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The Omaha Sunday Bee. NEWS SECTION. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY H, 1906-FOUR SECTIONS-TWENTY-E1GIIT PAGES. SINGLE COrb" VIVE CENTS. PAGES I TO 8. FOR PEACE OR WAR Germany's Order 'or Hew Freight Cart ii ' Win ia Either Event. ' MOROCCAN SITUATION MORE HOPEFUL Feelinj Orowi that Hurt Will Be Ho Triable After Meetiij. COUNTRY ONE OF RICHEST IN AFRICA BeMuroti Not Dmloped at Pretest, but Hare Possibilities. AGITATION FOR GREATER FREEDOM la (oath era Germany . liberals, Racialists, rial Dtaamd nud . Clericals Organise to "ecur Political Independence. BERLIN, Jan. M. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The 'fact that the railway ad ministration has Ju"t placed orders for to.000 freight cars t a cost of $50,000,000 with manufacturers of Ave countries, stipulating- delivery by the middle of February, besides utilising the car works of Germany, taken In connection with the rush of rail way, construction through Holland to the a end the well known naval plan of the kaiser. Mi startled Europe Into asking Itself the question of whether the German emperor really Is for war or for peace. Taken In s sense purely analytical. It would appear as though the kaiser has had his eyes opened to the fact that railroads . aa welt es great navies will have much to , do with the movements of large bodies of troops and that In the future railway power as well as sea power may decide the result of campaigns. ,It has been sug gested that he has learned from the break down of the Siberian railroad in the Russo Japanese campaign, as well aa the break down of the czar's fleet in the Bea of Japan. On the other hand, there Is an other way of looking at It. Peace has Its totorles no less than war and one of the usual results of the extension of railway systems and the Improvement of rolling stock of existing lines has usually been the furtherance of trade and commerce be tween the various nations. Aa to Morocco. When one comes right down to It, If ap ..ars to be really remarkable, however, ..a there should ever have been any se ,us talk of war between the two greatest ami most enlightened powers of the Eu lopean continent over Morocco a barbarous A mean sultanate. In .the whole of which there are not 6,000 Christians in a popula tion of between S.OVO.OvO and 8,000,000 Ber bers, Arabs and negroes. 'Baron von Rich thofen', the German foreign secretary, re minds those who are talking pessimistically about the situation that vast material as wsll aa .moral reasons lie In the way of such a war, which must shatter the deli cately adjusted system of production end -aonang quite post n aouiirt vi any fir'-' nl or territorial .Indemnity to com . . , 4 is not men assured because peace ,1s taken for granted. .It has long been aNwender that Europe tuts been so un concerned about the territory to the south of the Mediterranean. Mere ta a country whose. coasts look out, not upon distant Indian or Paciflo water, but upon the busy Atlantic and . the Mediterranean, which front the whole world of western com merce and energy. Here Is a territory with an area greater than that of Spain, whose soil is rich, whose climate Is as healthy as that of any country in Kurope and whose mineral resources are vast and undevel oped. The first country of Africa which i he traveler from Kurope comes upon, geo graphically, Morocco has been about the last country in the world that Kurope has apparently concerned itself with. Plea for Mora Liberty. )u various Ueiiuau states, and particu larly in Bavaria, Saxony and Baden, there recently ' nas been a vigorous agitation ' in lavor tif a more democratic suftrage for the elections to the popular chamber. In Ba - varus it Is anticipated, that the co-operation of the clericals with the social democrats will secure ths objects of the movement. In Baden an alliance of the national lib erals with the socialists has strengthened the latter to an extent which has seoured the election of the socialist, Uerr Geek, as vice president of the chamber. All this has been accomplished In splta of determined opposition on the part of the1 central gov ernment. Social demonstrations against the electoral system In Prussia have ever been threatened, but it is understood that the socialist leaders do ont approve of these perilous tactics. . Prlnc Buelow's recent speeches In the Reichstag certainly convey a plain warning against the adoption of Russian forms of agitation. The Bavarian auckUlat organs having advocated demon strations in Prussia, ths Kreus Zeltung replied with an Intimation that "the Prus sians, as must be well known In Bavaria, will stand no nonsense." Interested la Russia. The independent section of the German press is taking a somewhat forceful attitude regarding the policy which Germany should pursue in consequence of the stats of affairs former was immediately capaised. As for la the Baltic provinces. For more than a j the latter only three men escaped by cling generatlou public opinion has been some- Ing to the upturned keel. One of the men mrh I n A.n.Ari mminm Un ..u -. . . of. tbe attempts made to Russlanlee the Qarnlan-speaklng population of these prov- number of sharks and he was soon dragged ioo, xsewington and Walworth, the lnoea, but It was regarded as Inexpedient j under. The two lifeboat survivors. Erlksen lan named resulting In a liberal gain, and dangerous to give any loud expression j"d l-lset, for three 'daya aubsisted on a There were no elections In Wales or Ire to the general