Fhe' Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVI -NO. 140.
OMAHA. WEDNESDAY MOILING, NOVEMBER JS; V.HM -TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TH K EE CENTS.
MONOPOLY IN COAL
louid and Harriman Control Fuel Fruduo
titra in To term oun tain Eescion.
ACT AOMITTED BY RAILROAD ATTORNEY
3t.tent Made Before Interstate. Com
merct CciumiBaieu at talt Lake City.
OBJECTION TO INVtSTIGATION INPUBUC
... r , mtimm'
"Want Evidence of How Laid". Wars
Chained Takea ia Secret.
DYNAMITE FOR OPPOSITION COMPANIES
attorney from F Boston Telle of
Mrini t aed to Keep Prospector
lnm Lands Claimed by
I'nlon Pacific.
.SALT LAKE CITT. Nov. 2T.-lnlerstale
i i.mmtrve Comini"ilon'' ""laike toJuy re
xunied the lnvftiri ). conditions at
fi ctinif the coal trark U'rniouutaiii
otintiy. Th lrgal y'V, ot lh
vluulU srul lliirriroan ra. f''', lires
1 nt and wore j mil tied t- ' , mlne
itno!,
K M. Allison, attorney fo, , 'u
i,iatid ynKiu, in un arttumei.
li"rmHtln the Invest itrat ion to t..
IUr scopo propofed, admitted that th
h monopoly of the roal trade In the In
mountain i.-ountry. He insisted, however,
ihat the Intrrmnte Commeroo Commission
hud ro antlKrlty to enter upon a public in
vestigation of the mantiet In which tho
on I bxnda tre acquired. TVstlmony in ra
latioti to suoh tnatters. he artptod, uhould
be taken Irr Hpcrcl, and the facts brought
nut ahould be eithmitted direct to the presi
dent in a apecial report, for audi subsc
,ai)l aillon as tha pn-eldtnt might dl
j'ecl. 8. Spence of i:jui.iton, AVyo., an attor
ney, told of the methods of the I'nlon Pa
vltlc Con) tompHtiy in aecrulrlna conl lands
In Wjurmna; anil In keeplna; out opposition
companies. lie teintllied thut at(c1 of
tba I'nlon racillc company used dynamite
In their efforts to keep men with oil well
drilling; machinery out of I'lntuh county,
Wyoming. When proapctora attempted to
tako in their - machinery, he testified, a
trench was duj and filled with dynamite,
uud nun were Instructed to blow up tho
machinery If un attempt ahould be made to
lake it Into I'lnUh county over land
In if ne,! by the I'nlon Paclllc under grant
of the govtirnmerit.
N 'nine Exploded by. "herHf. j
Mr. r?ptce lestlfled that the sheriff of j
tli couii,ty was called In and the mine '
was exploded., but the earth wu heaved j
up in such manner that upproacli to the
oil pronpect 011 the side hill was impossi
ble. The witness admitted that he was
' one -of the Incorporators of the American
Consolidated Oil company, which had at
tempted to develop oil prospects in Wyo
ming,.,..., '" ' '
" Ait aflirtavU-i'"A. J. Smith or Tlenver
1n relation to the acquisition or coal lands
in Wyomlna: by th Vttton Pacific t'oal
' company.' In - which charges of - collusion
. between the coal company and offlcera of
the United states land office at F.vnnston
are "made,- was introduced as evidence.
This is the affidavit that was recently
fornarded to the eecretary of the Interior.
Mr Pner.ee. who haa represented Mr.
Jones as nttorn-y, testified that protests
tiled by blm in 1905 against the granting
of patents to the t'nton Pacific Coal com
pany for coal lands which had been en
tered by men In the employ of the com
pany were considered by the land officers
at Kvanston In a secret session held in
the office of attorneys employed by the
t-'nloiPsx-ihri company.
Attorney Parley T. Williams, counsel of
the Vnlon Pacific denounced the Smith
sffldaVlt a "Lurid literature" and pro
tested . against wliat he termed the be
smirching of the names and character of
government offlclala at Evanston.
Ho-er Vtah tde Were Ohtavlaed.
J. T. Marchand. ho is conducting the
examination for tha government, shifted
" the investigation to tha cool properties !n
' 1'tah controlled in the interest of tho
Denver aV Rio Grande system, ,
Utate Senator Oeorge N. lwrence of
I'tati was called and tha fact was brought
out that ha had entered Utah coal lands
rtta? Bunnyslde on the advice ot men
employed by tha Pleasant Valley Coal
comrany and that for a consideration of
. $100 he transferred his right to a Mr.
Judsor..
Oeorge K. Hare, special agent 'or the
s-enetal land office, was questioned in re.
li.ud fa tlia Inveulinitlorts. which he has
hiade of eutriea lor certain coal lands now
Held by thi Vtat. Fuel company.
ft 'was here that Attorney Allison en
tered his objection to the taking of testi
mony of character and asked what
the committee would do after such testi
mony If the t'tab Fuel company brought
witnesses who wool f testify unite to he
contrary.
Commissioner Clark, with some heat, re
pliad; "t have lived fifteen yrara lu Vtah and
ou ean't intimidate me with any threats."
Aftar Mr. Allison had stated that no of-f-lile
had been intended a recess was
taki:.
foal laaaa Are Cheap.
Mr. Hare testified sfter the recess that;
Hie Utah Fuel company and the Pleasant;
' , ' . . rv.iT , ,V, v, ' ., . P.OME, Nov. iT.-Th iKe revelved today
1 ,eT7h v ;.v. .-Id but'iu 1v - audience Ordinal Kop... Wshop
the records show that they have paid butj '
- 1 . k . . . u-K.-, u.-iua.i o p., uh
I.m c.i.l l.rivA ajiuipiu .1 pukl Ium1 tfk lite
Charles Kingston, formerly registrar of
the United States I tud office at EvansLon,
Wyo., said lie bad suspected irregularities
(u connection with applications for coal
laud ind hud ai.iiied to the general la: d
iiffica: for li)1:u.t!oTis as to allowing the
kiii ri..
