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The Omaha Daily Bee. NEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE Ground Floor Corner The Bee ftaiUInx I7tk and Fir aim No Filthy Sensations THE OMAHA DEE Best ';. West I ESTAHLISIIKH JL'XK ' If, 1871. OMAHA, WKDNKSDAY MOKXINO, MAUCII 28, 1W6-TKX PAOKS. sl(jli: copy tiikkk cf.xts. a-y ( TILLMAN ON TRUSTS Extended Speech by South Carolina Senator on Variouj Forms of Monopolj. SHARP TILT WITH MR. FORAKER v Befereiice Made to Beef Trust and Santa Fe Cases. M'CUMBER DISCUSSES FATE BILL North Dakota Senator Says Measure Needs Many Amendments. OBJECTS TO SETTING TIME FOR VOTE tenator Aldrlrh Way Sfiml U Sot Heady to Take Final Artlon n the mil, . ' WASHINGTON. March 2. and Mr. McCumhcr divided ', '-.Jill-nan ' '-ne of the senate today, the North L Jena tor devoting- himself to the ra 'kjtc question exclusively and tho South "V y. senator discussed various question Tillman made especial Inquiry cone, ,, the status of his resolution relative to use of national hank funds in politics a. Incidentally spoke of District Attorney Jerome's recent utterances and of Judge Humphrey's decision In the Beef trust cases, declaring In the latter mutter that the decision against the attorney general had merely reaped what he had sown In the case of former Secretary Paul Mor ton. Mr. Foraker defended Judge Humphrey und Mr. Tillman deolared that he had not '' mAan, , al.arlr lh, ltiilirn hut thn luw Mr. MeCuraber picked Innumerable flaws In the rate bill, predicting that If enacted into, law It would fall entirely to meet the demands of the public. He said, how ever, he would vote for the bill if properly amended. Loda-e Offera an Amendment. Mr. Lodge presented an amendment to the railroad rate bill prohibiting rebaf-s and discriminations and providing penalties for violation of the law. Mr. Knox gave notice of u speech on the rate bill tomorrow. Tho Joint resolutions regulating the al lotment of documents In the government printing utile and intended to prevent un necessary printing and' binding passed yes terday by the house were .adopted without discussion. Tho following bill wus passed: Amending ; iho law fixing fees and expenses of wl ncsse.i. In th : Fnlted Slates courts In the western Places. Mi-. Tillman spoke of Judge Humphrey's recent decision In the beer packets' c.imj and dccl-j' M that the tendency was t j ; punish ' man of straw, the corporation, ; without paying attention to the Individuals. ' Hi- declared that we weir "too Infernally i anxloiir," about this urtltlelnl niuu; he j nnd the beneficiary looked after. No I doubt, he said, the law was correctly Inter preted, hut that whs the truuble he warned the law reformed. 'Nov.', there's Mr. Jerome." He said. "He too, has f-illen from glace and It out against reform. 80 h.-ic we go. The dear people are told that we an- doing our best fir them, but th- ilem- old constitution aland In the v iv " He declard. that the attorney general was the direct progenitor of the doctrine thnt tho colouration would he p.iutHhcd. but not their officers and stock holders. He laid laid down the principle in the case of Mr. Morton and the president lias ac cepted the doctrine, both exclaiming "He's clean and honorable nnn should be im mune; go after the dirty railroad." The decision in the pacKers" case was a natural consequence, be Bald the attorney general hnd been hoisted by his own petard." Moreover he was afraid tnat we were try. ln o- in And some wav of how not In do it in xne maner 01 me raiirnaoe. "If the senator would get rid of some of Ma Jaundice," remarked Mr. Spooner. .nil put aside some of his suspicions of Ilia fellow senators he would get on better." Mr. Tillman declared that he could not accept legal refinements In the place of Common aenae. Mr. Foraker made an Inquiry us to what question waa before the senate. "I am before the aenate. responded the Houth Carolina senator. "Nothing unusual In that: the senator Is always before the senate." retorted Mr. Foraker. Mr. Tillman said If tho Ohio senator de sired to takft hhn off th- floor he could do o. hut he would give him warning that he would make his speech on some better hill. Referring to the Smith Carolina sena tor's criticisms of Judge Humphrey, Mr. Foraker euloprleed that official ns "nn honorable, upright, able and capable Jurist. In whom the people may well have confi dence." ftetttB Time for Vote. After further debate. Mr. Tillman again sngceeted the desirability of securing an agreement npon a day for a Tote on the rate bill and re.