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The Omaha. aily Bee r VOL. XXXVI -NO. 61. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST- 28, 1906-TEN rAQE& SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. D 3. r Jt INDICT OIL COMBINE Bookefeller Gotopoi Charted with Over Six Theniand Stptnti Offenses. BILL FOUND BY CHICAGO GRAND JURIES ' Chairs to Connect on with Aoceptsoee of Bebstes on FMicht Kates. -jmammmm DISTRICT ATTORNEY EXPLAINS CHARGES Secret Bits of Bis Cent on. Tank Ebip bobU to East fct Louie. STANDARD COMPETITORS PAY 18 CENTS Tklt Latter Sana . la ' the Pnfcllshed Tar-la Concession of T Per tent on' ghjnmente to Soataera Polat. CHICAGO. Aug. 27. Th Oral and second federal Brand juries today returned ten Indictments galnst tbe Standard Oil com pany before Judge Bethel In tha United Btatea circuit court Th ' "ndlctments, which contain .428 counts' a. in con- flection with the granting--. v -9. NO .. a " rallioad waa mentioned In returned today. Each an alleged offense , and la bam. -, - . . . i rn . ui pfiruiruin jjh-u at Whiting, Ind. from the reflnerle According to a atatement laaued after the Indlctmenta had been returned from tha office of the United State district attorney these ahlpmenta wera carried by tha fol lowing roads: Chicago, Burlington Qulncy, ' Chicago A Alton. Chicago Eastern Illinois, Evanavllla A Terre Haute, Illinois Central, Southern Lake Shore ind Michigan Souther). According to the atatement the Burlington and Alton ronds "had published lawful rates of 18 cents per hundred pounds to East St. Louis from Whiting and W4 cents to St. Lonls, but tarried Oil for the Standard Oil company n a secret unpublished rata at I and 7V4 cents to those points respectively." Concession of BT Per Cent. Tha atatement then continues: , On shipments to points In the south be yond . Orand Junction the Standard Oil company should have paid the . different lawful rataa for tha different points of destination, but waa given concessions, which averaged about 27' per rent of the published rate. The aame la true of ahlp menta handled by the Chicago at Eastern Illinois, Terro Haute - A Evanavllle to Lvansville. Ind., and points beyond. Tbe concessions given to the Stnedsrd t Oil company by the Lake Shore. aV Michi gan Southern road were in tne snape or cancellations of storage charges st Chi cago of cents per ton- on all oil delayed Jn delivery. Other oil shippers were com pelled to pay the storage charges. Tha charges against the Illinois Central and tha Southern railways are the same, as those In relation to the shipments made to, points beyond Grand Junction.; Amennt of the Pvnaltr. It was declared by tha district attorney's oflloe that the. ' penalty for' each "oflfensa alleged In the Indlctmenta Is a fine of not teas than U,pqp nor nipre than WJXfi.., 1. 'a -believed arthe 'government attorneys .hat the lawyers for the Standard OH Company will enter the appearance, of the corporation In court as soon as they have examined the Indictments. There Is no authority at present ' allowing the arrest of tha officers of a corporation against which Indictments have been found. "MTISH JOIN THE REFORMERS Raak of Blmpllaed Spellers is Swelled by Two Llaarntata of Dla- t tlaetlon. NEW YORK, Aug. ?. Tha Impltfled, spelling board today announced that two distinguished British scholars bad accepted membership to testify their sympathy with the new movement to Improve English or thcrraphy. One Is Dr. J. A. H. Murray, tha aenlor editor of the great Oxford Dic tionary of the English language, of which the associate editor Is Henry Bradley, who Joined the simplified spelling board sum weeks ago. The other Is Prof: Joseph Wright, editor of the English Dialect Dic tionary. Speaking of these recent acces sions Brander Matthews said: "The simplified apelllng board now con tains the editors of the three chief English dictionaries published In 'Great Britain. Tt had aa original membera the edltora ' of the three chief American dlctlonariee. Web ster, tha Century and tha Standard. The adhesion of the foremost linguistic au thorities of both branches of the English speaking race ought to be reassuring to those who have decided that the recom mendatlona of the simplified apelllng board 'might work harm, to our nobis tongue or to tti, etymology.". EMPIRE STATE DEMOCRATS Sees Of the Isdcneadent Sort' Call ' Conference to Coaslder Slate of Party. NEW TORK, Aug. 27. The Evening Post today announced that a number of Inde pendent democrats have signed and laaued another circular calling a conference at Albany September i, at which every county In the state will be- represented. The cir cular announces that addresses will be made at thla conference by Diatrlct At- j0J torney Jerome and others have been In- r. trlted to apeak, including Mayor J. N. Adam if Buffalo. Edward M. Shepard of Brooklyn ind D. Cady Herrlck. The Poat says it Is tvtitent from the worriina? nf f h. Mti t. - -he Independent democrat who have la me It are against Hearst and that their attitude towards Jerome Is Indicated by .lie tact that he will address them. The circular says also that there la dan car that the party will fall a prey "either xi selnah corporate Influence, to aome un Minclpled demog-ogu without fixed polltl al" principles, or to aome clique of un icrupuloua politicians without any political principles whatever." THIRD FILE ON THE" LANDS Loraer Fereeataa-e Taaa Vsaal I Mlaets m Hi b.oaaeae Heservatloa. SHOSHONL "Wyo.. Aug. 7.