meat gathering
CONGRESS OF GOVERNORS AT
WHITE HOUSE WAS A
SUCCESS,
THE PARTICIPANTS PLEASED
Last Day Given to Adoption of Dec
larations Which Make No Spe
cific Recommendations for
Legislation.
Washington, May I I. --Tin.' Whit.!
House was tin- hcoiio Wednesday of
the assemblage of ninny of the most
distinguished figures In tile political
ami IniliiHli'lal life of the nation. II.
whh, perhaps, one of (lit' most notable
gatherings that, hits ever met to con
sider a great, public question In that
historic iiuuihIoii. Tin! occasion was
tho conference hy President Roosevelt
with the governors of iiracllcally ah
tho states anil territories to consider
tho broad question of conservation of
tliu country's natural resources. Tin
conference will continue through Fri
day President. Roosevelt's rooepl Ion by
(lit governors fiihl ftOO distinguished
ailciidnnlH on lhi conference, an ho
entered the ICast room by the side ol
Vice President Fairbanks, wjih the
11 I'M I evidenced that I he assemblage
whh not to ho bound too closely by
dlgnlly. It was pivolsooly II o'clock
when tho president, stopped upon tho
platform and when the presidential
honors by tho Marino band had been
given, the governors stood up, clapped
(heir hands and then lustily cheered.
Tho president, took up a small gnvcl
and tho history making conference
was on.
When the president had taken his
place (in the right of the platform
wljh the vice president on Ills left,
tho Rev. lOilward liiverett Hale, chap
lain of the senate, arose, and loaning
with oii(! arm on the back of I he pres
ident's chair, read a portion (if Ih.i
Scriptures descriptive of the prom
ised land and then pronounced a feel
lip; invocation in which he asked
heaven's help In the deliberations to
bo had. At the conclusion of the in
vocation the president, without pre
liminary ceremony, began his address
to the governors.
It was ut tho afternoon session that
the real work of the conference began,
and the session which opened at 2: in
and lasted until f:0fi o'clock, proceed
ed at a rate that broke all speed regu
lations. It developed first that the
president finds It impossible to devote
Ills entire time to the conference meet
Jugs. Uo will, as he did Wednesday,
will to order ouch session, and then
designate u governor to preside. This
honor foil Wednesday on (low Noel of
Mississippi, witli tho intimation from
tho president that Thursday he should
call upon Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota.
It was from tho utterances of Mr.
Carnegie and those who followed him
that (lie gravity of the problems to he
considered woro given weight. Two
hundred years of coal supply and half
that of Iron wa.s the predict ion of the
famous ironmaster. Those facts, he
bore homo with detail, but good ua
lu redly hinted that he would be dis
puted "by my frlond, J. .1. Hill."
Gov. Johnson of Minnesota made a
lively talk in which he took Issue with
Mr. Carneglo'H statement that waste
ful methods prevailed in iron mining
In the liiiko Superior region and cheer
fully assured that gentleman that. "Mr.
Hill will bo glad to take Ibsuo with
him on some things." Two problems,
ho said, confronted tho conference
ouo was tho conservation of the na
tural resources, the other tho true de
velopment of industry. One, ho snWl,
was as great as tho other.
Second Day.
Washington, May 15. Startling was
tho warnings sounded Thursday at tho
conference of governors at the White
House, of tho danger tho nation con
fronts iu soil waste ami forest de
pletion. Tho governors listened and
talked and applauded, but took uo ac
tion. This is loft for Friday, the lnsy
day of the conference, and a plan ly
ufoot to have the propared speeches
for that day prlntod iu tho record with
out reading In order that, the time
may be dovoted wholly to results. The
resolutions committee was In sosslou
all day and will report Friday mom
lug. A supplementary meeting or a
number of governors followed the
day's session, and a commlttoo con
sisting of tho govornora or Kentucky,
Missouri and Nebraska was appointed
to bring In a suggestion for a perma
nent organization of govornora, Inde
pendent, porhapa, of any othor organi
sation which may bo formed by the
conference. Tho president opened the
morning and afternoon sessions, which
wore thereafter proslded over by
Gov. Johnson of Minnesota and Gov.
Doiieeu of Illinois, respectively.
