Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 31, 1906, Image 1
The Omaha Daily Bee You Must Buy The Dee w rot A AVT TO Re&d the Bryan Letters You Must Buy The Be ir VOV WAST TO Read the Bryan Letters ESTABLISHED JUNE 19. 1S71. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, IMG-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. r MORRIS 'OS STAND Chicago Packer Tell of Conreuatioa with OotninisMoner Garfield. POSITIVE PROMh. OF INDEMNITY Ets He Wat Asinred Iaformation Would Not Be Uied in Judicial Proceeding!. AIL RECORDS OF COMPANY PRODUCED Socret Profit and Lou Book Examined by the Commiitiooer. CHARLES G. OAww. iLSO EXAMINED rornirr f niuptrol ler !ea He Heard Camel Tell I'arkrn Kvldrnce fternreil Wuold ot lie laed Aalnal I hem. ..n'AiiU, Jan. iSu.-Kdw.ird Morris vice I 4 iid' iit of tho Kuirbaiih Cuming comiuny ..lid a i.ir inner ul the Arm oi Nelso.i Morris v o., te.-liliril today In the packers case .n il r.f. i:ad ucur. i xjuiieij by cnniniMMiouur iitir.ii tu prouuee for tin: inspection of ...e i,.iiinjM4ionct III : secret prlll and . ,j ..oof. ui i.i.-i eompjia, after t no oum ...issi. .(cr 1..0J .lpttitn mrt ri p irt tin tne i' ladu.-ii, i in lurliu'i' uuciared '.hut ..I. . U.jrii"il I. an tniu ii tr.i books und ..mi i,,i.,n. ttv toin flrsl of lu- .i.viiik ti.e rf.-iuiiiiue rro.n inc. commis- . ..t. tnai km.v.ied.i, ti.ui would be .in ii.hihi iiy die pm k rs would lie uaed .'.iin.-'t men, of now he gnvo the Infonna .1 .. ti the i ..mji.ls.ioiicr and nls teprei-enia- 1 ne and tnen diciared tnnt ConinilHsmner irlield i turned to Chicago with the Mi cater part of his report in proofs, which ne Huotintted to Mr. Morrison. The witness .aid that l.v rei.u t.v proofs, and told Mr. J MIIIIl'lU inai Hie n iri .o,, eel. 1 lie , u.nii. iss on... ui-ti. tho witness ass. rte.l. de- j Boin ,.,jnirmilu of ,hu iui..rnnlUnml Zionist miinited ii.ut the ptotil and los books l j ouimiiiit.ee. l.rr light to the uown-towit oltiee of .Morris , ,,1r peIlillK a(hlr(., JTesident Wolil Co for his Inspection. They were brought I ,, u.BOd lhe P,niishnient i,f all mtei- nnd the vommlscioncr looked them over. t mUn(U (.nmlitiee either In Berlin or Kon i'no statement that tne coinniiHsioner had Jo, to vau.h thp llltPr,.al!1 of tno Kiissian called for the secret books after complet- . J,.ws- A motun to thal pttoct vclll ovcr iiik hi report, cuiiM'd a siir In court, hut tho Witness insisted that he was "required" by Commiai-loner Uartp'M to subinil the Locks to him. The other witnesses of the day were L. I C. Kratithofr, who was on the atand yes terday; Bamuel McRoberta, treasurer of Armour & Co. and Charles O. Dawes, I'orrmr comptroller of the currency and now president of the Central Trust company of this city. Both Mr. Dawes and Mr. Mc Koherts Insisted with much emphasis that they had heard Commissioner Garfield de- elare that any Information he might pro- j cure from the packers would not be used against them. Kraathott Is troas-Kaa mined. Ix-uls C. Krattthoff . again took the stand today when the , trial which Is to determine whether or not the packers arc enutlod tp. Immunity entered upon Its' eeoond -. day. ' District Attorney Morrison finished his cross-examination last evening and Attorney Miller, for the pack ers, resumed the direct examination. The witness was asked many questions regard ing his opinion of the law under which the Immunity is cluimed by the packers, with the result that the district attorney objetced to almost every question that was asked and numerous arguments between counsel followed. After numerous objections had been dis Ioacd of by the court Attorney Miller said: "Now. I offer to prove " "1 object to his saying that they 'offer to prove' anything before the Jury," said Dibtrlct Attorney Morrison. "Did you from your examination of the law," Mr. Miller asked the witness, "have an opinion as to Uie liability of your clients In case they should refuse to comply with Commissioner Garfield's requlrementsT" The district attorney again objected and the court ruled that tho point had already been covered by the witness. ' "1 should now like to offer to prove that thik witness advised his clients upon their liabilities If they refused Garfield's re quirements and what I offer to prove" cald Attorney Miller. "To which we object," said the district attorney. "Objection sustained." said the court. Mr. Miller then went before the bench of the court and In low tones dictated to the - . . . . 1 . . . 4 . , , 1 1 1 1 ml futAmn. . . I . be offered to prove to the Jury, but which the court had ruled out. He announced I tnut he did this for the purpose of pre serving the record of the case. It was claimed by the attorneys for the packers that the court erred in ruling out what they oftrred to prove." Charles G. Dawea, former comptroller of the currency and president of the Central Ttust company of this city, waa the second witness. HO told of Introducing Commis sioner Garfield to Attorney Krauthoff. He said: ' "Commissioner Garfield, whom I have known for years, called at my office and said that he only wanted the Information from the packers In order to enable him to make a full and complete report. I Intro duced him to Mr. Krauthoff and Mr. Mc Roberts and told them they could rely on what Garfield said, and that they could upeit their books without fear, as Garfield was absolutely to be trusted and was a gen tleman. I was present at the Chicago club and heard their conversation. Mr. Garfield said that the Information given him by the packers