-8poclal Tekf- granv Out of the ftrat 1.000 names drawn Vi tha Shoshone land lottery UI have filed. This la' a larger percentage than was ex pected at the time of. the drawlnga. There svrms to be a renewal of Interest In the reservation lands. Gold aed copper finds are frequently re ported from the mountains. Aamua Boyaen has announced hie Intention of building a I towa aear the mints, and a testing pimt land atamplng mill will be eatabliahcd by Ibualoaas msa ef Ihoshoni. RESPITE FOR TWO CONVICTS Mrs. Myers a ad rraak Retlaii Have Esecatloa of "eateaee De layed by Folk. KANSAS CITT, Aug. 27. Goveror Folk at Jefferson City. today wanted a respite until October 26 to Mrs. Agnes Myers, now In jail at Liberty, awaiting execution for the murder of her husband. A similar respite was granted In the case of Frank Hottman, etc. No effort was made In behalf of Hottman, the latter being content In the belief that ha would share whatever clemency was shown the woman. R. B. Ruff and Judge V. K. Fowler, counsel for Mrs. Myers, spplled to Judge Burgess of the state supreme court this morning for a writ of error to take tha case to the United Statea supreme court for review and final de termination. Judge Burgess stated that be cause of the absence from the city of Judge Oantt. It would not be possible to act on the application until late In September. Mrs. Myers" attorneys then applied to Governor Folk for a respite that they might apply to the federal court for an order to transfer the caae there for re view. The governor. In the course of the morning had received dosens of telegrams from ' various parts of the state asking him to grant a respite, and when the matter was formally presented to him by the at torneys he readily assented, giving Hottman similar consideration. Mrs. Agnes Myers and Frank Hottman murdered Clarence Myers the woman's husband on May 11. 1904, that they might marry. Thla Is the second respite of ninety daya granted by Governor Folk. '7 - of FYank Hottman, Mn. Myers ac- -o action was taaen up 10 noon in ine now . In Jail at Kanaas City. . were previously sentenced to be fitt.tged on September S. Governor Folk granted the respite so that the woman's attorney might have time In which to perfect an appeal to the United States supreme court, the preliminary action on which was tsVen recently. - NEW WYOMING COAL FIELD Fael of "Rock Bprlaa-a" ftaallty la Foaad la Kelathborhood of Meeteetse. MEETEETSE, Wyo.. Aug. IT. (Spe cial.) A vein of coal thirty-two leet three Inches thick, equal In quality to tho output of .the famous Rock Springs mine, and pronounced by the State. School of Mines to be "fair to good" as a black smith coal, Is the property of J. T. May field and others. . The mine is located twenty miles east of this place, on Grass creek, a tributary of the Big Horn rlvettr, and the owners have been quietly develop ing It for several months. Not until the returns from the state's analysts were received was the' discovery made public, although a big find has been known to a few for some time. Thla Is the first coal to be found' In quantity In this part of the atate that will bear shipment with out - slacking. ' It stands handling and exposure without damage, and according to expert reports . received, will ' stand shipment any distance. The - vein ims been worked but a short distance under ground and Its Improvement la oxpected as the tunnel progresses. , This coat; field .is located jiear the Im mense tract of coal. Taoj secured by the French syndicate formed 'by H.'. W. Ceoo, the Montana capitalist, although said- to be y far superior to the output 'of that company. At -present the nearest ralU road Is fifty miles, away, but aa soon aa the field la developed It Is expected tha Burlington will put In a spur from it Worland line. ' Mr. Mayfield 'states that the Ovbo com pany had already made him a big offer for his holdings, but he declares he will not sell. NEW HOURS AT HIGH SCHOOL Proposal to Cosameaeo Farller, Close Ealler aad Cat Oat the lisck Hoar. . The high school -committee of the Board of Education will. In all probability, soon hold a meeting to consider a proposal made at "a late meeting of the board by Member Phillip! to change the hous'at the high school. Mr. Phlllppl's proposition was to have the hours from a. m. to 13:80 In atead of commencing later In th morning and continuing the session until 2:30, with a half hour for lunch at noon. The change proposed would give the students the same number of hours for recitations aa at pre ent, but would make the study hours all in -the afternoon, which could be put In at home. One of the prime objections to the pres ent hours Is that half an hour Is not suf ficient for lunch. Tbe students make a ruah for the lunch room, bolt down' their lunch and ruah back to the recitation room or to their atudlea all too soon for the good of their health. , The proposed hours would permit them to have all of their meals at home. Mr. Phllippl has written to Superintend ent Davidson concerning the matter, but wing to the tatter's absence from the city has received no, reply up to the present. but when It is reoelved the committee will probably have a meeting to consider tbe matter. HIGH RECORDSBEING MADE Wall Street Prices Soar, Atealsoa Breaklaar Record aad St. Paal ToachlBSj Old Ooe. NEW TORK. .Aug. tt. Trading In the atock market today opened with a reaump tlon of laat week'a activity, St. Paul touch ing 1K. It high record for aome years, and Atchison advancing to 107. a new high record. The Hill Issues made further gains, as also did Chesapeake eV Ohio. Pressure waa ahown against the Harriman stocks. Prices eased off all around before the end of the first hour, partlnlly on disappoint ment at our failure to acquire any consid erable part of the South African gold landed In London. COLORED SOLDIERS AT RENO Nome of Tkeaa Will Be Allowed to Visit the City Wltaoat a Pass. EL RENO. Okl. Aug. ST.