Nebraska Newspapers

    II THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL
\s NOHKOliK , NKUUASKA , I'KIDAY. ' NOVKMIIKK Jl
IS
BURGLARS ENTERED OFFICE AT
ALDA EARLY TODAY.
THEY SECURED $225 IN CASH
The Inner Vault of the Safe Was Sim
ply Wrecked With Hammers and
Cold Chisels Burglars Got Four
Pounds of Nickels and Dimes.
Grand Island , Nob. , Nov. 23. Spe
cial to The Noxvs : Robbers entered
the postolllco at Alda , Nob. , a small
town near here , early this morning
nnd secured $22C In cash.
The outer door of the safe was
opened xvlth ease while the Inner vault
was simply wrecked xvlth hammers
nnd cold chisels.
A package of stamps to the amount
of $050 xvas found in a cornfield across
the railroad tracks and a package of
$92 in stamps xvas found underneath
the wlndoxv through xvhlch the burg
lars made their exit.
Four Pounds of Nickels.
In the cash stolen xvas three or four
pounds of nickels and dimes and a
great quantity of pennies.
Only $3P. of the money stolen be
longed to " 4 ivornmont , the rest be
longing to . * Vstor , ? Modesltt per-
Bonally nnd to'n. . Craxvford.
The postmaster . V0 general mer
chandise store In con .y > xvlth his
office. " %
Nebraska Oil Fields.
Lincoln , Nov. 23. Oil and gas ex
citement In Nebraska continues to be
intense , and the drilling of xvells xvlll
coon bo begun in the southeastern part
Of the state , near Ilumboldt , Kails
City and Salem. Dr. Condra of the
elate university says that xvells 2,000
feet deep or more should bo drilled
along the Nemaha , In order to reach
the Cherokee shales , the formation In
which oil has been abundantly found
In Indian territory. He says that this
same formation has been found to ex
tend under southeastern Nebraska ,
and It seems quite possible that oil
will be found In this state. If found ,
It will undoubtedly be in pockeU
caused by folds In the strata.
Tucker Law Held Unconstitutional.
Lincoln , Nov. 23. The Nebraska su
preme court has held that the new
Tucker jury laxv , affecting all coun
ties outside of Douglas , Lancaster and
Gage , is unconstilutional , and has de
nied the application of Governor Mick
ey for a mandamus to compel the can
vassing board of McPherson county to
proceed under the laxv In the prepara
tion of a Jury list.
Rademan Shoots Himself.
Omaha. Nov. 23. John P. Rademan ,
business manager of the Papillion
Times , took his life in a room at the
Arcade hotel by shooting himself
twice xvlth a revolver. Letters loft by
Rademan indicated ill health prompted
bis action.
Artesian Flow Near Homer.
Homer , Nob. , Nov 23. At the new
Great Northern toxvn of Wlnnebago ,
eight miles south of here , contraciors ,
who are boring a xxell for the railroad ,
struck what apparently Is a strong
floxv of artesian water , at a depth of
305 feet The xvater Is noxv floxvlng
f' ' ! > to the surface at the rate of twenty
gallons a minute.
WANT NATIONS TO INTERVENE
American Jewish Students Protest
Against Atrocities.
"New York. Nov. 23. A mass meetIng -
Ing of a committee of university men
In behalf of the Russian Jews was
held In Temple Israel. Edward Lauter-
bach presided. The meeting was Intended -
tended to initiate a movement on the
part of the American Jewish students ,
who until noxv have taken little part
as a body In the relief of their co
religionists. Mr. Lauterbach said that
next Saturday the J ws throughout
the land would worship In special
thanksgiving for the liberty and priv
ileges they enjoyed In this country ,
but that the services would be sad
dened by the knowledge of recent
.events In Russia.
"The civilized nations should In
tervene , " he declared , "to stop the
atrocities , for which there has never
teen an excuse. " In concluding , Mr.
