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Daily OMAHA, "FHIDAY MORNTXG, SEPTEMHER 7, 1906 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. VOL. XXXVI-NO. 70. The Omai Bee IA BERREY TAKES UAND Bute Bank ExamiseT Looiinc Iito Phila delphia Trntt Failure. MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED SOON Direotori Whs Art Lawyers Said to Have Taken Larce less from Beeal. PRELIMINARY HEARING OF PRISONERS President Hippie's Account Waa Over drawn $ 6,4,003 When Be Died. COLLINGWOOD FIX .i UP THE RECORD UMclil llrr Arrest loavrrti Thin Into m Lena Which Makes nook Appear Appareatl) Straight. PHILADELPHIA, Bept. b. To determine the responsibility of the directors of the wrecked Keui Estate Trust company. Slate Hanking Commissioner Berkey came here today and- appointed as special bank x amlncta (Jim no a St. V'ollum and Meyjr Goldsmith, expert aecountai who, with the consent ot Kecelver f vlll begin tomorrow a thorough exa. , of the del unci concern. Rcclver Karle tonight, after nee with tho directors of the trust announced that lie hopes to open i soon and that all depositors will Ik tected. Mr. lMlie uvi the ril rector t responded to his solicitations to help organise the company, but did not state ' what amounts they have guaranteed. In order to accomplish the rehabilitation the j receiver says the creditors must meet his efforts In th same spirit as the directors. Segal's Preliminary Hearing. The preliminary hearing of Adolph 8egui, the promoter; William F. North, treasurer, and Marshall 8. Colllngwood, assistant treasurer? took place today. They were held In heavy bail for trial. When It became known that Banking Commissioner Berkey had decided to In terest himself In the affair there Imme diately arose many rumors concerning probable criminal action against the di rectors. That these reports were not un founded was made plain by Mr. Burkey. He stated that the law gives the examiners the right to interrogate under oath any di rector, officer or employe of the trust com pany or of any other company holding as sets of tho defunct concern. During the past few years, Mr. Berkey declared, prac tically every director of the company had certliled to 'the reports riled with the state banking department. These reports, he said, appear to have been false. If his ex amination sustains this falsity Mr. Berkey declared ba would proceed against the di rectors. Hippie Overdraws Arcoant. The evidence presented by District At torney Bell at the hearing of Segal, North and Colllngwood disclosed the methods by which Begal and Hippie' wrecked the trust company. The most damaging testimony was that Hlppl and Segal had repeatedly . verfrawB 'llti" accounts "wltli Ih knowl edge of the treasurer and assistant treas rr. These overdrafts wer carried on cash ' accounts. On the day Hippie died there was an overdraft of $tf4,0 against the president which was converted by Col llngwood into a loan, showing Hippie's ac count to be apparently straight. These overdrafts of Hippie and Segal at times mounted to more than $800,000. There waa on deposit In the bank ap proximately $7,000,000 and the loans made to Segal amounted to $5,309,200. Many of the securities which have since been found Insufficient were bonds and stocks In the Segal enterprises and were approved per sonally by Hippie. Bank May Ba Reopened. Although Kecelver Earle appears hopeful of opening the bank st an early date many of the creditors express some doubts M his ability to do so because of. the un certainty of the Segal sugar refinery here aa an asset. It has developed that Segal' equity in the plant Is represented by 48 per rent of the stock. This has been handed to Mr. Karle, who Is desirous Of securing control. Just how he will at tain thla is not known, but there are rumors that he Intends to bring suit gainst the American Sugar Refining com pany, which holds the controlling Interest, In court of equity and also under the Sherman act. Mr. Karle declined to dis cuss thlH matter. Many depositors who placed money In the bank Monday and Tuesday after the directors knew that It waa Insolvent, were allowed to withdraw their deposits today, There were 414 deposits and of this num ber 138 were returned. Humors of Other Arrest. Rumors of arrests of directors of the looted company fill the air today. District Attorney Bell declares in most emphatiu terms that no man will be spared In the effort to. bring to Justice those that are responsible lor the dissipation of the de positors' money. The statement is made that two directors, who are also members uf -to bar, have profited to the extent of 17W), juu In the last three years by accepting fees from' Adolph Segal for passing on security tendered by him for loans from .the bank aggregating $5,300,0001 So far le known, warrants have not yet been Issued for these men. but the public is awaiting with breathless Interest sensa tlonal arrests of directors who stood high In th community before the cash and exposure came. Tresldent Hippie's plaintive cry from the grave, "Segal got all." has aroused the depositors to high pitch of Indignation. I-awyers representing msny hundreds of theru are taking an active part In the la veetlgaslon of the affairs of the trust company and the facts are coming to light almost hourly, revealing new forms uf duplicity on the part of the men entrusted with the depositors' money and the trust funds of large and small estates. Presbyterians