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f The Omaha Daily Bee. OMAIIA, THURSDAY MORNTNO, MAY 24, 1906-TEN PAOES. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. SINGLE COPY THREF NTS. S CRAFT IN COAL DEAL ore of Belations of Pennsylvania Offioiali with Fuel Companies Disoloted. PRESIDENT'S ASSISTANT HOLDS STOCK Mr. Patten Em 307,000 Worth of Bhare Which Wero Given Him. MANY HIGH OFFICIALS SUMMONED Men Who Manacrt FenriyWania Kailroad Asked to Tell What They Enow. MINORITY STOCK HOLDERS WAKING UP After laterstate Coamrrrt Conmli lea la Ttrsagh Mate Legisla ture Mar B Asked to Praba Deeper lata Affair. PHILADELPHIA. May 23.-Further rev elation concerning stockholdings In soft coal mining companies by officials of the Pennsylvania railroad were made today when the Interstate Commerce commission resumed ita investigation Into the alleged discrimination by railroad In the dlstrlbu tlon of cars. Three high officials of the railroad First Vice President John P. Green, Third Vice President flamuel Re and William A. Patton, assistant to the president at PniladclphtB. were the ' lm portant witnesses of the day. Mr. Patten m under examination the a-reatrr part of the morning and was an unwilling: witness. The persistent ' questioning of Attorney Glasgow for thfl commlaalon, however, bronght out the fact that Mr. Patten had acquired stock, the pnf value of which Is $307,000, in varloua coal companies without ; cost to hlmsslf. He explained that ht had signed notes obligating himself for his share of the loss and declared his belief that It was rroper for him to accept the stock under those cordltlons. Vice Prcfidmt Rea read a statement In which he fxplnlned all his stock transact tlon. In which he expressed the opinion that he was net debarred from such owner ship because of his connection with the railroad company.- Mr. Rea said most of his stock was acquired through land syndl cates which took up the coal properties for development. Company fa Invest Igutlng. Vice President Green aald twenty or thirty years ago It was not considered Improper for an officer of a railroad to own coal company stock, but conditions .have . changed and auch holdings might not now be regarded In the same light as formerly. Ha Informed the commission that the board of directors of the Pennsylvania rail road, acting on the Information that had been brought out at the heating, had to day appointed a committee of five directors to make an Investigation Into the connec tlon of Ita officials with coal companies, Mr. Green said he did not own a dol lar's worth of coal company stock. . utner witnesses lesnneo to stock own ersfitp and. to discrimination In the dls trlbutlon cf cars. Chairman Knapp, for mer Senttor Cockell and Judson C. Clem ants conducted the hearing. Tonight Mr, Clements left for Cleveland, where he will Join Commissioner Prouty to conduct the . hearings in the oil Investigation beginning tomorrow. Hlsh OnSelals Sammoaed. High officials of the Pennsylvania rail road are among the witnesses who will be heard during the examination this week The revelations laet week, when a numbe of Pennsylvania railroad officials admitted accepting gifts of stock in varloua soft coal mining companies, ImpePfd the com mission to subpoena more Important officers in an effort to determine the extent of th secret business relations alleged to. exist between the railroad and certain com panles. The witnesses to be examined during the hearings this week Include Captain John P. Greene, first vice president of the Penn aylvanla railroad; William A. Patton. as Istant to President Casaatt at Phlladal phiai Robert Pllcalrn of Pittsburg, Con greasman George Huff, president of the Keystone Coal and Coke company: Joh Lloyd, president of the Columbia Coal Mining company; J. Howard Patton, coal man and a brother of William Patton; Theodore N. Kly, chief of motive power; D. 8. Newhall, purchasing agent of the Pennsylvania railroad; J.. K. John ton, superintendent of the Tyrone dlvls Ion; Victor Wlrman, superintendent of the Amboy division; J. N. Purvlanee. chief clerk to William A. Patton; C. A. Wood, chief clerk to the general auperintenden David Steele, aslstant trainmaster of the Pittsburg division ; A. K. Pillock, Charlw Culp, H. C. Burkett and C. A. Buch, Aa a result of the Investigation, minority j stockholders of the Pennsylvania railroad re aald to be conaidering plana to bring bout more thorough probing through the atate legislature, Such an investiga tion would Include an Inquiry into all the varloua details eurrounding the con tracts for steel rails, engines and other equipment made In the laat five or six years. The present investigation is limited by the Tlllman-Glllesple resolution to the relations of the railroads to the coal and ol industries. raasatt'a Assistant aa . The entire commission aat for today's hearing. The first witness was W. A. Patton. President Cassatt'a assistant. He waa arked what Interest ha had in coal com panies. He enumerated the various com panies In which he held stock. Concerning the Keystone Coal company shares, of which J. 600 were In his name, he said he got the stock by purchase ar.d through the merging with the Keystone company of mailer companies In which he waa inter ested. Five hjundred cf the shares, he said, belonged to hla