would be used by his department, but not by the Department of Justice. Gar Held said he wanted the Information of the operution of the packers 'and the best way would be for the packers to co-operate with him. That wus about the substance of the conversation as I recall It." On cross-examination the story of Mr. Danes was not In any manner modified, but the additional fact was brought out that Commissioner Garfield said to Mr. Kraut huff that he was to report to the president and that the packers need not fear that anything would be done to Injure them. Samuel McRoberts, treasurer of Armour ai Co., waa then called. He was the fourth person present at the Interview between Mr. Oarfieli and Mr. Krauthoff at the Chi cago club. Mr. McRoberts gave testimony agreeing with that of Mr. Krauthorf and Mr. Dawes. He declared that Commissioner Gui-flald luid Informed Mr. Krauthoff that his de partment had nothing to do with the De partment of Jam Ice and that he could not and would not work in conjunction with It. He declared that they are absolutely dl- wreed and that the law was so framed that business men could feel free to give ln'oruatlou. The witness declared that Cunimiaaloner Uartteld stated positively that the informa tion to be secured was not for us In (Continued oa Second Page.) RATES OF EXCHANGE SOARING Huaalan t.ov ern nirnt lake Hand la BanklaK nml liaise Hate of Inlrrral. 3T PETERSIU IIG. Jan. an.-An iinpur tn (ihii'IhI measure, dictated hy the irt. i the. savings bank In consequence of nolutlonary agitation and the 1m poss V or competing with the rate of priva nks, I announced. It Increased by In. m 1 order the rate of interest of the to lent savings Kink from 3.6 to 4 per eel 5 hnv! u whl h In to the oft posit In t. of the Kits "he government hope It will he effect on the rcdeposllins, v-ady commenced. According statement the Increased de vings hank of the tlrti half January were J-.SOi'.oto, ten time the lnease during the similar period of 1905. At Mowow, according to the Slovo. the depoBltor if gold are demanding receipt stating explicitly that their deposit are returnable In the ame metal. The hank refuse to do so. The rate of Interest was decreased from 4 per cent to o.fi per cent In 1S!M on account of the favorable p. mil ion of the gov ernnieiit and the low rate: of : money at tlu-t time. An order tins a Wo been signed by the cmpei emr raising ,n n perpetuity In , rale paid on deposits I I the Imperial bank from 3' to per cent Th- rales of exchange are soaring stead ily. For drafts on America private batiks are chinning hk high as y roubles per J1KI. whereas during the preceding summer the rate was .l7.5o rouble per lion. The unVhtl rate of exchange on England now Is PS. compared with the Dccenilier rate of SM.if.. but this rate Is obtainable only at tin. Imperial bank. The tinoftlclal rate on lb. Bourse Is !375. JEWS HOLDING CONFERENCE nternntlonnl Meetlnic is or In Ilea alnn nt Hrnasela 4'ondlllon nf lluaalnn Jmi t onsldered. Hllt .St:i8. Jan. 30 The general Jewish, conference, called to consider the state o jews In Hussia. formally opened it BcaMon ,..v .wler Ihe i.l.l,l..n..v of llHV-l.l WnlfT until n later session. M. Mandelstam of Kleff, presented a re port till the conditions In Russia from which it was gathered tlnit the Jews had no hopes of an Improvement In their status resulting from revolution or government re forms. The only solution of tho problem, according to the report, would be the foundation of a Jewish fatherland. M. Kohan of Kishineff, said he thought the eventual emigration of all the Jews from Russia was Inevitable. He proposed 1-gypt or Asia-Minor as suitable for a jPWh settlement and advised that all emigration of Jews to the United States or Great Britain be stopped In consequence of the laws against aliens which are In force ! In those countries. Delegates from Germany, Austro-Iiun- gary. Great Britain, Russia, France, Italy, Denmark and Argentina are . present, but the American delegates have not arrived. POLITICAL PRISONERS ESCAPE Mob at Riga Kills Sentinels and Re leases Men Held by Gov ernment. i RIGA. I,lvonla, Jan. 30. A mob attacked the Jail In the center of the town this morning, shot down the sentries, broke open the cells and liberated all the political prisoners. Half a company of soldiers were stationed In the building, but so rapid and unexpected was the action of the rioters that their purpose was successfully carried out. There were many women among the attacking party. Russians May Protest Trade. BT. PETERSBURG, Jan. 30. On account of the threatened Invasion of Japanese and American goods In the Russian markets in Manchuria the management of the East Chinese railroad has raised the question of increasing the railroad rates northward of Kwang-Cheng-Tsxe to the stations in Rus- sian nana, it is saia mat Japanese nua- dlemen are handling British and American as well as Japanese wares. Twenty trains are running dally from Takow to Kuld tuan, where enormous stores of goods are being assembled for the Harbin, Vladivo stok and other markets. ! CARTER SIGNS' BIG CHECKS Important Fvldenee Develop In Trial of Greene and Gaynor (sit, SAVANNAH. Oa.. Jan. 30. Greater prog ress than has marked any previous day of the trial was made in the federal court today In the rase of Greene and Gaynor. J. W. O. Sterly of Savannah and George W. Marlor of New York were the chief wit nesses today and their testimony wus Inter esting. Mr. Sterly testified that Captain Carter had left Savannah June SO, 1S87, tak ing with him two checks, which he filled out In Washington upon receiving tele graphic notice from Sterly of the amounts the latter had in the meantime figured out as due Greene and Gaynor. Then without having seen the accounts at all the witness said Carter signed the checks, one for S345. 