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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORXIXO, MAY 17, 190ti-TEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. i CONFLICT IN RUSSIA Cur'i Friends Say He Cannot Make Con oeaiioni Demanded by Parliament. PRESS COMMENT ON THE ANSWER Reply to Address from Russian Throne ii Denounced u Eerolntionarj. LEADERS SAY IT IS CONSERVATIVE L'emocrati Claim it Wai Difficult to Fre Teot More Radical Expressions. til WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN DEBATE Kara RrprririUtUt Regard Him self barged with Special MfMi( fram the People. ST. PETERSBURG. May 11 The opinion i quit general today that Parliamepte adoption of the reply to the speech from the throne will make a conflict with the crown Inevitable, since It contains a rum ner of points upon which the supporters of th government pay it la Impossible for the emperor to yield. The Novoe Vremya regards the reply a a purely revolutionary document, "such aa might appear aa a lead ing article In a social democratic news paper." On the other hand, the constitutional democratic leaders, while boldly asserting that the reply la Intended to make clear to the emperor that the country will be satis fied with nothing less than a constitutional monarchy on a democrnlc basis, never theless, Insist that It la not an ultimatum They consider the reply to be exceedingly temperate In tone and say It required all their ability to prevent the introduction of mora radical expressions There Is every indication that the emperor and Premier Goremykln's cabinet desire to avoid a con flict nd that by a compromise on the ques tion of amnesty they will seek to gnin time It can be asserted on high authority thnt partial amnesty will be proclaimed May 1!. the emperor's birthday. Mtsibrn Want to Talk. The excited frame of mind of memnera of Parliament was evidenced by the long list of speakers submitted even before Presi dent Mourtntaeff had called the house to order. Thia was not so much due to Rus sian love of talk aa to the fact that every member seemed to feel himself charged . at its meeting today decided to maae a with a message from his constituents which fuvoruble report on the Kinkaid bill for he must deliver. , ; ' resurvey of a number of townships lu The speeches of the peasants were d - M. Pherson county, Nebraska, livered In the simple language of the vll- j Senator Millard and Representative Uges, which were more easily compi e- ! Kt nnedy this morning called upon Sec bended than the utterances of the city I relary of War Taft regarding the pro members who were Inclined to Indulge in P""'1 lu and upply depot at Omaha, high-flown eloquence and hyperbsol ali'ng Secretary Taft said he had been so busy h. emriitlon In the use of foreign Dhrasea recently on canal and other niattera that and diverts, which the Little Russians. members from the Baltic provinces and pole, sometimes found it difficult to under stand. The leadership ,4n I"arliament la lelag rapidly assumed by the Tver group tt memliers, whose ability thua far haa stood out in relief. The contingent from the Volga provinces la showing the great est radicalism. None of the members from the Caucasus or Siberia haa spoken up to ttje present lime, but It la i-otlceable that they applaud the most radical utterances. Ma.iseslsaaaa With Liberals. Although the Mussulmans took their 'place on tho right, the majority are acting with the constitutional democrats and the Poles. Moat of them wear picturesque na tional costumes, long coats of brown or blue, trimmed with red and belts with tasela. The members from the Baltic provlacea alao wear their national costume, of white. These latter are radical to a man. More than half tha village priests are enthusiastic members of the opposi tion. From tha very outset today worda In f.ivor of modi ration were few and far between. Seminoff. a social revolutionist from Faratoff. was the first rpeaker. Amid wild applause, he declared that the reply to the speech, from the throne was too weak. Parliament, he said, was evidently content with less than the people. To cries at "semlia Ilvolla" (land of free dom) Semluoff announced that the people who had Bent him to Parliament did not want land without liberty. The peasants were ao revolutionary "that only a spark a as required to kindle a conflagration, and anarchy and destruction were certain If the demands of the peasants were not tatlsfted immediately." Aajalaat Death Peaaitr. Zabllotny of Podolsk province, a lawyer elected by the peasants, spoke passionately in favor of the abolition of the death pen alty, saying that the country has already toe many catacombs. The daily carnival of horrors must cease. Shchepkln of Odessa, addressed a little group on the right, de claring that If they regarded every asso ciation as illegal and every meeting as a riot and favored building new prisons and colonising Siberia the sympathisers with the political prisoners must work out their own reply. "Who can claim," Shchepkln concluded, "that it is illegal to strike sgainet a gov ernment which for generations has struck against every duty it owed the people:" The remark waa greeted with cheera. Bonelreff of Saratoff, declared that he and Others of the Volga delegation had been overwhelmed with lettera and telegrama telling of new repressions. The chief duty of Parliament, he asserted, was to force a change la the administration in order to Stop the repression. When Parliament reassembled at 11 O'clock this morning the Impression pre vailed that the day would witness stirring scenes. Premier Goremykln and the entire cabinet were seated on the ministerial benches and It waa understood that the premier Intended to cutllne the views of the government In regard to the reply to the speech from the throne. The constitutional