indignation which prevailed, single biscuit. They wera surrounded by j land, and only on In Scotland, at Perth, especially as It was lelt that this might create a precedent for th Interference by other countries in German internal affairs. Now, however, that chaoa prevails in Rus sia this subject la being urged home upon the government Itself by many of tbe more independent newspapers, Sam there are who urge that the time haa arrived for actjv Interference, which for the present might take the form of .ending warships to tne nussian came ports. The Hamburg j Fremdemblatt Is especially bitter. This Iny portanl Journal openly asserts that enough construction has been shown to Russia. Attention Is called to th fact that Ger many has landed troops In Shanghai when its interests there were threatened, but it allows Oerman subjects in Livonia and Courland to be murdered without protest. A rescript Just Issued by the king of Prussia (th kaiser) gives orders for the substitution of German for Polish namea In tb cos of no less than thirty towns l'n th Polish province of Pnaen. The Pole ar vary Indignant becaus of th chsngea. which they regard sa a further blow leveled at their national aspirations. Fatal Avslssrkt la Tyrol. INNSBRUCK. Tyrol. Austria. Jan. 1. Sev.n theology students out of a party of twelve were overwhelmed by an avalanco today wlill a aa excursion la tb Hell vaUg, STORM CLOUD IN TRANSVAAL Importation of Chines Mar Make Trouble for Great Britain. LONDON. January 13. (Special Cable gram to The Bee.) During the closing days of the campaign leading up to the general elections a new Issue has been Injected Into the pnlltirs of the Vnited Kingdom. And while the conditions are such that there is not a shadow of a chance that It will affect the general results of the election. In esse the liberals win, ss everyone sppears agreed that they will, the Issue gives promise of looming up large and strong In the politics of the empire. If not In world politics. 11 Is nothing more nor less than the announce ment of Prime Minister Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman that the recruitment and embarkation of Chinese coolies for South Africa must be stopped forthwith. It Is freely predicted that In the event of the de feat of the conservatives and the triumph of the liberals many of the leading British officials will resign and give up all attempts to pacify that territory which has so re cently been the storm center of the world and which gives promise of becoming the storm center of the world In the not far distant future. JOHANNESBURG. Jan. ll-Speclal Ca blegram to The Bee.) It begins to appear as though the Transvaal government had stolen a march on the government of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman In the matter of the Importation of Chinese labor. In fact the Joke Is really on the home govern ment, and on the liberal prime minister es pecially. The people of Johannesburg know more about this subject of Chinese labor than the thoussnds of liberals who cheered the prime minister at the conclusion of his Albert Hall speech. In which he announced his Intention of putting a stop to the bring Ing In of the Chinese. Of course the entire matter smatters something of a campaign dodge, since the premier doubtless intended his supporters to Jump to the conclusion that not a single other Chinaman would set foot In the Transvaal. He did not tell them that an additional shipload Is now on the water and that permits for 11,000 more have already been signed and granted by the Transvaal government. And the "little Joker," so far as the prime minister is con cerned. Is found In the fact that these 11,800 Chinamen will enable the mining Industry to carry on comfortably pending the formal decision of the Inhabitants of the colony. which will be the same whether under rep resenatlve or responsible government. The Interesting question really Is, what will be the attitude of the liberal govern ment toward these permits? If It compels the governor to repudiate them, not only i Praent government. Although only elxty wfll the home aovernment be mulcted In at i eeats are now filled out of the ?0 re- least, $3,080,009 by way of compensation, but the situation will become genuinely serious here. ,If It allows the permits to hold good , no harm will be done. Johannesburg has kept Its head with good reason. On the -other hand, the action of the lib era! government may be stated to have alienated all of Its friends In this colony I wjth the exception of the professional aglta- i tors. These people, even when opponents '; of Chinese labor, resent the suspension of ; the experiment by the mere Ipse dixit of the liberal cabinet as a gratuitous encroach ment en .the liberties of the colony whloh may even lead to further Interference. CENG ALES E AR E "STI lT . A . Taet Bala, to Be Weeesaary ta Prevent . Rebellion In , ladlaa Ksaplra. CALCUTTA, Jan. 1J. (Special Cablegram to -me nee.; i ne Bengal newspapers con- tinue to fill their columns with exaggerated stories of the oppression exercised by the ...... ... r- partition agitation In eastern Bengal. The lemr lis ucrn ckii nnru u iuv IB ikjI' manifested, and If great care Is not taken, an uprising even greater than the Sepoy re bellion will be engendered. The Bengalees are being told by their leading men that au attempt is being made to break them up as a nation. Signs of the etate of race feeling which prevails are to be eeen in the sullen faces of the fat Ben gall babes who parade the streets of Cal- eutta. Day after day educated Bengalese are being arrested and punished with only trifling fines for Interfering with the police and for exciting disturbances. An English professor (Mr. Russell) has been attacked by hie own students in the Calcutta univer sity. A barrister (Mr. Gregory) from the Calcutta bar, who went to Mardlapore, in eastern Bengal, to defend a European against whom a false charge had been brought, had to be escorted by the police through a bowling mob from the courthouse to the railway station. ' SAU CArtnltNLt WIIH SHARKS One Man of Threo Survives Wreck and Escapes Man-Eaters nwa, aw , . PARIS. Jan. l.