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The Omaha Daily Bee. INEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE Ground Floor Corner The Bee Building I7lk asd Farnini NEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE Ground PIor Corner ' Tie Bee Building I7tk and fttitm ESTABLISHED JUNE VJ, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MOUSING, MAKC'II 8. llXHi TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. AGREEMENT IN SIGHT Germany Reeards Success of Conference at Aleeciras as Aunred. POLICE QUESTION ALMOST SETTLED Inspector to Be Appointed Who Shall Be ' Woltk.. Aarman Wn Trench, i Treaty to be for limiteo term- Understanding; that the Kaiser Waives None of His Rights. . rnr.,. , r .wr ...,., rui FRENCH PAPERS TAKE SKLPTICAL VltW , lleer Taken thai Inarrmiliiiia Of foreil Arc of Donbtfnl alnc and t annul He Acer il ell. port and there is every reason to suppose BKRUX, March 7. Private conversations j that It will be passed. One after an lietween the German mid French envoys at jollier of the Important political clubs repie Algeclrax have brought them almost to i.nlsintliig thu vmioi's nationalities of Austria agreement on the Moroccan mlice eotilro- I nave leeognlz'd the project as mipera- i office, where n Joint letter of lesigna- versy so near, indeed., that the Foreign live for the country. The lauded mis- H,, was prepared. Uiter M. Rouvier pre otflce her regards u satisfactory Issue of 1 tocracy. who lose KJver mid prestige ' m-med this letter to President Ftillieres, who the conference as assured. Germany. It is understood, accepts France and Spain as having the officers best tilted for policing Morocco and fYnnce accepts International ; speakers, halt ol then, in lavor of the control in principle, undertaking to supply measure and half against It. have an adequate ruui unices that the police shall ; nounced their intention uf rnguging in the i.ol be national in characior. 1 diacussloii. F.aeh p.irty Is desirous of pro file specific form of these guaranty i rmalna unsettled and coiilinui s to be tiunalily at the exis nse of otln r natiou th subject for discussion. It is likely that ulities. t la generally believed that the an international Inspectorship will be ', discussion will end In mutual compromises. created, consisting of a single officer of; repute from a power other than France. Spain or Germany. Our detail which con tinues to be discussed is the propriety of the inspector being located in a neutralized harbor. The minister of the powers will also exercise general observation over the police. French Project Dlatrlhntcil. AIjQECJRAS. Spain. Murch 7-The JYench pollen project was distributed late this evening among the delegate to the eonferrnce on Moroccan reforms. The proposition which will be presented to the conference tomorrow consists of rive para graphs, the substance of which la as fol lows: "Ths Moroccan yolii to be constituted for threo years, composed of Moorish Mus sulmans commanded by sixteen French and Spanish officers and thirty-two noncom missioned officers, The force to consist of 2,fl(M to 1509 men distributed ahong the eight ports In bodies of from to sno. The Btatu bank to advance funds for the administration and for the payment of the force." No mention is made of International su srvlslon and the project therefore Is prac tically the snms as was outlined in M. Hi t (ill's declaration on Monday. Conciliation In the Air. The result. . of twmtyroWs sitting of the, fonference Is awaited with the most In tense Interest. Reports relative to the probability of art agreement are circulated on all sides. Conciliation certainly is in the air and continued effort in that direc tion are going on, but a tangible basis for a possible arrangement cannot be learned. The German delegates do not display any outward sign ot making concessions, while France's latest utterance la indisputably opposed te further concessions. The neu tral delegates are quite optimistic relative to an arrangement of differences at the last moment. The report that Austria will present a project with the object of effect ing an arrangement acceptable to both France and Germany Is current, but Im partial delegates are looking either to Ber lin or Paris for signs of a compromise. America as Will Sot Tot. Should the conference proceed to a vote on the rival schemes. It Is understood the American delegates will abstain, not sven offsrlng an opinion. This would leave the delegates In the position to continue their efforts to bring about an understanding. Most of the delegates are coguliotit of America's attitude and some, including the Wench and British delegates, approve its abstention, considering that any open ex pression ' of partisanship woujit destroy Its influence as a mediator. Others are In clined to the belief that America's tnVlng sides would influence a successful Issue of ths conference. Treaty tor IJailted Term. ST. PETI0R8BL RG. Murch I.-Russia s proposed modification of the police ques tion at Algeclras, which France -is under stood to be ready to accept and which re ports also say I acceptable to Germany s representative at the Moroccan confer ence, subject to the approval of the au thorities at Berlin, limits the police ar rangement to two or five years. During this tlmo the French and Spanish poflce should make periodical reports to the dip lomatic representative of the p..