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The Omaha Daily Bee. CHEAPEST BECAUSE BEST THE BEL CLEAN AND CONSERVATIVE THE BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1P05-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. J fa EXTRA SESSION TALK f Governor fay H it CaB.idaring' tv--Uttar of CciteniB j LtgiiUtor. " NUMEROUS DEMANIS FOR SUCH ACTIO) Lira Sentiment Iiiiti far Law to Ref. lata Freight Bate. NO ASSEMBLY BEFORE JANUARY. ANYWAY Mickey T-lnki One Canll Jot Wigely Ba Callad Effort Tien. DECLARES TARIFFS NOW ARE UNJUST -fclef Eimlln Aaoert There la So Question a to lilitMt ( Present Sehedole of truki RaUrMii. "Whether or iut I "hall call a epecial e ion of the legislature to take up the rail way rate matter is a question that remain to be adved,' ald Governor Mickey, who la In Omaha to tefttfy In the railway tax cases, wherein the corporations seek to evade payment of the full amounts levied nguinst them, and also to spesk at the unveiling- of the soldiers' and sailors' monu ment. "At any rate, it is not likely that a special session could be held conveniently until January. The people of the state will be too busy this fall to take up the matter of making; new laws, even though they per tain to the vitally Important matter of rall wsy rates. "I am constantly receiving requests for a special session. The only doubt In my mind aa to the propriety of such a legislative as sembly Is the probable good or evil that will coma from It. "There is no need to quibble about the statement that the people of Nebraska are suffering from unjust and Inequitable rail way freight rate. Thla is a fact and the simple truth Local merchants In Nebraska, and as a result their patrons, are not treated right In freight charges. This con dition Is one that demands immediate at tention and should be remedied Just as soon as possible. "How can there be any fairness In the fact that It costs 14 cents a hundred to ship wheat from Tork to Omaha when only 11 cents Is charged to ship the same grain from Omaha to Chicago, nearly four times r the distance? Sample, of Conditions. "This Is only a sample of the conditions that prevail. They are bad and injurious, and thla state, which is now so well off and ao prosperous In agricultural. Industrial and other respects, cannot afford to le so bur dened. Our crop this year will be phenome nal and the heavy rains we are. now receiv ing mean a saturation of the subsoil and the assurance of a good yield next year. "The improvements in Omaha are very marked and even a disinterested person can eve the strides the city Is making- In com mercial and municipal progress It la the same throughout the state. Yesterday I witsraasl at the laying "t the cornerstone for a new flt&OOO courthouse t Seward. "I am thoroughly sincere In giving up my railroad passes In conformance with the Ideas of the republican state conven tion and the sentiment of the people. I have received many congratulations on this course, but a great many dissenting opin ions as well. The latter come mostly from people who would like to hang on to their pa.'n-s. On this point I notice that the populist convention condemned Judge Let ton for having used passes, whereas Judge Hastings, the fusion nominee for the su preme court, admits that he bas dona the same thin. The action of the popa atrike me as amusing. Benedt from Agitation. Whether or not the Grain trust suit Is successful the farmers are getting a great deal of benefit from the agitation this year. They ara getting- from I to IH cents more A t bushel for all kinds of grain than they did when the trust had control of the mar ket. This In itself la a fine thing and one that cannot fall to bring great satisfaction to the farmera. Independent grain dealer have com plained to me that they do not believe they have been fairly treated by the grain ln- npectors In Omaha. They said that usually they were unable to get a No. I grade on grain and received either a No t or a No 4 trade, whereae the regular dealera could get the No. S grade. I looked Into th mat- t.rP aee whether I had any authority over ,, -"-' - Therefore I could tsk no action and ao re plied to the Independenta " Th grain Inspector are appointed by th Board of Directors of the Omaha Grain exchange. There 1 a chief Inspector who recommends hie assistants. NORWAY MAKES CONCESSIONS Only Issna Between (ho Nations Yet t'nsc-ttled la tha Demolition f he Fortroaaea. KARLSTAD, Pwwden, Sept. H The Swed ish and Norwegian commissioners met in Joint conference today after holding aev eral Independent conference. The Joint conference wa ln easlon several hour and then adjourned. It la understood that the Swedish de mand that tranait on trade through both countries shall ue secured against obstruc tion and the right of pasturing reindeer belonging to Swedish Laplanders in north Norway have bean amicably settled, but that tha question of the demolition of the fortification mill remains open. Several Norwegian newspaper are opposing- an offer of tha throne to Prince Charle of Denmark. They demand that th peopl of Norway be given an oppor tunity to em-prea their choice between a monarchy and a republic. WILL BUILD PLANTS ABROAD Plarveetar Trwt to rnatrwrt tortr In E a rope Boea.no of Poo alhlo Betaltotory Tart. CHICAGO. Sept. -.Clarence g. Funk. oeneral manager of tha International Har vester company, aaid today that because of jncertain tariff condition hi America, with the possibility of retaliatory tariff against American manufacturers being generally adopted abroad. American Industrial estab lishment are planning subsidiary factories In Europe. Mr. Funk aaid condition in th t'nrted State are such that th Interna tional Harvester company ha been forced to protect it Interests la EXiropo and Is planning tne poaaioie or ciioa r-i a plant 1 awaden. Mr. Funk added that tb wor T if "m' a In Sweden by th agent of tli planning the possible rracttoti of a plant In Sweden Mr. Funk added that tb work he duplicated at otr vewa capital. 