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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI-NO. 193. OMAHA, THUKSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1907-TEN PACKS. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. INDIAN AFFAIRS BILL Appropriation Measure Reported to Senate Carries Much Hew Lecielation. FIVE. CIVILIZED TRIBES MAY SELL LANDS AH Eertriotioni Are BeraoTed Except Upon Eomeiteede of Allottee SALE OF ASPHALT AND COAL LANDS Bibts to 8urfaoe May Be Sold Under Certain BeitTictioni. MONTANA RESERVATION MAY BE OPENED Jtlaakfaet Issnd Hif Bo Placed oi the Market for Bettlera Sennte Ctmmlltt Imicriti Bev eral Chances. WASHINGTON. Jan. . The Indian ap propriation Mil waa reported to the aerate today. It carries tl4.808.301, a net increase of $6,3ut,122 over the bill aa passed by tr bouse. Tha large increases by the ;' committee are due to appropriations un. fe ' which tha United States treasurer will pa.y'l in numher nf Indian tribes the money . now held in trust aa Indian tribal funds. Tha senate committee feels that these tribes are competent to manage their own affairs and that the government should cease paying Interest on the funds. It is estimated that the Indian appropria tion bill carries more general legiHlatlon of a far-reaching effect than it has In many years. It contains practically all of the recommendations made by a special sub committee of the senate which visited Okla homa and Indian Territory during the summer. Investigating citizenship and prop, erty rights of the five civilised tribes. Chief of these recommendations la that "on and after July 1. 1907, all restrictions upon tha alienation, leasing or encumbering of the lands except homesteads, of all allot tees of Indian blood In the Indian Terri tory and all restrictions upon the aliena tion, leasing or encumbering of all the lands of allottees not of Indian blood are hereby removed." An equally extensive provision has been adopted In relation to coal and asphalt lands. The surface of the segregated lands of tha Choctaw and Chickasaw nations con taining these deposits, whether leased or unleased. Is to be appraised by a board to be appointed by the aecretary of tha in terior and approved by the president and their values ascertained. When this has been done the surface of thedfe lands may be sold, after six months' notice of such ale. In tracts of not more than 180 acres to each purchaser and at not less than the appraised value. The sales are to be made subject to the right of the pur chaser of mineral deposits to mine under the lands, In accordance with conditions drafted by tha special committee which In vestigated the subject, whose report al ready has been published. Reservation to Be Opened. The. BWOifeet, Indian, reservation In Mon tana 1 to be opened ' to settlement If an other senate amendment Is adopted. Pro vision Is mads for the Immediate survey of ' all the lands embraced within the limits of the reservation and for allotments to all persons having tribal rights on the reserva tion. Tha remainder of the lands are to be appraised In the usual manner and opened to settlement In accordance with the gen eral custom of throwing Indian lands open to the public. An appropriation Is made also to rnabla the secretary of the Interior to complete the survey allotment, classi fication and appraisement of the lands In the Flathead Indian reservation, Montana. Among other Important amendments made by the senate committee are the fol lowing! White children may be admitted to any Indian school and the tuition fee shall in no case exceed the tuition fees allowed or charged by the state or county In which the school Is situated. With a view to commuting the perpetual annuities, dus to Indian tribes under treaty stipulations, the Indian commissioner In directed to send a special Indian agent to visit all tribes enjoying such relations with the government." Irrigation Plants. . The secretary of the Interior Is Instructed to acaulre by purchase or condemnation such land aa he may deem necessary In constructing a reservoir for storing water for the purpose of irrigating lands on the Fort Mall Indian reservation. Idaho. Names of persons of Choctaw or Chicka saw Indian blood on the side of either parent, now on the freedman roll, are to be transferred to the roll of citizens by blood of the Choctaw or Chickasaw na tions, and these persons will be permitted to participate In tribal rights aa full bloods. An appropriation of $215,239 Is made to pay to the Mexican Ktckapoo Indians, this amount being the difference between 32 '-4 cents an acre heretofore paid to these In dians and the amount realised by the Vnlted States for their surplus lands In Oklahoma. The attorney general of the United States Is directed to Investigate conveyances, purported to have been exe cuted In Mexico, of lands In Oklahoma, and If found to have been procured by fraud, to begin proceedings to have them set aside. He la also Instructed to prosecute parties to the frauds. If any were committed. The bill contains the usual large number of appropriations for the settlement of claims, which every year are Inserted In the measure by the house or the senate, and eliminated when the measure Is taken under consideration. PRISON GOVERNOR IS KILLED M. Qaldema Shot hy Yonna; Man Dressed aa Workman at St. Petei-skar. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 10. M. Ouldema. governor of the political prison on Vaalll Ostroff. a suburb of this city, waa shot on the main street of the Island today and dlrd almost Immediately. The assassin, a youth of U. dressed as a workman, emerged from a tea housa as M. Gulldema was paaatug on his way home and shot him twice la the stomach. The youth also shot and mortally wounded a prison warden whe accompanied M. Ouldema and who, pursued the aaaaaaln. The latter disappeared and the police have been unable to find any trace of him owing to tha fact that the people of the Island generally sympathise with the revolution ists. Uuldenva waa sentenced to death by the Vatal group of terrorists for the mercileas fse of the lash in suppressing ths "hungor itrfce." which tha prisoners on Basil Island jvlartd a fortnight ago as a protest against the killing by a guard of a prisoner who was leaning out of a window. Ouldema caused the prisoners to b Bogged in oraer ! fares) tfiwA 10 eat SUMMARY OF THE BEE Thnrsday, Jannnry 81. 1907. 1007 JANUARY 1907 eua mod ni wto tnu i sat ' 5 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 II 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 J g TSI WEATEEK. FORECAST FOR NEBR ASK A Ttiureday local snows and wanner. Friday partly cloudy. HIKKI'AST FOR IOWA Ixeal snows fZzJZ;. . . .7 h ro,ao.,r "Tiuay. . Hour, Dejr. JlOUr. Ueg. . i i i , i'u ii in in.u vuvcai ininr. 1 1 u ' 1 p. m 8 showing what other roads of less than 1J0 ! m J miles in length and having traffic arrange- 4 p.' m!!!.'!!!!!"'. i2:mBnU wltu Northwestern are doing. 6 p' in'...'.!""!.' 13 The figures were allowed to go into the 6 p. m 13 record over the vigorous protest of the I P- Northwestern counsel. Counsel for the de- 6 a. 7 a. m 8 a. m 7 I a. m 4 10 a. m 1 11 a. m 2 11 m 7 p. m. Below aero. WASHUfOTOV. -rag 1 Wife and Infant child of William O. Vjpley, former resident of Walnut, la.. Is nd dead and Copley, who bears a good atlon at home. Is held while police -rate. Page 6 ' Carter attacks administration o. f ice in extended speech in the sen. .'v 'ing officials with violating laws -V "Icring senators. Page. 6 India. V.'V -rted In the senate, mak ing lmpo.'; iges In laws governing Indian lana. w providing for opening of Blackfeet reservation. Pag 1 House passes agricultural appropriation bill after amending It to provide fpr In vestigation of foo'd habits of North Amer ican birds and mammals. Pags 1 Interior department will ask for bids on million dollars' worth of live stock for Indians In Nebraska, the Dakotas and Montana. Pag 1 X.SOXBX.ATXTB. Nebraska senate kills the bill to repeal the wolf bounty law. Pag a Sub-committee of Nebraska legislature has completed the passenger rate bill and will have the commission bill ready to report today. Pag 1 Railroad lobbyist gives out statement that state wide primary bill will not paJ this session. Fags 9 Iowa legislators. In forming an anti- pass bill, are troubled to know Just where to draw the line and who are entitled to be classed as legitimate employes. Page Both Bell and Independent telephone people oppose, before Lincoln committee. bill to compel different companies to give Joint service. ag 1 Legislative committee at Lincoln gives hearing on Christian Science bill and In dications are measure will be modified. Pag 1 WSBBABXA. Indian Inspector McLaughlin concludes agreement with Rosebud Sioux which will result In the opening to settlement tf 700,000 acres of land in Tripp county. South Dakota. ...... 3 '"HsBtlnCOTOtnwoiati-rob rooSwanise for Its "20,000 In 1S10" campaign, electing new directors. Pag 3 Killing of Roy Barnes by Roy Maynard at Alliance was due to quarrel over money. Page 3 DOMESTIC. Standard Oil opmpany objects to method ty which It was brought Into fedeial court at St. Louis. Pag 1 Eleven Jurors secured for the Thaw trial and it Is expected that Mr. Jerome will make opening statement for the pros ecution this afternoon. Pag 6 Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads have an unwritten agreement to divide the citrus traffic of southern California. Pag 1 FOXEIQir. M. Ouldema, governor of the political prison, is killed at St, Petersburg. Pag5 1 The French cabinet Is in doubt as to reply to be made to Bishop's offer of compromise. Pag 8 oouxroxx siurm ajtd xowa. K. J. McVann of Omaha appears before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clarke at Cedar Rapids. Pag 1 Tod MoFeeley, .who killed his father at Creston, Is declared Insane. Pag Engineer Alvord, employed by watar company, puta valuation of the plant $205, 89 higher than expert employed by the city. 