.lames J, Hill, of tho Grout Northern,
who led al;long list of sponkors, treat
ed the doplotion of tho nation's re
sources In a vory serious and Impres
ts' o way. If, presented- conditions- re
specting mineral, soil nnd foreat,
showing wanton win to In each ln
stance, and drew a picture of political
chaos when all wen? gone, wherein
the people would tear down the very
pillar of government Mi". Hill bo
licvcd hiiHi results could and should bo
avoided by prompt action.
Prof. Chamberlain of the t'nlverslty
of Chicago and president of the Amor
lean Association for Advancement of
Science, followed.
Prof. Chamberlain did not have an
opportunity to complete his address.
1 Ills pap.-r was of such a lengthy char
l aeter that the goug announcing the ox
j plrnilon of his time was rung twice.
Gov. Johnson then motioned to Prof.
Chamberlain that his time was up and
recognized It. A. Long of Kansas City
as the next speaker. A number of
' the (I. 'legates asked that Prof. Chain
berlalu be allowed to complete bis
speech, but It was agreed Unit the pro
gram should lie fully compiled with
and that the speaker be limited as to
lime.
At the conclusion of Mr. Long's ad
dress Gov. Johnson invited Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson to speak. "The
greatest asset we have in the Cnlt.'il
States is our soil." said the secretary,
"and we are destroying that as
promptly as we can. and the older set
tled parts of the country have made
the greatest, progress In the destruc
tion of the soil."
The climax of the morning session
was produced by Gov. Glenn of North
Carolina, who made a vigorous appeal
for aellou by the conference which
would Impel congress to pass at this
session a bill providing for the Appa
lachian and White Mountain forest re
serves. Gov. Glenn advocated- Joint
action by states and the nation on
some definite plan lor the preservation
of the forests, conservation of the wa
ters and l he rehabilitation of the soil
of the country.
Following the papers on the after
noon progam. Governor lolk of Mis
souri gave his endorsement to what
Governor Glenn said about congres
sional action. He declared he shoudil
go home an.l appoint a forestry com
mission, and urged all governors to
do likewise, expressing the belief that
the state legislatures would ratify the
action.
Third Day.
Washington, May It;.- The gover
nors' conference at the White House
ended shortly before 1 o'clock Friday
after an enthusiastic session which re
sulted In the adoption of a set of res
olutions, broad iu scope but effecting
uo permanent form of organization nor
making specific recommendations for
legislation by either states or nation.
Immediately after adjournment the
governors met and appointed a com
mittee, consisting of Gov. Willsou,
Kentucky: Folk. Missouri, and Shel
don, Nebraska, to prepare a resolution
thanking the president for his initia
tive in calling the conference, and ex
pressing the pleasure of the delegates
that it bad be-u of such a useful char
acter. An agreement alno was reached
at this meeting whereby an active
committee of live will make arrange
ments for a meeting of governors to
be held next year.
Gov. Swanson said that among oth
er matters that would come up at the
next conference would be extradition,
standardization of laws on marriage
and divorce, taxation, police iowor and
other matters.
Friday's session was replete with
feature elluiax-.s. Piesident Roose-.olt,
declared himself emphatically m not
caring whether action for the conser
vation of resources or the protection
of the rights of the people be taken
by the states or by the federal govern
ment, so long as action resulted.
Like many of the important events
of history, time is needed to reveal tho
epoch which the president and the
governors believe has been made. Tho
accomplishments or tho conference
which has been iu session at the
White House for three days cannot be
sot forth with mathematical precision.
That Its Immediate results are more
than ample is the expression of Presi
dent Roosevelt, who brought It about,
and of the governors who participated.
The printed rocord of the confer
ence, which will later bo available to
every American home, will be com
pilation of facts, startling in their
meaning, convincing in their universal
conclusion that the states must act.
and that the states and tho nation
must co operato to the end that to the
whole people or tho nation may accrue
the lasting benefit of Its natural re
sources. Resides the compilation of facts by
tho experts and the freely expressed
opinion of the governors, tho confer
ence leaves as its permanent record a
thousand words of "declaration." Not
a "declaration of independence," but a
"declaration of cooperation."
or the last day tho story Is one of
many features. Tho set program was
swept aside. The president presided
throughout. He Interjected remarks
and speeches. He brought to the plat
form men who made plain the prevail'
lug feeling, that thought and oaro
must bo exercised for the future. Tho
propared papers wore not presented,
but they will bo prluted In the per
manent record.
