CHINAMEN TO DIG CANAL
2,500 Chinamen to be Brought From
China Under Contract That
Includes Their Return
Washington Chinese labor will be
given a thorough test on the Panama
canal. Contracts calling for 2,500
Chinamen for canal work have been
prepared and advertisements will be
issued by the isthmian canal commis
sion in a few days asking for propos
als from labor agents. If the initia
2,500 Chinamen prove a success it is
likely that many more will be taken
to the isthmus to do the work, which
is too hard for the Jamacians now
employed there in large numbers. Or
ganized labor has offered much onnns-
ition to the use of contract Chinese
-xbor but the Jamaican workmen have
,,roven inadequate, sufficient Scan
iards cannot be had immediately to
rush the work and Chinese are the
last hope of the commission. -
President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft
and Chairman Shonts of the isthmian
canal commission and other men
prominently identified with the canal
work are known to have delayed em
ploying Chinese he did not stand ner
dent that the other help obtainable
was not eaual to the demands. The
administration has taken the position
tnat the canal must be dug at any
cost, and although" the president
urged that there be no haste in em
ploying Chinese he di not stand per
manently in the way of the plan to
try coolies. It is the intention of the
commission to ask for bids from' labor
agents who will arrange with the Chi
nese government for the exportation
of labor, transport the Chinese to the
isthmus under contract to work for
a fixed wage and ship them back to
China, thus relieving the commission
of ' all detail work and all responsi
bility. A bond will be required of
all contractors for a satisfactory ful
fillment of any contract they may en
ter into with the commission.
The employment of the Chinese will
not displace the Jamaicans who are
already there, but no more West In
dies negroes will be hired if the Chi
nese prove a success.
DIED IN SAVING HIS MEN
Fifteen New York Tunnel Workmen
Owe Lives to Foreman
New York The lives of fifteen
men, at work 300 feet beneath the
Hudson river opposite Cortlandt street
in the McAdo tunnel, were saved Sat
urday by the heroism of Michael
O'Connor, the foreman, when a stick
of dynamite exploded prematurely.
The foreman noticed the fuse to the
dynamite sputtering with far greater
rapidity than was usual. ' He shouted
to the other men in the tunnel com
partment to run to the shaft and then
tried to put out the fuse. Fired by
the heroism of his chief, Patrick
Coyne of Jersey City went back to
help O'Connor.
The spluttering fuse burned on
ward and at last touched the stick
of dynamite. With a flash and a roar
the explosion scattered rock and tim
ber about the floor of the tunnel ex
cavation. When the workmen re-
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The Nebraska
turned they found the lifeless body of
O'Connor lying to one side of the bore,
uyue jay twenty reet from Mm, still
living, out torn and bruised. Coyne
was sent to St. Francis' hospital
wnere it was said that he had a
chance of recovery. O'Connor's home
was in jersey City,
PARKER IN AN UGLY HUMOR
Judge Writes Sarcastic Letter to Sey
mour Eaton
New York The resignation of Sey
mour Eaton, as secretary of the in
ternational policyholders' committee,
tendered yesterday, was accepted to
day at a meeting of the executive
committee. Edgar E. Clark nf p0.
dar Rapids, la., of the interstate com
merce commission, was made actine
secretary of the international policy-
noiciers committee.
The following letter from
ion is. Parker, chairman of the pvpph.
tive committee, was forwards tn Mr
Jvaton, who is in Philadelnhia-
"Seymour Eaton. Esq. Dear ffir
I am directed bv the eeenti VP nnm
mittee of the international
nciaers' committee to say that while
ru..VJ
burpnsea that you should make
known your intended resignation tn
the public at midnight, before send
ing to tne committee a resignation
which does not attempt even to e-ive
any reason for your action and of your
neglect to come before the committee
today as requested, wo are Rntierid
tnat your resignation, which we no.
cept, comes none too soon As tn
your clerk, Libfried, he is not treas
urer of the committee, and no one
Knows it better than you. whn imsnr
cessfully urged uixm members nf the
committee his selection for that posi
tion, lours truly.
"ALTON B. PARKER.'
HER SKIRTS SAVED HER LIFE
A Girl Fell From a Train, but Her
Dress Caught on a Brake Rod
Chicago George Mop IS
was killed and Minnie Gurshke 17
years old, was severely injured in
an accident on the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railroad at McCook, 111
Sunday night. When the train wps
passing through McCook a break in
an air brake tube caused the separa
tion of the rear car from the main
body of the train. Moe and Miss
(jurschke, who were standing on the
rear platform, were thrown tn the
ground by the sudden lurch of the
tram. Moe was ground to pieces by
tne wneeis of the rear ear anri Mis
Gurschke was saved from death only
Dy ner sKirts catching on a brake-
Deanr. tne was dragged for nearly
iuu yaras before the car could be
stopped.
The picnickers on the train said
that the train crew was resnnnsihie
for the accident and it was with much
difficulty they escaped the mob when
tne tram stopped at the station
CZAR'S SON IS TWO YEARS OLD
The Men of the Manchurian Army
Sent a Golden Ikon .
St. Petersburg The second anni
versary of the birth of Czarevitch
Alexis, heir to the throne of Russia,
was celebrated here this week. The
infant is healthy. The czarevitch
was presented with a golden ikon.
crusted with jewels and costing 20,-
uuu rubies, by the men of the Man-
churian army. It was supposed to
be a token of their lovaltv. The mnn.
ey was contributed bv the soldiers
of all regiments now or formerly in
the far east. Some of the soldiers
declare that they were forced to sub
scribe to the fund.