"I i'.r.r,, -f. tu k.. ihuia- ai..r.-4
., , .... , ,. . ' '. ,
MtMel, "th.t It Is m,i. ot your bust
near." '
At the time - luf r.rved XO by Mr. Kingston,
itit ger Merman of Oregon toiiirais
aiimer cf the land otflc.
C 'lonel Sowi, a spar ia) egeai of 'the
deiartn:rit, w ihe la.i witness of the)
dv and enumerated luatauceai where from
tl.nu to ItuCM bad beeu p Id to persona for
withdrawing protcat agaluet the patenting
( cul li d in Utah.
li m:
, 1 OR THE
M G AH TBI ST
( oiubiar Aaaraaeat Elajbleen Tliouanad
Hollar for At-reptinar Rebate.
NEW Vur.K, No. -7. A ftna of lis (km
a in. i.od upon the American Sugar IU -i
i t.ii ; company, by Jude Holt iti the
trailed cuu l today fur ,.- ef.tli g re-
wu'.luu; I on
-u:.-i 1 Jkc
STARIFF FIXERS AT DINNER
German Foreign froretary Host
lira Who Arr ( onaldrrlng.
Trade tlrlatlona.
ot
BERLIN. Nc JT. Hrr von, Tvliirsk-.
g'Tot-iry tur foreign affalts, p.ive .'i dinner
'nt nlpht in h'innr of the American l-inff
commission. Amh.-sjwidor Twt, Rron
von Stengel, s-crclary of the Imperial
treasury; Herr von Mmlill)' 15. the under
1 secretary of the Forrgv rifflee; the OcMiilntl
1 d"leir.iles to the tsrlff conff romt mid other j
person ilistlnaoishevl in public life. biclud- ;
Prof. Burge?, professor of American :
history nt the University of Bi!n nrd
nean 01 coiumnia universny, .New iotk, .HWMIAOTUX, Nov. ;7. (Special Te.it
v.ere present. Jlerr von Twhlry made j gi-nr,i. Assistant Attorney General Cmnp-
( h short fpwcli, In which he cpresed hi j
pleasure nt the presence of thp Ann rlcun j
represent! Ives. Mr. Tower responded, ex
pr'SHinn cnnndetue that :ui understanding
between tJerraany and the fnltrd Plates
would be reached upon n iiiutiitlly sti
fiu tory twi and proposed the emperor's
health.
Frank II. M.ison, Ami-rii-an consul sen
I erol at Varis. who formerly held the same
position In Berlin, and who haa arrival
hero 10 assist In the tariff commission's
deliberations, wmm today omclnlly pre-
senied to the Foreign office otlleials by
Ambassador Tower.
BRITISH LIBERALS AGITATED
Prfri' lllaht to leto Acta of I'ouimona
May llrcomc Live j,
!"' I
UlXPDX, Nov. .7. The Iniensiiy of tin
political feeling amused by the ilouie of
Lords' ti tatnient of the education bill found
expression to,lay In an enii.rpemy nieetinff
of the general committee of the National
Liberal Federation at which n resolution
was adopted urplns; the government to tako
the drastic atop of totally rejecting the
lords' amendments to the bill and to "reso
lutely determine that the present Pajlln
tuent shall not conic to an end until steps
aro taken to biinj; a tlnul arbitrament,
whnthov the Houre of 1'eers should any
longer possess the right of veto on tho
will of the people as declared by the House
of Commons."
The meeting whs the largest and most
rnpreevntutlva of Its kind which had as
semble,! during the last twenty eai. The
spcukers warmly denounced the actio:, of
tho peers, declaring that the House of
Commons should not waste another day in
considering tho amendments to the bill,
which should be returned to the house of
Lords, without debato and that the liberal
government ought to apply the only
remedy, which must bo drastic and final.
LECTURES BYPR0F. BURGESS
Dean of Colombia College to Addreaa
Btadrats at Cologne a ad .
I.elpslg.
. BKRI.IN. Nov. C7. Prof. Burgess, dear,
of Columbia TOlk-ge and holder of the chair
of American history at Berlin university,
has accepted tha Invitation of the Associa
tion of Political Science of Cologne to de-i
liver a lecture .the.ro December J on the
subject of ' "A-mertean IJberty.' Hj aJao
will probably accept an invitation to lec
ture at LAslpslg univsrsity. during the spring
term.
The Lokal Anselger today says Emperor
William has directed tls fourth son, Au
gust William, to attend the lectures of
Prof. Ilurgess at Bonn university, but the
profexaor has not yet received invitations
to lecture at the University of lkitin or at
tha University of Jena.
Trouble la Moroeeo.
TANGIER.. Nov. 27. A number of Ang
hera trlbcsme.n today made an attack on
the hou.se outside the city formerly occu
pied by Walter R. Harris, a newspaper
correspondent. A force of government
troops Is engaged In defense of the building
and it Is reported that some men have
been killed and others wounded. Mr. Har
ris has not lived in the house for two
years In consequence of the frequent at
tacks made upon It.
( inibia to Re Promoted.
PARIS. Nov. 7. It ha been definitely
deUded that Jules Cmbon, now ambassa
dor of France at Madrid and formerly am
bassador at Warhington. will be tre-e-
ferred to Vienna so soon as the present
Fr-eiico-Hpar'ln negotiations regarding phla, ex-Mayor Neff of Kansas City, repre
Morocco are completeil nd that M. Gejrges sent ins several stockyard papers; J.- A.
Leygues. former minister of the colonies, Boyco of Chicago and Third AsslstauC Pcat
wlll succeed M. Cambon at Madrid. ,"inaster General Madden.
C, rrmian Imperial Debt.
BERLIN. Nov. 17. A memorandum sub
mitted to the Reichstag today, d'tillng with
tim legislation conoerning public leans
silica l-77. shows that tho Imperial debt
amounted to xv,u).WU October 1, YA, and
that mere thun halt that sum was sprit
on the army and navy.
Hrltiah Mntlneera aeateueed.
PORTrt.MOl'TH. England, Nov. L'T.'l wo
more stokers concerned in the mutinous
outbieaU here Novemlver 4 were sentenced
by a court-martial today, one to six nioulhs
and the other to eighteen months Imprison
ment at hard Uboi. There are six mote
men to be tried for participation ln the out
break. Political Prisoners Deported.
