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A BODY BLOW
TO RAILROADS.
The Supreme Court Gives Grand
Juries the Control.
RUSHES UP All ANTI-ANARCHY BILL.
Tha Decision Is Most Important and
Considered a New Safegnard
of Public Rights.
V'ashirjtori, I). c. (Special.) The
details ot a kill restricting anarchy
ard anarchists was practically dett-r-niint-O
ii today by the special rom
m.ttee of members of i he house Judi
taty c inmittee appointed to consider
this curjii-t. Thf language of sum; of
the jrtii:'iof:s is yet to be settied. but
ull of ti'e ewnt!al features of the
f irthcciiuiis miasure are determined
upon.
The rnaure will provide the death
penalty ti.r an an- nipt to kill or as
sault the president or anyone in line
THE WESTERN
IRRIGATION.
! supffvion for the presidency. An
accessory before the fact is to be
.treated as a p.mcipal. and an acces-f-ory
after the fart is punished in a
)-s rJi yrec than a principal. Any per
fin who ivunvis, advit-es or advo
cates the arault!t.g or killing of any
officer of the lnited States shall be
fined or Imprisoned. No aJien who ad
vocates an overthrow; of organized
governiritnt. or who is affiliated with
an organization holding such views, is
to te admitted to thin country.
country against a foreign ruW.
Washington. t. C. (Special.) Not it!
J'-ajs has the supreme court handed
own a more Important opinion, espe
nally one that so completely sa'e
auards the rights of the citixens, :jf
tn the so-called Louisville & Nashville
.ts. rendered early in January. wheie
! he court, by an opinion of Chief
l- t ice Fuller, upholds the constltu
:raiity cl a recent act passed by
th .-c-neral assembly of the common
."a.liko Kentucky outlining the pow
er?' sod duties of the railroad commiK
siAn of the state. This act, which was
lpigned to prerent railroad coropa
and corporation owning and op-
rs.ir a line or lines of raHroads, and
its officers; avnlj OT employes, from
,torUonate, coL'seting or r eeTvTn f x
'.ortionate freight or passenger rates
in Kentucky; provide also for the
wanner Jn which railroad eompanies'Tth Philippines? He said there should
operating In the state should be
orouj-ht to as acount by the railroad
orn mission.
"While there provisions do rot dtr
materially trtm maximum ate law
" adopted by other stale, notably
Nebraska - and Minnesota, thA act,
hose eonstltat tonality la now upfr-ld
y me highest tribunal of the land
eon tains one striking clause which may
ae engrafted upon the statute books
f other states. This teuse Is a follows:
The Representations of the West
Agree on Measure.
Congressmen Will Get Together and
Push a Bill For Irrigation
Through Congress.
Washington, T. C (Special. ) The"
lubeomnilttee of seventeen appointed
j by the senators ar.d representative
I from the arid and semi-arid states 1
j frame an Irrigation bill, reported to
the full membership the results of its
labors. The bill presented provides
that all moneys received from the sale
and disposal of public lands In Ari
zona, California, Idaho. Kansas, Von-
CLEVELAID 01 THE CU31I PROBLEM.
TO ENJOIN THE
BIG MERGER.
Action Is Begun By Stockholders
Against Great Northern.
tajia. Nebraska. Nevada, New Mex-
I'rbxisiun is also made for the pun- lco, North I"alsola, Oklahoma, Oregon,
ishmmt of those conspiring in this ; South Dakota. Washington and Wy
oming., beginning with the fiscal year
The special committee probably will jjune JO, 1901, including the surplus
report t j the judiciary committee In
the next few days and a report to the
house is expected soon, thereafter.
Secretary Hoot appeared before the
hc?t;e Insular affairs committee to urge
tha ewTCUnent of a homestead law for
said
-
Thr circuit eoart'of'awjr county Into
W through which ft line er lines of
road carrying' such paiewger or
Jrelght, owned or operated by said
wad. and the Franklin rfseuit court,
shall have Jurisdiction of the offense
against the railroad company or eor
orauoo offending, and the circuit
court of the county where such offense
be committed by said officer, or
nt or employe, shall have Jurisdic
tion IB all prosecutions agaW
fficer, agent or employe." .
- to n art defines the pow
na ouuerof fhe railroad comrais
ion and provides that if after care.
