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( The Omaha Daily Bee FOR BEST NEWS SERVICE YOU MUST HAVE THE BEE TO REACH THE PEOPLE ADVERTISE IN THE BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1905-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. 7 v.- 0.. IT CURDY WILL STAY President of the Mutual Lift Cempanj ; 171 Ha 'Will Hot Eeiign. DEALINGS WITH TPUST COMPANIES Corperations Fatrmizd bj Insnrance Com-J panies Suddenly Bf ctnt Prosperer WILL NOT PROSECUTE TELEPHONE Gsorge J. PlunkiU Will lot Be If to Answer Lharge of Perjury. x 5 d ROBERT M'CURDY'S EXPENSE A' JT Son of tho President Itn Prlrute tar While oo lnir lion Trio Through the Went. In NEW YORK, Oct. l9.-Rlchard A. Mc Curtly, president of the Mutual Life Insur ant rompuny, made the statement today that he had no Intention of resigning, that le w;is elected to serve until June 7. 190J, and that nothing fan or will drive him out. It wan uIfo announced from the district attorney' office that no action will be taken regarding the Oeorg" J. Ptunkltt mat ter that was turned over to the district at torney yesterday by tho legislative com mittee that I Investigating the Insurance companies, i Closing one of the most sensational nd strenuous weeks of the Insurance Investiga tion, the committee, Just before adjourn ment tndny, ronelttded the examination of Richard A. McCurdy. with the exception of few detail he la to supply next week. Mutes! Trnat Companies Prosper. Mr. McCurdy haa been on the stand the greater part of the three day of this week' session and some of his testimony ha been the most startling of any that haa been adduced before the committee. HI testi mony today, however, wa very much of n technical nature, though It was of much value to the committee In It work. When he resumed the stand thl morning It wa to take up hi testimony a to tho Mutual Life's connection with trust companle that waa Interrupted by adjournment yesterdny. The Information furnished by Mr. McCurdy disclosed that the trust companies with which tho Mutual Life wa connected be came very prosperous noon after they were taken up by the Mutual Life. Two cases In point were the Morristown Trust company at Morristown, N. J., where the McCurdy family live, and the United State Mort gage and Trut company. The former I now controlled by the Mutual Life, and M?. McCurdy testified that beside being a director of thin trust company he I a targe' stockholder and would take more stock If he could get It. The Mutual Life keep a balance of not less than $200,000 with thl company on which It draw from 3 to 8 per cent. The latter rate ha hern paid only since Sep tember. Mr. McCurdy did. not know the holdings of the other members ef hi fam ily In this company. Syndicate Operation. Tn the syndicate operation Mr. McCurdy aid that he participated not with the Idea of drawing bond, but to obtain his share of the commission allowed by banker. Mr. McCurdy was asked what life insur ance he carried and he wa unable to say t once, but Jame M. Beck, his counsel, presented a statement showing when the policies were taken out, for what amount and the plan. These aggregated JJO0.OM, all In the Mutual. Mr. McCurdy testified that' he was also Insured in the Equitable, -the Washington and the Connecticut Mutual. Before he left the stand, Mr. McCurdy said he paid (4,600 for his apartment In the Orosvenor building which Is owned by the Mutual. Travel In Private Car. When Mr. McCurdy wa excused his son, Robert H. McCurdy. was called to explain some charge for traveling expense in 1904. He said one of his dutle a general man ager was to visit the agenclea about the country. Three such trips were made, the expense bf which aggregated about $3,800. Mr. McCurdy said that while on one trip. h was accompanied by his father, mother, wife and the tatter's fnald. but that the expense account were for himself Indi vidually, and did not Include those gf sny other member of his family or party. He had a private car on one of these trips. He could not tell why the expenses on these trips were so large, but said ho would fur nish the details later. ' Mr. McCurdy was followed by W. W. Richards, comptroller of the Mutual, who explained the manner In which the Mutual acquired some properties by the foreclos ure, when the committee adjourned until next Tuesday. SPEAKERS AT LAKE MOHONK Professor W. J. Jenk and R. U O'Brien Talk of Ward of Nation. LAKE MOHONK. N. T.. Oct. 19.-Th statu and Interests of the Filipinos and the Hawallans were considered and dis cussed early today by the Lake Mohonk conference of friends of the Indian and other dependent peoples. Among the speak ers were Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks of Cor nell university; Robert Lincoln O'Brlep, Washington correspondent of the Boston Transcript; James A. LeRby of Duraugo, Mexico, who has recently visited- the Philip pines, snd Dr. Bancroft Devlns, editor of the New Vork Observer, who also hi travelled in the Philippines. Prof. Jenks was sent to the orient a a special commissioner by the United States frovernment td Investigate questions of currency, labor, Internal taxation and Ollc. His topic todav was "Somo Dtfnculttt'S In the Administration of Dependencies." "A Layman's View of the Philippine Question," was the them presented by Mr. O Brien. VALUABLE BONDS ARE STOLEN Securities of Mereed Bank Are Taken from Safe of Its tt toraeii. NEW YORK. Oct. lS.