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The Omaha Daily Bee. The Best Foreign News Service will be found in THE SUNDAY BEL NEWS SECTION. Pages 1 to 8. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTUM BUR 23, 1903 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE roPV THREE CENTS. RIOT IN CIENFUECOS Congressman Villnsadaa tnd Chisf of Polic Killed in Conflict. OFFICERS ATTEMPT TO SEARCH HOTEL Evipiolon that Hou Oocipied bj Liberals Concealed IxplosiTSs. SIX MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL WOUNDED Liberal! Open Fire on Policemen aa They 8tart Up Stairway. FEAR THAT TRoubLE MAY SPREAD Today la election Day la Cuba ai I'trlternent la at Fever Heat. Prtd Congressman a Bril liant Man. HAVANA. Sept. 2i Official dispatches I'htJ thla afternoon from Cienfuegos announced the killing of Congressman Enrique Vllluendas, leader of the liberal party und the most able orator In the lower house and the thief of police of Clenfuegos iurli.g a conflict between the two political . parties, the liberal! and moderates. The government adviees say the police had in lnrma;lon that within the hotel In which Vllluendas resided a quantity of arms had Ix-en deposited and they went to the hotel to investigate the matter. As the police :mcendeil the stairs they were met by a party of liberals, who fired on them, kill ing Chief of Police Illante. The police returned the fire, killing Vllluendas and wounding several others. Intense excite ment prevails at Clenfuegos and Havana. Fear More Trouble Today. The government authorities fear the re sult tho affair muy have on the election ol ni' mbers to the election board, which will l held tomorrow. As the news spread throughout Havana the liberals and mod erates are lapidly gathering In their re Hnei tlve clubs and It Is feared that unless Pollers give wise counsel a 'lash may result tonight. A dispatch to the Associated Press from ''.er'fu"gos says that six persons were I'. I lied and twenty-five wounded during the con filet. Plf-patches to the government say that hes'rtcs Congressman Vllluendas and Chief of Tollce Illance, two policemen were kilted and t number of policemen and civilians Injured. Rural guards are around the em tire block In which the Hotel Sulso, the s.ene ft the affair, la situated. One tele gram says that Vllluendas fired the shot which killed the chief of potice. while ac eordl'ig to another telegram the shot was flrd by Jose Fernandei, a liberal, who has been arrested. Bovlia In Vlllnendaa Room. A search of the hotel revealed two dvnamlte bombs In the room occupied by Vllluendas. The police In searching the hotel were carrying out the order of a Judge who was Informed that the explo sives were hidden there. The government has received a telegram from Senator Krlas asking It to send reinforcements at one. The telerram says: While In t'.'ienfuegna at the present the forces are keeping order, every precaution Is needed, as there Is danger of assault. I lecommer.o: thM the authorities prevent th entrance Into Clenfuegos of probable i f.il.le makers who are liable to ,nv,n( e ctv. Ttiere are fears of dynamite tie th lumh throwing Acting on the advice of Senator Frlas. the fivernrr.ent this evening sent a train of Ave ca"-s loaded with rural guards, the lar,e .t dumber of nhom are destined for t ie.-.f ueffos. while the others will bo dls trlhjted in M.it.inz.n and Santa Clara, where advice received by the govern ment Indicate that serious trouble may ocrur at any time. The train also carries a:tl!lery and the troops are supplied with i:",.nri rounds of ammunition. The feeling In Havana tonight Is most In tense. The liberals are bitterly denouncing he government, saying they have received no advices from Clenfuegos. because the government will not permit the use either the government telegraph or the cable lines. Ar. extra session of the house of repre sentatives was held tonight, at which the disturbances at Clenfuegos were discussed. Liberals Rlame Ooveraaneat. Extra editions of the, liberal papers Is sued here tonight place the entire blamo for the disturbances upon the government. The mayor r.f Havana has Issued a proc lamation forbidding the carrying of canes or weapons of any kind with or without ii fliers 141 nir i' iiihj t,i iinr ,iiiub iiair 1 during the elections tomorrow. An official dispatch says that the mayor of Clenfuegos has issued a similar proclamation and has also prohibited the sale of alcoholic liquors. Oeneral Jose Miguel Gomez, governor of Santa Clara province, the liberal candidate for the presidency, arrived here tonight. According to a report In circulation the governor declares that an attempt was made to assassinate him In hla offlolal resi dence. Governor Oomea Bald to the Associated Press that he came to Havana to inform on an assessment upon the company's fran rresident Palma tha,t he feared the elec- : chlse. The company resisted the taxation tlons In his province would not be fairly of Its franchise, claiming that the state conducted, but that after the occurrences 1 constitution did not give that right. The at Clenfuegos he would not visit the presl- I court holds that franchises of all kinds. dent. In regard to the rumor that an at. tempt had been made to assassinate him the governor would say nothing. OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE AFFAIR .'hot that Killed Chief mt Police Fired by Vllluendas, WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-8enor Quesada. tie Cuban minister, tonight received the fo'jowlng dispatch from Secretary of State O''arrlll, giving official version of the trouble at Clenfuegos Tod'y, while the chief or police was car- rAn' ut an order of the court to examine the prv"iies of the Hotel I-aSulaa In Cien- fueaoa. where Enrl Vllluendas. a member of i-ona-l ss. was aiopulng. Vllluendas flr-'d on the chief of pellce, who died shortly afterward.' Immediately, and Jn the same plaee. the police anawered the aggreaalon, being attained at the same time by those w ho accompanied Vllluendas. The latter persons tr arrested. Three policemen are seriously wounded. The rural guard proceeded to fake an examination of the prenuoea and 'o help the police, finding ammunition ani dynamite bombs In the hotel where Vllluendas lived. The rural 5 laid is doing a rvice in the town and or or is fully established. The government has made measures ao that the elections to b held tomorrow will take place with Strict lrgullty In all the republic. Speaking of the trouble at Clenfuegos, Minister Quesada pointed out that It was entlieiy local In character and had no na tional signflcance whatever. It was an Incident common to popular elections. Clen fuegos is debatable ground, he said, and party strife runs high there. The gov ernment, be added, la determined that the elections to take place tomorrow through out thv republic shall be conducted strictly BccCrxilL4 Ui law. GARDEN PARTY FOR ALICE Coaata of Kmprmr of (nrra Prealdee at Open tr Knnrllnn In Honor of Mlae Honnrrrlt. SE01L. Ppt. 22-Prlnre Tl. the em trnr'i cousin, acted as h t today t an open-air garden party given at the old East palace In honor of Miss Alice Roose velt. All of the officials of note of Corea were present The wooded paths and col ored pavilions were decorated with Amer ican and Corean flags. Pi nice VI toasted President Roe.scvelt and Minister Morgan toasted the pmpror of Corea Later Miss Roose-elt was prwnt at a I gathering under the auspices of the Corean I Christian women missionaries and was given a Cores n Bible and prayer book. From the chapel the assemblage proceeded to a garden party given In honor of Miss Roosevelt and her party by American mis sionaries In Corean districts. All denomina tions were represented, missionaries being In attendance at the anntial conference at Seoul. In the evening In the courtyard of the American legation performances were given by Corean military musicians and dancing girls. FRANCE AND GERMANY AGREE Complete Accord Reached on Points In Dlapute Regard ing; Muroi'ro, All PARIS. Sept. 22. Information obtained from a well Informed source Is to the ef fect that Dr. Rosen, the German minister to Morocco, and M. P.evoll, representing France, reached a complete agreement on all the disputed points of the Moroccan question In the course of their conference today. Roth parties are entirely satisfied with the arrangement. Premier Rouvler and Prince von Radolin, the German am bassador to France, met at the Foreign office after the negotiations had reached an accord and conversed most cordially. It Is understood that Dr. Rosen and Fremler Rouvier will meet tomorrow In order to formulate and sign definite terms of agreement according to the program on reforms In Morocco. The above may not be regarded as offi cial, hut the source from which the infor mation came leads to the hellef that the lengthy pour parlers are concluded and that a record merely awaits the signature of the representatives of the two govern ments. MAY SETTLE DIFFERENCES Hungarian Coalition Leaders Will Hold Conference with the Klng-K.mpcror Saturday. BUDAPEST. Hungary. Sept. 22.-The audience which the coalition leaders will have with the king-emperor tomorrow Is regarded most hopefully and there Is wide, spread expectation that the compromise proposals will be submitted by Count Jul Isu Andrassy, Francis Kossuth, Baron Ranfry and Count Zlchy will lead to a settlement enabling the formation of a ministry and the restoration of administra tive order. The coalitionists appear prepared to dem onstrate to the klng-emperor their strong desire to meet the views of the crown on the army question by confining their de mands to a general preposltlon for the de velopment of the Hungarian army In ac cordance with the national spirit without i insisting on the use of Hungarian as the , , .,,,, language of command DESIRE LOWER ICING RATES American Pomolnglcal Society Makes a Formal Requeat I pon Membera of C'ongreaa. KANSAS CITY. Sept. The American Pomologlcal society In biennial convention resolved tei urge all congressmen to use their Influence to secure the passage of legislation looking to the reduction of Icing and regtigerator charges for the shipment of fruit. This action was taken following the reading of a report hv A. H. Kirkpa- f j trick of Michigan, chairman of the com mittee on resolutions, who stated that "the fruit Industry was being ruined by the J refrigerator car lines, which charges the grower an excessive price for Icing cars." Wilder medals were awarded to the Mis souri State Horticultural society for Its exhibit of apples, pears and plums; to Ellwanger A Berry. Rochester, N. Y.. for exhibit of pears, and to C. G. Patten. Charles City, la., for fruit originated by cross breeding. STATE WINS ONE TAX SUIT Minnesota Haa Right to Tax Fr chlae of Weatera I'nlon Tele graph Company. ST. PALI., Sept. 22. The state supreme court decided In favor of the state today In the suit of the State of Minnesota against the Western Union Telegraph Company. It was a suit to collect taxes on a valua tion of the company's property In the I amount of tl.oon.iino. This valuation Is based although Intangible property, are taxable under the constltion. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Rural Carriers Are Appointed for a Kamber of Routea la low a. (From a Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -(Special Tele gram.) Rural carriers appointed for Iowa 1 routes: Hancock, route I. J. E. Brltton j carrier, C. B. Brltton substitute: Lake , . . ,, Prk. route S. William M. Small carrier. ! Frank. Blair substitute: Red Oak. route 4. 1 1 c Graham carrier, Ida B Graham sub - 1 ' stuuie. Rural route ! has been ordered estab- ! Ushed Octolier I at Sisseton. Roberts county. South Dakota, serving 475 people and nlnety-nve houses. CRUDE OIL PRICES ADVANCE Staadard OH Company Makea Tat Gradea of the Raw Material. PITTS Bt'RG, Sept. 22 -The Standard Oil company toeiay advanced the price of Penn sylvania oil lu cents and Tlona oil a cents. Within two weeks Pennsylvania oil has advanced 19c and Tlona 14 cents. The other grades of oil were not changed. The quo tations are: Pennsylvania. 11 tei: Tiona, 1156; Corning. II U3; Near Castle, SI. at; Cabel. SI U: North Lima. 2c: South Lima Xaud ludiaaa, ST.; Soutrsal ac4 KagUqiSc, FRANCE CALLS CASTRO DOWN People Are Indignant at Treatment of Charge d' Affaires to Venesne'.a. PREMIER PREPARING AN ULTIMATUM Will Sot Permit South Amrlri Na tion to Dlatlasalah Between Per- I and OfllFlal Capacity of Representative. pARI3 e,pt. n.The offensive attitude of Venezuela toward M. Taigny. the French charge d'affaires at Caracas, has aroused Indignation In official circles here. Al though the ministry has r.ot yet taken definite action It is said In the highest quarters that Premier Rouvler undoubtedly I1I demand that Venezuela disavow the offensive action and adopt a course con formable wth the usual courtesies of diplomatic Intercourse. The Venezuela authorities are now seeking to show th.T tholr action directed aga- M. Talgny personally and not agair v French government, but the om-- do not accept the dlstincti'- .en M. Tagny'a personal and of city. He has high standing at ' ,n office, where he recently serve also aided Ambassador Cambon at ningtjn dur ing the most delicate phases of the Spanish war negotiations. Therefore there Is no Intention here to permit Venezuela to make a scape goat of him. Ktatua of Affair. The official directly charged with hiiiij llng Venezuelan uutstlon explaineet tn geneial status of the controversy as fal lows: Venezuela supports the closing of the French cable company s Inland staUons on the ground of ttie ileclslon of the Venez uelan courts. trance does not quistion tlie general right of the courts, but main tains that the decision el the courts con tained nothing authorizing the executive branch to seize and shut up the table stations. Muieover oniy a day before shutting up the inland stations Venezuela gave as-surane-e tnat General Velutinl. the Venez uelan minister at Paris, would take steps to satlntactoi ily adjust tne question. There lore, M. Talgny protested on tlie ground that the court s decision did not Justify clonus stations. Tins protest was not M. laigny s personally, but followed specillc Instructions from the Foreign oltice. Theie fore, it is impossible to raise a personal issue. A separate verbal protest was made against the expulsion ot Manager Urun of tlie French Cable company on the ground that the right to expel foreigners dors not only apply to M. Brun, who was perman ently domiciled in Caracas. It is to bo expected that a demand will be made that Venezuela disavow tlie action taken. The subsequent course of France will depend uIkjii V enezuela s reply. Inquiry makes it practle-ally certain that Venezuela has placed orders at the Cruezot works for eight field batteries and tour moutain batteries, the latter consisting of four guns each. It was announced from Caracas Septem ber 2n, that tho Venezuelan government had that day made formal reply to the protest j lodged September 13 by M. Talgny, the French charge d'affaires, against the clos ing of the Inland stations of the French Cable company and the expulsion of the manager of the company, M. Brun: The government holds documents pro viding that the French Cable company has accepted the result of the Judicial proceedings brought against It. ,The gov. ernment Is only waiting to establish new relations between it and the company. M. Talgny. the French charge d'affaires, know thla and therefore the protect can only be considered as an act of hostility. For this reason the government will abstain from treating with the French government through M Talgny. Propoaea Joint Action. The semi-official Temps this evening printed a leading article renectir.g omctai aentiment on the subject. It said: Taigny had been ordered to Insist "n (kfn before her for Identification. The Glrard was absent from his boarding place ' ln at ,h" disappearance of the family, pro f,u'na7't,o1ocHlwnhrhm!nKIf 