brother, J. Howard Patton, who is Interested In coal properties in west ern Pennsylvania. Mr. Patton explained that he held stock in Ave companies which were consolidated with the Keystone and through that transaction secured Ms hold ings tu the Keystone company. Mr. Patton proved an unwilling witness when questioned about hla holdings in the Atlantic Crushed Coke company and re peated efforts were matte by Mr. Glasgow to draw a positive statement aa to whether he had paid any actual cash for his 400 hares In the company. Mr. Patton ex plained that he became interested in the land purchasing company through J. How ard Patton. who represented the Interests f Colonel George F. Huff. When the land waa purchased he said the Investor were obligated to pay their pro rata share, but as there had been losses It ws not necessary to pay In cash. 'You got that obligation back, didn't your' "i an in stexk." "Were you required to pay mythlng to- 1 JonUau4 on Scb4 Pagt ). HENRIK IBSEN DIES SUDDENLY orweglnn Poet and Dramatist is Stricken with Apopleat aad Ki aires la Few Hoars. CHR18TIANIA. May S.-Henrlk Iben. Norway's greatest poet and dramatist. died peacefully at 2 80 this afternoon. Al- hough Ibsen's literary activity ceared some years ago when an apoplectic seliure forced him to refrain from mental effort. e had continued lo be a fsmlllar figure In the life of Christlanla and was ire quenily seen driving In the streets with companion. His sudden removal, tnere- fore, Impresses the capital. Tuesday night another seizure left him omnletely unconscious and at 1 o'clock this afternoon the nurse summoned Mme. lb- sen, Blgmund Ihsen. his son. and the lat- er's wife, who remained at the bedside until the end. The poet died witnout a struggle. He was 7 years of age. King Haakon, on the receipt of the news of Ibsen's death, transmitted to the widow his own and Queen Maud's sympathy and condolences. The Storthing and other pub lic bodies are formally recording the na tional grief at the loss of this foremost figure in the literary life of the nation. All the theatera were closed tonight. The Authors' union has placed a wreath on the Ibsen monument outstdo the National theater. It Is understood, ' '-. leral will be state function. '; ' MADRID DEFEAT V'-,' BOURNE Jest Session of Postal s Will Be Held at Caplv Spain. ROME. May 23. The Internatio lal congress at Its session today appr ed the British proposition to raise the weight or letters to one ounce. Edward Ttosewater of Omaha, Neb., one f the Ami Van delegates, proposed Mel bourne, Austt..lla, as the seat of the next postal congress, which received eleven votes. A Trench delegate proposed Madrid for the next congress, and forty-three votes were cast In support' of the proposition. which was adopted. King Meets Editor. ROME, May 23. King Victor Emmanuel today received in private audience Bilas McBee, editor of the Churchman of New York,- with whom he conversed on the re la t Ions between church and state In Italy. Von Rnrlow on Vacation. BERLIN, May 23 Chancellor yon Buelow today Btarted for the Island of Nordeney, off the northern coast of Germany, where he will spend his three months' holiday. TRIP OF DISMANTLED SHIP Vessel Under Jury Rig from Japan to Kew York Arrives Safely. NEW YORK, May 23.-Under Jury rig from Kobe, Japan, to New York harbor, the noted clipper ahlp. A. G. Ropes, arrived today, completing successfully what was the first effort In the chronicles of the American merchant marine to take the dismantled hull of a great, full-rigged ship across two seaa. The voyage began last December, following a typhoon experience laat summer near Hong Kong, when prac tically everything above the ship's decks went overboard. The course of the A. G. Ropes from the moment that the storm struck It until to. day is filled with adventure and with strik ing demonstrations of American enterprii displayed by ita skipper. Captain Rivers. Previous to this accident the time of the A. G. Ropes, built at Bath, Me., was posted in Hong Kong, New York, Ban Francisco, Liverpool and Shanghai for speed records In races which expended half way around the world. For ft t days after the typhoon the ship drifted, uW crew In despair and the American skipper never once below decks. After refusing exorbitant offers for towing, his boat was taken Into port by a steamer for 1500. At Kobe the ship was sold at auction to A. G. Luckenbach of New York and the nearly six months' voy age home under a makeshift rigging began The A. O. Ropes was built In 1884, is 250 feet long and 2,440 tons gross register. DEATH RECORD. Julius Schnltsel. ELK POINT, 8. D., May 21. (Special. Word waa received hero today that Julius Bchaitxel, one of Elk Point's most prominent business men, died In Mexico yesterday. He went from here with ni wife and son on a vacation trip, but took sick with typhoid fever sometime ago. His death was a sudden shock to the community lnaamuch as he waa gettiti along nicely and recovering. He leave a wife and son. The body will probably be brought home 'for burial. Colonel Robert . Moore. DENVER, May 28. Colonel Robert 8. Moore, a veteran of the Mexican and civil ware and a close friend of General Grant and General Sheridan, died at his home In this city today, aged 7 years. During the civil war he was colonel of the Eighty-fifth Illinois Infantry and performed distin guished service. George Daly. LONO PINE. Neb.. May 21. (Special Telegram.) George Daly died here this morning with nervous prostration. He la an old resident of this section of the country and for a number of years waa n the train service1 of the Northwestern railway. Later he engaged In the sto?k business. John H. Jeffers. CKDAR FALLS. Ia., May 23.