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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1906)
he Omaha Daily Bee. VVhtn Ad Count THE OMAHA DEE Best th West Your Money' Worth THE OMAHA DEE Best tlT. West ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKXlXtV FEBRUAKY 21, lOOii-TKX PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. CUT RATES; SO PASS Commercial Olubi of State Go on Record for These Reform. WANT LEGISLATION TO ENACT THLM Advocate Two-Cent Passentfer Fares to All But Railroad Employes. THESE ONLY SHALL HAVE FREE . RIDES Roeolntion Adopted Opposing John L. Ken- lwIj'i Postal Sarinta Bank Bill. TO URGE NEBRASKA MEN AGAINST IT Association lloius drroad Anaaal Convention In Omaha aad Large Delegation front All I'arta of Male Attend. Legislation In favor of 1-eent passenaer fares on the railroads and the abolishmtnt of passes except to employes was unan- imously favored by the Nebraska blute Association of Commercial flubs at Its I meeting Tuesday lu the Commercial club I rooms. I The association also passed a resolution declaring opposition to the postal savings bank bill Introduced by Congressman John I L. Kennedy and will send a copy of the resolution to the state's representatives in congress. O. B. Darr ofLoxlngton In- t reduced the resolution and spoke for it. I A number of speeches was made against proposed parcels post legislation and the sentiment wa i nanimnu against the pas- sage of a parcels post bill. The resolution commlttee was Instructed to draw up res-- lutiona along the line of the speeches made and to present the same before the aaso- clatlon at Wednesday's meeting. Copies of the resolutions will be sent to Nebraska's senators and representstlves. The association fnvored the amendment I of the law relating to the construction of rewera In towna of less than 5.(00 people, I changing It ao that the city can levy a gen- I eral tax on property for funds to bull.t lateral sewers and pay for the sewers out reflect on the legality of tho crown's ac of a general fund. Instead of out of a ape Hons. As proof of this It was ascertained rlnl fund secured by a special tax aa at present. It favored also the requirement of a majority vote Instead of a two-thirds vote for waterworka in towns of less than 5,000 people. The legislative committee was I Instructed to use Its efforts to these ends with the next legislature. The matter waa I submitted by the delegatea from Wahoo. I The meeting, which Is the second annual convention of the association, began Tues- day morning About seventy-ftve delegates w t-i forworn!, niiu mrj ininu imjui aa 1 1 ai m f the atne, even to the Wyoming and Col- firttAn 1ln TH-eaMent t A lln.tetter Bkeitnn railed the meeting to order and Secretary XV. O. Hlrons of Pierce was present. F. W. Judson, president of the Omaha I Commercial club, welcomed the visitors, I causing no little amusement by the state- I ment that the delegates were "perfectly I safe, Pt Oo was still in Jail." He I sm the Interests of Omaha and the Inter- I sta of the state Were Identical; that what- ever benefited one benefited the other; thet the Omaha Commercial club wanted tho I Othar clubs of the state to fee It was I witn tnem. m expanded on the good of commercial ClUDS to communities and to the state. President Hoatetler responded to Mr. Judson, saying it Was a source of grattfica- tion to know that the Omaha club, the wiiiiiiwiuwi uiuu in ina siaie, was an aatlv member of the association. After tossing a few brilliant bouquets at Omaha Mr. Hoatetler explained the purpose of the meeting, namely, to talk over matters for the good of local associations and to dis cuss what could be done for the benefit of the state at large, the latter mainly with a view to exerting the club's Influ ence for legislation in the proper direc tion. Tho parcels post bill Is before con gress, He said, with a fair chance of passing, and the association oua-ht to let no opportunity pass to work against it Ths president appointed a committee on resolutions, consisting of H. M. Buahneii Of Uncolu. W M. Robertson of Norfolk ana hum u. lumnionc ol Temont. Experience Medina en aid One hour of the afternoon was aiveu to the delegates to tell about their local or ganisations. Mayor Wolx and Ross Ham- mane of Fremont told about the hustling club of that town, which usually gets the things It goes after. L. Hooper of Oxford. aid his town Is contemplating wuter works and ftlectrio lights, but the question no before the people was whether these lnv provements ought to be made by the city or 07 private enterprise, u. L. Scott of Ashland told of the wonderful success of the water plant ul that place. Among other who spoke w . . X. J. Hope an! j. b. .rnwiura 01 nai.uu, c. V . Vonklintf ana U. r. Urltnn of Tekamah. W. W, f Kcwurd I M Ha r vn. ' n 1 , 7.1 . 7?" u Ulcainson of den and A. D. M. Carr of Omaha, editor of th Horns Trade Advocate, distributed printed petitions addressed to senators and ripre- santallv protesting against th paasag of a parcel post bill. He asked the dele gate to secure name on th petition an 1 and them to their representative in con. greaa, Mr. C. C. Tennant CUry of Omaha .ii.nuUu w me ici mat It la th itvitiwu wi u n uu are .responsible for th larg trade of the mall order house. Bh advised the members of th association to begin a compalgn of educa tion among their women. - Amoaa; th Delegates uiung those present at the convention . war: A. D. Lane. Albion: M. B. Hmith RrM... J? 1 J 11 . 