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The Omaha Daily. Bee VOL. XXXVI-NO. 97. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1IKXJ-TEX PAtJES. SINGLE COPV THREE CENTS. FACTIONS AT OUTS Fetnrn ef Bcbeli Develops DangereM Oondition at Oitnfnegoa. STEINHART GOES TO SCENE Of TROUBLE Friction Orowi Oat of Fatal Fight in Last Camtaign. INCIDENT TO 'BE ENTIRELY CLOSED mneitj fot All Leader Charged with C oupliolty in the Crime.- TAFT WILL RETURN TO UNITED STATES eeretury of War P.xperts In t.enve lint an Kalr4ir-Mnrr Troon, nil from fwpnrl tiews. ' , ! HAVANA. Oct. .The ..ict.onal ill-feel. ! PP ' " ,f wo. id be tTTn- 1ng Chat, haa exited a, riefegos aince -wwr.hlp of rUlroads o,.W be t o In the prealdentlal campaign of 1 resulted citable end. He had sugg eatr I K rr. I,. ih...kfr,..;..m.s vitt....i. nH Wnt ownership about sis months ahead , 'e'd duHnr , ; Chief of Police 1 1 In nee Inerea the recent revolution tn such an extent t that the return of the rebels from the n-ld I 1. causing a dangerous rond.tinn. wWrn the provisional government considerlt ir highly necessary to end. In view . Mn Oorernor Taft tonight sent Con.,: ., K Stelrthart to Cienfuegoa with auth. ' ,t ...i ... ., to effect a reconciliation of political di. i cuttles and tnatigurating a fresh start to ward a reasonable degree of mutunl BO.vt will between the malcontents. Qovernor Taft believes that It 's par ticularly necessary that the vexed local situation In Cienfuegoa shall be ettled lief ore the Issuance of an amnesty decree, aa ha has determined to include In the amnesty all persons charged with com. pllctty In the Vllluendaa murder. He holds that if he yielded to the Importunities of many resident a of Clonfuetfoa nnd allowed !hose charged with the cvrlme to brought to trial It would result rn the event af their acquittal by a judge belonging to :h moderate party and In reopening the juarrel oyer the nlcldent ln a more violent manner. . Amnesty for All. " Bv.r alnoe the death of Senator Vlllucn daa a year ago hla murder has been a sub ject ot heated discussion In congress and t political meetings. Membera of the mod erate party have been charged with the crime and their trial repeatedly demanded, but the Cuban government regarded it unsafe to accede, to these demands during the overheated atate of the public mind. Governor Taft haa also decided to Include In the general amnesty all persons alleged to have been connected with the Guana bacon, outrage of last Februs- . t-.-hen sev eral rural guardsmen were wartumy killed in' their quarters by a gang of night ma raudera. He ie unwilling to. furnish any opportunity for the reopening of old sore In either of these notorious matters and will Insist in the effectual cloning now of til Incidents which are an outgrowth of Torrney "poTTtlcia trir. m. Btetnhart wfii reach Cienfuegoa tomorrow. He haa re solved " no definite instructions except- to 'leal . with all questions according: to his best Judgment. The governors of all yprovlncea, except Santa Clara, report that the dlsbandment of both volunteers and Insurgents Is com plete and Santa Clara reports good prog rem. These reports are confirmed by mes sages .to marine headquarters. Treasurer Roloff today began counting the contents of the treasury, which amount to $12,000,000, mostly In American gold. Major Kuger K. Ladd represents the United States In the counting of this money. Taft Retnrns Neat Week. . Alfredo Zayaa, the liberal leader, called at the palace today and Invited Governor Taft to attend the liberal mass meeting on October 14. Governor Taft replied that he would probably aall for the United Btatea on October la. Benor Zayas then offered' to hold the meeting before the gov arnar'a departure, bat Mr. Taft Intimated tknt k aid not regard It wise to attend party demonstration. t Although the American commissioners will leave Cuba this week, Captain McCoy, the miliary aide to the governor, will re main for another week to familiarise Gov ernor Magoon with the situation. Camp Columbia, the headquarters of the American soldiers and marines, la growing rapidly. The arrival of General J. Frank lin Bull la awaited before the beginning of the distribution of the troops. A tentative plan Is that large detachments be sent to lach provincial capital and to Cienfuegoa, to be subject to need elsewhere. The battleship Indiana left here today for Provlncetown. Musa, the transport Sumner left for New York and the refrig erator ship Celtic sailed for Cienfuegoa. There Is no Increase In yellow fever here and Major J. Kean of the medical de partment says there are no special elements of danger In the situation. In compliance with a suggestion made by Major Kean, the department haa again commenced the publication of the names of yellow fever patlenta ' Governor Taft and Assistant Secretary nf State Bacon took up their residence at the palace today. Mr. Taft was busily en gaged with examining the re porta of, the head of departments on the Drat wuek's work tinder the provisional government. . Qalet at Cnallda. CAnTUDA. Province of Santa Clare, Cuba, Oct. . The situation here, which last night was critical on scoount of the government volunteers within the town re. fusing to deliver up their rifles and also In view of the fact that Insurgents were numerous between Casllda and Trinidad, four miles from this town, was cleared up today by the vigorous work and diplomacy vt the disarmament commissioners, as sisted by General Jose Miguel Gomes. The disarming or the Insurgents Is now pro. eroding quietly. Twcaty.Rlnhth Infantry starta. NEWPORT NEWS. Va., Oct. g.