot, at the Cana
dian Boo Monday, of a mob of discharged
employes of the Consolidated Ike Superior
company and an attempt of a number of
the men to -forcibly resist detention by the
concern at Wilde 8 tat Ion on the Algona
Central were among the developments In
the situation at the Soo today. Numerous
requests by employment agencies for the
services of many of the large number of
employes thrown out of work by the clos
ing of the concern and Its various affiliated
companies, to which they are responding,
and the absence of destitution have given
the men hope. With the exception of the
Incident mentioned everything waa again
quiet today.
Mayor Plummet" up to today has, with
the sanction of the municipality, readily
aided the needy, who are declared to be
few, but he announced In a statement to
night that with the arrival of a detach
ment of the mllltla tomorrow, all unem
ployed men of the company who have re
fused to accept tbe offer of work else
where, will be forced to leave. Tonight
and since the attack by the mob on the
company's office yesterday tbe local mllltla
reinforced by tbe police has guarded the
plants anj Industries of the company, but
order has been observed today and com
munication between the two Boos, which
was ordered stopped last night, was re
sumed. It Is planned also to start the
ttreet cars on the Canadian side tomor
row. There are 600 'woodsman, In the camps
of tbe company, but as a measure of pre
caution, the company, according to William
Coyne, assistant to President Shields, will
not allow them to come In until tomorrow,
when all the troops en route will bar ar
rived. Although they are said by Mr.
Coyne to be well provided with food and
to have been given good quarters, tbe men,
be says, are dissatisfied, which has caused
them to protest against being left at Wilde
Station, which ended In a demonstration
similar to that which ooaurred her yester
day, but not so serious. , , . -Tralaaita
Klei froaa Danger.
Tbe men, Mr. Coyne says, became angry
when told they would be held at the sta
tion over night and began to throw atones
at the engine crew. The fusillade of mis
siles became so' heavy that to escape with
their lives, the crew under pretense of
switching the train, after an engine and
two coachea had bean uncoupled, started
down the main track on the Algona Central
road, leaving the foreigners behind. Soma
of them, unwilling to . atay there, have
walked to the Boo.
In a statement by Mayor Plummer deny
ing that there had been any dissatisfaction
be said:
At my suggestion municipal funds were
ud to help men who have been thrown
out of employment and were in need. They
were given checksfor meals, and men with
families were supplied with the necessities
of life. All who required aid were given
It and although the sudden loss of em
ployment meant hardships for men with
families there never has been any destitu
tion. The company for which the men had
ed al
the men who have families here, although
Ihey dislike to quit their homes.
Mr. Coyne also said that his company
had been liberal in providing for the men,
but that some had refused to avail them
selves of the offers, preferring to wait
until funds could be secured by tbe com
pany that they might cash their pay checks.
Troops oat the Way.
TORONTO. Ont., Sept. . Twenty men of
the Royal Canadian dragoons, with els
teen horses and forty Infantry, under the
command of Colonel Buchanan, left early
today for the Soo. They were followed
later by seventy men and three officers
from the three city regiments, 210 In all,
and 800 regulars. They left In response
to the urgent appeal from Colonel Elliott of
the Nlnety-eeventh regiment at the Soo,
who stated that the companies now there
were utterly unable to cope with the
situation.
Plan tor Reorganisation.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Sept. . The
Evening Register today has the following:
A director of tha Consolidated Lake Su
perior company said today In this city thst
the plan of reorganisation which Is being
prepared by a committee of the board of
directors will be made public In Philadel
phia In a few days. This plan has been
agreed upon by the directors and Is now
being worked out In detail by the executive
rommttee and is said to be satisfactory to
all the Philadelphia stockholders and many
in New York and Canada.
"In general it means," aald the director,
"milking the capital 40.000,000 and an as
sessment of 13 per share on the stock out
standing. The appointment of a receiver
was agreed to by the stockholders and di
rectors because there were the syndicate
creditors as well aa the Canadian creditors
to be protected and the receivership pro
tects the property for tha creditors as
well as the stockholders. The executive
committee and Mr. Clergua believe that
the money can be provided to take care
f all claims wtlhln thirty or forty days."
The director denied the report that tha
I'nited States Steel corporation waa de-
, slroua of securing the property. ' Regard
ing tbe rioting at the Soo reported today,
tbe director said It was to be expected
that tha miners would be irritated, but
they would get their wagea In full, aa
wagea would be a prior claim.
The executive committee consists of Cor
uellus Shields, president of the company;
K. J. Berwlud of New Tork and Measra.
t Kea and Prevost, vice presidents of the
Pennsylvania railroad. Theae men and F.