'a X.OCAL. Omaha banks show great gain in state ments at close of business Saturday. Pag B Reports of many promotions are cur rent at the Union Pacific general offlees. Pag ft Bom opposition Is made to laying street car tracks on Thirty-third street. Pag 10 Real Estate exchange members object to plan for issuance of city current 'ex pense bonds aa proposed In bill In legis lature. 10 KOYZMXBTB OP OCX AH STEAMSHIPS. Port. NEW TORK . . NEW YOKK.. NKW YOKK.. ArrW4. ..KotnlgMa Lulas.. ..KtK-ktr . .Teutonic Sailed. Etflland- Klhtopla. BOSTON Ql KKNHTOWN... Majestic... UIVEKFOOL UVKHPOOL CHKHHOl KG NAHLES Csnople BHatMbN Kron Prim WlltMlD... SylTsnls. '"Baltic Uika Manitoba K ar wnnlm II. ..'araols. CANAL CONTRACT NOT LET Secretary Loeb Says Bids Are Insatla- inetory and Government May Yet Dn the Work. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3a The following statement was made public at the White House tonight by Secretary Loeb: Keiorts In the papers seem to Indicate a belief that the canal contract has been conditionally swarded to Mr. Oliver. This is not so. No decision has been made even that the contract will be awarded to any or tne omuers. Mr. Oliver's bid was so hopelessly de fectlve that It could not be even consld ered. and time was given him to complete It In shape that will enable it to receive ooQHlderutlon. If It is put into such shape It will oe consider! togviner wiin me Dm already made by the Gillespie-McArthur combination, which may Itself be altered. and then whichever bid. after th most careful examination, seem, most . vantaeou may be taken, or both bids rejectee, ana in cni uo luueiruciea un- der the direct supervision of th govern ment. In such rase, the government would, wherever It chose, use contractors simply as agents. The real object In contracting the work Is to have assembled a large number of the best seclallsts la each class of work, and ths prime consideration will be the men making tha bid. The president and the commission would not even consider a bid of merely one or two men. Th work la already going well. Over ('0.000 cubic f'ards were taken out of the Culebra rut u January, and the amount belnjf Uken out Is elcadii lucraslik4 M'VANN AT CEDAR RAPIDS Secretary of Grain TxchaDre Appeaii Befcra Intantate Commerce Commiisien. HIS EVIDENCE IS TAKEN OVER PROTEST Omaha Man Presents Tables STiowlna Relatloaa Between Northwest, era and Short Railroads aad Reaalt of Arangetnents. CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Jan. SO. B. J. Mc Vann, secretary of the Omaha Grain ex change, was the principal witness before the Interstate Commerce hearing. Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Interurban against the Chicago & Northwestern here today. Mc- i icnuaik, mivivi . ' i ? .nun ,11. . i. v ..... i j traversed by the road was no more fully developed then it was before the line was built. The company placed Engineer Wardle on the stand to disprove this. North Liberty, witnesses said, was founded before the war, but made no gains until after the line was built Swisher, now a thriving village, was entirely a new town before the road waa built. Representatives of other Interurbans were permitted to testify as to the value to the Northwestern of traffic arising with interurbans, but were not permitted to tell what concessions they secured on freight traffic agreement. The Northwestern will probably not put a witness on the stand, but will ask for the privilege of making an oral argument. C1TRIS TO I' IT TRAFFIC DIVIDED Southern Paelfle and Santa Fe Have an Vnwrltten Agreement. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 30. Testimony of a sensational character was brought nut by the government at today's, hearing of the Harrlman merger case before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane. W. A. Bla sel, assistant traffic manager of the Santa Fe system and a director In the Western Pacific railroad, conceded under oath that the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific manage ments are observing an "unwritten agree ment" whereby they share about equally the citrus fruit traffic of southern Califor nia, each scrupulously avoiding any Intru sion Into the other's territory after the fruit has been packed. R. A. Graham of New York, formerly manager of tha Oregon-Oriental Steamship company, agreed to produce as evidence a letter which he testified he had received from Benjamin Campbell, as .traffic man ager of the Oregon Railroad A Navigation company, peremptorily canceling a traffic contract between the two companies be cause the latter road had acquired a fleet of steamships and refusing to longer give Graham's company any traffic or tha use of the Oregon Railroad Navigation com pany's docks at Portland or rail rates other than the full local traffic. Today's hearing was conducted for the government by Attorney C. A. Severance. R. L. I