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A
IOWA IDEA CONTROLS
Cummins Contingent Captures ths Rational
Beoiproeity Conference.
IMFPESSES ITSELF CN EVERY DECLARATION
Committee on Arrangements Appoints All
Officer! and Dictate! Platform.
TURNS BACK UrON RECIPROCITY
Resolution! Demand Tariff with Maximum
and Minimum Schedules.
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEEFAILS TO REPORT
T Hnndred Persona In Attendance,
bat Aetaal omner of Dele
aate Will Nerer Be
, Kaowa.
CHICAGO. Aug. 17-(Rpeelal Telegram.)
The National Reelprocit ennfrnce, which
closed 4 somewhat anlmat.J tesslnn this
evening, waa In sore rtspects a success and
in all respects unique. It was called to
voke popular sentlmenf In favor of the
ratltlcatlon of reciprocity treaties with
Furopean and South American countries
with whom better trade relations are de
sired by American grain and meat export
era. Instead of commending and urging
reciprocity It turned Ha back on reciprocity
under pretext that no more treaties could
he negotiated under the fourth section of
tne Dlnley tariff and endorsed as the im
perative and Immediate remedy the max!
mum and minimum tariff, which really
would mean a double atandard tariff with
the minimum rates for countries that were
willing to abandon hostile or discriminating
duties levied on American exports.
While the auditorium of the Illinois
thester, which will eat about "00 people
nn the ground floor, waa at times crowded,
the actual number of delegates present
will always remain a mystery. The cre
dentials oommlttee failed to disclose the
list and not a single roll call was permitted
during the entire aesslon. By far the
largest representation was from the corn
belt states, with Iowa predominating, and
the Hawkeye delegates were practically a
Cummins contingent. In fact. It was a
itrlotly Cummins convention, with the Cum
mins Iowa Idea Impressed on every declara
tion and resolve. While the democrats and
former populists appeared In the minority
they never lost nti opportunity to cheer
every speaker who scored republican lead-
'ers and especially republican senators and
every utterance disparaging the protective
policy.
Summed up In a nutshell the National
Reciprocity conference waa like the play of
Hamlet with Hamlet left out. From the
political point cf view the conference was
admirably handled. The committee of ar
rangements appointed the temporary chair
man and the permanent chairman. It also
named the entire committee on resolutions,
dictated the platform' and finally appointed
the select committee of fifteen, who are-to
conduo the douole standard tariff cam
paign. .' v ,
Report of Committee.
The first speaker waa A. B. Farquhar of
Pennsylvania.
The chairman then called for the report
of the committee on resolutions, and Chair
man E. N. Toss read the following resolu
tion, which will be considered at a later
hour:
The national reciprocity convention, repre
senting more than two hundred commercial,
agricultural and Industrial associations by
delegates assembled at Chicago, August lti
and 17, liw6, hereby makes the following
declaration of principles:
Whereas, The agricultural, manufacturers
and other Industrials of this cuuntrv have
expansion to such an extent that they can
no longer depend upon the home market for
the consumption of their entire product:
and
Whereas, The export trade baa become a
Vital support to many of our Industries; and
Whereas, The present commercial atti
tude of the United States, largely owing
o uui itmure 10 carry into enecl the
leciorocal trnt itrnvl.in. ,.i.tl..n l.
Alie Dlngley law. Is antagonizing foreign
lamina, wuuBt goou win we aesire ana on
n in, it, n c c uiiiitMiu u-euueu as pur
chasers of our surolus product tlifrpf.,r
He it Resolved: First, thut this conven
tion, lecogiiUuig the principle of protec
' tlim as the established polit y of our coun
try, advocate reciprocal concessions by
means of u dual or maximum and minimum
tariff as the most adequate and practical
method Of relieving the strained situation
wnn wnicn we are now cunt routed. Sec
ond, thai the question of the schedules and
Items to be considered In such reciprocal
concessions preferable be suggested bv a
permanent tariff commission, to be created
ty congress and appioved by the president,
winch shall consist of economic, indus
trial and commercial experts. Third, that
It Is the sense of this convention , that
our present tariff affords abundant
opportunity for such concessions without
Injury to Industry, trade or the wuges of
labor. Fourth, that we urge action upon
congress at the earliest time possible.
We recommend thut a peimanent organi
sation be formed under II, e style of the
American Reciprocal Tail IT League, and
that a committee of fifteen be appointed
by the chair to have full power to organ
ize and further prosecute the work for
which llio convention has assembled. Said
comiiiitee shall have power to Increase lis
membership and. to fill vacancies when
necessary.
Mr. Rosewater Talks.
Mr Edward Rosewatcr, editor of The
Omuha Bee was Introduced. He said he
waa secretary of the committee on resolu
tions of the republican national committee
of lXtt, and wished to contradict the state
ment made in the reciprocity convention
that the republican party In its platform of
JH and In 1804 had pledged Itself to a re
vision of the tariff and that It had violated
Its pledge.
"The republican party's greatest pledge,"
he said, "was a continuance of prosperity,
and we have got it. (Applause.) Now the
Question Is, are we at the cross roads, or
re we not on the upper trend to the high
est degree of prosperity this country Is cap
able of having?
"But remember there are methods of
reaching the republican congress that
must be pursued by you here today or you
are not going to accomplish very much.