-ul an outline of his plan for voting. Vr. Aldrich objected to enacting a time faar a vota at this time. He su'd he had nere t., cause dcy. hut that there war a till o men 7 speeches t, he made tit ?t was evident that the senate was not yet prepared to enact a voting date. Mr. McCumher waa then recognised snd addressed le senate on the rate bill. He had read a resolution, offered ' several i wceas sgo, setting forth a number of sub- I le ts that should be provided for amend- i ments to the bill. These Included terminal 1 charges of all kinds, private, car line i harges and many other subjects not cov- j cred by the Nil. j Mr. MeOiuaber declared his Intention to ' vote his own sentiments regardless of the clamor of the pre. Mr. Tillman offered ! a resolution calling upon the Interstate J t'om.jerce commission for Information con- j cermng railroad passes and other forms ' of free Uukets. Vnder objection tho res- lutlons went over to tomorrow. At S.iO th senate Went into executive session. aljournlug five minutes later. ew itI Program. WAt-UUNGTON. March r7.-The house cuix-jctUm on naral afTaira decided to re port a building program for new ship In th navy, aa follows: On battleship, to coat, cxcluaSve of armor and armament, PonAftO. lb ship to be of th largest type, th tonnage to be deetrmlned by the secre tary of th navy:' tore torpedo boat de stroyer. 10 oust tTS0,U0 each, and fl.uuTi.oi-n 10 be expended by the secretary of the navy for submarine boat, at bis diacrv tlon. TJi naval bUl will carry a total of H,7Su,ilXi Th current law akggregataa 110J,. RUSSIAN WORKMEN FURIOUS Terrible Heprcsslie Measures of the l.ixrrnnif nl Cause Tronble Amona People. ' ST. PKTF.HPHrno. March 27.-Pet-pile the government's assurance 'hat another extensive outbreak In the immediate future Is Impossible, the clouds are lowering and there are other indications that a bud storm may break before Parliament meets. The resentment against the terrible re pressive measures of the government I" arousing the people, especially the work men in the cities, to fury. This Is playing Into the hands of the revolutionists, who are planning a political strike and a gen eral uprising. They believe that the light momnt will come Ir. -iild-Aprll. and both sides are preparing for the fray. If It comes It Is likely to I- bloodier and more terrible than anything previously witnessed In this country. Tho record of arrests last week In SL Petersburg, besides showing an awful state of lawlessness In the capital. Is eloquent testimony of the methods by which the government hopes to prevent the threaten ing explosion. According to the returns, IV! beggars, 215 persons without passports, 217 thieves, 270 highwaymen and l.fW" "unclassified"' per sons, which means political suspects, were taken into custody. At no time during the war was the war office more busy than now, making dispo sitions to stiprees the Prst evidence of re bellion. Machine turns and ammunition o being dispatched in every direction; lroops are being shifted and concentrated at strategic jiolnts, armored trains are being stationed at railroads centers and Ironclad automobiles are being sent to the larger cities for use In street riots. Here and In Moscow the Cossacks and other cavalry are again patrolling the streets night and day; a inoject for a wire less telegraph system to enable the govern ment to communicate with the interior In the event of the strike of the railroad and telegraph operators Is being hastily worked out and soldiers are being In structed Jiow to man trnlns ami work the telegraph lines. The intrigues of the reactionists tit court are ceaseless. In fact, the cabal seems actually to lie fostering an outbreak In order to suppress it mercilessly and con vince the emperor that the people cannot be trusted with political liberties. An Im portant secret conference lietween Genera! Trepoff, commandant of the palace, and a ringleader of the cabal, was held at Tsark sue Salo on Saturday night and the Nasha Shlsn says that Privy Councillor Kokov roff, lormrr minister of finance, Is going to Paris, und that if he succeeds In nego tiating a loan he will supplant Count Wittn ns premier. STATISTICS 0FTHE FAMINE Oirr it Million Persons XufTcrliii, ns llesult of Crop Failure ! Japun. TUlvlO. March 27. Tho latest statistics ;.Tui amino 110111 the thri e prefectures most heavily .-iilcctcd by the famine are as fol lows; FuUushiuiu Complete failure of the crops over livo-tmuia 01' Hit wnule cultivated area, 'the sunerors nuinlitr 4hj,5SS out ol a total population of l.lio.iUH. Atlyagi A complete crop failure, alfects nearly the whole cultivated urea. Tho suf ferers number 2<5 out of a HipuluUon of ti,'it2. iwuie A total failure of the crops over nearly two-thirds of the whole cultivated urea. The sufferers number i;',122 out or u population of 71!,927. The sufferers here mentioned are only those requiring Immediate relief in the mat ter of food and clothing. The other pre fectures are also more or less affected, es pecially tluanima. Tho tolul number of sufferers calling for aid exceeds l.CHiO.iino. Assistance, both private and official. Is active, but entirely Inadequate to the neces sities of the occasion. RIOT