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The Omaha Daily Bee. OTMrS WANTtD? Crf r pr Urttrtmj f mv Wmtt Hi ft SUBSCRIBERS Falling to oet Tht Bf mjultrtt- or rrrmpfff fftourf repart r 'Pfioire: B97.. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1005-TEN TAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. LOAXSTO EACH OTHER Freiideit of Metropolitan Borrowi (50,000 from lew York Lift. INTEREST LESS THAN CURRENT F t. Preiideit of New erk Life GeU I f from Metropolitan at Same Pri .ANCELEO CHECK STUBS CIS Record of Traiiactioni wit a Le Agent Vaniih. to CHARGES BLACKMAIL BY LEGISLATORS President McCall Every Year tompialn Expead Larue to Hrad On Holdap Bllla. NEW YORK. Oct. 4 That John R. Hcge man, president of the Metropolitan Life In surance company, borrowed IfiO.OO from the Now York Life Insurance company at IVi per cent Interest, a rate below the mar ket rate, was brought out In the lasurance investigation last week, but today Presi dent John A. McCall of the New York Life Insurance company testified that he In turn borrowed I75.O0U from the Metropolitan at the same rate. This was In January, 1WC; the loan wii renewed in January, 1904, and ran until March, 1905, when the rate of interest was advanced to 2 per cent, at which rate It Is still running:. Mr. McCall testified that he was a di rector of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, but not a stockholder. The fact of his being a director, Mr. McCall contin ued, did not deter him' from procuring a loan at as low a rate of Interest as possi ble when It was to his Interest to do so. Cancelled Checks Dtaapper. Somewhat of a sensation was caused in the late hours of today's session of the leg islative committee which is Investigating the methods of life Insurance companies, when Nell F.' Towner of Albany was called to the stand and disclaimed any knowledge of the whereabouts of cancelled checks of Judge Andrew Hamilton of Albany. Mr. Towner testi..e: that he was associated with Judge Hamilton In the practice of law In Albany. The Hamilton account was again under Investigation and Mr. McCall had been excut,ed for a few minutes while Mr. Towner took the stand. Mr. Towner testified that he made de posits for Judge Hamilton, but not while the latter was In Europe. He had taken some cancelled checks from the Albany Trust company early In September and had thrown them Into a drawer In Judge Hamilton's desk. He had no occasion to look at them again until last week, when he received the subpoena to appear be fore the committee. He was asked to bring these checks with him, but when he looked for them they were gone. He had no knowledge, ha declared, of where they could have gone or who could have taken them, .Pressed by M,r. Hughes, he said al-, most anybody had access to the drawer In which the checks were placed. Mr. McCall, resuming, was asked about a deposit to the credit of Judge Hamilton of tlfS.OU on September 1, 1905. Mr. McCall said the New York Life In surance company had aid Mr. Hamilton no money, but suggested that part of It might have come from the state control ler's office by reason of an assignment of tax moneys which would come to the Judge by reason of his securing the repeal of the tax law, which relieved the New York Life from the payment of taxes. Judge Hamilton was to have one-third of the amount that would rebate to the com pany, a sum of 272,000, netting Mr. Hamil ton about $90,000. MeCall'a BrlatlTea Favored. Another Interesting point was brought out by Mr. Hughes Just before the close. Edwin F. Devlin, real estate manager for the New York Life Insurance company, was called to continue his testimony of last week relating to the real estate values of the company's properties In this country and abroad. Mr. Devlin had had to con sult the records and he presented a num ber of transcripts of the records. It de veloped that the New York Life had ac quired by foreclosure an apartment house In one of the most desirable residential sections of this city, and the cost, with Improvements deemed necessary, was $31, 66. The Income from this property was found to be .03 per cent on the investment. Among the Improvements was the throw lug two apartments Into one of nine rooms with baths. These were rented for 11.500 and Jl.ftX) a year. It then developed that four of the tenants were tfu? Immediate family of Presiden.t MrCall. three sons and a son-in-law. Mr. Devlin was asked who fixed the rental of these properties and he said he discussed It with Mr. MrCall. Mr. McCall enlivened the day's proceed ings further when he said there was no record on the bonks of the New York Life Insurance company of the JlOo.rtin paid the republican national committee for contri butions to presidential campaigns. While he had no personal knowledge that the motley was paid, he assumed It was be cause he had told the treasurer to make these payments. Earlier in the day Mr. MrCall. In retail ing the legislation work of Judge Hamilton and the counsel he employed, denied any knowledge of the legislative pool which was disclosed in the examination of Al fred W. Maine, auditor of the Eu.uit.ible Life Assurance society, last week. Met all C harges llluekninll. Mr. McCall jn thla question made the startling Information that three-quarteis of the hills