-The Twenty fifth colored fn'fantry reached Fort Reno laat night front Brownsville, Texas,' fol lowing .the Instructions of army authorities ss a result f the recent trouble at Browns ville. Orders were Issued today at Reno that no trooper may visit El Reno without a pass. The camp lo quiet tonight. Fatal Wreck la Moataaa. ' ST. PAUL. Aug. 17. Reports received at noon from the headu,uarlera of the Great Northern railway bore aay that an east bound mixed train was derailed near Switi. Mont., early last night. A combination passenger coai-h a overturned and Frank U. Pre silt and Charles Schults of Arming ton, Mont.. pasMuigera, and Rrakeman It row a ware killed. Eight or ten other pas sengers wete slightly lruied. Tt cause of the derailment U unxplauMa, CUBAN REBELS DEFEATED tsanavsaksaaaaa. General Gmman'e Band Attacked Heir Cionfnecoo and Soreiteen Men Killed, FREE PARDON OFFERED TO INSURGENTS Proclamation Issued at Havana la "Jot Takes "erleasly by Revolatloa let aad Rldlcoled by Foreta-aers. - HAVANA, Aug. S7.t the moment today when tha government was issuing Its proc lamation offering pardon to rebels who would lay down their arms. Its forces were dealing the most telling blow that has yet been struck against Insurgents In the field. For several days tt had been stated that General Guiman'a force of Inaurgents, ahlo.t was variously estimated . at from 200 up ward, contemplated an attack on Clen fuegoe.. Colonel Valle, with a detachment of rural guards and volunteers was dis patched to Clenfuegos for the purpose of engaging Ousman and breaking up the band. The encounter nf the two force to day resulted In the worst disaster which the Insurgents have sustained up to this time. They lost seventeen men killed and many wounded, while the loss to the gov ernment force .was one man killed. The government Is without further particular of th Tha he fight. at the Insurrection Is In a shaken condition seems to be a fact, although the end may not be aa near as members of the government wish, to believe. .Ex-Congressman Fauatlno (Pino) Guerra, the Insurgent leader operating In the province of Plnar del Rio, In a signed statement telegraphed to the ssoctated Press tonight declares that he Is as determined as ever that the Inst presldentiat election shall be annulled be fore there' can be peace In Cuba. That Guerra's force of 1.000 men Is well armed nd supplied with ammunition and food Is amply- verified. There greatest drawback now Is the lack of money r but the people of the western part of Plnar del Rio are furnishing them with all the supplies needed, taking In return therefore orders on the "Cuban government" and In many cases refusing to -accept, any consideration. Offer of Amnesty. The government' offer of amnesty, which was Issued this afternoon. Is variously re ceived. It Is Impossible to say what Its effect will be upon those to whom It Is addressed. Alfredo Zayas, president of the senate and leader of the liberal party, stated tonight that he waa unable to ex press any oplnlrn as to whether th insur gents would grasp the opportunity offered them of surrendering, bub said In his opin ion, as a lawyer. Secretary Montlave could not legally Issue such an order, for the constitution provides that only the president may make such a proclamation, which must be countersigned by some member' of the cabinet. Secretary Montalvo, on the con trary, stated to the Associated Press that direct order of President Palms and also gaaetted officially. -The secretary added that' the document was In reality an order of the Secretary of Interior Issued by direction of the president to Genersl Rodrlguex, com mander of the rural guard. ' ' . - Peaoe ait ' Awy" Price. ' The ' foreign element. Including ""many-' Americans, criticise fhe offer of amnesty as a weak and disappointing action, show-1 Ing a desire for peace at any price and a willingness to sacrifice - the possibility of future security to political expediency. Secretary Montalvos' order does not pro vide -for the relief of alleged conspirators who are now In jail In Havana, and the question has arisen as to what shall be done with them. A considerable number of Insurgent are known to be returning quietly to their homes In the provlnoe-of Plnar del Rio. In the latter 1 provlnoe the situation remain un mains unchanged. Guerra knows nothing of the Montalvo order, and If he did It Is altogether unlikely that It would affect his course materially. At present there Is every reason for expecting that Guerra will hold out for some time. The district In which he Is operating Is Inhabited- by liberals who are practically all tentative. If' not active sympathisers with the Insurrection. Then, too, Guerra has hilly fastnesses to which he retires nightly and from which It will be practically Impossible to rout him. A favor able feature of the situation In Plnar del Rio Is that Guerra will ant fight If he can help It. He Intends, he say, to remain out Indefinitely in protest against the subser vience of the Palma administration. The'Assoctated Press Is reliably Informed that Aabert's force, the main Insurgent body, now In' the province : of Havana, amounts