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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTAPM8LIED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FK1DAY MOltMNO, eNOVKMI.EK 13, 1903 TEN l'A(JES. KINiI(K COPY THREE CENTS. 7 ii CZAR blUFlED Deo' ares Hands of Fora. of KiefFAre Stained witk FAILED TO QUELL ANTl-SEMETlt RIOTS Geieral Drsgomiroff it Dismissed fiom the Etnrio of the GoTernment COMMITTEE MAKES IMPORTANT REPORT Recommends Education for Peasant ai ' Eonroe of General Prosperity. ALL MUST BE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW Board Appointed to Investigate Came of Increasing; Poverty of People of ftnssln. Asks for Pro frraalvf Legislation. MOSCOW, Nov. . General Drsgomiroff, tha retired governor general of Kleff, has left here for hid estates, the czar having no further use for his services. The clr cumatancea of the nummary dismissal of General Dragomlroft have Just leaked out. They strikingly IlluMtrate tfie humanitarian ideas of the Russian ruler. Dragomlroff, who enjoyed unlxjuuded favor at court, and was the moat popular man In the Rum-lan army, lost favor and hla office because he did not show moderation In quelling the recent strike riots at Kleff, which prac- Ucally Involved all the people of the town. Hearing that the strikers might cause a repetition of the Klhlneff scenes, Drago mlroff railed out the artillery and caused a wholnaale slaughter of the rlotera. It la said that several hundred of them were killed. When the cxar heard the facts he at once dismissed Dragomlroff with the words: "I cannot have that man at Kleff any longer His hands are stained with human blood." The result of the Inquiry instituted by the ciar Into the Increasing poverty of the peasantry has been published. It la highly Important document, and Is a sup plement to the csar's manifesto on civil and religious rights, and recommends the education of the peasants. The commission appointed to carry out the Inquiry was thoroughly representative, containing village elders and landed pro prietors, as well as government officials, They attribute the decline In peasant pros perity to oppressive passport regulations, labor restrictions and lack of education, Tfce first mentioned, they say, Is due as much to vexatious officials as to -bad laws, which "combine to demoralise the peas antry and destroy all their feelings of self- rellanoo and . their Initiative." They fur ther declare that until tha peasant obtains ' recognition as an Individual, it la useless to try to foster his material welfare or palliate the. decline In Russian agriculture, The report further expresses the hope that, the reform In the peasant laws now being drawn up by tha ministry of the In terior will oarry Into effect the principle of the equality of all before the law,, as lndl ' cated In the imperial ukase, and concludes: "Thee reforms will .be fruitful qnly on condition that 'they will Involve the better education of our peasants." VOW OF CELIBACY UNDER BAN French Premier Favors Bill to Forbid Those Taking; Vow Actios; as - Teachers. PARIS, Nov. 12. The Senate was crowded today owing to expectations that Premier Combes would make a declaration of the further Intentions of the government con corning religious orders. Prior to the open Ing M. Waldeck-Rosaeau, the former pre niler, announced his opposition to the gov ernmental proposition to forbid teaching by those who had taken the vow of celibacy. II. Combes declared the government ac cepled the principle of the proposition, but snld It Intended bringing In a general protect of law forbidding primary, secondary and Kuperlor teaching to all members of congregations. Concerning members of the clergy the government reserved Its course until determination on. the question of the separation, of church and state had been expressed. It was hla earnest wish to speedily conclude the entire teaching ques tion so that the country might again be tranquillsed. TOP SPEED JN BALLOONING '-ebaady Brothers Ball Over France at Hat of Nearly Mil Per Hlnnte. PARIS, Nov. 12. One of the greatest triumphs of dirigible ballooning was achieved today by the Lehaudy brothers, whosA machine, In one hour and forty-live minutes, covered the forty-five miles sep arating Mulson and the Champs de Mars. Paris. The balloon attained an extraordi narily high speed, dashing through the air eometlm at the rate of two-thirds of a mile a minute, the mean speed being twenty-nine miles per hour. EMPEROR NEARLY AT NORMAL Ueneral Health Is Good and Wound Is Healing In Natnral Way. BERLIN, Nov. 11 Regarding the condi tion of him per or William the following bulletin was issued this morning at the new palace. Potsdam: His majesty gave up his usual walk yes terday, owing to the sharp wind prevail ing. The healing of the wound takes the regular course and the emperor's general health remains good. VON T.F.UTHOLD. SCHMIDT. 1LBERC1. TURK IS TOLD TO BOW DOWN A astro-Rasa law Not a Notlfteatloa that the Powera Cannot Bo Pnt Off. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. U It tran spired today that the latest Austro-Rus-slan note to the pone contained a specific declaration that a further refusal to accept the reform scheme will expose the Ottoman empire to great danger and that the pro posals of the powers must bo accepted en tirely and without delay. Millions Barn In Mall Tar. ST. PETERSBURG, Nor. It. A Are la the mall car of the St. Petersburg-Moscow mail train Tuesday night is reported te have destroyed valuables estimated at n.SuS.QDe. Tha postofftoe authorities attrib uted the outbreak to spontaneous combus tion and aay 417 foreign pare la and eleven packs at foreign balls were dentrorsd, V . WAS UNDER DOMINICAN GUNS Clyde l.lite Steamer Hetarna to ew York After Experience at Jbm Dumlaio. NEW YORK, Nov. li-The Clyde Line steamer Cherokee arrived today from San Domingo with late direct Intelligence of the Insurrection and reports an exciting experience with a Dominican man-of-war. by which the steamer was stopped several times, on one occasion shots being tired across its bow and on another the ship eluding the war vessel under cover of darkness. ' Cherokee, on its outward- voyage, was met at Puerto Plata, October 27, by the Dominican man-of-war, which fired several shots causing it to stop. After some parley Cherokee was allowed to go Into Puerto Plata, land Its cargo and malls and reload cargo. Off Macoris. No vember 3. Cherokee was stopped by the same vessel 'and again permitted to pro ceed. At Samana, November 5, the war vessel ordered Cherokee away. Cherokee waited until atfer dark when the man-of-war sailed out of port without lights, and then went In and landed Its cargo and malls. It succeeded in making schedule time at all Its usual ports except Monte Cristl. Macoris was evacuated by the govern ment forces November'3. the day of sailing, and all the ports except San Drfmlngo city were In the hands of the insurgents when the vessel finally nailed. At Puerto Plata. November 6. a French and a Cuban steamer were ordered away by the Dominican government warship. Cherokee brought nineteen cabin passen gers from Ban Domingo but no refugees. NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 12. -The Italian cruiser Ugurla, with the duke of Abruxzi In command, sailed today for 8an Domingo. TOBACCO COMPANY NO TRUST Coart Derides It lias Hlaht to Refuse to Sell to Any Person. 8T. PAUL, Nov. 12.-The United States circuit court of appeals decided today that the Continental Tobacco company did not violate the Interstate Commerce law or the anti-trust law when it refused to sell to Joseph P. Whltwell, a St. Paul tobacco dealer, Its manufactured product. In a suit brought in the lower courts Whltwell claimed the company refused to sell Its products to him because he could not dis pose of the amount of goods required of him in a given time. Whltwell alleged that the Continental Tobacco company charged prohibitive prices for certain grades unobtainable else- where and attached as a condition to the sale of such goods that Its customers should not buy of companies competing with the Continental company. The court says: The tobacco company. and its competitors were not dealers In articles of prime neces sity, as corn, or veal, nor were they render ing public or quasi public service, like a railroad company. liach of them, there fore, has the right to refuse to sell Its commodities at any price. The court' goes further and says that the acts of the tobacco company are nothing more or less "than the lawful exerclxes of their unquestioned rights, which are In diftpenalble to the existence of competition or the conduct of trade," in favor of the Continental company. Judge Sanborn wrote the opinion, which was concurred in by Judges Thayer and. Vandervanter. MRS. SMALE T0BE ARRESTED Coroner's Jury Recommends Holding; Her and Overman for the Mir ier of finale. i HARVF.YVTLLE, Kan., Nov. 12. The rec ommendation of the coroner's Jury that Mrs. William Smale and William Overman, a neighboring farmer, be arrested on a charge of being accessories to the murder of the woman's husband, who was assas sinated at his home here on Monday night last, has created a sensation. Edward Thelf, the divorced husband of Smale's daughter, and the former's father, Charles Thelf, who are under arrest, also charged with being accessories, be given a prelimin ary heating tomorrow. Mrs. Smale, as Mary McKelvey, formerly was a servant girl in the Smale household and married the murdered man after his first wife died several years ago. They have not lived harmoniously and a year ago separated for a time. At the trial of the accused the sudden death of the first Mrs. Smale and two of her children will. It is said, be brought up. The present Mrs. Smale's father, who was a veteran of the civil war, was the center several years ago of an allea-ed nenslon fraud. Me disappeared and Als widow ap plied for a pension. McKelvey's grave was opened and the coffin found to contain noth ing but bricks and dirt The pension was revoked. THREE ENGINE CREWS KILLED Collision with Doable-Header la Ken. tnrky Reported Fntal to Several Men. LEXINGTON, Ky.. Nov. 1I.-A telephone message received here reports a wreck early today near New Pope. Ky.. in which alx men were killed. A double html-r freight on the Lotilxvllle & Nashville met another freight Two of the engines were entirely demolished. All of the f.remen and engineers are reported killed. Several men were under the wreckage. The killed are: MORELAND CRAVES, engineer. MARTIN CAMERON, engineer. ED STURGEON, engineer. JOHN REYNOLDS, fireman. WILLIAM LAYDON, fireman. LYNCH, fireman. It. E. Hume, brakeman, had his jaw torn off and body so mangled that he is dying. Ed Walker, brakeman, was badly but not fatally injured. HATPIN SAVESHER HONOR Monnt Vernon Stenographer Keeps Assailant at Bar Until Rescners Answer Her Cries. NEW YORK. Nov. ll.