1 7he wThdrawai ! n-gro It Is said made a confession. for a week about the last of January or at ! "-d to the cellar and Investigate. He ... i U made and President Castro makes an vSielaoes ot acced". it wl'll be un- wise to Immediately hreuk off diplomatic relations by the withdrawal of M. Talgny. r,,nnpTot:.htied.wT,h,e bto..";' France and the Tinted States to make a Joint naval demonstration, so that Great Britain ami iiaiy iook pari. Arnirninn 10 our knowledge, the cabinets of Washington and l'nris have examined certain ques tions Mutual confidence will render easier an understanding for efficacious Joint In tervention. This Intervention, in which firmness will not exclude moderation and prudence, appears today to be essential. The authorities here say that exchanges will occur at Washington relative to the mutual Issues involved In the pending con troversies. M. Jusserand, the French ambassador to the I'nlted States, will sail for New York tomorrow from Havre on the steamer La Ixirralne. MILLER BEFORE GRAND JURY Attorney General of Indiana Testlfl.es la the Investigation of Sher rick Shortage. JTNDIANAPOLIS, Sept. K.-Charles W. Miller, attorney general "of Indiana, was the first witness heard today by the Marlon county grand Jury Investigating the case of David E. Sherrlck. ex-auditor of state. Mr. Miller went to the grand Jury room shortly after 9 o'clock and did not leave until after 10:30. It Is thought the grand Jury began In vestigating the notes signed by J. H. Wlch ard for the Murray Lumber company. Stoughton J. Fletcher and Stoughton A. Fletcher, president and vice president of the Fletcher National bank, were before the grand Jury this morning. It Is known that the J. H. Murray com pany does considerable of Its banking busi ness with the Fletcher National bank and the certified check for S10,oO presented by W. 8 Wlchard to assist In redeeming the notes held by Sherrlck when a settlement had been called for was drawn on the Fletcher b.ank. KENTUCKY MANSION BURNS House Built by First Governor of the tate la 1TOS Destroyed by Fire. LEXINGTON. Ky.. Sept. tl Travelers' Rest, the mansion of Isaac Shelby, first ' TOVrr'or ' Kentucky, built In 1795, near I 8 lelby City. In Lincoln county, was ae- . ' . . '', , . lrol b 0r today. Many a distinguished ' m"n been a guest In the home, which j " one of ,h" moM m"nlflcent In the state, ji was mm properly 01 jsaac oneiDy, a great grandson of the soldier-statesman. I Ktton' to bMrn w"p " ne,t ,n ttlc l W W , 1 . . 1. V - WILL NOT BUILD TO COAST Chairman Roawell Miller Denies Re port that 6t. Paal Directors Will Authorise Exteaaloa. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Sept. E Roawell Miller, chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee at St. Paul railroad, emphatically denlea that the di rectors at their annual meeting to be held Saturday will take action authorizing the extension ot their Usee lo the f aclflc coget. BOSTON HAS MURDER MYSTERY Dismembered Trank of Woman la Fn'antl In Suit faae at Hlithrop. BOSTON. Sept. 22-The police of Wln throp. Poston and the state are giving their combined efforts In an attempt to unravel the mystery whl'h surrounds the crime discovered yesterday by the finding of the dismembered trunk of a woman In a dress suit case floating In the water off the Wlnthrop Yacht club pier. Thus far, how ever, no promising clues ae In the posses sion of the authorities, although many rumors and theories are reached by them. The body was removed to an undertaking establishment In this city, where an au topsy was performed by Medical Examiner Harris. His examination strengthened the ItiMfV that the wnnmn hflit h..n thm vifflin of an unsuccessful surgical operation and , il,. di.memh.nn of the l,od- h.,i heen the ' work of skilled hands. Tl e police of Wtnthrop assert that the ! v' ' probably was not a irlt'.'-nt of thV s they know of no one missing. l iy In the morning four nflVera wnt the office of a physician on Howard street In the west end of this city, where nearly half an hour was. spent In a search of the rremlses. The per'n whom the po-lle-e desired to interview was. It was under stood, absent from the house. At the conclusion of the autopsy Medical Examiner Harris refused to discuss the re sults of the examination, saying he would make his report to the district attorney. Parts of the organs of th" woman were j removed for the purpose of chemical anal- ' ysis. I Deputy Chief Neal of the state police I was informed today that a man hud been j seen yesterday walking toward a bridge In Wlnthrop carrying a' dress suit case I which resembled that found in the water. A good description of the mar. ! at hand, j i The denutv chief expressed the oni.ilon I .hot ,h .. . ,,,,..j,h k,,, I that she had died at some Boston hospital as the result of an operation, the physician who performed the operation afterward cutting off the head, arms Rnd legs. I'nder these circumstances. h3 added, the charge against the guilty man could not be mur der. The officer said that he expected an arrest soon. The state police announced thla afternoon that the woman died from septic poisoning resulting from a criminal operation. WRONG MAN IS LYNCHED Mob In Arkansas llanga rgro Sna pected of Aaaaaltlna; Woman and Killing; Her Children. I.ITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Sept. 23 -A special to the Arkansas Gaxette from Conway. Ark., says that Frank Brown, a negro. was taken from Jail there late last night to i the outskirts of the town and hanged by h mob. The lynching was o quietly done thit few of the townspeople knew of Its occur- rence. The negro was held for assaulting a Mrs. Lawrence, killing her fi-year-old son and stabblns: her babv daughter. He was hanged In front of the houe occupied bv nln found -today In the room of Joseph Mrs. Lawrence. The lynching was evidently I Qlrard, who Is accused of killing Augusta the. result of a prearranged plan. The mob I Ffalffer near the "Haunted Oak" at Pel formed quietly In the outskirts of the city 1 nam road, leads the police to suspect that and proceeded to the Jail. j G Ira I'd may know something about the Sheriff Harrell is in Little Rock attempt- j murder of Elizabeth Davis of Mlddletown. tng to run down a, rise which has resulted ! N. Y. Detective Sergeant Price said today In the arrest of anofii.r nrgrn Implicated i that the body of Mlsa Davie was found in In the crime. The mob experienced no dif- ' the Wallklll river near Mlddletown on Acuity In entering the Jail and securing March S' last. It bore evidence or having their victim. The mob took Rrown to the been maltreated, aa was the body of the house In which Mrs. Lawrence lived. In a ' Pfelffer girl, and physicians said It had lonely spot. There was no excitement and ,ben In the water about two months, the affair was conducted In a businesslike 1 "The clinrjlng we found In Glrard'a i nlRnn.r. Mrs. Lawrence has been removed . another house and the negro was not j LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Sept 23. Sheriff I Harr'U of ConWaV' whP" h"' ,onlht- 'aid he thought the, wrong man had been lynched and that the man ha now bas un- """" ' "l nhn y the crime for which Rrown was lynched. EARTHQUAKES STILL CONTINUE Several People K,ll!ed by Cloudbnrsta Which Follow a Tremor In Italy. NEW fYORK, Sept 23 Earthquake ; through the fall of a car from the tres'le shocks continued yesterday in Calabria, on Ninth avenue, was fixed today by the says a Rome dispatch to The Herald. At State Railroad commissioners. Their report Amante two women were killed. At Ajello ! found that Motorman Paul Kelly was re many houses fell and twelve peisons were ' sponsible for the accident In running by Injured. , catitlonary signals without reducing speed At Bruzlao a church fell and there was further damage at Consenza, Catanzaro and , showed that the Fifty-third etreet switch I of the independence of the Patriarchs Mill- i be ascertained how much. If any. the busl Monteleoi;e. There was a cloudburst at was set for Sixth avenue. I 'an of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- ness of the New York Life Insurance com. Barl. the wind capsizing a sailing vessel j They also found that Switchman Cor- I lows was considered today, but the matter pany was- being extended in the foreign In the harbor and six persons were drowned, nellus A. Jackson contributed to the cause I was eventually set aside until the next field e the expense of the American policy. At Portlol, near Naples, there was another ' of the accident by having the switch set j annual session In Toronto. In the Interim holder. Cloudburst and the fleioda of water brought for a Sixth avenue train when the Nln.h j the-patriarchs will continue their present, The committee adjourned until next Into the town many large blocks of lava avenue train was displaying proper signals, j relations with the sovereign grand lodge. j Wednesday. Senator Armstrong, ohatrnwn 'from Vesuvius. Service of the street cars was interrupted It is not believed that there are many more victims in the ruins. At Zambrone a man haa Just been taken out alive, after having been entombed eleven days. General Lambertl has made an official list of the damage by the earthquake. He finds that 112 towns and villages suffered great losses: the dead number 589 and the Injured 2.020. RURAL CARRIERS MAY DIVIDE Delegate gays Tea States Will Leave Organisation If Cunningham Does Sot Retire. : INDIANAPOLI8. Ind.. Sept. 22. Peoria, ' 111., was tonight selected as the next meet- . Ing place of the National Rural Carriers' , convention In 19oS. The vote stood: Peoria, 46; Detroit. 44. The Tumber case, which has been occupying the attention of the convention In executive session for the last three sessions of the convention, has re sulted in favor of Tumber. One of the delegates from Indiana openly declared tonlaht that If Cunningham con tinues In office the following states would . ... tomorrow accrue irom ine organization : Indiana, Michigan. New York, Ohio, Geor gia, North and South Carolina, New Hamp shire, Maine and Oklahoma. SILVER QUARTZ NEAR PRISON Rlaatlaar for Electrle Boad Beveala Site ( aa Old Engllah Mlae. OSSINING. N. Y., Sept. 22 -Silver quarti was found today near Sing Sing prison in rock which was blasted by electric rallro-vd contractors. The quarts was obtained near the site of an abandoned silver mine which was worked by the English before the revolu tionary war. At the beginning of the war the miners, most of whom were English, were driven away and never returned to work the mine again. In 1820 and again in 1867 attempts were made to pump otft and operate the old mine, but the quantity of silver obtained was too small to be profl'.