--The f 'transport Niagara sailed from this port to day haviuf on board the first battalion of the Twenty-eighth Infantry. The Monterey Is scheduled to aall this aiuruoon, with headquarter, band aad two battalloas of ta seventeenth Infantry and hosfltal The Seneca is loading two battal headquarters and band of the Twenty-eeventn Infantry and will probably aall at daylight tomorrow. Tha trsnsiwrt Paluma. carrying the baggage of the Twenty-awventh infantry and Fifth lnf.cn- try. la also loading and will sail early to yoiorrow inorulng. The Eleventh cavalry of 0r)rt Pes Moines. la. and the Eleventh Infantry of M P. A. Rusell, Wyo.. ai l .arrive this afternoon, and the Seventeenth and Eighteenth companies of mountain ar ' cillery t rone Feart Vancouver. Washington, are eapeeted before daylight. BRYAN IN SUNFLOWER STATE Sebroeka Orator DelUer.One ddres at Fart Scott nnd Tin at Pltt.hura. FORT Sl'Mi'T, Knn.. Oct. William J. Bryan made lilt first Kansas speech of thl8 campaign here today. "''I ln par : Til- prcsld-tit !'s done much good. ' don't know what lie might have done had lie hail an environment favorable to re . II.. I,,., .(..no remarkable thing for u mail who had to fight his leaders all the wav ihrouglk 1 know ha. , hi- might have accomplished had n- not been so handicHPDcd. On the subject of government ownership of the. rallrouds Mr. Bryan said, that sev eral ycnrn ngo the democrat and pnpu- II. t. ,,.,-.. rl,ll,lrl for Mil gl'S 1 1 tig SUctl ! a thing and that he. himself, had been denounced nn dangerous because no naa .... M,n i "n f oi ine nopinift m.inn ny n ntNivy iu. .......... - ------ mentioned It aa a m. ana of rell. 'n tn J Ur. ,,. A (.,p ,, Vr yy K. Foote niaUl. to spread that there wa aomethlng a oppreaalon of the rail road a. R" Vfiml ut ,. Mondv ! Pirloua alviut Mrs. Btuuwera death. ! we find rrraldent Roonevelt darlnn tO nolo aa a club over the railroads thnt Idea in terms more radical limn I had suggested. ; In hla last two message to eoligren.. ! Mr. Bryan said. President Roosevelt had ! i said with emphasl. that If the railroads , did not get out of .olltlrs and let tn. t "f Koonrvrtt and he was awful glad to be ahead of the president in that line of T"TJ1- ... ' . .vniium i riTTPm KU. Kan.. O. -.. .' ' "yan delivered two speeches he.c toda, freeted by Urge '; " nwl pf ht' B,t'"r" TZ tZ rhara.-trr of the . andlda es the He democratic ticket ill Kansas, al -Mi be discussed the tariff at lengtn. POLICEMAN SHOT M'n r. "on to Arrest Hrnnken ail When Latter Fires Tnlee. M1TC1IELU 8. D.. Oct. iHpecial Tel egramsWalter Newman, one of the night policemen of thin city, was shot this even ing by a threshing machine hand by the name of Charlea Reusan. the bullet taking three inches above the heart. The shooting was done without the slightest provocation on the part ot the officer and he wan simply performing his duty In at tempting to arrest the fellow. Reusan had lieen drinking during the afternoon and had been ordered out of the Martin Bros, saloon and he decided to get even by taking a shot at the bartender, Al Snow, through the plate glass window. Policeman New man came across the street nt the first shot and followed Reusan Into the saloon and attempted to arrest him. Reusan drew his gun ami fired twice at the policeman at short range, the first shot taking effect In his breast and the second Just grilling his hip. After being shot Newman backed out on the sidewalk and fell. . A man named Albert Otterson struck Reusan over the head and knocked him down, when he made the second shot, and In a moment he wai overpowered and carried off to Jail. When the serious condition of Policeman Newman was ascertained the large crowd which had collected on Main street talked strongly or lynching the fellow If death should 'ensue. The Jail wilt be guarded to' night to prevent any possible attack. Po liceman Newman was appointed on the force about two months ago and haa made an excellent officer, doing his duty fear lessly In a number of Instances. Just how badly Newman was Injured cannot be stated. He was conscious for an hour after the shooting and was taken to his home. Tana-le Over Renoiulnntlona. . PIERRE. 8. D.. Oct. g.-(9peclal Tele gram.) The county republicans are tangled up over the nomination of county commis sioners, the county convention having se lected one district official and delegates from the different commissioner districts having selected another, all on account of a disagreement as to the provisions of the caucus law. Both sides have come Into the supreme court and each aecured orders to show cause on October ID to learn which list of nominees shall he placed on the regular republican ticket. Prleoner Beast Over. SIOUX FALLS. 