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THE OMAHA DAILY FRIDAY, M A HCH 20, 1P03. Tel. Sli-tti. We Clos Saturday at 8:00 Vcs tings, . Sl.00 2S. per yard as long as they last. COME EARLY Y. M. C. A. Buildinc. Corner president nf the Omaha National bank, late bank rsanilncr from lSi'l to ISO. He teatlflrd that he never found but one note on which tho name of Hartley appeared ex cept on one occasion. A note, the denomi nation of which he could not atate, was held la thw Omaha National bank against Hartley. It might hare been .'..000 or 110,000, Mr. Modrow said he could not bo sure. He thought It was not over $10,000. He until the note ws partially secured by a Ufa Insurance policy. Mr. MoUrrw stated . Iial he was unable to offer the committee any Information that would aid In Ita work. Mlnrt on Stnerer Monday. The committee to examine tho Stuefer bond purchase rase will start In on Its ex amination Monday. It has sent the ser-taaiit-at-arma of the house on a mission to subpoena Mr. Stuefer and aeveral other witnesses. Representative Flshback of the committee today said they Intended to bend every energy to get at the facta In I his case and have It cleared up If possible. Ho said the committee was anxious to re ceive all the assistance that cltlsens of tho state could give It. There have been In all 100 employes ap pointed wnd elected In the house. Nine were elected. Ily a process of addition and subtraction the list was sifted down to about ninety. The law prescribes not to exceed seventy-five, Including, of course, those appointed and elected. The speaker said tonight there were now less than eighty on the appulntlve list, but that this number would be reduced. Several commit. ,ee clerks will be let out. as will also tome proofreader artd bill clerks and possibly page. Considerable dtsaiittsfucttou was expressed by republican members when It wa learned through The llee this morning that the list of employe was so large. It may be that some of the employe more recently taken In will be let out or have the pleasure of working without salary. Auditor Weston,- when asked If the voucher for talarle of employes In etees of the num ber allowsd by law would bo honored by hlro after this, (aid: will rar. "No. When we bar completed the In vestigation which wa began today of this matter and find that there are mora than sevenLT-Bv employes on, the house pay rolls we certainly shall not honor vouch er tor any additional cumber. The fact la wa have not recently cheeked over our books with those up In the house and did not, therefore, real lie that (her were mors employee than there ought to ba. I krew tn a general way that some had been let out and did not suppeew that there were so many on the roll. I don't suppose titer t aay way In which any of the money already paid out In exesaa of law could be recovered, but the matter can be rem edied by not paying out any mora money uot warranted. " t.ellallve Gossip. Th supplementary or minority report ct the senate telephone Investigating com mittee place its signers. Howell and War ner, In a peculiar position and has occa sioned considerable, comment among the senators. Itoth Howell and Warner signed th full committee report, which recom mended that th power granting the fran chise hava the power to regulate the rate to ba charged by telephone companies The minority report aka that such legis lation b enacted as will fix the rate to be charged by telephone companion In Omaha, thut depriving the council of that right. Th majority of the comrilUee, Ol(ttn, O'Neill nd Meredith, Intended to bring In a report thla morning denying that the deduction suade by the minority were Justified, but concluded to allow the sen at to Judge ot both reports. Hall ot Uougtaa. who cast the vote that kept Howell's rat hill from leaving the ItUng committee, said he did so because th bill waa a measure oppoaed tn home rule. "Why should the legislature fix ratea that a telephone company should charge In Omaha." he said. "That la a question the people of Omaha should deal wrtth. The city council has authority to deal with such matters and It the council refuses to do what la right the people cau get relief at th ballot box." Th committee on constitutional amend ment and federal relation has reported t Indefinitely poatpon 8. r SSo. Thl is a bill Introduced by Howell of lvougla. that th legislature authorise cities to tram charter for th government of their municipal affairs; but such charters or any amendment thereto shall not become operative until they have beeu ratified by th voter of the city or municipality la th manner prescribed by law. rr"eut at th committee meeting when the bill waa reported for Indefinite postponement were Senators Sloan aud lVmberion. Hall asked that a decWlon b nvt arrived at until a majority ot th commute- was 'present. Sloan dated that It wa a regular meet lug OIL FOR THE BODY i j You can't lose an atom without feeling it. The body is like an engine, a watch, 'a machine; must be kept in good order to run right. That's the reason Scott's Emulsion is so successful in all wasting diseases. It feeds, nourishes and strengthens jwher. ordinary food won't Doctors say Scott's Emul sion is the best nourishment for those who are not as well as they should be young or -old. Wstl 4 ea avails tw taaasat I SCO If fcC .