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The Omaha Daily Bee IIEVS SECTI011. Psrjss 1 to 8. Avrtl Iw THE OMAHA DEE Best &. West . VOL. XXXVI-NO. 143. "OMAHA, SATUKDAY MORNING; DECEMBER 1, 1006-SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. HARD LINES FOR SHEA Hiree f Allowed Fellow Con.pirs.ton Plead Guilty ia Chicago Court. ACTION CAUSES A GREAT SENSATION MoT Complete Surprise to Other Defendants atd Their Attorney. MEN WILL TURN STATE'S EVIDENCE Application to Haie Examination of Jury Eeopened it Cenied. RESULT OF FRICTION IN TEAMSTERS' UNION Mfi Who Change Plena Art Albert Yannc, William Keller. Michael M arpliy Motion for Contin uance la Overruled. CHICAGO. Nov. 30. The dissensions which for the Inst year have prevailed In the ranka of the teamsters' union here to duy were oarried Into the trlai of Cornelius P. Shea, who In company with six other men 1 on trial for alleged conspiracy In connection with the great teamster' strike of June. 1903. Albert Young, former president of the Teamsters' union: William Kelly, buslnene agent of the Coat Teamsters' union, and Wllllnm Murphy, said to have been a mem ber of thn "wreckln- crew" during the strike, wlthd-ew their pleaa of not guilty and entered pleaa of guilty. All of the men declared their intention of turning state's evidence. The Incident caused Intense excitement In the court room and took the other defend ants completely by surprise. Shea and Young had for years been close friend and had worked through a number of strikes side by side. Since the last convention of the Teamsters' union, however, they have been opposed to ench other. As soon as court opened today Attorney Leroy J, Brown, who has not previously appeared In the case, addressed Judge Ball, saying: "Your honor, I desire to give notice that I herewith enter my appearance as counsel for the following named defendants in this case: Albert Young, William Kelly and Michael Murphy. Defense la Surprised The attorneys for the defense showed their surprise at this announcement and a moment later, when it was announced that all three men desired to enter pleas of guilty, they were for a time taken com pletely aback, president Shea turned In ms cnair ana starea nerceiy ai joung, who returned his look with an Indifferent stare. The statement was then made by Attorney Brown that his clients desired to turn state's evidence. The attorneys for the defense then In formed the court that they demanded the right of reopening the examination of the Jurors In order to question the Jurors re rarding -their acquaintance with Attorney Brown. The court overruled them and ex eeptlon was taken by tho defense. A vaces till this afternoon was requested by the defense and granted, .The trouble between Albert Toung and ornellus P. Shea resulted from the effort made by the former to secure the presl. dencv of the International Teamsters union. He represented an element In the .union that was opposed to Shea and dis satisfied with his melhod of conducting the Chicago strike. Shea was re-elected and Young then organised a rival organt xatlon, which Is known as the United Teamsters of America. 8lnce the creation of the latter body there has been bitter strife among the teamsters end assaults and fights on the streets have occurred frequently. After Young, Kelly and Murphy had entered pleas of guilty It was announced that Joseph Schuttx, under Indictment in connection with alleged assaults committed during the strike, but who has not yet been arraigned, would turn state's evi dence. When court convened In the afternoon the defense renewed Its efforts to obtain a delsy. It was declared by the Attorneys for the defendants that the action of Young, Kelley, Murphy end Schulti In changing their pleas had so taken the de fens by surprise that it was Impossible for the defense to proceed. Judge Rnll overruled the request of the defense end ordered the trial to proceed. The afternoon was taken up by Assistant State Attorney Miller, who outlined the case of the state. MAGOON WILL SEE SENATORS Provisional Governor Will Meat fll lals Chose at I-ast Election flaadar Morala. HAVANA. Nov. SO. A conference between Governor Magoon and the Cuban senators and representatives chosen to office at the last election, oalled originally for tomor 1 row, has been postponed until Sunday morn ing at the palace. The purpose of this con ference continues to be a matter of much speculation. Governor Magoon still declines to discuss the subject, save that he desires to consult with the congressmen in person. The liberals are still confident that the gov- t,.TAm in. reauest the resignations of the members of congress preparatory to fix- Inc a date for holding new elections. Report, received by Governor Magoon to - day from thlry Wwns throughout the isi- anas snow i.iai i..., where. I ulloen of Ames, la., nave been A slight Increase of yellow fever has been . appointed scientific assistants In' the Agrl recorded. There are four new cases, one at . cultural department. Havana, one at Sagua Lagrande. one at : Civil service examination will be held on Cruces and one at Union de los Reyes. Tha j December 12 at Deadwood. S. D.. for clerk total number of oases on the Island Is now thirteen. WRECK ON WABASH RAILROAD suaha, Express Collides with Freight Trala Near St. I.auls and rtllls Flremaa. g-f LOTTrS. Nov. SO The Omaha express on the Wabash road, that left Union sta- America la every department or trade and 1 rates