Get Ol Knar. ' investigation shews that the looting of the trust company will cost th Presby terlana leas tUan lluO.OOO. and the leaders of that faith are congratulating ' them selves that President Hippie chose an op portune time for committing suicide, far as the church was concerned, the funds and depoalts being low at this time of (he year. Receiver Sari express the opinion that President Hippie was "moay mad" and that there seemed to be do end to the variety of methods by which he Juggled with securities which fell Into his hands and concerning which he sought to de celve th directors. "He was not content with atealing tho ante bond or stock certificate onoe." raid Mr. Earle, "but Mole it several times ever. "He would, for instance, receive bond (CoatLauad pa gecoaa fate.. INTEREST IN HARVARD CREW Rrrnril Crowds Wsirk Practice of Ararrlrns Rowera at Pataey. PUTNEY. F.ng.. Sept. .-Tt was In every way a record crowd, especially In the mat ter of American visitors, on the river today, testifying to the Increasing Interest In Saturday's contest between the Cambridge and Harvard university crews. Muttlehury. Escomlie, Lehmann, Goldle and other fam ous sculler follower the practice from a launch. The crew show unnbated confi dence, which, Judging from their practice displays, Is Justified from both sides. There Is so little to choose that betting tonight again has become even. Harvard has been Improved considerably In starting, but m other respects appears little different from a few days ago. Cambridge shows the best of style, break ing from twenty-nine to the racing pace of thirty-nix strokes to the minute. They evi dently will attempt by hot work to wear down their opponents In the first mile. The Harvard men have maintained their weight, but some of the friends of Cam bridge fear that the latter are becoming a trifle fine. Both crews were out this after noon practicing starts and spurts. Harvard was paced part of the time by a scratch eight of the London Rowing club. Harvard will go out tomorrow morning and after noon. The Cambridge men will go out only In the afternoon. ALL QUIET AT SANTIAGO Troops anil Ammunition Arrive, ".fothlna; Dolus:" In Eastern Cuban Town. bat HAVANA. Sept. 6. Hhe Cuban steamer me de Herrera, having on board Gen "ernandea de Castro, a number of . and a quantity of ammunition, i'ved yesterday at Santiago, where ev erything Is reported quiet. The vessel sailed later for Manzanlllo, taking among Its passengers, General Rabl, who la going to Havana on a spe cial mission of the government. General Menocal, commenting on the ituatlon in Cuba today remarked that peace would be arranged or It will be mposed. He explained that he did not mean that peace would necessarily be imposed by force of arnu, but that public oplnlgn would compel the Insurgents to submit to the reasonable peace terms, which the veterans are offering them In order to avoid further fighting. The liberal leaders, however, continue to demand far more than the moderates are willing to concede. Meanwhile hostilities have to all Intents arid purposes been suspended on both sides. NSURGENTS GROW STRONGER After Taking; Dajabon They Threaten to Take Monte Crlatl from Dominicans. CAPB HATTIEN. Haytl, Sept. .-A mes senger today brought details of the cap ture of Dajabon, Santo Domingo, by the Dominican Insurgent Generals Guelhto, Maurlolo Jlmlnex, Andrea Navarro aud Mlguellto Rivas. At the head of 800 men they arrived before Dajabon, which was only" defended by a garrison of seventy government - soldiers. The 'latter, seeing the Impossibility of resisting, retired into the fort, and September 4, the town capitu lated to the Insurgent forces. ' After the capture of Dajabon, General Guelllto divided his troops Into two corps nd sent one of them In the direction of Monte Crlstl on the north coast, and the other towards Gusyabin, to prevent gov ernment reinforcements reaching Monte Cristl. i It Is stated that unless reinforcements reach Monte Crlstl very shortly that the fort will certainly fall Into the hands of the insurgent. UNION MEN WANT PENSIONS British Trades Talon Congress Adopt Reaolatlona oa Many Ques tion of Importance. LIVERPOOL, Sept. . Pensions for everybody at the age qf 60 was among the -"""- trades' union congress. The advocates of the resolution contended that the money necessary for th pensions could easily be raised from among the wealthy by taxing land values. . A resolution In favor of treaties of arbi tration, coupled with an emphatic protest against the insidious attempts to Intro duce conscription in Great Britain, waa also carried. The congress also instructed the labor members of Parliament to insist on trades union rates of wages being Inserted in all government contracts and the establish ment of a national minimum wage, to pro tect th working people against the evil of "sweating." PRINCE PREPARES FOR ADMIRAL Leal of Battenbnrc WU1 Receive Anerless Officer on Ship at Gibraltar. GIBRALTAR. Sept. 1-Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Battenburg, commander of th British second cruiser squadron, is preparing to entertain on board his flag ship, the armored cruiser Drake, Rear Ad miral Brownaon and the officers of Uie United States second cruiser squadron, bound for the far east and expected iiere about September SI. Th squadron cou- lists of the West Virginia, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Prince Louis has a lively recollection of th lavish hospitality shown to the officers and men of his squadron while on their visit to the United States last year and be U anxious to do al Ihe can to recipro cate the courtesies of the American navy and people of the United States, International Tnberealosls Meeting THE HAGUE. Sept. 6. The International conference on tuberculosis was opened bare today with a good attendance In the pres ence ot Prince Henry of The Netherlands. Th French foreign minister, M. Bour geois, was appointed president of th AnU Tuberculosis association. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Postmasters and RaraJ Carriers Named for Iowa and Dakota. Frora fctaff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-(SpeclaJ Tote gram.) Postmasters appointed: Iowa, P Station, Dubuque, la., Michael J. Lynch, vtc Joseph Meyer, removed. South E -kota. Pollock, Campbell county, D. L. Green, vie E. T. Carver, resigned. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska, Broken Bow, route I, Harry U. Wright, carrier; hflm Wright, substitute. Boutlt Dakota, Mitchell, rout 4. Joaaph T. MUhtr, carrier j John Bydtn, aubstituta, , KANSAS COMPANY COMPLAINS Wichita Firm Calls Upon Interstate Com merce Commission for Belief. RAILWAYS ASKID TO MAKE REPORTS Operation of Block signals Is Being Investigated hy Government Boar at the Heqaeat of Coagre. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6,-Three petitions today were filed with the Interstate Com merce commission by the Johnston-Larl-ie- Dry Goods company of Wichita, Kan., against the Mallory line of steamers, salt ing out of New York; the Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe railway, the Wabash, and about forty other line, alleging unjust. unreasonable and discriminatory rates on cotton fabrics and knit goods shipped to Wichita, as against the rates accorded va rious shipping centers In the west. They asked the commission to make a ruling compelling the defendants to desist from their alleged unlawful practices and to accord such further relief to which they may be entitled. The Interstate Commerce commission today made public an order calling upou the railroads of the country for Informa tion relating to block signaling appliances. The Information Is asked In order that tlie commission might comply with a Joint resolution passed at the last session of congress. v In the opinion of the commission the sub ject 1s one of the most Important of the several matters which were referred to It by congress, as it has to do directly with the safety of life and property In railroad travel. The questions asked the railroads are framed on the principles approved by the American Railway association and contem plate not only full statistics as to the prac tice of all the large railroads and the pres ent state of the art generally, but also the salient facts as to the merits of the block signal, or space-Interval, principle for the running of railroad trains and Information as to what progress Is being made In the Introduction of Improvements. Protest Aaralnat Commodity Rate. COLUMBUS, O.. Sept. 6.-The Ohio Rail way commission today forwarded a pro test to the Interstate Commerce commis sion against the proposed rule to permit the railroads to change the commodity rates on ten days' notice. The Ohio com mission claims this rule would tend to unsettle rate and open the way to dis crimination. CALL MONEY STILL HIGH Rate ot Twenty Per Cent Doesn't Show Relief Stock Brokers . V Desired. NEW YORK, Sept. 6. An opening cali rate of 20 per cent at the Stock exchange showed less relief from the money strin gency than was hoped for amongst stock operators, as the result of the Treasury department's order to facilitate gold 1m ports. As the measure Is made effective only for next Monday It did not offer means for an immediate addition, to bank resources, The 'assurance Of future" facilities, how. ever, was expected to Induce greater free dom In extending credits. Stocks opened higher, stimulated by the news of the treasury order, but were affected by realizing sales and by the high rate main tained for money. Bankers interested In Secretary Shaw's gold importation order made Inquiry at the sub-treasury today as to whether tne order applied to the Importation of gold from Australia. In the absence of defi nite Instructions the inquirers were re ferred to the Treasury department at Washington. The subtreaaury today transferred $500,000 to San Francisco by telegraph. LONDON, Sept. 6. The United States took another $2,015,000 In eagles from tha Bank of England today, making $4,030,000 in two days. The price today was 76 shillings pence, compared with the market price of 76 shillings 6V4 pence. WASHINGTON, Bept. . In answer to an Inquiry today Secretary Shaw said In explanation of his offer yesterday to faclll- tate gold Imports, that ' .,. . --. .... It would apply to gold Imported from Australia or any other point. The Importers, however, from far distant countries will be required to file with the Treasury department 'evidence of the fact of the purchase, giving the date that (he sold would be shipped. TRADE WITH CUBA GROWS During- Fiscal Tear, Despite Lower Price of Snger, Business Is Heavier. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. A report issued by th Department of Commerce and Labor today says commerce of the United States with Cuba during the fiscal year just ended was greater than In any earlier year of the trade relations between the United States and that island. This Is particu larly true of exports. The Imports from the Island fell slightly below those of 1905, due to the fall In the price of sugar, but the exports to the island were 25 per cent greater than In 1905, 76 per cent greater than, in 1D04 and was 13 per cent greater than In 1903. Exports to Cuba aggregated $47,763,688 In 1906. Prior to 1905 the vslu of the imports Into th United States from Cuba ranged In most years from $5O.0CO,Oj0 to $76,000,000. Of the flv articles forming the bulk of our Imports from Cuba, sugar amounted In value. In 1906, to $ti0,o00,oM; tobacco, $11,600,000; cigar and cigarette. $4,000,000; Iron ore, $2,000,000, and bananas, $1,000,000. Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and Iron ore show an Increase in the fiscal year 1906 and bananas show a reduction, of less than $500,000, while sugar shows a re duction of over $4,000,000 In value In Wt as compared with 1905. Th increase In shipments to Cuba, while visible In many articles, occur chiefly in manufactures of Iron and steel, of which th total exports to th Island wer $3,tT9, 648 In 190. against $6,164,908 in 19u5. OLIVER TO VISIT THE CAMPS Artlng Secretary of War Will Attend t Maaeaver at Vartoas Parts of Coaatry. 1 WASHINGTON. Sept. . Acting Sec retary of War Oliver, accompanied by Captain Grot Hutchinson of th general staff and his confidential clerk, Mr. Parker, left Washington today for Mount Gretna, Pa. General Oliver Is directly In charge of the military affairs of the War depart ment, and after an Inspection of th great Joint encampment at Mount Gretna, will leave next Wednesday for Fort Illley, Kan., to apend three or four days with the regular troops and militiaman In Joint nuampmant there. Captain Mlcbe ofthe general slat! wll) also visit Vort RUy, EDNA IRVINE SHOOTS FOREMAN Mystery Surroa Former da Affair In Which Omaha Girl Fez area. SHERIPAN. vo.. 43opt. .-(Speclal Telegram.4 Mis lilna Irvine, daughter of State Treasurer ijvlne, was bound over to the district conrt Wednesday after a hearing before a Justice of the peace and her trial wa3 begun today to decide whether she was Justified In shooting George H. Knighton, foreman of the Letter Cattle company's Big Red Ranch near Clearmont. What Miss Irvine's motive was In shooting the ranch foreman did not develop In the hearing before the Justice of the peace. although many present were inclined to think some mystery was attached" to the act, and the whole affair Is puzz'.lng the community. It is well known here there has been considerable friction over the ownership of this ranch, the interests of the Letter company and those of Colonel J. H. Pratt of Omaha conflicting con siderably. Mia Irtme says she has been subjected to annoyances at all times when her father has been away from the ranch and names Knighton as one of the chief causes of her vexations and worries. Tues day morning when the shooting occurred the bam doors were left open and the horses got into the granary. Knlghjton re turned to the house after finding the doors open and made some Insulting remarks to Miss Irvine. The rosy cheeked girl whipped out the revolver she usually carries when on the range and snapped it In Knighton's face. The first cartridge foiled I to ex plode and a second sent a bullet into the foreman's body. He waa brought to this town where physicians have been work ing on him ever since. The shot entered the loin and It Is thought , will not prove fatal, although blood poisoning Is feared. Miss Irvine's father has announced he will stand by her to the end and the daughter says she la not afraid to face the charges preferred against her. Miss Edna Irvine la well known In Omaha, as she and her mother lived bere three years ago, while she attended school at Brownell hall. They lived In the house at 522 South Fortieth street now occupied by H. Vance Lane. She was then about 16 years old, very pretty and vlvsclous. In Wyoming she hss the reputation of being the best horsewoman in the whole west aa no horse Is too wild or vicious for her to handle. 1 She Is regular cowboy when It comes to riding a broncho and Is of high spirited disposition. While she and her mother were In Omaha her father was appointed state treasurer by Govenor Richards to All a vacancy and was afterwards elected to the position. He Is one ot the best known men in tHfe state, The Big Red ranch was1 formerly owned by the Letters and Colonel J. H. Pratt of this city, but It I understood that Colonel Pratt no longer has any Interest In the ranch. GILLETT DEFEATS PARDEE Eareka Congressman 1 dominated for Governor by California . Republicans. SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Sept. .