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t The. Omaha ; Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI -NO. 28. OMAIIA, FRIDAY MORN 1X0, JULY 20, 1906-TEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. TRUST IS DISSOLVED fewer Pipe Combine Ames to 0 Out of Business. AFRAID OF GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION Attorney Offen to Dieeolre Pool Bather Han Ftoe Icquir. MISSOURI OIL RATE HEARING RESUME! Board of Bailwa j and Warehotuo Commie lioaen Are Takinr Testimony. REPORTS RECEIVED rROM PARALLEL ROADS Nothing hewn Which Weald War rant Board ia Starting Proceed ings Inder Anti-Merger ' Law of the State. JAMESTOWN. N. T.. July 19 The Sewer Pipe Trade association, familiarly known the "Sewer Pipe trut," entered a plea of not utility to the charges of a secret con tract to limit the production and control the territory and prices of aewer pipe be fore the giand Jury In this city today, t'nlted Btatee District Attorney Brown had prepared a mane of evidence aaalnat the company, which he was Intending to pre sent to the grand Jury,, when Harry A. Hall of Pittsburg, attorney for the asso ciation, submitted the proposition that rather than submit to the proposed in vestigation by the grond Jury he would enter into an agreement whereby the as sociation would be dissolved and go out of business. The proposition was accepted by the district attorney. MIMOIRI OIL RATR CASKS state Board Resumes Taking of Testl moir ta Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, July 1.-The oil rata hearing po'Poned at St. Louie on Julr was resumed here today by the Missouri Board of Railway and Warehouse Com mlssloners. A hearing of the complaint of the Na tlonal Petroleum association and the Na tlnnal Refinery company, both of Cleve land, O., was held before the board In Kansas City last month for three days The taking of testimony was not conclude! because adjournment was taken to St. Louis for July 9. Inability of Important witnesses to be present at St. Louis caused another postponement to this city Vday. The principal complaint made last month mas that the Standard Oil company is re- eivlng much the better rates In Missouri and as a result has a big advantage over Independent competitors. Before the heating was begun today F. M.. Bradbury, secretary of the state board, was asked about the possible proeoellngs against railroads In Missouri which par allel and are therefore suspected of having common Interests. He said: . "I have recently sent out requests to all . of the roads In the state which parallel, asking them the regular formal questions prescribe y law. , AJI have replied that there Is nothing at all being carried on for - mutual benefit, and that there Is nothing of the merger nature. Their contracts be tray nothing which may be counted against them In the eyes of the law. That Is a far as the board goes in the matter. do not know what the attorney general's office Is doing In the matter." Mr. Bradbury named the following rondi as paralleling and the ones from which he requested and received statements: The Chicago & Alton and the Rock Island; the 'Frisco and the Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield; the Chicago, Burlington tt Qulncy, Burlington A Kansas City;, the Missouri Pacific and the Wabash. The hearing was set for this morning, but was postponed until afternoon on ac count of the nonarrlval of out-of-town wit nesses. When the hearing was resumed this aft ernoon the Independent shippers presented Comparisons of railroad rates for oil In carload lota In several states. These fig ures were the moat interesting feature of tha session. F. W. Bols of Cleveland, traffic manager of the National Petroleum association, wae the principal witness. Mr. Bolt said that the carload rate from Cleve land to Huron, O.. fifty-one miles. Is 6o a hundred. In Missouri, north of the Mis sour! Pacific railroad, the witness said the rate le Ho for fifty miles; south of thut rosd ,the rate is 16o for fifty miles. In Kansas the witness said the rate for fifty miles le ft'tc ' Other comparisons given by the witness were: Whiting to La Crosse, Ind., sixty-eight miles. 5No. Chicago to Coal City, III., fifty-nine nines. In low, fifty miles. c. . Cleveland to Toledo. 108 miles, ic. In Ohio. miles, c. In Illinois. Si'O miles. 9c. Missouri, north of MiMurl Pacific rail way. Sou miles. 17c. Missouri, smith uf Missouri Pacific rail way, 30 miles, I2c. Mr. Bols, replying to a question of J. A, Knott, one of ths commissioners, said the Carload rates, now In effect In Kansas would be fair in Missouri. He believed, he said, that the Kansas rates are fair as compared with the rates In other states, K. M. W II holt, an Independent dealer of Springfield, Mo., had begun to testify whea the hearing adjourned until tomorrow. TIRE COMPANIES TO BE FREE Indications Are that Prices for Aato saoblle Tires May Sot Bo Vatforas. SAN 'FRANCISCO. July Notice has been received by the Pacific coast agent from several of the Urge eastern tire fao tortes, organized as the Tire association, that the agreement which existed among the companies, irgulatlng the output and prices of the pneumatic rubber tubes for three years throughout the I'nlted States, will terminate on September I next. Thie notification practically means that after the date mentioned the manufacturers and sellers of automobile tires will fix their Individual prices and that the uniform schedule which has been In operation for three years will be abolished. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL anther of Roral Carriers Appointed for Iowa an loath Dakota Rentes. (From a Staff Correspondent. V WASHINGTON. D. C. July 1 -(Special Telegrsm.1 Rural carriers appointed Iowa: Casey, route 1 Thomas Vorheea, carrier; William J. Cavanaugh, substitute; Sidney, route 1. Frank E. Mann, carrier; Frank O. Ortesler. substitute; Bully, route 1. Edwin B- Haines, carrier; Fred C. Ha. nee, substitute. .South Dakota: Langford, route t, T. K. QJerde, carrier; iiaane Csjarwe, substitute. PAPERS GIVEN TO HARTRIDGE adge Oleott Tarn Docnment la Than Case Over to Prisoner' Personal CoonseL NEW YORK, July 19-Peace apparently as been declared among the lawyers who at various limes have represented Harry I. Thaw since the night he shot and killed tanford White on the Madison Square Roof garden. Former Judge Oleott of the rm of Black, Oleott. Gruber A .Bonygne today turned over to Clifford W. Hartridge, Thaw's personal attorney, all the papers be had in the case with the exception of the reports of the private detectives which have been made to htm since the murder was committed. As a reason for retaining these Judge Oleott said there was a ques tion In his mlrfd as to whether these be longed to Thaw or to the person who paid for them. He did not Indicate who tha per son was who paid for the detectives' serv ices. The turning over of the papers by Judge Oleott will undoubtedly result in a dismis sal of the writ Issued against his firm yesterdsy at the instance of Mr. Hartridge to show cause why the papers In the case should not be relinquished to ThaWs pres ent counsel. The writ Is returnable to morrow. ' Justice McLean In the supreme court to day heard arguments on the application of " w's counsel for an absolute writ of ' Ulon directed against the district att. -d the grand Jury to stop tha taking 'rt,, 'Imony against Thaw without the prh. 'f lng represented. Decision was reset Mrs. Hart. f after visiting her hus- band In the Tt of Mr. Hartridfc affidavit giving a 'y. went to the office lade another long of her life since the time she came New York. Mrs Thaw had previously made such a state ment to Mr, Oleott. Mr. Hartridge called on Thaw late this afternoon. When he came ont of the Tombs he said: "There is not much more I can say at this time. We have all the neces sary papers and certain letters that were In the office of Judge. Oleott and I believe that now everything will move along smoothly. Harry is In a good frame of mind and apparently glad that his legal affairs have been straightened out at last." MASTER PRINTERS IN COUNCIL I'nlted Typothetae Declines to Confer with Typographical I'nlon ' and Electa Officers. BUFFALO. N. Y., July 19. Tire Vnlted Typothetae of America today flatly de clined to confer w4th officials of the Inter national Typographical Union In regard to the strike Inaugurated nearly a year ago for an eight-hour day and a closed shop, President Hills of the Typothetae received a letter signed by James M. Lynch, prto! dent, and J. W. Hays, vice president, rep resenting the executive council of the la ternattonal Typographical union, stating that they were ready for a conference with a view of adjusting the differences that now exist. "Failing In obtaining this confer ence." the letter read, "the temper of the members of the typographical union will demand a contlnuanro of the strike." After this had been read to the conven tion of the typothetae, the following reso lution was unanimously adopted: Resolved. That the Typothetae of America in convention nss-mbled have nothing on which to confer with the representatives of the International Typographical union, and that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Hays be so In formed. F. B. Hamblin of Kansas City outlined a plan for carrying Insurance rlske on print ing plants on a mutual basis. A resolution was adopted Instructing the Insurance com mittee to Investigate further the plans suggested by Mr. Hamblin. The convention adopted a resolution ap proving the technical school work of the last year and commending the proposition to establish an eastern, a central and a western school In addition to those already In existence. The following officers were elected by acclamation: President, Oeorge H. Ellis, Boston; vice president, William D. Greene, New York; treasurer, Thomas E. Donnelley, Chicago. F. I. Elllk, Dallas; Franklin Hudson. Kansas City; 8amuel P. Rees, Omaha, and C. M. Skinner were chosen members of the executive committee. The place of meeting for the next con vention was left to the executive com mittee. CONTEMPT CASE AGAINST ROSE "rcnad Complaint Filed Against Mayor of Kansas City, Kan., by Attorney General. TOrEKA, Kan., July 1.