1 1 1 "'ng; Goorg B. Darr. C. it. Horner. Dr. M. fc. House, Mr. Gold- port K. M. bands, tiering; George B. Darr. L It. Horner. Dr. M. K. House Mr man, Lexington; ueorge v. Milbourn, 1. W. Hawes. K. 8. Trumbull, Mindun; L. Hooper, Oxford; W. U. Hirons. 8. U. Berg, rv r eniman, i-ierce; at. A. Hosteter. H. C. Hanson, Shelion; B. K. Grlttln, Teku man; N. J. Hope, - N. J. Ludi O M Thorpe, Wahoo; V. H. Green, K.'m. Pey ton, Crelglaon; Ross Hammond. Fremont; H. M. Hushnell. Lincoln; W. M. Robert, son, Norfolk; K. O. Garrett, Paul Colaou Fremont; W . (J Dickinson, be ward, li r. Orlftin, Tekaniuh; J. a. Crawford Wahoo; A. H. Skinner, H. H. Cone J A. Reece, C. F. Klrkpalrlek. G. L. Scott Ashland; George K. Wols, Fremont; J c oeaorest, J. C. Harpham. J. M. Raymond! ttoss P. Curtice, W, 8 Whltten. Uncoln: 5' Th'0'', J:' t ,Crven, Wayne; J. It. eutneriana. vt. conk nv. Tic,...i. 1 EX a..,KUPlu..a , ' TJL' . ' I. I . ..' . ''. s. P. Davklson. O. L. brown, Tekaiuah' 1 M. Carr, C. C. Tennant, Clarv. 11 v Clarke. Omaha; H. M. Davia, tird- P H Hell, ellver Creek; Richard Uodring. Grand Iklaiid; 8. S. Tyndalc, Central City. I The Wednesday morning session will j open at S o'clock with a discussion of "The Future of the Association: Our Plana for I!." It will b led by View President: W. A. Green wald of Falls City, J. F. Han. ami of Fremont, U. A. GiaS of Seward, (Continued en Second EMPEROR UPHOLDS OFFICER Ofllcla! Gasette Declares Dissolution f Parliament Regular Prow laea Force Attains! Meeting. BIDAPEST. Hungary. Feb. .-The Oflirlnl Gaxette today published a notifica tion of the royal, commissioner, General Nyiri. ur,h'" the lenality of yetr- day's dl( ment, trt V the Hungarian Parlia 5, that the rescript wai e of thirty or forty r g the deputies that 4 -. the sitting of the ' morrow will be pre- read In in i itles ttert deptltl Louse con any vented by 'A After fur mer consideration lltion decided thia xo the Parliament e not necessarily the member evening not building- torn! admitting- the of yesterdays 4 constitutionality ttl the Parliament. the fart that ' were dissolved yesterday must be recognlied. otherwise the members of the lower house could not take part In any manner In the next elec tions or In holding of meetings throughout the country, beginning at the end of this week to Inform their constituents regard ing the events of yesterday. The members of the coalition will not purposely Invite violence from the government, but will pro reed with their Individual political actlvt ties ss circumstances permit, quite unde terred by the knowledge of what the gov ernment purposes to do. Rumors are current tonight hat Hungary may start a boycott movement against Austrian products, relying on the poasibil ty that the country can obtain such art cles as cheaply elsewhere, while Austria will have to pay much higher prices for agricultural products obtained elsewhere, than from Hungary The coalition deputies plan to proceed to their various election districts at the end of this week, assemble their constituents and protest against yesterday's alleged 111- gn dissolution of Parliament. These mect- ings will be prevented and broken tip by the government with the assistance of gen- darnies on the ground that the crown can not and will not tolerate such criticism of an net on Its part, which It considers legal ad constitutional It appears as though the crown had de- termlned to terminate the right of fr meeting, free press and even free speech In Hungary whenever such manifestations today from an excellent government source that the crown Is prepared to suppress newspapers which conduct a propaganda based on criticism of its actions yesterday The liberal party here recognlxes yester day's dissolution of Parliament as lawful. The liberals will not attempt to proceed to the House tomorrow with the Intention of hodlng a meeting. pQp QN FRENCH SITUATION Ills Holiness Kara France Will Not l-ermonentlr separate Itself irom ine BUrru LONDON. Feb. n. The Dslly Express this morning prints an Interview with Pope Plus by Its Rome correspondent on the policy of the Vatican on the church ques- tlorj Ju, Franca, After. remarking that the abrogation of the Concordat had 'nor yet been officially certified to him. and that It was permissible for him to wonder to whom France would entrust the notification, now that it no longer had a representative at the Vatican, the nope commented reDroach- fully on the impatience displayed by French Catholics. "Oh. those Frenchmen. he said, "always In a hurry, always rest less, always excitable. The single word "wait," his holiness ra mi,rked. would suffice to Indicate his policy. 'Certainly I shall speak In my own good time and that time Is not yet," he added. It Is a treacherous law full of snares and pitfalls. Its passing is not everything; It has yet to be applied. When we are able to ascertain the exact position of our ad versaries we will in turn disclose ours. We are ready.' "Catholics are about to suffer persecu tion for their faith." he continued, "but let them not fear. France will never finally separate Itself from that church to which 11 na" always remained faithful Ih spite of " n,an' enrort ro estrange it. - TARIFF TALK IN THE COMMONS Notice of a Resolution Comautttlna; tue Government to InqaallOed ' K'reo Trade. LONDON. Feb. DO.