and no cars, Mr. Sweet said he finally Uon at I o'clock this evening, ran Into the commerce. He says It I. no exaggeration to '. disposed of his claims to J. H. Judson for engine of a westbound freight train that declare that at no previous period of hu- jt.ouo, and they soon afterward passed Into was Just leaving a siding near Ferguson, man Industry has such prosperity been i the hands of the ooal company. twelve miles from bore, killing Fireman known lu any country. j uut this did not end Sweet's troubles. Fred Shaver of the express engine and i "Even responsible and well informed writ- 1 u. said he had secured employment on the rrtoua'y injuring B. F. Lloyd. of M irierly. ' era In England." Sir Thomas continued, rjo Grande Western railroad, but was dls Mo., conductor of the freight. Lloyd was j "have little Idea of what Is happening charged through the Influence of the coal on the frelsht engine. It l stated that across the Atlantlu. The view appear to company official., who also exerted pressure the brllof ttnat the express.' which had been be that this prosperity Is merely due tobn a New York bonding company to bve delayed half on hour, nan passed causeq . - . -v.. at.rt to null out whn the' kxpress suddenly rounded a curve and msUntly both engines were demolished. None of the passengers was hurt. Btihon Seymear railing. gpniMiVUIJi. HL. Nov. .-Bmhop Swy.ntur was sull alive this UOmu, Uu.u he t Xa!Ui.g sieadlla THREE ILLINOIS BANKS CLOSE MrDonouah County Concerns that Financed Klertrle Railroad Short ol Heady Cash. PEORIA, III., Nov. 30 Three banking In stitutions In McDonough county conducted by C. V. Chandler of Macomb closed their doors today. Notices to the effect that the banks were short of ready cash were posted on the doors of nil the banks. This decision was reached yesterday upon an examination of the books by Mr. Chandler himself. Tc - banks are the Dank of Macomb, condt' X f' by C. V. Chandler & Co.. deposits of ' ' and capitalised at $50,000; the Chand. . & lines bank of Colchester, capitalized at $.3.- ono and deposits of $200,000, and the Chand ler & Smith bank of Bardolph, capitalised at $26,000 with no.ono in deposits. The money of the depositors In all three banks has been Invested through Mr. Chandler, the senior member of the private banking firms. In McDonough county real estate, ajxd the Immediate cause of the sus pension of the three Institutions Is given as lack of ready cash. The Macomb bank guaranteed the payment of the bonds of the Macomb & Western Illinois Electric rail way, and when the bondholders made a de mand for their money they absorbed all the ready cash of the three Institutions. The following notice appeared on the doors of all three banks, signed by C. V. Chandler and the other members of the Arm In the respective towns: This bank Is closed ponding negotiations subject to the conversion of the property Into ready cash. The bank Is solve.nt and nil depositors will be paid In full. There Is ample property to meet all obligations and all that Is necesary Is a reaeonablo amount of time to convert the holdings Into money. C. V, Chandler has been In the banking business In Macomb for a quarter of a century, and In addition to his private holdings Is treasurer of the Western Illi nois Stato Normal school of Macomb and treasurer of the city of Macomb. It is not thought either the school nor the city will lose by the failure of the bank. The state Is protected by a trust company bond and the city's deposits In the bank are small at this time of the year. The liabilities are upwards .of S700.00C, with unincumbered ral estate worth over $400,000. The mortgages are mostly on central Illinois farms and are considered good. There was little show of excitement over the closing of the banks. In Col chester the major part of the depositors ore miners. ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY DINES Letters Read from President Roose velt, Kins; Kdward and Former President Cleveland. NEW YORK, Nov. 30. Messages were read at the dinner of the St. Andrew's so ciety tonight from President Roosevelt, King Edward, Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- man, English premier, and former Presi dent Grover Cleveland. The president wrote President W. Butler Duncan, who pre sided: My Dear Mr. Duncan: May I, through you. extend my hearty good wishes to those pretient at the banquet of the St. Andrew's koclety, on its lKnh anniversary. I wish I could be with you, to wish you well In person, and to express rev. sincere urtmlra tlon for the high qualities contributed to our American citizenship by men of Scotch stock. With all regard, believe me, sin cerely yours, THHODORE ROOSEVELT. King Edward's letter, presented by Sir Mortimer Durand, was as follows: Please convey to the ancient and honor able society of which you are president, my greetings on the auspicious occasion of their 150th anniversary. EDWARD RET I. Former President Cleveland wrote: I have strongly hoped agHinat hope and have fought well agiilnsi odds of things foredoomed, only to be obliged to surren der at last. I am exceedlnaiv disannolnted and T write this to tell you so and to express he sin cere and henrty wish that you and all three who are fortunate enough to Join you In this evening's festivities may enjoy In full measure the pleasure and della-htful contentment reserved for sons of Scotia when they gather together to do honor to their patron saints. Four hundred persons were present, An drew Carnegie, lord rector of St. Andrew's university, being the gue of honor. He spoke to the toast, "The Land o' Cakes." The toast, "The Land We Live In," had been assigned to Mr. Cleveland and was responded to by William M. Sloan of Co lumbia. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Postal Appointments for Iowa aad South Dakota Are Aa- (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. (Special Tele gram.) Rural carriers appointed: Iowa Maxwell, route 2, Alva E. Harris carrier, LMIe P. Harris substitute; 'Sabula. route S, August H. Grimm carrier, Mayme Qrlmm substitute. South Dakota-Klkton, route t, George W. Vought carrier, Bert Dunbar substitute; Jefferson, route J, Thomas Con nors carrier, Mary Connors substitute; Mt. Vernon, route 8. Frank 8. MoAfce carrier, Arthur Christopher substitute. . C. N. Cuttles has been appointed post master at Wellington, Beadle county. South Dakota, vice Asa E. Curtlss. re signed. 0 Captain D. H. Mahan has been detached from duty at the navy yard at Norfolk, Va., and ordered to command the Indiana. E. R. Bowman of Victor. Charles B. 1)111 . I of roiumhus. R. P. Olvena of Pavne. J. D. I Rover of West Liberty. J. W. Stewart cf Davenport. G. F. Kanouff of Mitchell and ! A. R. Lindsay of Desmet. 8. D.. h.v. be.,, appointed railway mall clerks. .. . ...-,. ... V. H. R. Vlnell of Crete, Neb., and j and carrier In tte postoflice service. SIR THCMAS UPTON AMAZED Baronet Writes Article for British Joarnal Ahant Widespread Pros perlty la America. LONDON, Dec. I.' 61r Thomas LIpton has contributed to the Weekly Dispatch an ar- ' ttcle describing the amasln prosperity lit . flruuiolal manipulation. Never was there more ndlcluloua theory. American prosper ity U based on the Immense expansion of sulld Industries, the Increased purchasing power of the prople and the legitimate do vrlouinent of agricultural and mining la- dusirfc-s. while the general confidence Is u ii mat uwooa is ainud W spoud lav Ul.ly. GUILD LINE PAYS REBATES Coal Companies Owned bj Eailway Vaar catei Given fpooial Bates. SECRET f ON MINING MATERIAL on Brick Aasoaated Car Land Titles Se- to eared by Irregular Mtx. SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 30 Interstate Commerce Commissioner' E. E. Clark, con tinuing his Investigation of thc coal trade In the lntermountaln country an I the meth ods of obtaining coal properties, devoted most of the morning session today to the Denver & Rio Grande system and its af filiated coal companies. Charles Livingston, former chief cleric at Sunnyslde for the Utah Fuel company and the Wasatch store, both Gould companies, testified that previous to August 1 last both companies enjoyed what amounted to secret tariff on all material shipped to the mines over the Denver St Rio Grande lines. The companies also received concessions over railroad lines, he said. Mr. Livingston said that under these spe cial rates the coal companies shipped fire brick from Pueblo at 165 per car, while un der the present full tariff the rate Is $155 per car. He stated that ail freight bills were turned in to the railroad agent at Sun nyslde as "cash," and that the settlement between the companies was made at some Other point. W. O. Williams, auditor of the Utah Fuel company, the Pleasant Valley Coal com pany and the Wasatch store at Sunnyeide testified that the coal company has never paid any dividends. All the profits of their business, he said, went to pay off Interest on outstanding bonds. He also told of the special freight rates enjoyed by the coal com pan lee. The railroad company, he tes tified, acted as agent for the coal companies at certain points, collecting the bills for coal delivery. Denies Bnralng Books. Replying to questions asked by the at torney for the government, Mr. Williams denied that any books or vouchers of the several companies were sent to headquart ers In New York after the beginning of the present Inquiry. He also' denied that any books or vouchers had been destroyed. Mr. Wllliums admitted that his name had been used by the coal company to secure title to 220 acres of land near Clear creek. He never received any compensation for this, he said. Byron Groo, former secretary of the State Land board of Utah, was uncertain as to how title to the land was passed from the state of Utah to the coal companies. He admitted that large tracts of land were so disposed of by the State Land board, but said he could not remember the amounts paid or other details of the transactions George D. Holllday of Salt Lake City told of his efforts to acquire title to a tract of coal land in Whltmore canyon near Sunnyslde. He organised the Holll day Coal company and undertook to mine coal. Robert Forrester, geologist of tho irtah Fuel rrnrrfwrny.