0LUS,0N -L CAPE. c flMmrr Juniata Raainfl by Schooner Herrwold Palmer .! Faenaer Badly Hart. '- W1STON. Sept 21 The Injury of six r eenrer and two of the ship's officers collision at sea was reported by the ner Juniata of the Merchant and -' Transportation company, bound 5 Boston for Baltimore and Norfolk, returned to this port this afternoon damaged. The Juniata was rammed I iht thirty miles off Chatham by tl masted schooner Herrwold Palmer, be -om Baltimore for Portland, Me., wl - cargo of coal. The injured' Mr.- and Mrs. FrledeH of Pittsburg. Pa., nadir hruieefl. J. W. Johnson of North Ahlngton. Mass.. leg broken. Injured Internally; condition srious Mr. and Mrs John C. Murray of South Boston, bruised and badly shaken up. Corporal J. J Mattlngly, United States Marine corps, hands cut Captain Z. Nkkerson of the Juniata. In Jury to hands. Quartermaster John Crockett, hands cut and bruised. No one on board the schooner waa In jured. That the accident did not result tn a general loss of life on the steamer Is con sidered remarkable by every one on board. The steamer had a great hole stove In Its starboard side amidships. Its cabins from that point forward were lipped and torn Into kindling wood and the foremast and amokestack were carried away. The Juniata returned to It dock here today and landed Its passengers. Arrangements were made to transfer the 'cargo. The Palmer lost It Jib boom, bowsprit and head gear. The accident occurred at o'clock last night when the Juniata was steaming around Cape Cod. Both vessel remained at the scene until daylight. WRECK ON SANTA Ft ROAD One Person May Die Oat of Flee lajared When Train la Derailed. NEWTON. Kan.. Sept. 21 -The east bound California flyer on the Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fe railway wa wrecked at Walton, a small station eight miles east of here, last night. Fred Kempnlrk of Chicago, second cook on the dining car, was badly scalded. No one was killed. Five person were Injured, amorm whom Kempnlck is perhaps the only one seriously hurt. He may die. The other injured: Grant Conrad. I Angeles. merrier of the Board of Public Works, shoulder badly sprained. Callender, Los Angeles, ankle sprained. Effie Lawrence Havlin. member of -aude-ville circuit, ankle sprained. Mlf Violet Iele. member of vaudeville circuit, badly shaken: not serious. Miss Christine Weiss of Chicago, a trained nurse, tece lscrrated, hole in cheek, severe contusion of forehead: condition se rious. Jscob Havlll of New Tork, theatrical manager, cut and bruised. The train, which probably is the fastest in the Santa Fe sen-ice. was running at a speed of about forty miles an hour at the time of the accident. Aa the train ap proached Walton tli trucks of the bag-gag-e car left -Aba rails, followed by rhe dining car and the wleepef following. The dining car and sleeper ran for about 100 feet on the tlea and then turned over. Fortu nately the muddy bank broke the force of the fall and most of the passengers were enabled to alight in safety without sus taining any Injury. William Brltt, manager of the prlre fighter of the same name, waa on the train with the moving pictures of the recent Britt-Nelson fight. Neither Brltt nor the pictures were injured. IRRIGATION WORK PROGRESSES Pathdnder Tassel Completed and Work Started on tha Bla; Dam. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 71 (Special Tele gram The state of Wyoming Is to be con gratulated on th prospects of develop ment, under the reclamation law. as the work of the various engineering parties proceed. The Pathfinder tunnel was com pleted on August IB. the contract for the construction of the Pathfinder dam was let during the month and work promptly beun. Testerdsv the secvetsrv of the In. ( mr(W ,wo lrnport.nt contracts In co-nectlon with the Shoshona proJect-the BhMlW oam to VmifTrt A darkson f rMnrt for mhiT nrt th. Corh.tt ,., t Spear of Billing. Mont.. fnr The Corbett tunnel will he bout lS.noo feet long nd will be used to divert about l.mm ruble feet of wter per second from the river for Irrigating lands In the vicinity of Garland and FrannK Wye. Postmaster appointed: Iowa Maple Leaf. Howsrd county, Robert T. Barr. vice G. W. Lackle. resigned South Ds kota Blsrk Hawk. Meade county, Fdward G. Miles, vice John Kennedy, resigned. Andrew B. Jerke ha been appointed reg ular and Julius $tenseth substitute rural carrier for route I at Calmar, la. BANK SWINDLER ARRESTED Man Accused of Seenrlnc 9A.IKOA at Gettysburg, t. D., hy Wire Tap ping Schema Aporehended. SIOCX FALLS. S. D.. Sept. Sl.-Charged wrth being the principal In a wire-tapping cheme by which . wa ecured from a hank at Gettysburg. 