to 150 men and there are not ex ceeding 100 more tn small parties. The western part of the province of Plnar del Rio Is practically unprotected, but there have been only petty depredatlona there by smsll bands. There Is some question whether the Santa Clara band, calling themaetve Mendletal'a party, were, actually commanded by the captured leader, put undoubtedly he waa with them moat of the time. . The Matansa Inaurgents cut little figure and eastern Cuba, remain quiet. Btateaseat by Palaaa. President Palma today gave out a state ment In which he says that the Insurrection has no ideals and no program and that the cries which the Insurgent raised do not constitute a program. Ideals or a Justifica tion for the movemept. Continuing, the president says: All revolutions must hsve a program, as had our revolution for Independence In 1896. Everybody at that time knew that the Cubans had rsvoiled against Spain and had engaged in an open fight for the lib erty of their country. The present move ment Is more of a local adventure only a crasy movement on the part of the eta contented persona. There Is no moral rea son for It. The government could suspend the constitutional guarantees, but it pre fers to maintain the vigor and hope of the people and avoid possible excesses. The medical force has been Instructed to attend to all prisoners and to give wounded or sick insurgents ths same at tention as wounded or sick men belonging to tbe government forces. Any Insurgent repeating of his act can return within the paie of the law and may not be molested. The government will have no petty apite or feeling of rancor against those who re turn to their senses and abandon the cauaa of disorder. Goverasaeat Most Flarbt. President Palma Is not disposed to em ploy any other method than that of arms for the re-esubllahment of peace. He de clared energetically that the government absolutely weVild never compromise with any form of disturbances of order. The gov ernment was legitimately constituted, was bound by Its Imperative duty and must demonstrate that it is stable ad able to safeguard property, life and the happiness of the republic at present and In the fu ture. Any compromise would sow the seed of armed revolution throughout the coun try. Malcontent were always extant; it being Impossible to find public positions for everyone. To compromise with the dis turbers now would result In further dis turbances every few years. Suppress- Continued on Second Page.j IOWA Coldest Teas oera tore of Klh la Re--ported at Washington, front Ckarlee T'- WEBSTER CITT. Ia.,rAug. J.-Spec!l Telegram.) Very perceptabl frost fell last night. It Is believed link? damage was done, but tender vegetables atV hart, however. WASHINGTON, Aug, ; 1T-The' Weather bureau's forecast of condition today show: Since Saturday ratlin hare occurred from the Rocky mountains to) Oho Atlantic coast. Following the rains an area -of , high barometer, with fair and cooler weather has extended eastward over the Mississippi morning; ininpmuui n ni iu m .id urn , below the seasonal averasm In the upper Mississippi and lower Mtsoourl valleys and the Interior of the southwestern states. Light frost with a mlslasutn temperature of 43 degrees Is reported this morning at Chsrles City, la. V - - During the next twenty-tour hour the area of fslr and cooler weather will ex tend to the Atlantlo stares. DE8 MOINES, Aug. J2f. Frost wag re ported In Iowa lowlands t6day for the flrsi. time this season, although It Is not thought that the great Iowa corn crop will suffer damage because of fu Th"" mercury dropped a -low aa 40 at Cedar Raplda and Creston, the coldest August day for fifteen years. Charles City retorted light f rosts, although . the temperature was 42. BROKEN BOW, Neb. Aug. J7.-(Speclal Telearsm.) The first frost of the season occurred In this vicinity! last night. It waa not a heavy one and did no damage except to tomatoes and small skrdeH truck. , AIBtON, Neb.. Aug.r7.-Special.) The mercury dropped within J ten degrees of the freeaing point. This makes a change of more than fifty degree Wtthla the past few daya. The .weather la warming up this morning and the danger of frost la past for tbe present. - ATLANTIC. Ia.. Aug. 2il-8pecl8j.)-The cold spell that spread ore Iowa Saturday and Sunday reached th(H place and con tinued In Intensity until nst evening, when the thermometer went nearly to freeslng and light frost jit reported along the bottom, but no serious damage la reported. WEBSTER CITT. Ia.. Xa. I7.-Thi city waa visited by a very; rerceptlble frost last- night. Little- damage, however, hag been done except to tender vegetation. ' HAVOC WROUGHT BY FLOOD Town of - Masatlan, Mexico, Saffera frona tbe Effect Of Hick t ). Water. - ''.. . : " i :. ' " - - EL PASO, Tex.. Aug. 27. Detail by mall of the flood at Maaatlan. Mex.. atate that the heaviest loser are the Sometlera fam ily, whose store with Its entire stock waa destroyed, - and the Cla Industrial y - Agri cola, whose . shoe factories, employing a j large number of people, are reported to be tn ruins. The German Casino has been destroyed and the portion of -the Jail occu pied by female prisoners collapsed. - Work has been suspended at the aletrrh'er house, owing to the caving; In of Ui walla,. Th Cuarte de RosaJes also jsuccumbed to the heavy rains and . the I north , portion of Pantheon No. 1 wa -d es ro yed- Dosens of houses on the beach w4f swept away by the waters.. .which reached at. point never before reached since tha cape has been built above sea level. ?i , Great suffering ha been csuosd by break ing of water pipe and the,tcunsp1ita de struction of the watep-woAt system. - The water supply waa conducted to the city by pipe from a river ten mile dis tant. . Calsnda de Puento Inflernllle, the broad boulevard which connects the city with the sea, has been destroyed. , i Masatlan has for years been subjected to floods and heavy rains, but not tn its re cent history has It suffered aa at this time. It Is a city of 20,800 Inhabitants, the popula tion having Increased J.OOO within the 'last two years since the bubonic plague waa stamped out. LAWYERS MEET IN ST. PAUL Ananal Convention of the American Bar Association Opens .This - Morning. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Aug. 27. The conven tion of the American Bar association will formally open tomorrow morning with a meeting of the executive committee at the Ryan hotel. If Is expected that between 500 aid KO attorney will attend the sessions of the association. At 8 o'clock tomorrow evening the Associ ation of American Law Schools will hold Its meeting. This association Is made up chiefly of lecturers In the various law schools of the country, and they will dis cuss subjects of Interest to their profession. The American Bar association proper will open Its sessions Wednesday morning In the house of representatives. The opening ad dress will he delivered fcy George R. Peck, president of the association. Following the opening address the routine business of the association will take place. The officers will be elected and the reports of the vari ous officers received. There will be no afternoon session of the association. In the evening the convention will resume Its sessions at the state capital arid paper will be presented by Roscoe Pound of Lincoln. Neb., on "The Cause of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Adminis tration of Justice." and by Congressman John J. Jenkins, chairman of th house judiciary committee, on "Can Congress Transfer to the States Its Power to Reg ulate Commerce?" Following the meeting The annual address will be delivered by there will be a reception at the capitol. Judge Alton B. Parker of New York Thurs day morning. PRESS CLUB IN CONFERENCE Delegates to Denver Convcnetion Call ' I pen Officials and At tend Maaa.net. ' DENVER. Colo., Aug. 27.-Th special train over tha Rock Island ,from Chicago, bearing 300 delegates to tha convention of the International League of Press clubs, arrived this afternoon. Dosens of auto mobiles had been provided and the visitors were shown over ths city. Tne trip In cluded a call on the mayor at the city hall and the governor at th capitol. The officers of ths league were enter tained at dinner at the Savoy tonight by the officer a of the Denver Press club and a Mg Informal reception followed at tbe Brown Palace hotel. At 10:10 adjournment waa taken to the rooms of the Denver Press Club, where Jollification wa kept up until a late hour. Tomorrow 1 set apart for buaineaa and th reet of the week will be devoted to excursions. Stmnajrr toatsait Snielde. KANSAS CITT. Aug. 27 An unknown man, about years old and poorly dressed, entered a pawnshop In Grand avenue, be tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. In the business district, here today and aJfter asking to be shown a revolver, filled the weapon with cartridges taken from his potket. leveled It at two employes In the place end, after forcing them Into the street, shot liiniself in lot bead. m died within a few minute. FROST IS CZAR ATTENDS THE FUNERAL Yiobolu LetTei Fe tern of to Be Present st Eerrlce Orer Body f General Kin. RETURN TO PETERH0F WITHOUT INCIDENT Governor General Vent Llarllarskl of "Warsaw gket Wklle Rldlnar la CWUky ProclAsaatI lost v t . ' ' Gosetied,. "'' '' ST. PETERSBURG, AugV'lt. In spite f the menace of active 1r by th terrorist agalnat those high' In authority, an earnest of which waa tbe .jrlaylna; of Acting Gov ernor General Ve LUrUaroU -of .Warsaw today. Emperor NtefKle end: th empress quitted the shelter of'.tn pa la a enclosure) at Peterhof thi afternoon ' tit attend . funeral mas orer : the.1 body nf General Mln In the Peterhof camp, a considerable distance from the palace; but th precau tions for the protection of the .imperial family were adequate and the sovereigns returned to the palace without Incident. Several of the grand dukes and delega tion from all the regiment In the St. Petersburg district were present. - The body of General Mln will be brought to St. Petersburg tomorrow on board a royal train over the special Imperial line which la used only. In Journeys .of the em peror between St. Petersburg and J?eter hof. Instead of over the tegular railroad used for ordinary .trafluj.' "Th Semtnoviky regiment will meev the. body at the sta tion and eseorf K to- the roai mental chapel. Officers and meat of this regiment have re ceived , many communlcatlona threatening them with bomb -and other reprisals. '.' Tho funeral of many 'of 'the victim of the explosion In th apartment of Premier Story pin on Saturday ateo will take place tomorrow. . ' ..-." ,..'. 'I-' ' Mla'a Mayor- trader Arrest. The supposition that the layer of Gen eral Mln was the "servsnt'"of the party concerned In " the - Stolypln attempt,; has been disproved, further Investigation showing the woman had been living btidar an admittedly false nam wltrt paaant family in th village of Lurlna-near Peter hof since 'Augus ' M. v Ths 'extraordinary portce urvellaac at Peterhof had Trot ex tended to ' LusIm 'and. ens' escaped notice. She we brought' to et.' Petersburg today In Iromv , .' yC: I y V . Up to midnight no fconflrrnation' had been received from Liigm of the reported assac si nation of Colonel Reims. . 