II. Clergue, another of tha directors, who
la In Canada, are doing the work of re
organisation. The speaker said the in
hiiual meeting of tha company, which waa
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(been employed also aids them wnen am
Is needed. I have telegrams from numerous
employment agonclea stating that all who
want emplovment may have It and at bet
ter wages than had been paid by the com-
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TALKS WHILE HE IS SEATED
Counsel la Alaska
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LONDON. Sept. a. When ' in
Boundary commission resumed .
this morning Christopher Roblnsoti.
who suffered from severe Indisposition,
who hsd benefited by a night's rest, resum.
his speech In the Canadian claims, though,
at the suggestion of Chief Justice Atver
stone, counsel remained seated. Mr. Robin
son dealt vigorously with the fallibility of
the mapping of the district under eon
tentlon, claiming that the American
deductions therefrom were weak.
Mr. Robinson continued his speech after
the luncheon adjournment. Ridiculing the
United Mates contention that It had se
cured the allegiance of the Alaska natives,
he said: "With n bottle of whisky and a
blanket you can obtain the allegiance of
any Indian."
Replying to I.ord Alverstone's query of
yesterday as to whether counsel could prove
that the coast mentioned In article vll re
ferred exclusively to the strip which Rus
sia wss to obtain by the treaty, Mr. Rob
inson maintained that article vll means
reciprocal privileges In the Llslere strip
previously referred to. Implying Great Brit
ain's Jurisdiction over certain Inland waters
and not south of latitude 54.40. na the
I'nited States contends. Counsel argued
that Russia had not the riglA to grant
privileges south of latitude 64. 41.
Hannls Taylor, former I'nited States
minister to Spain, of counsel for the United
States followed Mr. Robinson. Dealing with
the International law phase of the dispute
and discussing the Hudson Bay company's
relations with the British empire, he main
tained that the company's officials were
empowered to represent Great Britain from
an International point of View, and that,
therefore, transactions with the Hudson
Bay company must be regarded as having
the weight of that action.
Mr. Taylor will continue his argument on
Wednesday.
GERMAN SOLDIERS RIOTOUS
Army Authorities Hold that Socialist
ueoees Causes I.oaa of Con.
trol of Mea.
BERLIN, Sept. 29. A crowd of private
soldiers belonging to the Bncond (Baden)
Grenadier regiment threw stones at their
officers recently while riding at Relcherts
hausen. Fifteen of the soldiers were ar
rested and have been taken to Heldelburg
for trial. The Second Grenadiers Is the
regiment In which occurred the case of
four privates who were recently sentenced,
one of them to ten years Imprisonment, anil
the others to six and three years imprison
ment for assaulting a sergeant named
Peters, which severity waa contrasted by
the socialist Vorwaert with the light sen
tence (two years in a fortress) imposed on
Naval Ensign Heussner for killing his
friend, an artilleryman, for not saiutlng
him properly.
The army authorities hold the socialist
successes at elections to be partially re
sponsible for the discontent tmong the sol
diers, who gathered at Heldelburg aftef
the announcement of the verdict in the
Vetera case and uttered threats against
their officers.
The Vorwaert, which almost every day
attacks the. behavior of officers and nun
commissioned officers, today cites 169 ver
dicts In cases of brutality for Vhlch non
commissioned officers were punished with
an aggregate of fifty years and nine months
imprisonment and eighty verdicts against
officers, whose sentences aggregated twenty-four
years and - seven months confine
ment. L0RENZ DENIESJHE CHARGES
Alleges They Are Inspired by Doetora
Who Eavy Him oa Account of
Success.
(Copyright. 1908. by Press Publishing Co.)
VIENNA, Sept 29. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The Frele
Presse will publish tomorrow Prof. Loreni'
declaration that there is no truth in the
charges against htm, but all assertions are
dictated by the hostility of American doc
tors, whose envy of his successes makes
them desirous to ruin his reputation. His
wprst enemy Is a professor In the Chicago
university who lost all his patients be
cause Loreni' assistant established him
self In Chicago.
Prof. Loreni, when he returned to
America In July last, saw the bandages
taken off many children he operated on
and not one had suffered. All were prog
ressing well or had been cured. The only
mishap waa in tbe death of one child which
a New York doctor had operated on.
KING EXPECTED TO PARDON
Servian Conspiratora, Although Cos.
Tlcted, Are Likely to Bo get
Free.
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BELGRADE, Sept. . The trial of the
army officers charged with conspiracy
against the murder of King Alexander and
Queen Drags, waa concluded today. Cap
talna Novakovitch and Lasarevitch, the
former being the ringleader, were sentenced
to two years' Imprisonment and the loss
of their commissions.
Dr. Vellkovltch and Captain LotkiJevltch,
tha former aide-de-camp of King Alexan
der, each received aentences of a month's
imprisonment. Other officers who took a
less prominent part In the conspiracy were
condemned to from three months to a year
In prison.
It la anticipated that King Peter will
pardon all tbe conspirators. .
SOCIALISTS DENOUNCE CZAR
Protest Agalnat Visit of Rus
sian Ruler.
VIENNA, Sept. 29 A meeting of 2 00
socialists waa held tonight to protest
against the visit of tha caar of Russia.