-(SDeclal Cablegram to The Bee.)-The scientific theory that sharks really will not attack human beings appears to have been called In question by the crew which a French destroyer has brought Into Blaerta. The steamer Albula foundered off Cap Bon. The craw of eighteen left the sinking vessel in a dingy and a lifeboat. The rn tit r.iiAai run nn m'fiMnrii,fi ni vrua bleeding freely. The blood attracted a i snares tna wnoi time ana eventuuny tria- sen went maa ana inru iu am iiset, wno was obliged to knock hlra down and throw him into th sea. .The sharks at one mads way with him. Uset himself waa finally obliged to risk the attacks of the sharks : and efter a hard battle succeeded in malt I hla way to shore, I ' ROMANS RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN Residents of Eternal City Not Pleased la Flad Their Foible la NotcL ROME. Jan. l-(Speclal Cableayam to Th Bee J Many prominent Romans among K.t "whiten" and - "blacks." as th ad herents ot th palace and th Vatican ar called, respectively, have recognised them selves among the characters In Mr. Richard Bagot'e last novel. "Th Passport." Mr. Bagot, It should be explained, knows Italy thoroughly and he la believed to have drawn on hla personal knowledge of Ro man society. It has not helped to allay th feeling that haa been roused against the author to call attention to the fict that Mr. Bagot haa merely adopted a prac tice which has always existed among nov elists, even Dickens giving great offense by hie friendly caricature of Leigh Hunt as Harold Sklmpola, BALFOUR IS BEATEN Foraer British Fremier Badly Defeated ia Contest for Be-election. LIBERAL PARTY MAKES STRIKING GAINS Eighteen Seats Wrested frem Unionists, ia Tkirtj-Iine Division. WINSTON CHURCHILL IS RE-ELECTED Former Conierra'iTe Who Standi at Liberal Hal Oeod Majority. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN MANCHESTER Liberals Fleet Members from All 81a 1' Constituencies Bnlfeur tres y Unionists to Continue "j Fight. LONDON. Jan. 13. The polity i of England today underwent a strlktv.. change as the result of parliamentary elections held In thirty-nine constituencies In widely scattered but important centers and In which the liberals gained eighteen eeata. The laborltes, who are counted among the liberal gains, secured four new seats against unionist candidates. In the eastern division of Manchester Arthur J. Balfour, the former prime minis ter, was defeated by T. O. Horrldge, lib eral, who waa conceded even by the lib erals a weak candidate against such person as Mr. Balfour. Mr. Horrldge secured the remarkable majority of 1,980. Thle vic tory, notwithstanding the liberal predic tions, was a decidedly sensational outcome of the day's polling, and will. It Is believed, enormously affect the elections which will continue for a fortnight. Mr. Balfour's majority at the previous election over A. H. Scott, an advanced liberal, who was regarded as an excep tionally strong local candidate, was 1,451. Churchill la Reelected. Winston Churchill, liberal and free trader, won the seat for the northwest division of Manchester from W. Joynson-Hlcks, conservative, by a majority of 1.241. Everywhere the liberal majorities were Increased and the net result of the first day's contest between the great political parties was overwhelmingly In favor of the Quired for the new, Parliament, which meets at Westminster oh February 15. the com- position of the house as shown by the ""-mreo up to mmnignt Is. as fol lows: Liberals, 38; unionists, 14; laborltes, ; nationalists, 7. This Includes twenty four candidates who were unopposed and tw candidates elected at Ipswich Friday, The returns for Grimsby, which were polled today;. will not be declared before Monday and the elections at Cambridge university, wnicn commenced today, will continue until Thursday. Little Disorder Darin Pay. , Little disorder attended the ' polling at -any, XtrtmjrtxxmvX: atr ilJcnesler was intense,' aoSf the candidates and their constituents worked with feverish activity, especially In the district Mr. Balfour waa contesting when reports were circulated late In the afternoon that Mr. Balfour waa In danger of defeat.) The returna coming In tonight from all points created a pro- found sensation In political clrclea tn, round sensation In political circles. Fleet j ireei was packed with howling mobs j Political clubs received the returns by . special wires and everywhere the defeat . received as a most ! complete surprise. Then, as liberal gain waa added to liberal cain. until th. markabie total of twenty-two seats, count- ing tne laborltes, out of thirty-nine con- stltuencies. was reached, it wn. ..... that the liberal majority In the next Pari la- j restaurant. "The Bear," shortly after mld meht would show the overwhelming decj. ! night. The annual ceremony of watching slon of the country. ; the old year out waa being observed with excitement la Manchester. ! eomething