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The Omaha Daily Bee BIGGEST VALUE FOR LEAST MONEY BEE WANT ADS TO GET AIL THE NEWS READ THE BEE EACH DAY, ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1905-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. i HYDE OX THE STAND Fmer Vict Preiidmt af Eqtitabl Teiti fiei ia IeiurtDce Inteitig-tian. MYSTERIOUS ACf JNT IS CLEARED UP Low af $885,00 .-Wat Uud U M.i . t.t lt am . v . Objection ibl isaiti in- lay I x. UNION PACIFIC SYNDICATE IS E; 1AINED Officer, ligi ' Igretmait ffittont CHARGES AGAINST FRlCK AND iRRIMAN Mr. Hyde Arrnap Thctn of Pretendlnsr to Be Friendly to Him WWIt fining All They Can to Injnre Him. """" , verslty ordinarily requires and that they N K W YORK, Nov. 14.-James Hyde, i suffered In convenience by being required former vice president of the Equitable Life. ! to enter the freshmen year. Assurance society, whose resignation fol- i The asKoelntlon wns unable to conic to owed the sensational disclosures In that an agreement today on the question of ompanv last spring which led to the In- j endorsing or condemning font ball as .estlgstlon of Insurance company method : played In American colleges. y the Armstrong committee of the legis- I At noon n motion to adjourn wns ature, the man whose presence as a wit- j adopted, thnu tabling the foot ball resilu icn before I his committee has been looked Hon permanently. 'orward to In the expectation that it would 1 iifUcers were clirtrd todaV us follows: mduc the greatest sensation of the In .eMIgatlon, appeared before the eommls don today. Mr. Hyde's manner on the stand was nna f composure and deliberation, and his re plies to questions of counsel were calm and deliberate and oftlmes studied, lie was fortified with statement and data and was very frank In his explanations. Frequently he would become bitter In bis reference to soma of filf associates, while bis entire testimony was of deep Interest ami cleared up many points that have heretofore re mained in the dark, it was not until late hi the day (hat the sensational features of his testimony were, developed. Mr. Hyde was called to the eland shortly after the session opened this morning, and he was under examination all day until a few minutes before adjournment whs taken. In anticipation of his presence ns a wit ness there was a greater crowd than has attended the sessions of the committee here tofore and extra police were stationed in the corridor without the commit lee room to keep order. Mysterious Account leared I p. Mr. Hyde cleared up the mutter of tha IM,000 loan of tho Mercantile Trust coin lt!y which appeared on tho books of tho Equitable. Life under the caption of "the i J. W, Alexander No. i account. " This tic count liaa been tinder Investigation on sev eral previous occasions, . hut none of the witnesses heretofore examined had been uhla to explain It. Mr. Hyde drat heard of thla account In me tan or iri, wnen u Man ranea to nia j attention by President Alexander, who said that he and Mr. Jordan had Incurred the ' loan. tp. Jake 1P "tock Jt hat u being bid up to fictitious valun to tha detriment of j the .company, to settle' suit s" hat were ham- j dent's cabinet would be a great 1 help- to peiing tho business of the society and for miners and they were as much entitled to campaign contributions. This contribution ' paternal protection as the farmers, now was the one to the last campaign and was ! looked after by the Agrlcujtur.l Depart asked by. Mr. Frick, who suggested It for nient, or the shipping Interests, fcunked the benefit of the society. To procure this after by the Department of Commerce and money Mr. Alexander and Mr. Hyde wrote I.ibor. He made a plea for honesty In high a letter to the president of the Mercantile places and said miners should ctand to Trust company and this letter practically j gether and make an honest light for their placed him in the position of a guarantor, Later, when the settlement of the loan was forced, Mr. Alexander and Mr. Jordan raised all they could toward it. The ; stock purchased with part of the loan was sold to Thomas F. Ryan for '.i:.Ki, and tha balance, S212..100. Mr. Hyde paid per- j sonally. Ho did this because he under- stood that Mr. Alexander was financially embarrassed and In a bitter tone said: "Notwithstanding; the strained relations with these two gentlemen (Alexander and Jordan) I felt bound to son that the debt waa liquidated by reason ot the letter Mr. Alexander had extracted from me." ' Mr. Hyde'a Salary. Mr. Hyde eald he first received a sulary of 130,000 aeven years ago. In 1:2, when be became chairman of the finance com mittee, thla wus advanced to T3,Qn0. and In iw.1. It was advanced to lloo.ooo, at which It remained until he resigned aa vice president of tho society. Mr. Hyde pre- sented a statement showing that In the seven years or nis connection wun tne Kquitable Life and the allied corporations ms average income nan Deen omy a little i more than $,000 a year. This was figured J as (even years' salary from the Equitable, amounting to t43,O0O, from which he de- ; ducted his losses In syndicate transactional PHII.ADK1.P1IIA. Nov. 14. -.John Schweck amounting to $28,615 and the $J12,3uO paid on ler, who up to the day previous to the elec- the ffitt.utt loan, which left a balance of t:3.