000 and the other for Ii.imi, and payment was made. No session of the court will be held to morrow, owing to the funeral in Atlanta of Mrs. Julia Adelaide Howell, sister of Dis trict Attorney Marlon Erwin, who will at tend It. The trlu 1 will be resumed on Thurs day' morning NEGRO ATTACKSJTOUNG WOMAN Mrs. Mil May Daprrt of Atlanta, Ua., Probably Fatally Injured by I aldeatlned Man. ATLANTA, Ga., Jau. 30.-Mrs. Nina May Dupree, a young woman about 2o years old, aho lives with W. II. Grugan, a prosperous farmer about six miles from Atlanta, near Cornell, was assaulted by a negro this after- noon. After cutting her throat and loavlng I her In a dying condition from loss of blood and nervous excitement the negio escaped. A posse of more thun too citizens with hounds Is following the negro tonight, and if he is captured he will In all probability be summarily lynched. The aseault upon the young woman oc curred some tune between the hours of 1 and 4 o'clock thin afternoon. Mr. Grugan and his wife returning home frum Atlanta at the latter hour found her lying in ihe dining room In a pool of her own blood. Physicians, who were Immediately sum moned, despair of her life. She was too weak to say more than that a tall black negru waa the perpetrator of the crime. ASKS OF MARIvEL CONTRACT Senate Committee Examines Mr. Shouts About feeding Laborers. TOO MUCH PROFIT rOR THc CATERER Steirai Telegraphed Commission that Contractor Moild Make Million Hollars a ear. VASlii;SUT.N, Jar.. M. The senate i commlitce on Intel ocmnk- canals today rc suincU its ' cxai.vinatiuu of Theodore P. Shonts. Mr. Shunts exjila.ned l detail the preparations for tht awarding of ths jon tiacts to Mr. Market for a complete com lnissaiy oil tho isthmus. The Murkel contract took effect Sepieiuour 7, 1905, and was canceled on October 11. Mr. Market had none to the isthmus llrst at the Invitation of former Chief Engineer Walliioo to assist the commis'iou In devising a plan of feeding emplojea of the. canal works. At the afternoon hcfIoii Henator Simmons sought to show lhat the bid of Huitgius tk. Ooumnr of New York ftr the feeding nf the 1 ,.rtntt) fini.Ioyi-si was lower than the bid of j J. E. Markel & Son. Mr. Shunts replied that It would be impossible to tell which bid had lieen the lowest, but that the ex perience of the Markel firm In feeding larfft bodies, of men had been taken into consid eration. Senator Simmons nsk"d Mr. Shonts If he thought the law hail not been violated In letting the contract to a firm whose hid had not Wen the lowest. Mr. Shonts replied If the law said thai the lowest bid should he accepted without considering the time of de livery of goods or the fpinlity furnished, then the law was violated by the commis sion In a number of Instances. After the Markel contract had been canceled, said Mr. Shonts. If was suggested hy Mr.. Stevens that Mr. Markel ought to have some com pensitlon f'ir the trouble and expense which he had Incurred. "A a matter of fact," asked Mr. Sim mons, "was not this contract canceled he caused you received a message from Mr. Stevens saying the contractor would msk" $l.nnn,vw a year out of the arrangement and asking that it be held In abeyance?" "Well, I remember receiving such a mes sage," said Mr. Shont. "I Immediately called In Mr. Market and told hlr.i we would have to make some other arrangements. Mr. Stevens said the men could be fed on the isthmus for SO cents a day. "Mr. Markel akl flint he could feed them for .10 cent if permitted to reduce the food to the finality given the laborers under Mr. Stevens' plan." The committee held an executive session, at which It was agreed not to continue the examination of Mr. Shonts for a few day. Former Chief Engineer Wallace will testify on Thursday. The committee ad journed until tomorrow. Wllneaae In "moot Case. The names of witnesses who have been summoned to appear before tlie senate committee on privilege and elections In the Kmoot case next Tuesday are: JJenry W. Lawrence, a business man at Salt Iake City and an apostle nf the Mormoir churcii: John ' P.- Helmgrcn of Wear River -City, Utah, a Mormon; William Jones Thomas of Spanish Fork,' Utah, a Gentile; Charles Smurthwait of dgden. Utah, a Mormon who ha been cut off from the church; Walter M. Wolfe, professor of the Brlgliain Young college at Iogan, I'tah, who has lately been cut off from the Mormon church. General Chaffee Retires Thursday. Lieutenant General Chaffee will be placed on the retired list of the army next Thurs day at his own request aft-r atxiut forty five years' service. General and Mrs. Chaf fee and Miss Chaffee will leave here the end of the week for the City of Mexico, where they will remain until May 1 next. Iter In the summer they will take up their permanent residence at Los Angeles, Col. SENATK rOS FIRMS SOMIN AT!0S Kew Federal Officials for Uaatern Mlaaourl District. WASHINGTON, Jan. SO The senate In executive session today confirmed the fol lowing nominations: , Davd Patterson Dyer, attorney for the ' Eastern district or Missouri; Lucius y j Hobbs. receiver of public moneys at Lead- I UViiT' Marshals William I,. Morsey, Eastern district of Missouri; William Spry, district of Utah. Rosa K. Brattan, Washington, consul at Hang Chow, China. Postmasters