Lauterbach said : "However , much
credit Is due President Roosevelt for
bringing about peace , perhaps It would
bavo been better If the war had gone
on , Russia had been whipped , and the
bouse of Romanoff , with the dynasty
of the grand dukes , had perished from
the earth. Then the Jews would hare
won their freedom. "
l Woman Shot Down In Homo.
r' Evans , la. , Nov. 23. Mrs. Will
Hughes xvas killed mysteriously at her
home. A bullet crashed through a
wlndoxv and struck her In the neck ,
passing through the windpipe and sev
ering the Jugular vein. There Is DO
clexv to the perpetrator.
Lieutenant an Alleged Forger.
Manila , Nov. 23 Lieutenant Hugn
Kirkman of the Eighth cavalry has
been arrested at Fort McKlnloy on
the charge of forgery. It la alleged
that Lieutenant Kirkman was short of
troop funds to the amount of $500 and
that bo raised the money by forging
Hamas to a note.
FOR INDEPENDENT TELEPHONES
National Grange Favors Farmars Or-
ganltlng Companies ,
Atlantic C'lty. N .1. . Nov. 23 On
the eve of llual adjournment the Na
tional Orange , Pations of Husbandry ,
adopted a number of pending resolu
tions. The convention unanimously
favored a proposed amendment to
have the farmers' organize Independ
ent telephone companies In their va
rious localities as a moans of secur
ing more reasonable rates and hotter
service through competition. Another
resolution endorsed the effoits of
President Hoosovelt to scciiio Justice
for the consumers and producois or
the countiy In relation to Intel state
carriers and the Orange faxoroit an
amendment to the Intel state com
merce law xvhlch xvlll allow an Inter
state commission to hear complaints
against unjust and unteasonublu rate
regulations.
Explosion In Fireworks Factory.
Seattle. Wash. , Nov. 23 The build
ing In Grant street In which fiiewoiM
were manufactuied for the Wa Chong
company , Chinese merchants , was
wrecked by a torrlllc explosion OIK
white girl and txvo Chinese boys \veio
taken fiom the ruins badly hint Other
or bodies may bo pinned under the
debris
PATRICK RAYMOND ASSESSED $50
FOR IT IN LINCOLN.
CAPITAL IS NOW MODEL CITY
It Was Only a Few Days Ago That It
Was Possible to Buy Cigarettes In
a Lincoln Tobacco Store With Much
Ease Different Now.
Lincoln , Nob. , Nov. 23. Pat Raymond
mend was fined $ fiO In police court
hero yesterday for rolling a cigarette.
Ho was seen by nn officer to bo rolling
a cigarette and was arrested.
Lincoln lias suddenly got busy xvlth
violators of the nnti-cigaretto law.
Only a few days ago It xvns possible
to buy full fledged cigarettes of at
least ono tobacco dealer in that town.
BAR ASSOCIATION APPLAUDS.
President Breckenrldge Criticises Se
verely Legislation.
Omaha , Nob. , Nov. 23. President
Breckenridgo In his address to the
Nebraska bar association here last
night xvas heartily applauded , espe
cially for his caustic crltrclsm of the
recently published volume containing
the laxvs passed by the last legisla
ture. Plain talk xvas used unsparingly
to strike at the existing abuses.
Anoka Nuptials.
Anoka , Neb. , Nov. 23. Special to
The Nexvs : L W. Mannen , one of the
most prominent business men here ,
xvas married yesterday to Miss Her-
tha Cnim , the popular daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Cruin. They
Journeyed to Fairfax , S D. , xvhero
knot tielng and knot untieing are easy ,
Rov. J. W. Oliver accompanying them.
Many friends xvill receive them on
their return xvlth the usual amount of
rlco.
Anti-Saloon League In Session.
Indianapolis. Nov 23. At the ses
sion of the Anti-Saloon League Su
perintendcnt Baker presented Ills an
nual report It shoxvcd that during
the past year the league had received
and expended in its xvork $339,479 , an
increase of $72,000 over the preced
ing year.
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD
Fire , which started In the Badgoi
Furniture store , Indianapolis , did dam
age estimated at $122,000.
Carl Winter , a contractor of LaCrosse -
Crosse , Wis. , choked on a piece of ap
ple and died four hours later.