democrats. In addition to being much concerned over the Increas ing radicalism developing In their ranka, find that the Poles are Inclined to cauae trouble. The latter at a meeting held last night adopted a resolution "In favor of the historic position of Poland and the International guarantees." The constitutional democrats fear that this may raise the spectre cf a revival of the kingdom of Poland and tend to weaken the constitutional democrats In the country, where undoubtedly the predomi nant feeling Is In favor of the preserva tion of the Integrity of the empire. The group of peasants, which supported the motion to postpone taking action on the address yesterday, based their position oa the alleged fear that It meant the separa Uoa of Poland. Vaaer Haas Realr. Tha upper bouse of Parliament met (ConllntM4 w Bcooo4 Face. I YORK IS AFTER PAVEMENT Think Ooernment Mlaht Ho that Mark If It I nt Wllllnat to Bnlld. (From a Ptaff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May K.i Special Tele- giam.) The government l:as purchased a site for a public building In York. Neb.. fr IIO.POO, and citizens of that city, rather despairing that the government Intends to do anything further toward giving them a real public building, desire that at least the government shall have the streets paved surrounding the site. Representative Hin shaw today Introduced a bill authorising the secretary of the treasury to expend $3,00P, or as much as may be necessary, to have the streets paved about the York pub lie building site. Senator Burkett today Introduced In the senate Representative McCarthy's bill which authorizes the Omaha tribe of Indians to submit the claims they have against the government to the couit of claims. Mast Par tharaea. Since 1.12 It has been the custom of the I'nlted States treasury to ship silver dollars from the various subtrcas uries by express ut government expense to banks all over the country desiring such coin. Hereafter banks desiring silver dollars will be obliged to pay express chaises on the same, as the senate committee on finance has stead fastly refused to make an appropriation to defray the expense of shipping silver coin other than subsidiary. Gamble la Klated. Senator Gamble of South Dakota called on the pre -lent today and stiowed bis pleasure .7, the receipt of Important news fronj iwn state. Senator Gamble secured a . triumph in his fight for return to ll te. The county conven tions meet lrf w days and It now ap pears the stut -em ton, which will en dorse a candldulj '."tilted States senator, will be controll. the supporters and friends of Senato ible to the extent of at least 9l deeC, out of a total of .MH). Senator Gamri (dory Is enough to elate him. The . -J republican ma-' chinery In the slate Is In the hands of Senator Klttredge, who gave his support for the senate to Representative Martin. Representative Burke Joined the combina tion against Gamble and five or six months ago many people thought Gamble's political days were numbered. It Is understood Mr. Gamble blamea the whole fight upon him on Senator Klttredge, his colleague. He has no 111 feeling toward Representative Martin, his opponent, whom he recognizes aa an unusually able man, well qualified for the senate. llnur Muttera at Capital. The senute committee on public lands no nad not l foud lime ,0 ,ak un the scpply depot question. He, however, as sured Senator Millard and Representative Kennedy that he would give the question early consideration. Representative Kennedy today la In re ceipt of a telegram from A. H. Hippie of Omaha, president of the Nebraska Slate Dental society, urging him to support the at my dental bill. Representative Ken nedy, thla afternoon. Bent the following reply to Mr. Hippie: "Take pleasure in supporting bill as amended and reported by house committee on military affairs." Representative Pollard today was ad vised that a pension of S had been granted Isaac C Dye of Union, Neb. J. A. Neville of Falrbury. Paul N. Humphrey of Broken Bow, W. A. Worley of llavelock. Neb., have been appointed stenographers and typewriters In the rail way mall service. The application of T. H. Read, J. L. Gwynn, Elbert A. Read, James Laughlin and Martin Read to organise the Farmera National bank of Imogene, la,, with $?B,000 capital, haa been approved by the rcmptroller of the currency. John Breslen haa been appointed regular and John J. Redmond substitute rural carrier for route 1 at Saint Onge, 8. D. ( arl C. Webb has been appointed post master at Baxter, Jasper county, la,, vice J. N. Mann, resigned. NAVAL BILL IS COMPLETED Ilnaae Finishes Dlsenaslon I Cona. mlttee of the Whole. WASHINGTON. May !. The naval ap propriation bill, carrying nearly tlOO.000,. nan waa completed today In the house after one of the busiest days of the present congress. The feature of the day's debate grew out of the attempt to defeat the appropriation for the largest battleship of Its class In the world, and the tenor of the speeches for the bill wss that the American republic must be abreast of the nations of the world in the strength of its navy. The opponents talked of peace, disarmament and arbitra tion and Insisted that there waa no nerd of such a large navy. The amendment Introduced by Mr. Burton of Ohio, to strike out the appropriation for a rival t- the English Dreadnaught was de. feated, as waa the amendment leaving the conatruction of the battleship to the discretion of the secretary of the navy after the second Hague conference. A final vote on the bill will be taken to morrow. Iowa Professor Called Higher. IOWA CITY. Ia.. May (Special.) Prof. Arthur Fairbanks, head of the de partment of Greek at the State University of Iowa, haa been elected to a similar posi tion In the I'nlversity of MlcJiigan at a salary of W.Ou) per year, or an advance of IWO over