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The Omaha Daily Bee' HEWS SECTION. Pages 1 to 8. Always Read THE OMAHA DEC Best A". West VOL. XXXVI-NO. 191. OMAHA, SATURDAY. MOUSING, JANUARY 26, 1907-SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. OLIVER TO DIG CANAL Koozrille Van Will Get Contract I Certain Conditions Are Met. WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE CONSIDERS BIDS Cffloiali Sot Satisfied with Financial Eeaponeibility of Eania. OLIVER MAY TAKE ANOTHER PARTNER Will Be GiTen Coatract if He Findi One that is Satiifaotorj. H'ARTHUR-QILLESPIt CO. MAY COME IN Second Untit Bidder Represented at Conference nnd It Is Rumored that It Will Form Alliance with Oliver. WASHINGTON, Jan! 2S.-After an ' ex tended conferfnee at the White House to night It km decided to reject the bid of Oliver It Bangs, who proposed to complete the construction of the Panama canal for 6.7B per cent of the total estimated cost. In sofar as Anson N. Bangs of New York City la concerned. While no ofjlclal state ment was given out at the White House, It can be authoritatively stated .that If Wil liam J. Oliver of Knoxvllle, Tenn., can en- , ter Into a satisfactory arangement with some other contractor, who Is financially responslh, lie will be given the contract i for tne c. action of the canal. The faov hat the Mc-Arthur-Glllesple company of New York, whose bid for the construction of the canal was 12 & per cent, were represented at the conference, leads any of the Interested parties to believe that a combination may be formed between that Arm and Mr. Oliver. It In known that the McArthur-QIUesple syndicate has convinced President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft of Its financial responsibility, and after a most thorough Investigation the canal commis sion officials have expressed satisfaction that Mr. Oliver Is able to carry out his end of the agreement. There would have been no question of awarding the contract to Oliver and Bangs had the credentials presented by Mr. Bangs proved as satis factory t6 the officials as those furnished by Mr. Oliver. Oliver Mar Select Partner. , The decision reached at the White House, however, means that Mr. Oliver will be grVen a chance to take some other con tractor Into partnership with him, whose financial responsibility meets the satisfac tion of the government. The canal com mission, with this requirement met, will not undertake to dictate to him who this contractor shall be. The question of rejecting all bids was dis cussed at the cabinet meeting today and this decision had been practically agreed Upon before the conference today. Secre tary Taft tomorrow will make known .to Mr. Oliver the decision and If arrangement Is ' satisfactory to Mr. Oliver' he probably will be given several days In which to . arrange an agreement with tne McArthur ' Gillespie company or some other contractor, 4-who can deposit the required cash security. If Mr. Oliver refusea to oonslder the con tract after the rejection of Mr. Bangs, the commission will call for new bids.- Anson M. Bangs of New York, Mr. Oliver's as- , soclate In the canal proposal, was the con tractor for the Boo canal locks. He la president of the Federal Construction com pany of New York City, which Is papl tal lied at $2,000,000. Mr. Bangs la a brother-in-law cf John E. Gaynor of the firm of , Or sen a A Gaynor, which was Implicated , with Captain O. M. Carter In the Savannah, Ou:, harbor engineer frauda case. This fact, however. It I stated, had no Influ ence, with the canal commission In reject ing Mr. Bangs as joint contractor with Mr. Oliver. Oliver Leaves for Xew York. After the adjournment of the cabinet rating today Mr. Oliver left ' for New r6rk and It la admitted by his representa tives tonight thst he will submit a propo sition to the MrArthur-Glllesple company to Join him in submitting a proposal to the Canal commission In place of the bid sub mitted under the Arm name of Oliver A Bangs. It la stated tonight that a com promise arrangement will be considered by the Canal commission, providing Oliver aucceeda In making a satisfactory arrange ment with McArthur dt Gillespie, to pay per cent of the total coin for the con , atruotlon of the canal. The Oliver dt Bangs bid was S.7S per rent, while the McArthur. Gillespie bid was lit per cent Comsalealon to Be Reduced. a Following out the president's recom ? mendatlon that the Isthmian Canal com mission should be reduced to three raem ' bers, or, better still, one member, the sen ate canal commission expects to have ready for consideration on Tuesday, next, a bill abolishing the commission entirely. In tha aame measure, provision will be made for the president to appoint one man. pre sumably the engineer In charge of the con struction, to exercise full control and name his subordinates. All. canal employes are, however, to continue under the War de partment.. Senators Knox and Hopklna are drafting the blU. There are a number of features they have not yet worked out to their satisfaction. LIMITATION ON LIQUOR TRADE Hons Cam mil tee aa Judiciary De cides to Make' Favorable Re sort on Brantley Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. X. The house com inlttee on judiciary decided today to make a