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The Omaha Daily Bee. BtST AK SAR-BtN SOIVLNIR NEXT SUNDAY'S BEE Mall copies to your mil -of -town friend.. fINEST AK-SAR tLN SOUVENIR NEXT 5UNDAVS BLB Mull corles to your out-of-town friend. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1905 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. BANKERS HEAR SHAW Secretarj af the Treasury Addreiaei Ohio rioanoieri at CleTeland. MORE ELASTIC CURRENCY SYSTEM NEEDED Volume Fails tf Respond to Chan jing Needs of 8eaini and LooalUiai GLARING DEFECT AT A VITAL POIN' Country Frequently on Verge of Fat.. Duxiig Crop Coring Beaion. ADVISES MORE BANK CIRCULATION imrrgfttr Kotes to Be Printed and Held Ready for Issue la Certain Condition Indor Certain Safeguards. CLEVELAND, Sept. 28. The address of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw was the feature of the morning session today of the convention of the Ohio Bank er' association. He urged that a more elastio currency system should be adopted. Mr. Shaw said In part: The fact, and I think it is a fact, that the I'nlted Slates has the best currency system In the world docs not imply that tne currency system of ine United States Is perfect or that It cannot be Improved. It Is as safe as any syntem In the world because It Is established on the only safe basis known to man the gold standard. it Is the most convenient system In the world because it Is constructed on the decimal or metric system. It Is not neces sary to carry a lightning calculator In or der to mak change. The yslm Is not perfect largely because It Is nonelaslic. it fails to respond In vol ume to the changing needs of seasons and of localities. Attention has been called to this many times and by many people. That there will be no further currency legisla tion until we shall have experienced a Vanlc occasioned by this want of elasticity am convinced. The country does not appreciate the danger, and until the danger is fully understood no remedy will be ap plied. We came nearer such a panic Sep tember SO, IWtt, than most people appre ciate. The fact that we then escaped does not raise a presumption that we will al ways escape It. A glaring defect at a vital point will some time, soon or late, asHert Itself. Meantime a remedy should be discovered, discussed and as fur as possible agreed upon so that It may be promptly applied when the people are ready for It. Annually we have an excess of money during the spring and summer months. An nually we pass through a period of anxiety as we approach the period of crop moving, for annually the volume of money Is rela tively Insufficient to meet this sudden In crease of business. We do not need and must not have Inflation. The average amount of moneys Is. In my Judgment, abundant. The difficulty Ilea In the fact that the volume remains stationary. No Asset Currency. Now, what shall be he remedy? .Shall It be asset currency In the popular ao veptlon of the term, I answer no. A.tri tunt'ucy ui commonly understood would mean lunation ana tual we must not iiavu. Asset currency as commonly under stood' wuu.d be supported only by. the solvency of the buna or issue. That mutl not be. Snail It, ik emergency currency In the popular acceVtlon ut mat term i answer, no. ,..TW',?,SiWi,fftSCr originates more com fnaice (nan any other country on tile map, but our chief commercial city la not tnu world Clearing nouse. It ought to be, but u la. not. One reason wny It Is not, Is the fact, that It has sometime resorted to clearing house certificates, which is a plea of guilty to an indictment charging oad management locally or bad legislation nationally, and me financial world cuarges bom. Clearing house cerliiicates must never be autnorlEeU by law. Let those wno love our country and those who con ceive her credit set their faces against ucn a course with the same Intensity as thuy resist the tree and unlimited coinage of silver. Clearing house certificates ue base our currency with tne consent of those who are supposed to be the best financiers In the nation. The free coinage of sliver would debase 11 through political upheaval. W natever the remedy shall be, it must not advuruse our calamity or our extremity. Among the many remedies suggested, none appealed to me as strongly as the author ization of additional national bank cir culation. This method Involves the right of national banks to Increase their cir culation In an amount, perhaps equal to Mr per cent ot their outstanding volume of government bonds secured circulation, on which the bank should pay a tax of 6 or ti per cent, during the time It Is maintained, and the government in consideration of this lax, should guarantee its redemption. Keep Shortage Dark. Tou may call this. If you please, an emergency provision. So It Is, but it In jects into our circulation no new form of money as an element of alarm. By elim inating the on statement on the present bank note, "this note is secured by bonds of the I'nlted States," the additional cur rency could be made Identical with that based on government bonds. The comp troller of the currency and the bank In ruing the currency would alone know of lis existence. It would not advertise Its existence or our extremity, and I can scarcely conceive of conditions under which It would remain out sixty days. It could be printed and kept ready for Issuo as occasion might require, and It would be relied, not by gathering up each Individual bill, . but by a deposit of an equal volume of money with any suhtreasury. Then the notes, as they