The omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVIt-N'O. 171.
OMAHA, . FRIDAY MQRXIXO, JANUARY 3, 1IKW.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
Orientals at VanconYr r Attack Three !
Firemen with SaiTei.
ACCTDI5T TAKEN
-V5
AFFRONT
v'e-
Breaking- of Shop Winc -nal for
5aT.Pt Assaal. .
CITY CO MP AJLaTTVXL Y
Poor Japanese Arrested and Wt Be
GiTea Fair TriaL
ESGLA5DS POSITI05 DELICATE ,
Attack mt Slkjrrli of Its wllr
4) a, r era in I aiftrn Raise
ties that Mar Dlealt
to Handle.
VANCOUVER, B. C . Jan. 1 -Three dry
firemen. Frost, Anderson and MoEona:d.
wera aet upon by a mob of arrr.- 1 Japanese
yterdy at tha corner Pw-li atreet
and Gort avenvie. two blj ka fr'm the po-lk-a
statloa and in the fT.tr of the
Japaaa dintrtct-
Tha men were clothed ;n uniforms with
braaa button and tr.e attack of tV.e
Japanese I ail th more r'oi:s for that
raaron.
Py accident a firerrAn named Frost fell
aa!oal th window of a Japanese nor
and a.iaahed tie plate :ass. Ia an infant
the Japanese proprietor rushed out and
many of bla countrymen came to Join the
Ma-hf- The firomen were ovirpowered aft"T
a Pght. when the flesh of their fares had !
been torn lnt ribbons by the raior-l.e
kntvea. which th Orientals carried.
Frost was seriously hurt; his neck was
cut, a! a hod and laid open for four inches
and two Inche deep a!ongld the jug.lar
rein. The other two firemen wre fr;gi.t
fully rnt about the arms and breasts, but
were still fighting over the body of FroM
whea a iuad of police arrived. Fo.r
Japan wen arrested and the three fire
men wre taken to the hospital.
Tha Japanese foueht like demons and the
knivea they carried a foot long.
ThT I no ext ltement. either in the
oriental quarter or throughout the city,
ever the stabbirg of three members of the
fir department by Japanese. It Is con
sidered that the affair was primarily an
Incident to a New Tear celebration and
Inflamed cy a mistake on the purt of the
J a pane, who fancied the Jovial firemen
wer attacking them, whereas one white
' man fell against a window and broke It.
No reprisals against the Japanese are ex
parted unlesa Froat, one of the vround-d
flramwsj. should die. but this does not se-ni
pro bah W. The two other firemen. Allen
and JtacDonald. are reported Improving by
tha hospital sunreora. Members of the
A ntl-Asiatic league do not attach special
Importance- to th affray, although It may
fcava m certain Inruence on the civic, eloc
tiona t ba- kald next week. No meeting
of tha Antl-AalaUc Veaarue has been call-d.
fcttt In any ease the rh'of of roiv-e says
fee la sufflctently on his guar 1 to ptev-nt
a race rtot- The Japanese arre:M in con- j
nection with the stabbmg affray will b
given a fair trial In the police and rounty J
courts. 1
Eadaasl Delleate SHaatlaa.
tiONDON. Jan. ".England 1 eTpf-rier.c-
tng what might well be cal.-d a startling
awakening to the grave pp.hlerrs oaus-vl
hv the emigration of Asiatics to its w:.iu
colonies. The principal poi.tioal t.p.c fort
a week h been tne situati- n in the Trars-
vaaU where several thousand East Ind.ar.s
and Chinese were given the alternative cf !
saibmtttlng to what they consider a av
gTadir.g ystem of rg'stration "r of b.- -ig
imprisoned and expelled. The reports of
further racial rioting at Vancouver come
at a particularly Inopportune f-re. c.i
a count of the regulations now un.ier aa
Vet woe n Canada and Japan, and t.iey ar;
very annoying to the Lrit.sh g..v. rnmer.t
off'cials having hoped that Japun s w.llii.g
nees substantially to restr-ct its emi-rratl.-n
would soften the anti-Japants.' prejucnes
on the Pacific coast.
(.rest Brltalas Probleaa.
It la recognised tht th.e race c,ues'i?n is
more sends for G-ent Britain than for
America, because the In.i.ans are British
...!-. iect and the Jatnee are its a'lies
I
The Transvaal has temporarily refraine,!
from taking measures S..n.l thoae Indiana STRIKERS ATTACK THE CARS
who have refused to r-gj-ier. other man to .
decline to renew tre tradi rs' h -ensrs. all : Riatisat Rewsaaed at Moarie and Mae
of which expired l-i -n.ber SI. It s pro- ) Persons Are lajsred Is
posed, however, to eiecuie the law in a few v Flsbt.
daja Two thousand Indians, frtm all'
part a of th Transvaal, met recently in ' MUNC1E. Ind . Jan. i Ryting is r
Johanneaburg and vptei to n f use to sub- s-..T.ed t.nlay between the s'r.k.ng err.-loyes
nolt to the law. of the street railway company and the
tJIWEH OIVEM SECRET4RY ROUT
Jaataaea kstrraseil Sabsalt vot a
lBaaaisratioB.
WASHTNGTON. Jan. I-sVcretary R ot
today received from An.bssaior O Bi,en
at Toklo a transcript of th reply of the
Japanese government to the n.ir.orand-im
submitted by him son-. time ago in relation ; banon have been ordered by Govern, r Han
to th regjlaUon of Japan-s immigration jy to be ready to move at once In case
ir.to America. Tr.e reply is irry 1. ng. dn- , f further troutl on ac-coutii cf t.':r street
cuae.r.g Mr. O'Brien s prop,
greatest detail. So far Seer
Bot had aa opportur..iy to
sidtr the r-piy. bt it is i
t. .n in the
ry R.i,t ha
:ef..!ly cm-
i :a: 1 mat in
detriment 1
t lie par: of th
the opinion of tie Sia'
exhibits a dispcs:t:kn in
Jataneae go ernn.e'.t t.i meet tr.e .je-tres
America m a tat sfac! ry aiaxi.et. Am
bassador O'Brien coincides :n t:..s vie of
tt Japanese response
CAPTAIN ADMITS HIS DEED
Ceraaaa OsVer t ossnlred wiik lf
( Ma.'or to Kill Her
II awl asd.
