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RAISE TARIFF RATES
Department of Cemmerea Completee
Pigurea oi Germany's Few Law.
BIG INCREASE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Meat and Xeat froduoU Alio Ceme in far
a Lirely Stoat.
UUMuanUl
BOTH ITEMS HIT UNITED STATUES HARD
Manufactured Qoods More Liberally
Treated Under Schedule.
SPECIAL RATES FOR FAVORED NATIONS
Question of Securing, More Kuvoruule
Treatment to Be Taken In at
finer, with Oerman
Ministry.
BALKS AT THOUSAND STEAL
Cunliffe Denies that He Took Small
from the Express
Company.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 22. Edward George
Cunliffe. the express robber, in a long In
terview In a local paper, denies that he
took the odd $1,000 with which he I charged,
In addition to the 1100,000 package, and
states that his 'object In going- to Bridge
port, Conn., was to obtain employment on
one of the oyster boats of the Bridgeport
fleet, a plan that waa frustrated bv the
fact that th Host were not working on
account of ibor trouble.
He Indlgnt enlea that he furnished
a Bridgepor in money to rent a flat
saying he -T s time In reading about
omment on the robbery
ig around the tenderloin
$30,000 In a suit case to
In care of the express
on that as the most
1 detectives would search,
lied as to the 111,000 still
ply by railing against the
to the discovery of the
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2;,-A staUment of
the German customs tariff, comparing the
rates or Import duty levied In Germany
undo; the old and the new customs tariff,
respectively, was given out today by the
rpavt;ntnt of Commorce and Labor. A
table la been compiled expressing the
difference between the .old and new rat is
hi advalorc.i term, baked on the German
estimates of the import value vf the articles
In 19G3. the last year for which figures are
available.
Th estimates as to what percentage ad
. valorem the new general and conventional
rates will constitute run only be approxi
mately correct at best. If prices of com
modities should not Change greatly as
compared with those prevailing In 103.
the estimates of what the new advalorem
rates will amount to will be fairly accurate,
otherwise they will not. On baoch the rate
at present chp.rged Is twenty marks per
V kllcs, und that to be charged agajnst
the new tariff thlriy-slx marks. Bn Increase
of W per cent. Among the products con
stituting the most Important Items In the
expert trade of the United States with Ger
many' the highest advalorem rate affects
mineral oils, being 71 per cent advalorem
on illuminating and 72 per cent on lubricat
ing oil. That on Illuminating has been In
creased fti per cent In the new tariff and
loft unchanged in the conventional tariff.
The duty on tobacco Is 67 per cent ad
valorem ancflias not been changed In either
of the tariffs.
Hits Airrleultnral Products.
A serle of notable Increases affects agri
cultural products. Thus rye, the duty on
which until now constituted the highest
adviilnrein rate via: .15 per cent. Is ad
vanced to about 70 per cent advalorem
under the new general tariff and 43 per
cent under the conventional.
The specific duty on wheat Is advanced
114 per cent; on wheal flour. 157 per cent;
dried wheat. 52 per cent; fresh oranges.
200 per cent. The conventional tariff are
somewhat lowr. Thus, while oranges com
Jng from favored nations will be subject
to a duty of 24 per cent ad valorem, those
Imp-oft ed from other countries will have
to p iy about &9 per cent ad valorem.
Tj raiiA,on. pravit-jens also have been
ndvanC"dW'5tr rent; pork 176 per rent;
'beef. J,ift pet- rent, '-.though the conventional
tariffs being cor.iewhat lower'.
Tetter for Manufactures.
As regards manufacture, the old rate
aro for the most part moderate, The' duty
on aewlns machine, representing the high
est nd valorem rate under the existing
tariff crnorg Important articles of export
from this rountiy. vli., 22 per cent, Is
raised 40 per crnt, I. e.. to about 32 per
cent advalorem. under the new general
tariff, no provision having been made un
der the conventional. Agricultural machin
ery, which pays on the average about 4
per cent jidva'or. m. wll be subject to rates
from 20 per rent to g per cent higher. The
rates of dut on steam engines and motors
of all kinds, which were hitherto the same
as that on agrir.-ilttirol machinery are ad
vanced a the way from 4 per cent to 115
per cent. Motive machinery coming from
countries not er.loylng the conventional
"rale will be tili.lrt to duties us high as
to per cent udv.norem, while that coming
from fivored nations will pj- duties rang
ing from 5'4 per cent to 36 per cent ad
valorem. Duties on boot and shoes are Increased
from 70 to J77 per' cent, the advalorem In
crease being from tt to 15 per cent, fm
cottonseed oil the advance Is about 25 per
cent.
These new tariff will be subject of se
rious -negotiation tetween this country and
flermahv. and the matter will be,
taken up torn after the return to America
r Baron. Speck von Sternberg, the Ger
man ambassador.
and llslenln
Instead of l
district.
lie khippi
Bristol, he
company,
unlikely pi
and when
missing ev
fates whim
SSO.OUO.
Cunliffe denouuecs James Mlssett of
Bridgeport, who Informed Uie Flnkcrtons
of his whereabouts as a "knock," and said
he made preparations to skip Immediately
after meeting Mlssett. but was detained
by an attack of cramps.