-rs at Tangier, Germany In the meantime re serving Us rights In order that should the arrangement prove unsatisfactory It can demand a revision at the expiration of the life of the agreement. France Kat So Mure. PARIS. March T. The Foreign office' says it Is unable to confirm, the announcement from Berlin that Germany is about to yield at Algeclras by conceding French ' and Spanish officers for the Moroccan po lice. However, unofficial reports strongly indicate that Germany 1 disposed to make concessions, having the effect of settling the Franco-German controversy. One Ber lin report says that Germany will concede the policing of one Morocco port by the French, the other purls remaining under International police. The Foreign office her specifically repudiates this report, saying that the concession of a single port would not be accepted if proposed. Another report received here from Berlin says that Germany will concede the police to France and Spain if they will agree to the appointment of an Inspector general from a neutral power. The officials here that the latter condition is unac ceptable. T"hey point out that a mandate to French and Spanish officers would not lie effective if a neutral general were placed ovir them, as the general would counteract the French and Spanish author ity. While the Foreign office thus sees some difficulties regaining. It is evident that the pacific overtures from Berlin diminish the gravity of the crisis and opens the war tii a possible solution in which Germany will concede the police and France will cvnuwde the bank. The availing papers are ekeptlcal Un lb sub-ct of Berlin s concessions. The Uuerte publist.ea an alleged authori tative statement that the German jro- posals sr not acceptable, as they are con ditioned upon the French officers being under foreign supervision, and declares Finoa La sold lis last word uu lbs pulive . fielMUuaa I FRANCHISE BILL IN AUSTRIA Loner House RnUa Discussion - 'nvt PBmml Wenanre for I ni- of i teraal Saffraar. ? 1 5..'A. March 7. The (i eminent 'a " I whin, provi.i.,. r.,r g. nrrai. 1 direct suffrage for Austria, and ; fr : w as Introduced on February 2P. by 1 m . Gaull-h vnn rruiilft-nrhiirii a 8 1 , on first reading in the lower hull!" S unn-iil today. Count Arthur By- T, .T 'I'll. minister of th- Interior. said ! ! t :. bough tin. people of a universal I al franchise met Willi no npposl- 1 tl Inst the majority ot tin.' mrllcs, the ! IMi.j.Ti necessitated a rearrangement or sky the Rouvier ministry was defeated in onstiliiemics ami lodlstiibulion of seats. . tip, chamlr f Deputies tonight and Im Thf constituencies, h.- said, would be re- mediately resigned. The cabinet crisis arrungeu ir as possible on the pnn- . llpl'' "f ,'0""1',,"' i,,ul according na- tlorHlltlea and in order to protect national : ownership no province would be allotted irwei seats mull lilllicrlo. This bill is regarded n the most im portant measure for Austria presented to I the house In Ihe past gei.ei atlon. At first I it encountered much hostile criticism, but it lias now won almost universal sup- through the project, naturally oppose It. but they will be discussed cin-rK lically I "id at u great li-rmlh. No fewer limn tectliiK Its Interests utid lliose of its na ihe lower house will be dissolved during the summer and the next house will be elected under the new suffrane law. AMERICAN WOMAN IS DEAD Hinly wf l:t hel A. Brown la Found la the Heine Near Paris. PARIS. Murch 7. The prefecture of po lice has requested the American uuthori- tie to assist in unraveling the mysterious i death of Ethel A. Brown, believed to lw" comoiniu.on 01 opposition mnuences. an American, whose body was found re- Tl" v"1'' m,,re "M' ""!vo of personal cently In the river Seine. A bout man dls- envere.1 the bo.lv H , t...e t Iw. sol.o.l. of fbarenton. it u,.i.r...i to t.e .ht of "n. wumaii of means and was elegantly dressed. The underclothes were embroidered with the name "Ethel A. Brown." On the banc's were two gold rings; she wore pearl eai -rinrrs, a gold lorgnette was suspended from a chain around her neck and she had kid gloves on her hands. No money and no papers was found on the body and there was a deep wound live inches long across the scalp. The police are unable to decide whether the wound was thn result of an accident or of an intentlonnl blow. The body apparently hod been in tho watur stveral weeks. Thn first due . to the . Identity of the woman was the following entry made in 1!0 0.1 the police records of foreigners visiting Paris: Kthel Brown. American, born at Fayette vllle. November 21. IS72;' father. John: mother. Sally Geachy." The entry indicates that the maiden name of the deceased was Ethel Geachy. The mime of the state from which she came was not given. The body remains at the morgue. The French and American officials are ..o opcrating with the police in un endeavor to establish the Identity of the woman. ATLANTA, Ga., March 7.