-The House of Com mons devoted the entire day and night ses sions to the desultory debate on the address in reply to the speech from the throne. Anient the motions of which notice was given, . the following will be moved from the government benches: The House of Commons. recuKnUing tlis general decision of the people of the I'niud Kingdom In deiiitiiistratlng unqual ified fidelity to the principles of free trude deems it right to record Its determination 10 resist any proposals, whether for the I of a general tariff 011 foreign goods which will create a system of protection. The resolution will be moved after the laxauon 01 ore an corn or oy " eci on adoption of the address. It Is understood that the duke of Devonshire will move a similar resolution In th House of Lords. Irish unionists will move an amendment to the address condemning the proposed changes in the government of Ireland, as tending in th direction of home rult. HT 1. 1 I. Intended to drew frtfini th. .mnl.m . declaration of it. noiicv with r. .rd to Ireland GRAECO-ROUMANIAN TROUBLE Greek Coasal at .Constats is Kc - (.nested to Leave Roamaala Territory Immediately. BUCHAREST. Rouinania, Feb. 3u. Th Oraeco-Roumanlan differences, due to the ... . .. n ,. ... mania, haa been further .complicated by a demand of Hie Foreign office that M. Kapsambelis. the Greek consul at Con stantsa, leave Roumania Immediately. It appears that whtl accompanying a com patriot, who was embarking on a steamer under order of expulsion, M. Kupsambeli publicly voiced Ids resentment in a manner ao Insulting to the Roumanian government that the latter had no choice but to demand bis departure from the country. The trouble between Greece and Rou mania I due to the fact that the sultaln of Turkey, In May, Its, issued an irado officially recognising the Roumanian or Kuiso-VIacu element In Macedonia. This uea irruaiion among me ureeas. who : boycotted those employing the Roumanian language In church services. Tho exclte- ment thu aroused In Macedonia led to reprisals against the Greeks in Roumania. . ,- American steamer Wrecked SAX JOSt. Costa Rica, Feb. at Th American steamer David has been wrecked OD San Andreas island, off the Nicaragua!! coast. Th crew wer saved but th cargo lost CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Hoye Has Separate Ordinances on the Street Railway Control. ZIMMAN ARGUES FOR MORE REGULATION Insist that Local Company Enjoy Privilege for Which It Should 'Make Same Ketaras to the City. After falling for tour weeks to inuuee the committee on railways, telegraphs anu telephones to bring his orulnance for street railway concessions up for consider ation. Councilman Hoye last night Intro duced In the council separate ordinances demanding the sale of twenty-five ticke's for tl and a universal transfer system. The proposition to require only l-cent fares from passengers having to stand was dropped. President. Zlmtnan and Hoye fought to have the ordinances laid over under the rules so as to prevent them from going to the committee, but were defeated by Hack, Comstock. Uyball, Evans. Hunting ton and Schroeder, receiving the support only of O'Brien. Bark endeavored to have Hoye's request for a reading at length turned down, but was not sustained by Temporary President Schroeder. 7.1 m man on the Ordinances. President Zimman made a long speech In favor of the ordinances. Bald he: The committee of railways, telegraphs and telephones has had the original ordi nance In hand for over four weeks. Two or three efforts have been made at com mittee meetings to consider various fes.- tures of it. but we were Informed by Chair man Rvans that he wanted more time and the members desired to get Information from other cities. To date no Information from other cities haa been submitted. I have found a great deal of valuable in formation along the lines In question in the municipal Journals received by the members of the council, and, a these pub lications are disinterested. I believe, I have no reason to doubt the trustworthiness of what ! have found In them. I observe that a largo number of cities receive royalties from their street railway companies, rang ing from J to 9 per cent on gross receipts; that in many of these cities from five to eight tickets are sold for a quarter; license fees are paid for street ears and poles; paving is required not only between the rails, but from one to two feet outside at the expense of the traction companies. In Omaha we-recelve nothing for the fran chises and have none of these things." Back Blames the Charter. It Is not our fault that the street rail way does not pave outside the rails." said Councilman Back. 