AT ROUMANIAN CAPITAL Street I'laht Occurs Over I se of French Language In atlounl Theater. . ViKNNA. March 27,-lierloiis street 1 Ril ing occurred at Bucharest last night and culminated ill a conflict between the rioters and the troops, during wliich two men were killed and over 300 were wounded. The trouble arose over a demonstration of Houmanlan nationalists against the use of the French language in a performance at the national theater. The Ladies' Char ity society, which is under the patronage of Princess Maria, advertised the production of a play In French and thousands of na tionalists gathered about the theater and became so threatening that troops were summoned and fired twice before the dem onstration was dispersed. Over 100 persona were arrested. t astrllanr Case Postponed. PARIS. March 27. The adjourned hearing of the Castrllane divorce proceedings, set for March 31, has leen postponed until April 2X, owing to the absence of Counters Anna at lliarrltz und to the fact that Count Pool is engaged in a political cam paign. The delay Is really due to the de sire of the parties to determine on the future business and domestic phases of the cases before tho court proceeds with the final hearing. Archbishop IrelanC at Rome. ROM B, March 27. Archbishop Ireland ar rived hero today from Paris aaid wut to a hotel. Ijiter he visited the American col lege, wfere he was most cordially received by the lector. Mgr. Ketjnedy. The arch bishop then visited the College of the pro paganda, where he wus warmly greeted by the prefect. Cardinal Gottl. and asked to be received 111 private audience by the pope. Frani-4 Suit Ktuperor. VIKNNA, March 27 The Foreign office today Informed the Associated Press that Kmpoier Francis Joseph today approved the appointment of Charles Francis to be anilmssador of the Fnlted States to Austria-Hungary. ATTEMPT T0M0B PREACHER Her. W. C oaler t'oaaell Cshrtril with Immoral Practices at I. a mar. fol., Narrowly Lara pea l.achlaa. LA Jl'NTA. Colo.. March 27. -Rev. YV. trouley Conned, former pastor of the Presbyterian church at Lamar, who Is held for trial on a charge of immoral conduct, was safely landed in Jail here tonight after having been hastily removed from Umr to prevent a lynching. Connell left I-aniar hurriedly two weeks ago. He was arrested at Waxachle, Tex . and was brought back to Umir yesterday. Several hundred men thronged the streets threat ening to hang the minister. On being r ralgned In court Connell waived examina tion, acknowledging his guilt. Ittr under heavy guard he was removed in a wagon t Ian Anlmaa, wnehe be was placed on board a train and brought to this place: JEROME FILES TEST CASES Move to Determine Leeal Status of Cam paizn Contributions by Corporations. VfARRANTS IN JOHN DOE PROCEEDINGS I'nrpoae U tn ,et an lasne llefore the gnpreme tonrt Perkins Will Appear at Tnilny'a Proceedings. NEW TORK. MRrch IT Plstriet Attorney Jerome tortny appeared before Magistrate Moss In the Tombs police court and ap plied for warrants to bp ued In testing the legality of the contribution of Insurance companies' funds to political sommlttee funds. The name of no person was men tioned at the time. After listening to Mr. Jerome, Magistrate Moss said that before he would Issue any warrants In the mntter evidence would have to be presented thnt a crime had been committed. To establish tills evidence Mr. Jerome asked for the Is suance fif a number of subpoenas In blank to be used In "John Doe" proceedings be fore the magistrate. Late In the day these subpoenas were issued. It was said at the district attorney's office that every ef fort will lie made to get the proceedings under way tomorrow. All the evidence at the disposal of the district attorney, it was stated, will be presented to the court, anil then it will remain with the magistrate as to whether or not warrants shall be Issm d. I'nrpose of Mr. Jerome. In taking this action today Mr. Jerome is carrying out the polhy he announced before Justice OSulllvan In the court of special sessions last Friday, when he de fended the opinion he had previously ren dered that there had been no crime com mitted In connection with the campaign contribution. Justice O'Sulllvan ruled, how ever, that if It could lo shSiwn there was an Intent to defraud the rightful owners of the property, It was for the Jury to say whether or not the case was one of larceny. He so Instructed the grand jury and urged the grand Jurors fearlessly to Investigate the matter and not to seek shelter In the face of an unpleasant duty. Mr. Jerome asked Justice O'Sulllvan If h" would not. sitting as a magistrate, issue a warrant for the arrest of ticorge W. Per kins, former vice president of the New Yoik Life company. In order that a writ of habeas corpus might ! obtained and the matter be taken nt once to the highest court. Mr. Jerome also suggested that If contributing