WARSAW. Nov. S7. Political . pru-onrs
to the numlier of , sentenced to deport-i-
I tlon. were dispatched from here during the
night on a special train for the northern
- 1" ot
I'ope 'Iwlks of Polaad.
, llO-l.
Ibk ...IB, I a-MMaa t.t.vin'lld tV.rA.it la . r .-, a, rv K m na. rt
iiui u m uni-a kwiiiui uua-v:i
ivi ll fin unwr 1 1 w hi iiloi
t hief of U.re.n nf Animal Indn.try
Tells of Parkins Hoase
foadltloae.
WASHINGTON, Nov.
-Alnnxe P. Mei
i via, hlf of the bureau of t'nimM Industry
- , . ... , , ,
uiid.ir nhosa offic the adniinistratlou of
the meal inspection Uw n. acted ;a the
last session of congress is carried out, ha
Teiorned fioiu a wejtern tour of tnsiecilo:i,
wtdcli included a vlsjt to packing housa
in Chicago, Milwaukee. iKaiver ai.d Kan-
t-jty. He sajs evctyliere there U ap-
parent nerlci.i! effects of execution of the
law und a u.anlfest desire on tla part of
packers to comply with us provisions. In
some place new structure have replace,!
old one and In o'-iier extensive in.piove
nwnt to the plana alivauy staullsled have
Ih-i-i: matie so as to bring them up to ibe
j standard n quired by the in-vt Inspection
, in-: f.T the health aii comfort of the peck
; in ho:ise employe. Pr. Melviu saya there
were fcoine ases in alil.h puckers have
j proci-d riillier grucgiimly In truil-.iiig tUe
ii. . .-ui i v iiiipMiv. ni'-nts, il.ic- lo ti,e ou'Ia"
t ..'I mom ttqutrod.
IOWA RAILROAD LAND CASE
State aud Bailway Corporation Claim Title
to Tweutj-Iour FortyAcr Tracta.
TWO SPECIAL MESSAGES TO CONGRESS
j
Condition
President Will Dlacas
Altrrtlna Panama Canal and
Recommend ttlscnahlp for
Prt niraaa.
iKroln h Staff Corre s-poiidcnt.)
hell for the Interior department today
gi unlet! an oihI bearing to the attorneys
... ..ic ! nir inn. huiiwi biiui uu.li- .
iicii.v ci n.i. aaainsi ne ciaie oi low. :
M..-sr. rsurtlett, Ttiompson & Law, a drni
of AVaahlngton aliorneys. appeared on !
halt of the Iowa Railroad 1-snd company
and Ju.lr K R. rHilfle of Omaha and At
toi ney Prentisfl of this city for the ble te of
Iowa.
This m; involves a contest over twenty
four forty-acre tracts of land situated In
Hae county. Iowa. The Iowa Railroad Land
j company claims title under railroad grant
'acts of 15! and while the stute of
I Iowa asserts rijthts to the hhoio lunds un-
! " ot .he land ,t
1 or Inv. The ens,! t-- an oil one and has
been awaiting- a decision In tha Interior ie
partnient for inanv ve:.rs. Todav's her-
.atlle on t'l, rfr hr.n. ml tho
Interior department' and bring- nbout a final
; ruling; with the year.
President Talk of Panaaaa. '
With but twS exceptions, the president
today expressed his 1 complete satisfac
tion with the condition of affairs on the
isthmus of Panama as disclosed during
his threo days' Inspection of the work lu
pj'OfcreHs there. One of the e.vccptions,
the president told his callers, related to
the sanltury feature of the quarters for
bachelor negro laborers, and this, ho
pointed out, under ordinary circumstances
will have been adjusted within , a very
short time. The president expressed him
self as Impressed with the magnitude of
the undertaJcing at Panama and . of the,!""'1 Rl'Ila Green ot Marshal., in the en-
way in which it is being carried out.
Mr. Roosevelt ia not yet certain whether
be will recommend any sgesJal legislation
in connection with the Isthmian work in
t lie special message which he is to send
to congress on the subject. This will de
pend on full consideration of the mat
ter between .now and next week.
The president's special message oh the
rananit'. canal. It Is now expected, wilt be
sunt to congress' probably about a week
after it convenes on Mouduy. It will deal
with every phase of the question and give
a graphic and detailed description of con
ditions on the Isthmus a the president
found them. There will be recommenda
tions for the betterment of conditions which
suggested themselves during h-'s visit.
For the first time. In aeveral month
there was a full attendance at the cabi
net meeting today. A number of topics
were considered,-, the session beini; pro
tracted for almost three hours.' Ono of
thesa related to some fature of tffe Cuban
sltuation.'ltut no. statement was( omaln
abie on - the subject ' ,' .'
Kpertal Meaaaare Porto It loo.
The president believes the people of
Porto Rico are entitled to American citi
zenship and will recommend that this be
granted to them In a snecial mesuaire in
congress. ' The president has expressed!
the opinion that it is lamentable that they
do not now enjoy this right.
In this connection he noted that al
though Porto -Rico had sent a delegate to
the Pan-American . congress at Rio dy
Janeiro, that delegate could not even say
he was an American citizen and tins is
also the case If he visits Europe or any
other foreign country.
The president was very much . pleased
with his visit to Porto Rico, which he says
l a fine country. Is prosperous and Irs gov
emment an exctlltnt one. The people, lie
says, are prosperous
Mecoad-Claaa Mall Rates.
The congTefsional postal commission con
cluded at the close of today's session not
to hear any more wltnessaa except eovern
merit witnesses as may bo designated by
the commission itself. Th wane-sacs beard
today were Oeriel IL Tenbroeck of lh Mer
cantile Adjustor of . St. Ixuls. Wlliner At-
i klnsoo of the Foreign Journal of Phfladel
Mr. Madden did not recede from his po
sition in favor of an. increase In tho rates
on second class matter. He contended that
all printed matter should be required to pay
tho same rates and said that be would put
all on a purely physical basts. He sug
gested 4 cents a pound as the proper com
pensation for carrying the periodical tmul.
