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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI-NO. 184. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1907-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. i r ! i HARBOR BE IS rarihtt City of Xlirrton May Blip Into the Bay. MANY DOCKS ARE UNDER WATER nako Tormi Hole and Cracks Hundred Feet Deep. DEAD NUMBER AT LEAST A THOUSAND Dispatoh from Governor Beporta Bnrial of 843 Bodies. 8EYERAL AMERICANS AMONG VICTIMS Partial Lift of Most Prominent Persons Killed. FAMINE AND PESTILENCF A; "ARED I Z Haenttal Carps from VU ''y''ff aval TentU AM la R. V Worh-Only BmUtM Pa of City Burned. billetix. BT. AUGUSTINE. Fla.. Jan. 17. Wlrs leee m essngea received at the station on Anaatasla Island, today by hlef Electrician lilklne say that Kingston Is slnklna (grad ually, that many holes and cracks 100 Test dasp were formed by the earthquake and that grave fears are felt that the entire city will slip Into the bay. Another message says the hospital corps, attendants and supplies from the United States naval vessels at Guantanamo have been sent to the stricken Island. BCLLETI. NEW TORK. Jan. 17. The shores of the harbor of Kingston are sinking; and there is terror lest the city slip into the sea, according; to a private dispatch received by a large mercantile house here today from Port au Prince, Haytl. The bed of the harbor is aald to be sinking; and the crater in many places is now 100 feet deep. Every wharf is said to have sunk into the sen. or to have been rendered worthless. NEW TORK. Jan. 17.-Accordlng to In formation recnled today the Klng-ston hor ror la growing;. Communication with the Island is partially restored and every mes sage that comes brings fresh details of the appalling catastrophe. The number of dead is placed variously at from 600 to 1,100 and the number of Injured runs into . the thousands. Ten thousand people ..are said to be homeless. 'The -dnnger' of 'famine has increased and with It stalk the spectra of pestilence. There la urgent need of supplies of all kinds and erergetle efforts are being made in this country and In England to send aid. The business section of the city has been wiped out and the estimates of the damage range from 810,000,000 to 136,000,00a Among the dead and injured are a num 'oer of prominent English persons and al most every dlspatoh adds a new name to the list. Eight Americans are recorded as mining and it is aald that many touriata undoubtedly were crushed by falling walla in the shipping district. 'he American battleships Missouri and liana have reached the scene and A an officers and rallors are standing by . ..-j, to render any assistance In their powers. A new horror Is added tq the situation by reports ti.at the city soem, to be slowly sinking Into the sea. The contour of the bottom of the hahor materially ohanged and two Ughf. houses at the harbor entrance are said to hive disappeared. ' The ships In the harbor are "crowded with Injured people, and the death list is being Increased daily. Corpses lie in the streets or are being thrown Into trenches. The fearsome extent of the appalling Calamity that baa visited the capital of Jamaica haa not yet been recorded to the outside world and It la doubtful If even the people of Kingston themselves are yet aware of the full extent of the disaster that overwhelmed them last Monday after noon. Partial Mat of Dead. Following Is a list of the more important 1 ';im reported killed In the earthquake: A-1 JAMBS FEROU890N, M. P.. deput tin; ..t.in of the Royal Mail Steam Packet cui:uy of London. . CAPTAIN T. CONSTANTINE, superin tendent In Jamaica for the Royal Mail Hteam Packet company. CAPTAIN YOUNCl, commander of the Steamer A mo of the Royal Steam Packet company's fleet. CAPTAIN LA1IONT, who was soon to be married to en American girl. LiR. KuPhUtToON AND WIFE (perhaps X. O. D. F. Robertson and wife). CHARLES SHERLOCK, a well known merchant. A. M. NATHAN, partner of Charles Sher lock, In the firm of Nathan. Sherlock & Co. UltADLET VERLET, extensively Inter ested In sugar cultivation. TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VER LET FAMILY. G. MuN. LIVINGSTON, senior clerk In the auditing office ef the Colonial govern ment. 1II R. C. OIBB. M1SH LOCKBTT. killed In Jamaica club. MI3 SULLIVAN. BDMAR D. CORDOVA, carriage and vaou maker. The mlealng: J W. Mlddleton. Charlea D. Cordova. Importing provision tnrchant Eua-ord D. Cordova, a brother of Charles. A brother of Cheriee Sherlock. Red Cress Begins Werk. The tret cargo of supplies to be aent from New Tork In aid of the stricken people of Jamaica will be shipped tomorrow. President Cleveland Dodge of the New York late branch of the National Red Cross ka authorised by the national organisation kJay to spend IC.OOO in the purchase of juppUea. ' The Red Cross contributions will be sup plemented y a suantlty of food, medlolne and other auppllee gathered by a commute of steamship and commercial Arms. T'.j Hamburg-Amertoan, the United Fruit co:r any and the Royal Mall Steamship com pany tonight announced that all the vee aals of their lines to Kingston would be ai the disposal of relief organisations de siring to forward supplies to Jamaica. Ottr a Haas) ef Bnlaa. LONDON. Jan. 17. It la now known that the death Hit from the Kinrtton. earth euoke certainly will exceed SO persons aad nay even reach 1.030, and that large aunt- (Gvutinued aa Third Pm4. SINKING SUMMARY OF THE DEE Friday, Jaaaary IS, 1HOT. ioo7 January 1907 so mon rue wto tmu ri sat ? I; 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 10 II 12 13 N 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 J TXX WEATHER. FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Partly cloudy Friday and warmer In west portion, Saturday fair. FORECAST FOR IOWA'-Fair in west, rain or snow In east portion Friday. Sat urday generally fair. Temperature at oniahn vrstcrday: Hour. LVg. Hour. Deg. 5 a. m, 23 i p. m a a. rrv. a p. m 2) I - m 20 a p. m 23 I a. m ja 4 p. m S4 " 1 5 p. m 24 J m. in p. m . 