like the old-time festivities. The Dispatches received from Mnnchi'.r : hH was crowded and the orchestra on that the excitement there tonight was In- descrlbable. Great crowds swarmed the streets cheering and demonstrating with ' Th" wests, with the exception of a stu tlie utmost enthusiasm. i dent named Davldoff, a member of an Mr. Balfour tonight addressed a gather- ritcratlc family, rose to their feet and ing ut the Conservative club. He acknowl- ' th offlcre present demanded an encore, edged the gravity of the disaster, but t,r- ! bl"g determined to turn the celebration v. nun uie ior the liberal govern ment. He urged tbe unionists to continue iw worn ior tne party. Of course Mr. Balfour will find ,ii,.. safe seat before the elections are over, by j tlonal nthem and pulled his chair from one of the unionist candidates retiring in under h,m- IIot words followed and aud his favor. Up to the present hu.. i denly, in the midst of the Joyous acclama- (there is no Indication where the rnnJ .Premier will find this place where he can 1 eecure a majority which will enable him to j taJte Ilia seat as a leader on ih r,, sltion bench. ' I Among the unioni.i. m.hn ....... . I - " S- ?3U UifJir " the general landslide was Sir Gil- . ' rker' at Oravesend. with a ma- I fl ,. . V'I MPharson, the labor George Wyndham, former chief ,.ri.- for Ireland, the unionist candidate for Dover, also retained hla aeat over R. j Brice, liberal and fres trader. Bis; Galas for Liberals. Five of' the six divisions of Manch..i.r were won by the liberal, th. .i... to a laborite. . Elsewhere in the manufac- turlng districts In Lancashire and Y-k shire the liberals took seats from unionist i mtniw itiD nucnii ionic ... i. .. i , . ' candidates. Two London constituencies i uoerai majority was only slightly increased. One of the most remarkable reversals was at Halifax. Of the two seats ih.r. i on hitherto had been held by a unionist' but today on liberal and one laborite was rr turned. Seventy-three constituencies will voU next Monday, including twenty In London and all those in Leeds and the other im portant centers in which the seats of mem- -r. ana loriuer members of the cabinet, and of a number of prominent men of both parties ar involved. '' f tha Liberal. Inasmuch aa tb triumph of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and hla followera is now assured, the following statement of his program and policy will be found sig nificant and Interesting: Irelsnd Those domestic affairs which concern th Irlnh people only should b pieced in their hands. South Africa The government has Issued instructions to stop forthwith the recruit Ing and embarkation of coolies from China, and their importation into South Africa India We shall make ourselves s nartv to no steps that involve any Invasion ot th sacred principle of the subordination of the mlllisry to the civil authority. Home Wa have resolved t usk the king to appoint a royal commission to Inquire Into the question of canal communication Foreign Th government adheres to th policy of th entente cordial and weloom (OonUaued oa Baoond, Page,' ROGERS HEARING POSTPONED Csirt Asks for Additional Informs, tlon A boat Proeeedlnae Pend ing; la Missouri. ' NEW TORK. Jan. It There " wae en unusual scene In the supreme court ot the state of New Tork today when" Attorney General Herbert 8. Hartley of MIourl. arguing before Justice Glldrleeve on the rule to compel II. H. Rogers of the Stand ard OH eompany to answer questions In the Missouri state Inquiry Into certain oil companlea operating there, was applauded and cheered by the crowd In the court room as he concluded an arraignment of Mr. Rogere for the position he has taken In the Inquiry. A decision In the matter was deferred until Monday. Mr. Hadley referred to Mr. Rogers" com plaint t,hat the proceedings In the oil In quiry ce sensational and taleta for the P"r? v advertising the attorney general. X h m -m h..n ant, Mn.allnn.1 . these nmlnn - ..M iti.r... i"..al Hadley, "they bave been due to lnes Rogers-to his flippancy, to . rlvolity and the attempt he has made to show contempt for the highest court of Missouri. He complains of ' a flashlight picture having; been taken, . and yet it la a significant fact that the only man In the room not astonished was Mr. Rogers." He eald Mr. Rogers bad acted In a way to Inflame the prejudice and passions of the common people, and added: "I am not to blame If he saw fit to sow the wind and reaped the whirlwind of dls "ter." At the conclusion of the arguments In the case, during which Mr. Rogers' attorneys reiterated that the relevancy of the ques tions asked their client la a matter pending berore the supreme court of tbe state of Missouri and should not be dealt with here until a decision la rendered by that court. Justice Gildersleeve adjourned the matter until Monday, at which time? It Is expected proofs will be submitted as, to the status of the oil Inquiry In Missouri, of which the recent New Tork hearings are a part. . Attorney General Hadley-,fcontlnued this afternoon the taking of testimony before Commissioner Sanborn and at the end of the day an adjournment wasrerdered until ! January SO. when Mr. Hadley' and the other attorneys Interested in the., , matter will return to New York. The testimony taken relate to suits brought by the state of Miseoarl to oust the Standard Oil company ft. Indiana, the Waters-Pierce Oil compan nd the Re public Oil company on the ground that they are a combination In restraint, of trade. The questions Mr. Rogejtn" .refused ' to answer are those relating t tft stock con trol of the companies in t proceedings.! Attorney General HadleyXlniiounced that H. Clay Pierce of the Waifrs-Pierce com pany had agreed to apper-.Jn the state of Missouri to have his opposition taken at any time Mr. Hadley ihsltes. - H. Clay Pierce of the Raters-Pierce OH company Issued a statemijnt,. tonight, sup plementing Mr. Rogers' tfcaijmony today, that he had had no buslnwi dealings with Mr. Rogers in the year Ik I. Mr. pierce says; ' 'V4 In addition to V f Wended an swer I may add ft t I did h; In the year 1904, nor at any o' a-r tlmi.W te anv lium. ln2?ctlj,,, -'n Hy H. Rogers or wJ'h SUi)dnrt..onipany.of New Jer,, - - - was wiiiusmij VI III dlana. or any other Standard Oil company, whereby Henry H. Rogers, or any Standard Oil company, or any corporation, persons or person received from me or otherwise ob tained any of my shares of stock in or other evidence or my ownership of the Waters Pierce OH company. 1 NEW YEAR TRAGEDt IN RUSSIA ; 7 I nMUCU I I IV HUddlA student Murdered la Crowded Cafe for Refasiaar to Hoaor " ' Old Regime. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 14. 4. a. m.- A tredy In which a student paid with ! llfe tne pealty of refusing to do honor i to the old regime took Dlace in th. fnmn.i. i the Btroke of midnight burst forth with I "Qod Bave tne E'liperor.' into a loyalist demonstration. Count Sherometielf, a relative of tho notorious Moscow reactionary, applied an epithet to I Davldoff for refusing to honor the na- ' t,on of th New Tear, the guests were ,Urt,ed b' nve nt In quick succesalon. and the """P"8 ot th student lay on the .floor. Indescribable confusion followed j Count Sherometieff In addition to killing Davldoff wounded t i . . a. wass- ' ')an,on or Davldoff, armed with cham- pagne bottles, attacked the murderer, who with blood streaming from his face man aged to fight bis way to the door. Women shrieked and fainted. The confusion cul minated in a wonderful dramatic con troversy across' the body of the dead etu dant.' The guests of "The Bear," many of whom were the most prominent society lesaers or Bt. Petersburg. Including a num i br f dlp,om,t"- hastened away In order ! to avold bln ""nimoned as witnesses. I antlme Davldoff a body was covered by , 1 h7 I , t. , , cono'1 the "Thastly sight, but it lay for mor than two hours and until the pollc prosecutor arrived to draw up a formal complaint. Davldoff. when h was attacked, at tempted to draw a light rapier which stu dents carry, but he was . dead before the blade left Its scabbard. MRS. LEAFGREEN LOSES CASE Deposition from Wsaklsgtbs Puts nt Rest Claim to Howard Estate. Maa ST. LOUIS. Jan. 13.-Probote Judae Crews today rendered a decision In the Ieafgreen- Howard wlU contest case to th effect that Mrs. wary Almeda Lfafgreen has no legal title to any portion of th $500,000 estate of Icled Howard, a wealthy firebrick manu facturer, who died Intestate April 4, 1903. Mrs. Leafgreen sued for a widow's share of th estate, claiming that she married Howard at Decatur, III., in 1K83, and that n was men known as Charley Howard, a rlgarmaker. Mia. I-tafgrecn's ault waa filed May 12. 1908, but did not come to trial until December last. About two weeks aer occupied In th trial and mor than sixty witnesses were exsmined. Evidence was Introduced to show that th man married to Mrs. leafgreen at IWatur. III., and pu- riaims was iciedc J. Howard r-i, i m ir . is i noms jerrerstm llowsrd. now mayor of Tumwaler. Wash., and his deposition was re to thi. effect. Counsel tor Mrm. Biwa ua urier in aeciainn th.i k. weuld b appeal ad to th btghay court. KEYNOTE IN KANSAS Wiohita Convention Somndi Signal for Railroad Regulation. MOVEMENT FOR REFORM MAKES START Platform Expreuei the Inn in Terms of Plain Langiage. SQUARE DEAL ASED FOR EVERYBODY Corperatieni te Treated at Other Oitiitni Before the Law. i, NEBRASKA INTERESTED IN THE OUTCOME Coadltloas la This state the Kama as Kaasas and Pablle geati sneat Taklasr the flame Tread. The Wichita freight rate convention, at tended by representative farmers and busl noss men from all parts of the state cf Kansas, took the Initiative In the formation of what is to be known as the Kanrxs Civic Federation and promulgated tho fol lowing platform: j Repolved, That It Is the sens of this convention that congress should confer upon the Interstate Commerce coniml.wloi), upon their own motion or upon conipmiut. ower and authority to alter. v.naiine or amend any rate, rule, regulation, scii.-dulo or classlnoation established by any rail road company found to be unjust, un reasonable or discriminative; the a.wie to be effective within a reasonable time, sub ject to review of the supreme court; and that the president of the United Stiiex be authorised to appoint an assistant attorney general, whose duty it shall be to irak and prosecute complaints before the Inli-r-slato Commerce commission. Resolved, That whereas passenger trans portation has been determined oy ti.e uprome court io oe property; and wlerod the ratlronti companies give iway this property In the form of passes to the amount of a great many thousands of dol lars every year. It Is the sense of this con vention that the Intention of the railroad companies Is to Influence the recipients with these gifts and that It partakes of all the essentials of a bribe; that it ! the further sense of this convention that these passes are among the most Insidious, insin uating ajid dangerous Influences in the slnuatlng and dangerous Influences In the public