8. D.. Oct. I. (8pecial. Floyd Purvis, a young man aged 21, who was arrested in Btoux Falls a few days ago while watching a ball game on Instruc tions from Sheriff Bklllings of Charlea' Mix county, and who was afterwards taken hack to Charles Mix county on the charge of forgery, hss had his preliminary hear ing, which resulted ln his being held under bonds of tl.SOO for appearance at the next term of atate circuit court. Farmer Hanss Himself PIERRE, a D.. Oct. 8. (Special Tele gram.) Miles Dunkle, a bachelor farmer of western Bully county, committed suicide Saturday night by hanging himself In a barn with a halter. He had been showing signs of mental trouble for several days, which Is the only known cause for the act. COTTON OPERATIVES SCARCE Mill Agent, la Rhode Island slain nf Lack nf Men for Work. Com. PROVIDENCE. R. I.. Oct. 8 Cotton mill agents In Rhode Island complain of a scarcity of help In some departments and assert that in this respect the increase of wages granted early last summer did not have the beneficial result hoped for. The Increase has not thus far drawn back a sufficient number of those who left the mills when wages were rained. In some of the mills st the present tlma more looms are stopped than has been the case heretofore in the history of the state. In one large mill there are said to be S00 looms Idle where a few years ago the number or applicants for work exceeded the demand. A fifth or the looms in an other large, mill are said to be stopped ror want of operatlvea This scarcity oi labor has brought about keen competition among mill officials ln offering inducements to families "of work ers to become permanent help. DAUGHTER'S ASSAILANT KILLED Kentucky Man "knot, nesjrn Who Inapellnd to Prime by Liquor. PADL'CAH. Ky.. Oet- e.-Beu Jones, a young negro, was shot to death yesterday near Vlcksburg, Livingston county, by John Soott. a farmer of that section. Jones brutally assaulted a young daughter i( Scott and waa chased down by the father and killed. Scott Is not likely to be molested, as the sympathy of the peoplo Is with him. In the last two months two other negrors were lynched in Livingston county for as saulting women. It Is declared an illicit distillery in tho locality is th principal eausn of the orb II. C. BURKE FOUND DEAD Tonnr Man Efidentlj billed in Struggle at Flerenoe Fnnday Night. SECOND DEEP MYSTERY ' TOR POLICE So f ine to (rime la Known, or la There Any Link to Connect It nltb Rnmmelhart Murder. Herbert '.. Iturki. son of Mr. George Burke, 11CT South Thirty-first avenue, was found dead at Florence emiy Monday morn ing, his body hearing e idence of murder. A pout mortim examination showed n renin, ate. setting lorth mat airs, urou broken neck and dlnt-loned a bruise at the "r "P1 of Bright's disease. ' . . .i i Snnti utiitt t Vi r fnnopul -ti m, ir hAlfdtl )... " . .....! I nignt. I nev found n wvere nrtnao at tne; ! bane of th no,e. nd the nkln wan no little I broken Ihc-y decided the Mow h;td been j rUh.-r from a list or s..,ne blunt Inst rumen I'k- "! or nhmashot. The break In nt i s t " lZ "', Wr Z ' ' bad boon caused by the terrific blow in . thc fac.. Severn bruises were found In the right j tempi., one of then, nevere and reeinlngly mado In the .,.,,.. manner as the one on the face. No n.arVs were found on the , neck or on other parts of the body. ; oioner i.ruiii-y nays n in muu.. v ; of murder. He thinks the nature of tha I brui.-en admit oi no other explanation. . ,m ,n,nry, A a , of tht.no ln. An Inquest will be held today, hut vestlgatlons the body wits exhumed and what hour the coroner has not decided. i n ailtop!,v ,1rrforuvd. That Mrs. Brou I.lke the ftummHhart niur.ler. the second i WBr,s dratn ha(1 n0t hcen vul,oa by one loaves n tangible clue us to its per- ) nriKt1t-(i disease Is Said to have been the petratoi and aimply sdds to the overwhelm- wtrator and aimply sdds to the overwhelm- j ng task Imposed upon the police and d?- , I tt-ctives. Hnrke was about 20 years of age, fits I father, a well known live stock commis sion man nt South Omaha, died only about one month ago. The body was found at t:Wi Monday morn ing by William Kindred, an employe of the water works, as he was going to work al the inlet houe at the bank of the river He had just passed beyond an ash car and saw the body lying ubout six feet from th roadway with the head downhill on some cinders. Being startled at the sight, and at first supposing the man to be asleep, h went to the body. It was lying on Its breast, with one hand partly under the body and the other extended lengthwise, with the hands closed. The face was turned partly upward and underneath the head was a pool of blood. Makes Search nt Onee. Mr. Kindred immediately called D. G. Haas, superintendent of the pipe lines, and made an examination of the. prem ises, but found nothing that, would give any theory aa to the cauae of death, though their first impression was ho might have fallen from the ash car- Young Burke lay about fifteen feet from the car and that theory was at once dis pelled by the examination of the car whTch had been loaded Friday and there was no evidence of any one having been on the car. Coroner Bralley was at once notified and arrived on the scene about 8 o'clock. An examination of the body showed the face somewhat bruised jmd, scratched with the nose and lips swollen, as if struck with a fist or sand bag. No abrasion was vis ible on the face to Indicate that Burke had been struck by any Instrument, nor were there any evidences of any weapon being used In an uasault. The body was taken to the morgue In Omaha. The clothing was In such condition as to lead to the belief that if an assault was committed It must have been elsewhere than where the body was found lying. One of the employes of the pumping station said that about 6 or 6 o'clock Sunday even ing he saw some person answering the de scription ot young Burke In the pumping house looking at the machinery, but being with a