'That Is fixed by the charter." City councils In other cities have un dertaken to do what we are trying and have succeeded," said Zlmman. "There Is no question about the power of the city council to regulate In the matter of eer? vice and rates. That haa been upheld time and again by the courts of various states. In some of these cities I have In . mind the traction companies remove the snow: In soma thf y put down eleven feet., of cav ing and sprinkle the streets upon which they operate." Councilman Evans said: "I have In my pocket .ehrht or nine letters received' from other cities In response to Inquiries about this matter. I asked for more time to get this Information and It Is possible I will be ready to report next week." Flurnrea from Other Cities. President Zlmman If the chairman will promise to take the ordinance ur at the committee meeting next week I have no objection to Its being referred to his com mittee. But I want to read some of the figures I have at hand from a number of cities. Councilman Huntington Why not refer that to the committee? President Zlmman We have had the In formation sometime and the committee has not exhibited any desire to have it. It has been open to all the members of the council all along. Zlmman then read an account of the concessions obtaining In Nashville, Hart ford, Los Angeles, Lancaster, Pa., Mil waukee. Columbtia, O., Kansas City, De troit, Indianapolis, Montreal, ' Cleveland, Minneapolis and other cities. in a aiscussion mat louowed it was brought out that , the engineer had sub mitted a bill of II. 60O to the street railway company for asphalt repairs made lost year to paving alleged to have been damaged by the company; that th company pro posed to settle for T50, holding that the measurements had been Inaccurate and the city attorney Is holding out for Sl.Ouo. Damage to Pavement. ' the street railway company has not replaced or paid for any pavement it damaged or destroyed hwi year or In pre vlous years. said Zlmniuu. "According to statements furnished me by Assistant City Engineer Craig, replacements and re pairs three years ago amounted to 11.300, ,wo yearK a,0 about ,he lime and last I . ., I ttr j 'nigh ,tj, according to the bill rendered. ht le well to suy her that the fiau- chlau for two of its important lines held by the street railway company will ex pire In about tan years." Councilman iAana said the street railway ooinpuiiy Is now selling thirty tickets for SI to school children. Zlmman declared this concession was barred to children over twelve yaars of ago, but Evans said th age limit was fifteen years. He asked if Zlmman thought by reducing fares It would tend to lighten the paving burden of th people by making the street cur people more willing to shoulder it. "It would enable a large saving to the workingmen of th city." said Zlmman. "It would result la benefit to their child ren and homes, and the money would not go to eastern stock and bondholder aa dividends on watered stock and inflated val ue. Old Ordlassv, Explained. City Isaiglnuer Ruxewater, called upon by Bach to define tho charter requirements re garding the paving outside of the street car tails, remarked that he had discovered an old ordinance providing for a graduated scale ot prices for repairs made by the city to paving damaged by the traction company. This ordinance, he said, ar ranged that after paving had been down ten years nothing could be collected, and this affected practically all streets in a square mile in th heart of the city. He explained that the charter required th property owners to pay for all paving out side the rails and street intersections. "The ordinance Mr. Rose water speaks of never was enforced." said Mr. Zlmman. "As for the charter requirement about paving outside of th rails; that would have been amended in the l"si charter, but Vice President Wattles, i.f the street railway company, telegraphed to several of the members of the Douglas county dele, gatlon and requested them not to allow It. It was not allowed. I wss referring, how- 'Continued on Second Pag.) RUN ON A CHICAGO BANK oncers gar Company Caa Weather storm and questioned Loaaa Are Good. CHICAOO. Feb. 30.-A run was started today on the Jackson Trust and Savings bank, it being thought by many of thi depositors thst Institution Is Involved by the failure of the Bank of America three days ago. At the hour set for the open:ng of th bank 300 depositors were In waiting, and as soon as the doors were opened thev commenced to withdraw their funds. It Is known that the Institution is a loser ' through loans to 8". C. Creel.nan. whoso loans from the Bank of Ameiiea were Hie Immediate cause of the closing of that In stitution. The amount losned to Creelman by the Jackson Trust and Savings hank Is said by its officers to be 26,0un, but stories on tho street by which the depositors were slsrmed, put the amount at several Mines 25.ono. W. H Kawn. president of the Jackson Trust and Having bank, said today:' "We have loaned, on collateral security $2R,0n0 to F. C. Creelman and we believe the loan is good. Even If It la not we cannot be Injured hy suy run that can be made against us. We have ample funds and we can obtain all the outside assistance we wlah. but It is not necessary for us to ask it." The Jackson Trust and Savings bank, ac cording to a recent report of its resources and liabilities, had savings deposits to the amount of lui snd commercial deposits amounting to ITSO.Om;. Its capital stock Is f5O,"P0 and a surplus fund of $50,000 wss reported, with undivided profits of tf2,onn. Among Its resources were $!0,000. approxi mately. In loans and discounts, and $2M.0OO In stock and bond. The officers are: W. H. Kgan, president; David Decker and B. F. Dcmuth. vice presidents, and William M. Lawton, cnshlor. It has been clearing through tho Continental National bank. Judge Landis In the federal oourt today appointed John J. Knickerbocker receiver for the estate of F. C. Creelman In bonds of ts.ono. Mr. Knickerbocker was also appointed receiver of the Aronson Lumber