He vigorously denied offuring Detective
Arnold $40,000 "or even 40 cents" as he
put It.,.
Elsenman. to whom he entrusted the bun
dle containing J9.300. also came i-j for a
scoring from Cunliffe, who concluded by
remarking: "Well, they can't hang me."
For the first day In twently years Cun-
BlIITe has not smoked a cigarette today and
Is In a very nervous condition tonigtit. The
rules of the Allegheny county jail permit
the use of pipes and chewing tobacco by
the prisoners at certain hours but bso.
lutely prohibit cigarettes.
POSITION, OF UNITARIANS
Iter. J. Mlnot ravage Speaks on Hnes
Wlon of the Federation of
Churches.
NKW YORK. Oct. ST. Rev. J. Mlnot Sav
ase preached today In the Church of the
Messiah on the "Federation of Churches
and the Universities." Dr. Savage prefaced
his seYnion with: "It seems to me fitting
that we should know and help others to
know whom the federation of churches Is
willing to associate with." and after enum
erating the names of many famous men
and women who have been adherents of the
Unitarian doctrine, continued: "These men,
who have been famous In every department
of human service and human life, are not
to be allowed to be presented In the na
tional conference of the federation of
churches. This Is not a new move. For
four or flveyears there' has existed In New
York a city, and I think also a state, fed
eration of churches, and the Unitarian
churches have been cordially welcomed and
fellowshipped In all these movements and
meetings. I have been asked to contribute
money, and I have done It every year. A
gentleman in Boston, a Unitarian, con
tributed $30,000. which wa used here in
New York to build an Episcopal church. I
have no fault to find with that provided
there Is enough cordial fellowship, and co
operation to go found. It does not seam
to me that It 1 1. quite fair to have It all
one-sided. I the federation to take the
position hereafter that haa been occupied
by the Young Men' Christian association?
What Is that? They are persistent beggars,
they are ready to take our money on all
occasions, get- It all If they can, but the
never permit us to hold office or have any
thing whatever to do with their , manage
ment. If we are to stand alone and fight
our battles we had better keep our ammu
nition in our own hands."
TRAFFIC AT A STANDSTILL
Seven of Fine Linea Ont ef lfaeeow Are
Tied Up by Strike.
CITY LIKELY TO BE SHORT OF PROVISIONS
Shipment of Grain Delayed and
Work Hardship to Those Sections
as Well as to the Famine
Stricken Districts.
MOSCOW. Oct. 22 Traffic on seven of the
nine main trunk arteries of commerce ra
diating from Moscow waa completely par
alysed today by the railroad strike and the
commercial heart of Russia has been hut
off from all communication with the rest
of the empire except the narrow lection to
the northwestward. Including St. Peters
burg and the Baltic provinces. Though the
government has ordered the railroad battal
ion of the army to proceed to Moscow and
take the places of the strikers for the pur
pose of restoring traffic, the revolutionists,
by a sudden and unexpected blow, have
shown their ability to lay their hand on
the throats of the nation' commercial life.
The employes of four railroads struck to
day and only the lines running over the
Nlcholal road to St. Petersburg and over
the Wlnduu tc Rybinsk road to Riga and
other Baltic ports are open. Traffic Is at a
standstill on the Kazan line and the line to
Yaroslav and Archangel. The strikers to
day forced the employe of the general ofll.
ces and financial departments of three line
the Wlndau & Rybinsk, the Moscow &
Brest-Lltovsk and the Kieff & Voronezh.
to quit work.
City Short of Food.
The city I feeling the effect of the fam
ine and a few days' continuance of the
strike will cause serious embarrassment
and even suffering to the population. The
renewal of the factory strike I not Im
probable.
An Important development today was the
strike on the Brest-Lltovsk road, which
runs to Smolensk, Minsk and Warsaw, and
carries International traffic from Moscow to
Germany, Austria and other part of Eu
rope. Though the worker In the shop of
this road struck yesterday, the trains con
tinued to run until S o'clock this afternoon
when the engineer and firemen drew the
fires and deserted the engines. Communi
cation with point abroad, however, ia still
open by way of St. Petersburg and Pakoff,
During the morning a crowd of strikers
proceeded to the freight station of the
Kursk road and let off the steam of eight
engines, drove away the guards and forced
the employe to cease work. Traffic over
the road thereupon stopped. Later tlie
strikers were attacked by a crowd com
posed of the rougher elements of the popu
lation, but order was finally restored by
Cossacks. Otherwise no special disorders
have been reported.
Impede Grain Movement.
The strike, coming at this tite. 1 apt to
seriously' cripple the work of relief in the
famine stricken provinces and also to im
pede the movement of this year's grain
crop as the railroads, even under normal
conditions, are not able to -keep the grain
crop moving promptly. Official reports
show that 10,284 loaded tars were awaiting
removal , on October in various Motions
and that the' grain and coal handling dis
tricts are dally increasing" their accumula
tions at the railroad stations. .
Great suffering Is certain If the requisite
supplies of grain and other provisions can
not be forwarded Into the famine-stricken
districts where up to the present the work
of relief ha not been carried out successfully.
STEAMER PROGRESS IS SAFE
Fears that It Had Been Lost In the
Great Storm Are r.roisd.
less.