26 H a. m. 19 7 p. m 25 " m.. 20 8 p. m 26 p. m 28 DOMXSTIC. Assistant attorney general of United States at Pueblo, Colo., and starts investigation- Into alleged land frauds in that state. rage a Heavy snows have fallen in North Dakota and a renewal of railroad block- ,e is probable. Vage Mo river is still rising and a sixty foot stage is expected at Cincinnati Sunday. rage WAgHXjrOTOjr. intra! shakeup In army pay depart me. is rumored. 'age 1 Senator Blackburn submits amendment to Fp raker resolution admitting right of president- to discharge soldiers without honor. Page 6 roBxiov. Reports from Kingston say bed of har bor Is sinking and fears are expressed that ruined city may slip into the bay. At least 1,000 persons are dead. Page 1 VEBBAgKa. House Judiciary committee hears rep resentatives of women's vluba. Women's Christian Temperance union and others on child labor bill and recommends it for passage. Page 1 Prof. Bruner tells corn growers Insects and other pests destroy one-quarter of the crop each year. - Page 3 Supreme court decides scavenger tax case in favor of The Bee and allows Its bill for publication in full. Page 3 Bill to be introduced in the senate changing the Judicial districts, Increas ing the number to seventeen, but making a reduction of eight in the number of Judge. Page 9 Charges are made at meeting of Farm ers' Co-Operatlve association that Omaha la robbed of grain trade by false. grading at other markets. Page U Nebraska Volunteer Firemen's associa tion elects ' officers at Grand Island and decides to meet I nex". year at Nebraska City. Page 3 Joint committee of house and sentae holds Its first session to formulate a railroad bill and question ' Is Informally discussed. ' Page 1 oovaron b&vppb ajts xowa. Report of Engineer Klerated puts re muneration of water rates at higher figure than those contained In ordinance passed some time ago. Page Governor Cummins in his Inaugural address advocates some changer in state constitution. Thinks powers of states should be increased rather than dimin ished. Page MOTEMXNTS OP OCEAJT BTSAMBXIPS. Pnrt. ArrlT.d. . Sal tod. NIW YORK Kalnrta Aug. VleLa Barale. BOB TON JSionl Jjmria. HAVRB Sardlalaa ST. JOHNS Montreal. NAPLES Sicilian Prtaae....8lavsala. NAFL.KB Caroolau MANCHU8TER...BMtunlu LONDON dUaaibriaa Mlnnahaha. LIVKHPOOL Ionian. dCKU.NBTOWN... Arable. NEW DISCOVERY IN METALS Alabama "Learns How Gold aad Platiaasa Hay Be Hardened ad Tempered. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 17. Mr. Al fred D. P. Weaver of " this city haa. In collaboration with John Edward Carney, and while engaged In laboratory experi ments in search of a new coherer material for wlrelesj telegraphy, discovered the art of hardening and tempering precious and seml-preoloue metals, suoh as platinum, gold and the like, without alloying them With other metala The oharacteristio re sultg obtained by Mr. Weaver'a process are the enormoda reduction in the fusing point of those metals and the iiapartiug to thera of a dewee of hardness. In some Instances surpassing that of the best steel tool when hardened. Platinum, one of the moat refractory of metals, heretofore requiring for its fusion the uxy-hydrogen flame, or the voltaio aro, la, after being subjected to the new process, easily melted, before a gasoline blow pipe and may be cast,' again melted and recast indefinitely. So great a hardness Is Imparted to these metals by Mr. Weaver's process that a piece of gold or platinum, for Instance, can with the greatest difficulty be abraded by a bent steel file, and a sphere of either of these metels ef,' say two millimeters dla meter, when placed upon a hardened steel anvil and struck sharp blows with an elght-ounoe steel hammer, will resist such a blow and suffer only the slightest altera tion In shape. BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION MEETS B. A. Baraett of Llneela, Wka Was eeretary ef Aalamal Beerlea, v Bet tree. COLUMBUS, a. Jan. 17. The American Breeders' association closed its annual meeting here today. The following officers were re-elect ad: James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, president; William . Heys, Washington, D. C. secretary; prof. Oscar Err of Man hattan, Kan., treasurer; A. P. Grout of Winchester, III., chairman animal section; Charles W. Ward of Queens, N. Y., chair man plant section; C. B. Davenport of Cold Springs Harbor, N. T., was elected secre tary of the animal section In place of E. A. Burnett of Lincoln. Neb.; Prof. K. E. H ana an of Brookings, S. D., waa re-elected secretary of the plant section. Resolutions were adopted urging the dis