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! i 1 I V II II 1 I I ii in ii i vn i iii I ii i iii ii it i 1 1 iii i i WWW my Vol. 19. No. 935. REBATERS INDICTED Bills Returned Against the American Sugar Refining Company and New York Central Railroad New York. The 'April federal grand jury in concluding its labors handed down seven sealed indictments in the sugar .rebating cases. The indict ments are against the following: . The New York Central Railway. The American Sugar Refining Co. The New York Central and Hudson River Co., and Nathan Guilford, vice president of the company. . The American Sugar Refining com pany of New York and C. Goodlee Ed gar and Edwin E. Earle, the latter be ing wholesale sugar dealers of Detroit, Mich. ' ' :.- . t v ; . The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and Nathan Guilford, yice president, and F. L. Pomeroy, general traffic manager. The six indictments were found un der, the "EWcins anti-trust law' which provides penalties of a fine not ex ceeding $10,000 or imprisonment not exceeding two years, for giving, granting, applying for or accepting any rebate or concession from the regular freight rates, as published , by a railway company as a common .car rier. . !! : : : ' The seventh ; indictments found against Guilford, Pomeroy, Edgar and Earle charges them with having col lectively conspired to violate the pro vision of the Elkins anti-trust law: These are the first indictments for an alleged violation of the anti-trust law in this district.' Sixteen sessions of the April grand jury were devoted exclusively to the consideration of these cases, but it is evident from the presentment which the jury handed In with the indictments that it deems the situation but hurriedly canvassed. It recommends that the investigation be continued by its successor, intimat ing that indications point to the possibility-that other common carriers may be equally culpable with the in dicted roads. ; FIND NEW '. GOLD Fl ELD Prospectors Declare Hudson Bay Re ! gion Will Surpass Yukon : Ottawa,- Ont. The region in "the vicinity of Hudson . Bay seems des tined to become more famous for its mineral wealth than either the Yukon or the new Eldorado at Cobalt. It is believed that the" mineral resources awaiting the prospector in that region may surpass anything the dominion has yet produced. ' .'. . A. J. Jacobs, a Montreal mining au thority, reports : the arrival of a pros pector from the Hudson Bay district who reached the city of Montreal this week after many years' stay in the far.; north country. He exhibited to ' Mr. Jacobs a bag full of gold nuggests some of which Mr. Jacobs stated were half pounders and pounders, while not ne was under an ounce in weight. A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND HOME Lincoln, Nebraska, May 10, 1906 This man has come out to record his claim, and also reports finding large deposits of hard coal and copper. LOW BUILDINGS ARE PREDICTED Architects Say New San Francisco ''Will Se Built on' Safe Lines That the new San Francisco will be a city of comparatively low build ings, and that steel and concrete will be the chief materials used in con struction work, is the opinion of Chi chicago architects. As to what it will cost to reconstruct the city, the archi tects declined even to guess. They said that until the : insurance compa nies should complete their adjust ments, to some extent at least, and until property owners could disen tangle their affairs it would be impost sible to forecast the cost of replacing the buildings destroyed. "The earthquake has put a finish to skyscrapers in San Francisco," said : Henry P. Harned, an architect at 218 LaSalle street. "It is my opin ion the buildings in the new city will not be on the average more than six stories in height. It is prdMbfeiiai city, ordinances will be passed regu lating' the height of buildings. - It will be found necessary to use much more steel in the "construction work, as this material makes a better unit of a building. PALM A IS RENAMED PRESIDENT Unanimous Electoral Vote for Cuban Executive is Announced Havana Cuba's senate and house met in extraordinary session and the official . electoral vote - for president was announced as follows: - . '.. Pinar del Rio, 9. - Havana, 20. Matanzas, 12. ; Santa Clara, 16.' ; Camaguay, 8. Oriente, 16. : ; ; All the eighty-one votes were given for Senor Tomas Estrada Palma, who was officially proclaimed elected for four years more. It was the same for Senor Mendez Capote, who was proclaimed vice president. ROSEWATER BOOM LAUNCHED Meeting in Advocacy of His Senato rial Candidacy - Omaha. A well attended meeting of friends of Edward- "Rosewater was held at Washington ' hall Wednesday evening at ' which the candidacy of the Bee's editor for the United States senate was officially and successfully launched. ! Howard H. Baldridge pre sided, and his first mention of Mr. RosewaterV name elicited enthusias tic applause. He argued that one of Nebraska's senators should come from the commercial centers of the state, because other competitive cities of the west had their representatives in the; senate. . ; ':-''..', '. Mr. Rosewater's candidacy was read by L. H. Houston, a Nebraska' travel ing' man, and from E. J. Cornish, president of the Carter white lead works. Unanimous endorsement was