-wrtrr yrTClpman n.n.1 other men, came to him, he said, and told him that unless he got off the land they would Jump his claim. Later, during his absence, armed men went In and took possession of his property, to which a man named Robert Kirk en set up a claim Holllday testified that he attempted to con test TCIrVen's claim In the district court of the Third Utah district, but every de?l slon was' against him until he secured a transfer of the case to Salt Lake City. Mr. Holllday told of several conversations with Robert Clark, superintendent of the Pleasant Valley Coal company, and other officials of the coal companies. In which some times threats were made against him and at other times efforts were made to buy him out. Finally, tiring of the strug gle, he sold out to the coal company for 22.800. Driven OAT by Armed Men After the Pleasant Valley Coal company caused Kirktn to Jump his claim. Holllday testified, he went back to the property, but was driven off by seven armed men, and Klrken fired a shot at him. From the time Klrken Jumped the claim, he testified, until he sold out bis rights to the Pleasant Valley company he wee not permitted to go upon his land. . This land, .which Holllday located in 1K7. today Is one of the most 'valuable coal and coking properties owned by the Utah Fuel company. While Messrs. Liv'nss ton and Williams, officials of the Gould coal companies, were under examination Attorney J. T. Marchahd, for the govern ment, endeavored to socur admission from them that the coal companies had been granted special fretght rates on shipments of coke over the Oregon Short Line to the smelters at Anaconda, Mont. Both denied knowledge of any such concession made by the Harrlman line. The government agents have been un successful In their efforts to subpoena Captain W. F. Colton, reputed cashier of the Gould coal companies. Auditor Wil liams testified that he did not know the whereabouts of Csptalr. Colton. He said he had not seen Captain Colton for six weeks. Driven from Claim with Rifle. The afternoon session of the hearing was .. . v . , ..-V.I V. .Km-.- i ...... . . . m - OI violence ana i-urpuiaio rco..., .B"'- i Arthur A. Sweet testified that he had pro- ( aipi,atists; witness the Ashburton treaty I tested the location of a tract of ooal land , f 1M1 (as to the hndry line tteen j by Charles Most.,, Owen, who tiled on It MjjJ Xr'.'aV dl.We!rOrwt . , ... wnen ne went. . poa.rm.nn- an- - -u--ly -for M,IK theHe mlHlak... jt countered F. M. Wheeling and a Mexican, I cannot be alleged that a Canadian as am both armed with rifle.. Disregarding their j baesador would be likely to take uo an ..,.m. .hat ihara was "no coal on the extravagant or dangerous posiliun In his statement that there wa. Tio coal on ,,,,,, of questions between the I nited land," he went onto the property. As he , states and Canada. The Canadian frontier proceeded he heard a gun fired. The armed i is l.loO miles long and It could be defended men followed him to hi. claim and trK,,, him he had to leave. They asked him neVer provoke a quarrel. Its enormous and If he would go "at his pleasure" or by rapid expanalon Justine, its claim to a force. He consented to go at "his pleas ure. " Afterward, he said, he ' secured Injunctions from the district courts of the slate restraining the fuel company from In terfering with him, but the Injunctions were contemptuously disregarded. c-mdlng he could secure no capital, no a '. pd. bond cancelled. Copies sf Teleajrama Stolea. Mr. Sweet said that while he was work ing as agent and operator In the office of the Pleasant Yalley Coal company at Col ton. Utah, he had Instructions to copy j tn)m ,h, commercial wires of the Western I (Continued uu aWouuii Fn.i ' GILLETTE STICKS TO STORY Alleged Msfdtrrr of firare Driwi Croas-Kxamlae.l at Length by District Attorney. HERKIMER, N. Y., Nov. SO.-The trial of Chester Gillette for tho murder of his sweetheart, Grace Brown, practically came to a close today so fur as the tiiklng ot evidence Is concerned. The defense, while reserving the right to swear one witness If It sees fit tomorrow, rested this after noon. The remainder of the afternoon was spent by the district attorney In recalling several witnesses In rebuttal. The defense swore several witnesses to day, but so little was expected of each one of them that It was less than two hours after Gillette himself stepped down from the stand that Attorney Thomas announced that the defense rested. There were no really striking features of Interest In the case today, outsido of those furnished by the defendant's own testi mony. Gillette went through the ordeal of cross-examlnatl-.n without wavering In the slightest degree in his testimony as to the actual death scene on Big Moose lake. He apparently had made up his mind to take his time In answering the district attorney's questions. Gillette withstood the scorching cross-examination at the hands of the district attorney astonishingly well. When he finally stepped down from the box he wns as calm and unruffled aa he was a week ago, when he sat Indifferently all through the court proceedings. Gil lette today swore that many of the things he said and wrote and which the prosecu Iton took as links In its chain of evidence were simply falsehoods, concocted for one reason or another, and that many of the things he had done, and that the prosecu tion took as Indications of guilt, were merely acts of cowardice. When Gillette left the witness stand, tne. defense called Its eight of ten witnesses to give their opinions of Gillette's char acter and reputation. Some of them testi fied his character was good, but the dis trict attorney compelled all to admit that they were not then aware o: Gillette s re latlons with Miss Brown. A few persons employed In the skin factory at Courtland, where Grace Brown and Gllletto worked, testified that they heard the girl say that she did not want to live and that she was going to leave Court land, perhaps forever. To these. District Attorney Ward said: "You omni v."