MAKES WAR CN TENDERLOIN
Commissioner of Sew York
Addresses Pollee of the
District.
NEW YORK, Oct. .'. In order to correct
an Impression that the police of the "ten
derloin" section had been Instructed to
arrest all unescorted women found in the
streets at night, polks Commissioner Mc-
Adoo visited the station house tonight and
made a long address to the forue. He read
the sections of the law on the subject and
told the men that he expected them to
arrest all Improper characters, but th.tt the
mere fact of a woman being alone does not
Justify her arrest, and that he woull deal
severely with any policeman found Inter
fering with a respectable woman.
The commissioner - said In the course of
his address:
No one's riant will be Illegally :nter-
fered with, but this precinct can and will be
made clean. There are no mmcumes in
the way which cannot be overcome with
legal methods. This precinct Is in the
very heart of the commercial and social
capital of the western hemisphere; it is a
dlxgrace to the cltv. It morals and civili
sation that such an ulcer snot it this
should exist In the very center of It great
est activities.
We are bound not c-nlv to protect our
own citlxens, but the vast army of visitors
rrom tnesn corrupting tnnuences era un
seemly sights.
tou are combatting great Influences In
enforcing these laws. The owners of the
property, who reap large profits from the
nase and criminal uaes to which it is put,
the various business Interests which thrive
on the profligacy and prodigality of vice
anil wno are complaining that with them
trade Is dull, and lastly and more potent
than all, those men who have grown rich
on crime and vice, to whom It Is a legltl
mate Industry; whose millions are stained
with the blood and tear of wretehe-l
women and outcast men. who own the
large Ralnesmw hotels where the. woman
Is first robbed of the price of her Infamy
and when she Is arrested compelled to pay
them for the bond that release her. Rich
and Influential, swaggering and blustering.
these captains of the industry of vice and
crime reach out their Influences into the
most unexnected quarters. They do not
want a notice captain whom they cannot
own. and even now thev .nd their hire
lings are threatening political disaster to
the honest cltv government for maintaining
In office a police commissioner who Is not
afraid of them.
The commissioner exhorted the men to
be Toyal to their commander. Captain
Dooley, In whom he had the full-sat con-
fldence.
PUBLIC CONTROL OF SPRINGS
Government Superintendent
l.vnslna tem la Ohjee
. tlonable.
Say
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22-In his annual
report te the serretary of the Interior,
the superintendent of the Arkansas Hot
Springs reservation recommends direct con
trol of the springs there. Ha say:
KxpeHeni'e has demonstrated that the
prenent vtem of operating the baths
through- the medium of private lessees is
in conflict with public opinion and Incom
patible with local conditions and that the
government should. mk soon as practical
consistent with existing conditions, as
ume absolute aud complete control of this
Tcvervatloii s.nd operate the bulling in
terests under government siipa-rvlialon and
control, thereby eliminating the spirit of
commeri ialli-in which is manifest under
present conditions, and tnro-iicn scleiitiilc
FILES PROTEST WITH POWERS
Turkish Government Objects to
Ontslde Interference In
Macedonia.
, -
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. -22.-The porte
has addressed a note to Baron von Callce,
Austro-Hungarian ambassador, protesting
against the presence at TTskub of the finan
cial commissioners of the power and de
manding the cessation of interference by
the power In the Internal affair of Turkey.
PISTOL FIGHTJON STREET CAR
All Three of Combatants Seriously
Injured. Before It Is
Over.
NEW YORK, Oct. M.-Three men fought
a battle with pistols O'j an Eighth avenue
car. today and all of them were seriously
Injured. While the fight was telng waged
the car ran at top speed for half a mile
with the gong sounding an alarm and
the pasesngers lying- fla on the floor to
escape the shower of bullet.
Thomas O'Brien, a truckman. Jumped
aboard the car at Thirty-first street and,
clapping a revolver to the conductor's head
ordered him to run the car full peed, a
he was pursued by a gang who Intended
to kill him. A moment later two more
men leaped on the car and attacked the
first, all three using revolvers.- When the!
weapons were empty they clinched and
fought with' the butt of their pistols. The
car rushed along the a,ve&ite, the motormait
pounding the gong - and the conductor
shouting for the -police a far a Twenty.
sixth street, where several policemen
boarded It and seised the three combatants,
all of whom were too badly Injured to
offer resistance.
O'Brien was found to have received
bullet In the neck. HI assailants gave th
names of Henry Prang and Thomas SulM
van. The former had been shot In the
neck and the latter In the leg and arm
The three were taken to a hospital.
O'Brien refused to explain why the other
two attacked him. The police think tb
affray was the result of a feud in a notorl
ous West Side gang.
CLEVELAND. O., Oct. 22 A telegram
was received here today by the captain
of the Corrigan fleet that the steamer
Progress, which hss been missing four days
and was feared had been sent to the bottom
by the storm during the past several days,
had arrived at the Roo late Saturday night.
The Progress carried a crew of fifteen
besides the captain.