number or young people, he did not pay any particular attention to him. Ow ing to the pleasant nature of the afternoon there was a large number of visitors at the pumping station and for this reason his at tention was not sttracted to anyone par ticularly. It has been the habit of both young men and women to go down east of the siding used for loading the ash cars, a location which gives sn excellent view of the river, and It Is also a favorite try sting place. The siding extends down along the river bank nearly half a mile from the Inlet house and for over half that distance skirts the river bank, and between the track and river Is a steep bank overgrown with su mac and other undergrowth. Wide Open Platena. Near the Inlet house Is an open plateau of 100 or more feet, the track being lo cated about 200 feet from the big pumping station. A roadway leads from the pump- ; n( tilon to the tracks and a trestle of about fifteen feet In height has been built there on which the cinder and ash cars run for convenience ln loading, the track being about a car's height below the end of the treetle to facilitate loading. Thik trestle or bridge lies juat south of the roadway leading from the pumping station to ths Inlet bonse and midway between the two buildings. An examination underneath, this trestle ; which has been In progress for several r chute Monday morning developed the j months in the ranks of the teamsters' fact there were evidences of a struggle, union has involved the building trades of ln which one or two men and one or two j this city and considerable trouble Is an women were participants, from the foot- ! tlcinated. prints. At the west wall of the frame The teamsters are divided Into factions support of the chute were manifest finger favoring Cornelius P. Shea and those op ptints of a bloody hand, which leads to posed to lilm. It Is said that Shea has the presumption that the victim of the entered into an agreement with a number murder might have been lured In under th trestle and there knocked insenslbls and the body then carried out and laid where it was found. Motive for Deatu a Pns.le. It is yet a mooted theory aa to the mo tive of the killing. The fact that several dollars in money and a gold watch were r found ou the body leads to the Inference that another motive than robbery was the 1 1 .. . , V 111. Mill. Ilm. I Im i thought possible that Burke was lured under the trestle with the motive of rob bery and before accomplishing their in tent tne assailants may nave neeu scared away and, biding their time, carried the body out and laid it in such a olace and I position as to lead to the tehory that he had laen killed by th cara or that ha had fallen oft the ash ir. Hoarwer. the position of th body aad Its distance front lb car disprove that presumptlB at the start. The only reasonably theory adopted by those Investigating was that Burks was knocked Insensible under th trste and carried out where he was found and that being laid In tha position in which he was discovered with his head down hill, h was strangled to death by blood before he could have regained sufficient consciousness to help himself. The ground underneath his head Indicated that he must have lost a gallon or more of blood. Herbert Burke roomed with his cousin. (Continued a Scuviul . ! DOCTOR ACCUSED OF MURDER Frank Brointr nf new Jersey to He Tried on rharae of I Snrlcldr. v (!OMS niVKR. N J., Oct. s. The trial of Tr. Frank Brouwer.- charged with the murder of hla wife, wan on the court cal endar here today. Mr. Brouwer died In September. 1P03, after an nines whlcn I waa diagnosed at first by her huahand na cholera morbtiK. Two trained nurses i railed to attend Mra. Rronwer declared ' themselves dissatisfied with the treat ment administered by Dr. Brouwer anl withdrew from tin- ease. Another nurse Wag employed nnd Dr. II. M. Cats was callnl In ronaultation. Dr. C'afj retire J ! from tne rase, but later signed a death lh. rn..l r ,l, ..llnnl nf th - -" - "" -'ate. It was alao .aid that ln'rp n quarreia i.ctween yr. tiniuwrr anil nin wire over tne minn'i- mtration or ner parents- entftte. it aino - j it, i..... v.M i 31ous of one of the doctors woman pa- i ( a(!tl.ef.mont hptw.,, cpli! i Tr)vnnliln of Branch, a i hro,ner of , dptt4l f w..man. heard of the rlon( ,ld n fln ,nveaiUulloti: ! intrn.-.ut t.ir. i.r, e com. ! i mnv tn tt-tiirti Mm rtr.,tin-(r Wil. ilisilreit u,. . w n.--,.- . .. i.,..,..i ! j In favor of her husband, re- i Tuned tn nuv the noli,- Mtirl nl.n hcxran ,ln.nimn,.. onlnlnu lleach.-d l.v the tihvai- ,ln(lnlmmll, opn,lU Cached h t lfl T1(, digestive organ I clans. The digestive organs were re moved from the body and sent to Dr. Genth, of the University of Pennsylvania, for an analysis of the contents. Dr. Genth Is said to have reported that h J had found tracea of arsenic and what was j supposed to be ground glnss in the atom- ach. The grand Jury found an indict- j ment In January, chargng Dr. Urouwer j with the murder of bis wife and he was j arrested. I Public, feeling had been aroused to u I marked decree by what has come to be known throughout a large part of the state as the "Brouwer case,'" and In some places, particularly In this cuunty. the line between Dr. Brouwer's accusers and defenders has been sharply drawn. One outgrowth of this ! Is a fund of 12,900- which has been con tributed by the accused man's friends to aid ln meeting the qosts of the defense. TEST OF OHIO ANTI-TRUST LAW Flndlay Cases Aeralnet Oil Combine Will Determine' Vnllnit; of Valentine Art. FINDLAY. O., Oct.