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The Omaha Daily Bee. SUBSCRIBERS ftflrt fa tet T rgrrff a praaipffy irWa rtparf ra Mr". WHAT 5 WANTED? OH bf Imtrnthtf a llfft W-i A a H Tha Bt't dJMffiea'rtrarffaraacWaiaat. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MOKNIXG, OCTOBER 6, IMS-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. ACCUSED OF FORGERY luperiBtanden. Dotif rty af Peoria Salaola Iadioted by 6raad Jmry. SIXTY THOUSAHD DOLLARS SHORT Examination Eaowi that Paao.la.ioii iotar Vaav lean. MAY RUN INTO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANOS Order for tha Arrtit Canaei Oraat lenaa- tion in Illinoia. PROMINENT IN EDUCATIONAL WORLD Mr. Doogherty,ls Former President of atlonal Educational Association and a Clone Personal Friend of Xleholaa M. Batter. PEORIA. III.. Oct. 6-Prof.' Newton C. Dougherty superintendent of city sehoole of Peoria for more than twenty year, pres ident of the Peoria National bank and a capitalist, was today arrested on two true bills returned by the grand Jury, charged with foraery and embeislement. The arrest followed an Investigation by the grand Jury of charges brought against Prof. Dougherty that the accounts of the school funds which were deposited In the bunk of which he was president were being manipu lated. The Investigation resulted In the discovery that there was a shortage of at least $60,000 The Investigation covered only the period from January. 1901. Tha grand Jury. It Is stated, will Investigate the entire record of Prof. Dougherty as superintendent of schools, and It '" be lieved a much greater shortage will follow. Klrat Arrest for Fernery. Prof. Dougherty waa first arrested on a charge of forgery, the specific charge be ing that he had forged a voucher for $164.50 for coal. He promptly furnished $3,000 ball. The Indictment and arrest on the charge of embezzlement followed this afternoon, and on this charge Prof. Dougherty fur nished $9,700 ball Following his arrest on the charge of forgery, Prof. Dougherty sent In his resig nation as president and director of the Peo ple's National bank. He also sent In his resignation as superintendent of schools. Prof. Dougherty's arrest created a sen sation. He has been reputed a wealthy man, owning much real estate and consid erable western land, and Is connected with a number of financial Institutions besides the Peoria National bank. Tweaty-Flve Years In Office. Mr. Dougherty has been city superin tendent of schools for twenty-flve years. He Is Immensely wealthy and Is president: of the , Peoria National bank. Is a heavy stockholder In the Dime Savings and Trust company, the Tltlo and Trust company, the Fcorla Livery company and other concerns. He Is a trustee or the fund of $175,000 held ly the National Educational association and Is a past president ef the association. He Is a close friend of Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university of New fork, and 'has been for years regarded as one of the foremost educational men In the country. The news of his arrest created the greatest excitement. Although rumors of the gravest character have been heard for some time, friends of the financier were loyal to him. Dougherty Promises Restitution, Shortly beforo his arrest and before It was known that lie would be apprehended, Prof, Dougherty stated that If the Investi gation showed a shortage that he would make It good. He aald that he would stay right In Feoila; that It was here that he had been honored, and here he would stand trial. He was seen Immediately after bis arreht, but declined to make any further statement for publication. At 12.36 o'clock he sent In his resignation as president and director of 'the Peoria National bank. The letter was directed to S. O. Spring, cashier of the bank, and stated that owing to rumors on the street that he desired to tender his resignation. Trie crime for which he was arrested waa forging a voucher for $164.60 for coal al lotted to have been delivered for school purposes, but which was not delivered. The date of the voucher waa March 7, 1903. Immediately following their partial re port the grand Jury Immediately reconvened and continued their Investigation of the school funds. State's Attorney Bcholes was out of the pity, but A. M. Otman, first assistant In the office, and who arranged the details of giving bail, declined to make any statement, ssve that the Indictment was for forgery and that the case would be treated Just like any other similar In character. CLERK SAVES THE JEWELRY Daring Daylight Attempt at Robbery la ew York Thwarted by Employe. NEW YORK, Oct. i.-ln broad daylight and with hundreds of people on the street Louis Brown, a negro, made an attempt to rob a Maiden Lane jewelry store of $2,000 worth of gems today. His attempt was frustrated by Oscar Windorf. a clerk, who grappled with the would-be thief and Who was btuhhed by the negro. Brown la g carrier for Jewelry salesmen. Today he entered the store of Cross & Begulln and as .ed to see some Jewolry. The c lerk no ticed the negro put a tray of Jewelry under Ms Ctut and Immediately seised him. Brown drew a knife and slashed the clerk until he finally got free. A chase of eev eral blocks followed, Brown swinging right and left with his weapon as he rushed through the crowds. He was finally cap- lured by a police officer, whom he at tempted unsuccessfully to stab. Windorf was not seriously Injured. WILL MEET IN COUNCIL BLUFFS Kest Besslon of ftoelrty of Army of Tennessee Will Re Held la Hawkey City. CINCINNATI. Oct. B.