Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVI-NO. 64.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1006-TON PAGES.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
TEST NEW RATE LAW
Chano to Show Whether Ueature Will
Accomplish What Is Expected.
CATTLEMEN APPEAL TO .COMMISSION
Sjiiiit Bate from Texas to the florth and
East Unreasonable.
CASE PASSED UPON UNDER OLD LAW
Commiation'a Powers Under That Act Are
Inadequate to Enforce Ruling.
TERMINAL CHARGES ALSO CHALLENGED
Tala Cos, Mkc th Other, Had Beam
Paeeed, Cpoa by th CnmlnUa,
at Its Orders Hat Been
Imred.
' (From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. S0.-(8peeial Tele
gram.) The Cattle Raiser' association of
Tuu ha filed a petition for an order of
the commission fixing rates on cattle from
the southwest market and northern ranges
In accordance with a decision rendered a
year ago that the rates to the exte-
about 7 per car are too high. T" A.
portanc of the cna ran be better1. 'v4
stood when It Is considered that it unk
to orer C.X),0 per annum and that
rates held to be unlawful were put In
feet March 5, l so that probably
unjust pert -of. the rate' collected, as held
by the oommlsslon, has amounted to
tween W, 000, 000 and 15,000,000 already and Is
steadily - Increasing at the rate of 1100,000
per month. .. . , . -
8. H. Cowan, attorney for the Texas as
sociation and other western live stock as
sociations, presented the application to the
commissioners of Interstate commerce, be
ing the first one to ask for the, exercise
f the rate-malting power. His contention
is that there has already been a full hear
ing m the complaint under section U of
th erlglnal Interstate commerce act and
that all the commission has to do now is
to offer full opportunity for the presenta
tion of further evidence' which either party
may tiemand and then decide the case upon
the whole evidence,, old and new, and fix
the rate. . There are many Important
cases heretofore decided by the commission
which may be dealt' with similarly.
' After Terminal Charges.
Mr. Cowan also presented a similar ap
plication tor further . proceedings in the
matter of the live stock terminal delivery
charge at Chicago, which the commission
has deoided to be unlawful and ordered
the carriers to cease and desist collecting
V- It-. The order wa cat obeyed and now the
cattle men and other live stock men,
through the Cattle Raisers' association of
Texas 'and the American National Live
Stock association, and the Iowa Corn Belt
Meat Producers, are asking ths commis
sion to fix terminal charge at Chicago at
II per car Instead of 2 per car. . This Item
Is small, but amounts to $300,000 per annum
nc7lB-thn3Jttee for tew ftiray '
, The live stock' associations above' men
- ' tloned have also Med new proceedings with
the commission asking for the establish
ment of '.through route and Joint rates
a -live stock shipped from and over' the
TeM A Pacific railway. That road serves
a large territory which breed cattle and
ether Jive stork, but will not make . a
through rate or permit a loaded car of
live stock to leave It line. It adopted that
policy In April,-1904, and now itockmen In
the northwest states who buy -cattle in
Texa and, those who ship, demand a
through rout and Joint rate,- so as to not
be compelled to pay the sum of the local
Tate at Junction - points.
The commlssloln directed service In these
eases and will aet them for hearing as
soon aa possible. ',
' " . Teat f Gaud Faith.
"It is expected that a aharp contest will
be made In all of them," said Judge Cowan
today, "as In all Important cases involving
a reduction of rates. The boasted desire
, to ooinply with the law and obey the
commission's decisions I much on the sur
face and cheap talk. The action of the
, railroads will be 'very different In every
matter affecting revenue. While there are
many decisions of ths commissioners here
tofore rendered holding certain rate un
reasonable where roads are not obeying the
order ef the commission. . not one of
thent has changed their course In that par
ticular on any previous decision.
"It Is certain they will all resist to the
limit any order affecting adversely their
revenue; stopping rebates snd discrimi
nations is a money msker for the railroads,
fcenre they may be expected to comply
With the law In those matters, but the
amount ef the rate Is what hits the people's
pockets and that is where the railroads will
fight."
As Mr. Cowan had much to do In drawing
i the bill throughout the agitation, be
say It Is gratifying to him to b able to
present th flrt Important demand that the
commission fix rates,
Other Caaea filed.
Among other cases filed are The City of
Spokane. The Spokane Chamber of Com
merce and The Spokane Jobbers' Asso
ciation, against Th Northern Pacific Rail
way Company. Oreat Northern Railway
Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company,
Oregon Railroad ana Navigation Company
and Spokane Kails Northern Railway
Company. Complainants aver that Spokane
la from I3t to 6C3 miles closer to point of
rig-in and destination In the eastern states
'ha Tacoma. Seattle and Portland, but
that on almost all Interstate traffic carried
by the defendants from state eat.t of
Washington to Spokane the -rates charged
r equal to those charged to Brittle, le
om and Portland, plus the local me
iharged from thoc cities back to Spokane?
It S averred thst the Bpoksne frelgiit
rales , large. exceed those charged ship
sere of aoy other city similarly situated.
nd that good can be ahtpped to elite
competing with Spokane, such aa Butte,
Helena and Great Falls. Mont., for leas
than they ran be delivered at Spokane.