life .today, and we, therefore, tecum mnnd that a law be enacted which will make It a crime for a railroad rompuny to give any person or persons, except bona fldt) railway employee, any form whatever of passenger transportation free. If the above resolution Is enactei. wo favor the reduction of passenger rules to cents a mile. Resolved, That we favor a uniform sys tem of railway bookkeeping, established by the Interstate Commerce commission under the supervision of the government, similar to the national banking system. Resolved, That it Is the sense ot this convention that congress should appoint a commission to make the same aort ! an Investigation of all railroad expenses and accounts that have recently been - made of the insurance companies of this co'intry, and we hereby recommend that our delega tion in congress Introduce and support a measure calling for such investigation. Resolved. That we favor the euactinent in this state -of the law known as the Massachusetts, Texae, Minnesota law, rela tive to the over-capitalisation of railrVwla. Whereas. We.a lDdLJ.dU8Ja,.vul tioj emplfiy or trust our casts In law or tcufty with an attorney or person under tho in fluence or domination of those opposed to us; therefore, we condemn the practice of political parties nominating and electing representatives to make laws for the gov ernment or control of corporations v io are either the paid attorneys of such Conors- ulnTrhertnSuVo'th0.uacrn3 SrraiJorS: and that we urge upon all conventions of delegates to carefully scrutinise the onto- S . '.Vhe.ry,"na'?a.l:j ST, i" ' Si S relations to corporations who have been men- Tnat thcv differ In their views upon dominating the politics of Kansas. j the Philippine tariff bill and the statehood .""Ik ?.l?.'"ZT Zr: .'L8:!IU ha, long been evident, and it was in nomination of all delegates and officers, in- .lixlltt T'nltaJ Cl.it.n.u i&n.e...u wl tiuuiHB imcu mai' s nouuivi nun ""UIU SeVo'n1' "aSS? day" be "eld ty " PUI" Resolved. That we favor a modification of the tariff by ita friends so as to enlarge our markets and at the same time pie vent, the control of all commodities by trusts. Platform Expresses the Case. This platform fairly hits the nail on the head so far as the relations between the railroads and the people of the great agri cultural empire of which Kansas and Ne braska are a part are concerned. Whatever appliee to Kansas in this regard applies with equal force to Nebraska. In neither state Is there a disposition to deal unjustly or unfairly with the great corporations, but In both the demand for a square deal Is growing more and more Insistent every day. The people have made up their minds that their interests must be consulted as well as those of the holders of the inflated stocks of . the railroad corporations con cerned. In many ways docs the movement j differ from the Farmers' Alliance uprising of seventeen years ago. While many of the same men who w.re thn i I against- existing conditions are Interested! . V' ' v ay " tu V CI J not then ' concerned have Joined In th fight No vagarious ideas are put forth, and no experiments in government are pro posed. It is simply Intended to end the domination of the affairs of the state by th great corporation. Railroad companies are to be put on th basis of citisens. and made secure In their Just and legitimate right and privileges, but not allowed to Inflict extortionate rates on communities for tb sole purpose of paying dividends on enormous overcapitalisation. Other evils that flow from corporate control or domin ation of local , politics will be eradicated, and the business of the country will b put on the basis of legitimate and natural com petition. 'Character af tb Convention. The correspondent of th Kansas City Star, In reporting the proceedings of the Wichita convention, wrote as follows: It is almost impossible for anyone, how ever farseelng he may be, to estimate the political Importance of the freight rate convention which ended her tonight with! a banquet to th delegates. Thos of th macnine enu or tne republican party re cently referred to as '"the regular army '' who only a few days sgo Isuglied at and belittled th movement started today, ar. toplght admitting that this convention will more then probably turn the entire po litical .ItuStlOn in Klnui frnm itm . ent railroad rule to a condition devoid .fP!".'.cal boaa- .In other words, th "militia" seems to be In fair way to stampede the "regulars." for It has by tar in numuer oi soldiers and IKS ?rIl-r As anticipated In the Star of this mnm. Ing, a pian ni organi-aiion similar to th Chicago Municipal league was adopted and provides for the naming of an executive committee of sixteen, two from each con gressional district, which In turq select an executive committee at large of flv to pas upon and report th acceptability of all candidates. This plan theoretically lm an ideal One. This committee, selected todav. 'n'and ohn T. First district. James A. Trnulmi Edwin Snyder; Second district, Joh Wood snd l.oionei a. i. Atchison; Third district .. Senator M Hot-ton. O. R ciil.. i son. rounn ui-irn i. .,ig s i 11 in r and , Benjamin Hllhurn; Fifth district, u. w Cow den and Harry McMillen; Sixth dls- j r rrv; i - - - con au4 tm loond I'm0 . THE BEE BULLETIN. . Forecast for ehrn ska Fair Sunday aad Colder la West Portloa. Men der nw or Rata. SKWft KTIOS Right Pases, t Germany Ready for Pence or War. Rnlfoar Is Beaten for Parliament. Kansas Sounds Keynote on Rates. Stale Wins Railroad Tax lane. S Rennoa F.ndorsed by Fontanrlle. 