-The Bocntty of the Army of the Tennessee met In annual ses sion In this city today, the president. Gen eral Oienvllle M. rtodge of New York, pre siding. The first session was entirely de Noted to business and occupied the morning. At the afternoon session a resolution to provide for the repairs and care of the Ho Pherson monument on ths battlefield at At lanta was passvd. At the sot-Ul session at the Auditorium to night addresses were made by General Dodge, Brigadier General Fred 8. Grant, Wuodtion S. Marshall and others. It was unofficially announced tonight that (he itf-xt annual aeakluu will be Lel4 at ClWUl Bluffs, YELLOW FEVER SITUATION t'pper Part of City at ew Orleans Pruetlcully Pre front tk rlagae. r NEW ORLEANS, Oct. S.-Repo I yel low fever situation to 6 p. m.: New case 9 Totsl to date .i.'i22 Deaths K S Total to date . d New fool .. Vnder treatment .. 1M Discharged ..15M Only four of the cases re- we-e above Canal street, thua kee ip' the proportion that has been noted for the past month. Of the 198 cases now under treat ment less than twenty-flve are above Canal street. That means that the upper part of the city Is practically clear of fever. The following reports from the country were received: Kenner. one new cases; t Terre Bonne parish (two days), twelve new cases: Ame lia and Rayou I.'Ourse (three days), seven new cases, one death; La Place and vicinity ((even days), twenty-six cases and four deaths; Rarntarta. three new cases. JACKSON. Miss., Oct. 5.-The Mississippi yellow fever situation for the past twenty four hours Is as follows: . Tort Gibson. thirteen new cases, one death: Hamburg, two new cases, one suspicious case; Nat- ehei. six new cases, no deaths; Vlcksburg, four new cases In city; Gulfport. three new cases; Sorla City, one new case: Roxle, four new cases: Roselta, three new cases, two deaths. PENSACOI.A. Fla.. Oct. 5 The official fever summary today Is as follows: New cases IS Total to date Deaths todnv S Total to date x Cases discharged to date 7S Cases under treatment 9o MISSOURI MAY TAKE ACTION Superintendent of Insnranre Will Probably Revoke License of Of fending Life Companies. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Oct. R. W. D. Vandlver. state superintendent of Insur ance, who last night stated that unless the money alleged to have been misused by the New York Life Insurance company was returned and a complete change In management Immediately effected that he would revoke the charter of the New York Life company to do business In Missouri, tonight gave out the following statement to the Associated Press: There are other companies that may have to he dealt with besides the New York Life and therefore I think It Is Important that whatever action Is taken shall be carefully considered, so that consistency may mark the treatment all the way through. Of course whatever action Is taken will affect only the new business of the companies and can have no bearing upon a contract already issued. There are three ways In which the In surance superintendent can act upon these matters under the laws of Missouri: 1 Immediate revocation of the license. I. Temporary suspension of the company pending a further Investigation. 3. For the superintendent to demand a change of management and' the refunding of the Issued money, or both, giving the company a reasonable time to comply with the demand, and If the demand Is not com piled with to put In operation the first or second metnona or procedure. PACKERS TO PLEAD MONDAY Will Rater Plea of Not Guilty to Charge of Conspiracy and Demur to Other Coon Is. CHICAOO, Oct. 5. The packers, whose re cent attempt to abate the Indictments found against them charging conspiracy to monopolize the meat Industry of the coun try ended In failure, will on Monday next enter pleas of not guilty before Judge Humphrey. To all other counts In the In diet men t against them demurrers will be filed tomorrow morning. The demurrers are general and charge ambiguity, vague ness and uncertainty against seven of the counts and chnrge that In two of the rc mainlng counts double charges are con tained. The demurrers for the five Indicted corporations will be filed separately and the officials of the companies wljl demur as, a unit. Men who have been Indicted as agents will In each case file separate demurrers All of the processes are similar, setting tip the same facts. The attorneys for the packers tonight announced that the men Indicted are willing to stand trial on their pleas of not guilty of conspiracy to monopo Use the meat Industry and of not guilty of acts In restraint of trade and commerce. ICE FAMINE IN , CHICAGO shortage In Supply Also Reported li Many Cities In Iowa. Wisconsin nd Minnesota. LA CROSHB. Wis., Oct. 5. Gustave Each, secretary of Esch Brothers A Ha be Chicago Ice dealers, was In Ia Croase to day and endeavored to buy Ice. He tele phoned seven cities and could not buy a tingle cake. He aald Chicago had a supply that will Inst no longer than six days. Mr. Esch found the Ice famine In force at Davenport, Dubuque, Clinton and Mc Gregor. la. St. Paul and Duluth. Minn. and La Crosse and Superior, Wis. He Is making a canvass of the entire west. Ice dealers here are selling no Ice to private people. AMERICAN CONSUL RETURNS Representative nt Nicaragua Will Tell of Arrest of Two Amer ica n Cltlseaa. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. I Chester Don aldson. consul at Managua. Nicaragua, has arrived here en route to Washington to ex i plBln IronaI1r " tha Department of Stute the case of the two Americans named Al bers, now held In prison by the president of that republic. The consul haa with him all the documen tary evidence In the matter. The evidence, Donaldson says, will show that the two Alb'rs were wrongfully Imprisoned by the Nlcaraguan government and he Intends to Justify the stand he took to gain their lib erty. EXPLOSION IN POWDER MILL Delaware Towna ahaken When Pow der Gives Way at tha Dnpont Works. WILMINGTON, Del.. Oct .-Wllmlngton and surrounding towns were terrifically shaken today by an explosion of powder at tha Dupont powder works, Just outside the city limits. Tha force of the explosion was fell for a distance of twelve miles. No on was Injured, as the workmen had not yet reported for duty. The roof of mill No. 13, where the explosion occurred, was blown off and one of the walls de molished. Houses In the vicinity of the mill were damaged, by the eUatwruig of .aluUuW. glaaa, NEPOTISM IN MUTUAL LIFE MoCariy'i Son and Bon-in-Law Draw Two and Half MiUiont in Cammuaitna. R0ME WILL NiW TAKE A HAND Extraordinary Session of Grand Jury Will Investigate Charges (jraft In Insurance i Companies. NEW YORK, Oct. 5. That the astound ing total of more than $2.tWO,000 has been paid as commissions by the Mutual Life Insurance company to two members of the family of Richard A. McCurdy. president of the company, and the promise of Dis trict Attorney Jerome thst the Insurance scandals certainly will be submitted later to an extraordinary grand Jury were the sensational developments today. This was brought out by testimony by the legisla tive Insurance committee that Robert If. McCurdy, son of Richard A. McCurdy. has received as commissions on foreign business I1.1S3.S3 and on domestic business $MI.SS2. and that Louis A. Thebaud, son-in-law of Richard A. McCurdy, has received $9,1U In commissions. It was also brought out that Robert H. McCurdy expected his In come this year would be about $110,000. Previous to this testimony W. F. Thum mel. an attorney of the Mutual Life In surance company, testified that he paid to the chairman of the republican congres sional campaign committee the sum of $i5o0 In cash as a campaign contribution. Jerome Will Investigate. Mr. Jerome said In court that the scandal will be submitted to an extraordinary Jury and said the Inquiry by the legislative com mittee had shown "greater moral obliquity and moral obtuseness on the part of the persons Important in the business world than did the shocking revelations In regard to the Equitable Life.'' An Incident of the day's developments was the publication of a letter from Charles E. Hughes, counsel for the legislative com mittee, to Samuel Untenneyer, counsel for James II. Hyde, the former controlling stockholder of the Equitable Life Assurance society, In which Mr. Hughes said the com mittee would make no discrimination In favor of Mr. Hyde In his examination. The Chamber of Commerce at Its meeting today adopted a resolution declaring that additional legislation is necessary for the proper regulation of life Insurance com panies. W. F. Thummel, the attorney who was associated with Judge Andrew Hamilton In looking after legislation for the New York Lire, the Mutual and the Equitable, In the so-called legislative pool. Untitled before the committee that he was now em ployed as attorney for the Mutual Life In surance company at a salary of $7,200 a yesr. Mr. Thummel said that he personally placed In the hands of the chairman of the republican congressional committee the sum of $2,S00. which had been given the witness for that purpose by Vice President Grannls of the Mutual Life Insurance com-' pany. Witness said the contribution had been suggested by the danger of a demo cratic house, that would result In tariff and other legislation of a character to upset ''bnin'nesa and affect policy holders. He said other companies had been asked to contribute, but he did not know how many did. Mr. Thummel denied paying money to any legislator for the purpose of Influencing legislation to any other person for thst purpose. He described the legis lative pool, and said the expenses were met by the company looking after the territory In which the expenses were In curred, and later an adjustment of these expenses were made between the three companies. He had received money from the New York Life In these adjustments but kept no account of his disbursements. Mr. Thummel said Mr. McCall waa In error In his testimony yesterday, that he had paid money to witness to further super vision of Insurance. Witness had talked to Mr. McCall o this subject and Mr. McCall had promised to contribute to It, hut no money was paid. He further de scribed the division of territory In the country under which the three companies looked after 'legislation affecting Insurance Interests, and said the Mutual had puld out In 1904, about $15,000 for legislative work. Robert MeCurdy'a Testimony. It was at this point that Herbert II. Mc Curdy was called. He had a number of documents In his hand as he mounted the platform, and when he had been sworn he testified that he was the general man ager of the Mutual IJfe Insurance Com pany. Hli powers, he said, were dele gated to him by the president and vice presidents of the company. His duties were prlnclpslly confined to the supervision of the agency system of the company In this country and abroad. Like Mr. Perkins of the New York Life he appeared to be the one factor that built up the foreign busi ness of his company. 