Hi difference against Spokane Is from 3
tent to ft per loo pounds of freight, and
then the Jobber there have to purchase
arloa lota, lo get carload rates, which
M given to other elUes on smaller lots,
rh contention that the favorable rates to
leattle, Taooma and Portland are made b
tauee water competition la character
wed as "mere subterfuge." The petitioners
sk that the rate to snd from Spokane
U equalised, and thst the shippers may
cover excess payment exacted from
ttiem.
Th t. Louis Hay and Oram Company
against th Loulsvlll A Nashville Railway
Company. Mobile. A Ohio Railroad Com
pany. llUaol Central Railroad Company
nVfUued a Third Page J
"O. At
EARTHQUAKES IN . CHILE
Trembler fHlll Drives People to Opea
Grtise In the ftoathera 1
Repnblle.
NF7W TORK. Aug. SO.-Of the' recent
earthquake shocks In that vicinity a crble
dlsrateh to the Herald from Tacna, Chile,
eays;
Heavy earthquake shocks have been felt
throughout Tncna and Acra, extending to
the frontier of Peru. The panic Is Inde
scrlbable. People are living In the public
square. First ahocks lasted thirty seconds.
Slighter shocks continue at Intervals.
8A NTIA(K), Chile, Aug. .D.-The ambu
lance stations and hospitals at Valparaiso
are now raring for 8,9)0 persons who sus
tained Injuries during the earthquake or
Ores which followed.
Mme. von Der Lund, wife of Colonel von
Der Lund, the German instructor of the
Chilean troops, died today , as a result of
the Injuries which she received during the
earthquake.
Owing to the scarcity of food the mu
nicipality of Valparaiso has decided to send
away from that city all the inhabitants who
are Incapable of working.
. Six hundred cattle are on their way to
Saiftlago to relieve the meat scarcity. The
banks have again raised their rates of In
terest on loans.
CHICAGO, Aug. 30. A cablegram received
today by the Northwestern Christian Advo
cate from Santiago, Chile, reports that Dr.
Willis C. Hoover, missionary of the Metho
dist church at that point, and his wife both
escaped unharmed from -the earthquske.
"he property of the Methodist mission-In
4ago, however, was destroyed.
CON ST A K' WOPLE. Aug. 80.-A Turko
Bulgartsn commission has been appointed
to delimit the portion of the frontier of the
vilayet of Adrianople, which I In dispute
and which led to a somewhat sharp fight
recently between the soldiers guarding the
Bulgarian post at Sujuk and the guard on
duty at the Turkish post of Dervish
Moglla.
Turkish and Bulgarian troops have been
confronting one another from the points
they occupied after the fighting, but a sus
pension of hostilities has now been agreed
upon pending an Investigation. The (de
ficiencies In artillery of the Second Turkish
army corps, whose headquarters are ( at
Adrianople, are being remedied by the
dispatch there of . ten batteries of new
Krupp quick-firing guns.
FIGHTING IN SAN DOMINGO
Iasnrareata Said ta Have Been
feated at DnJaboa by the
Government.
CAPS. HAYTIEN. Haytl, Aug. SO. A
message received here from Santo Domingo
says that . after Insurgents , bad occupied
Dajabon, In the northern part of the coun
try, the government forces made an at.
tack upon it and compelled the enemy to
abandon the town, leaving . General Ale
jandro Maroado and five men killed on the
fleld ;.- . ' V- !'':' ' i"
' The" government force lost' eight killed.
The revolutionists marched 6n Jlcaqulta
and further fighting followed, resulting in
the revolutionists being defeated with se
vere losa .
' At Monte Cristi, on the north coast. Gen
eral Camache ia besieged by revolutionists,
and in an entrenched position is awaiting
the arrival of reinforcements by sea.
Sew Cliiraii a Free Port.
NEW CHWANG. Aug. S&.-Japan's notifi
cation that it will continue Dalny aa a free
port until China provides customs houses
on the Russian frontier resulted today In
the Chamber of Commerce here petitioning
the consular body to suspend the collec
tion of duties at New Chwang pending the
rearulatlon of Manchurlan customs. The
' Chamber of Commerce maintains that ths
present condition threatens the existence
of New Chwang.
No KxchaasT on Drear Doctrine.
LONDON, Aug. M The Associated
Press learns from the Foreign office that
so far as Great Britain Is concerned there
is no foundation for the report from Rome
that an exchange of views has takon
place among the powers regarding the
Drago doctrine. .
Spanish Strike Extends.
MADRID, Aug. SO. The strictest censor
ship is observed In regard to strike news,
but it is known that the movement is ex
tending at Santander and Bilbao. . Rein
forcements of troops ars proceeding' to
these cities from Valladolld, Leon, Valencia
and Ovledo. t
Gibbons Tenders Sympathy.
PARIS. Aug. SO. Cardinal Gibbons ha
written to Cardinal Richard, archbishop of
Paris, expressing the sympathy of the
American Catholic clergy with the French
church.