continuance of Indiscriminate distribution of aeed by the Agricultural department and the application of the money previously appropriated for this purpose to agricul tural research and the Importation of new seeds. The association also declared In favor of the organisation of a national co operative accounting assoolatioa, v ARMY PAY UfFlCERS MOVE Bhakeup Coming; in Brigadier Geatral Sniffen'g Deputmant COLONEL TOWER TO GO TO WASHINGTON Lleateitaat Coloael Menleaber, Ac cording to Raaaors Carrent, Will Be Ordered te the rhlllpplaee. (From a Staff Correepondent.)' WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-(8pecial Tele gram.) In army circles there la rumor that the pay department, under Brigadier General Snlffen, will shortly be reorganised and that there will be a general change all around, especially in the higher grades. It is understood Colonel Tower, now sta tioned at Chicago," who In all probability will be the next paymaster general of the army, will come to Washington as dis trict paymaster here, relieving Lieuenant Colonel Muhlenberg, who will be ordered to the Philippines. Lieutenant Colonel Tucker, son-in-law of Mrs. John A. Logan, now on station In the Philippines, It Is expected, will be assigned to San Fran cisco. Colonel Charles H. Whipple, who now Is chief paymaster In Cuba, it Is thought, will be ordered to Chicago to re lieve Colonel Tower, ranking colonel, and someone in the Junior grade will be aent to Cuba to succeed Colonel Whipple. Appropriation for the Mlasoarl. The river and harbor bill, which will be reported to the house probably tomorrow, will contain the appropriation of tlOO.AOO for Missouri river work between Kansas City and Sioux City, and $60,noo for work above Sloiix City. Representative Pollard and Kennedy appeared before the com mittee today and urged that a larger ap propriation be authorized for that stretch of river between Kansas and Sioux City, but Chairman Burton was informed by army engineers that the work could be done for $60,000. The money will be used In clearing the channel of snags and other (obstructions to navagatlon. When this work is completed, engineers say the river will be navigable almont the entire year. The committee inserted the appropriation on the showing made by the Nebraska congressmen named. They submitted a statement presenting plans of the pro motors of the Omaha-Kansas City barge line and made a strong argument for an appropriation. ;-Amendment to Coal Laaa Law. Representative Martin of South Dakota today introduced a bill, Its Intent being to amend the existing laws relating to public .coal lands. The Martin bill pro vides that any person or association of persons, seve01y qualified, who have opened and Improved any coal mine upon public lands and shall be In actual pos sesion of the same shall be entitled to preference right of entry. When an asso ciation of not less than four persona shall have x ponded not less than 15,000 they may be entitled to enter not exceeding 1,280 acres. Those who have expended $10,000 may enter 2,510 acres. The bill also gives the president power to set apart and reserve from entry such unappropriated public lands aa he may deem necessary to -protect, the coal supply from passing Into the ewrftrot at naonopatles; . ' ' Passes for. Tralamea, " Senator Burkett Introduced a bill to amend the anti-pass provisions of the rail road rate law. Mr. Burkett, after looking over the enacted bill, believes an Injus tice has been done and now aeeks through his bill to amend the act. It la the pur pose of Senator Burkett to permit railroad companies to issue passes to traveling rep resentatives of the Brotherhoods of Loco motive Engineers, Firemen, and Railway Trainmen, all trainmen and the Order of Railway Telegraphers. Pensloas for Weatera Men. Senator Burkett also lntroduoed a bill to Increase the pension of John S. Burke to $30 per month. Representative Klnkald waa today ad vised that John W. Hoerbaugh, Ravenna, had been allowed an increase of pension to $8, dating from December 8. He was also Informed that an original pension of $13 had been granted to Charles' I Paxton of Gordon, Neb., at $12 per month. Representative Kennedy has secured a pension of $12 for Samuel W. Young of Omaha. Minor Western Matters. Lieutenant Colonel John M. Barrister, deputy surgeon general, will proceed to Omaha for temporary duty aa acting chief surgeon of the Department of Missouri. South Dakota poatofflcea established: Hause, Day county, Ole Hauae, postmas ter; Mobridge, Walworth county. Archie B. Flick, postmaster. COTTON PLANTERS IN SESSlbN Third Convention Called to Order by Mas Who Declares Plaaters Are Roabaa. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 17,-The third annual convention of the Southern Cotton association began here today with a big attendance. After several welcoming ad dressee. M. L. Johnson of Georgia, president of the Georgia division, responding, said in part: "My friends. It Is war. Not a war with powder and lead, but a war requiring aa much bravery, aa much brains and call ing for as much sacrifice and patriotism aa nerved the arms and inspired the spirit of the Lees, the Jaaksons and the Johnstons, heroes of our lost cause, but a cause never to be forgotten." He said that for forty years the south had submitted to being robbed on the price of Ita chief product because of its proverty. "For forty years," he continued, "we have paid tribute to Wall street gamblers, the spinners of Europe and spinners of our own country. Are you ready for the battle against this robbery T" The speaker scored the American spinner for "allaying themselves with the interests of the foreign spinner to the detriment and improverlahmant of their own people and their own consumers." President Harvle Jordan then delivered hia annual address. Fort Rice Praesereas. SAN JUAN. P. R., Jan. 17,-Oovarnor Wtnthrop, In his annual message to the legislature, congratulates the people of the island on the commercial , and financial prosperity. He recommends changes In the judicial system and an Increase In school facilities and in the civil service laws. The governor also recommends the continuance of the Porto Rico commercial agency In New Tork. Filiplaea Aftet .aaeard Oil. MANILA. Jan. 17. The Insular govern- tnent demands payment of the Standard Oil company of $i,614 In gold., duty upon oil brought Into the Philippines prior to 1901, upon which the proper tax was not paid. The Standard Oil company will con test the matter wtth the Insular govern ment, which will bring suit. FOUNDATION F0R ALL DAMS Senator Millar Makea Pablle Report ef Commlaaloa aa Berlaga Rcccatly Made, i WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Chairman Mil lard of the senate aenata committee on Interoceanlc canals today made publlo the report of the Interoceanlc Canal com mission on the boring at the Gatun dam site, which was furnished In response to a request from the committee. The report Includes a cabled statement from Chief Engineer Stevens In which he says twelve holes have been bored at the Gatun site and all show that the lock walls will rest on Arm and suitable soft rock. He also says that sixty-three borings, all extending to rock, have been made across the valley at Chagrer covering the dam site and that pervious matter was found In only four holes and below X feet. At the Plero Miguel lock walls there have been ten bor ings, all ahowlng rock suitable for f undatlon. The following statement was issued by the Isthmian Canal commlssron today: Chairman Shonta today announced that at a conference between the president. Secre taries Root and Taft and himself with re pert to the pending contract for the con struction of the Panama canal. It was de cided that the lowest bid that Is of 6.76 per cent wae a porcentnge at which tho government would be Justified in placing the contract. The second point In the determination of this matter is whether or pot the persona making this bid that is, Messrs. Oliver & Bangs can qualify flnacially under the requirements; that is to say whether they can show that they have or can control $5.Wj.(mi available for this work; that Is 5.XVO0O above lfablllllea, tnrludine; the 000.0.10, which will be required to make the bond. It waa further decided that If their per sonal record and the bualness standing are found after Investigation to be all right, they ought to have the contract. The correspondence accompanying the report shows that the Information was transmitted In response to a letter from Senator Millard dated January 8 In which he informed the commission of the desire of the committee for Information. ' In his response Mr. Shonts Included not only the statements of members of "the engineering commltteee of the commission, but also a cabled statement from Chief Engineer Btevens giving full Information on the point in question up to. January 12. The letter from the engineering committee bears the signature of Its chairman. Ad miral Endlcott, who says: "We know of no foundation for the report "that the pro posed lock on the Paclflo aide has been changed some two or three miles from the original point designated. The locks both at Pedro Miguel and Sosa occupy sub stantially the sites chosen by the minority of the advisory board. The locations are necessarily general. When special exami nations were made it was found that the rock foundations at Pedro Miguel did not extend over the entire area covered by the structures, and a alight shifting of the position may be advisable, but there have been no other changes contemplated. "The investigations which the committees caused have thus tar led to no disclosure of extraordinary difficulties requiring changea of previous plana. The continua tion of surveys has for its object the com plete adaptability of the design of locks and other features of the plan to the ex isting surface and sub-surface conditions. There is nothing In the -examinations af fecting the practlblllty or permanency of the Gatun dam.' . SPOKANE SHEARING "CLOSES Commiaaloaer Proatr Decides to Take Farther Testlmoay at Port land April IB. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 17. In concluding the Spokane end of the hearing In the ap plication of this city for in-proved freight rates today, Interstate Commerce Com missioner Charles A. Prouty ruled that i further testimony would be taken in Port land Monday, April 16, and In so ruling, said that the case was of such Importance that its scope extended far beyond Spokane. He said that every community in the moun tain districts of the western part of tho United States from Spokane to the Mexican border was facing practically the same problem. He told of going to Denver next week to hear evidence In caaes that were exactly similar. Commissioner Prouty followed up his re marks by issuing an order that the North ern Pacific, Great Northern and Oregon Railroad & Navigation companies furnish to the commission complete Information regarding the number of cars of Interstate freight hauled west through Spokane, east through Spokane, and by the Oregon Rail road Navigation company from the south. Commissioner Prouty refused the request of Attorney Adams of Boston, of counsel for the complainants, to strike from the complaint the section referring to sea-going competition against the railroads. Mr. Adams desired this stricken out on the ground that Spokane did not care whether Its allegations that the railroads could suc cessfully compete with sea-going trafflo is true or not. BAILEY TO TEXAS SOLONS fnlted Btates Senator Deales Aay Improper Relations with Oil Company. ' AUSTIN. Tex., Jan. 17. United States Senator Bailey addressed the house this afternoon on Invitation of that body. Sen ator Bailey's speech was an Impassioned denial of anything Improper In his rela tions with the Waters-Pierce OH company. The documents In Attorney General David son's possession, declared the senator, are not authentic. Representative Cock accepted, a chal lenge from the senate Investigating com mittee to prove Bailey's connection with the Waters-Pierce company. Cork today gave notice that he preferred the charges against Senator Bailey as out lined In the house resolution demanding an Investigation and desired that Senator Bailey be summoned as the principal wit ness. Mr. Cock's announcement was In response to an invitation for the special advisory committee of the senate that If any one wanted to prefer charges and summon witnesses in the Bailey Investiga tion they were willing to accept the notice and summon the witnesses. Following Senator Bailey's address the house discussed the proposed campaign, but took no action. BRIDGE TENDER EXONERATED Grand Jnry Falls to Fix Reanonal. blllty for Draw Bridge Dlaaster at Atlantic City. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Jan. 17.-The Atlantic county grand Jury today refused to hold Daniel Stewart, the bridge tender, responsible for the accident at the At lanilo City drawbridge last October, in which scores lost their lives. The jury recommends that the railroad company be instructed at onoa to repair the defective rail connections and that the apeed limit over the bridge enould not xcoed eight stiles aa hour. RAILROAD RATES DISCUSSED aaawaBBBaaaaa Joint LotriglatiTa Committee of House and Benata Bold First cesiion. INFORMAL DISCUSSION INDULGED IN Coaseasaa at Oplaloa Lea-tslatloa Shoald Deal with Freight Rates, Leaving Paticager Rata Cemmiaaloa. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 17. (Special Telegram.) At the first meeting tonight of the Joint house and senate railroad ceminittre, em powered to draft a bill outlining the duties and powers of the state railroad commis sion, it developed that the committee will not favor a 3-ctnt passenger rate, but will give the commission power to deal with this matter. One of the committee men tioned the passenger rate and both Aldrich and Epperson and others said this was a minor matter compared to freight rate re duction and, apparently, a majority of the committee is of the same opinion. Epperson of Clay favored the appoint ment of sub-committees to draft bills cov ering the various powers to be conferred upon the railroad commission. In favor of which, he argued that should one bill by some unforseen circumstance not be legal there would be other laws left under whose authority the commission could act. Senator Aldrich favored one bill cover ing the entire subject, Includjng the quali fications of the members of the commis sion, powers, duties, methods of procedure, orders issued, and penalties for failure to obey orders, but with a separate bill mak ing a flat passenger rate, though leaving the commission power to set this aside If It was not compensatory to the rsilroada Senator Aldrich favors a measure which will throw the burden of proof In case of appeal to the courts upon the railroad and not upon the commission. In other words, he would provide that the commission could establish a minimum freight rate and If it could be shown by the railroads that such a rate was not compensatory, the railroads would have to show the commis sion or the courts that such was the case. If they showed this then the commission should have power under the law to In crease the rate. Power la Too Broad. Borne of the members were of the opinion this power to euange a rata In the statute could not be delegated to the coinnilusion, inasmuch as It would be equivalent to re pealing a statute. The matter was re ferral to Senator Root, who, though not a member of the committee, was present at the hearing. Mr. Root expressed the opin ion that no such power could be given the commission. In case the courts set aside the rata fixed in the statute, he said, the commission then could put other rates into effect. v Commissioners Wlnnett and Williams were present at the meeting and Dr. Wln nett explained Mr. Cowell was not there because he had not had time to notify him of the meeting, though he had prom ised to do so