-.Miss Ethel A. Brown, mentioned as having been found dead in the river Seine, is believed to have been formerly a reldent of Fayettevllle, Ga. The Geachy family is well known. REYES' ASSAILANTS SHOT Men Who Attempted to Kill President of Colombia Kirrslrd at Bogota. BOGOTA, Columbia, Tuesduy. March 6. The three men who, on February la, at tempted to assasslnute General Reyes, the president of the republic of Colombia, were shot today at thu spot where the attack l Mik place. Complete calm prevails throughout the republic. President Reyes was shot at by three mounted men as he was out driving with his daughter. Eight revolver shots were fired, live of which struck the carriage, but the president and bis daughter escaped uninjured. The scene of the attempted as sassination was pear the Arsoblspo bridge, in the suburbs of llogola. It wus erroneously announced February 24 that the execution of the would-be as suasins had already taken place. TRANSPORT INGALLS FLOATED i I'lilllppiur raacl on Reef Off Island of l.miu for Three !)). MANILA. .March 7. The Inter-island transport Ingalls has been re-flouted and Is apparently undamaged The Ingall went ashore on March I last on Rapo Rapo reef off the southern coast of the island of i.nzon. It had on board at the time a battalion of the Twen tieth infantry en route to Manila fur trans fer to the trunsport Sheridan about to sail for the I'nlled Slates. All of the pas sengers and crew of the Ingalls were rescued by a coast guard cutter. Princess Kna haaaea Faith. SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain. March 7.-The Impressive ceremony of the conversion of the Princess Ena of Battenberg to the Ro man Catholic church prior to her marrying King Alfonso took place today In the chapel of the palace nt M Ira mar. The Right Rev. Robert Brindle. Roman Catholic bishop of Nottingham. Eng., officiated. Premier Moret and ihe duke of Alba were witnesses fur the princes. The members of the royal party were deeply moved. The Princess Huntrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg. .. other of the Princess Ena, and Princess Ena were in tears. a Alliance with spala. LONDON. March 7. "Interesting, but in., true." Is Ihe British Foreign office s com ment on a story published in Paris to the effect list a formal political alliance be tween Great Britain and Spain will promptly follow King Alfonso a marriage t Princes Kna. krriiaa taulaet Heslaas. BELGRADE. March 7. The Stojaiiuvitci. cabinet has tendered its resignation to the king, giving as the reason for so doing thai the ministers cannot accept Austria's propusais for the consolidation of a polJU- I ci-9uifficrcll Mreewuii Willi tiUrvla, ROCVIER CABINET RESIGNS French Ministry Defeated on Minor Resolu tion Over Church Disorder. CRISIS COMES AT INOPPORTUNE TIME Channee la lioTframfnl May F.sert Important tdvrnr Influence on Moroerun Settle nirnl. PARIS. Murch 7. Like a bolt from a clear come!, at a most dramatic moment, when tl.e Fi anco-Oermuii contest has reached a ,i(.c.;siv(. stugi-.'.w and may exert un im- p()rtHnt diverse lntluei.ee on the Algeclras conference and on Kuronean nfr.irs The defeat came on a comparatively minor debate over the church disorders. The gov ernment succeeded in holding only 2.M votes, while the various elements In opposition clericals, socialists and nationalists united nuil iiolh-d 2t7 votes, thus placing the ministry In a minority of thirty-three. Premier Houvlr. with all of hut col leagues, immeiliMtely proceeded to the For- .uc. pted the resignations. The president j ,uin unced his intention of consulting the pi-esideul of the. Senate and .'hambr of iicputlcs tomorrow on the formation of a new 1 abint. Debate on It lot In t'lilna. The debate In the Chamber of Deputies i was1 upon the bloody riot yesterday during ; ihe taking or an inventory of a church it. the village of Hooschcpc, resulting in the death of .t ninnlfestant. Various orators severely criticised the government's course, asserting that ll threatened to precipitate a religious war fare. . Premier Rouvier responded: " The govern- ' OI..HI liu, thu ,lnU- t.. unn.v t.in li VL' It Vill apply it without weakness, but also with the prudence, tact and wisdom con sistent with public tranquillity. 1 ask the adoption of a resolution approving th"se declarations of the government " The resolution wss thereupon put to a ,u"? H,,,, " "ao. . uc lesuu a one .0 "''""" ' ,.,"- " church inventories. iuvlng returned fro... presenting to Pres- ldent Fullieres the resignation of the min istry M. Rouvier, was surrounded in the lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies by groups of members who expressed their regret at his abandonment of office. M. Rouvier displayed not the slightest emo- t on. Replying; to one of his followers he , . . . . , . 1 remarked: t regard it as a point of . honor to fulfill the tusk I had undertaken. The chamber's vote has relieved me of a burden the weight of which had heg.ni to ! nuike Itself felt." Neither Kttreme Satisfied. The meeting of the members of the cab- j lnet at 1h Foreign office last-rt half no h..,r irt.. ,.huin. ,-i. miti, rf - erence to church inventories it was d- cldiHl to suspend operations In that regard 1 until a new cabinet lias been appointed. The decision result"d from a disparity of the opinions expressed In the Chamber of Deputies relative to the niethisl of carry ing out the law providing for the separation of church and state. Had the chamber voted a motion of confidence in the govern ment the cal-'nci would have been com pelled to con'inue to apply the law, but the downfall of the ministiy having clearly occurred thn. ugh disapproval of the meth ods hitherto aifbpted, which on the one side were considered as too violent and on the other side as too indulgent. M. Houvier and Ids colleagues thought It better to dis continue the enforcement of the law. The promulgation of regulations, however, will occur In the ordinary course, as specific dates therefor are laid down in the bill. Will Affect Morocco Settlement. Prior to the uabluet crisis the Franco OiTinan controversy over Moroccan control seemed to be In the balance with the In clination strongly toward an ngreement. All depended upon Berlin's lust word. If this was a frank concession of a Franco Spanlsch police without, impossible condi tions, then agreement was assured, but if the conditions Involved further concessions France, whone pride was already much aroused, was preared to reject It. The Forele-n office today stated the situation as follows: The Germun concession has not lieen communicated to us and we are therefore) I unable detlnlt. ly to slate what action may iinatue in-rnn. ly 10 s.aie wnat action may lie taken th'-reen. One thing, however. can be staled with absolute postiveuess, namely: "If the German concession 01. the loli"e question is conditioned upon Internu llot'Ml supervision It will not be accepted. " This statement preceded the cabinet crisis. After that event no one was able to indicate the course of the government. 