HONOR MEMORY OF CONWAY
Man Who Re rased t Hani Dawn Flag;
at Peneaveola Has Peathnnns
Recognition.
CAMDEN. Me.. Aug. SO. The North At
lantic squadron, the Maine commsndery of
the military order of the Loyal Legion, of
the United States, and ths local Grand
Army posts united In honoring the memory
of William Conway, a native of this town,
who, while on duty at the PensacolS navy
yard at the breaking out of the civil war,
refused to haul down the American flag as
a token of surrender. A large boulder had
been erected In front of the Congregational
church In commemoration of Conway and
the ceremony of un vetting waa held today.
In connection with the exercises a letter
from President Roosevelt was received ex
pressing Ills appreciation of the action
taken in erecting the memorial.
SEALER .SSUES ULTIMATUM.
Chirac Parkers Meet Give Fall
Weight or Far Charges
In Conrt.
CHICAGO. Aug. SO. City Sealer Joseph
Gretn. la whose department is the super
vision of Wrights and measures, today Is
sued an ultimatum to th packers at th
stock yard, butter factories and wholesale
and retail dealers In lard and butter, de
claring that the public must be given full
weight In all packsgea of lard and butter
r the rity will prosecute them In hun
dreds of cases la which It has secured evi
dence against them.
The ordinance calls for a fine of 1100 on
very package of lard or butter In which
the weight is short and ths sealer declared
that he would give the dealer and maker
of lard and butter until next Tuesday to
eomoly with th law, .
- VVv,SH BORDER TO BE FIXED
ef ' " , -
the I "J v grnrlan Commission Named
. O.' 'wilt a Frontier Sow
EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUICIDE
Sensational Development Some Tbiok and
Tut in Philadelphia Failure..
DEAD 'RESIDENT SHOT HIMSELF IN HEAD
Receiver Finds That Mr. Hippie Hy
pethloated 6ft,000 Worth of
Paper Belona-lnsj t
Company.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. SO.-Examlnatlon
of the list of securities held by the defunct
Real Estate Trust company today de
veloped the fact that Frank , K. Hippie,
president of the Institution, who committed
suicide, was an embessler.
The authority for this statement is
George H. Barle, Jr., receiver for the trust
company. Mr. Earle declined to say what
securities are missing.' but he declared that
Hippie had hypothecated Sffi.OuO worth of
the paper, securing $00,000 for ttie securH
tics, which he never returned. Receiver
Earle further declared that President Hip
pie embessled the 5,000,000 he loaned to
Adolf Segal, the promoter. These loans,
Mr. Earle asserted, were personal transac
tions. "Although made In the name of the
bank, the directors had no knowledge of
them, consequently the money was stolen
by Hippie," said Mr. Earle. ,
Financed School for Women.
Another, enterprise in which the dead
president was financially interested was
discovered today, when it became known
that he was one of the Incorporators of
Miss Wright's Select School for Ladles, at
Bryn Mawr, the suburb tn which Hippie
had his summer residence. The other in
corporators were his son, F. Wharton Hip
pie, and Miss Wright.. The latter, five
years ago, began teaching school at Bryn
Mawr. She made the acquaintance of Mr.
Hippie's daughter, now dead, and Mr. Hip
pie displayed a friendly Interest in -her.
Last year Miss Wright purchased a large
stone building at Bryn Mawr at a cost, it
is said, of 160,000 and established her select
school. Miss Wright said today that Mr.
Hippie visited the Institution two or three
times a week. His last visit waa made,
according to Miss Wright, on Thursday aft
ernoon of last week, the day before he shot
and killed himself.
In an Interview today Receiver Earle re
iterated his opposition to a permanent re
ceivership for the trust company. This
proceeding, he declared, would deprive the
concern of Its trust funds which are
among the most valuable assets. , If all of
Promoter Segal's enterprise are as valu
able as his sugar refinery, he said, their
operation by the depositors would be more
fruitful of results than any other method,
and he believed through such a plan the
depositors would receive dollar for dollar.
Hippie Shoots Himself.
The suspicion entertained that Hippie
committed suicide was confirmed today by
Joseph N. King, coroner of Montgomery
county. When he made the announcement
Dr. Albert K. Read, the coroner.s phy
sician, was standing near and he added:
"You can cay that Mr. Hlppl blew out
hi brain."
The coroner said:
"When I went to Bryn Mawr Friday morn
ing to, Inxestlgate tbe audden. aaih!Af..MA-
7 1 L 1 - ' . . . . . . . ' , - .
nippiv iuuiiu toai ne was ine presiuem
of a trust company and when I discovered
that he had committed suicide 1 decided
to suppress the (fact for a few days In
order to prevent a run on the trust com
pany. I thought that if there was anything
wrong, in Mr. Hippie's transaction the
directors would have a chance to make up
whatever defects there were."
The coroner stated that ' Hippie had
placed the muxxle of a 38-callbre revolver
in his mouth and shot himself. The ball
passed upward and lodged in the brain.
The shooting took place in the bath room.
He arese fahortly before 6 o'clock and Mrs.