- 8. Charged with "conspiracy against trade," In violation of the anti-trust laws of the state, the Standard OH company of Ohio and Its al leged constituent companies the Buckeye Pipe Line and the- Manhattan Oil com panywill be placed on trial here tomor row before Judge Gldepn G. Banker and a jury ln the probate,. court of Hancock county. In the- orlgUi' information -ftkil last June by County Prosecutor William m David, John IX Rockefeller wat made a party to the suit, but through the grant ing of a request for a separate trial Mr. Rockefeller will not be called as a de fendant until the case against the., com pany haa been disposed of. If tho manner of Instituting the suit by ! information instead of by grand jury in- dlctment and the jurisdiction assumed by the probate court are upheld In the higher state courts the case will assume added importance as Indicating an oasicr and more direct method for action against al leged trade conspiracies. Both the manner of bringing the suit and the Jurisdiction of the probate court have been questioned by the attorneys for th defense, but Judge Banker has decided against them on all points, and no appeal can he -taken on these preliminary qurs- .. ... .. ,,.,-u. wuuBw .- I . . i . . v . . ,,,uv a. . .'.Ill . I ' . 1 1 J , the Valentine law constitutes a mlsde- meanor und that the last session of tlie legislature gave probate courts concurrent jurisdiction with common pleas courts over all misdemeanors. To this ruling, as well as that on othr technical points, the defense took excep tion. The Valentine law. under which the ac tion Is brought, was passed July 1, 1S. It defines a trust elaborately as a com bination or capital, skill or acts by two or more persons, firms, etc., to create or carry out restrictions In trade. ""The viola tions of the act are defined as "conspiracy against trade" and punishable by a fine of from 850 to 85,000. or Imprisonment for from six to twelve months. SMALL STRIKES IN CHICAGO Frlctlnn In Teamsters I nlon Extends to Itulldlng Trndes, t an. Ins; Some Trouble. CHICAGO, Oct. 8. The factional fight ! "f the building trade by virtue of which I they will refu to handle any building Material which Is delivered at buildings in process- of construction by any teamsters ether than those supporting Shea. Several small strikes havo already Uiken pluce on this account and more are looked for. Three hundred and fifty Jewelry work- struck today In thirty-two shops, where an eight-hour day was refused. I Aol RELIEF FOR FARMERS tomniiaalon Man saya ew M eat law Works Injustice to II llresaed Veal. CHICAGO, Got. . Commiouioii men In Luis city today prepared a putitiiui to the X)vrnment asking that the tlm for the 1 u" of 44 new auall,v of Plr 0 shipment ot vi a I oe emeiiutu to .-November u, the date given the stock yards packer by which ttuy are to change the labels on packing house products. The new law specified October 1 aa thu date for the change, but this, the commia slon men declare, haa worked a great hard ship on farmers who have beta unahl to secure the new paper. The express com panies are refusing to pick up shipments not wrapped In the legally siierlfied paper, and ln thst manner are csusing a great loss to shipper. it Is etlinu(-d that tne loss to the Chliago market alone amounts to thousand of duller every, day. WILLIAMS AS AN OFFICIAL Baoord Mads bj Pierce County Candidate While Probate Juice. MUDDLE HE LEFT FOR HIS SUCCESSOR i Bftoka In Bad shape nnd Affairs of Office leased Ip Thrnnnh the lurompetenee of J. A, William.. t'ndei- dale of Pierce. X?h.. the Omaha TVoild-Hernlrt prints the following dl.i pateh from a staff correspondent Ir Its Is sue of October 1: r:ii!y Investigations bv inter.stod parties and the man who Is his successor are re vealing an apt. oiling state of affairs In the county judge's office here durlnvt the mlnlntratlon of J. A. Williams, who whs nominated by the republican slnte conven tion for the new and Important office of mllwny commissioner. These disclosures have been made for some time and msnv of them cutne tip i ""-ugh Ihr discovery by heirs of prohatr.t when some disposition of the prop- m' attempted. They show the blun- d"9 omissions In s-orea of estatea and earelessness In handling the crlin'nal d,'k h;,t wn" "tartltnar. The dcs:erate situation Is revealed by the fact that former Judge Wllllnms has made several nttemnls o straighten out various tangles. He has lately restored fees for work which he did not do. The Board nf Commissioners have still other matters for him to explain and altogether in a situation, the deplorable effect. of which will be felt for years to come. Ills Many neatlon. Thin is the same J. A. Williams who was formerly a preacher el Avocdy la., a law yer In Omaha, a school teachrr In Pierce county, a lawyer nt I'lainvlew v two terms county Judge of Pierce county and defeated last year for re-election, lecturer on "Thu Real Boy nnd His Sister" and delegate from pierce county to the last republican state convention under the ccnd'tlons that brought down upon him the clinrga by the late Edward Rosewnter thnt he vlnl.