affecting life Insurance companies were In the nature of blackmail. The offi cers of the company were worried at lh- beginning f each year, he said, by the proposal of laws that would hamper their companies, and these officers "really trembled at what hy would have to en dure the first six months of each year." While Mr. Hughes was engaged In look ing up some document. Chairman Arm strong took the opportunity to ask Mr. Met all if he hsd ever glvn any thought as to the femlblltty of a standaid policy that could be written by all companhs. Mr. M.t'all said he hud, and he thought some such policy would be a good thing. Rufus F. Weeks, actuary and second vice president of the New York Life Insurance company, was another altness today. He went Into the technical description of the various forms of policies, the tables upon which the cost of life Insurance Is com puted and various other computations of Ills department. The committee adjourned until tomorrow morning, with Mr. Devlin still explaining the real estate holdings of the company. Fifteen Horiri Bara. OOALALLA. Neb.. Oct. 4 iStpecial Tele-irni.-llrrinion livery bain burned this evening with Uieea bvfsca, Xuete 4 m oUter wasv TYPHOON IN THE PHILIPPINES ! at l -t I a r- Mat of oldleru Injured at ramp Da rasa ind Ijitrr Ttetalla of l.eyte Disaster. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. In a cablegram to the War department today. Governor General Wright, stated that the full results of the recent storm which passed over the Philippines are not known, the reports be ing still Incomplete, hut he expressed the opinion that the losses were exaggerated. With reference to the Irf-yte disas'rr, he says that the death of Hart ha not been confirmed by mall advices. He, however, rf ported that Edwin 8. Ely was among those who lost their lives on the Ieyte, his nearest relative being given as Edwin C. Ely, No. 417 Monroe street, Peoria, 111. The department today received the fol lowing cablegram from General Corbin, giv ing particulars of damage by the storm. The. dispatch Is as follows: Telegrams dated Camp Daraea. Septem ber 28. and September 27. Just received, re port the following results there: T phoon lasting from 11 o'clock at night. September 25. until o'clock next morning: rive bar racks and bakery blown Cown and totally wrecked, four barracks, post exchange, five officers' quarters, three noncommis sioned staff quarters, forage house, one stable, one teamsters' quarters bndly dam aged; roofs all blown away. Following were Injured: Ralph T. Stofer. honnltal corps, cerebral concussion, slight; Columbus O'Urlen, Company I, Ninth regiment, contusions, shoulder and neck; William J. Carroll, Company L, Ninth regiment, Infantry, lacerated and contused wound, left foot; Klhert Mutxger. Company L. Ninth in fantry, contusion, heart and face; ) tq K, Eaglln. Company M. Ninth regiment, con tused wound, right temple: txiuis E. Frost, Company M, Ninth regiment. Infantry, laterated and contused wound, sprain left knee; John Goodwin. Company K. Ninth Infantry, contusion, right side; John Han ley, Company M. Ninth regiment, contusion, severe, lumbar regions, probable fiacture ribs; Frank Ehlert, Company M, Ninth srgtment, lacerated and contused wound, right leg nnd hip; Everett Miller, Company M. Ninth Infantry, contused and lacerated wound, right ankle; John Muryan, Company K, Ninth Infantry, same, right foot; Ixiuls J. Plante, Company M, Ninth regiment, same, left foot and right hand: William I. Johnson. Company F. Ninth Infantry, com pound comminuted lower Jaw, same both bones right wrist. Excepting Hanley and Johnson, wounds thought not dangerous. Surgeon thinks all will recover. Excepting Ratangas, with which there Is no communication. It Is thought that all typhoon damages have now been reported; repairs ordered and under way. In order that the damages resulting from the recent typhoon in the Philippine Islands may be at once repaired, and to prevent suffering among the many people whose houses and property was destroyed by it, the quartermaster general of the army cabled to Manila that an extra allotment of $.V,0X) has been made to meet the ex penses. CATTLE FEEDER ON STAND Chlcaajo Man Telia How One Hhlpment Was Made I nder False Pretenses. CHICAGO. Oct. 4.-LiveIv Interest was evoked by W. 8. Tasker -f Chicago, a live stock commission dealer and cattle feeder. who testified before the Interstate Com merce committee today regarding freight rates on live stock and live stock nroHneta from Missouri river points to Chicago. As an Illustration of the alleged Inconnlnf enev of rates charged by the railroads Tasker testified that on one occasion he shipped a lierd or cattle rrom points In northwestern Wisconsin to Chicago by way of South St. Paul at a much less freight rate thnn he could hove shipped the stock direct to Chicago. The tariff from the points where he shipped In Wisconsin to Chicago was 3 cents a hundred. Ry shipping to South St. Paul and thence to Chicago he was able to obtain a rate of 1514 cents per hundred pounds, although the distance the commodity had to be transported was about 3u0 miles farther than by the direct route. "How did you manage to get that rate for your cattle by way of South St. Paul?" inquired Attorney Seaverns of the Chicago