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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL , , , , . NORFOLK NEBRASKA FRIDAY MAHOII SMi 15)07. ) NEBRASKA COMMISSION'S AU- THORITY IS A FACT. GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED BILL The Nebraska Railway Commission Has Begun Its Task of Supervising the Railways of the State What the Bill Means to Nebraska. Lincoln , Neb. , March 28. Special to The News : The Nebraska railway commission began the task of super vising the railroads of the Btato this morning. Governor Sheldon signed the rail way commission bill last night. The now law Is drastic In } ts provi sions and the railways of , the , state must observe its provisions or suffer severe penalties. The members of the railway commis sion must bo thirty years of ago. They must not have any Interest In any com mon carrier doing business In the state. They must not engage in anVj business allied to or Inconsistent wltl , the business of the commission. Should a vacancy occur the governor1 must fill It by appointment. Salaries of the commissioners are fixed at $3,000. No person shall bo secretary of the commission who chall not be able to qualify as a commis sioner. The commission must orga nize as soon as the bill is"s'lgned. The sum of $0,000 is allowed for office ex pense and clerical hire. A salary shall not bo more than $2,500 and two clerks may bo engaged at not more than $1,200 per annum. The railway commission has general charge of the railway companies , ex press companies , car companies , sleep ing car companies , freight companies , telegraph companies , street railway companies or any other common car- Tiers. The commission must divide all freight Into general and special class es and fix a reasonable rate for each class. The rates may vary as is deeme'1 oust to the various railways of * o. state. Joint freight rates , ewitching and terminal charges must also be fixed by the commission. Charges , service and equipment of all the railroads must be examined. A complete leport must be filed svith the governor biennially. The chairman shall have power to administer oaths. Witnesbed may be sent ior and books and papers must bo brought in at the request of the commission. Shipper , * " officers and employes must answer all questions. Fines for violation of the regulations may not exceed $25,000. Freight rales between Nebraska points and the points in other states must bo examined. Violations of the law must be called to the attention of the attorney general while the com mission may hire additional counsel. Railroads must file with the com mission within thirty days after this net takes effect complete schedules , classifications and tariffs covering the passenger and freight business. Then the commission must furnish a new and complete schedule to the railways , authenticated with the seal of the , commission. Within sixty days and not less than thirty days this new rate sheet will be effective. Persons , shippers , cities or corporations may file complaints. The railroads are notified and the date Is set for the hearing. In case of dis pute the lowest rate accepted for traffic shall be accepted as prlma fa cie evidence that the charge is a just and reasonable one. After the hear ing the commission shall announce its decision. - After securing a transcript of the proceedings , any railroad may appeal to any district court of the state for " redress. The burden of proof shall rest upon the plaintiff to show that the rate or ruling is an unreasonable one. one.On On or before August 1 , 1907 , and an nually thereafter a complete report of the affairs of the railroad must bo filed with the railroad commission. This shall contain a statement of all persons who have received passes and the relation they bear to the railroad. Rebates , discriminations , preferenc es and special privileges of all kinds are forbidden and punishable by heavy fines. Railroads may haul freight for fairs , expositions or hospitals at a 10 tluced rate. Actions for tho. violations of the law may bo brought against the company In any court of any county through which the road runs. The net has the emergency clause and goes into effect as soon as signed by the governor. Dr. H. J. Wlnnett , Robert Cowoll and J. A. Williams compose the com mission. They wore elected last fall , the constitution being ) amended to provldo for a commission at the same election. SENATE MISAPPROPRIATIONS Leaders Say House Figures Mutt Bo ( Reduced $1,250,000. Lincoln , March 28. The sonata in definitely postponed