NOTICE $1.00 navs tor seven sub
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after the November election.. 25 cents
pays for a single subscription until
arter election. Send in vour suherrin.
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coin, iNeo.
Independent
BERGE FLAYS CADY
The People's Champion Exposes Deceitful Subter
fuge to protect railroad extortion. The railroad
Commission Ammendment shows up in it's
naked deformity. An open letter to the auth
or of the bill.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 8, 1906. Hon. A,
E. Cady, - St. . Paul, Neb. Dear Sir:
Your letter of the 7th ult, giving your
views respecting the powers and du
ties of the railway commission, as pro
vided in the Cady constitutional
amendment, has been duly received.
I thank you for the inside history you
give to the people of this state in con
nection with the passage of this
amendment. It is evident from what
you say that if this amendment
proves to be a real law the credit will
belong to you. On the other hand if
it is simply another subterfuge the
blame also will be yours. In mv
judgment the provision concerning the
powers and duties of the commission
could not have been worse if the rail
roads themselves had designed it. In
asmuch as you have WTitten at length
and denned your position fully I may
be pardoned if I show the weakness
of this amendment and at the same
time your own inconsistencies accord
ing to your own letter and interview.
In rcy statement recently I said
that if this amendment is adopted and
the commissioners are elected that
after all that is done these commis
sioners, by virtue of the amendment
itself.'' will have absolutely no nnwer
to do anything until the legislature
shall act and confer powers upon the
commission ; that the legislature un
der the influence of the railroads
might not do this and in that event
our whole effort at railroad control
be brought to naught: that the amend
ment itself should have conferred up
on the commission fully the powers
and duties it should exercise. In vour
interview given the press June 14 you
took me to task for what I said and
insisted that the amendment, as
passed by the lgislature and as it will
be submitted to the voters this fall,
gave the commission ample powers,
without any further action by the
legislature, and you declared that the
language of the amendment conferred
even greater powers upon the commis
sion than the Dodce bill of which I
had spoken favorably. You not only
took that position m that interview
but I am told by several prominent
republicans that when your hill was
before the legislature, in the form it
Anally passed, that you then contend
ed that the amendment itself con
ferred amnle Dowers UDon the com
mission. You also made this conten
tion in conference committee between
the house and senate at the time you
eot rid of the house amendment and
attached a meaningless subterfuge
amendment of your own. But now in
your letter to me vou eo sauare back
on this position and agree with me in
the claim I made in my statement,
viz: (1). that the amendment Itself
confers no nower unon the commis
sion, and (2), that before the people
can get any relief through this com
mission or through this amendment
the legislature will have to confer
the powers I claim snould have been
written in the amendment Itself. Your
former interview, therefore, stands
repudiated by your own letter to me.
Not onlv do you repudiate the nosi-
tion you tcok in that interview, but
when you now admit, as you do, that
the commission is powerless until the
legislature shall give it nower. you
also admit that your conference com
mittee amendment was intended by
vou as a subterfusre to heln you foist
upon the people of this state a law
that the railroads wanted rather than
AUGUST 16, 1906
FULL TEXT OF THE CADY
BILL . ' . ' .
Be it Enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Nebraska:
Sec. 1. That at the general elec
tion for state and legislative offi
cers to be held on the Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday -in
November, 1906, the following pro
vision be proposed and submitted
to the electors of the state as an
amendment to the constitution.1
Sec. 2. (State Railway Commis
sion). There shall be a State Rail
way Commission consisting of
three members, who shall be first
elected at the general election in
1906, whose terms of office, except
those chosen at the first election
under this provision, shall be six
years, and whose compensation
shall be fixed by the legislature.
Of the three commissioners first
elected, the one receiving the high
est number of votes, shall hold his
office for six years, the next high
est four years, and the lowest two
years. The powers and duties of
such commission shall include the
regulation of rates, service and
general control of common carriers
as the legislature may provide by
law. But in the absence of sno.
cific legislation, the commission
shall exercise the powers and per
form the duties enumerated in
this provision.
Sec. 3. That at said election in'
the year 1906,, on the ballot of each
elector voting thereat, there shall
be printed or written the words:
"For Constitutional Amendment,'
with reference to State Pnilwnv
Commission, and "Against Consti
tutional Amendment, with refer
ence to the State Railwav Cnm.
mission." And if a majority of all
voters, at said election, shall be
for such amendment, the same
shall be deemed to be adopted.
Approved April 14, 1905.
the people. A fitting finale, indeed,
to one of the, worst railroad procured
and railroad controlled legislatures
that ever assembled at the state
house.
Let me write the record together
and see how it will look. You in
troduced in the senate a bill provid
ing for this amendment. The follow
ing was the only language in the bill
when you introduced it in the senate
touching the powers and duties of the
commission:
"The powers and duties of such
commission shall Include the regula
tion of rates, service and general con
trol of common carriers as the legis
lature shall provide by law."
This bill passed the senate and was
sent to the house. You say the house
took the same position I am now tak
ing and insisted that the powers of
the commission shauld be defined in
the amendment itself and therefore
amended your bill to read as follows:
"And the commissioners shall have
power, in the absence of specific legis
lation, to establish, modify and en
force reasonable rates of charges for
the transportation of persons and
freight on the different railroads with
in the state, and prevent discrimina
tions and abuses, and adjust and de
termine controversies in respect to
transportation' facilities, charges and
discriminations. The legislature shall
provide by law the methods of en
forcing the findings of the state rail-