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BRYAN AND TAGGART
Xiouitraa Dmocrttio Cormntion Endortei
the Nebraska for President
CASE OF INDIANA MAN COMES UP
$wlntion for IarMtic&tion of Nttitntl
Chairman Introdnoad.
IT IS PROMPTLY LAID ON THE TABLE
CosTeation Unanimous! Aetint Looking
V Into Gambling Chareea.
KIMMERLE NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR
Resolutions DeMinrf Protective Pol
ley of Republican Party
expansible lor iU tor
noratlon DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 1 Endorsement
of William J. Bryan as a presidential can
dldate In lrfli. the defeat of a resolution
calling on the national democratic comm
tee to Investigate the charges made agr ' A
Chairman Thomas E. Taggart and d. ,
his resignation It they were proved, .
the nomination of Charles II. Klmmer.
of Caasopolls for governor over Stanley E.
Parkhlll of Owasso, the only other candi
date, were the feature of the democratic
atate convention held here today.
About 30 delegates attended the conven
tion and placed the following ticket In nom
ination: -. Governor Charles H. Kimmerle, Cassop-
rt- on.
I Lieutenant Governor Rush Culver, Mar
quette.
Secretary of Btate P. J. Devlne, Stanton.
Slate Treasurer Charles Wellnian, Port
Huron.
Attorney General Judge E. J. Doyle,
Grand Rapids.
Auditor General John Yuell, Vanderbllt.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Elmer B. Webster, Pontlac.
State Land Commissioner Clarence L.
Sheldon. Hay City.
Member , of Btate Board of Education
James E. Sullivan. Muskegon.
The resolution asking for the Investiga
tion of National Chairman Taggart was
presented to the convention by Chairman
Fowler of the resolutions committee, afier
,tha platform had been adopted. E. O. Wood
of Flint, former chalrmsn of the state cen
tral committee, waa on his feet as soon as
the resolution had been read with a motion
that it be laid on the table. The motion
unanimously carried.
The resolutions aay:
Evils under the form of combinations and
trusts, which hsve so shocked the moral
conscience of the nation In the last few
years, are a direct outcome of claas leglsla-
tlon by the republican party, conferring
privileges on corporations at the expense of
the common people. A continuance of such
legislation Is now threatened by the many
bills of Ilka character, as. for instance, the
ship subsidy bill, and Inadequate remedial
laws, enacted by the recent congress show
Ing that there Is no honest purpose on the
part of the republican party to relieve the
people from the evils thus cast on them by
this unjust legislation. Their affiliations
with the, classes thus favored make It abso
lutely Impossible lo expect relief from re
publican source. ,
The- plAtfoftn ,tbn" cites ihm. rejection of:
tha propositions of Senator LaFoIlette with
regard to railroad legislation as proof of
these assertions.
Endorsement of Brrss.
Tha endorsement of William J. Bryan Is
as follows:
Fully believing In the honesty. Integrity
and wisdom of William J. Bryan and that
under his leadership the nation would re
ceive relief from the many Ills above re
ferred to. we commend him to the people
of the United States as a candidate for
president In 1908.
Tha resolutions further favor the nomina
tions of all candidates by direct vote, nom
ination and election of United States sen
ators by direct vote; a passenger rate of
not more than 3 cents a mile In the lower
peninsula and 8 cents In the upper penin
sula; the elimination of the use of the cross
at tha head of ballots and the use of It
before each candidate voted for, and enact
ment of laws making It a criminal offense
for members of the legislature to accept
railroad passes.
Tha oonventlnn re-elected John T. Wln
htp of Saginaw chairman of the state
central committee.
PLANS FOR BRYAN'S RECEPTION
Hew York Committee Derides to Issse
Reserved Sent Tickets.
NEW YORK. Aug. . At a meeting of
the executive committee of the William J.
Bryan reception committee today It was
decided to Issue reserved seat tickets to
Madison Square garden, where Mr. Bryan
Is to deliver his address.
Madison Square garden haa a seating ca
pacity of 11,000. Lewis Nixon reported that
about 1.000 prominent democrats from all
parts of the country had been Invited. The
question of whether ' any reserved seat
tickets should be Issued was discussed at
soma length, but the suggestion of the
finance committee that the whole house be
ticketed prevailed. Alexander Troup, treas
urer, reported that the expense of the re
ception would not be less than 1 10.000.
The following were elected members of
the executive committee: Edward Murphy,
Jr., Troy; ex-Governor Garvin of Rhode
Island,. Clifford Breckenrldge of Arkansas,
James H. Lewis of Chicago and David B.
Hill of Albany.
PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED
Assessors Raise Figures Almost Six
Million Dollars In Sonth
Dakota.