The body of Fox. one of the wheelmen
of the steamer Sheldon, which was lost i.ff
Ioralu Friday, was picked up by a fishing
tug ten miles west of Lorain today. j objections to the scheme. Another col-
No marine disasters have been reported j lective note was presented October 7, when
Replying to a collective note presented
by the six embassies at Constantinople
September 26, which said that the decision
of the power to assume International con
trol of the finance of Macedonia wa un
alterable, the Turkish government re
Iterated what It regarded as insuperable
iARVIN STARTS SOMETHING
onaidtrable Difference of Opinion Over
Indeterminate leotenoe Law.
SAYS GOOD WILL COME OUT OF DEBATE
Delegates to Prison Congress Attend
Church Service, Dr. Swenrlngrn
Delivering; the Annual
Sermon,
i
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Monday nnd Tuesday.
Temperature at Omaha Ycsterdaj i
Hour. Ilea. Hour. Ilea.
S u. m at 1 p. m
In. m .1.'t a p. m
T a. m ..... . avt H p. an "'-
Ha. m a I 4 p. an (M
It a. m ST It p. ni Kit
to a. ni ,tM p. m A"
11 n. m 42 7 p. m 4M
11 n 44 N p. in 4T
p. in 411
QUARANTINE BEING RAISED
to the life saving station at Cleveland
during today.
ASHTABULA. O.. Oct. 22 The steamer
Zlllah. with the barge Ogarlta and Red
dington. cleared from thl port thl morn
ing for the upper lake but storm indica
tion caused them to return.
Three huge water spouts. passed down the
lake not over five miles out thl morning.
Their action and the seething water at their
base could be plainly seen from shore and
the phenomena was watched with great
interest by many. A large steamer ap
peared to be directly In the path of the
pouts but it passed by safely.
PCLICE ASK CONGRESS TO AID
Bureau of Criminal Identtncatlou to
Hold Meeting Before Session
of t onwreaa.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 A special meet
ing of the Hoard of Directors of the Na- i
tlonal Bureau of Criminal Identification I
aud the Association of Police Chiefs will j
be held In Washington early next month '
fiscal delegates of the power proceeded
to Uskub.
VIENNA. Oct. 23. It ts reported here that
the powers intend to present a Joint ulti
matum to the Turkish government on ac
count of Its resistance to their financial
control of Macedonia, and that If the ulti
matum should be disregarded the powers
will make a naval demonstration.
MONUMENT TO POPE PIUS X
Slaters of Dead Prelate Honored by
Those Who Attend the
Dedication.
ROME, Oct. 21 A monument to Pop
Plus X, subscribed for by Catholic all over
the world, was unveiled thl morning at
Riese. the little village In the Venetian
province where the pope waa born. His
holiness Is represented In the act of ad
ministering a benediction. The entire vil
lage was decorated and national flags were
conspicuous everywhere, while the walls
were covered with inscriptions, one of
hlch read: "Ixmg Live Pope Plus X, the
SEQUOIAS IN YELLOWSTONE
Giant Trees Being; Transplanted
to the Great Rational
Perk.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 22-Cptaln Joh
O'Shea. superintendent of the Sequoia and
General Grant national parks of Califor
nia, state in hi annual report to the
secretary of the Interior that a number of
young Sequoia trees were shipped to Yel
lowstone park during the- year and ex
presses the opinion that they will thrive
there. He adds:
"I believe these trees. If properly handled,
will grow In any place and In any climate.
They grow In the valley, and In Vlsalia.
where the temperature often stands at from
100 to 110 In summer. They grow at a height
of about 7.000 feet. They grow where the
soil is a rich loam and thrive on the barren
side of a rocky mountain. Underbrush and
opposing tree have been cleaned away
from around more than 1,000 young Sequoia
tree near the giant forest this year. If
they are found to thrive next summer I
would recommend that a systematic search
be made of the forest to discover young
trees and that clearing be made around
the-n and that where numerous they be
thinned out and transplanted."
He says that In places the Sequoia are
Increasing rapidly.
equipment, perfection of system, order. ! to determine In what manner congress will i , . . h w u
discipline and intelligent directum extend i he .nnrnarhert for M in r.rrvin. .h-!11 -luen i ma world.
the benefits o be derived from the healing I . , The authorities formed a procession.
waters, with rate aajusien io cover pru- , - r headed by the patriarch of Venjce and six
dent oneratlng expenses and necessary ho
frovoments. The present system. If It ever
ad any meritorious features worthy of
consideration, ha outlived it usefulness
ami should Le supplanted by full govern
ment control In the management, operation
and supervision of the baths.
police department and president of the na
tlonal association, Is drawing up the meas-
ure which will be taken before congress.
PRINTERS WIN OUT IN UTICA I A0,her "Ject to be taken up is the
thin i tna wviw uu i in u i iua adolllon of the 8lltem of ldenUfymK crlm.
Kmnluver Coac.de the Elaht-Honr 'na'8 ' nlean of Impression.
Day After Short
Contest.
criminal laennncauon. ine oureau now is ! ki iv,k.i j.
sustained by the contribution of lOo cities. houM wn,re the p, w Th(j e,d.
Major Sylvester, chief of the Washington i th. . ,,
who own an inn called "The Two Swords,"
where they themselve serve the customers,
were the recipient of much attention. Many
UTICA. N. Y.. Oct. M-The strike of Job
printers in this city for the eight-hour
day has born ended. The employers have
acceded to th demand of th men. The
strike ha been on since October 3.
elsht-hoar day is to go Into effecl
uary 1.