Iowa: James Havey John son, Logan: Joseph Morton, Sheldon; Charles J. wonaer. lama. THREE KILLED AND FOUR HURT Westbound Limited on fireat orjh ern in Suiaahup Xear Colombia Falla, Mont. ST. PAUL. Jan. 3o. Great Northern Ori ental Limited No. 1, westbound, and pas senger train No. '.', eaatbound, collided head-on on a straight track one mile west of Columbia Falls, Mont., at 10:4u o'clock ! last night. A corrected list of the dead and injured follows: The dead: FIREMAN WILLIAM KAMBLEY. Whltefish. Mont. EXPRESS MESSENGER WURZBACH. The seriously Injured: Engineer O. Bardln. Whltefish. Engineer W. T. Thierweshter, Whltefish. Conductor C. A. Irwin, Havre. Mall Clerk Reynolds. Five passengers were slightly hurt. The Injured were taken to Wnitetlsh. The express cars were so badly smashed that they were taken from the trains. Train No. 3 left Columbia Falls on Its eastern trip at 7:10 p. m. and No. 1 was ' scheduled to leave there at 9 o'clock p. m. , iwestern time). General Superintendent 1. T. 81a. le. who gave the foregoing information to the As- socfatcd Pres.. said he had received no . formation as to what caused the collision. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. Su-Advlcea re- celved here state that the wreck on the Great Northern railroad near Columbia Falls, Mont., lasi mgni. was caused iiy Oriental limited No. 1, westbound, running I mittee of the central stales Joint confer past the station without orders. ! ence. It ia apparent that at ihe southwest WITNESS CAUSES SENSATION t. Allison Saya Sea Which slroted Valencia Was at -Hlh. SEATTLE, Wash., Jun. .-At today's J session of the investigation into the loss of the Valeueia C. A. Allison of St. Paul, a passenger, testified that the sea was not rough. He explained that he had himself been a sailor and that th surf that finally battered the Valencia to. pieces could not be called high. This testimony caused a mild sensation, aa all published account, of the wreck have been aVacrlbed aa "Ulgk seas" and a "terrible aurt" MUCH BENEFITJO GUARDSMEN WHIvrra of Regalar Army I'nlat Uul Heat. Plarra and Hun tu Htrenathvn' Them, iKioiii h Sluff Correspondcnl.) W ASUINOTO.V, Jan. - i.-(8puulal.)-Tho Interstate .N'.ttlonal Otiurd nsi'iH-iattou which hua been in session In lhl city ho I closed an Interesting pnd frofltiible session of that association. Korty-tbroi; stales wero represcnud by their adjutants g tt- tiiii, voiunma, inaj'rn ana oiners connei.-ieu i with the cltlsen soldl'-ry of the United Statcn. During the four dnj s these retire- j seniative guardsnwn were In town the streets were resplendent with blue uni forms and tiold lace ami can led one liack to the early days of the 8pinlnh-American C when Washlagton was the Mecca for aspiring military hercea. Important questions a AVer lug the guard were discussed and analytical compari sons were made between the methods adopted by the several Slates. Generals Chaffee, Hate and other prominent officers of the regular army bore down on the necessity of building. up the weak iwlnts In the second line of defense, by which the National puard In known. The 1m- poilance of rltle practice, sulielstence t government rations and practice march on were ably discussed and as a consenuence the guardsmen who r present at thla meeting have gone home with higher idea! than they have ever had before so far as making the National guard an efToetlve, vital force. During the convention the guurdsmen called upon the president, who paid a high compliment to the militia of the several state utid mi:res.d the olfl- cevK with the necessity of milking real sol- diers of the enlisted men and adopting those j methods that would be of vaM benefit to the eltizen-HolilWr In time of war. Colonel Kaley, who Is a member of the Nebraska legislature and showed his strong friendship for the guard during the Inst session, will remain In Washington for Ihe next month. Sneaking of General Culver, Colonel Kaley said: "He has made one of the most efficient adjutant generals the stnte of Nehiaska ever had. lie Is n real soldi. sr and knows the necessity of making Ihe National guardsmen the same." OIL PRODUCERS IN CONVENTION Men Controlling Western .Wells Hold Conference In Itnnuia Clly Mnat ll I'rodnrt or Hnlld Tanks. KANSAS CITY. Jun. 3t'. Several oil pro ducers from Indian Territory ami Kansas met here today to discuss the question of a market fur their product. J. J. Curl of Baiilesvllle, I. T., said be fore going Into the conference: 'We wnnt a market. We are "np against It' to get rid of our products. Either the Standard will take our oil or wo must pro vide, more tanktige. That will take time. We waul to look over the situation and decide some way out of the dilemma." "Is the conference called for the pur pose of sending a delegation to Governor Folk and Attorney General Hadley to ask them to cease tho flfcht, on tlie Standard T" was asked. i " , ..'. "I have heard pothlng about such a dele gation." replied Mr." C)1.,. , ; , "II. T. XVoods. of tlie (ii City "Derrick, who ls In the city, said: .