PIERRE. 8. D.. Aug. S. (Special.) The
reports of the different counties sre all
In for the use of the State Board of Equal!
nation at its meeting next week, and show
an Increase of $5,916,31 over the returns
sent in by ths counties last year, bringing
the total up to I34.407.699. These figures
are for real estate, town lots and personal
property and the total will be Increased
when other classes of property are added.
These figures as returned, while subject to
change by the state board, are not likely to
be disturbed to any great, extent in the
whole, although there are likely to he
changes In details. The counties mostly fol
lowed elosely on the lines laid down for
the guidance of county auditors at the
meeting of these officials In March, and
their work will generally stand.
CAMBRIDGE. England. Aug. 1 Ambas
sador Whltelaw Reld today Inaugurated
the course of summei lectures at the uni
versity with an address on the "Rise and
Development of the United States."
HfW Treaty with Spain.
SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain. Aug. 1-Ths
treaty of commerce between the United
States and Spain, the protocol of which
was recently klgued. was finally executed
last algal
ANSWER TO DRUG TRUST SUIT
tndlunanolls Firm Asmlit Eilstenee
of Two Combines, hot llenles
Membership la Klther.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind . Aug. 2.-The Ell
Lilly In-ug company at Indianapolis, today
filed an snswer to action of the United
States against the alleged "drug trust."
The answer prartlrally acknowledgers the
existence of the drug trust In the shape of
the National association of Retail Drug
gists, and the Wholesale Druggists' associa
tion, and yet denied active connection with
either.
The Lilly company acknowledges acqaln
tttPng,eJctaosoH,frEsTwCasho tances with the publication of Charles C.
Brombaugh, M IaSalle street. Chicago, re
ferred to as the Blacklist." but claims
that It has no evidence to warrant calling
It by that name and further that the Lilly
company makes no use of "said Black
list." It la acknowledged that 60 per
cent of the retail druggists of the country
are In the retailers" sssoclatlon and that
approximately 75 per cent of the whole
sale druggists are In the wholesale as
sociation. Although denying any discrimination on
Its part, the Lilly company does not deny
that the Wholesale Druggists association
regulates Interstate commerce, but affirms
that It Is merely the possessor an. associate
membership In the association and has no
'.ting power. The Lilly company, however,
' .towledge that It has "selling agents"
. 't at all of the association's mect
'fi 'j
.-nswer It Is slso stated that It
k, V, -nnectlon between Brombaugh
and
r the associations. The com-
pany k
'rther states that it never
has bee.
gists asso.
V the Wholesale Drug-
to make any dlscrimlna
tion In price.
A demurrer was also filed by the W. H,
Hill Drug company, of Detroit, making a
general denial of the charges
WILSON IN PHILADELPHIA
Secretary of Agriculture Inspects
Parkings Plants In tinker
City.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1. - Secretary
James Wilson of the Department of Agrl
culture, accompanied by Dr. C. H. Chaufler,
chief federal meat and cattle Inspector of
this city, today visited a number of ab
batolrs, slaughter houses and packing
houses and sausage factories here. Mr,
Wilson declined to give, his impreslsons of
the establishments he had Inspected.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2. Dr. Adolph Jacob-
sen, chief veterinary inspector of the city
of Christlanla, Norway, who has been In
specting American packing houses In be
half of the Norwegian government, sailed
today on the Oscar II for Copenhagen an'd
Christlanla. During his stay here he in
spected packing plants at Chicago, Kansas
City and New York and visited Washington
during the examination of applicants for
the new meat Inspectorship.
"The big plants which I inspected were
most cleanly and satisfactory In their man
ner of operation," Bald Dr. Jacobaen, speak
ing of his investigations at Chicago, which
were the chief object of his visit. Before
his departure Dr. Jacobsen remarked that
If .bis home government BLfJ upon Ms. rec
ommendations there would no much more
American canned meat and barreled beef
bought In thlH country than had been here
tofore. eH saw no reason, he said, to put
any sort of restrictions upon American meat
products bearing the government stamp.
ROCKEFELLER IS NOT WANTED
No Desire to Grant Immunity to Ohio
Man Before Grnnd
Jury.
CHICAGO. Aug. 1 John D. Rockefeller
will not be served with a subpoena to ap
pear before the grand Jury, which haa been
called to convene In this city next Monday
to Investigate the relations existing be
tween the Standard Oil company and va
rious railroads centering In Chicago.
This announcement was made here today
by government officials after a conference
between Assistant Attorney General Oliver
E. Paln, Assistant District Attorney
Francis Hanchett, T. C. M. Bhlndler. spe
cial agent from Washington, and District
Attorney J. J. Sullivan of Cleveland.