the salary he received at Iowa. Prof. Falrbanka received hla degree of B. A. at Dartmouth college in lKKtf and the de gree of Ph. D. at Freibuig. Germany, In 1KS0. Hla resignation, tendered to the Board of Regents yesterday, was accepted only with regret. Seeking Coal aaa All Leases. BEATRICE. Neb., May 1. (Special Tel egram.) J. N. Maupin and son. W. A. Maupln of Boulder. Colo., are here for the purpose of organizing a company to pros pect for oil, gas or coal. The intention of the prospectors Is to secure leases on 10, OuO seres of Isnd from the farmers and to expend about 125.000 on development work, the funda to be furnished by outside cap ital. Strikes Wif Favorably. WAYNE. Neb, May 11 (Special.) The candidacy of E. Rosewater Is being favor, ably received In Wayne county. His efforts In behalf of the state for evjual taxation are being; highly commended. Van (leva Heads Maaafaetarers. NEW YORK, May 11 J. W. Van Cleve of St. Ixuis wss today elected president of the National Association of Manufactur ers. In annual session here. The new presi dent, in an address, stated that he is readv to fight for the Interesta of tha aBO- uauoa wu-n aa ajte u Decejiary,' TWO RAILROADS ASSESSED Second Ballot Necessary to Reach an Agreement on the Northwestern. FINALLY FIXED SAME AS LAST YEAR Rnrllnctoa Yalaed at sWH.TnO Per 1lle and t. Paal A Omaha at 4!MW I nlon Pariae to Be Tnkea Ip Today. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb.. May lS.-(SpeclaD -After paying no attention to a motion by Auditor Searle to fo Into executive session, the State Board of Assessment this morning voted to value the Northwestern at $.12.e'0 a mile the same as last year and this after noon voted to assess the Burlington at HS.750 a mile and the St. Paul Omaha at J42.S"0 a mile, the same as last year. It required two ballots to settle the North western and on the last Mickey and Mor tensen voted for tXi.onn a mile and Eaton. Searle and Oalusha for :;2.5iO. On the first ballot the vote was $32.7"; H2.7n0; JiU.finO; IHS.fluo. The figures were written on little slips of paper and no record was made of the votes The figures may be changed, but a change Is not In the least likely, as the majority members are opposed to any Increase In the assessment of the Northwestern and Mortensen is opposeed to increasing the BurNngton. Yesterday Galushn. Seirle and Mickey voted against a reduction of the Missouri Pacific. When the board came up to 'he I'nlon Pacific this afternoon a recess was taken until tomorrow at lo o'clock, but from the present Indications it is likely the I'nlon Pacific will be assessed at the sime figures as last year, though Mortensen nnd Mickey say they will work for an Increase. This Is the first time on record In recen'. years the board members have voted by ballot and not by roll call and It is also the first time since li4 that an effort has been made to go Into executive session when a vote was being taken. That Searle, Oalusha and Eaton will vote as a unit on all motions seems a certainty and Mickey and Mortensen will vote together. To morrow Mortensen and Mickey win make an effort to get the Northwestern figures changed and the road Increased at least $-So a mile. I.ogan Lambert Back In Jail. DAKOTA CITY, Neb., May 16. (Special.) Logan IjBiubert was yesterday brought here from Sioux Falls, S. D.. by Sheriff H. C. Hansen and lodged In Jail. Lambert had Just completed a sentence In the Sioux Kalis pentitentlary Imposed upon lilm by the I'nlted States federal court at Omaha on the charge of Introducing liquors upon the Winnebago reservation. Owing to his Imprisonment upon this charge the bonds of ll.fJOO he was under for his appearance at the district court of this county on the charge of assault with Intent to do great bodily harm upon the person of Rev. Father Joseph Schell became forfeited and he was accordingly placed in Jail, being brought direct here from the penitentiary. The assault charged against Lambert was committed In fills place about a year ago and waa a most cowardly one, Lamlert in veigling Father Schell to accompany him Into a stall in a livery barn on the pretext of wishing to converse privately with him, and there assaulting the priest, breaking hla Jaw In two places, which confined him In a hospital over a month. Beatrice Dec-oration Day Plana. BEATRICE. Neb.. May lB.-(Speclal) The Grand Army of the Republic and Woman's Relief Corps have arranged to properly observe Decoration day, the pro gram having been announced yesterday. At : o'clock on May 30 the procession will form at Central school and march to the Beatrice cemetery, where brief serv ices will be held, after which details will proceed to Evergreen Home and Catholic cemeteries to decorate the graves of com rades there Interred. In the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the Grand Army of the Re public and Woman's Relief Corps will pro ceed to the Chautauqua grounds where the following program will be observed: Music by the band, invocation by Rev. J. E. Ingham, departmental chaplain; reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg speech by Samuel Rlnaker, Jr.; oration of the day by Past Commander Harmon Bross of Lincoln, vocal music, "America;" benediction, Rev. Edwin Booth, Jr. After the program the university cadeta will give a band concert and battalion drill. Falrbury Gets City Park. FAIRBURY. Neb., May 16.