You cannot accomplish It by denouncing
the tariff as a 'graft.' There Is 'graft' in
church and there is 'graft' In Masonry and
Other fraternal organizations, but you
would not denounce the church or Masonry
because men have been found in the ranks
who are 'grafters.' There Is "graft," of
course, In connection with the tariff, but
as a principle, the protective system has
built up the Industries ' of this country
and It Is because of the great invasion
of American industry to all parts of the
world that you have had trouble which
you are here called together to consider.
Tou never would have been here but for
the fact that millions of American products
have found their way Into foreign coun
tries within the last year. I believe In
carrying out the letter and spirit of the
constitution, that reaches these questions
by reciprocity. I do not believe you can do
t4 H by a double standard. That is precisely
what you propose here, the double tan-
Continued on Second Paga4.
FAVOR-CHANGE IN EXCLUSION
Trnnsmlsslsslppl InntrfM Thinks
Less 'irlnirnt Administration of
Chinese Ian Desirable.
PORTLAND, Ore , Aug. 17. That the bet
ter elapses of Chinese are discriminated
against to an unwarranted extent, that a
leas stringent administration of the ex
clusion law, or. If necessary, a liberal re
construction, Is advisable was urged by
the speakers on foreign trade at the sec
ond day-i session of the Transmisslssippl
Commercial congress today.
These Ideas wer brought out with espe
cial force by Hon. John Harrett, I'nlted
States minister to Colombia, and by Theo
dore B. Wilcox, president of the congress.
Mr. Wilcox asserted that It would be better
to even admit - imlted number of Chinese
laborers Inti I'nlted States to satisfy
China. The ' q market had been de
veloped at th ; . nse of almost a quarter
of a century's '-,
the Pacific cot ,
nullified If th ,
- by manufacturers of
hosu effrrfs would be
itt against American
products is sure, '
"America Is In
Independent mant
duces nothing tha
not be obtained fr
Mr. Wilcox.
Mr. Barrett, durlm
isltlnn to act In an
t this country pro
a wants that ran
her nations," said
course of his ad
dress, emphasized the point that It Is not to
compel the Introduction of coolie labor
which the Chinese are remonstrating
against, but otilte the contrary. The boy
cott Is a remonstrance because the scions
of noble men, refined and well educated
gentlemen, are held in the detention quar
ters by unwise immigration officials nt our
ports of entry for a period of ten days at a
time, and compelled to herd with the lowest
clnsses of their countrymen during that
time.
Another aspect of the oriental subject
was treated by F. B. Thurber of New
York City, president of the I'nlted States
Kxport association, who spoke on "Future
Markets In the Orient." When Mr. Thurber
concluded the order of business was
changed and the Introduction of resolutions
took place. Most Important among them
were those endorsing statehood for New
Mexico, reclamation of arid lands, advo
catlng a merchant marine and the estab
lishment of a department of forestry and
mining.
The congress today remedied the conflict
ing section of the by-laws, which In one
section provided for the appointment of vice
presidents by state delegations and In an
other provided for their appointment by the
president. All vice presidents will here
after be elected by vote of the congress.
WRITES LETTER AND THEN DIES
Plttshnrgr Man Claiming; Rich Rela
tionship Sn Ills Brother Lets
Hint Starve.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17. -The body of
a man, supposed to be Joseph Alexander
Thompson, of Pittsburg, was found on a '
K. ..... V. I T.... I ...... ,. 1 , ) .
bench In Falrmount park, near Belmont
mansion today. The cause of death has not
been determined, but it is probably a case
of suicide. In a letter found on him, the
writer claims relationship with the Thaw
family bf Pittsburg. The Jetter says:
I am Joaenh Alexander Thompson, of
Pittsburg, Pa., sou of Andrew Turley
Thompson, who for years was the agent
of the Young Men's Bible society, of Al
legheny county. My brother William R.
Thompson, of Sparklll, N. Y., knows my
circumstances and will not help tue or my
family. He married Mary Thaw, daughter
of William Thaw, who died in Paris. He
was second vice president of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, also of the firm of Mark &
Thaw, of Pittsburg, and father of Alice
Thaw, who married the Karl of Yarmouth,
and Harry Thaw, who was supposed to be
married to Miss Evelyn Nesblt, the concert
artist. I- am connected with Harriet Thaw
who lives on Cross street, between Ninth
and Tenth and who was allowed to live in
squalor with rats as her companions, us one
of our relatives. Me and mine are starving
and have been for the past five, mouths,
but they would not help me. He allowed
his brother. Dr. A. D. Thompson, to starve
to death in Philadelphia In 1x79 or 1S! and
also his brother. J. R. Thompson, of Penn I
Ave., Pittsburg, to fall so low that he had
io srim nun iu r loriua. wnere ne uieu, ana
still he gives ffiO.tKiu to the VV. and 1
ii
brary What have I, as his brother
look for? I have been a slave to hard
work tor forty years and as Virginia says,
"There is no way but this." Joseph A.
Thompson. 1903 South Hicks St., Phila
delphia, August 16.
NEW YORK. Aug. lT.-When inquiry was
made at the home of William R. Thompson,
in Simrklll . Y., today concerning
Joseph Alexander Thompson, the stato-
mem was made that Mr. Thompson was
ill and could see no, one. From the per
on who answered it was impossible to
secure any Information regarding the dead
man.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Collecting Seed for Korea! Reserve
on the Ulsmal River In
Nebraska.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. (Special Tele
gram.) The work of collecting seeds of
forest trees f6r planting in the forest nur
series on the Dismal river forest reserve in
Nebraska and in the Ban Gabriel forest re
serve In California Is about to be begun.