Mr. Neff complained bitterly of wine of
, the rul'ugn sgaluxl slock yard papers. He
j Maid he felt h had b"en treated as though
he had been a "moonshiner'' and he thought
' that there should be a reform that would
ghe better recognition to such enterprises
as those ho represented. Mr. Boyce ap-
peared in behalf of a larfce number of pa
pers in the west. He presented figures to
show that If run as a private enterprtfce the
postal Service could be made profitable and
said he would agree to take a contract to
do the business of tlie department for Ibe
revenues derived from It.
Tofl Reaervea Decialon.
The hearings upon applications to the
secretary of ur for iiermission to trans
mit to the United States power deveioed
on the Canadian side of Niagara ilver
I wre closed tonight. Additional data will
j nd Secretary T-ft announced
. , . . . , .... . .
I thut he would nut be able to reach a ne.
cislon In regard to the applicatlona until
Ue had coufarred with Secretary Root
- - - - ' -
Ihe effect 'tlie contracts may hv upon
" International treaty providing against
. any percrpi.u.u .inr(.rie.u .wnu me
' grandeur of the Niagara Falls. He said
I he would award privileges about January j
j 1 if possible. The hearing before See- ,
rotary Taft were for the purpose of eu- ,
I aiding liini to find a may equitably to dis-
I tribute 1 5I.6oe horsepower, the - estimated
I limitation ou the amount of la. trie power
I to-be admitted, among half a duxeu or
i more corpoVaiiuu. each of which think
It niut haw a third or more of the whole
! In order toexit.
J The argument. by th three ton.panie
'' folding fiaiichi - from the Pomlnion
government uggeieq a comDinatiou
against applicant dissimilarly situated,
though rin lvpreaentutlong to that effect
were laid before Secretary Taft.
' lletrnlf lakalli Heport.
President Rooaevclt had a loot confer
ence Willi Pecietary Metcalf at tin- White
House tonight regarding tho alleged dis
criiniiiaUen against 'tho Japanese residents
In Hun Francisco. More than a month ago,
v. hen the itati'in affecting the alleged
iCuU'.Urju-J wu d-voitU l'.-,c
BANDIT FORMERLY SOLDIER
Army Atfltrrr lecrlbea Durrtfr m
ante Mao fha(Drriril In
Train Robbery.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. IT. TIk- man who
't Mrshu. Mo., yrnci.i.y cnpicssed to
having robbed the . Alton-l'-urllng-ton train
DM!- Glaspow, Ma, on Sunday night and
who pAve bl, nauie Claud Hernial). Is
1 said to bf Claude Rumsey, wuo. Was t'
1 ascd from the United Wales military
prison at Kent Ertiven worth. Kan., on
J N'cvrinlwr x after "serving n Sentence lor
.desertion from the army. Ills ldentilieatloti
would se,-n beyond question.
i ". '"f'" ' ' ""-i "" "''
Particular, owing- to tne pnsoo rrcova ot ,..y rRiln,.rt nl Cnnimnn Counellmnn
the man Blver, trK- Asslated Vre.s l.tl Wlb,.n A. M(rfl a ;linrg, , Oo
mornlnK by Mijor ounC at fort I.e,-e- ;,., ,(1 rJor,a Ih, rallro.ad out of .... '
""i 111 . I''ij-. 1 iiin 1 '
lhat Kuir,.-cr or Rrmrinll
,, ,
enllst'sl :
,n th
,.i.. ." v.-.- ... ,,. '. M ...Jta8n 'n sin.oo.) ball each, the all-ped coup-1
given as his occupation as that of a
oooknd hi.- homo Orant City, Mi. lie
deserted from the army arid 'was arrested
at Sedalla, Mo., for roUbliur a box car.
These particulars- oonfirm. tlie. man's con
fesslon made yesterday a, Marshall. Mo. i
Major Young said today ihat during Ruiu-
sey's lncniceration In the military prison
it was necessary frequently to administer I
punishment for misconduct. He was con- j
Midprd n ilnntiii fp mat, L.ttc-. v,., i
leased from f-.,rt ln.rii. r,- I
previous 10 fhe first train robbery at Clan-
gow. thil of the Roc 1tlHnd train
A telephone message from Marshall. Mo..
this afternoon says: The man who Saturday
ntht robbetl the passengers on the east
bound Alton-Burlington train ' r.ear Qlas-
! SOW. Mo., here tn,1 ,l Irt.-jl t.l.
real nami Is Clatid nui.iwy and that ho
Is the man who robbed the passengers on
the esstbofiml Rock Island overland limited
near the same point on tlie night of No
vember 8. Yesterday Rurnsey taid It wv.r
his .rothr whp committed the Rock Island
robbery. Rumsey said also that his hoina
Is In Chicago. where two brothers and a
sister live. Ho refused to give his home
address in that city, llumsey admitted
that he recently seried a term at the mili
tary prison at Fort Leavenworth.
Meeret SerWce Ofllcer Cain of Chicago
ploy of the Chicago' -. Alton, tjuestloned
Rumsey for four hours today before his
preliminary hearing, which was set for 1:3'
p. m. this afternoon, was begun.
Later in the day Rumsey signed a confes
sion, which Is now in the hands of Ietpc
tives Cain and Green, In which he ad
mitted that his name Is Jesse Clyde
Rumsey, jr.; that" he worked until recently
In a barber shop at 84 Sacramento avenue.
Chicago, and that hi home is at IS Frisco
boulevard in that city; that he robbed both
the AJtjon-Burlington and the Bock Island
trains: that he tra led from Kanrtas City
to Slater. Mo., on the tender of -the Rock
Island train on November S. which "he later
robbed at Glasgow, Mo., and that be was
acoiMnpanied from Kansas City fiy another
man. who weakened at the last minute and
refused to go on with ' the ' Rock island
robbery;' that after the RocU: Island rob
bery he serred'a Jail r-entenee at Edwartls-
ville. 111., for carryl .g nonrealed weapons; '
that Ids brother, William ' RumHey. .Is ;
impeded citizen of I-oreHo. Nb., and had
m connection YfltV'V.ifcef of the robberies.
Ramsey says he 'foae VelsAivea in-Illinois, i
Nebraska, Korth Pakot and Missouri. His '
hearing, set for .this afternoon, was post
poned un'tl tomorrow morning.