-(8peclal -ljist evening the mayor and city council acoepted from a committee a deed to thirty acrea of ground to be used for a city park. The tract ia only four blocks from the renter of the business part of the city. Is well shaded with forest trees and will make an Ideal park. The land was sold on exe cution two years ago and a committee of public spirited citizens determined to secure It for the city and bid it in for 18,500. They then went to work to raise the money by subscription, so aa to make a free gift to the city and as a result of their labors Inst night turned over rTie deed to the property and alao about 900 in caah to be used for improvements. The Fraternal Order of Eaglea contri buted H28, being one-half of the net pro ceeds of its recent fair, and fur which a vote of thanka was extended. Mayor W. G. Uhley appointed as park commisioners. John C. Keaterson, 8. M. Bailey and J. E. Mendenhall. Schoolmates Honor Victor. SIDNEY. Neb. May lb. (Special Tele gram.) The depot platform was crowded thia morning with the faculty and mem hen of the Sidney High school, who ex tended a cordial welcome home to Arthur Oberfelder, the successful contestant at the oratorical contest at Lexington. They escorted him to hla home amid cheera and high school yells. Tonight a banquet was tendered him at the court house, whk h the high school and faculty attended. Baakers at Loss; Plae. I.ONO PINE, Neb., May l6.-(Speclal Tele gram.) W. A. Bucklln, cashier of a local bank snd secretary of Group 1 of the Ne braska Bankers' association, yesterday en tertained the bankers of this section of the ttate In Long Pine. The meeting was well attended and voted by all attending bankers the most successful meeting In years. J. L. Davison, a prominent local lawyer-politician, was the principal speaker at a banquet given at the I'petll hotel. Hall Near Burchard. BTRCHARD. Neb. May 16. Spelal. A heavy rainstorm yesterday evening del uged the country three miles east of here, which later changed to hall, causing con siderable dajnage to growing crops and. It is feared, Injured the tender, fruit which is Just forming. It was confined to a narrow strip, however, no hail falling In either Burchard oa the west or Pawnee City oa INJUNCTION AGAINST UNION (omberlaad Prrabyterlaas May Forced Into (oast la Mercer Metier. Be DECATUR. III., May Hi-Judge William Relter of Evansville, lnd.; Major G. V. Meniles of Mount Vei non, lnd. ; Judge G B. Green of Mount Carmel, 111., and other "loyalists'" opposing union of the Cumber land and Presbyterian churches went Into conference here today to complete a peti tion for Injunction restraining the general assembly of Cumberland Presbyterians, which meet Thursday, from effecting the proposed union. The grounds for the appilratlon are that money with which tlieCuntberland Presby terian property was purchased was given for the promulgation and perpetuation of the Cumberland Presbyterian dtatrinrs nml that said property is not to be diverted to any other u&e, that the church has no constitutional right to give Itself away and that there are errors In the manner in which the arrangements for the proposed unlcn were made. The petition was rompleted tills after noon and Judge Johns announced that the healing would be disposed of with all pos sible speed. Presbyterians at Dea Moines. DES MOINES. May Hi. T'ne last of the 750 commissioners to the HMh session of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church In America arrived In Des Moines today and are attending the foreign mla-.-Oons and educational conferences prelimi nary to the assembly proper, which opens at 11 a. in. tomorrow at the Auditorium, with the sermon of Rev. J. A. Moffatt, re tiring moderator. The Women's Home Mis sions conference will ronvene at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The Board of College Aid of the Presby terian general assembly today agreed to ask colleges to change the week of prayer from the present month of January to the second week of February. The report of Secretary Charles K. Bradt of foreign mis sions, read today, declared that single an nual subscriptions was the best method of providing for KW.onn.iUKi heathen for whom the church was responsible. ew Book of Forma. There will be no fight over the new book of forms, reported to the assembly by Dr. Henry Van Dyke of Princeton unlveislty. If Dr. Van Dyke can prevent It. In an open letter to tin commtasloners rad here today he expressed regret that stu h a storm of discussion over the book of prayers and ceremonies has arisen and he adds that If there is to be a debate It will not be due to himself. He explains that he was le quesled, with other members of the com mittee, to prepare the hook by the Inst general assembly and that he lias merely compiled with Instructions and that the assembly may do what It sees fit with tho report. Notwithstanding Dr. Van Dyke's position, there promises to be a lively de bate on the question. Fifty presidents of Presbyterian colleges held a meeting today and held that schools of the denomination should be. asked to require 144 hours of Bible study In every four years' course. To night much interest developed In the con test for moderator, five active candidates being declared. Rev. A. B. Marshall of Minneapolis. Rev. T. Clefand of Dululh, Rev. J. L. Riirkley oi Detroit, Rev. J. A. Dendy of Jefferaon. Mo., and Rev. Hunter Porbett. the latter a missionary who has seen forty years' service in China. Methodist Missionary Conference. KANSAS CITY, May H.-When the sec ond day's session of the trl-state mission ary convention of the Methodist Episcopal church began today close to 1,700 delegates and visitors had enrolled at Convention hall. The time today waa given up prin cipally to the delivery by officers high in the councils of the church of addresses on various phases of missionary work. To night E. H. Conger, former United States minister to Peking, China, will address the convention on "Missions a Civilizing Agency." An hour of prayer, conducted by Bishop W. F. McDowell of Chicago, opened the session today. The day s program Included addresses as follows: "People of Foreian Speech," by Dr. D. F. North, New York City; "The Church's Imperative Duty," by Bishop Henry W. Warren, Denver; "Africa. an Open Door." Bishop Joseph C. Hartsell, who is stationed In Africa; "Japan and Corea." Dr. S. D. Spencer, Toklo, Japan; "Fifty Years lu Southern Asia," Bishop J. M. Thohurn, Delaware, O. Southern Methodists Busy. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., May 1 The gen eral conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South today voted J10.GOO to be ex pended to assist the Pacific Coast Christian Advocate, and authorized an enlarged build ing at Shanghai, China. A committee report on Sabbath observ ance praised Presidents McKlnley and Roosevelt for refusing to travel on Sunday. A special committee presented resolutions urging the speedy expulsion of Senator Reed Smoot from the senate. Baptist Anniversary Week. DAYTON. O., May IS. "Anniversary week," which emhraces annual sessions of the Missionary and Publication societies of the Baptist church In America, began here today with the convention of the Woman's Home Missionary society. CHARGE OF FRAUD IN DENVER Maalelpal Ownership l.eaaroe Will Coatest P.leclloa Granting; Traction a ad Light Franchises. DENVER. Colo.. May 11 On the face of the returns the twenty-year franchises sought by the Denver City Tramway and the Denver Gas and Electric companies were carried at the election yesterday by small majorities. The vote on these prop ositions was as follows: Tramway franchise, for 8,041; against, 7,7fi8; majority for, 273. Cias and electric, for 7.5)12; against, 7,233; majority for, 79. The Municipal Ownership league la pre paring evldtnce on which the franchises will be contested. It being alleged that hundreds of votes were cast for them by nontaxpayera and that bogus tax recelpta were furnished to voters by agents of the corporations. The Northwestern Terminal (Moffatt road) franchise waa granted by a vote of 1403 to 6 236. All other franchise proposi tions were defeated. The initiative ordlnanoe reducing water and light rates, submitted by the Municipal Ownership league, was carried. Mayor Speers' charter amendment to extend the limit on public improvement bonds to fifty years In order to carry out the.MuIford Robinson plans for beautifying the city was defeated. William H. Bryant, president of the Hon est Election league, waa elected a mem ber of the Board of Election Commission ers. The other two members elected are republicans. The three supervisors elected ere republicans, giving the republican party a majority of two on the board. The new hoard of aldermen will conalst of eight democrats, six republicans and (WO njunic . Ui oajicrftdp members. W. E. CHANDLER IN REBUTTAL Former Senator from New Hampehire Gomel to Aid of Tillman. REITERATES STATEMENT ON CONFERENCE Itearets I sane nlth President la Raised, bat ' Insists that He Told the Truth at First. WASHINGTON. May 10 -Senator Till man today received from former Senator William E. Chandler a statement of his course as an Intermediary In the negotia tions between President Roosi velt and Fenatots Tillman and Bailey (n tb" railroad rate bill. The communication bears upon Senator Lodge's denial for the president of Mr. Chandler's statement quoting the presi dent as saying he had lost confidence In Senators Foraker, Spooner and Knox. It was offered In the senate by Senator Till man and will be printed In the Congres sional Record. The text of the statement follows: My Dear Mr. Tillman: As the telephonic denial by President Roosevelt, sent to the senate throtmh Senator LoUkc, remains in the Congressional Record of May 1. It seems to me that 1 should take some notice of It. which 1 do now by resrllrinlnB the essential tiuth of tlie statement 1 marie to Mm. and which you repeated In the when the returns from Sioux Falls, Sen senate. Mich as 1 regret that the hasty: , ... . ,,. ,. action of Senator I nrtue .,,,rt tbe president 1 H,or K It t ledge s home, and Minnehaha has forced an Ifsue between the presmenl and myself, the extreme language he used j makes such Issues unavoidable and I can hot shrink from or evade It, although 1 ! cannot use toward the chief executive of the nation language like his own. Upon our ropeetive statements, I submit the controvetsy with fonfldence to the Judg ment of those who know me. -Makes Additional Statement. For those who do not know ine there Is fortunately circumstantial evidence of a high order which shows that the pieBldent could not have omitted In substance thu statement which he denies, nor could hu have then made the whole statement which he now substitutes. His Impulsiveness has led him into serious error upon a point of nu Importance in Itself but only aa aiTectlug his attack upon me. 1 give to you a fur ther statement, as follows. Prior to March SI 1 hud not seen the piesldent for u long time. I did not go tu Uie wiiite House as a representative oi Senator Tillman, but anieiy because the president summoned me there by the lettnr Hum l.ueb and 1 waited for him to express his object. It was unmistakably stated to be common with -Mr. Tillman, who had th i lute bill lu charge, and oilier dtmocmli of the senate lot the purpose of securing the adoption in the rauroad rate bill of a court review clause limiting the inquiry to the question whether the commission had exceeded its authority or had violated tho constitutional rights of the carrier. I knew, and lie knew, that it was im possible for hlni to open conferences with Mr. Tillman, unless he was fully satisfied that the president hud absolutely glwn up all Intention of coming to an agreement with the senators who had been making the contest for an unlimited court review, and in staling his object he said that be bad parted from them finally, naming Sen ators Knox, Foraker and Spooner as the henators who had made the arguments in the senate to sustain that view, and he used, as nearly as I can recollect, the