- I able and Ibeea atteinota ware abandoned. STOCK RATE IS TOO LOW Each ii Claim by Iowa Central Bail read at Hearing. MANAGER TITTEIKCRE ON THE STAND Cost of Pnasenaer,. Service la 'Less Than (oat of llandllna Cattle, According to One Wllnraa. CHICAGO, Sept. 2. Passenger service on the Iowa Central railroad, as far as operat ing expenses ar concerned, costs the rail read company less than to handle cattle ..nd other live stock shipments, according IO J' Tlttemor. rreight tramo manager of Minneapolis & St. Faui and the Iowa Central Railway companies. Mr. Tit- """"I ve th information today before Federal Judge S. H. Bethea, who is hear lug the cases of the Interstate commerce commission against eighteen railroad com panies, on questions of alleged illegal dis crimination of freight rates. "The rats on live stock from Missouri river points to Chicago are more than just to the shipper and less than Just to the carrier," declured the witness "Most of this traffic is what we call pick-up and our company must provide at vailous stations at a great expense for the reception of the cattls. It costs us more to receive and care for the live stock than for the same service for passengers, If yqu will. We provide scales and scale houses, windmills to pump water, puve the yards with vitrified brick, and build buildings which withstand tho cold and heat alike." Cost of Stock Yards. "mese jaras cost anoui or pac" "na " rE al "1" "--l.ne them up. We spent 100.000 last year In maintaining our yards-about $U apiece on me lowa tpnirui ami iv ai'iric on other road. Our road has added Jl.tXO.OOO in wealth to the northwest In the last year by our continuing In the live stock freight business. Our road has lost money. I be lieve the rate on live stock Is too low. If wc did not handle the live stock business we could handle grain at a much higher rate per car and much better for us. By adhering to the live stock business we have remain closed until a month later. j the society assumed the responsibility of promoted a diversity of Industries In Iowa The first time a Chinese name has up- j Mr Hyde's personal operations Mr Win to the great benefit of the state. Iowa is j peared in the list was today. The Chinese tlrop rrod,,ced the minutes of the finance a stock state and It is better for the farmer were supposed to be Immune, because pun- i eommlttee In July. 1906, showing a written to raise one steer than to raise Its value gent odors exhaled by opium smokers are j assiKnmpnt to the company by Mr. Hyde of In proeluce. The claim for damage against i not relished by the mosquitoes. Ms ntPIP,t )n ,n)!, syndicate our road for live steck products are few.) JACKSON. Miss., Sept. 22 Roxie and j The society had raid Into "that syndicate only two in the last several years. On live j Hamilton, located on the Yazoo & Missis- . $1-rt70i0nn, Murh of ,hp lnformaflon n(,r,, stpcK tne claims are very mucn greater ana quite ircqueni. CLD CRIME LAID TO GIRARD w York Teamster May Know Some thin of Death af Another Woman. NEW YORK. Sept. 12. A newspaper cllp- I room." said the detective, "gave a enm- r.lete account of the finding of the body. almost exactly the date It was shown that th- avls girl's body was thrown into the ; Wallklll." j BLAME PLACED ON KELLY View York Railroad Commlaaloni Place Reaponalbillty for Wreck on Elevated, NEW YORK. Sept. 22. Responsibility for the elevated railroad accident of September 11. when twelve passengers lost their lives and In running past the signals which Jackson was also blamed for having left. : the lever without being relieved. : It was also found that the train's speed was too great. RAILWAY WILLC0ME NEXT Proaepatloa of Lines Aecuaed of Giving Rebatea to Chicago Pack ers Will Begla at Once. CHICAGO. Sept. 22 Prosecution of the railroads for violations of the Elklns law relating to rebatea will follow the convic tion of the four officials of Schwarischlld & Sulsberger for conspiring to receive re bates in the conduct of the packing busi ness of the company. District Attorney Morrison made the announcement today. BO8TON, Sept. 21 Commenting on the J conviction of four of the Schwarischlld & ' Sulzberger company a omctal3 for alleged ' conspiracy to obtain rebates from several railroads, one of which Is asserted to be the Boston A Maine railroad. President Louis Tuttle of that company toda said: I understand that the gentlemen name the Boston & Maine railroad as one of the six over which they conspired to fix rebstes, but if they so conspired 1 Know j nothing about It. I can truthfully thai so far as I have been able to say that so far as 1 have been able 10 ond out, they have never got them, either di rectly or Indirectly. SCALE DOWNJJFE POLICIES Kaighta and Ladles of Honor Take Steps to Gnard Against Fraad. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 22. An Important new law, providing for the scaling of certificates of life Insurance, was today enacted by the supreme lodge, Knighta and Ladies of Honor, in session here. The law. which la designed to protect the order from fraudulent representations as to the state of health of persons taking out In surance, provides that a policy or certificate holder who dlea within a year of the Issue of the t policy shall receive only one-third of the face amount; when one dies within the second year of the life of the policy shall reoeKe two-thlrda; one dlea In the third year ahall receive only SO per cent. After the third year it is provided Ite coUcy aUaU t-e paid (a xuiU THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for ebraaka Fair and Warmer Saturday. Sunday Fair. Pnae. I Serious Political niota In Cuba. France Preparea tltlmntnni. Snya Stock Rates Are Too low. Investigating Inaurancc Methods. S Some Jnpitneae Relolce nt Pence. (annl Fnglneera Co to Itoaton. 