&4. or an average annual Income of I.T.tiST to which was added the average Income from his office In the trust com panies of 110. WO. Witness said he presented this statement to show that he had been misrepresented. I In the Thirty-third district of the Twenty The Instruction of Mr. Jordan to A. C. sixth ward. The inen. who were election llelda, the "legislative generalissimo," as ; ofTtcers, are accused of conspiracy to suiff Mr. Hughes referred to him today, Mr. and substitute a ballot box iu the polling Hyde knew nothing about. He auld he ' placo of the precinct. It was testified that never consulted Mr. Jordan about ligiaia- ufter the polls closed the ballot box, cun tlve matters and that none of the leglsia-'l tainlng Via bullots, was plucud in u voting live measures affected him or his Intel-tats j booth, where it mas concealed by a curtain. In any way. The syndicate operations of I By means of a lildilen door leuding from an J. H. Hyde and associates were Hone Into j other room Schwteklcr. it Is alleged, re- t: oroughly and ll wus .1,... in ..,,. .,. twenty-three syndicates Mr. Hyde sus- vir w.-.i. ..... (allied personal losses of fcS.Bli. Mr. Hyde ascribed the apportionment of the Equit able's allotment in syndicates to the cus. toius aiul usages of Wall street. Of the formation of J. II. Hyde and assectutes' syndicate Mr. Hyde said Mr. Alexander ruggestcd il for the convenience of hauliers. lalun Haciav Pool. Of lha tOO.OUU.ouo Lnlon Paciilc pool Mr. Ilde aald Mr. Harriman originated It and explained that it was to be a holding syn dicate for five years. It was understood that thla mas for the purpoae of controlling j tli Union Pacific. Mr. Hyde signed tho ndlcate agreement with Mr. Harriuian'a t-iggVstiou and talked only mllh Mr. liarrl man ou the subject. The executive commit tee was not Informed of thla operation us Mr. Hyde said that Mr. Alexundcr did not ll. ink It necessary and thai Mr. Hurrlmar, rcqtlested that the committee be' not in- lormed of it. He said that Vr. iierim.it even refused to give a statement ot the purposes of the pool to the superintendent of Insurance "when be was rlauioiing for il" last spring. Lcllpslng all this sensational testimony mero tha statements of Mr, Hyde concern lug former Oovernor Odell and Mr. Harri man relative to the settlement of the Ship Building company suit against the Mercan tile Trust company. Mr. Hyde said that Mr. Harriman came to litm and advised tha settlement of CKlell'a urt aa he feared NO ACTION 0N FOOT BALL State tnlTerslty Presidents Adjourn Without nrarhlns aa Airrrmtnl on (irldlroa (iimr. WASH I NUTON. Nov. H.-Thc convcti tlon of tlie Association of Preridcnts of tli 8tte Universities adjourned todiy. The convention endorsed the national unl- : verslty project, whose courses are de- tkd 8ff.s!Knd for students and graduate students oniy, nna appoints a commiiiee. nmnrai- nJ of VTiapnts Rilkrr, Bu,Uman 8nd I Thompson, to confer with members of tin? committee of 4rt named by Hoyt of Colo rado. the orlglnltor of the project. The as- i soeiatlon discussed questions suggested by the experiences of American students who nre taking the Rhodes sclmliirslilps at Ox ford university In England. President Campbell of the University of Oregon opened the talk on the subject. The opin ion by some was that the scholarships did not ofW the best trainirg for American stu dents, but ns the project was In the early Mages of Us history. Judgment should not be finally passed upon It it this time. It was contended that American students generally are much further advanced In their studies than an admission to the mil - President. Richard It. Jesse, diversity Ot Missouri: Vire presmeill. ,oWi,.e ,i. Vanhise. fniverslty of Wisconsin; secre- i tary ri.1 treasurer, t.eorgc K. I-cllowa. , I'lilvrslty of Maine, reflected. A nvijorlty of the delegates appear to favor the selection of Berkeley, Cal , for the next meeting piece, but this question will be settled by the executhe committee. In connection with this convention there were meetings in this city todiy of the Association of American Agricultural Col leges and Experiment Stations and of the Association of official Horticulture In spectors. These sessions will be continued several days. The delegates to the three conventions were received by PrCFldcnt Roosevelt nt the White House thlR sf'crnuon. Tonight Di rector K. tt. Voorhees of New Jersey, the president of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta tions, delivered his annual address. MINING CCNGRESS IN SESSION Address of President Richards la Feature of the Meeting Tues day Morning. EL TASO. Teg., Nov. 14. Tho eighth annual session of the American Mining congress opened In El Taso today. Tho attendance was comparatively small be cause of the trains being late. The city is decorated with flags of Mexico and the United Btates. Mexican bands furnish music and many Mexican delegates were present. xh feature of the dav wns the annual address of President J. II. Richards, president Richards said he believed a do-J nartment of mines and mlnlrnr in the presl rights and against the crooks and rascals in the mining business. Resolutions were Introduced urging the creation of a department of mines by con gress; urging congress to pass laws provid ing for the location of mines on Spanish land grants In Arizona and New Mexico, titles to which have been confirmed by ! government court of land claims; urging , the hydographlc bureau to properly locate all desert waterholes and erect metal posts in their vicinity that will Indicate their di rection. It is also urged that rangers be provided to keep such- water free from pollution. All the resolutions were referred to a committee Prof. James Douglass, president of the Phelps-Dodge interests in Arizona, Invited the entire congress to become his guests on a special train for Blsbee and Douglaaa. The world'! championship drilling contest opens tomorrow. ! ACCUSED MAN SURRENDERS j John Sc1Treckler. Fugitive from Jus- lice Jn Philadelphia. Comes to the O Ulcers. lion was employed as a clerk In the office of thu city solicitor and had since been a fugi tive from Justice, toduy surrendered him self. He Is charged, together with W. J. Wool and H. K. Starr, with perrxtrattng a fraud i moved t b tsix. subslituline llierei'or ,,n,i - - - , tilloU mllh 6 spurious ballots. To obtain tilled mllh i,urloii hallots. To ..biain ! the blank ballots he iiredrd Schkeckler Is said to huvc gone to the custodian ot the ballots at the city hull curlier iu the day ami, ulleging that u certain precinct down town hud run out of blank ballots, had been i given a book coiilululng :i)0 ballots. I COUNTY TREASURER MISSING Kansas Maa .tcnied of Eiuuesslrwrut and Forgery r'orfrlta Ills Hall Bond. PHll.LltiBLRC,. Kaa., Nov. H.