....uj.Hon Tne commission fall&i
exonerate the railroad or carrier
from the provisions of the long and
hort haul sections, an order In writ
nr to that mTit u,.!! - -
' nJssIon and a. eopy thereof de
''ie complalntant, and the
.published as a part of
"he commission; and
-iH be the duty
urisli a state
rher with a
;her--d jury
Ttj.it oU cf
, In oruXr -',
or cafvier jn-iV
tense, ad j
roper erfov'tx ttf
is
ty. leg-illation to enabje the Filipino
t arujre- (hie to property and that
denial of that right was. in his or'li0",
tne- cause of much of the present dis
turlxtl conditions. .
He cttet the arni-rent riots Is NeW
York- and the riots in Ireland as evi
dence cf what ollowed such denial.
H th(.;rnt a home-stead Ijw should
If pasted to permit the natives to
nvfkT fxtry pf K0 acres of land as
the rt';ij.irt,um, the local i?ovnmenx to
lit thf mintTkJunl. He also urg?d tbe
repeal o!" the Fpooti- amendmenu pro-
hibitlnt; th i uttinir of limter an4 the
graniinir of franchises. He said that
irauv-tiy in the Islands shrld be pro
moted, not prevented. The island??
need?ti railroads to devtlfp thefr abun
dant resourcen of timber, coal anfll oth
er miwrals.
Th btarings on admitting Oklahona
to statehood begaji tolay b&fore the
housr committee on territories' and w III
uunu(? tomorrow. Pelecate Flynn
raadt the opening presentation. H
wa supnortnd in his vV ws by Sytfiw-y
lark and others."
Another view was presented by a.
(Iclsgvte favoring the inclusion ot the
Indian Territory with Oklahoma in any
plan of statehood.
FOR NATIONAL CONTROL OK HOSTS,
y or carriA
I."
'to"- to the r.j''
Vo the public.
f ot any coinly. T
in Nebi
tftiknrton for
()N'S COMMKNT.
is trii re oeen i n
said en -Senator
t-n.-ral solicitor of
Missouri River rail
.i. who has leen in
the last wwk, "nor
ti - ! .. Mwiu1 nrh A Set-
Sf tae rajiiuiAtr. i -
kA Vgg prlven in this decfsMon." ,
.VaweJl knon fa' t that the
n j In many states have dom-
Allroa -klatioB looking to their con-
toaXeA K 'nlarly in uie murr
trf(, part, -ij-s. but the supretne court
ailroum opinion given a new and
oy jts aaple method .of . redress
gulch more s Wore hen devised, at
nan has here. tjrlng lown the rule
, same time mpny, may be tried
that a railroad tod Jury for extor-
efore 10041 gTa " inr llat
tion. Bhwld the lav- ,
rect- w t the time
This decision, co"1" n a most un
ti ai aB emphaslJted . wrt p(M-mlt-,ected
manner by the t. u mnDe.
tlnV the attorney general num.
tToC raUroads of the norths
that sid erer w ...
.rTa,- once more for the
... ,.oraU(.
r sgaunpi -
W"ai4inglon. A C (Ppet-fcU.V The
industrial commfvion. after sewrral
years srx-nV in investigating the lnas
trial condiWon of the country" wi4h
the view- of making- recoromendarfifwas
calculated to Sisit in the solution ot
the pfoblems- of the times, has com -
retef and sent to the printer Its flaa?
report. It is expr-cfird that this rf$t
be presened to fonjrrees, as nv
iHiired by law, wbhii the nett e
auyS". TTie final dtaurravit svlll be4 a.
'jjoluHe of about i.Dt pa,V and wiir
k" a review of ihe evUencf rr.ntaaiefl
in he pirrtously pubtished" eighoeeti
volottR-s.
in thbr last volume the varies,!' jues-
tions which teen coxisuif ncl ttt tfce-
crairse' of the Inouirr re- rntvtis-'-a
fnK -decided they jn r m feral headings' an. n-t-oiii-
to be redrew in j rra-nfl Uion are nvtde. On thf sisfct
iJPiTt'ies 4hat bavnjof lrfc th? commission f oft rlwe-
the hands of the.1 ly the lies of rt omroendrUi'SS laid
of unjut distr;m- do n by the presidt-r.t in rox avi
mssaKe. Supervision by the n.lnal
governmt ril is recomiocn fcfi. Hlv
! m.ua radical sw;ific sut iitul
in that direction by the report Is- tait
the books of all corporations be su
jet at all times to insp.tiotw as a
the books of national banks.