the bill to tax real estate mortgages and put the sin gle tax theory of Governor Sheldon into oractlce. The senate began cutting down ap propriations made by the house , and announcement was made by loading members of the finance , way * . and means committee that house appro priations must bo reduced $1,250,000. The house passed two railroad bills , both originating In the house , ono compelling roads to furnish side tracks to elevator owners ; another re quiring them to furnish scales and weigh shipments In carload lots at division points , and providing for a state welghmastcr. The house recommended for pas sage the bill reducing express rates 30 per cent. The house sleeping car reduction bill was revived , following the defeat of the senate bill , and recommended to pass. By a vote of 32 to 30 the prohibitory amendment bill was reported for pas- sago. Governor Sheldon signed the rail way commission bill. It carries the emergency clause , and Is Immediately effective , but the railroads are given thirty days without penalty In which to flic freight schedules under the provisions of the new law. . . Yesterday wq . ! , , tth day'1 , : , ' . the bl1 ' V" ! ; , err . , , -alld - m. ' " ! ' bers"lW. ' Uvr , . > t work without ' " pay. " I int ' ' Oi by the hnfac&.ieyl jj , . jt e ilur mt with pumps wa\c\Uiompleto { destru. ' tlon of the attt \ iu.idge across the Plattu river'i I tented. The warm winds' of the last few' ' days had made the bridge dry as tin- . der. A freight train passed over thv bridge about 6 o'clock and some Urn. . later It was discovered on fire. Seven twenty-foot spans were burned out. The Burlington trains are being sent around by way of Central City. The loss will be about $1,501 The bridge Is nearly a mile long. Discuss Federal Regulation of Roads. Washington , March 28. An iin portant conference was held at tha white house , at which the railroad sit uation was discussed. Those present were Secretaries Cortolyon , Garfield , Assistant Secretary of State Bacon , Chairman Knapp and Special Counsel F. B. Kellogg of the interstate com nierco commission and all the mem' bora of that commission , except Messrs. Prouty nd Cockrell , who are out of the city. After the conference adjourned It was stated that the meet ing was called to outline a scheme tc be presented to the next congress foi the federal regulation- railroads. No More Negroes Wanted. Houston , Tex. , March. 28. An nounccmont was made at the local re cruiting station that orders have been received from the war department at Washington Instructing that no more negroes be accepted for services in the army , also that all negro troops in the United States will be dispatched forthwith to the Philippines. K3 JURY AFTER PASSHOLDERS Railroad and Express Company Man agers Called Before Inquisitors. Chicago , March 28. The federal grand jury began on Investigation into the workings of the new rate law and its rotations to the Issuing of railroad passes and express company franks. Several of the superintendents and other general officers of the various express companies have been sum moned to appear before the grand jury tomorrow and have been re quested tp bring with them all rec' 6rds showing the names of persons to whom franks have been Issued since the passage of the rate law. Wlnchell Warns Illinois Solons. K Springfield , March 28. President B. L. Winchcll of the Rock Island rail road advised the railroad committees of the Illinois house and senate to be conservative in the matter of railroad legislation. If the judgment of legis lators Is Influenced too much by the present outcry against railroads , as serted Mr. Winchcll , measures might easily bo passed which would endan ger the prosperity of the country. Verdict In Santa Fe Wreck. Los Angeles , Cal. , March 28. Tire coronet's jury Investigating the cause of the collision between two Santa Fe passenger trains on the Buena Vista bridge last Saturday night , which resulted in the death of flvo persons and the injury of a score of others , returned a verdict finding En gineer Kelly and Conductor Humble guilty of disobeying orders and the Santa Fo guilty of negligence. High Graders Lose Stolen Ore. Pueblo , Colo. . March 28. Thirty-six sacks of gold , valued at $10,000 , said to have been stolen from the mines at Rhyollto , Nov. , and shipped into Pueblo by "high graders , " wore seized at the local offtqp of the Wolls-Fargo Express company by Deputy United States Marshal Frank of Denver. The ore was sent Into Pueblo a sack at a time and was addressed to George B. Richardson. Klrkman Files Appeal. St. Louis , March 28. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed In the United States circuit court ot ap peals on behalf of George W. Kirk- man , formerly captain In the T\yenty- fifth United States infantry , who Is now serving a two-year sentence In the penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth , Kan. In this petition Klrkman al leges that his detention la unlawful. TRAINMEN AND MANAGERS HOLD FRUITLESS CONFERENCE. DENY TWELVE PER CENT RAISE Railway Managers Object to Further Increase and Strike of Forty-Five Thousand Men Impends Federal Authorities May Intervene. Chicago , March 28. The 45,000 trainmen of the western railroads seem nearer a geMko..han nt any time since the negojjN" 4 with the gen eral managers li increase in wages and a shur ' .dMtday were started two montlago. . The con ference between the representatives of the men and the rallioad olllclala In&tjQct four hours , but was a failure bo tar as bringing about a solution ol the trouble is concerned. The railroads offered the men In- crcaFr ) * f 7 jor cent to passenger 110 ' . ' < 'and 10 per cent to the ' Employes , including brakemen , 'lulemeii ' , baggagemen and allied work- ort The irien had 'demanded an In- of 12 per cent and a nine-hour a'nd when the officials do- i'clared their offer was the best that could be made the conference ended , as the men by a referendum vote , .taken . last week , had decided not to iccept anythJng short of their orlg- immediately after the conference broke up the representatives of the men got together to consider the ad visability of calling a strike in order to bring the railroads to terms. Just what decision was reached is not known , as the union men declined to discuss what had taken place at the meeting. They were a unit , however , in declaring a peaceable settlement of the controversy can only be reached by the general managers of fering concessions. Another meeting of the union men has been scheduled for today and the general belief Is that a strike will bo called within the , next forty-eight hours unless the raj road officials request another con enco to try and settle the without resorting to a fight. P. M. Morrissey , chief of the train men's organization , said : "We have been instructed by the men we repre sent to call a strike unless the offer of the roads was satisfactory to us. The vote by which this attitude was reached carried the strike proposition by a tremendous majority. We are not satisfied and the men arc not sat isfied. Wo are not going to ask for any more conferences with the gen eral managers. It is up to these gen tlemen now to prevent the men quit ting work , and the only way they can do this Is to accede to our demands. " A. B. Garrettson , chief of the con ductors , also declared that no further conferences would be hold with the general managers. The railroad officials arc not quite so pessimistic over the situation. When the men were declaring a strike was inevitable. Secretary Slasson Thompson of the General Managers' association said : "Wo have not yet given up hope of a peaceable adjustment of tlio dlflU culty. Wo have conceded a great deal to the men already and it would seem , to bo but a matter of a short time un til the union officials will see their way clear to accepting the general managers' proposition. I am of the opinion that the conference will be re sumed again within the next two days and that some sort of an agreement will be reached. " The United States government will be asked to 'intervene to prevent a strike and if the plans of the general managers do not miscarry the whole controversy will be submitted to arbi tration for settlement. The general managers gave out a statement de claring they will demand arbitration under the Erdmann act. OROANIZERSHAUB FINED Other Officers of Railway Mall Clerks' Union Slated for Dismissal. Los Angeles , Cal. , March 28. Hugh G. Shaug of this city has been dis missed irom the railway mail sorvlco for his part in the organization of the Brotherhood of Railway Mall Clerks. A , H. Stephens , superintendent of the railway mall service of the Pacific coast , says : "The action of the department In the Shaug case Indicates that tbo de partment will not tolerate the brother hood. " Mr. Stephens will leave April 3 for Washington to attend the convention of superintendents of the railway mall service. It is also said that C. , L. Hobbs and Marcus L. Shaug , officers of the brotherhood in San Francisco , are to bo dismissed for their part in the movement. French