-Bonds of tb Peo ple's Gas. Light and Coke company of Buf falo. N. Y.. representing a face value of $30,000. were stolen on Tuesday, it was learned early today, from a safe tn the law office of Baldwin A Ward. 64 Lexing ton street. Brooklyn. Other bonds, valued ut liaC.OOO, were left untouched. The bonds are the property of the old Eighth Ward bank, which waa merged into the Borough bank, both of Brooklyn. Bald win & Ward are attorneys for the latter institution and have charge of litigations In which the bank, through the merging. Is Involved. The police believe that the snie was opened, by aa expert MIKADO WILL VISIT TEMPLE Cniperor nf Japan Plnns I nusual Celebration In Honor of Peace with Russia. TOKIO, Ki t. 19 4 p. m.-The C'nkial Ga lette in an ixtra issue today announces that the emperor will proceed to the Tim pie of Ise to celebrate the conclusion of pe.ue with Russlu. The date of his Journey has not yet lycn fixed. A ieraonal visit of the emperor to this temple is a. rare event. Thirty-three foreign military attach-? who were with the ManchurUn army wc-re received In farewell by the emperor today and were afterward Burets at luncheon. Among them were General Burnett of the British army and General MacArthur of the American army. It Is believed that the Fourteenth and Six teenth divisions of guards will be r:U to the Liaotung peninsula and the Thirteenth and fifteenth divisions to Corea. A reor ganisation of the army on the corps baois Instead of the division la being strongly ad vocated. The American miniHter, Lloyd Oriscom, will present William J. Bryan to the em peror on October 21. Huntington Wilson, secretary of the American legation, gave a luncheon today In honor of Mr. Bryan. Viscount Aokl, former minister of foreign affairs; Baron Kentaro Kaneko, member of the louse of peers, and M. Sakatanl, the vice minister of finance, were present. The last mentioned official Is a pronounced advocate of the gold standard. Mr. Oriscom will give a dinner to Mr. Bryan tomorrow. Marquis Ito, president of the privy council, and Count Okuma, leader nf the progressive party, are ex pected to bd present. ROYAL PARTY GOES TO INDIA Prince and Princes of Wales Usre London for Trip to Orient, LONDON. Oct. 19. The prince and princess of Wales started on their six ' month' tour of India today. King Ed ward, Queen Alexandra, the other mem bers of the royal family and the cabinet ministers bade them farewell at the rail way station. Tho prince and princess of Wales are going overland to Oenoa,' Italy, where they will embark on the British battle ship Renown, which Is due to arrive at Bombay Novembei 9. They will stay In India until March, visiting the principal cities and statoa and visiting the chiefs and princes on behalf of King Edward. Presents will be dispensed with nnd conse quently no present will be accepted by the prince and princess while on their tour. The departure of Lord Curzon of Kedles ton, the viceroy who resigned August 20 owing to the bitter feeling between the viceroy and Lord Kitchener, the commander-in-chief of the force In India, and who will be succeeded by the earl of Mlnto, wo postponed In view of the fact that King Edward desired Lord Curzon to re main and officially welcome the prince and princess of Wales. HOME RULE PETITION PASSED Australian Grant Ask Kin Edward flome - RuLa fa -Ireland. ' MELBOURNE. Victoria, Oct. 19. The Federal House of Representatives today adopted by 33 to 21 votes a motion to petition King Edward to grant home rule to Ireland. The Senate, by 16 votes to 11 adopted a motion to the effect that home rule should be granted to Ireland. This success of the home ruler Is at- trlbuted In a large measure to William I Redmond's recent campaign In Australia. The motion had been hotly debated and the labor party and liberals supported the home rulers. The federal premier, Alfred Deakln, In the course of the debate, prom ised to vote for the home rul principle as a necessary preliminary to the federa tion of the empire, but he would have preferred a resolution simply expressing trie opinion of the House to a petition which might lead to an unwelcome answer from the Balfour government. IRVING'S ASHES AWAIT BURIAL Remains of Actor Moved to Chapel of St. Faith, Westminster Abbey. LONDON. Oct. 19-The ashes of Sir Henry Irving, enclosed In a plain oaken coffin, are now lying In the chapel of St. Faith, Westminster abbey, waiting tomor row's elaborate ceremony of Interment in Poet's cornor. Their removal from the residence of , Baroness Burdett-Coutts. which wss guarded by a large force of police, took place this evening. CLEVELAND. Oct. 19.-A. F. Hartse. proprietor of the Euclid Avenue opera has started a national house of thl city, movement to erect a monument to Sir ! Henry Irving as a testimonial of American appreciation of the English actor's life work for the stage. The plan as briefly outlined Is to make the monument a tribute from managers, actors and admirers. PRINCE CHARLES IS WILLING Dane Will Accept Norwegian Throne If Elected by Majority of Storthlna. COPENHAGEN. Oct. ll.