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.ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOHNENO, FEIJIIUARY 2, 1903.
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SENATE IS IN MUDDLE
Quaj'i Iniigtsnc en lutehood Bill Maxei
Program DoubtfnL
AMENDMENT MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER
Mots to Taok Disputed Mtornre on to Money
Votes May Cauie Treublft.
SENATORS READY TO APPEAL FROM CHAIR
Question May, However, Be Put Without
Allowing- President to Decide.
CULLOM PUSHES CUBAN TREATY FORWARD
Illinois Member Aiilm Obtain
Reciprocity Ratlflcatloa, bat Maat
Walt Decision aa ta Territo
ries' Ultimate rate.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The omnibus
tstahood bill will continue to bold It
plaee for the present as the unfinished
business on the senate calendar, bul It
seems quite probable that the debate will
be transferred to the appropriation billa.
Senator Quay baa entirely changed hla tac
tics during the last week and sfto '-vlng
In Tain to secure a quorum for night
lotis on two different occasions,' .has
abandoned all efforts la that direction,
tearing the senators who oppose the state
hood bill to take the responsibility for de
lay. He now apparently la the least con
cerned of all to aecure late sessions.
He makes no confidants, but it la evi
dent that It la hla purpose to make hie
, fight In connection with the appropriation
bills and to secure promisee to rota for a
statehood rider to one or other of them.
Thus far there baa not been delay on any
supply measure on account of the state
hood debates, but there will be a decided
effort to attach the statehood amendment
to the agricultural appropriation bill. It
Is expected that the amendment will bo
ruled out on. a point of order. In which
event there will be an appeal from the 1e
clalon of the chair. It is quite possible,
however, that the question may be aub
, tuttted to the aenate without a ruling, by
the chair, Thla plan baa been pursued In
other cases and has been found to work
satisfactorily.
Senator Cullom will attempt to aecure
consideration of the Cuban treaty, but un
til tbe statehood bill la disposed of all
peculation aa to what may be done with
other questions la idle. ,
TRUST BILL IS JEOPARDIZED
May Over la Unas Till Bleat
WteH Owl as to Carreaey
, Claims.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The anti-trust
, bill which waa scheduled tor early consid
eration In the bouse thla week, will not
come up Until late In the week. If at all,
and possibly may be postponed' until next
week. The friends -of. the .currency bill
re exceedingly anxtoua to get considera
tion tor It,' and It may most likely -coma
la after tbe poatomce appropriation bill la
disposed of, to which caaa the anti-trust
hill would be shut out this week.
The democrata and republlcana have been
conferring about ttbe limit of the anti-trust
bill debate, and a tentative agreement haa
been reached to allow two days' general
debate.
Tomorrow Is suapenalon day, and a num
ber of mlnoi matters which ordinarily
would be paaaed by unanimoua consent, but
consideration of which la blocked by the
refusal of Mr. Moon Tenn.), to'allow any
bill to receive unanimoua conaent until tbe
Indian territory bill ts considered will be
acted upon.
Tueaday haa been set aside for consid
eration of tbe thirteen clalma bills to
which .Mr. Payne (N. T.) objected
yesterday.
ALLEGED FORGER IS MISSING
Deposits Government Checks aad
The Draws Amount by Iml- ,
tatlaat Slaaatare.
, NEWARK. N. J.. Feb.. 1. Edwin J. Mc
Allister, manager of the atgn and decora
tive department of the Electric Motor and
Equipment company, left here January 4,
ostensibly on a business trip aad nothing
stnoe haa been heard of him. Hla former
home la broken up and hla wife and their
two little children have gone to her former
home at Battle Creek, Mich.
McAllister le charged with forgery by
the United Statra Mortgage and Trust com
pany of New York, with whom be ' de
posited a government chuck for $2,700. pay
able to the electrlo company, which bad
been received for work done in fitting up
the cruisers Baltimore and Boston with
electric devices. Latfr be presented two
checks bearing alleged forged signatures of
tbe officers of the company and draw out
moat of the deposit. When the alleged for
gery became known a few days later the
government canceled the checks.
MOVE MOUNTAINS OF FREIGHT
Twenty Tbonaaad Cara Leave Pitta.
bar l'arda la Two
!)).
PITTSBURG. Ta.. Feb. 1. Fully 10.000
freight cara were moved on the Pittsburg
division of the several railroads during
Saturday and Sunday, the majority of them
being started today.
Tbe a tat her waa favorable, and each
line put forth special efforts to relieve the
congested condition of tbe yards. Every
engine tbat could be pressed Into aervlce
waa in use, aud all the trainmen made at
least one day, while large numbers were
credited with two daya before atopplng
work. The yards ara not entirely cleared,
but are In much better ahape than for a
long time past. ,
The movement by each road follows:
Pennsylvania in union atatlon yards, 4,000 r
cara; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne Chicago,
1.000; panhandle, 1.000; Pittsburg Li-ke
Krle, 1.000, and Baltimore Ohio, 6,000.