The secretary of the interior today exe
cuted the contract and approved the bond
of Monarch & Porter of Des Moines for the
construction of sixty-three miles of lateral
and branch canals of the Minidoka irriga
tion project In Idaho, at their bid of S194,
C23 Rural routes ordered established October
16: Nebraska Atkinson, Holt county, pop
ulation 430. 100 houses; Bloomfleld. Knox
county, route 5, population 400, 100 houses.
Iowa Barnes, Mahaska county, route 2,
population 390. 7 houses, Guernsey, Powe
shiek county, route 3, population 400, so
houses.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska Ar
cadia, route 1, Joseph W. Ross carrier.
! Charley G. Ross substitute. Iowa Mount
Ayr. route 3. John E. Wilson carrier. James
H. Wilson substitute; Osceola, route 2. Mil
lard F. Adams carrier, Warren Rambo sub
stitute. 8outh Dakota Montrose, route 2,
Francis J. Rickert carrier, Mrs. Winnie
Rlckert substitute.
IN DOUBT ABOUT MARRYING
Omaha Man Has a Qarrr Matri
monial Experience at
Denver.
DENVER. Aug 17. (Special Telegram )
The novel spectacle of a man and woman
going to the county clerk for a marriage
license and the woman backing out and de
claring that she would not marry was pre
sented at the courthouse today. The man
la Frank D. McKenna. who is a member of
the Omaha aerie of Eagles and who resides
at 161:4 Nicholas street. Omaha. The woman
Is Miry Hudson of Council Bluffs.
The latter.' In explaining her backdown,
said she had married when 14 years old and
lived a most unhappy life until last June,
when she secured a divorce. After con
siderable pajiey she changed her mind
again and the license was issued. Before
leaving the office Mis. Hudson kissed the
cleik and the couple departed.
VALUATION OF ROAD VARIES
Depends oa What Maker of Affidavit
Desires to Prove bj It
SENSATION IN COMMISSIONERS' MEETING
Florida Man Makes Charges Against
the Attorney for the l.oolsvllle
A KashTlIle Railroad
Company.
DEADWOOD, 8 D., Aug. 17.-The most
sensational event of the meeting of the na
tional railway commissioners at Its ses
sion In Deadwood, today was when R. Hud
son Burr, Commissioner from Florida,
openly denounced Wslker D. Hlnes, for
mer assistant general counsel and now
first vice president of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad, as a liar and a perjurer.
He said H'ines made a sworn statement of
the valuation of the property of the. Louis
ville A Nashville railroad to the comp
troller of the state of Florida for the pur
pose of taxation, for the year ending
June an, 1902, and that he later made
another sworn statement to the commis
sioners of Florida on the value of the
property for the same year for fate mak
ing purposes which was much greater.
letter, he says, Hlnes made another
sworn statement of the value of the prop
erty of the same year In applying for a
temporary Injunction in the United Plates
district court to enjoin the commissioners
from enforcing a reduction In passenger
rates jWhlch was double the statement
made to the commissioners or to the comp
trollers. Burr asked the national
railway commissioners not to give any
credit to statements made by Hlnes be
fore the committees of congress.
Benjamin F. Chadbourne, railway com
missioner of Maine, made a hot reply to the
charges. Trouble is looked for.
Opening; of Session.
The first business session of the National
Railway association was held in Deadwood
this morning. After a short session
Wednesday afternoon the association ad
journed until today.
A reception and ball was given at the
Franklin hotel last evening. The affair
was the most brilliant ever held In Dead
wood. The grand march was led by N.
B. Franklin, a prominent banker, followed
by Governor Elrod, United States 8yiators
Kittridge and Gamble. Other notables
present were Congressmen Burke and Mar
tin of South Dakota, Lieutenant Governor
Brown of Pennsylvania, I. B. Brown, sec
retary of Internal affairs or Pennsylvania;
J. C. Clements, of the Interstate Com
merce commission; Ira B. Mills, chairman
of the Minnesota commission and president
of the national association, and R. Hudson
Burch of Florida.
The meeting waa called to order this
morning by Ira B. Mills and discussion of
.
the report of the committee on railroad
legislation was heard, as were reports cf
the committee on railroad statistics, re
port of the committee on enforcement of
commissioners' orders and classification,
of the construction, equipment and oper
ating expenses of electric railways.
After adjournment at noon the entire
delegation went to Lead, where a business
session waa held, after which a visit was
made to the underground workings of the
Homestahe gold mine.
Following are those In attendance: Virgil
C. Griffin of Alabama, R. R. Reese of
Colorado, Andrew Gates of Connecticut,
Jefferson B. 'Browne of Florida, R. Hudson
Burch and R. C. Dunn of Florida, H. War
ner Hill of Georgia, James 8. Neville and
William Kilpatrlcl: of Illinois, N. 8.
Ketchum and Dwlght Lewis of Iowa, J. W.
Robinson of Kansas, M. D. Fergerson of
jtemucKy, nenjanun r. cnaanourne or .
Maine, Ira B. Mills, Charles F. Staples, I
William V Youn
ulma ' lou"
g, A. C. Clausen of Minne-
0,a- Thomas Ylpp and Joe P. Rice of ,
Mississippi. T. M. Bradburg of Mississippi, j
PmnWIln McNeill. Ssmuel T. Hoirers F.. C.
i - .