'vV.f ' There Is some dissension 'in the camp of tbe social Revolutionist over the 'decision to wjr a war of terrorlsra ag-ajnst all of ficials,, as ts manifested in' a, proclamation by the moderate wing of the party, washing its .bends" of th attempt, on the life of Premier Stolypln, which 1 attributed to (ha "flying group" or younger membera of the party, - t.--44.,.'' f-Land Proclamation siasoed " Thi distribution of crown appanage, tho first' part of the administration agrarian, program by which it li hoped to win-the peasantry to th support of th government at ths coming election. Was put In affect' today when an ukase was published tfans-l ferrrng the 4.550,000 acres of appanage lanoe: n7tlon4kf In- Assoctorted Pre-dlspatohea AOftuat U.,.tt the peasants hank fog. distrjH for, "" 'oUowed th fthon.tlo spll atrtlan to fhe beasatrta-Tlie Wrtreacv of th f In" n too oases ttientlonsd ta trtlan to the besrrt,rThe W.rgeicy csf tbe situation Is, such, that the ukase, which waa signed the day of the attempt on the life of Premier Stolypln, was gasetted without walttng for final decision as to the method and term's of payment. The principal ques tion, whether the latter shall be thirty-three or sixty years, has not yet been decided. The announcement' on this point and of the transfer of 10,000,0000 acres of crown land will be made later. , The land chosen for this first distribution Include: - 1 Lands under cultivation which are not contiguous to-forest tracts and where leases have expired. 2 Forests adjoining or surrounded by peasant holdings. .8 Wood lands suitable In the governments of Archangel and Vologda. ' The following kinds of appanages 8 re excluded from these operations: Districts devoted to factories, foundries or sny mining concerns or provided with agriculture or other valuable buildings or gardens In a high state of cultivation, those iinaulted for farming and finally crown landa in the Crimea and trans Caucausia and those appertaining to Ble lovlesh forest. The apportionment of land assigned for sale and the taxation Imposable on said lands will be fixed by the agrarian com mittee appointed by the Imperial ukase of March 4. with the aaslstance of the peas ants' bank. The preparation of the scheme of transfer and the arrangements with the comptroller of sppanage lands and the final settlement of the conditions of sale by Imperial deoree are confined to the minister of the Imperial household, who will consult with the ministers of the In terior and finance and the chief agricul tural authorities. All the scheme must first recelv the emperor' sanction. Many Arrests Madee. An unsuccessful attempt upon the life of Baron 8 to hi la reported to have been made, in the park" at Peterhof last night, but the story Is denied. A number of arrests, however, were made in the park during the evening. Baron Stahl beara some resemblance to General Trepoff. commander of the palaoo. A number of officer who might be mistaken for General Trepoff have taken the precaution to have their beard haven off. A report received here late thla after noon stated that Colonel Relman of the Semlnovsky guard regiment has been as saaslnated at Luga. where he stopped while on hi way to Warsaw to take up a position on the staff of General Skailon, governor general of Warsaw. The report has not yet been confirmed, though four officers of the Semlnovsky regiment are said to hsv left St. Petersburg today to Identify the body. The open war against the government which the social revolutionists Inaugurated with the attempt on. the life of Premier Stolypln Saturday and the aasasslnatlon of General Mln yesterday, ha produced such a .feeling of resentment at Peterhof that the specter of a. dictatorship hss been revived. The government. It Is claimed, can only rely on force to light the terror ists, aa th public press, which might be expected to manifest a revulsion of feeling against the crime which caused a score of Innocent persona to lose their lives In ths attempt to murder a man who personally hsd not given cause for offense, remains coldly Indifferent. Indeed, while expressing formal words of condemnation, the hidden aatlsfactlon st the fact that the object of the campaign Is to strike terror Into the heart of the government, ia hardly recon ciled. Only the, Nevoe Vremya and the official Rossis denounce the terrorist enemies of society. . Liberals Blaaae Government. The conclusions of the liberal press are summed up In the chsrge made by the Reich that the government alone la guilty and responsible for what has happened. (Continued on- Second Psge.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST fl Tnesday and Wednesday. -1MStnhrr at Oasaksi roster dart "wry ".Dear," floor. Dear. , Sk, an, i . . Ut . 1 n. as . , . f . T4 eu. ,,.,. M ' ' a , aa,,.,.. Til r .an....;, m . s a. rn m. as...... 4Vl!.. ...... TT su. ..... ,. a. m.,t, TT 19 a.. It . n, aa to . T S. aa..;... TH 9 a. as , i . . em a. as....k J ? A IS in... ,.'...' V3 ' BRYANj DECLINES', ONE FAVOR Will .wot Accent ; frivols) Car for t Accept , rrlvais) Car : 'jBlow. Trln ' . Hew 's :.. Mnvca " !'.- ' . p. NKW .' HAVEN." Cotin , AuV IT. Mr. Bryan has declined th proffer' of Presl Vnt Mellen'a private car on hi trip from New,."XrH to thi My. .; In hi letter Jhe say:' .'