came In, would be charged against this deposit until it was exhausted, after which redemption and reissue would run on as before. The convention at the afternoon session elected officer and voted not to recom mend for passage by the next legislature a new banking law providing for the In spection of all banks, both stats and pri vate. IMPLEMENT MAKERS ELECT Joseph Daln of Ollinws, la.. Chosen Secretary of the National Association. NIAOARA FAIXS, N. T., Sept. 28. The National Association of Agricultural Im plement and Vehicle Manufacturers has elected the following officers: President C. F. Huhleln. Iiulsvllle, Kv. Vice Freeldents-O. 8. Hranllngton. Rock foij. 1L; 1. M. Parry, Ind Una polls; Frank Siosson. Kenosha, Wis.: William W. Wlr siA Syracuse; Wakefield Ilaker, ' Benlcla, Cal. Secretary F. K. I.tickens, Chicago. Treasurer Joseph Pain, Ottumwa, la. The secretary waa Instructed to forward a message to President Roosevelt congratu lating him for his successful efforts In bringing about peace In the far east. Next year' meeting will be held In Chicago. CAR LINE HEARING IS SET Interstate Commerce Commission ' Will Begin Work at Wash. Ington In Octoher. WASHINGTON, Sept. . -Hearing In the private car line Inquiry Instituted by the Interstate Commerce commission will hegia In this city on October 18 and prob ably will continue for more than a week. The cases are directed, among other, against the St. Louis. Iron Mountain A Southern. Kansas City Southern. Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe. Southern Paclllc and St Louis & San Francisco railways, the Armour Car Lines. American Refrigerator Transit company and lb Santa Fa Re li Is era tor tiitpatco, POPULAR UNREST IN HUNGARY Probability of Farther Clashes Be tween the Coalitionists and Socialists In Bnda Pest. !- A PEST, Sept. 28 There Is no abate- of the popular unrest, although to i Missed oft without serious outbreak 4 iy quarter. The socialists gathered m tonight, this time In front of the F ,-rlal club, but the police were more g getic than they were last night and ersed the groups as soon as they tied, thus preventing disorder. A meet of students tonight passed off without Ident. At a meeting of democratic lbs It was decided to hold a grand torch--ht procession In the near future. This decision glvea rise to some uneasi ness and It Is possible that the procession will be postponed until after the conven tion of the supporters of the coalition parties October 1 Reports from the provinces show Increasing support for tho coalition parties, but notwithstanding thl there is a considerable element In Hun gary outside of the socialist ranks that continues to remain In opposition to the coalition The coalition leaders, realizing the presence of a decided antl-Magyarlan tendency among many Influential persons, are losing no opportunity to strengthen their position. Francis Kossuth demands the union of all Hungarian parties "for the defense of the Hungarian constitu tion," and It I believed that a private meeting of deputies which has been called for October 2, the day before the great convention, may formulate plans to secure such a union. The court at Vienna Is reported to be distracted by conflicting advice. Many Hungarian politicians of Influence have ad vised the king-emperor to yield on cer tain points, and It Is reported tonight that others are endeavoring to secure his ma Jecty's favor by advising persistence of Francis Joseph In his stand. The failure of Baron FJervary's audience of the emperor today to bring about a solution of the difficulty Is hailed by the members of the coalition as favorable to their cause. It Is said tonight that the emperor has expressed a desire to see Count Albln Cxaky president fcf the upper house of the Hungarian Diet and that tho count will be given an audience next Sat urday. It Is said that the count advo cates peace with the coalition. It Is also learned from a high authority that the position of Count Goluehowskl. the Austrian-Hungarian foreign minister, Ib so shaken that he will resign within a few weeks. It Is possible his successor will be M. Desxngyneny-Marlch, present am bassador to Germany. SIGN FRANCO-GERMAN ACCORD Agreement Regarding Morocco Is Perfected by Representatives of the Two Nations. PARIS, Sept. 28. Premier Rouvler and Prince von Randolln, the German ambas sador, at nooh today signed the Franco German accord concerning the Moroccan conference, thus definitely terminating the difficult negotiations. Preceding the signature, Dr. Rosen, rep resenting Germany and M. Rcvott In be half of France, met, at the Foreign office and wont over the final detail of the protocol.- The official detail of the accord will be given out later. The official text of the Franco-German accord on the subject of Morocco as given out say: The negotiation between France and Germany concerning the program for the conference on Moroccan affairs ha suc cessfully terminated. Accord is reached on a program comprising the organization of the police, the regulation and repression of contraband arms; financial reforms, con sisting principally or the organization of a state bank and also the best means -nf collecting duties, and the creation of new means of revenue and also the determ ination of principles destined to safeguard the economic liberty of Morocco. The agreement then makes a special reservation of the frontier region between Alglerla and Morocco, where the mainten ance of police will be regulated directly between France and the sultan without submission to the conference. The