The government officials declared that
should Mr. Rockefeller testify before the
grand jury It will be necessary to grant
him immunity from future prosecution, and
this. It was claimed. Is what the govern
ment wishes to avoid.
Two hundred pounds of documentary
evidence this afternoon reached the oflice
of District Attorney C. B. Morrison, for
use In procuring the Investigation. The
evidence was sent from the office of com
missioner of corporations,. James R. Gar
field, at Washington. A careful study of
the mass of evidence is now being made
by the government attorneys who have
charge of the case. The evidence wus
gathered by Commissioner Garfield's men.
E. A. GAGE COMMITS SUICIDE
Bon of Former Secretary of Treasury
Kills Himself In Seattle
Hotel.
SEATTLE Wash., Aug. 2.-E. A. Gage,
said to be a son of former Secretary of the
Treasury Gage, shot himself through the
heart at the Tourist hotel In this city this
afternoon.
The Seattle acquaintances of Mr. Gage
say that they are not surprised at the
suicide, as he has been acting strangely for
some time.
Mrs. K A. Gage arrived in the city two
days ago and has had detectives In search
of her husband since. The man has been
constantly changing from one hotel to an
other and registering under assumed names.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. Ell A. Gage, who Is
said to have committed suicide In Seattle,
left Chicago several years ago and went
to Alaska during the gold excitement. For
several years he was auditor for the North
American Trading and Transportation com
pany. Since leaving the employ of this
company two years ago nothing Is known
about him in Chicago.
DEADLOCK ONJEXPORT GRAIN
Conferenrs of Western Trunk Lines'
Offlrlsls I nnble to Resell sn
Agreement.
CHICAGO. Aug. I A conference of traffic
officers of weotern trunk lines, called to
discuss the differential Involving rates from
Mioourt river piints to the gulf and s aboard
oil export grain, went to pieces today and
the meeting was adjourned until next
Wednesday, when an effort at settlement
will be made. The fobbing charges, which
have been the disturbing element in export
rates for years, made an areemejit Im
possible today.
TROUBLE AMONG DEMOCRATS
Echo of Chare of Sale of Deleeatea to
Parker Caosei Row in North Dakota.
JOHN BURKE NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR
Platform Favors the domination of
Bryan for President and Popnlar
Elertlon of I nlted States
Senators.
Ml NOT, N. D., Aug. 2. The preferment
of serious charges against B. S. Brynjolf
son of Urand Forks, chairman of the dem
ocratic central committee, furnished the
only exciting Incident In the democratic
state convention In this city today. Slver
Serumgard, candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor, openly charged
with Brynjolfson with spiriting away
George Wilkinson, who stated at the dem
ocratic national convention at St. Louis -In
1904 that the North Dakota delegation had
sold out to Parker for 31,000 each.
Mr. Serumgard said that Wilkinson prom
ised to sign a written retraction and that
owing to Brynjolfon's influence he disap
peared. The charge precipitated a fight in
the convention between Senator John L.
Cashel of Grafton and Brynjolfson for
chairmanship of the new committee. Cashel
won by a vote of 146 to 1. Brynjolfson de
nted the charges. Otherwise the conven
tion waa free from Incident.
The Ticket.
The following ticket waa nominated:
Congressmen A. G. Burr, Bottineau; John
D. Henton, lass.
Governor John Burke, Ramsey.
Secretary of State A. H. Berg, Griggs
Auditor Frank Reed. Burleigh.
Treasurer F. M. Negge, Traill.
Attorney General D. C. Grcenleaf, Minot.
Insurance Commissioner C. II. Anhclser.
Justice of the Supreme Court C. J. Fisk
Grand Forks, four years; D. E. Morgan,
Ramsfy, six years.
Btate Superintendent of Schools Mrs
Maltle M. Davis. Cass.
Labor Commissioner Julius Wlrkus,
Walsh.
Railroad Commissioners Terry Mc
Kosher, Grand Forks; William Schulx,
Burnes; William Schuett, Richland.
Bryan Is Endorsed.
The platform endorses W. J. Bryan for
president and declares In favor of equal
taxation, extension of the primary election
law to state officers, popular election of
United States senators, an increase in th
powers of the railroad commission and
commerce commission, popular referendum,
representation of the two leading political
parties on all state boards, anti-pass law,
repeal of the Strecter libel law, removal
of tariff from all trust controlled goods
and public ownership of public utilities, and
condemns the capltol commission law passed
by the last legislature.
A plank In the platform urging the legls
lature to pass a grain Inspection law similar
to the Wisconsin law caused a vigorous dis
cussion, but was finally adopted.
T. D. Casey of Walsh county was chair
man and W. Y. Webb of Dickey county,
secretary.