BANDITS LOOT KANSAS BANK
Blow Open Safe. See are fifteen Haa.
aired Dollar a aad tSaeape aa
Mandrar.
DEXTER, Kaa., Feb. 1. Three cracks
men wrecked tha safe of the 6tata Bank
f Dexter early today, and secured I1.6O0,
acaping oa a handcar without having
roused tbe cltlsona.
OfBcera from Arkaoaaa City followed the
trail for aeveral miles, but without suc
BLAME TRTSCOFOR PLAGUE
Mexicans Claim Dread Disease Was
Imported ta Mtisth front
fall or a Ian Port.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1. The government
investigation into the iutroduc.lon of bu
bonic pUgue baa led to the belief that tht,
steamer Curazao, from Pan Fiancljco, car
t he Infection to Mazatlan.
. "Tillable that the foreign relatione
o.. 'y. 're may make representations
to ih If . '".'-.tea in view of the great
loss innic '
leading west Cv-aet
port. -
MAZATLAN. Me.. '1. There were
two deaths from the , ie today. The
people In the refugee shed number 190.
There were 165 deatba In January from the
plague.
A member of the aanltary police took
guitar from the house of a plague patient
and la now gravely 111 of the aame dis
ease. According to the best Information ob
tainable at leaat 1,000 persons have left
Mazatlan since the appearance of the
plague. Tbla number represents sbout one
sixth of the population of the 'city.
STRIKES BLOW AT GERMANY
New Hnaalaa Tariff Hlta Fatherland
Hard by Taxis Ita Prod
acts Illarh.
BT. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1. The Novoe
Vremya publishes an article In which It an
alyzes the new Russian customs tariff.
The Increase in rates over the existing
tariff la GO per cent for tbe great majority
of Imports and over 100 per cent for many
Important groups, among the latter being
delicatessen and varloua manufactures of
wood, leather and metals. The tariff la
characterized by a more detailed differen
tiation, whereby lower priced articles are
taxed less than htgber priced onea, metal
lurgical producta being particularly differ
entiated against.
Differential treatment agalnet Imports
overland compared to those brought by sea
averagea 30 per cent on coal, pig iron, steel
platea and machines.
The papes polnta out that all Germany's
leading exporta to Russia will be taxed
under the new tariff 50 to 150 per cent over
tbe treaty rates.
FREE TRADE TO CURB TRUST
Mexico Beeka Meana to Stlflo Evils
Following; lagrar Com
blae. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1. It Is rumored
here that the Mazatlan government baa
In contemplation the admlaslon of Cuban
sugar duty free to forestall the combine
that purchased the product of three of
the leading augar states In aouthern Max
I CO.
Since the deal waa put through augar haa
ateadtly advanced in price, caualng loud
complalnta by conaumera. It is believed
that If tbe price goes higher the govern
ment will use Its power la behalf of the
consumere, and put augar on the free list,
as It did .wheat when' It waa found neces
sary to relieve the shortage of bread-
StUffS..,.. . -l ' . - k. '
SAYS ' MILNER WILL RESIGN
London Paper Publishes Discredited
Story that African Utah Coxa,
snlaaloaor Seeks Relief.
LONDON, Feb. 1 The Morning Adver
tiser learna that Lord Mllner haa aaked
to be relieved of hla position aa governor
of the Tranavaal and Orange River colonies
and high commissioner of South Africa,
but at the desire of the government he
haa consented to remain In South Africa
until the end of July, when he will be of
fered a high position with the government
of India.
Numerous rumors had been current in
South Africa that Lord Mllner would re
algn, but hitherto tbeae reporta have al
waya been denied, and consequently little
credence la placed on thla last rumor, which
appears in a paper little likely to ba the
Brat to obtain such Information.
SON OF HEAVEN IN JEOPARDY
Chlneae Reformers Import Arms aad
Ammaaltlon with Which to
Overthrow Emperor.
HONOLULU, Feb. 1. The Pacifio Mall
ateamshlp China, from Hong Kong and
Yokohama, brlnga tha news of large impor-
tatlona of arma and ammunition being
made by the Chinese, In violation of tbe
agreement of the powers.
Vessels disguised as trading boats ace go
ing Into the Interior laden with war ma
terial. It la thought tbat theae 1 unusual
Importations are being made by the reform
element, which la plotting to - Overthrow
the Manchurlau dynasty.
There are many membera of the reform
party in Hawaii who have contributed lib
erally for the aupport of the agitators in
China.
FEAR FAMINE IF, WAR COMES
British Babjeeta Form Committee to
Fares Government ta Pro
toot Conntry.
LONDON, Feb. 1. The government hav
lng frequently turned deaf ear to par
llamentary pleaa for the appointment' of a
royal commission to Inquire into the se
curity to Great Britain's food supply in
time of war, an Influential committee haa
been formed to keep the matter before
the public
Among thoae interested are tha duke of
Sutherland Lord S.ratbcona, Lord Charles
Bereaford, Lord Hugh Cecil, Sir Conan
Doyle, a number of membera of tha House
of Commons, forty admirals and other
prominent men.