reg ulation of contraband. In the same region also remains for France to determine with the sultan. .The two government unite In asking that Spain accept Algiers a the place of the conference. On the question of the German loss to Morocco it Is agreed that French banker shall participate with the German and there la to be a similar participation of French firm In building harbor work at Tangier If a French company offer term equal to those of the German contractors. Finally the accord provides for the sub mission of the program without delay to ! the sultan and th signatories of the con vention of Madrid. Vpon Its submission to the sultan both the French and German missions now at Fe will return to Tangier. CHINESE ARE JAKING CONTROL Tartar General of Hellang Chlanai Province Move Against the Bandit. OfNSHU PASS. Manchuria. Sept. 27. The Tartar general of Heilung Chiang province has been transferred to Klrln for the purpose of Instituting order following the evacuation of foreign troop. He has already begun military preparations to sup press the Chinese bandits, who lately were In the Russian and Japanese service. The Chinese eatimate that the bandit In eastern Heilung Chiang are 1,000 strong. The Tartar general has Issued a proclamation calling on these outlaw to give up their arm a peace ha removed the necessity for their services. At the same time the general I dispatching a regiment of native troop to suppress th bandit. No official Chinese notification of peace has yet been made. Sixteen military attaches representing eight nation bade farewell to General Linevltch. September 24 at Klrln. Line vlteh entertained them at dinner. Brigadier General T: H. Barry. United State army, as senior attache, waa spokesman In be half of the other. The attache formally bade farewell to General Kouropatkin, September S3. There are evidences of the breaking up of the army. Arrangement are making at Kuanchentsu for the withdrawal of the troops Immediately after th peace treaty Is ratified. Siberia to Bo Represented. 8T. PETERSBURG, Sept. 18. The In clusion of Siberia In the First national as sembly Is assured, the Bolsky commission having determined on It allotment of fifteen Siberian members, of which number one will represent the city of Irkutsk. Th member will not be elected on class basis. The franchise Is bestowed on owner of over 0 to l.oOO acres of land, depending on the fertility, or on th proprietors ot urban lroparty of similar vJuy - ... WITTE RECEIVES OVATION Buisian Offioial Meat Paace Envoy at Bt. Petersburg Station. PRAISED TOR BRINGING ABOUT TREATY In Response Envoy Says He Suc ceeded Because of American Sympathy nnd He Was Trne to Emperor, ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 28.-M. Witt arrived here at 8:26 a. m. today and wa accorded a very hearty reception by a large crowd of official and other. In a brief speech replying to a welcoming address M. Wltte showed clearly that he was deeply touched by the welcome with which he wa received. When he left St. Petersburg In July a small delegation of officials accompanied him to the railroad station to bid him fare well. There was no public demonstration whatever. Today there were seven or eight time a many 'official despite the very early hour of the train arrival and an en thusiastic crowd of 500 to 600 people was present. Among the officials present were Baron Nolde, general secretary of the con gress of ministers; General Durnova, adju tant to the minister of the Interior; M. Wyshnegradsky, formerly finance minister and now director of the International Com mercial bank; M. Kobeko, privy councillor and chairman of the press reform commis sion, and many other, prominent officials who had been M. Witte's former colleagues or subordinates. The crowd had collected near where M. Wltte would descend front the train and when he appeared they broke out Into long and loud cheer, to which M. Wltte bowed acknowledgement. The poke man then advanced and read the address of welcome, all in the meanwhile standing barehead'd. Address of Welcome. The address read: You have accomplished your difficult task and the nation Is grateful to you. You have given the credit for yeur success to Em peror Nicholas, President Roouevelt. Km reror Wlllium Hnd to the press. You have forgotten onlv vonraolf w- i.. ............ ..n.. appreciate your services to' your country. ...c i.c ,uu imiiiru at ine Washington homestead at Mount Vernon will serve as a token of the union between the two na tions. You have done much. For. ourselves and for those who are ab sent we will once more" shout a hearty hurrah. M. Wltte Responds. When the cheer had died away M. Wltte, who seemed deeply moved by the sincerity of the welcome, advanced a few .ton. nnH delivered hi reply. He said: I was so little prepared for this kind of reception that I must ask your pardon for my words. I have performed mv dutv well because I have strictly obeyed his majesty's instructions, because circumstances favored me. because the world is weary of this bloody war, because all classes of American Society from PrulHnl u ........,.. I. j M " in sympathy with me and your cause, and I ... . oun ! whb irue io my country and you and your Interests. M. Wltte last word wa followed by furtl er loud and hearty cheerinv ft.r which slowly advancing toward the en- J trance ne snoox nanos with the deiivcrai. of the welcoming address and his friend and former colleague. The crowd followed cioseiy toward tbe door whara an on carriage was in waiting. A oon as M. Wltte was seated the. coachman started his team and as he drove away the crowd broke out into a succession of loud cheers. Reports ascribing to M. Wltte an Im portant mission to Germany are declared In an inspired article in the Rum !