-Edward L. Green, a negro, notorious in Mount Vernon, is un der special guard In the Bronxville Jail owing to fear that he will fall prey to lynchers. He Is charged with havlir attacked a young woman employed as private secre tary by former State Senator Isaac Mills. The victim of the assault was on her way home when a negro caught her by the throat and was strangling hat. when she drew a hat pin and Jabbed him until he screamed with pain. He did not release his grip on her throat until rescuers an peared In answer to the girl's shrieks for help. A posse quickly formed and after a long chase Green was arrested. Threats of mob vengeance were made, bpedaj guards were burrUA la tike Jail, RECIPROCIIY ITS PURPOSE Payne Introduces Bill in House Making Cuban Treaty Effective, FIXES TWENTY PER CENT SUGAR LIMIT Heqatres that o Greater Redaction of Duty Than This Be Made While Convention Is In Force. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Mr. Payne to day Introduced in the house a bill making effective the new Cuban reciprocity treaty. The measure was referred to the ways and means committee. The following la the full text of the measure: Tnat whenever the president of the I'nlted States shall receive satisfactory evi dence that the Republic of Cuba has made provision to give full effect to the articles of the convention between the United States and the Republic of Cuba, signed on the 11th day of December, in the year one thousand, nine hundred and two, he Is hereby authorized to Issue his proclamation declaring that he has received such evi dence, and thereupon on the lvth day after exchange of ratifications of such convention between the United States and the Republic of Cuba and so long as the said convention shall remain In force, all articles of merchandise being tne product of the soil or Industry of the Republic of Cuba, which are now imported Into the I'nlted States free of duty shall continue to be so admitted free of duty, and all other articles of merchandise being the product of the soil or Industry of the Re public of Cuba Imported into the United States shall be admitted at a reduction of 0 per centum of the rates as provided by the tariff act of the United States approved j u iv iKt, or as may ne provided uy any tariff law of the United States subse quently enacted. " Duration and Proviso. The rates of duty herein granted by the United States to the Republic of Cuba are and shall continue during the term of said convention preferential in respect to all like Imports from other countries. Provided That while said convention Is In force, no sugar imported from the Re public of Cuba and being the product of the soil or indUHlry In the Republic of Cuba shall be admitted into the United States at a reduction of duty greater than 20 per centum of the rates of duty thereon, as provided by the tariff act of the United States approved July S4, 1897, and no sugar, the product of any other foreign oountry, shall be admitted by treaty or convention into the United States while this convention is In force, at a lower rate of duty than that provided by the tariff act of the United States, approved July 24. 1897, and Provided, further, that nothing herein contained shall be held or construed as an admission on the part of the house of rep resentatives that customs duties can be changed otherwise than by act of congress, originating in said house. To Favor as Cnba Favors. Section 2. That so long as said conven tion sliall remain in force, the laws and regulations adopted or that may be adopted by the United States to protect the revenues and prevent fraud In the declarations and proo a that the articles of merchandise to which said convention may apply are the product or manufacture of the Republic of Cuba, shall not Impose any additional charge or fee therefor on the articles im- . I .v.. , 1 1 , ...... . . M 1 or wnicn may De esiammnea uy ine unueu States for Issuing shipping documents, which fees shall nut be higher than those churned on shipments of similar mercban- dlxe from any other nation whatsoeverr that articles or tne nepunnc oi t una snau re ceive on their importation into tne ports or the United States treatment equal to that which similar arlcles of the United States shall receive on their importation into the ports of the Republic of Cuba; that any tax or charge that may be imposed by the national or local authorities of the United States on the articles of merchandise of the Republic of Cuba, embraced in the ar ticles of said convention, subsequent to said Importation and prior to their entering Into consumption in the United States, shall re imposed ann conecreq wnnoui discrim ination upon like articles whence oever im ported. Ways and Means Committee. The speaker today announced the way and means committee, as follows: Republicans Messrs. Payne (N. Y.), Dal xell (Pa.), Grosvenor (O.), Tawney (Minn.), McCall (Mass), Babcock (Wis.), Metcalf (Cal.), Hill (Conn.), Boutelle (111.). Watson (Ind.), Curtis (Kan.) Democrats Messrs. Williams (Miss.), Robertson (La.), Swanson (Va.), McClellan (N. T.), Cooper (Tex.), Clark (Mo.) Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee will call that committee together tomorrow to consider the Cuban bill. Short Day In Honse. When the house met today the speaker announced the ways and means committee and Mr. Payne introduced the bill to make effective the Cuban reciprocity convention which, without objection, was read by title and referred to the committee on ways and means. Mr. Payne, having moved to adjourn, Mr. Williams (Miss.) Inquired If he was ready to announce the program of the majority. Mr. Payne said a meeting of the ways and means committee would be called tomorrow and he hoped to report the bill to the house tomorrow. Adjourned. Mr. Williams, making- further Inquiry as to the time that Is to be allowed for debate, Mr. Payne stated that a conference would be held with the minority leaders at lu SO a. m. tomorrow to discuss that question. Mr. Thayer (Mass.), rising to a question of privilege, asked if a member could be considered derelict In hla duty If he would go home to get In his winter's wood, with the understanding that he would return when the six or seven men who, he said. constitute congress, should announce that something was to be done. The speaker suggested that the question hardly amounted to a faint assult on the dignity of the house, and hardly amounted to the dignity of a parliamentary Inquiry. Mr, Payne observed that he was about to re quest unanimous consent that the gentle man from Massachusetts be excused for the remainder of the session. The house then adjourned. SMOOT IS SENATE'S THEME Dubois Takes Ip Hoar's Remarks on Petitions to Unseat Member front I tab. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Immediately upon assembling today the senate plunged into a dlscusHlon of the questlod of the eligibility of Mr. Reed Bmoot of Utah to a seat In the senate. The debate grew out of the remarks made by Mr. Hoar yesterday, saying that the petitions growing out of Mr. Smoot's case are as much out of place as would similar petitions to the supreme court be. In the Interest of any ease before that tribunal. Mr. Dubois (Idaho) took Issue today with Mr. Hoars remarks and presented his views In connection with the petitions for Mr. Smoot's expulsion, which were pre sented by himself. After announcing the fact that hla views differ from those of Mr. Iloat as to the propriety of the petitions on this subject, Mr. Dubois proceeded: I contend that these various organisa tions of Christian women and men have a right to petition the senate, and that it la their duty to do so. Of course, we all ap preciate that this Is a Judicial question, which muit be determined by the fact, but it la not an idle question, and It la properly before the eenate. It is the same question that was Involved in the caxe of the polygamous Roberta, for whoxe unseat ing by Die bouse of representatives many ICouUoutd oa Second Page. WOULD SETTiE RACE PROBLEM Three White Men and Three earoes Will Tako Matter In with Con areas, WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. -The National Sociology convention to consider the race problem, which ha been In session here since last Monday, closed today witli the adoption of a series of resolutions. One of the most Important resolutions of the meetings was the creating of a mixed spe cial commission of six members, three from each race, to carry the plans and conclu sions Into effect, to lay the matter before congress, to gather material and to aid, as a permanent body. In the solution of the race problem. The three white members of the com mittee selected are the Rev. Dean Rich mond Babbitt, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, of Brooklyn, Rev. Dr. Mayo of Boston and George C. Qorham of Wash ington. The colored members of the com mittee are Jess Lawson. president of the society, Prof. Kelly-Miller and Daniel Murray of Washington. This committee la to co-operate with any commission which may be appointed by the federal govern ment and to assist In keeping facts, plans, arguments and efforts for the solution of the race problem before the general pub lic and before the government. The resolutions adopted declare It the duty of the government to afford adequate and equal protection to each and every citizen In the full enjoyment of every right granted by the constitution and by the laws of the land, and that the perpetuity of the republic Is dependent upon lldetlty to this principle. That, under our form of government. there can be no recognition of a master class and a subject clans, nor can the gov ernment countenance the Idea of a master race and a subject race, but must regard and treat all as equals In the eye of the law. Other resolutions deprecate mob violence; oppose segregation of the races; declare faith In Increasing Intelligence, Industry and thrift of the negro; congratulate teach er of negroes on their work; urges Protest ant churches to push work of education and the reorganization of country schools In the south: urges congress to appropriate money for negro education and investigate condition of negroes in the United States. COMMISSION HELD IMPOTENT Judge Antra Declares Anthracite Strike Settlement Is Not Binding;. PUNBURT, Pa., Nov. 12,-Judge Auten has rendered an opinion In which he de cided that In the eyes of the law the de cision of the anthracite strike commission Is not binding on either the miners or the operators. This Is the first legal decision on the subject. The matter was brought before the court by the Llewellyn Mining company. The company refused to pay back wages allotted by the strike commission and the miners of the Royal Oak colliery brought suit before Justice of the Peace Lloyd for the wages. The Justice gave Judgment in favor of the miners. The com pany' then began mandamus proceedings gainst Jaatiee Llcvd uid the court de cided In favor of the" company. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 12,-After reading the Sunbury, Pa., dispatch concerning the court finding that the decision of the an thracite strike commission Is not binding on either the miner or operator, John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, said today: "If the award of the commission created an Implied contract that the decision would be lived up to, I cannot tee why the finding does not bind both parties to the arbitration proceed ings." Mr. Mitchell did not wish to express an opinion on the question whether In fact an Implied contract was created. GRANT'S LETTER IN RAG PILE nistorle Communication . Accepting nomination for Presidency ta Rescued from Scavengers. HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 12. The his toric letter of General Grant accepting the nomination to the presidency and ending with "Let us have peace," has been found among soma waste paper by a scavenger here. The letter was addressed to General Joseph R. I law ley, president of the Na tional Union Republican convention. After General Hawley went to Washington as senator the letter disappeared and was be lieved to have been lost Workmen taking waste paper from the cellar of the Courant building to send to the ragman tossed out a bulky envelope, which was picked up by the man In charge and taken to the office. It proved to be the long lost epistle, the last paragraph of which reads: "Peace, and universal prosperity. Its consequence, with economy of administration, will lighten the burden of taxation, while it constantly reduces the national debt Let us have peace." The letter was dated May 29, 1868. LEGISLATORS TELL OF BRIBES Mlssonrl Grand Jury Has Completed Its Examination WlM Make Report. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Nov.' It-The Cole county grand Jury Is almost ready to report upon Its investigations and It Is an ticipated that a number of Indictments will be returned for boodllng. Testimony was heard today from Senator C. J. Walker of Boone, Representatives E. S. Lett of Madison, W. J. Callender of Webster. W. II. Prewttt of Vernon. Speaker James S. Whitecotton of Monroe, E. W. Martin of Galloway, C. M. Murray of Oran, J. M. Stephens of Salem, V. M. Fulkerson of Sedalla and R. D. Payne of Springfield. This la the third time Speaker Whitecotton has been before the grand Jury. It Is un derstood that the grand Jury will report Saturday morning. HE REACHES FOR GUATEMALA Rockefeller Extends Mexleaa Central Alonar th Survey of Pnn Amerlcaa Commission. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 11 Herbert C. Johnson, a rich planter from Mexico, Just arrived here, says that the Mexican Cen tral road, a Rockefeller property now run ning from El Paso, Tex., to the City of Mexico, U building an extension south to the Guatemalan frontier, there to connect with the northern end of the Guatemala Central line. The latter road la owned by the Pacltto Improvement company of this city. Track laying south from the City of Mexico, Mr. Johnson says. Is progressing at the rate of one-half mile a day, and the route selected follows closely the survey made by the Pan-American Railway com- mission a number of years ago. BRANDS ACTION MALICIOUS Senator Dittrich Talks of Grand Jury In Testigation of Pos'.offioj Charges. LAYS IT TO HIS OPPOSITION TO SUMMERS E. Rosewater Retnrns to Capital from ew York, Where He Pound Leading Financiers In a Hopeful Mood. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-(Speclal Tele gramsSenator Dietrich arrived In Wash ington this morning. Having been shown telegrams that the I'nlted States grand Jury now in session In Omaha, would in all probability, be called tlpon to consider charges made against him that ho sold the Hastings postofflre appointment, the senator was greatly indignant. He char acterized the action of United States At torney Summers as malicious In the highest degree and gave reasons for his belief. He stated that for upwards of a year Mr. Summers had been endeavoring to besmear his character and standing for no other reason than that the senator wss supporting another candidate for United States district attorney; that ever since Senator Dlotrich had announced that he was In favor of another for the place, Mr. Summers had endeavored to club the senator Into submission to his retention In bis present office. Senator Dietrich added that threats of like character were made while he was governor of Nebraska by Joseph Hartley, defaulting state treasurer, said Bartley being a bosom friend of W. S. Summers and whom he believes Is Inspir ing the course now being pursued to em ploy the machinery of the courts vindict ively. "The Hastings postofflce auction fake," snld the senator, "was exploded months ago. Its revival at this time la transpar ent because the final settlement of the United States district attorneyship fight Is at hand." Brighter Flnnnrlal Outlook. Mr. Rosewater returned to Washington today from New York. Being asked as to how he found financial conditions In the great money center of the country the editor of The Bee stated that he had seen and talked with many of the leading financial magnates of Wall street. That he had personally Interviewed Mr. Selig- man, Ex-Secretary Gage, Mr. Vanderlip, formerly assistant secretary of the treas ury and others of high financial standing, Mr. Rosewater stated that as a result of the talk had with these gentlemen he be lieved that the present depression In stocks would be greatly modified by the beginning of the new year. Some of the men