Addresses of the most violent character
wero made. One speaker remarked. "Tha
caar whose only Instruments of cultiva
tion are the gallows, the prison and Si
beria, comes ilka a thief, affected by the
atlgma of hia crimes, between the cordon
of troops."
A resolution denouncing tha csar'a visit
ae an offense to Austria'a liberal popula
tion waa not allowed to be published by
tha official representatives. The meeting
broke up with ahouta of "Down with the
caar."
Sew Lard Mayas (or louden.
LONDON, Sept. 2 At a meeting of the
aldermen in Guild hall today at German,
Sir James Thompson ' Ritchie, brother of
the lata Chancellor of tha Exchequer
Ritchie, waa ejected lord mayor of London
for tha ensuing year, in successive to Sir
alaxcua Baaauei.
GREAT CHANGE IN MARKET
Leading Financial Interests Are Bayers on
'Change, Supporting Stocks.
BEARS ARE QUICKLY DRIVEN TO COVER
itort that Holders of Money In
l-arae Amounts Have Aareed ta
Support Market Is, Horr
etfr, Denied.
NEW YORK. Sept. 29.-A very decided
change came over today's stock market.
In place of the recent heavy liquidations
and further shrinkage of values, there was
buying In large volumes apparently by the
leading financial Interests, thmigh It was
more than likely that a goodly part of the
pressure was really In the nature of sup
porting orders. It Is also probable that
some of the high grade stocks were ab
sorbed for Investment. The bears were not
slow to observe the changed conditions and
covered very extensively; In fact, their at
titude helped in no small iscgree to sustain
the list, which was at top prices at the
close.
Conditions at the outset were not encour
aging. The cables reported a situation
bordering on demoralization in Ixindon,
where consols had fallen to another low
record, with heavy declines In the leading
Americans, notably the steel stocks. Initial
transactions in this market reflected the
tone of that In London, but after the first
few minutes the market reversed Its course
tinder the lead of Pennsylvania, which was
the pivotal Issue of the day. That stock
was openly bought by interests thHt rep
resent the road financially and on sales of
more than 123,000 shares, made a net gain
of V-t points. The strength of this stock
was the more noteworthy In view of the
previous day's fierce drive against It.
Other active and strong stocks included
Union Pacific. Atchison. St. Paul, Erie,
Reading and United States Steel preferred,
all of which gained two points or more.
Some of the specialties made greater ad
vances, but the bulk of the day's operations
was limited to the Issues named.
A story went the rounds during the day
that the lending financial Interests had
agreed to" protect the market by united
action. The story was denied in authorita
tive circles.
ENGLISH MARKET UNEASY
Consols 4o to Ela-hty-Seven, Low
est Point Touched since
18641.
LONDON, Sept. 29. Consols touched 8T
at noon today, the lowest point since lS6o,
and then hardened somewhat. The whole
feeling on the Stock exchange was of ex
treme depression and nervousness.
,No disposition was shown to support
prices and whenever stocks were offered
the quotation was immediately lowered
against the seller.
Americans ahowed a further decline In
sympathy with yesterday's movement in
New York, the position of the United
States Steel Issues being given as the
dominating Influence. . ,
OMAHA WOMAN KILLS HERSELF
In Kansas City She Jumps from Win
dow . and Thrown Herself
X'nder Train.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 29. (Special
Telegram.) Miss Adelaide Pribbenow a
music teacher who came here three years
ago from Omaha, committed suicide In a
tragic manner tonight. Shortly before 7
o'clock she leaped from the third story
window of her boarding house, 917 Locust
street, and running six blocks through the
alley, threw herself In front of a Suburban
Belt railway train and was ground to death.
Her fall from the window was checked
by the roof of an adjoining building, from
which she fell to the ground below, which
was soft owmg to today's rain. Her friends
In the hotel rushed out expecting to find her
body on tbe ground. Instead titers was no
trace of her, nor did they get a glimpse of
her until her mangled body was found on
the railroad track.
Miss Pribbenow waa a beautiful young
womaji and had been working hard with a
large class of pupils. It is supposed her
mind was dethroned by overwork. She
was imbued with Christian science doctrines
and had consented to try a regular phy
sician. Her mother, Mrs. B. Pribbenow, arrived
in the city this morning from Omaha, and
has taken charge of her daughter. The
mother left the room for a moment and
the young woman sprang through a window
and ran to the railway. The mother Is
prostrated.
Miss Pribbenow Is the .daughter of Bern
ard Pribbenow. president of the Pribbenow
Institute, room 215 Karbach block, Omaha,
an electrlo massage institution.
OFFER TO OMAHA MUSICIAN
First Methodist Church Is Likely
to Los Its Musical
Director.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.,' Sept. 29 (Special
Telegram.) Mr. Ben Stanley, director of
music of the Convent of the Sacred Heart
and the First Methodist church at Omaha,
while In St. Joseph today was tendered
place in the conservatory of music in con
nection with the State university at Lin
coln. "I did not say positively that T wouH
take the directorship," said Mr. Stanley to
The Bee representative this afternoon,
"but the cbancea are I will. I think per
haps that I shall be able to continue at
least a portion of my work In Omaha for
a time. letter I expect to devote all of my
tlms to the Lincoln work."