-An Important dispatch was received lute laat night from the Norwegian premier. M. Mlchaelson, at Christianla, notifying the Danish court that a full agreement had been reached by the iiiembt-rs of the Norwegian government on the advisability of a prompt settlement of the throne question by a resolution of the Storthing. The Danish ministerial council was im mediately summoned. The ministers sat for two hours, and It was announced this morning that the Danish court was ready to abandon the idea of a plebiscite and that Prince Charlc-s of Denmark was will ing to accept the crown of Norway when elected by a majority vt the Storthing. WILLIST0N BANKER IS FREEJ Man Accused Horses f Drallnar I Released Conn. In by Ml WILLISTON. N D.. Oct. 19. W. H. Denny, cashier of the First National bank, who wa arrested on a charge of receiving stolen horses, was discharged by Justice Leonhardy yexterdav because of a lack of sufficient evidence to warrant holding the accused. Denny, it was alleged, was disposing of horses which an organised gang of horse thieves in western Montana and north western North Dakota were stealing from farmers. 1 The evidence which resulted in bis arrest was found on a l.jrie thief who was shot by officer while Irylnf to cape. PROBING BANK'S AFFAIRS Clark of Allerbeny Was Promoter Railroad and Industrial Concern. of LOANS I DIRECTORS DECEIVED ABOUT State uea Official on Their Bo mis for Deposit Sole of Politician Dlsconnled for Large Amount. PITTSBURG, Oct. 19.-Invetlaatlon Into the condition of the Enterprise National hank, which was closM by the comptroller l of the currency yesterday, shows beyond a d-.iubt that the institution was conducted in a manner entirely unknown to the direc tors. From a representative of the bank It Is learned that since the Investigation started papers and notes have been brought to the attention of the directors which they never saw before. Among these papers nre two notes bearing the name of W. II. Andrews, who today stated positively that he had no paper In the hank. Bank Examiner Cun ningham, who Is In charge of the Institu tion, would say nothing concerning this statement, but the source of the Informa tion Is thoroughly reliable. The statement ninde today by the offlclnls of the Santa Fe Central railway and the Pennsylvania Development company, on behalf of which the dead cashier Is said to have negotiated loans, would seem to place all the blame on Clark, who, o far as Known, .ten no explanation or me oana relations with the two companies. Rxpect to Reopen Bank. j ri,. knn.r..n.. f rMtnr. i Ing the bank to solvency and resuming business In about six week, pointing to promises made by those charged with get ting money on notes to make good the amount. They also express the hope that Mr. Clark's estate will amount to some 1500,000 or $fifX),000, but In this they seem to be hoping against hope. Whatever there Is of It will be used In straightening out tho j bank's affairs. The amount of the state money supposed to be In the bank will probahly reach JTS2. 000, but the exact amount will not be known for some days yet. Tho state today entered a Judgment against the bank directors on their Individual bonds to secure Its deposit. These securities can be collected at once. Statement of President Dnrynner. According to the statements of President Dwynner, the bank, through Cashier Clark, has furnished most of the funds used to float the Santa Fe Central railway and the Pennsylvania Development company In which Former State Senators W. H. Andrews and Arthur Kennedy, and Francis J. Torrenee were deeply Interested to gether with Cashier Clark. The two pro jects are allied ones. Former Senator Kennedy is president of the development company and Former Senator W. 4H. Andrews Is president of the railway. Francis J. Torrenee Is heavily iaterested In both concern and his confidential man, W. C. Hagen, Is secretary of both com panies. T. Lee Clark, the dead cashier of the Enterprise, was treasurer of both companies, snd the bank waa the custodian of their bonds, which were held as security for the loans. Personal note of "the promoters are also reported to bo among the additional security furnished to the bank. Former Senator Andrews denies the statement of President Qwynner nnd says he never got a cent from the bank. Mr. Torrenee Is 111 and Secretary Hagln, speak- Ing for him, slso denied that he had been a borrower. Former Senator Kennedy is en route to tnis city ana is i-Jiiftii-u nu i time today. Upon reaching here a meeting of the directors will be called nnd it Is said a complete statement of the connec tion of the companies with the bank will be msde. Political pandal Threntened. Since the closing of the bank U has de- veloped that United States government and state officers have been in Pittsburg within h. I.. rw weeka looking Into the affairs of the institution, and particularly. It was I half Inches of wet snow had fallen. Thl said, to make an Investigation of the ( is the earliest that snow has come In this statement recently made by Homer L. i section for a quarter of a century. It is Castle, prohibition candidate for supreme I not cold, the. thermometer barely touching Judge," relative to the accepting of money ! the freezing point during the night, from ' the state with the understanding' Farmers will be delayed in corn husk that certain poHUclana would have the j ing, which has been stopped for nearly benefit of loans. I a week by reason of -wet weather. W. B. Rldgeley, comptroller of the cur- YANKTON, 8. D., Oct. 19. (Special.) rency. It was learnea, wa in i inooura two weeks ago. having stopped at the Duquesne