- lette trying to comfort her, did you?' and they replied In the negative. There was some surprise among the spec ..... -wh.n the district attorney allowed Gillette to leave the witness box without a more minute description of the Incidents Immediately preceding the gins plunge Into the lake. WOMAN KILLED BY LOCOMOTIVE Miss Goldle Mfford of Mllbnnk, . D., Struck by Engine at Mitchell. MITCHELL, S. D . Nov. 10. (Special Telegram.) A horrible accident occurred here this morning at 11:15 o'clock, when Miss Goldle Safford was .msianuy mueu by being run over by Milwaukee engine, which was passing the depot., and while there was a crowd of other passengers en the platform. Miss Safford evidently did not hear the approaching engine, as steam was escap ing from another engine close by. She at tempted to cross the track to another y-ain when the engine which was backing up struck her. She was knocked down and rolled under the tender and half of the engine,) her dead body being dragged out between the drive wheels and forward wheels. Miss Safford was a student of Dakota Wesley an university and her home was at Milbank. It was a shocking affair wiiich the people were forced to witness. The wonder Is that such an accident has not happened before, with the large crowds which ore at the depot each day. The pA llceman, who has been doing duty for the company around the depot to prevent "Just such accidents, was laid off two days ago. R F. Dundas held a coroner's Inquest this afternoon and over . two hours was J spent In taking the testimony. The jury returned? a verdict late this evening, the substance of which was that Miss Safford came to her death by being run over by a Milwaukee switch engine In the railroad yards of the company, that the railway company was negligent In not providing prorer appliances for the switch engine.; that the railway company was negligent In running said engine at -so great a rate of speed at and near the public depot. The body of the dead girl will be taken to her home at Milbank tomorrow afternoon, after short funeral services at the univer sity, end the entire student body will ac company the body to the train. AMBASSADOR FROM CANADA Londen Mall Suggests that Man from Domlalaa. Represeat Great Brit ain at Washington. LONDON, Dec. 1. The Dally Mall this morning takes up the agitation for the ap pointment of a Canadian as ambassador at Washington in succession to Sir Mortimer Durand. In an editorial the paper says: It would be a wise course If the govern ment Is anxious to ronm.nnate me empire. ii'ar.iiftn. has suffered In da has surferea in me pam inrougn :,-,",. ... .t.,i,;. nriiuh I . rllirtl,,n Never was there such an od- larger share in the conduct of the Imperial piilcy and tne time pas arrived to take It Into partnership with the mother countrr. HEINZE AIDS DEPOSITORS Mlaer Sends Check for Haadred Thou sand Dollars to Trust Compaay Receiver. BUTTE, Mcnt., Nov. 30 Receiver Wil son of the wrecked Aetna bank, announced tod'.y that he had received a check from Augustus Helnse for tlOO.OUO. Mr. Heine, was formerly president of the bank, but withdrew In l&a. Believing however, that many depositors had not known of hi. withdrawal, although it was widely adver tised at ths time, snd that through confi dence lu hi. reputation many of hi. friends may have lost their money. Mr. HulnM says In his letter to Mr. Wilson,' he con tributes 1100.000 towards the bank's asset and forward, his check tut that amount. The contribution siiould aucreas the I u.u s ssvcia v yet wua NAVAL CHANGES SUGGESTED Two Fleets to E Created for Use 01 Atlantio and 1 aoifio. . MARINES MAY BE TAKEN (ROM SHIPS Admiral Converse Slakes Annnal Re port and Suggests that Two Vice Admirals Should Be Created for Fleets. WASHINGTON, Nov. 90. The completed plans for the organisation of the fighting vessels of the navy In two fleets for service on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States in such manner that the wholo force may readily be mobilised In cases of emergency Is announced by Rear Admiral Converse,' chief of the bureau of navigation of the Navy department In his annual report made public today. The concentration of the battle fleet In ,the American waters and the assignment of nil vessels therein to the command of one flag officer, will be completed about January 1 next. Rear Admiral Converse said that owing to responsibilltice In the Philippines and the far east generally an adequate naval force Is needed In the Pacific ocean. The assignment of the ships of the battle line to Atlantic waters and of cruisers and gunboats to Pacific waters, Is In ac cordance with prudent strategic require ments. Tentative Asslstaments. The tentative assignment of vessels is as follows: Atlantio FWt First squadron, first di vision: Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri. Second division: Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode Islund. Virginia. Second squadron, third division: Alabama, Illinois, Kearsarge, Kentucky. .Fourth division: Ohio Indiana. Third squadron, flf t ft division: Tennessee, Washington, St. Louis. Sixth division: Columbia, Des Moines, Cleveland, Tacoma. Fourth souiidron. seventh division: Dixie, . I Marietta, Newport, Don Juan de Austria. V KiE-hth division: Prairie. Dubuque. Padu- enh. Scorpion. , , . The seventh and eighth divisions will be held In reserve when their services are no longer required for police and patrol duty. Ships In Reserve. In reserve: Texas, Brooklyn. Second torpedo flotilla: Hopkins, Law- rence, MacDonough, W hippie Truxan, Wordcn. , , Third torpedo flotilla: Wilkes, Blakely, De Long, Kodgers, Stockton. - Asiatic Fleet First sqadron, first divis ion: West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsyl vania, Colorado. . Second division i Baltimore, Chattanooga, Galveston. Cincinnati. Second squadron, third division: Raleigh, Concord, Helena, Wilmington. Fourth division: Callao. El Cano, Quiros, Vlllalobos. . . Ccoat defense: Monterey. Monadnock. First torpedo flotilla; Balnbrldge. Barry. Dale. Chauncey. Decatur. i.,i.. Pacific squadron, "rst division: Charles ton, Milwaukee, Albany. New Orleans. Second division: Chicago, Yorktown, Bos ton. Princeton. , -,, Fourth- torpedo flotilla: Preble. Paul Jone-s, Perry, Farragut, Goldsborough, Rowan. At an early date It Is expected that the Asiatic fleet and the Pacific squadron will be merged Into one Pacific fleet under the supreme command of a flag officer of the highest rank n the earns manner as the Atlantic flePt -Ur-now. organised. - The bureau of navigation la making every endeavor to secure A battleship strength of sixteen In the Atlantic fleet, divided Into two squadrons, which will furnish every opportunity for the practice of battle tac tics and will enable the higher officers to acquire facility In the exercise of a large fleet and in maneuvering one homogenous squadron against another. rroposed (hnnae fnr M-rlnes. Rear Admiral Converse, chief of the bureau of navigation, says In-his annual report made public today that It has been .... - o consideration to the a maner 01 vi bureau whether It would not add to the efficiency of the navy service n ih..... wer. withdrawn from all battleships. The idea cf the bureau Is that the bluejackets . .v.- am class as the ma- are arawn iron. rlnes and are able to emcienuy i' '" the services now assigned to marines. It is said that the presence of marines suggests to the .enlisted men " ... former "are there for police duty wo weir frequently Is resented. Admiral rres,rce Coneerse says: creased community of interest would re 1?. and the removal of discriminations caused by . differences or pay ana u""or in and Jn;oBdo w.v wuh'an'e'lement tend- Ino- to dlssausiaciiuii. '".5... .'iTLi..rt value of marines for man ntn the naval bases n our Insular nossses Jlorfs and for service as expeditionary forces in emergencies needing a prompt re sponse will perhaps add weight o the bu reau's statement of present conditions. Nation May Pay for Junkets. Congress will be asked by the bureau of navigation to make n appropriation for official entertainments on board naval ves sels when sent to foreign shores. It will be argued that In their duty of showing the flag and cultivating friendly and diplo matic relations In foreign countries naval officers are forced for the honor of their service and the country to spend an appre ciable amount of their own pay for enter tainments whose expense, .hould be borne by the government. In other countries am ple prpvlsion Is made for such expense; In our. such provision Is seldom made and only on extraordinary occasions. Vice Admirals Are Wanted. The grade of vice admiral will be re vived in the navy if the Navy department adopts the recommendation made by Rear Admiral Converse. He says at least two vice admlralshlps should be created for the commander of the Atlantic and Aslatio fleet., who will soon have under them sub ordinate rear admirals and a large num. ber of ship. ' REVISION OF BOX RENTALS Postofne Departmeat Will Establish SUdlua; Scale for Vsers of th Servlee. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. An order has been Issued by First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock, effective January L looking to the adoption of uniform rate of rent for boxe In postoffice. The revised rate will affect every post- office In the United Btate. vTh new schedule adopt a the minimum rate for .mall call boxe in .mall, fourth-class post office th amount (10 cents per quarter) now generally charged. From thl figure the rate advance -cording to a carefully graduated scale until they reach a charge for small lock boxes at one postoffice (New York City) of M quarter, the amount now charged at that office. It la not the depart- menfs Intention to make any Increase In box rent, w nue some rmc. win urn re vised, others will be considerably lowered, the aim being to correct inequalities and at ths same time to produce an average ap proximate tt tUat of the rata uw to force. 't I 0,. la"nd VhS :JdlUon of ! Attempted to Rob Kan... c-wby JeOT'Mlei " An C'Ptn" 8e'm" "" THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast tor Nebraska rartly Cloudy anil folder Sntnrdny. Sunday Fair. Page. I Teamsters Turn State's Evidence. CJonld Lines Pay Rehntea In 1 tuh. Chana-es Sasraested In the ny. I.nnd Huron Attack n Witness. 3 More Stnndnrd Methods Espoard. 8 News from All Parts of Xehraska. 4 Shorter Hours for Clerks In Russia Cnuae of Fatal Wreck Sonaht. 6 Womaa la Club and Charity. Affairs In South Omaha. 6 Financial Review of the Week. Sportlna- Events of the Day. T Torre, Pleads for Action at Once. Farmers Too Hnay to Hani Corn In. 14 Editorial. 11 Coal Dealers Are Forced to Trial. Fortune Is Seeklnar a Woman. 11 Good Thlnas Found on the Market. 13 Commercial aad Financial 5ews. 1ft Council Bluffs and Iowa Nrm. Hi Task for Railroad Tax Agents. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi Hoar. Uesr. ft a. m ..... . 41 O a. m an 7 a. m :tt ft a. in ,1 9 a. m aa 10 a. m :4 11 a. in l 12 m si Hour. 1 p. m . 