Mr. Stanley went from thia city to Omaha
about a year ago.
TO RELEASE OTHER MINERS
General Chase Accepts Service and
Trs to (how Right to
Hold Men.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Sept. 29-Gen-eral
Chase today accepted service of the
habeas corpus issued by Judge Seeds yes
terday In the caae of C. G. Kennison and
other military rrbmnera. Judge Crump,
one of tha leading counsel for the military
said that the proceedings would be made to
show that the military had a right to tha
custody of the men. It is believed that
there will be no military display in the
court room during the trial.
The men who arrived hera last from the
Coeur d'AIena district have not gone to
work anywhere yet. They were approached
by several members f the union, but with
little succaa.
FORM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Kmployera of the Country t.et To
lie oelety.
CHICAGO, Sept. :!9.-A federation of man
ufacturers' nml employers' association--,
employing tens of thousands of skilled
workmen, and with a combined capitst of
about $l,000,non.or, wss formed in the. Audi
torium Annex today. Plans wero made for
a general meeting of representatives of
employers' associations and cltlxens' al
liances In Chicago the first week In No
vember when a national employers' asso
ciatlnn will be formed. Frederick W. Job
of the Chicago association, acted as chalr
niHii of the preliminary meeting and A. C.
Marshall of Dayton, O., a secretary. A
call for this general meeting was left In
the hands of Mr. Job, Mr. Marshall and
E. G. Hornbrook of Kansas City.
The object of this federation as an
nounced tonight will be to protect and pro
mote the Interests of Employers and the
Independent workmen of the country by
all legitimate mouns. The promoters of this
national association are the following: 1.
M. Parry, president of the National Man
ufacturers' association of Indlunapolis;
Frederick W. Job, secretary Chicago Em
ployers' association; K. V. Dubrul. com
missioner National Trades association of
Cincinnati; John Klrby, jr., president Em
ployers' association of Dayton, O.; A. C.
Marshall, secretary Employers' associa
tion of Dayton, O. ; E. G. Hornbrook, sec
retary Employers' association of Kunai
City, Mo.; J. . Craig, president Citizens'
alliance of Denver, Colo.; J. F. Drucken
miller, secretary Employers' association of
Akron, O. ; Marshall Cushlng, secretary
National Manufacturers' association of
New York City; Colonel J. West Goodwin,
secretary Citizens' alliance of Sedalla, Mo.;
P. O. Gcyer, National Metal Trade asso
ciation of Cincinnati; A. D. Meeker, sec
retary Employers' association of Marshall
town, la.
"Our purpose Is to call a halt on the
present methods employed by union labor."
said D. M. Parry, "which allow no man
the privilege of living unless he Is a mem
ber of a labor organisation.
"The 'open shop' Is the foundation of this
organization. It is the purpose of the
new association to fight all strikes, boy
cotts and other labor troubles In the
courts."
SITUATION GRAVE AT LAREDO
Yellow Fever Cases Are Increasing
and New Districts Are
Involved.
LAREDO. Tex., Sept. 29 The yellow
fever situation here Is beginning to assume
a grave phase. There are now in the city
thirty-seven cases, fourteen 'of which have
been pronounced genuine by the marine
hospital experts, ten cases have been pro
nounced suspicious and eleven new cases
have beeri reported today, some of which
have been announced as'genulne and others
as suspicious. Among these cases Is one
which the doctors say Is yellow fever In its
worst type. The majority of cases are
confined to a certain district of the city,
with the exception of. of the new
cases whldi-rmVe been imported 'today." "
The conditions in Nuevo Laredo are not
very encouraging. One death resulted to
day. It s impossible to learn from the
Mexican authorities how many cases exist
In Nuevo Laredo, but it Is known that
there is a very large number. Among the
cases reported today a very grave one is
that of United States Consul John- F. Kim
ball. The lack of action U felt hv the mn.
pie of Laredo, Tex., railroad lines being
so ilea up that It Is impossible to move
freight, and business generally Is at a
stand. No official news has been sent from
Monterey, but It is learned on what Is
considered good authority that there are
at least ten new cases of fever.
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 29 Federal
Judgo Bums today made an order re
leasing all the federal prisoners held in
the county Jail at Laredo, the fever being
the reason. Most of the prisoners were
held on charges of smuggling. Several
were hold as witnesses.
TAMMANY TO ENDORSE GROUT
Senator Piatt Says If Endorsed He
Should Resign from Opposi
tion Ticket.
NEW YORK. Sept. 29. Edward M. Grout,
nominated for comptroller on tha fusion
ticket with Mayor Low, announced today
that he atood ready to accept a Tammany
nomination for that office. He said he con
sidered such a step the strongest help he
could give to Mayor Low.