--ChrUs W. Bowman, county treasurer, accused of embeaxleinent and forgery, uud whoso pre liminary hearing tn the latter charge mas set for hearing toduy. fuller to appear lu court toduy un I his bond mas forfeited. ' Jls attorney nutfled the court that Bom-- j "" lliJ dl--l.red lust mght and that his whereabouts were unknown For many years Bowman had been state politics. . piuminent in Iter court mas again convened uud a ; Jo mr,,g against this same other man if second bond signed by Boa mans father ever it becomes to his own iutcresl to do and father-in-law was forfeited, inuuedi- i - Vour associations deserve peculiar re atelv after this action of the eonrt th. i --,d ause you have developed to a aiei alter mis anion ot tne lourt the ma,ked degree the very qualities that ail county commissioners declared the ortice i bodies of mugeworkeis should develop. The of county treasurer vacant and a deputy I Intelligence, the regard for the future, the treasurer mas Dlaced In charao of the .,m... I self-reepeci mingled with the respect for Bowman's wt'e thinks her husband lias committed suicide. She has almuys acted as her husband's deputy and a movement 1 on foot to have Ley retaJuod lu, lh office M his auceeaavrw RAILWAY EMPLOYES 0BJEC1 Labor OrganiiUioni Frofesi to Bee Lawer Wage, in Bate Regulation. ALLEGE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ROADS Tell the President There Is o More Reason for Reanlatlns; Freight Rates Than Prices of Other Commodities. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. An earnest pro test was made to the president today against proposed railroad late leglslat'nn. The protest mas Hied by representatives of the five great labor organisations connected with railroading the engineers, firemen, conductors, switchmen and trainmen. The members of the delegation which called on the president represented the several or ganizations. They pointed out to him that railroad rate legislation logically meant the lowering of rates. This they contended will be followed by n lessening of th- earning power of railroads and consequently by re durtlon eventually of the wages of rail road employes. The statement presented by Mr. Huntley w;is as follows: The railroad emplnv cs and those depend ent upon them represent upward of i?.inTi pn pe in this country, and whose enrnings approximately amount to jri.enn.iii nn mtRlly, and we believe there Is r.o other elas.s (,f Amerlenn workmen mho present a higher general standard of eitizenstilp than fh.e railroad employes, and we n!m claim Hint are entitled to fair and 'ininan'-i j consideration In the framing or adoption of , any national legislation that threatens our epr,,.,.l no,,.,.,.!,,. 11 . ,, Ue. lnlor.il . ,. .,,. ,,., ., ,,,, . . ,,. d broiitler alnndard of .-onditlon- lor the wnrkliiHinen of this country, 'ind therefore It Is not strange that since tl InoenMnn of this movement for national I legislation on railroad ratea that all rn'l- road employes have from time to time nnd In various ways expressed their convictions. Vol' example, the Ilrotherhood of Kailroid Trainmen, with a membership of sn.ono. at its last annual meeting In Ftil.Tnlo last spring adopted resolutions of the most emphatic nature apalnst any reduetlon In railroad rates. The Brotherhood of locomo tive Knglneers nnd the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen have expressed similar views by nfnVlnl utterances, anil the same ran be said of the Switchmen's National as sociation. The Order of Railway Conduc tors, at its biennial convention In Portland, ore.. ;i p t May. endorsed resolutions of the same nature. The membership of these or ganisations Is now a little more than 2.V.mn snd there are still behind us another full l.nor,Oi of pihorers In the railroad world who would be similarly affected bv anv re ductions in the earning capacity of the rail road lines of this country, and whst Im presses us with more force than any other side of tlie Issue is this: Alleate Discrimination Against Roads, Why have the railroad interests In par ticular been selected for this attack? Why is the Interstate Commerce commission or some similar commission not to be clothed with the same absolute authority to fix the maximum prices of beef, porlt. oil. clothing, butter and eggs, etc. -in fact, everything which one has to buy every day? It seems to us that such a step would be Infinitely more reasonable than this proposed move j Uwilnn on a rharge of criminal libel, pre on railroad rates, because nil of these and , r . other commodities hnVP advanced by leaps : 'erred by Mr. Barron. The case results and bounds and by methods which we ill : from statements alleged to have, been made agree would bear Investigation, while the . , mnKazln, article by Mr. fcawaon, and Ka7JflTT """" " '-r ot wrrMt per mile In 1S70 down to three-foiirtfis of 1 I has been, the nubject of; hearings eotrarlBg cent per ton per mile today and during the I a period of severnl weeks. granted 'substantial wage concessions to pttm ten years ine rnnnwm eoonw,oi,e . - thoir employes and