4 Ftsht for Control of the Wabaah. Affairs at South Omaha. It CTva from All Tarta of eraakn. A Mnny Testify In IMakemore Case. Flnnnclnl Review of the Week. T Mothers Ignore the MeetlnaT. Second Motor Car HI a Socceaa. 8 Hunttna for the Phantom Mooae. Baldwin I I area I p at Mickey. Row Over Dodge Primary 1.aw. 10 Editorial. 11 Deny ( hargea of (iraln Men. Competition In Telephonea. IZ Sporting; F.venta of the Day. 13 Financial and C ommerrlal. IS Council Blnffa and Iowa ewa. Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdayi Hour. Dear. Hour. Dec. R a. m U't i p. m 7 a. m fll 2 p. ra ft!) T a. m ml .1 p. m Nt H a. ra H4 4 p. m TO a. m TO n p. m T 10 a. m T4 Up. m TS 11 a. m T4 T p. ra T.t lit m TT s p. m IO S p. ra It FOUR DIE OF YELLOW FEVER Report from ew Orleana Minwa I n -crease In umber of 3cw Caara and Decreaae In Deatha. NEW ORLEANS. Sept. .-Report of yellow fe ver situation to 6 p. m. : New cases 37 Total to date Ijl Deaths 4 3-! Ni w foci 13 Cases under treatment 313 ' Discharged 2.0. iouays report snows an increase over . yesterday In the matter of new cases, but the deatha were again exceedingly few. While It has been practically decided to open the public schools Monday week, most of the higher Institutions of learning will ( sippi riuiroaa. are reponcci as new pomia of Infection tonight. The summary tonight: Roxle. four new cases, one death: Harrison, one case; Hd in ning, one :as, qne death: Vicksburg. seven cases, two deaths: Natchez, four cases; Gulfport. two cases. CLAIMS VICTIMS ONE BY ONE Indiana f.lrl Aaphyslated la Cellar and Three Persona Who Go to In vratlgate Meet Similar Fate. MLNC1E, Ind.. Sept. 2J Two dead and two othera not expected to live Is the re sult of gas escaping In the cellar of th" Williams family's house here late tonight. About S o'clock the daughter. Maggie. ..... ,, . ' . , went Into the cellar to pet something for supper. When she failed to return, Mrs. Williams. 50 years old, also went Into the cellar to find th girl. Uit the father. J. C. Williams, coming home and finding no one and the cellar doorway open, went I nown. The son arriving home and wonder- found all three bodies on the floor. He carried his father and mother up and returned for his sister, when he fell upon buslneu -Into grades according to term of the stairway. Soon neighbors whom h service, was explained and three bonuses called came and carried him and his sister , made, Huckner testified, were charged to fronj the steps v renewal premiums. Monies received by The mother and daughter had been dead i agents from "Nyllc," Mr. Ruckner said, for several moments. The son and father Were in addition to the regular agents are not expected to live. The gas had en- commissions. tered the cellar, which had been tightly j witness said when asked how expensive closed, through a drainage pipe leading to , surh a system might lie. that the total psy a ditch. j nients to "Nyllc" members aggregated less 1 than 1 per cent of the total premiums. PATRIARCHS MILITANT TO WAIT j Mr. rnckner was unable to supply a con- j slderable amount of information desired. Matter of Separntlng Military Body from Odd Fellows Poatponed I Bill Veil Meeting. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 22-The question It was deemed ry a vote or no to jjt to make no change In the funeral service, The proposed amendment to Include In the Inellglbles all persons wno are enraged Inland if '1" matter for the council came In the liquor business wag tabled. I as readily as It has been doing the sessions The constitution was changed In case of hereafter will be held but three daya a death of any officer of the sovereign lodge, j week. special session will have power to fill the j )fr. Buckner's Testimony, vacancy for the rest of the term. It was t-- .,.mhi,n ,nl,av nf th. i.,t.. also amended so that the grand sovereign In his supervision of the order can decide auch questions as may be put before him by the grand lodges. COAL DEALERS IN COMBINE Two Retail Aesorlatloas Cnlte I ader Same of International Council of Coal Merchaata. BUFFALO. N T.. Sept. 22 The National Council of Retail Coal Dealers' associations and the International Anthracite Mer chants' associations have been amalga mated under the name of the International Council of Coal Merchants. Officers were elected today, among them being Treaa urer C. A. Crulkshank of Hannibal, Mo. WILL SIGN AGREEMENT TODAY Comaalsaloaers of Norway and wedea Remain la Beasloa Nearly All Wight. KARLSTAD, Sweden, Sept. 23. The com missioners of Norway and Sweden went Into plenary' session early laat evening and remained In session until 1 o'clock this morning. Several points regarding the for- tlncatlons still remain undecided, but It la believed possible that a preliminary agree ment will be signed today. Movements af Ocean Vraaela Sept. 32. At New York Arrived: Teutonic, from Liverpool. At Movllle Arrived: Virginian, from Montreal. ' At Plymouth Arrived: Moltke. from New York; St. 1-ouls. from New York. At Quaenstown Arrived : Cedrlc. from New York: Etrurla. from New York. At Trieste Sailed: Blavonla, for New York. At Dover- flailed : Bluecher, for New Yor: At Hat redVrrlYd. Sreugue, troip New BEGIN ON EQUITABLE New York Commigsirner Commencei Ii qniry Into H)de Syndicate Transactions. LETTER READ FROM GROVER CLEVELAND Says Policy Holders Should Eealise Their Responsibilities as Well as PriTileees. LITTLE INTEREST IN MUTUALIZATION Less Than Tife Per Cent of Pelicy Holders Make Wishes Known to Trustees. NEW YORK LIFE'S "NYLIC" SCHEME Plan for Paying Ronnsea to agents for Securing Rualneaa Explained by Vice Prraldent Rockner. NEW YORK. Sept. E.