-In the Kansss state supreme court today Attorney Gen eral Coleman filed a second contempt case against W. W. Rose, mayor of Kansas City, Kan. The court at once issued an order to Mayor Rose to sppear and show cause why he should not be adjudged In contempt for holding the office of mayor of Kansas City after having been ousted by the court. The order la returnable July SO. The case le Identical with the one now pending before the supreme court of the I'nlted States on a writ of error. Attorney General Coleman announced to day that he would continue to bring con tempt proceedings against Mayor Rose as long as he held office until the first case was finally settled by the United States supreme court. A second contempt case against Mayor W. W. Rose. Chief of Police Vernon J. Rose and Police Captain J. F. Kelley was also filed today by Mr. Coleman. The three defendants are cited to appear before July SO. BUSINESS MEN LIKE NEW ORDER Bill Will Bo Drafted for Coasalar Law la Harmony with President's Idea. CHICAGO, July !. The National Busi ness Men's league has issued a circular commending President Roosevelt's execu tive order covering the merit system aud other provisions stricken from the con sular bill by congress and containing ex tracts from letters from a large number of business men and educators favoring additional legislation to cover the merit system and other provisions necessary to permanent consular betterment. A bill covering the provisions of toe executive order Is to be prepared and In troduced at tha next session of oongraaa. The aim Is stated to be thoroughly to re organise the consular service, "make it a more powerful factor for the enlargement of our foreign trade, for the better ac commodation of oar Importing Interests and for the convenience; ot Ajuerioaa trav- iciera abrea4 ELKS PARADE IN DENVER Nearly Thirteen Thousand Join Prooeuion at Grand Lodge tesaion. WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN LINE OF MARCH Delegations Are tnlqne aad.WI Ap- plaase Colored Has Largest ft ameer ta the Dis play oa Streeta. DENVER, July 19.-FesUvitles in con nection with the twentieth reunion of tiio Benevolent Protective Order of Elks cul minated today in the annual parade, which was the finest pageant Denver has ever witnesssed. L'nder a clear sky, with a light breese, all conditions were propitious and enormous crowds lined the streets through which the procession passed. There were 12,400 persons in Hue, representing 248 lodges, and many mag. nirlcent floats Illustrative of the cities whose lodges provided them. Every lodge had a distinctive uniform, gorgeous or comical. Interspersed In the procession were twenty-eight bands, the Royal Hawaiian Concert band holding the place of honor at the head of the line with the Midland band of Colorado Springs. Colorado Division Largest. Denver lodge, 600 strong, and Its mounted escort team, all In blue serge suits with purple cuffs and collars and white slruw hats with purple bands, acted as escort of honor to Grand Squire P. P. Chrlstensen and staff. The Colorado divlsiou was the largest in point of numbers. It was headed by General Sherman M. Bell. Closing the procession was an automobile and carriage division In which were 800 vehicles deco rated with colors and eix heads. Women and children accompanying the Elks generally rode In the carriages and automobiles, consisting the seventh and last division of the parade. The first division constated of a police escort, officers and members of the grand lodge In decorated carriages and the Denver lodge, acting as escort of honor. YFollowing this division. New York lodge No. 1, the parent organization of the order, held the place of honor, with other herds from the Empire state trallirs according to the seniority. Philadelphia lodge No. 2, with other Pennsylvania herds, came next, followed by San Francisco No. 3 and Cali fornia lodges. The next position was as signed to Chicago No. 4, other Illinois lodges following. The procession moved promptly at 10 o'clock. On reaching the reviewing stand the grand officers dropped out of line and with the Judges of the various features for which' prizes were given reviewed the en tire procession. Along Sixteenth street the marchers were showered with flowers and snowballs. several carloads of enow having been brought from the continental divide by the Moffat railroad to show the diversity of the Colorado climate. The temperature cn the street while the snowballing was In progress was about 85 degrees. Award of Prises. The following prizes were awarded In connection with the parade: Bnnd marching contest: First. Cowboy band of Idaho Spring. SM0; second,' Fort Collins. Colo., band. I.HW; third. Hoo Hoo band. Houston, Tex., 1100. Best appearance In line: First, Detroit, $5ot; second, Cleveland, 8300; third, Lead- vllle. Colo., 1100. Cnlque uniforms: First, Kansas City, tfiOO; second. Idaho Springs, 13(0; third, Pitts burg, $100. Most attractive float: First. Central City, Colo., $60; second. Davenport, la., JlaO; third. Park City. Ctah, 1100. Most beautiful banner: Aetna, Pa., $150 punch bowl. ,T. S. Porteus of Paducah, Ky., won two prizes, first for being the tallest Elk and first for being the leanest. Ponteus Is six feet six and one-half inches tall and weights 147 pounds. George F. Caldwell of Flint, Mich., who received second prise. Is six feet six Inches and weighs 276 pounds. T. H. Shute of Leadville, Colo., six feet four-and three-fourths Inches, was the win ner of the third prise. The shortest man, H. C. Kean of Central City, Colo., Is four feet four and three fourths Inches. The fat man's prize was awarded to Aug ust Gottwald of Defiance, O., whose weight Is 418 pounds. Central City's display, which won first prize, was a magnificent exposition of the mining Industry on several floats, showing how ore le discovered, mined and smelted. ' Davenport, la., won second place among the floats by a display of farming. Park City, Utah, was given third prize on a representation of a Mormon patriarch surrounded by his wives. Mew Coastltatloa