-ted the Instructions of his party and trsded his honor for the nomination which the convention gave him. Four times during his seven years' rest dence In Pierce county has he been s pom Inee for political office. Two times has he won and from those two terms ns county judge, ending lust January, Pierce county Is trying to recover. In short, the records of h's office were left in a horrible mess. Blotted, blurred, filled with errors, notori ously Incomplete, they give proof of gross negligence, and a most wanton neglect of the interests of the widows and orphans of Pierce county In the enro of estates left to them. Scarcely a day passes but that an anxious heir appenra nt the county judge's office In effort to straighten out tanglea that will confirm tltlea or permit of the transfer of property, and but a be ginning has been made. Hnrreasor Finds n Meaa. Early last spring when Judge G. T. Kelley, the successor of Judge Williams, after being i possession of the office a few days, saw that an almost hopeless .muddle existed,, called in the Board of Couhty Commissioners and" Hnked for in structions. The board looked over the records and -then there was something do ing. Williams begged of Judge Kelley that he might he permitted to come back Into j schooner Oceanic for fourteen hours Cap the office and fix up the dockets. i tain Lohems and a crew of five men were No, sir, I will not expect my bondsmen to permit you or any other man to fix up the records of my office, now that I a responsible for them," was Judge Kelley's reply. Finally an agreement was reached with the county commissioners that Judge Ki- ley should have the records straightened out as rapidly as he could, and thnt Williams should pay the bills. And ever since that day Williams has been digging up ,..v.... v.& v.vui-1 irn in icro ior I work that he never did and has been ap- j narrntlv mlehtv irL.,1 nf th . j avol(, more dra,Uc rroeeeai, Mlf takon by the county commisnloncrs. As a sample of his negligence Williams' criminal docket for his four years, which covered about 100 rases, shows that the recording of complaints has been omitted in Just twenty-one of those cases, not counting the omlstons of sheriff's returns, recognizances, etc. Keranrknhle egleet Shown. j An examination or the civil docket shows a long drawn out line or blunders, ou"ter suit of the government against the biota and contusion snd vital omissions. I Terminal Railroad association was resumed Beginning in book "H." extending all I today. Charles E. McEwlng. a brick man through book "I," and Into the mid.il t.t ufacturer of Calhoun county. Illinois, tes- book "J," the records grow worse In stead of better. It will be observed from docket pagts here given in the list of the most glaring defects in the cases cited, that the defects come pretty often. This is the list: H. 18 Douglas Cones vs. John Weln ner, for legal services, May 6, lsi2, bill of particulars missing. I. 17 Commercial Land Co. vs. William H. butterfield et al., February 7, l'J06, un dertaking missing. I. 51 Christ l.arsen vs. Peter An. I del sun. December 31. bill or particu lars niiKEing; inipossiuie to evtn determine kind of nctlou. I. t John T. Prlngle vs. Isaac Spar, February IS. Ii3, bill of partlculara miss ing; impossible to determine kind of ac tion. , I. 68 William Mendenhull vs. Louisa I'lrich and tiusan L'lrlch. for work and labor, February a, imo, petition missing: March 24, I'M, motion to quash service missing. I. 7S Thomas E. Spencer vs. Homer E. Sketn. for damage, March l:. ln. bill of particulars missing; March 21, 1HW. mo tion and stipulation uiianlng. 1 lit T I lllurln. T 1 , , i l 1 landers, money due on account: Aoril -i" petition missing. 1. 7 Arthur M. Day vs. John Casey, replevin; April S3. ino3, affidavit inlnslug. I. Xi W. I. Mold vs. Flank Moravec, forcible .detention; May i, Mtliion mlnnliig. 1. 7 Frank C. Friend vs. Stanley Skeen, money due. October 11, IH03, return on ex ecution m!snli:g. 1. & Plel Bros. vs. Boyd S. Leedom. demand for money, June 8, lim.t, bill of particulate missing; June In, 1!3, bill of particulate lninning. I. lutt Richard Haabe vs. William Broad Ikagcn: June 18, VM, affidavit misning. 1. lirn The Farmers State bunk of Plain vie vs. J. H. Ttmmerman, on promissory note, June 35. 1!M. pitlilon mlsalng. I. llS-Chsrles H ''K-ev vs. John Itai. ! man and Grant Phillips Co., for money due, July li. rJ-'. nui nt particulars miss ing. 1. US-rMay Bros. vs. Lew P. Cox, Sep leiaer S, l!tf. peitloa niiit-ing; Noveml.tr lit. 19uJ. sheiiff's return of execution miss ins'. I. HI William H. Slag. man vs. The County of Pierce, dumages fur loss or property, demand for jury trial ami answer missing. 1. L'7 Gertrude R. Rom in vs. Benjam'tj M. Jones, replevin, October 8. 19oX affi davit missing; later date, return of ap praiser nilnaing. I. 1 Tb Fremcnt Brewing Co. vs. Frank Merovlr, money demanded, Janu ary i'i. l'-C. petition missim,. I. IIS C. A. G:rvey vs. George M. Wiley, rvpWvln. February 12. l!n4, affi davit missing 1. 14s George N. Mltclll vs. -Ernest F. Bt-liroedti. replevin, F bi uary H. '.i. affi davit minting. I. JU John Hllerman v.. John Wtage'e (Continued on Second Page.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Knlr 1-nenday and Warmer Weilaeadn), W edaesilaj I Trmperatare at Omaha Yesterday t Hour. Hen. . . nit . . AN . . Mi . . u . . ii . . . . R! . . AH Honr. 1 p. i Hen. B a . tn . . , : n. m . . , , T n. nt . . , , H a. m. . . , W n. m . . . , to a. n II n. in. . ., lit m RT At nn n-i no CEMENT MAKERS COMBINING Government Find Tendency tn Con solidation, tint Does ot Fear n Monopoly. WASHINGTON". Oct. .