CRUEL SEAS ENGULF SAILORS
Norwegian Steamer Coea Aaboro oa
Danish Coast aad Three Bodlea
Are Recovered.
LONDON, Feb. 1 Tbe Norwegian ateamer
Avona haa been wrecked- at Lemvlg, Den
mark. Three boata and ala corpses have
been washed ashore. It le feared that tbe
remainder of tbe crew were also drowned,
LIVERPOOL. Feb. L Lacanla, which ar
rlvet( today, reporta baring encountered
high aeaa and terrific weather in tha At
lantic. Steamer Tickets Interchangeable.
BERLIN, Feb. 1. Tha Hamburg Boer
acohalie announces tbat the North Atlantic
association. Including the Morgan ltnea, haa
effected an agreement with regard to mak
ing tlcketa valid mutually oa all tinea.
WAR IS NOT OUT OF QUESTION
United States May Bo Involved is a
languinary." 8 toggle. .
MONROE DOCTRINE MAY NEED DEFENCE
Government at W'aahlatoa Keealy
Alive to Coadltloae ana Ready
ta Act Promptly la ay
v Emerceaey.
(From a Staff Correspondent.) '
WASHINGTON. Feb. L (Special.) On
Tueaday laat In a speech at Canton. O.,
Secretary Root, responding to the toast,
The Army," aald: "Another war la aure
to come, no matter how much we may long
for peace." Thla startling declaration from
the head of the War department la but a
reiteration of the utterances wUch he haa
made on aeveral occasions within the laat
few yeara. No man ' understands better
than Secretary Root how Close the United
Statea has come to war with a European
power within the last few months. And
yet the secretary of war with hla col
leaguea, the aecretary of state, the aeere
tary of the navy and the attorney gen
eral, were most vehement In protesting
agalnat the acceptance of the poaltion of
arbitrator by the president only six weeks
sgo.
On Tuesday before Christmas President
Roosevelt received a request from Germany
and Great Britain to act aa a Judge between
tbose countries and Venezuela In the con
troversy between them. The presi
dent waa aomewhat elated over
tha fact that tbe United Statea
bad been selected for thla Important post,
and It waa hla purpose to promptly ac
cept the offer, but the four advlaora above
mentioned protested moat vigorously and
strenuously against "auch a course. They
held that It waa but a acbeme on the Dart
of the European powera to force the United
Statea to become the sponsor for the debta
of the South American republice. The
president himself la a man of conviction
and earnestness and he did not hesitato
to argue moat vigorously in support of the
position which he had then decided to -assume.
There waa a wordy war In the cabi
net. It lasted for several hours and finally
the force of the arugenta of Messrs. Root.
Hay, Moody and Knox Induced the president
to aDanoon nla poaltion and to decline to
fall Into tbe trap which Germany had ao
skilfully laid for him.
What tho Faaa la A boat.
The controversy In Venezuela, aa Is rr
well known, arises out of the disinclination
of the Spanish-American people to pay
tneir debts. It Is a comparatively easy
matter for any European or any American
to aecure from a South American remihtln
concessions which are apparently of great
value, under auch conditions aa these rail
road, . telephone and telea-raoh lines have
bean constructed, bar bora have been Im
proved, breakwaters have been built, sew
erage ayatema have been established In
cities, mines have been opened and other
Improvements of a Dublin or anml-mihlti.
nature have been successfully Inaugurated.
Yet. in aptte of the fact that theae concear
alons have- apparently ternevwry evidence
of good faith on the Dart of tha renuhllca
granting them, the foreigners -vho hsve in
vested tbelr money have been deprived of
their right. Just debta have been repudi
ated and Juat aettlementa have nearly al
ways failed to be brought about. On the
otner nana, tnere can be acarcely any
question that theae foreign concessionaires
have In many Instances fostered revolts
against the existing governments, and It Is
charged In the case of Venezuela that ab
solute evidence exlsta that Germany haa
been party to the attempt on tha nart nt
the so-called revolutionists to overthrow
the government of President Castro.
Whether or not that harrassed gentleman
waa within hla rights when he declined to
pay the demanda of Germany, Great Britain
ana Italy la an open question, but certainly
the blockade of the porta of the republic
waa the result of hla nollcv of delav whan.
ever a suggestion for the asttlement of
nnancial obligations waa propoaed.
Tbe Monroe doctrine, ao called.
contemplated for a moment that thla coun
try ahould Interfere to prevent any re
public on tbe American continent from
chastisement in the event of lta repudia
tion of ita obligations, and ao Ions- for
eign powera almply attempt to enforce the
payment or debts aue tbem or tbelr people
tbe United Statea cannot, under the Monroe
doctrine. Interfere, but whenever an nt
the European powera ahall attempt to ac
quire territory It will be the duty of the
united states to prevent tbat acquisition,
even though war may ensue.