Beddingfieid and H. C. Brown of North
Carolina, C. 8. Delsmen, John Christiansou
and C. C. Hammond of North Dakota.
Isaac B. Brown, secretary of internal af
alrs. of Pensylvanla, W. M. Morgarldge.
assistant superintendent of Bureau of Rail
way, of Pensylvanla. J. H. Wharton. B. L.
Caughman and F. P. Weslon of South Car- I
ollna, Frank Iecaio, Jr.. D. H Smith and I
W. H. Stanley and W. G. Smith of South
Dakota, Fuller C. Smith and George T.
Howard of Vermont, If. A. Falrchild. John
8. McMillan .and J. C. Lawrence of Wash
ington. J. W. Scher of West Vlrgina. Hal
ford Erlckson and J. W. Thomas of Wis
consin. Judson O. Clements. W. H. Con
nolly and J. T. Marchend of the Interstate
Commerce commission.
Interest In Taxes.
Discussions of the questions of railway
taxation in various states aroused the
greatest interest thus far manifested In
the conventions. Charles T. Staples of
Minnesota presented a report which showed
that the valuation per mile of railroads
on which taxes are levied varies in dif-
ferent states from .u in outn uakota.
to 1136.600 in Massachusetts and that there
are over a half dozen methods of arriv
ing at a basis of taxation in the various
states. The methods of taxation in Con
necticut. Pennsylvania and other states
were considered.
Judge Robinson of Kansas called atten
tion to the fact that such railways as the
Illinois Central and the Santa Fe road had
special reservations in their charter which
prevented taxation the same as other
roads.
The convention decided that uniform tax
ation of railways in all states was so Im
portant that the matter should be handed
over to the committee on railroad taxes for
the ensuing year with instructions to report
such a uniform plan to the next meeting of
the National Railway association, which
will be held at Washington, D. C, Feb
ruary 21. 1306.
Election of Offlcera.
After the adjournment of the regular
afternoon session of the National Railway
Commissioners' association the election of
officers was held, with the following result:
Dr. W. G. Smith. South Dakota, president,
unanimous choice of the convention; Jos
eph P Rice, Missouri, first vice president;
Colonel J. ,H. Wharton, South Carolina,
second vice president; E. A. Moley. Wash
ington, secretary; M. W. Decker, Washing
ton, assistant secretary.
The entire party of the National Railway
Commissioners' association was taken
through the worklnga of the Homestake
gold mine this evening and later was en
tertained by the members of the Lead
Commercial club.
The report of the committee on amend
ment of the act to regulate commerce made
some strong recommendations to congress
which were adopted by the convention with
only one dissenting vote, that by Isaae B.
Brown of Pennsylvania. The resolution
in brief are:
First To require all railroad companies
and other orporauons to tile all rates and
regulations with the commission and pub-
(Continued on Second Page.)
CONGER WILLflETURN TO CHINA
loira Man Will ,!
tn Celestial F. ni -Mission
Con
plre on perl
rernlna
hnycott.
OYSTER BAY. Aug. 17.-Edwln H Con
ger of Iowa, formerly United 8'ates min
ister to China, and since last April the
American ambassador to Mexico, will re
turn In the near future If present plans are
carried Into effect, to China. His mtssl.m
will be of a scml-diplomn tic nature, the
specific purpose of which will be to abate.
If possible, .the agltstlon aroused In parts
of the Chinese empire against the use by
the Chinese of American products.
Ambassador , Conger, who had been
scarcely more than three months at his
new post In the city of Mexico, was sum
moned to the I'nlted States to confer with
the president about the Chinese boycott of
American goods.
He had a long conference with the presi
dent today. While neither the president
nor Ambassador Conger rared to discuss
for publication the nature of their Inter
view, It Is known that the ambassador will
not return to Mexico, and that arrange
ments are making for his projected mission
to Peking.
"It would be Improper for me," he ssld.
"to discuss for publication mv talk with the
president. We did consider the suhject of
the boycott of American goods In Chln.t,
which I understand Is rather serious. Thn
boycott I know very little shout, as It de
veloped after I left Peking."
Ambassador Conger wns asked the di
rect question whether he expected to re
turn to his post In Mexico. IJe skillfully
evaded the Inquiry.
"I am going to spend a few days In the
east, then I will go to Chicago for a couple
of days, and thence to my home In Iowa.
I am on a leave of absence, you know."
"Is there foundation for the report that
you expect to resign your mission to Mex
ico to become a candidate for the govern
shlp of Iowa.?"
"None at all," replied the ambassador.
"I am not a candidate for any office within
the gift of the people of, my state."
"Then you expect to continue in the
service of the government?"
"Yes, I expect to."
It Is expected that Mr. Conger will be
succeeded as American ambassador to Mex
ico by D. E. Thompson, who Is now Amer
ican ambassador to Brazil. Mr. Thompson
Is a resident of Nebraska, and was ap
pointed ambassador to Brazil with a view
to giving him a more Important diplomatic
post when the opportunity offered.
Postmaster General and Mrs. George B.
Courtelyou were guests for a few hours to
day of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt.
The postmaster general Is on his vacation,
and he and Mrs. Cortelyou have been pass
ing a few days at their hOme In Hempstead,
L. I. Mr. Courtelyou does not expect to
return to Washington until about the mid
dle of September.