with whom Mr. Rosewater conversed believed that the west would eventually feel the present depression. This, however. Mr. Rosewater does not consider seriously, for he argues that by the time the west is likely to feel the contraction the govern ment will be paying out large sums of money for Interest on bonds and other Items which are settled at every year's be ginning. "The talk of Standard Oil company being against the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt, I learn from airtnentfr1 MOttrces Is wholly groundless," said Mr. Rosewater. "There are money Interests against the nomination of the president but I have no doubt that when the time comes they will be found In line, supporting the nominee of the repub lican party, because their safety lies In the election of a republican president. I take no stock In reports that emanate from Wall street about a concerted effort to de feat the nomination of President Roose velt. These reports come from the presi dent's enemies and consequently must be taken with much allowance. Inflation Is wholly responsible for the existing condi tions In the stock market. We are doing as much business now as we ever did. The west Is a lender Instead of a borrower, and Just as soon as the men who manipu late great financial propositions learn that there Is a limit to a property and Its earn ing capacity, Just that soon we will be on a financial footing which cannot be shaken. Conservative dealing is what we need most and Wall street Is realizing that proposi tion more than ever." Conference ef Iowa Delegation Called. Senator Al'.lson today Issued a call to the representatives In congress from Iowa In terested In choosing someone whom all can agree upon for recommendation for ap pointment to succeed Judge Shlras of the northern district of Iowa, to meet In con ference In his committee room tomorrow afternoon. Those Interested most directly In this appointment are Senators Allison and Dolllver and Representatives Thomas, BlrdKall, Cousins, Haugen and Connor. There are six known candidates in the rjeld and they are here given according to their relative strength, so rar as can ds learned: Craig I Wright of Sioux City. State Senator Thomas D. Healy of Fort Dodge, F. W. Dahle of Cedar Rapids, Colonel Iionguevllle of Dubuque, ex-Attor ney General Remley of Iowa City and Judge Reed of Cresco. Senator Clapp today Introduced a bill providing for reference to the court of claims for adjudication of th claim of the Shoshone Indians to title In all the Wind River reservation in Fremont county, Wyoming. Senator Clark of Wyoming today Intro duced a bill to establish a fish culture sta tion at Black's Forks, Greenriver, Wyo ming, at a cost of S25.0U0. R. B. Schneider of Fremont, republican national committeeman from Nebraska, Is In Washington, presumably to take a hand tn the United States district attorneyship fight, which bids fair to become almost national In character before a final settle ment Is reached. Postal Affairs. Rural free delivery carriers appointed: Nebraska Fairbury, , regular, John Small- don, substitute, James Brown. Iowa KudJ, regular, Charlie Crowell. substitute, John I Crowell. Rural free delivery routes ordered estab lished December 15: Nebraska Brainard, Butler county, one route, area covered twenty-eight square miles, population 6tfu. Icwa Cleghorn, Cherokee county, on route, area twenty-eight square miles, pop ulation K;Rome, Henry county, one route, area seventeen square miles, population 475. Postmasters appointed: Iowa Tenold, Worth county, 8. O. Void, vice Emll B. Engleser, resigned. Wyoming Bos Elder, Converse county, Sadie M. Grant, vice Ella Smith, resigned. I'nusunl Knit on Soto. YANJCTON, a D., Nor. 12.-8peclal.)-In circuit court tha case of N. J. Cramer against Asia Keyes was taken up and a Jury secured. The suit Is to recover on a promiaaory note and Is a peculiar one to that the note reads ttSO in figures, but In tha body ta writing the amount la Sl.SM), Mr. Cramer Is tha plaintiff, atuirney and chte( wit n tinu la tha case. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska- Fair end Colder Friday; Probably Snow Saturday. Temperature nt Omnha Yesterday! Honr. Ilea. Hour. lca. 5 a. m 4A 1 p. m 41 n. m 41 -2 p. m 44 T a. in...... 4fl K l. ni...... 4H Ma. nt 4:1 -I , m 4.1 U n. m 43 B p. m 4:1 10 a. m 4)1 II ri. m 41 11 a. m -IT T p. m 4(t 11 si 4M M p. m 4 t p. m ''- TRADES OFF WRONG CLOTHES Honsewlfe Mlatnkes gon's Sunday Suit for Husband's Old One and Swaps It. Pe'ldlers, especially those wishing to ex change kitchen crockery or tinware for old clotnes, will do well to keep juxt us tar away from this huuxe as they can get. Rigid oliservance of this rule ,wlll be mu tually beiienclal to the peddler and wlto of tills household. Tacked up on the four sldi of a very neat little cottage in the western part of the city, the above placard appears, it has been placed there by a thoughtful lit tle woman, who did not propose to take any chances by merely pasting it up on one side of the houso. The house oc cupies a corner lot, so that the signs may be read from all sides. When all the circumstances aro known no one will blame this good woman for her painstaking solicitude. - The other day the "family" peddler came to the house on his monthly or weekly round and had some crockery and tin ware to exchange for dilapidated clothing. Mrs. Blank had a good supply of abandoned garments on hand and was "tickled to death" to get rid of them. "Oh, yes," she