3 p. m . a p. m . 4 p. m ft p. m . ft p. m . T p. m. H p. m , O p. m . l)ca. . . an . . ro . . 40 . . s . . at . . as . . T . 3 . . n.i SENATOR ALLISON DELAYS Will Not Come to Washington Vattl After the Christmas -Holidays. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 30.-(Special Tele gram.) Senator Allison will not reach this city until after the Christmas holidays. Tho delay In his arrival is not due to any un favorable condition In the senator's health. but Is the result of advice that has been given him to the effect that the great ap propriation bills, ever which he exercises an Influence ns chairman of the senate committee having them In charge, will not be advanced sufficiently for his attention until after January 1. It Is not likely that any measure except the legislative, executive and Judicial ap propriation bill will be before the senate committee on appropriations before the holidays. Senator Cullom Is chairman of the subcommittee having that bill In charge, which subcommittee cannot com plete Its work for several necks becauao of the necessity of hearing various officials of the government and others who will have something to say about Items. . Mr. Victor Rosewater, editor of The Bc, arrived in Wahlnston todny to attend the openlng'of congress on Monduy. Mr. Rose water spent Thanksgiving with his wife's family in Baltimore WCRK ON THE CONSTITUTION Oklahoma Convention Dlscnsslns; Sec tion for Control of Railroads and " Express Companies. ' GUTHRIE, Okl., The actual formation of a constitution for Oklahoma was Inaugu rated this afternoon when propositions were Introduced In the constitutional con vention for two blanks, providing, respec tively, for railway regulation and separate coaches for whites and negroes. The railway regulation bill. Introduced by Delegate Clint Graham, Is summarised as follows: Railroad, express, sleeping car and oil pipe line companies shall be declared com mon carriers; to provide for stock Inspec tion; to prevent consolidation, and prohibit ing free passes. The "Jim Crow" resolution was offered by Judge Ledbetter of Ardmore, I. T. Both propositions were referred to the committee on railroads. The rules were adopted this afternoon. A feature of this morning's session was the address of Delegate Ledbetter, who opposed the adoption of a resolution iwnini.imr the federal constitution as paramount to , that of ,he Btate of okIanonm He decIared , that gtato goverelgnty Bnouid be mtrictiy i observed. WOULD-BE BANDIT KILLS SELF TROT, Kan., Nov. 30. Realising that he wag about to be capture m an un8UCCe. j u' -ttempt to rob the Bendena State bank I at Bendena, Kan., five mile, west of here. today, J. W. Harris, a farm hand, aged 80, placed a pistol behind his ear and pulled the trigger. He died three hours later. Harris entered the bank at 4 o'clock this afternoon when W. A. Glllen, the cashier, and Theodore Belb, a clerk, were pre paring to close the bank fo rthe day. Har ris covered both men with a pistol and commanded them to throw up their hands. He then ordered them to come out ffVim behind the counter, pull down the window blinds and lock the doors. Relb went back behind the counter again, ostensibly to pull down a window, curtain, but lri reality to make his escape through a door. which led Into a back room. As Belb suddenly opened the door Harris fired one shot at him, but without effect, and the clerk "escaped from the building. Fear ing capture, Harris calmly stared at Glllen a moment and then killed himself. DIVIDING TORREY MEETINGS Special Arrangement far Sands? In Order that All W ha Wish May Hear. The attendance at the Sunday sessions of the Torrey meetings has been so large that ail who desired have been unabio to gain admission on the two previous Sun days. As It Is the aim that all who de hire should have the opportunity to hear, those having the management of them I ave decided to divide the meetings on Sunday. The afternoon meeting at the Auditorium therefore will be for women and the one in the evening for men. Not to deprive the women of church privilege in the evening It ha been arranged to have : a meeting in the evening at the First Prcs- I byteiian church for their benefit. By dl- vlding up the crowd In thl manitr It I confidently believed all who desire to at tend can be accommodated. This arrangement applies only to Sun day, the weekday meetings being continued as usual. , Old Soldier Kills Himself. LKAV EN WORTH. Kan., Nov. 80 John Sullivan, a Soldiers home Inmate, threw himself from the second storv w'ndow rf 1). iran'i hotel tonight, fracturin ghls skull, and died soon afterward. Bjllivan served In Troop K. Fifth New Vork cavalry, dur. lng lht civil war and leave a wife and children In Comanche county, Texas. Call Moaey High. NEW TOakC. Nov. SO. Just before th close of the stork market money wa auoica at 2 lr cent. I ! ATTACK ON WITSESS Eiobardi and Comitork Try to tiaoredit Some of Government's Testimony. T. M. HUNTINGTON IS NAMED AS AGENT Becured Land TilinM hj Old Eoldien Throneh Irine D. Hull. ENTRIES MADE UNDER SALE CONTRACT Veterans Fromised $300 for Homesteads. When They ! roted Up. DID NOT INTEND TO COMPLY WITH LAW Members of Party of Old Soldiers from Iowa Give Important Tes timony In Hearing of Laad Case. The particular feature of the Rlchards Comsto' land trial on the tenth day was the effort of the defense to discredit one of the government's witnesses, Irving D. Hull, to offset some rather sensation, evi