The commission discusses gravers-,
merit ownership of railroads and tele
graph lines, but does not recomn lend,
such a departure from present mil)
oda. ,
of fee and com rni ions in excess of
allowances to registers and receivers,
excepting 5 per ctnt set asiJe" or edu
cational purposes, nhall be set asISt'
in the treasury department as a spe
cial fund for Uie reclamatin of the
arid and semi-arid lanflV. The money
shall be used in the examination htiS
survey and for construction and main
tenance of irrigation works for th
jtoraje, diversion and development cf
water TcjT Ibe said reclamation. In
the- event that there Is not suffic-fiit
money received from ibe sale of gov
ernment lands WfUpport b'n the Ir
rigation proJ-Cfc anf ibe agricultural
colleges, the mil dlcts th.lt ttx treas
ury department shalf fuppiy the defi
ciency for the agricultural roIlegf m
of any money not otherwise apPropri
atet. The bill gives the secretary of lh"
Irgerior the right to locate and ton
Strpct wnrVs for the f toraite, diverjn
an4 development of waters, imlu'iinK
artestaji wells,.ajid to ref.rt his action
to wmsrffFs at each reeular sefion. It
also gives him authority to withdraw
from public entry the lands required
or irrigation works, and that the pub
lic; lands hich it is proposed to irri
gate shall be subject to entry only
under the prwislons of Ibe bomt-sti-ad
laws on tracts of not )e,s than foety
acres nor more than 16ff acres, ami
that the comrmitation provisions of
the homestead laws shall not aptily lo
the entries under the act-
In addition to these featur-f. which
have Jong been under dise-us,siwi by
the subcommittee, the bill furthu-r Jrt
videa that entrymen upcm tho tjuli
to be irrigraAed must reclaim the larais
for agricsUutral purposes; that the sec
retary of the' interior may proceed by
purchase r condemnation to arjulr
j the desired property upon whi'-h t-
erect irrigation works, and that the
laws of the states and terriVr!PS in
the arid an semi-arid regions stiall
goverrr and eontrol the appropritrtion
and use of U waters re-ooVTeJ avail
able by the rfe const nicted.
A day of labor is fixed at etitht
boors. The bin prohibits the err-Iey-ment
of Asiatic labor. JStr riRtit, to
use the watrr for land in private wn
ersbJp saall be .Ui for a tract ex
ceeding ISO acr to any erne person
and no rlaht sha pertnanemly attach
until all payments th-refor are rawAle.
The bill will pretetbly be tntroriuerd
by Warren in the senate and by Mw
lands in the hou.
Tork, Pa. (Special.) A. B Ferqtt
har of this city, the heae of the Far
kuhar Agricultural Works and promi
nent in democratic national aifalrs.
has received the foiiowing letter from
former I'resident Cleveland, dated at
Princeton, in reply to one sent him by
Mr. Farejuhar. relative, to the relations
of the United States with Cuba:
'1 only have suthiiently recovered
from my illness to be about a little
aiid ride out in a limited way. To
morrow I hope to start on a trip to
the Muib in the expectation that my
-h"Hh will be largely reinsta ltd by.
the outlna. ' - "' I " '
"I received your l,tter yesterday, and . MlnB,,ro,K Minn.(Special -The
was mu. h Impressed by the manner In ,orn. of ,,,,. . Bouden and So-
.
pnta Mann Chapman ntea a petition
Petition States that Northern Securi
ties Company is a Conspiracy
and is Fraudulent.
ai'L'HEL I -
which you discuss our relations and
our duty to Cuba. The arguments
used in oi position to the tariff conces
Mons siwr Implores, based upon our m
terial interests, are fallacious, mists
ken and misleading, while their soured
and the agencies of their propaga
tion an! f-pread cannot faiT to be rec--gnii:ed
by every honest, pa trie tic cit
izen with shame and htniil)at(oiL ,
"It seem to me, howevef, lt.at this
sub(t Involves considerations of
morality and conscience higher and
more commanding than all others. The
obJijr&tions arising from these consid
erations' cannot be better or more for
cibly defined than was done by Pres
ident Jioosevell in his message to con
gress, j.oi better emphasized than has
been done by Secretary Root; and yet
congress waits, while we occasionally
hear of concession which rich sugar
interests might approf In behalf of
tresiMlnj; Cuba. . -'a
"I 6c hot bdlve thai halionl pn7
for sji injunctirm in the state district
court ajralnst the Great Northern rail
way and its directors to prevent a
transfer of its stock to the Northern
rVrnritles ompany. .