- rt un. Haw Vasfc, p. tn. . Bee, Mar. 19. 1903. Special Sale Friday a. m niorning at Mercerized 75c, 85c and values at Sixteenth and Douglas St of the committee and that It wa the fault pf tho committee member that they were not nresent. as the meeting had boen an- iMvuuced FIGHT ON LANDLORDS BILL si.aanra lilvlna Landowner First Men on t'rona Orilere4 Knaroasril. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. March 19. (Special.) Tho fight In the eenate thl morning w the landlord Hen bill Introduced by Umstead of Nance by request. After much discus sion the bill w ordered engroesed for a third reading, with th amendment offered by the commute. The ectlon over which the fight occurred and which wa ordered engrossed ls-as follows: Section 1. A landlord shall have a first Hen for Ills rent upon, one-half the crops urown mum the demised premise from the planting of said crops, until one year arter the term of the lease expires, or until the rent is paid, by tiling In th olllce of the county clerk, as chattel moitgHKca are tiled a notice that such lien Is cltiimod, and stating the amount thereof and when due. Snid lien may l enforced by fore closure In the wi tne maimer as chattel mortgage" are foreclosed, at any time after said rvnt or any prt thereof Is due. Itrady ot Roone said the bill provided that tho landlord would have a llrst lien on all th crop and It would prevent the tenant from selling a bushel of grain or anything else without an order from the landlord. He said It would prevent the grocer or any merchant from collecting any debt against the tenant until the land' lord waa satisfied. Hasty ot Furnas said the bill wa selfish legislation and It would work a hardship on all the west portion of the state. Speeches In favor of the bill were made by Wall, Warner, Alden, 1'iustead, Hall at Hurt and Harrison. . Uriy of Roone made an attempt this afternouu to bring forth his. elevator bill from the judiciary rommlltce and lost. Tho committee waa Instructed by the senate to report the bill back Inst Tuesday. That evening Chairman Hall ot Douglas .asked tor on mor aay ana tnt wa granted cjr uraay. mis arternoon Jiraay otlerea a motion requiring the committee to Tepdrt tn cm forthwith. Beghtol offered an amendment- that th commute be granted one mora., wek Thl waa 'lost by the - following vol: Nay. Anderson.. Brady, Coffey, Cog, Fries Hall of Hurt. Hastings. Haaty, Jennings, Marshall Meredith O'Neill, Reynold Saunder. Sheldon, Sloan, I'mstead, War ner, Way, Young. lea Alden. Deghtol. Brown. Day. Gimn; Hall of Douglas. Harrison, Hedge, .vorris. remberton, Wall. Harrison than moved to table Brady' motion. Thl carried. Inasmuch aa th bouse baa recommended tor passage the Ramsey elevator bill. It Is thought by the rriemta or the Brady bill that the aenat 111 endeavor to substitute th Ramaev bill for It. Soma ot the friend of th enate file believe the Itamaey bill uncon stitutional and for that reason- the ele vator men and the railroads are tor It. "leant Roatlae. The senate again got down to business at 9 o'clock. Stauding committee reported for general file S. F. S1J and S. F. 63. The former la an act providing for the filing of reporta of tnsuranc companies with the state auditor before they are allowed to do Business lc the state. 8. F. (S Is an act granting additional power to fraternal ben eflclary societies. The bill waa Introduced at the request of the Ancient Order of I'nlted Workmen lodge. The committee of the whole, with Harri son or Halt In the chair, ordered the fol lowing engrossed for a third reading: S. F. 170, naming number ot employe to be employed by the senate and house. S. F. 43. the local land lien bill. S. F. 60, providing for the purchase of cemeterle by town. P. F. 7. provldiug for the verification ol pleadings. S. F. IIS, relating to divorce. S. F. 15, an act providing for th digging pf ditches to drain land. S. F. 1(4. the compulsory school attend ance act. . At 145 the aenat took a recess until S o'clock. several Mil from tn nous wer read a first time and II. R. tit wa put on Ita third reading. This 1 the Gilbert primary election Mil. which provides that at all primaries the Election board shall have authority to ouupol the voter to swear whether he haa gcuerally supported the ticket cf the party holding the primary at th preceding election. Tfose'who voted against the bill wer Brady and Coflfey. O'Neill, who made such a ftf-nt against the bill "yesterday, voted fr IU The M'l paased by JO to J. lVan of Phelps being absent. S. F. 178. defining desertion by husband or wife