'His salary waa $3,000. Mr. McCurdy had a typewritten state ment of his career, which he asked per mission to read. This detailed his various compensations, contracts and commissions. There were a number of reductions In the commissions, which he said were made at his own request owing to the unforeseen success of the foreign business. This for eign business was inaugurated because of the success attained by the New York IJfe and the Equitable aoclety. Mr. McCurdy started this foreign business In 1W and assumed the office of general manager In 1903 at a salary of $30,000. The most startling part of Mr. McCurdy's testimony was made Just before the recess when he submitted a statement of his profits or the revenue from his contracts on the foreign business. From 188 to 1902. while he was a member of the firm of C. H. Raymond Co., the Metropolitan agents of the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, his profits were $309,193. Vnder his contract with the firm he paid one-half or $104, WI to Mr. Raymond, and from 1S9J, when he left the firm,' down to August 31, 1906, his commissions were $1,069,747. making a total personal revenue from the foreign business from 188ft to 1906 of $1,163.89. V Half Million More. During the period of his connection with, the firm of C. H. Raymond at Co.. Mr. McCurdy according to his own testimony was receiving his own share on the profits of the Mutual Life Insurance company written by his firm aa the metropolitan agents. This sum Mr. McCurdy was un able to give estimate on, and later In the day when Mr. Raymond was called It waa brought out that these profits to Mr. Mc Curdy amounted to $&41.s&2 net or after his share of the expenses of ths firm s profits had been deducted. This made a total of $17.O0.6M that Mr. McCurdy received In commissions. In 1S33 when Mr. McCurdy retired from th firm of C. H Raymond A Co.. he was succeeded by Louis A. Thebaud a son-in-law of President Richard A. McCurdy of th Mutual Llf Insurance company. He waa practically undar th same contract aa Robert McCurdy and from MM down to 1904 he received In com- M'CLELLAN IS RENOMINATED Mayor of ew York Will Make An other Raee a Candldnte of Tam many Hnll Orgnnlntlon. NEW YORK, Oct. l-Mavor George R. McClellan tonight waa renominated for mayor of New York City for the four years' term, beginning January 1 next, by the democratic city convention, or Tammany hall organisation. Mr. McClellan Is now rounding out his first term of two years, the state legislature having recently amended the city charter so as to provide for a four years' tenure of ofTlce for offi cials of Greater New York. The Tammany convention was held In Carnegie hall amid much enthusiasm. The fact that the entire ticket had been decided upon previously did not aeem to diminish the ardor of the delegates of the greater city. They entered upon the work of ratify ing the slate with much earnestness. Mr. McClellan was the only member of the present administration nominated, the ticket being as follow: For Mayor George B. McClellan of Man hattan. For Comptroller Herman A. Meta of Brooklyn. For President of th Board of Aldermen -Patrick F. McGowan of Manhattan. Mr. Meta is named to succeed Comptroller H. M. Grout and Mr. McGowan to succeed President Charles V. Tomes. Mr. Fornes presided at tonight's convention. A resolution waa adopted highly com mending President Roosevelt for his serv ices in bringing about peace between Russia and Japan. Mayor McClellan waa notified of his nomi nation and appeared In the hsll shortly after 11 o'clock. ' Again there was an en thusiastic demonstration. The platform adopted touches upon mu nicipal ownership and declares that it has long been accepted aa a democratic doc trine. This plank snys: Public ownership Is no longer a catch word, but a principle applied and In ope ra tion In tills the greatest of American cities. An Intelligent democratic administration niav he entrusted with the continued ap plication and the ultimate triumph on safe lines on the principle of municipal control of municipalities. PLACE FOR A WYOMING MAN J. W. Vanorsdel Slated for Position of Assistant Attorney General. (From a StafT Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. (Special Tele gram.) J. W. Vanorsdel of Wyoming, It Is said, will succeed Louis A. Pradt aa assist ant attorney general when the latter files his definite resignation. Mr. Pradt at pres ent Is in Europe, but before leaving on his vacation for travel on the continent Indi cated to the attorney general that he would not resume his position on bis return. The Wyoming delegation. learning of this va cancy. Immediately filed a claim upon the place and presented J. W. Vanorsdel for the position. Mr. Vanorsdel has been long In public life in Wyoming. For years he was chair man of the republican state committee, and In the ISM campaign did yeoman ser vice for sound money. Since ISM Mr. Van orsdel has directed the republican cam paigns In Wyoming and occupies a very strong position at the bar of the slate. Senator Burkett was : "White House today for a short time, as he said, on merely routine matters. He presented to the president today a copy of the resolu tions adopted by the recent republican state convention In Nebraska on the sub ject of railroad rate regulation, and the senator, Just In a word, said that the presi dent seemed to be pleased with the stand taken by the Nebraska republicans. COUNCILS PASS VETOED BILLS klrmlsh In Philadelphia Over In creasing City Debt lx Million Dot lara. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6.-There was another skirmish In city councils today between the forces on the side of Mayor Weaver and those supporting the repuhll-! can organization over the matter of In creasing the city's debt $.000,flno. Two weeks ago both branches of the city coun cil passed an ordinance authorizing an In crease In the city's debt of $4,000,000 for re moving the railroad grade crossings, and another authorizing the Increase of the debt $2,000,000 for street paving. Today Mayor Weaver vetoed both bills. The common council passed both blla ?h .?Km"yrr" m, . n"CrMry three-fltths vote, while select council .us- a l" a . " Tf bl"- b,U Dassed the grade crosslna hill over tho over tho mayor's disapproval. I'nder the laws governing the municipal ity, the grade crossing loan hill now goes to the people who must approve the meas ure by vote before the city's Indebtedness can be Increased. CUSEY ON WITNESS. STAND TraBle ManaaJer of Srhwaraaehlld A Snlshrrger Testifies Concern. Ing Rebatea. CHICAGO, Oct 5. At the hearing of the Interstate Commerce commission which Is Investigating the question of railroad re bates, the chief witness today was B. 8. Cusey, traffic manager for the packing house firm of Schwarzschlld Sulzberger. He had previously been directed by the court to prepare certain data and today brought It Into court. His evidence showed that the company received from the rail roads during the last three years some thing over f.M.oro for "losses and damages' on snlpments from Kansas City to Chicago. One of these Items waa $11,000 due to a wreck. Mr. Cusey admitted that he had been directed by the members of the firm to favor certain roads In making shipments for the reason that they "were good friends of the firm." PENSION AGENT APPOINTED Dr. A. II. Thompson of Washington Will Take Temporary Charge of Dee Molnea Olllee. WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The office of pen sion agent at Dee Moines, la.. In which vacancy waa occasioned by the recent death of It. p. larkson. has been temporarily filled by the appointment of Dr. A. H. Thompson, chief of the financial division of tha pension bureau, who will serve until the selection of an Iowa man can be agreed upon. Dr. Thompson left for Dee Molnea last night and Immedltely upon his arrival will begin ths payment of pensions for the last quarter. Jerry Simpson Better. WICHITA. Kan., Oct t Ex-CV.nrreaa-man Jerry Simpson, last niant apent an other Mood night at St. Kraocls hospital. Dr W. A. Minirk said early t.lay: "Thero Is a good chance that Mr. Blmpaun may get up and out of bed aaain. Pr,.. Ip:ts ar very go4 for faia Uuupvrary n- I OFFICERS IDENTIFY CROWE DetectiTsi Dunn and Eeitfeldt Expect to Start on Return Trip aatmrday. PRISONER ANXIOUS TO GET TO OMAHA Telia a Story of Plot to Kidnap John D. Rockefeller Which Failed Reeanae Ills Pnrtner Weakened. BUTTE, Mont. Oct. S.-tSpeclal Tele gram.) Chief of Detectives Henry Dunn of Omaha and Detective Henry Heltfeldt of that place arrived In Butte this afternoon nd at once Identified the prisoner as Crowe. The recognition was mutual and the greet ings were exchanged almost as soon as the Nebraska officer reached the corridor of the Jail. Crowe expressed much pleasure at the ar rival of the Omaha detectives and almost the first question he asked was when they intended to return to Omaha, remarking that he was ready any time, waiving the formality of requisition papers. Captain Dunn declared, however, that he ' would take no chances of any balk and tomorrow would proceed to Helena and secure Gov ernor J. K. Toole's signature to the requisi tion papers. Captain Dunn says he Is under strict orders from Chief of Police Donahue of Omaha not to take the slightest chance with the prisoner and Crowe must return to Omaha heavily shackled and under con stant guard. From the expressions of the Omaha officers they regard Crowe as a des perado who would not hesitate at taking the slightest chance of effecting his escape at any cost. They will leave for Omalta Saturday evening. Dunn and Heltfeldt ex pressed much satisfaction over the capture of Crowe. Crowe simply bombarded the officers with questions about Omaha and his friends at his home town. He was particularly anxious as to the welfare of his wife, who has re mained true to him through all his trouble. He also expressed much concern as to the number of charges likely to be brought against him at Omaha, apparently dreading the prospect of being sent to the peniten tiary. He laughed and chatted with the officers for some time. Crowe Has Mnny Visitors. The county Jail today resembled a recep tion room, so dense were the rrowda seek ing a sight of Crowe. The publication this morning for' the first time of photographs of the prisoner had the effect of bringing out scores of women desirous of a view of the noted prisoner. Many of the women carried bouquets and some fruit. Crowe received all pleasantly and he ex pressed regret that the openings through his cell did not permit of his extending more than three fingers for shaking hands, Crowe apparently enjoys the notoriety, as he