Rumors of a revolt at Panama
reached Washington. The details are
withheld , as further reports may clear
the situation.
John Brown , a negro , shot and
killed his wife and her father ana
mother at Meridian , Miss , , and then
made his escape.
Because they objected to his atten
tlons to their sister , W. N. Jones shot
and Instantly killed Harry Brltton
and probably fatally wounded Britten's
brother , Frank , al Nyack N. Y.
Resolutions favoring abolition o
American duties on Philippine prod
ucts and the repeal of the nexv law to
regulate shipping between this coun
try and the Philippines were adopted
by the New York board of trade
To prevent the extinction of the
buffalo , prominent men interested In
toologlcal matters have planned to or
ganlze an association to be known a
the American Bison society The so
ciety xvlll hold Its first meeting In
New York next month.
At a special meeting of the Mich
igan grand lodge of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen it xv dirjied to
levy n special monthly . in foi
ten months upon mot- T tx-flx-p
years of age and ovei t n eel
the payment of $13Dit > u , , , npa ] as
sessments.
APANESE LEADER STRUCK DY
A STONE THROWN AT HIM.
DY SOME DISORDERLY KOREANS
A Message Received In Toklo Thla
Morning Says That Marquis Ito Was
Slightly Injured Wednesday Night
by a Party of Koreans.
Toklo , Nov. 23. A message xvhlch
vas received hero this morning fiom
eoul states that Marquis ltd was
lightly injured by a stone thrown by
no of a party of disorderly Koreans
Vodnc.sdaj night.
SENATORS DiSCUSS RATES
Committee on Interstate Commerce
Holds Another Conference.
Washington , Nox. 23. Itallxvaj into-
naklng was again considered b > thu
onnto connnltioo on InlorMnte com-
noice , but In an Intotmal xvay , as no
no-asmo has been pioiienlcd to thu
ommllloo upon xvhlch It can base Its
action Views \\ore expiessod b > sev
eral mombets xxhlth Indicated uhlmip
llxlslon as lar as Iho situation him
developed. Thoio Is the furlhei Hull
cation that a majoilly of the commit
eo will fax01 a measure giving the
ntoistate commoue commission moio
lower , which moans , In some form ,
control ovei rates It seems to bo
quite well undoistood that Unco 1U-
mbllcans and enough Democrats fax or
such legislation to Insure u rule niak-
ng bill being repot led.
Informal discussions among Repub-
lean members of the committee t-lioxv
hat apprehension Is felt that If n bill
should be repotted by Republicans
and Democrats against the wish of u
maJoiUy of the Republican members
t xvould create a division In the paity
hat xvlll xvork disaster In the future
The Republicans who favor rate-mak-
ng legislation asseit that the wa > to
avoid a rupture Is to support a con
servative measure , In line xvlth the
recommendations of the president.
Some of Ihe opponents of a bill glv-
ng the commission poxver over rates
ejipios.sod the hope thai xvhen tlio
vlowb of the president have been set
'orth an agree ment can ho reached by
he RepubllraiiH on a bill which can
10 i eported and passed without muc'ii
friction At ftitmo meetings each
member of the committee will be giv
en opportunity to state his vlexvs ) n
regular order
Senator I'ornKer expressed the opin
ion that It would bo sufficient to meet
the present situation if the Inlerstalo
commerce commission should bo au
thorised to take cognbancc of complaints -
plaints , bring suits to enforce the laxvs
n the United Stales courls and that
all cllstilct attoinoys he empowered
! p mosociito suclj cases Senator DelIver -
Ivor said lie believed that the move-
men I for control of rates had pro-
gresseil to the oxlent that legislation
short of giving some tribunal of the
government such poxver would not bu
satisfactory.
INSURANCE HEARING AT PIERRE
Local Agents Testify That They Use
Common Rate Book.