( to be destitute of foundation. Wltte Summoned to Bjocrke. Owing to the berfect weather nrevnllln the emperor's return to Peterhof has been oeiayea and M. W Itte has been summoned iu mcfi ine emperor on noard the Im perial yacht Polar Star at BJoerke, the scene of the Interview between Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William last July. M. Wltte will leave tomorrow for Bjocrke. General Moeaael Paralysed. MOSCOW, Sent. 28. Lieutenant Oen.rai Stoessel, who commanded the forces at Port Arthur, Is suffering from a stroke or paralysis which affects his en tire left side. The general' recovery Is hoped for.' CLASS FIGHT IN COLUMBIA Freshmen Rescue Member of Their Claaa Captured by Sophomore After Fierce Fight. NEW YORK. Rent. 28. Sonhomoren .nA freshmen of Columbia waged a fierce bat tle at the Bronx Casino. One Hundred and Fifty-fourth street and Third avenue, to night on the occasion of the sophomore smoker, at which captive freshmen were forced to rurnish the entertainment. When a list of the casualties had been completed It was found that the most seriously in jured student was a sophomore named Beck, who had three ribs broken. The captive freshmen who were held by the sophomore for tonight' entertain ment got word of their plight In some man ner to their fellow classmen. When the sophomore smoker waa at It height the Casino waa broken Into by the freshmen class aa a body. Entrance wa effected through the rear of the music hall from neighboring housetops. The sophomores were taken completely by surprise and the freshmen waged a brief and victorious war. Hand to hand fighting was still In pro gress when a squad of police reserves ar rived on the scene and finally restored or der. The police drove the fighters Into the street and clubbed many of them Into more peaceful frame of mind PACKERS' PLEA OF ABATEMENT Jodgo Humphreys Will Probably Rule on Validity of Indict, aaenta Today, CHICAGO. Sept. JS.-Thl afternoon Judge Humphrey heard th closing argu menta on the plea of abatement filed by th packers against the Indictment charg ing them with Illegal methods of conduct ing business. The court declared that while It waa possible that he would hand down hi decision tomorrow. It la not cer tain that he will do ao. The ground on which th abatement of th Indictment I aought by the packer are that the grand Jury returning the Indictment wa Illegal because It waa not publicly drawn aa required by law; that th defendant war deprived of their right to challenge th Jurors; that Judge Bethea, Ittlng" in the eastern division of th northern dis trict of Illinois, had no right to receive th return of an indictment returned from the northern district of th same division; that on member of th Jury waa not legally mad a member of that body, and that the government officials had not th right to produce before the grand Jury a transcript of evidence previously heard by- them, unsworn and unverified, but pr. Mfiiaa as aMirai,r u avldsasa . ) BIG BANK JS SWINDLED New York Concert! nivea I p s,K,oor Worth of Securities for Worth lea Check. NEW YORK. Sept. . The details of a scheme whereby the National City bank of this city was recently victimised by a clever forger came out today. The forger presented a bogus check bearing the name of a well known Stock exchange firm and secured exchange securities valued at about 83OO0. Pearl & Co.. stork brokers, at J7 Wil liam street, recently negotiated a one-d:y loan for 8300,000 with the National City bank. On Wednesday a check for the amount of the loan, pin $37.50 for the one day' interest, was presented at this bank by a stranger who received the security deposited by Pearl A Co. for their loan. The bank on which the brokers' check was drawn Is one with which Pearl & Co. never had an account, so the forgery was not discovered until the check had passed through the clearing house ex change, when It was promptly branded a fictitious. A private detective agency was called In and transfer of the securities at once stopped. The detectives Intimate that they have a clue to the identity of the forger, who ia believed to have had one or more accomplice. It Is believed that the forger had an In timate knowledge of pearl & Co.'s affairs. E. A. Slayback, Junidt- member of Pearl & Co., said: ; I have been asked not to divulge the name of the bank- concerned. I can only say that It I rich . and If the forgery should involve any loss the bank will be amnly able to stand It. The odd amount of the forged check, added Mr. Slayback, represents a day's Interest at 4H per , cent. As a matter of fact the loan is rerorded on our books at 41 per cent. Clearly som-body must have had knowledge of the loan. Yet had It been someone In our employ the Interest would have been computed at 1 per cent. The firm of Pearl A Co. consists of Dyer, Pearl and Slayback. Mr. Pearl is now in Europe. The members of the firm own Stock exchange seat and their opera tion on the board have at various times been very extensive. The securities offered by Pearl & Co. for their loan and surrendered by the bank for a piece of worthless paper include 1,000 shares I'nlted States Steel company, 1,000 shares Rock Island common, 1.000 shares Metropolitan Street Railway, 700 share Missouri Pacific. 209 share North American company, 47 American Tobacco company. 