to campaign committees by officers of the insurance companies consti tuted larceny, the matter Involved Chair man George H. Cortelyou and Treasurer Cornelius N. Bliss of the republican na tional campaign committee in matter of receiving stolen goods. Justice O'Sulllvan declined to act in the case, saying there were plenty of magis terial courts before whom the matter could he placed and the warrants secured. Perkins VVHJ Appear Today. He fore Muglstrute Moss Issued the blank subpoenas requested by District Attorney Jerome today he examined Darwin P. Kingsley, vice president of the New York Life Insurance company, who apiM?artd be fore him. Edmui'd L. Randolph, treasurer, and several employes of the New York Life were examined In the district at torney's office this afternoon. It was stated tonight that Mr. Perkins has agreed to api-ear nt the proceedings tomorrow. M.iKlstrale .Moss said concerning the matte '. : , "Mr. Jerome came to . ine and asked a warrant or warrants for several persons und I told lilin very frankly that if a crime luid been committed he would have to tell me about it. I told him In my judgment that could be the best done by deposition, and he agreed to submit them to me. The names of no person or persons were men tioned at the time." It waa learned today tliHl the grand Jury has not asked District Attorney Jerome for any evidence in the Insurance cases beyond what he had already furnished the Jury sevetal days ago. HIGH LICENSE LAW IN OHIO Senate Passes House Bill Fixing, Fee nt I.MH, After an Hscltliig Mranlon. COLL'MIH S. .. March iT". Amid scenes of excitement almost unprecedented in Ohio legislative procedure, the senate this afternoon passed the Aiken house bill, in creasing the saloon tax from I.150 to ll.ino and sealed Its action by voting down a mo tion to reconsider. The victory of the advocates of the Aiken bill waa won by suierior general alilp In parliamentary procedure, aided by the friendly support of Lieutenant Governor Harris, the presiding officer of the senate. The advocate of the SI l0 tax went Into the ses'.on with only eighteen votes, or one less tlmn a constitutional majority. Four senators had agreed to support an amend ment reducing the tax to WO. This wan shut out by a motion fur the previous ques tion, which closed the debate and amid in tense excitement the roll was called. The vote stood IK to IS. Senator lleatty Im mediately changed from no to aye, and amid tremendous cheering of the temper ance people In the galleries, Senators Berry, Roehmer, D. Denman and LAumttn nlso changed from no to aye. After a few minutes' lull, during which the crowd began to disperse, Penato Rerry moved the reconsideration of 1 lie vote, and the lii ult 11. tut governor, seem ing not to hear demands for yens and na s, promptly called for a viva voce vote and the motion was lost. The most Intense excitement followed this action, several of the senators denouncing the lieutentnt governor from the ..oor. Senntor Ward of Cleveland declared it was one of the most disgraceful proceedings ever witnessed In a legislative body. The lieutenant gov ernor, replying to the senators who hn 1 assailed him. declared that he wis acting within the rules of parliamentary procedure and assumed the full responsibility for all his rulings. hTe Aiken bill will go into effect Imme diately upon being signed by the governor, or within ten days should It not be signed or vetoed. The brewer claim the bill will drive half the saloons of Ohio, 01 about tb,'i out of buslm s. BRIDGE AGENT IS CONVICTED Henry Hagaes of Fremont, O., Foand Guilty of tlolallac State ntl-Trat Law. 8ANDI SKY. "O.. March T -Henry Hughes of Fremont, the first of eighteen bridge agents and corporations to be tried on a Joint Indictment returned by the Erie county grand Jury, charging con spiracy in restraint of p-ade, contrary to the provUloua of the Valentine anti-trust law, wa fouud guilty Ule tUia afurouon. OIL HEARING AT AN END Vttornet t'eneral Medley Pnta Fact Reaarillna- rarch for Witnesses Into the rtecord. NF.W YORK. March 27. -The taking of testimony In this city In the proceeding, brought by the stile of Missouri to oust from thai 1 omimmwealih the Btan.l-ird till company of Indiana, the Waters-Pierce Oil company and the Republic Oil company, en the ground that they constitute a com bination In restraint of trade, was ended today. Attorney Oeneral Hadley of Mis souri, who has been present during the most of the time since the tncal Inquest began, announced thnt with today's ad journment the New York proceedings were ended. He Instructed Commissioner Sen born, licfore whom thv witnesses testliled. to send a certified cy of the testimony to the supreme court of Missouri, where It will become a part ot the record In th state's case, Practically the Inst move Mr. Hadley made In the case, waa to Introduce testi mony showing the