jilso ameliorate wporjor a bureau for tn dlir,vvun or financial That the railroads of the country hare been enabled to reduce rates and at rhe same time advance wages and spend large sums In the physical improvement of tliejr properties Is due to the reduction and elimination of grades, curves, etc.. doubled i . i . ,.r . . i. -.. lmn..nuilv InereNMeft C,ipt-i ice ,ii v ' . ' , hauling power or locomotives mm jur-i i character Of general serviee renu-n-u. nn" Ing in Instances an Increase of 2nn per cent In train tonnage. We believe in this In crease In earning power the limit has been reached, therefore we believe that we ta!;e , a fair and Just view of the situation when ; wo cUlm that no national legislation should be adopted which shall tend In any degree to Interfere with or Interrupt the present or i future prosperity of the rallroaa employes in this country.' In presenting to the president the fore going statement Mr. Huntley, who is a con ductor on tho Tjike Shore & Michigan Southern railway, said: We s re of the classes which have most to do in the practical operation or tne mosi Important brancn or tne rsnj . e c and that Is the train department. He told the president It was not necessary . u .1 r.. :Opons.0..U,Ts. the shadow of death that .ith om .ion hv alen In our dally battle for bread in our profession, because every laboring man in the land Knows tne presi dent's sympathy li with "the "honest worker." o Political Coloring:. Mr. Huntley assured the president that no taint of partisanship or political color ing existed In any degree among the mem bers of the delegation, but they take a keen interest in matters effecting the social economies of the country and the speaker declared with emphasis that the railroad employes were satisfied that any legislation tending 'to reduce the earning capacity of the railroads will In the aine measure in terfere with the prusperity und generally satisfactory conditions of the railway em ployes. Mr. Huntley stated that It come to be the attitude of the administration and of prominent republicans generally that when a revision of the tariff Is made the changes j I should be by Its friends and not by its enemies. We suggest." said Mr. Huntley, "that a slmllar course be followed In railway rate legislation." He wound up by expressing the hope. that . . there would be no national legislation that mil.i tmts-rf sr wit h nr Interrum. thai prosperous condition of the railroads or of their employes. The delegation which culled upon the t ...... , ,i, . .u. ........ i in ,.iiiii, i .mi i i'hii ni... 1 1 ii, ...,ii ... . ... ...i n ..r .... t.r , Mnj represented all of the larger systems i r railroads. President Roosevelt asautrcd or the purpose of those who favored rail road rate legislation to do anything that might injure the railroads of the country or, Incidentally, the employes of the rail roads. He said that it . i was his purpose that all classes-rail rouda. shipper, and employes should luive perfectly fair treat ment. President States Ills Position. President Roosevelt, iu his uddress, said: Ueullenieu: I have lust a word that 1 waul to suy to you. in thu iirst place I trust I need hardly say thai no delegation will ever 1 muru welcome al the While HoUik: than such a delegation as tills. Tile interests of the muge murker uud ttie in- ' terests of the tiller or the soil must lie all American public iH-cuiiui i cioet. 10 I iiiro. ,ouo uio-r- . 1 that if they prosper men; among other reasons lor the reason all other clusses mill prosper llkemise as a mat I trgtu al . matter uf ouuise. the repreatniu- i tlu.it.. 1 .Lull a, every tiling Ui my power for the labor- 1 ing men except to do anything wrong; tor t tiio man who will do anything wrong in the olheis. the power of self-restraint, which are absolutely essential to any body of men mtilch is to move upward and onward. Remember alwss that every man of us must in soma shut, or other have hia paa- -Coutlr,u4 on Bp4 Pago I TAFT AT NEWPORT NEWS Secretory of War alks of Ileanlt of Ohio Election at nd Conditions at Panama. NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. Nov. 14 -Secretary of War William II. Taft reached Hampton Roads today aboard the I'nited States protected cruiser Columbia, after a trip of Investigation to tUe Isihmus of Panama, and this evening hottded :t steamer for Washington. Secretary Taft lecelved an Associated Press rcpiuer and talked freely this afternoon of the elec tion, particularly in Ohio, and the situation In Panama. He said:' ' "Ch revolt In PlnMnnnll Im l,i .it alee. 1 toward better municipal government and " tfrral r-'"" of ral way rates , will better politic, but the victory will not 'f'lve equal consideration In the uel bera be completed for several years. A ma- iU'"' U, niplen,cnt dealers this w.ek china entrenched in power, as Is the Ohio I ,wlth maU" ot dirpct '" l,y Cala" machlne. can only be made to give up 1 lo"e fron' '"anufacturer to farmer, through the earnest attention and work Tit rate agitation has become so univer of young men entering politics with the ! ' ,thal w inventions adjourn .without enthusiastic and unselfish desire to imiko i ,,avi" ''raed or repudiated the presl- it better and willing to devote all the time there is needed in their vocation to j organization of politico! clubs which shall have for their rrtotto 'Onro Conventions and Freedom to the People m the Selection i of Proper Candidates for the Municipal and County Officers." "Those who brought alwuit the defeat of the machine cannot afford to He back on their oars ind think they have m'on a lasting Ictory. They have merely car ried the first entrenchments, and If they do not follow up their sitf-cess they will find te old