6 per cent bonds and some Wabash deben ture B bonds. ENGINEERS SAILF0R PANAMA Chairman Shonta, Senator Millard nnd J. K. Markel Accompany Consult ing Board to Iatkuin. NEW YORK. Sept. 28.-The board of con sulting engineers and several members of the Panama Canal commission sailed today for Colon on the steamship Havana. Their purpose Is to Insoect the work alrAaHu on the canal and also Its proposed route. In order to report to the commission the best kind of a canal td build. In the party were Theodore P. Shopts, chairman of the commission; Rear Admiral M. T. Endl cott, Colonel Ernat anil B. M. Harrodd, all of the canal coinmlsfcri: Ppeaktng of thu work to be accomplished. Ir Shonta said: "Just how long the board of engineer will remain on the Isthmus I a question I cannot answer.. I personally Invited them to visit Panama. "In theory, the board has considered the three proposed plans for the building of the canal, the sea level canal, the lock canal and the lock and lake canal. They will give these plans carpfu: consideration on the ground and then report. It does not follow, however, that the canal commission will be bound to follow their advice. If they give a unanimous report in favor of a certain kind of canal It Is probable that the commission will favor that kind of canal as being the best. If they give a majority and a minority report It will rest entirely with the commission which one to accept or whether to reject both. The com mission advises the president of It decision and he In turn notifies congress." Sailing with the commissioners and the advisory hoard of engineers on the Havana were: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling; Senator Joseph H. Millard, of Nebraska; Congressman Irving P. Wagner, of Pennsylvania, and J. E. Markel, who waa recently awarded the con tract to furnish food to the canal employe. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Number of Postmasters Are Named for Nebraska and low Town. (From a Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S.-(Speclal Tele gramsPostmasters appointed: Nebraska Hecla. Hooker county, Harry L. Brown, vice K H. Brown, resigned; Hoag. Gage county. John W. Cooney, vice William Keefer, resigned; Mead, Saunders county, Marcia D Williams, vice O. Adams, re signed. Iowa Farlln, Greene county, John A. Snlvely, vice Charles Try, resigned; Foster. Monroe county, Andy H. Ooode! vice Allen Decker, resigned; Lawler. Chick asaw county, William Iawrence. vice A. J. Kucker. removed. South Dakota Blunt, Hughes county. John C. Smith, vice J, G. Lllllhtidge, removed. Rural route No. 4 has been ordered es tablished December 1 at Guthrie Center. Guthrie county, la., serving 454 people and 101 houses. CRUDE OIL PRICES HIGHER Better Grades Are Put I p Five Cent nnd Lower Grade Two , Crate. PITTSRl'RO. Sept. 28 -The Standard Oil company today again advanced the price of all grades of crude oil. except Raglan. The higher grade of oil were raised B cent and the lower grade 2 cent. The quotation follow: 1nnvLVa,"l.,1R.V.,T,on,1 11 Corning. 11.08. New astle, $1.33; Cahel. Il.M; North Lima. Mc; South Lima and Indiana, 8flc" Somerset, 9V, and Raglan. 49o CHANl.'TE, Kan.. Sept. 28.-The price of all grade of oil advanced again today. The greatest Increase is In the cheaper grades. Fuel oil nd oil grading thirty de grees were both advanced cents a bar rel. The scale follows: Fuel oU. 36 cent a barrel; SO degree 89 cent; degree. 42 cents; 31 degrees' 46 cents: 31 degrees, 4 cents; SJ degrees 51 cents. Thl 1 the first advance in the price of oil grading 3! degrees since De cember, 1903. NEW CENSUS OF KANSAS Latest Count Shows that Snaflower tnt Has Million nnd n Half Inhabitants. TOPEKA-Kas.. Sept. 28. -The decennial census Just completed shows the population of Kansas as enrolled by the assessor In March. 1806. to b 1.MS.818. an Increase of tu.t04 over th population as shown by th 4cfMua ot vmr OLNEY ON HATE REGULATION Formtf Secretary of Stat Outline! Attitude of Aiti-Erjai Wing of Democracy. RAILWAY LINES ARE PHIVATE PROPERTY Fixing- of Rates by Commissions, He Says, Are Impracticable and Probably Inconatt tut lonal. NEW YORK, Sept. 28-The reply of the conservative wing of the democratic party to W. J. Bryan's recent letter to the president on railroad rate legislation is contained In an article by Richard Olney In the October number of American Re view today. In what I practically his first public utterance In two years, Cleve land's former secretary of state presents his final Judgment against tbe proposed legislation. In the form of a brief, covering not only the law, but the public policy Involved In the agitation. The following are some of the salient feature of Mr. Olney' argument; The importance of the rate-making power Is not to be considered simply In Its relation to the carrier. The moat Im portant hearing of the power la upon pub lic Interests the carrier serves. It Is a mat ter of common knowledge of which the courts take cognisance without proof that the great carriers of the present day are the railroads. It is equally a matter of common knowledge that the rates charged by the railroads affect all classes of the community, that they determine very largely the outcome of alt private enter prises and that upon them hinges only Ko often the material well being if not the very existence of towns and cities and seaports and large sections of country. Surely a power, the exercise of which Is fraught with such consequences. Is not to be classed legally or practically with the power of determining the "cup quality" of teas. The latter may well be delegated to an executive officer or board. But to delegate the former, the ultimate rate making power of the railroads to such an officer or board would be a surrender by the legislature of one of Its most Important function?. Railroad Private Property. In discussing the effects of government regulation on railroads Mr. Olney says: The situation to be anticipated then, Is that railroads private properties and rep resenting private investments aggregating billions of dollars will find themselves cuiiirouea in tne vital mutter of their charges; not by their private owners, but i two nuD"c bourds one representative of local interests and the other of national nn.