Adopted. This afternoon rapid progress wis made by the grand lodge on the new constitu tion and by 6:30 every clause had been con sidered and debated. At that hour ballot ing wae begun. A count of the votes showed that the constitution had been adopted by a large majority. It la a com plete change of the organic law of the Older and now goes back to subordinate lodges for approval. If they vote to adopt it. It becomes law after the next conven tion. The particular point that caused the most debate was in regard to the Judicial feature of the proposed reorganization. It pro vides that a sort of court shall be named, consisting of five members appointed by the grand exalted ruler, to be known as tha grand forum. This la the court of last resort to which appeal may be taken. After considerable discussion It waa agreed that the grand lodge may have the par doning power. Just aa a governor or the president has. The board of governors of the national home was abolished and the management of the home waa vested In the board of trustees and the grand lodge officers. State associations are recognized only as social organizations and have no powers of legislation binding on the order. Tonight the grand lodge Is further con sidering the new rltuaL SECRETARY ROOT IN BRAZIL Welcomed at Para hy Authorities and Proceeds to the National Capital. WASHINGTON. July II Official dis patches received todsy by the charge of the Brazilian embassy says that Secretary Root was enthusiastically received at Para Brazil, by the authorities and people. An swering the telegram of Baron Rio Branco, sent to Secretary Root upon hia touching Brazilian soil, the secretary aald: I thank you for your kind mesage of greetings received at the moment of first setting my foot on the soil of Br&alL I take ft as a happy omen of the good re suits which will Inevitably flow from more perfect understanding and friendship be tween our two countries, and these I houe mm ittmj wis. av.a .uujwvl The cruiser Cbarleeton, la which Secre tary Root la traveling, after calling at Pernambuco and Bahtt, will arrive at Rio de Jaaelro oa Ue inoralfif of Ifee xu, inTt NO EVIDENCE' ;CF VOLCANO People of Snrorrat HI Retara aa Damaae l'ot Ex re . Home, SANTA KE. N. M.. July IS.-Most of the people of Socorro are till camping In the open. The action' of Muvor Bcnrsuin, who at his own expense Is doubling the capacity of the city's water eoipty to meet any fire emergency, la restoring confidence, as he keeps the men at wink even during the frequent earthquake slKicks. Many of the refugees. nt Santa Fe end Albuquerque have sis rifled their Intention of returning to Socorro next week If there are no more violent u Rnlfestatlons by that time. A careful search of the lava fields to the southeast of city have failed to reveal any new hot ryrlnss or evidences of volcanic action repo-trd, yesterday. The entire property damuro st Socorro will not exceed $5.noo, as only the old adobe houses bavc suffered. In eui rounding towns the property damage la also slight, owing to the cheap character the buildings af fected and the abeem.e of costly structures. The natives who acre praying In the streets have become quieted. The shocks are umloutitedly caused by slides of mountain masses In the Magda lena and Socorro raises caused by recent heavy rains. , ' Mayor Bursum, wbo Is heroically direct ing In person the work of Increasing the water supply of Socorro, this afternoon losued the following uRVlal signed state ment: The reports resrardlns- the earthquake at Sooorro have been exi'Eserated, the dim- sge to date being limned to the falling and toppling over rt louse chimneys and slinking of some of th walls of lutldlns not of a substantial fiinncter. The court house Is not Injured except by the falling of plaster from the rt-illng and the tcp pling over of old chimneys. The Winkler hotel, which Is an old bulldlne. has not been . injured in the least. The actunl damage all round is v-rry slight. nlthouKii there Is aome unmliHw on account of the frequency of the shucks, which are, how ever, becoming lighter each tirr.e. Indi cating tliat the diMturbrince is subsiding. Since yesterday thcr have been four slight shocks, which wre barely precepti ble and would hnve rl"sed unnoticed at other times. People who have left Socorro on account of the earthquake have d'ine so principally on account of their chil dren or female relatives. There has been no cloudburst or flood, a reported in dis patches, and not the , slightest Injury to any person. Mayor Bursum also denies the report from Topeka, Kan., that the Santa Fe tracks are blockaded by falling boulders. AH trains through Socorro arrived on time today. TOPEKA, Kan., July Reports re ceived at the office of the general manager of the Atchison, Topeka ft Santa Fe road Indicate that some delay to traffic has been experienced by the railroad company on account of the New "Mexico earthquake. Boulders shaken down from the mountain sides have covered tha railway tracks In places and fully Hfty 'carloads of lava cover the tracks south of Ran Marclal. Workmen are clearing away the debris. TO ENFORCE EIGHT-HOUR LAW Federal Aaen tn by Oider of 1 ineest I t'ootrS' President Will Pro ,tora Who Violate Viols. u tt. WA8H!NGTONJ.Ui VeArthm Uf tUe greatest importance to labor circles Is contemplated In a direction given by the president to officers In 'charge of public works at the Instanoe of Secretary Taft. This