Pierre , S. D. , Nov. 23. In the hoar-
Inu of charges of violation of the anti-
compact laxvs before Insurance Com
missioner Perkins local agents testl-
fled tliat they used a common rate
book for what is known as "union
companies , " the book being furnished
to them by a Minneapolis publishing
house. The principal witness for
the companies xvas J. C. Ingram of
Chicago , assistant western manager
for the German-American company of
New York , xvho admitted that his com
pany was ono known as union , and
that the rat s of such companies xvore
alike In different sections , but he
could not remember whether there-
had been any agreements as to rates
in South Dakota since the anti-com
pact law went Into effect. The In
vestigation Is yet under way. ID
case It IB proven that the anti-compact
laxv has been violated the law shuts
the offending company out of the state
for a period of one year. The Investi
gation of the St. Paul Fire and Marine
will not be held until the llth of next
month.
Federation of Labor.
PHtsburc , Nov. 23. Ono of the most
Interesting features of the American
Federation of Labor convention was
the reading of a reply from Governor
Pennypacker to the communication of
the convention asking that he issue a
supplemental call for the extra ses
sion of the general assembly , which
would Include certain legislation in
the interest of labor unions and em
ployers' liability laws. The answer
stated that the authority to Issue such
a supplemental call was seriously
questioned and advised the convention
to got legal advice on tlio matter. The
reply xvlll bo considered by the special
committee of the convention that xvas
given charge of the affair In the
strat. There hns been considerable po
litical talk during the past xveek and
from what is said In the convention
now , It looks as though there will ho
but txvo changes In the officers thla
year. These xvlll bo bj the retirement
of Fifth Vice President K ! Id and
Eighth Vice President Spencer , thi
latter a plumbers' union official
BURTON'S ' CASE IS PUSHED
Judoe Vandevenler Expedites Trial o |
Kansas Senator.
St. I/jiils. Nov. 23 Rapid pnigion >
has boon made In the trial of United
States Senator Uurton of KHIIHIIH ,
charged with rcmloiliiK services iih
an attorney lioforo tlio postolllco department
partment at Washington In vlolnlton
of the foik'ial statutes , nnd It now ap
pears probalilo tlio cnso will go to ( In
jury not Inter than Saturday The
government 1ms taken several HIOII |
cuts In Its proiontatlon of ti < Htltnon >
and Judge Vandoxiniler hah Mixed
time hy hlH haip. decisive rulings ami
his admonitions lo counsel to confine
theinsolxea stilctly to tlio matteis at
Issue.
Trip Through Labrador.
St. Johns. N F. Nov 23.I.olton
from Dillon Wallace , the Lahindoi explorer
ploror anil New York lawyoi , con
tallied tlio news that ho had success
fully ciossod Labindnr Mi Wnllnie
Is the ( list \\hllo inan who has cvoi
crossed Lahiador without ollhci
guides or Indian assistants. With Mi
Wallace was ono companion tintnod
Kanton. l.ollois nald that hoth wore
well and had plenty of pioxlslonh
when they leached the province of
IJngnvn , on Oi t 10.
ZEMSTVO CONGRESS RALLIES TO
PREMIER'S SIDE.
SOCIALISTS LEAVE IN A HUFF
They Are Denied Privilege of Voting
In a Meeting of Peasants Call Delegates -
gates to Moscow Congress Traitors.
Peasants Pillage Estates.
Moscow , Nov. 23 A lOHolutlon out
lining the pioposod piogram of tin.1
/oinstvolsts favoring the Mippoit ot
the gox eminent In Us oftoils to cs
tnhllsh tlio libel lies iiionilht'd bthe
Impellal nianllosto ol Oet : iO , hut ubk
Ing foi the tiaiibfoiimiUon ol the Hist
doiima Into u constituent iisscmhl } , to
ho elected on the basis ot dlieet aim
uulxeisal suftiago which was Intio
duced hy Iho executive coiiiiiiltlo In
the /unihtvo rongiosB , was the subject
of a prolonged debnto , In which nenil >
foil } speakets participated , and at
the end of a long nlghl session tin1
rosolullon was icloiiud back to the
coinnillioc for the Incorporation of
an > modlfiralloiis made necossar.x b >
the criticism of It , and It will bo xoled
on today
The decision practically of the con-
gtess to coopora'io with the BOX urn
mcnt ol Count \Vltto IB extromel.x dlB
tasteful to the social democrats , the
party mganl/atlon of which sent a
letter to the congress saying the dele
gates had fold themselves to the gov
eminent , but that the socialists would
shoxv thnm up to the people as trait
ors , and would continue to prosecute
the campaign for a democratic icpiib
Ilc.