-rems anu Doth antagonistic to the In terests of the private owners concerned. The two boards will aim at the lowest possible rates, each In behalf of the par ticular business under Its charge, and will therefore be in constant rivalry with each other in the endeavor to extort from the carrier the best service at the smallest fn81, ,r!P,der ,nBe conditions anything like skillful, Just, reasonable or stable rate-making becomes impossible. A sit uation Is created intolerable alike to the carriers and to the public, and the sure outcome unless the whole scheme of gov ernment rate making be abandonod-ls government ownership. The significance and Importance of the inquiry are important if we remember that the railroad la only one specie of high way and that what is true of railroad must be truo of ordinary highways. The Jurisdiction of tho national government must he the same in both cases. If It is competent for the national government un der the commerce clause to own and ope rate all the great railroads of the coun try it must be also competent for It to own and control and operate all the great highways of the country. , Says Scheme Is Impracticable. In summing up the opposition to the proposed legislation, Mr. Olney reached the following conclusions: Ours Is a government In both state and nation by political parties and to political rate making for railroads rate making by pohtlclana animated by partisan motives and working for partisan enda the obiec tlons of an economic and business charac ter are on the score of public policy gen erally as obvious as they should prove Insuperable. The purpose of the present paper Is lo point out that beside such objections, rail road rate making by the national gov ernment presents legal and constitutional difficulties of the most serious character It raises Issues which concern the division of power between the several slates and the I'nlted Slates, which have not been fully and finally passed upon by the na tional supreme court, and which. If sub mitted to that tribunal, half or even a quarter of a century ago would In all hu man probability have been determined ad versely to the Jurisdiction of tlie general government. YELLOW FEVER SITUATION Slight Increase In Mew Cases Due to Verification of Suspicious Cases of Day Before. NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 28 -Report of yel low fever situation to A p. m.: New cases Total to date mi Deatha .. ' i T",a' ', m New foi'l g Cases under treatment in Discharged "I.298 The larger list of new cases today Is be cause a large list of suspicious cases re ported the day before were verified, but at that the number of new cases Is small, and show a steady decline can be expected henceforth. Country reports: Tallulah and vicinity, three new cases; near Napoleonvllle, two positive, two suspicious cases; Alexandria, one new case; Terre Bonne Parish, one new case; Baton Rouge, one new case; Patter son, eight new rases, two deaths; Kenner, four new cases, one death; Barataria coun try, two new cases. PEN8ACOLA. Fla.. Sept. 2S.-Te!low fever report to I p. m.: New cases Total to date ' iJ! Deaths- g Total to date .'!.'!!"." 21 Cases under treatment M Cases discharged 48 JACKSON. Miss., Sept. 28. -The summary of new casea Is: I Gulfport Hanhboro Mississippi City t 1 v icKsnurg Port Gibson ... Natchei TAFT PARTY STARTS EAST Secretary of War Will Pass Through Omaha on a Special Train Sunday Morning. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28.-Seeretary Tart and party left tonight by a special train that Included a baggage car contain ing trophies In the way of curios collected by the party in the various countries they visited and the gifts presented to th sec retary of war and his party on the cere monial visits paid by them, and to them In Japan. China and the Philippines, mak ing a curious and valuable collection. This was followed by a diner, two sleepers and special car "Colonla." The train will be run over Overland Limited time through to Chicago via th Southern Pacific, Union PaclAo'and Chi cago aj Northwestern, arriving In Chicago o.