given to the following resolution: "Whereas, We recognize in Hon. Ed ward Rosewater a man of splendid ability; peculiarly well fitted to dis charge the duties of the office of Uni ted States senator because of his wide knowledge and familiarity with pub lic questions, be it "ReSOlV01 That tHa maco maaHncr of citizens endorse his candidacy and pledge him our undivided support." CAPITAL VS. LABOR President Roosevelt will be asked to take' immediate steps to settle the coal strike or assume the responsi bility of allowing the country to be plunged into one of . the worst labor wars in its history. Thjs much has been decided at the convention of the bituminous opera1 tors of Illinois. The coal men 'assert ed they, have reached the limit of negotiations with the miners. They propose, now to carry their case to the president, and if he fails to act the operators are ready . to fill the mines with non-union men, establish the open shop, and engage in a finish fight with the miners' union. A delegation of operators from Illi nois, Indiana, Ohio, and the southwest era states will visit the president in Washington within two weeks and ask him to intercede. Behind them will be aligned large manufacturers and other important, coal consumers who will join in the appeal by sending personal requests to Washington ask ing that every effort be made by the national executive to stop the strike STANDARD OIL STOCKS GO UP New York The president's message regarding transportation and freight rates in connection with the country's oil industry, which was transmitted to congress, had no adverse effect on the price of oil stocks. Soon after the publication ' of the message odd lot sales of Standard Oil stocks were made on the curb at 605, an advance of seven points over the closing the night before. REAR ADMIRAL HUGHES DIES Washington Rear Admiral Aaaron Kronkle Hughes, retired, died in this city aged 85 years. He entered the service in 1838 and attained the rank of rear admiral in . 1882 and was re tired in 1882. Admiral Hughes served throughout the civil war. His last command - was the Pacific -squadron, his flagship being the Hartford. In terment will be at Arlington ceme tery. TURKS EXTERMINATE A BAND ., . Salonica, European Turkey After the fight at Kaplan near Uskub, re cently, between Turkish troops and a band of Bulgarians, in which three Turks and two Bulgarians were killed and several Turks wounded, the troops were reinforced and pursued the band, which consisted of ten, and exterminated it. At .Tresia, near Fiorina, on May 4, a Grreel: band murdered nin villagers.: members of the " Greek church. U LIFE Subscription $1.00' ROOSEVELT A QUITTER President Reverses Position and De serts Republican Supporters and Democratic Allies With Vic tory in Sight Washington, D. C, ' May (Spe cial.) The past week has been one of excitement and surprises. The president's - message accompanying the report of Commissioner Garfield, exposing and condemning the illegal practices of the Standard Oil com pany in conjunction with several rail' roads, was a surprise to the parties accused, who immediately retorted with a sarcastic and vehement denial of the charges. The great surprise, however, was the unconditional sur render' of President Roosevelt, to the railroads in the matter of a proposed court review amendment, granting the inferior federal courts jurisdic tion oyer., the. proceedmgfsof the In terstate commerce ' commission, as au thorized - in the pending MIL - The surprise was stunning not only to the democrats, who, upon the so licitation of the president, had worked with him in the utmost; good faith showing consummate ability in the work of perfecting a measure in the interest of justice, to the shippers -as well as the railroads, .but' to republi can ! supporters of- the measure like Dolliver, Clapp and others who were doing their utmost to secure the sup port of republican senators for at least a reasonably, good bill. -; j -, The action of President Roosevelt in deserting his republican friends and democratic allies, after the battle had been won and the passage of the bill as it came from the house or, with the Long amendment added an assured fact, is a surprise that surpasses all understanding and ; puts President Roosevelt in a new light before the country very different from what he occupied before. - - - The fact that President Roosevelt's close advisers have consisted in the main of railroad and corporation at torneys, while the; members of his own party who were known to be brave and valiant defenders of: the rights of the people against corporate extortion , have been objects of his displeasure leads many to believe, in the light of the president's latest act, that his sole purpose in attacking cor porations is to attract attention to' himself, without any sincere or deter mined purpose to; correct the evils complained of or to materially inter fere with. the great corporations that contribute so . liberally to .the exchequer, of. republican campaign committees. , , , . . ... ,- It is well known that some of the ablest railroad attorneys in the coun try have had quarters at the Wash ington hotels ever since the rate bill was taken up, and . that they have been busy, devising tricky phrases to be inserted in the amendments to hp- be offered after the general debate