ALL EN STEIN. E-ist Pnui, Jin 1
Tapta'n van G-iehen of the army has cn
'essed tha' lie k lied ilal' r v ...n r-nls k
t brotlier of':cer on Cr..strr.as duv. af.-r
he had d.ned mr.h t'e ma.H'r and 1. s a le
in their licuw. Aftrr sa!.' g g d rig'.:
the csptain pretep.led to leave the house
fcut instead t.e stole up to the major s
room, w.iere be put on a mask The
major enter.-d anl hfarmg a suspicious
rustling In the derkners caTed "Who u
thereT" Von GoeHjn res;itnded. ' I want t)
sp,a with y.-u ' V n aV-: .xr.tock d d not
leply. but drew l.:s revolver ar.d en
deavored to shoot. Th.e earirdge rn seed
fire. 9 Von Gceljn 1-.:n drew t . revolver
and shot in its. or ieav rg t .e house by
sneana of a key preio-siy fvea him by
U rm. Vos Sthoenoeck
II 1 cvklenl that Von GotUo. In hia In
complete confession is aocavoni.g to shlell
th wlf of th major, with whern it is
ll-g ha conspired to kill bar kwabaad.
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
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F (RECAST Fo IOWs.-Fair F-iday and
Saturday. Warmer Friday.
l'emce-ratur.- at Omaha yesterday:
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DOatXSTTC.
jenat.ir Eurkett a.kj Nebraska editors
to heip him puh the g-railns; bill. Sena
tor Brown favors ear'y convention to elect
deleirates-at-lars-e. M 've to abolish the
Broken Bow land office. Fa 1
Sunday chool workers are In session 1n
Boston con"lderin a chajige In the Sun
day school lesson methods. 1
Fhvs'cjar.s are seriously consHerlnf
rlan for shortening 'he number of yeurs'
preparation nessary for students.
raar 1
Attorney H.irt of Minneapolis defends
himself agnir.st charge cf Insulting the,
supreme court "-3" 1
Eiirt year"' sentence Is g-'ven Roy How-j
ard at Drs M lines for murder. Vag 1
France and the Uni'ed Stit are l-.kely j
soon to arrive at a trade agreement. 1
Far 1 j
Captain Fll'.shurr has been appointed ;
chief of the bureau of n". iirat'on. Fag's 1
Tobacco war t HopAlnsviile and '
throughout Kentucky may be settled by
the action of the American Tobacco ;om- j
pary.
The Powers Jury has a dif'.cult time ,
rearhirg an sjrreement, Faja t '
Leslie M. Shaw has not made up his :
mind whether he will be a candidate for,
the presidency. Faff 1 i
Women are now allowed to smoke in
some of the flrst-cla." restaurants In New
Tork. Far 1
House and senate at Washington are
lik!y to engage In rivalry over financial
legislation. Fa- t
FEBlaSXA.
Governor She'don will take his staff
with him In the near f iture and present
the silver service Nebraska haa donated
to the battleship Nebraska. Fa-a I
FOavsxaar.
Count Bob! de Catellfcne and his cousin i
engage m a Tst fight in Paris. - Fa. i
Japanese at Vancouver attack city fire-j
men. severely wounding one as result of i
mistaking New Tear's carousal ror ho. ,
tile 1- mc.nstratlon. FT 1 j
Th.e Bank of England reduces the rate j
of discount from T to per c.-nt. Faff 4 :
One Russian col'-nel was killed at Sa- ,
mara. Fa, 8
SFCaT. i
Coach Tost of Mi -1 ian unlvers'ty re-
popds to the .a-tac-'.s of President I-avld
Starr Jordan of Iceland Stax.f j-4 uni- .
versitv bv declaring no money was g.ven
to secure the pret-n-.e oT ' . jregry
at Ann A-hor. Faga
COlOCSZCLaX aV2TO nrDTSTaVIAi.
Live to. k markets. FlJ T
Grain markets. Fag- 7
Stocks and bends. Fa; T
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IV?TOS CS-axr.e If ,n tr-naa.
BT WIRELESS
SAELF. ISLANI'-Minneiiana. from L.m
dcr. t Nem- Tors. Ti.es eus' at p. m.
yUEENSVOWN Arrived of. st.-atr,er
Saxon a. fn.-n: Boston for Llvvrpocl. and
prfx eec.ed i u--ahle to land faaei gers u
act ouni of r-ugh eu:her.
srke bretakt-rs. Two thousand men began
ftor.ir.g the cars shortly oef re II o clock
Sr.ots mere fired and n.ne pe-s.r.s were
inj.ired.
IXDIAXAPOU3. Jan. 1. Three com- 1
panics cf the Indiana National Gaard spent
t..e night under arms at tr.e barracks and
are being held in leadiness. Comr-anies at
Winchester. Kokomo. Greer.f.eld and Le- I
ilmay s'rke
ir.g the line
n i'nes.
it Mun. ie and
,t te Indiana
P-
EIGHT YEARS GIVEN HOWARD
to Trooper mt ee.. Cavalry
at Do Molars.
DES M"INES la . Jan 1.-N neieen-y-a-- 1
old Roy Howard. convi.-t-J of murderng
M.ss Martha I n ray on 'he nght of Novem
ber mas s-r.i-nee 1 to e ght years in t.-.e
penitent sry a: .Arimosa today H was
g:en the max. mum f t ;::r: slaughter
It Sitt i':-r-lnl t) shoot d a -i:-
ocia rival ar. 1 shot Ms P'.cray instead,
lie plea-i-tl at acc.der.t as an ex.tire He
mas a tT'.op-r tff me d 1 cavalry sta
tioned at F-.rt l ea Moin-s. H j home .i
at Feorla, 111.
ATTORNEY ;.ARJ IN DEFENSE
Miaaea-Mlia Lawyer Say Ho Was
tollkla Rtabts la CrillrUlsaT
tssreme ''trt.