Mr. Grout said that he would feel free
to accept a democratic endorsement. If It
were made unqualified and without any
conditions. Mr. Grout declared himself In
favor of Mr. Ixjw's re-election and reiter
ated his former statement that the coming
campaign will not be conducted on national
Issues, but on the record of the present
municipal admlnlatration, adding that he
should stand on that record and that any
proposition by any party or organization
to endorse his nomination la necessarily
made with a full knowledge of what his
statement meant. Asked what he thought
of the effect of his endorsement by Tam
many would' have on tbe fusion ticket, the
comptroller said:
In my Judgment, after hearing all that
has been said about the endorsement of
Mr. Fornes and myself by the democratic
convention, it Hoems to me iht in a,,.
i dorsement of a lartte part of this adminis
tration win strengthen and not hurt the
chances of Mr. Low's election, and I have
said this to people of opposite political
faith who have spoken to me on the sub
ject. The Evening Post says:
Senator Piatt and other republican lead
ers apuear to be unanimous In the opinion
that Urout and Fornes should retire from
the fusion ticket if they accept Tammany
nomination. If they do not retire they will
probably be asked to do bo.
RETAILERS OPPOSE JOBBERS
Grorera of Three afatee Organise to
Handle Goods on Co-operative
Plan.
CINCINNATI. Sept. 29.-A combination
of grocers In Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky,
with a capital of $3,000,ou0, was organized
here today.
The combination is composed 'of retail
men, some of them having aa many as
fifty stores, and ita announced purpose is
to protect Itself from the recent combina
tion of the wholesale grocers in the middle
states, who recently organised under a
New Jersey Incorporation. It waa an
nounced that a large wholesale Jobbing
house would be established hera for tha
dlsrlbutlon of goods to hundreds of re
tailers. M rs. Slat Is la Iniprnvln a.
BUFFAl.). Sept. 29.-It was reported at
the CuHtlllinn today that Mrs. Jefferson
Davis had pessed a restful night and was
steadily lmbrviviug.
AGENCY OUT OF POLITICS
Such Eaid to Be ths Meaning of Cbange in
Thurston County.
BOARDING SCHOOL IS TO BE CLOSED
Omaha Indiana Will Be Permitted 1
Maintain Places of Rdnentlow
Similar to Those of the
White People.
fFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 29.-t3peclal Tele
gramsThe appointment of Wilson and
McKcy as bonded superintendents of the
Omaha and Winnebago Indian schools re
spectively means:
First, that this agency is to be taken en
tirely and utterly from tbe control of po
litical influences and. secondly, that the
boarding sclnwls at the Omaha reservation
will ultimately lie abandoned.
It will be recalled that about a year sgo
a number of chiefs of the Omahas came
to Washington and entered a plea for the
abolition of the boarding school. They then
asserted that they and their children were
sufficient ly advanced along civilized Ideas
to permit the establishment of a graded
system of public day schools similar to
those enjoyed by white children. They con
vinced Commissioner Jones of the truth
of their statements and Mr. Jones hns been
for some time working to attain the de
sired end.
Commissioner Jones thinks that tinder
conditions hs represented he may safely
abandon the hoarding; school at tho Omaha
reservutbm in the near future and trust
the youthful Indians of that community to
the tetchlt!gs which can as well be im
parted through the agency of the district
school. Reports are reaching the depart
ment from the Omaha reservation favorjng
the day school as against the boarding
school ns a general method of spreading
knowledge among the Indian children.
Mrs. E. C. Brunner of Omaha Is in the
city, the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Fowler.
Hio Groands for Charges.
Hearing of the testimony on the charges
which had been revived against B. L. An
drus and A. B. Clark, superintendent and
assistant superintendent of the postal lock
shop, was resumed today before W. S.
Shallenberger, second assistant postmaster
general, and C. II. Robb, assistant attorney
general. A large number of witnessee were
examined and the hearing waa concluded
with the finding that there existed no
grounds whatever to sustain the charge.
These charges were that Messrs. Andrus
and Clark purloined tools from the black
smith shop In 1899.
Secretary Wilson said today that the re
port through the State department of an
official notice that Great Britain had re
moved its embargo on cattle and sheep
from the New England ports waa tho con
clusion of work upon which the department
had been engaged since December X for the
eradication of foot and mouth disease from
the New England states and the restoration
of the traffic to the condition before this
outbreak occurred. The. secretary regards
thin as onw of the most valuable place of
work the department has done for Amer
ican agriculture. He said:
No country before has succeeded In
stamping out such an extensive outbreak
of this disease.
During this work S.900 cattle and B90 hogs
and sheep were slaughtered and paid for
and over 200 premises were dlslnrecteJ. The
total cost of tho work was less than $300,
000. Since the last diseased herd was
slaughtered all animals in the infected dis
trict nave been carefully examined three
times without finding any traces of the
disease.
Ten Per Cent Condemned.
Dr. H. F. Wiley, chief of the bureau of
chemistry, stated today that of 200 car
goes of imported food Inspected by his
bureau since the' Jaw authorized the ex
clusion of Impure or mlsbranded foods
went into effect, on July 1 last, twenty
samples, or 10 per cent, had been found to
come within the law's inhibition and had
ben condemned.