FREIGHT RATES IN MISSOURI
Commission Refnsea Request of Rail
roads, lor Raise on Furniture
nnd Farm Implements.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2,-The Missouri
State Board of Railway and Warehouse
Commissioners In session here today re
fused to grant an Increased freight rate on
furniture and agricultural Implements. The
refusal, the commissioners said, was at
the suggestion of Attorney General Hadley
who had given an opinion denying the
hoard power to Increase rates fixed by
statute.
The present rates on many commodities.
Including furniture and farm Implements
were fixed by law In 1879. Two years ago
the Board of Railway Commissioners In
fixing the rates on articles not mentioned
In this law Inadvertently Included furnl
ture and Implements .raising the rate. After
the mistake was discovered the rate was
made to conform to the statute again and
It was against this change tha.t the rail
roads protested.
MANY SOLDIERS DESERTING
Only Fifty-Seven Men nnd Officers In
One Company of the Twenty.
Sreond.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2 Reports are
being received by the military authorities
at the Presidio of the frequent desertion
of troops stationed at American lake. In
Washington, the summer military camp,
where several regiments of the national
guard and regulars are stationed for In
struction. The most notable Instance of
this is In Company I of the Twenty-second
Infantry.
At present only fifty-seven men and officers
are left to carry the name of this company.
When the Twenty-second Infantry went
Into camp sixty-five men answered roll
call In Comrany I. Since then eight of the
soldiers have deserted and crossed the
border to Canada, sixty miles away, where
there are no . extradition laws to cover
dtsertlon.
ARMOURS TO BUILD IN ST. PAUL
ire
Pit
SIsoKhterlnsj and Paekli
nt to Be Constructed In
Minnesota Cnpltal.
ST. PAl'L. Aug. 2 It waa learned defi
nitely late today from St. Paul business
men that Armour ft Co. of Chicago, through
their agents, have paid down about IfUKW
as option money for the purchase of a
large tract of land near the Minnesota
Transfer company's yards lying In the
northwest part of St. Paul .and partly In
Minneapolis, for the purpose of building a
proposed slaughtering and parkin; plant,
L i th.t vldnltv have
. - of !h. oomniioV. intentions
snd are holding out for higher prices. This j
stands In the way of concluding the entire
deal. !
MURDER AT GARRETT, IND
Mrs. Ruy Cnnuon, Fprmerly of Kanass
City, Shot to Death by
F.dward Black.
GARRETT. Ind., Aug. 2 Mrs. Guy Can
non, who, since securing a divorce had
taken the name of Mattie Hopkins, was
killed early today by Edward Black, who
fired three bullets Into the woman's head.
Jealousy Is said to have been the cause.
At the coroner's Inquest today Black was
on the stand for nearly two hours. He
made no attempt to shield himself and
affixed his signature to the testimony tuken
by ths clerk.
Mrs. Canapn, the murdered woman, was
about U years of age. Utr parents live
In Kansas Cluy. '
HARTJE HEARING CLOSES
Newspaper Men nt PIMahors; Tell of
Remarks of llnshand
A host Wife.
PITTSBURG, Aug. Snr-rcbuttal testl-
mony In the Harlje divorce case wss con
cluded today.
John A. Ball, a newspaper man who was
he first witness, testified to an Interview
had with Edward (J. Hartje, brother of
he llbellant, on April 1. in which Hartje
said: "We liuve letters to other men to
how that Mrs. Haxtjo Is a very bad
woman.
John Gayer, A detective and former news
paper man. the next witness, said he was
present at the Interview and corroborated
Ball. The date mentioned April 12 was
wo months before the Hartje detectives
said they had taken the letters from
Coachman Madlne's trunk.
Attorney Freeman then snnounced the
case closed for the respondent. Howard
Hartje was called to the stand by the
plaintiff's counsel and denied that he had
made the statement to Ball.
After twenty-one and a half days of
actual court sessions the Hartje case ter
minated rather suddenly. Skilfully the
attorneys for both sides fenced tor ao
vantage over the argument, but with the
consent of the attorneys and st the sug
gestion of Judge Fraxer they were set for
next Monday morning. Judge Fraser an
nounced before the close that the case
must be submitted to him by Wednesday
evening, as he Intended to leave for his
vscatlon next Thursday.
Immediately after the case was con
cluded Mrs. Hartje was surrounded by a
group of friends, who shook her hand and
congratulated her on the manner In which
she held up under the severe strain. Au
gustus Hartje sat In his chair watching
his wife closely. He, too, showed relief,
but said nothing. The attorneys for both
Mr. and Mrs. Hartje expressed themselves
as entirely satisfied with the case as it
now stands and each side is confident
that the decision of the court will be In
Its favor.