"ST PAUL. Minn. Jar f. -Th s-c:a.
supre-:e court a ; p nt - d b- lo erne r J xin-
.n to cjns'J r the r-.-oluti'D ff ti. State
toard o l-ew Exa.iir.ers trat A torney
Frsncs D Hirt of Minr.eapois be dls
tjarred bees -se he ir suited the supreme
court, net today Mr. Hart addressed t.-.e
court and revewed a.l the c rcumstances
of hs seratioral attack upoa a number
of d.revtkT.s mao ry th suprem court
and contended that h tad been s'.nct.y
within tua nghL
j -JSC Kt":
I iJtf ifl
1 4 o m.
6 p. m
Ae4JS m.
T p. m .
' (i p. m .
TAFT FIXES 01119 DATES i
Priaiariea to Select Delegates Will Be ,
Held February 11.
state cosyestcos maech
I
j.wrsvkrr
ortrn of Seastor
Ftrf4 later Date for Botk
EtfiIi Haahe Start
OrftaliillM.
COLUMBUS. O . Jan. 1 The republican
tate central comniittee ton'.g-t after a
protracted session decided to issue a call
for state primaries, to be beid on Febru
ary 11. and for a state convention to b
held In Columbus on Marob 1 to seieot del-
j crates to Uie republican r-.atior.al conven- j
t,un- Jm- R- Oerfieid. secretary or t.ie
interior. wHl be chairman of the sai con-
ventlon. Tr.e friends of Secretary Taft i
' wer in control or tne commituee. mei
supporters of Senator Foraker on the com-
mittee favored laier dates for both the
primaries and the convention.
Haa-aea Oraaalsattoa Started.
NEW TORK. Jan. 1 Flans for a state
organization, in the interests of the com- i
inatlon of Governor Huajhea. for president, j
were made today at a conference of re- J
publicans, lea-lsiator and otners. at me ;
rwenmore liuiei in line . j . sw.
Alfred R- F-ge of New Tork presided, and
there were also present , Conirrf ssman
George E Waldo of Brooklyn; Stat Sup- .
erintendent of Prions C. . Collins; State i
Water Commissioner John Slacher; Re
publican State Committeeman IL G. Ten-
i nant; Charles H. Tour-, president of the
New Tork Republican club, and A. B.
Humphrey, who introduced In that club
the recent resolution endorsing: Governor
Hughe for the presidency; Senator John
RaJnes of Ontario, republican leader in the ;
senate: Superintendent of Public works;
Frederick C. Stevens. Speaker Wadsworth ) cIude tK, proceed ir.gi In Hardn s bed
and Senator Saae of New Tork. the attl- j room. Th suggestion was re.w-ted and
tud of each of whom Is of special Interest I court adjourned antii tomorrow. The
in this connection, were none of them j Tajrebiatt affirm the report that Emrmr
prent. wiiliam has concluded to restor Count
The conference was called somewhat In- j Ton Moltke to active service and give him
formally. Senator Ptige sa'd. under the a high position in his immediate trntouraga.
ausmces rl the committee appointed at a
- - r '
Terence In th.e same Interest held Just ;
fore Christmas at the Manhattan hotel in i
con:
befoi
New Tork City. This cammittee cnns.rj ,
cf Senatcr Paige and Messra Slalcher. j
Humphrey. Tour.g and A. R. Smith. j
"Those present at the conference." sa d :
Senator Paige, "declared that there was a! FORT WTLLIAM3. Cntario, Jan.
strong pubile sentiment in favor of the j Twelve IVHikhobor pilgrims started' out ye
nom inatlon of Governor Hughes and It waj terday. without clolufrg, for one of their
agreed that a provisional organization strange marches through th streets- They
should be Instituted by the selection of
a man In each assembly d.trlct. Further
meeting was left subject to th call of my
self as chair-nan."
The organisation, he said, will be con
fined to republicans.
"T believe the state republican eonvenlnn
will Instruct Its delegates in favor of Gov
ernor Hughes." he concluded.
The governor was informed tonight of
th action of the conference, but declined
to niaka a comment.
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AMENTS ON INSTRUCTION
pttlbwwe Caee (,ei Over Tatll T-
xeorrwOT Rrsieit by Coart
for ritatloaa.
BOISE. Idaho. Jan. .Ju;g- Wood was
not ready to furnish the attorneys copies
of his instructions to th.e Jury in the Petti- i
bone rue this morning and an adjourn- j
ment was ordered until 11 o'clock tomor
row rr.omlng. The Jury was brought into '
ccirt and only a nrVf session was held.
Requests for instructions wer presented
hy both sides yesterday and Judsre Wood
then asked that authorities on them be
f bmitted.
Th.e defense asked that the J-iry be in- i -P' "'n" 't cm 'iot mow ot t.-.e aax
structed thai a verlict of guilty could not : i't' -'x1 ,-' Mount Royal he d.d not at
be returned on the ground of conspiracy j "rapt to identify the steamer he passed.
If the evidence showed that Pettsbone was
a member cf such conspiracy
Haywood
llty. The
having already been found not grill
defense maintained, in asking for this in
struction, that th.e Haywood verdict was :
binding on all of the defendants. Insofar .
! as tile conspiracy charge is concerned, i
. The prosecution asked that the Jury be In- I
1 structed that if the defendant had in his
pssesiiion evidence which was not pre- ,
V r.ted either by h.in.self or otherwise, the
fact may be considered by the Jury. At
torneys on both sides agreed to submit
. authorities on these two phases at once. I
i It was announced by Jjdue Wood that '
r.lght sessions wo -.Id be held, if necessary',
in order ti get the case to the Jury this
week. The v-fnil. tion of Pettlbore is im
proved, but he returned to th.e hospital
after court adjourned.
POLICE COMPLETELY PUZZLED
- to the percentage cf Increase in the volume
Clse to Ideality of Wosass Fossd 1 cf the currency, but the inclination of
Dead Is Posd at Hsr- J senators seem a W be to perrr.lt as large
rlsos. ?l. J. j an augmentation as the conditions of t.-.e
banks Justify.