Hippie waa of the opinion that her husband
was taking a bath. When he did not
return to his room inside of half an hour,
Mrs. Hippie became alarmed and made an
Investigation. She found her husband lying
on tho floor lu the bath room.
- t
Receiver Works on Books.
Now that Receiver Earle has taken
charge of the Real Estate Trust company
of - this city, which closed It doors last
Tuesday because of a shortage of about
17,000,000, It la expected matter In the af
fairs of the company that are not clear to
the directors or depositor will soon b ex
plained. Mr. Earl ha placed a staff of his own
clerks at work. Among the -first things to
be done will be the opening of the strong
box which belonged to the late Frank K.
Hippie. No one. It Is said, knows what It
contains, but It Is hoped by the receiver
that Its contents will be such as to be of
some aid to the receiver to straighten out
the affairs of the company.
The receiver reiterated today to many
anxious inquirers that on a hurried exami
nation of books and paper h feels quit
certain that all securities and trust funds
not belonging directly to the trust com
pany Itself are Intact. Ths company had
charge of trust funds and estates valued
at more than" J8 000,000.
Talk f Reopening;.
There 1 much talk among certain finan
cier and other of the possibility of the
rehabilitation of the company, but no
feasible plan has come Fto light. What his
plan is Mr. Earle will not divulge. It I
thought, however, that his plan would be to
operate the numerous enterprise promoted
by Adolph Segal, who borrowed more than
14,000,000 from President Hippie to carry on
his operation, th revenue derived to be
placed to tho credit of the company' de
positor. It ia almost certain that the
financial Interests of the city will not be a
party to any plan to place the trust com
pany on Its feet. '
- Mr. Converse Is authority for th state
ment that the . loans made to Interests
other than Segals, even if they hsj been
bad, would not hsve affected the company
tn the least. The failure was due entirely
to the loans to Begal.
Receiver Earle said that ths plan for the
reorganisation of the Real Estate Trust
company was to ask th creditors to take
preferred stock In th trust company for
tneir claims and appoint their own re
ceiver in the company. This, he felt as
sured, would glv the creditor their only
chance to get back their money, dollar for
dollar.
Mr. Earle added that he had Just discov
ered a Urge asset of the trust company,
which it was supposed waa not very good,
really backed by names perfectly good
and which could be realised upon. This
ssset Is said to be 130.000 In value.
During the formal legal proceedings In
court this afternoon to restrain the Real
Eutate Trust company from doing business
and to continue the temporary receiver, at
torneys who claim they represent 1.000 de
positors asked the court to appoint an
auxiliary receiver, They suggested Wil
liam A. Glssgow.
Th court took th matter uuder consideration.
CHANGES COMING IN ARMY
Captain Pershlnar Mentioned tor Star
When Lee Becomes
Major General.
WASHINGTON, Aug. JO -As soon as the
naval maneuvers are over at Oyster Bay
It is expected thst President Roosevelt
will take up the matter of filling Impor
tant vacancies that are to occur In the
army. , Lieutenant General Corbln will re
tire September 16. and It Is already known
that he Is to be succeeded by General
MucArthur. now commanding the Pacific
division. The vacancy on the list of major
generals will be filled by the promotion of
Brigadier General Jesse M. ' Lee. There
has been a warm contest over the succes
sion to the brigadier general vscsncy.
Captain John. J. Pershing, military attache
at the American embassy In Japan, Is
among those mentioned In this connection.
Paymaster Dodge win retire September
II. Colonel Tower, who Is senior rolonel
of the pay corps, will waive his. plnce in
favor of Colonel Snlffln. for the paymaster
generalship If assured that it would not
prejudice his chances for the place when
Colonel Snlffln reaches the retiring stage.
Colonel 8ntffln wns private secretary to
President Grant., who later appointed him
major In the pay corps. Other officers
hsve friends who hare urged their' selec
tion. It is expected thst. Secretary Taft will
take up these army appointments with
the president when he returns from Maine,
where the secretsry makes a speech In
Representative Llttlefleld's district Septem
ber Is
ULTIMATUM TO THE PACKERS
Secretary Wilson, Tells Them Label
Mast Specifically Describe Con
' tents of Parkaares.
WASHINGTON. Aug. TO.-Notnlng short
of the placing on meat products of labels
which will not deceive the public was the
ultimatum which Secretary Wilson deliv
ered to', forty representatives of various
packing houses here today. Hereafter, If
the packers want their goods accepted for
Interstate shipment, the packages must
bear labels more specific than those used
hitherto. It will not do, for instance, to
state merely that a package contains
sausage. The label must distinctly, de
scribe . the article and plainly show that
the sausage is made entirely of pork, or
pork and beef combined, or ' of other in
gredients. The elimination of certain ad
vertising features on the labels will also
be Insisted upon.
The packers 'were particularly solicitous
regarding the meat products already put
up and held In stock, but Secretary Wilson
assured them it was not hls Intention to
open every package, but to select a cer
tain percentage, and If they were found
aa represented he would authorise labels
for the lot, certifying that it had met the
requirements of the law.