difficulties under wide most of the witnesses who are In any wa connected with the Siunilnrd Oil compan) were served. He put In the record the fact that every effort had been made to secure the testimony of John D. Rockefeller, but none had succeeded. He Introduced copies of letters written to attorneys of the Stand ard Oil requesting that offic ers of the com pany accept serv ice. The request applied to John D. Rockefeller along with several others. During the examination of the subpoena server, counsel for the defendant companies brought out that the man had received money from newspapers for stories of his experiences III trying to serve some of the Standard Oil men. Counsel declared thtse facts were brought out "to show there has been a lot of grandstanding and advertis ing about this, and a lot of sensationalism." "The only sensationalism there has been in this case hns been the sensational at tempts of these witnesses to evade service of subpoenas." repllod Attorney General Hadley. FIERCE FIGHT IN A CHURCH Factional ttnurrrl at Coaldule. W. Vs., Results In One Death aad Serious Injury to Three Persons. . BLFSFIKLD. Y. Va.. March 27.-In a tight that started at a social In the Meth odist Kplseopal church at Coaldale near here tonight one man was killed and five other persons were wounded, two set t. ously. The dead: HKNJAM1N COPELT. The wounded: Mrs. Benjamin Copely, purl of head torn awav; will die. Mrs. It. H. llnrper. shot in side. Henry Garden, shot In leg. Two unidentified men, sllghtlv wounded. They (led after the light. The tragedy resulted from the hitter feel ing existing between two rival church factions, the factional fight being over the management of funds for the erection of n new church building. ' MUTUAL RESERVE,. IS - SUED Robert Pitsseralal Demand Cash for Pnid-lp Policy, Alleaing Had Management. t SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. Itoliert If. Fitzgerald has sued the Mutual Reserve Fund Life association, from which he se cured a policy for So.Wo itoo for the surrender value of hi policy, for tin ac counting. He alleges that the officers of the corpoiatlon have conducted its busi ness In an extravagant manner and have expended for years large sums of money In excess of the proper limit, Jlno.flno prr year. He avers that t lie management has been reckless and wasteful and Ihat there have been wrongful appropriations of funds by the officer:. After the policy was Issued to him, he alleges, the corporation changed Its name and is now doing business as the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company. Will you Kelp with the new Y. W. C. A. building? The Omaha Bee Offer: We will give toward the Y. VV. C. A. building fund 25 jier cent ot all cash lu the sums of $1.00 or more received for new subscriptions to The Omaha Boe morning, evening or Sunday editions and 10 per cent of all prepaid subscriptions In amounts of $1.00 or more from our old subscribers. No payment will be accepted as prepayment until all arrearages have been paid to date. A $6.00 payment on a new subscription yields $1.50 to the Y. W. C. A. fund. If til our subscribers will prepay their subscription one year the per cent for the Y. W. C. A. WILL AMOUNT TO OVER. $15,000. WILL YOU DO YOUR. PAR.T 7 Old Subscriber's Coupon Enclosed please find $ ;to prepay my subscription. It la understood that 10 per cent of this pay ment is for the Y. V. C. A. Building Fund. Name Address New Subscriber's Coupon I hereby sul-tscribe to The Evening and Sunday Bee at 10 tents a week for weeks and enclpbe $ in payment of same. It Is understood that 25 per cent of this payment is for the Y. W. C. A. Building Fuud. Name Address k ... ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, , m Start paper LET EVERYBODY HELP DEMAND FOR MORE CLERKS Conerettftman Kennedy Asks Increase fo South Omaha Branch Office. LIVE STOCK INSPECTION HAMPERED Flaht-llour Law Applicable in La borers Employed on Irrigation Work I niler Control of Got ernment Fnalueers. tFrom a Staff Correspondent ! WASHINGTON. March 27. (Special Tele gram.) Congressman Kennedy has taken up with the Postofflce department the mat ter of procuring additional facilities for the stock yards branch of the South Omaha postofflce. The branch has grown until the business amount to morn than t'-o.OOO per year. It was established as a convenience to the live siock Interests and to enable the commission men to get out :her reports of Sales rain day. There Is not help enough to get the mall out promptly. It lakes the time of one man to stamp the letters nt certain hours of the day. A stamp cancelling machine Is wanted to relieve the situation and an Increase of salary Is wanted for the superintendent. Seventy thousand pieces of mill matter are handled the last two days .if each week In addition to the regului ousiness. The Live Stork exchange Is deeply Interested In this