favorable report on the Brantley bill making Intoxicating liquors a special class lr. Interstate commerce and forbidding the collection of money on C. O. D. shipments of such liquors in states where the sale of liquor la forbidden by the state laws. This bill la not aa broad aa the Llttleneld bill, which the committee reported a few daya ago. and It is believed by Brantley to be a measure which will, not be found un constitutional. The .meaaujne does not at tempt to Interfere In Jiy wavy -erith the transportation of liquors into prohibition states, but deals only wits the actual col lection of the purchase prion ef liquors. Only three members of and osmralttee. Representatives Litfleflela, Pearre and Ter. rail, voted against the bill. Worn a a Falls front Wlalow. CHICAGO. Jan. 28. Following a pro 's traded quarrel with her husband, Mra. Anne O'Oonnell waa found In a dying con f dluon today, having fallen from a window in the third story uf the building la which i are the apartments occupied by the couple. wife was walking in her sleep, but netgb .Nre later declared the couple bad be-a xrrltng the greater part uf the tilaht V "Ij1 O'Donnell declined te allow his W- v be brwul4 hack, Into tits house . ., -"-)-" .---- SUMMARY OF 7 jfSL Saturday, Janu 1907 JANUA .f 190? ua mom rat win th rai sat ? 9 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 THZ V1ATIZB. FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair Bat urday an 1 Sunday. FORKCAST FOR IOWA Fair Saturday and Sunday. Warmer Sunday. Temperature at Omaha yesterday; Hour. Veg. Hour. Deg. m 9 1 p. m 12 J a. m io 2 p. m U I a. m io S p. m 15 m 9 4 p. m u... U a. m T Hp. m 13 J? a. m 7 p. m io H 8 7 p. m 9 12 rn io g p. m 7 p. m 8 WASXZBTOTOH. Congressman Pollard will appear before Judiciary committee next Wednesday to urge lis hill providing that salary ot congressmen elected U fill vacancy ehall begin at date of election. age 1 House committee amende denatured alcohol bill to permit manufacture by farmers and small factories. 'age S Conference at White Houae decides to award contract to William J. Oliver of Knpxvllle, Tenn., If he can secure a partner whose financial standing Is satis factory to the president. Page 1 House passes three hundred and eighty private pension measures. Page S First report of Interstate Commerce commission Investigations under Tlllman Glllesple resolution declares combinations exist between railroads and mines and that publicity will cure many existing evlla. raff s X.XOIBXlATTTX. Nebraska legislators do not like the way anti-lobby bills are disposed of and fight over killing them off la anticipated In the house. " rag, x Commltteea of two legislatures find difficulty In securing Information about operation of atock yards at Kansas City. Pace 1 DOMESTIC. Attorney general of Minnesota starts suit to forfeit charter of a railroad com pany merger In the Hill system, alleging that the merger ended its usefulness and directly attacks right of road to create companies to build lines. Vag-e S Cpal from Asia will break the fuel famine In Oregon. Page 1 Conference -of iathmlan canal officials at White Houae tentatively decides to award contract for digging Panama canal to William J. 'Oliver of Knoxvllle, Tenn. Pag-a 1 Two more Jurors were secured for Thaw trial yesterday, making a total of aeven. . Page S VZXmASKA. State railway commission files answer In supreme court te qytK, warranto proceed ings, Insisting aMendi ient to constitution legally adopted. . Page East wing of atate houae la declared by architect to be unsafe. Para 3 "Twenty thousand people by 110" la adopted aa alogan of a "Greater Hast ings" movement. Mass meeting called for next Tuesday. Para S rossiatr. Election day In Germany and French take great Interest In contest. Para 1 King of Spain forma new cabinet, with conservatives In power. Pops greatly pleased with change. Para 18 Flinch commissary of police loses eye In flgiit over attempt to close seminary. Page 1 London officials expect Governor Swet tenham fit Jamaica to resign. Para IS X.OCAX. United Statea Attorney Goaa files suit against the Burlington for violation of the twenty-eight hour stock shipment law, alleging violations on consignments from South Dakota and Wyoming to South Omaha. The maximum penalty la asked. Pare IS Acting under orders of the council. Superintendent Rpwden of the city hall creates trouble all around by refusing to supply city officers with Ice water. Pare IS The Omaha A. Council Bluffs Street Rail way company ordera 1,300 tons of rails Ipr Improvement and extensions this rear. Para 11 Postmaster Palmer la meeting much complaint of higher cost of postofBce boxes, but saya he'e-1ut to blame. Pare 11 A. L. ' Mohler, vice president of the Union Pacific, has been called to Chicago to confer with other railroad managera on demand of trainmen for higher wages. Pare 11 ' Few atrawberrlea are cut the market for the Sunday dinner and they sell for CO cents per quart. . Pare IS eOTTsTOXL BX.VPPS AJTD XOW. Ipwa aavinga banks ask relief from tha legislature, aaaertlng that present lawa are. burdensome to this claaa of Institu tions. Par IS Attorney Brown, who aued out Injunc tions against saloons, calls on sheriff to urge him to be prompt In serving the papers. Page