Fotiden holds 4(f1 snd Mrs. Chapman
1W shares of (Ireat Northern stock.
The attorneys are the same as those
who, In behalf of IMer Power of New
iTork, are seeking in the Unit-d Stales
tlsjtrlct court to have the retirement
of the Northern Pacific preferred stock
declared Illegal. ,
The bill of complaint set up tile
well known facts mH to the attempted
merger of the Great Northern, North
ern Pacific and Hurlington systems, al
leges that It Is contrary to the stat
utes of Mlnntsejta, North DakotaMon
tana and Washington, and intends to
destroy all competition and charges
that separate organisations maintained
are merely nominal and intended to
OPENLY VIOLATE LAW Cf TH UX
late t) t rules of hcr.esty and fair deal.
i''g- I ntli t!:e is nd escape, there
ore, I j not believe that, with all
fir fine words and lofty professions,
our ernbruce of Cuba mean the con
taioit of deaily disease."
SHAW CLIMBS TO HIS OLD IOWA HOME.
mere than indfilUuaJs can saf. ly vi i deive the public, the real manage
Otf-nt and control being vested In the
NortTsefn Hecuritie-s company. -
It is claiinnd by this action that the
Great Northern directors have ren
dered hs charter of the road subject
to forfeiture in the suit of the state of
Minnesota and the license of operation
In the other stats Unversed subject
lo revocation, and further that many
such suits are Imminent, whereby the
company ill lose valuable rights and
privileges unless the directors are per
manently enjoined from tarrying out
the merger.
Judgment if demanded on eleven
points that th? merger is fraudulent
and contrary to tht laws of this nt.it ;
that the Northern iecuritles company
is a conspiracy; that the Great N'orth-
JVnlsotl, la. FpeeiaJ. More than
I . tx'-l people flexked to the Iwnison op
era house tC ttd the farewell re
ception to Goverrvr j, M. Phaw, new
ly chosen w retary of the treasury.
I'Cpie from all the surrounding toun
ties' were In aUer.dannv, and every
town in Crawford eourty was repre
sented. Oldtime farmer friends, dem
ocnits aif well as republicans, drove
twenty mlliv over the rough roads to
bid the gov nor gcKlspeed. Colonet I ern freetors and agents be enjoined
Sears McHenry presided over the pro-
irram. .hort speeches were rriaile by
Carl F. Kuehnle, J. K. Komajir, P. E.
C. Laliy and F. W. Myers.
ecreiary tiaw received a tremerv
ifoos oration when he arose to speak,
lie announced that he had no inten
tion of giving up his Ix-nison home,
and thir statement was received with
great appfause. The reception was a
miig-nificeiBt tribute to the affection; In
which Secretary t-haw i held by those
ho know aim best.
FILlPiKOS TO HAVE AN EXHIBIT.
THE NEBRASKA SAND HILL FCRESHT.
Washington. D. Ct-ffpeci' A Ht
tel was circulated among the Nebras
ka congressioen to-y f"" their stg
7ai urea, addressed o the presi(!nt,
rexjommmduuE the eiatab-Ushment of
thm-e forest rwervesf in as many- lo
calftjes te the aandhiii: districts of Nebraska-
These reeerve as cnU;m Mat
ed Include an avgregaae of iiS.TJO acres
with- but I per cent bt4A under private
claims. Xt hi 4eslKMA to make the
experiment of raisins; timber In ttovse
furent reewrves, dicest the president
follow the sugu1oa ef the Nebraska
City of Mexico. Spec!aI.) fiubsca Ip -fc delegation, U atouKbt to Include the
tions are being taken here among thej cajied JTiobracai ttuaVrtct. whltt lies
American and British residents forthV largely In Cherry eoaaaty, and tn the
victims of the earthquake at C3.il-- vicinity of the Havbrara river; Zrismal
panctngo. Three women were rrusl ed: ; rcserr wilch la stUiau-d in Blaine
to death In the church of San Jloses j an( ioup eounaves, and the Nortln
at Chilapa while engaged In their tde- jut rerw. In a thought tf those
votions. One woman, at the first 1 re- who have the mm iter In charge tha
mor, ran to the door, hoping t es- the delegation vrftl be a unit In. ha
rim but was caught beneath the .he land et swrtde.
tower as it fell. Fortunately a U rgof Henry H. War. s.-cretary C the A-
Vor tase aowiceswni l
AID T8 VICTIMS CF EARTHQUAKE.