DISCLAIMER BY ASSOCIATION
Desires to State Mayor Johnson Has
Jia Money tn Cleveland
Company.
CLEVELAND. Aug. 2. In the dispatches
handled by the Associated Press on July
25, In describing the controversy now pro
ceeding over the street railway situation
In this city, the statement was made that
the railway line of he' Cleveland Electric
Railway company on Fulton street was
torn up by men acting under the orders
of Mayor Tom L. Johnson, and that this
action was owing to the pending con
troversy in behalf of the Forest City rail
way, a S-cent fare line, and which, under
certain conditions, can come under the
ownership and control of the municipality.
In addition to relating the facts as to the
tearing up of the rails of the Cleveland
Electric Railway company, the additional
statement was made that Mayor Johnson
"was credited wtth being largely Interested
in the municipal traction company?'
This statement was unwarranted, is be
lieved to be entirely untrue. If In Its read
ing it tended, to create J-npreslon that
Mayor Johnson had any financial, interest
whatever in the Forest City company, and
Is contrary to every public statement made
by that official, he having specifically an
ticipated by public announcement any such
possibility. That he has been Interested
In the success of the company as an ulti
mate municipal ownership proposition, but
primarily to secure a lower fare, he has
openly proclaimed.
The Associated Press therefore desires
to disclaim any knowledge or motive other
than this public Interest and to disavow
any other suggestion In making the state
ment telegraphed.
ART STUDENTS' LEAGUE RAIDED
Anthony Comstock Alleges that Fall
Catalogue of School Contains
Immoral Pictures.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2. Upon a warrant
sworn out by Anthony Comstock secre
tary of the society for the suppression of
vice, the studios of Art Student's league,
one of the most noted art schools in Ameri
ca, were searched and the bookkeeper, Mlfcs
Anna Robinson was placed under arrest.
It was charged by agents of the society
that the reproductions of figures, in the
nude, contained in the fall catalogue, which
the league was about to Issue, were of an
Immoral character. A patrolwagon load
of the catalouges was seized and taken to
the police court as evidence. Magistrate
Mayo adjourned for a further hearing on
August 7. Miss Robinson was the only per
son placed under arrest.
Miss Robinson wa arraigned under an
act to uppresa trofrlc In obscene literature
pictures, etc. The pamphlet seized is the
one issued each fall to prospective studcuts
and shows pictures of the work turned out
by the students of the school. The Issue Is
styled "The American Student of Art" und
specimen pictured are such as are seen In
any art studio or museum. In the book
are two pages devoted to the nude.
The Art Student's league maintains In 216
West 27th atreet studios and appointments
for Instruction In fine art. No question has
ever before been raised as the the charac
ter of the pamphlet Issued.
CRUDE OIL PRICES LOWER
For Second Time In s Week Standard
Mskea Cnt In too
Rate.
PITTSBURG. Aug. 2 For the second
time within a week the Standard Oil com
pany today reduced prices of crude petro-
I leum. The cut Is the same as made on
July cenis on ... n.K.ier graoes ana
i cent, on all the lower grades, except
ragland. which remains unchanged.
The quotations follow.
Credit balances
in the different fields announced today are
as follows:
Pennsylvania, HIS; Tlona, ll.6t; second
sand, $! 5)t; New Castle, 11.36; Corning,
Hid; Cabell. SI .18; North Lima. Sin: South
Lima, 89c; Indiana. 9e; Somerset, 87c; Rag
land. 6oc; Kansas, 32c; grade, 4sc.
MINISTER CALLS ON THAW
Man Who Joined Him to Evelyn
esblt Visits Prisoner In
the Tombs.
NEW YORK. Au. t The only visitor
today to Harry K. Thaw In the Tombs
prison was Rev. W. I. McEwen, pastor
of the Third Presbyterian church of Pitts
burg, Pb. Rev. McEwen is said to have
been the clergyman who married Evelyn
Nesblt to Thaw. Thaw, through a friend,
today said that he knew nothing about
many reports that have been . published
about him. He said they might relate to
his cousin, for whom he had often been
mu taken.