1 ' It Is generally believed that M. Rouvier, until his successor 1 appointed, will con tinue to carry on the same policy a hith erto adopted, which has received the ap proval of the Chaiulier of lcputle8 on ev- I erul occasion?. The instruct ions already I given to M. Revoll remain valid, as it Is ""' " i-.i- t.: mil lea 10 .nieriere, wun r ranee s tore.gn policy and M. Rouvier desires to leave the future foreign minister entire liberty of action should complications arise at Alge clras. Ministry Formed Fonr Months Alo. The cabinet of M. Rouvier was formed No vember 12, 19i5, when M. Loubet was presi dent of the republic. When M. Fallieres was Inaugurated last month the cabinet formally tendered lis resignation, but at the request of the new president it re mained in office, ll is constituted as fol lows: Premier and foreign minister M. Rouvier: minister of the interior. M. Dublef ; min ister of war. M. Etlletine; minister of ma rine. M. Thomson: minister of commerce, M. Trouillott; minister of finance. M. Mer low; minister of Justice, M. Chaumle; min ister of the colonies, M. Clementel; minis ter of public works. Armant Gauthier; min ister of public Instruction. Btenvenue Mar tin; minister of agriculture. M. Ruau. LAKE GEORGE SPECIAL WRECK YoaasT Woman KJIIeol mmd Several Persona Badly Injared la Rear F.nd Collision. . SARATOGA. X. Y March 7 A rear end collision on the Delaware A Hudson rail road here today resulted in one death and severe injuries to several passengers who were on the train known ai the Lake George special. Miss E-nniond. aged bS years, of Guusevoort was instantly killed. Her mother, Mrs. Charles Esmond, received In juries that are likely to prove fatal. Frank Sindecua of Buffalo, a traveling saleatnun, suffered the loss of a k-g Frank Cardes of Albany was Injured internally. Nelson M. Varney of Sandy Hill had Ms right hand and arm crushed and received Internal Usuries, SEEDS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN Senator fiamble seenrea (iaantltjr for Bralr (oanlr, Sonth nakota. i From a Staff Correspondent. 1 WASHINGTON. March 7. (Special Tele gram.) Senator Gitmble has succeeded In securing enough seed to supply ail chil dren In the common schools of Hrule county. South Dakota. The superintendent. Myrtle H. Farmer, has been most active In Interesting the children In that county along the lines of practical husbandry and she has deTeloed i warm friend In Sena tor Gamble, who has Interested the Aarrt cuyural department In the work. It is planned to hold a school fair In the fall and put in competition the products of the seeds that have been se.nt Senator (tumble haa arranged with the (bureau of public road, connected with the Agricultural department, to build a sam ple mile of road at Brookings. S. 1).. dur ing the coming summer. Mr. Gamble hopes by reason of this demonstration in good road building to create a department of good roads In the suie government. Senator Millard today received a petition from the merchants of Cbadror. protesting ngalnst the consolidation of third and fourth class sistal matter. Representative llaugeit of Iowa today made a speech against the parcels posts. The secretary of the Interior has executed a contract with the Western Portland t'rnient romtiuiiv of Yunktnn. S. O.. for fUrnB,MU; 30.1100 Ixirrels of Portland cement for the Helle Fourche Irrigation project nt its bid of 42. 4 per barrel f. o. b. cars at Belle Fourche. Clinton Thompson has been appointed a topographic draftsman in the reclamation service and assign.d to duty at Mitchell. Neb. Wilber II. Fisher, engineering aid of the reclamation service, haa been assigned to duty ul Cody, Wyo. The application of Edward M. Boyd of Auburn, Franx Moerer, Paul Walkenhorsl, Herman Holtgrewe and Hubert C. Boyd to organize the First National bank of John son, Neb., with iLn.'HRI capital, lias been approved by the comptroller of the cur rency. Charley N. Bard has been appointed reg ular and Douglas Bard substitute rural car riers for route 1 and 2 at Wolsey. S. D. Complete rural free delivery service has been ordered established May 1 in Louisa county: Iowa, making the total number of routes twenty. SMOKE BRINGS DEEP GLOOM jf'lty of ChlcaKO Pinnated lit Darkness of Maht for Hoars Today. , ClfiCAGO, March ".For a number of hours today Chicago was covered with a I null nf imitlil i&htMl Ollltli'il with henw , . ' ' , . . .. clouds made the day as dark as night. At . . , . ..... .... ... I...-.." ... - and offices in the business section were litrlitAi! tiki tViftv m nt ll ii'i-lnfk fin a. iliiv : . , ', , . ' ! """""" ' r Street rnrfl run with their hearilloiila I - ; ! burning and all lights turned tin. At times 1 ... lmDolwible. to - haif.square aifm,MhB Hlrrvl and thr"Vg down-l'm . 