machine as itrong ss ever In future campaigns. "I regret the defeatj of Oovernor Her rick because I think h4; was made to suf fer for alleBY.,1 ttl-iervitirv in nnMlRm. of I which he was not guilty, and his freedom from which would have been demonstrated by a second term."' Secretary Taft stated thst he m-as highly pleased with his trip to Panama. ""The trip was very satisfactory," he said. "Comparison of the condition of the af fairs on the occasion of my visit last and this year shows a marked Improvement. Great work has been done In sanitation nnd the suppression of disease and In preliminary work In constructing houses, setting up equipment, building railroad tracks, building docks, wharves, and all the enormous neressary work of prepara tion before the dirt can be made to fly. The present orgaulxallnn under Mr. Shunts seems to be operating effectively." WARRANT OUT FOR LAWSON "Frensled Finance Fight Has Reached the Criminal Cnurts In Massachusetts. BOSTON. Nov. 14 Counsel representing Charles W. Barron stated today that after a private hearing today Judge IVentworth of the municipal rourt had decided to Issue a warrant for the arrest of Thomas V. Mr. Barront the complainant. Is proprietor Shortly before noon the court Issued the warrant In accordance with its decision and an officer was sent to serve the docu ment on Mr. Lawson. Before the warrant had been served an -- - ....... . agreement between counsel was effected whereby Mr. Lawson is to appear In court next Saturday nnd submit to the ovldenco of the warrant. Meanwhile counsel for Mr. La who n stated the defendant In this suit will apply for a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Barron for criminal libel In matter printed In the market sheets Issued by Mr. Barron's bureau. In a statement issued after, the hearing today Mr. Barron said: The warrant Is based upon a magazine article which appeared in October and upon threats and attacks In previous magazine nrtlel..n . . .1 I I.nllnu ana I ..m . I a . 1 1 . !-,. , , 0 ,. . . . , , . Mr. lawson In a statement said that the i present actli n was an echo of a civil suit ' for 1100.000 tlnmHirea for llh.l Kmi.irhl ! against him by Barron In .ad not yet tried. BANK HAS TWO SETS OF BOOKS Sensational Discovery Made by Re celver of Wrecked Allegheny Institution. PITTSBI'RG. Pa.. Nov. 14. If the latest report concerning the EnterprlEe bank Is true. Receiver Cunningham Is In possession of a duplicate act of books kept by persons In the bank between August 25 last, when federal examination waa male. and the'duy the bank closed Its doors. Thla Information comes from one of the directors of tha Enterprise bank, who appeared to be sur. prised that no mention had been previously made of this Incident In the examination of the batik's accounts. The finding ot the books was some days j "iunt to the suicide of Cashier Clark I , .... j "! " l V?1' "OUr0e m" of e fraudu lent financial ransac- j 'on" tha' wJout t,,e . wrck of e, ba,?k' j "led with i ri 1 n I in Wa -t n I ri cr f i ri 11 rntii nla t r r j . .,. , llrn ' j vernmt "1 bae Its criminal suits. JllSt who U'fll he hit bv tlie nnnlAmnlal.l ,fl,. I- n .u.,.r of er.,.1.,.. Tk .uoiie.u o. i on .mm iiiu noi hole: . : Knowledge ot these looks and mas not th "'"""- '" " ; j M noun il ioai IUI14IU riuiJiurl U Hie r.ll- terprise bunk have been compelled to secure i j the receiver by giving Judgment notes and making reul estate transfers. The inquiry into the reason for this I .11. .If. th. I.fr.r.,.!.n !,. ,1 1... - v..v..n i,tt i w, wwi, .,aw llirw rill UiUJ 19 i . . , . . ' H 3 " L " . '; .,.- - . . ei i. . i,,., b..i..., r. i but Receiver Cunningham In sisted that these loans be secured by notes and property transfers of equivalent value. GOTHAM HORSE SHOW AWARDS Alfred Vanderbllt Wins la Four-lo-Haad and Team Class 0er Ills Brother Kegviaald. NEW TORK, Nov. 14.-A. G. Vanderbilt scored nis first decisive victory lu the four-in-hand park teams at the horse show this afternoon, driving his famous team con sisting of Rustling Silk. Full Dress, Portia and Sweet Marie. Mrs. John Ucrken mas consoled for the defeat of Doncuster Model wheu tier cham pion pony Torchlight defeated the former champion Enfield Nipper, owned by the Irvlngtoti Stock farm of BewUkley. pa. A, G. Vanderbilt won another blue ribbon In the lust event in tha afternoon with Sweet klurie and Portia lu the class of teams attached to private omnibuses, com peting against his brother Reginald. Wil liam II. Moore of CUcago and (i V. Wat- Aou of BaUlmora, SQUARE DEALUNDER DEBATE President BoeieTelt to 2e' Diieuseed by Iaplemeit Dealers. OPENING ADIRESS OF PRESIDENT CAULK Catalogue Houses and drafting the Main Topics Touched on and the Views Thereon Expressed Are Popular. President Roosevelt's policy with regard .m agree mat iney win aenaie tne tnaiicr. , The expediency of Mr. Roosevelt's views I will furnish the subject for discussion at thel n,reni ""' is to be held at 9 o'clock this morning. Every man who at tended the session of the convention yes- terday afternoon has appointed himself a committee to bring other dealers to this morning's meeting. It Is estimated that there are now more than 1.000 dealers in this city and Council Bluffs from eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. Yesterday's attendance was not large, owing to the fact that the members had so much business Willi tl.e iobbers theV felt Hipv COIlM not vet to Ih. meet. I ing. On this account the hour of the nW " bf,n changed from 2:30 In the morning, the Job- ners uaving promised to do their business with the retailers In the afternoon and leave them free to attend the convention In the forenoon. President (Ik Presides. The convention was called