IS Splendid monuments on sputhern battle fields commemorate valor of Iowa sol diers. Pare T BPOBT. Guy Bucklee of Omaha and Walter Mc Carthy fight ten fast rounds to a draw at Osthoff Athletic club arena. Page Fred Marriott, auto racer, badly In jured when hla car overturns while run ning at rate of two miles a minute. Vage S Fred Beall, the Wisconsin wrestler, has 1 an eaay victory over William Demetral at Chicago. Vara FATAL WRECK ON SEABOARD Freight Train Strlkee Car on Sidles; aad One Flresean la Killed. NORFOLK. Jan. A wreck oc curred en the Seaboard Air Line railway at Boyklna, Vs.. early today, when fast freight train No. X bound from Portsmouth to Hamlet N. C, went through an open switch and running Into a aiding, wae de railed after colliding with freight cars 4 standing on the aiding. Fireman Walter Colley was caught under the wreckage and killed. Engineer William H. Capet of Portsmouth and Brakemaji Jo seph iohnaon were seriously Injured, the engineer being caught under tha wreckage and badly scalded, besides hla arm and leg being broken. An angina and a dosea cars were wrecked aad eeventy-fiva horses la earn were killed. INQUIRY INTO STOCK YARDS Legislatures of Two Etatei Investigating Conditions at Kama City. OFFICIALS EVADE QUESTIONS ASKED President Morse Refuses to Give Joint Committee a Copy ot His Last Annnal Report to Directors. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 28. The Joint com mittee made up of membera of the legis latures of Missouri and Kansas, which Is Investigating tha affairs of the Kansas City Slock Yarda company, le not aatisfled with the Information being vouchsafed by the officers of the company. Tha committee men complain - that they are not getting enough explicit Information and that too many generalities are being offered. The offlcere of the company promised the com mittee all the facts at their command be fore the Investigation started, but now the legislators say the details are hard to get. Charles F. Morse, president of the com pany, today practically refused to produce a copy of his report for 1906, which waa sent to the Boston directors of the com pany. Mr. Morse said the report was in the nature of a private letter and he did not feel like submitting It to the commit tee. He said he was willing to aubmit necessary extracta from the report to ehow the extent of the business for the year. The committee adjourned until the presi dent could produce the promised data, but when Mr. Morse returned to the commit tee he waa prepared to aubmit figures re lating only to the general business of the company. The committee notified Mr. Morse that more detail waa desired and he would be expected to testify more satisfac torily tomorrow. The fact waa brought out today that the income from the buslneea of the company for 1904 waa Sl.279,000, but the amount avail able for dividends waa only fC00,S84. When asked about this discrepancy an officer of the company said the difference be tween the two amounts waa used for re pairs, operating expenses and "better ments." The committee will make a thor ough Investigation ot this matter before it adjourns. v The Investigation Is based upon chargea made by a former feedmaster at the yards, who alleged that false welghta were given to customers. The atock yarda plant Is situated on the Kansas-Missouri line and la In both atates, hence the Interest of both Kansaa and Missouri in the matter. The principal witness yesterday waa Eugene Rust, general n-.mr.ger of the atock yarda company, who denied that hla company had two years ago used any money either in Kansaa or theMlnsourl legislature to Influence legislation, Today numerous wit nesses were called, their testimony dealing more directly with the charge of over charging for feed. "DRY, .FARMERS" ORGANIZE TwYamtaaoarl Oescrm le Foseaed and Fisher Harris Is Elected President. . DENVER. Jan, 26. The Transmlssourl try Farming congress was organized to day. , Fisher. Harris of Salt Lake City waa chosen . president. Salt Lake City waa agreed upon aa the next meeting place, Opposition waa developed to one of the resolutions reported wnicn oeciarea mat; the congress was "with President Roose velt In regard to leasing unoccupied lands" and In favor of the Burkett bill for that purpose .and it waa laid on the table. The resolutions commended the work of the United States Department of Agricul ture and urged .that demonstration farms be established ny the states and nation and also that the various legislatures and congress appropriate funda for carrying out experiments In dry farming. The morning program included addresses by Prof. H. M. Balner, Colorado Agricul tural college; F. H. Brandenburg, director of the United Statea weather bureau, Den ver; W. B. Palmer, director of the United Statea weather bureau, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Dr. E. R. Nichols, president of the Kansaa Agricultural college; Dr. F. N. Tladel, pro fessor of Wyoming Agricultural college; G. L. Parrell. Logan, Utah; Dr. P. A. Yoder, Utah Agricultural college, and Dr. John A. Wldtsoe, Brig ham, Young univer sity, Provo, Utah. HELENA TO- HAVE POWER Great Lake Will Be Ready Ran Machinery la 'Three Weeks. HELENA. Mont., Jan. 28. The rates will be closed in the