and provldiug penalties, was placed on general file, with amendment. Harrison of Hall gave notice that Satur day cr Monday a call would likely be BnUe to pas H. K S7 aad H K. JJO to a third reading without going through the com mittee of the whole. The former relates to charter ot cities of T.iHV) and th latter I the Omaha charter bill. The senat weut Inla committee of the whole with Hall ot PougUs la th rhatr ! and made the following disposition of bill. j 8. r'. lii. providing for the establish I mettl ef a military rtvle tor Nebraska and orc4nUtlon of the militia to conform with t the act ot the Vailed State coi.grvs. Th salary ot th adjutant general waa In creased to H.POO and tb salary of the as sistant adjutant general was tied at fl.roo: tb quartermaster sergeant at I i! and th stinographer at TM. The bill was crderM eusrvssvd Brady ot Boone ottered thl motion: "I mot that the judtctary rvaitutttee be re iueid to report S. F. 101 forthwith, as pr Instructions when th Mil wa re-conimlt-ted" 1111 of IVug'? explained that the com -uiUtee had breo itnsM te have a meeting. Brady sM the c.-.uii-e was Instruct t te report back b Tt..-.J. '"Pie committee has not reported. I was :kc! to grant th cvuiuuw u outre dj that was don, now In Justice to th friends of th measure It should be reported hark." (51 mn explained that thi senate wan la favor of a, Mil that would help the termers aa well aa Hrady was and that this thing should not ho hurried. Harrison said (hero was no occasion to order up a Mil and that no one had a right to rrflert on any committee. Ttoghtol offered an amendment to give the committee one more week. Motion lost on roll call by 13 to 12. Harrison moved that motion of Brady be tallied. This was carried amid tho Jeer of the opposition to the Mil. TAKE UP APPROPRIATIONS llnaae g-tarta In tjr Itataln; a Mnmhpr ol Salaries In the Mate llnnae. (From a Stuff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Marrh 10. (Special.) -The house began operations this morning by concurring In senate amendments to H. R. 49. by Krederlrh of Cuss, requiring due ad vert Isument of school board meetings bo- fore tho board can vote bonds. These bills were passed: H. It. 440, by House of Hall, appropriating H.lCt from the penitentiary fund to aid In the construction of tho addition to the state penitentiary. H. K. 104. by Junkin of Gosper, providing for a department In ono of the state in- sane hospitals for the treatment of dlpso maniacs. Inebriate and those addicted to excessive use or i quors and drugs R- hy Np'"u of DnuRlns, providing ror unirorm proceedings on appeals to tho (llBtrict COUrt. . 21- I? Nelson of Douglas, providing a unirorm bond in appeals to tho district court. It. R. ir7. by Terry of Furnas, curative, relating to fees of county court onVer. 8. F. H7. by Sheldon of Cass, providing j for opening-, maintaining and vacating j county rendu; emergency clause. - S. F. 117, for a Joint resolution memor ializing congress to approve tho Ptolrlch land leaslug bill. A emmet hv r ha Knnimlttiin rn nrnnnnts and expenditures was adopted, allowing bills, ono of which was :.5 for th speak- er's chair; another, $445.07. for desks, chair.- files, etc., the whole !ootlng up l,63o.06. At this afternoon' session the house went Into committee of the whole to con sider appropriation bills aB special order until they aro completed. Rouse of Hall mad tho motion which led to thla action. Before proceeding with these bills the committee took up two senate amendment to the salaries appropriation bill, on to repeal tho lw fixing the' deputy secre tary ot state's and the governor's private secretary's salaries at $1,500 a year, leav ing It to tho legtslaturo to fix these sal aries by appropriation. Sweexy of Adams and Loo nils of Dodge took decisive stands against this method, arguing that the legislature should fix a definite salary for each of these officers. It was brought out that for twenty years these omctals had been receiving salaries by legislative appropriations In excess of the statutory limitation. S. F. 117 proposing the repeal of the old territorial law providing that the deputy treasurer shall receive no. salary "from tne territory." Loom la offered an amendment to the salarlfa bill fixing the deputy's aalary at I1.S00. the amount previous legislature hate been appropriating. Th amendment waa carried. a separate amendment. S. F. tlS. pro- T,iej for the repeal of the law fixing the salary of the governor's private secretary at 11.500. Looml rroposea an amendment makttik thl- ll.00.' aad Meea of JdJuisou . . 