Great Western railroad. "By through billing. I suppose. I ar ranged with a live stock commission dealer In 8outh St. Paul to have It done for me," replied the w linens. "You knew when you did that through the commission house men that the terri tory from which you shipped was outside the belt from which that through rate by way of South St. Paul was allowed by the railroads, did you not?" asked the at torney. "Yes, I did." "That low proportionate rate between South St. Paul and Chicago was only In tended for cattle shipments consigned to Chicago from points in Montana tt.. r 'kotas and Minnesota, and you knew It. did you notr asked the railroad attorney "Yes." "Then, as a matter of fact, you entered Into a conspiracy with the commission men to manipulate the billing so that cattle re ceived In South St. Tuul from western points and wild there would appear to have been shipped through to Chicago, while your cattle were substituted under the pretense that they were really tho animals shipped through?" "1 suppose that was the way it was done. I understood the sums thing had been done before." "Is that the way you usually do busi ness?" "I never made but one shipment that way." BRYAN FILES HIS REPORT statement Host Dlatrlhutlnu of Traat Fonda of Rennet! F.atate Sow on Record, NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Oct. 4-Statements showing how trust funds were distributed In accordance with the provisions of the will of the late phllo 8. Rennett by William J. Bryan and his wife. Mary Ralrd Bryan, acting as trustees, were filed today in th prolMtc court. Mr. Bennett left IW.rtin to be distributed among the pupils of twenty-five colleges as prize for the best essays discussing the principles of free government. Two additional funds, each of flO.nfln, were left to aid needy boys and girls seeking an edu cation. The Hxt of colleges named has been announce. I in previous dispatches. Mr. Bryan says in his report that the pament of the succession and transfer tax occasioned the loas uf 1473 out of each fund of lo.frt, but that he has made this amount g.wd by paying 11.419 out of his fees as ex ecutor of the estate. FLURRY IN MONEY ON CALL Rata Raised to Seven and One-Quarter I'er I'tit Through Uraaaad on the Stock Exchange. NEW YORK. Oct. 4-Thera was a flurry in cull money on the Stock exchange this afternoon. Shortly before 2 o'clock the rate rose to t per cent. After 2 o'clock call money advanced to T per cent aud tho Xell back again to Pr cent. PRESIDENT STANDING PAT Determine! That Railroad Ratee Shall Be legnlaUd by OoTernment CHANGES IN THE ESCH-T0WNSEND BILL One of the Aalhnri of Says that It Will Made W ider In Its cope. Mea Be WASHINGTON. Oct. 4 ."President Roosevelt Is dead in earnest on the subject of railroad rate legislation and Is Just as determined as ever that legislative regula tions shall be enacted looking to federal supervision of the freight rate situation," Thla statement was made by Representa tive Townsend of Michigan, one of the authors of the so-called Eseh -Town send railroad rate bill. Representative Townsend called today to talk over te general subject with the president and of the necessity for the mak ing of changes in the measure which he and Mr. Esch proposed last winter. Mr. Townsend did not have opportunity to go fully Into the subject with the president today, but the president requested him to call again tomorrow. "I have no authority to represent the president's views as to railroad rates." said Mr. Townsend. "but I can say that he entertains now the same views and princi ples he expressed In his message last De cember. The crux of the whole matter Is not that the commission should fix rates, but that It should have the power to substitute a reasonable rate for one found on Investigation to bo unjust. Without such authority the evils complained of could not be reached." "Have any suggestions been made of changes In the Eech-Townsend measure?" Changes May Re Made.. "Some changes may be made," replied Mr. Townsend. "but they will be for the purpose of making the bill clearer on cer tain points. It Is Intended, of course, to include In the regulations private cars, refrigerator cars and terminal charges. We thought they were covered by our meas ure, but In order that there may be no question about them they will be Included in the bill In a definite way. One thing is quite certain: There will be no narrowing of the scope of the bill no modification of the principles Involved." Mr. Townsend said It was expected that the senate committee on Interstate com merce would prepare and report a measure to regulate railroad freight rates. While he did not have a definite Idea as to the scope of the senate measure he regarded it as doubtful whether the members of the senate committee would agree with Sena tor Foraker that the proposition Involved only a question of methods. Interest In Ohio Campaign. Senator Dick, chairman of the Ohio re publican executive committee, had a con ference with President Roosevelt today relative to the political situation In that state. The president is particularly Inter ested In the approaching Ohio election and told Senator Dick he would do everything in his power to Insure the success of the republican cause there this fcilL Senator Dick Is anxious that