It la very well understood In diplomatic
(Continued-on Fifth Page.)
Manufacturing: Paid Sentiment
Hartlngton Herald Gives Railroad Game Away.
Aa Interesting Cemmnalcatlon.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 23, 1903. Editor
Herald, Harttngton, Neb. Dear Sir: I en
close herewith an article which I wish you
would run in the local or editorial col
umns of tbe next lsaue of your paper.
I believe the acntlment will meet with
the approval of yourself and your readers
and that local comment on tbe Omaha tax
acheme would be in order.
If you desire payment for the expense
of putting thla article In type and running
It, aend me bill, and I will aend you check
for aame. There should be no delay In
arousing publlo aentiment agalnat thla
Omaha movement.
Please send me copy of your paper con
taining thla article. Yours,
F. A. HARRISON.
The Article.
Aa tha people had been led to expect,'
the city of Omaha Is arraying Itself against
the rhral counties, school dlstricta and vil
lages of tbe state in tha matter of railroad
taxation. The latest acheme ta being ex
ploited In the legislature. The attempt is
being made to change tha law ao aa to per
mit Omaha to assess tbe railroad terminal
properties locally. Instead of allowing tha
taxea to be distributed equally along tbe
tinea aa at present.
It la well known tbat the rsllroads are
Interested la the upbuilding of all parte of
the state, and that thereby they build up
their own buslnesa. The valuable railroad
propertlea located In Omaha are not there
for the aole benefit of Omaha, but tor the
benefit of tha whole aystem.
The scheme haa Juat been attempted la
Illinois, where Chicago wanted to grab the
railroad taxea for local purposes. The at
torney general stood far tha people of hla
atate, and declared that tha acheme would
rtsuit la a loss of at leaat to per cent iu
taxea in each of the outside counties. The
case went to the courta, and a tew daya
FORTUNE COMES JUST-IN TIME
Finds Hetpleae Children and Par
alytle Father! In Deetrtate
Condition.
TACOMA, Wash.. Fth. 1. (Special Tele
gram.) Plunged from a position of Influ
ence and comfort to abjeot poverty. In
which they have struggled for aeveral
years, the family of W. A. Patterson, who
Is now in the Soldiers' borne at Ortlng, a
paralytic, will agala be placed In Inde
pendent comforts, word having reached Ta
coma that an uncle of Mrs. Patterson baa
left $16,000 to each of the aix children.
Mr, Patterson, tha father, came from
Kansaa In 1890. where he was recognised
, aa a man of ability. Is a lawyer by pro- 1
1 feaslon, and at one time ran for lleuton
, ant governor of Nebraska, but waa de
: feated. He had a hard time making a
. competency for hla family, and Lla affaire
; went from bad to wore. Ha lott his wife
' about three years agoj she dying In pltl
. fut poverty, and leavirg aix helpless chll
I dren to be supported by friends and the
j county. Mrs. Patterson waa well connected
In the eaat, being the niece of Judge Sam
uel Lord, formerly of the Minnesota supremo
i bench, from whom the fortune left to the
children and enfeebled: father haa come.
Mra. Patterson waa alo a relative of the
Densmorea, manufacturers of the type
writer of tbat name. Kir. Patterson waa
a member of the Sixth howa Infantry, and
had never applied for a pension until he
waa atrlcken with paralysis a short time
ago, and waa cared for by the membera of
the local G. A. R. poet
RED CROSS OFFICER REPLIES
Expresaea Right for IaolndinaT Pres-
! Ident la Board of Canaal.
i tatlaa. "
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Replying to the
recent letter of the president's aecretary,
saying- tbat the preeident and hla cabinet
cannot serve as a board of consultation
to the Red Cross, Misa Clara Barton, presi
dent of the society, haa addressed an ex
planatory letter to President Roosevelt.
Referring to the section of the constitu
tion of tbe Red Cross providing for a
board of consultation conaistlng Of the
prealdent and his cabinet. Mica Barton
polnta out that thla provision waa fully
endorsed by Prealdent Arthur and accepted
by aucceedlng administrations.
Continuing. Misa Barton says: '
I recite these facta to you, Mr. President,
aa an earnest that neither usurpation was
firactlced nor discourtesy intended In the
Kto changes in the article of the constitu
tion. But if in continuing your honored
name and that of your cabinet In- our ad
mlnlHtretion I have committed an error so
grave as to merit a reprimand and to be
required to make an open denial before the
world of the privilege I have assumed I
ahall prove my good cltir.nshlp by exact
and willing conformity to the commanda by
the publication of your letter and auch
replies aa I have been able to make.
Trusting that - these concessions, faith
fully aubmltted. may prove a sufficient
notice and guarantee to the public of the
disconnection which you desire from the
organisation, I. have the honor to subscribe
myself, your obedient countrywoman
CLARA BARTON.
ARRAIGNS DAKOTA DIVORCES
Cardinal GlbbnViV Attacks F.a'ao- with,
Which Marrlaaea Ara Sot
Aalde.
. BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 1. Preaching at
the cathedral on "Chrlat, the Only Endur
ing Name ' In History and the Only True
Reformer of Society," Cardinal Gibbona to
day aounded a note of warning In a discus
sion of tha growing number of divorcee, ,
"There la social scourge more blight
ing and more destructive of family life
than Mormonlsm," aald he. "It 1 tbe fear
fully increasing number of divorce mills
throughout the United Statea. Theae mills,
like tbe mills of the gods, are alowly but
surely grinding tbe domeatlo altaru of the
nation. Husband and wife are separated
one the most flimsy pretexts, snd as If the
lawa of the different atatea of the union
were not sufficient In thla respect, South
Dakota haa tbe distinction of granting a di
vorce for the mere asking of It on the con
dition of a brief aojourn within -Ita bor
dera." OIL WELL' SHOOTER KILLED
Charge Explodea Prematorely, Slaya
One, Seriously Injures Another
and Wreck a Plant.
' PARKERSBURG. W.Va., Feb. 1. Frank
H. Sanderson, an oil well ahooter, was
killed by a premature explosion, of nitro
glycerine today and Fred Kreba waa fatally
Injured.
The engine house and rig were wrecked.
ago It waa 'decided against Chicago and
In favor of the rural countlea. Tbe Omaha
real aetata boomers desire to get around
a decision like 'this by legislative enact
ment, and thus deprive the outside coun
ties and districts of Nebraska of from 25
to 75 per cent of the railroad taxea which
they heretofore have received.
It Is a good time for members of the
legislature from the Interior of the atate
to ba constantly on their guard against
thla dangerous movement. There will be
no division of aentiment among tbose who
inform themselves on the question.
Omaha haa built up Ita trade and gained
Ita wealth because of the toll and prodvee
of the rural communities. The grab game
In the matter of railroad taxaa looka like
baae Ingratitude. It ia like an attempt
to kill the goose that laid tbe golden egg.
It would aeem to be in order for the con
stituency In the counties all over the atata
to notify their representatives In the legis
lature of their disapproval of the Omaha
scheme.
Opea Letter to F. A. Harrison.
Dear Frank: I acknowledge receipt of
your favor of the 23d lost., and beg to reply
tbat artlclea auch aa that enclosed are not
admitted to the editorial columna of the
Harttngton Herald la the way you auggesL
Referring to the third paragraph of your
letter, I beg to aay tbat thera la not money
enough In tbe atate of Nebraska to buy
even one line of editorial comment la thi
Herald.
Referring to the second 'paragraph of
your letter I regret to aay that tha aenti
ment of your article doea not meet with
my approval, and I doubt very much that
It will meet with tbe approval of tbe Her
ald's readers.
When I call to mind, dear Frank, that
tha Union Pacific ia maintaining a lobby at
Lincoln cn a very extravagant acale, and
that tbla lobby la doing everything pos
sible to cultivate a aeatiment among the
STRIKE CLOSES SMELTER
olden Reward at Deadwood Idle and Wines
Are Also Closed.
TROUBLE OVER DISCHARGE OF ONE MAN
General Msssatr Said to Coatemplate
Shipping Or to Omaha aad Per
atsststly Closing; tho
Plant.
DEADWOOD. 8. D., Feb. 1. (Special Tel
egram.) The employea of the Golden Re
ward smelter, the largest of ita kind In
tha United States, struck last eight, and aa
consequence almost 1.000 men are today
out of employment and double that number
have been affected by the strike.
The trouble arose over the taking off' of
one man from the charge floor of the
smelter, and not on account of wages, tb,e
highest wagea In the Vnlted 8tatea having
been paid the men for that kind of work.
The Deadwood Labor union' la discussing
the situation thla evening, but ahould Gen
eral Manager Franklin, who la at the pres
ent time In the east, persist In his determ
ination, the emelter will not be blown In
again, he having telegraphed today, after
receiving word of the strike and the cause
of it, to close thvj smelter down, pay off
the men and call the miners from the
mines of the company in the Bald Mountain
and the Ruby Basin districts, leaving only
enough to keep the timbering up and the
worklnga free from water.
It la aald tbat he will make arrangements
while in the eaat with the railroad com
panies and after things have been settled
begin shipping ore to the Omaha amelter.
The Golden Reward treata 500 tone of ore
daily when Ita amelter Is running, besides
200 tons which la treated in the cyanldo
plant of the company In thla city. Next
to the Homestake company, the Golden Re
ward la the largcat employer of labor In
the Black Hills and even should the mlnee
be again atarted up It will be with a
great reduction in the force of miners,
while tbe 300 men who have been working
In the smelter In thla city will be out of
employment. ,
Tbe men are doing little talking, many
of them believing that the strike was Ill
advised, and that the men ahould have
awaited the arrival of Mr. Franklin from
the east before going to extremes In the
matter, and at leaat glved him notice of
their Intentions and an opportunity to pasa
on their grievances.