NEBRASKA NEWS
THE OMAHA PACKING COMPANY
PLANT DE8TROYED BY FIRE.
HALF MILLION DOLLAR LOSS
Loss of Ice Plant One of the Most
Serious Features Bert Taylor,
the Mlnden Murderer,
Heard From.
The old plant of the Omaha Pack
ing Company, at Thirty-third and Q
KtreetH, South Omaha, was destroyed
by fire Friday night, together with
.',.000,000 pounds or meat, involving a
loss estimated at $500,000. The big
plMil. or the Cudahy Company adjoin
ing was seriously threatened while
tin lire was at. Its height. The old
plant of the Omaha company was
used principally for the storage of
meat, the killing anil preparation or
the products for market being done
mostly at the new plant. There was
stored in the burned buildings 2,200,-
000 poundn or pork and 800,000 pounds
of beer, most, or which belonged to
the Omaha company. The Ice plant
was detroyed, which Is serious in
view or the shortage or Ice which al
icaily exists there.
although the origin or It has not
The lire started in tho smoke house,
been definitely determined. Tho
Omaha the department was called
upon and aided In controlling the lire.
ATTACKED WHILE ASLEEP.
Puts Up a Game Fight When Awak
ened and Drives off Assailant.
Considerable excitement is prevail
ing at York, Neb., due to the at
tempted assault on the person of Miss
Cora Klnneman, a '.20-year-old daugh
ter of George Klnneman, residents
or North York. Friday night t about
midnight Miss Klnneman was awak
ened and was immediately attacked
by a man, who attempted to choke
1 cr. Miss Klnneman put up a good
tight and in the struggle things in the
room were overturned, making con
siderable noise, which is supposed to
have rrlghtenrd her assailant, who
maJe his escape through the back
way. Miss Klnneman had retired and
v. as alone iu the house, and her es
cape was due to the great struggle
nnd fight she put up to suve her life.
Officers have found footprints outside
tracing to an alley, and the fact that
the party who committed the act was
in his stockinsfeet leads them to be
.Heve that someone who Is acquainted
with her and living near made the at
tempted assault. Owing to the lack
of light in the house Miss Klnneman
Is unable to describe her assailant and
,"0 far officers are unable to secure
any evidence o lead to arrest.
BURLINGTON FILES REPORT.
Net Earnings in Nebraska Almost
$4,000,000.
The Burlington railroad has file I a
report with the State Hoard of As
scssment of property to be valued by
the board for taxation throughout the
lato separate from the terminal tax
ation. It is signed by Tax Commis
sioner Pollard. For the first time the
company reports its property in bulk
and not as property owned by 17 sepa
up the Burlington system. For the
first time the report contains earnings
In Nebraska It shows that for the
six months ending March 31, 1908. the
Burlington in Nebraska had gross
earnings amounting to $9,977,037.21;
operating expenses, $5,715,5:11.45, leav
ing $4,202,102,76. From this is de
ducted SHS4.SI6.05, being one-hair
taxes ror the year ending March I. I,
1908, leaving the net earnings ror the
fix months. $15,877,256.71 . Tho road is
bonded Tor $10,615.75 a mile In No
hrawka. a little more than the report
showed lasr year. Tho net earnings
for the entire Burlington Bystem ror
the year ending June UO, 1906, as re
portel hint year, was $7,57lt,5l0.t;7.
Destructive Fire on Farm.
The Grams' home, six miles north
west of Alnsworth, Neb., suffered
heavily by fire Monday arternoon. Two
barns, five homes, three calves and
some hogs, besides 100 tons of hay
and some fanning implements were
destroyed. Tho total loss is about
$1,700, with an insurance of $1100. The
fire was started by two boys of tho
family, about ten and twelve years
old, who woro smoking in the barn.
They threw some matches in a bunch
of hay to see it blazo up.
Sues the Northwestern.
Wilber Hall, of Fremont, Neb., who
claims he wns hurt at, Irvington last
fall has sued tho Northwestern Ball
road company In the district court for
$10,000 damages. Hall says that a
pllo driver faultily constructed was re
sponsible for tho acoidlnt that result
ed In big Injury.