lan guage given ln my statement repeated by Mr. Tillman. Tillman nistrnstfnl. The conversation Included the under standing which he had that day reached with Senators Ixng and Allison, the fact that not over one-third of the republican senators could be relied on to vote for the limited court review, and that It was vital that the support of nearly all the demo crats should be obtained. When, an hour later. I visited Mr. Till man and told him my mission from the president, 1 found hlni distrustful and sns plctoua. He questioned me closely as to what the president had said and 1 related to him as accurately as 1 could the state ment made by the president to me, and I convinced him that the president had ceased to hoie for compromise Willi the senators named and the other advocates of an unlimited court review. When satisfied that this was the ease he readilv consented to co-operate With the president and said that he would see Sen ator Bailey and report to me the result, which he did, saying thrre would be perfect accord upon the limitation of the right of review If carried forward In connection with a limitation of the right to Issue eg parte In junctions. rne conferences inus oegun were on in loth at my suggestion transferred to At torney General Moody and at once resulted In an understanding that the effort could he made to limit tne right of court review as stated In the Long amendment and la the paper drawn up on April Hi by Mr. Moody and later perfeeied by Messrs. Moody, Tillman and Bailey. Mr. Chandler Asks Questions. Was It not natural and essential thnt the president should have satisfied me that he had Anally separated upon the question of the court review from the senators who were the principal opponents of any limi tation of that review which they believed would be unconstitutional and that I should have repeated bis statements to Mr. Till man? Is H possible that I went directly that night to Senator Tillman nt the Co lonial hotel and poured into his ears a de liberate and unqualified falsehood? We consider next the statement which tho president siys he thinks he made. In stead of the one narrated by me. Senator Foraker, he says, was not mentioned. I am quite sure be Is mistaken. Senators Knox and Spooner, he says, were men tioned, but that all that was said about them waa, as to Senator Knox, that the president did not agree with a portion of his proposed amendment, but that he thought he had made a atrong argument for asserting affirmatively the Jurisdiction or authority of the court and as to Sena tor Spooner that his name wss only men tioned by him to express a cordial approval of Senator Spooner's amendment. Aa to Spooner Amendment. This Spooner amendment was not offered in the senate until May 10. but I learn that it had been In existence and shown to the president, whether as early aa March 31 does not appear. But this Is certain, that if the president had on that night told me that he cordially approved of It and I had ao reported to Mr. Tillman, there would have ensued no conferences looking to co-operation; therefore, the president, as to that amendment, had a consultation some other tl.ne or with some other per- It should also be borne In mind that the report I made to Mr. Tillman of the presl. dent's conversation la comparatively harm less and Inoffensive. Here it is: "He said that he had been much troubled by the advocacy of an unlimited court review by some of the lawyers of the senate, naming Senators Knox. Spooner and Foraker aa trying to Injure or defeat the bill by In genious constitutional argument, but he hud come to a complete disagreement wilh them." What Is there In the above words that Is untrue or should give grave offense to the senators named? They were the great con stitutional lawyers of the senate, making Ingenious arguments against any limita tion of court review, and thev were trouble some and likely to be troublesome ln any attempt to carry the long-mooted limita tion through the senate by the votes of twenty-five or more democrats and twentv or less republican senators. What harm was there In the president's saying that he had come to a final disagreement with them on the day when he had held a Whtie House conference with a view to uniting democratic and republican forces in carry ing a limitation or court review men and there agreed upon? Chandler Has Faoagh. He could say It in or out of their presence without giving offense to them. Nor was it a very strung expression to say that they were trying to injure or defest the bill hv Ingenious constitutional arguments. It did not mean that they were trying to defeat the bill If it could be amended to meet their views. Mr. Knox had declared It to be unconstitutional unless amended and that waa the general position of the onDonents of limited court review, wh'ch led the president on that day to conclude U would be best to expressly grant the jurisdiction to review, but to rigidly limit It to the two objects named. The only harm that 1 can see that haa come ln the whole buslneaa waa the abandonment of any attempt to carry that limitation of iQeAtlnued on Second P(- NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Scattered Shorter. Thandrralnrnu and Cooler Tharsday. Friday Fair. Temprratnre at Omaha Yesterdayi Hoar. Pea. . . 4 . . M . . (II , . (in . . T . . To . . Tit , . 7ft Hour. 1 p. m . It p. tn. :t p. m . 4 i. m . ft p. m . ft p. in . T p. m . H . m . ft p. m . Ilea. . . T . . TT . . T . . 7sl . . T! ft a. m . 0) a. in . T a. m . Ma. m . 1) a . nt . to a . m . II a . m . fJ ni.. . . TU Tft Tl INSURGENTS ARE JUBILATING Insist They time a Clear Mninrlty of PeleaatrB tn the t on. venllnn. H I RON, S. V.. May K (Special Tele gram. ) Insurgent beaibiuartei s are flooded i with messnges and crowded with vts'lors congratulating for I Crawford over th" resuit. They claim absolutely these coun ties, with some yet to hear from Aurora. 