VhlIe going through the sleeper of the
Golden Btate Limited on the night of No
veinb'T a, rousing and rouhincr passengers.
Runitey in some way secured th addrcrs
of Miss Emily Blair, C Cedar street. rhi-
go, who. with her mother, Mrs. Francis
Pteston Blair, occupied one of the bertha'
' , . .
When arouse. !y the porter, whom Rumwj ;
'o-mpelled to awaken tho passengers. Miss
Blair expressed surprise and asked It the
train liad already arrived at Chicago. She
then taw two gleaming revolvers and Rum
ey tsld: "I don't want any money from
the ladies. Pon't be aiaxmed, I won't mo-
lost you." Several days after the robbery
Rumsey wtote a letter to Miss Blair, rc-
j questing her to write- to his sweetheart, a
i young woman who ia in Jail, and acquaint
her with his gallantry at the time of the
robberv.. II said in his Isttwr to Miss Blair
,..,, ... . .... irt vuln fuv.r ami
strengthen liii suit with the youne woman
btrengthen his ult with t he ou ""
la Jail by having the incident called to her
attention. Miss Blair promptlv turned the
Rnmeev letter over to the nolle and it
Rumeey leitei over to the police, and it
was one of the clues which. would sooti
havo led to his arrenl.
DR. BARROWS IN AMERICA
Philippine Director of Education s'ajs
Islands Are n f.ood Gen.
eral Condition.
"
SAN FRANCIsaC'1. Nov. .7. 'ur. D. P .
Harm.-, director of ed ucut inn of the
I Pl.lllli.i.Ine. wi-s a passenger on tho
iur Siberia, a.rivina from the Orient
yesterday. In speaking of the conditions of
the islands, Pr. Barrows said:
"The islaji.is are In a good condition ten -
erally speaking.. The political situwtum
there at the present time Is the hst it ha
ever hern. The p;ovin-iul government if
In good hand. There are about forty native
governors for as many different provinces,
They are serious and int. Ilitmi men, and;
at the rucent conference held In Manila
,i i..,.-i ,ii,nuKa, 10 nM,ir&iUiwi i.a
they showed themselves to understand the
situation ln the Islands and to rully ap- I tronpa discharged at Fort Reno, were ui he hia no doubt that satisfactory ccn.ll
preciate the attitude of the United States, j this city today on their way to make un 1 tlous would result. The undesirable condi
While all these governors but one are j appeal to President Roosevelt. ' tlons ut Vallejo made it nccrssary for the
natives, they all speak and understand)
English.
From an economic standpoint, however.
the island are not in what I would call
a good condition. This Is occasioned by the
fact that there I no market for their sugar
anu mum!.'. i.- . ,.,..iv. i.jrii
principal staples. They, however, have a
good demand far copra and abak.i. and
from these they gain their main revenue."
SPIRITS TELL HER TO INVEST
Dearer Woman I Ralaa for Account
lag for Knnda h Turned Over
to Bath Honse Prealdent.
. . c . i . anpivra v--. UAETIMRE. . Nov. JT.-The return of
' ii . If' iUU- N"X' :!l-ru. Winrckur. a travelir.g gasman of
The power, of mediums Ti.-re employed to Nebraska on the charge of kid-
influecc. Mrs. Pauline Vungber, of i
Cr TO IIMei 91,'' ... Ul.l BUUW .Ul
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pll, am..uj.. .v, .wr. .u..,.,-,,
fn--ony hete today in the trial of a eutt
brought by rtoc-klioldcr, in the concern
over to P. N. HltchccK. tta president. I
Alt. Youngleig te.tiBe.1 she bad at
tended spiritualistic meetings with Presi
dent Hltcrcock and that the epirits told
ber eh would make money if vha would
go into business with hint.
oner bun iaa tendered a verdict that ilia intent In helping the lad to leave home.
dMitli of Mra. Henry Hannau and her rom!iient Jewish cltiens of Baltimore In
2.ry tberu.eive. In Wlneckur'. behalf
molher and herself with tni.rpnine. It waa and have erigng-sl counsel tq fig lit extradl
al fl-at t-liexed that ths two women bad (,j0n proceeding. The bv was lakeo back
J. n sti h) . iu-d I, cn.pitig j .. iu Uioir , ((j yvt,lt.kd UM Wturdi'. - - .
i ; V iU t a
I PPKK BAMl Bill. O.. .NOV. 1-7. Uor-
GREAT CRAFT IN PITTSBURG
Railroad Irancbice Fromctera F rep re to
1 Bribe liity-Kine Couneilmeu.'
PRESIDENT OF ROAD is UNDER ARREST
j
t ndrr ;
Police Hmr Sixty-Two
!n r r illnncr Kr pbI j 1 hoaanrxl
Dollar Wi to Be fMa
trlhnted. I
i'lTTSUL'KO, Nov. .T.-With the n.Hirfnt
of f. 8. Canirror.. president of tho Tube
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,iir- ;iwri.utui? dim 1 uuii r u ir rtvi 'J- in 1 j
cHinanle bt ilry scandal Is to b tl.ui . '
ouahlj- and publi. ly v( ntilntr.l. Tho hc;it-j
lno: In the caso lias beep wt for Saturday. !
Mayor Oeorpe V. Guthrie, has taken per-j
sona! charte of the cas, and iTlleralei j
,l"t "njr fl'11?" ,' b; '"."V"1' !
CHUT iriMlIU 'I lllltl (1 ' 'l I il I II ii 1 1 I "II n. l.l I 111
tho dlstrlbutlcn of tho $To.(m;0 graft money
will be arrested and prosecuted. J
More arrests arc to follow those of Cum- 1
eron and Martin. It Is sriid., and In each case
,h" charge will
be bribery. Forty-seven :
members of select councils and twenty-I
,, five members of common councils arc said j
ilo,ho l'"""1' con-piracy. The
police have tho names of those men and
lire keeping thori under surveillance. Any
attempt by any of them to leave the city
I will mean their immediate arrest. Accotd-
1ng to the evidence said to have been
gathered by - the police- and now In th j
possession of Mayor Guthrie, the council
rne.11 were to eel favorably on the ordi
nances. deslr.Ml passed by the Tube City
railroad. The railroad w-as to distribute
$70.0(A Of-thin sum li.rti was to havo
ben distributed among sixty-nine oouti. lt
rn"n, while the renvdnder was to haw
been given. to three other counciltnen. vh"
acted as agents in the deal.