Mission Returns From Oudja. Lalla Marnla , Algeria , March 28. The French military mission has returned turned hero from Oudja , With it havr como all the European residents ol Oudja , who report that the town Is calm and the people do not suspect the 'forthcoming occupation. The Moroccan garrison In Oudja consists only of a Finall escort for the gov ernor , and there is very little proba bility of any resistance to the French column. LO.L RATtS RE TO SUI1D After Conferring With Commission Presidents Change Their Mind. Washington , March 28. Prompt action by the interstate commerce commission has averted what might hnvo developed Into a serious clnsh botwccn the conl shippers and thu railroads of Indiana and Illinois. March 15 thu ind'.iina railroad corn * mission , the United Mine Workers and representative coal operators of Illinois and Indiana complained to the commissioners that the carriers had given notice of an advance of 2 cents a ton on coal from Indiana and Illi nois points to Chicago. Such an ad vance , they pointed out , would serl ously affect both operators and min ers. Slnco that tlino the commission com- munlcated with the presidents ol all the roadb Interested , and. In the words of Ch.nl ) man Knapp "certain sugges tlons" wore made to the rallroadK. It was announced by thu cummin- slon that replies to the communlca ttons had been received from the In- tcicstcd llr.es and that the determina tion to make1 the proposed udvuni o In the coni rates had been reconsidered and abandoned CARNEGIE ATJHIIE HOUSE Stcclmastcr Says President's Railroad Policy Is Conservative , Washington , March 28. Andrew Carnegie , who Is In Washington for n few days , expressed the following opinion on the rallioad situation ; "I absolutely Indorse the president's attitude toward the railroads. He is the best friend they have and they ought to realize It. The railroads had better stand with him. If they do not accept his moderate moasuroH they may be confronted by a man In the white house who will approach the question of the railroads from an entirely different standpoint , l re gard the president's Inlluence as lethe the railroads as wholesome and censer - ser Ulve. " Carnegie lunched with the ] 'nt. Others present were Vice 1' 'Jtit Fairbanks , Secretary Cor- . , Assistant Secretary of State n and Robert S. McCormlck , ambassador to Franco. RUSSIAN EDITOR IS RlLLED. Former Member of Duma Assassinated as HP Leaves Home In Moscow. Moscow , Russia , March 28. Dr. Jollos , editor of the Husskl Vledo- most ! , was assassinated here by a youth , who shot him with a revolver as he was leaving his residency. The murderer escaped. Dr. Jollos was a member of the lower house of the first Russian parliament. Rurales In Pursuit of Outlaws. Durango , Mex. , March 28. In a des perate fight between rurales and a band of outlaws under Gumerslndo Ortega. In the San Juan del Rio moun tains , Ortega , who was considered one of the most dangerous bantllts in northwestern Mexico , and his band were driven into-tho mountains , with the rurales in close pursuit. The American colony at Corleto , a mining camp in the San Juan del Rio district , have made frequent appeals for pro tection. WRECK ON NORTHERN PACIFIC Engineer and Fireman Are Killed IP Minnesota Accident. , ' St. Paul , March 28. A Northern Pa- clflc passenger train was wrecked at Carlton , Minn. Thomas M. Quinlan , engineer , ami Will'lam Mesekomer , fireman , both of St. Paul , were killed. Two or three passengers are report ed slightly injured. The cause of the wreck Is said to have been the stop page of adrain pipe and the over flow of water , which undermined the trkick , causing- spreading of the rails. Marvin Clue at San Antonio. San Antonio , Tex. , March 28. Ac cording to the statements of the lo cal detective department , who have been searching for Horace Marvin , Jr. , who disappeared from his home in Dover , Del. , March 4 , a child answer ing the description of the missing boy has been seen hero by several parties , but when an effort was made to locate him the child had disappeared under rather mysterious circumstances. The search , however , is being continued TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Having adjusted all difficulties with labor unions , the newspapers of Buttc and Anaconda will resume publication at once. The Spanish government has Is sued an official note expressing its whole hearted concurrence In France's desire to Stop the intolerable disor ders In Morocco. The state closed Its case in the trial at Carmel , N. Y. , of Jennlo Burch , the fifteen-year-old girl , for the mur der of Wilbur Wtnshlp , the baby she bad bepn employed to nurse. Announcement that Richard Mans field , the actor , has abandoned his spring tour through the country , ow ing to his Illness , was made by B. D. S. Stevens , Mr Mansfield's manager. President Roosevelt has promised to make an address at tbo dedication of a statue to the memory of the rough riders to bo erected at Arlington Na-1 tlonal cemetery on the afternoon oil April 12. I REGULM1 BATTLE FOUGHT IN TOWN IN WALLACHIA. DISORDERS ON ROYAL DOMAINS Troops Sent to Guard Estates of King Charles Body of Lieutenant Jonll- e nn Torn to Pieces by Rioters , Vlnshka Overrun by Marauders , Berlin March 28. According to the Czornowltz correspondent of the Ukal ) Auzolgor , the situation In Wallnehla Is worse. Thu number of persona ktllod dally Is growing enormously , TUroo hundiVd porsonu luiMo been killed In at. encounter between pens- antH and tbo military at Stareskc , ' and there have been two bloody ' ties at NahlanoHllr , In ono of i.loutonant .lonlloHou wan klllui' ' peiihimtH tore the body ol the In I ant lo ploooH and danced b.oody ifiummls to wild ' .isle / Slihllar aiioflllo ! ) are roportvi/ri / the disti'iitu of Olinhiovltza anil/H whore numorntisliliigob and /aru / i have boon burned down The Hltuatlon In Galatz I * n" > ? t tine atoning. Thu 'longHhoie Irntormzing with the poanan1 prefect ol' Galatz has ordere1. shops oloHPd for three days , u people aie In a wild panic Giave dlMirdeiK are reported on estatoH of King Chnrl'-s at I'otnna ni , troops have been sent to the royn' ' domains. It is said large numbers ot peasant rioters have boon killed ti conflicts near Hralhi and I'apulesca and II appears that a large number of riolors on tijing to outer the town of Galatz , won repulsed by soldiers near the village ol I otavonl with a 1)3 ) < - of twenty iiR'ii klll ( d after which tbo poahimtH turned their attention tc Bralla. Sanguinary lighting Is reported also at VhiHtii nmj nt Craiova. The disorders at Nmc-onl have been Mipprosbcd by the Killing or wounding ot twenty-live men At this point the troops dispersed 500 Inoondlarles. There Is still serious fighting In the Vlashka district , where bands of plun derers , who have taken refuge In vil lages , ara being shelled by the troops. GAS WELL IBURST ! ITS COVER Gusher Near Sapulpa Is Burning Fiercely After Making New Outlet. Sapulpa , I. T. , March 28. The gas well two miles cast of hero that caught lire Saturday is still burning fiercely. After fourteen days of work the well was capped , but the great vol ume of gas found another way out through the crovlces and for half a mile It spread open the earth. Atone ono place a hole three feet wide and twenty feet long was torn. Then the escaping gas caught flro and has been burning over since. At ono place a sheet of flame twenty feet long and fifteen feet high Is blazing. Tons of rock and shale were thrown from the cracks and the constant tremble of the earth is frightening the farmers and oil operators In the vicinity of the well. Great pools of'oll on the creek and In the ravines also are on fire and there arc no signs of abatement. 3 FRENCH AREJUPPORTED 1 Europe Approves Action of France In Reference to Morocco , Paris , March 28. In official quar ters here it Is recognized that the Mo roccan situation is serious , but the concensus of European opinion , being favorable to France's action , a solu tion of the difficulties Is regarded as being very simple and as not likely to produce complications. The sultan of Morocco Is expected to yield promptly all the claims formulated by the commander of the French arm ored cruiser Jeanne d'Arc , now at Tangier , as soon as he Is convinced that the French attitude Is inflexible and that France has the unanimous lupport of the powers. Work on Moffatt Road. Denver March 2 § J W Kelloy. city passenger agent of the Denver , Northwestern and Pacific railway ( the Moffatt road ) , announced that the builders expected to have the line completed to Salt Lake within three years from date. So far 120 miles of road has been built , he said , at a cost of $10,000,000. Boxes on Rural Malt Routes. Washington , March 28. A dc-clslon by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General oral Do Graw Insists upon an adher ence to the regulations requiring that boxes on rural mall routes shall be erected by the roadside so that car rlers can easily obtain access to them without deviating from their routed or dismounting from their vehicles. The