FINANCES OF PANAMA CANAL
Operation Cartalled to Prevent Ex
haustion of Fonda Available
This Year.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.-One of the flist
Important tasks awaiting Mr. Bhonts when
he assumes the presidency of the Isthmian
Canal commission is the conservation of
the balance remaining ct 'he appropriation
of S10.0i10.000 so as to gnard a stoppage of
the work of canal building.
The commission today Issued the follow
ing statement on this point:
it was officially stuted at the Isthmian
Canal commission today that of the ap
propriation by congress of $10,000,000 for the
construction of the canal, there was on
April 1. 1W6. the date on which the present
commission took hold, an available balance
to the credit of this appropriation of
r,42l,58R.
During the month of April the expendi
tures from tills appropriation aggregated
475.0't; during May, fm turn: during June,
o',i,iioo; (luring July. J770,ono, for wages.
salaries, materials, supplies and equlpmei.t,
. During July there was nn unusual exjtendl-
, tore for the purchase of two ships at fiMi.-
too each, not included In July expenditures
above.
. "y " "
. in..i,t.i,i o n n i-itn i-'jiimii iiiki tAn .Y.
ponded. Tills left to the balance of the
appropriation on August it, ij.xiti, i id. in aa-
ditlun to which each of the two disbursing I
officers had In hand Jion.uno on that date.
It will be seen from t tie foregoing that
the average expenditure per month, leav
ing out of considers tion the purchase of
these two ships, was In the neighborhood of
$050,000. and at that rate nl expenditure the
$2,810,713 will last until early In January,
which Is according to the schedule fixed by
Mr. Shunts on April 1. when he became
chaltman of the commission.
NEW YORK. Aug. 17. Replying to the
report that the suspension of digging ope -
rations on the Punania canal has been that as soon as the matter was settled
caused by the exhaustion of the congress- with Mr. Bewsher. secretary of the assoela
lonal appropriation for constructing the ' tion, all the papers and memoranda relat
Isthmtnn waterway, Theodore P. Shonts, I ing to the "work" done had been destroyed,
chairman of the Panama canal commission
today said:
It is not true ,that there has been any
ihortuge or that our plans for forwarding
the work on the canal were curtailed for
lack of money recently, when an order was
lssu.d that the bulliiliig of terminals, of
' houses for the employes and of a better
JT'Tn he,h."lual,'a''.U; 'Till
canal. The question of funds has not in-
terfered with our plans at Panama In any
way
EAGLES ON DRESS PARADE
Kansas City Drill Team C.ets Prise
' for Best Marching Contest for
Presidency,
DENVER, Aug. 17.-The parade of dele
gates, drill teams and marching clubs this
Lnfternoon was the feature of the day In
connection with the meeting of the grand
aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
More than an hour of time was consumed
in passing the reviewing stand.
At the conclusion the grand trustees
awarded exquisitely embroidered banners
to the Kansas City drill team for the best
marching club and the Old Mexico aerie for
the most unique costumes.
Perhaps the most significant part of the
parade as bearing on the heated contest
for the presidency was the homage paid
President Pellcttler of Kansas City. The
delegations lined up before him at the
reviewing stand and cheered him enthusi
astically. The Davis supporters declared
tonight that this ovation was merely in
recognition of relletiirr's high office and
did not indicate the prevailing sentiment
as to his re-election.
A statement was issued at Davis head
quarters In which they claimed that fifteen
of the larger delegations were pledged to
vote solidly for Davis In addition to a ma
jority of the delegates of eight other dele
gations. This would leave but little for
Pellettier and B. F. McGinnity of Illinois.
The Davis contingent are claiming tonight
that M'Ginnity will not be able to com
mand the solid vote of his own aerie, to
say nothing of the entire representation
from the state of Illinois. The grand aerie
today decldt-d to vote on the presidency
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
There was only one session today, de
voted to practically the report of the
Judiciary committee revising the laws and
constitution of the order. It will be several
daya before this work la completed.
CASH SPENT AT LEGISLATURE
Three or Four Thousand Dollars, Worrall
Eajs, Was Put Up.
USED TO DEFEAT CERTAIN BILLS
Witness ar" He Flnhnrsed the
Money In the Interest of Se.
brash a Ornln f.etlers'
Association.
When the taking of testimony in the
Grain trust suit was resumed Thursday
morning Attorney General Brown recalled
Thomas D. Worrall. Witness was asked to
tell something more of the work done at
the meeting of the Nebraska Grain Dealers'
association following the session of the
legislature of in3.
"Well," said the witness, "I made a re-
rort H3 chairman of the committee on
lelslntlon. touching our work to defeat any
and sll legislation inimical to the Interests
of the association."
"Who composed that committee?"
"Mr. Trompen of Hickman, Mr. Steln
myer of Latonla and myself."
"Did you expend any money during that
session for the purjiosn you have Indicated,
and If so, how much?"
"We expended between f.1.000 and M.ooo."
"Who furnished that money, and was It
in cash or by check?" '
"Different individuals put up the money.
I got It in the form of checks, except
which was handed to me by Mr. Bewsher,
the secretary, who told me he had got It
from Floyd Campbell of the Nebraska
Iowa Elevator company."
"So far as you can give the names of
the firms or persons who contributed to
that fund."
Names the C ontrlhntors.