-8pecial Telegram.) John H. Jeffers, aged 73 years, a prominent resident of Cedar Falle for over fifty yeara. died last night. Boy Has & arrow F.arape. BEAVER' CITY. Neh., May 3. Special Telegram.) Roy Gregg, a young man 17 years of age, narrowly escaped death today.' He waa driving a spirited team to a disc when the horses ran away. He was thrown to the ground and dragged for forty rode, and became entangled in some loose barbed wire. Every stitch of clothing waa torn from his body. Hi" bruised and bloody body was found after the team had fallen Into a ratine and on of the animals was killed by the wire with which Gregg had been dragged. He waa brought to town and Ills Injuries, while painful, will not be fatal. SAN FRANCISCO. Muy 2$. Sixtv-two boxes of British sovereigns, valued at $l,iti).fl! were brought to inls city from Australia by the Oceunio company steam ship sierra. The gold IS consigned to local banks and Is the largest single shipment of Its kind In yrara. Laaala 4o kettle Klaa'a Tronhlea. CHICAGO. May 22. The attorneys In the Powie IttlKB'ion have agreed to allow Judse Landia of the United States district court aet'ia all points la controversy between Voilva and lKwle and a stipulation to that effect will bo prsvrotatl to Iba court Uv morrow. OUTLINING CAMPAIGN ISSUES olitical Discussion Occupies Day in Lower ' Eonie of Ooneresa, ANDIS DEFENDS PROTECTIVE TARIFF adlana Member Replies to Ipeecbee of Ratney and Cockran Re joinder by Mr. WU. llasa. WASHINGTON, May 23. The Issues des tined to be uppermost between the two rreat parties during the coming campaign are already being Joined, if the speeches now being made In the house of representa tives are a safe index. Several weeks ago Mr. Ralney of Illinois made a carefully prepared speech on the Watch trust, aay- ing that watch manufacturers of the United States had one price for watches at home and a lesser price abroad. Today In the house Mr. Landla of In diana, In a sense, answered Mr. Ralney, admitting that American manufacturers had one price at home and another abroad and he defended the price as In accordance with good business methods; Insisting .that all countries sold their wares for less prices abroad than at home. Cockran' Assertion Challenged. Mr. 1-andia also paid some attention to a speech made by Mr. Bourke Cockran (N. Y.j, wherein the latter denounced the plan of protection as public plunder, the foun tain source of all corruption and the cause of total demoralization of the American republic. This Mr. Landla denied. He said that every poor but ambitious emigrant who landed here during the last ten years would refute that allegation. Referring to Mr. Cockran's speech, he said: "This Is the best country on earth and not the worst country on earth. And If I thought about It as the gentleman from New York I would resign my seat in this house, sell out my belongings and move to some other country nearer In harmony with my political notions." Mr. Landis displayed a number of pic tures of Coxey's army and commented on its appearance In Washington and the de mand of Its members for work. 'That was the condition In the last years of democratic rule." said Mr. Landis. Williams Replies to Landis. In reply to this Mr. Williams, the ml' norlty leader, stated that he had walked through Coxey's army while It was en camped on the grass In front of the senate entrance to the capltol and at that time the Wilson-Gorman bill was under dis cussion in the senate. He Insisted that the government was still operating under the McKlnley bill at that time and that revenues were being collected under that republican measure. Mr. Williams said " was encouraged In the fight the democrats were making in favor of tariff reform because of the mim ber of republican leaders who were dash ing to the relief of the protective tariff, He said the sledge hammer debater. Mr Hepburn of Iowa, the chaste and brilliant Bou telle and even the humorist of the re publican side. Mr. Cushman (Wash.), had been all commandeered to support the pro tective theory and be Infer j from this that the attacks were havi ig effect. It was' Mr. Williams' solemn belief that the worst thing about the protective tariff was that it bribes and corrupts the frlendn of good government. He said the re publicans would come Into the democratic party and say to the friends of free trade, "We will protect you against frost, we will protect you against hall," and so the democrats yielded, and even he had been approached along some similar lines, but he had been thus far able to say, "Get thee behind me, satan." Hlnahaw Makea Few Remarks. Mr. Landla took up the assertion of Mr. Williams that corn waa so low in 1890 and 180. that the farmers were compelled to burn it for fuel. He said he came from a corn belt in Indiana and denied that farmers were compelled to burn their corn because it was a drug on the market Mr. Williams Insisted that be waa right In his statement. Thla