Hauser lake dam today. It will do tnree weens oeiore me power is turned on, aa It will take this time for the lake to fill. The water will tack up eighteen miles In the river and through the Prickly Pear canyon, alx miles in the valley below Helena. The dam la MO feet long and 70 feet wide and la made of atael throughout. The darn la the largest of Its kind In the world. ' Fifteen thousand-horse power will be generated, and this, with the canyon ferry plant, will make Helena the largest pro ducer of electricity of any place In the country, with the exception of Niagara. The power will run the Washoe Reduction works, the Anaconda railway, light the olty and operate many of the Butte mines. COAL COMES FROM ORIENT Fuel Famine nt Tacoma to Broken by Shipments from Abroad. Be TACOMA. Waah.. Jan. V.-Withln tha next thirty daya several cargoes of coal will be received on Puget aound to relieve the fuel ahortage now existing at Tacoma and Seattle. According to advices received today the ataamer Lyra sailed from Mojl Monday with L000 tons of coai. The steamship Quito la to bring (.000 tona, and the steam ship Pleiades is due here February 1 and haa LOW) tona of coaL Never before In the history of thla port haa coal had to be im ported from the orient to meet th local demand. Owing to the coal ahortage many tuga are prevented from going outside te pick up vessels, and as' a result only six teen have entered the straits in four weeka FIRE RECORD Keatacky Distillery. CINCINNATI. Jan. 2S.-A lose of S3M.O0O waa caused by last night's fire In the plant and warehouses of the Old "It Distilling company at Newport. Ky.. which was finally brought under control at daylight today. Five of the aavea buildings con creted with the distillery wets destroyed. Five thousand barrels a uhlakv were burned., . GERMAN GOVERNMENT WINS Sietv Retrhetaa; Will Support Colonial Poller of Chancellor von Bnelow. BERLIN. Jan. 25.-The government has won a definite victory in the general elec tion held today for a new Reichstag. Tha libera, radical and conservative parties supporting Prince von Buelow'a colonial policy have won at leant twenty eeata. More Important for the government than the success of Ita colonial plans, however, la the amashing defeat administered to the so cialists, who will lose seventeen or eight een seats. This Is the drat election since 1887 tfiat the socialists have not increased their rep desentatlon In the Reichstag by from five to twenty seats. They have lost espe cially In several large cities, among these places being Breslau, Halle, Magdeburg, Leipzig and Koenlgsberg. The clerical cen ter holds almost all of Its former 100 seats, having lost one or two to the Polea of Silesia. There la a possibility, however, that reba llotlng In the undecided districts may lose one or two more eeata to the center party. The conservatives have won alx sects, two from the anti-Semites, two from the national liberals and two from the so cialists, Reballotlng probably will be necessary In 176 constituencies, so that results will not be certain until February 5. Certain' districts ln upper Bavaria are snowbound and have not yet been heard from, but they are considered safe for the center party. BISHOP BONACUM IN ROME His Lonsr-Standlna; Contest with Father Murphy Aaeames New Lea-el Phaae. ROME, Jan. 26. Bishop Bonacum of Lin coln, Neb., has arrived here. His quarrol of long standing with the Rev. William Murphy of Seward, Neb., Is at present un dergoing a new phase. The American con sul here. Hector De Castro, has received power to interrogate Cardinal Gottl and Monslgnor Veccla, secretary bf the propa ganda, concerning the case. Bishop Bonacum excommunicated the Rev. William Murphy, pastor of the Cath olio church at Seward, Neb., and soiurht to eject him from the church and parson age. The church trustees Intervened and effected the vesting of the title to the property In them. Father Murphy filed a cross bill asking that the case be dis missed and that the bishop be enjoined from further prosecuting a suit Involving the same Issues until the controversy had been decided by the higher church courts. This prayer was granted by the supremo court. The litigation between Father Murphy and Bishop Bonacum has continued . for more than ten years. SOCIALISTS ARE DEFEATED Irish - La boa Conference Rejects 'Amendment Derlartnr in Fervor of Sew Idea,:-. r t BELFAST, Jan. 86. By the overwhelming majority of 836,000 votes against 90,000 aa represented-by the delegates, the labor con. ference this morning rejected a proposed amendment to the constitution of the party, the effect of which would have been to trai sform It Into . an avowedly socialistic 'organisation. The proposed amendment j was contained In a resolution suggesting the Insertion of the following "new object" Into the convention Thla annual conference hereby declares that Its ultimate object shall be the obtain ing for the workers the full results of their labors by the overthrow of the present competitive system or capitalism, and the institution of public ownership and control of all means of life. The opponents of the proposed amend 1 ment declared it would create irreparable dissension In the party, as the tradea unionists were opposed to' pledging them selves to socialism. FIERCE FIGHTING IN FRANCE Mnny Persons Injured and Police Commissary Loses an Eye In Fracas. VANNEB, France, Jan. 2S.