club. Last week John A. Berkey, state commissioner of banking, and John W. Morrison, deputy commis- sloner of banking, spent several 'Jays In this city, having registered at the Hotel Henry. Berkey left Pittsburg last Thurs- day and Morrison departed Friday. They .... ..lit tn have hud conferences with sev-1 eral republican politician. An Inquiry is being made Into Cashier j Clark's personal affairs. He was estimated ' to have been worth $300,000, but his friends say that he sank all his assets in an at- . tempt to reimburse the bank and that his suicide followed his failure to stem the tide. They declare he waa ruined by business associates and that it will be found he Is a defaulter. Company Make Statement. At the conclusion of a special meeting this afternoon of the Santa Fe Central Railway company and the Pennsylvania Development company, on behalf of which concerns the late T. Lee Clark, Is said to have negotiated loans, the official gave out the following statement: The Santa Fe Central Railway company was DUIll oy mts rennajivunm uevelop 1 nient company and completed atxiut two ears at?". It extend troin Banta Fe south I about IM miles, connecting the Denver & Rio Grande, the Santa Ke system and tho ! Hock Island system, this road In In good condition and earning much more than operating expru&es and the earnings are steadily incn-aslnij. W. H. Anditws ls president of the rail road company, Arthur Kennedy president of the PennHj 1 vanla Development company Francis J. Torrance vice president of both companies and W. C. Hawaii secretary of both companies. Mr. Clark was treasurer of both companies and had custody of their securities. The railroad company haa no notes out. We are not aware of any notes of the Pennsylvania Development company in the Enterprise National bank and the company has no record 01 such h. If, how- of this com- ever, Mr. 1 iurs usea any notes or this com pany in his bank they will be paid According to Mt. Cunningham, the book are in a badly muddled shape and It will take some time before a statement rn ha given to the public, as it will- take day of work on the books before they can bo ' straightened. State Brlnara Suit. Tua commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in behalf of the state treasury department, has entered Judgment in common plea court No. : for SioO0.Ju on four bond ag- grt gating that amount against the Enter prise National bank and the sureties on the bonds, who are as follows: Frederick Gwynner, James P. McKlnney, Charles F. Sllfel, Henry Iandgruff. William T. Brad bury. John Selling. Frank B. Smith, David Morrison, Alfred K. Shwerd. James T. Ar nold. National Bank Examiner John B. Cuii- XCeaUAued uu tteevod Patfu.) CUNLIFFE ISUNDER ARREST DetectlTC Find In Connecticut Mast Wanted at rHtburg, Penn sylvania, for ' Robbing,. BRIDGEPORT. Conn. Oct. 19.-Edward George Cunllffc. the Aoam Exnress em- I ploye w ho disappeared from Pittsburg, l a i with $101,000 In cash, wa arrested here to day. He made a confession and expressed his willingness to rvtura at time to Pitts burg. Detectives traced Cunllffe here and upon their arrival early today the aid of the local police and detective was en listed. All the hotels were watched care fully, but Cunliffe was hot arrested until late In the forenoon, when he was seen walking down Middle street. In the presence of Suifrrlntcndent Birm ingham, Detective Thorlphlli, Henry Cur tis, the local agent for the Adams Express Company, and Captain, Arnold of thn Bridgeport detective force, Cunliffe ad mltted that he took the jrnnney. "Five minutes after I took the money I was sorry," said Cunliffe; "but It was too late to do anything. tVhat can you ex pect from a man getting a salary of only ffifi a mnntli and hAnditiia- thousands of (dollars a day? I wa tempted and I fell. I have bandied larger scirvs. I remember once when I had $?50.0rf tn cah. I was tempted then, but I thrflight It over and decided to be honest." jj The robbery for which Cunliffe Is wSnted In Pittsburg waa committed on the night of October P. ' About midnight tonlghMDavtd C. Thorn hill of a New York deteitve agencr. who assisted In the arrest of fjunliffe, here, had a talk with the prisoner 1 Ms cell, ana toia him that StSO.ono dad been, recovered at the home of his brother-in-lajr In Bristol, and pressed htm to tell wcre the missing $20,000 was hidden. CunliftV finally said: "You'll never get it; I have destroyed It," adding that he was afraid the bills would give him away, as they Were of large de nomination and practically marked, as they were notes of the Allegheay National bank In Pittsburg, and that everybody was look ing for them. If this statement Is tru. and the detec tives, think It Is. the total Amount of money stolen Is accounted for. BRISTOL. Conn., Oct. IS. Nearly SfO.OOO of the money stolen by"; George Edward Cunliffe October 9 from the Adams Express company In Pittsburg was recovered to night at the home of Joseph W. Board man, Cunliffe's brother-in-law. For Just a week the fortune had lain In an old suitcase un known to Board man, who was holding the valise, expecting It owner would call for It any day. The exact sum found was $79, 953.55. As the result of the statement made by Cunliffe In Bridgeport tonight that he had sent $85,000 of the plunder to hi brother-in-law.. Board man, In Bristol, a representative of the Associated Press