matter nnd hns passed resolutions, which have been sent to Congressman Kennedy and also to the postmaster gen eral. Inspection Service Handicapped. Secretary of Agrlcuttute Wilson In ac knowledging the receipt of a copy of the speech of Representative Kennedy in the house of representatives. In which he urged Increased appropriations with which to con duct the Inspectioh of live stock and meats In western states, pay a neat compli ment to the Omaha congressman. Secre tary Wilson In his letter to Congressman Kennedy says: "We are and have been greatly handi capped In our work for want of money to inspect animals when they are put on the cars and have been compelled to let a good many men drop out in order to obey the law. We have been Handicapped for want of money to conduct Inspection ante, post mortem and microscopic nt the pack ing houses of the country. It Is gratify ing to us here to find thai anybody sym pathizes with us in our work. Congress did. if I remember rightly, give us Jiil.Oon, or about half as much an we need. The 'luestion annoying us now Is, how we are Tolng tn make It do. In fart, we cannot. We shall be compelled to stop some of our work, reduce some of It and eke the money out as best we can. The committee on ap propriations of the house Is no doubt com posed of great men. but they seem to be unable to get down to these little things that so vltallv concern ine western sto.-k , growers. Soil Survey of Lancaster. Senator Burkett was today advised that during the coming summer the Department J of Agriculture would undertake a soil mir- vey of Lancaster county. To secure such a survey Senatur Burkett has been im portuning the Agricultural department ever since the commencement of the present session and today was advised that with the opening of the field season l.ancustcr county would be Included In the coming season's Investigations. Flalit-Ilour Law Applicable. In connection with the construction of Irrigation works by the government, espe cially that which Is being done by fh" reclamation service engineers under their own account and nat by contractors, an Interesting question has arisen whether tho uct of August 1 and the act of June 17, 1902, are intended to fix the number of hours per day. when employment is by tho day, and if such be the case whetln r If these laborers are employed by the hour it would be lawful fur the engineers of the reclamation service to require or per mit laborers to work ten hours per day. 1 Continued On Second Page.) I Nebraska weather forecast Pair Wednesday anil Thursday. Temperature at Omaha Interne it llnnr. Pes llnnr. 1 P. Dra. . . :tT . . ar . . ar . . :it . . ar . . .IT . . ar . . :ki . . :ki A a. m ) a. m T a. nt N a. m a. m 10 a. m 11 n . in .t. :it .it .in a p. ."I p. m . P. m . I p. m . ft p. m . T p. m . H p. ni . p. m . 111 m .17 SEARCH FOR GREEK FIRE Stephen Adam onfeaae to klleaed Plot to Destroy Carload of Nonunion Miners. POISE. Idaho., March 27,-Stephen Adams, one of the men who has confessed regard ing his connection with the. crimes In Colo rado unit this state, charged against the so-called "inner circle' of the Western Fedetalion of Miners, was taken to Poca tello today to dig up a lot of nintcrlnl designated ns Greek fire, which he asserts he burled there late in the summer of Wl. Detective Mcl'urland. Detective Thirl, Governor Gooding. Warden Whitney of the penitentiary. Traveling Guard Robhlns and two newspaper men were In the party. dams, In his confession stated he was sent by Haywood and Moyer to Pocatello to In tercept a carload of nonunion men being sent from the Cour D'Allencs to Colorado. He was nlso, he says, directed to kill the entire lot, and exxpected to do so with the Greek fire. This was to be thrown Into the car, where It would enevelope everything with fire that nothing could extinguish. He had two quart battles nnd three smnll ones. The carload of nonunion men did not some through as expected, and after waiting a good while the plan was given up. Adams then burled the stuff in an old buildin;; that hnd bee nused as a sawmill, packing the bottles In a tin can. A special to the Stntesmnn from Poca tello says the place Is now used ns a stable and Adams is digging up the floor to llnd the cache. One glass stopper has been found, which Adams thinks belongs to one of the small bottles. RIGHT TO USE BUSTER BROWN Hearst Papers Knjoined from Print ing Heading; Over th Picture. NF.W YORK. March 27. (Special T le grnm.) A preliminary Injunction reslainlng the Star company, .which publishes the New York American and Journal from further use of th word., "Buster Brown" as, a heading for the comic section In Sunday paper .s Issued today by Judge Lacombe of the Fnlted States circuit court. The injunction Is the first step In the litigation, over the right to publish ."Buster Brown" lietween the New York Herald company ! H"'1 th" 