Assistant Secretary of War Oliver has
been appointed on the board for the pro
motion of rifle practice In the United States
In place of Colonel William Carey Sanger,
resigned. A meeting of the board in Wash
ington has been called for October 7, at
which time a president will be elected and
Important business transacted. The board
consists of twenty-one members and Is
made up of officers of 'he army, navy,
marine corps and national guards.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Brlstow was with the president tonight for
an hour and acquainted him with the pro
gress made and the situation l.i the post
office Investigation. The president is anx
ious that the investigation may be close 1
as early as consistent with a thorough
probing of the postal affairs, and Mr.
Brlstow expects to complete his report
some time In October.
Routine of the Departments.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Ames,
Dodge county, Elmer E. Sutton, vice
E A. Cods', resigned. Iowa Pleasant
Plain, Jefferson county, James W. Argo,
vice J. J. Glnther, resigned. South Dakota
Blounf, HuBhe county, J. Glenn Lllll
brhlge, vice Horace A. Chase, resigned.
These rural carrlera were appointed to
day: Nebraska Odell. regular, Harry M.
GlaHgow, substitute, Hugh Glasgow; Pal
myra, regular, Robert J. Burton, substi
tute, William Vaughan; Stella, regular,
Winfleld S. Bain, substitute, R. Bain; Wil
cox, regular, Floyd E. West, substitute. B.
F. West. Iowa Albia, regular, Mark
Dewey, substitute, W. B. Dewey; Dallas
Center, regular, John W. Elliott, substitute,
Elva I. Elliott; Laurel, regular, Alexander
Ingtaham, substitute, Elmer B. Ingrahara;
Lothrop, regular. Joseph C. Esslck, substi
tute. Lee Lockridge; Vail, regular, Robert
J. Crampton, substitute, William Cramp
ton. Charles W. Gindele ft Co., Chicago, con
tractors of Boone, la., public building, were
today authorized to carry the foundatlona
through the quicksands which have been
encountered on the site at 114.85 per cubic
yard. This additional amount to Glndele'a
contract la not to exceed $500.
WANT NEW INSURANCE LAWS
Commissioners from Varlona States
Will Prepare Bill to Produce
rnlformlty In Resolutions.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 29 The thirty-fourth
annual convention of Insurance Commis
sioners of the United States brgan here to
day. Tha afternoon session of the confer
ence was devoted to the discussion of the
suggestions from which it is proposed to
form a bill to prevent to the legislatures
of the various states for enactment for
tha purpose of regulating the Insurance
laws. It Is the desire of both sides to get
together and present to tbe several state
legislatures a ur.tfcrrr. bill which ahall ap
ply to all states. A number of sections
were acted upon today, but they were of
a technical nature.
CONDITION 0FJTHE WEATHER
Forecast for NelrHk-8howers Wednes
day and Much Cooler In Weslorn Portion;
Thursday Fair.
Temperature nt Omaha Teaterdnvi
Honr. Dec. Hour. Ilea.
A a. m 117 1 p. m rT
a. m AT It p. m AM
T n. nt AT : p. ' "',
B n. m. . . . . . AT 4 p. m
a. m Atl ft p. in
10 a. m AT H p. in IU
11 l m Ml T p. m H
IX r AM H p. m 4"!
11 p. m 4IS1
ASSAULT RESULTS IN MURDER
l.ou Halo, Colored, Dies as Result of
Injuries Inflicted by Frank
Overockrr.
Frank Overocker, who Is almost blind,
committed an assault upon Hale, col
ored, at J2iJ Dodge street yesterday even
ing, which ended In her death.
Overocker and the woman have been
living together at the number given for
some time. According to the story told by
those living In the house, they have had
more or less troublo ever since they have
been living there. Iist night about 11
o'clock Matt Rogers, who lives at 2l'3 North
Eleventh street, came home nnd found the
Hale woman at his house. She was lying
down upon the bed and was still able to
talk. She told htm that Overocker had
assaulted her and that she was very sick.
Tollce Surgeon Schleler was sent for nnd
pronounced the woman In a very serious
condition. When an examination mas
made there were no signs of bruises upon
her head, although she told Rogers that
she had been hit upon the head. She has
none of the Symptoms of poisoning, 'so it
Is not thought that Is the cause of her
condition. She died at 3 o'clock this morn
ing. She was unconscious for about three
hours.
Overocker is a worthless individual who
has not been doing anything for a living
for some time. He used to bo a cook be
fore he lost hie sight. He has been brought
to the police station periodically for sev
eral years, always In a drunken condition.
It Is said that the woman he killed has
been making a living for him.
The people at the Rogers house say that
the woman visited thorn two or three days
ago and told them that Overocker had
given her a beating and that she was suf
fering with a pain In her back.