has given the sheriff and Jailors In structions to admit everyone who wants to see him. as he does not know when he will again come to Butte. In an interview today Crowe expressed much admiration for the elder Cudahy, and said he was sorry for the way he had treated the man for whom he once acted in a trusted capacity. Captain Dunn declared tonight that h took little stock In Crowe' fconfesalon of young Cudahy being Implicated In the kid naping. Crowe maintains silence regarding the denial of the elder Cudahy, absolutely re fusing to talk on the subject. Rig Deal Which Failed. "If my partner had not got -jold feet we would have made $2,000,000 out of a deal soon after the Cudahy trlok," said I'at Crowe at the county Jail this morning. "You're a pretty good reporter, and I'll Just give you the story of the time I planned to kidnap old Rockefeller and get the son to give me $;,ono.flftO ransom. I guess that will make the newspapers of the country sit up and listen. i "It was Immediately after the. Cudahy affair' that my partner and I never mind his namewere laying low In Chicago laughing at the excitement over the Cudahy frH,r " wa" rn,lv ,nnt 1 ""Sweated we go after bigger game, and Hie result was that within a week we took the train to Cleveland to kidnap old Rockefeller and get the big hunch from the boy. Well, we got down there, went nut to his place at Forest Hill, six miles east of Cleveland, and sized up the place. It waa dead easy. The old man was there. It Is a quiet coun try place. It was a snap. I tell you. "Well, to get down to business, we planned to hold up the watchmen, gag lhem. get Into the house at nlght-we Sad , of , ,,,,, We fl 1 """" he old msn Into a rig and make I .. . .. ....... the young fellow dig ip. You bet he would have come through so fait It would have made your head swim. "We fixed the thing for Wednesday night. About 6 o'clock my partner said he wasn't feeling well and he asked to put It off until the next night. Well, I put It off, and at noon the next day, Thursday, he broke down got cold fe-t and said he thought we were being watched right then. That settled It. I began to fear that he was going to give the whole snap away about the Cudahy affair, so I lit out for New York, from there to South Africa, and that was all there ever was to it" Cltea Some Preredrnta. "Rockefeller Is holding up the world and getting his ransom, too," he added. "Why shouldn't I make him come across If I have the chance? I'm not the originator of this ransom business. Did you ever read any Roman hlatoryT Caesar was the boss kid naper of the works. When he was run ning the world he used to send old Rrutu and some of his generals over to Carthage, grab one of the big kings In that country and make them put up several millions be fore they gave him bark. History Is full of the same, "They call It kidnaping nowadays. In those days it waa statecraft. "Rockefeller Is the oldest kid I ever had designs upon and If I only had a fellow with me that would go the rmite I would have made John D., Jr., give me 2,i0,00fl or even $3,000,000. If I wanted It. If I onto had the irymey don't you worry that I would ever be pinched for It. The Rocks fellers wouldn't mlsa It and I wouldn't be Jumping sideways for a meal today. Maybe." concluded Crowe, with a sickly smile, "I'll get old Rocky yet." Merely Case of Veraelty. Chler Donahue sent the following tele- ! "ram We,r",d"r afternoon to Chief Mul holland at Butte: Please Inform ma whether Crowe gave statement, appearing In the Butte Evening News, that young Cudahy was Into the plot to hold up his father for $'.000. It la ab sol'jt.ly untrue that the Cudahy boy had anything to do with the putting up or car rying out of tha Job. Tha following reply waa reoelved Thurs day morning from Chief Mitlholland: Butta, Went, Oct. I Crowe will Bot admit Cudaby was Implicated. Evening Butte News haa alatemt-rit w'th Crowes signature. U( I.HOLLAND. Chief of Police. Pat Crowe Interviews. "It la my opinion," says a member of the police department, that Pat Crowe j, aCautlaual tin Bacond Paae.l " NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Friday. aatarnay Cooler. Fair and Tent per tare nt Omaha Testerdavi Hoar. Ieg. llonr. Den. ft a. m tit 1 p. m HI n a. m tl a n. m K'l T n. m ...... l 3 p. wi...... ft n. m ..... . A.1 4 p. m ' D , M T It p. m ..... . K l to n. m TO A p. m ...... TV II I, M TT t l. TT U si TO M p. wi ...... TA n p. m T.i OMAHA IDEAS IN CINCINNATI Mrs. F. H. Cole Telia How Woman's Clnba Can Re ceessfnlly Mnnnged. CINCINNATI. O., Oct. S.-(8peclal Tele gram.) "The Ideal nay to manage a woman's club Is to allow every member to feel that she has a voice In the oluh proceedings and to preside with such tact and diplomacy that every member will In stinctively feel that she counts and her voice and vote are a part of the Interests of the club." This answer to the query wss given In an Interesting little talk by Mrs. F. H. Cole. Mrs. Cole was formerly president of the Omaha Woman's club, which 1 one of the largest In the I'nlted States. "The Idea that a woman's club of more than JflO members." said Mrs. Cole, "Is an organ isation hard to manage Is lost sight of when the president of such an organisation succeeds In making each member feel that she Is a part of the club. Every member should be given equal opportunity In the 'duties as well as the pleasures of the club. and every woman should be made such a friend that she will loyally support her president. I do not believe the right kind of a woman In the office of president finds a woman's club any more difficult to nre- slde over than the right kind of a man at the head or a men's club finds It to preside over his club. I think that the general public msgnllles the Idea of the number of club women who get the erase for office to such an extent that they want to divide the club Into factions. Our Omaha woman's Club has no difficulty In the way of 'limited' members, and therefore no troubles about who shall be 'allowed to come In.' 