-There waa a fierce collision today between 400 troops and the populace, led by Marquis d'Anglade, during the eviction of the seminarists ot St. Anne d'Auray. The crowd cried "Long live the Prus sians," and during the fighting many per sons were injured on both eidea. The Marquis de Cuvervllle knocked out the eye of a commissary of police with an um brella. The Marquis d'Anglade waa ar rested. OIL CONFERENCE IN TOPEKA Governors ot Several States Invited to Dleenss Laws Resraiattna tbe ladastry. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 26. Governor Hoeh will Issue a letter tomorrow lnvlt Ing governors of states near Kansaa and of states which produce large quantities of oil to meet in Topeka during the week ot February I to discuss and decide upon uniform legislation regarding oil and by- I products oc oil. The governors of the following statea will be Invited to attend the conference: Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illi nois, Texas, Oklahoma, Minnesota. North Dakota, South Dakota, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The purpose of the meteing is to have uniform laws drafted, to be presented to the legislatures of all the atates, which will cover practically every phase of the oil business and have complete laws of the same nature In every state, especially aa regards the standards of oils and gaso line. LEGAL, STATUS OF UNION DUES Sew York Jadne Makea Important Rnllua? In Case of Loco motive Firemen. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Judge Brentao today ordered the reinstatement upon pay. ment of their dues, of XX) membera of the Brotherhood ot Locomotive Firemen, and dissolved aa injunction restraining John J. Hannahan, grand master, and W. 8. Car ter, grand secretary-treasurer of the broth erhood, from expelling members who havs not paid all their assessments. The injunction suit wae brought by the members of Green Mountain and Paul Re vere lodges. The court held that Inasmuch aa 09,000 other members of the order had paid their 4uea the membera of these two lodges should pay their share of the in creased assessment. Under the ruling, however, the twe lodges may hereafter be expelled U the assessments are not paid. POLLARD URGES SALARY BILL Committee Will Give Him Heariie on Enbject Next Wednesday. e PAY TO START ' AT DATE tF ELECTION Nebraska Congressman Proposes Be lief for Members Chosen to FIU Tacaarlea from Embarrass ment He Saffered. (From a 8taff Correspondent) WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.-(Special Tele gram.) Congressman Pollard ia persistent in his determination to get a favorable re port from the Judiciary committee ot the house on his bill to provide that compen sation for members of congress elected to fill vacanclea ahall begin on the date of election and not date from the beginning of the term. Today Mr. Pollard had a conference with Chairman Jenkins of the Judiciary committee. The proposed change In the present law was discussed by tha chairman and membera who were present and It waa decided to give Mr. Pollard a hearing next Wednesday In order that he may present reasons why his bill ahould become law. The bill which Mr. Pollard Introduced grows out of the long-continued contro versy over hla right to receive compen sation for the period between the com mencement o congress and his election as the successor to Mr. Burkett. Mr. Pollard accepted the money sent him by the serjeant-at-arms In good faith, but an Issue was made during his recent cam pagln In the First district that he had taken money that did not properly belong to him. While Insisting that the law was explicit on the proposition he determined, If elected,' that the money should be re turned. He waa elected and a draft waa sent to the sergeant-at-arms, where It remained for some time. Later on the sergeant-at-arma returned the draft to Mr. Pollard with the statement that his ac counts were closed, that he had received so much money from the treasury to pay members' salaries, and that he had sent the amount of money due Mr. Pollard under the construction of the auditor for the State and other departments. Rather than rest under the Imputation of taking that which did not belong to him Mr. Pol lard Introduced hla bill, making the com pensation of a member who Is elected to fill a vacancy date from the time of his election, and he proposes to push the mat ter to a finish. Brown Returns Home. Senator-elect Norrls Brown left for Ne braska today. Before leaving he said that In the event of an extra aesslon of the senate being called for the purpose ot paaelng upon treaties that might not be acted upon previous to March 4, he would return to Washington In ample time to meet with that body, but ahould there be no extra aesnlon of the senate he will not re turn to Washington until early in Decem ber. Senator Brown haa been accorded a moat generous reception, not only at the hands of hla future colleagues, but by the Netraakis, colony In Washington, and he has' made almost ra-vrabte Impression upon these who have met him. Attorney General Thompson, who came ic Washington- to