8. D.. B. V. Dunham wa arretted there today. A telegraph operator who haa acted aa Dunham accomplice gave the police the Information that led o Dunham arrest. Dunham, who I also known a F. D. Miles. Is charged with representing him self a a cattle buyer of Mile City, Mont. He la charged with having applied to the Gettysburg bank for tt . giving a Chi cago bank a reference and asking that the Chicago institution be wired as to his financial standing Hi accomplice. It 1 charged, atatloned himself several mile from town, tapped the wir and Inter cepted the d-.lcago message. Four hour later tht --Ire-tapper aent a reply, ostenal bly from tne Chicago hank, and of auch a character that th money wa paid to Dunham by the Gettysburg bank. Th ar rest of Dunham Immediately followed. Fatal Collana of Floor. CHICAGO, Sept. ft. Four men wer In jured here today, three fatally. In th old county court house, whkh is being torn down to make plac for a new structure. The flooring In the center corridor of th fourth floor of the old county building gate way burying the men tn the detn. The Injured men were taken out alive and removed to a hospatal. earnest to Help Smith folle;. NORTHAMPTON. Ma.. Sept n -When Smltn college wa opened tiHly Preaider.t I. Clark bVelev announced that Andrew Camngie had prunnned t. u t the col lege providing friend of th Institution a ill raise an equal amount. The money 1 to be ud forhe erection and nuuiilaaauca Jul 4 w fcluioaiu 1 bUtraUM-y. PERKINS IS CROSS-EXAMINED Low to law Tork Life of $300,000 is Osa Eradicate Brought Oat LARGE DEALINGS WITH MORGAN & CO. sa Who Represent Both Companies t sable to Answer Maay Owes tloaa WltkMt Consolt Ia Beeki, NEW TORK. Sept. II. George TC. Per kins, vice president of the New Tork Life Insurance Company and member of the firm of J. P. Morgan Co., waa on the witness stand before the special legislative committee probing Insurance companies j methods during the greater part of today I session. When an adjournment waa taken , he wa. .till on the stand with a number he asked permission to look up the rec ord and ubmlt transcription. There wa nothing of a sensational character In the testimony today, the only development of moment being the witness' disclosure In the New Orleans traction syndicate, In which the company sustained a loss of over t300.i0. Edmond V. Randolph, treas urer of the company, had been questioned rather sharply regarding this transaction when he was on the stand last week. To day the matter waa brought up when I o .i u...v. . .v.. ! Counsel Huche attemded to nrobe the attemptea to prone tne collateral loan account. The bonds of the New Orleans Traction Company had been bought from the New Security and Trust r- . j . ... ,. i -uiiiixLiii ii ov aiiu eric puiwvuurnuy vu u i w t-.i,i. . .ih I at 75 Mr. Perkins testified they were sold r,n rwomK.- i n. t i,..k.... m. r-,. for S9ST,S00. Mr. Hughes found under date of January S. 1. a loan of that amount to Fan.hawe I Co.. and asked if the loan was made ' agamst these bonds. This Mr. Perkins said ; he would have to look up. and the question wa dropped for th present. Trmnsartlona with Morgan dt Co. It was brought out that John R. Oege man, president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, was carrying a run ning loan with the New York Life of t&o.ooo at per cent Interest. Mr. Perkins did not know whether this matter came before the finance committee and would look It up. Witness could not explain why. after the Nem- York Life had bought M.U0U.OU0 worth of Navigation syndicate bonds from J. V. Morgan Co.. fc'.OOO.OOO should be sold back to that Arm at the same price wluiin two month, and no minute of the finance commltteo could be found to ex plain it. The transaction In Navigation syndicate bonds of December 31, 1SW6. when Mr. Perkins of the New York Life sold Mr. Perkins for J. P. Morgan & Co. gqXf.uuO In these bonds, came up again when the warrant for the check of Wo0.:e6 wa pro duced. These bonds were bought back by the New York Life two days later, and the t6. Mr. Perkins testified, was for the ad justment of Interest. Mr. Perkins would not acknowledge th transaction waa a loan. t-v . . , m . .... The dealing of the company with the Morgan firm amounted to $39,286,075. with a profit of ,784.788.68. The question of the company income waa for the present dropped and the way of spending of the money wa probed. Tha agency system of tha company was deacrlbed and at tht time Vice President Thomas A. Buckner, who haa charge of the agents, waa called. He stated that the total salaries of the agency inspectors were I125.W0 annually. Agency directors get an average annual salary of JJ.ono. The latter receive about JloO.Ouft an nually ln bonunes. Mr. Buckner was unable to answer many questions without referring to records, and will be called again. Perkins Reverses Previous Statement. Earlier in the day Mr. Perkins had been questioned on the -joint account" transac tions of the New York Life, which he was unaoie to explain last t riaay. He occu- -t pira aimost me entire morning session and presented statement, of each ,eont M- Perkins took occasion to correct his testi mony of last Friday relative to the Naviga tion bonds, when he was asked if the ob ject of the