St. Ivouis. .Mo. Spe iI.) It was of
ficiaty announced at the warld s fair
(uartli-rs! thaX the civil govertiment of
the PhiSipplne ifla.rds had pwde an
appropriation of i2LbM0 for a Philip
pine exhibit aJ. toe f.-xposltion tn 103.
The appripriai,on Is made frt the
funds of the Philippine government
arid has bfn afrove4 by Prvsldent
KoOBevelt. Tb' announcement he-re is
made on the anthnritaUve advie of
John Barrett, world's fair commission
er general to Asia, who has. for lome
time been in corsallatii'S with the
Wabinpton aiahorl'ies. The PWiip
pirie government has all facilities at
its disposal, including tie United
J-'Utes tranFfsirt wrvu,. w hic h will be
available for bringing. Uie exhibit wer
without expense, and it is considered
that the appropriation is ample for a
-rreditahle and hixhly Intirenting and
'valuable display of the Islands' re
sources. The Chinese government has
already signified Its Intention of par
ticipating In the exposition, and It la
expected that favorable action In the
saw direction will sooni be taken by
other countries of Asia.
portion of the population were to the
main plaxa at the time of the si ocl
watching a tight-rope performanci ,
Advfocs from ChllpanclnKO r pre
sent tha Cowernor Mora and fa mily
are uslnr a stable aa a. tempi a-arf
dwelling. He offers iO0 a pee-
soaal ccrotribution toward rebCiOdi
city. Many people are rep wo
mX gon insane a a. resell of tan
knreoa of the cataaitphe aiwl frum
--rTTrTTnoctatioe of ,o of rre. and irtenos. it -
A. bill to preni kMM BTOOomm retail the city on -
, . uMmmm fief PhlusditHrli. whose
" " a-1 - rJhiaJtnso. were a
tiM as iboi si
beavd4ra
aieai ui
soclalion
Science, and. eoaaKted wits, the L'si
verslty of KetMMka, has -writtr a
letter to WarisaUr Millard, protesting
against the BK4Kt of tn fish com
mission, a wi4teiantated, with the new
department, ef awameroe. He sajrs if
It Is done, 1t Will scrlousAy Impair the
flab t niiiiasiiiileii'i work end lukndinap
It In , IU , sapaUflc iBveaxlgatione. Tha
letter wse referred to ' Senator Fry,
chalrmaa el Use eomanittee eat cowv-
atd ajneldent pre tem ef ihe
senaoe, whe ha wrUtea a character-
let he reply, stating that be will e
aeCbinC ta tnUefere with the eflkrieacy
at tha esiaaH Hm. sor hinder It la aay
ta It aeetkV InvxeUcatl
a., time ef IM fittaater.
Bwtha sWbt
(jeaerai www n" - -
trttbeaK. vaaoary is,
w ten tae sue wkh
- !Z 4- esdasd tbespoC Tbe lax-
tef.
OeasrmI bteths
W ad altar m rmasUttf tfkt
ployed ta tha basement ef tha new city
L dateevarea what may prove to
ha a gold bona ma Profuse colors la
a aedlmsnt ef black aand which ap-
aatrifl after washing la tha oM-faab-
loaea way. ceased commqMoa asae
eaty scncials. The men were dbajrlnf
tha send ta place the machinery
alt as a new aleratar, about tourtaea
Jfaat bekrw tha y of ravrwrata
atrosi. when tae peeaisr aawra or
Oa aaO, laaXHikiblr UaU f fMi
Must Trust to the Brigaetds.
Constant inopi. (ritecUJ.) It Is Ufi
d"rstood that the American negotia
tors for the releaae of Miss Ellen M.'
Stone and ber companion,Mroe. Tsilka,
to whom the money subscribed for the
captive missionaries was sent, may
huve to ectmst the fund1 t' th brig
ands for some days before the latter
release the captives. In accordance
with the precedent adopted In the case
ef termer brigandages. The bandits
are said to Insist on this point. In or
der to enable them to dispose of the
caa before retallative measures can
tm, organized.
Sympathises With B
Washington. D. C tSpecial.) Rep.
resentatlve Clark (dettL. Mo), today
Introduced a Joint reneiution tn ths
house, declaring that the people of the
United Htates feel a strong sympathy
with the people of the South African
republic and the Orange Free Btatei
that they are pained at the reports of
the present suffering of these Chrls
tfcui people, and unite In the hope that
tills declaration, which the boose and
senate feel It their duty to make, will
be favorably considered by tbe govern
ment of Great Britain.