. ' , "I do not-think It would be wise to accept favor, from the railroad. Let m pay my far and ride as I usually do." LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Aug. JT.-Loulsvllle and Kentucky's official committee to wel come William J. Brysn on his srrlval from Europe will Jeave for New York tomorrow, Louisville Is making a strenuous effort to secure the next national democratic con vention and the committee will meet with the national democ ratio committee in New Tork, August to, to press Louisville' claim. - NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 27. A commit tee composed of United States Senator Carmack and FTSslex, the entire democratic congressional 'delegation , f com .Tennessee, ex-Govdrtior Taylor and others- have been appointed to extend .an Invitation to Wil liam J, Bryan to make three speeches In this atate during the gubernatorial ' cam paign. ...'. . "" s, NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 27. Governor Blanchard will leave here tonight to par ticipate In the reception, to William J. Bryan. Hs will be accompanied by Con gressman R. , F. Broussard ' and other Loulslanan appointed to represent the democratic party of th state on th occa sion of - tbe home-coming 'of the Ne braska n ..-' KANSAS CITT, Ms., Aug. H The Kan sas membera of th Brysn reception com mittee (eft tonlgbL At St. Louis they will Join the St. Louis Jeffersonlan club. The Kansas delegation It composed ef Thomas Morgan , of Ottawa; W. W. Rose, ex-mayor of Kansas City, Kan.; Samuel Bishop, Lawrence; Samuel AnJCon, Wichita; David Overmyer,. Topeka-.', Henderson Martin, Marion; W. H. Martin. Glrard: W. P. Dll la. Fort Soott; Hugh P. Farrelly, C na si ute, and E. E. Murphy of Leavenworth. PHONETIC, SPELLING IS TRIED Massacbosett ' Paper Adopts- for .at '.- ' Day System. Advocated ay Vt ."'.. t PTiaatv'v. ; . . y , " WORCESTER Msss , Aug. S. Th new columns of the Telegram .appeared today with spelling" th pbonetio form, tn ac cordance with the rulss approved by Presi dent Roosevelt,- Th plan I being tried as an experiment for one day., and though It la xplslne4 that g the iwtpPr hast lhe?uie.' 'metnnomtlo"tiT hi not W0lgrvat aa -might at first appear... . Jn order to carry out the idea" through all the new column extra help was re quired In several departments of the paper. WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 27.-8uperln-tendent Chancellor of the District of Co lumbia public schools announced today that he would Introduce the simplified spelling system alternatively In the hljgher grammar grades. The pupils will be given their choice of the old or the new. In the lower grades the old system will be continued. PRIMARIES 'HELD IN ALABAMA Indications That B. F. Comer Will Be Democratic Xenlaet for Governor. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Aug. 27.-Return In today's state primary are slow coming- in because of the large list of officer and the large number of candidates, . which makes the counting unusually slow. Re turns tip to t o'clock are from scattered districts In North Alabama and thus fsr B. B. Comer has carried every dlstrlot for governor, over R. M. Cunningham. Henry B. Gray is leading for lieutenant governor; 8. D. Weakly for chief justice is ahead by a alight majority. - For alter nate United States senator, former Oovern nor Joseph F. Johnston Is leading the field and second place Is closely contested by John H. Bankhead and John B. Knox. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Postmasters and Rnrnl Carrier Ap pointed for Iowa aad Wyoming. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 27.-(8pccial Tele gram.) Postmasters appointed: Iowa, Gravity, Taylor county, William P. Pier son, vice A. S. Johnson, resigned. Wyo ming, Upton, Weston - county, James A. Fagan, vice E. A. Salisbury, resigned. Floyd R. 8med has been appointed reg ular and Halstead S. Smead substitute rural carrier for route 4 at Sheldon, Is. Civil service examinations will be held September 12 at Beatrice, Neb., and Sep tember 15 at Atlantlo and Decorah, Ia., for positions of clerk and carrier In the postofflce service. SENTENCE FOR LAND FENCER 4. T. t-arroll of Batte Given Twenty, foav Hoars In Jail aad Fined fTOO. HELENA. Mont.. Aug. 27. Judge Wol vcrton In the United States court todsy overruled a motion for a new trial In the caae of J. T. Carroll, tha Butte-Spokane lumberman, convicted of illegally fencing public land near Butte and sentenced Car roll to confinement In the Lewis and Clark county Jail for twenty-four hours and to pay a fine of 270O. DEFAULTER UNDER ARREST kaasas Ogsrial Who Said Ho Wonld Not Bo Taken Alive Gives Himself I n. CONCORDIA, Kan., Aug. I7.-J. E. Wade, the county treasurer who dissappeared re cently, returned todajf and waa at once ar rested on a warrant charging him with da frsuding the county and einbessllng tt.OOO. During his absence Wsde wrote the county officers from Cripple Creek, saying h would not b taken alive, . RATE LAW IN EFFECT Beilmde Beds Operatise. Under Xew Becnlstieai st Vidnicht TEW ABU TO FILE TARIFFS IN TIME Ss Kaon Work Beqalred that Vsdj Could , Hot Complr rully with Law. UNION PACIFIC BUYS REFRIGERATORS Bidi for fix Thoosand Under body Steel Cars Opened in Vew York. SCHEDULES MUST SHOW ALL CHARGES Published Rates to larlad Sneh la Identals as Elevator, Switching;, Refrla-eratlon, tse of Private Cars and Similar Charges. NEW YORK. Aug. 27. The new railroad rate law which applleo to all railroad doing ah Interstate buaineaa goes Into effect at midnight tonight. It