as many members of the cabinet as possible may make speeches in Ohio during the campaign and it has lieen agreed tentatively that Secretaries Taft, Shaw, Wilson and Bonaparte and At torney General Moody will participate In the campaign. Will Save a Million a Year. President Roosevelt had a talk today with Representative Charles B. Land is of Indiana on the work of the committee which Is to Investigate the conditions in the government printing office. Members of the commission are said to believe It easily possible to reduce the expenses of the government printing office at least $1,000,000 a year. Weaton Will Succeed Randall. The president tonight decided to promote Brigadier General John F. Weston, now commissary general of subsistence of the army, to be a major general to succeed Major General Randall, to Boon be retired. General Weston will take his place in the line of the army and will be assigned to the command of a division of a department when a vacancy occurs. WANT TO LYNCH WOMAN Mob at Fort Scott tlamorlnx for Life of Mra. RIbkIbb, Accused of Starvlaa; Stepson. FOR T SCOTT. Kan.. Oct. 4. The county Jail here Is surrounded tonight by men who Insist that Mrs. Belle Rlgglns, her daughter, Clarissa, aged 14 years, and her husband, George Rlgglns, held by the coro ner's Jury for the death of Rlgglns' 6-year-old son by a former wife, should be lynched. The sheriff, expecting an assault on the Jail, has. It is reported, fled with the prisoners. The Jail Is strongly guarded. That tho little boy was starved and tortured to death Is specifically charged by the coroner's Jury. The boy's 2-year-old 'sister was also cruelly treated and Is at the point of death In a hospital here. While Mrs. Rlgglns' own children were well feil and treated kindly, the two step children, according to the evidence pre sented to the grand Jury, were literally starved. It Is understood that the sheriff will take the prisoners to Glrard, Kan., twenty-six miles south of here. DENVER BANKERS INDICTED Charles B. Wllfley and Carlos Wood of Defunct Savings Inatltutloa Charged with larreay. a DENVER. Oct. 4-The grand Jury today handed down a number of indictment, including one against Charles B. Wilfley, former president of the Denver Savings Iwnk. now in the hands of a receiver. Mr. Wilfley Is said to be in Kansas City. Carlos Wood, who was cashier of the Denver Savings hank when It quit busi ness, was also lndictd. He was arrested and subsequently released In bonds of l llO.iloo. Both Wood and Wilfley are charged with larceny as banker In the Indictments. BISHOP O'CONNELL LEAVES Special Representative of Pop to Japan Starts for Toklo from Aaarrlra. BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4-Bishop W. If. O'Connell of the diocese of Maine, is hers enroute to J,ipan as the special envoy of the pope to the emperor. It is said one of the special objects of Bishop O'Connell'a mission to Japan is t convey the congratulations of Pope Piut X to the Japanese emperor on the sincerity of the Utters work In bringing the war between Japa and. Russia to a Lappy UrnaUoa, - - INVITATION TO VISITORS Visitors to Omnhe) during Ak-Sar-Hen wock afp corlllnlly invited to Inspect the hontof The Hee in The Hep I.tiiMini; anil view tlie un excelled . mechttnlca.1 plant with which tills paper hi equipped. The best time to see the mnehlnery In nieriitiou Is bctTVPon 2:: and 4 o'clock In the tiftenioon. The Hee Iitiilding will he hitnrtnmely illum inated every nitflit this week. FOUR DIE OF YELLOW FEVER Floods In Jefferson Parish Interfere with Work of Doctors and Sanitary Officers. NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 4 -Tellow fever re port to p. m. Wednesday: New cases 22 Total to date S.004 Deaths 4 Total 4O0 i JNew rod 1'nder treatment 1"4 Discharged , 2..WI Difficulties which the doctors and others have had to contend with In fighting the fever In the Interior of Jefferson parish were disclosed today. The excessive rains during the past thirty days have rilled up the swamps and to gether with adverse winds have put much land ordinarily dry under water. Doctors were forced to wade waist deep In water to reach persons who were 111. In the In stance of the death of Mrs. Plzxanl, the box which contained the body had to be floated for a distance of. six miles before a dry spot could be found..' The report of new cases for the day In New Orleans was within moderation, but there was a slight Increase of deaths. The Italian quarter, the orlgtnal source of the present fever, is considered practically clear. It is practically certain that the presi dent's visit will terminate at 6 o'clock on the evening of October 2R, necessitating the elimination from the program of entertain ment at a banquet which was to have been given that night. PENSACOLA. Fla.. Oct. 4 The official fever report for today follows: New cases 10 Total to date 185 Deaths 1 Total S3 Cases discharged 72 Cases under treatment si A sensation was created this afternoon by the arrest of Dr. J. 8. Herron for refusal to allow a sanitary officer to inspect his house. Dr. Herron is one of the oldest physicians In the city and by many Is con sidered an expert on yellow fever. The fever situation today Is practically un changed so far as new cases are concerned. FIGHT FOR SCHANDEIN ESTATE Sensational Testimony la Salt to Rreak Will of Milwaukee Mil lionaire Woman. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Oct. 4. Several sen sations developed In the probate court to day In the fight for the Schandeln millions. In the will of Mrs. Llxt' Bchandein, abe left the major pait of her iistaro, consist ing of stock n a big local brewery, bank stock, real estate and various other in terests, to Jacob Heyl, a son-in-law, and the children of Mrs. Schandeln have started a contest, claiming undue influence. In the testimony introduced today allegations of Improper Incidents between Mrs. Schan deln and Mr. Heyl were brought out. Heyl was also accused of being intimate wim Mrs. Ella Frank, daughter of Mrs. Schan deln. The deposition of Eva Kratschmer, taken at Los Angeles. was Introduced. The Kratschmer woman was employed by Mrs Schandeln in 1881 as cook. She said that she thought Mr. Hyl first began to iive in the same house with Mrs. Schandeln in 1SS9, about a year after Mr. Schandeln died. One evening. In 1S84 or 1W5, she said she saw Mr. Heyl and Mrs. Schandeln kissing each other Mrs. Kratschmer also stated In her depo sition that she was told that during a trip across the Atlantic Mr. Heyl and Mrs. Schandeln reported themselves as husband and wife. Mra. Ellze Froebel. another servant, tes tified that Clara Schandeln. the present Mrs. Heyl. was coerced Into marrying Mr. Heyl. Other servants offered similar testi mony. HEARST NAMED FOR MAYOR New York Newspaper Proprietor la Nominated by the Municipal Ownership Tarty. NEW YORK. Oct. 4. William Randolph Hearst was named as a candidate for mayor at the municipal ownership mass meeting tonight In Grand Central palace, and a committee appointed by J. G. Stokes, who presided, will select the remainder of the ticket. Resolutions denouncing both of the old parties as being dominated by trust In terests and declaring that the- people of New York should elect officials to oppose corporations were adopted with much en thusiasm, and much cheering followed the reading of a letter from Rev. Tarkhurst. In which he praised the growing demand for government Interference to protect the people from monopolists. Mr. Hearst was enthusiastically greeted. Immediately after Mr. Heart's speech, a man In the audience demanded that the speaker be nominated for mayor and the motion was carried with enthusiasm. After Chairman Stokes had announced that he would appoint a committee to complete the ticket, provided' Mr. Hearst accepted the nomination, the convention adjourned. MAKE LIGHT OF ACTION Two McCalls Talk of Revocation of Life Company's License by Nevada. NEW YORK, Oct. 4-Presldent John A. McCall of the New York Life Insurance company aald before the insurance Inquiry began today that the company had received a telegram from Samuel Davis, the super intendent of Insurance of Nevada, saying that he proposed to consult the attorney general of that state with a view to a possible revocation of the New York Life Insurance company's license to do business In Nevada. "He would act," said Mr. McCall, "un less certain gentlemen did certain things that would require a considerable amount of resignation on their part. I don't think they will do it and Mr. Davis will find things are not altogether his way." John C. McCall. secretary of the eom pany, stated there were only 40.O1A people In the entire state and that l.ioo of them were policy holders. The company had never thought It worth while 13 have a branch office ia Nevada, but all the busi ness as irocte4 rrom California .nj VUJJ. . - . C CCDAHY ON CROWE STORY Packer Ceniiden Charge of Hii Bon'e Oomplicitj Abiirdly Bidionlent. SCARCELY CREDITS ITS AUTHENTICITY Famous Kidnaper Wlrea that If Sheriff Power tioea After Him He Will Not Offer Realstance. Edmard A. Cndahy Wednesday gave out a signed statement touching tho alleged confession of Crowe, implicating Mr. Cud ahy's son, in which he says: "As to the alleged statement of Crowe that my son was a party to the plot. It Is so absurd, particularly In the light of his previous statements, that I can hardly be lieve he made it. It certainly Is untrue. "For several years I have made no ef fort toward securing the arrest of Crowe, although having hsd two letters sent to me signed by him admitting that he alone was guilty of the kidnaping and begging clemency, stating that he wanted to start life anew. "In one of these letters he says: 'I am guilty of the Cudahy affair. I am to blame for the whole crime. After it was over I regretted my act and offered to re turn $21,nno to Mr. Cudahy. but he refused to take it, and then I went to South Africa, where I Joined the rebel army and was badly wounded, being shot twice. Then I returned to America, and have repeatedly tried to make peace with the man I wronged.' "I have felt In duty bound to refrain from agreeing not to prosecute him, be lieving that this was a matter entirely within the province of the state authori ties. "I deplore the continued publicity which has been given this entire matter, for It has been a constant source of anxiety and annoyance to me and to all the members of my family." Telegram to Power. The Hon. P. Crowe who Is expected to arrive from Butte most any time In charge of two of Chief Donahue's most trusted