to oider at 2:30 Tuesday in O'Brien s hall by President R. ,C Caulk of Allen. The report of Sec retary Culver was read and President Caulk delivered his annual address. Mr. Caulk Impressed on the dealers the Im portance of contriving some plan to meet catalogue house competition. In part he said: Let the time speedily come when all dealers in all lines of trade, both whole. sale and retail, will rise in one great body and demand laws from our slates which will prohibit the catalogue houses front advertising and dumping their cheap ware abroad on the unsuspecting purchaser. I deem catalogue houses the greatest menace to our trade existing at the present time, and it Is affecting the Iobbers as well aa the retail trade. Right here, let me mate that when this convention comes to the program this catalogue house question should be the chief subject of discussion, and it should he seriously discussed and thought of along the line of suggesting a plan to meet this kind of competition. 1 can t desist Imnlorlne- von to Htae,,. catalogue question, the parcels post and the numbering of rural mall boxes. These three brands of graft should bo burned Into every dealer's mind with a 'glittering brand, for if they are not headed oft the time-is close at hand when they will put us down and out. Ahout Loan In Membership. Regarding the loss In membership through crooked work of organizers, Mr. Caulk said: I am very sorry . that 1 rarnot eey, an I resident f reeland said In his address la.it year.- tliat wo have a larger membership than at any previous time, for I know that our membership has diminished materially In the last year. And right here let me ex plain a little why our membership has fallen off. One year ago lat spring we had two organizers In the territory of Ne braska and western Iowa, organizing local clubs for coitry associations. Thev went into a county '.nd made a good manv deal era believe they could not buv goods un less they first took membership In our as sociation and coughed up H for member ship fees, and they .went so far as to name the dealer supposed to have gone to the Nebraska Mollne I'lom- company to buy a car of their goods, and said dealer was, so they said, flatly refused by this com pany a dollar's m-orth of goods until he went over and made peace with the secre tary of this association and dug up his $8 membership fee. The graft that theHe so-called organizers run on the" dealers over the country has put us in a critical condition, for the reason that these organizers collected $8 from tin- suspecting ueaiers and put It In their pock- I etH' and nr..rr remltted to our secretary. who advanced money out of his own pocket ! for their expenses to the amount of about I S.&M i with mir dues to the National eederfltlnn Members Not Discouraged. M. H. Greene of Creighton. Fred Loomls of Council Bluffs, A. P. Karbach of Omaha and J. M. Elwell of Springfield discussed the president's address. They were not dis couraged by the decrease In membership caused by the operations of the "grafters," I and thought that with rousing meetings today and tomorrow the association by the end of the convention would have regained ; its old footing. j A nominating committee was appointed consisting of L. P. Byers of Valley, Harr- Schlckedantz of St. Paul and Nicholas Frltx of Pender. The election of officers will be held Thursday. The subjects for discussion mentioned by the president In his address will be taken up toduy and tomorrow. EntertaJnlagr the Visitors. Members of the association who had i reached fhe city spent the afternoon -nd i evening largely In viewing the various ex- : Auditorium, tl.e lobbies of the hotel, and at the varlou. theaters. Many .! different placea although the local dealers M m, iuic ai c uui rAitiuuiuaj ca . riwici l IJ3 Auditorium or In the hotels, but seem to i P tU ""ke " hOrt tO get the dealers to visit their wurehouses where special preparations have been made for their entertainment and to show the wares. A person walking Into the lobby of the got Into the wrong berth, as the whole place is filled with an ussortment of buggies und Ucrl.r i'..hlel.. I i i?lt t n hi ir rort .llartluv. .,-liK I " ' " ' ,v" tIBl'U IUUI U I1UICI1H UIUII BIIUW IflO 1 . ..... manner In which they resist the forked 1 lightning, miniature windmill models oper- ! ated by electric fans, und all sorts of new 1 devices which the manufacturers think the j dealers could bundle to their profit. - Thresbei Made of Steel. The Auditorium Is a buzz of whirling ! I muchiiiury from a giant threshing machine ! iu operation to an Independent telephone ' plant which is manufactured in Nebraska. ', I The thresher Is exhibited by the J. I. Case I com,uiy of Ruclne and is something ne j being constructed entirely of stetl and bc I ing entirely fireproof. It lias an automatic I feeder and a mammoth feeder. The man in charge says the machine is made of steel because it is hard 10 get suitable hard wood Just as much as because It made it fireproof. Two locul concerns uie shorn Ing at 11. Auditorium, the J. K. Bauin company mini a full Una of buggy tops and cushions and all sorts of hardware needed for a buggy. The Linlnger Metcalf company shows a lurge variety of Implements and goods which a country dealer should curry. A bouse haa been constructed of binders twine which, from u distance resembles a lug house of yn olden time. Ruggiea and I .tCo.tUiu.e4 CttJt'Uiii face.