company, a corporation in which Mr. Creelman Is heavily interested. The- bonds In this case were fixed at tlO.WO. ... Despite the statement by the bank offi cers that payments to savings depositors would be made until 5 o'clock In the after noon a notice was posted much before that time saying that no more withdrawals wculd be permitted until after the notlco of sixty days, which the Imnk has a right to demand, had expired. Cashier Lawton said that the notice waa posted not be. cnuse the deposits could not be paid, but because depositor were stampeded and would only draw out their money to put It In another bank. Commercial accounts were paid out as rapidly as required. By afternoon it was estimated by officials of t,he bank that $150,000 of commercial and savings accounts had been withdrawn. DEATH BLOW TO DIVORCE EVIL Congress Advancea, n Proposition that Will End Migratory Decrees. : WASHINGTON. Feb.' 2V Animated fllsi cusstnn waa Indulged In today, by-, congress on uniform divorce lawa on the resolutions proposed by the Pennsylvania delegation. outlining Important reforms for uniform laws on this subject hy the various states. and which had been endorsed practically In their entirety by the resolutions commit tee. Arguments were exhausted and par liamentary tactics Invoked by the minority of the congress to defeat the adoption of the following portion of the report of the committee on resolutions, striking a death blow at the migratory divorce: When the courts are given cognisance of suits where thn ptalntin was domiciled In a foreign Jurisdiction at the time the cause of complaint arose. It should be Insisted that relief will not be given unless the cause of divorce was Included among those recognised in eticn toretgn domicile. The section waa finally adopted by an overwhelming vote. The forces opposing the adoption of the section were ld by Rev. Caroline Fartlett Crane of Michigan whose efforts were seconded by Delegates Walcott of Michigan. lech of West Vir ginia and Sterling of South Dakota. Regarding the adoption of the first reso lution submitted by the committee, that It wa the sense of congress thul u. federal divorce law was not feasible. Governor Pennypacker said: The resolution has been adopted and the first step in the patn or progress has been taken, ' The section declaring that each state should adopt legislation restricting the remedies afforded by its statutes of divorce to tt own citizens was adopted with some modification. Bishop Shanley of North Dakota ex plained his presence in the convention, say Itw: 1 am thoroughly in sympathy with any thin that is to destroy the divorce evil. do not approve of absolute divorce for any cause whatsoever. BISHOP HARTZELL AT HOME Methodist missionary Returns from Two Years' Sojourn in Afrlen. NEW YORK. Feb. 50. Th Methodist Episcopal missionary, bishop for Africa, Rev. Joseph C. Hartxell, arrived here today on the steamer Africa. The bishop will remain several months In America, working to secure a number of new missionaries for his field, and funds to promote the work he has In hand. He 1 anxious to establish industrial mission schools throughout Africa, which he de clares are much needed for the white as well as for the black people of that con tiuer.t. Bishop Hartxell has Just completed a extensive tour of east, west, central and South Africa, visiting the missions of his church, and reports steady progress of the mission work at all the principal centers. Ha Is very hopeful for the black republic of Liberia. In which the repatriated ne gross from America and their descend ants, now 1S,CkO In number and a few thou sand civilised natives, form the governin class- COLLECT THERANSOM TWICE Xosr Mexican Bandits Kidnap Colonel Haaalgau from Staae Scar stiver City. EL PASO. Tex... Feb. SO.-Tli bandit who kidnaped Colonel Robert Hannlgan. the Dernlng (New Mexico; ranci.man. from a stage near Silver City, N. M , are si leged to have collected K.ntu ransom nione to date, one thousand from the colonel and one thousand from his son, yet they stil) hold him. Officers fear to attack them in thiir retreat in Mogolluii mountains lest they kill their prisoner. Robert Hannigau. kidnaped at Silver City, was released tonight after the ran. som money had been paid iwtca. PAT CROWE IS OUT ON BAIL Brother and Fonr Others Security in the Amount of Fifteen Hundred Dollars. GOES TO THE HOME OF HIS BROTHER JOHN Inse Not to Be Heard I ntll the March Term, a He rears Public Senti ment Shnnld the Hearlna He Held at Present. Pat Crowe was it-leased from the county Jail In Cuunctl lliufl )rsterrtay afternoon tier furnlsniug the requited bond in me um of l.o-W 011 the elmrse of holding up nd robbing the crews of two motor cars on the night of July 1 lost. '1 he securities on the bond are John Crowe, brother of the defendant; Ellen V. Crowo, wife of John rowe; Hans Clausen, proprietor of a cigar stare at 1028 West Broadway; Former Coun cilman William c. Hoyer and Joseph Nan sel. a well-to-do farmnr of Lewis township ud a member of the present district court rial Jury panel. The bond was filed by Attorney S. B. Wadsworth shortly after 2 o'clock and a few minutes later Crowe, In company with his brother, John, and Mr. Wadsworth, left the county jail and proceeded to Mr. Wndeworth'a office. IjUer Crowe with his brother. John, drove to the latter's home. Yesterday morning