brought Mr. Hln shaw of Nebraska Into the arena to say that while he did not know what Kansas did In 1190. he knew as a Nebraskan that corn waa not burned in his state. Mr, Reeder of Kanaaa followed to repudiate the statement that the farmera of th Sunflower state had burned their corn. When Mr. Iandla concluded the repub Mean side rose and accorded him an ova, tlon. IMMIGRATION BILL PAHIF.D Senate Approves Measure to Restrict Entrance of Defective Aliens. WASHINGTON. May 21. In addition- to pasaage of half a dosen bills to which no objection was made, the aenate devoted Ita entire seaalon today to the Immigration bill, which waa passed just before the hour of adjournment. The major portion of the diacuaalon waa devoted to the pro vision for supplying Information con cerning the different sections of the country to newly arrived Immigrants. The bill consists of a series of amend ments to the existing law, all of them Intended to permit stricter regulations for keeping out the defective classes of aliens. The head tax Is increased from 12 to 18. The senate adjourned at 16.20 p. m. An amendment requiring an educational test for irumlgrants and also requiring that no Immigrant carrying less than $26 should be admitted was preeented . by Senator Simmons, who spoke in support of It. Senator Lodge offered a substitute for Mr. Simmon's amendment, confining the test to an educational requirement and providing that no alien more than It yeara of age who cannot read In aome language shall be admitted, oxcept members of the fami lies of male adults now residents of the United States. Mr. Simmons accepted the substitute and It was adopted. The bill waa then paaaed without division. TALK OF FOREIHX RELATIONS Secretary Root and Senate Committee Confer Maay Topics. WASHINGTON, May 23 Long delayed nd vexed questions between the United Btatei and Great Britlan arising from bouh dary and fisheries disputes and claims of all character were the subject of a conference today between the senate committee ou foreign relatione and Secretary Root. It developed that It Is very unlikely that the joint high commission will ever be convened again for the settlement of disputes with Csnada, and Secretary Root urged the ne cosalty of providing aome ether means to reach this end. As to the treaty with Mexico, relating to the waters of tne Rio Grande the secre tary urged that this be ratified. A to the Indemnity fund paid by China to thla government Secretary Root uggeeted that thla money be uaed to construct suitable house (or'oouseJj In Um orient. 4 WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Former Slonx City Man Appointed ecretary to Secretory of Treassry. Shuw. ' (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May S.-C&peclal Tele gram ) Representative Kennedy today In troduced a resolution providing for a thor oughly good index to the United State statutes at Urge and such other compila tions, digests and Indices . as may be re quired for congress or other official use. Mr. Kennedy recites In his preamble that he finds a lack of accurate and compre hensive Index to statutes causes those who consult volumes much loss of time and un certainty. Those seeking laws on particu lar topics desired from time to time find statutes are compiled, digested or Indexed more or less unsystematlcally. Inaccurately and this misinformation Is placed In the volumes at considerable unnecessary ex pense. Representative Kennedy today received from the University of Nebraaka a letter calling attention to the fact that Chinese students seeking an education do not now oome to this country, but go elsewhere, and the result will be to bring the China of the future more under the influence of other countries and less under the Influence of the United States. It Is suggested that as the Chinese government sent a commis sion to this country to study our Institu tions, so we ought to send a commission to China to study the condition there with view to directing Chinese thought toward our educational Institutions. The letter Is signed by E. Benjamin Andrews, chancel lor; L. A. Sherman, dean of the graduate school; Ellery W. Davis, dean of the lit erary college; E. A. Burnett, associate dean of the Industrial college; Charles E. Bessey, dean of the Industrial college; Roscoe Pound, dean of the college of law, and Henry B. Ward, dean of the college of medicine. These gentlemen want to'encour age a movement for the establishment of closer relations with China along educa Uonal lines. Secretary Shaw announced today the se lection of Arthur F. Statter as his private secretary to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of J. H. Edwards as assist ant secretary of the treasury, to succeed Horace E. Taylor. Mr. Btatter waa orlg inally an Iowa man, where he received his education In public schools of Sioux City, and later at Cornell college, the me Institution from which the secretary of the treasury was graduated. Mr. Stat ter Is well fitted for the position, having had ten years' experience as a newspaper man at Sloiut City on the Journal and at Walla Walla, Wash., where he waa for a time editor of the Walla Walla Union. Since 1903 he has served as private secre tary to Senator Ankeny and as clerk to the senate committee on Irrigation. Mr. Statter and his wife, formerly Miss Marie L. MeCall of Sioux City, are well known In this city, where during their three years' sojourn they have made many friends. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska, route 2, Walter W. Stinger, carrier: Ira Stinger, substitute. Sleux, route 1, Jacob E. Shane, carrier; Vina A. Shane, substi tute. . Waterbury, roitte L Charles M. Chase, carrier: Frank ! W. Chase, substi tute. Iowa, Norwalk, 'route 8, Elmer E. Guthrie, carrier; Harrv. f.eevas. aubsttttft. South Dakota. Valley, Springs, route I, Schuyler C. Beard, carrier; John S. Moore, substitute. Iowa rural routes ordered established August 1: Larch wood, Lyon county, route 1. population S50. houses 70; Little Rock. Lyon county, population 420. houses 84; Rock Rapids, Lyon county, routes 8, S and 4. population 1,106, houses 221. Iowa postmasters appointed: Roscoe, Des Moines county, Joseph Barton, vice J. L. Jones, ' resigned; Wick, Warren county, Lorenso J. Bell, vice J. C. Adams, re signed. FIRE AT FAIRBANKS, ALASKA Bnalneaa Portion of Town Destroyed, Entalllasr I-oss of One Million Dollars. ALAMEDA. Cal., May 23. The Northern Commercial company.- the largeat of the mercantile concerns Interested in Alaska, today received the following from Its gents at Fairbanks: "The entire town from Turner to Icey streets and back to Third, except the Fair banks Banking company's building and warehouse, has been destroyed. One wo man, Lotta Talbot, waa burned to death. No damage waa done to our plant except to the electric light mains. The fire has been extinguished." Fairbanka is situated on the Cbena river. a tributary of the Tanana, and, although but three yeara old, la now the largest and most Important city on the PacMIc coast north of Vancouver, B. C, having a popu lation of about 7.00O. The gold output in 19o6 was $7,000,000 and during the present year it will reach from $12,000,000 to $16. 000.000. The burned district rovera three and a half square blnrks. The First Na tional bank, the Washington Banking com pany and the court house, located in the burned district, probably were destroyed. as were many of the retail stores and sa loons, and possibly one or two hotels. The most Important cf the financial Institutions in the city, the Fairbanks Banking com pany, Is Intaot. An unofficial estimate places the loss St about $1,000,000. There is no danger of famine, aa the warehouse of the Northern Commercial company, containing nearly $MO,000 worth of foodstuffs, is uninjured and there Is positive information that four steamers are en route with additional supplies. ALCOHOL BILL IS REPORTED Senate Committee Favors Measure A - Miklas lwMl I aat Amendments ta It. WAPHINGTON, May 23. The denatured alrohol bill was ordered reported favori- bly today by the senate committee n finance. There were numerous amendments madd to the bill, largely Intended fo prevent a reduction of th internal revenues by reason of the act. Provision was mado that it shall go Into effect January 1. 1S0T, Instead of within thi-ee mouths after the passage of the measure. No limitation waa placed upon the alse or capacity of the atills at which the denatured alcohol Is to be manufacture'! In reporting the bill to the senate Sen ator Aldrtch gave notice that he would call It up tomorrow. KANSAS CITY. May 2J.-The conference Of the executive committee of the South weatern Coal Operators' association and miners' presidents of districts Nor 14. 21 and 26 was resumed today. In an attempt to effect a settlement of the wsge question. MeHal Sarreeds Bleak. NEW ORLEANS. May 22 -It Is an nounced here that the Very Rev. Patrick J. McHale has barn appointed bishop of Porto Kioo to uooeod Archbishop Blenk. recant ly levau4 I tft arutUbuerW af ) OrUaoa. NO LEGAL BAR TO UNION Illinois Judge Refuse to Enjoin liart-er of Presbyterian Churches. TWO ASSEMBLIES 'EXCHANGE GREETINGS Sentiment of Messages ladleatea that Union Will Be aa Accomplished Fact Within Few Daya. DECATUR, 111.. May a.-Judge Johns to day refused the application for an injunc tion to restrain the union of the Presby terian churches. He said the caae has no parallel In the Jurisprudence of the United States. He treated the church as a voluntary organisation, the acta of whose highest tribunal are binding on all mem bers and will not be interfered with by the courts If the acts are fair and honest. He held that courts of equity will not pass on doctrinal matters, the decisions of ec clesiastical Judiciaries being binding on civil courts as to matters of faith. The decision sets forth the various acts of the Cumberland general aasembly and says: "These actions of the assembly must be held to be a determination of IU right and power." Aa to doctrine, th court held that whether the doctrines of the Cumberland Presbyterian church are widely variant from those of the Presbyterian church Is an ecclesiastical question solely, upon which, having been decided by an ec clesiastical judiciary, th civil court la pow erless to Inquire." Th decision adds: "No court has ever enjoined an ec clesiastical body from considering what action It should take. This application Is without precedent." atala Doetrln. The Judges of union were read In the as sembly. Dr. Steel Introduced a resolution that in entering th union the Cumberland Presbyterians do not surrender any Integral part of their