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Wednesday end Thursday. Temperature at Omaha leslerdnyi Hour. Dear. Hour. Iea. It a. m hm p. nt -t:i fl n. in ,"H a p. ra 4l T a. m ..... . A a p. in . . -v. . H N a. m :ih 4 p. m S' l a. m .17 R p. m 411 10 n. in .14 l p. m " 11 a. m 40 7 p. m 47 la m 41 sl p. in 4.1 p. ni -M MUST PRODUCE TALLY SHEETS Sw York Hupreme Court Orders Documents Turned Orer In County Canvassing Hoards, NEW YORK, Nov. 14 Counsel for the Municipal Ownership league today obtained from Justice Amend. In the supreme court, an order directing County Clerk Hamilton to produce before the Board of County Canvassers the original tally sheets in bis custody at their meetings tomorrow, or In default of so doing to show cause to morrow why he should not do so. Justice Amend also restrained the Board of County Canvassers from taking any action with regard to the canvass of the votes until the question as to the production of the tally sheets has been decided. It wns claimed by 'counsel that the tally sheets were neressary In order that the vote might be properly canvassed. A similar order whs obtained from Jus tice Dickey in Brooklyn against the can assers of Queens county. Attorney General Mayer will appear be fore the grand jury tomorrow and will ask for a large number of additional indict ments charging fraud in the election. It Is thought that the presentation of evi dence before tha grand Jury will tnke all the present week. The Queens county canvassers In their Investigation found one envelope empty, although It had been properly sealed. In one district In Richmond the republican and Municipal Ownership candidate for supreme court Judge had been credited with only J64 votes, when he had 1!9. RAILROAD FIGHT AT CAPITAL Pennsylvania and Wahnah 'Will truBKle for Line tn Vnhlna ton's t nlon Depot. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. A bitter fight between the Pennsylvania and Wabash railroads as the result of an attempt of the latter to gain entrance Into Washing ton Is predicted In local rsllmay circles as lo the outcome of th decision yesterday of the supreme court of the Cnlted States against the Chesapeake Beach Hallwny company. The decision was a final affirma tion of a decision of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, recognizing the title of the Washington, Potomac Chesapeake Railroad company to slightly over tm-o miles of the right-of-way and roadbed In the district to which the Chesa peake Beach road had laid claim on the ground of abandonment. Both the Wabash and Baltimore ft. Ohio roads, It Is said. have watched for the outcome of this liti gation, the former anxious to get tho property to gain entrance, Into the dls trlct'ond the new union station, and the latter equally anxious to obtain it to shul out the competition. It Is alleged. ST. LOUIS TERMINAL BILL Attorneys Complete Complain rhsrg. Ing Association with Main taining Monopoly. ST. I-riS. Nov. 14.-After nn all-dny conference Assistant ITnlted Staten Attorney- General Purdy and I'nited States District Attorney Dyer completed the bill todny which will be filed against the St. Loult Terminal Railroad association, charging It with maintaining a monopoly In restraint of Interstate commerce. The completed bill will be sent at once to the I'nited States attorney general for his final review, and If It meets with him ap proval suit will be Instituted without delay, according to a statement made today by District Attorney Dyer. Mr. Purdy will depart tomorrow for his home In Illinois, and In a day or so will go to Wichita. Kan. FAKE PRESS MAN AT OAKLAND High School Roy with Hlgh-Soundlng; Title Haa Been Sending: Out Bogus Accounts of Crime. OAKLAND, Cal.. Nov. 14. For some I tim newspapers located In various parts of the United States have been receiving Queries whether they wanted specials from OnUlnnd Tn everv ease the Items were I accounts of crime alleged to have been committed here against some resident of the city to wmcn tne special waa sent them lnlo Ulo jeueru.iu,,,. jt is raconi and on Investigation all were proven to meI1(le1 ,ht unions estaUlsh funds and be entirely witnoui lounaution in raci. i Chief of Police Pearson has discovered ' that the author of these fakes is Victor 1 MePn. n is-ycar-o ...B. scnoo, e u- dent. He carries cards on which he styles himself "Press Correspondent and Paclilo Representative of the Northern Press Syn dicate." NEBRASKANS ATTEND SMITH One Omaha Student, One from Wayne and Several from lorra. NORTHAMPTON. Mass., Nov. 14. (Spe cial Telegram.) Among the students in the first year class at Smith college, according to the 1H register. Just out, are the follow ing: Misses Muy Louise Mitchell, Wayne. Neb.; Dorothy Rutger Rlngwalt, Omaha; Murjotie Deshon, Fort Des Moines, la.; Ldlth Rey Hager and Ruth Kuston, Dcs Moines, la.; Eleanor Lurch, Dubuque, la. PRAIRIE FIRE NEAR VENANGO Iasrgte Territory Burard Oter aad Mauy Ranchmen and Farmers Cleaned Out. HOLYOKK. Colo.. Nov. 14. (Special Tele gram.) A disastrous prairie tlie of greit extent la raging south of the KuiiliiKtoii road near Venango. Neb. Scores of farmers and ranchmen ure burned out. The loss cannot be estimated at this time, but un doubtedly la very large. Moirmtnla of Orris teasels ov. 14. At New York Arrived: Ce ic from Liverpool: Madonna from Marseilles; Klun Prii.s WHhelin fron. llreiiien; lir. ia. li fnn.i Hremen. hailed: Ifumhurg, liei.oa und Napes. Sicilian. I'll nee Nuplts and Palermo. At Marseilles-Arrived: Algeria, from New Yuik. At Palerniie-Salled: Cltta di Nuuuil anj Neapolitan Prince for New York. At Haniourg-Sailed: Bulgaria for liuston. At lmdou Arrived: Minneahuha from New York. At yaeenstown Arrived: Baionta, fj.CJ XUiaUuiL llumaia sa-un niinuiiii. (j.'QJJ EIGHT-HOUR DAY American federation of Labor Beaffin-i Iu Itand on This Snbjr-ct. REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL READ -.Iteration of Injunction Lawi ef the Country Are Deman.erl. AID FOR STRIKING JOB PRINTERS Tax of One Per Gent Per Week fer Teur Weeki on Entire Menhirghip. CHILD LABOR IS BEING DISCUSSED Kxerntlve Council Instructed ot im Take Pnrt In Dlspntes Between) Labor Orajanlsntlnna t ntll I nlons Fail. riTTSBI'RG, Ta.. Nov. 14.