1 . I, 1 AAA T. V. senv up an. niueiuiiueni. juaam i. u.vw. iuo Rbed amoodnipnt carried. Oo motion pf Looml th bill a amended wis recom- mended for passng?. -. S, F. 216 was amended on motion of Loomla. giving the deputy eecretaiy of tate 11.700 a year. H. R. 374. the salarle appropriation bill, was then taken up section by section. Sear moved to amend It by giving the adjutant general $1,800 Instead of l.3;.0. Ten Eyck Douelae championed the amendment. Many other member put themselves on re -i ihi. i,i nf the nuestlon. The amendment carried. Amendments by Cropsey of Jefferson ..i.,,,..m rnlKlnv the secretary nf !h atate banking board from $1,500 to $3,000 a year and hi chief clerk from $1,000 to $1,500. Wilson of Tawnee, chairman of the finance, waya and means committee, ot tered an amendment appropriating an an nual salary of $S40 for the secretary of the fish commission, not now provided for. The amendment carried. Tb amendments offered some days ago adding an assistant librarian of the u- prera court -t . $S00 a year and a coptity at $1,800, a deputy ' clerk at $l.S00 and three assistant clerk at ' $i0) each were adopted. Likewise the amendment to raise the salary of the steward of tho Lincoln hospital for Insane from $l.:oo to $1,600 a year carried. The house at 5:10 adjourned until 9 o'clock teraorrow morning. CUBAN TREATY RATIFIED (Continued from First Tage.) to meet at such time and place, or places. as the chairman may designate. Mr. Morgan Introduced a resolution which recites that It Is the duty of the I'nlted States to take such action as will abolish the abuses of the power of 'taxation; that there should be free trade N't ween the I'nlted States And the Insular possesions, that the Interest-bearing debt ot the coun try should be extinguished: that corpora tions employed for the purpose of monopoly are subject to the control of ror.gress, and that congress should make vigorous uce of such vowere. A Had Tast la th Month. It 1 anything but pleasant to awak with a had us:? tn the mouth. This always arises from a disordered stomach and may ty corrected by taking a dose ot Chamberlain' Stomach and Liver Tablets Immediately t;or (upper. They cleanse and Invigorate the stomach. Improve the digestion and give ono a rlisa tor hla food. They are easy to take and pleasant In effect. To Tax Heal Kami Mortgages. AU1ANY, N. T.. March 1J -The mort gage bill. Imposing a tax ef mills on all real riit mortgages, waa Introduced ln lxih hMU.- of th legislature today. The bill provld f-r tation at the rat of 4 ntlls per annum of all mortgages rttrg up-on real estate, whether the prop erty is :tuaisl wiihtn the stale of New York, except l'nl:el it:e loan mcrvge. mortgage owned by the I'nlled St Mrs. or lv a criortton. or also organised exclu sively for charitable, religious or educa tional puilHMea. tvrk Central Itlvldead. NKW TOKK. March -Tti New York Central rul'road has declared the regular Muan'rly duourud of per ceut va its capital stock. is a sure resource if mm tsi .i 9 LEGAL PHASE IS DISCUSSED Court Listeis to Arguments to tb. Wabash Injunction Caio. RIGHT OF THE MCN TO QUIT WORK Attorney for Railroad Company Kay They Mn- trlk It Not Coerced or If They Do Not Vio late Contract. ST. LOl'lS, March 19. Colonel Ulodgctt resumed his argument In behalf of the rompany when the hearing In tho Wabash case was resumed this morning. He read extracts from the constitution of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, to provo his contention that there wero no grievances entertained . by the employes against the ro.td. Inasmuch a the brother hood, according to his oontentlon. had not proceeded In accordance. with it own law. Its failure to do so. he claimed, showed conclusively that ther wera no grievances to l redressed. He claimed further proof or this In his stotemnnt that tho grievance committee had never taken up any griev ance. Tho whole thing lay, he declared. In the recognition nf the unlnn. and failing of this, the defendant had con spired to Induce the employe to stop work, and otherwise Injur the road. Taking up tho affidavits submitted by tho noromiants In which It was claimed that the Wabash road hud not kept good faith with its men. Cnlnnni r.i.,.. Vi..i...i .h, Ihrr hurl hAAf, t. v... aw- men In which a promise made bv President Ramsay or any other official of the mad had not been kept in spirit and letter. Perversion ot the Fact. The denial of the officials of the two brotherhoods that any coercion had been employed to induce the men to leave the Wabash road was, th speaker declared, not founded upon fact. There are. he t.t.l benefit fund In both organixatlons to which the men pay monthly dues. There Is tn tho " "m organisations, he said, a rulo pro' ldln" ,hat tf nr member declined to irise wnen an order waa issued hv the officers, he should forfeit his membership and pecuniary tenvflta n,i ..nnn i under the fear of losing these was, he de- .