Is to employ the government's own officers to direct and punish violations of the law of 1902, providing, except that In case of an emergency, work on govern ment buildings', ships and other properties shall be limited to tight hours each day for each workman. An effort was made by the forces of organized labor during the last session of congress to secure legislation to this end. but so effective was the opposition of the great contracting firms that adjournment was had without any action on the pend ing bill, though the house committee on labor consumed many hours in listening to powerful arguments on either side of the question. Heretofore It has been the practice of executive officers, when complaint wae made by labor unions that the eight-hour law was being violated by contractors en gaged In public enterprises, to reply that It was not their business, that the law was binding on the contractors and that If the labor unions felt aggrieved and knew of violations of the law they should proceed themselves legally against the of fenders. The labor unions asserted that It waa almost Impossible for them to se cure the necessary evidence, The effect of the order on the cost of government work is expected to be very great. It Is known that it has been at most the rule for government contractors to work their men ten and twelve and even more hours a day. If they cannot do this they assert that they must in crease by 20 or 25 per cent the amount of their bids, so that congress must either increase by like percentage the ap propriations for public works or must correspondingly reduce the amount of work authorized, STICKNEY ON PRINTED TARIFFS President of Great Western Would Have Reform la Publication ot Railway Rates. CHICAGO. July 19 A Washington spe clal. referring to a conference President Stlckney of the Chicago Great Western road had with the Interstate Commerce commission yesterday, quotes him as fol lows on the new rate law: I have been convinced for a great mary years that the foundation of the whole interntate commerce lu was to obtt:n schedules of rates which everybody could understand The new law requires rail roads to file schedules with the Interstate Commerce cnmralsilun and give them pub licity by posting litem in all stations. There is. of course, no ob.'ect in poeiir.g these tariffs, except to give public informa tion of what the rales are. In order to furnish tins informs tlon tariff's must be published in such a way that a man of ordinary understanding can tell what the rate is. It would not be compliance witi the law to publish (hem In Greek, because nobody could read them. ' Now the tariffs are published In private cipher, which no one save expert clerks stio have lmmedliite charge of this busi ness can understand. The tariff managers and freight agtpta Cannot find rates in tariffs. Every office must have what is culled a tariff clerk, who keeps track of tariffs, amendments, etc.. and when It is desired to know the rate he Is called upon for the Information. As an illustration, suppose the tariff Is made up on a certain commodity. This tariff is modified bv amendment. Another amendment follows. Then a circular la Issued which further modifies tha rate. Thus the stream of schedules grows in volume until there are more than 2.60i.00 tariffs filed in -he office or tne Interstate Commerce commission. The law provides two ways In which tariffs may be charged. First, by reprint ing the entire tariffs: end. secondly, by making changes of tariffs which are out standing. Of course. It is tmpractleable to go sruuud to every station and change the tariff, so the only way. In my Judjujeot, U to reiuiut Ute wboie Urtfl, - ANDREWS TO BE CHAIRMAN Eattinn Van to Preside Cver Temporary Ortraniiation of Republican Contention. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAKES SELECTION Resolutions Committee, Headed by Hob. L. D. Richards ot Fremont, to Prepare Platform for Party In State. Hon. W. E. Andrews of Hastings, former congressman from the Fifth district, now auditor of the treasury at Washington, will preside over the republican state convention when tt meets at Lincoln August 22. This was decided by the executive committee of the republican state committee, to whom the selection of a temporary chairman had been delegated by the full committee, at a meeting at the Millard hotel last night. The selection of Mr. Andrews was by unanimous vote of those present after a careful consideration of the various quali fications necessary for a presiding officer. Mr. Andrews appealed to the committee specially by reason of the fact that he is not Identified with any of the contesting candidates. Is an experienced parliamenta rian and an attractive speaker, and would In a way voice the sentiments of the na tional administration. There were present ot the committee meeting: Chairman W. P. Warner of Dakota City. Secretary A. B. Allen of Tecumseh, Byron Clarke of Plitttsmouth, Victor Rosewater of Omaha, Charles H. Kelsey of Nellgh, U J. Capps of Hastings, Charles A. Robinson of Kearney. The only absentee was H. C. Beebe of Osceola. The first business of the committee was the selection of a treasurer ad Interim, to take the place made vacant by the death ot A. H. Henntngs, who had in his custody some $1,700 of tht committee's funds, all of which was left Intact in a special deposit In the United States National bank. The committee commented upon this proof of Mr. Henntngs' absolute honesty and named In his place Charles E. Morgan of Omaha, who had formerly been a member of the statu committee. The other work of the session wae to select a provisional resolu tions committee, as directed by the state committee, consisting of a chairman and one member from each of the six congres sional districts, to be recommended for the acceptance of the state convention. Resolutions Committee, For the resolutions committee the follow ing names were unanimously agreed upon Chairman, Hon. L. D. Richards of Fre mont. First district. Hon. R. B. Windham of Plattsmouth. Second district. Dr. W. D. Haller of Blair. Third district, E. C. Burnham of Norfolk Fourth district, Hon. Charles B. Ander son of Crete. Fifth district, Hon. E. B. Perry of Cam bridge. 