The position taken by C. R. Riehardsrn,
who entered the first suit against Cam
eron and Martin for conspiracy, was that
of a broker. Richardson has niado a state- j
ment to the police alleging he loaned Cam- 1
eron ITii.tvi' at the legal rate of Interest.
Cameron was to deposit this money in the
bank after' showing it to a committee of
counnllmen. The. jnoney disappeared mys
teriously, ' ami Richardson, believing a con-splraj-y
was on to beat, him out of the
money, entered suit. Richardson's action
disclosed several suspicious details and the
matter was taken up by Mayor Guthrie,
with the result that evidence ha been
gathered revealing to the police one of the
most gigantlo councllmanlo bribery scan
dala ever known In llttaburg.
John 9. Robb, Jr.. aaslstaut district at
torney, arrived from the east today on u
summons of Ilsti1ct Attorney Stewart. It
is . possible- that a special session of the
grand jury will be called to Investigate the
scandal.
NEGRO ; PREPARING - REPORT
After Inreatlgatlagr Brnn nsvllle Af
fair, Htevrart . , 9aya Inspector
" Worked on Wrong: Theory.
EL RENO. Okl.. Nov. :T.-Gilchirst Blew
art (colored, who ban. been at Fort Reno
the lijst few days securlnc duta to b:. placed
as evidence beforo President R.Kisevelt in
the matter of the. discharge of the negro
soldiers of -'the' Twenty-fifth infautry, sal-lj
last nlglit: , '
i The substance of my investigation. Mip-
"r'' F lne '!'-
bers and - iionconimlssioned ofllcei s of the
company, and from the statements of the
offi.-ers, amounts to this
First The citizen did not want negro
soldiers In Brownsville, Tex.
Sli.'.nn..l Tho. ,1... r..ll..r Kr. ' m r. t
t.-nso that ot, tlie very night In question
Major Penrose Issued an order and snt out
patrols through the town that all men
( Hi10gK be in by 8 o'clock, whether on pusa
or , lot'. and:.V.-inlMa:klV,:'offlcer
day. reported, that all men were in except
three on passes.
Third That the firing that, night was of
mixed arms.
All 'he inspectors sent out from the-Wur
fti.w rt .,.r,l iiav. tlHrlfl aulfh th AH-
! .Imwi'ihaT Jh. .r . e.rin.e.-
1 amnnr Ihe ?nen TO l:i'ei hac k th truth anil
I !i,ot u'' tn "wn. 1 hey have- never made : yc-irs old. hu, under the will Inherited but
any Inv-stigation Into the real f.cts. FromU fw of tlia pe-onal cftocts ol hlc father,
j tm, investigation there was. urdoubtedly a ., n. r ,1. X
I conspiracy u, make a case against the sol- 111 c"1' ln0 seoss-or of the t Vg,lU
. " -" ' them out of the town, filx ran. h, frolano county, C.iiilornla. which is
B,rBPHr,t, r ior)g wrvl., und ln whom the valued at ..
cornmanding officers have Implicit confl-
deiK-e. are going to Washington with mo
to act aa witnesses before President Roose
velt. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The case of the
soldier of lhree companies of the Twenty
fifth infantry who were discharged without
j honor because of the trouble at Browns
1 vllle, Tex., came before President Roe.se-
! velt today, when Charles W. Anderson,
j collei'tur of Iiucriial .revenue at New York,
and Ktnmel J. Scott, secretary- to Booker
I T. Wnshlngton, called upon him in Ix Half
I of the .discharged men. They - made ani
earnest argunient in behalf of the innocent
men of the company who want to be rein-
: staled. They b no paiticular progiam of
j action to present to the president and the
latter save no intimation of what his fu
ture course roinlit be, except tu ielterau hi
I Matemeut that he would consider any new
i facts which might be' presented.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okl., Nov. iT.Sor-
, geant: Israel Harris. Jacob FraEter, Mlnpo
i . 1 .1 . -t..HH,. it.. ti., tv.. . .....
j fenders, Thornton and Holly of the n.-gio
Sergeunt llurrrs said: "We do not go ho
i much to ask for reinstatement as to ad;
that our rils- liarge paijer carry with them
a record of service. Some of the men have
served twenty-five yeei and we believe
that much -Is due them. Wre do not believe
me. pre-iiieiii. -.viouiu nave aiscnargou tne
troops had h- been In Brownsville at ihu
I Ume of the ti-ouble," r .
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i LAZARUS WINECKUR TO RESIST
Baltimore Man Will ot Willingly
R'etnrn for Trial nt Urnad
Island.
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(Grand. Island, nill be leshrted. Lxtradi-
,,,..,,. I.n,t l. .1,.. .-
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tllly the vw.(, rr(.VfeUtln,
V'iueckur's surrender to the Nebraska aa
thoritle. .
1 Floyd li run tier left his home at Grand
I Island about a fortnight ago and came to
Baltimore. Wlneckur,. to w hotn the -ay told
I a story at Grand Island , of alleged iH
' treatment, by bis mother, the mail declares,
admit having paid hi railroad fare. Ha
insist, however, that I.e bad no criminal
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Kali- Wednesday aud Ibnradaj.
Trmiirralnrf at Ooiaba lftrril)l
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TORREY WISSION MEETINGS
Anditorluni. U i. ni. and ICUt p. m..
Bvery Day Kirrpl tlrdaj-.
Jai-nhr'i "Workers' TralalBBJ 1n-
tllate." I.M.J Howard Mreet.
7 ), m,
Norwood Theater, lia5 to 1'J:S
Tuesday, M edaesday. Friday,
nr. Torrey'a ddrrsa 1o Hoslucas
and Profeaalnoal Mcu va rtea
for HHetlnat the llihle to
lie the Word of (,od."
Y. W. C. A. Assembly Hoom. I?ilt1
to 1 tvery May Earept aotairday.
Women's 1 retina, f'ondnrted by
Jacob j.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS
reasorer Reports to Trnsteea that
Inalllntlon In Kntirely Out
of llcht.