NEW YORK. Jan. 1 Repeated failures ! Senator Ea.ley expressed the opinion to
to discover the identity cf the moman wao ! day that if t.-.e l-ll to be SJgjrested by
m as murdered at Harrison Thursday night ' republican rr.err '-rs rwJ. na.Lly approaches
have ft the police m th no apparent tan- ) the demands of the democrats it will be
gibie clue to work. The work of the police ' permitted to pass without extended oppo
has been greatly hampered bv th mis- i sition- He deemed to give his views of
leading statements made by many p-ersons
mho hava attempted to Identify the body
as that cf seme missing fr'er.d, of which
the cumber in and around New Tork ap
pears to be incumeral i-. The talk of em
r loving the hounds owned by the New
Vcrk police derailment In an effort to
'race the moverr.t-ns of th.e murderer has
le.n aoar.wnrci. . c.v-r nas oeen en:
ploved to search for the underclothes and
sloes of the muriered woman, whii h are
ti.l rrhs'ing m tr.e r.r that some mams
may be f .r.d up-n them which will reveal
l.er identity. The mife of Albert TSiofnr-
s. n. one cf tne tmo men who ocrup ed
r-r ' .ei- c.-.e crime was
committed and mt-o nas teen detained by
the p-iiie. las been found in Sheffield.
Etglaed. e.imirat.rg all suspic i . that she
! as
the m -rae.-el tonus
SMELTERS MAY NOT CLOSE UP
General Maaager .f Clorad.
Cms-
rers Takes More Hopefal View
of Mtaatiu.
DENVER. Cclo. Jan- 1-Frtrl n Guter-
man. ger.e-ai manag-r of the smelting and
rer.mr.g c"n-.pany v asxed t lay re
garding tne truth of tie d.t-a'-h from
Helena. Mont., last r.l!.t. that me sn.elt-
ers cf olora lo mere to be w. s.d d wn or
wages re l.c-ei. said he Hi - erv oprimlt
over the
sidered a
situation T
1 a eonferen
he ma'ter was con-
e some i ago. he
tali, and it wis agreed In
a t-ntatlv wiy
to reduce pr:-duct.h n. T.-:s mss b caMsc
thei mas no market f r k-aj. oce of the
rr.r.c.pa! produ-tion of the smelters of
CPiorado. Since that h has recaived a4
vicea from New York that thor Is an la
crassc.d demand for lai and bailer th
dacisios will ba revoked.
Russia makesclean sweep;
lidlrturata Arr RrtinH .BSlat
Iar sei.u.t ptT.
ST. FETERSFURG. Jsn. r-lnd.rtmer.ls j
were returned todav against all the mem- .
bers of the executive commit! of t lie '
popular socialist party, ard their trial t- i
fore the cov.rt of appeals for !lged at-
i tempts a: revolution will begin shortly.
The accused men belong to the intellectual !
section of the social revolution. sts. They I
are mostly veterans of the revolutionary j
struggle, who withdrew from the social
revolutionary party tn order to participate j
in the election to .the third Duma. Among j
them are M Amriisky. who In !Jo was
exiled on account of his political activities;
Iran Mlakotin. tae well known Rusts an
aathor who shared Maxim Gorky's Impris
onment in a fortress In 16; M. Latugia. the
orsamler and firr president of the Leaua
Qf . whicft co-operated wl-h labor
orp..r.MtHMM d-.irlaa; the era of sink-
m )Muaa,, of tte o-toter
manifest j, and aevtial prominent attorneys.
The men are accused of beina; merr.brs ol
a secret or;anix&lioa a hith aimtl to over
throw the rovernmer.f . The pena'ty on
this charge may be penal aervlti:ie for
eig-t.t years. Tb case has the same avn
eral feature as the trial of the social dem-
pcratlc memr-er of the) D-uma and that af
tjj9 farmer deptitVl wr;o signed txe Vloora;
n-.anifesto.
USRnCN NOW SFRiniKI Y 11 I
I loi iw toll I w tftolllVWl totaj
E-ltwr
Trial far LI Wei I aaale
Ipsrsr la fart ReraaM af
erlowa Candltioa.
BERLIN. Jan. Z The closing scene of ;
the Harden-Von Molt it e Hbel suit was not !
enacted today because Harden waj aain
too ill to appear in court. The court's
official pryslclan was sent to Hardn s
hou lm verified ihe Tint of his illness.
The prosecutor asked the court
to crm-
i
FANATICS GO MINUS CLOTHES
j
Daakkokar 1
Ontartw Try Britfl ts
Air aad Laad lat
Jail.
f raid
were finally rounded up by the police.
S"ven men and five women were tn th
party and they marched a half mile In
canty attire before reing stopped.
RUSSIAN COLONEL MURDERED
f kief af Prwvtartal Geslarsiei Fatally I
Skat
Crwwded
at Sasaarau
9ts
SAMARA. Russia. Jan. Z. Colonel Bo
broff. chief of the proTiocIae gendarmerie.
wwav- ahot and lrttrsw is) a -erowded
her today.
Trace f Imaslarrast Wtessaer.
I ST JOHN. N. B Jan. 2.-A steamer,
j thought to be the Canadian Pacific liner
1 Mount Royal, twentv-flve days out from
; Antwerp, for this pert with immigrants
ahoard. was passed Monday night of? SaMe
lsiann ry -..-. steamer lxe champUin or
the Lake line, wh ch arrived here last even-
lrg from Liverpool. Captain Webster of
the Lake Champla n repents that hen off
Sable island he passed a four-rr.as:l
schooner about f.feen mile, away on tee
same cours; he was steaming, hut was
moving slowly. No signals were seen. As
MONEY LEGISLATION LIKELY
Rivalry Develoais Betwees Hosae asd
Sesate Over Flsasrial
Meaaare.
WASHINGTON. Jan. J.-With the ap
proach of the reconvening cf congress there
is rer.emed talk of flnane'al legislation.
The house and SK-r.aie committees will both
resume sittings on th.e subject and it now
looks as If there might be something; of a
rivalry between the two bod'es as to which
will report a bill While the house com
mittee Is ajarertly inclined to m-hat Is
known as an asset currency, th senate
committee ia proceeding on th theory that
only a very limited list of ?eoUr;jj.-a should
be accepted for the 'nerea.sed issue to be
provided for in the bill.