called at the Board man house tonight and asked Mr. Board man If that was so. Boardman. who la a, young man and the agent here for the Blectrlo Express company of Hartford, said that he had received no money, but that on October 12 a dress suitcase came to his house from Bridgeport, and as there waa no name on it he had not opened It. His wife signed for the esse and Board- man placed It In a closet, thinking It wi sent to him a an agent of the expres j company, to be railed for,4atec. Boardman t tola the Associated Pre representative that if he wished he would, send for the police and that they rould break open the case. Chief Melms and Captain Belden of the police force were then sent for and In their presence the case was torn open. Huge bundles of money In the shape of bills j tumbled out on the floor. j j fJQ fj SOUTH DAKOTA Earliest Winter Precipitation In Twenty-Five Year Is Re ported from Mltrbsu. MITCHELL, 8. D.. Oct. rt.-fSpeeial Tel egram.) A light rain that started In at dusk last night developed into the first : nw "torm of th season before daylight ! tbls morning, and hy noon two and one- Thls neighborhood is covered with snow, the first to appear this season. It comes following a cloudy, rainy spell, commenced last night, and Is still coming down heavily. LUVERNE, Minn., Oct. 19. The heaviest snow storm ever known In this section at ; this time of the year has been raging since I 2 o'clock this morning and six inches of 8now nas fallen. PIERRE. S. D., Oct. 19. (Special Tele gram.) The snowstorm which began here yesterday morning ended this afternoon. An Inch of precipitation came with the storm. About two Inches of snow Is left on the ground and the temperature Is fall ing. It is the worst storm on record for t (n9 season of the year, GIRL HIDES THE NECKLACE Precaution of Employe of jewelry Firm In New York Start Report of Bla Robbery. NEW YORK, Oct. 19. A girl employing caution in hiding a piece of diamond Jew elry over night resulted in an alarm today that a necklace worth several thousand dollars had been stolen. Until the girl her self srrlved to reveal the missing Jewel's hiding place William Scher's manufactur ing Jewelry establishment at 54 Fifth ave nue waa closed to everyone except de tectives and employes, the latter being pos- ! ltlvely forbidden to leave the place. The ' girl, who works as a polisher, appeared ; at work late and said that not having finished burnishing the Jewelry before the j safe was closed last night she had . hid- ) den it. j Baffled detectives and the force of em- i ployes were then led by the girl to the viln u V M a mh Utrkd lust vitch, T-V. m. ' ' , . ....... lne Jewel were still concealed. ! DADTV IDfllC UIC DICITinM I ' " ' ' '" 1 uui 1 tun : " ' PnlPb OBIclal Resign. Rather Than Ally Himself with Weaver's 4 Political Forces. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. l.-8amuel Sut cliffe. chief of the bureau of street cleaning. today resigned his Si.OOO position, and i Samuel i:. Q. Mehsffey. his chief clerk. also resigned. The resignation are due to the strained political conditions in this city Mr. SuicllfU la republican leader of the Elghteenth ward, and strong pressure has been exerted to fo.ee him to either with draw from the regular republican organiza tion and ally himself with the city party under Mayor Weaver's leadership or re sign his position. Today he made bla 4a- i clsi'ic to rstire from the city' employ. PRIVATE CAR LINE HEARING Commerce Oomminion Probing Mstkeds of Shipping Perishable Goods. f.AILWAYS ACT ASTRAN8P0RTATI0N AGENT Trafflr Manager for Company I sins; (ioald Line Say Preaent Rate Do Not Pay DItI. denda. WASHINGTON. Oct. 19.-Beveral traffic manager of southeastern railroads testi fied before the Interstate Commerce com mission todsy in the private car inquiry concerning the manner of handling fruit and perishable products In their territory. Most of them said they have entered Into arrangements with private car lines by which the latter engaged to take the re sponsibility for the handling of the fruit, the railroads acting a agents only In the matter of transportation. A. Allls. an Ice manufacturer of Augusta, Oa., ubmltted a contract hi company ha to supply the Armour car lines with Ice, and gave many details concerning the arrangement with the private car lines. It Is expected the hearing will be concluded tomorrow. W. C. Rowley, freight traffic man- ! sger of the Michigan Central railroad, J was cross-examined by Mr. Rlchman of counsel for the Armour ear lines, who ob tained from the witness the admission that In case where free Icing of dairy or other products Is advertised the freight tariff take Into account the cost of such Icing. Pay Ko Dividend. J. H. Kerr, general manager of the Amer ican Refrigerator Transit company, testi fied that he believed the stock of ;he com pany Is owned by the Wabash, Missouri raclfic and the St. Louis A Iron Mountain companies. The company operates 1,100 cars of Its own and 2,000 leased cars. Mr. Kerr said his company has a contract with the Gould line to solicit perishable fruit business along these lines, but this does not constitute the company an agent of the road. The contract with the Iron Mountain was offered in evidence. This contract showed that the American Refrigerator company receives 1 cent a mile for each car, tra-ellng both ways, and 2 per cent commission on all