-Syndie ate opera tions of the E'luitahle Life Assurance so ciety were taken up by the Insurance In vestigating commute today and consumed the entile nftcrnoon session. Henry R. Wlnthrop. assistant secretary and financial manager of that society, was called to tho stnnd Immediately after recess and pre sented and swore to a record of syndle-atn participations of his company, also to a record of sales and purchases of securities for the past five years. Ho detailed as fur as he was able the transactions of th syndicate of "J. H. Hyde and associates." and t'xik memoranda of all Information ha was unable to supply, which Is to be pre sented at a later date. One of the operations was In Atlan'lo Coast line bonds. In which "J. H. Hyde and associates, the Equitable participating as a member." paid SI.37A.nM on call and received S1H.5O0 profits. Mr. Wlnthrop said them was nothing on the Equitable books to show who the "associates" were, nor what were Mr Hyde's personal profits The Bqultuhle participated also In A rn)on pBom,. ,ynii,.atf, )n , name of j h. Hvde and when ked hv wh.t -thri,,. In regard to these syndicate operations M'. Wintluop ald he would have to look tip and supply later. Letter from Mr. Cleveland. Just before Mr. Wlnthrop was examined Mr. Hughes read a long letter from Grover 'Cleveland, who Is a trustee for the policy holders in the Equitable, under the Thomas F. Ryan trust agreement. The letter was offered In evidence. Mr. Cleveland detailed the progress of the trustees In mutuallzing the company, and said: The obstacles that lie in the path of the proposed mutualizatlon are so Inherent that even with the greatest study and care they cannot be easily overcome. In conclusion Mr. Cleveland Bald: In common with all others who desire the best conditions In this Important field of ,.Z7. V T,i n . .fcmUPn. r I stake, the trustees acting for the pollcv- , holders of the Kqoltnble society will gladly ' welcome any aid In their work which may i Tt'x,U 1rom th '"hr' of your committee. 1 ?Ilc ft-ratem Explained. At the morning session Thomas A. Buck ner. vice president of the New York Life Insurance company, described the a gene v system of the company and the method of paying bonuses. A "Nylin" system Inaugurated by this .company, separntlng the agents who create but will do so at a later perleid. Mr. Hughes asked for full statements of the Insurance written in the I'nlted States and Canada, also separate statements re lating to foreign countries, showing pre. mlums and commissions paid, that It might ; or tne committee, announcing that three days session 1hls week seemed to be bo ! successful that It would be tried next week. latlve committee which is Investigating the life insurance business. Thomas A. Buck ner. vice president of the New York Life Insurance company, who has charge of that company's agencies and who was un able to answer a number of questions yes terday without looking up records, waa called to the stand. Tlie matter of the "Nyllc" accounts was taken up. They In eluded records of a system of bonuses paid to agents. "Nyllc." he said, was a body of men drawn from the ranks of agents who create business for his company. It Is di vided into five classes. Mr. Buckner said that what money agents got from "Nyllc" was In addition to the regular agen.ta'coiiimlslon. Witness ststed that the cost of "Nylic" today Is 1 per cent of the renewal premiums. Mr, Buck ner said this system was Invaluable In holding their agents In solidarity. Severance of connection with the com pany ends all benefits In "Nyllc," except in case of death, when provision Is made for payments to the estate of a "Nyllc" above the grade of freshman for three to six months. Further post mortem benefits were paid under a resolution adopted In lx!5, which provides that an agent's estate may receive a sum eq lal to Jl for every I u o of Insurance written during the year preceding his deatn. This, by vote of the j trustees, was made an annual resolution. In the ten years this mortuary fund haa been expended witness testified that $23. OtiO had been paid cut for this purpose. Mr. Buckner could not state the bonus paid to agents above their regular com missions under the "Nyllc" system, but he thought it wss not a very great amount. He would supply this information later. Mr Buckner testified that the total pay ments to New York Life Insurance co tu ps ny members Sk-gresated leas than I per cent of the total premiums. The com pany has SIS agents who are members of "Nyllc" and over 6 AO who are not. It Toud be losaitue, 4 Backer ccUvUiaied,