So far there has been no ag err.ent s
what its character should be.
TOBACCO WAR MAY BE ENDED
O IBeial of
sasy I
ts-erir.. Tob.ce. Co
i vestsrh.y t. uri l
-silk tiros-ers.
rER. K .. . J.i. ;.-P.. K
WINCHES'
I
. Smith, v.i e ireni irr.t of the
Arr.er can To-
lo meet n.em-
! taceo company, is here t'Juy
i be'S cf the
! Tobacco s-
iHT.I bcarla of t.-.e Bjrley I
ty ar. ! r.;--t . pounds'
j cf mni'e hurley sanities reprts-nt
nuMied crop of t'. pour..'. :::
the
.'.'I a v.ew
-P If the
, ti me purchase of the r.ifr
' purchase is made :: mill n.rk t..e settle
ment of the io.-.g c n-roversy betwe-n the
; American T tta.-c t company ..id the m i::!
j burley growers. Hundreds of gromers are
I here to attend the tr.ect.r.g. Practical y
tmo-th.rcls of me Counties corr.p -Sir.! tr.
I white ouriev belt lave vote 1 r.vt to ra t.
. t .hacco :n -
I
: SHAW'S MIND NOT MADE UP
I S'orsaer Secretary of Treassry sa Telia
1 DeslMS Frlesds .. Visit
Tber.
I
I PEN! SOX. Ia.. Jan i Spe- ial W Hon
L. M. &raw who is here, spent New Tear s
day at I-enison v.s : .ng oil (r-r.ili aaJ
' locking after t i.-
afT-i.rs connected
h he is in', -en-d. ,
with the tan
t.i
I When
uestioned at to the e rrect.on his ;
name with the c-mlnatlon f .r the pret-'
dency he state. wLne he had r. v.l many
letters urgi-ig h.m ta ask t. e support of
Iowa tn th convert!, t. he was far from
decided tht h wo.lj d o so Ha hl:evs
th delegation frcm New Tr will esnaa tured. Co.sJT.ac was sentenced to tn pen
to th. cavsc-a .Jt porting Haa-vak j IZXlVZM TLX "
SHOPS OPEN ON OLD SCALE
Union Pacific Xech&nici Resume Work
After Lay-Orl of Week.
X HITHER. F03XES 502 TLYE CUT
ntsrtsl Say Exactly aae Cadltio.s
Ob. Is aa Existed Bef.ro ike
Holiday asd Taey Ho
Will Caattaae.
Work aas resumed In th various shote
j of tha Union Faciflc Thursday morning
I after a week layoff for the holidays,
j Th company has not. and it aays it will
j not reduce th workday from elitht to
seven hours as a means of ctrrtalltnar the
volume of labor. Officials announce that
'exactly the same conditions that obtained
before the Chnwmaa wk layoff will re
main In Ttaue and that no chanaea what
ever are c jtitempiated.
It a stated at the a-eneral muiaer a
office that all the men who wished to re-
j turn to work had been put tack on their
I old JcL ar.d that r.o cut in th work-na;
ftm had been mada. In October the work-
ira; tlm of the mechanic at the she;-
was cut from mc to eiarht hours, but stroe
tha: time no further cut ha been male.
I The men in the shops at Omaha. Noril:
I Platte ar.d Grand Island were iad off for I
w' ,1,. Ji ' .vl..
ivm B. ' ' i . , . m . !9 L k .11' 1 . ' I.'. Hj - . -" I '
to continue with t; present force and net
t make any reductions in f.-wce or time.
I bjt that it w-.il de( d entirely upon cori
! dJons that arife.
DECISION
ON COMPTROLLER
Jadge R
Ity
lick M ill Determlae alld
t Law t reatise Coaaty
0ce.
The validity of the law creating
the
office of county comptroller will be ile
rlded by Ju1ge Redick either Saturdiy
mfirnlng or Monday. At th.e close of two
days of argument Thursday evening he
sa.id he would decide the rase Saturday
If possible and If not then h would
announce his decision Monday morning.
T r ci osir (T ifiit
P Breen. who Is
declared null, we
The closing arflments of Attorney John
seeking to have the law
re based on his conten
tion that the companion bill mergi.-.g the
city comptrollers office with that of th.e
county comptroller void, because It
amended the city charter of Omaha with
out specifically setting forth t.ie section
of the statute repealed or amended- He
held that the larger part of the work per
formed by the comptroller would be the
checking cf city officers and that If this
law were void the law creating the office
of county comptroller should fail. too.
RUSH LOOKS FOR SURPRISE
Bays If GsTrraaest Briar Harriaaaa
Salt It Will Be
the Eavst
ll froaa
"If the s-ult to dissolve the relations
existing between the Union and Southern
Pacific la brought In Omaha. I suspect
U mull be filed by an attorney from
Washita-ton. who will juleny dTT in
here without any heralding of h'.a coming
and file hi papers before we are aw-a-e.
of his presence in the city." said Special
Attorney Rush for the government, wh-n
asked about the reported plan of th.e gov
ernment la the Harrlman case. "I have
I r.o right to speait wu.n lamoniy on vne
1 subject." added Mr. Rush, "f
r no ad-
i MoM naTe br,n ent me. I know nothing 1
j of any a- tlon taken or contemplated. " ,
i Union Pacific officials are still untvl-
, y)Sed on the subject, they say. j
VESSEL SINKS IN COLLISION
! .
Sekoosrr Ellssbetk Palmer Meet
blp aad creeds Is Ssv-
lag Crew.
EAL.TIMORE. Jan. i. Captain Delano cf
tht iteawr Por. Uro. stich .rnrel t,r,
this mcming frctu New Tork. repar'sl
passirg the schooner Elizabeth Falmer at
4 p. m. on January 1. ten it;!i southeast
of Hog Island, the last named vessel re
porting that she had been in ccllls.on ol
Earneg-at last Saturday nlg.-.t with a vesal
whose na-me Captain Delano could cot un
derstand. Th. ULknown vessel mas sur.k
and t.".e Palmer took off th crew ard had
ttera on board.