-A bulletin Is aued today by the geological aurvry on the "concentration of cement" Intcresis declares that "setting aside aa Impractica ble the question of trusts and combina tions based on monopoly of raw materials. It can be said that there Is a certain con centration of interests In th? cp;;ient In- iitrv nnit thai tM rrnKniklv will Ka come more marked year by year. The eighty-eight plants in existence In lftii are owned by seventy-eight companies, ayid several of these nominally independent companies are closely connected by owner hlp." The bulletin continues: The nature of the cement Industry fen ders It Improbable that ny combination or noncompetitive arrangement ran lie car ried to sucii a point as to result in a mo nopoly of the Industry and permanently hiRh prlcrs. Good raw materials are so widely dis tributed In the Knited States that there Is hardly a county which could not produce Portland oement if prices were forced high enough. The only limitation now on the erection of cement plants Is the fart that the great cost makes the ventures prohibitive for the individual or the small firm. QUIET DAY AT ARGENTA, ARK. Coroner Finds thnt ftea-ro Lynched nndny Came to Death at Hands of I nknown Persons. i ARGENTA. Ark.. Oct. 8. Quiet followed the ntormy seines that have been enacted In Argenta. ncros sthe Arkansas river from Little Rock, during the put two days. May.ir Faucet te today Issued nn order for everyhody with the exception of officers to disarm and the order has bem gener ally followed. An inquest wus held by the coroner today over the body of H. G. Blackmail, the negro who was lynched In Argenta Sun day night, and the Jury returned a ver dict to the fffect that Blaekman came to his death at the hands of unknown per sons. Neither Garret Colum, Charley Coluni, nor Lewis Styles, the negroes charged with killing John Lindsay Saturday night and wounding his son. Policeman Milton Lind say, have been captured. No further trouble Is anticipated unless the fugitive, negroes are captured ' and brought here. BRITISH CREW IS . RESCUED Captain nnd FIto Men Taken frnni , Overturned Nchooner Off ew Itnven. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Oct. 8,-After clinging to the side of the capsized British rescued by the auxiliary yacht Aloah, be- longing to Arthur C. James of New Yurie, and brought to this port today. The Oceanic, which was overturned In the blow of yesterday, was towed here by the yacht ; und It now lies on beam ends In the lower i harbor. I The capsized schooner was bound from ' Loulsburg to New York with a load of J spruce, and while twelve miles west of the ; 8 perry light capsized In a squall. The crew was aDie to ncramiiKi uu iiir piur ei low i vessel, they having Jumped Into the water L.. i, .,.ii ,i,. board the A,OHn me fh, worM. for thplr experience. TERMINAL HEARING PROGRESS Brlek Manufacturer Telia of Advnnee In Kt. I .on I. Rate. After Merger. ST. LOl'18. Oct. 8. The hearing of the titled that fix months after the reported sale of the Alton bridge to the Terminal association, three years ago, the rate on material across the bridge had advanced from the former rate of four-tenths of a cent per 100 pounds to 1 cent. W. K. Kavanaugh, president of th Wig gins Ferry company and or the Interstate Car and Transfer company, gave testimony that showed the Interstate company Is a terminal holding. WRECK AT KANSAS CITY trlna; of tar. strikes Traction Car In Rork Island Yards and Injures Fonr. KANS.VS CITY. Mo.. Oct. s.-A trolley car containing twenty-six passengers wn: struck by the "Wind" end of a string of freight cara at the Rock Islund ewltch yards at Nineteenth street and State Line today and knocked twenty-five feet against a switch shanty, resulting in the serious injury of four people ar.d violently shaking up all the -wssengers. The injured: Mis. John W. Augustine. Argentine. Kan.; serious spinal injuries. Mrs. Elisabeth Winter, Richmond, Mo., hack neriounly hurt ; bruises. Frank Groves, face und hands Uudly cut by glass. Michael Suannoii. back injured: hand cut. ANNUAL REPORT OF WABASH Balanre Sheet gliows nn Increase of early Three Millions In let Earning;. HT. T.Ol'Io. Mo., Oct. 8. A Urg number nf Wnbi.li railroad officials departed for Toledo. O . tonight to attend the slockheld ers annual meeting tomorrow. Th- nnminl report, which was Issued to day, shows the following results: Gross earnings for th year ended on June 30, li. ta.ri,Sl.lli, an increase of I31S, 778.60 over the pieviouK yen ; uiivrutlng ex penses, !S.t)i7. 817.35. a decrease, of t2..?i, 5j7.Hi; net earnings, 8tf.f37.4fl.&. an increase of 82.74 t.xfi.sH. ' ... .. t Iral snow MINNEAPOUH. in niuu.tap-uii. - (li t. K. Minneapolis expert, ue,-d its lirnt nnowlali today, with tlie tempi i autre rui't'lng from and to dea-ivta above stro the greater part ot the CLJ JQ MURDERER Fople Found Who Caw Him Take Board with Which Crime is Committed. POSITIVE PARTY WAS A COLORED MAN Drag-net Brought Into Btquiiition in Bopei ot Landing iim POLICE FORCE ALL BUSY ON THE CASE BTeral Eutpeots Arreitad During the Louise ot the laj. ALL OF THEM SU-j QJtNTLY RELEASED Innumerable Tips Man Down, bnt Plny Ont Me fore llelna) Trailed Far with F.sreptlon of One io Melna Followed. At a late hour Inst night the police bad no Information which they could even hope would lead to the discovery oi the Identity ot Josephine Rummelhart's slayer. Ttiey weie completely In the