WASHINGTON.
Nov. Trustees of
the Catholic
University of America met !
In apml.r,,-.,i ... M .. l.. i,,.!!
at the university today. The treasurer.
MlcUa-i Jenkins of lirltlniore, repot tel
that tt'e university Is entirely f roe . ot
debt, despite the fact thai the endow
ment amounts to only J40t.fno ami that
Its only other source ot revenue is from
collections taken in the various Catholic
churches throughout the country for this
special purpose.
Tho faculty of the university, which
was entirely reorganised last sprlnir. 1s
proving eminently satisfactory, accord
lug to the report of Cardinal Gibbons, j
president of the bonrd of trusu.es.
The trustees will meet again tomorrow
morning and remain In session until noon
when they will accompany Archbishop
Falcon!, the apostolic deb-gic, to-Rich-
mond., Va.. when; t he new
eathedrnl of
th.5 Sucred Heart will be consocrated on
Thanksgiving day. 'fhe rathedtal is a I
gift to the Cntholic church from Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan of New York
and Is one of the four sreatest in Amer
ica. Those' present at the meeting of tho
trustees were Cardinal Gibbons, presi
dent, who presided; Mbhnel Jenkins,
treasurer. Unit luiore: Charles J. Bona
parte, secretary of tho navy; Julio IX
Crlmmlns. New York; Archbishops Wil
liams, F-ostonr Ryan, Philadelphia; Ire
land, St. Paul; Kcunr. Dubuque; Mess
mer, Milwaukee, and Glennon, ft. louls,
and Bishops Maes. Covington. Ky.. and
Harktps, Providence.
flFI Rlr.MS P.ACP rnMPROMKCn
Will of Deceased Millionaire Will Do
Admitted to Probate b-
i ' Surroavnla.
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NEW YORK
Vov "7 Forni i' aiimmiu-e
mer.t of a compromise In the cor.iepi over
the estate f tho late Herman Oetrichs
wan made before surrogate Fitzgerald by
attorney representing Cluirles M. Oelrlrhs.
v.ho .was named as one of the principal
lcgaU-.os In Mr. . Oelrlchs' will, and Mrs.
Herman Oelrlchs, tho widow. Mrs. Oel.
rlchs was not named as a beneficiary In
her husband's T.ul!. She contested the will
lu her own behalf and on behalf of tier
son, Herman Oohlchs, jr.
Alter announcing; that a compromise hud
ben reached the attorney submitted affl.
lyltu and other pact's setting forth the
i terms of the settlement.
i Surrogate Fltzir-rald said that afier i'.m
h considered the matters Involved he
would Ifeiie his decric admitting the will
U.j probate.
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J Accotdlng to the terms of sett ienn-.it
Mrs. Oelrlchs will receive. lu bonda of tin-
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VALLEJO WILL BE BETTER
California Town PromUea Secretary
Bonaparte that It Will Reg
elate tta Saloon.
' ' he nsked me to . go to Ellsworth, about
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. Secretary of ! thirty niil-a east of Alliance on Ihe But
tho. Navy Uonuptuto has received a t. lo- I Hngton rcml, as there would be a number
groni from the maor of Vsllelo, Cul , j of parlies down there ltv;ri who wunted to
i '"'a 'hiu
by uniinlmi'iis vol of the
- r1 - - """ ti.im.ii ,m i:ic io-ii
adjacent to th..- Mare island navy yard, the
fce for liytio- licenses will lie raised on
January 1 from f-i) to $4A) p-:r year, and
beglnnlrirT at the same lime saloons will he
requited 10 clnee at 1 a. ni. arid no nil nlaht
saloons will be licensed. Alter April J next
year the number ?f saloons will Ik- reduced
to sixty.
Mr. IWinup'irle bus informed Mayor
I Madplu that' if the regulations ot the
' t ', -a ir.!,..-. fff.-... 1 1 r..i r..,....i
j trustees are made effective and enforced
Navy department to Varn the town offi
cials several weeks ago that ships could
not tie sent to the Mare isl.ind navy yard
If the crews were to he thrown Into the
unwholesome atmosphere th n prevailing
at Vullejci.
ANDREWS TALKS OF NEBRASKA
Chancellor Tells Ae York Andlenre
err Oil err ire Best Vtate
Haa Ever Had.
NEW YORK, Nov.. ;7. Half a huuured
members of the Browu University Alumni
club dined at their rooms tonight and
later had a smoker at which some forty
more Brown graduates were present. They
had as guests Pr. E. Benjamin Andiews,
thaneellor of the University of Nehiaska.
Pr. Andrews, who was tr.tliuslabii -ally
recelve-i, sa'd:
Out In Nebraska we have had a little
quiet political revolution Twenty-live
years o Neiuaska was repuhilcan and
more rotten government existed no.
where on earth, and that 1 saying a ret
deal. The populist overthrew tne repub
lican, but tue lunar have gained In power
Ulio -re now u . jr ,uw in, i. uui
peculiar, out It I peculiar tnat tlie r put -
lleun without cmpiilslon have refoi nii
their party until the set of men just
elcted are the l?t men. 1t eema. tnal
N'elnnsUa ha ever had In office. ,' he b-st
iiioial si.se In tlie party ha triumph -d.
Ilranla barnham Jnry.
NK V YORK. Nov. f?.--The proceeding In
the irlr.l of ur J'.urnl.B in. Jr.. truxtoe
and counsel of the Mutual Ke.aorve Liii
Irts'Jrun.-s iintian, t.-i H'ehatg- of gitfe.)
larceny. cm Clued t,hiy wt'h but
(vol kta iw lv' U11-. J 111 tii JUI bv
TRAFFIC IN FILINGS
Bic Land Me a Pay Iuditidujla to Enter
Hoiuestea.lt for lbem.
41 .
"IflRST HIRE UNITED STATES OFFICIAL
CemniiHioaer O'K'ie'e Teitifia to Aocf-pt-
lmt Koney from Cattle K.ini:. .
OTHERS TELL OF BEING PAID TO FILE
At Least Two Fercona Are Employed to
Secure fettlen.