Soya Mm tartan are Fata.
Washington, D. C imperial rCol
onel Metcalf of Kansas with with tha
president today with Mr. Mulvana, the
national committeeman of Kansas.
Colonel Metoalf says the charges j
against nrm ot ordering a
during the pendency of the suit and
permanently thereafter from reglntr
ing any transfers of flock to th"
Northern Securities company ;f mm rec
ognizing or accordinK any privileges to
that company, or from receiving any
votes in its mee-tings; from entering
into any combination whatsoever with
the Northern Pacific which snail dis
turb the Independent integrity of the
defendant company; that the dfenl
ant directors be enjoined from holding
any office In or participating In any
affairs of the Northern (Securities com
pany; and from paying any dividend''
on stock held by that company. Th
defendants have been given time in
which to answer.
Washington, P. C. Fp ial r The
report of the interstate wmmre com
mission urgently repeats former re
quests for such additional legislation
aa will give the commission power te
reach the secret evils not touched tr
the present laws. On the subject of
the recent Investigation into the move
ment of packing house products, the
report says :
"That leading traffic offkials of
many principal railway lines should
deliberately violate the. statute law of
the land and, in many cases, agree
with each other to do so; that It
should be thought necessary to destroy
Vouchers, and to so manipulate book-
keeping as to obliterate evidence of
the transactions; that bundrtOs ot
thousands of dollars should be paid ia
unlawful rebates to a few great pack
ing houses; that the busineus of rail
ruad trarispoitation is the mt Im
portant, but one, in the country to
day, paying the higheul salaries audi
holding out to young men great in
ducement, should, to such an extent,
be operated in open disregard of the
law, must be surprising and offensive
to all rlght-mnided persons.
. EAGKR FOK fJAIN.
"Equally startling, at least, Is the
fact that the owners u these packing
houses, men whose" .names are known
throughout the commercial world,
should seemingly be eager to augment
their gains with th enormous amounts
of these rebates which they receive In
plain defiance of the federal statutes.
These facts carry their own comment
and nothing said by us can add to
their significance. '
"We certainly believe that the exist
ing laws should be so amended that
railway managers who de-sire to ob-m-rve
the-m, can do so without tbe risk
pf sacrificing their property."
The commission vigorously comments
on the fact that It tias been judicially
determined that a corporation Is not
liable for the violation of these laws,
anA that an agent alone can be pun
ished. In regard to the movement of grain,
the commission observes:
"At present grain and grain products
move from points of their origin to
the sen board, generxlly upon secret
rat-s, in favor of the foreigner anl
excluding from business the small operator."
The total number of proeu'edlugs
brought the commission during the
year was 30. Of these. Its informal
complaints were settled through pre
liminary Investigation by the com-,
mission.
"FIDDLER" MAYOR IS ACTIVE WITH AX.
Chicago. III. (Special Member of
the Interstaje cornirit-roe commission
have arrived here and Ixgan making
preparations for lrivest:tlnf? the
northwestern railway merger, tumors
to the effect that J. J. HIU and K. H.
U&rririiant, who have been subpoenaed
to testify before the commission -it
Its ofx-ftlng s-ssitn, would tn.t appear
owing lo their nbyence In the east
during the suprirEo court hir1r,if of
the Northern 8eiritie ca.:, were
lightly set aside by the romreissloue,
ers. Commu-'Siotier J. Yeoir.i; to.
day staled UiiU tht investigation Into
tbe result no the rale situation by
reason of lisp cotuolidict lem would be
betrun tomorrow and that he had been
assured personally of Mr. Hill's pres
ence. Iater tiii? question of grain rates
will be resumed, and he said it was
probable the question on packing hour
rates would he Kotve into axain. Mr.
Teom&ns said he bad beard nnthiiig
cf the agreement nuule between, prwt
tdents of the westrn railways and
the big packers to maintain legal
rates.
TO CONSIDER LEASE OF PUBLIC LMDS.
Uncotn. Nek.-CFpeelaL A meetlns
ef the Neornska bvxk Growers' as
sociation wilt proliabty be ealld tor
aome time m February, at Alliance,
to consider the bill in congress, pro
viding for leaelng public lands.