-A determined stand mas taken for the enforcement to) the letter of the Chinese lams of tha country; the legalizing of the eight-hour work day in all work of the government; the abolition of convict labor where It competes with union manufactured good and the renewal of the agitation fir tha alteration of the injunction laws of the country by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor In Its an nual report, mhlcli mas submitted at to day's session of the convention In Old City hall. The report was voluminous and con sumed the greater portion of the proceed ings. The council voiced tho sentiments of tha organization as Ising opposed to, the present Immigration laws as applied to nil classes of aliens. Kspcclal stress was laid upon tho need for belter physical examina tions of immigrants a,nd an Investigation was asked from the government Into Iho many reports and rumors of assisted Im migration. The report took the national administra tion to t.ixk for its failure to enforce th eight-hour law In all government work, and a plea was made for every state federation organization Immediately to Institute a cnmpalgn for the establishment In their respective states of the eight-hour law. A popular chord waa struck when First Vice President James Duncan, who was reading the report, made a ringing appeal for equal rights In all elections for women. The report cited the four states In the country which now grants equal rights to women and predicted the purification of the ballot when universal suffrage waa granted. In the matter of a change In the system of electing all officials of the state and national government the council went Into detail In explaining the workings of tha Initiative and referendum system cf popu lar election of all officials. The seating of C. P. Shea., president of the Tepinaters' union of Chicago, as a delegate.-' today is looked upon by tho' In ternatlonal Association of Steam Fitters as a big card for thein In their fight for a federation charter, as Shea, who haa been Joined by other delegates, will help them In the convention. John Mitchell Presides. The second day's session of tha Ameri can Federation of Labor convention was called to order promptly at 9 o'clock by President tiompers. He called John I Mitchell, second vice president, to tha i chair, and James Duncan, first vice presl I dent, read tho annual report of the ex I ecutlve council. It gave In detail many i of the points covered In the reports of tha president, secretary and treasurer. An assessment of 1 per cent per member per week for a period of four weeka waa levied on the entire membership of tho federation for the benefit of the interna tional Typographical union in Its efforts to establish an eight-hour work day In the Job and commercial printing establish ments in the United States and Canada. The Typographical union haa levied a sub stantial assessment for that purpose and all organizations are urged to render ail the assistance possible to tho printers la their efforts to establish the eight-hour day by January 1. 1906. Inlons te Amalgamate. The coppersmiths made application for a. charter, but it waa denied and tna organi zation was urged to affiliate with tho Amalgamated bue&t Metal Workara' In ternational alliance. Arrangements have been made for the consolidation of tha two organization. There are a large number ot organizations not now affiliated with the federation and the executive council urgea ,m, Aadmoni efforts be mad to bnna insist on higher duties, la the matter of protection of children the executive coun- ..ll l.u.1 l.ilta Introduced in the teurislatures ; M particularly in tha aouth , ........... . . ... ehiM.- u prohibiting the employment of children in mills, factories, mines und industrial astab HshmeuU. Some progress was made, but results during the year were not entirely satisfactory. President (Jumpers waa au thorized to enlist the assistance ot other organizations In securing the pussugo of legislation In all states prohibiting tha em ployment of child labor. It maa decided that in the future tha executive council shall not Interfere iu disputes littweeii labor organlzutloiie un less the unions Involved huve exhausted all means to bring about an adjustment of the differences. Consider Immigration. The question of Immigration was given consideration by Ui executive committee. It wus shown that over l.OOu.OuO foreigners reached these shores last year, and thai there would be no decrease In the number thla yeur. It mas urged Uvt efforts be mude to organize this foreign element, as vhe luw wages for which they now work are nut only insufficient, but have a bad I effect on ull American loners. i The auditing committee showed th it the federation is ill a good condition and that the repot i or 1 nasurer .ennon waj cor rect. The commit tee on credentials re ported iu favor of tlie seating of O. P. Shea, president of the Teamsters' union. The recommendation mas adopted. The committee also recommended that all tho delegates of the unions delinquent on tho assessment levy by the Federation of Labor foi the UueiH of the striking New England textile wotkeis be seated, aa they bud mude satisfactory urruiigemcntx witii the secretary. Tin- Ani I h ull Federation of Musicians offered a resolution, which waa adopted by the convention, thanking the labor unions of San Fruie isi o fur supporting Mayor ri. limit. a:unsl the enemies of organized labor. A telegram was ordered sent M Mayor btUuUi, liUofuitug biw l IM a at tola intakes)
