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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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"" -'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
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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 !
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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