JERRY SIMPSON IS VERY LOW
Indications Aro that Former Con.
arressmaa from Kansas Will
Not Survive Xlajht.
WICHITA. Kan., Oct. 22-Ex-Congres-
The I man Jerry Simpson suffered a severe hem-
Jan- orrhuge this morning and a light one later
telegrams were sent to hi holiness.
DENIAL THAT JHE POPE IS ILL
Dr. Lapponl Sara Ha Ha Only Slight
Cold, Kot Enough to Interfere '
with Duties.
ROME, Oct. 22. A rumor spread through
the city this morning that the pope wa 111.
Dr. Lapponl. hi physician, authorised the
I'haairr on the Burllatiton.
C.ILLETTC. Wyo., Oct. r (Special Tel
grwim --Superintendent E."L. Gillette of
the Wyoming division of I lie Burlington's
Billings line, ba resigned, effective at once.
He will b succeeded by Mr. Hedenmeyer
ui Omaha, formerly chief dispatcher at
)-iucolu.
I In the day. While he has revived from the Associated press to announce that "the
' effects to soni extent, the attending phy- I tteinent I inexact," the pope merely hav.
i ..i .... ....... l... . .. , I,.,- . , a . . . In- f,l,t an 1 1 t . that t. r. . , 1 ... ...
nignt. i ins is me intra unie within a
week that death haa been near, but after
each revltsvl he has slionii le vitality,
therefore Utile hope is now held oot.
The patient was able to take nourish
ment today, having swallowed ueaiiy a
4 n ait of ui,. He Is still UUCUUaCioU.
be called an lndlsposlton. Since his last at
tack of gout in January, his holiness, th
doctor says, has enjoyed perfect health.
Today the pope received over SMu persona.
The fact that these audiences have not
been suspended Is the best evidence of the
poj-e goud hvalih.
GANG OF SHOPLIFTERS JAILED
Believed to Have Systematically
Worked Stores All Over
Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS., Oct. 22 -Four men and
four women, whom local police believe to
be two gangs of professional shoplifters.
who. through their recent operations have
stolen thousand of dollar worth of val
uable fur and silk In thl and other
Indiana cities, were arrested by detectives
from the local police department today, and
In default of Individual bonds of $3,0ofl were
locked up at the police station, charged
with grand larceny.
Early today detectives, upon Information
arrested two women and a man who gave
(heir names and addresses as Emma March,
Kokomo; Margaret Cassldy, New York, and
James C. Connelly, who was a former
saloonkeeper in Indianapolis. In the hotel
room where the arrests were made
women' wearing apparel valued at 12U0
wa found. Late thl afternoon detective
returned from Delphi, Ind., with three men
and two women, who are accused of having
robbed the New York store and Joseph A.
Rinks of this city of several hundred dol
lars worth of furs and silk.
Denial from Astor and tnnderbllt.
NEWPORT, R. I.. Oct. 22.-In behalf of
John Jacob Astor and Cornelius Vander
bilt, whose names were mentioned in tes
timony given at a hearing In New York
Friday on proceedings Instituted by Wil
liam R Franklin Slid Gwrge I. E.-ott
aKHinst Joseph 11 Hoadley and others to
let-over tin ku. Lewis ('ana Led yard wsued
a statement here tonight in which tt was
dt riled ilia I either Mr. andt rblll or Colonel
loi ever u ntj stuck of the Intern ilional
l'wr company, a staled by a witness.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Oct. !. (Special.) Delegates
to the National Prison association heard the
annual sermon this morning delivered iiy
Rev. H. C. Swearlngen at the First Pies-
byterlan church, attended services at the
penitentiary chapel this afternoon and to
night listened to short talks by prominent
ciUxena and visitor at St. Paul's Metho
dist church. Several of the visitor this
morning occupied pulpits In the various
churche and spoke of the alms of the as
sociation and Its work. So successful has
been the meeting so far that at the conclu
sion of the day' proceedings National Sec
retary Milligan said:
The meeting 1 starting out fine and 1
believe we will have one of the most suc
cessful and beneficial meetings w have
ever held.. Not a single hitch has occurred
we nave never had a bettor beginning."
A number of delegates arrived during the
night and this morning, among whom was
President Garvin of Wethei field, Conn., who
was tied up for four days owing to wash
outs on the railroads, and who has spent
the last four or five nights In a berth on
the train. The president was about tired
out when he reached Lincoln, but he was
able to attend the service this morning,
and he wears a "smile that won't wear off."
When asked for a statement regarding the
association and its work he said:
1 Level Heads Wanted.
I am too tired to talk at all, but I do
want to say a few things. I want to say
that I have no sympathy with hypocrloy
and sentlmentallsm, which is noticed a
great deal In charity workers. Men are
needed In this kind of work who cannot be
stampeded. Your own governor, Mr.
Mickey, Is that kind of a man. He uses
good, hard sense In dealing with such mat
ters. I have noticed his utterance and ho
is right. Men are wanted whoe hearts are
In their work and who are not carried away
witn every Ism that comes along.