The socialists also created a scone
In the congioss of peasants , to which
they demanded admittance , with the
right to vole , which was refused ,
wheioiipon the socialists left In a huff
aft or declaring that the peasants did
not know who wrro their best friends
In the 7cmstxo congress the legal
commlttoo iniioducod a progiam for
the making of the ncccssaiy legal
changes to bring about the right of
habeas corpus
RUSSIANS' ' GOOD SHOWING
Two Soldiers Die as Result of Battle
to One From Disease.
Washington. Nov. 23. Colonel John
Van R Iloff. medical department. U
S A , xvho has locontly returned from
the Russian army In Manchuria , xxith
xvhlch ho went through part of the
campaign of the war against Japan , has
been authorized by the chief of staff
to give out excerpts of his official re
port. According to Colonel IIoff , the
number of killed and dead of wound1-
xvas 37.C42 men and number of dead
from dlscaso 18,830.
These statistics are exclusive of
casualties at Port Arthur and show
almost exactly two men dead from re
suits of battle to one man dead from
sickness. This record is , according to
statistics , the best made In any war
up to the present time.
Ammonia Fumes Fatal to Four.
Houston , Tex. , Nov. 23. Eight ne
gro workmen were caught In the cellar
of the Houston Packing company
when an ammonia plpo broke , and all
of them were overcome by the fumes
It xx-as necessary to dig through the
wall to get the men out and this took
much tlmo. Steve Johnson was dead
when taken out , F. W. Miller suc
cumbed shortly after and the physi
cians have practically given up hope
of the recovery of Sam Godley and
Jones LIHoy. The other four men
probably xxlll recover.
Mutual Cuts Salaries.
New York , Nov. 23. At the regular
meeting of the trustees of the Mutual
Life Insurance company the offer of
President Richard A. McCurdy to have-
bis salary reduced from $150,000 to
tTD.OOO was accepted and further re
ductions xverc made , amounting all tote -
to I150.0t > a
ISSUED AN IRADE TODAY REJECT
ING POWERS' DEMANDS.
FOR A HAND IN MACEDONIA
Turkish Emperor Will Not Allow Pow-
era of the World to Have Anything
to Do With the Control of Financed
In Macedonia.
CoiiHliintlnoplo , Nov. 23. The mil-
tan today hmuod an Irndo npptovlni ;
the decision of the council of inlnlii-
leiH to i eject the domnndM of the
poweni for International contiol of Iho
llninicoH of Macedonia.
Wholher the domnndH of the poxv-
01 H IH ic'joctod absolutely or on cer
tain condition ) ) IH not definitely uncur
tained.
PROPOSALS OF POWERS REJECTED
Porte S.iys Public Opinion In Turkey
Would Not Countenance Acceptance.
Vienna , Nov 23 - A dispatch fiom
Constantinople sa > s the icply of the
poile whlih XVIIH handed Baton Vou
I'alli e , the Aiislio llungailnn amhiiR
siidor , icjcds the pioposalb of the
poweis on all points and doeluroH that
the public opinion of Tin hey would
not countenance their acceptance. The
poile ngiees to extend to txvo yearn
the letms of tlio civil agents of the
poweis In Macedonia. It Is rn | orteil
that the sultan appealed to Ifrnperor
Piancls Joseph to postpone tlio naval
domonMiatlon In Turkish waters and
that the emperor replied that further
delay was Impossible.
Warships Awaiting Instruction ! .
Athens. Nov 23 The warships of
the poweis which propone to muko n
domoiiHtiallon against Turkey aiilved
at Pinions and exchanged salutes and
ollUlal visits The commandeis of the
vessels are awaiting Instructions
Constantinople , Nov. 23 The porto
has i ejected I he pioposals of the pow
ers for tin- Intel national control of
the llniinees of Macedonia
Agrarian Disorders Continue.