OFFERS TO BOW TO WHITES
Booker T. Washlaartoa Will Caaeel
Enaraaremeat If People So
Deal re.
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 1. Mayor
Thomaa received a telegram today from
Booker T. Washington saying If the an'
nouncement' that he would deliver an ad
dress during the Joint convention of super
intendents of public Instruction and the
general education board had created dis
satisfaction among the white people ha
would cancel hie engagement., -
He aaketi. the mayor to inform him as to
the real aentlmeat of the white people.' In
reply Mayer Thomas wired that he had not
sufficiently familiarized himself aa to the
sentiment to express an opinion.
CARS DIVE. INTO RIVER
Family of Six . Immigrants Said to
Bo Victims of Vlcksbarej
Mlabap. t r
VICKSBURG, Mlee., Feb. 1. Two care
from a westbound freight train broke away
on the incline of the Queen and Crescent
railway here tonight and, rushing down
the grade, plunged into tbe river.
One waa a combination freight and immi
gration car and it la atated that It con
tained a family of aix persona bound from
eastern Alabama to Arkanaas, all of whom
were drowned.
Dlvera are searching for the bodlea.
BURNING TRAIN ROASTS MAN
'Frisco Freight Destroyed by Flames
Crematea Esglaeer, Men aad
Floar. ,
PAOLA. Kan., Feb. 1. Edwin C. Rage
dale of Kansaa City, engineer of the St.
Louis San Francisco southbound freight
train No. 106, was burned to death at
Dana, aix miles north of here, aat night
In tbe wreck of hia trait..
Three cara of meat and aix of flour were
derailed and deatroyed by fire.
members of the legislature In line with
tbat of your article, I am led to the belief
tbat there Is an African In tbe woodpile.
and tbat Instead of trying to "arouse pub
lic sentiment Jn the Interest of the public"
you are really trying to earn your salary
by cleverly "working" the gullible country
editor to aerva tbe interests and wishes of
your employer, the Union Pacific, in the
belief that he la serving the people. Tho
present method of assessing the railroads
is undoubtedly a cleverly devised acbeme
by tbe railroads to ahirk payment of their
fair proportion of taxea by taking advan
tage of the lower tax levlea of the rural
couutiea through which their lines run.
The cities of Omaha, Lincoln and perhaps
other cities of tbe atata la which are lo
cated valuable terminal properties ara en
titled to the privilege of aasesslng these
properties, and tha preaent system of as
aessing railroad propertlea ia a rauk Injus
tice to those cities, tbey being at enormous
expense for fire and police protection 'and
receive practically nothing for It.
No doubt. Frank, the present law gov
erning tbe esseasroent of railroad property
Is largely reiponslble for the great Inter
est the railroads have been taking In tha
selection of candidates for atate officers by
both political parties.
Then again, Frank, when the railroads
become so "magnanimous" aa to spend
money to arouae public aentiment In beha't
of the dear people, our observation forces
ua to the conviction that It Is time to look
Into the motive.
In conclusion, dear Frank, permit me to
aay you are In mighty small business when
yon undertake to act aa go-between in buy
log up the Influence of tbe country press
In behalf of the railroads of this state, and
permit me to ex hoi l you to turn from the
slimy path of political and corporate cor
ruption before it la eternally too late. Fra
ternally and aincerely yours,
CECRGE L. NELSON.
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SOCIALISTS ARE SURPRISED
Omaha Membera Did Not Expect Re
moval of National Headqoar
ters 'of Party.
The removal of the socialist rational
headqunrtcra to Omaha, as snnouueed from
St. Louis Saturday, came aomewhat as a
aurprlsa to the local membera of the party.
The government of the socialist party Is
peculiar to Itself. Unlike other political
parties. It maintains a permanent national
headquarters, In charge of a secretary, who
at thla lime la Leon Greenbaum. To assist
the secretary a committee of five, known
as the local quorum, la elected by the
membera of the national central commit
tee from among tbe membership ol ths
party at large, the membera of thla com
mittee generally being chosen from the
states contiguous to the national head
quarters. The trouble at St. Louis seems to have
been that the members of the old local
quorum had endeavored to effect a fusion
arrangement with another party, and when
this waa discovered by the national com
mittee they were removed and the head
quarters were taken from St. Louis, be
cause It waa felt that the local quorum had
arouaed the feelings of the local socialists
in regard to the question of fusion. Omaha
waa selected on accouut of the ease by
which it can be reached from all parte of
the country. The Nebraska member of tbe
central committee la Christian. Christen
sen of Plattsmouth, who is now at St.
Louie. Tbe committee met January 29 and
will conclude ita aession today. It being
understood that at thia session the time
for the removal of tbe offices to Omaha will
be set. It Is not known locally . whether
Leon Greenbaum will be continued aa sec
retary, but the Omaha membera of the
party aay that they would not be surprised
If some other person la elected to tha office
upon ita removal to thia city.