exclaimed, "I have an old suit of Mr. Blank's upstairs which he does not want any more and I have laid it away for you. Let's see that crock yes, it will do. Just wait a minute and I'll run up and get the suit. Three minutes later: "Here it Is." "An" dara Iks your crock, maddam." Mrs. Blank observed that the peddler seemed unusually pleased with his bar gain, for he kept looking at the suit of clothes as he left the place. The next night "Ma, I can't find my good suit. I want to go out tonight, will you please look for ltT" "Why, John, It must be right where you hung It when you took It off last; I haven't had It mercy on us, I'll warrant oh, for goodness sake, that's Just what I've done oh, that horrid old peddler, I'll wring his nock. And he knew it too, no wonder he thought It ' vaa one goot bar-gain." ' That's what I get for buying a suit like dad's," exclaimed John, who occupies the Important position In this household of eldest son.' " All the next day Mrs. Blank sat mourn fully at her window, watching for that "horrid peddler," and Just as luck would have It, toward evening she spied htm in the next block. Supper was on the stove. but-what was that beside her ton's Sunday- go-to-raeetln suit of clothes, and so away ran the excited mother down the street, shouting at the tajj of -her olce as she went, arousing an) the neighbors and stir ring up a real lively time In general. "Hey there, hey, you, Mr. Peddler The peddler finally heard' end Vialfed. The woman got up to him and be agreed to return the clothes and get the old suit of Mr. Blank's, which his wife thought she had swapped for the crock kettle. MANY CANDIDATES IN RACE Senator Millard nays ' Dosen Wnnt Attorneyship and Three Fed eral Marshnlahlp. Senator Millard, who Intends leaving for Washington Saturday night, says that so far as he Is advised nothing has been done at Washington toward appointing a United States district attorney or a marshal for this district. "I have received no communication on the subject," said the senator, "and assume that the president has not done anything final since I last conferred with him. and I don't suppose he will, but he would re move a burden 'from my shoulders If he did. "How many candidates are there for these offices? Well, for the attorneyship at least a dosen. This Includes many prom inent 'lawyers In Omsha and out In the State, but I do not rare to discuss them or name them. Of course It Is generally known that W. 8. Summers, the present Incumbent, snd Harry Lindsay, chairman ef the state republican committee, are the two moat conspicuous, and then I think It Is quite generally understood that W. F. Gurley of Omaha wants the' office. I can not express any opinion as to the relative chances of success between the several candidates, but I know that those who sre keeping In the background are counting on the failure of both Mr. Summers and Mr. Lindsay to land. They are basing their hopes on thin. I think the matter will be settled within a reasonably short time. "As to the United States marshalshlp, there are three avowed candidates, so far as I know the present marshal, Mr. Matthews, ex-State Senator Newell of Cass county and Jules Jenal of Cedar county. Nor would I care to say what I think of the relative chances of these three candi dates. It also Is my opinion that no very long period will elapse before this appoint ment Is made." Senator Millard expected to leave for Washington today, but private buslnc matters Intervened and made It necessary for hlra to defer his departure until Satur day night. Miss Millard, who will accom pany her father, has recovered from her recent attack of Illness. DR. ANDREWS IN NEW YORK Head of Sebrnaaa University Makes Plea for Higher Type of Men. NEW YORK, Nov. 12. Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor of the University of Nebraska and former president of Brown university, delivered the oration at the Delta Upsllon fraternity convention here today. Among other things he said: Mark the cold greed and rapacity with which huelness la carried on. Mercantile honor Is not unknown, but it la relatively rarer than nereiorore. rromoting aeais, stock manipulations, market rlgtrlng. In Intent and in effect every whit as bad as highway robbery, occur dally, evoking no protest save tne pleating oi tne siiorn lambs. There In no fear that our population will be too small, but much that It Is loalna vtrllltv. I horje President Roosevelt will trfke earlv oocaslon to amend his phut for swelling the census by urging quality of tioDulallon as more of a consideration. i do not regard Imperialism in itself a savagery, but the Imperialism which views Inferior races as our legitimate prey cer Uiitily is so. 1 BERLIN. Nor. 11 The Munich Impres slonist School of Painters has decided tn follow the example of those of BerUd and will not exhibit at St Louis. I RIOTING IN CHICAGO Trouble Comes with First Day of Strike of Street Railway Men. NONUNION CREWS ARE PUT TO FLIGHT Several Cara, Including Some Carrying Mail Are DtrailaJ by Blcokade, UNION OFFERS TO RUN MAIL TRAINS Propositioa Turned Down by Coin patty Un let Mea Leave Union. MAYOR WARNS PEOPLE OFF STREETS After Considerable Time Pome tars tiet Over the Tracks, but Crew Generally Desert After Re turn I n tr to Dana, CHICAGO. Nov. 12-At 4 o'clock this morning the long-expected gnd long deferred struggle between the union em ployes of tho Chicago City railway and the company began, and when the residents of the south and southwest