8 Sfwi from All Parts of Nebraska. Clever Diamond Thief Is .tabbed. 4 Compromise on the Paaar Rill, stortlngr Cvents ot tho Day. 5 Affairs at Month Omaha. Past Week In Omaha Society. Woman la Clan and Charity. Ilappeatna-a la Omaha gabnrba. T Council Bluffs and Iowa Mown. W'nttlea Business Maeceaa. Chlcaao Society Woman Murdered. Gaa Drives Mine Resrnera Back. EDITORIAL HEf TIO Klaht Pages. I sick Juror Delays Ware Case. Rash Says Omaha Is Not Injured. B F.dltorlal. II Condition of Omaha's Trade. Greene's Unrer Ancers Judge. Contributions to Letter Boa. 4 Want Ada. 8 Want Ada. Want Ads. t Financial and Commercial. 8 Support of tho Omaha Creche. Brsslng Retrenchment Blocked. ILU STRATED SECTIO?! Eight Pages. 1 Around the World with W. J Bryan. 9 Tales Told by aa Old Engineer. City Jays Who Ara Easy Money. Curious and Romantlo Capers of Cupid. 5 Plays, Players and Playhouses. Muale and Musical Matters. 4 Window Trimming and Window Trimmers. Weber Family Group at Golden Wedding. 8 Iowa's Soldiers' Monument aad Its Bit. Entertaining; Storlea for Uttlo ' Folks. Wheat In British Northwest. Gossip About Noted People. 6 For and About tho Women Folks. Some Timely Fashion Hints. T Weekly Crist of Sporting Gossip. 8 Tersely Told and Timely Tales. COLORED SECTION Four Pages. 1 Buster Brown Visits tho Zoo. 2 Cooking and Woman's Face. From Near and Far. 8 Another Murder Mystery Solved. ' A Romnnce of the Alps. Girls Who Never Had a Proposal. 4 Scenes from New Plays. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hour. Dear. Hour. De. 5 a. m . . t . . . 31 lp. m H.I O a. m ft U p. ru .14 T a. m JM a p. ra 84 8 a. m 83 4 p. ra 34 t a. m . . . . . . . 5 p. m .14 10 a. m aa 6 p. m..... 84 11 a. m 8.1 7 p. m 84 18 m aa STATEHOOD FIGHT WAXES HOT Insurgent Republicans Say They Have Enough Votes to WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Speaker Cannon and Representative Babcock of Wisconsin, the latter the leader of the inaurgent forces in the house, had an Interesting meeting today In the speaker's room. Aa the result j ' Mr" V" ,nU?re"U" "tones were in circulation, some of a sensational character, which would Indicate breach between tlfe two gentle regard to thoe differences that the meet- 1 lr. n.i 1 . . . j IHR UVVTJI 1 CU lUUH V All, J5U.LH.OUJi lOOK CX 1 ceptlon to an ttrtlole "PPa'lng in the news- impci urn prcifrrua a request tnat ne be recognised on a matter of personal privilege in the house to deny It. The conversation revealed the fact that Bab cock was under the Impression that the article to which he objected had been insti gated by the speaker's friends. He was assured that such was not the case and the interview terminated without disclosing more than radical differences to the bills which are now the chief topio or conversation about the house. Members of the Insurgent faction now maintain that sixty-three republicans are positively pledged to vote against the pro posed rule preventing the amendment of the Hamilton Joint statehood bill. The insurgents insist that their forces are gain ing strength at a rapid rate and declare the trouble between Mr. Babcock and the speaker haa cemented them more closely. Under present conditions the consldera tlon of the Hamilton bill Is said to be out Of the uucstion. Tho administration is still lirm in Insist ing on the passage of the Joint statehood bill without change. Compromise matters are no longer under consideration by the Insurgents and statehood legislation seems at a deadlock at present. THEATRICAL TRAIN IN WRECK Special Collides with Lag Train Near Mnroe, Ala., and Threo Girls Ar Injured. SELMA, Ala.. Jan. 13. A special train consisting of two Pullmans and two bag gage cars, carrying "The Little johnny Jones" company from here to Pensocolu, wss wrecked between Monroe and Repton, Ala., seventy-one miles south of here on a branch line of the Loulttville 4 Nashville at 1:10 this morning. The wreck was ths re sult of a collision between the specie 1 and a log train through a misunderstanding of orders. Flv of th company are reported Injured, two of them chorus girls, seriously. The engineers and ftremea on both train Jumped. Only three of the company wer injured and they are now In the hospital at Pensa cola. Their names are: MISS MADDOCK. MISH THOMAS. MISa BAILEY. I Although the scenery and baggage wer J injured. It did not prevent the performance I Pcnsacola tonlaht ' "msacoia tonignt. ' - AMONG INDIANS ! Aborlalaea on Leech Lake Reserva tion Arc Threatened with Starvation. DULUTH, Minn.. Jan. 13. Unable to I gather th usual amount of rice nr nht.i,, th r'lrular month'y "Py'y of fish for the I wlntr. many of the Indians of th Leech' Lflk reservation are threatened with .tarvatlon. accordins; o Chief Klsi 'vr..,..!, ho wss at Leech I.ake Imlay. H si the older members of his tribe are destitute are already Buffering the toiture. of i cunger. in nuianes oi tne weather la all tbat baa pxeveated nuuor deaths, STATE WINS AT LAST Vebraska Can Colleot Railroad Taxes oa Bnii ef 8tale Beard's Yaluation. MUNGER SO DECIDES BURLINGTON CASE Federal Jadge Denies Injunction to Pre rent Treainren frem Gelleotiag. RULING APPLIES ALSO TO UNION PACIFIC Taxes fer 1905 at Well ai 1904 iffeoted bj This Deciiiea. ) ROADS NOT CERTAIN AS TO AN APPEAL Court's Action Is Triumph for tho State In Flabt Which Begun Over a Tear Ago. j " - Judge Munger of the federal court decides tha railroads of Nebraska must pay their taxes. Such la the essence of his decision In th Burlington case, which has been fought for the state by