-"I understand that as vision of the Interstate tVmmerce commis tho Standard has ordered work stopped in j slon every form of interstate and foreign Missouri on Its Whiting pipe line, the pro- rucers see their chance of a market slipping away from them. The agitation against the Standard in Missouri Is hurling the oil business In the territory and Kansas. I think the producer will send a committee to Qovernor Folk and Attorney General Hadley m ascertain, if possible, what are and the llke. Mr. Townsend bell ves the bill the prospects of a cessation of hostilities." , a(Tords a cmpiete remedy for nil of these nrnrtDTl'1"1'' n'r,'aftHr "v""y uch charge UnAPT IN INoURANUt ntrUnl must be Just and reasonable, and In case it .Stenographer and New York Publle Printer Attempt to Sell It Printed Form. ALBANY, N. Y., Jun. SO. After a lively hearing in which charges and threats wero freely exchanged between Chairman Arm- strong of the Inaurance Investigating com- ! i,n,d tarl(t , cnangPi for a day, the shlp mlttee and representatives of the Brandow ! ment made at ,he Iower r(Ue an(J thc tarl(T Printing company, the state legislative i immediately raised printers, the senate finance committee. Re..onble Maximum Hntes. voted to report favorably In the senate to- The mal feature Qf fhe morrow the bill of Senator Armstrong au- tn, ,nt about wnlch , thoiizlng his committee to have printed bee nud Rnd om) w Mr 6,000 cop.ffc of the testimony taken in tho : . k.u-., u , . Insurance investigation at a cost not ex- cet?fllnir rJ0 uuu w ' ! . ""-""" '-' "i - tentlonal delays by the printers and told of an alleged deal between the committee's stenographer and the state printer, whereby he said thc stenographer, using the com mittee's stationery, had sent out 5i0 circu lar letters offering the testimony in printed form for sale at $150 per set. the stenogra pher to receive 40 per cent commission. The committee compelled the cancelling of what orders ne had received. "If we printed ou.Ofi) copies." Senator Armstrong said, "there would not be enuugh td fill the requests by the commit ' tee, which have been coming from all sec- tlons of the United States and from for eign countries as well." MINERS! DEMANDS REFUSED Operators Vote Down Inixotlon and Disagreement Mny Be Reported This Morning. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. So ihe demands of the miners of tne central competitive and in the southwestern fields were dis- cussed in committee today. The operators of tho central competitive field voted down every demand of the miners made in thc Joint scale committee mc ting with the exception of the demand lhat boys under 16 .years of age be pro hibited from working around the mines. I The age wa. changed to 14 year, and the demand wa. granted, it is believed this afternoon mat tne scaie commute win re- j port a disagreement tomorrow I Jo more progress is oeing maue oy the ! J"1"1 committee of the southwestern i aiuiea joini cimicinm tunn uy n.e eom - ern men are watting tur some definite action in the Interstate conference. A general discussion of the whole wage scale offered by the miners aud the proposi tion of the operators to reduce wages 16 per cent was hud today, but no vole waa taaen ' on any of the measures proposed. ew Railroad la Wyoming. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Jan. . A Colorado oc Southern railway engineering party will start out February 1 for the purpose of sur veying a new line of railroad from orln Junction to Sheridan, Wye., to form an ex tension of the Colorado Southern. The new road will pass through BujTaio and will connect witb the Burlington at Sheri dan, giving Denver a direct Hue to northern V.--mliui and Montana. IIOI'SE TAKES L'l' RATE BILL Debate on Hepburn Measure Opened by 1c r. Townrend of Michigan. ' I ITS PROVISIONS cLEARLY EXPLAINED ! I'eople Are Hemandlna; Aetlon and i Veir wrntti will fie mum oa Majority If It la Not Portheomlng. WASHINGTON, Jan. Ji!. Members of the j nouse evineea a more general micn-m the discussion of the railway rate bill throughout the day than on any topic of legislation for some time. The debate throughout was lirtened lo attentively ami many questions were asked of the different sneakers to bring out either obscure points in the measure or evils complained of. which no attempt had been made to tnclud" In the bill. The debato was opened by Mr. Townrend of Michigan In an exhaustive argument on the general subject and the sharp rritlcl'm directed to those who had opposed railroad legislation. Mr. Adamson of Georgia, representing the minority followed In commendation of the measure and In praise cf President Roose. veil" stand on the question, which he said tho minority were availing themselves of In the present Instance. Mr. Hlnshaw of Nebraska depicted the benefit the, legisla tion would do to the gieat transmlssovirl country, and Mr. Richardson of Alabama discussed as a democrat the things done and left undone In the measure. Question addressed to the various speak ers by Mr. Sherley of Kentucky and Mr. i.,ttIofleld of Ma)m mlu.ated that there I to be some opposition to the bill, at least In debate. The feature seemingly subject to attack Is as to Just what will be th" authority of the Interstate Commerce coin mission under the bill relative to differen tials In rates between competing cities or localities. Mr. ToTvnaend Opens Hebnte. Opening what promises to be a week" discussion on the railroad rale bill, Mr. Townsend of Michigan addressed the house for more thnn an hour today, touching on and elucidating practically every phase of the rate m-.iklng problem and describing In detail the terms of tho Hepburn bill. Regarding the question as one of Ihe most Important before congress. Mr. Townsend advocated the bill a the correct remedy for the evils which exist and predicted that notwithstanding the protests of tlie roads greater .prosperity would come to them under its provisions than otherwise. To rubr-tautlate this he called attention to the tremendous