There probably will be considerable op
position to the statements In my annual
report and I hope I have succeeded In stir
ring up the members of the association.
A good Btlrrlng up won't hurt anybody, but
will result In -good. I am absolutely op-
posed to the Indeterminate sentence laws
that have been enacted. They have proven
failures and have not resulfed In the good
that waa expected of them. There Is no
question but what the theory Is sound and
righteous, but a a matter of fact It prac
tical working haa proven far short of
what was expected of It. In introducing
the system we have to contend with the
opposition of the prosecuting attorneys, as
well as a hostile court and a legislature
which Is usually afraid to enact the proper
kind of a law.
"The. only way the Indeterminate sen
tence system can be made to accomplish
good t for ino m'MMMrntlrift attorney and
the courts to co-operate with the legisla
tures and with the exercise of caution and
good sense by the pardoning powers. With
out these it 1 bound to be only a partial
success.
"The state reformatories, too, have not
accomplished what was expected of them
In fact, the success of the reformatories
Is very limited. They have accomplished
something, but there Is great room for Im
provement." k
Something; Wrong; In System.
District Judge Day of Omaha, who 1 In
attendance at the meeting, when asked
concerning President Garvin' statement
about the indeterminate sentence law. said:
"I have not made a sufficient study of
the proposition to speak with any au
thorlty. I know, however, there In some-
thing radically wrong with the present
system. In my two year on the criminal
bench I have sentenced three persons to
the penitentiary twice. There Is something
wrong when a person who get out of the
penitentiary starts anew on a career of
crime. I take it that It Is because there
Is no one to look after the convict when
he ts released and hold him up until he
secure a position. He Is given a suit of
clothe and 5 and having been irt prison
tt.. lost track of how things are done out
tn the world. It 1 a nara maner iur mm
to secure employment. He tries It prob
ably till his money Is gone and then he
return to stealing. I have no doubt that
a great many criminals Inherit their ten
dencies and thi raise another great qttes
v,irh will have to be settled."
A number of the delegate take Issue with
President Garvin over the attitude on the
Indeterminate sentence law. and before the
convention Is over there probably will be
a general discussion of the subject.
More Rotable Arrive.
Lincoln never entertained a more dl
tlngulshed body than the National Prison
association. Men nd women prominent
over the United State are here taking an
active part in the proceeding, .and will
remain throughout the week. Among those
who came In lat night from other state
were A. H. Leslie, superintendent of the
Allegheny work house, Pennsylvania; A.
K. Sanders, clerk of the State Board of
Charities and Correction of Pennsylvania;
John P. Powers, superintendent of Indus
trie of Sing Sing; R. H. Kennedy, Hiijierin
tendent of knitting industry at Slug King;
A. G. Gates, chaplain of th Kansas State
reformatory; R. W. MoClaughry, warden
nf the federal prison at Leav.mworth;
Mrs. R. W. McClaughry; Fred H. Mills,
sales agent of the New York prison: An
drew J. Wilcox, warden of the Rhode
Island penitentiary; George Lew' 8mlth,
member of the Stte Board of Charities of
Rhode Island; Mrs. Phil A. Holland, rep
resenting "The Detective," Chieazo; A. A.
Cressman of Indiana. Joseph T. Sc jit, gen
eral manager of the New York state re
formatory; John D. Murray, superintendent
of Industries of Auburn. N. Y., prison;
G. M. Kelley, physician. Allegheny work
house. Pennsylvania; N. W. Jones, waiden
of the Fort Madison. Pa., penitentiary;
Mr Anna McPherson. Mrs. Natalia B.
Goidon of Denver; C. E. Had do x. warden
of th West Virginia penitentiary; Samuel
J. Barrows, corresponding secretary i.f the
association. New York; Mr. Barrows. T.
Emory Lyons, Central home, Chl;aro; A.
G. Irwin, warden, Manitoba, Canada, peni
tentiary; John H. Calhoun, New York;
Ensley Moore, chaplain penitentiary at
Jckonvllle, 111.; France A. Morton, aup
erlntendent of women' reformatory. Ma
sachusetts: Amo J. Butler, clerk of the
Board of Charltle of Indiana; C. H. Hart,
trustee, reformatory of Indiana; William
p. Cooper, member of the Board of Uharl
tie of Indiana; W. E. Collett of Denver;
C. W. Bowman, superintendent Wisconsin
state prison: Davis Judson Starr of Ohio;
Jamea W. Com ford ef Indiana; J. W.
Only Tito Xew Cases ami
Death Reported at fn
Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 22. Report of the
yellow fever situation to p. in.:
New cases 2
Total ,31
Deaths None
Total 435
New foci 1
l nder treatment 75
Discharged 2,853
While this Is the fifth consecutive day
on which no deaths of yellow fever were
reported, which In Itself was a cause for
much general satisfaction, the most grati
fying Information came In the shape of
a telegram from the state health office
of Mississippi that on Monday evening all
Mississippi quarantines would be raised.
Another source of congratulation was a
telegram from Dr. Tabor of Texas to the
effect that Texas would admit people from
Louisiana who would make an affidavit
that they had not been near an Infected
point for six days previously. It Is be
lieved that the Texas restriction will be
entirely removed in a short time and that
Alabama will also remove all restrictions
In a short time. The removal of the
Mississippi quarantine Is the cause of sat
isfaction because of the close relations
between this city and the gulf coast, which
I regarded as practically a suburb of New
Orleans.