Omaha socialists are not united In opln
Ion aa to the effect the location of tho
headquarters here will have upon the party
In the city and state, and while the major
lty aeem pleaaed with the aelection of thia
city, there are othera who aay that main
tenance of national headquartera In Ne
braska will tend to decrease tbe activity
of the local membera, who will depend to
a greater extent upon tbe work of the na
tional organization In spreading the doc
trine.
The socialist party la the one which grew
out of the work of Eugene V. Dobs and
John A. Wayland, and la distinct from thr
soqlallst labor party, which maintalna
headquartera In New York under tbe dlreo
tlon of DeLeon.
STRIKE - RIOTERS ARRESTED
Men Alleged to Have Used Revolvers
ta Shoe Olapats Mast
Stand Trial.
LYNN, Mass., Feb, 1. As a reeult of the
Investigation to the fight that occurred be
tween Imported boot and shoe workers and
Knlghta of Labor aympatblzera laat night.
the police today arrested two men, while a
third waa discovered at hla home Buffering
from an ugly bullet wound. The wounded
nan seems to have figured In the disturb
ance aa an onlooker.
Lcter Clement McMurnan, one of tho
men brought hers from Cincinnati, who la
aald to have done the ahootlng, was ar
rested. It la said ha admitted to United
Statea Marshal Burckea tbat he had used a
tevolver,- after which he threw It away.'
Edward Flynn, a laater and a member of
the union, waa the other man arreated to
day. He la charged with assault. Another
Cincinnati cutter" who waa arrested waa rec
ognized today aa Jullua BIgang.
FIVE MURDERS IN WEEK
Fifth Traaedy' Coaennixuatcd When
Jealous Haabnnd Meeta
Wife's Lover.
. PITTSBURG, Pa.. Feb. l.-r-The fifth mur
der within a week waa committed today
at the little eettletnent of Clairton. Just
above Plttaburg. Caught in company with
John Jackson's wife, Wlllmm Smith waa
ahot and killed by the husband.
When Jackson pulled his revolver Smith
did the aame and in tha fusilado tbat fol
lowed Smith wra ahot through tho heart,
while Jackson received a bullet In the
abdomen which probably will prove fatal.
Both men are negro laborers.
SEEK TO BURN UTAH SCHOOL
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Inmates of Reformatory Charged
with Conspiring- to Destroy
Oardea Iaatltatloa.
OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 1. An attempt waa
made tonight to burn the atate reform
school, which contains about 150 Inmates.
Shortly after 1 Ore waa discovered In
both the boys' and girls' dormitories and
for some time tbe flames threatened to
destroy the whole building. The flames were
t got tiuder control before much damage wai
done.
It ts charged tbat there waa collualcn be
tween tbe boys and girls to destroy the
Institution.
HOBSON WILL LECTURE NOW
Propoaea ta Spend Three Yeara
Plead Ins (or Stronger
, Navy.
LEXINGTON, Ky.. Fob. 1. Captain
Richmond P. Ilobaon arrived here from
New York tonight and la the guett of
Biahop Lewis W. Burtori, a relative.
Asked aa to hia future plana he aald he
would cortinue lecturing for at leaat three
yeara, going as far west as the coast. Hla
theme la a plea for a greater navy, one
tbat ahall claim rank above the greatest of
any nation.
Movements of Ocean Veaaela Feb. 1.
At N-w York Arrived: Moltke. from
West Indies cruise. Bulled: Kthlopla, for
Olasgow; i'hoenlca for Naples and Uenoa;
Hawaiian, for Baa Dtigoand Una Francisco.
At Liverpool Arrived: Lucanla, from
New York. Sailed: Llvonlmi, from Glas
gow, for Ht Johns, N. ., Halifax, N. B.,
and Philadelphia.
At ttieenstow n H.illed: Ivernla, from
IJvtTixiol, for New York.
At Oibrultar Hailt-d: Trave. t'vtn Genoa
and Naples, for New York.
SLOW FREIGHT RUNS
New Railroad, Policy Wltoa Hu Bet ths
' Jobber to Guess, in g.
DELAY IN SERVICE TO LOCAL POINTS
Boxoan Ko Longer Bwoop Aorost Prairies
' on Express Tim.
SCHEDULE LONGER AND TRAINS HEAVIER
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Pall Tonnage Muit Bs Takes, on Be'ors
Start ii Made,
CHANGE CALLED ECONOMY BY COMPANIES
James J. Hill Blamed (or tba laaova
tloa Which Haa Dlaraptad tha
Easiness Plaas af a
Large Territory.
Recent changea In railroad methods ara
having an effect anything bul pleaaant on
the Jobbing builneaa. For a number of
yeara the territory aervad by Omaha Job
bing houses haa had the benefit of faat
freight train aervlce and under It the
dealers have come to depend on the eelerlty
of the railroad service to a degree that la
moat exasperating Just at present. Freight
waa bandied with all due dispatch and
until a abort time ago trains wars sent
speeding acroas the prairlea at a rats that
waa equal to what waa considered a good
gait for an express train a tew yeara back.