freight charges on per ishable goods carried in these cars. Taking-one concrete case, the shipment of a car of strawberries from Judsonla, Ark., to St. Loula. Mr. Kerr aald it cost his company $54.75 for Icing and other neces sary expenses snd It received from the shipper only $50 per car. Mileage and com missions brought receipts of the company up to $65 a car. The company, he said. had not lost money, but had paid no divi dends. A. G. Jackson, general freight agent of the Georgia railroad, testified that his rood carried about 400 cars a season of perish able goods and had a contract with the Ar mour car lines, which attended to the carrying of fruits and vegetables. They attended to the refrigeration of the cars, although his road sometimes provided for the refrigeration merely! a an agent. ' Armour Contract with Frleeo Line. A. 8- Dodge, third Vice- president ' of the Frisco line at Chicago, stated that his com pany had a contract with the Armour car lines for all refrigeration business under which the Armour line cars should be used exclusively on hi road. Mr. Dodge ex plained that he had persuaded the Armour lines tn make a reduction at the time their contract was msde on the rate for peaches and berries, and he added that the Armour people had made voluntarily some other re ductions from their ordinary rates. He was asked If the meat packers fixed the cost of refrigeration as well as for freight charges, IU wwiuniK- null II 1 1 v I, LI u 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' will ,1, evidence. He replied that he did not agree with Mr. Stlekney and Mr. Ripley that the packer fixed the rate. H. M. Emerson, traffic manager of the Atlantic Coast Line, said the refrigeration service of that line was covered by a con tract with the Armour car lines, which had been entered Into at the request of many shippers in the territory through which the Atlantic Coaat Line runs. He gave figures to show that under competition the refrige ration crate rate on berries from Carolina points to New York was 64 cents In 1904 and that under the exclusive contract system the rate has been reduced annually until It Is now only 27 cents a crate. The witness Insisted that the shipper deals directly I with the Armour lines and the railroad In no manner acts as the agent of the private car line. At 4:30 an adjournment was taken until tomorrow st 10 a. m. METAL FOUNDERS TO UNITE Katlonnl Metal Trade Association and National Founders Asso ciation Are Now Merced. CINCINNATI. Oct. 19-The members of the administrative council of the National Metal Trades association have endorsed every detail of the merger of their organ ization with th National Founders asso ciation and last night adjourned after em powering the committee which has had charge of the preliminary details to bring the merger to an actuality. The details had previously been arrived at between the committee of the two organizations. The final step required before the Amalgamated become effective Is a formal endorsement of the membership of the Founders' execu tive committee. The amalgamation. If completed, prom ises to remove their headquarters to Chi cago. Through the amalgamation about twenty strong organizations become affili ated with the national body and vest in It a certain amount of Jurisdiction over each. The new body will retain the name of the National Metal Trades association. I GENERAL DAVIS MAKES REPORT Judge Advocate General Shows Mora Work Done This Year Than Last. WASHINGTON. Oct. lS.-TI.e annual re port of General Georg B. Davis. Judge ad vocate general of the army, shows that of the commissioned officers tried during ths last year by general court-martial, thirty- five are convicted and thirteen acquitted. 1 Three cadets and 4.3a3 enlisted men wer convicted, while 356 men were acquitted. The total number of trials before general court-martial of 4.o00 cases shows an In crease of 661 cases over last year. This Increase is mainly du to the fact that a large number of deserters have been I ... -1 - -. W. .-. . 1 . K , n 1 U . i PP""nuru i" num- ' r ot conviction for deertlon being 1.476 thl year, an incrw m w. tun gain is chiefly due to the Increase of the reward paid to all civil officers for th apprehen slon of deserters, inducing greater vigilance on their part. The number of men sen- Itenced to dishonorable discharge wag 629. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Friday. Warmer. Saturday fair anil Temperature at Uninhn Veslerdsyt Hour. Den. Hoar. J p. 1 P ft p. 4 P. a p. p. T P. 8 p. p. Ilea. B a. m . 6 . ni. T a. tn . Ha. in. a. m. 10 a. m. 11 a. m. , 4 , 41 , II , 41 , 4 , 4 , .4(1 4.1 41 42 41 40 40 ! .1(4 .IN m . ni . ui . 12 n 4Ct AWARD OF DAMAGES APPROVED Fifty Dollars Per Acre Allowed for Indian Lands Taken for Railroad RlKht-of-Way. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 19.