81xth district, Hon. Wesley T. Wilcox of North Platte. The appointment of this committee thirty days previous to the convention Is designed v rmh. the members to meet andformu late the platform declarations for the party without undue haste that ' would ; prevent mature consideration. This ts an Innova tion in Nebraska, although It Is said to be the established custom with the republican organization in many of the states. The executive committee left It to the chairman. In his Judgment, to call another meeting of the executive committee or the full committee prior to the state convention to receive the report of an outstanding committee . on rules and to wind up any unfinished business before turning over the affairs to the next committee. EXCURSION STEAMERS COLLIDE Vessels Containing; . 1.AOO Persona Como Together In New York" Harbor. NEW YORK, July 19. Two crowded ex cursion steamers were In collision tonight In New York harbor, off Staten Island, Im periling the llvts of 1.500 persons, but neither In the crash Itself nor In the wild panic which followed was any one seriously Injured. The vessels were the Perseus of the Iron Steamboat company, bound for Coney island with 5rt passengers on board, and the Thomas Patten of the Patten line bound for Long Branch, N. Y., carrying l.ono passengers. The shrill whistles of the colliding steamers soon brought as sistance from beats In the bay and the passengers were transferred as quickly as possible and brought to this city. The Perseus and the Patten Interlocked and neither sank. Wrecking vessels were sent to their rescue tonight. One of the passengers who landed from the Perseus declared he had seen two men Jump overboasa and he thought both were drowned. There was no confirmation of this, however. Efforts are being made late tonight to tow the disabled vessels toward Brooklyn. CHARGES AGAINST A JUDGE Life Insurance Agent Aeenaes Su preme Coort Official of Ask ing for Rebate. MILWAUKEE. July 19.-J. G. Albright, general agent of Wisconsin for the Union Central Life Insurance company of Ohio, who appeared before the Wisconsin legis lative investigating committee today, pre ferred charges of a sensational character between his company and a Wisconsin su preme court Judge in which the latter tried to obtain a rebate and offered the company a plan for a subterfuge under which the Judge believed the rebate could be given and come within the pale of the law. Mr. Albright said if even supreme court Judges were willing to offer subterfuge plans by which they could obtain rebates he thought there was little wonder the rank and file of the public were looking for rebates if they could obtain them. The name of the Judg ; with whom the corre spondence waa had In October, 1902, was not made public. MISSOURI MERCHANTS' WANTS Assoeiatloa Asks for Tsz Tradlagt Stamps and a Para Food Law. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., July 19. The Missouri Retail Merchants' association, at Its annual convention here Isst night, adopted resolutions instructing Its legisla tive committee to bring before the legisla ture a bill to tax trading stamp concerns 3,009 a year; asking the legislature to enact a law that will conform with the federal pure food law. and asking for a repeal of the law imposing a tu of 10 cenu a pound oa oiU'luaigwI&e, NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Friday) Warmer In Fast Portion. "ntnrrtay Fair. Temperature at Omaha Teaterdnyi Hoar. Dec Hoar. Dra. n a. m ri 1 p. nt TO a. m TU 2 p. m P T a. m...... Tt H p. m t N a, m Til 4 p. m "2 a. m T.I It p. m t 10 n. m Tfl p. m 11 i. n TN T p. m 13 m TT n p. m TT f p. m TO CHECK PUT ON THE GAMBLERS Mayor of Shoahonl Takes a Haad la the (in me of the Sere, thins; Man. SHOSHONI. Wyo.. July 19.-(Ppeclal Tel egram.) Another determined step In the direction of law and order In this tempo rarily busy town was taken this morning, when Mayor Quints! Issued an order clos ing all the gambling houses In the place. The mayor has the backing of a large law- abiding element of the permanent popula. tlon. For several days the gamblers have been running things with a high hand, and several of the homeeeekers. who are finding time hanging heavily on their hands, have been caught by sure-thing games. Find ing they were not Interfered with, the gamblers have grown bolder, but the action of the mayor today has put a stop to their practices. The gamblers, who have come here with the sole expectation of reaping a rich har vest, nre greatly excited and are swearing vengeance. A rumor was current this sft ernoon that the mayor had been shot at, but this proved unfounded. The authorities of