81mB ln "lrfl ,m oow " mVT ' 1 buildings were uiscernime , oniy necaus of , lnat nI1,.d ,i.m. Th, ,Iarlt. th raUR(, of ,,.), trouhie alui delay in Ihe streets and collisions weic numerous. The darkness brought business In the stock yards to a complete standstill for a time. About 10 o'clock it became so dark that cattlemen were unaoe .0 oisuriguisn . pHll,., .esulled today in several confer thelr stock from that owned by others ; n,.s between officials of the New York and great contusion was creaiea. 1 ne s.i- nation finally grew so bnd that buyers and employes or the various packing houses who work outside were compelled to abandon ineir enoris 10 nera ine siock un-1 til the unnatural night should pass away. I Prof. Cox of the weather bureau said the 1 .In ! ..OA In hflxe T r 1 nil ton lnv iiniBiuno " " ..... - - ...... , l,.rt. un .n.oke which the absence of wind had allowed to gather thickly In the atmosphere. Clear weather Is forecasted for tomor- row. ST. I.OCIS. March 7. A dense pall of smoke began settling over St. Louis. this morning, gradually growing in density h the day progressed until at 11:30 o'clock the darkness of night prevailed. Business houses and residences were lighted, street lights were turned on, street cars used their electric lamps and day was turned Into night. At that hour It was Just as dark as It is at 11:30 o'clock at night. The darkness continued for half an hour. At noon the light began slowly returning ss the smoke psll diminished. ROBERTSON 0N THE STAND Special turn) of Rnrrau of Corpora tions Continues Testimony in Chicago Hearing. CHICAGO. March 7. Special Agent T. M. ltobertson of the bureau of corporations occupied the stand in the packers' case today. The witness first testified regarding a conversation between himself, J. Ogden Armour and Arthur Meeker, general super intendent for Armour A Co. The witness asked for a financial statement of the profits and information concerning the private car lines. He was told, he said, that Armour & Co. was a "family com pany," and a corporation merely for con venience. "I was told by Mr. Armour," he" said, "that this class of information was none of the government's business; that the private car lines were not matters of con troversy with the government. He said at a later time that he had regretted that I reported to the government that he had said that the private car lines were none of its business and he wished to with draw the statement, meaning no disrespect to the government. I reported that to the government also Mr. Armour said that he must respectfully decline to furnish the information I wanted. He also said that he did not believe the government would go to the extent of exercising its compulsory powers. I was allowed to examine some of the scrounts and take some of the figures from the books. I was also told that I might take some of the figures on salaries paid to some of the officials." Special Agent Robertson was on the stand until adiournmeut and will resume his testimonylomorruw. There were no de velopmbents during the examination today. MISS ANTHONY MAY RECOVER Phaieiaaa Say Patient Passes Hesl. Ilun Is Improved. ' phi and that she wus taken to a room t COLI'MBl'S. O., March 7 The Semite KoCH ESTER. N. Y.. March 7 Huwu B. j there and mude to take an oath against I he today by u vote of 23 to 13 adopted a reso Anthony, who is ill with pneumonia. Is president. Iielng told that she would be Union providing for the submission ro the said by her physician to be considerably Improved this morning. She spent a rest- ful night. The doctors now say li ba a f4t cbiuuta tor tcvrt WILL REDUCE FREIGHT RATES Western Roads Propose a Cnt on All Classes Averaging Fifteen Per Cent. TRAFFIC OFFICIALS MEET IN CHICAGO t hanae I arier C onsideration Will t feet All Territory Hrtnrra the .Mlaaonrl River and Ihe Atlantic. CHICAGO, March 7. Western railroads, according to the Hecord'-Herald. have de cided to make voluntary reductions hi transportation charges amounting in the aggregate to many million dollars annually. The proposed reductions are to be maue In all the rates of the six classes Into which freight Is divided, and will Ik- effective in . the entire territory between the Atlantic seaboard and Missouri river. In general the reductions will amount to approximately IS per cent. The llrst step was taken in the move ment today at a meeting of the t raffle ex ecutive officials of all western railroads. The representatives of the Chicago. .Mil waukee ft St. Paul railroad presented the proposition to the meeting for reductions, which was favored by the Chicago, Hin llngton & (Julncy railroad. Another Meeting; Tnraila). Another conference has teen called for next Tuesday, at which will be present , Jobbers in the Missouri river territory. It Is now planned, after a conference with the Jobbers, to determine 011 a proper basis of rates from the seaboard to the Missouri river and then to make corresponding re ductions in the raw from Chicago to the Missouri liver and from the Mississippi to the Missouri liver. When this is acconi- pllshed. It is stated, reductions undoubtedly t will follow in Ihe rates from New oYrk to Chicago. The readjustment of rates In the terri tory named will, 11 Is believed, result in similar action by other groups of railroads, so that the move of the western railroads bids fair to ls fur-reaching. Table of Proposed Cliana.es. The following are the changes compared with the present rates proposed from the Missouri river to the seaboard: Proposed. Present ' First class $1.27 $1.47 j Second class l.i0 1 LD Third class s;i ' Fourth class ill .ht 1 Fifth ehuis in .,,! 