-(8pe.clal Tele gram.) The secretary of the Interior today approved the report of the special agent sent to the Winnebago and Omaha reserva tions to ascertain what damages would secure by the construction of the SIuux City A Western railroad through that reservation. The total amount to be paid the Omahas and Wlnnebagoes Is $;8,SsT. The land embraced In the right-of-way waa assessed generally at $50 per acre. - Prac tically all this amount goes to Indian allottes through whose land the proposed railroad runs. The assessment which has been levied upon the Sioux City & Western will cost that railroad something like $1,500 per mile, simply to reimburse the Indians for the right-of-way. There are slxty-flve Indi vidual Indian allottes, who will receive something over $4i0 each. This projected railroad win run through the most valuable portion of the Omaha and Winnebago reservations, running north and south along Omr.ha creek. Rural carriers appointed for Nebraska routes: Danbury. route 1. Allen E. Boyer carrier, David C. Bi.ycr substitute; Wy more, route 3, Richard R. Smith carrier, Frank Crawford substitute. Iowa rural route ordered established De cember 15: Knlerim, Calhoun county, route 1, population 513, houses lu3; Templeton. Carroll county, route 1, population 6;3, nouses 106. YELLOW FEVER SITUATION Second Day Passe Without Any Death from the Plaaoe nt Sevr Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19. Report of yel low fever situation to 6 p. m.: New cases g Tots! to date 3,348 Deaths 0 Total 435 New foei Cases under treatment 108 Discharged $,Sii6 This In the second day in succession that no deaths from yellow fever have occurred. This Is remarkable at this stage of the epidemic, because as a rule towards the end of an epidemic the death rate grows as the number of new cases diminishes. There are only 108 cases under tieitment. The following country reports were re ceived: Cote Blanche and Belle Ami three days, thirty new canes and five deaths; La Fourche Crossing, one death; Patterson two new case; Woodlawn plantation, Put quemine, one. new. case; Barratarla district. one new ease and one death. ' NEBRASKA MAN IN TROUBLE Aarent of World Accident Insurance Company Arretted In Colorado. DENVER. Oct. 19. (Special Telegram.) Through its agent. W. J. Walsh, the World i Accident sssoclatlon of Omaha is to be niidd to feel the keen edge of one of Colo- rado's Insurance laws. Walsh was arrested yesterday morning st Ordway at the request of the state lnsur anee department. He Is charged with soliciting Insurance Illegally, for the rea son that his company has no right to operate in the state. The penalty is a fine of $600 or six months In prison. According to Deputy Insurance Commissioner Rltten house, Walsh has been at work for several weeks, but the department has been unable to locate him. He has been soliciting around Colorado City, Rosewell and Pueblo mainly. KENTUCKY BANKER INDICTED W. B. Smith of Louisville Accused of Maklnar False Entries, MlsnpprO' prlatlon and Enibesslement. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 19.-W. B. Smith former president of .the Western National bank of this city, was indicted today by the federal grand Jury on ten counts charg ing him with embezzlement, making false entries and the misappropriation of the funds of the bank. The total defalcation charged in the In dictments Is $198,013. divided as follows False entries, $136,986; misappropriation, $12, 047; embezzlement, $50,000. KILLED IN FOOT BALL GAME James E. Bryant Butted In Stomach Dnrlaar Practice Play at Canon City, Colorado. CANON CITY, Colo., Oct. 19. Jame E Bryant, aged 17 year, wa almost Instantly killed in a practice game of foot ball here today. He was carrying the hall, when one of the opposing players butted him n the pit of the stomach and a dozen or more piled on top of him In the scramble for the ball. When they arose Bryant was limp and lifeless. The coroner will Investigate. GRAFT CASE IN CLEVELAND Clerk of City Market House Accused of Embessllu; f7,4iH Collected for Stall Rent. CT.FVHLAND. Oct. 19. John J K-mv clerk of the city market house, wa ar- rested today on a warrant sworn out by Director of Publio Works Leslie. Kclley 1 Is charged with having failed la account ! for $7.4:1 In rentals collected from keepers I of stalls at public market. He was. re leased this evening on J15.00O ball. Kelley Is under bond for $3,000. Movement of Ocean easel Oet. ID. At New Hamburg. York Arrived Patrlcl from Sailed. Deutachland for Ham - burg: La Savole for Havre; Republic for Naples At Naples Arrived, Perugia from New York; Koenis Albeit from New York. At Glasgow Arrived. Carthaginian from New York; Silx-rtan from Philadelphia. At Liverpool Arrived. Majestic from New Y'ork; Piieslund from Philadelphia Sailed, Bavarian and Ottawa fur Mont:eal. At (jueeiiiitown Sailed, Haverfoid for Philadelphia; Uceanlc Tor New lurk At Londun Arrived. XI. -t Angll.au from At Unoa-Arrlved. Citta Dl Torino from ' New York. Sailed. Lombard! for New York. ...... j , Wrti&uJ&'yg vf"i Menoml'a or Uoatoo. MUSIC AM) CHEERS President Continues His Triumphal Trip Tkrough the 8onth. , ENTHUSIASTIC GREETING AT RALEIGH Party Officially Welcomed to State ky Lianteiaat Oorernor Win ten. GIFT FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mr. Roosevelt Presented with Geld Loring Cup Ccstirg $500. CHIEF EXECUTIVE DELIVERS ADDRESS Devote Greater Part of Speech Question of Commerce and Trans- portatlnn, Particularly to Railroad Reaulatloa. CHARLOTTE. N. C. Oct. 19. The ova tion which President Roosevelt received during his Journey through a portion of Virginia yesterday wa continued today, as he traveled through North Carolina. Beginning with his arrival at Raleigh at 9 o'clock this morning, he was greeted by heerlng crowds nt Durham, Greensboro. Ilgh Point, Ix-xlnKton. Salisbury and Char lotte, the demonstration In this city being fitting