i vet t anoeared for Harrlman and "Peter F. Dunn for the Southern Pacific. Among the witnesses called by the prose cution were W. J. Shotwell, general coast agent of the Denver & Rio Grande and other Gould lines; D. J. Mansfield, assistant to Shotwell, and E. E. Calvin, general man ager of the Pacific coast divisions of the Southern Pacific. H. P. Schwerin of the Pacific Mall com pany was called to stand. Schwerin testi fied that beside the fleet of steamers owned by the company It operates the Mongolia and Manchuria, which are owned by Har rlman. Severance called attention to the minutes, which showed that the Oregon Short Line owned those steamers, but Schwerin said that so far as he knew Har rlman owned them personally, and that Harrlman charged the Pacific Mall 330,004 a month for the use of the Bt-amera, the money being sent to New York. Scbwetin testified that the San Francisco & Portland Steamship company, of which he Is president, had recently raised steam ship rates, and that at the same time the Southern Paclfle raised Its rate to Port land. Commissioner Lane brought out the fact that the rise of the steamship rates followed a conversation on the subject with Traffic Manager Luce of the Southern Pa. clflc. Schwerin volunteered the statement that there was no real competition between the railway and the steamers, because the steamers give better service and get more freight than they can handle without so licitation. This statement was not relished by the railroad men present. It was after wards modified by Schwerin as applying only to present temporary conditions. FIVE MEN KILLED IN WINE Powder Explosion In Illinois Resnlts In Death of Miner Other Injnred. ST. IXHTI8. Jan. 80. A special to th Post-Dispatch from Mirlon. 111., says: Five men were killed and eleven were hurt by an explosion of powder in the Johnson City and Big Muddy coal mine at Johnson City, which occurred yesterday afternoon. The coroner's report shows the following names of dead: ROMEO FORH EN BAKER, FR ANCIS MAI H ER. . JK8SK M. DAV18. FKL1X KINKY. BEST LOWRY. The eleven reported hurt were burned and physicians state that several of the burned miners are so seriously Injured that they will likely die. The most seriously Injured are: Thomas Mitchell Oscar Sice. ' " i George Patterson. Albert Swift. The explosion occurred near th cage landing in th mine. INCENDIARY USES A GUN Two Men Wonnded Before Insnnn Mnn 1 Takes la West Virginia. NEW MARTTNbVILLE, W. Va., Jan. 0. Claiming that God bad Instructed him to burn th town of Smlthfleld, Harry Howard I was arrested there last evening as he was I emerging from a hotel, which. It is said, . ... ,,,..,. , ... h had attempted to fir, along with thre i other buildings from which flames were bursting. Th . nres, nowever, were ex tinguished with small loss. Howard resisted arrest and before he was captured shot and probably fatally wounded Earl and Grover Hlldebrand. Bom of his shots also wounded the chief of police and constable. After he had been locked up a mob at tacked the building for th purpose of lynching him, but the crowd was driven off and th prlsvusr socrslly brought to 1U Uere ? POLLARD GIVEN A HEARING Poaadlaa; Away Hla Bill to Settle Qaeatloa of Salary, of Member. (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. (Special Telegrsm.) Congressman Pollard had a hearing today before the Judiciary com mittee of the house on his bill fixing the time when salaries of members should begin yrhd are elected to fill vacancies. Mr. Pollard discussed the entire salary question generally. He re viewed all the facts In relation to the payment of money by the sergeant-at-arms and practically went Into the whole subject affecting the manner and meth ods In which the compensation members receive Is paid. He asked of the commit tee that they make a report on the law points Involved so that a member of con gress hereafter elected, as he was elected to succedd Senator Burkett, may be thor oughly understood. One point that he brought, out seemed extremely pertinent now that congress has raised the salaries of those' who will occupy seats in the sixtieth congress; he saw no reason, why a man should be paid a salary which he did not earn. He also argued in favor of a favorable report on his bill which Axes the time when a member's salary shall begin, who Is elected to fill vacancy. While he had no assurance from mem bers of the committee that the bill would be reported favorably, he believes that It will come out of committee, but beyond that he did not desire to make a predic tion. Congressman Klnkald today, at the re quest of Mayor James Dahlman of Omah., presented to the president Mr. Metcalfe's book entitled "Of Such Is The Kingdom." Judge Klnkald was asked to make this presentation because he happened to be former constituent of the member from the sixth district. The following is the text of Senator Burkett's amendment to the sundry civil bill in relation to on