stride of a year In the trans-' porta Hon business, and this In the face of the legislation which the last congress In itiated and which the present congress Is taking up In somewhat more strenuous form. Like the bill of last year, which bore Mr. Townsend name, he said the present one was the very least the people would accept, yet the present bill confers wider power and extends ovcr every facility of trans portation. However, tho present bill he be lieved not only fully within the constitu tional powers of congress, but was simply an expression of the plain duty of the con gress tp the people. In Uiiefthr .bill, at tempts, he said, to place under the suner- I commerce and all Instrumental cities of ( commerce and transportation. Regulating Special Charges. The most serious complaints on the part of the shippers, he said, have been directed abulnst special service, such as private cars, icing, elevator and terminal nhanvi la not the commission has power to make It so. The evil of the "midnight rate" waa dlscribed and the remedy set forth requir ing thirty days' notice of a chance of ! rata Rrtofiv the n.iHniirhi ,.i.' i ' devloe thereby a large shipper notifies a roai that on a certain date a Write ahin ! ment will be made On that date the nnh iW-IIOCIIU wrurtrn Il-g SI IIIC 1 UUUUtl UUU , f tm) whole que8tl , tnat wnicn , i thsb rnmrnlHRlnn nnwr nnnn rtrtmnlalnt an.-l after fuu hearing, to substitute a reasona ble maximum rate In place of one found to be unjust or unreasonable. Mr. Townsend went at length into this phase of the pro posed legislation. It was the point against which the weight of the opposition had been directed, he explained, and this proposition had been based alike on the questioned constitutionality, the impossibility for tho commission to find a Just rate, and the Injury such a finding would entail alike on business, the railroads aud the widowed and nrnlian,fl hftrplifilHuP In th,. hria.U. .-!.. of the question and In the correct conclu- sion on any of these phases he saw but one answer that to require the railroads to be Just and reasonable could not harm any one while it would benefit all. As showing how deep were the fears of the railroad world, he slated, 7,300 miles of road had been built during the past year in the United States and up to June 30 orders for more than Iio0.000.00u worth of railroad equipment had been placed. Railroads Will Be Just. While the number of commissioners ia In. creaaed by two ana u.elr salaries ralsij to .1(l000 ,. v.nr M, To ..,, ,xnrMlulH tll. belief that when the law was once estab lished the duties of the commission would decrease rather than increase. Tho rail roads he suggested would doubtless realise the justness of the law and fix their rates with reference to It. He realized fully the ; ",,', ttd believed th. higher . ac rm l uu uri Liia a, n ne watan a u aj lain ' no great power that was conferred upon the ' an adeqUate compensation for m.n of ,nw character needed. The wWe publicity of railroad affairs re- I quired in the bill waa in his opinion a potent factor for good. The provisions expediting i tne business of the commission and the cases In the courts growing out of the oper ation of the law he regarded as vital. The courts are to pass simply on the validity of the decisions and the appeal to the supreme court will be on the question as to whether a given rate fixed by the commission is or ' a not confiscatory People Demand Action. While Mr. Townsend regarded the ques tion aa in no sense political lie expressed himself as pleased that the republican party ha. taken it up. He arraigned the means employed by the opposition to rate legisla tion. He ronlinui'd: To me It has seemed that u systematic effort has been made lo discredit the ad ministration In various matters In order to direct attentlun from this great question and I have no doubt that delay will be caused wherever possible in the vain hupe (.Continued on Sixth Page.) . NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair tlrlaemUy and Taarada. Trmperare at Omaha retrrari Hour. Dri, Hoar. Dea. B a. . 1 t. m ..... . p. v A t. I y. m ..... . .4 n. m ... 44 p. Bl 7 p. Ml H p. nt n p. hi 4:1 a. m. t . . a. n . " Ml . 1 a. m, ;ti :tn :t.i :ti ntt n SIH an .14 3411 80 JH t 19 m DRY GOODS RATF UNDISTURBED fireat Western Derides Sot ta Put In Mxty-Flve Cent Rate to Mlasonrl Hirer. CHICAGO. Jan. Sn. iSpeelal Telegram.) H was learned In this city that A. R. Stl. k ney, president of the Great Western, has deftnately dei Ided not to make a carload rate on dry goods, which tho Missouri river Jobbers have been trying to Induce him to do. When Mr. Stlckney was In Chicago last week be refused to say whether he would or would not make a carload rate, but he did tell why he was contemplating It, and that was because the Rutilngton Is alleged to have Wen giving rebates to the Missouri river Jobbers for year. It is strongly suspected that Mr. Stlck ney never seriously contemplated making a carload rate, but as long as the negotia tions were opened with liltn by the Missouri river Jobber he' saw the possibilities of using that as a "big stick" to strike at his enemies and to give the other railroads a scare. It would have been disastrous to the interests of th Chlcngo jobbers, who do not soli In carload lots to Missouri river j Olivers. If the Ureal Western had put in a, rarlond rate of r cents, a he declared he might do. The representatives of the Job Wrs here talked with Mr. Stlckney when he was here, and while he would not give them much sailsfHetlon at the time. It 1 thought their argunienis struck home. SOUTH CAROUNIAN ON TRIAL Richard I.. Draanaanre la .nn Faring: Court on Charge of Hasina;. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Jan. 3D. The court martial at the Naval academy opened to day's session at J:.K' a. in. The case on trial wa that of Richard L. Desaussure of Charleston. S. C, agnlnst whom there is a charge of hazing, supported by several specifications. The hazing was alleged to have been done during September last, when Desaussure, with others, was com pelled to lose a part of his leave on ac count of deficiency In his Htudics. Midshipman William T. Boyd. Jr., of Peoria, 111., a member of the second class, will be put on trial on charge of hazing at the conclusion of the trial of Midship man Defi'juro. Th frpeciflci'lons under the charge against Boyd ore that he hazed Chauncey A. Lucar. of New York City, Wil liam C. Koenig of Rusk. Tex.; A. D. Ber nard of Iwrence, Kan.; John F. Donel eon of Flndlay, Okl and Stanloy R. Ca nine of Llano, Tex. 1 . The hazing Included exercises known as the "sixteenth," the "crew" and the "lean ing rest." ' CUtS RATE ON EXPORT CORN Wabash Makea Tariff of 23 Centa from Omaha, to Boston, Including: Loading; Charges. CHICAGO, Jan. 3d. Announcement was made todav by the Wabash railroad that commencing February 1 that road would ' Put Into effect a csrload rate for export j rn of 3 cents from the Missouri river to Boston and Now York, and 22 cents to Phil- , "delphla. through Chicago and St. Louis, with transit privileges, These figures will Include the cost of load ing on vessels. For several months the rate has been 37 cents, with an added loading ! charge, despite the efforts of the Chicago ' Bnd St. Louis grain merchants to bring ' aliout a settlement of the rate difficulty ' which developed between the eastern and western railroads last year. The eastern roads all along have refused to Join with the western roads In dividing, the difference between the local rate and an export rate. The step taken by the Wabash It Is believed will result in the eastern roads meeting thc Wabash rates. ' A . . mm mm nil 4-w 1 ppfafl ; CLIMBS THE PILOT LADDER ' Miss Roosevelt Boards Ocean Liner to Meet Her Future SIster-ln-Law. NEW YORK, Jan. JO. Miss Alice Roose velt and her fiance. Congressman Nicholas Uorth. boarded a revenue cutter today and proceeded down New York harbor to meet the steamer Kaiser Wllhelm der Grouse, upon which Cointesse de Chambrun, Mr. Iingworth's sister, was a passenger. The romtesse, who was formerly Mis Clara ! Lonworth of f Inclnnntl. has come to this iciiy u ii"i i w."rii - weuuiua. At quarantine station, wnere tne tvaiser Wllhelm der Grosse slowed down speed, the revenuo cutter went alongside the big liner. An attempt was made to lower a com panion ladder for Mlsa Roosevelt, but tha delay tn doing this was too great and Miss Roosevelt boarded the steamer by the pilot ladder. i NEW JERSEY SENATOR ANGRY Would Declare C harter of Standard OH Company Forfeited for Violating; Law. TRENTON. N. J., Jan. So In the state senate today Mr. Mlnturn introduced a resolution calling for the Institution of legal proceedings in the name of the state aaln,t tl,e " company or New - . I r forfeiting the charter of the company on the ground of the alleged violation of thi common law relating to monopolies and of the Elklna law and laws relative to Inter state commerce. Movements of Ocean Vessel. Jau. HO. At New York Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse. from Bremen: KoenlKen Louise. from Bremen. Sailed: Cevlc, for Liverpool; , Mouse, lor uenua. At Naples Arrived: Carpathla, from New York. At Loudon Arrived: Lake Michigan, from Halifax. At Hamburg Arrived: Amerlka. from New York. At LI verponl Arrived: Ijtke Chamtdain, from St. Johns. N, B. Bailed: Lake Mani toba, for St. John. N. B. ; 8)ivanla, for Boston. At Tcneiiffe Sailed: Menez. fur Sao Fran- csn-o. At Leghorn Sailed: Syria, for New Or leans. At Hamburg Sailed: Amnion, for San Francisco: Armenia, fur New York. At Antwerp Arrived: Kroouland. from New York. At Mo vlile Arrived: Nuraldlaa. from lUailiax. jyVj; HERCEK Two Stockmen's National Associations Art) Consolidated. MUROO MACKENZIE ELECTED PRESIDENT New Organisation Known as Amerissn National Lire Stork Ainooistion, GREETING FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Oifford F. Pinchot of Forest Beeerre Berries Speaks for Chiof Exeontire. MACKENZIE DISCUSSES LEGISLATION Ksport Trnde In Live (Mock Trndneta Greatly Hindered hr Inaoffl elent Force nt laaperlora. DENVER. .Jan. V .Consolidation of the National Live Stock association and the Amerleen Slock Growers' association was effected here today by. the annual conven tions of the two organisations. The Ameri can National Live Stock association W the name adopted for the amalgamated body, which represents '.yunYi stock growers, and Munl.i M-Kcnxle of Trinidad, Colo., was unanimously elected president of the new association on a rising vote In Joint eon- vent Ion of the delegates of the two old as- " mi nine. ir. 4icienuie ims ueen prei- dent of the American Stock Growers' as sociation since Its organization In this city a year ago hy seceder from the National Live Pork association. This split wa csused by the dechilon to give represents- tlon In the stockmen's conventions to rail roads and packers. In the association Or ganized today, with which will be sfTlllated forly-flve subsidiary association, onlv tock growers will be represented. Proceedings