-lareu, nairny coercion He was followed by C. V. Travon. mfc also spoke in behalf of the railroad. Concede Riaht to Strike. Mr. Travous conceded that employe bad right to combine and a right to strike. provided that such action was voluntary on the part of all concerned, was not a breach of contract and was for a lawful purpose, but declnred In the present Instance all of these elements were absent. Over one-third of the men. aoeordln tn the statements of the defendants, were op posed to a strike, a strike would be tn vio lation of contract and It was. he said, an unlawful conspiracy against the road. In Conclusion ho recited the ob ligation Imposed upon railroads hv th interstate commerce law. a federal statute end urged that Inasmuch as railroads were compelled to accept and carry freight, no matter by whom offered, and were obliged to offer equal facilities 'to all connecting lines, It waa their right to have federal pro- iccuon in carrying out the provisions of the federal law. Jndaon Answer for Brotherhood. At th conclusion nf Mr. Travous' argu- went Attorney F. N. Judson rose to make me opening argument for the defendanta Mr. Judaon said that th attorney for th rauroaa naaaeciard that the Intunetlon did not prevent any man from leavlna- the I aninlnv . f ft, T1'V.-W I . i -. ntuiwi aiiroaa. : , iie .ra tnat portion qt. th Injunction which prohibits Jh oSlccra of the union from pereuadlng or coercing th employe me n aoaso, railroad to leave Its service, QB r,nl rejiign. he declared. 1 the chlef that labor has, but under the wording of the Injunction the officer pt th labor organixatlons are prohibited from ln- inuatlng or suggesting io an employ of ln waDasn that be could better his condl- tlon br quitting work, and this, he said wss an interference with the right of men to stop work when they choose. There waa. he said, no attempt on the rart of the two brotherhoods to discrim inate between nonunion men, and such conduct was foreign to the oollcv of th railroad organixatlons. He quoted numerous legal decisions to prove Ahat the employes of the Wabash h.vve a perfect right to combine, or leave its service, or to allow an organisation or other men to act for them. No authorities had been cited by the plaintiff to prove the contrary. "The charge of conspiracy brought against these defendants." said Mr. Jud son, "consists, only ln the demand of the men that they be represented by a com mittee ln their negotiations with the com pany. What they most dslre I the recog nition of their committee." After discussing - this point at length, counsel took up the statement advanced by the attorneys for the railroad that the com pany pays as good wsges In all Instances and ln some cases better, than are paid by Ita competitors. There were physical mod ifications of the . Wabash schedule which entered Into the proposition., the attorney contended, such as length ot runs aud hours cf employment, which went to disprove the claim. Declare Grievance Exist. The question of grievances was touched upon briefly and Mr. Judton was passing to other matters when he wa Interrupted. "You will recollect." said Judge Ad ams, "that in the blli of complaint It waa set forth that there were no grievances, but that false statements were made by the committee to the effect that such griev ances did exist and that these statements were made for the purpose of securing rec ognition ot the union. Are you going to allow that matter to rest where It is "I am about to dlarass It further." said Mr. Judson. and he dig to at considerable length. "There Is no eridence," continued coun set ln closing this part ? his argument. that the grievances originated with the grievance committee aad not with the men themselves, but I declare that tf the griev ance committee felt inclined to urge em ploye ot the Wabaah to ask belter wage they had a right to da so. "A paper haa been read here," broke In Judge Adams, "purporting to be a state ment ot the men anthorixing this commit tee to act for It In negotiations with the road. 1 want to see that paper. It waa handed up aad the judge, after reading It through, male copious notes. Mr. Judson then took up the affidavits alleging a disposition on bemslf of the de fendats to tie up the Gould roads, tf their demands were not granted by the Wabash. "No such thing wt said." he declared, "and no such thing was contemplated. Th sympathetic atrlk U not sanctioned by these, brotherhoods, and there could not have been a conspiracy to tie up the other ruads. The history ot thee organisations is almost barren of strikes. Judge Adam again Interrupted to ask for Information which be required and then adjourned court. Fnr a auk Mark. The muscle of the back mxy be very much strengthened and all pain and sore ness removed by spplymg Chamberlain I "sin Balm and having the parts .rubNeJ vigorously for liilc .'