In administering the law Secretary Wil
son said he would apply common sense and
that It was not his intention to be hyper
critical or to Impose any unnecessary hard
ships on the packer. Further conferences
will continue tomorrow. . '
CORNEOUS; WOULD ;iiRBITRAT
Head of San -Francisco Street Rail
way l'nton Wonld End .
the Strike, s
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. .-Shortly be
fore midnight President Cornelius of the
street railway union Issued a statement
containing a proposition for settling the
street railway ' strike by arbitration, in
which he recede somewhat from his
former unyielding attitude in respect to the
demands for increased wages and shorter
hour. In this statement Cornelius says
the car men will return to work with the
understanding that they are to receive S3
a day, and that the number of hours which
shall constitute a day snd all other ques
tions between the men and the company
shall be left to a Joint arbitration commit
tee for settlement.
President Calhoun also lsrued a lengthy
statement, the substance of which is that
the company now has 2,500 men enroute
from' the east. These he proposes to or
ganize into a car men's union.
One thousand blankets were taken Into
the McAtlster street car barn yeaterday
and the work of preparing the principal
car barns for the housing of the strike
breakers, who are to reach here Saturday,
Is being pushed aa rapidly as possible.
POSTOFFICE AN OPEN SHOP
Clerke May Form Labor I'nlon, hnt
They Mnst Not Molest Those Who
Refwse to Join.
WASHINGTON. Aug. SO.-The principle
of the "open shop" will be applied to the
postal sen-ice, according to a decision
reached at the department today at a con
ference between Postmaster Fred A.' Busse
of Chicago, and Acting Postmaster General
Hitchcock and Second Assistant Postmaster
General Shallenberger. '
The visit of Postmaster Busse - was
brought about by the recent announcement
of the proposed formation of a national
labor union of postal clerks In affiliation
with the American Federation of Labor.
The determination today waa that, so
long as the postofflce employe conform to
the rule and regulation and do not at
tempt to molest those who do not enter
the union, there will be no objection to the
employes affllating with labor organ Isa..
tions. It was expressly stated, however,
that the department would afford the full
eat protection to those who, for reasons of
their own,'' do not see fit to Join the union.
WATER COMPANY IS HELD
Vnlted States Ceort of Appeal Ren
ders Decision In Snlt f
" Schamel.
ST. LOVIS, Aug. S0.-(Speclat-An opin
ion was handed down by the United States
court of appeals, in which the Omaha
Water company of Omaha, Neb., is held
responsible for the burning of a building.
Jacob Schamel sued for damages for the
death of hi wife, Annie Schamel, who
was attending a committee meeting ri
the third floor of the Patterson block,
when the fire started. She leaped from a
window and was killed.
The caae waa heard in the United States
circuit court of Nebraska, where It de
veloped that the inspector entered the
baaement to read a meter. Th room waa
dark, and he is said to have lighted
matches to facilitate his work, throwing
thm into a pile of rubbish.
The tower court held that - the water
company waa responsible. In not providing
Its employes mith ssfe appliances for their
work. The case wss heard by Judgis
Sanborn. Vandsvanter and Philip.
NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS
Bryan Reception Bit:, but the Old-Time
Enthusiasm is Lackinc
PEOPLE LOOKED, IUT KEPT SILENT
Mayor , "Jim" Dahlman Delivers
Cenple of Characteristic Ad
s' reuses. One of Them to the
Brokers on the Car.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
,NEW YORK, Aug. 30 8peclal Tele
gram.) From whatever point of view you
look at the Bryan reception of today, but
one conclusion can be reached It was not
up to the expectation of his friends. His
arrival In New York was the occasion of
a generous demonstration with consider
able enthusiasm now and then making Itself
felt. But as he passed Broadway It was, as
one of Bryan's warm supporters said,
"much like a circus parade;" people were
Interested, but silent as the procession
passed.
When Mr. Bryan's carriage came oppo
site the Fifth Avenue hotel there was an
attempt at'applause, but it died a bornln',
and all the way through this great cit's
main artery of trade and commerce, Broad
way, the absence of spontaneous welcome
wss apparent.
At the Victoria hotel Bryan's home folks
made the welkin ring and their cheers
were taken up by the crowds on both
Broadway and the Twenty-seventh avenue
sides, terminating In the first real hearty
ovation he had received during hi prog
ress from Mr. Goltra's yacht to his hotel.
It Is true that In downtown districts,
largely given over to business, there was
heartiness In the throwing of ticker tapes,
lower Broadway being literally covered
with white paper ribbons, but once clear
of this district the lack of enthuslssm was
Impressively marked.
Bad Manaaement of Reception.
Bad management was written all over
Mr. Bryan's reception at Madison Square
garden, and coupled with the restlessness
of the crowd, who could not hear Nebraska's-
noted son, marred what would
otherwise have been a highly successful
event.
While Mr. Bryan was liberally applauded.'
particularly when he referred to the money
question, and again when he said that
somebody had commenced cleaning out the
republican stables in his absence, there
was a noticeable lack of enthusiasm which
the Peerless Leader never failed to arouse
In his campaigns of 1P96 and 1900 and even
stayed with him throughout the enigmati
cal campaign of 1904.