-Congress man James N. GilleVr'u Eureka, ra nom. inated for governor tod-a by th. repub- lican convention on the first ballot, recelv- Ing 691K votes to 833H for the present gov ernor, George E. Pardee. M. C. Skis was unanimously named for the' unexpired term of associate Justice. . Judge F. W. Henshaw and Judge William a. I .origan were nominated for associate Justices of the supreme court. The platform adopted by the convention reaffirms allegiance to the principles of the republican party as set forth In the na tional platform of 1904. The work of the last congress is highly commended, espe cially the enactment of the railroad rate bill and the efforts made to punish trust organizations which have evaded their ob ligations. The encouragement and support given congress by President Roosevelt is acknowledged. The California delegation in congress Is declared to have been true to Its trust. Sincere thanks are given to all who aided San Francisco in Its time of need and the healthy financial condition of the city at present Is said to Indicate the prosperity of the whole country- The enactment by congress of an amend ment to the existing tariff law, as a meas ure of relief In San Francisco, that for a period of three years all building material may be admitted Into the port of San Fran cisco free of all duty, Is favored. The leg islature also Is asked to enact remedial measures. James N. Gillett, the nominee for gov ernor, was born In Vlroqna. Wis., Septem ber 20. 1890. After passing through the high school at Sparta he began the study of law, and in VW3 was admitted to prac tice. He then removed to Eureka, Cal. He was elected to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty, ninth congresses. The ticket was completed as follows: lieutenant Governor Warren Porter, Watsnnville. Secretary of Stat" C. F. Ourry, San Francisco. Comptroller E. P. Colgan. Santa Rosa. Attorney General V. H. Webb. Qulncy. Surveyor General W. 8. Kingsbury, Los Angeles. LONG HIKE FOR HAWKEYES Iowa Rational Guard Marehe Twenty Miles In Flank and Rear Gaard Maaeaver. FORT RILET, Kan., Sept. a. The regular Infantry and cavalry at the camp at Fort Riley, assisted by the ten batteries of field artillery, finished their maneuvering by brigades today in the disposition for se curity and formation of troops in camp. Tomorrow morning the biggest maneuver that will take place between now and the tlma the maneuvers are called off will be gin, with all the regular cavalry. Infantry and artillery and Iowa National Guard par. tlclpatlng In a division maneuver In taking up position for the aecurty and in forma tion of troops. The troops will be divided in such a manner that part of the Iowa troops will be with the brown army and part with the blue army. Lunches were ordered tonight for tomor row noon, indicating that It will be an all day "battle." This problem will close the third period of Instruction for the regular troop and will be the end of th work for th Iowa troop. Today the Iowana were worked hard nearly all day In a maneuver In advance, flank and rear guard. When they went on the march each man was Issued fifty rounds of blsnk am unit Ion. which was used today against regular deatchments sent agulnst them. The advance this morning took the troops nearly ten miles away from camp, ' giving the national guard soldiers about twenty miles marching today. At noon to day the men stopped and made camp by planning shelter tents, whr ach oUtr cooked hiM own ration. , REPLY TO BISHOP MTABE Pclxholdera' Committee Diicuuei His Letter to Jndee Parker. ADDRESS HE CONDLM.S WAS SENT TO HiM He Had It Three Weeks H.tnr. It Waa Published and Failed to Ulve Committee His Views. NEW TORK, Sept 6,-At the meeting of the International policyholders' committee at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel today, at which Richard Olney presided and at which almost the full membership was present, inn icner recently wrtteen by Bishop Mc- Cabe to Alton B. Parker was discussed and resolutions were adopted relieving the bishop from further service on the com mittee. The proceedings were held behind closed doors. The following resolutions were given out: Resolutions Are Adopted. Whereas. hiKimn im u!a Dni ...i m , bership on the committee, but has been un abi to attend any of tne meetings of Its subcommittees, although respectluiiy ur.a to do so, and, W hereas, j nere was furnished to the press Irom the officers of the Mutual Lite insurance company on August ill a letter butring the signature of Bistiop Mccabe, addrensed to Hon. Alton li. barker. a ciiHirman of the executive committee, whlcu letter has been reud at this meeting, out had not been received at the time 11 was given out fur publication by the Mulu il ijtie Inxurance company on the date ot its meeting, and, Wlieieas, ol.shop McCabe has been com municated with by telegram and letters urn ins him to attend this meeting so as to present Ills views to his associates and to be informed of the views of t lie committee, but has made no reply to such communica tions and has faJlco to attend, and. Whereas, Copies of the proposed address were mailed to Bishop Mctane at least three weeks before the meeting at which the address was adopted and no objection or criticism whs made by him as to the form of the address tor four weeks after the distribution tnereot, nor until the letter of August, and. Whereas, The views of the committee as to the course that should be pursued by the. policyholders In the impending election Tor trustees, as expressed in Its address to the policyholders issued July 9, are op poseu to those expressed In the aforesaid letter to the chairman of the executive committee, it Is ' Resolved, Tnat this committee regards the attitude assumed In the said letter aa so completely out of sympathy with the announced purpose of the committee as to amount In effect to the surrender by Dishjp McCabe of his membership In tne com mittee and he la accordingly relieved from further service. Resolved, That the chairman of the exec utive committee Is directed to reply to the communication of Bishop McCabe In such form as he deems appropriate. Reaolved, That in the Judgment of the committee It is not In the Interests of the policyholders to accept or endorse the ad ministration ticket of either company. It waa stated that the committee had agreed upon the directors of the New York Life as well as those of the Mutual, but no names were to be made public until tne tickets are filed with the superintendent of insurance, on September 18. The executive committee will meet tomor row nnd frequently during the Interim, un til the balloting begins on October 18. Rep resentative Nicholas Longworth was at the meeting. He left for Oyster Bay and will return thence to Clnolnnatl Sunday. Action of Motnal Condemned. The action of th. Mutual Ufa Insurance, I . '' .'