Starry Grots. The first order over bestowed upon women was the order of the Starry Cross , founded in 1CGS by Eleanor , widow of Ferdinand III. of Austria , in thanksgiving : for the saving of n portion tion of the Inly cross nt a fire In thu palace at Vienna. This order , which was continued the following year by the pope , is divided Into two classes , containing different Jewels , and is con ferred in recognition of distinguished virtues. It Is worn on tbo loft breast attached to a black ribbon. HIE CONOITIONJtf THE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty.four Hour * . Forecast for Nebraska. Conditions of the weather an record- d for the twenty-four bourn ending it 8 a. m , today : Maximum .13 Minimum 20 Average in llarometer SJO.fiO Chicago , March 28. The bulletin Im sued by the Chicago station of thu United StntoH weather bureau given the forecast , for Nebraska IIH follnwtt : Hhnwurx tonight , and Friday. Saloon Falls. Lindsay , Neb. , March 28. Special to Pin ) NOWH : The miloon operated and owned by 1' . W. PederHen closed ittt ilnoi'H yesterday , Illlni ; a petition In In voluntary bankruptcy. JUSTICE O'BRIEN ' RESIGNS -i'jalrmnn ' of Tli. " Lunacy Commls- slot , Declines to Serve. Marc.li 28.-After thu IMB been trying Harry K. two months vlousl > . servo aa u "lueTnbur Justice Fitzgerald Immediately made a now order appointing David McClure , a well known attorney of this city , to fill the vacancy. Mr. Mc Clure met the other members and was chosen us chairman. In directing the Jury to report next Monday Jubilee Fitzgerald did not ex- poet that the commission would bo ready to render an opinion by that time The jury will probably bo called Into court every few days , In order that It may be kept Intact. The commission hopes lo get under way without any delay whatsoever and will press the Inquiry to the speediest possible conclusion. Mrs. Sage Gives $100,000. Now York Match 28. At n mooting. of the Intornatlotial committee of thu Young Men's Christian association U was announced that Mrs Russell Sago had added $100,000 to her recent do nation of $250.000 for the building of a homo for th - committee. When Mrs Sage examined the plans pre pared , she dccldo'l that an additional gift would be FATAL DYNAMEXPLOSIOH Shipped as "Percussion Caps , " Explo sive Kills Three at Atlanta. Atlanta , Ga. , March 28. As the re sult of the explosion of eight cans of dyt.amlto In a freight car standing near the Southern railway freight depot , two negroes , William Smith and William Jenkins , were killed , onq was fatally Injured and several other persons white ? and negroes , wera more or less seriously injured. The car In which the dynamite was lorated was demolished , throe other freight cars were wrecked and consid erable damage was done to the freight depot. The dynamlto is reported to have been shipped from the Duponi Fowtier company { o Its branch in At lanta and was declared to have becq shipped as "percussion caps. " , < ' * _ _ _ - -4 A I RAILWAY OFFICIALS INDICTED Manslaughter Charge Preferred Against New York Central Officers. New York , March 28. Indictments charging manslaughter in the second degree were returned against the Now York Central railroad. Ira A. McCor- mick. general superintendent of tha company , and Alfred H. Smith , ono of Its vice- presidents , in connection with the wreck of the Brewster express on the Harlem division of the railroad last month. McCormlck and Smith entered pleas of not guilty and were released on $10.000 bal1 each. The grand jury also handed up a presentment containing many recommendations to the state railroad commissioners concerning re strictions on the railroad operation in this slato. HAS MANIA FOR EXPLOSIONS. Boy Tries to Blow Up County Hospital at Cripple Creek , Crlpplo Creek , Colo. . March 28. Roy Bourquln. aged seventeen years , was arrt&ted here , charged with at tempting to blow up the county hos pital with dynamite He placed sev eral sticks of dynamlto In the hos pital furnace , but luckily It was dis covered In time. Had it exploded heavy loss ot llfo doubtless would have resulted. Bourquln has a mania for explosions. A your ago he lost an eye and .hi ? right hand as the re sult of setting off dyn mite. Stockman Robbed on Street Car. San Francisco. March 28. Simeon [ I. West , an aged stock raiser of Leroy. 111. , was robbed of a pocketbook - book containing two drafts for $5,000 and $1,000 , $100 in currency and two Pullman sleeper tickets while travel ing from the ferry to the Hotel Netherlands - lands on n street car.