the town had previously taken measures to enforce moderate charges for meals and beds. It is reported here that the filing office may be moved from Lander to. this place in the event that the track of tho North weatern railway does not reach Lunder by the time tha drawings are completed. This evening Austrian laborers on the construction gang, attempted to assassinate General Foreman Griffin. In the employ of Kllpatrlck Bros, of Omaha, who have the contract for the Lander extension. They fired a volley Into his car. It Is not known how the trouble started. NOTARIES HAVING TROUBLE One from Basin Arrested at Worland for Taklna; Acknowledgment on the Street. BASIN. Wyo.. July 19 8peclal Tele gram.) Linn Noble, a well known Basin attorney, was arrested and placed In Jail at Worland yesterday evening for taking acknowledgmenta on the streets contrary to an ordinance hurriedly passed a few hours previously by the council of that municipality. Although citizens of Basin offered to come to his relief In any amount Noble refused to give ball, declaring his Intention to sue the town of Worland for damages. He Is still In Jail. N , Noble charges that the mayor and coun cil of Wrorland have conwplred to keep out all outside notaries. But five notaries have thus tx bean, allowed to fill out .registra tion papers at Wurland. He asaerta that officials of the land office now at Worland In charge of the registration, . from whom he secured the blanks, told him he could take acknowledgments anywhere. Up to the time of his arrest Noble had taken 153 acknowledgments. Last night Noble's law partner, with other notaries, commenced to' work all In coming trains at Tolucca, the papers be ing tilled out In the train and acknowledged at Frannle, where long stops were made ELECTION SUITS IN DENVER Property Owners Ask Annulment of Gns and Tramway Ordinances oa Ground of Frand. DENVER. Colo., July 19.-Alleglng gross fraud at the polls, the result of a syste matic campaign of Intimidation and pur chase on the part of the Denver City Tramway 'company and the Denver Gas and Electric Company, a suit In equity was filed today In the United States circuit court by Ernest M. Pease of New York City, praying for an annulment of the new franchise ot the tramway company. Mr. Pease owns real estate in Denver valued at upwards of 120,000. His attorneys are Harvey Rlddcll, Samuel W. Belford and John A. Ruh, who claim to have ample evidence, both documentary and oral, to sustain the charges embraced In the bill. The city and county of Denver. City Clerk Sommers. George N. Ordway, Harry Young and William H. Bryant of the elec tion commission. County Clerk Albion K. Vickery and Secretary of State James Cowle are made co-defendants to the suit. Another equity suit will be flled in the United States court against the gas com pany within a few days. Moreover, four suits, two each in quo warranto and equity. will be entered next week In the district court. SEVERAL INJURED IN WRECK Train Breaka In Two and Rear For tlon Collldea with Front Section. SIDNEY. Ia., July 19.-(8peclal Telegram.) A number of people were seriously though none fatally injured by an accident to the mixed train running between this place and Carson on the Burlington branch. Follow. Ing are the more seriously Injured: George Jaffee, mall clerk, unconscious when taken out, bait has since recovered consciousness and It Is thought will recover. He was hurt about the head. R. L. Estes, Sidney, wrist dislocated. Frank Kurtz, fireman, scalded, but not dangerously. A number of others were slightly Injured. The accident occurred a short distance this side of Hastings. The engine became uncoupled from the rest of the train and the air brake set on the engine, but for some reasort failed to work on the detached cars and they ran Into the engine, piling the engine and cars In the ditch. Movements of Oceaa Vessels Jnly ll. At New York Arrived: Teutonic, from IJverpool; OeorgU, from Trieste; America, from Marseilles; Roma. from Naples. Sailed: 1 A Bretagne. fur Havre: hurha luBHa, for Bremen: I'nlted Stales, for Chrts tiania; Kalserln AugUHie Victoria, for Ham burg. At Liverpool Arrived: Majestic, from New York: Ivernla. from Boston. Sailed: Virginian, for Montreal. At Cherbourg-Sailed: Kron Prlnz Wll helm, for New York. At Queenstown Mailed : Noordland, for Philadelphia; Baltic, for New York. At Naples Arrived: Sofia )ihnbi'g, from New York; litt dl Mllano. from New York. At Copenhagen Arrived: Helllgoiav, from New York. At Montreal Arrived: Ontarian, from Inndon; Mongolian, front Glasgow, gailccW historian- fur Liverpool. DUMA BACKS DOWN Appeal to Banian People Adopted In Emasculated Form. HOUSE SCARED BY STORY FROM ABROAD Rumor that Germany and Austria Will Come to Aid of Czar. ANNOUNCEMENT CAUSES A SENSATION Ho Confirmation of Report Can Be Obtained at tht Embassies. PARLIAMENT MAY BE DISSOLVED TODAY Several Members Predict that Troop will Take Possession of Tanrlde Palace This Morning. ST. PETERSBURG, July 20. - a. m. At. address to the country setting forth the attitude of Parliament on the agrarian ques tion end the reasons for deJay In the adop tion of a solution of the problem was adopted by the lower house at i o'clock this morning, but In an emasculated form, with changes designed to mlnlmire the revolutionary features of the document as an appeal to the people against the gov ernment and to shift the emphasis to a note of pacification, In