-. Sunday evening. Secretary Taft will leave there lianMsllaueiy via th Baltimore at Ohio road and arrivs In Washington on Monday evening, thus making a record run from tho orient to Washlugloa Ot 'ewrtetn dajra mid lva &our - NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fnlr Friday and Snturdayi Cooler In Western Portion Friday nnd In Kaatern Portion Saturday. Temperature at Omahn Yesterday I Hour. Den-. Hour. Org, H n. m at I p. m M4 " a. m Rrt 2 p. m Ml T a. ra (Mt a p. m Ml A a. ni I IN 4 p. m Ml a. m Tt K p. m St 10 a. in T A p. m "1 11 a. m 7S T p. m T 13 nt a H p. m Tfl ft p. m 7 PAIR OF PANTSJJELAYS TRAIN Passenger In Berth, hot Covering for HI Mether Limbs Had Been Stolen. DENVER. Colo.. Sept. 28-(Speclal Tele gram.) E. D. Hall of Omaha delayed pas senger traffic half an hour thla morning by the row he raised over the loss of his only pair of pants, which had been stolen from him In a Pullman sleeper. He was In a through car and when an attempt was made to get him out so the car could proceed west he refused to budge. The officials In despair Anally rushed uptown and secured him a makeshift covering for his extremities. The whole car full of passengers took part In the search for Mr. Hall' trousers when the car was approaching Denver this morning. The victim of the sneak thief, wildly excited, yelled directions to the porter and conductor from hi closely screened section. When he left the train he wss spearing vengeance at robber and railroad officials In general and the Den ver agent of the railroad In particular for bringing him a pair of trousers six Inches too long. He admitted that he hung his trousers on the Moor, but declared In future he would sleep with them under his pil low. RELIEF FOR HOUSEHOLDERS Secretary Wilson Snys Prices for Meat, Poultry nnd Dairy Prod ucts Will Be Lower. WASHINGTON. Sept. 8.-SecreU.ry Wil son of the Department of Agriculture today predicted lower retail prices during the coming winter season for meat, dairy prod ucts, poultry and other necessities of life. He says the relief for the householder will come from the enormous yields of small grain and corn In the great grain territory of Illinois, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. "Heavy crops," the secretary said, "have resulted In the return of normal agricul tural conditions In the great producing states. The meat producers have been losing money for the past three years. Grain cost too much. There was no profit In feeding, as strange as this may seem to people who pay such prices as we do for our meat. But the heavy grass crop of this year. In addition to the heavy corn crop and the heavy oats crop, will all com bine to bring about normal feeding condi tions. And this means a direct Influence on horses, beef, pork, dairy products and poultry." I PLACE FOR ALL VISITORS TO GO Bureau of Comfort and Information i In Young Men's Christian Association Building;. In order to accommodate the Immense crowds that will be In the city during the carnival season, and to see that each vis itor Is made comfortable In all regards, the Commercial club and the Young Men's Christian association will co-operate In a Bureau of Public Comfort and Information. The bureau will be located with head quarters at the Young Men's Christian as sociation building on Sixteenth street be tween Farnam and Douglas. This will be open early and late and visitors will be given all needed directions A list of avail able rooms will be kept, a messenger serv ice established and everything possible will be done to secure comfortable accommo dations for all. VINSONHALER HANGS ON TO IT Decides Not to Resign and Take No Risk' Since Board Won't Have Leslie. County Judge Vlnsonhaler, whose con templated resignation has been the par amount Issue around the courthouse for some time, has settled the matter at last by consenting to keep the old office. I,nte j Thursday afternoon he found out he could not win it to cnaries Leslie, his chief clerk, so he announced that he would not resign. Judge Vlnsonhaler found that while the commissioners were willing to accept his resignation they would not agree to ap point Mr. Leslie. Rather than let the Job go outside of the family Mr. Vlnsonhsler told the commissioner that he would hang on to It. NASH WILL PAY ROYALTY Kotlfles Mayor Ho Will Put Money Da the City Into Ita Treasury. Fred Nash, president of the Omaha Elec tric Light company haa notified Mayor : Moorea that he will. In the next few days, ( pay Into the treasury of the city of Omaha the M.0O0 or $7,000 due as royalty from that company. This amount Is not due until the first of the year and the mayor hope that the gas company will follow suit which will bring the city out of the deep mire into which the city father have found that affairs have been brought. REHEARSAL F0R BIG PARADE Float Moa and Horsemen Will Go Through Their Stunts This Evening. A rehearsal will be given tonight at the Ak-Sar-Ben den on North Twentieth street for the flostmen and horsemen for the electrical parade which will be given ntxt Thursday evening. It Is urged by the Board of Governors that a full attendance be pad. The rehearsal will be called promptly at 7:30 and Samson will provide lunch after th "work." s Movements of Ocean Vessels Sept. 28. At New York Balled: Ultonla. for Liver pool. At Cherbourg Sailed: Kaiser Wllhelm II. for New York. At Queenstown Sailed: Majestic, for New York; Weaternland, for Philadelphia. Ar lived: Arabic, from Boston. At IJverpool Arrived: Carpathla. front New York. Sailed: Canada and Virginia, for Montreal. At Havre Arrived: Barmatlan, from Montreal; La Tour Ine. from New York At Genoa Arrived : Prtn Adalbert and Nord America, from New York. At Hamburg Arrived: Deutachland. from AAUw Yoriu Jr-alrir.la. Xxutn Haw Yotlw JOY TO MULTITUDES Ak-Sar-Ben Carnival' Second Day Sen Unhands at Fair. GOOD START IS MADE TO NEW RECORC Paid Attendance at Oroindi Far Ahead oi Last Season' Showing. MERRIMENT REIGNS ON THE HIGHWAY Good Natired Tbrcngi Joatle Each Othei Eaok and Torth. RED MEN AND WOODMEN OF WORLD Two Big Secret Societies Will Ba Especially Honored Today and a .ew Mark for Friday 1 F-xpected. King's Highway Program. Gates open from 9 a. m. until midnight. Hand conceits, 1 and 7 p. m. Free Attractions Mine. Ami, aerial artist, 1:85 and 8 p. in.' Phil Green, spiral tower, 4:30 and 10:30 p. m.; Prince Youturkey, hlgl wire acts. 2:10 and 9 p. m.; sllJe for Hie, S 15 and 9:5a p. in. All shows open at 1:30 and 7:30 p. m. Hancock loups the loop In th stadium at 3:30 and Ml p. m. Douglas County Agricultural society ex hibition. Today is Red Men and Woodmen of tha World day. Attendnnce nt King;' Highway. ' 19u5. 