The bill prevldea fo leasing all va
cant public lnnd west of the JOWi
meridian, under suitable ritrulajilins.
for a period of ten years, special pre
ference being given to stockmen who
are In actual uso of said lands during
the past year; the revenue to be paid
Into the trtesury and us.-d tur re
claiming the arid regions.
The bill was drawn by a committee
of Ave members of the American Cat
tle O rowers' association.
Heveral members of the Kebraaka
association met to discuss the bill, and
while a action was taken It was gen
erally conceded that It waa a meritor
ious saessure and shoald become a
law.
Bryan Make Fatal Bpaaah.
Madison, Wis. peclal.-WUHani J.
Bryan spoke before an audience of
1,000 In the gymnasium of the univer
sity under the auspice of the Univer-
minlna , atty Oratorical association. He was
killed are baaed on the affidavit of Introduced by ei-fteaetor Vilas, who
man who afterward withdrew It Ha with other gold democrats sat on the
said that the stories are not true and platform. His theme waa "A Oonquer-
that there wUl be no difficulty la tog Net leu." He arraigned the trusts
bowing thai fact ta the senate, where and hnpertallsm and said that moral -
his nomination a penelaa sgsai af ttjr waa being lost sight of by nations
) hew feudist. Ism aueeooo pt rorertuueBt poUcy.
San FTanctwj, Ca!.(Epecial. Eu
gene K. Schmlts, the "fiddler" mayor
of this city, who was scle-td as the
avowed representative of the labor
unionists, ha struck terror to the
heart of every holder of a position
under the municipal government br
tbe viKor with which he is carrying
out his reform Ideus. Although he ha
been In oilice barely two weeks, the
mayor has caused an upheavUI In
several branches of the service by his
removals and suspensions.
A fw days ao County Clerk Ma
hony was suspended, but Rerund a
writ of Injunction temporarily pre
venting the mayor ftni proi.wdlng
further m tlie matter. This was for
nn lierJ violation of the purity of
elections law.
Then S:hol Director S. Ti. Casserly
uas f'i -il to reii;n, and today K. W.
U'i!l;itnij, a juft ice's clerk, wa forci
bly eject,..! from his office by the po
lice j-ilu-r having l.e-n sompeiuted oa
the r barge that he spent much of his
oliielal time at the race track Instead
or at his office. In this removal the
rruiyor disobeyed a temporary Injunc
tion secured by Wllliuine from the
superior eurt.
The mayor's action follows an Inves
tiR;itlor lieg-un by him an soon am he
took oflrv. n la aald that he win sees,
the Reacts of a number of ether efftoe-ht.lders.
GIVES SOME STARTLIN6 TESTItSIY.
Frankriwt, Ky.-i Special.) Ia tbe
Howard trial William Sunder tin rew
that Ile-vorly White, one of Ilowardia
friends, said ti him early In the pres
ent moBtti: "l got Jim Howard to ga
o Frankfort to kill Ooebel, sad he
killed him. My brother John and I
will sp-nd all we have te ret Hanrarg
out."
Beversf wlteesse-s testified t How
ard's having In his possession a faiaa
mustache shortly before the shooting.
Home strong testimony was Introduced
to controvert the alibi set up by the
defense.
Vh proprietor of the Hoard of Trade
hotel and numerous ether wlliuisu .
lifted that Howard was net In the
hotel at the time 'ioebel waa shot and
that neither of his aUbl wltnj Mm, Rub
er tioji or Mmre, wm there.
Howard s story as to his whereabout
on the day of the shooting waa ahn
contradicted on several points.
Tbe attempt of the defense to fastest
the shooting on Henry Toutaag an
Dr. W. R. Johnson wan given a sa
vers blow by several wttneaeea umsV
fylng that Dr. Johnson waa at bus
borne In Jackson county on the dagr of
tne snooting ana for
rioon thereto.
Bohwab Vlaita Emgarar.
Vienna. (Special.) Tho mayor o
Vienna presented Charles ht aVAwaJh
president of tha United States Btaal
corporation, ta Emperor Francis Jk.
seph at tha dtlsens' ball. Tha tm
peror and Mr. Schwab ooavsreed
aome length on eommerdal mat til.
Tha emperor expressed his ragrat at
the early departure of Mr. Schwab
from Vienna aa It would prevent hbj
majesty from receiving him again, htv.
Schwab leaves here for Bern a tnssia
row sag wfll yxnee aroaeeg la tWp
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