officers, showed a disposition to be very particular as to who went after him. Tuesday night Sheriff Power received a message from the slippery Individual which read: "I will come if you come after me, with out making any fight on extradition. "PAT CROWE. "Care Butte Evening News." About the time this message was re ceived the sheriff received another which read : ' "Pat Crowe is under arrest here. If you come personally after him he will waive requisition. If you don't come he will fight requisition. JOHN J. QUINN, Sheriff Silver Bow County." The telegrams were received at the sheriff's office during the afternoon and they were not seen by the sheriff until last night when called at the office. As he Is extremely busy entertaining BOO or 600 out-of-town visitors, the sheriff had to decline the honor of escorting Mr. P. Crowe back to his old haunts. Incldently there is hanging pverPat'g head a complaint filed In the county court March 20. 1301 In which he, Callahan and Richard Roe are charged with robbing Edward Cudahy of $25,000. It Is under stood that nothing will be done in this case until after complaint charging him with shooting Policeman Jackson is heard. Mr. Cudahy says he will prose cute Crowe when the time comes. Pat on n Dead Trail. Chief of Police Donahue scouts the idea that Pat Crowe will be able to make any capital by trying to Implicate Eddie Cudahy In the kidnapping of him self. The chief understands that Crowe Intends to make the Cudahy boy a con spirator in the famous case, but does not believe such a coup will be worth the telegraph toll it cost to send the Infor mation from Butte. Nothing further has been heard by Chief Donahue from the Butte authorities re garding Mr. Crowe. The next informa tion that Is awaited with interest Is some advice from Chief of Detectives Dunn, who left Tuesday afternoon with Detec tive Heitfeldt for Butte. The news of Crowe's capture at Butte has been a topic of general conversation around town. The anticipation of seeing Pat Crowe where he cannot bite anyone is being felt keenly by many. Speaking of Crowe Wednesday morning Chief Donahue said he has only seen Crowe once In his life, that time being on May 16, 1900, some months before the kidnapping, In the hotel of Steve Crowe at Chicago. As Crowe has changed much since that time. It Is possible he and Chief Donahue will need an Introduction when they meet again. Chief Dunn probably will do the honors on that occasion.' Crowe Denies Story. Bl'TTE, Mont., Oct. 4 Pat Crowe today admitted that he was in Omaha six weeks ago and engaged In a pistol duel with the police, during which an officer was shot. He says the police fired sixteen shots at him before he retired, and that he opened fire to save his own life. He says his sole object in coming here was to sur render, believing that he had better give himself up at a distance from home, so thst In yielding to extradition he might make terms favorable to himself with the Nebraska authorities. He denies absolutely the alleged confession, published in Butte last night and refutes the statement that he had said that young Cudahy plotted with him to extort money from Mr. Cudahy senior. Crowe's statement regarding the shotting are at variance In one particular with the reports given at the time by eye- Itnesses, which were to the effect that the first shot was fired by Crowe himself. Chief Donahue yesterday sent the follow ing telegram to Butte, but up to a late hour last night had received no reply: Thomas Mulholland. chief of police, Butte, Mont : Ascertain if possible whether or no Pat Crowe made a signed statement in which he alleges young Edward Cudahy was in plot to blackmail his father out of $25,000. BERLIN STREET CARS RUNNING Assoclatloa of Metal Workers' Plaata Poat Notices of (.Corral Lock oat October 14. ' BERLIN, Oct. 4. All the street cars are running today, the strikers of the elec trical works being unable to stop work at the power houses. The association of metal working estab lishments In Berlin and vicinity today posted In the shops notices of a general lockout October 14 unless the strike In the electrical Industry should be settled by that time. The association embraces all the Important firms and Its bran-h em ployes number about 10.000. If the asso ciation carries out Its threat the number OX mej out wUJ b 66,000, ' NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fale and Cooler Thursday. Friday Fair. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdnvi Hnnr. Ilea. Ilnnr. Pen. A a . m nil 1 p. m H a. m 411 a p. m Hrt T a. m HI :t p. m T a. m tl.t 4 p. m f a. m H ft p. m 1 a. n TO H p. m It a. m..:... T4 7 p. ni TO 14 m Ttt H p. m Tl ft p. in T t NATIONAL W. C. T. U. MEETING Arrangements for the Coareatlon Which Will Realn nt I.oa Angeles October ZA. CHICAGO. Oct. 4. Arrangements for the national meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance I'nlon at Ixs Angeles, Cal.. are completed. The first official board meeting will bo held the morning of Wednesday. October 25. and the executive committee will meet the same afternoon. Thursday there will be an all-day evangelistic meeting. Friday night will be welcome night, addresses to be given by the mayor of the city and others. Saturday afternoon there will be addressed by