TESTIMONY BEFORE FEDERAL COURT
R it-hards and ( omilork. Arrordlna to
Wltoraaen. Procured largre Tract
of Land by Method ot
Sanctioned hy lis,
A Uult.-d States commissioner accepting
fers from linrtlett Richards end W. U.
Comstock for executing land filings on
boniest- ad entrlef! In western Nebraska!
men ncceptlnir employment by these same
liersonn to locate flalmants on land for
, tb'-m, men end women ijccrpthuj requl iv
""""--"."..'--
-"""" a "" 0.1 i ne men. o-cihiirk
(hey did It solely for the money ther-- i
In It and without anv Idea or Intention of
settling on the lend tr of Improving It
these were some ( thf- startling bits of In-r.-nnation
brought to the surface yrnterday
In the big land irlnt before 3'Wgi MunRer
of the federal court.
, linrtlett Hiehards and W. G. Comstock,
so-cnlleil ciittlo kings of Nebraska, stepped
on a live wire hi federal court Tuesday
mornlnii In the person of their frlond. T.
J. O'Keefp, Unltel "tutes mmmtsaloner at
Alliance, w ho look the government and the
puhtio Into his confidence long enough to
tMl how Messrs. Richards And Comstock
had gone to him and paJd him to execute
homestead tilings on a number of entries
In their favor. .
ii'-k aa leu an oer j jngc mun-
j ger s room, twmn me first severe ona or
the big land trial.
On cross-examination O'Kwfe said It wus
tho custom for commissioners to go to ol.h r
places than where tiiolr offlnjs were locate.)
to witness llling-s If necessary, He didn't
siy, however, it was the custom for land
commissioners to accept puy from private
Individuals for performing thtlr official
business.
Mr. O'Keefe wu called to the stand to
Identify his signature and Jurat to certain
filing papers made at Ellsworth In the
offl. e of the Nebraska tnd and Feeding
company, of which Bartlett Richards and
W. G. CoirstocU are the leading officials
and stockholders, Mr, O'Keefe said he had
neeii approached by Bartlett ' Richards at
lnl m' ln Alliance June 57. v. and
nskofl to go to Ellsworth to execute the
) nilna for a' number of homestead entries
i the- following1 day, June JS. Commissioner
; i O'Keefe sgreed to do so and the tonald
erstlon Was, to; be ?acTo'r.h1a senlees and
.l"lor each ' tiling:, .fee. Under this arrve-
mr commissioner u ieete went to .ua-
werrh th. following day, arriving there. be
tween 7 and S o'clock tho following morn
ing and went at once to the office of the
Nebraska Land and Fording company,
when? he executed the necessary Jurat to
forty-six or forty-eight' entries.
Eighth Da- 0r Trial.
The .eighth diy of the trial of tha tiase
of the I'nlted. Stales against Uirtlatt Rich
r.rd. Will G. Comstock. Charles C. Jame
son. E. M. Wnleott and Aqullla. Trlplett,
the first group to be tried In the land con
rplrrtcy cafe;, began at !:3 Ttwvday morn
ing with, Bruce Wilcox, register of the
land office at Alliance, still cm the stand
for tho purpose oi' oou.plclillg nia tornvil
Identification of the honiesterid filings and
th.-lr location on the records of that office.
This examination of Mr. Wilcox continued
until 11:91, when T- J. O'Keefe, Unlte.l
States commissioner at Alliance, editor and
publisher of the Alliance Herald, was called
to tho stand.
"I have been United Stat-s eo'.nnilsslor.er
nt Alliance finer 1S74," said the twine.
Their followed hH Identification of bis
signature und Jurat to a nunt ,- of homo
stead entries that were executed by nliu
at Ellsworth. '
Mr. Richard f all.
' "About two weeKs prior to June :"S, li
Mr. Bartlett Richards tame to my offlca
ot Alliance and esaed me.lt I held the
' oftlco of United States commissioner," cou
!ttt:ued Mr. O'Keefe. "Assuring him I, did,
- mako homestead entrlps. I told him 1
thought 1 could go. Ho then ftsk.d me
what my charges would be and t told him
about f'.'S. which, he said, would be satis
factory. H . again reminded me. on th
27tli of June of the agreement aud I wain,
lu Ellsworth tho following morning, arriv-
InK there between 7 and 8 o'clock. I went
directly to tho hotel at Ellsworth end after
I breakfast I went over to the offlca of tho
Nebraska Land aud Feeding company, Jum
j actosa the stieel. Mr. Charles C. Jaturson
. was In the office at the time of mv arrival.
was In the office at the time of my arrival.
I asked Jainctou what time he would be
ready-to begin work. I cannot reiall Just
what he said, but he said some of th par
ties would be thtru ebout 8 o'clock. About
that hour Barll.-tt Richards came into
the office. Nothing was said bet wan
Jir. Richards and myn. If about land uiai
ura at that time. However, I proceeded to
j take applications for entries. ThlK Was in
the office of the Nebraska Land an.) Feed
ing company- Some other parties wci
there beshl6 Richard and Jameson, whom
I did not know. As tho parties came In to
hie on homesteads he or she would sign tha
application or affidavit and paid the tee of
11. As thcie were executed I placed them
bealda me' on the desk. This la all I t(d lo
'do with It. The papers were later removed
by some other person, Mr. Jameson, I think
III was.
J Applicatlona Filled Out.
i "I U- not know where the arp!eaiii,i.
came from. They were handid to m ,
already filled out by Mr. Ja-.ieson. do
not reme.nber what converratlon ii.
Jameson and I had at that moment. 1
stayed there In the office of the Nebidvt
Land and Cattle conroany until about nOon.
Aside from Jameson. Richard and cn or
two othens with whom i was not arqualote l
there wa a r.umbtir of homesteader ,j
. T .mxt.A ..... 1,irt to trtv..lv
i - . . .
I or forty-eight parwrs. 1x of which I think
were ror women. Jamesoq Introduced -all
cf the enlrymen and women to ine. I was
acquainted with but five or six of tho
entrymen. I talked with Richards a little
about money matter and he , raid It
waa all right for me to receive the fee
of 11 for affixing my Jurat. When we got
through 1 found that I had rc'thed pay
for tut (ortf-tvur and waa U oUcit air.