"The Omahp Elevator company gave two
checks for $100 each, the Duff Grain com
pany $100. Hayes-Eames company $100, Cen
tral Granaries company $200, Nye-Schnei-der-Fowler
Grain company J00, Nebraska
Elevator company $100, (cashed by book
keeper and turned over to Worrall), West-brook-Glbbons
Grain company $100, L'pdlke
Grain company $100, Transmlsslsslppi Grain
company $200, Jaqulth company $100, Wells
Hold company $100. Holmqulst company
$100. Some other firms and individuals
chipped In also, but I do Aot now recall
their names or the amount."
"Was any other money contributed to
your committee during that session?"
"Not directly during the session, but at
the close there was a deficiency to meet,
so the meeting assessed $2 an elevator on
the members of the association, and out of
this there was a small balance left, as I
recall It."
"Did you make any report to the asso
ciation of what had been done with this
money?"
"Only a verbal report as to the total
of the expenses, but gave no specifications.
The work of the legislative committee was
approved and we were given a vote of
thanks. The account was gone over with
others In consultation before the meeting
and the expenditure was approved."
"How was this money spent?"
"Oh, entertaining members and lubri
cating the machinery."
some of the facialis.
"Tell us what you mean by that."
"Well, In buying theater tickets, for band
concerts, dinners, luncheons and things of
that kind."
"On such occasions did you discuss with
members who were present pending legisla
tion?" "Yes, sir, every time."
'What was the purpose In spending this
money for the things you hava mentioned?"
"To defeat any and all legislation hostile
to the best Interests of the Nebraska Grain
Dealers' association."
The attorney general here turned Worrall
over to Ed P. Smith for cross-examination.
Mr. Smith's first questions developed the
fact that there was no treasurer of the
; legislative committee; that the checks had
i all been cashed by Worrall at the First
,.,! e l.lnln .,d thst the total
nai u lai uutm w . u.
, amount handled by witness as the chair-
i lnan of ,ne committee was $4,411. Stein-
myer was in Lincoln only occasionally,
while Trompen, the other member, was a
quite frequent visitor. Neither handled a
dollar of the money, witness said. He was
the only person who had anything to do
with the expending of the actual cash.
All Records Are Hurned.
In response to further questions by Mr.
Smith witness said he got the bulk of the
money me latter pari ui rruiumj, i.
, that It had all been spent in a period of
1 something like forty days. Witness 8ill
burned up.
Sharp tilts between the lawyer and the
witness then occurred aa to what the
j money was spent ror anu woo n. air.
, Worral, could only remember one specific
"o"11" ' .
sum of $i tliat was paid to nn employe
cf the legislature "to keep us posted on the
j ""ion of bills and to bring u. copies of
' all bills introduced affecting the grain bus-
"What did you do with the remaining
$4,37o?'"
"it went to purchase tickets for the
aters and band concerts and other amuse
ments." What bills were Introduced Inimical to
the Interests of the association?"
"I recall now but three, the Ramsey bill.
In the house, and the Hastings and Brady
bills in the senate."
"Who dealt mostly with the legislature Jn
these matters?"
Men Who Did the Ferllaa.
"Well, I didn't know many members my
self, but I acted in touch with members of
the association, who kept me posted as to
the men to work on. Messrs. Updike, Peck,
Fowler. Westbrook. Duff, Ferguson, Wright
and some other officers of the companies
did most of the vUlting around and feeling
out."
Did any of these men or anyone else
expend any of this money you had?"
No, sir; not a cent.
Well, tell us how It waa spent. Did any
employes of the legislature get any of It,
nd if so, who?
Yes. aome employes got money, but I
have forgotten the names. It was spent to
do legitimate work, so that we would be
posted on the bills we were opposed to."
Witness said the largest bill he recalled
for theater tickets was $.5. The tickets
went to members, nut ne couia not name
the men, because the tickets were not dis
tributed by him personally. Asked what
the tickets were given for, the witness
fcaid:
"Whei bills were resting easy tn com
mittee we wanted to keep the members
busy so they would not have time or
care to dig them up. We wanted to let
them slumber."
Succeeded Pretty Well.
Atked if they intended to thus Influence
the legislators, witness replied:
"We didn't call it anything: Just wanted
to prevent the holding of meetings. If
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NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Partly Clonrty Krtrtavt Trobably
.honrra end Cooler In nnth Tor
tton. Satnrdav Fair.
Temneratnre at Omaha Yesterdeyi
Ifonr. Ilea. Hour. Ilea.
Km. m 17 t p. m M
A a. m AT 2 p. m
T a. m ; 3 p. m . . . . . . M
s i, m till 4 p. m l
t a. ni 72 n p. m
to a. m 7.1 Op, m...... Bt
11 a. m 7S r p. m K
12 m SO a p. m A
o p. m utt
BAD STORW STRIKES SCHUYLER
Wind Does Considerable Damage
and the Lowlands Are
Flooded.
SCHUYLER. Neb., Aug. 17.-(Ppeelal Tel
egram ) One of thn worst storms In the
history of Schuyler struck here tonight.
About 5 o'clock an URly lcrklng cloud came
up from the west and north. It could be
seen that a bad storm was coming and
many people took to their cyclone cel
lars before the storm broke. About 6: to
th storm broke and In a minute the air
was filled with flying debris and braprhes
of treea. The wind seemed to come from
no particular direction, but came on with
ft circular motion like a tornado.