Kursk. Russia , Nov 23 'Iho ngrfc-
rlan dlsonlni idli.ling : Stib/lm
has Hf Ordinance f > nit the
tioojis liaxe ii * ieri declarIII ) Half
the dlslilcl Is In the . V > IH of peas-
anl riolets , xvho are pillaging tlio vll-
lageis and devastating the harxested
crops During the pillaging of ono es
tate , a company of Cossacks looked
on being imablo to Interfere
Rifles Found in Havana.
Havana. Nov 23 Sixty Remington
rllles wore sol/od hy the police In n
raid on a house near San Jinn de Mar
tines , piovlnco of Plmir Del Itlo In
xvlildi fifty nntl govc innient plntlei-
xxeio mooting A do/en of the hiller
woio captured Colonel Julian Ctusi
a prominent cltl/en of IMnar Del Itlo
and at present In Hiuina. lias been
arrested In connection xvlih the nntl
government moxeiiKiit and xvlll betaken
taken to Plnar Del Rio for trial
Four Street Car Accidents at St. Louie
St Louis , Nov 23. Txvcnty-onu per
sons \\ere more or less dangerously
Injured In four street car accidents.
Mnn > of Iho injuries received are seri
s and several are of such a charac
ter that they may prove fatal. Thom
as Lcary , Jerome Goldman and J. E.
Kcclan received sevcio Internal In
juries and are not expected to re
cover.
Tlit * lilt rr .Ionian.
Conceiniii ; ; ( hat unique. Hlieam , the
river Jordan , Dr. Llbbey , In "The Jor
dan \nlley and Potia , " vxrltes : "Per
haps tS strangest thing alwut this fa
mous river IH xvliut none of the an
cients o\or guessed that Its course
was mostly beloxv the level of the sea.
They Journeyed up nnd down the vul-
ley Hince before the clayn of Abraham ;
they climbed down the roads from Je
rtisalem to Jericho and up Into Moah
and Edom ; they built roads east and
west of the Jordan ; they built roads
and bridges and cities far beloxv the
level of the Mediterranean and yet nev
er seem to have suspected that thlH
stream differed from most of the rlxern
of the globe In this respect. Greeks ,
Romans and Mohammedans , Jexxs ,
Christians and crusaders knoxv every
nook and cranny of lt winding course ,
but failed to realize that while Its
head and source rested high on noble
Hcrmon's side Its mouth In the Dead
sea xvas fur beloxv Uie surface of the
habitable vvoild and all the surround
ing occuns. "
CnUiultlr * That Didn't Occur.
When the first use xvas made of the
natural gas vxells people of a certain
class wore much Tllnturbed. All sorts
of evils were predicted , and warning
letters were lecolvecl by the companies
In charge. Ono man sent n caution
against boring much Into the earth.
The world was a hollow sphere , he
said , filled with n gaseous substance
anil floating like u balloon lu space. If
the gas xvero allowed to escape disaster
would follow. Another , claiming to bo
n scientific man , nssiiiod the owners of
a well that ai\x tire coming in contact
with tlio escaping gas would be com
municated to the gas beneath and
cause tenlfic explosions. "Men are too
Inquisitive , " he bald. "They peer too
far. Let them beware. " The gus com
panies have kept on boring , and the
world bus so far held Itself together.
THE CONDITIONJF THE WEATHER
Temperatura for Twenty four Hours.
Forecast for Ntbraaka.
Condition of the wnathor aa roooraV
nd for the 24 hour * ending at 8 a , m.
today :
Maximum 04
Minimum „ < G
Average fiG
Ihiromotor 29.80
Rainfall 40
Total rainfall for month 1.01
Total rainfall for year 30,17
Chicago , Nov. 23. The bulletin In-
mined hy thu Chicago alalloii of the
United BtntoH weather hunmu thla
moving , given the forociutt for No-
hranka an follown :
Haln and cooler tonight. Friday
probably fair anil colder.
Mnishiili ( ifij. Jr. , Accident.illy Shot.