1 Sixth class .4'! .4 I MILBURN TO PUSH SUIT New York Lawyer F. xpreaars I'leaenre Over the Hetnrn of Andrew Hamilton. BVFFAI-O. N. Y.. March 7. -John G. Mtl- i burn, attorney for the trustees of the New York Life Insurance company, to bring ,, a(raln!l thp M,.Co m An. . .. ... ..... ... arpw "amnion lor me return ot me money aliened to have been fratiriulentlv taken - .L . .... ...... I rrom me company, looay expresses surprise , .. j..,...i,, ... ,i, ,,. Z. " . .1.: " ' . " .7 v' r7- " " was sued along wit fi flic McCu U e.sta te a lid the matter will be pressed immediately in ! the courts for return of the money, t ! shnll rotnrn to New York City tonight and there will be no delay In prosecuting the suit." NEW YORK. March 7. The unexpected return of Andrew Hamilton, the legislative agent of several large Insurance com- lAt inm,rn,.,. cumixiny and the comtmny's I representatives relative to suits against Hamilton. Officers of tho New Y'ork j ijtl hrI(1 Pn,.clal meeting today. ' Criticism of the form of statement at I present required of Insurance companies by the State Insurance commission was . i . I... .. . . . . i . . limn. MlUlll I'l .1 Ji'MH .OlOlil I I IT I. IMil) I') .1 JIIIIH 1111111111 I rT I'l ' ..Kii v.,.. a clety of Certified Public Accountants which met in this city. The committee declared In j a statement "that the forms as at present prescribed and as permitted under the j proposed legislation are defective in that the distinction between ledger and non leilger assets Involve the assumption that It Is not necessary for an insurance com pany to record on its books any of its asset and liabilities except those classi fied as ledger assets. It may readily be seen that this practical authorization of the practice of insurance companies to have assets and liabilities which need not be recorded on Its ledger is a very dangerous one and has virtually permitted If It has not caused the scandals disclosed by the recent Investigation. The committee also finds that under a proper system of books and accountings these practices would have been very promptly disclosed. SCHWAB'S CONDITION BETTER Advices from Hoallinril Ulisw Health la Improving as He Travels. that EL PASO, Tex., March 7 -A telegram from Corona. X. M savs that Charle M Schwab's condition was Improved this morning. Corona Is fifteen miles east of El Paso, half way between El Paso and Tucumcarl. The operator at Coalora, N. M., sent the following message at 11:30 a. ni.: "Mr. Schwab is feeling tine hi physicians say." CHICAGO. March 7. A telegram from the conductor of Mr. Schwab's train, dated Torrence, N. M states that Mr. Schwab is better than he has been for two days. I.ater it was stated that the train would not reach Santa Rosa until 2:20 o'clock this afternoon. The train Is due to reach Kan sas City at 6:50 Thursday morning and to have for the east via St. Ixiuia at S a. m. NEW YORK. March 7. At the offlcea of Charles M. Schwab here Mr. Schwab's sec retary said no word had lieen received from Mr. Schwab today. A telegram from him yesterday made no mention of his 111. IU.-SS. WOMAN HELD IN NEW ORLEANS Declares Khc Was Forced to T.u. Oath to Kill President Roosevelt. NEW ORLEANS. March 7-Declaring that her life will be taken unless she as sassinated President Koosevelt a woman who gave her name as Mrs. W. B. Le waller of Philadelphia applied at police headquarters for protection today. She spoke rationally on all general sub jects, but , it was decided to detain her for an examination. Mrs. Iwaller said she fell ln with a party of anarchist In Pblladel- I destroved If It w not executed. She said I she tied to Houston. Tex., but the men 1 followed her there and lLat sLs had. thea J cum Ui N(.w Orlcm-a, NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Thnrailay and Friday. Tempera tare at Omaha Veaterdnyl llonr. Df. . . il . . .to . . .to . . ST . . :ta . . KtV . . HN . . 42 llonr. 1 p. m. 'J p. m. . m. 4 1. m. fl n. m . A p. m. T p. m. H p. an . n p. m . le. .1 a. m . A a. ta. 7a.m. n a. m. A a. m. 10 a. m. 11 a. m. ta ni.. . . 41 4 V nj tv S.4 B' 4H 41 OWNERSHIP 0F OIL STOCK Attorney (General Hartley Maya Stand ard Oil Companr Haa Awrred In Prod nee F.vldence. JKFFEIISON CITY. Mo., March 7. Attor ney General Hadlry ileclared tonight that he had not relinquished hope of having jhn D. Rockefeller subpoenaed to give testimony In the ouster case against the Standard Oil company, but that he had simply stopied efforts In that direction on the promise of A. D. Eddy, the attorney for the oil company, that the necessary uvl dence would be forthcoming from other sources. When seen tonight Attorney Gen eral Hadley said: After the decision of the supreme court of Missouri sustaining my right to testl- mnnv na to the f-onirnon ownership of the stock of the three defendant companies tho attornexs of the Standard Oil company In timated to me that there would be no fort. i.r fi.alRttinee to mv efforts to secure I it... a I. .,,... It u-na further Kinzeesfed that t1P witnesses already under subpoena could give me all the Information of the sub ject 1 desired. 