The day started splendidly for Bryan'
friends and neighbors from th Antelope
state. Under the guidance of Colonel Bldd,
who used to be Bryan's major domo, but
who is now manipulating the stock market
In Wall street, and rumor says Is doing
well; "Mayor Jim," Ooodley Brucker, C. B.
Dugdale, Dan Butler. Lyele Abbott, W. H.
Green and Mayor Hunker of West Point,
the bunch started for the haunts of Dives
In Wall street and Stock Exchange place.
In front of Trinity church the party had
their pictures taken and then they called
to pay their respects to J. PlerpontMor
gap, but thajt spoilsmen was not In. They
then worked In on the Stock exchange and
later watched the operations of the curb
stone brokers. This was a new feature of
gambling to many of us'' Nebraskans.
Learning who the distinguished onlookers
were the curbstone operators called on the
"Cowboy Mayor" for a speech, and, realis
ing that he waa In the lair of plutocracy
and the money devils, Mr. Dahlman said:.
Mayor Jtm Gets' No Takers.
I have heard of you gents before, but
I didn't know you didn't have room in the
house (pointing to the Stock exchange) to
do business. If you wish us to we will
send you down a little land from Nebraska
which we are not using at present. Since
you fellows are gambling on the streets
a thing I never did, closed doors being
good enough for me I will lay any of you
a bet of tluo to toO that I can rope anything
you drive down this alley and If I don't
rope it at the first throw it's your money.
But the boys on the curb were not laying
wagers on that kind of business and In
consequence there were no takers.
' They called on Colonel Hamilton Fish in
the subtreasury, a noble sen of a noble
Ire, who showed tbem through that most
interesting place, giving each one of the
Nebraakans an opportunity to feel and
fondle packages containing ten million In
gold sertiticates. Councilman Brucker re
marked that he never came so near being
rich in his life, as he did when he had his
hands on a bundle of "yellow backs" and
John Drexel had a far off look in his eyes
as he grasped the Tool of bills, but a
special officer stood at the door Just out Of
courtesy to the distinguished visitors.
Gallery for Nebraskans.
When the boys got back from their visit
to the bulls and bears they ran up against
a serlotu situation In relation to their
tickets to the Garden. They had supposed
that Nebresiians would be given a gooa po
sition and that seats would be reserved" for
them. Investigation showed that they were
assigned to the fourth gallery under the
rafters and then a mighty shout went up
and an Indignation meeting waa called.
The air became surcharged with worm
wood and the home folks were on the point
of sending a scorcher of a resolution to the
New York committee declining to partici
pate in the exercises. Fiery speeches were
made and a committee was appointed to
see if a section could not be reserved for
the Nebraskans. Appreciating that the
meeting was likely to wind up In a 'row
Mayor Brown of Lincoln threw himself into
the breach by a diplomatic appeal to the
patriotism of his fellow cltlsens, pledging
the delegation that he would go to the
front for the boys and Brown became a
mighty host, eventually succeeding In get
ting the gallery' seats changed to box seats.
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, Dan Caropau
of Michigan and Lewis Nixon of New
York giving up their boxes so that when
Mr. Bryan entered the Immense audi
torium Nebraska was splendidly placed,
while far above on the fourth gallery rail
reated the coat of arms of the "Peerless
I-eaderV home state.'
It Is now arranged tt"at the Nebraska
delegation will leave her Sunday evening
with Mr. Bryan. They wllf be accompanied
by Norman E. Mack a far aa Buffalo, Dan
J. Campau to Detroit and Harry Walter,
who will be the guest of th delegation
through to Lincoln.
One of the pleasing Incidents of tonight'
reception was the personal escort which
Mr. Bryan had In the presence of seven
Nebraska mayors: Dahlman of Omaha,
Brown of Lincoln, Hunker of West Point,
Burke of Friend. Hulls; of Holdrege, ar
Ing of Plsttsmoulr and Watske of Hum
boldt. , .
While the Peerless was addressing the
big audience In the garden an overflow
meeting was held a block awny from Madi
son Square which waa addresaed by Gov.
ernor Folk of Missouri. Sulxer of Now
York, Governor Jennings of Florida and
Continued, oo Third Pag.;
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PRESIDENT AFTER HOME CLUB
Believes New York People Are Vein?
His Nam to Feather Their
Own Nest.
OYSTER BAY. Aug. SO.-The Roosevelt
Home club of New York City ia to be In
vestigated by the Postofflce department at
tho express request of President Roose
velt with a view to Issuing a fraud order
against it.
Postmaster General Cortelyou waa given
Instructions whtlo at Sagamore Hill today
to take the matter up Immediately. The
object of the club, aa set forth in a cir
cular issued August 24 by Roderick Bett,
who signs himself as president of the club,
is to solicit funds for the purchase of the
house at No. 28 East Twenty-eighth street.
New York City, where President Roosevelt
was born.
Soma time sgo a similar movement was
started, but it was discouraged by the
president, who was given assurance that
the matter would be dropped.