Overocker waa caught In a doorway on
Dodge street by Detectives Btryker and
Hudson about 2 o'clock this morning and
locked up at the police station. Several
of the inmates of the building where tho
two have been living were also lodged In
Jail. They are all colored und refused to
talk regarding the matter last night. The
room In which Overocker and the woman
have been living Is a squalid little place in
the rear.
DRILLING F0RTHE BIG BALL
Ak-Sar-Ren'a Retainer Are Learning;
Their Court Steps and Knightly
Graces,
One hundred and thirty-eight knights of
the realm, who from moe'ves of loyalty or
from a deslro to see themselves n the garb
of Comic Opera land have chosen to ride
the floats or the chargers In the electrical
parade- and to play courtier to King Ak-Sar-Ben
IX on the night of the court ball,
gathered In the den last night and practiced
the grand march with all diligence and
patience of the Sunday school bunch re
hearsing the fairy ballet for the charity
play. Only once during the three or four
miles that those devoted men walked to
the stately cadence of a p:uno and drum
was there any restlveness. That was when
Drill Master Jack Lund and his assistants,
Frank Haskell and Luther Kountie, who
as chairman of the ball committee, has a
lot to do, had brought the imperial crowd
Into two compact and symmetrical herds to
salute the entering king. Then after J.
B. Weaver, who has a good deal to do with
it, had asked the knightly awkward squad
to consider that he was the king, and that
the ceremony was finished, it dawned on
everyone that no one knew how to get
the mavericks out of the pen. So while
the punchers figured out an evolution to
clear the ball floor the herd chewed the
rag of discontent. But they got their
exit and stampeded for beer and sand
wich pastures.
It begins to look, however, that the ball
ceremqny will be all right. About 160 men
iu costume will be used and the march
Is rather more complicated than usual.
Beach Taylor, Frank Wilcox, Max Gold
smith and G. C. Kettering are the leaders
of the four divisions. Another rehearsal
will be held In the den Monday night.
MELLEN LEAVES HILL ROAD
Gives I p Presidency of Northern Pa
cldo for Position la the
East.
ST. PAUL. Minn., Sept. 29 The Dispatch
today says: It has Just transpired that on
Thursday last Charles S. Mellen, president
of the Northern Pacific, tendered to the
directors of that road hln resignation a
president.
It is now announced that on October 21
he will be the unanimous choice of the
directors of the New York & New Haven
for the presidency of that company, and
on October 31 he will assume the duties of
his new ponltton.
Regarding who will be the next president
of the Northern Pacific. Ihe railroud world
Is at sea. F. D. Underwood of the Er,
and W, H. Truesdale of the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western, have been most
generally connected by gossip with the
office, but both have emphatically entered
denials. General Counsel C. W. Runn, us
being high In the confidence of Mr. Hill,
has always been regarded as his possible
choice, but thf re Is today a feeling that tho
coming president of the Northern Puclilu
has not yet r-een mentioned In public,
though possibly selected by the ruling
powers.
Mr. Hill Is expected to arrive In New
York shortly and his presence may be In
connection with these events.
Movements of Ocean Faerie Sept. .
At New York Arrived: Cevlc, from Liv
erpool; Rotterdam, from Rotterdam and
Boulogne; Main, from Bremen. Sailed:
Kaiser Wllbiim der tirome, for Bremen,
via Plymouth and Cherbourg; Curpathia,
for LlverHol: Sardenla, for Naples arid
Genoa; Victorian, for Liverpool.
At (jueenstown Arrived: Oceanic, from
New York, for Liverpool, and proceeded;
Haverford, from Philadelphia, for Liver
pool, and proceeded. HalK-d: Ultlonla, for
Boston, via (jueenstown.
At Plymouth Arrived: Graf Waldersee.
from New York, for Cherbourg and Ham
burg, and proceeded.
Al Ixindon Arrived: Mlnnetonka, from
New Yerk: Lancastrian, Iron) Boston.
At Havre Arrived: I.aOciticogiie, from
New York.
At Bremen Arrived: Ka!er Wllhelm If,
from New York, via Plymouth and Cher
bourg. At St. Michaels Arrived: Vancouver,
from Gi-noa. for Boston.
At Yokohama Sailed: Indraxampha,
from Hong Kong, etc., for Portland. Or.
CONTRACTS FOR GAS
City Council Extendi Street Lighting
Agreement for Two Yer More.
VOTE ON PROPOSITION IS SIX TO THREE
Electric Light Gompanj Doti Not Preitnt
Any Offor to City.
ZIMMAN USES SOME PLAIN LANGUAGE
Calls Officials of Gas Company Liars in
Plain, Broad English.
MUNICIPAL LIGHT SCHEME SUBMITTED
Ordinance la Introduced, Read a
First nnd Second Time nnd Re
ferred to f'otnniltteu for
Action.
Tha contract of the Omsha Gas company
for street Illumination was extended for
two years from December 31 by the council
last night with the specified modification
that tho old charge of $4 each for setting
posts will be eliminated. The vote stood
to I, 'resident Zlmman, Hoye, and Nich
olson voting against it.
