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OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY H, 1906-FOUR SECTIONS-TWENTY-E1GIIT PAGES.
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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
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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