The last circular Indicate that another
effort is to be made to carry out the plan.
It was ascertained that 60 per cent of con
tributions received were to go towards
maintaining the club. It Is on this ground
thst the president believes that a fraud
order will lie.
NO CHEAPER GAS AT PRESENT
After Company Rejeeta Franchise
Kansas City Begins to Talk of
Manlclpal Ownership.
i
KANSAS CITY. Aug. SO. Kansas City's
fight for cheap gas failed, at least tem
porarily, ' when negotiations with repre
sentatives of the Kansas City (Mo.) Gas
company, now holding a franchise to fur
nish the city with artificial gas at $1.10 a
thousand, ended last night. Mayor Beard
aley had tried to urge the company to fur
nish the city with natural gas at a re
duced rate Instead of trie artificial product.
The franchise held by this company pro
vides that the city may purchase Its plant
and a move toward this end la contem
plated. Twenty days ago the city council granted
a syndicate of Chicago capitalist a fran
chise to furnish the city with natural gas
at 25 cents a thousand feet for domestic
use and at 10 cents for manufacturing pur
poses. Trie time given the company tn
which to accept this franchise ended yes
terday and It declined the offer.
POLICY HOLDERS LOSE APPEAL
"Administration" of Life Insnranc
. Compnnles May Fix Ticket
. 'to Salt Itself.
ALBANY,' N. Y Aug.' SO. The decision
of ,ths lower court denying th application
for a mandamus compelling the state super
intendent of Inaurance to remove from the
"administration ticket" for trustees of the
Mutual Life Insurance company the names
of four members of the International
Policy holders' committee was affirmed to
day by the appellate division of th supreme
court. Tho case came before the appelate
division on appeal of Colonel Shook of
Nashville, Tenn.,, in behalf of himself and
his associate on the policy holders' com
mittee. Judge George Gray of Delaware,
General G. B. Tracy of New York and
Harlow Hlginbotham of Chicago. -
An apptal will doubtless be taken to the
court of appeals. .
NEVADA FUSIONISTS MEET
Present Governor Not Candidate for
Office, bat May Be Forced
to Ran.
RENO, Nevada, Aug. SO. The Joint dem
ocratic and silver party convention met
here today, ' organised a complete plat
form and made the nomination of a ticket
the order of business for today. The plat
form declares a democratic congress is
needed to - enforce existing laws, takes
credit for the eight-hour law passed In
this state, endorses the administration of
Governor Sparks, praises the legislative
work of Senator Newlands and recom
mends his re-election In 1909.
Governor Sparks has announced that he
Is not a candidate for re-alectlon, but an
effort Is being made to Induce him to ac
cept the nomination for governor.
CORPORATIONS OBEY THE LAW
FUe Reqnlred Affidavit In Missouri,
hnt Slay Be Compelled to
Chang Them.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug. SO.-The
Armour -Packing company, and Armour
A Co. of Chicago, which asked yesterday to
file modified anti-trust affidavits with the
secretary of state and were renewed,
agreed today with the State department to
Ale affidavits In regular form and accom
pany them with an explanatory letter that
the affidavits were subject to the decision
of United Statea court iq anti-trust pro
ceedings now pending against them In Ar
kansas, Tennessee and Chicago.
. The St Louis Dressed Beef company also
asked permission to file a modified affidavit,
but were refused and notified that it can
file a regular affidavit with an explanatory
letter attached.
ST. PAUL ROAD INDEPENDENT
William Rockefeller Says lalon Pa.
elfic Hss Not Yet Pnrehased
th Line.
NEW YORK, Aug. SO.-Wllliam M.
Rockefeller waa today asked If the Union
Pacific railroad had bought control, of the
Bt. Paul railroad. He said:
"That haa not taken place yet. Whether
It will t cannot say."
On the report thst James H. Smth had
sold his holdings, Mr. Rockefeller said:
"Mr. Smith is abroad and I don't know
whether he has or not."
Conscience Money Cassias In.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Aug. S0.-(Speclal.-Stat
Treasurer Sheldon has received a roll
of bills amounting to $100 through the mall
with the note enclosed aa follows: "En
Closed please find $1(0 for the wolf boonty
fund which I beat the state out of." This
is th first case on record of the giving
up of conscience uionty lu the slate
treasury , .
BRYAN IN NEW YORK
Hebrrakan is Given Oreat Beception in
Madison Square Garden.
MAYOR TOM L. JOHNSON PRESIDES
Domeirtnttioi Lasting Eiht lfinutes Greet
Eetnrnlnr; Traveler.
BRYAN'S NOME FOLKS ARRIVE IN BODY
They ire Given Beats Just Back of the
Speakers' Etand,
OUTLINES IDEA OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY
i
Speaker Favors . Government Owner
ealp of Railway. Rea1atloa of
Trasts and Revision
, . th Tariff.