A dispatch frcm Cape Henry to th.e
Maritime exchange says the tug Imperial
passed in the capes towing th.e schooner
Elizabeth Palmer at II 40 a. m. today. The
schooner's bowsprit wis damaged
GUILD ASKS FOR REGULATION
Cowrrsor of Masascfc aaett Sesda Mrs
sage to I-ea-lslatare Cos
erralsg Railroads.
BOSTON. Jan. Z. Jovemor Guild ln his
message to th ler-slat jre of Massachusetts
today sa.d no steam railroad ln th.e state
is giving th.e public the service it shoull.
lie aid-d:
' Existing law
is inadequate to deal with
cf railroads The Massa
I p inl-c control
chusetts Hi.:roaJ commission, me pi r.eer
'n state control of public oorpora'ior.s.
should be clothed with ample p-.s ri. It
should at Vast he giv-n t.-.e sa.ne control
of railroads m"th-n Maasacnusetts tnat is
g'vn to the Interstate c. mmer.-e commis
:..n tn regard to roads d.ir.g an interstate
h-.?:n--s.
ANTI-FUTURES ACT
IS VALID
Federal JadaT- Hsle Irksauu 1 egie-
lalare May Protect People's
! Morals.
i
I LITTLE R.CK Ark.. Jan J Jidg-
Trjeher in the federal court her today
upr.e.d t-.e constit-ith-nal-.ty cf the r.h-
futur a-t The court dec.ar s that
the stte d.d not ex-eed its power in en
a t.r.g the statJte as a po!.-e res-iiat' r.
to protect the morals of the public. The
suit maj begun, by a Ch.cago bre-kera'-firm
3n tr.e bsis that the law vtilaaed
Interstate rlgh's.
CAPTAIN PILLSBURY SELECTED
I resldest asd Seereisry Meteslf Select
II I as tor thief of avl
gatloa. WASHINGTON. Jan. T Af'er a renfer
en with Ph-es.dert Roosevelt today Sec
retary Metiaf announced that Capfa.a J
E. PiUsoury hid teea se.--.ed as chief 0f
tre r.avirati.-n bureau of th Navy depart
mcr.t. Captain P'.'.libury parUc'.-at.-d la the
coDfereroo ltween tha prosldent trd th
Just prior to the i-ncas-nr.aii'.
E sea Bed
PriMSer Arrested.
ST. UJl'lS. M v. Jan. 1
TiA-y. wanted on the charj
r artuctpattr ! in t.-.e rohe- y
T.i.. Satior.al tar. in S--rte:
i. lam A.
.f navlrg
tr. coin,
er 1 S' i.
m as brougr.t here today from
e p. rst ow a
e D. wner n was
vs.gratiey Th Ocln
cer.tiy arrested for,
!r was roMi of'
f ght with citlien 1
ll Ct'O. ttl after a
Tracy and Hnry
Coi-man we.-e cap -
!!?:T!r.:!.L'BURKETT ASKS HELP
Time
I aw R ew Ire 4
Pre i. rat tea.
FITTaiiT'R'J. Jan. 1 An important
HMT.I of lead. eg medical men and edu--aiors
of the rout. try convened har todar
n the hall cf th Carnegie mstltjtei.
f residents of colleges and univrIUea of
the ccur.try ard meliial men. both profea-
rs and pra-t.it jc-,rrs. represent'Jig the
American Academy cf Medicine, are In at
tvriJance. The meeting her Is not the con.
ventlon of t:e academy, but the work of
l i s cour.nl. as it Is tertned. will turnlab, !
i .e 'ealirg t-.. ugMs for the annual ctn- ;
m:;on of the American Academy of Medi- i
to held ti.e sword week cf June !
.it Chicago. Two great questiona. rrob- !
ably the most important from a sociological :
nd ed.H ational viewpoint, will be d.s-
.ssed and the inf.uenco of this meeting
. t ii.ir.y rT) piaie in i..e unca
" o tear fruit.
f-T-ST P.-:il r that fo ir res-s 1n cot-
R-d f '.r e,s in a rr.-ujcal school I
ii" too ncii c f a mr s life to ask in
. trarat;n for t.:a profession, the Acad- i
J" 1 Med.cir.e rT' P'-ses so to amr 1
-f co'lege o'.wj ard 1M me lical foi'fi
int s-x ye.irs only will be ro-ired. Tils
li-sti. n wtii be d s.-us.e-i fr. m the v-ew-T-
nt f the co.ie by Fres' lent ja-v-h G .
iivjTirur cf '".itrf; ii".;versify. la'd
s'arr jordsr. pres dnt of and'9tanf rd.
. . university; Jamea L' M ffau. prescient
f Y;ti. nu-on nd JtlT-Ti' ii college, and
thr lead re men. ,
"iTnd-Pt.i'.e cai eita-iiirat.-.n laws, i
rl h state requires a state '"ed .-a! ex- '
u-niKn hefor a d.x-t r can rrt.ce
1 1 .-. . n
N-rders. Tl"e a.itin r roroses t
vit a usitem examination he
heid
in
ott sis'e ar.' mat a doctor who hn.s
t lis ex.imin.ai'on In or.e state n-y
e .Irr.itte.l t.- rramce -n any otr.er stall
a:t nout agin t.tktr.g .an exa-rlr.at.otl.
MODERN SUNDAY SCHOOL WCRK
Ira ia This Briars l.ilkrr at Boa
toa to loafer Over Uelr
ability.
B"'STON. Mass.. Jan 1-M'ti represent
r.g all th.a.es of Sunday st.'-1 work in
North A--r,ena are in Boston today to at
tend a corferen raile-1 bv W. N. Harts
horn. rH;nrin the e.. i i ie rnTrirl'tM
of th International S-inday School associa-
tion The executive committee, the uniform
lessen committee, the Sunday School E.H-
tonal association and the denominational
pubi:.;.:nir concerns of the country were
represented in the assembly of the leaders,
j who are authorised to pe&jc for nearly all
tha denominations of the Ch.rstlan church.
rnr-sent ir.g some 14. .'.'. members con
nected with loi.OCO Sunday schools. Topic
f r discussion Is 4 How Can W Improve the
Lesson System T"
Th.e International lesson committee,
prompted by action t.vken at th last tri
ennial convention at Rome In 1S9T, haa
under consideration the question ef chang
'r.g the s stem to meet advancing condi
tions, and there has been much discussion
of plans by members of th edltoraal asso
ciation and the publishers of lessons cf
various d"nor-.;natirns.