There were no reports of new cases or
death from the country parishes today.
Those places which did report had no new
cases.
VICKSBURG, Miss.. Oct. 22.-Three new
cases and one death was the yellow fever
record for the twenty-four hours ending
at S p. m. today.
NATCHEZ, Miss.. Oct. 22. Three new
case of yellow fever In the country were
reported today.
PENSACOLA. Fla.. Oct. 22 Yellow fever
took an upward Jump today, and tonight
there were reported twelve cases and one
death.
ABYSSINIA SENDS AN ENVOY
Come to Establish Commercial Rela
tions with the Vnlted
State.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22-F.l-Hag-Abbul
Ally-Sadtk-Pasha, prince of the Mohamme
dan church, general of the Abysslanlan
army, minister of commorce and envoy of
Emperor Menellk to President Roosevelt,
arrived here today on the steamer Cedrlc
He come ostensibly In regard to the new
treaty of commerce between this country
and Abyssinia, but actually his mission
1 to tur- the possibilities of closer rela
tlons with Europe and America. He has
come to America after a stay In Berlin,
Paris and London.
Menellk Is especially Interested in the
United State and hss already given a
home for"' a legation at Adis Ababa, the
capital ,ln case this country cares to es
tablish one. The pasha speaks no Eu
ropean language and travels with an In
terpreter. On the steamer he wore Eu
ropean costume, save for a red fe, but
as soon as he reached his hotel here ho
donned an oriental costume of wonderful
colorings and wore a turban. After two
hours of prayer the Abyssinian envoy went
for a drive and then returned to the hotel
where he held an Informal reception.
PLEASURE CRAFT IS RUN DOWN
Five Person Are Drowned, with No
effort Made to Hescue
Them.
IDLE CRAZING LAND
Thousands of Aorea in Hebraika that
Ehonld Support Herd.
NEW LIGHT ON THE SAND HILL SITUATION
OoTerrment Polioy that Keedi New Turn
Uader Disoneeion,
PROBLEMS STOCK GROWER MUST MEET
t
Agitation and Indiotmeit TTpaet Eia
Baainesa Arrangement.
SALE OF SMALL TRACTS THE REMEDY
Owner of Small Herd Willing tn
Buy I nosed Acre from Govern
ment to Bring; Stability and
Urowth to Industry.
l From a Staff Correspondent.)
A INS WORTH. Neb., Oct. 21 (flpeclal.)
That the cattle business In Western Ne
braska Is profitable, I o well established
that the question hardly admit of di
cusslon, and thnt the people engaged tn
the live stock Industry In thl locality are
disturbed and unsettled under existing con
ditions, must be apparent to th most-
casual observer who passes through west
ern Nebraska and take notice of that
which is obvious. A deputy United States
marshal has recently spent soma ' threo
week or more routh of here, aervlng papers
on witnesses and other who Ire desired to
appear before the United States court at
Omaha. If there Is anything that give a
western Nebraska cattle tnau a chill. It is
to call his attention to the work of the
grand Jury on th fencing and rang que.
lion.
j Perhaps few people not engaged In lb
Stock business fully realize what It is
to be in the condition pf many of the
ranchmen In this part of Nebraska. A
large number of the ranchmen are more or
less in debt and their debts are as a rule
secured by mortgage on their .cattle. With
Indictments and prospective' Indictments
hanging over their heads on note becoming
dui, the prospecjs for renewing loans
diminishes nnd in many instances a failure
to renew a loan, which under ordinary
conditions would be readily renewed, means
bankruptcy.
Much Range Still Vacant.
While many thousand homestead entrix
have been made under the Klnkaid law,
still there are thousands of acre In west
ern Nebraska that have not been filed on
oy any one. While all this land nrnd.io.
good grass and raises the very best of feed
for cattle, under existing Inwa n.. ..i
men cannot acquire title to the land ..,h
as long as this ia the case there I no doubt
wie came raininess, the leading indtistrr
adapted to this locality, will remain in aii
unsettled slate.
Inquiry mad) of many station agent re
garding the number of new settlors moving
Into the country brings out the fact thut
at every point there has been an Increase
n me population, since the enactment "or "'
the. Klnkald.rUw, ami it l,rpnrent tht
many famine, hare acquired homea under
his law. nearly all of whom are engaged
In the stock business to some extent.
Men engaged In raising cattle do not
consider themselves In a settled condition.
That they are the pioneers and can prop
erly be considered as good citlxens Is be
yond doubt. Some of the largest concerns
are accused by the smaller producers of'
running over them, but there haa been a
great change In Nebraska during the last
five years, a today there are not one
fourth of the big concerns there were Ave
years ago, but tho Bmall producers have
Increased In number a very large per
cnt.
Scarcely any of the cattlemen are op
posed to the operation of the Klnkaid law.