1 asked that they fullv Inform me as to the ahtlltv of these persons subpoenaed to give the evidence I wanted, and pending the receipt of this information from Mr. Eddy, who has gone to New York for this purpose, efforts to subMirna other witnesses have lieen temporarily discontinued. If 1 enn secure the evidence 1 want from Ihe .ffni t will be mado (ll aubpoona other witnesses. Otherwise m i v means possible will be used to secure 1'ic presence of those who know me lacis Hi 'l t want in evidence. PAY FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS British Houae of Commons 1b Faor of Salary of l.hM Yretrly for Members, LONDON, March 7. The House of Com mons after a discussion occupying the whole of the evening session, carried by a ver, representing the Wlrral division of Cheshire, In favor of the payment to mem bers of Parliament of $10 yearly. In the course of the debate Premier Campbcll Bamierman spoke cordially In favor of the principle of the payment of members, but said the government at present had neither the time nor the money to carry 11 Into effeXt. The great accession of lalior memV-rs to ti.e House of Commons has made 'lie matter of payment a pressing one, man' of the new members contending that there ought to Iss some allowance towards de fraying the heavy expenses inseparanin i ,.t.l.,r. ,Yf .,-,aml.t 11010 101. y"""'v" It Is believed the government will very riiortt introduce a bill to throw official election expenses on the public purse, loav- lug the question 01 payment or memoer tor some future acsblon of Parliament. KIDNAPED BOY MAKES ESCAPE Son of rvr York Hanker' F.luaVa Guard and Reaches Home Without Mlahap. NEW YORK. March 7. Antonio Buzzuffl, ihe 14-year-old boy who was kidnaped last Sunday and held for $2rt.0"0 ransom, ro- .........I nlnn In hla home todnv. He eS- raped from his captors, he said, by stealing out of a room above a saloon In Fifty ninth street today while one his captors who had been left alone to guard him, 1 , 1M.. 1.. turned ins iw. .'. ............. . say that It took him but a second to spring beyond the man's reach and get down stairs to the street where no attempt wus made to pursue him. lie, told how he was terrorized Into writ ing a letter to his father, John Boszuffl, an East Side banker, Informing him that $2i,'10 must be paid and that if the police were Informed his life would be taken. One of the men, the boy said, pressed a revolver against his head and commanded him to write the letter. After this episode, according to the boy's story, he was treated kindly. PROSPERITY 0F LUMBERMEN President of atlonal Association Pays It Startles Participants and tlarma World. WASHINGTON. March 7. The fourteenth annual meetlns of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' association began here today. Today's sessions were occupied en tirely with reports of officers and com mittees. President lewis Dill In his address In- , ,,,Ht ln th" h''dtty of ,h"- pr0 ! ferity was the time to fix the status of the "poacher" who dared to sell whore ever he pleased and to whom he pleased and to tight to a finish the car stake equip ment' difficulty which exists between the association and ihe railroad companies. The president said that the prosperity of the dealers had been such as to "startle the participant and a la nn the world." AMERICANS TO BE PROTECTED Isle of Pines to He Created Cuban Provlace When Population Warrants It. WASHINGTON. March 7. Senators Spooner and Bacon today reached an agreement, concerning an amendment to the Isle of Pines treaty which Is Intended to protect American Interests. It provides that the island shall be regarded as a separate province within the meaning of the Cuban constitution. This would give to the Island local self-government and a representative ln the Cuban congress when , the population of th. island w.rrants such representation, as me Americans are in the majority on the island, it is under stood that the proposed amendment would be satisfactory to them. It will be offered In the senate when the treaty is taken up In executive session. REFERENDUM LAW IN OHIO Slate Senate Taken Stepa Looking Amradntent of Con stitution. 1 people of a constitutional umtudment per luitting the people to initiate and to vote on legislation. The reaoluUon foe u the RATE BILL DEBATE Difference Over Powers of Court, to 8et Aside Orders of Commission. PRINCIPAL SPEECH IS BY MR. ClAPP He Thinks Penalties Cannot Be Enforced Pending Review. TILLMAN AND BAILEY DISAGREE South Carolina Man Says it May Be Neces sary to Reform Court. CLAPP QUOTES FROM KNOX'S BILL rower to Enjoin What Won 14 Serai an talawfsl Rat or Act Inheres la the Ceurt. WASHINGTON, March 7 -That there l still a sharp difference of opinion between the supposed friends of the Dolllver-llep-burn railroad rate hill was made decidedly manifest today In the senste chamber. The division is over the question whether a rate made by the Interstate Conunercn commission shall be suspended by thu courts pending linal adjudication, and was brought to the surface In a brief debate which followed a set speech by Mr. Clapp In support of the bill. In reply to a ques tion by Mr. Tillman, Mr. Clapp expressed doubt as to the power so to legislate as to enforce penalties proposed by the bill pending a review of any given finding by the courts. Mr. Tlllrnun and Mr. Bailey took sharp Issue with this statement. The former ex pressed the opinion that the Issue Is a vital one aqd declared that If an order of Ihe commission is not to be maintained until a final Judicial settlement In a case Is reached, it will be necessary to reform the courts. Mr. Bailey also contended that eongress can so legislate as to maintain the com mission's rate until the final order of the court