While various conferences hsve been held
by several branches cf the international I w,t,r front w1thou, nnl,rn),rj htn1
nortaUon this 1. the first time In the i fr- My pc.ltlon 1. that if th go-em-history
of the organization, founded In ITS. , ,.
that the four great branches of the work
have been represented at such a meeting.
COLORADO BANK SUSPENDS
Rocky Ford laatltatlna Forced
floae its Doors Ftllswlsg
Severe Rsa.
to
ROCKT F-"'P.P. Colo.. Jan. I The State
bank of R.vkv Ford closed its doers to-
i cay following a run. ptate aar.K Exam-
Iner Beattv is maklrg an lnvestiiratlon of
the bank, which has heen regarded u one
of the soundest In th.e Arkansas valley.
Tk liabilities cf the tank exceed 1410.
000 and th.e assets are placed at over
S6TI. malniv loans on high grade farm
lar.ls in tills vicinity The bank is capl
tal.ged at S37.100 a'.d th.e surplus Is 130,
001. The officers of the State bank are:
President. J. E Godding: vice presfVnt.
Senator Swlnk, cashier, E H. Smith;
s:str.t cashier. D W. Barclay.
Thc7 are two othar baass in Rocky
Fcrd. th First National and th Farm
rs and Merchants. Neither cf these has
he'r. affected ty the suspens.cn of the
rtj-.'j 1. a.-.k.
Tl.-j tfhirrs of th.e State bank hope to
re.ur.ie utli.oss In a short time One
of tr.-n n.aj" the cr.irge to lay t hat
certain ether financial lr.tr-!t ia this
city corptrc-d to secure th clos-.r.g of
t..e State bi-.-.k by start. n? rumors last
meek that its solvency k4 (iiiestlonavbie.
POWERS JURY HAS HIS CASE
Art-sal Cossideratlos of Fvldence Is
Marder Trial Begis at
(iearstasa.
dEORGETOWN. Ky . Jan. 1-Th Jury
in t'.e trial of Caleb Powers, f mier secre
tary of state, charged mith c. mrllr1:- ia
th murder cf Ser.aior WilUiin Giebej at
th time the latter was contesting the
gubernatorial vote, began the consideration
of the verdict today. Arguments mere
closed late yesterday evening and the
JurifS retired, but decided to pcstpor.e
the.r actual cons'.d-rat ion until tcday.
Up to this afternoon no verdict had been
reached in the Pcw-rs case. An Impreci
sion Is growing that the Jury may not
be able to arree upon a verd'et.
WOMEN NOW FREE TO SMOKE
oase Firwt-Cl.ss Xew Tork R es t a r
Year's.
NEW TOR X. Ja:
the p.. an cf aliomii
the public dmirg r
cf t:ie prominent
. I So suei estf.il mas
g somen 13 smoke In
or.., introduced at one
Fr a Iwav restaurants
for the first time m N
ec e that an'ther of t'
ea'lr.g places has f -i!
York New Year s
the famous P'oadaay
.j!.,wj su , jt !s ,T
more of them mi.l fa.1
Th- h g hotels, and
p-e, ted tr at severa
in lir.e ;rr.mecl;a: e
the Fifth avenue rs'a urar.ls mil! not. so
th n ar.agers say. f .llow s-i-t. for the
present at lrat. Until last n'ght no f.rst-
' ciass restaurant in New York had per-
w. men t s-r.oSe m the
ONE MAN INJURED BY BOMB
Exsloaloa laid to Black Haad Wrecks
Teacsaast Is .w York
Oty.
SLW YORK. Jan. t A dynamite b' mo
hei evel to tav been set off by meoileis
of th Bllik Hand soc-ety wracked tr.e
er.t.rr! lower V. jct of a f '..e-i'ory tenement
liouse on Ett Sevsr.tli street 'ast rig..t
ard caul a psvr.i? T.o-.g th.s oceu-ianis
cf the Uulliit.g Jte nan. wis 'rjiri by
the xploKi..
- ' " " "
.
P RT s.v i ; rt a ra . ear r Robi er
eariv mis mora.rg liem- ar. the w.ajt r.f
it - M.-Curta-n cjtat Dr. at ilot'u'ain
Ok!
forty n l.es :nm l.nre s--curd
. J and si!- er and esotped .t.r :
" '"
in go
et-a.
g r.o
Wants the 5ewi?cr to Assist la
Pnsiin. Grazing Bill.
WETTES LETTXES TO ALL OF THXil
If Yeasure is Objectionable Requests
Them to Point Out Where.
"
LAJDS SOT PRODUCTIVE ENOUGH
Thinks it Would Deprive Water Front
cv, t c
f !I ScP-
BROWS FOR L7 ?.IY C0S"ESTI0S
laterler Desart meat t'aatessalates
tlsli I m Ik Brakes Betv Laad
Oflre avad r brmakm Uelrgs
tla Objaeta t It.
(From a Staff Correspondent l
WASHINGTON. Jan. l-.SpecUl "'
gram, t Senator Burkett proposes lo aoer
ta;n the sentiment In Nebraska ir. r.a lor.
to tha grailtig bill ha has Introduei
addrcssi:-.: a lettr to every r.ewsr.;t-purO'.s't-r
in th state, asking his ass-s'an-"
! In hr ng-ng before th peop.e of Net.-as'-.a
the pruvis.or.s of th Burkett bill. ,
Following is a copy of Senator B'irkttJ's
letter to the editorsi "I enclose a copy
of the grazing bill that I !ntr.i need. You
will notice change from last year's bill
they are Intended to protect mor the h'lint
steader anl to promote homestead entrv.