12; Readle. 34; Ronhonime. ltd; Prnokings, 44: Buffalo. 2: Charles Mix. "4; Clay. .11. Faulk. 14; Hanson. 14: Hyde, f; JenaM. 11; 1; Minnehaha. W; Moodv. 28: Peter. P; Sanborn. 1H; Spink. 42; Sully. 7; Turner. 4?; I'nlon. 27; Yankton. :'.7; Hutchinson, n:.. j Codington, 32: Roberts. 44; Hand. 11, Ores- ; oty. lrt; Campbell. 14; (Irart. 1'S. Toial, S4I county were received, showing that county; ovet n helmingly Insurgent and would send j eighty-six Crawford delegates to the state i convention, antl-machlne leaders asserted j ihey had won the light. They any the claim . of the machine that It has 71! votes Is ,i , bluff and Is putting up straw contests and ! making preparations to control the tern- j porary organization by this means and un seat anti-machine delegates enough to force the nomination of its candidates. Anli- iiiiu hlne leader i have their fighting clothes on. They say an attempt to steal the con vention through bogus delegations cannot succeed, warning lielng given all parts of j the state. They charge the chairman of the state central committee is In desperate I straits, that he has been reouired to report ; the expenditure of campaign funds to U: . , r nexi contention ann is evidently ntraia lO make such a report: that ln Rolierts ounty. where the anti-machine majority is over- ' whelming, the machine Is repeating its j tactics of two years ago and will send a eontcstlng delegation to the Sioux Falls convent Ion. SKJI'X FALLS. S. D.. May H?.-iSpeelal Telegram.) Returns from yesterday's cau cuses throughout South Dakota are vet far fronl coninlete nnd tonie-hr Iwtth atal- ' wart and Insurgent republicans are still claiming to have carried the state. Vic tory for one side cr the other apparently depends upon only two or three counties, from which complete returns have not yet been received. MITCHELL. S. D.. May 16.-(Speclal Telegram.) Eleven precincts in Davison county have been heard from in the pri mary election of yesterday. Three of these went "antl-machlne" and the bal ance for the "machine." Crawford and Gamble lost three wards ln the city and carried one, the Fourth. The county as a whole Is safe ffr Martin and Klttredge. STl.-ItGIS. S. P.. May Id. (Special Tele gram.) Sturgls last nlKht elected twelve Martin dclegatea to the republican county convention. Outside precincts have not been heard from. Enough votes are as sured to give Meade county to Martin. VERMILION. S. P. May Hj.-(Special Telegram.) "Insurgents" carry Clay county by a large majority. The "ma chine" will have less than twenty dele gates In the county convention out of eighty-one. STATEMENT BY THE STANDARD OH Combine Again Denies that It Profited hj- Secret Freight Rate. NEW YORK. May llThe Standard Oil rompsny today Issued to Its shareholders a statement In reply to the special message recently sent to congress by Trestdent Roosevelt, and tha report on the country's oil Industry by Commissioner Garfield of the bureau of corporations, which accom panied It. The statement Is signed by C. M. Pratt, secretary, and was Issued by or der of the hoard of directors. It denies positively the charge that the Standard Oil company benefited by secret rates for the transportation of its products. Whatever measure of prosperity It has rejoiced." says the statement, "is not trace- able to Illegal or reprehensible methods, but to Its economic and elaborate Industrial organization, covering as It does every de tail of transportation, manufacture and ad ministration." CORN FESTIVAL FOR CHICAGO Prise of fl,QOO Will Be Given for the Best Bnahel of Corn Exhibited. CHJCAGO. May 11 Arrangements are being made by the waya and means com mittee of the Chlrago Commercial associa tion to hold a corn festival in Chicago thla fall, which will eclipse anything of a like nature ever undertaken in the middle west. According to present plans the exposition will he an annual event. TTie plan contem plates having afternoon and evening ex hibits for two weeks, from September to October 13. at Tattersall'a The amount to be offered In prizes will total several thou sand dollars. The beat bushel of corn shown at the festival will draw a tS.ooo pre- mliltn. while the best bushel of corn raised on each railroad entering Chicago will draw a similar prize. The railroads have beromo Interested In the project and have offered rash prizes for the best collection of ears of corn raised at each shipping point along the various railroads. WESTERN NAVAL GRADUATES Mllo F. Draemell of Fremont Aaosg Them, Ranking; Twenty Mntk. ANNAPOLIS. Md.. May ll-(Speclal Telegram.) Among the students who will graduate ln the fourth class at the United States Naval academy June S are Mllo F. Draemell, Fremont, Neb., ranking twenty ninth; Herbert Franklin Emerson, Sioux Falls, and William Bingham Howe. Spear flah, 8. D. ranking ninety-ninth and 111th respectively. Fast Mall Derailed. SCHl'YLER. Neb., May 11. (Special Tel- m l A mil 1 1 fi r of Vn Son the 1'nlnn Pacific faat mall waa thrown off the track by the burning of the front axles. The car la ln bad ahape, but no other damage wis done to the train. A delay of four hours was caused by the accident. All mall waa tranaferred ta other cara, leaving the wrecked cm 14 be Uluu VB by the wrtflsW, RATE BILL REPORTED Senate Conclude Disouiwion of Measura in Committee, of Whole, ANTI-PASS SECTION IS AMENDED It Exempt Tamilies of Employe, Care Takers of Live Stock and Other. PIPE LINE PROVISION ALSO CHANGED Line Across Isthmu of Tanama Hot Eubiect to Provision. AIL EY ATTACKS THE PRESIDENT Texas Senator Blames f-lxecnllve for rTinprr Articles harglug Ulm nilh Ai-tiasr la Baal Faith. " ABHINUTON. May 1.