Attorney General Brown. This decision will apply also to th Union Pacific and to the collection of taxes for 1906, as well aa 1904. of both roads. This suit was for sn injunction sgalnst the collection of taxes for the year 1(04 on the basis of valuation fixed by the State Board of Equalization and Assess ment. Another suit. Identical In character, had been brought with relation to the taxes for 1905, and the Union Pacific, as well as , the Burlington, had Instituted the eame ' suits. The total assessment for the Burlington and Union Pacific for the two yeare amounts to $2,066,482. Together they have tendered $1,448,680. The Union Paclflo ten dered or paid $6,000 in 1904. when Its as sessment was $38.000, and $275,000, when Ite assessment amounted to $386,000. General Manderson, general solicitor for the Burlington, said his road had paid In 1904, $444,710.78 In taxes to the state and $472,970.24 In 1905. and that the amounts In dispute were, 1304, $216,802, and 1906, $216,000. The penalty on this Is 10 per cent; that la If the railroads finally lose they must pay 10 per cent. Inasmuch as the county warrants draw 7 per cent, the counties will clear I per cent, which Is pretty good Interest on their money these days," remarked Gen eral Manderson. "Of course the decision as to the 1904 taxes will apply to the taxes of 1906, hence It means a decision for both cases. We have not yet seen th. full text of the decision and cannot say whst we shall do as to further litigation. Th fact that tho case Is ono In equity will not Prevent us from nnnenlln- Injunction Is Dismissed. Judge Munger handed down a memoranda opinion In the United States circuit court Saturday morning In the case ot th Chi cago, Burlington dc Quincy ttallway com-. pany, as complainants against F. C. Bab cock treasurerof Adams county .and Wtlii,' for the respondent and dismisses the in junction asked for by the railroad to re strain the county treasurers of the state of Nebraska from enforcing the collection of the delinquent taxes assessed against the railroad for 1904, by the State Board of Equalization and Assessment. A like suit In ell particulars -was begun at the soma' time by the Union Pacltio Kallroud com pany. The suit was begun November 30, 1904, th Injunction being asked for on that date, the taxes becoming delinquent on the follow ing day, December 1. . The property of the railroads would thereupon become amenable for seisure for the. delinquent taxes by process of execution and distress warrant A temporary Injunction was granted and the hearing continued from time to tima. and finally an order was Issued for taking testimony in the case before Special Exam iner Charles W. Pearsall. These hearings have been had from time to time and an enormous amount of testimony has been compiled. Similar suits were filed In Novem "ber last regarding the railway taxee of 1906, by the same complainants. Th same case came on for final argument before Judg Munger In December and the opinion just filed is the result. Text of th Opinion. Following Is Judge Munger s opinion in full: "This Is a case brought to enjoin a por tion of th taxes levied against complain ant's property In various counties of the state. Right to the relief asked Is bused upon tho fact that tho tax sought to be enjoined Is Invalid for the reason that the State Board of Equalization and Assess ment at Its meeting In 19u4 made an Illegal assessment upon complainant's road, for the following reasons: "1. That prior to such meeting politicians, political parties and party press, by dis cussion and party resolutions, vociferously asserted that the railroads of the state were tax shirkers and did not bear or pay their Just proportion of taxes, and de manded that tha members of the Rtata Board of Equalization and Assessment In crease the assessment of railroad proper ties; that by reason thereof the members of said Ijoard were coerced, and through fear and a desire for future political suc cess, permitted their reason to be' over thrown, and, without exercising their own Individual Judgment, arbitrarily made the assessment and valuation complained of. "I. That the eald Board of Equalization and Assessment, In fixing and determining the value of complainant's property, con sidered and valued ita franchise from th congress of the United States. "3. That said board, in fixing the valua tion of complainant's property for assess ment wlthlu the state, took Into considera tion earnings of complainant's property upon business Interstate in character, which bad neither origin nor destination within the state of Nebraska. "4. That aaid board, in valuing complain ant's property for assessment, valued the same upwards of 20 per cent higher than th relative value of all other property subject to assessment within the state. "6. That the value of complainant's prop erty, as found by the said board for assess ment purposes, is In excess of ita real and true value. "C. That said Board of Equalization and Assessment, in determining the value of complainant's property, aacertalned th value of th stocks and bonds upon th whole system of complainant s road, dl- vidod th am hv th . miles, fixing the amount of complainant s property In Nebraska at the amount thus sscertslned of the total value iier mile of I the svs.em mnltinlled hv .h - ' ........... ... miles of nd within the ntute of Nebraska. wthou deut n t the r i i vul '. terl,il, I nal right. In other sia.es as well .. other I property not use. ny complainant as a Ji)rt ef Ita eystera of road, pat wlUcb f&r