NEW YORK, Aug. M. William Jennlng-i
Bryan of Nebraska, who arrived In New
York harbor yesterday afternoon and spent
the night with friends on a steam yacht
down tfie bay, landed in New York City
this afternoon at 4 o'clock and was the
recipient of jnarked attentions from that
hour until late tonight when he had fin
ished a notable etghty-mlnttte address be
fore 20,000 persons gathered In Madlsor
Square garden. Mr. Bryan outlined clearl
and vigorously the principles he thought
should guide the democrats In tholr cam
palm. Greeted by nearly every prominent demo
crat In the country and accompanied b
them, Mr. Bryan was driven from the yacht
landing at the Battery to the VIctorl hotel,
where he waa called upon for an Impromptu
speech and then shook handa for mort
than an hour with an apparently never
ending line of cltlsens. He dined with
his family and friends and then was driven
in an automobile to Madison Square garden,
where his welcome home was made com
plete by demonstration.
The garden meeting was presided over
by Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland.
There were brief addresses by Governor
Joseph Folk, Missouri; Augustus Thomas,
the playwright; Harry W. Walker of the
Commercial Travelers' Anti-Trust league,
under whose auspices the reception waa
given, and Mr. Johnson. ,
Dahlman Make an Address.
There were several outside meetings, the
principal one of which was addressed by
Representative Sulxer of New York, Gov
ernor Glenn of North Carolina and Mayor
Dahlman of Omaha. When Mr. Bryan had
concluded his garden address at a few
minutes after 10 o'clock and appeared out
side the hall, he received another ovation.
He needed no Introduction to the vast
crowd which had waited so long to hear
him and spoke briefly.
Mr. Bryan waa -then driven 'with Mrs
Bryan in an automobile directly to his hotel
where h was greeted by W. . R. Hear.it.
The - party- went to the recaption rooms
where they talked for soma minutes.
Shortly before 11 o'clock Mr. Bryan, much
fatigued, retired to hie spartmenta, .,'?
Mr.; Bryan wU deliver an afternoon ad
dress at New Haven tomorrow and will
speak at Bridgeport lit the evening.
Cheerlns Last Eight Mlnnte.
The horn coming of William Jennings
Bryan was mad complete tonight when he
was greeted In Madison Square Garden by
a throng of welcomers numbering more
than twenty thousand, Mr. Bryan's eyes
filled with tears as he acknowledged the
thundering welcome. For eight minutes
while the great building seemed to tremble
and shake from ' the shouts and applause,
he strode nervously from side t side of
the platform.
Another demonstration greeted Mr. Bryan
when he told his hearers that he had been
converted to the cause of government own.
ershlp of railroads.
"I favor the control of only the trunk
lines by the national government," said Mi .
Bryan, "and tho Ownership of all other
railroad by the state governments."
In an Instant thousands of voices wer
raised and thousands of face vwere turned
towsrd a box opposite the speaker's stand,
where William Randolph. Hearst sat.
"Three cheer for Heart," wa the crj
which swelled until the speaker's vole
was drowned .for a moment.
Tonight's ' reception, whtph wa given
under the auspice of tli Commercial Tray .
eler's Anti-Trust league, proved really tt
be. the sounding of the democratic cam
palgn call: Mr. Bryan' speech waa a cleat
cut outline of hi Idea a to what th
democratic policy should be. Th electior
of United States senator by direct vott
of the people, regulation of the trust b)
the government, a universal eight-hour day,
.settlement of all International disputes b)
arbitration rather than by resort to force,
and revision of the tariff were his chief
points. Mr. Bryan declsred. however, that
he was merely expressing his own opinion
and not attempting to forecast the policy
of his party.
Oreat Andltorlosa Crowded.
The doors of Madison Square garden wen
opened at t:30 and by that time hundreds of
ticket holders were clamoring for admit
tance. Police lines had been formed for
three blocks from all entrances. In this
way the early comers were well handled.
The Immense auditorium with Its tiers of
balconies and galleries rising to the great
glass roof began to fill up so quickly thai
the. ushers and policemen had difficulty Ir
adhering to the seating arrangements. II
was a gay spirited, big natured audlenci
which had a cheer for every one. Ther
were calls and counter calls from varloui
state delegations. The "Nebraska Bryan'i
Home Folks" arrived In a body and wer
given seat Just back of the speaker stand
at the Twenty-seventh street side of th
gasden. 1
The hall was devoid of decoration othei"
than, the bunting and flag placed about
the temporary stsge. But each person In
the vast audience had been preeented with
a flag by the reception committee and th .
waving of these made a picture such a
the garden ha seldom witnessed.
Before the meeting was called to order
a band played merrily. Such tunes as
"Maryland," "My Old Kentucky Home,"
"Way Down Upon the Suwanee River" and
other melodies of the south caused tu
multuous applause. But when th first
strain of "Dixie" were sounded th thous
ands of Bryan welcomers wer on their
feet In an Instant and the cheera com
pletely drowned the band,
A each notable democrat entered the hall
and was recognised his name waa ealled
and the cheering was renewed.
Twelve thousand persons, many of them
women, sen seated by 7 o'clock, and an
hour later not a vacant seat was to be
seen. The heat of the garden, vno the
crowd bad assembled, was so great that
a large portion of the glssa roof was pushed
back, leaving th tai aa oaaoiiy. Tba