transaction between J. P. Mor gan Co. and the New Tork Life was to remove the IWO.nno bond from th Insur ance company's books and reduce their holdings temporarily from KQnn.onn to $3,2nO. Wl Mr Perkins ansm-ered "Yes." but today said: "I did not mean that; I meant to say No.1 " Before Mr. Perkins took th stand John F. McCullaa-h of Albany, a clerk for An drew Hamilton, waa called in an attempt to probe further Into the rw.OdO check mat ter, but Mr McCullagh could give no in formation and ass excused. The investi gation will be resumed tomorrow Investigation Only Started. The probing of the method of life lnsur- inner vumpamr. en. re.umeo. tocay ny the ... ra.mmi-. omuro line days proceedings were begun Charlte E. Hughe, counsel to tne committee. aaid he believed the fact of more iin,,iB,iiT uu -rraier interest tnan any developed thus far still remained to b brought out "We have not yet reached the meat of thi Inquiry." (aid Mr. Hughes. "In fact we have only started It. Th first witness todsy wa John F Uc Cullaugh of Albany, who is employed by Andrew A. Hamilton. The checks for JlftO.Ofiu given by th New York Life Insurance company to Mr. Hamilton bore McCul- laugh's name as endorser, but the witness said he knew nothing about the checks except what he read in the newspaper. He did not know whether Mr Hamilton appeared before legislative committees, nor did he know anything about his employer's account ln the New York State bank of Albany. He did not know of any other account of Mr. Hamilton's In Albany, but he knew be wa elected a director of the Albany Trust company about a year ago. The wltnea s said h did not know where Mr. Hamilton book were kept, nor would he know where to find any of hi employer cancelled check. Mr. MrCullaugh aaid 1 further that he knew nothing whatever about the lino.onft paid to Hamilton and concerning which Mr. McCll. president of the New Tork Life Inauranc company, wa examined yesterday. Milton Monro Madison, a bookeeper of the New Tork Life, waa called. He identl- j fled extract from th book of tha Hew Tork Life. gowlg that ln the Wtna; a Co acaount tha Hew Tork Life ?nnr- th Cuban minister, thla morning person am company paid out ft.TOa.OOO. gom tally handed to th secretary of stat a bond were withdrawn by th Inauranc company, leaving ft.aaaos bond In tha Joint account. Proaldont Consider objoet. OYSTER BAT. N. T.. Sept ft -eocretary of Stat Elihu Root. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Maaaachuaettea and Joseph M Cnoaie. former American mbaaaador to Great Britain, who spent lat nig-ht aa guest of President Ruoaevelt, left for New York thi afternoon. Tb oonfereno be tween tha proaident and hi visitor waa admitted: Important. Aa contained ln then dispatches last right th principal (ConUbucd 4a Sotnd Pa-.) TALK OF PEACE CONFERENCE President and Isltor Disease the Artlon of the Fraprror of Basal. PTSTER BAT. SrpL a. It te learned thst the most Important International question discussed hy the president and Secretary Root and Senator Lodge was thst relating to the second pt o conference to be held at The Hague. The president explained to his visitors that on September 11 Ambassador Rosen had visited him at Sagamore Hill to in form him of the desire of Emperor Nich olas of Russia to call a peace conference at The Hague, which should be supple mental in It work to that held at The Hague three years ago on the emperor's in itiative. Thi president last autumn took the Initial sten toward the rslllnr of the Btcon(J lhrourh Secretary of p,ate Joh a n fc Mb t() th). Thf ,-cIu(,ln- Juvmn acquiesced to h -,,,-- f th. v,,,. t.. sla. while accepting It In principle, objected j to holding the conference while it wa . waging war with one of the signatory pow- er. It Indicated that at a later time, per- haps on the eoncluon of peace bet wen I i,,. ... . . , . . Itself and the Japanese, the holding of a second conference at The Manie would be second conference at The Haue would be , agreeable to it. The visit of Ambassador Rosen wa made with a view not only ,f presenting to th- nrlf1gn t f nrm Iiv t h Aj4r- rf Tm nprnr Nicholas but also with a view of aacer- i . , . talnlng l. r B,.,. ,. ! " wtl'lng to waive any claim he might ,T '-"' "Tf th f T , ! u. ' " that Emperor Nicholas himself might Issue ,. ... ... . l" call. The presided expressed hlm-elf ...i,-., . ' v..ld , tL .,. nf ,h " oeugnted to leio to the wish or the nu"""11 vn.iwu.r. onu h.iiiiui.i n..!-ii u. V. ,ruor'a xn ' iniorm- j f th P""" acquie.cence. A rma' "J" to ''"l ' ! lm b'h'' PrrfMrnI through Secretary j Root. The reply was discussed last night, but It has not been put Into definite form. It probably will be forwarded soon after Secretary Root reaches Washington, about the first of October. WESTERN INDEMNITY AFFAIRS Condition of the Company to Be In vestlrnted ky the Attorney General of Illinois. CHICAGO. Sept. m An Investigation of the business methods of the Western In- demnlty Life, an assessment Insurance as- soclatlon, for which application for a re- of candidates. Kldd of Gage was in celver has been made by policyholders. Is , favor cf the resolution, and while he d to be made by the state superintendent ; vlB,d against haste, urged the committee of Insurance Attorney General William H. Stead of Illinois has already Ixigun an