whenever his presencs was desired. The notice was received too late from the committee to get word to the Omaha member of the commission. . These two members .were questioned re garding their Investigations 6f the work-' lnga of the commissi on In other states, and especially in Iowa and Kansas, which places had been visited. The information brought ought waa practically that which was published in statements from them during the last week. - Both members were asked by Walsh to tell what they thought their compensation should be, and both modestly declined to put a price upon their services, saying the committee and legis lature could well attend to that. After some question by Chairman Wilsey, Dr. Wlnnett said the average salary paid to railroad commissioners in all the states was $2,816. the range being wide. Thes9 two members were requested to consult with Mr. Cowell and report to the commit tee when It meets Tuesday night, on the help which will be required and about how much money it will take to run the com mission. The members of the commission were given to understand they would be ex pected to devote their entire time to the duties of their office and to withdraw from any other business In which they might be engaged. FRENCH BISHOPS TO WAIT Report at Paris that They Will Test Temper of Parliament Be fore Acting. PARIS, Jan. 17. The Journal says it un derstands that the bishops, at their meet ing yesterday, decided to await the result of M. Flandln's bill In regard to publlo meetings before deciding how tar the Bri and church law may be used. It Is now possible to announce definitely that the ultramontalaes were victorious at the sessions of the French episcopate in their determination to hold In suspense the main question of how worship shall be continued, a decision being arrived at not to form cultural associations under the law of 1901 and to at the same time ask for precise Instructions from Roma. In the meantime the status quo will be maintained. The key to the Vatlcan-s position In the matter was revealed by Cardinal Coullte, archbishop of Lyons, who told the assem bled ecclesiastics that a solution would be contrary to the orders of the pope, who de sired to compel the French government to make a new convention. According to an authentic version of hlsvl I V1J IB1 VUUJIUI BCUU . "We can congratuate ourselves on having already obtained important results. The government has surrendered on several points, namely, that the prosecutions of priests for not making declarations of their intention to hold meetings have given good results. In some caaes the priests were actually acquitted and the government has been compelled to modify the law. We must not pronounce the word "settlement.' ! There will be no solution until the govern ment turns to Rome." Among the minor question decided In connection with the decision to deposit the church funds abroad In the future, out of the reach of the French government, were to transform the seminaries into superior theological schools and not to ordain any theological students until they have com pleted their military service. AMERICAN IS . FOUND DEAD Gearga Lever Weldaaaa ' Thought t Have Died from Expeaure la France. MENTONE. France, Jan. 17.-Gorge Lever Weidmann, sold to have been an American, was found dead la the snow on Mount Aiguille near Castlllon. Exposure is believed s have beta the cause af hia Aeatb. WCOL GR0WERSN CONVENTION Thoaaand Delegates, Repreaenttn All Sheep Balalng; Seel Ions, Meet la Salt Lake City. ' SALT LAKE CITT. Jan. 17. -The forty third annual convention of the National Wool Growers association was called to order at 10 o'clock this morning In Armory hall. Owing to the nonarrlval of many delegates a recess wae taken until 1:90 this afternoon. More than 1100 delegates were In at tendance at the afternoon session, and sec tions of the country where sheep are raised were represented. The wool trade of Boa ton and other eastern cities also were represented. Governor John C. Cutler wel comed the visitors In behalf of Utah. Vice President J. M. Wilson then delivered his annual address to the association. " A feature of the convention Is an ex hibition of standard bred and high grade sheep, at the state fair grounds, where more than 600 sheep, mostly from the Intcr mountaln country, are on exhibition. It developed early that the delegates al most to a man are bitterly hostile to the forest reserve policy of the government. This sentiment was vigorously voiced by the vice president In his annua) address, which set the convention wild with enthusi asm, while the defense of the administra tion by Chief Forester Glfford Plnchot of the Agricultural department waa very coldly received. At the climax of his address Dr. Wilson declared that the transformation of the ranges Into forest reserves from which the sheep are excluded will put Wyoming back twtnty years and reduce its wealth M per cent He also discussed the trans portation question, saying that the facilities of the railroads should be ample In view of the Increased equipment within the last year. The trouble, he suggested. Is due to the lack of speed rather than to lack of cars. Mr. Mnchot took the broad ground that the sheep men represent only a small pro portion of the people of the United States and that their interests must give way. If necessary, to the welfare of the nation. He expressed his personal sympathy, but added: "This question of ranges Is your ques tion, not our question. Our concern Is for the homesteader. The government wants to raise children instead of lambs." BOARD OF TRADE ENDS WORK Chansre la the Bankruptcy Law la Advocated by Delegates at Waahlngton. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Important ac tion was taken today by the National Board of Trade at the closing session of Its thirty-seventh annual meeting with respect to the bankruptcy law. A resolu tion was adopted approving the present law, but suggested that It be amended so as to provide the following additional rea sons for a refusal to discharge an applicant from bankruptcy: First The loss by an Insolvent debtor, within four months of filing of his peti tion, of money or property by unlawful speculating, betting or gaming. Second The making away of the proceeds of merchandise purchased within four months of the Ailing of a petition In volun tary bankruptcy. Third The making of any preference In an attempt to defraud a creditor. . . Fourth The making of intentionally false, statements to commercial agencies to secure a false commercial rating. In a resolution adopted the National Board of Trade gives its approval to the shipping bin now pending before the house of repre sentatives and urges its enactment by con gress. The resolution also approves legis lation which will promote the national defense, create a naval reserve and estab lish among ocean mall lines to foreign markets and especially to South and Cen tral Amercla and to oriental countries. A final adjournment was taken after the transaction of some routine business. BEE WINS SCAVENGER TAX SUIT Supreme Coart Says Publication Is Legal aad Awards Entire Fee Claimed. 1 i (From a Staff Correspondent) ' LINCOLN, Jan. 17. (Special.) In the case of The Bee Publishing company, appellant, against the County of Douglas and the World Publishing company, lntervenor, ap pellees, the supreme court reverses the judgment of the district court as to pub lication fees and in all other things af firms. The court holds that the county treasurer has authority to designate a paper for the publication of scavenger law foreclosure sales If the county commis sioners have failed to do so. The Bee Pub lishing company Is entitled to receive $1 for each square of ten lines for the first insertion and 60 centa a square for each subsequent insertion, including matters of description. The World Publishing com pany filed an injunction suit against the payment of the fees, contending that the county was not liable In any amouut, for the reason that appellant's paper waa not legally designated for the publication of the notice and tax lists. BAILEY CASE AT AUSTIN Hobs Calls for Evidence aad Asks Senator to Mak a Speech. AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 17. The house voted today to have the attorney general present all papers In connection with the charges against Senator Joseph W. Bailey. Sen ator Bailey has been invited to address the house on these charges and will prob ably avail himself of the opportunity be fore the adjournment tonight. Many speeches were made In the house today on the continual question whether ' or not Bailey's re-election can be postponed by resolution or joint agreement later than next Tuesday pending a prospective lnves- tlgatlon.' Bailey's adherents claim that a vote must be recorded on that date and if j enougn votes are caai-ror Bailey to elect him he must be declared the regularly elected senator -from Texas. LUMBERMEN ELECT OFFICERS Ralph Barasld ef Oskalooaa, Iowa, Chaws Presldeat sf North, westera Assoclatloa. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 17. Ralph Burn side of Oakaloosa, la., was re-elected by a unanimous vote to the presidency of the Northwestern Lumbermen's association to day; M. T. McMahon, Feigus Falls, Minn., vice president; Charles A. Fink bine. Do Moines, la., secretary; directors. James 8. Hart of Aberdeen, S. D., and Stanley D. Moore of Waterloo, la. Most of today's session wes devoted to discussing the action of Chicago mail or der houses, which have been underselling ths lumbermen on sashes and doors. The lumbermen decided to make an effort to undersell the mall order Immisb la then lines, a CHILD LABOR BILL UE Ecuie Judioiarj Committee Beoommendi it for Ftesaffe. CLUB WOMEN APPEAR IN ITS BEHALF Railroad Committee of the Home Has Flentj of Work efor It OPPOSITION TO TUCKER RESOLUTION State Institutions Prefer Mill Levy to Direot Appropriation. EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL HEARING Committee Aerepts Subatltute for Peadlaar Measure, Which ts Dapltcate of the Senate Bill. (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN. Jan. 17. Rpeclal.)