doctrine. He read a state ment made by the original Cumberland Presbytery which, he said, with the excep tion of fatality, would not affect the Presby terian system of doctrine. The resolution was adopted by 162 to 106. Dr. W. H. Black, president of tho Mis souri Valley college, the chairman, read the report of the committee on fraternity and union. The report on union was adopted, 163 to SI. The anti-unionists filed a protest. Cnmherlnnds Ready to Adjourn. The Cumberland Presbyterian general aa aembly practically completed Ita business tonight, but postponed adjournment to await the action of the Presbyterian as sembly on the question of union. A dele gation was appointed to visit the assembly t Dea Moines Immediately after the ad Journment of the Cumberland body to bear the greetings of the latter. A special com mittee replied to the protest filed by the anti-unionists, pointing out that all of the points mentioned In the protest had been adjudicated by the church courts and had been affirmed by the civil courts. The work of the board of publication was ap proved by the assembly. The antl-unlonlsts declare their purpose to organize and ap point a duplicate set of church boards and committees. It Is cntd that these, boards may constitute suits against th existing boards. Compromise aa Book Forma. DES MOINES. Ia., May 23. The famous controversy and debate over the proponed Presbyterian book of forms ended In the general aasembly late this afternoon In compromise in which all words that might Indicate that the book Is authorised were stricken from the resolutions and the text end title pages of the bonk Itself and in which the resolution of opposition was also Incorporated, declaring specifically that the assembly made no recommendations with reference to It. With these limitations the report of Dr. Henry Van Dyke'a committee waa adopted and all blttemeaa between the factions avoided. The book of forms will continue to be published, but nowhere on Its pages will be found anything to Indicate that it bears any authority from the Presbyterian general assembly, all auch worda and phraaes having been stricken out. It will be published merely "for the purpose con templated by the general assembly of 1!MV and "for voluntary use." By its sction today the assembly virtually rescinded the action of the three preceding assemblies of 1W3, 1)104 and If 6. in which progressive steps were taken for an authorised book of forma. The compromise was agreed upon today after numerous conferences between Dr. Van Dyke, Dr. Moffatt and Dr. William MeCauley of Cincinnati, the latter leader of the opposition. The reaolu tlons offered this afternoon were In accord with ti.e understanding reached by them and the vote thereon waa unanimous. Messages Exchanged. The following telegram waa aent by the assembly In session here to the Cumberland Presbyterian assembly, which is in seaalon at Decatur, HI.: Presbyterian general aasembly, In session at Des Moines, sends sincere greetings. Read First Corinthians, first chapter, tenth verae. (Signed W. H. ROHERT8. Stated Clerk. The passage referred to follows: Now, I beseech you, brethren, through the nam of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that ye all speak th same thing and that there be no divlalons among you, but that ye be per fected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. This reply was received from Decatur: With prayerful good will and brotherly love we acknowledge gratefully your greet ings. Read First Thessa Ionian, second chapter, sixteenth and seventeenth veraea. (Signed) IRA LANDITH. Moderator. . The scripture referred to in the reply follows: Forbid us to speak to tb Gentiles, that they mry tie saved to fill their sins a. ! ways, but the wrath hay ome upon them to the uttermost; lut y lui y , brethren, being : bereaved of you for short season In presence, not In heart, endeavor the more exceedingly to see your face with great d- sire, ; This exchange of sentiments is taken ( bare to indicate that before the adjourn- ; uieiil of the assemblies unl.oi between the i two churches will have been effected. Resolution Against Pslrssmi. Th aasembly today adopted the follow- lng anti-polygamy resolution: The sssombly records Its gratification and satisfaction In the proposed submission to the legislatures of the several states a new article, to be known as article xl of the constitution of the United States, pro hibiting polygamy and polygamous cohabi tation In the United States, and It reiter ate ita former counsel to all members of the church to exert their influence In their several localities to secure the ratification of such amendment, if said joint resolution proposing said amendment be adopted by the senate and th nous of representatives of congress. It wss ordered that copies of the resolu tion be sent the president of the United States and the presiding officers of both houses of congress. In striking contrast to this was the ac tion of th assembly In turning down the resolution offered yesterday, memorialising congress against appropriations of public 4Cantla4 on aooend Pag.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Rata Thursday pad Friday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. Des, Hnnr. Ilea. 1.4 p. an Tit "4 9 p. nt TO 1 m. m T a p. m T2 " ai " 4 p. m T a. m to K p. ra TV 1 a. m T ft p. ra IIH 11 a. m Til T p. m IN 18 m.... T 8 p. m BN f p. ra HH BURTON WILLN0T RESIGN Kansas Senator Says Xo Aptloa Is Necessary Until Rehearing; la Disposed Of. WASHINGTON. May 23.