In fact. It is safe to say that all of th
small producer favor the Klnkaid law,
but practically all of them think the lands
that have not been taken up under this
law should be sold In limited quantities
to actual settlers In order that they may
get title to the land, and be able to placs
ine came Dusiness or the state on a solid
basis, where their credit will he good at
YONKER8, N. Y.. Oct. 12. -Five persons,
the body of one having been recovered, j the bank, and where they might con
fldently figure from year to year Jut what
are believed to have been drowned today
by the running down of a catboat by a
tug off South Yonker. Members of the
South Hudson Boat club heard cries for
help out on the river and In the heavy mist
that prevailed were able to make out the
outlines of a capsized boat and of a tug
that was running rapidly down the river.
The cries ceased before the yachtsmen
amount of grass they can expect to use for
grazing their stock.
Leasing Sot the Remedy.
Outside of the large concern there la
very little sentiment In favor of a leasing
system. As some have explained, they be
lieve the agony would Just be prolonged.
who had put out to the rescue In a row- I "" ' "ny ,ana ,MMa wl"
boat, reached the catboat. which they ' ' h "Wect to homestead entry
found deserted and with U. side stove In. ?"d RbUt ,h? ,tlm ,n" leS8M h '
In a coat aboard the boat they found "nged for th. care of hi. .tock. It
. . , L i would only take one homestead to free
a list of names, which proved to be those i . . . " ' . ,r
. . I .i . th. rlm to """range his fence, and at no
boat. They were Edward Nelson, the
- . 1 , . . vi. tt-.a . n
owner oi ...e uuii. . - "A" , ' heir herds. They believe that the futur
jamin rtenson, r . oiini-oun nuu ..nu i hdiup
on, all of South Yonker. This evening
. time will they have any assurance of la
bility and feel serur In having grass for
the body of Benson wa found not far
from the eicne of the collision. Nothing
had been heard of the missing men up to
a late hour tonight.
policy of the government should b one
of liberality to the small producer, and
among the email producer they class those
with from twenty-five to 800 head of cattle,
the greater number averaging from fifty to
200 head.
The country so far examined I plainly
not one-half stocked, not one-fourth. In
fact, in many localities, not one-tenth tb
cattle are kept that could be kept In the
very best of oondltion on the grass that'
Is going to waste. Thousands and thou
sand of acre of the finest grazing land
under the aim have not felt the tramp of
a hoof In Rock nnd Brown counties. In
the southern part of these two count!
thousands of tons of hay rots each winter
on the ground where It grew. The people
of the cltle need the beef that could be
grown on these land and It 1 held by
many of the more Intelligent rattl pro
ducer that th.ey would have the support
of the consumer of the cltle, did the
latter Know oi ine coiitimons na mey xii-
Thia hay thut goea to waste Is th same
quality of hay that brings the top price In
GASOLINE LAUNCH EXPLODES
Three People Injured nnd Two Are
Believed to Have Been
Drowned.
ST. IX)U1S. Oct. 22. A gasoline launch
containing four passenger, making It first
trip on the Mississippi river, exploded thjs I
afternoon near Ivory station, fourteen mile J
below the city, and two of the passenger
are believed to have been drowned, the i
other two being probably fatally burned.
Missing:
Fred Phe.
Unidentified man. Injured.
Edward Duffy, sr.
Edward Duffy, Jr.
Edward Duffy sr. and Fred Phee had
constructed the launch and were making ' thf, rhlcaro and Omaha markets, and while
a trial trip with the new craft. Duffy's son i Jt could be profitably fed to cattle, it Is
and a son of Phee went along. After be- , not prilt.,i(.ai to ship the hay so fr. espe
Ing on the water three hours the launch J clHy wh(,n lt n8, to be hauled so far to
suddenly expioaeu ana sang. Anotner
launch In the vicinity succeeded In rescuing
Duffy and his son, but Phee and his son 1
disappeared and are believed to have been
drowned. Duffy and his son were taken to
the hospital at Jefterson Barracks, both
being badly burned. Duffy said the explo
sion was caused by a leaking gusollne pipe.
(Continued on Second Vt l
Movements of Ocean teasels Oct. 2Z.
At New York Arrived: Calabrlu, from
Naples. Marseilles and Almerta
At Houtiiainpion Arrived: 8t. Louis, from
New York.
At Liverpool Arrived: Canadian, from
Boston: Etrurla, from New York; Victorian,
from New York: f'anada, from M-mlu-nl.
At Boulogne Sailed: Ryndam, tor New
York.
At Glasgow Sailed: Corinthian. for
Montreal: Columbia, for New York.
At Queensiown (sailed: Lucania, for New
York.
At Dover-Sailed; Graf Waldree, for
New iork.
reach a railroad shipping point. If the
president succeeds in getting the packet
down to an honest basis, so that the differ
ence is not so great between the mat
on the hoof and on th butcher' block,
there ran be no doubt of the futur of
western Ntbraxka, especially If the law
are so arranged that the cattlemen ran
get the land tn graze their herds upon.
They are willing to pay what It 1 worth
and their own Interest would make them
use It more economically than It I now
used.
Lot of tlie Haurbnaen.
The lot of the ranchman Is not on of
uea or roaea. n me nisi pisvv uirr muse
Isolate themselves to a groater or la ex
tent from the world In venturing out
on the prairie with their Utile herds, and
J la most vase li tt juiro several year of