-The pre, dent of the Nebraska Federation of Worn en's clubs, the state officers of the Wom en's Christian Temperance Tnlon. the presl. dent of the Woman's club of Omaha, tha president of the Woman'a club of Lincoln and representatives of these clubs, minis, ters and a Judge of the district court of Douglas county, united before the Judiciary committee of the house this afternoon for the passage of the child labor law, a bill Introduced by Representative Clarke, known as House Roll No. a. The bill was explained at length by H. W. Pennock of Omaha who by quotations from President Roosevelt and from United States Senator Beverldge showed the great Interest being taken In such a measure by the highest authorities In the land and by quotations from the latter and from other data, he argued the necessity of the enactment of such a measure into law. The committee voted unanimously to report the bill for passage. Terms of the Law. It was explained that the bill as Intro duced Is not for a law which will be an experiment, but a law which has been tried In other states and found to be Just to all pnrtlee Interested. Ths bllj ts a compile tlon from the laws of Oregon, Illinois, Colorado, New Tork and Massachusetts. Its principal features, as explained by Mrs. Draper Smith, are aa follows: No child under 14 shall be employed In any gainful occupation during school hours. In certain occupations named, no. child under 14 shall be employed at all. No child between 14 and 18 may be em ployed without securing a certificate from the superintendent of schools, statins' age and school record. There are several Important require ments. Including school attendance and the completion of a certain amout of school work before a child under 16 may secure an employment certificate. The law contains several provisions guarding against mis-statements and false oaths by parents and others regarding the age of a child. A child of 14 who haa not completed the prescribed school work may secure a certi ficate by showing regular attendance at night school. No child under 18 may be employed mora than eight hours In one day. nor more than forty-eight hours In one week: nor before T o'clock In the morning nor after T o'clock In the eveiiltig. No child under M may be employed In any occupation dangerous to health or morals. The enforcement of the law Is left pri marily to the deputy labor commissioner and truant officers, assisted by a state board of Inspectors, serving without pay, to be appointed by the governor. Compulaary Education BUI, The amendments to the compulsory edu cation law were lntroduoed In the senate by Thomas of Douglas, and are known as Senate File No. 60. Briefly stated, they are as follows: When not legally and regularly employed, compulsory attendance is required to 18 in stead of IB years of age. Attendance Is required for the full per iod each year Instead of two-thirds of that period. A child of 14 may be legrally employed for his own support or those dependent upon him, providing he attends a nlnht school, or Its equivalent, six hours a week for a school year of not less than twenty weeks. The following were present at the com mittee meeting: Mrs. H. L. Keefe of Walthlll, president of the Federation of. Women's Clubs; Mrs. Draper Smith, chair man' of the State federation industrial committee; Mrs. O. M. Stonebraker, presi dent of the Lincoln Woman's club. State officers of the Woman's Christian Tem perance union: Mrs. Frances Beverldge Heald of Osceola, president; Mrs. S. K. Dally of University Place, vice president; Mrs. Emma Starrett of Central City, cor responding secretary; Mrs Fred Patter son of Omaha, recording secretary; Mrs. Annette Nesblt of Pawnee City, treasurer; Mrs. Mamie Claflln, editor of the state paper; Mrs. Halleck Rose, Mrs. H. II. Wheeler, Mrs. English of the Lincoln Woman'a club, 1 Judge Howard Kennedy! H. W. Pennock, Superintendent of Charities Morris of Omaha, State Superintendent Mo Brien, Superintendent Hayward of the Kearney Industrial School for Boys, Labor Commissioner Bush and Rev, Mr. Wlllls ford of Lincoln. Work for Railroad Committee. To the house committee on railroads hava already been referred eighteen measures relating to railroads. Some of these bills will go to the Joint committee on rail roads, while others will be killed by the house committee. The first pne to bite the dust was a bill by Whltham of John son. Hpuse Roll No. 8, which provided a .-cent rate be charged for adults on pas senger trains and 1 cent for children un der II years of age. The committee was unanimously opposed to it and It was discussed very little. The bills which have been referred to this committee to date are the following: H. R. No. 1 By Lee. Street railroads to acquire and hpld bonds of interurban roads. II. R. No. 4 By Cone. Relative to lia bility of railroads for accident. H. R. No. 7 By Whltham. To compel telephone companies to connect. . H. No. k By Whltham. Two-cent passenger rate. 11. H. No. li By Clarke. Terminal tax ation. ii. R. No. 14 By Quackenbush. En forcing maximum rate law. H. R. No. 1 By Phubert. Run regu lar and stop all trains at depot. II. R. No. 2 By Quackenbush. Antl paaa. H. R. No. 80 By Buckley. Anti-pass. II. II. No. 84 ay Thlessen. To regu late demurrage. H. R. No. 10 By Van Housen. Two cent rata. H. R. No. 84 By Harrison. Action for damages. II. K. No. 71 By Walsh. To authorise Interurban roads to sell electricity. H. R- No. 78 By Cone. Prohibiting the employment of tower men uader 11 years. H. R- No. 82 By Kelfer. To prevent Obstruction of atreeta. 11. R. No. 10S By Jennlaon. Declaring teleplvwie companlea common carriers 11. R. No. 110-By Hcudder. Prohibit ing stealing of rides. H R. No. 117 By Heffernan. To fai nlah cars. Fight aa Taeker Beselatiaa. The resolution by Tucker of Douglas, providing appropriations for state last