investigation of the affair of the company and officials and 1 the course of few days the state superintendent of insurance will summon all the officials of the com pany before him and compel them to answer question concerning charges of irauouient voting: oi contracts ana auegea Illegal voting of proxies and an attempt j to transfer the entire enmnanv to an- i i other corooratlon. Thi Information was I announced ln open court this afternoon by Attorney Walter Hawk, counsel for a claimant for the unpaid benefit of 14,000, while an attempt waa being made to se cure an order from Juaa Bethea of the t'nited States district conn for a reference to a matter in chancery of the matters In controversy. The affair of th Western Indemnity Life are said to be In a deplorable condi tlon and according to Attorney Hawk the state superintendent of Insurance will make a strict investigation ao that the person responsible for the trouule can be pun ished. During the hearing; before Judge Bethea various questions of law and fact were asked by a number of prominent lawyers citing why the whole matter should be re ferred to a master In chancery, but the Judge declared he did not wish to enter into I the esse. Innsmorh as Judee Kohlsatt of I tn 1 nl"(J Bta' court iB to ""e UP the case next Tuesday when the question of whet her a preliminary Injunction chall Is sue preventing the transfer of the West ern Indemnity Life to another company will be decided by the court. FACTS FROMFRUIT DISTRICT Orange Grower and Shipper Receive 414,500.000 for Crop of Present Year. SAN FRANCISCO. Sent. L According to reporta of traffic official of the Atchison, j short talks, after which reports from the oon apread to the snow sheds Six out Topeka Santa Fe and th Southern Pari- ! various committeemen were received, fol- I fltt,n' car with carpenter tools, ten empty flc. the number of cars of oranges sent eaat j lowed by a general discussion of the work bofara and snow sheds about 2.M0 feet riur(n- tha 1m. . i-in . h wn I to he done. Chairman Warner nreawlivl I long were burned This Include the hlpment from Butte county and -the San Joaquin section, aa I well as from Southern California, the bulk. however, coming from the latter section. iau shipments are Included that went out' of the state bv rail In these MOW cars' . there were in.4M.nnft boxes. The tot1 .-.hie t ! pf thc ghlpment wa approximately 125 - 5 anc Of thi mount lt Is figured that the orange growers and shipper got tl4.vM. OnO The remainder, of l9.42fi.nno went to the railroad and refrigerator car line for freight and leelng chargea. For the eeason that opens early In No vember the railroad peonle estimate thre will be S7.non cars for the eastern market. Vp to the 15th of this month 4 flro carload of California green fruit have 1-een sent rtttt with Chicago, New York and Boston the principal distributing center This is an ! by Judge Allen tomorrow morning. Increase of RfiO cars over the same period ' The Marlon county grand Jury Investiga of Isst yesr, when 4 SK rars had been i tlon of the Sherrlck case was slow In get shipped up to September 15. 1S04 In other ' ting under way this morning Governor words l?4.no.nnn pounds of green fruit were sent east up to the 1Sh of this month, as ! . .,,u ... ur.r rsT . , . i pflftiiis- i ' i' M-i " i-k-t- ,- i , m a. 1 1 me rr-oT. of pounds. The aeasnn which clones early In November and the railroad officials Bay that by that time 2.000 additional cars will have gone east, making a total for tha season of 6.ao carload. CUBA MAKESAN APOLOGY Minister Kays Insult to I'nlted State Waa Dne to Government' Enemies. WASHINGTON. Sept. ft. Mr. Oueaada. copy of th fallowing oabl message re ceived from Senor Ofarrill. secretary of state of Cuba: Thi morning ! coat of arm of the t'nited States consulate at Clenfuego p. peared defiled Exprea to the rretary of tate how deeply the government de plore thi occurrence, which must not he interpreted a a demontrtion of hoetllltv on th part of th Cuhan people towards the American people, but a an isolated act du to a criminal hand to the end of creating difficult le for th government An Immediate investigation ha been or dered to punish th author of aucn re pugnant action. Th Cuban government alao ha apolo gised ta Charge d Affaire Sleeper at Ha- v MOVE FOR DIRECT PRIMARY Proposition Come Up Befera Meeting- of Eepnblican State Committee. ACTION DEFERRED UNTIL NEXT MEETING Committee Completes Orwunlaottos by Electing A. B. Mien Secre tary and A. H. Henntug Trea sarer. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Bept r. (Special Telegrm.) The feature of the meeting of the repub lican etate committee tonight wa a propo sition to carry out the recommendation of the state convention for a direct primary by the introduction of the following reso lution by Victor Rosewater, which, at his request, went over until the next com- ""tie meeting wunoui action. Where The republican tate platform contains the following plank: Believing that the nearer the control of public affair can be brought to the people he better the result will be, we declare , ourselves in favor of a direct primary law ,ovrnln tn, nominations of all public of- ei.i. ntals " And. Whereas. I'nder the present law this I committee, with its w-operatlng 5"'; j 'he ' nomina'tTon" oV'pa'ny" candXte! i s it ! Resolved, That It Is the sense of this committee that the candidate on trie re- mib can tate ticket, to tie voteo lor at the election in should be nominated T Halved S-h-r. That the executive ! comm.ttee be Instructed to Investigate the 1 n,thor1s of conductinc direct prtmarien In . . : . . . . , . other states and to report a plan to this committee for the conduct and regulation , ,,,,. , nnln,,. rrt.ub- )CAn tate ticket of l!"b. RM,tlo a Surprise. p.tI1, . ur- prise to the members of the committee, u MUf Umf wforf of them grasped it. Bud Undsey opposed It j on the grounds that the convention had made its recommendation to .the legisla ture, and that the committee should not anticipate the legislative action. W. P. Miles of Cheyenne, who was a member of the resolutions committee which framed the republican platform, waa the next to object, because he said this was no time for the committee to take up such a mat ter, and he emphatically declared that the committee should not "stultify Itself by adopting the resolution." Kelsy of Ante lope and Dickson of Holt objected to the resolutions, and seemed to labor under the lmnreselon that tt referred to the selection to gel ln nn Wtn the newspapers, which were almost unanimously in favor of the direct primary aa recommended by the convention. In support of his resolution Mr. Rose water said that tf the recommendation of the state convention waa good for the legislature It was good for the committee, and lt waJ not ne-..ary to wait Tor a ie(rtalature to force them to do It. He . , . . , .. eiiirrwu me i ui i n- cii-uuu i i ... ' , , .w. j uon of tne convention on the pass ques- tion by returning their paaaes without waiting for the legislature to act and to those who opposed a direct primary, he aaid the time for them to have spnken waa when the resolution eommlltae made its report tp the state convention. Stanley of Hamilton favored the fitrect primary In theory, but desired to talk with his people about the matter before voting, and then j victor Rosewater axked tnet the resolu- tlon be laid over without action until an other meeting Bud Llndsey wanted it referred to the executive committee to be killed off and the arguments were upon the dtsposal of the resolution, which was finally settled by allowing it to remain on the table until the next meeting. I Committee Completes Organisation i Previous to this the comtiilttee re-elected ' ,.,. . AIlen rtary and A. H Hennlngs ! treasurer. Chairman Warner was author- ired to, appoint an executive committee of one member from each congressional dis trict. A motion was adopted giving- the ex ecutive committee power to fix the pay of regular employes, who will be selected by the chairman, and provide for auditing of accounts. Lincoln was selected the headquarter and Chslrman Warner em powered to arrange for location of head quarter Commissioner Letton. candidate for sti- preme Judge, and Fred Abbott, candidate ; for regent of the university, both made ' and Harry Lindsay actod as temporary i secretary. Twenty-four out of thiry mem bers were present either In person or by proxy. -------- RDnKin MIRY AFT PR SUCBBIPk' wiirtiiinf dwii i n i bii wiikiiiiiwr Governor Hanley and Auditor Blgler Testify In Investigation of hort. are of Indiana Official. TNDIANAPOMS. Sept. 21 -Late this aft ernoon Attorney General Charles W. Miller of Indiana filed a petition In the Marlon county court asking for the appointment of a temporary receiver to take charge of the ' ecuritie urrendered to the state by David I E. Eherrlck. The petition will be heard ! Hanley, who was expected to be the first iltness. did not enter the Jury room until . m . 1. 1 f:,rifir For an hour h. ... j malned within the Jury room and emerging. t 11 - " - - , j walked alone to the elevator and departed. Warren Bigler. now auditor of state, was before the grand Jury preceding Governor Hanley. In the absence of the governor in the morning John R. Reed, settlement clerk ln the auditor office, wa called, ar riving at 11 o'clock It wa almost noon before he waa excused. These were the only witnosoe heard during the day. Tomorrow s session will begin promptly at t o'clock and according to Prosecutor Benedict th flrat wltne will be At trney General Miller. POWOLOGICAL SOCIETY ELECTS I A. Goodman of Kansas City Ikswa President and U R. Taft of Michigan Treasurer. KANSAS CITY. Sept ft L. A. Good man of Kansas City wa today elected president of the American PomologicaJ society at the biennial convention now being held her. Th other official elected were: Ed Munson of Dnnlon. Tex., flrat vie president; John Craig of Ithaca. N. Y.. ac retary; L. R Taft of Michigan, treasurer. Severity membora of tb society left to night for a trip through th orchard pf th Oaara la klsuuri td Arksii. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Tern per fa re at Omaha Yesterday! Hear. Pea-. Hoar. Iesr. (I a. as eut l p. m " l a. sn A3 S p. tn T a m M ft p. m a a. sa M 4 p. tn a a. m nn K p. m x 10 a. in TO p. m T 11 a. m T4 T p. sa Tit u m rn a p. m Ta p. an TO BRYANS START ON WORLD TOUR Expert to Spend Over a Tear la Their Travels la Foreign Laud. William J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan. William Bryan. Jr. snfl Miss Grace Bryan started on their trip around the glob yeeterdav. They came to Omaha over th Burlington In the afternoon and were In the city for a short time before leaving on the Vnlon Pa cific for San Francisco. They were met at the Burlington station by C. J Smyth, who escorted them to the Vnlon station and chai rl chatted until the train pulled out. r. Bryan had little to ay of anything nesiae me trip. He said he looked for- ward with a great deal of pleasure to the Rllmpses of foreign life he would get and knowledge of economic condition, he expected to derive from his observation. The Bryan, will sail from Ban FYnnrtsco for , Sentemlier T The, rl.n t nr. ' - at Honoh-lu for a couple of day and ex- pect to reach Toklo about October 16. While In the mikado's domain they will be guided In their travels by T. Yamashlta, the young Japanese who made his home with the Bryan family while attending the Cniver lty of Nebraska nd who now I head of a private school In Toklo. Mr. Bryan did not know how long he would stay In Japan. Peking and Manila will be visited next ; after Japan and Mr. Brvan exnects to i tht wm tudy wonomc ,,,,;,- ln Australia and Nem- 7.ta tnrfi. -.-in v I visited In the winter season. Greece. Italy and Palestine will then come in turn. The family will spend the summer In the cap itals and commercial centers of Europe Mr. Bryan expects to be gone not less thsn a year. Before leaving Lincoln he notified the Commoner force that the alxth anniversary of the founding of the paper I would be celebrated at Falrvlew January 18, 107. YELLOW FEVER CONDITIONS Marked Improvement Reported In the Situation nt Sew Orleans Dnrlna the Day. NFW ORLEANS, Sept a -Report of yel low fever to 6 p. m. Thursday: ?ew case ue i Total to date Deaths Total New foci Cases under treatment ... Cases discharged 'tTW 4 ! ,J ' !!!! YflRl j There waa a marked Improvement in the Charges were made that the defendant situation today. An arrangement was con- conspired with each other ln presenting eluded today by which the Texas Pacific I supposed claims for damage which were In and the Southern Pacific will use the Avon- I reality claims for rebates, dale camp, who capacity will be Increased j The plea made today doe not In any way to handle the large number of laborers ' affect the charge of Interference with grv wand m the mnr district. Ag-en'. of ' r"nt witnesses made In a prevloti ln the Louislsna Immigration association will dlctinent returned against Cuaey and othar gather laborer Jo New York. Chicago. Su j Brhwarxschlld A Sulaberger men. They Lout and Kanaas City and will hurry them Nrere accompanied by Attorney Weissenbach south. Where it becomes necessary for and Attorneys I. M. Boyeson and J. J. them to pass through New Orleans they ! Herrick. will he handled In screened cars. PENBACOLA, Fla.. Sept. 21 Six new cases of yellow fever developed todav. showing a gradual Increase ln the number of cases to develop each day. The total number of case to date Is R6; deaths. 8; discharged. 32; under treatment. 14. SNOW SHEDS ARE BURNED Traffic on Southern PnelSe Delayed hy Fire ot Crystal Lake, California. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. tl According to report received at Southern Peelflc headquarter ln this city a long section of that company now sheds at Crytal Lake. Pal., with a number of care nd on or two ststlnn structures, were destroyed by fire last night. When Brakeman C. H. Brown opened a car door prepratory to unloading Borne freight for Crystal Lake station an ex plosion occurred In a car laden wlih gas oline. The cr caught fire and the flames Brown was burned about the head and face. Eastern trains have been delayed. CUNNINGHAM WINS CONTEST South Omaha Man Will Remain Pres ident of Rural Carrlera for On Year. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept n. At this morn ing s session of the National Rural Letter Carriers' association a motion to have President Cunningham retain hi office I for one year longer wa carried by a large about ten state that are unfriendly to the project will drop out of the association and start a rival organization. It Is re lated that a committee already has been appointed by those who sre opposed to I Cunningham to draw up a constitution for J the proposed new body. The antl-Cunnlngham faction speak I . , ., m k. i . . , 1 ,u'raru ' ' . " ever. . sing such action to be taken. DEMURS TO PACKERS' PLEA I'nlted atates District Attorney Main tains that the Allegation Are Wot aufllrient. CHICAGO. Sept ft. -I'nlted States Dis trict Attorney Morrison today filed a de murrer to th plea of abatement made yesterday by the packer defendant ln the Beef trust case. Th demurrer allege Insufficiency of allegation in the plea of tb packer. Movement of Ocean t easel grot. 21. At New York Arrived: Cltta dl Palermo, from Genoa. Graf Waldersee. from Ham burg. Sailed: La Touraine, for Havre; Deutsrhland. for Plymouth. At Liverpool Arrived : Saxonla. from Boston; Westernland. from Philadelphia. Sailed: Bavarian and Kensington, fur Montreal. At Cueenstowo Sailed : Fliealand, for Piilladelor.lH ; Oceanic, for New York. At Gibraltar Arrived : Koenigen Lula. from New York At Geaoa Sailed: Cltta dl NapoH and Prlnx Ct.kar. for New York At London Sailed : Mere for Seattle Arrived. Huncartan. from Montreal. At Naples Sailed Canoplc. for lvaton. At Hong Kong Sailed: Empress of Japan for Vancouver At Antwerp Saliod; Marquette, fur boats. FINES FOR PACKERS Ieor OSpialt of Schwanarhild A EuliWgar Cempacy Enter Flea of Guilty. CONSPIRE TO TAKE RAILROAD REIATES Drawbacks Obtained by Freaaiticg Tilia Claimi for ramarjea. SAMUEL WEIL ASSESSED TEN THOUSAND B, 8. Cctey, Tanre B. f kipwerth aad C. L Todd ta Pay $5,000 Lacb. SENTENCE RES'uLT OF COMPROMISE Well la arerina- with lervoas Pros tration and ald to Be I aable Physically to Serve Jail Sentence. CHICAGO, Sept. B.