Chldino Mm L',1 Whlh ( loaning a
gun pit imiati'M ' in Koine , ui u huntIng -
Ing expedition MnrHliiill 1'loH Jr. . eon
of Maislnill Field the well known dry
goodH men haul ol thin city accident-
allx shot hlmstir Ho was taken lo
a hospital and will jimlmbv ] ' ] | u.
Tjital Affray In New York.
Now Voik , NIIV 23In a light In
the rooniH of the Paul Kelly associa
tion In ( Steal . ( OUCH htrcct , one man
WIIH killed iind sexual others wounded -
od Hc'on > - of ( .hots xvero filed , but
as fai as IK kiiiixxn to the police only
onu man John llanlngton , vrau killed.
DENOUNCES REBATES , BUT ADMITS -
MITS ACCEPTING COMMISSIONS.
ATTEMPTS TO JUSTIFY CONDUCT
Former Vice President of Equitable
Tells What He Thinks Should Be
Done to Regulate the Business and
Remedy Existing Abuses ,
Now York , Nov. 23. After being on
the xvllness stand before the Arm-
ttioiiK legislative eomntltloo on Insur
ance lux obligation foi the gi eater purl
of thiou days , dago 13 'I in bell , second
end vice pioHldont of the ISiiullablo
Llle AHSIIHIUCO society , finished his
testimony , and Just jofoie adjourn
ment submitted a llbl of suggestions
for the lemedy of existing abuses In
the m.inageinent of Insurance compa
nies and lor IttslHlatlon designed to
glxe thu state proper control over the
companies and to Insure the conn-
demo of the policy holdeis. Prom
inent among thcso suggestions was ab
solute publicity. While admitting
that WIOIIK had been done hy Insur
ance olllclala , Mr Tarbcll bald ho had
no npologlcH to make for any of them
nnd that he hoped they xvould bo pun
ished.
Mr. Tnrhell was on the stand the en-
tlu > day and xvas ( ] iinstloned as to the
fijslem of agencies and the commis
sions and other compensations allowed
them for getting business. .lust before *
the n ( OSH the fact \vas brought out
that Mr. Tarbell had taken out Insur
ance on his life and on members of
his family , and had received the
ag ( ills' commission on the premiums ,
as well as ronoxval commissions Ho
bald thai ninco he became an officer
ho had taken out $200,000 on his own
life In the Equitable. Besides his pol
icies In the Equitable , he had taken
insurance In the New York Life , the
arrangement being made with Ocorgo
W. PorUns , and on this too ho re
ceived the commission on the pre
miums. Ho had also a policy In the
Aetna and In the Travelers , on which
he collected the commissions. He
said he carried $100,000 on his own
life and $100,000 on members of his
family.
Mr. Tarbell was emphatic In de
nouncing the system of rebating by
agents and stated that any agent of
the Equitable who gave rebates to get
business was dismissed. When he told
of getting the commissions , Assembly
man Cox asked If that was not rebat
ing , and Mr Tarbell said It was not ,
that he thought ho was entitled to It.
Later when Mr. Hughes took up this
same subject the witness Justified the
taking of commissions as being sim
ilar to a merchant who purchased
goods of a fellow merchant In the
same line perhaps to fill an order and
got those goods at cost , or of a pro
fessional man treating another and
charging less than the regular fees.
Mr. Tarbell further said , If he had
done wrong he xvas sorry , but that ho
had acted In good faith
Admit Receiving Rebates.
Topeka. Kan , Nov 23. Before the
state board of railroad commissioners
hero A H Hogshett , a representative
of the Great Western Salt company
of St. Louis , admitted that his house
hud received rebates from the Mis
souri Pacific railway on salt ship
ments. The examination of E. E. Mar
tin of Hutchlnson , Kan. , brought out
tha fact that the salt company he rep
resented had received rebates from
the Rock island road.
Suspected Man Arrested.
Chicago , Nov. 23. Frank Vochla
was arrested on suspicion of being the
murderer of Miss Maud Reese , the
stenographer xxho was killed by a
burglar that she found In her apart
ments. Vochla had several fresh cuts
on the head and face and this led to
his arrest , as the murderer of Miss
Reese dashed through a window In
making hji escaca.