The majority, which waa compact, used
the plea that municipal lighting cannot be
operated In Omaha until after the expira
tion of the electric lighting contract, Do
cember 81, !!. The mayor submitted u
communication ami an ordinance providing
for the submission of the question of a
municipal electric light plHnt at tho elec
tion November a. This ordinance was forced
thiough for Introduction by President 7.1m
man. He encountered obstacles In so doing,
but with the aid of Vlca President Nichol
son succeeded.
A surprise was produced when the gas
extension ordinance was read. It was the
general opinion that the Stuht Injunction,
although modified so as not to prevent the
submission of a proposal, still restrained
action by the council upon a contract.
President Zimmun so declared, and attor
neys In the council chamber expressed the
opinion that tho six councllmen who voted
fur the proposition did so in contempt of
court.
Dehato Was Bitter.
Zlmman's peach, full of hard, abrupt
statements, went far back Into the history
of lighting deals and dealt with municipal j
politics. He applied harsh terms toward
the officers of the gus company and called
them liars In as plain English. It was the
first vocul battle royal that the present
council has yet furnished. Councllmen
Huntington and O'Brien were the majority
members who took issue with Zlmman.
Another complication entered Into the af
fair when George R. Doughty, manager of
the Cleveland Vapor Light company of Chi
cago, asked permission to address the coun
cil and said he wanted, to put in a lighting
bid tnd had been waiting several weeks
for the opportunity. He said that Omaha .
would n.erely have to advertise for pro
posals trom independent lighting concerns
throughout tha country and U would re
ceive figures lower than $30 a year for either
gas lighting or gasoline lamps. He made
no proposal to the council, however, and
his talk was very brief.
The Omaha' Electric Light and Power
company maintained silence. Its usual
chief representatives Were not present. No
communication relating to lighting pro
posals was received from It.
The existing contract with the Omaha.
Gas company expires December 31 of the
present year. It calls for lamps with Im
proved Wilsbach burners for $30 per year.
new posts at $8 each, and a charge of 14
for setting poats which will be eliminated
In the new contract.
What Zlmntaa Said.
President Zlmman evidently anticipated
the gHS extension resolution as Just before
It was read he abdicated tho chair In favor
of Vice President Nicholson, and vs. soon
as Councllmen Dyball and Back f.ad move 1
for the adoption of he resolution, he pro
ceeded to talk vigorously against It,. Ha
recalled the fact -.hat five weeks go the
council had solicited lighting bids from the
gas and electric light companies, and that
the gas company had held back,, giving as
an excuse that the SUiht Injunction, Issued
last spring, prevented It from making a
proposal. Upof the corporation's request
the Injunction had been modified to permit
of Its submitting a bid, but not to the
extent that the council m:ght net cn the
question of letting the contract. He re
ferred to the reduction In electric lights
and the 3 per cent royalty obtained from
the electric company when the present con
tract was made, simply, he asserted, be
cause the council had insisted Upon con
cessions. " '
"I believe firmly," Zlmman continued,
"that If this council would sit down on
the gas and electric light companies and
say 'You cannot do any lighting unless yo t
make reasonable terms,' we ran succeed
In getting figures much lower than thosa
now in effect. We are here acting for ths
people. The mayor tonight has suggested "
municipal ownership hs the rolutlon for
the lighting problem. This may be worthy
of consideration. At least I will sign the
ordinance ao that it. may be introduce 1
and considered by the council.
Ills Opinion ef Contract.
"I believe that th gas company's con
tract is t lie most outrageous steal ever
perpetrated on the people of Omaha. It
was obtained when a green council had Just
tome Into power and when tha rival factor
In the lighting matter, F. A. Nash, ws
out of the city on his wedding trip. I think
wa have now the best and most honoraljlf
council that ever eat In the city. You
have seen how the gas company hns lgnore
the Imitation to present a bid for lighting
and I am convinced that If It had present c.
figures, or Intended to do ao, Mr. Nasi
would have submitted his proposition.
"Now, further, about the way the g.
company has treated the city. Ita contract
calls for five ruble feet of gaa io each stre-t
lamp during a certain period. Testa show It
furnishes only three and one-half cubic
f t. Another curtoua fact Is that Ita fran-c'.'.l-e
namea a price of $26 for the maln
Mr inre of each lamp, but It takes on K
for an Improved burner, which our gaa in
spector could place on every lamp tor $1.80
each.
Abont Rom Official gtatesaeate.
"You will remember, some of you gentle
men, the statements made by the president
of the gas company, Ita secretary, Mr.
Clabaugh, who sits over there, and iti
treasurer, who has but a few year mon
to live the statementa they made undei
oath In the Board of Review hearing, com
manded by the supreme court. They aor
they knew nothing whatever about tha cost
of producing gaa or the moat vital and
elemental statistics relating to their com
pany. Such people require careful dealing.
This rtsolutlou ulnftilt be referred te a coin-