Mrs. Sadie Meadows called upon Crowe at the county Jail In response to a telephone message sent her by Jailer Gallup at Crowe's request. Crowe nd the woman conversed for about ten ilnutes. It Is now prartically decided that Crowe will not be placed on trial until the March erm. It Is understood that Crowe and his ttorneys feared going to trial at this time. owing to the strong feeling aroused by the Omaha verdict. They are said to have ad mitted being afraid that the Jury here might be Inclined to convict Crowe on gen eral prlnrlplcs. Crowe after leaving the county Jail was. ss usual, ready and willing to be lnter- lewed. He stated thst for th present at least he expected to remain either In this city or Omaha, probably In this city. After hi trial here he stated he would locate either in this city. or across the river, but what business he would engage In he was not at this time prepared to say except that It would not be in the saloon business. MAIL THIEF'S LUCKY HAUL Over Ten Thousand Dollar Taken from Heaistered Letters In San Francisco Mail Wagon. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. m.The thief that robbed a local mall carrier's wagon on February 1, carrying away a sack of reg istered letters,' made a larger haul than was at first believed. Among the loot was a package of bonds valued at HO.OiiO, enmute to the east. There were ten bonds In all. Issued by the Phil ippine Telephone and Telegraph corpora tion, valued at Sl.OnO. The securities were the property of two women, one of whom resides at St. Louis and the other at Kiowa, Kan. WOMAN ' KILLS HER HUSBAND Edwsjrd Droamnnd of Kanaaa City ' Shot by HI Wlf aa Result of a. Quarrel. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 20.-Edward Drogmund, leader of the orchestra of a Kansas City, Kan., theater, was shot an-l killed here this sfternoon at 817 East Seventeenth street by his wife, who fired two shot at him. The couple had been separated. Today Drogmund called upon his wife while she was visiting a friend. They quarreled and the woman shot her hi-sband. He died before any one reached him. and Mrs. Drogmund fled. ' Sh was arrested later. BLUE BOOK ON LABOR UNIONS British Commission Recommends that titrlkcs Be Declared I.esml tnder . Certain Limitations. IJ1NDON. Feb. 30. A blue book was Is sued today giving the voluminous report of the royal commission on trade disputes and comhlnationa. The commission reconv mends the passing of an act declaring trade unions to be legal associations and strikes legal unless accompanied by vio lence or breach of contract, and also da elating that persuasion to strike, apart from nroducina a breach of contract, I not Illegal. HEIRESS MARRIES ATTORNEY Minneapolis Girl Who Inherited Two Million Dollars Becomes Bride of Her Lawyer. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Feb. Jo. Miss Edna Dlckerson, who Inherited an estate valued at Si.uOft.OW from her cousin, Alfred Johnson, of Minneapolis, was married yes terday to Simon Kruse, a lawyer of Chi cago. Miss Dlckerson was formerly 1 stenographer In Chicago and was occas lonably employed by Mr. Kruse, who later acted as her attorney during th long legal tight over th Johnson will, waged by rel atlves who were cut out by its provisions. HENDERSON IS IMPROVING Former Speaker of the House Partially Recovers Ills Fyeslaht. DL'Bl'Wt'E, la., Feb. 20. Reports frou the sick room of Colonel David B. Hen derson today were made that he is rest ing much more easily. His eyesight, which he lost with his second stroke of paralysis, Is gradually coming hack, although it is thought that his vision will always be Imperfect. TWO TR4I3MEX ARK KILLED Knalaetr Rogers Is Injured W heu Collision Occurs ear Fldora. DE8 MOINES. Ia.. Feb. U).-Engineer Willard of Mason City and Brakeman Sheahan of Oskaloosa were killed and Fire man Rogers injured in a head-on collision between two Iowu Central freights near Eldorado early today. The ere misun derstood the orders. Willard was caught under the cars, which were set afire. Brakeman Frank 'Sheehan - f Oskaloosa ond Fireman Rogers were slightly hurt. Freight Conductor Killed H'ATEKMMl, la Feb. 20. (Hr1al Tele- gram. I Hoy 1. E-kes, a conductor on u freight train on the Illinois Central rail road, was killed last nlirlit while sw Itching at Manchester. lUs body mas cut in twain. The remains were brought to his home at Waterloo. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Wednesday. Tlmrsdny Fair In Fast and Hala In Western Portion. Temperature nt Omaha Yeaterilnyi Hour. Dev. Hour. lira. A a. m...... :tH 1 p. m H H . m !! a p. m A" T a. tn T S p. ut nn ft a. m a 4 p. i AJ ft a. m ft p. m At 10 a. m 41 H p. m...... At 11 a. ni 4'J 7 p. m " dm 441 H p. m 4M 9 p. in " HONORS FOR LONGWORTHS Havana Will Mold nla Opera Per formance with Americans as per let Uncsts. HAVANA. Feb. J0.-The rlty authorities are arranging an Invitation for a gain grand opera performance at tho National theater for Friday, at which It Is proposed hat Mr. and -Mrs. Nicholas Longworth shnll occupy the president's box as Ha vana's guests of honor. Gn at Interest is being taken In the presi dent's annual ball February 22. on account of the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Ixmgwortlt are expected to be present. They also will be urajed to attend the ball of thn American cluh on Washington's birthday. SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 30. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Irfingwnrth arrived In Savannah at 9:20 o'clock this morning by the Southern rsllway. the train being four hours and forty minutes late. There was a small crowd to meet the train, but those who hoped to see the occupants of the private car, Ellslan. were disappointed, as neither appeared. " TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 21 Representative and Mrs. Longworth arrived here at 10:35 o'clock on the private car Elysian, and proceeded directly to Port Tampa, there boarding a steamer for Havana to spend part of their honeymoon In Cuba. At thn city station tonight a large crowd gathered nnd the Cuban consul. F. F. Mendora. pre sented to Mrs. longworth a magnificent floral design emblematic of the friendship of Cubans for herself and her father. Presi dent Roosevelt. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS MEET American aaoclatlon Discusses Proh. tenia Affecting; Clrcolntlon and Advertising;. NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-The twentieth annual meeting of the American Newspa per Publishers' Association begin here to day at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. 8. S Rogers, of the Chicago Dally News, the president of the association, called the meeting to order. About 125 papers out of a total membership of 225 were represented. The extent to which trolley cars were used In the delivery of newspapers was dis cussed at the opening session. At the afternoon session there were dis cussions on the various subjects on a topic card that had been prepared. No votes were taken in these matters and no details as to the dlacussions were given out. These topics related chiefly to advertising, one being "Would It he possible to rut off all commissions to advertising agencies and compel . them to sell their services In the same manner- that a lawyer sell his erv Ices to hi client?" 1 . Among those attending th meetings are the following: Iifayette Young. Des Moines Canltol Charles W. Knspp, St. Louis Republic Hal Gavlnrd. Kansas city Journal: Charles C. Rosewater. Omaha Bee; F. St. J. Rich ards. St. Louis Globe-Democrat and A. A, Crothers, Ban Francisco Bulletin. RESUME GREENE-GAYNOR CASE Captain Twiggs Tells How Gaynor Indaced Him Xot to Bid on Contract. SAVANNAH, Qa.. Feb. 30. Juror Samuel R. Patton, whose indisposition necessitated a recess In the Greene-Gaynor case yes terday, wa very much better today and the trial of the case was resumed. Testimony given by Assistant Engineer R R. Conant, in regard to a difficulty which he had In 1802 with Captain A. J Twiggs, when the latter struck htm, and teetlmony given by Captain Twigga in reference to an interview which he had with John F. Gaynor In Savannah In W91. In which Gaynor Induced him not to bid and afterward wrote a mysterious note, served to Inject some new features Into the case, and together with a spirited ar gument as to the admissibility of certain testimony by Captain Twiggs, relative to the maner In which Carter "put the screws to him." constituted th main points of Interest in the trial for the dav. DEADLOCK ON GRAIN RATES Eastern and Western Truffle Agrcnts Fnll to Agree uu Division of Through Chnraves. CHICAGO. Feb. Id Eastern and western traffic officials failed today to agree on grain rates from the Missouri river terrl torlty to the Atlantic seaboard and th two interests seem to be farther apart tonight than when the conference was called. No call has been issued for another conference and no further effort at present will b made to effect a settlement. The eastern men refused to pay the "foblng" charge of 1.6 cents at th seaboard and offered the western men nine cents out of 21.4. The western roads wanted 104 cents, but offered to take 1M cents if the eastern roads would pay the "foblng" charge, leaving them 11. cents. Neither would yield further and thus the confer ence closed. POSTOFFICE JS INVOLVED W ill Be Asked Why Standard Oil Mail Is Delivered to Alleged Rlvnl. ST. LOCiS. Feb. 20. Yesterday's resump tion of the Investigation Into the Standard Oil company's methods tn Missouri was not continued today. Attorney General Had ley slated that he Is determined to press Inquiry into the circumstances and ascer tain how it came about that certain sua'! addressed to the Standard Oil company at t-'t. lxuls had been received by the Waters Pierce company. The postal authorities will make an Investigation of the matter. It Is stated that II. Clay Pierce will not testify In the proceedings until March 1, the time agreed upon In New York be tween himself and Mr. HadHy. Movements of Occnn Vessels Feb, go. At New York-8al''d: Texas, for C--: penhag.i: Kaiser Wllhelm li, for Kre incn. Arrived: Amerika. from Hamburg. At tni'ion arriveo: mmukhpoiih, fin.,, ! ' At Hl l-ee. . rt W. Arrived: StemniM. from H;" r r;nc'si-o. At Hrcmr 11- An ived : nr: At Ttnvor Arrived New Yoik. At Liverpool Sailed: tun. llluin. from New V:ideland. from Saxonia, for Bos- DENIAL BY GARFIELD Oommiasioner of Corporations Oontradiots Statements of Packers. THEIR STATEMENTS NOT MADE UNDER OATH No Threats Were Used to Induce- Them to Show Books. ONLY FIGURES WERE CONFIDENTIAL romised that Statistics from Individual Plants Would Not Be Given Out. NO AGREEMENT AS TO IMMUNITY Officials of Beef Concerns Were- Told , that Information Waa