M. T. Bohmnn's enormous hay barn Just
north of the depot was completely de
stroyed. There was no hay In It. It was
crushed like an eggshell. The building
was insured for $1.0ii0.
The fence around Wright's lumber yard
was blown down and lumber piles upset.
Trees all over town were broken down
and outbuildings destroyed.
The brick chimney of the city power
house was struck by lightning and de
stroyed. Maple, Ehrenbergers Bros." store front
was blown In and the rain poured in all
over the furniture and goods.
At Lahger's restaurant the awning was
blown through the window, destroying part
of the soda fountain.
The wind was accompanied by a heavy
rain. About one Inch of water fell In
twenty minutes and part of the town Is
under water. Reports from the country
are that corn was blown down pretty
badly and several hay stacks set on Are
by lightning. Windmills and small budd
ings were also wrecked.
LINCOLN, 'Neb.. Aug. 17.-A day of In
tense heat, causing two prostrations, one
fatal, was followed tonight by a violent
storm of wind and rain. The fall of rain
was the heaviest seen here this summer,
estimated at nearly two Inches In a trifle
over an hour, raved streets In places were
filled from curb to curb, wooden crosswalks
washed out and In one place stopping street
ears. Advices late tonight say the rain was
general all over the corn belt.
HIGH FINANCE IN BOSTON
Clerk for Traction Promoter Has
Liabilities of 2n2,77 and
Assets of Slfto.
BOSTON, Aug. 17,-Llabllltles of $202,677
and assets of $50 were scheduled in a pe
tition In bankruptcy filed here today by
George B. Appleton of Cambridge. Apple
ton was a clerk in the office of Arthur E.
Appleyard, the street railway promotor,
who is now contesting extradition to the
state of New York, where he is wanted on
a charge of grand larceny from a Buffalo
bank. Appleton, It appears, also figured as
treasurer of various Appleyard roads In
Ohio and he held stocks In those railways,
including the Ohio Traction company, and
the Dayton. Lebanon & Cincinnati Rail
road company. According to the statement
filed In the bankruptcy court the liabilities
are made up of sums due a large number
of banks in western Massachusetts, New
York and Pennsylvania, which hold prom
issory notes secured by stock in street rail
ways. STAND BY THEEIGHT-HOUR DAY
Printers Decide to Strike Unless the
Employers Concede the
Point.
TORONTO, Ont.,. Aug. 17. The conven
tion of the International Typographical
union decided today to meet in Colorado
Springs next year.
At the afternoon session of the Inter-
: national Typographical union the eight-
nour committee presented Its report, which
.n(jorses the eight-hour camuaisn now
j being waged and recommends a strike on
January 1, 1906, against employers who do
not accept the new hours laid down by
the union. Sampel Gompers In his ad
dress commended the stand the union lias
taken on the eight-hour fight.
OMAHA W0MAN IS ROBBED
Mrs. I.neretlo Mahon Loses Valnahle
Jewelry on Steamer En Route to
an Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. Mrs. Lu-
, CIPtla Mahon of Omaha, who came here
from Portland, Ore., on the steamer Co
lumbia yesterday, reported to the police
that she had lost several hundred dollars'
worth of Jewelry on the voyage to this
port. Among the missing articles are five
diamond rings, one stick pin with four
diamonds and five turquoises, a turquoise
ring, a solitaire ring and two other rings.
The name of Mrs. Lucretla Mahon is not
in the Omaha directory.
MESSENGER TAKES LARGE SUM
Employe of Chit-nan Firm Disap
pears Willi a to rt'Kl He Was sent
to Deposit In Rnnk.
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. Ous Bobbs, a mes
senger employed by the dry goods house of
Charles A. Stevens & Bros., has disap
peared with $10.non of the firm's money and
a reward of $flO0 has been offered for his
. capture
Bobbs was employed in thn place of the
' regular messenger, who Is on a vacation.
( He was sent to the bank this afternoon to
: make a deposit, carrying lio.oon. He did not
appear at the hank and later It was learned
he had left for New York over the Nickel
Plate road.
Movements of IVun Vessels Ana-. 17.
At New York Arrived : Deutschl.ind. from
Hamburg: Btaia. from Hamburg; Baltic,
from Liverpool. Sailed: H.'irharosta, for
Ilr-inen; Numtdlan. for Glasgow.
At Naples Arrived: Nord America, from
New Yoik; Canopic. from Boston.
At Glasgow Arrived: LaiireiitUn, from
Philadelphia.
At londnn Arrived : Minneapolis, from
New York.
At yueensrown A rrlved : Republic, from
Boston. Hailed: Ktiisland. for Philadel
phia; Teutonic, for New York
At Ha vre Arrived . Sarmatlan, from
Montreal.
At Liverpool Arrived Westernland. from
Philadelph'a Silled: Kensington and Vic
toria, for Montreal.
At Markeilles Sailed: Gecoianla, for New
York.
DEADLOCK IS NOW ON
Peaoe Enroys Discuss Three Articles
Turing the Iar Without Eesultt.
PAY FOR COST OF WAR TAKEN UP FIRST
Keither Side Would Make Any Oenoenioa
and Issue is Passed Over.
DEEPEST PESSIMISM AGAIN PREVAILS
Each Bide Seems te Think it Can Tiel
Nothing More.