dence Implicating Thomas M. Huntington as an ugent in procuring filings -for W. (1. Comstock and the .consideration that waa to accrue to him for securing an unlimited number of filings, preferably those of old soldier. Hull admitted that he had been ar retted In connection with the land matter and had been taken before the United States commissioner at Chadron and wa bound over to the federal grand Jury, but he said no Indictment had been returned against him. ''. ' s Tha defense undertook to show that Hull had been promised Immunity from Indictment If he would testify for the government and that his evidence now being givrn was In pursuance of that agree ment and that tho case against him had been dismissed. Hull's testimony developed an agreement between himself and Huntington to secure soldiers' filings. The soldiers were to be given 1300 for their land after proving up. Preparatory to final proof they were to lease the land to Comstock and Hunting ton was to get tlOO for each lease, and out of this lino the expenses and Improvement were to be paid. Wnen final proof wa completed the consideration for each sec tion wa to be $900. Three hundred dollars of this was to. go to the soldier and the other $300, which Included the lease money, was to be divided between Huntington and James Hull, a brother bf the witness. Old Soldier Telts of Deal. Irving D. Hull, an ex-soldler living at Mirage and a professional land locator, was a witness for the government at the morning session. He testified to meeting Thomas M. Huntington at Norfolk aboot the middle of July. 1804. He said: "We talked a little about securing, old soldier to file on government land. This talk was begun on the depot platform and wa continued In the Pullman car. We talked about an hour. He asked rile 1f could procure a, number of declaratory state ment. I said I thought I Could. He wanted me to get all I could and send them to him and have the men on th land the day the Ktnkatd law went into effect. He said arrangements had been made wheieby he could place all the filing he could get. He preferred soldiers who had the longest service in the army, because they 'could prove up soonest. He said he had a talk with my brother, James Hull, a few days before and me being an old soldier, he thought I could get old soldiers to file better than he. He said a man named Comstock could place the filings. "I then went back to my old home In Iowa and got seventeen or eighteen old soldiers to execute declaratory statements and sent them to Huntington. The agree ment waa that the soldier wer to go out to the land, give a lease of it and when it wa made out he would pay $100, tho filing expense to be taken out of the leaen money and the balance of the proceeds of the $100 would go to Huntington and my brother." Lessees to Improve U.I. "The leasee, were to put the improvements on the land I was to tell our men that when they proved up they wer to get $3u0 for the land. Ther wa a perfect under standing that when they proved up they were to sell the land for $309. The man who got the lease wa to pay the $100. The ranchmen were to pay fcMX) for the land after It wa proved up on. $300 to go to the man that filed and the other $300 to those who got the men to file, the expenses to be taken out. Huntington said that he had seen Comstock and made arrangement for these 'tilings and would take all he could get and we would make lots of money out of the deal. "I then went' to Iowa and got all tha declaratory statements I could at Logan, Missouri Valley, and Magnolia, twenty in number, and sent them to Huntington by registered letter. I paid the expenses of the entrymen out to Gordon, but the hotel expenses there were paid by someone else, a, wa afterward reimbursed for the.e ex pense I had advanced. I took a number of soldiers down from Gordon to file. I do not know whom we went before to file, but he wa the editor of a paper there." (T. J. O'Keefe 1 an editor and commissioner.) Baslaess Is that sf Locatrr. On cross-examination Mr. Hull .aid: "Yea, my, business Is that of a land lo cater. In the year 19u3 I took forty or seventy-five soldiers' widows to Gordon to locate them and turned them over to James Reid and a Mr. McFaiiand and Charle Edsall. "Tho widows were located on the lands by these men, I guess. I did not local them on the lands. I did nut take any other parties up to Gordon during lfM but those for Huntington. I suppose leases were riven for all the lands by the soldiers who filed under this arrangement. There were two or three of them on whom I received no pay because leases went not given by them. "Ye. I have made a statement to the government attorney as to what I would testify to. I wa arrested In connection with land matter and taken before the United State commissioner at Chadron. I was not promised immunity from indict ment If I would testify to certain things. 1 wa arrested by a secret service man named Side and taken te Chadron. I liave not been indicted n thl case." On redirect examination the witness sold: "I was taken by a stcret service man i,med Sides from Hay Springs to Chadion. He told me he was a deputy United Ststes marshal. "Some of my correspondence with Hunt ington was owing to the fact that the six months of some of the men wss up and I wanted to know If it was time fc- them to go back on the land again." Hall's Brother Harm aa Staad. James C. Hull, brother of Irving D. Hull, wa th 0rt witness called Friday attar I