for I se of the Presi dent. CHICAGO. Feb. 20. Commissioner of Cor porations, Garfield took the stand today In the packers' case and denied many of the statements made by th witnesses for the packers during the hearing ot the Im munity pleas now In rrogvess. Edward Morris, Edwsrd Swift snd Arthur Meeker, representatives respectively of the packing firms of Nelson Morris Co., Swift and CoHipany and Armour Co., all tes tified that Commissioner Garfield had told them that his department had the power to compel Information If they refused to give it willingly. Mr. Garfield today on the stand declared that he had never made such a . statement. He also denied that he haft ever promised Immunity to 'ho packers, saying that the only protection that had been promised wa protection for the In dividual packers of their confidential fig ures. Thin he ssid had been glvon them, al though the average of these confidential figures had been given In the report of the commissioner In the beef Industry'. Indi viduals had been respected and their names had not been given. He also denied posi tively that he promised that all Information would be regarded as confidential. He also denied that he had at any time said any thing regarding an oath In connection with the Investigation. Mr. Garfield was the first witness for the government, the pack ers having rested their case shortly before the noon recess ot court today. Exhibits Read to the Jary. At the opening of the packers' case to day Attorney 1 Hynes. who represent the Interests of Swift and Company, began to read exhibits Identified earlier In thn trial, such as typewritten statements of thn conversations between Special Agent Durand snd Edward F. Swift at the tlm of the Inquiry Into the packing Industry. Attorney John 8. Miller also read the let- ter of President Roosevelt to Attorney General Moody, which was authenticated some time ago by the attorney general. This Is the letter that declared that th Department of Corporations nd th De partment of Justice were working together In. the beef . InresttgiUion... Attorney Cen eral Moody, when In Chicago somn time ( ago, admitted that the letter hod been writ ten by the president, but claimed that the statement of collusion between the two department was Incorrect. A long argument followed on the admls ability of President Roosevelt' letter to Attorney General Moody as evidence. Mr, Morrison contended that the letter wa Immaterial. , Th court said: It Is material In this case to know whether the matters were turned over to the Department of Justice and I think th letter should be admitted as evidence. Attorney Miller then announced that the packers had no more evidence to offer and would rest their case. Garfleld on the stand. The government commenced to Introduce testimony at the afternoon session of court. Commissioner of Corporations Garfield be ing the first witness. Commissioner Garfield told of his coming to Chicago and meeting the packers, hi account of the occurrences and the con versations not differing In any essential from those given by the witnesses for th packers. He declared, however, that Mr. Kruuthoff, the attorney who had advised Armour A Co. to allow the Inspection of their books and plants, told him that h would have considered an Inspection by a federal officer on the beef business rather an advantage than otherwise to th pack er. He declared that Mr. Krauthoft asked what would be done with the Information given by the packet and ws( Informed by the witness that it would be given to the president. Mr. Krauthoft asksd what the president would do with It and Com missioner Garfield declared that he could not unswi-r that question, out added: "I told him that of course thn president would njt make any Improper use of It." "Did you say that tho packer would be protected If they gave the Information?" "I did not." "Did you say that all information would be strictly confidential?" "No. I did not " "What did you do with the confidential information you secured?" "It was made Into average and given to the president." Individual Figures CoafldentlaL The witness added that no confidential Information other than that averaged and contained In hi official report hud ben given to the president. "Did you say anything to Mr. Krauthoft about au oain?" asked District Attorney Morrison. "No." "Did you say thai uu would let tlieiu know about an oath?" "I did not." Tho witness then told of meeting Ldward Morris, Edward Swift and Jesse i'. Lyman, and declared that his Interviews with thein were bimilur to th on he hod with Mr. Krauthoft. "How did you happen to come to Chi cago, February 2b V" asked the district at torney. "I cutnt. her ao that th packer might see I had used In my report the figure taken from their books in line with, out agreement. I wauled them to set that I did not use the Individual figuroa on the confluent tal material." The witness then suld that he submitted his report to the packer and that they all agreed that I, had made a proper use of the confidential Information given to them. Dld ot Threnten Morris. "Did ou ever say to Edward Morris ti.al your bureau was entirely divorced froi any other department?" i d'd not us" liu- wi-.-.la. I .ni-l tl.a bureau reported to Hi- resident and ma not under .the Department of Justice." "Did you say to Edward Hwiit that oi had the uwer to compel inf ui tualiwa, but