Mrs. C. L. Hosklns. Dr. Mary Fowler Thompson and others, and fraternal delegates, visitors and guests will be Intro duced. A diamond medal oratorical contest will take p'ace In the evening. Miss Elisa beth W. Greenwood will preach the conven tion sermon Sunday. Monday night the organisers will speak and Tuesday evening there will be a platform meeting, the speakers being Mrs. Adrlanna Hungerford. Mrs. Margaret Deye Ellis and Miss Belle Kearney. Wednesday night the jubilee will occur, and the prize banners for mem bership will be presented. FIRE IN RHINELANDER, WIS Stores, Hoi Churches, Seveny-Flv a nnd Two Rl Lorn Her Yarda Bnralna. RHINELANDER. Wis.. Oct. 4 Fire in the lumber district of this town thla even ing destroyed property valued at $00,000 and rendered 400 people homeless. The fire started In the lumber yard of the Brown Bros. Lumber company and after sweeping that yard clean it spread to the Robbins Lumber company's yards, which were en tirely destroyed. 1 high wind was blowing, which carried the fire Into the residence district adjoin ing the lumber yards, destroying about seventy-five small dwelling- houses. About 60.000,000 feet of lumber was destroyed. After burning over the greater portion of eight blocks the fire was got under control late this evening. The homeless people are being cared for tonight In the city hall and other public buildings. The total Insurance is about $400,000. The principal losers are: Brown Bros., $250,000; Insurance, $175,000. Robbins Lumber company, $225,000: Insurance, $165,000. Two school houses and engine house, $25,000. The loss on dwelling houses is about $75,000. ARGUING THE CHADWjCK, CASE Government Advances Heaaons Why Convlrted Woman Should Not Have New Trial. CINCINNATI, Oct. 4--The argument of the government against the contentions in the petition for a new trial for Mrs. Cassle L. Chad wick, now under- sentence of ten years In the Ohio penitentiary for con spiracy to wreck an Oberlln, O., Nntlonal bank was continued today by Assistant District Attorney S. H. Garry before the United States court of appeuls In this city. District Attorney Sullivan presented part of the case on behalf of the government at today's session of the court and after the conclusion of Mr. Garry's argument, former Judge Francis J. Wing closes for Mrs. Chadwick. At the conclusion of Judge Wing's address the matter was taken under advisement by the court. A decision is not expected earlier than the November session of the court. FINDS GAS LEAK WITH MATCH Two Men Killed and Two Injured by Explosion In Court House In Cincinnati. CINCINNATI. O., Oct. 4.-A terrific ex plosion of gas under the floor of the county commissioners' office at the court house this atcrnoon killed George Zimmerman, chief clerk of the commissioners, and Rus sell Blair. ' and assistant clerk. George Maley and George Klemen, county em ployes, were Injured. Blair was to heve been married soon. The explosion was caused by escaping gas coming Into contact with a light-d match In the hands of an employe who waa looking for a leak. CARTER STILL ON STAND For the Ninth Consecutive Day Former Captain Is Ques tioned by Lawyer. CHICAGO, Oct. 4 Inquiry into the finan cial transactions of Captain O. M. Carter was resumed today before special examiner Richard W. Wyman. Assistant State's At torney tieneral Erwhi questioned the de fendant closely, regarding a series of bond deals made In New York In October, lWj. This was Captain Carter's ninth con secutive day on the witness stand. It is expected It will take several more weeks for the government attorney to complete the cross-examination of Captain Carter. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Fish Commission Places Bass In Nebraska waters. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 4 --(Special Tele gram.) I'pon the recommendation of Sen ator Millard, the I'nlted State fish com mission has planted black bass In the fol lowing streams: At request of Fred Lrhunkuhl and A. B. Perslnger. $75 In I.odgcpol creek at Idgepole; at the le quest of Robert Blum, 1.5 In a pond al Millard; at the request of R. L. Osborne, 250 In old river bed bayou at Belgrade Movements of Her a a Yeaarla Oct. 4. At New York Arrived: Pennsylvania from Hamburg; Majewi,., from Liverpool' Koenlg Alliert and I'rlns Oscar, freiri Nsples. Sailed: Oceanic, for Liverpool ; Hndam, for Rotterdam; IJguiia, fur Naples. At I Jverpool Sailed : Baltic, for New York: Merion. for Philadelphia; Ijike Mani toba, for Montreal. Arrived: lvernla, from itoaton: Philadelphia, from Portland. At Indon Arrived: Columbian, from Boston. At Bristol Sailed: Montford. for Mont real. At Almeria-Sailed: Gallic, for New York At Mueenaiow n Arrived: Nordland. from i'tuUuslLUU. Xeuiunic lioia Nw luik,. BIGGEST DAY CROWD Hnnarsd and Tift Thousand Feople Wiv dtm Cifio and Military Parade. STREETS FAIRLY PACKED WITH HUMANITY Visitors Fotr Into Imperial City ! lonot of Ak-Ear-Bern. GOVERNOR COMES TO SET EXAMPLE Chief Execitive of 8 late Reviews Ptgeatt Which Breaks Beoorda. PRONOUNCES IT GRAND ACHIEVEMENT Police Handle Vast Crowds In Japerh Manner, Allowing Not a Slngla Mlahap front Cnagcated. St recta. Ak-ear-Ben Program. Gates open from 9 a m. until midnight. Hand concerts, 1 and 7 p. m. Free Attractions Mine. Ami, aerial artist, 2 and 8 p. m.; Phil J Greene, spiral tower, 4 ;i and 10:30 p. m.; Prince Youtuckev, high wire acts. 2 io and 9 p. m.; slide for life, 3:lt and f:fo p. m. All shows open at 1:80 and T:S0 p. m. Iouglas County Agricultural society ex hibition. Nebraska moving picture show, 7:30 to 9 3" p. m. Fleet rlcal pageant tonight. Today Is Scottish Clans and Macc&beea at KJss'i Highway. 