'Our club has seen to it that vacant lots are either brautlfled by flowers or made useful as gardens for the benefit of some worthy poor, has brought lecturers to the city, paid for a woman traveler's aid at the depots and done much In the way of art and music for tho city." DISCUSS PUBJJC OWNERSHIP Clvlo Federation Commission Will Mend Committee to Knrope to "tndy the Subject. NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-Melvllle E. Ingalls or v incinnati. president of the Board of Directors of the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chi ragw 6i at. nuns railroad. was todav chosen to head the commission of the Na tional Civic Federation which has under. taken a study of the municipal ownership problem aa It appears both In this cnuntrv and abroad, The commission met In this cny toaay. the first session being nresldod over. by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of tbor ' and first vice president of the National civic Frtra. tlon. August Brlmont. president of the federation. Was unable to be present, hav ing undergone an operation today. Near me cinse or today's session a telegram wn read from Mr. Belmont, saying he had come safely from uhder the surgeon's knife and was on the road to recovery. Mr. In galls presided over the afternoon session. In addition to Mr. Ingalls as president the other officers of the commission chosen today are: First vice president. John Mitchell. Indianapolis, president of the mine workers; second vice president. John O. Agar of New York City, president of the reform association; secretary. Edward A. Moffat of New York City, editor of the' Bricklayer and Mason. An executive committee and a commute. on Investigation also were named, among the members being K. E. Clark. Ced'ir Rapids. la.; E. Rosewater, Omnha Neb Frederick N. Judson. Ht. Iouls; Walter MseArthur. Nan Francisco. The commission will meet agntn tomor row. The Investigating committee will first take up municipal ownership. CARTER STILL ON THE RACK Former Captain F.xplnlna Further Ills Bank Aeronnta and Hail, ness Dealings. CHICAGO. Oct. B -Cross-examination of former Captain Oherlln M. Carter by attor neys for ths federal government was con tinued before Special Examiner Richard W. Wyman. It Is the tenth consecutive day of rroes-examlnatlon In the case, n which the government seeks to rntillscate Car ters' private fortune of $rtno,onn. Csrter was closely questioned regarding a deposit of $S1.70 made to the credit of his personal ac count In the t'nion Trust company, New Tork, December 2.1, M Among the de. posits of this date was a note for ful signed by R. F. Westcott. the defendant's father-ln-lsw. Carter explained that tho note was for borrowed money. Incumen- tary evidence was Introduced regarding the bank deposit of $.100 made by Captain Car ter June SO, 1R. consisting of Interest cou. pons on bonds. ROPE FOR CHICAGO ALDERMEN Vlgllanre Committee Orgnnlshig ' to Look After Officials Who May Oppose Monlrlnal Ownership. CHICAGO, Oct. a. -The radical advocate of municipal ownership of street railways arranged today to form a vigilance com mittee to use force In rase of aldermen who vote In favor of a franchise nrdtnsnce. A rail waa Issued addressed to members of labor organizations, turner societies, single tax clubs and "all other progressive bodies." urging them to take action to see that the vote of tha city In favor of mu nlclpal ownership last spring be not nega tived by the action of aldermen who are, according to the proclamation, about to declare In favor of franchise extension. Several members of the Municipal Own ership League made threata of "using rope" If the aldermen voted for anything but government ownership of street railway lines. Movements of Orris Vessels Oet. 6. At New York Arrived: British IVIncess from Antwerp. Balled: U Ton a Inc. for Havre; Oroast-r Kurfurst, tor Hremen Bluecher, for Hamburg; Madonna, for Naples. At Liverpool Arrived; Teutonic, from K'miV VAI-t Lli.nl. nl... w . j Noordlunil. 'from Philadelphia, At Antwerp balled: Manitou, for Bos ton. At Queenstpwn Sailed: Baltic, for New York. At Nuples Arrived: Princess Irene, from in w ium. At Dover Arrived : I'mtorla. from . New 1 SljrL VWJ. ' ' iNiw Jftuavi JU tw-vJla. XiuiuJVtiniipiJt ADVENT OF THE KING Comiag of Ak-Sar-Paa XI Wiuaaaad j Two Hnndrad Thonnana Paepla. MOST AUShCIOUS OF SUCH CVENTS Kiagdom of Quitera Holds Baoord of Sana llora Great ar Grand. CONDITIONS ARE IN PERFECT ACCORD Waatber Perfao,l Paopla Proaparoat, Tja- parial City Eaantifnlly IHnminaUd ELECTRICAL PAGEANT IEST OF ALL Only the Rnll Urklsi Sow te Olvo roblle Identity of Crowna and scepters to tha Jlew Holers. Out In' God's glorious out-of-doors of a beautiful autumn night, radiant, brilliant, dazzling with the Illumination of myriads of electric Unlit s and In the midst of one vsst, almost Innumerable sea of human beings, the