. at . lpli oauoo. SALES OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC toallaae Sensation on Kifksnt- Itloeka tor Fntore Delivery rlllng I'nder Market. NKW YORK, March 19. Southern Pacific was the center of Interest In today' stock market, although surface Indications dur ing the early session gave little promise of a resumption of yesterday's late ad vance. The stock opened with moderately small offerings at a maximum decline of l't, but soon recovered and sold up to 6SV4c The movement was decidedly Irregular snd at the end of the first hour the price dropped to Bfi'e. A few sale at "seller thirty days" were recorded at a time when the regular price was lc to ltc above that figure. Transactions were comparatively small In volume, though several 1,000 share lots changed hands, while offerings of 500 shares were quite common. At the end ot the first hour Southern Pa cific was selling fractionally under 67, and the balance ot the list was dull. The director of the Southern rarlfic held their regular weekly meeting today, but transacted only routine business. No Oate for cloning the stock books for the annual meeting has yet been announced. MERGER IS DEFENDED (Continued from First Page.) oral, if he considered such combinations to be infrartlono ot law, would shut hts ryes to those doing business at tho capital of the nation, and should como halt way across the continent tn search of a viola tion of the act. Judge Young concluded at 3:20 and the remaining hour was occupied by M. D. Grover ln further defense. After reviewing tbo premises ln tho case Mr. Grover gave a geographical sketch of the location of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines and declared that the markets available to those lines were meager as compared to the 120 lines east ot tho Mississippi, and that It was neces sary for them to put the only thing to sell, that Is, their transportation, at such rates that the country would be populated and the market revenues extended. He denied the purchase ot the Burlington enabled people ln the central portion of the country to ship their good to the Orient In competition with shippers from New Orleans by water. To secure voluminous traffic low rates ct transportation hsd to be maintained of the -rates of combination ot railroad sys tems. At 4:30 court adjourned. Harrlmnn Intereata Sell Oat. During the evening It was agreed, In or der to expedite the hearing, that a brief prepared by Daniel Wlllcox and signed by him and by Francis Lynde Stetson In be halt of J. rterpont Morgan, Robert Bacon and Daniel S. Lamont, should be taken as read. Copies of It were thereupon dls trlbuted to all parties interested. The brief sots forth that during the re organisation of the Northern Tactile J. P. Morgan V Co. acted as reorganisation man ager, and has ever since been the fiscal agent ot the company. The firm has ac rordingly at all times desired to further tho best Interests of the company and cspe flatly to aid In steadily developing its bus Iness. Th firm considered that these re ults were accomplished by the policy of he company during the existence ot the voting truat. Not long after the termination of the vot ing trust, however, the firm became aware that unusually large purchases of tto?k ot the company were being made on the Stock exchange, apparently In a single Interest. The firm waa apprehensive that these pur chases were for the purpose ot securing control of the Northern Pacific and tor some ulterior purpose of which the firm was not informed. Accordingly the firm, prior t6 May 7, 1901, puchased common tock ot the Northern Pacific ln consid erable amounts, and their holdings upon that day amounted to about 200.000 shares For some years J. J. Hill and others, who were Interested In the Great Northern, con templated forming a corporation to pur chase their separate interests and hold to gether, and so insure a continuance ot their policy In the management of the road. About August, 1901, as this plan was ap proaching maturity, they determined also to sell to the new company their interests ln the Northern Pacific, and that the cap ital ot the new company should be made ufficlcntly large to enable it to purchase all the shares ot the Great Northern and Northern Pacific which the new company might derm it advisable to acquire. By this time It had become known that the purchases of Northern Pacific shares In May had been made on behalf ot the Ore gon Short Line, controlled by the I'nlon Pacific, which Interest held about $41,000,000 of preferred stock, which, how-er. wxs to be retired on January 1, 1902, and $37,000,- 000 ot common atock, together making 80,000 shares, and constituting a majority of the capital of the Northern Pacific. Thereupon, for the purpose of protecting he Northern Pacific against the possible control and direction ot the company In an adverse interest, defendants determined to sell their Northern Pacific slock to the new company. Tha Northern Securities company was ac cordingly organiied. It having become known that the Oregon Short Line wu not disinclined to sell Its holdings upon satisfactory terms. J. P. Mor gan A Co. purchased all ita holdings of Northern Pacific stock, agreeing to pay partly ln cash and partly in shares of the new company. After its organisation the Northern Se curities company purchased all the shares of the Northern Pacific and cf the Great Northern hereinbefore mentioned, includ ing those purchased by the firm of J. P. Morgan t Co. It also was willing to pur. chas the shares of any other shareholder ot the Great Northern company who desired to sell the same for the price of J1S0 for each share ot the Great Northern company. payable tn its own shsres. and did actually purchase and pay for considerable amounts of said stock at such price. It is submitted that this action must tail because the transactions were lawful, and It the atatute applied to them it would be unconstitutional because It would deprive the Securltlea company of the right to pur chase property and the stockholders of tho railway companies of the right both to til their own chare aad o acquire an Interest ln the shares ot other. Steabaard Prealdaal Bnnsasoaed. RICHMOND. Va-. March l.-John Skel ton William, president of the Seaboard Air Line, haa been summoned to appear be fore th I'nlted State Interstate Commtrs commission at New York Friday week and testify ln th proceedings of the Kentucky Railroad commission against th Atlantic Coast Lin and ether. to rtHE a roLo :a utg nir Take Laiatlve Bromo Quinine Tablet All druggist refund th money it 1; feits to cur. E. W. Grove's signature ou each hos ttc Haer Raid PaalatBr. JOIJET. ni.. March ll-The pot office at Wilmington, a few miles south of Joliet. wa raided by robbers early tcMtay. The safe was blown open and the Interior of the omca reckd. I'ver I' lu stamps and money and some tuaii was taken. The r b bera escaivd. alth.oi.gh purje.l by a p.e of citiMua, ah .! aJea4 !' Uis va .oa'oo. . . MENACE UNION ORGANIZERS Florida Men Threaten to Kill Officer Com bining Cigar Makers. COLORADO SMELTER SHUTS DOWN Manaaemeut Clnlnia l.ahor Tronhte Have lirnna so Heavy That It la llent to Permanently Sna lirml Operations. WASHINGTON. March 19. Samuel Gomp ers, president of the American Federation of Labor, sent tho following telegram to the chief ot police, Tnmpa. Kl.: lit thf iHime or orgiinlr.ed labor ns well as eveiv llbertv-lovlng citizen. 1 demand full protection to our organiser. Jamoa Wool and James A. Roberta, and other whose lives bavo been threatened. Thee men 1 know to ly liw-ablding cltlxeus who would not be guilty of an unlawful act. I .icy l.uvo a rluht tn nriiinise workingnien nmt. If necessarv in defence ot ihelr rights, to strike for the enforcement of them. If no other menu .if redress ln afforded. Th kl.limntiisi and making awuy with n number o( Tampa's workmen less than two years ago warrants belief that the present threat is) eerious aim eiiinn.c ...... capitalistic organised ,,,, This telegram was sent by Mr. Gompers on receipt of statements from the organ isers mentioned thnt letter signed com mittee of Tampa and Surrounding Country," and threatening them with death unless they left Tampa, had been received by them. Similar letters were received by the officers of the Cigar Makers' union. Itedortlon Work are Closed. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 19. The tvoops broke camp today under orders from Governor Pcabody and returned home and Sheriff Gilbert posted ten deputies st the Standard mill, where the strike la still In progress. GOLDEN, Colo., March 19. The smelter here operated by the Clear Creek Mining and Reduction company has been shut down permanently. The superintendent says this action Is In consequence of trouble with the labr unions. As a result ot the shutdown several of the large mines, around Empire and ln Clear Creek, county have been forced to suspend. Support Kansas Machinist. PITTSBVRG. Kan.. March 19. The men lu the car and coach shop of the Kansas City Southern railroad struck today ln sym pathy with the machinists. Fifty nonunion workmen arrived last night and we.-e taken to the shops, wher the company provides food and lodging. F.iitMrcn T'.tooaand Threaten Strike. LOWELL, Mass., March 19. The agents of the seven mills here today refused to grant the demands of their employes for a 10 per cent Increase In wages. It Is thought a strike of 18,000 operatives will follow, t'anndlan t'oorta Involved In Strike. VICTORIA, B. C, March 19. George Es tees, president of the I'nlted Brotherhood of Railway Employes, who Is organizing tho strike now on against the Canadian Pa cific railway, was charged in the police court today with conspiracy to delay bis majesty's mail. The charge Is made under a section of the postal service act of Canada t.hich im poses a penalty of one year's Imprisonment. EFFORT TO BREAK STRIKE American Bridge Company Will Blake Determined Attempt to Re ,. ... ante Work. riTTSBVRG. March 19. A determined effort is to bo made by the American Bridge rompany to break the strike of structural Itonworkers in this city by Importing non union men. Last Monday forty men were brought from Louisville, but the men deserted Im mediately upon leaving Pittsburg, last night forty-gevrn men were brought Into the city from Norfolk, Va., and 150 men. It la said, have been engaged and are on