194. First day 8, iS7 1,24 Second day 6,483 6,078 Two little girls met on a public thor oughfare of Omaha yesterday. One of tho girls "was smiling, while the other was crying. The girl that was smiling said. "I have been to the King's Highway." The girl with the tears said, "I want to go to the Klng a Highway." The glad little girl will take the sad little girl to the Klnga Highway today, and then both the Utllo girls will be glad. And so it goes. Thousands nn around. Thousands of people visited the Highway yesterday In all manner of moods, but all went away In one frame of mind, which was that of happiness. For those who feel down In the mouth, are Inclined to kick their neighbor's dog, don't caro whether school keeps or not, the King's Highway Is recommetjded a a sure cure. Follow carefully th direction given by Doctors Freed and Bushea and the Board of Governors and the sun will shine In at every 'window, the dicky birds will warblo their sweetest lay and you will forget about counting the days to payday. The crowds Jostled good naturedly on the Highway last evening and tha show were well patronised. Colonel Dixon, the educated horse, Is proving one of the pop ular attraction. The animal must be seen to be appreciated. Prince Bonnie, said to be the handsomest boy In the world, holds levee to admiring audience. Nebraska Show Starts, James Walsh, who ha charge of th Nebraska moving picture exhibition, gave a preliminary exhibition of the picture last evening and expect to have thla at traction complete by Saturday, Although yesterday waa announced aa the cpeclal day for member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, It Is now stated that next Wednesday will be the day set apart for this fraternity. O. J. Van Dyke, state grand master, and other state officers will attend. Today will be Red Men and Woodmen of the World day. Bright sunshine and a refreshing breeze marked the opening of the second day on the King's Highway. After the noon hour a generous sprinkling of visitors was noted and the Indication are that the second day's attendance will exceed that of tha first, which was a high mark for th first day of an Ak-8ar-Ben carnival. Agricultural Display la Fine. The Douglas County Agricultural society' department Is rapidly nearlng completion. Particular pain are being exercised this year to have the arglcultural display a worthy attraction. G. W. Hervey, sec retary of the agricultural society, and who la giving his personal attention to the arrangement of the exhibits, said Thursday morning: "I have been In thl business for thirteen years and you may say for me to tho visitors of the King Highway that thla season's exhibits of Douglas county's agri cultural products will excel sny display yet made In this county. By this evening we expect to have the floral, agricultural, poultry, textile and can goods department all arranged and on next Monday the llva stock will be Installed. The show will be worth coming many mile to see and tha officers of the Douglas County Agricul tural society are pleased with this season' Interest In their department of tha street fair. We have much more space than last year and the quality of the displays cannot be beaten In the slat of Nebraska. Wa are making a specialty of arranging tha agricultural exhibits by precincts, ss th competition between the various precinct Is keen, as much so a between the various counties at the recent tat fair at Lin coln." Prise Winner Compels. J. If. Tsylor. Frank P. Brown. J. W. Shoemaker, Charles Grau and J. W. Long of as many Douglas county precinct, took collectively at the slate fair the first prle for the best county collective exhibit. Now these men are In competition at the King's Highway for the best precinct exhibit. L. D. Smith of Valley, has on exhibition an ear of white corn ha behoves la lha longest ear of the king of cereal ever ex hibited In Omaha. The ear I over fifteen Inches In length. A scientific examination wa made Thurs day morning of the petrified woman now being exhibited on the Highway, aa tha Board of Governora la not Inclined to tol erate any fakes on the carnival grounds. The result of the examination wa that one and all are satisfied the petrified form Is nothing else than that of a woman, evi dently of the Altec rare. Th body waa found by Dr. Ole Wakeeson near Flag staff. Arlx., while the doctor was making researches In a petrified forest In that part of the country. The petrification show the woman wa scalped and on her arms sre marks of what la known as the "Asteo murder sign," indicating tk woman Was murdered. At the throat are indications of an Incision. This Is th only petrified woman yet brought to light. Everybody Will Be tinod. . Doc Breed, director of th carnival, and Harold A. Bushea, superintendent of the amusements, wish to remind visitors to ths carnival grounds that good conduct will be strictly maintained on th King's Highway, It u expected and desired that all have a good time In every way that the word Implies, but liberty must hot t mistaken for license. The order of Wednes day evening waa excellent. 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