will be en forced by the Interstate Commerce com mission. According to the new law th roads wer to have filed with the commis sion by midnight all . their tariffs and charges, showing not only the full cost - of transportation from point to point, but ' also what item go to the making up of thi cost. From to morrow on there can be no "extra," but th-. shipper I expected to be able to ob tain 'In adrnnce a final statement of th charge -he ha to meet, 'tt was stated that In fsct'not single company - has been able to ' comply fully with the provisions of the law re quiring them to have all their schedule on file by midnight. The schedule of switching charges was the most difficult of completion and it is said that no rond hss been able to finish It In time to file as the law directed. Under the law every company which falls to complete Its schedules might be fined, but It . is understood that the Interstate Commerce commission will give additional time In every case when a road has given evidence of sincere Intent 'to oomply with the law. To discuss this and other points, a committee representing the big eastern railroads will go to Washington tomorrow In order to meet the commission. The con ferenco will be attended by representative of the anthraclt coal roads, who are nxlou to obtain a ruling from the com mission on that section of the law which prohibits railroad from carrying from stats to atate any article manufactured, mined or produced by It. except for It own use. This would Include coal. Union PaclSe Refrigerator Cars. As a direct consequence of the pro vision of the rate hill, the Union Pacific railway has de term Inde to Install It own system of refrigerator cars.' Heretofore the Armour-private car have had a inon opoly of thla business over th Union Pa- Ttsifle and Southern Pacific with all the pro fitable. -California fruit trade. The "Union Pad no today opened bids for the Cf rtstrvc-yop of Sls.hwin4 atacr On. derbody refrigerator . ear and Is trksty ' to ask for bids for snother lot soon. Forces of ' clerk from all express com panies have for the last few day beei engsged here In the task of revising ex press rates to comply with the provision of the rate bill, but have unable to finish their task In time to file' schedules with the Interstate commerce commission before the bill became effective. The public will reap.no benefit from the new arrangement. The rU wilt not b lowered. The rate of every company will be identical, with those of every other. Charges Most larlnde Incidentals. It is expected thai shippers will find themselves benefited by the provision which requires the railroads to Include all chargea of whatsoever nsture In their quoted rates. . Heretofore a shipper ' hs hsd to figure for himself ton Icing, re frigerator and, elevator charges, and th dosen or more other Incidentals, dickering with the separate companies which had a hand In transportation or car of hi shipment. Now the railroad must do that and the shipper meets but on chsrge and deals with but one concern. All the source of side charges are consolidated and private cars, side tracks,' spurs, terminals and elevators are made subject to the law. The new law also require th railroad to establish a uniform system of account ing, and to keep their books open for In spection at all times by the expert ac countants of the oommlaflnn. Th feature Is expected to go far tnwsrd abolishing the rebate evil of the peat.- Th railroad accountants are now conferring In regard to tha 'uniform systsm of bookkeeping, which, however, will not go Into efrect until June 1. next yesr. In the meantime, ths commission hss put It own experts st work devising a system which will be clear enough to suit ths commission. Anti-Pass Law Strike Officials. BURLINGTON. Ia.. Aug. r7,-(Hpecia Telegram.) The new Iowa anti-pass law may cause the resignation of all city of ficials of West Burlington who, as railroad employe, are entitled tn passes, but as city officials are prevented from using them In Iowa. West Burlington is made up of railroad employee and probably no one will want to sacrifice his right to fre passes for a city office. ALL ROADS TO OBEY NEW LAW Railway Begin Compliance) With Rate Statnto Today. Beginning Tuesday th railroads will comply with provision of the new rate law which become operative on that day. There ha been more talk on thla question than the change would seem to warrant a the principal difference the public will notice will be little and moat of tha re sults will be agitation In the tariff bureau. The malr. thing will be a little difference in the method of publishing rate. Th rules must be Incorporated in the tariffs, which give the rates. This rule wss aim In effect before, but none paid any attention to It. The law Is also specific In regard to the number of tariffs, which will be open for Inspection. The Burlington road bold It I compelled to publish tariff only for Its own line, while other road take tho position they muat publish all through rate on which they hop to do business. The Northwestern has already notice to ticket agents Instructing them In refer ence to the new tariffs, telling Just how they sr to bs posted tn ths men' or gen. eral room In th various station. They are to be placed In a suitable bolder near the ticket window. The Northwestern hag its new tariffs all prepared, while other roada have large force of men at work oi their getting ready to comply with tbs law fast a posslbls. Many extra) clerks have been put on thi work by ail V