farewell of the citizens of the Id Tar Heel state. The feature of the day wa the president Isit to the fair which Is In progress at Ralelph. Here he delivered an addres which dealt with the Important question f railroad ownership and the organisations of capital and labor. His speech wa given lose attention, and ho frequently waa lu- errupted by hearty applause. He was ecompanicd to the fair ground by Mrs. Roosevelt, and she, too, was the recipient of much attention. At Durham, where a atop of ten minute was made, the president devoted his re mark to the student of Trinity college, who were gathered In force to greet him. flatcar had been converted Into a gaily decorated stand and from there the presi dent spoke. He waa accompanied to the stand by Lieutenant Governor Wlnaton, who officiated at Raleigh, owing to the absence of Governor Glenn, caused by the death of his brother, and by United State Senators Simmons and Overman. Both of the senators are graduates of thl college. A bit of sentiment was responsible for a short stop at Ixington, where the presi dent wa greeted by several hundred people. to whom he spoke briefly. Lexington I the county seat of Davidson county, the only county in North Carolina that gave Presi dent Roosevelt a majority at the last na tional election. Tomorrow morning the president will pay visit to Rnsweli. Ga., the home of hi mother. From there he will go to Atlanta, where most of the day will be spent. Mr. Roosevelt will leave him when the capital of Georgia I reached and return to Wash ington. Great Ovation In Ralelarh. RALEIGH, N. C., Oct. 19 -Presldent Roosevelt visit to , Raleigh., haa been a most pleasant one, in - every a,v and tho . reception tnat he received hero waa cour teous. dignified and enthusiastic. Fully 60,000 people were in the city, and all alone the line of march there were frequent out bursts of cheering, not great in volume. but given with a hearty good will to the nation's chief executive. The president was delighted with his visit, and Just be fore he left the city he declared that he" was coming to Raleigh again. Once on the line of parade to the fair rrnnrwl the president arose and saluted the ladles at a stand decorated with confederate flags and the flag of the nation. Arrival In Raleigh. With the muHlc of the band and many cheers of greeting to him the president. in his special train, pulled into the Union depot today promptly on time. A recep tion committee of 100 citizens and Lieu tenant Governor Winston welcomed the president to the state In the forced ab sence of Governor Glenn, who Is In Greens-. boro at the funeral of his brother. There were thousands of people about the depot as the presidential party came to the depot There wa a volley of cheer, which roe again and again as the president passed on the street In his carriage, bowing to the right and left, standing and waving his hands In pleasant greeting to the little children. In the carriage with the president was Mrs. Roosevelt, Lleutenunt Governor Winston and Secretary Loeb. About the president's carriage, in addition to the five secret service men, were a special detail of the staff of Governor Glenn. The evidences, stores and public buildings were profusely decorated and the street were roped from curb to curb. Both sidewalks were Jammed with people, while every available window and piazza wa occupied by thousands, who cheered from time to time. The procession passed to the state capitol, where In the senate chamber were waiting delegations of many ladles and gentlemen, officers of 'the state, supreme court Judges and others. Here all the party was presented to the president and Mrs. Roosevelt. During this ceremony an Inter esting event was the presentation of a handsome bouquet of carnations and brld.il flowers to Mrs. Roosevelt by William, young son of the late Lieutenant William E. Shapp, and by Worth Bagley Daniels, nephew of Ensign Worth Bagley of the Spanish-American war, and son of Josephus Daniels, democratic national committee man from North Carolina. Visits the Senate Chamber. A visit to the senate chamber wa for the particular purpose of having the presi dent, on behalf of the North Carolina Lit erary and Historical Society, present a handsome :-00 gold loving cup, studded with North Carolina gems, to John Charles McNeill of Charlotte as a remard for hav ing produced the best piece of llteraturo In the slate during the year. This cup was ' lven by MU8 Uni,ey Patterson of Wlns- ' Inn C. B. Aycock, the first elected president of the society, made a brief speech, after which Mr. Roosevelt. In a few remarks extolling the value of literary effort, pre sented the cup to Mr. McNeill. Prrsident at Fair Ground. Immediately after the presentation the line of march was resumed to ths fair : -round. the entire distance being thronged I ...1 ...v... n,n.. .1 ; prebldtnl and Mrs. Roosevelt. Partlcu ; larly phased was Mr. Roosevelt when, 011 : the handsome lawn of Dr. C. W. Burkett . of the State Agricultural and Mechanical college, he saw a big picture of himself thus Inscribed: "Welcome to our prssl ' dent, who dares to do right, who data to i be true, w ho dares ' to do that which bo I olnftr caI1 uo." There were marly 40,000 people on tha fair grounds when the president arrived. The presldeut was Introduced by LUutenaat Governor Winston and began hU with a JyleaJHUli iifx1" ,.,c