8tnl" company. The Injunction is held to apply to the title "Buster apply to the title "Buster Brown" only, the urtlst being left free to publish further pictures of same kind, provided only that they do not Imitate pictures al ready published, so as to be an infrlnge- j ment. ' The Bee's right to publish the Buster Brown pictures will be confirmed by this decision, as Its service Is through the New York Herald. , I ECHO OF PURITAN SWINDLE j Iowa City Bank HtIuk Suit III Con necticut on Notes t'lven Finn. WATKHBI RV. Conn.. March 27. iHpeclul Telegram. ) An echo of the Puritan Manu facturing company swindle of Iowa t'lty, la., has Just come up here In a test caxe brought by the Johnson County Savings bank of Iowa City against A. ('. Walker of this city to recover on some notes in payment for jewelry bought of the Puritan company. Vhen Walker received the goods tiiat he bought for 14-karat gold, he found tiny were of brass, washed with gold. Ilia notes had been discounted at the bank by this time, hut he. declined to honor the notes and the bank has brought suit to recover. One of the tiuestlons to be determined is j whether the bank acted In good faith in i discounting the notes, or whether It waa cognizant of a swindle. ' A large number of flrma in this slate : were caught by the Puritan company. GOOD "WIRELESS" RECORD fjoternment Experiment Between I nlted Mate and Cuba Meet irltU Fair Heault. , WASHINGTON, Mtrch ST.-fnder the , direction of ear Admltal Cowles, chief ' of the bureau of equipment. Navy depart i nient. careful experiments were made re ; cently for ten days in sending government wireless disiatches between the stations ! at Guantanamo, Cuba, Key West and Feni-acola, Fla., and Colon, Panama. It was found that about 73 per cent of the messages were entirely successful and the rate of success was much higher with the night message than wltn thone sent In day. This record is better than has ever been made by the navy In former tests. QUINCY MEN KILLED IN WRECK Bottle of Leonard Keck, Frederick Mcolj and Millard IHckhnt In rlnerated at Adobe, Colo. Ql'lNCY. HI., March 27. It Is now pos itively known that Iy-on-inl Keck. Fred crick Nleloy and Wilfred Dlck';iit, three young men who left here for Mcflnud, Cal., were killed in the wed: at Adobe, Colo. One of the survivors has written th it he left them In the sm iking car not leu minutes before the accident and tint the bodies niut have been completely in cinerated. Hllwaokre lioad at eattl SKAT'I I.IC. W ash.. March 27. At the leg. ular meeting of the city council last night application of the ('liiwitro. .Milwaukee a. St. Paul railw.iv for a fraiu-hise to . ntrr this cilv, which has ben pending for roo-e j iiuin loiMoor. wi graiorn. .-iccorinne l'l in,- .linrini-ni Kuril out ov ine .VI I wnike' official, cnuxt ruci Ion of the Wash ington division of the new trsnseontlneniiil road will be sturie,, with this city as the buse of construction and supplies within the next few weeks. Ulaml Hlver la lllaa. DAYTON, o.. March 27. Ab a result of yesterday's rainfall and thaw the Miami liver and Its t ributaries Wolf creek, Mad rler ami Still n tertia e been tians fornted Into raging torrents. The Miami river thl morning is riMng at the rate of four Inches Hn hour. While the ejty ( believed to I- adequately protected ,r lowlands fcooth are alreadv t)old mnl great property -linur- is feared. Portions of several villages are under wafer. (;rot PatlUon Better. ,'t aim pi, nirrn Mt. oovernor Ptti.n is better and continue to tula atrecg-tb. lie passed a (ood night. STRIKE IN BALANCE Coal Scale Committee Eeporta Disacreement to Joint Conference. AFTERNOON OF SHARP DISCUSSION Mitchell and Wilson Arena that Business Conditions Justify Increase. OPERATORS DISPUTE THIS STATEMENT Illinois, Indiana and Ohio Men Say They Cannot Pay Proposed Scale. SAY DIFFERENTIAL FAVORS PENNSYLVANIA Adjournment I Taken I ntll l O'clock Thl Morning Wlthont Final Ac tion rtrcnk of Joint Confer ence Probable. INPIANAPOUS. March 27.-The Joint scale committee, of thn bituminous coal operators of Illlm-ls, Indiana. Ohio ami western Pcnnsylvaflila today reported a dis agreement to the Joint conference of th central competitive district and after a. cession of three hours the conference ad journed to meet tomorrow morning at o'clock. The discussions and arguments presented during the afternoon by the representatives of the miners and operators showed no change whatever In the situation and indi cated that the opposing sides are no nearer a wage agreement than they were In Jan uary, when the first conference was held. The present wage scale will expire Saturday and unless an agreement Is reached before Its expiration SPo.fmo miners In the four states will lie called from the mines. President Mitchell of the miners opened tho discussion In the Joint conference, after there had been a silence of ten