DOUGLAS VALUATION STANDS
8tate Board of Equalization TJnanimouil
Votes Down Flea of Lancaster,
STATE LEVY IS FIXED AT SEVEN MILLS
Total Assessed Valuation of the
Vnrlons Counties Shovra Inrrease
of About Nine Million
Dollars
'From a Staff Correspondent. V
LINCOLN. Aug. 2-(?peclal.)-The State
Board of Equalisation this morning tabled
the protest filed by Assessor Miller ff
Lsncaster county against the assessment
cf Omaha merchandise, voted down a mo
tion by Ijnd Commissioner Eatin to re
duce I,ancaster county merchandise 6 per
-?en and fixed the total levy st 7 mil's, the
same as last year. The levy Is divided as
follows: General fund. 44 mills; school
levy, H mill; university. 1 mill: redemp
tion fund. 1 mill. The total state sssess
ment will be practlrally $S13.0S4.41;.O2, sn
Increase over the assessment of la3t year
of IS.613.461 17. It will be probably tomor
row before the secretary will be able to
figure up the changes and announce he
exact figures. No assessment was changed,
however, except In the matter of horses,
cattle and mules In a few counties. On
the Ixncaster protest the board voted
unanimously to table the matter, while on
the motion to reduce lsncaster county
merchandise the vote stood: Mortensen
and Katon for the motion snd Scarle,
Galusha and Mickey against It.
A whole lot of horse play was Indulged
In before the final votes were taken. It
developing during the discussion that Ijtn
caster county was much more Interested
In getting a reduction thBn In boosting
Omaha merchandise. The kick on Omahn
was merely the means to an end. Even
before the vote on the matter was taken
Assessor Miller, who died In the ditch for
his constituents, told the board If It could
not raise Omaha, then to lower Lancas
ter, even though he had protested ngalnfct
any reduction before his County Board
of Equalization.
The fake reform newspapers who put
Assessor Miller up to kicking on Omaha
and who boosted the game as long as It
could be worked for political reasons, de
serted him at the showdown and only
two Lincoln merchants helped him out. ;
These were J. E. Miller, who refused to
ask for a reduction at the hands nt his
home board when he knew he could get
It, and J. C. Harpham. The Journal-Nen-s
combination failed to appear to substanti
ate the assessment fakes they published
during the county compalgn here, leaving
the entire burden on the shoulders of
County Assessor Miller, who took the mat
ter seriously.
Mickey Sees n Light.
In the discussion this morning Governor
Mickey said: "Since the statement hns
been made here that Omaha merchandise
Is assessed at one-fourth of the merchan
dise of the entire state, I have been study
ing that proposition very seriously and
last night I had a conviction Omaha mer
chandise, compered with the rest of the
Btate must be assessed at a pretty stiff
figure.' Therefore I cannot see my way
clear to rote for an Increase in the Omahn
assessment." . , , ... . ,
The board discussed with Assessor Miller
at length the testimony of yesterday, and
though the latter said he ' was certain
Omaha merchandise was assessed too low.
he failed to produce any evidence to that
effect. He even went so far as to say
the Lancaster county board would take
care of the Lincoln merchunts next year.
In answer to'questlons It was admitted
by Miller that the Lincoln merchants had
gone before the Lancaster board and h:td
secured liberal reductions merely because
they told the local board Omaha was under-assessed.
He did not think the law
had been violated by these fake artists
down here when such action was done.
He admitted that practically 1200.000 was
lopped off of his assessment by the boarJ
Dcrause of the stories of the fake re
formers regarding the Omaha assessment.
Assessment of Various Counties.
The following table shows the assessment
of each county for 16 and 1906, the in
crease being almost as estimated by Secre
tary Bennett upon the receipt of the first
few counties, when he asserted the In
crease would be $9,000,000.
t ounty. kiiie.
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Perkins
Phelps
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Polk
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Saunders
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Sherman
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Stanton
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NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and
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Cooler Friday. Saturday
Temperature nt Omahn Yestrrdai t
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BOTH BATTLESHIPS DAMAGED
Illinois Has Fonr Runs Injured nnd
Derk Sprnns. W hile Alabama
la l.enklns.
FREPORT. R. T.. Aug. 2-The board of
Inquiry appointed to Investigate (he col
lision of the battleships Illinois snd Ala
bams lest Monday night off Rrcn ton's
Reef lightship, continued Its sessions tortny
on board the Illlonls. The president of the
board Is Captain Benjamin 9. Tulley. com
panding the battleship Iowa.
Diveis were still at wrk today examining
the hulls of the two battleships, but the
extent of the damage Is now believed to
be practically determined. On the Illinois
four of the six-inch guns on the starboard
side forward were damaged, and a portion
of the forward gun deck was sprung. The
sttnrbonrd shaft was bent and the star
board propeller cracked. The Alabama sus
tained severe damage to two of her six-Inch
guns, one of them being bent badly. A
comiwrtment around a casement on the
port side forward Is leaking. Both shins
will have to go to a navy yard for re
pairs. Ordinary Seaman Corhett. who was In
jured by the fall of a davit holding one
of the boats on the Illinois, was more
seriously hurt than was at first reported
One of his legs was amputated on the
day following the collision and today It
was found necessary to amputate an arm
also.