Homesteaders and small cattleman we al
ways want to protect; and then a want
all th.e land put to use. The government
lard is certainly cot belnaT used as aeil as
it should he. It 1 net being utillred for
the best interests of the federal govern
! ment
or the state or the people of thi
j community. i Pe.ieve tr.s gr-ai tracts
j of oVernm-r.t land should be made a
' ourre cf income to the ststes rather than
' Permitted to remain a aourca of expense
1 forever The stats makes Its own lands
prodjee an incotnewty siutuld government
lands remain Idle and un prod active? Au
thority should be lodged somewhere to
d-vse a p'an to make them a source of
income snd also for their more economi c
use. There Is no reason why anytr.lng
should be wasted simply b-ecause the gov
ernment owns it. Privately owned lands
In tie same community ar sustaining
mor raf.ie than the public lands on an
average. I was told the other day of
officials of a cattl comrtony opposing th
bill because they owned all the water
front cf a certain comnmnity and nobody
would want adjacent government land
without water. But reverse th.e proposition
n 1 1 nerVaea finSwtv a-nnl.t ne4 ett ik.t
I landa as It has after Its forests. Then
I water front owners mill rav to maka te m i
instead of dirt at haa" them. "
"1 want you to hebj me get tibia bill b---fore
the people. If the bill Is right I
want your support and the peoples sun-
! port for it. If It Is wrong I want voj
to p.ont out the errors. I shall be glad ti
h'UT fr"rn rMJ -ln'1 everynne who will he'p
le interest trough In It to writ to m.
' ' " ' p s1 x uie i-sieia-
"or m.at wi.i sefje me coniraversy over
the pu1i"c lin ls that h.ss m aged so long."
Brows for Karly Cosvestlos.
S-enafr Pmm-i sHid today that he ita
In favor of ap, early convention to select
de!erates-a! la-re to the national repub
lican convention.
"I see th.e state committee will meet ot
January . and as the law provides that
thirty days must elapse before the meeting
of the state convention It occurs to m
that February S would bo a good ctap.e on
j . ," . ... , ,
.eieKm--av- arse. . -. r rnrciit ia ex-
i presly exempts th selection of de)etaes
' at-large by the primary, but the peop
i cf the state have a perfect light to vote
' their choice for president at the primary
at which tim delegates to the state ar.d
district conventions are chosen. Of course
that Is a matter for th.e state eomrrl'tee
cf the republ'can party to determine at Its
meeting on January ."
, Among reputlica-is hereabon'a there Is a
' feeling that the deloe-ates-st-laere will b
Governor Sheldon. S'-r. .-.tors Purrctt and
Erown and Victor P.osewn:r
Proctooe to ( oe l aad OlQff,
S-crt-tary Garfie'd of th I.-.t .- or -1 part
n.ent l.as about decid' d to flos- t' laid
office- at Er-ii-n l ow and lit e.' r th
! b'ks 2nd recoria to Allium-.'. TI e :rjn;
e"t kir. 1 cf a pr.teal win b n.d- to ;'ois
' acuoa by the Nebraska delefa'ion. n..:
j withstanding it is In llie witii the pe l cy
of the department cf cor son ia r.s offices
In districts where the lasils are pretty g -!:-eraliy
proved up. In c!mj t-s B-i.';i-n
Bow ofl.ee :t will throw out of e r.pl ."r. nv
'two old s. Idlers Mesars Pevo at I An s
1 berry. il.i records ere f :rst-. las. An
!r.pector. however, las rep rtel in ?a.c
1 of th d:s.ontinuar.ce cf the office at
1 Broken Bow and plaur. tho records i-i
A.llance. Th entire Nebraska delaai-oo-
mill figt.t this consolidation aad has al
; ready entered its protest agm.r.l (.1 p-t-post-d
action.
Btecs Waald Cr t. Cssgrts.'
W. M. Keece, who has beu a c.cik :;
th committee of p-b.lc .r.ds - f '.. hcuat
sioc the Fifty-f o ir:.: cor.grsj u.-. r X.a,."
; Jor.n F Lx of the t.i;h i ,. ;i, il l,
, loaves for fcji hcrae t.rr.otruw. th. i. .eat of
Major l-acey and the iel :u.r. t - ta
1 R.aui M-ndeli of 'iVjUjruii.jf at .-..inan
terminal. r.f M: P.eecs s r.org . m
'committee. Mr. F.-: ha cs.it..; "' ' f-'t
, years n '..e s.-'.h utrci and ha 1 av a'
! decided to !.'-r ti. rac for th S :v-.'.rs'
Congress In li event M;or - v dot
'n:t desire i-i j'e a t si'tllts u if';
running f r cor.sriws. The- . ..me 'a
'of Lucey .- r.s a (ami. late fjr ? -.eruor
j which iJiJ fc.inpl:' matters In th in- :
id.s'r tt connderaBl;- and t d I.ce.e 1.: : if
in.biiiL'i to rtprt-it mat d.s'.r'c: m'coi.
' jfi-vs. r-iec says he Is gmg ij ;rt
' ;ar of f.obna:l shoes a d .-a.i-p.Ia-.
lie '1 strict fnni (it enj ij t c the.-.
Rcf.ada I (.rat. Firsts.
7m in'.rrsuai C an ere Comm.ssian '.-
cty snnouaced a spec.al reparation o:4t
j hs teen issue!. uiracllr.g tho I r:o . ptc.f c
Re .read company to refuuid 11. 1.1
tj the Ot.;.: ili-vator oomaJ: .
trer.ta cf gr n from various pv'
braaka to .-.u:ic:': Bluffs Also .
ig.L-.st me ! icago. fct. Paul. M .
;t..a.. to reunu S-i TS lo th Tr i
s'eit.pr-i G : a. n company on a or
' oats .'rid W'rj.oe. Neo . to C'juro il
Mlsor Matter at Tasltal.
i , ,
. J jia-.i a .err. r ; p .
p.- . .t.J' t r at i N- .'. Nr. oi r-o:u
; dj! -n of Cong. an K:rk.J
he body cf Rji.o Kira Uryaa,