their way here. The men who arrived here last night were placed on a large houseboat which is tied up In the Monongahela river at the company's plant. The boat has been fltteJ up with bunks, dining rooms and kitchen and It is proposed to house and board the men there until the strike Is broken. The men are to be used in completing the work on the new Wabash railroad bridge across the Monongahela river. A squad ot policemen are guarding the nonunion men, but everything is quiet, no move having been made by the strikers to Interfere with the newcomers. TWO UNION MEN ARE CUT Nona (n Man la Badly llaadled la a riaah Between the Factions. NEW TORK. March 19 There was a col lision between union and nonunion men at Townsend Downey' ship yards today, two union men being cut and a nonunion man roughly handled. The union men who went out in sym pathy with the striking boiler makers re turned to work today and It wa then the trouble occurred. The nonun'on men. mostly Italians, teceuie epraged and the too ele ments clashed. Police were called and the Italians driven away. The only men not working now are the valve maker and iron fitters. One hundred and fifty boiler maker ar. 1 Iron fitters who were on strike at ;he Bur- WHY WORRY? with an umbrella when a little money will buy tbc stylish Rin bearing this famous trade-mark No rolif la it nrvef lettt yoa wp of imclU realty like mackintosh of nblf coat. TVe price Is rigat your money back if anything goes vrong. We alone sell tkcm kere. TUE GUARANTEE, tJIQ-21 DosgUs Sl lee dry dock and ship building plant at Tort Richmond returned to work today. nnrklrn'a Arnica nl. The best In (he world for Cut. Corns. Bolls. Bruises. Burns, Scalds, Sore, fleers. Salt Khettm. Cure piles or no py. 25c. For sole by Kuhu & Co. GRIFFIN FACTORY IS BURNED Fire Destroy the HI- hoe Concern and Several Other Valua ble Buildings. PEITERILU Mass., Mnrrh 19. A fir which started shortly sfter 1 o'clock this morning in the big shoe f.ictory of M. C. Orimn. at East Prppcrlll. destroyed tho factory nnd a score of buildings, Including stores and dwelling houses, entailing a loss estimated at $300,000. As tho local lire department could not cope with tho flames aid was called from Nashua. N. H. With this help the local de portment tought until nearly daylight oc fore gaining control of the fire. The heaviest losers aro M. C. Grllfin. the shoo manufacturer, aud R. E. Tarbell. Three stores and six dwellings ownod by the loiter were destroyed. The cause of the fire Is not known, but incendiarism is suspected. Quarantine la Hnlscrt. SAN FRANCISCO. March 19 A telecrnm from tho Mexican secretary of the Interior received in thin city states that the itinr antlno ajtnlnst Son Frnnolsco declared last December hH." been raised. Blast ot Shamrock 111. OLABQOW, Morch 19 -The mnst of Shamrock lit was successfully stepped to day. It measureo Its feet from deck to truck. Gold At Pan-American Exposition. Unlike Any Other I The full flavor, the d el iolous qual ity, the absolute Parity, of Low ney's Breakfast Oooja distinguish It from all other Ko "traaiment" with alkalies; no adulteiatlon with hour, starch or ground cocoa shells: nothing but the nutritive and digestible produot ot tha choicest CoooA Bean Ask Your Dealer for It. PROGRAM CECILIAN PIANO PLAYER RECITAL. Py MR. PHILLIP- GAHM. Saturday evening. March 11. at C. M. H. A. Hall, sumo Moor as Piano Player Co. Parlors, Arltngtou blovk, ' 1M1-151S Dodte St.: 1. Tannhauser-Pilgrim's Chorus. agner 1 Badinage Herbert i'ruumerel and Little it- ,anc- Schumann i. Hark. Hark, the Lark. .Schubert Prinoe-of IMlsen Season at the Sea j Shore and Sicln i S.uig. The Willow. rind lidn't Know K.t tutly W hat to Io. ?lesugr of the Vio Ludcra let, nnd 1 ale or I v ' the Sea Shell. S. Poet and Peasant Overture.. buppe 9. Melody In F Vnibe Hie ue 11. The laying 1'i.et .... L!. American Patrol Th tVcltliin is tlu Huber.stein Margl.s ttottschalk ,. Meai-hani PKKFKCT PIANO PLAYER, because Its touch la ron-mechanlcl : It is the easiest to 1-tHlal. it give the operator perfect control of both bafs i'nd treble sepa-l.-.tely; it il.lrr.lt of emphasis tnii-.g placed on any note: it permits cf in stant change ficm ilarSxImn to fortissimo, and ice vt-rsa; its ioa slbllitle in tone shading e-e ..illm Itecl; Us powers of errrhii ie boundetl only Py the 'ee'ings of ;he o;Tatr. We know thnt rimllar cl'.ims are made ( -r other P!acrs: ii'l ae atk is: Froe ih !-i:ilr.iiic. Our weekly recl'.al I. re f..r this puro.e and to demonstrate the ab solute C'-pei'iortty. in ev.ry particu lar, ct the Civilian uvcr a::y:!i.: g on tde taatket ::ow. We lelterate the fi-t tst ve are THK PIANO PLAY Kit PKOPLF.. J.'ln ibe i luh end secure a Cecllian in t." a week ramcni. PlfitiO PLAYER CO. l-lMt il5i:MKMl BOYD'S! Woodward Burgess. Managers. Tonight. Sat. Mat and Night. SALLY IN OUR ALLY." IT Ires Mat.. In S)1.M. Mgal. i.le to at.il'. 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