WILL PROBABLY ADJOURN UNTIL MONDAY
Envoy In Meantime Will Consnlt
Their Governments Ahoat
the Two Vital
Points.
rORTSMOT'TII. N. H.. Aug. 17.-Th
crisis In the peace conference has been
reached and pessimism Is again the note.
Rut the darkest hour is Just before the
dawn and there Is still hope. Predictions
of a final rupture tomorrow certainly will
not be Justified unless Baron Komura
figuratively picks up his hat and announces
that it Is useless to proceed farther. M.
Wltte at least will not be precipitate. At
tomorrow's session after article it (the
limitation of Russia's sea power In the
far east) and article xll (fishing right , on
the littoroal) are disposed of he will favor
an adjournment until Monday to hear tha
last word from St. Petersburg.
pessimism tonight Is based on the fact
that no progress was made today. The
exchange of views at the morning session
on article Ix (remuneration for the "cost
of the war") showed at once that the
plenipotentiaries were as far apart as the
poles, and it was passed over. Article K
(the surrender of the Interned Russian
warships) was also passed, not in the
opinion of one of the present plenipotenti
aries when the Associated PreBS corre
spondent saw him tonight, because It could
not have been arranged, but because within
the shadow of the two main points In dis
pute hanging over the conference both
sides were cautious and preferred to post
pone it to the end.
Article 11 (limitation of sea power) is also
adjustable after modification and article xll
will present no difficulties. Bo that tonight
the situation was practically where It was
when M. Wltte lost Saturday presented the
Russian reply with Its non possulmua on
articles v and lx (Sakhalin and indemnity
The only chance is now Compromise
Russia to yield Sakhalin and Japan In
demnity. Neither will yield both and per
haps Japan at the final showing of hands
will yield neither. M. Wltte, under the
imperial instructions given him before he
left St. Petersburg, can agree neither to
pay war tribute nor cede a foot of Russian
territory. St. Petersburg therefore in the
last resort remains to be heard from.
Doubtless this Is the reason why he prefer!
a postponement tomorrow over Sunday.
Baron Komura probably will welcome an
adjournment of two daya in order that ha
also may lay the situation before his gov
ernment before ita final decision.
Iloth Side Pessimistic.
The sudden revival of deep pessimism to
night was induced by the dispatches given
out when the plenipotentiaries returned to
the hotel, that no progress had been made
today. But to those on the Inalde that
was not surprising. Things'1 had gone
smoothly enoaKli only the Impasse had
been reached there had been the glint of
cold steel In the conference chamber. And
the few words M. Wltte said to the foreign
newspaper correspondents was aa uaual
not encouraging. He looked tired and said
nothing had been accomplished.
"Tomorrow," be said, "we will finish ar
ticles xi and xuV"
"What then?" he was asked.
"Then we will go to dinner," he replied
as he excused himself to go to dinner at
Assistant Secretary Peirce's. No very great
hope waa vouchsafed In the Japanese camp.
"We are not bluffers," said Mr. Sato,
and from an authoritative source the Aa
aodated Press correspondent received a
distinctively bad Impression regarding the
outlook. It was coupled, however, with an
expression of the hope that If it developed
that the conference was going to pleoea.
President Roosevelt might again step In.
"We have heard that the president hav
ing brought us together, has washed bis
hands of further responsibility. But he la
resourcefnl. He might do something."
"What?"
"That I cannot say."
The Japanese view was thus explained!
"We came asking only what we wanted.
Our terms were moderate. The world thlnka
so. It looks bad. I say sq. I believe so.
But the conference may yet he saved from
shipwreck. M. Wltte has been gracloua.
He has done what he can, but he baa a
future at home to consider."
A very Important conference occurred In
Mr. Witte's rooms shortly before midnight,
in which was present Baron de Rosen, the
other Russian plenipotentiaries and M. Da
Martins, and General Yermaleff, M. Poko
tllofT. M. Bhipoff and Captain Roussln, the
five Russian delegates. It Is the flrat time
a full meeting of plenipotentiaries had been
held since the conference began. The pre
liminary discussion of the Japanese condi
tions la already virtually ended. It Is not
Improbable that the final report and recoras
inundations of the Russian plenipotentiaries
w is passed upon ai.d transmitted tonight M)
the emperor at Peterhof.
It can be stated that the Individual views
of the members of the Russian mission dif
fer as to what point should he yielded If a
compromise Is to be offered. Some favor the
surrender of Sakhalin, others an Indemnity.
None are ready to give up both point.
The Associated Press learns at midnight
that during the conferences the Japanese
plenipotentiaries several times manifested
a sort of desire to couple the consideration
of the disputed points. This might indicate
a willingness to bargain at the end.
The Russians watched these moves lth
great Interest, waiting for their adversaries
to press them, but without showing their
lands.
Mr Sato is quoted as saying that the
Japanese will tomorrow propose taking up
the articles which have been passed over. If
that is the case the Japanese may have de
cided to openly propose Joint consideration.
Japan Adtlsed to Hedge.
LONDON. Aug. 18. The morning news
papers continue to be pessimistic regarding
the prospects for peace, although in aome
notable Instances there is evidence of a de
sire to hedge on the uncompromising atti
tude assumed In the earlier stages Of the
Portsmouth conference. The most notable
of tht-se this morning is the Dally Newt,
one of the oldest London papert, which in
closing a lengthy editorial on tha pear ne
gotiations says:
Our deaire that Japan should waive