Is Issued snd to prevent Interlocutory orders suspending such rates. During the day there were two speeches on the rate bill, the one by Mr. Clapp In support of it and another by Mr. Scott practically In op position. The remainder of the day was devoted to the statehood bill and Messrs, Perkins and Spooner spoke In opposition to that bill as It stands. The senate will meet tomorrow at 11 o'clock. A bill amending the law relative to terms of the Fnlted States courts st Kvansion. Wyo., was passed, also a Joint resolution authorising the secretary f war to sell coal to residents of Nome, Alaska. At 12:3o o'clock Mr. Scot! addressed the senate on the railroad question. Senator Scott Speaks. Mr. Scott's argument was directed mainly sgalnst the principle of the government i " nership of railroads, In which he In ti. led the control of rates by the govern mei.t. Ie Admitted ' that there are evils contacted with the railroad system of tha count. .-, but said he would not vote f r Ihe pek. 1lng railroad rata bill without a provision for ample court review. On the j'neral subject of permitting tha government 'o fix rates he said: From an li.'tmat'e relationship with rail roads as a sh.pper for nearly thirty years I have given th.; subject my consideration. A a senator of !o I'nited States 1 have tried to study the subject of government control from the btu.ider standpoint of the roads and all shipper As n consequence I am forced to the cortrlusion, from every standpoint, that the roa.b are better abl to tlx rates in nccordariCA with the laws r n a ..x-ernmoiu Mr. Scott d'H-lared that as : the charge of unreasonable rates there Is j tactically no foundation for It. He referreu to tho fear that the railroad consolidation would have the effect In the future of gif.rMy advancing rates, but he expressed the op... Ion that that question could bo dealt with when It presents itself, If It ever does. Experience of German)-. Discussing the combination In favor of certain localities as against other, the senator entored upon an analysis of tha effort to. prevent such discriminations la Germany, Austria, Australia and other for eign countries. He gave especial attention to the German system, saying: Broadly speaking, after twenty-five years of experiment and trial, the situation In Germany aa regards discrimination and the centralisation of trade and commerce haa changed only for the worse. The scheme has b"en u failure; commerce and trade have more effectually been centered In certain fat need cities than ever before and discrimination has been increased In stead fif decreased. Sectional Interests and trade inn rests are at swords' paints con cerning the preservstlon of established trade and Industry, ami use any means to prevent that increase of competition be tween rival purchasing and distributing centers, which was Inevitably good with the development of long-distance traffic. Railroad rales are In politics. No gieat state measure in th German empire can be carried through without a coalition of discordant Interests on the railroad ques tion. So bitter is the feeling, so Intense the rivalry, t hat the. German government has been forced to go Into the canal build ing business on a most extensive scale; has been forced, to grant export bounty duties, levy Import duties, snd in every way possible try to placate diverging and sectional Interests. Virtually, freight or traffic barriers have been built around sec tion after section of that empire, until each section stands today by itself, fight ing for commercial Interests. Discrimination Mast lie Abolished. Attention was called to personal dis crimination, of which the speaker said very little Is practiced. He characterised as a very pronounced . evil the handling of one shipper's product at the expense of an other. He said: This is one of the worst evils of railroad management today. It should be eradi cated, stamped out, even. If the most stringent measures are necessary to ac complish this end. The railroad, as a com mon carrier, must and ougnt of right give to each shipper his fair share of fa cilities. 1 may digress here for a moment to speak of the great coal Interests of the country and to express my belief that it Is a most dangerous course for a railroad to pusue to be found as the owner of or par ticipating In the profit of any great tract of coal land. Tills I would hold true with any of the great necessities of life, and believe that the railroad in the future, as In the past, should devote Itself entirely tu Its duties as a public carrier. Tl.e problem of rate-making is the prob lem of commerce; the problem of compro mising the dally struggles going on lie- tween the great trade renters of the coun. tries It extends further than te the mere settlement of the price to be charged by one railway In carrying a ton of freight; It enters into the very essence of our hap plneas and proseriiy as a country. Tha more it is studied, the more complicated the problem seems to be. and the more sure 1 am that the rate-making power Is safer In the hands of the railroad than It is In any body of men appointed for that pur pose. He closed with the declaration that while be considered tlie railroad men more ca pable uf regulating rates, he was willing to permit the expel limnl of a rute-ni.ik.r. commission lo lie mado because of thu popular demand. He added: 1 am absolute!,' rod uinouivociillv m- I poa.il to giving them that power without a J'rovt1"n '''r ''V'! ""!t ''vision. fast when the rale g.vusUa kt usunU',