minutes, during which each side was waiting for the other to make the first move. In a brief speech ho said it had been his ex pectation that some proposition looking to an adjustment of the differences would be submitted by the operators at the after noon sef-sinn, hut it was evident they had not been nble to agree among themselves The miners of the Joint conference, he said, had even exceeded their powers to meet the grave responsibilities placed upon them, "not only as miners, hut ns countrymen and citizens, by the request and the sugges tions of the president of our country. And It will become evident from the votes re ported here by at least four of the states, who must und rightfully slinll assume the responsibility for a disagreement. If no set tlement Is reuched." Mitchell Make n Motion. Mr. Mitchell then offered for the consid eration of tho . convention a motion that as a basis of settlement there be a restora tion of the scale, the mining scale and the day wage scale and the dead work scale of 19CC. J. II. Winder, chairman of the operator, offered as a substitute a motion to adopt the present scalo with all conditions exist ing at the time of Its adoption with th mining rate at Danville for a base and to Include all cost of shooting, loading, tim bering and Inspection of shots. Speeches were made for the operators by J. C. Kolsi ni and Phil Penna of Indiana,; H. I.. Taylor of Illinois and II. L. Chap man of Indiana, nil expressing the deter mination of the operators of those states to oppose an advance ' in wnge. For tho miners, President John Mitchell, Vice I-resi-dent T. 1,. Lewis and Secretary W. ii. Wil son cf too nctional organisation, together with II. C. Perry of the Illinois miners. President William Oreen of the Ohio miners nnd President Wellington O'Connor of the Indiana miners, expressed the determlna-' Hon of 'he miners to Insist upon their de mands for the restoration of the wage scale of l'jr.i, w hlch Is an Increase of 5.5& per cent. Mr. F. L. Bobbins of the western Pennsyl vania operators, who favors the payment of the Increase demanded by. tho miner, did not speak during the afternoon. MugKestlou of Arbitration. Mr. Phil Penna of tho Indiana operators in his speech suggested tho settlement ot the difficulty by arbitration. On this sub ject he said: "The coal operator for whom I am talk ing have done business In Joint scala com mittees for twenty consei-utlve years. They have favored peace at all times, and favor peace now with honor. Itather than resort to an industrial strike as fur aa Indiana is concerned, wo may have other things to suggest nnd we hope, there may U- other thlrga avullable to prevent any such thing. I ".o not know what might bo done, or how we may avoid this industrial conflict un less, perhaps, when we cannot agree the people would Interfere, or It might be the American people, through the president, a has been done before. I do not know of any good reason why we could not avert a calamity by some such means at tills time or in the near 'future. One thing Is sure The American people are not going to suffer any great Inconvenience because of tho dis agreement over a paltry S per cent Increase In wages." An adjournment until tomorrow w.is taken in the midst of the dlncussion. No vote was taken on tiny proposition ducMQ the afternoon. Ncale Committer Ileporbb The wuge. committee wan In Session Vw fc fhort time today. It met at 9:10 o'clock , and after n half hour pcnt In genual ! talk that bore no relation to the question I at hseue, motion waa made and mi. anlmously adopted that a disagreement be reached. The national officer of the miner In committee yesterday strongly reiterated their former declarations that under no circumstances would they sign a scale nt anything less than an atfvanee in wagea of B..i. per rent and Pcriddrnt Perry of the Illinois miners, had assured the operators that no Illinois union or district would W allowed to sign unless the advance was given to every union miner In the state. This ultimatum was received by the operators in silence and n adjournment was at once taken until this morning when the motion to report a oimgreement was I at t-nc offered by President Mitchell of 1 the miners and rarrled unanfmously. 'Joint Conference Convene. The Joinf conference of the operator and i miner opened this afternoon at Tomllnaon ; lull. President Mitchell of the miners ar rived early and took a set In front of tha presiding officer s chair. Secretary W. H. I Wtlwin took Ms eat oi, the 'tform at i about the same time. Ti e miners and op- erator uuietly took their seat and by. 2 ri'i l. i k the hall whk till-d it ens 2 -.o p. in. when U. W. Traer, : chairman of the Joint conference, called tb . meeting to order. Th report of tho Joint scale, committee i read by C. I Scog- , -h. . j U f th "'''4ri,'- Tn report t tenaraJ act forth, th gxtluo, uX tb Join