eleventh ruler of the Kingdom of uulvera. the proud scion of the house of Ak-Rnr-Hen. made his advent Inst night. With regal splendor and majestic mien the good king received the sceptr of do. minion, bowed his recognition to the 178.000 or 2ix,0 loyal subjects of his empire, lit a cigar and said: "Gld-dap." And so the advent Is over and now sbideth only the ball to complete the cere mony attending the annual change In mon- archs of this realm when the king shall receive his crown and queen. If ever a king was ushered Into a king dom under conditions more auspicious, neither the Oldest Inhabitant nor the Care ful Observer could recall the Incident nor, forsooth, could the First Pettier. Tim weather was perfect; the people, coming from happy homes, were delightful; the streets, newly paved, were comforting; the Illumination waa gorgeous and over and above all, prosperity having reigned en universally and so long, gave assurance and equanimity of spirit to the newly ninde king. Moves an Time, This year's electrical psgeant. entitled "The World of Mystery," was drawn out of the den on North Twentieth street at 8 o'clock by eighty steeds from the royal stables, and was escorted through the streets by eighty mounted knights In srmor. Chief of Police Donohue, Bcrgeant Hayes and a detail of mounted police lead the parade with the board of governors following. Bands from various parti of the realm discoursed sweet music along the way and kept the king and his subjects In the best of spirits. The twenty floats seen last evening was another testimonial that Ak-Har-Ben la not only holding Its proud record In the float building line but is making progress from year to year. . The alght last evening from Sixteenth and Fern am atresia looking north over the slowly ninvlngpectacln waa ope of a lifetime. r There were many words of praise Spoken yesterday for Ous Renae, whose Inventive and executive ability has done so much to make the electrical parade a synonym for Omaha and Ak-Bar-Ben. Gould Diets. Walter Jardlue, Al Towell and George West have been on the parade committee and worked hard for the success. The most perfect system prevailed at the den last evening In getting the noats out for parade and getting the crowd of men to their various places without a hitch. King Ak-8ar-Ben XI was In the best of spirits last evening. He came (o town early In the .evening, was driven to the den In Gould Diets' auto. His serene majesty with his attendants reached Six teenth and Farnam streets at 1:10 and at tho city hall at 9:50. apeeehitiaklng Cut Onf. The usual exchange of f ellnltatlons be tween the mayor and the king did not take place laal evening when' the king rode past the city hall. The mayor and a num ber' of other olTV-ials occupied a reviewing stand In front of the city hall and when the king's float reached the stand there were such brief salutations as the occasion would permit. The mayor told the king he was glnd to sen him and the king told the major the same thing and then both agreed to meet today on the King a High way. Mayor Moores says the king knows he can have the keys of the city any time he wants I hem, so the speechraaklng In front of tho city hall has been abandoned. When the Grand Army of tha Itepuhlla float reached the city hnll and court house, where several thousand people had gath ered, an nvalion was given the old sol diers. One commendable feature of the evening was the superb manner In which ths police performed Ihe arduous task of handling tha vast throngs. The World of Mystery. Two rlasM'd hands on either side of tha title float sounds tha keynote of the elev enth ennunl Ak-Biir-Iten electrical parade. "The World of Mystery," this year's theme, has been hspplly selected. Tha subject suggests the close relations now existing between Omaha snd the various sections of the state, brought about to a large ex tent by Ak-Har-Hen and being In a way akin to the fraternal spirit fostered by tha secret orders represented III last night's pnrade. To carry out tho Idea of fraternal Ism In tho title flout an altar with an open book and binning Incense and myrrh ap peared at the front, while at the rear two live goals and a custodian were shown. Frank Wilcox was the goat-keeper. On horses at the side of ths title float Were It. K. Williams, Jack ftliarp, Ix'Wls Itlli k ensderfer and 1ester Drelbua. The Koblra of the Miatle Khrlae. This float was one of the best that aver was seen In an Omaha parade. The em blems of the order, the blind tiger, camel and gorgeous decorations of the Orient. The camel and tiger moved automatically, giving to the whole design a life-like ap-pentam-e. Tills float created mui'U en thusluHiii along the route. The rich tapes tries, verdiint foliugn, brilliant designs of tha Bhtlncrs' emblems blended perfectly with the flood of light shed from many eltotrlo lights. M. F. Thomas, John Yatea, J. J. Delight. E. L. Dodder, 11. A. Foster, Ed Kruger, F. W. Filch. Frank Martin. Charles Huntington and M. II. Collins wera the fShrlneis on the float. The horsemen Wjre George W. Fltchett, Iewls ltaapkc, A. Wellman and W. E. Tub. The Hoal Areannm. Considerable architectural design ap peared In the float that represented the Hoyal Arcanum. The front of Ihe float rep. resented a mat bin throne nith massive pil lars. On the throne or alcove were various meinlieie of the order In regalia. On each side of tha float appeared a Urge rosette. of V"va With ilbu, makj