-The recent rf. f"1" 'f thu P''''ll-nt and the democratic senatorial loaders to reach an agreement on the rate lull received further notice in the senate today from Senators Hailev and Ylilinan. The inatlei whs referred to by " """" """ wiuise. m a ri- 'onal explanation called out by an ariiole ln the cnlcago Tribune charging Mr. H.til-y wl'h failure to find common ground, and by Mr. Tillman In a speech in support of Mr. Halley and in presenting n further statement from former Senator Chandler. In his address Mr. llalh-y denounced the. article In uiiestioii ns a "He" and the author and liisplu r of It as "liars.'" The cotisidriatlon of the rate hill in com mittee of the whole was concluded and I lie measure was then reported to the senate, where there will be opportunity to review and alter all the amendments heretolore marie. Prat Ik-ally the entire day was devoted to tho consideration of the anti-pass amend- niPnt. which was adopted after making so , , immu.. rso-iuipiii ns it, arouse mognier ill the senate everytlme tho provision waa read. The work of the senate waa confined to the partial consideration of the pipe line provision which Was amended so as to strike out the Morgan proviso extending Its operation to other countries where the I'nlted States had Jurisdiction. Ktiilrmrnt h VI r. Ratify. I'pon convening today the renate promptly took up the railroad rate bill, the anti-pass amendment being the Immediate subject of consideration. The calm of the discission was disturbed today by a personal interruption by Senator Bailey, who rose to a question of personal privilege to make reply to a charge made in the Chicago Tribune yesterday by a Wash ington correspondent to the effect that Mr. Bailey had been responsible for the failure of the agreement between the president and Senator Tillman. Former Senator Chandler waa given as authority for the statement that Tllmart'had been auspicious of Bailey, who ! -whs also stated was really opposed tn rate legislation and was also In constant conference with Senator Aldrlch with the purpose of defeating the rate bill. After this statement had been read Mr. Bailey took the floor and said deliberately: I have taken no part In the question of veracity between the president and Mr. Chandler and 1 hail not even made any public expression on the question of the good faith, because I knew neither about either question. I had never conferred with the president directly nor with Mi. Chandler. It was. therefore, a matter of great surprise to me when a senator c.lled my attention to the extract which I have rend. That correspondence, It was under stood, was sent by a correspondent who Is very close to the While House nnd is presumed to speak with some degree of authority concerning transactions there. I do not know aa to the truth of that and 1 do not charge that this statement was made with authority. But I denounce the publi cation aa an unqualified, deliberate and I malicious lie. I denounce that cone- sponaetii as an unquanoea, neniwrain ana I malicious liar. I denounce the man who ' inspired the statement as an unqualified delllierate and malicious liar, whoever he may be and however high the onice he holds. The statement was made In a deliberate monotone, but it was none the less im pressive on that account. It was received with absolute silence and the silence con tinued for a few momenta, when. Indeed, Senator Tillman had taken the floor also on a question of personal privilege became the article quoted had stated that he had been susplcloua of Mr. Bailey. He had read the parts of the correspondent's letter which Mr. Bailey had omitted and then proceeded with his amendment, saying: "This correspondence is undoubtedly a muck rake. Into whose house the handle goes or what hand holds It I will not at tempt to say." He said he counted eight distinct false hoods In the article, but he desired tq ad dress himself -first to a denial that he had ever been auspicious of Senator Bailey. He declared hla great esteem and admlra. tlon for the Texas senator and that their cordial relatione had always existed. Texas Senator Attacks Prealdeat. When Senator Tillman concluded Senator Bailey again took the floor and said that his sttentlon had been called to aaother article, printed In the New York Tribune of today. He said it was of the same char, arter as that printed by the Chicago Trib une and that evidently they had been timed to bring them both to Washlngon at the same time Pointing to the press gallery l,e said: "I Intend to put In the record, upon the statement of more than one reputable newspaper correspondent In that gallery, and as a rule they are aa honorable as senators on this floor, on their authority, 1 state, that the two chief cuckoos of thla administration are the correspondents of the New York Tribune and the Chicago Tribune. "And therefore it seems to me conclusive that this slander proceeds from the While House. I hoiie. for the honor of my coun try, that It doea not proceed from the president himself "But If he be a man of high aense of honor he will see to it that senators are not slandered by his subordinates, and tho miserable wretch who communicated to these newspapers, and who sought through them to communicate to the country a slander on me which people might discuss, rsther than the Issues that have been raised, he Is unfit for hla high office, and the man who perpetrated that Infamy will pay for It with bis position; and if the man continues to hold his office It is to be assumed that what he haa done haa been with the apfrotal of hla chief.' Senator Culberson presented a aubstltute j amendment peimlttlrg railway employee, tneir tanuiien, moay io.im--.w ,i takers of live stock to use free tranaporta- t'.cc The Culberson amendment aas than ex tended so ss to except so many persons ln4 clsjsvi Uat wLea rea4 I aroused t t ; f i i i .' i ;M d ! Ui v i I ? i V. i y "is e t 3 1 ;'l