aark. One important tiling Is bow established in the minds ot the ofllcets. and It Is that the murderer was a black map. Ch.eC Donahue says ho has two reliable witnesses, a mau and his wife, who will testify tu that. These two were walking along Farnaui street on the sidewalk by the vacant lot wture the brute got his club. They saw the man rise up from a stooping posture with a club In his hand and walk away. They were absolutely positive lie was a negro because he was not more than ten or fifteen feet away from them and they could see his fuce by the light which cinw from the sre lamp at Twenty-fifth snd Farnam. This was shout 10 o'clock, they aald. The description these people gave of ths face, build and clothing of the negro. Cap tain Dunn said, could only I classed as fair. Ho said they could hardly hope to make any arrests from the description. Tho police know the man who gave this Information to be a responsible citlien, and they pluce tho utmost trust In the relia bility of his statements and those ot his wife. Neither Chler Donahue- nor his de fectives will at present divulge the names of these witnesses. Running Down Mnny stories.' The whole force of detectives, the nlglit patrolmen and ln addition six patrolmen ln citlxen.V clothes worked on one clue or another tlm greater part of the nlglu. Most of their time was spent in running to earth and exploding stories which have been told by excited people, one about a negro being chased by a bull dog, another abcut a man being seen washing In Buddie creek early Sunday muming, and many similar tales. Chief Donahuo was gone from 8 o'clock In the afternoon until 9 o'clock at nlghi on a trip to the grading ramp on the Lane cutoff, nine mile southwest of Omaha, where mnny negroes are at work.' Thw foremen of the grading camp acrounted for the wherckbauta of all Ot their men Saturday night. ''' As noon-as tve chief came bark to the city be held 'a fifteen-minute" conference with Captain Dunn. Shortly after he made the statement that lie had no clue. Shortly after Capalu Dunn said the mystery was still the most baffling one that had ever come into his experience. Several men Were arrested yesterday aft- ' ernoon and lost night and lodged In Jail as auspicious characters. Some of them were white and some were black. Frank L. Delaware of 111 South Twenty- seventh street, said he saw a negro Set I uiday night defending himself from one ! of J. II. Hanks' bull terriers In the rear of Hanks' house at 118 South Twenty seventh street. He was fighting, the dog with a club. Chief of Detectives Ssvage investlgated this story and, he says, Del aware did not get very close to the man and is not sure whether he was black or w bite. Street Car Man "tory. Among the clues of the more reliable na ture which have been furnished the polic regarding the Identity nf th murderer is one given by a street rar conductor on the South Omaha line, and which, in tha ab sence of any Information to prove it sb solutely false, will bo treated as valuable and an attempt made to run It dowa. The car which, on ita southbound trip, reaches downtown at 12:20 a. m., took aboard a very dark complexloned whit man at that time. Hla hands and cloth - wfre covered with blood to such an I extent that he tried to remove some of It from his hands with a handkerchief, and thp conductor was Impelled to remark about his condition. The man explained he had been engaged In a fight with, a man who hit him with a brick, but the con ductor noticed particularly that he could see no marks or cuts. At Twenty -sixth and tl streets. In South Omaha, the strange passenger acted Pe culiarly and talked about how he had often been arrested, and seemed to be under the Influence of some dope. The car rema'ned stationary for sveral moment and tn a I short time a police officer In uniform ! boarded the car, whereupon the fellow : tnmoed hastily to the street and ran awlftly , , the viadurt. By the time the con- I . ductor hod railed tho policeman's atten tion to him lie had disappeared over the structure. While this man was described as being white, he was so dark that he might be taken for a negro If seen In tho dark, and It Is therefore possible he may be the per son seen breaking off a stick at Twenty fifth and Farnam streets, described as a negro. First Arrests Fruitless. The first arrests in connection with the case Were mode Monday afternoon, when two negroes, giving the names of Brad Ro land. Tracy, Tenn., and Sum Myers. Pup'ar Bluffs. Mo., were taken Into custody on the streets. The fact that they were southern negroes gave the police the Idea that they might have come from the grading camp, and this led to the visit or Chler Donahue to the camp later In the afternoon. John Klnaer. an employe of Rusesll'e saloon. Thirteenth and Dodge si reels, wan arrsted also, but lie was exonerate from all ausplrlon and released. Klzer was a rejected suitor for the hand ut Miss Rummclhart The facts were de veloped thst the woman had hod nothlbg to do with him for ,t long time. Hli Whereabouts Saturday night wore also ac counted for. Monday morning C'biei' Donahue wi. present. at tho roll cifll of the uftlcrrs lit ! th city Jn.il and gave explicit Instruction T.l.c ,.lne i,f nnv ilencrlttlifin i Ills- t ' ' r - - t .V.S 8-u. . ...a.. I I omrt-ra v...,.. . .-m....,-. to llklll at pn-- sun a Kuii iiir.iig.u in would be made. This order Was product! U aetata! stwrise which t he tniaa l1