-At the request of Senator Burton, whose case has re cently been decided by the supreme court adversely a conference was held today be- ween himself and the chairman of the committee on privileges and elections. Sena tor Burrows. The object of the Kanaaa senator was to gain some knowledge of the proposed procedure by Mr. Burrows' committee regarding the resolution intro duced by Mr. Hale. Senator Burton does not contemplate resigning. The fnct that a stay has been granted by the supreme court, granting him sixty days in which to file an application for a rehearing, leaves hla status, be contends, just as it was pre vious to the decision of the court and that no action Is necessary by the senate that would not have been necessary before the recent opinion was rendered. Senator Burrows said the committee would take all these questions Into con sideration when It met to take up the reso lution. CHICAGO ASKS FOR RELIEF Insists It Cannot Control Grnln Trade fader Present Arrange ment. CHICAGO, Msy 23. (Special Telegram.) Representatives of the western railroads will meet in Chicago tomorrow to conalder an application of the Board of Trade for relief that will enable this city to get more of the western grain. For a long time, the board members declare, Chicago has been losing Its prestige as a grain market by reason of the adjustment that carries grain to the south and east via the Omaha, Kansas City and St. Louts gate ways at more favorable rates. The railroad officials are not asked to make any particular reductions In rates 11 that the Board of Trade recites in Its statement to the transportation companies Is that under the present rates arrange ment It Is Impossible for the grain dealers of this city to compete with those that ship by the gateways named. C. L SPIER KILLS HIMSELF Coroner's Jary Retaras Verdict of Suicide In Death of Standard Oil Maastte. KIW TORK, May 3. A verdict of sui cide was rendered tonight by the Jury in the Inquest into th death by a pistol shot wound of Charles L. Spier at his home at St. George, Staten Island, on the morn ing of Monday, May 7. Spier, who waa the personal represen tatlve of H. H. Rogers of the Standard Oil company, was found by hid wife ahot through the heart In the hallway of his house, a few minutes after he had roused her from sleep to tell her that a burglar was tn the house and. taking hla pistol had gone downstairs. One chamber of his pistol had been discharged. MUCH MONEY AT SAN FRANCISCO Majority of Banks Are Open and Have Plenty of Cash. SAN FRANCISCO. May 23. Practically every bank In this city that haa been able to aecure temporary quarters threw open Its doors to the public this morning. There was no sign of a run. A unique feature connected with thla gen eral resumption of business after the sus pension caused by the recent great ca lamity was the fact that never in the his tory of San Francisco was there so much bank money on hand. FAVORABLE T0 SALT LAKE Hoas Committee Weald Make the Utah City a Part af Delivery. WASHINGTON, May M The house com mittee on ways and means today author ised a favorable report on a bill making Salt Lake City, Utah, a port of delivery. The committee referred the matter of making Port Arthur or Sabine Pass, Tex., a Yrt of entry to a special subcommittee, with instructions to report Saturday, when it is expected final action mill lie taken. MOYER ASKS CHANGE OF VENUE Application af Alleged Murderer of Steuaenberg Supported iy 800 Affidavits. BOrSB, Idaho. May 28. The Canyon county district court will convene May 29, when motions for change of venue will be heard In the cases of Charles H. Mover, William D. Haywood and George A. Pet- I tlbone, charged with the murder of former t Governor 8teunenberg. It Is stated tlat I thee motions will be supported by more , than Soo affidavits. CMAHA WOMAN PRESIDES Mra. W. P. Harford Directs Annual Convention of United Brethren Womaa'a Missionary Bonrd. CANTON. O.. May 22-The first business j session of the general convention of the , Woman's Missionary board of the United Brethren church waa held here today, Mrs. W. P. Harford of Omaha presiding. Re- j ports of the day showed a decided rorwaid movement In every line, aa the memberahlp and finances were largely Increased durlag the year. JOSLYN SUES THE CADILLAC Omaha Maa Cammeaees Aetlea Against Aatamahlle Compear at Detroit. DETROIT. Msy 28. (Speclsl Trio gram ) George A. Joslyn of Omaha la In th city, and haa started suit against th Cadillac Automobile company of tMls city for 11,000 damage, growing out of th purctutaa of aa uUmobUt Irbm thM oempac. i Sensational Testimony in Trial of Conspiracy Case at Kanoai C.tj. WITNESSES TELL OF METHOD OF PAYMENT Kew Tork Broker Receives Commissions from 8hippes and Railroads. THOMAS PAID TO LOOK AFTER CLAIMS One Contract Calls for Return of 25 Per Cent of All Freight Bills. naaaaamaawaai P. KIRKENDALL EMPLOYS THOMAS Omaha Wholesaler Sara tie Re ceived Money from Rrokr, but Kept No Record of It. , KANSAS CITY. Mo.. May 23. -Testimony of unusual Interest was brought oat this afternoon In the United States court In the trial of George