ATTORNEY LANE AT GREELEY
Federal Official Vow Has Papers
Recovered from Burned
Cars.
GREELEY, Neb., Aug. 3.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) In response to the telegraphed in
st ructions of the attorney general. County
Attorney Howard sent to Lincoln a report
on the burning of the freight cars at a
siding near this place. He reported there
was no doubt the cars and their contents
were purposely fired by parties In the em
ploy of the B. & M. Railroad company and
that the contents of the care were books
and papers relating to the business of the
road, and from the nature of papers recov
ered from the ruins that a portion of them
at least referred to freight ebates.
Assistant I'nlted States Attorney Ijme
arrived here from Omaha today and went
out to the scene of the fire and also called
on both Luce and Austin, who had In their
possession papers which had formerly lieen
a portion, of the contents of the burned
cars. These papers consist of about sixty
documents and they are all now In tho
hands of Mr. Ijine. Mr. Lane refuses to
reveal the contents of these papers, though
It Is known some hf tTterti at luaat contain
references to rebates. Mr. Lane will con
tinue his Investigations tomorrow.
ALLEGED GRAFT IN ARMY
Special Detail Is In veslat Inar Irreg
ularities In Philippine
Islands.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. An Investigation
of Irregularities In the Philippine Islands
is now being conducted by order of Major
General Wood, the Inquiry being In charge
of Colonel Wood, Instructor general. At
the request of General Wood the War de
partment has made a special detail of offi
cers familiar with methods of business and
conditions In the Philippines to assist him.
No result has yet been reported to the
department.
Brigadier General Albert L. Mills, com
mandant of the I'nlted States Academy,
was formally ordered today by the War
department to proceed to the Philippine
Islands, where he will relieve Grigadler
General Wlnfleld 8. Edgerly in the com
mand of Fort William McKinley. General
Edgerly Is ordered to Ban Francisco, where
he Is to report to the department for fur
ther orders.
PRODUCTION 0F PIG IRON
Output for First Half of the Year the
Greatest In History of
Trade.
I PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2. Jhe American
I T - r , , a n , 1 U t u i I a lu, 1 u I in hiiR eeneltrml from
the manufaeturri s complete statistics of
the production of pig Iron In the I'nlted
Stater and Canada In the first half of 1906.
The production of pig Iron In the I'nlted
States for the period named was 12.fl02.9m
gross tons, against 11,829,205 tons In I lie
last half of 19i. The production In the
first half of 190U was the largest In any
half year In the history of the trade. It
is now reasonably certain that the produc
tion of pig Iron In 1900 will exceed 25.000.000
tons.
The production In Canada the. first half
of 1906 amounted to 282,010 tons, against
267,797 tons In the laat half of 1905. The
pnxiuctlon In the first six months of lii
was the greatest In any half year In the
history of the dominion.
HONORS FOR SECRETARY ROOT
President Aires tilvea Banquet for
Head of State Department and
Minister Rrlseom.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 2-Fecretary
Root, Lloyd C. Griscom, the American am
bassador, and Scnor Nabuco, president of
the Pansmerlean congress, visited the Rra
tlllan Parliament this afternoon and were
received with great courtesy. Secretary
Root made a short address.
I-ater the party attended the horse races
held under the auspices of the Jockey
club.
At 8 o'clock this evening President Alvez
gave a banquet In honor of Secretary Root,
Minister Griscom, Senor Nabuco and President-Elect
Palm.
At 10 o'clock tonight the grand ball given
by the municipality began. The Foreign
office and the Palace Monroe were beauti
fully decorated.
Vatican lias rv Plan.
ROME, Aug. 2 It is Intimated In Vati
can quarters that the pope's Instructions
to 'he French clergy relative to the law
providing for the separation of church nnd
state In France raises objections to the
new regime and proposes a Counter project
by which the bishops will control the
church.
RED FLAGS
ON CRUISERS
Orewi of Russian Warships Kill Cffiort
mil Tako Possession.
GERMANY MAY TAKE HAND IN AFFAIR
Rnmor that Kaiser's Tleet Will Sink
Vessels as Pirates.
SITUATION ALONG BALTIC STILL BLACK
Suppression of Mutiny at Oronstadt Fol
lowed by another at Real.
UPRISINGS EXPECTED AT OTHER POINTS
afutiny of Sailors at Liban and Rira
Expected.
GENERAL STRIKE WILL BE PROCLAIMED
Revolutionary Committee Will Order
Cenrrnl Suspension of
Work Sunday or
Monday,
IIII.I.KTIV
ST. PETKRRBl'RG, Aug. 2. The crew of
the Russian cruiser Asia, which was ..ent
to Abo has hoisted the red Hag. The vessel
has left in the direction of Bveaborg.