BERT TAYLOR SENDS LETTER.
Alleged Slayer of Pearl Taylor De
claren Innocence.
Bert M. Taylor, the alleged mur
derer of his fllster-ln law, ban been
heard from. A. A. Wyatt or Mlnileu,
Nth., who Is acting oh deputy sheriff,
received a teller rrom Taylor In which
the HUppoaed nluyor declares that ho
is Innocent, of the crime with which
In Is charged. The letter Is dated
May !, and bourn the postmark or,
Kiild, Oklahoma. It was posted at
F.nid May 12. There Is no doubt that
tho letter Is authentic. Tho sheriff
and several other people have testi
fied that the handwriting In the com
munication Is that of Taylor's.
Taylor says that ho Is not guilty
oi murdering Pearl Taylor, but that
a former chum or hid is guilty of
the crime. Taylor declares thnt. the
man who committed the act is an
excellent likeness of himself, and that
he could pass tor him any place.
Taylor does not. give any name, but
says tho man rormerly worked with
him In Dos Moines, and that they
were great chums. The two had a
quarrel and separated.
This man, so Taylor's story runs,
came to Mlnden on the day the Taylor
girls were assaulted and renewed
his acquaintance and rrlendshlp with
Bert Taylor. That night he accom
panied Taylor to the hitter's home nnd
there Intended to spend the night. Iu
discussing old times, however, tho two
disagreed over some Incident or their
past lire, and they quarreled again.
The friend managed to knock Taylor
down aud bound and gaged him.
Then he told Taylor that he was go
ing to the home of tho Taylor girls
and commit (lie assault so that tho
blame would he laid on Bert Taylor.
Taylor claims that he managed to
loosen his bonds just as the uunonncc
ment of the fire at the Taylor girls
house was given. He declares he
rushed out in pursuit of his former
chum in order to bring him to justice
for the crime against his sisters-lulu
w. lie has been chasing this man
ever since, and says that he will not
return to Mlnden until he can catch
him. Taylor declares he has suffered
greatly since he left Mlnden. He
hopes to got the man and return with
him to his home town.
The people of Mlnden do not believe
Taylor's story. They all believe the
letter is genuine but do not put any
credence In Taylor's story. Some of
Uienv think he is feigning insanity,
preparatory to giving himself up to
the officinls. They think that he
knows he can not long escape the
law's agent and that he wants to
escape death by feigning insanity.
Tragedy Near Table Rock.
Anton Blly, who lived on a farm
about nine miles southeast of Table
Rock, Neb., and ten miles this side
of Du Bols, shot his wife about seven
o'clock Tuesday and then shot him
self. The family formerly lived near
'J ablo Hock, and their life was ono
long- lino of domestic discord. This
is the third tragedy thnt has occurred
in the Blly family In the 4ast few
years. A few months since a brother
was shot while driving along In a
wagon, aud a short time previous to
that a young son of Anton was uc
cidontally shot while out hunting.
The Rains Prove Helpful.
Tho lato rains and the succeeding
warm weather have caused a quick
development In all kinds of vegeta
tion over the state. Corn is now be
ing planted. Pastures and meadows,
small grain fields aud garden aro
thriving aud much early produce is
being marketed. Tho anticipated loss
on tho fruit crop in some sections of
the tate lias proven to be only about
one-half as great as reported, cherries
and apples being but little damaged,
peaches and plums and small Trult
suffering the most injury.
Money Taken from Safe.
Thursday night uomeone entered
the store of Sutphin & J)alo ut Ne
hawka, Neb., and stole $40 from the
safe. The money was left by a work
man with the firm for safo keeping.
The safo door was ajar the next morn
ing and the firm Is not sure whother
it was locked or not the night before.
Nothing was taken but the money.
'I ho outside doors were locked and
the windows showed no signs of hav
ing been tampered with.
Claim Man is a Suicide.
A bottle containing a note stating
that Tom Kyan had committed sui
cide by jumping off tho bridge at
Omaha was found five miles below
Bellevue, Nob., in tho river and the
note sent to Chief of Police Donahue.