. ... T.arloA -Tln ram .1 P.-T 'V . Cone, Alfred m! f- ' mv.fhn,. mem- , ouuon, nuu wnnun . bers of the Interrfatlonal Policyholders committee as trustee, against their wishes, was discussed. The following resolution was passed: Resolved, That the placing of the names pf the four members of thla committee on the administration ticket of the Mutual Life Insurance company without the consent and against the protest of those whose names were thus used, tends to deceive the policy holders who ere called upon to vote and deserve the reprobation of fair-minded men. The policyholders arewarned against this attempt to deceive them and Hre advised not to vote for any ticket containing the names of these four gentlemen. HILL DEFIES STATE BOARD Head of Great Northern Refnses to Answer to Subpoena In Minnesota. ST. PAUL, Sept. 6. James J. HUU presi dent of the Great Northern railroad, has defied the authority of the State Railway nd Warehouse commission to subpoena him as a witness before that body. Last Saturday the commission Issued a subpoena to President Hill and gave It to Eric Olsen, a complaining 'witness against the railroad, to serve. The subpoena cited Mr. Hill to appear before the commission September 18 and give evidence In the case of the citizens of Hastings against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. The Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul rail way carries coal for the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific between the Twin Cities and Hastings. When the hearing came to an abrupt close last Saturday It waa brought about mostly through the ef forts of Mr. Olsons who Is retired farmer of Dunnell, Minn., to bring Mr. Hill into the hearing. When Commissioner Btapley announced that the commission had decided to put in the proposed schedule it brought that par ticular hearing to an end. Mr. Olsen then Insisted that Mr. Hill be subpoenaed to ap pear In the Haatlngs case relative to a re duction of the coal rate at that point. The subpoena was issued, signed by Ira B. Mills, chairman of the commission, and A. C. Clausen, secretary. The aubpoena com inanded Mr. Hill to lay aside all other da ties and business and appear before that body on September 18. Mr. Olsen called upon Mr. Hill today and handed hlra the subpoena- Mr. Hill read It and said: cannot attend that meeting. I have too much business on haial. ' 1 don't think 1 will be In the city at that time, anyway." MAYOR ROSE WILL RESIGN Kansas Official Will Leave Office and Suits Acalast Him Will Bo Dropped. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. (.-Mayor W. W. Roae of Kansas City, Kan., tonight called a special meeting of the common council for tomorrow night to act on his resignation, which h has prepared In order to end proceedings brought against him In the name of the state of Kansas. Mayor Rose today accepted the resigna tion of Vernon J. Rose, chief of police of Kansas City. Kan., and John F. Kelly, ci:)laln of police, both appointees ot the mayor. The wholesale resignations were due to an agreement reached at Topeka today with the state officials that contempt pro ceedings brought by them recently In the Kansas supreme court would be dropped In the event of resignation. - The contempt proceedings grew out of the fact that Mayor Roae re-entered the office of mayor under re-election after the supreme court had ousted htm for not n t arcing th prohibitum Ww. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. Den. Hoar. Dea. X a. m W 1 a. m ...... "2 An. ra U Bp, m MA 7 a. m 4 A p. m M S a, m K 4 p. m HA 9 a. m...... TH R p. m R4 10 a. m T H p. ra sut 11 n. m TM T p. ra Ot it-J m ,. at a p. m ..... . TT p. m ..... If PUTER ON WITNESS STAND Testimony In Land Frand Trial Tend to Criminate May and McKlnley. PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. .-fl. A. D. Puter occupied nearly the whole day at the land fraud trial lit giving his testi mony. He testified that he had gone to the defendant. Mays, In the Interest of Horace G. McKinlev and others to Induce Mays to accept 50 cents an acre for lands filed on by McKlnley within the pro posed forest reservation In eastern Oregon. Mays said that fifty cents an acre "would not pay for the fellows they had at Washington." Puter told of a trip east which he took with M.-iys, on which Mays told him he was going to stay at Congressman Herr mann's home In Washington. Puter was then on t,he way to negotiate for the sale. of some timber lands In southern Oregon to C. A. Smith, a Wisconsin lumbermnp. Mays hsd agreed to have Herrmann hold hack the patents on these lands until the deal wss closed. Puter related for the second time In this court the bribery of Senator Mitchell with two $1,000 bills to have a land matter expedited and that when he cam i hack to Portland Mays asked him what luck he had. He told Mays that It cost him $2,000. and Mays re plied: "They will think you are made of money back in Washington." Puter said Mays told him that he had a great deal of Influence In Washington; that Senator Mitchell was there and that Herr mann was commissioner "and you know how Hermann will stand." CANNON SPEAKS IN MAINE Illinois Statesman Says Roosevelt May Be President for Another Term. ROCKLAND, Me.. Sept. 6. "Stranger things might happen than Roosevelt's be ing president until 1912," said Speaker Jo seph O. Cannon, In the course of a speech, advocating the re-election of Representa tive Llttlefield here tonight. The state ment was made after Mr. Cannon had dis cussed recent utterances of W. J. Bryan. Speaker Cannon had severe chill while coming here from Lewiston today and kept to his bed after his arrival until the early evening. He recovered sufficiently to fuii fill his engagement and made vigorous speech. When Mr. Cannon left the hall he exhibited signs of weakness, but ex pressed the belief that a nlght'a rest would restore his normal condition. This Is Mr. Littleflold's home city and Mr. Cannbn's atldlenoe cheered his refer ence to Mr. Llttieflold loudly. At the opening of his address Speaker Cannon t,pvk up g question which had been handed to him by . a representative of a local newspaper asking why he had "butted In" In the Maine campaign. Mr. Cannon said he had "butted In" because he Is Interested In the welfare of Congressman Littlefleld, whose re-election as an advocate of pro tection w'as of as much Interest to the peo ple of Illinois as to those of Maine. SCHOLARS FAVOR SIMPLICITY I'nlveralty Inflaenco In Many States Support Plan of Simpllfled Spelling: Board. NEW TORK. Sept. 6. The simplified" spelling board, prior to August 10, has re ceived the signatures of 825 college presi dents, professors, instructors and university officers who had agred to use the 300 words, aa far as practicable. In their correspond ence. This university Influence Is greatest ir. New York state, where more than 130 per sons conencted with universities and col leges have Joined the movement; Illinois com next with 130 such signers, Massa chusetts !s third with ninety-two, Cali fornia next with sixty-seven, Michigan with fifty-two, Missouri forty-two, Pennsylvania thirty-one and Connecticut, Indiana, Kan sas and Maryland each have more than twenty champions of the new spelling In their higher institutions of learning. The remainder are scattered In varying num bers throughout the other states. Since August 1 a number of university men have been added. BALLOONIST FALLS TO DEATH Jerry Turner Instnntly Killed by Drop of Two Hundred Feet at Oakalooaa, Kan. OSKALOO8A, Kan.. Sept 6.-In full view of a crowd of 2,000 spectators at the Jef ferson county fair here today Jerry Turner, an inexperienced balloonist, fell 200 feet from a trapeze suspended from para chute and was Instantly killed. Turner, who was aged 20, waa an employe of a street fair company and his home was In Kansas City. The balloon rose perhops 3,000 feet. The parachute descended alowly. Turner per forming on a trapeze below. When 200 feet from the ground, while swinging with both hands, one was seen to loosen, and he clung by the left hand, struggling to regain hold with his right hand, but, his strength becoming exhausted, he fell head downward, the fall breaking his neck, Jaw, left arm, collar bone and both wrists. Notwithstanding the appalling accident, another performer has been engaged to make an ascent tomorrow at th fair. VALUABLE BOOKS STOLEN Negro Arrested la Coagreeamaa'a Com mittee Roous and Missing Volames Are Feuad. WASHINGTON. Sept. 6-Followlng the j investigation of the disappearance of many I rare and valuable law books from the I document room of the United States sen j ate, H. E. Cuney, a negro, was arrested J yesterday at the capltol on the charge uf j larceny. J The arrest was made Cuney was enter ing the commlttea room of Representative j Culderhead of Kansas, whom Cuney says I he assited In the distribution of pamphlets j to Kansas constituents. When th com- ! mlttee room was searched the detective I says he found twnty-three volumes of digest of International law, which are the I only original copies in the country and 1 which wer barred from removal from th document room, tightly wrapped and ad dressed to Cuney. PACIFIC CITY WINS Next Session of Irrigation Congress Will Be Held in facramento. GOV. CHAMBERLAIN CHOSEN PRESIDENT Oregon Ezeontire Will Look After Arrangements for Next Session. RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE REPORTS Aotion Against Further Eednotion of Tariff on Philippine Sucar. BOND PROPOSITION VOTED DOWN Suggestion that Government Be Akd to Issue Hundred Millions for Irrigation Work Meet with Little Favor. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. . The fourteenth National Irrigation congress closed its ses sions tonight after voting to hold Its next congress at Sacramento, Cal., and electing as president of the fitleenth congress Gov ernor George E. Chamberlain Of Oregon. The attrnctloiianpf the Jamestown exposi tion had been cleverly presented and on ihe first ballot for the convention city James town was In the lead. Sacramento won no the second ballot. There was some evidence of discord Is connection with the election of secrelsry. D. H. Anderson, a Chlcaa-o nuhlislier. wai the choice of the nominating committee. His .published utterances In criticism of tin federal reclamation service were unred against him, but the convention endorsed tne nomination. The shouters for " hundred million mora for irrigation" came before th congress. wttn a minority renort from the rommii. tee on resolutions, demanding that the Na tional irrigation congress authorize bond Issue to raise such a fund. After a spirited debate the minority report was voted down. Selection of Officers. The committee on credentials reported an attendance of 1,136 delegates, representing thirty states. The claims of several cities anxious to entertain next year's congress were pre sented. There was no selection on the first ballot snd several cities withdrew. On ths second ballot Sacramento won over James town by a vote of 307 to 166. The committee on permanent organization announced the following officers to direct the affairs of the fifteenth annual congress: President, Governor Chamberlain of Ore gon; first vice president, John Henry Smith, Salt Lake City; 'second vice president, U. H. Maxson, Reno, Nev. ; third vice president- George W. Barstow, Texas; secretary, D. H. Andersen, Chicago. Fisher Harris, speaking for the Utah del egation, entered a protest against th elec tion of D. H. Anderson as secretary. The statement had been made that Mr. Anderson 1s editor of a Chicago publica tion that had been free In lta criticism of th government's reclamation service and waa not fully In harmony with th purpose of the Irrigation congress. The Utah delegation placed the, name of Fred L. Harris of Boil, for secretary, but th sympathy of th congress Seemed to b against .th . chang and the Uti.h delegation withdrew their fcomlne. The report of the commute was adopted. "Early home building In the WeU" wa described In a paper by L. W. Ehurtleff of Ogden, Utah, first vice president of the congress and one of the pioneer Mormons of Utah and Idaho. Praise From Pennsylvaala. D. A. Knuppenburg, a delegate from Pennsylvania, and a member of the State Board of Agriculture of his state, spoke In praise of what he had seen In the Irrigated states of the west and declared that hence forth he would be an advocate of all pos sible government aid for the reclamation of arid lands. Aaron Gould Of Colorado, delivered a tariff argument against further concession to the sugar of the Philippines. Ho urged that the sugar beet raisers of the irrigated states be not forced into closer compc'itlon with the cheap labor of the Islands. An Idaho delegate protested against the 1 time 01 me consrees oeing given over to ine ' Ji 1 -.1 ,k. r , , uim u.Diiiii v. ,11-1 ii it, auu uvvcii:ur lawij of Washington, who had been called to the chair, suggested that the speaker confine his remarks to Irrigation and Its co-related subjects. Mr. Gould Insisted that his tariff speech was Inseperable from the growing of sugar beets. Report on Resolntloo. The report of (th committee on resolu tions was .presented when the congress re assembled. Tne report of the committee on resolu tions as presented to the congress ex presses the hope that the governmental Ir rigation works under construction, and in contemplation will be pushed to an early completion; heartily approves th efficient and thorough work of th federal re clamation service and expresses the fullest confidence In tb honest and ability in that service; endorses and commends the earnest and efficient work of the national weather bureau; commends the work of the federal agricultural department In lta irrigation and drslnuge investigations; recommends that the irrigation congress authorize Its president to appoint a com mittee of five members to carry on a cam paign of publicity In relation to irrigation, this committee to be authorized to employ a secretary at a salary of $26 a month; pledges earnest support of the federal forest serv ice In Its efforts to maintain and lmprova the country's watersheds; favor the pas sage, with certain amendments, of senate bill No. 4.624. relating to relinquishment ot reservoir rights, with the privilege of se lecting lieu lands; express tb opinion that government enterprise for reclama tion should not unnecessarily Interfere with prior private enterprises; endorse th federal Department of Agriculture's experiment In dry farming In th semi arid regions: recommends the enactment of a federal law prescribing penalties for unlawful Interference with federal head gate and other irrigation work. Tariff on Sngar. The committee recommended the fol lowing resolution In relation to the tariff on sugar from the Philippines: Inasmuch as the sugar beet Industry In Irrigated America returns o our farmers an annual revenue of over ?'"'.-i),000, and as the production at home of the sugar we now Import from the tropics would af ford our farmer an additional inrkt for nearly liio.Ouo.oOO tone of beets, and, as It hss been urged that the United Stales congress further stimulate the sugar in dustry of the Philippine island te pro due all or a portion uf th sugar, of arid America had hoped to produr. 4 Therefore we protest against any fur ther leKiManv concessions in ravor or r-hlllnnini. siiffsr and urm that IfS-lalitttv agitation and attacks 011 the sugar pro- auction or tins couniry cum, mat in great Industry may be fully developed. In conclusion, the resolutions express thanks to th popl af jseise fsr tka