appear before the su preme court th the Nebraska railroad tax cases beard Monday and Tuesday, left Washington last night for Lincoln, Neb. Claims of Omaha Indians. Senator Burkett gave notice ln'ths senate today that he would offer an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill when that meaaure comes up In the senate, which provides that all Claims of whatsoever character which may be entertained by the I Omaha tribe of Indians against the United Statea shall be submitted to the court of claims with the right of appeal to the United States supreme court. Appropriation - for Pine Rldare. Senator Klttredge today Introduced an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill providing for an appropriation of 110,000 for additional buildings and certain repairs and for an adequate water supply at Pine Ridge agency, South Dakota. Bunch of Pension Measures. - Representative Bollard today secured the passage of a bill for the relief of William A. Whlttaker of Falls City, increasing his pension from $12 to $24. Congressman Kennedy's bill Increasing ! the pension of James II. Davidson of Blair to 24 passed the house today. He" was also advised by the pension bureau that a pen sion of $10 had been granted to Stephen Ward of Kennard and a pension of $12 each ) to William T. Lyons and Edward F. Bums of Omaha. - Congressman Klnkald has secured the following pensions. Selwyn L. Conger of Inman. $8; Benjamin F. Logel of Mitchell, $12; George Puntney of Gross, Increased to $10. Westerners at Washlaatoa. Representative Kennedy tonight was the gueat of the Burns' club of thla city and responded to the toaat "The Day We Cele brate." Congressman Mondell ot Wyoming left tonight for Boston where be will addreaa the Beacon Society at the Algonquin club 1 tomorrow night on the ubject of Irriga tion, which will be illustrated with lantern slides. Samuel Gibson ot Omaha has been ap pointed watchman at Fort Omaha. Rural Carriers Appointed. Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes: Columbus. Junction, route 1, Glenard B. Bufflngton. carrier; Fred Duncan, sub. istltute; Garden Grove, route 1, Curtlo J. 1 Knapp, carrier; Jasper A. Jennings, sub stitute; Rolfe, route 4, Herbert E. Tubbs, carrier; Ferdinand C Thomas, substitute. South Dakota postmasters appointed: Edna, Lyman county, Miles H. Feero, vice W. H. Mlnar, resigned; Reener, Minnehaha county, Ole JS. Laasessan, vice O. J. Nas aon, resigned. PURE FOOD LAW IN KANSAS Senate Passee Bill Drawn Along; Lines f tbe Hew Federal Statute. TOPEKA. Kan.. Jan. 28. A pure food law, similar in Its provisions to ths na tional pure food law which waa enacted by the last congress, waa passed by ths Kanaaa senate today. The application aad enforcement of the new law is to be. under the Jurisdiction of the State Board of Health. The law provides that ths examina tion of foods shall be made at the State Agricultural college and the examination of medicines, drugs, liquors and drinks at the I'ntveraity of Kansas, under the direc tion of the dean of pharmacy. The aenat today passed a bill requiring that a label describing Its Ingredients be plao-d on each can of baking powder sold wtthir. the state and It now goes to the governor for hla signature. The bill to prohibit theatrical or circus performances and the playing of base ball on Bunday was passed by the house today. SHONTS TALKS OF CANAL Retiring; Chairman Hays Government May Yet Build Wnterwny With out Letting Contract. ST. LOUIS, Jan. S.-Theodore P. Shonte. retiring head of the Isthmian Canal com mission, arrived this morning, enrotite from Kansas City to Chicago. In an Inter view at the Union station Mr. Shonts said he thinks that the government may yet build the Panama canal If the present bids are not considered satisfactory. He aald that he waa personally In favor of the work being done by private con tracts. "Mr. 8tevens. chief engineer of the com mission, Is also In favor ot the private contract plan, providing acceptable bids can be aecured," continued Mr. Shonts. "Mr. Stevens la the logical man to assume the head of the construction. He haa studied the situation closely and the or ganisation haa been built for him to con tinue the work the same aa If I were per sonally In charge." Mr. Shonts says there waa no friction between the administration and himself and that friction was not the cause of tils resignation. He would not discuss his plans ror me ruture. except to say that he would remain at the head of the Clover Leaf route. He Would not discuss his connec tion' with the New York Traction system. CHARGES AGAINST HARRIMAN Oresron Shippers Say Rates on Ties Are Raised to Prevent Shlpmente te Rival Lines. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 26,-Assertlng that competition between the Union Paclflo and Southern Pacific Is a thing of by gone days, witnesses today before Franklin K. Lane, sitting aa the Interstate Com merce commission In this city, declared that the allied Harrlman lines charge un reasonable rates for carrying railroad ties to San Francisco bay points In order to prevent the Western Pacific railroads securing Oregon ties; that the passenger accommodations on the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company and Southern Pa cific lines are poor; that the ateamshlp service between Portland and San Fran cisco is Inferior today to what it was twenty years, ago and la ao poor aa greatly to handicap shippers, and that discrimin ate ratea are given to the eaatern ahlpper which enabled him to undersell the local firm In his own territory. Also the charge Is made that, in addition to poor service, the Harrlman water line to Ban Francisco has raised its ratea so that, with uncer tainty of securing sailing dates, local ship pers are compelled to use the railroad routes. CITRUS FRUIT MEN LOSE CASE Suit for Reduction ou Throuah Frela-ht . Rate from California la Dismissed. - '- LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 25.-The Ex preaa today saya mat It haa Just become known that the citrus fruit shippers of southern California and..the Interstate Com merce commission have lost thelh fight In the courts for a reduction of the freight ratea on fruit ahlpments to the east. Sev eral weeks ao, according to the Express, United Statea District Attorney Lawler, by direction of the attorney general at Wash ington, appeared in the federal court here and moved the dismissal of the suit brought by the Interstate Commerce commission against the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe railroad companies to compel their ob servance of the commission's order cutting the through rate on citrus fnilt shipments from $1.26 to $1.10 per 100 pounds. This suit was Instigated at the behest of the fruit growers. Judge Wellborn dismissed the suit, Joseph Call, former counsel for the government against these roads, today. In an Interview commenting upon the dis missal of the suit, denounced the Hepburn law and the Interstate Commerce commis sion In the strongest terms. REPORT ON CONGO FREE STATE Sens ate Will Support the President In Jsay aoiidi ns nay Take. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25'. The senate com mittee on foreign relations today ordered favorably, reported the aubstltute for the Lodge resolution concerning the Congo Free Slate situation. The resolution merely advises the president that he will receive the cordial support of the senate In any steps he may deem It wlae to take In co operation with or In aid of any of the powers signatory of the treaty of Berlin, "for the amelioration of the condition of the inhabitants of the Congo Free State." The preamble to the resolution sets forth that "the reports of the Inhuman treat ment inflicted upon the native Inhabitants of the Congo Free State have been of auch a nature as to draw the 'attention of the civilised world and excite the compassion of the people of the United Statea." EDUCATORS WILL GO WEST Convention of Notional Association to Bo Held la Loa Angeles In July. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26. It was an nounced .here tonight that the next an nual convention of the National Educa tional association will be held at Los An geles, Cal., the first week In July. An effort had been mad: to have the conven tion held in thla city, but owing to the fact that the eastern railroads refused to make a special rate for those who wished ( to attend the convention It was decided to meet in Los Angeles. The western rail roads'. It Is said, have made concessions to the delegates and teachers. SANTA FE TRAIN DERAILED Blno Coaches Leave Track at Stafford, Knusns, but All Passengers Eseape lajury. TOPEKA. Kan., Jan. 28. Passenger train No. ,1, eastbound from California to Chl cag s on ths Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe rail oad. was derailed at Stafford, Kan., ahoitly before noon today. Nine coaches left '.be track, but did not turn over and no pasengers were seriously Injured, al thoxujifc a number were shaken up. The eogln i, baggage ear and one Pullman re main 1 on the track. j DEATH RECORD. John Helllher. After 'jbeing tsken sick with pneumonia only foi daya ago, John Kelllher, aged 41 an emp.tye of Store brewery, died Thurs day nlgil at bis home, lsu Sherman av enue, li) la survived by a wife and two children. Tha funeral will be held Sunday at I p. from the family resldenoe and Interment will be at Holy Sepulchre cem tarx. a , TROUBLE OVER LOBBY 8ome Members Do Rot Like Wy Bill Aimed tt fine Worker) it Sidetracked, UNFAVORABLE REPORT IN THE HOUSE Wken it Comes, Fight on the Floor to Pare it ii Anticipated. REGENTS MAY HAVE TO OPEN THE DOORS Bill in House Which Prohibits Secret BcMloni of UniTertitj Board. SENATE IN TANGLE OVER PRINTING Discovers It Has No Authority to Let the Contrnct for tbe Bound Copies of the Legislative Journal. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Jan. 25. (Special.) Trouble la brewing In the legislature over the enact ment of an anti-lobby law and before the end of the session some lively tlmea are anticipated over this matter. A few daye ago the Patrick anti-lobby bill was killed In the senate and several republicans who voted against it did so because It wss a fusion measure. Now comes Information that the house Judiciary committee Intends to report all the anti-lobby billa which it haa under consideration, for Indefinite post ponement. The excuse for this action Is said to be the members of the Judiciary committee believe no anti-lobby bill will ever pass this senate. Many of the pledge keeping republicans are anxious that some sort of a measure which will prevent mem bers from being manipulated to vote against the public Interests be nanaed and th nti. ment is so strong among them that a big fight la sure to coine oft when the Judi ciary committee makes Its unfavorable re port to the house. Some fuslonlsta are also In favor of some auch meaaure, and unless the committee gives the most convincing reasons why such a bill should not be en acted the house may override Its recom mendations. The growing public sentiment that all public business should be transacted under the eyes of the public found expression today in a bill Introduced by McMullen of Gage county, providing that the University Board of Regents ahould hold open meet ings and keep a record of the business done, though it Is provided when the regents think it to the best Interests of the uni versity they may hold executive aesslons. The persistent refusals of the Board of Regents to grant the public demands that the business of the university should not be clouded In secrecy has caused consider able adverse talk regarding the manage ment. All ft.K n - - AM Until the last two years practically all the atate boards held their meetings behind closed doors. - and what the public knew of the acta of their officials was what the officials wanted to make known. At thla time all the state boards,' Including the State Normal board, hold open meetings. r A' 1. . , V. 1 1 n .... - 1 1 li in.? yuuiiii . iiul uniicu iiuiu aujr Uft them; ' As a defense for their action the regents have set up that they have to discuss the reputations and characters of the teachers and such things should not be talked of before the public. .McMullen is chairman of the committee on university and normal schools and a graduate of ths university, but the outcome of his bill, of course, la problematical. Some legislators are coming to the opin ion t he university 1-mlll levy ahould be abolished and a direct appropriation muda for Its maintenance. At this time a bill ia pending providing' that the governmont funds given to the university and all other funds except the levy ahall be paid out by the state treasurer on warrants Issued by the auditor upon certificates filed by the Board of Regents. Of course this In cludes the cash fund, which during the lat blennlum amounted to almost $120,000. It bus been pointed out that ahould thla bill pasa it will not be necessary for succeed ing legislatures to appropriate this money as has been the custom In the past, and therefore In asking the legislature for ap propriations the regenta need not take this money into conalderatlon. Aa the law stands, the supreme court haa ruled that It Is not necessary for the government funds to 'be appropriated, but It haa aald nothing about the cash fund.' The Idea la spreadlnr that the university affairs should be thoroughly explained by tha Board of Regents before any action Is taken on bills affecting the institution. Railroad Bill Tuesday. The aub-commlttee appointed to draft the main bill for railroad regulation, ex pects to have the copy ready for ' the stenographer by Tuesday. One feature of the bill, which has caused the committee considerable atudy, la providing ' for the selection of a secretary to the state rail way commission. It Is the general opinion that thla officer will be tha eyea and prac tically the mind of the commission, and for that reason the committee Is desirous that the commission will be so hedged around that a competent man will be selected for the place and not some politician out of a Job. Cone of Saunders came very near start ing aomethlng In the house this morning when he inquired of the speaker whether it, would be proper for him to make a mo tion to have certain bills now in the handa of committee reported for the general file without waiting for action by the commlt teea. Under the rulea of the house com mittees have fifteen days In which to re port on bills, and Cone wae so Informed. The gentleman from Saunders had tt In mind to call for all the railroad bills In the hands of the railroad committee re ported to the house In order to embarrass ths Joint railroad committee, which la get ting up measures to cover thla particular pledge In the republican stste platform. However, he oommltted no overt act In that direction, and the showdown between Mr. Cone and the republican membera who want to carry out the republican platform Is delayed. The antl-sportlng element probably will be all torn up over the bill.; Introduced In tbe bouse allowing base ball to be played on Sunday If the city council or the county commissioners give permission, In any town' or county In tha state. Back of the bill are lined up the base ball fans of Lincoln and soma of the smaller towns of the state where the Lincoln ministers, or at least one of them, has dipped In and caused trouble. The bill was introduced by Mc Mullen of Gage following a meeting of fan at the Llndell hotel ,last nlgl.t. at which the measure was endorsed. Thursday afternoon tbe county option bill will be up before the Judiciary com mittee of the bouse and all who want to discuss the measure are Invited to be on hand. Monday night tte defenders and eppa