H. Crosby, traffic! man ager of the Burlington railway; George L. Thomas of New York, a freight broker, and L. B. Tsggart. his rlerk, on a charge of conspiracy In rebating railroad rates. The principal witnesses today were George A. Barton of Barton Brothers' Shoe com- paiy, George w. Taylor of Robert Keith Furniture and Carpet company, E. W. Freyschlag of the Freyschlag Mercantile company, all of this city, and Walter B. Kelby of New York, clerk In 1904 and 1905 for Thomas. The testimony shows that the firms men tioned received large sums of money from mysterious sources after freight bills had been paid; sometimes In express packages, always from New York! but none knew who sent It. On the stand Freyechlsg frankly referred to an agreement with Thomas whereby his firm was to receive 25 per cent rebates on freight bills and told how the money was deposited In New York to the firm's credit by one "Jackson," a person whom he did not know. He could not remember whether he or Thomas had suggested the use of the nam. At first he said that the Idea was his, but on con sideration he said he -ould not remember. He aald that the name was used to hide "this business," a term all the witnesses today employed. , x Twenty-Five Per Cent Rebate. "Thomas was to look after our freight business and take care of our claims." said Mr. Freyschlag in his testimony, "and w were to receive rebates on all freight des tined to points west of the Mississippi river. This was 26 per cent." "Did you receive those rebates?" was asked. "Tes. The total amount In three years of our contracts with Thomas was about 17.600. We did not receive the rebates for lSf shipments. We got about ll.TOO In lsfpR In rebates for goods shipped In 1904. The money came In currency mostly. Some one, Thomas Taggart or W. B. Kelby, Thomsa' clerk, sent It, I suppose, I don't know." Freyschlag said that the rebates for 1205 shipments were still due. He did not. know who owed it to him. Taggart had told him, he said, that the railroads had not paid up. Freyschlag said hla freight bllla amounted to about 2.10,000 a year. The cross-examination by 1h govern ment of Mr. Freyschlag was somewhat startling. Counsel kept at the witness un til he made him admit that he had agreed to use the name "Jackson" because he "thought there might be someftiing criminal In this business." Practice of Maay Years. "All the shippers here are In the same box with me." Freyschlag exclaimed de fiantly. "Instead of four years this thing haa been going on for twenty-fiv years not at 25 per cent rebatea, but at 40 per cent." Witness admitted he had sent his son to New York to see Thomas. "Why?" attorney for the government SSked. "Well." replied Mr. Fresychlag, "I had paid Thomaa AI0 salary for the year 190R and I had received nothing. I thought If the railroads had paid Thomas I wanted It." W. B. Kelby, former clerk for Thorf'S. said that he had sent express packagea of "envelopes" to firms In Kansas City. He did not know what they contained. Once brought money to Kansas City him self for Robert Keith Kurr.'.ture company, but did not know why. "Attending to' Claims." George Barton of Burton Broa. Shoe com pany told of contracts with Thomas to "route freight and attend to claims." His firm, he said, never received money from Thomas, but did receive some from W. B. Kelby. Thomas' clerk, and more through the malls mid by express. The witness sajd that after paying his freight Mils I )n Kansas City he sent them to Thomas in Nw york clty Tn. nrm Thomaa 2S centa per 100 pounds commlaalon on all of Its shipments, about tl.sno In two years, In addition to 2.VI0 yearly salary. George W. Taylor of Robert Keith Fur niture and Carpet company told of crmdl tlona and transactions between his firm snd Thomas. He aald that George H. Crosby had admitted to him that the Bur lington paid Thomas a salary because "of the tonnage he contributed." , Omaha Wholesaler Testlflea. F. P. Kli kendull, a wholesale shoe dealer of Omaha, paid Thomas tfiO a year to "look after his freight shipments." He said that he had received money two or three times from Thomas, but kept no record of It. Kdward P. Ix-lwis, a St. Louis dry goods merchant, stnted that he had a routing contract with ThoVias In 1W2 and 1908. The hearing in the cases will be re sumed tomorrow morning. The question of Jurisdiction was raised and led to a lengthy argument that stupped the Introduction of testimony. Counsel for the dtfendants declared that if a crime had lieen committed it was not ! committed In. Missouri, but In New York. and so was not in the Jurisdiction of th rourt. Judge McPherson ruled that the question of Jurisdiction had r.nt yet come properly before the court. The imirt derided also that the government would b allowed to offer evidence to show conspiracy without reference to where the vrt acte. If any. were committed. All these matters, th court said, would tie left for future con sideration. The trial then proceeded. The flrst witness, Oeorg A. Barton, a partner In barton Bros. SJne oompany, produced two contracts entered Into be tween his firm and Thomas. By the terms of these contracts the CT,,piny agri-ud to pay Thomaa 21 oents a hundred pounds for all merchandise that h might rout be tween New York aad Kansas City, guaran teed, Thutnaa OOl leas tana U0 a, I at aAd -