which ths peasantry are exhorted to refrain from excesses and violence and to await Parliament's decision in the matter. The vote was taken at the close of a sitting that lasted continuously for twelve hours, In which It seemed probable that the address would be rejected entirely by the combined votes of the right and left wings of the house against the Irresolute center party. The address was only aaved from this fate by the abstention from voting of 101 members of the group of toll and sympathisers with that faction, who favored a more radical measure. There were only 131 votes, all constitutional - democrats, for the address and M votes against It. The minority comprised Count Heyden and Michael Stakovitch, a marshfc. of the nobility and other members ot the right, with a few extremists from the socialist camp. Session a Stormy One. The session, which was a stormy one, was marked at one time by the withdrawal of the entire group of toli aa a proteat against the reactionary attitude of the majority. Afterwards the caucus of the group de termined to return to the chamber, but not to vote either for or against the ad dress on the ground that they would be playing into the government's hands, which ever way they voted, and Instead to draft an independent address to the people. The rejection of the address probably wculd have been a source of gratification to the constitutional democratic leaders., who at the last moment awoke to the fact that an appeal, which at first they had hailed as a death blow to the bureaucracy, would be apt to he equally fatal to the pa'rtyras'notrinly has the court camarilla" long sought for a' Justification for the dis solution of Parliament, but also to evoke an elemental rising of the people, In which the constitutional democratic party would be swallowed and Its power obliterated in the ascendancy of reaction or of a revolu tion. The day was devoted to desperate efforts to retrieve a dangerous strategio blunder. Finding from a caucus of their own followers thut it was too late to side track the address entirely, the leadc.s turned their endeavors to modifying it enough so that the government would not be forced to regard It as a casus belli, perhaps with the secret hope that this would lead to the defeat of the address In the house. ' Speakers Connsel Moderation. The speeches of Ivan Petrunkevltch, who introduced the substitute draft, Deputy Klt llarevskl and other moderates, emphasized the necessity for the pacification of the tu multuous peasantry, M. . Kltliarevskl roundly declaring that the all important question at the present crisis of affairs waa not useless polemics regarding the min istry, but the cessation of the elemental movement of class against class which would solve Russia's problem, not In the way of peaceful legislation, but by method! of desperation and horror. M. Petrunke vltch, an, Implacable enemy of the govern ment, shifted his ground to combat revolu tion, declaring that Parliament must not yield to revolution nor Join in Inflaming unarmed peasantry to oppose themselves to bayonents and machine guns, but fight to the last for legality and loyalty. Hia draft contained a sop to the land owners, emphasizing the point regarding the pay ment for expropriated lands, but this was eliminated in the discussion. The con servatives endeavored also to have stricken out a reference in the draft to lack of confidence In the ministry, but they were defeated by the bare mention of the Ros sla's report of the Austro-Germen plan for Intervention, M. Petrunkevltch being wildly applauded when he declared that It was Impossible to show consideration to a ministry which was negotiating to Intro duce foreign troops on the sacred soil of Russia. Reactionaries Become Bolder. At the council held at Peterhof last night the camarilla came out strongly In favor of dissolving Parliament, but according to the best information the emperor hesitated and at the moment of adjournment refused to agree to a dissolution, though his final decision was postponed. Nevertheless, the moderate faction of the constitutional dem ocrats comprehending thst the government can hardly avoid the Issue, shrink from making the appeal to the country which may Involve a climb down. They seriously believe that the advocates of a dissolution of Parliament, realizing that making the appeal would be equivalent to a declara tion of civil war, count upon the active in tervention of Aurtria and Germany, which, according to the official Ronnie, have agreed In principle on sending troops across the border to aid in the suppression of an agrarian uprising, should the Russian gov ernment formally request it. The Romia's announcement created a tremendous sensation It stated that the declnlon of the two neighboring power wis based on fear that the execution of the principle of the confiscation of property in Russia would constitute a danger to them. In diplomatic circles the report of the virtual revival of the holy alliance for the malntennnce of the principle of the in violability of property alno produced a stir, but inquiry nt the Austrian and German tmtmsles failed to elli it liny confirmation. At the Foreign cfrli e the statement waa unequlvoeully ninde that R'jrsia knew noth ing of any sjiii ui T'lngcment between Aus tria and ;-rinuny. These official denials seem to exclude the existence of a formal arrangement between Ui three governments, but with the meaua