In Detail. With the avowed purpose of reuniting their forces and making a vigorous campaign for federal legislation de sired by the live slock Interests of thj west, delegates to the ninth annual con vention of the National Live Stock assoclu tlnn.and the second annual convention of the American Slock Growers' assoclallon met In Joint session today at the Broadway theater in this city. Important addresses setting forth the existing conditions In the live stock industry and the requirements of the stockmen were delivered by Frank J. Hagenbnrth. president of the National as sociation, and Murdo MacICenzle, president of the American association. , Murdo MacKenzle was elected permanent chairman of the Joint convention. Welcom ing addresses were made by City Attorney Harry A. Llndsley and Alva Adam former governor. Greeting: from the President. Glfford F. Plnehot. chief of the federal bureau nf forcatry, delivered a greeting to tho stockmen from President Roosevelt, to which John' W. Springer of Denver re sponded. Mr. Plncho'stBtv?ch was a follows: i I bring you the president's"' peiac'.ial greet ings and have Instructions tq tell you that, he knows something aliout your trouble himself; that he realize the mil impor tance to you of having the Toret reserves rightly handled: that he recognizes the sign cf tho coming change In condition on the open range, and the tremendous Inter est of the stockmen at stake In that ( change; and that In both of these great questions, forest reserve and open range, he wants and will welcome your co-ortera-tlon. suggestions and advice; that he count on you to remember that great national questions such as these cannot be handled rightly either by you or the administra tion unless they are handled on broader considerations than the personal Interests of any single man or set of men. and. finally, that be sends you his heartiest good wlsl e for the success of this convention s. fford tu'1'- to vou sll. Frank J. Hagenbarth, president of tha National Live Stock association, then de livered his Annual address. President Hagenbarth's Address. Mr. Hagenbarth said in part: It Is asserted that we, in, tho United Slates, are curtailing our consumption nf beef and beef products. This. If true, can be accounted tor primarily from the fact that many people desiring to give vent to their feeling against the so-called Beef trust havo decreased their consumption of beef and thus visited their wra'.U on the producer. Secondly, the high price at which choice cuts of beef are retailed, and which choice cuts supply the greatest beef de mand, has a further tendency to decrease the consumption. Thirdly, a large propor tion of beef marketed is so Inferior In quality as not to be available tot bo me consumption. Our principal foreign markets, with the exception of that of England, are badly demoralised, and available statistics, while showing an Increase in the production of cattle the last few years and an Increase of all commodities In our exports, demon strate the fact that our exports of beef have not only not kept pace with the gen eral Increase of exporia of other commodi ties from the United Btates, but have actually decreased. At the conclusion of his uildress Mr. Ha genbarth nominated Murdo MacKenzle for president of the American National Live Stock association for the ensuing year and I wa, unanimously elected after the con- Ventlon had voted to susjiend the constltu- tlon ailJ Lyiaws for the purpose. Mr. Mac- Kenzie then delivered his annual address as president of the Amerlcae Stock Grow ers' association. 'Referring to the interstate commerce law convention, held in Chicago last October, Mr. MacKenzle said: This convention was called specifically for those supporting the president's policy, but the railroad officials thought It might be a good opportunity to pack the conven tion with people antagonistic to our policy and outvote us in the convention. We luresaw what the railroads hud In View and made It clear to them that they bad no place In our meeting. We Informed them that If they wanted to hold a meeting they had better hold one of their own. Tills they did, and have been trying ever slace. through the press and otherwise, to dis seminate '.iteraturo to prove to tho Ship pers of this country thut the president's policy on the rate bill is not what la bast fur the shipper. Live stock In Transit. Mr. McKenzle tola of the e (Torts that were being made to have the law requiring stock In transit to be unloaded every twenty-eight hours amended. In order to extend tha time limit to thirly-slx hours. The greatest opiositlon, he said, was from tha members of the Humane society. He continued: Far t.e it from me to belittle the work of this body: nothing but praise Is due Its 'members. 1 feel, however, that sometimes they are governed lo some extent by prejudice, und in this case such was our experience. A bill has been presented lo cungrese, wiili the fuil endorsement of Seciotary Wilson, extending the time limit to thirty six hours, und I have every cnntlilcneu thut this bill will liecome a law. Arrangements have been made to send to Wuaniiigton within tlie next tlility days le.-o proraiaent liiH'wi fri'in all pa i ts or the country tu testify hefnie tie ; ropnr lo.unUiue now co' dering ll.is bill. The president le.iiudivl the n.nventiou thut ti e lln s Lie uei.rr drawn tightly In the markets of the world gainst the Im portation of live stock fri? this country. He hoped some action would be taken bv h uoAvaaUou tUal would, suggest J