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VOL. XXXVI-NO. 191.
OMAHA, SATURDAY. MOUSING, JANUARY 26, 1907-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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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
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THZ V1ATIZB.
FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair Bat
urday an 1 Sunday.
FORKCAST FOR IOWA Fair Saturday
and Sunday. Warmer Sunday.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday;
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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,:-.
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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