19". 19IM. First day 8,267 l.NI Second day 6.4s;t fi,078 Third day 6.533 Fourth day U.4XI 19.4 Fifth day 12,231 lO.Ul Sixth day H.0W3 13.9 Seventh day 30,061 24,11 It was a splendid parade and a most magnificent crowd that wit nessed tt. Such remarkable demon strations can have but one signifi cance, namely that the people of the. state and adjecent states from which niany have come are en joying unbounded prosperity and have Immeasurable faith In the fu ture of Omaha, Nebraska, and the west. I am glad Indeed, to have tha pleasure of paying homage to tha good king, Ak-Sar-Ben XI, ruler of this grand empire. As I looked Into those vast seas of faces packed In and along the thoroughfares I waa moved with profound admiration and pride for Nebraska Governor John if. Mickey. I think fully 160.000 people viewed the parade. Chief of Police Dona hue, who rode at head of procession. Never before in the history of Ak-Sar-Ben have so many people turned out to see a daylight parade. As though making an effort to make restitution for rough winds, chilly temperature and clouds full of raindrops In past years, the weather behaved beautifully. The air waa clear and fine and the sun shone brightly. . Nevertheless - -the July temperature brought out the home guard strong. Street car men and other good Judges said they never had seen non-residenta pour Into Omaha In such numbers as they did dur ing the day. The two together made the streets Impassable at 1 o'clock, and a man was lucky If he could navigate on tha pave ment. It was no use trying on the side walk. Every available Inch waa taken when the long column that required thirty minutes to pass a given point went by. The procession was so long that It lapped on some of the turns, unexpectedly, and the rear part had to be delayed so as to bring the combination out right. Parade Fine of tha Kind. As for the parade. It waa a fine one of Its class. There were no novelties in it. Civic, military and fraternal were the In gredients, the same that has been used for many seasons. The offers, of good slred cash purses brought out drill and de gree teams primed their best to win, and they marched and completed evotutlona with spirit and dispatch. With a full regiment of the regular Infantry and two companies of the signal corps the military end of tha spectacle did not fall short. Of music thera was enough. The fire department made an excellent showing and the customary hint of the Ak-Sar-Ben Initlatlona and th Joke behind the gun were not missing. fiovernar Heads the List. ' Governor Mickey, General T. J. Wlnt, Ad jutant General Culver of the Nebraska Na tional Guard and Colonels J. w. Thomas of Omaha nnd S. A. Mellck of Lincoln of the governor's staff. Captain Clarence Cul ver of the Third cavalry at Fort Asslna boine. Mont.; Lieutenant William B. C'owin and Major Gray M. Zalinski, Captain Davi L. Stone and Captain William O. Doan who were Judges, reviewed the parade front, a special stand on the south side of Doug las street between Fourteenth and Fif teenth. The governor and the other mem bers of the party declared It waa a fine turnout and said they were glsd they had not missed it. On the reviewing stand In front of tha city hall Mayor Moores stared tha sun In the face for a full half hour while the parade went by. Me showed his military training by uncovering for the colors and lifted his hat to the women in the parade when they passed. With him were Dr. George L. Miller of the Board of Fire and Police ConmilJ-sioncrs and a few of his friends. The other seats on the stand were taken up by rnuncilmen, city hall officers and employes and therr friends. Mass of Humanity. Across the street tho court house terrace was a mass of people. A long stand had been built along the sidewalk. Back of this spectators grouped themselves on every foot of ground or available projec tion. As usual, the Arab patrol of Molla temple of the Shrlners at St. Joseph made a big hit with their continuous evolutions. Twenty-five men. or Just enough, shoulder to shoulder, to stretch across the pave-' mem, attired In black tuxedos, black rapa and red watr.tcnuts, made a pretty sight. Added to their trimness was their re markable mobility, and it was no wonder they drew lots' of spplause. Orand Marshal Wattles looked well on 4 splendid gray mount, as did Chief of Police Donahue and the Board of Governors. Flra chief Halter occupied his seat In the little . buggy he uses In responding to fires. Half a doxen engine, hose and hook and ladder companies sppeared behind lilin, with As sistant Fire Chief Simpson breaking the monotony. The newest and best equip ment, gaily decorated, waa trotted out and looked tine. The latest steamer, which liears the name of "Frank E. Moores," had pictures of 'he mayor conveniently div played Mllltla In Line. The Omaha Guards. Thurston Rifles and Company I. the local companies of the Na tional puaid, comDved well wlU the reg-