Ill I.I.F.T1.
ST. PETKRSH1 RG, Aug. 3 Grand Duke
Nicholas received a message shortly after
midnight saying that the loyal portion of
the crew of crulrer Pamyat Axova had
made prisoners of the mutineers and turned
them over to soldiers on shore.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 3.-1 :1R a. m
Although the mutinies at Sveahorg hnve
been ended and the one at Cronstandt has
been practically put down, the outlook
Is still black. The revolutionists, whose
hands were suddenly forced by the pre
mature rising at Sveahorg. apparently are
undaunted at these Initial reverses and
Intends to persist In their program of call-
i " general strike on Sunday or Monday.
One of the leaders of the revolutionists
with whom the Associated Press spoke
last nlelit, boasted that the word had
gone forth and that the fire of revolt would
spread to the corners of the empire. His
closing words to the correspondent were1:
"Now watch Reval, Riga Bnd Llbau."
Red Finn; on 4'rulser.
The news of the mutiny on board the
cruiser Pamyat Azova off the KsUinnlan
coast. Is fraught with enormous possi
bilities. The crew of this vessel rose and
killed the commander and four officers.
Ambassador Meyer has received a dis
patch from the Aniertean consul at RevaJ.,
snymg that the Pnmyat A Suva entered that
port with tho red Hag at Its masthead.
6hould this rrulser, under the flag of the
mutineers, sail to the northward and ap
pear In the presence of the main squad
ron In the Gulf of Finland, the loyalty of
the crews of these vessels would perhaps
be put to a stronger test than they could
stand. Although the admiralty asserts
that the squadron off Sveahorg did not
waver In Its allegiance, there is something
mysterious about the reports of the actions
of the ships which warrants the suspicion
that all Is not right aboard. Only two
ships fired on the mutineers, the other re
maining cn the hmiaon as If the admiral
were not sure that they could be depended
upon.
Uermany May Take n Hand.
The mutiny on the Pamyat may possibly
raise lnlernational complications, as In tho
eye of the law this cruiser, like the Knlns
Potnmklne In tho black sea In the summer
of 1906, is a pirate. There Is reason to
believe that the German fleet has orders
covering Juat such a contingency as this
and that it would not hesitate to put an
end to the renegade cruiser us a danger to
commerce.
When the firing bogan at Cronstadt
Wednesday night there ensued a wild panlo
In the Imperial palace at Peterhof. as tha
palace He under the guns of the fortress.
All preparations had been made In sdvance
to flee to Tsarskoe Selo, but the report that
the csar and his family had fled- In the mid
dle of the night was denied. It, was ex
plained that on account of "dampness" at
Peterhof arrangements had been made for
the return of the Imperial family to Tsars
koe Selo.
MartiaJ 1. fin at Cronstadt.
Martial law was proclaimed st Cronstadt
during tho day and all day long reinforce
ments have been landing there from the
mainland. No one is permitted on the Island
without a pass, and although the corres
IKindent of the Associated Press was thus
equipped he was held up and searched upon
debarking from a rowboat. The corres
pondent found that at 6 o'clock yesterday
evening there were about 2,000 mutinous
sailors barricaded In their barracks, which
were surrounded by troops.
The correspondent made a tour of the city
and penetrated to the bridge connecting
with Fort Constantine. He saw sailors
laughing from tho windows of the barracks
at the bpsleglng soldiers across the way.
Everywhere there were heavy patrols on
the streets, but otherwise the thoroughfares
were almost empty. The people are afraid
to venture out.
While passing the arsenal at 4 o'clock In
the afternoon the correspondent heard a
ragged volley, which he subsequently
learned had cut short the lives of six pris
oners who had been sentenced to death by
the drum-head court marlal which brgtn
sitting at 11 o'clock in the morning. It wis
declared that sailors who had sur
rendered during the night had been shot
earlier In the day, but It was impossible to
obtain absolute confirmation of this state
ment. Many Killed and Wounded.
From eye witnesses on both sides ths
correspondent learns that In addition to
the officers prevloiibly mentioned the
losses on the side of the loyal men were
six soldiers and two sailors killed and
about twenty of Isith arms wounded. The
losses on the side of the mutineers could
not lie obtained, but they -re not heavy.
Three workmen were killed and six
wounded In addition to Mine. Jacobl, a
sister of Colonel Alebandroff. who threw
herself latwoen her brother and soma
sailors when the latter swarmed Into their
house at thu beginning of the outbreak,
was brutally stabbed to death.
The utnidst ferocity was displayed by
both sides. One of the workmen killed
cried to the patrol: "Don't fire on the
people," but the officer in command turned
i