Now thia ta all dona away with. Tha new
rule la heavy loads and alow time, and
tralna must be full tralna when tbey pull
out of division polnta. If the cara fee a
full train are not ready, the train walta
for tbem. Shippera and buyers are natur
ally much discontented at the new order,
and while they cannot In the very nature
of tbinga talk for publication over their
names, they are not at all backward in
privately expresalng their views of ths
situation. ,
At the door of James J. Hill is laid tha
trouble. It la hia policy, the ahtppera In
sist, to do the business of his goad In tba
most economical manner possible, no mat
ter what the publlo thinks of the service.
The complaining patrona of tbe Hill lines
sgree that he ia Justified in his endeavor
to make the road pay an Income on tha
heavy capitalization due to his merger
scheme, but insist that it ia not juat or
fair to make the publlo bear the entire
burden. It le contended that Mr. Hill's
present economy la diarupttng buslnesa and
la not In any way aatisfactory to tbe pa
trona of Ms lines. On the other hand, the
railroad men aot up tbat It la out of the
question to ralae the ratea, and th.t, aa
economy must be practiced, the only ave
nue open la to curtail the fast train serv
ice. Shippera Arc Mnsaled.
Heavy shippera as a rule do not like to
complain agalnat rallroada io a publlo
manner, for as one of the Omaha Jobbers
recently expressed It, "the railroad can
drive a Jobbing house, out of business In
anbort time by QdoUhg a aaorat lower ta'-e -to
a competitor, and one therefore must
be on good terms with tbe railroads," hut
the policy of Mr: Hill In one particular at
least haa caused considerable dlasatlafao
tlon and shippers are talking among them
selves. Tbe moBt objectionable feature of
the new Instructions sent out Is that which
urgea upon thoae governing ths running of
freight trains tbe Importance of aecurlng
full loada before the tralna leave the ela
tion. Thla meana tbat an engine which
can haul fifty cars must not be aent out
with less, and that cara must be loaded ta
their full capacity. Said one shipper:
"The new rule affects ahlpmenta from '
the east In thla manner: When the faat
freight, which carries, zay fifty ears, la
ready to leave the atatlon and It la found
that there are sixty cara for tha train, the
additional ten care are cut out and laid
over until the next day. Under the old
policy forty rare of alow freight would
be added to 'the ten cars and the train aent
out in two sections. It means that now
there la a delay in delivery of additional
cara tor twenty-four hours. It doea, not
affect oa so much on delivery of freight
from the east, however, as upon shipments
to points In the Interior of tbe state."
Branch t.laes , Sailer.
Another shipper, speaking of tha affect
on western ahlptrfciltg, saidf ' "Ws sra re
ceiving complain'1 3 from 'towns on branch
lines of the BlrVon io the effect that
ahlpmenta are Irei.t frfy.eight hours to
three days late, 'aad Vrfl this Is dus to ths
fact that the company wilt Sot aend out
tralna without full tonnage. Wben a cou
algument arrivea at a Jonctlon point, billed
to some town on a branch. It walta there
until a load ia made up for the train which
ia to carry It. This does not affect us so
much on. the through business aa oa ths
shipments to local points."
Said another shipper; "Hill Is going to
make trouble for more than ona In Ne
braska If he follows out ths policy he
has Indicated. In my line we are not ship
ping heavily now, ao we are little affected
at thla time, but I am in a poaltion to
know that tbe policy of the Burlington haa
changed in an Important particular. Under
the old management the Chicago office de
pended upon the Nebraska officers of the
company, and business In thla territory
could be transacted at Omaha. Today
questlona which were tnoe aettled at
Omaha teadquartera roust be sent to Chi
cago, and the opinions of the Nebraska of
ficers seem to have much lesa weight thaa
formerly. The Hill management baa also
curtailed the number of passes and amount
of other free transportation issued to ship
pers. , This may be all right, and I for ona
have no complaint to make about it, but I
am certain that roads which do not follow
this plan will get business which formerly
went to tbe Burlington."
What Helps the Barllntoa.
"The Burlington service Is no worse
than tbat of any other road," suld soother
shipper who patronlzea aeveral lines, "but
that Is for a peculiar reaaon. Ths Bur
lington engines are not large, and tbe total
tonnagn which they can haul alugly Is
much less than that of the engines of sev
eral of the other roads. While the pres.
ent plan see.ua to be to get the full ton
nage out of each rnglue, traffic' la ao heavy
that train are running In a fairly aatis
factory munuer. . If the englnea of thia
road were as heavy aa some of lbs freight
englnea used by other roads and the com
pany Insisted upon the full tonnage before
tbe train started thore would be much mora
trouble, but as It la the greateat complaint
comes from towns on branch Hues, where
half of the trains have been taken off dur
ing tbe last few months."
Hlantea Jim Hill.
"Jim Hill la forcing his ideas of freight
trsmo onto the dlffereat roads doing busi
ness in thla territory and In pursuance of
hla policy the freight bualness will be ban-