sides of the city started for their places of business they were without their usual transportation facilities. The demands of the men in detail and the position taken by tha company regard ing them are subjoined: Twenty-eight cents an hour on electrlo cars, U.ko a day on cable trains, with time and a half for overtime. The company says me increase is not possible, as an advance was given a year ago and business does not warrant a further advance. A work day of not more than eleven hours nor less than ten. This was refused ,V on the ground that it would Hamper the company In Its duty to the traveling pub- ' lie. Arbitration. The company accepted con ditionally. All employes to be union men. This wag refused because it would give the union absolute control of the selection, employ, ment, retention In service and discipline of the employes. Beginning at midnight, the trainmen gradually took their tars to the seven barns of the company scattered throughout the system and left them there. In the shops, barns and power houses the union workers laid down their tools and quit, declaring that they will remain Idle until the com pany consents to arbitrate the Issue that brought on the controversy. Notwithstanding statements of official of the company that no attempt would be made to run cars today except for postal " service, a few passenger cars were started this morning on various lines. There was trouble almost Instantly, the first Instance reported telng '.he lr.Un.lf r.t!on and flight of a maunlon crew cn toe Cottage Groro . venue line. The cars were s It bout pas sengers. Mayor Warns C2lsens. That disturbance rtiirht te expected to day was Indicated ty tha wide distribution of a- proclamation by Kayor Harrison, warnlrg cltlxrns to keep off the atresia along lines of the city raJlvay. With gen eral orders to remain In reserve snd take no part In the strike unlets ordered, and then only to protect property, details of police were sent to the various car barns. The first car started was a mall car leav ing the barns at Thlrty-uluth street and Cottage Grove avenue. It was not harmed during Its entire trip. In all 205 policemen were detailed to the different car barns. Following the trip of tho mall ear efforts were made by the strtet cur company to move passenger cars with nonunion crews. Pour trains were started on the Cottage Grove avenue cable Itne. bcund tcward ht Dumnena ais-.net. At Fortieth street 'an obstruction on the rails blocked the trains. A crowd of strikers had tcsemlilod snd shouts aid Jeers greeted the train crews. One man. a nonunion conductor. Is said to have been Injured In the rlrst clash. A mall car following the first passenger train was also derailed near the scene of tha blockade. Prepare Emergency Police. Besides the police detailed for service at the several barns, as many more were quickly made available to respond to emer gency calls. A car on the Wentworth avenue line pro ceeded north with little difficulty until Van Buren street was reached. There its prog ress was blocked by trucks and delivery wagons, which gathered by the score, locked wheels and refused to move. Cars of the Union Traction company also helped to make the blockade complete. Thousands of pedestrians on their way to work massed In the street and In the confusion hampered , the police In their efforts to clear a way for the stranded car. Another cable train was derailed at Forty-seventh street on the Cottage Grove ' avenue line by a crowd of strike sympa thisers. A horseshoe was wedged in the ca ble slot and brought the train to a standstill. The grlpinau was Injured by the shock and was removed to a drug store. A physician was called to attend him. who la said to have Inquired If he had a union button. On receiving a negative answer he Id: "Take him to the burns. They will attend to him there," and refused to ex amine the gilpman'a Injuries. It soon became apparent that a deter- mined effort was bring made by the com pany to break the strike at Its Inception. The passenger cars on the Cottage Grove and Wontworth avenue lines came along quickly as soon as mail cars were safely ' out of sight. No policemen lode In the cars. which were almost invariably empty. Pa trons apparently preferred to walk or make long detoura to steam and elevated lines rather than risk Injury. . The first passenger car on the Wsntworth avenue line carrlod two women. Strikers say that the women were put there by the street car company to test the attitude of the union toward passengers. This was the rar which Was promptly blockaded by teamsters. Cause and Estent of Strike. The strike was ordered at an early morn ing mass meeting of conductors, motormen and grlpmen, which acted with only four dissenting votes. The strike Is to enforce a demand for a wage Increase of 26 per cent and recognition of the union. About S.OuO employes are Involved and miles of surface trackage, part cable and part elec tric. Officials of the union, fearing Interference with the United States malls would result In t ailing out of troops from Fort Sheridan to protect the earn. Instructed motormen on mall cars to report fur duty as usual. Union men who reported at the various barns to take out the mall cars were told by the barn bosses. It la said, that they must take off their .union buttons If thry intended to work. This a number of the men refused to do. At the barn at Thirty-ninth and State streets the strikers distributed buttons to The mayor's attitude Is anon by a