-Four official of th Schwaraschild tt Sullerger Packing com pany of Chicago were fined an aggregate of a.0on by Judge Humphrey In the Cnlted State district court here today. The tinea followed a plea of guilty to Indictments charging conspiracy to accept railroad re bates. The defenJants were Samuel Welt of New Tork. vice president of the com pany; B B. Ciisey. traffic manager, Vano I. Skipworth and Chess E Todd, assistant traffic managers. Mr. Well was fined tlP.OOO, th other three J3.00P each. Well n ervoos Wreck. With the entering of the plea the dec laration was made that unless at least one of tn caap ' immediately ttled the life of Samuel Weil, who is vice president of th company and Is one of the defendants. 1" In Jeopardy. He Is SRld to be a nervous wreck and fear were entertained for his life If he had been allowed to continue un der the? strain of trial. The plea was entered. It Is declared, after a com plete understanding had been reached be tween counsel for the defendants and At torney Genera! William H. Moody. While ln Ch'rS th' attorney general wa ap- prised of the condition of Vice President Well, and It I sld agreed to the entry of a plea of guilty, "with the understanding thst the Jell provision of the law under I which the Indictment waa returned should te a-alvcd and merely a fine Imposed. The same concession was made ln the case of ths other three defendant. The four defendant were charged with unlawfully combining and agreeing to so licit rebate for the 8ehwarxchlld Suls herger company from the Michigan Central Railroad company, the Chicago. Rock Island A Pacific, the Grand Trunk Western railroad, the I-ehlgh Valley Railroad com- pany. the Boston Maine Railroad som- pany and the Mobile Ohio Railroad com- pany. Fines Immediately Paid. The fines carried with them a provision that the defendant be confined In Jail until i the fines were nald The fines, however. were paid immediately. Mr. Max Sulzberger giving his check for the total amount, ! Ijfumo. The check after having been duly- certified, was accepted aa payment of the lflnM "nd lhr fe-danu then left the courtroom. District Attorney Morrison, dlseusatnc the case after adjournment of court, said: "I am perfectly satisfied with the matter as lt stands. The defendants came Into court, pleaded guilty and the court ahowed leniency in his sentence. The fine Is heavy, but the Imprisonment provision is there, the most importsnt part nf the law. I think It Is a very- fair consideration of the matter. It was proven conclusively by the govern ment that after the Issuance of the injunc tion by Judge Groeseup. the Schwarachlld & Sulzberger Co., withdrew from th 00m- I btnation. They were Independent. But In order to carry on their business In ao atren uoua a competition against the other pack er It eem It wa necesary for them to accept rebate The results today only go to show that the government haa now lodged an opening wedge Into the question of rebates. We have found a way to pro ceed and It seems the proper one. It seeme I to me that the government Is in a fair way of breaking up the entire rebate evil In thla country. From the hooks of the government lt la shown thst to collect evldrnce agalnat tha four defendants and bring about their in dictment, the government spent I16,(me Tha cases sgalnst Armour tt Co , and other were continued until next Wednesday. ST. ANDREW'S BROTHERHOOD Twentieth Annnnl Convention of Episcopal Order 1 la Ses sion nt Chicago. CHICAGO. Sept. 21 Delegate to th twentieth annual convention of the Brother hood of St. Andrew gathered at the t'nl verslty of Chicago today to attend the opening session. Eight hundred members of the Episcopalian lay order wer preent wheen the doors of the convention wera thrown open. Many nationalities ar repreaented In th gathering. A delegation of six full-blooded Fioux Indians from chapters of tha order In South Dakota. Nebraska and Minnesota were among the first arrivals. Chang Kim. a Chinaman from Honolulu. Is another of the delegates. The rloisteml life of the delegates wse put Into full operation today, when all tha delerates assembled early for a communion service, with which each dsy's Mrvlou begln. At noon the delegates gathered la the large hall of Hutchinson Common, where the communal meal will he a fea ture of the retret period. ODD FELLOWS CHOSE TORONTO West Meeting; of the Sverel-o Grand Lodge Will Be Held In Cnnada. I PHILADELPHIA, Sept. S -Th sover eign grnd lodge of Odd Fellow today se lected Toronto. Canada, as the next plac of meeting The duration of separating th Patri arch Militant from the sovereign lodge was referred to the committee on stats of th order. The question of the proposed af filiation with the Manchester Vnlty of Eng. land and th erection of a aanluuiui a war laid over until tomorrow