It. was stained aud worn as if it had
been in tho wator for some time.
The police have had no report of any
man by that name being missing.
Lightning Strikes Barn.
Lightning struck tho barn of Wil
liam Blrus, at Grand Island, last night
and all that was saved was tho family
horse. A colt, a cow and a calf were
stunned aud could not be rescued.
The loss was about $100, covered by
$100 insurance
A FATHER'S CRIME
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XILLO DO Y AND MAKES ATTEMPT
ON HIB OWN LIFE.
LIKELY TO SURVIVE WOUND
flays Agreement at Self-Destructlon
Exlcted Between Lad and Him
selfBody of Child
Found.
What appears to have been an
igreemont on the part of Henry Ru
dolph Annum, a German musician, 4"
years old, and his 12-year-old foster
son, Waller Kuobel, to die together
came to light when Annum was found
Htnggortng through tho woods near
Fort Sheridan, 111., delirious from
sclMnilleted wounds. The facts as
gleaned from tho musician's rambling
statements when imrtlally revived at
the fort, were that. Amann, for rea
sons not yet known, led the boy into
the forest last Friday, and after wan
dering about for nearly two days hud
gained the boy's consent that Amann
should kill him. Tho body of the
child was found pierced through the
heart, by a knife blade. Amann had
slabbed himself twice In the breast,
but his wounds had not proved fatal.
A letter was found in Amann's
pocket which he declared that, the boy
had written and which tended to
prove that the latter knew what his
fate was to be, and welcomed it. Tho
letter said:
"Please bury us together In one
giave. hvcry thing was against us.
I do not want to live without my
father. I go of my own free will."
The letter was signed "Walter." and
was in a child's handwriting.
Another letter, written by Amann
lead: "Please get my boy, 200 yards
northeast of Fort Sheridan."
All day Amann lay on a cot at the
fort, and raved about the deed. "I
have killed my son," he muttered over
and over. He knew that I wanted
to die and intended to die and he
did not, want, to be separated from
me. He smiled when I raised the
knife. He was a brave little fellow
aud not afraid to die."
ANCIENT FORT WILL REMAIN,
Government Not to Dismantle His
toric Arainaboine.
Historic Fort Assinaboine will not
br dismantled and blotted out of tho
Montana landscape. The war depart
ment has changed its mind, according
to information received at the head
quarters of the department, of Dakota
In. St. Paul and the old fort with its
traditions of the Incessant -and bloody
warfare with the Indians of the early
days will still be maintained and will
house the white soldiers as in the
old days. The government had de
cided to dismantle the fort and tear
('own the buildings. The land com
prising tho military reservation was
to be sold. Work on the disman
tling of the buildings had already
started when pressure was brought
to bear and tho war department was
convinced that the old fort should be
retained. The work or wrecking the
buildings was stopped and orders
have just been received to indicate
that a battalion or the Second infan
try will occupy the post.
WHITE CAPS THRASH FARMER.
Otto Huebner of Hadar Taken from
Home at Night.
White caps called at the house of
Otto Huebner. who lives near the
village of Hadar, eight miles south
of Pierce, Neb., Thursday night and
took him from the house. They re
moved his clothes from his person
and gave him a sound thrashing with
willow switches. It Is claimed that
Huebner has been beating his wife
lately and the masked men took this
occasion to teach him a lesson. Hueb
ner was In Pierce the day beforo and
called upon a local attorney aud
wanted divorce proceedings started.
Tie said that he undertook to punish
an old gander that was bothering the
other fowls and struck it with a stick.
His wife then struck him a blow with
a stick and lie retailiated by striking
her. Deputy County Attorney K. W
McDonald snys he has the names of
some of the white caps and that they
will "lie arrested and made an ex
ample of.
Bank Goes Into Liquidation.
it Is officially announced that the
Allegheny National bank or Pittsburg,
Pa., whose former cashier, William
Montgomery, is In Jail, specifically
charged with the misappropriation of
$594,000, while mi officer or the bank,
and officials of the treasury depart
ment are trying to fathom still far
ther apparent discrepancies In the
bank's funds, which will not reopen
foi business. Instead, a notice on the
door annouuees that tho comptroller
or the currency has taken charge nnd
will close up the affairs oi the bank