appropriation f $141,000 for the purchase of land at Fort Robinson: "For acquisition, by purchase or cendemnatlon, of about 16,000 acres cf land lying between and adjacent to the military reservation and the wood and timber reservation of Fort Robinson, Neb., $140,000 or so much thereof as tne Secre tary of war may deem necessary." Tho amendment instead of going to the ap propriation committee, which has charge of appropriation bills, was sent right to the military affairs committee, and It is understood a favorable report will be made on the amendment at tomorrow's session of the committee and be attached to the military appropriation bill no pending In that body. The War depart ment has reported favorably on the ap propriation and It la the entering wedge to make Fort Robinson one of the largest brigade posts of the army. Representative Kennedy today was notl fled by the pension bureau that a pension of $10 per month has been granted to Lewis D. Hulett of Omaha The senate committee on claims at its meeting today ordered a favorable report on the bill Introduced fn the house by Rep resentative Martin of South Dakota to pro vide for the payment rt overtime claims of lettar carriers exu'Vd. from Judgment aa barred by the statute of limitations.' To pay these will cost the government $33,943, representlnavservice actually performed by them as letter carriers In excess of eight hours per day and reported by the commit sioners to' the court of claims. The proposed bill will benefit thirty-five carriers In Omaha In varying amounts, none higher in Individual cases than $220; two carriers In South Omaha, two In Be atrice, one in Fremont, three In Grand Island, two In Hastings, four In Lincoln and four In Nebraska City. . The following number of carriers In Iowa postofflces will be benefited: Burlington, fourteen; Clinton, three; Council Bluffs, two; Dubuque, four. and Muscatine, one. F. W. Sexton, brother and next of kin of Edwin J. Sexton, Sioux City, $M6. Senator Burkett today Introduced a bill to Increase the pension of John Conrad, Crai. Neb., to $30 per month. He also laid before the senate resolutions adopted by the Norfolk Commercial club commending First Assistant Postmaster Oeneral Hitchcock for his action In calling for a classification of postal clerks and sug gesting that their salaries be Increased. The application of the Dakota Bank and Trust company, Aberdeen, 8. D., to con vert its bank into a national bank, to be known officially as The Dakota National Bank of Aberdeen, with a capital of $50,000, was today approved by the comptroller of the currency. ' J. A. Swanson and Miss Swanson of Omaha are In Washington, guests at the New Wlllard. The following postmasters hsve been ap pointed: Nebraska, Sedlov, Valley county, Stanlslov Oarbaes, vice F. Z. Ulkosky. re- signed. Bouth Dakota, Englewood. Law- pence county. Earl A. Chambers, vice !. Ci. nue, resigliou, omm, duiib tajumy. Charles B. Anderson, vice N. E. Wilson. resigned. These appointments have been mad to fill vacancies In the rural carrier service: Nebraska, Allen, route 1, Arthur D. Brown ell, regular. William E. Gelger, substitute; Edison, route 2, Archie W. Deen, regular. Henry R. Smith, substitute; Stromsburg, route 1, John B. Pike, regular, Edward P. Pike, substitute. GLENN CREATES COMMOTION Colonel at Colnmbos Barracks Orders All Catholle Soldiers to At tend Chnreh. COLUMBUS. O., Jan. 80. There Is great excitement at the barracks here because of an order Issued by Colonel B. F. Glenn. the commandant, before he left for Texas today to defend Major Penrose In' th Brownsville court-martial, ordering . the Catholic soldiers to attend services. Some of the men declare that they will mutiny. The order says that "the Catholic non- commissioned officers will march th. men preserved during the services." Th War department disapproved a recent order by Colonel Glenn of similar effect. SWETTENHAM' TIME SHORT London Henrs Governor's Resigna tion Will Be Arrested When Snceessnr Is Seleoted. LONDON. Jan. SO. There Is reason to be lieve that the resignation of Sir Alexander Bwettenham, governor of Jamaica, has been accepted, although the officials of the for eign office refuse all Information on the subject. This official reticence Is attributed to a desire to complete the arrangements fer a succession to the post before an nouncing Bwettenham's retirement. It Is expected that the latter will leave tha Island as soon as details can be completed for handing over th affaire Of bis offlu. DUET BY 'PHONE COMPANIES Independent! and the Bell People Are Bew on the Same Tack. SAY IT IS WRONG TO FORCE CONNECTIONS Senator Epperson Defends His Bill and Insists Telephones Are Pnhllc Carriers and the Pnbllo Has Rights to Conserve, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. 30. (Special Tele gramsThe Nebraska Telephone company and the Independent Telephone companies crawled Into the same bed tonight and hid behind the same cover in a discussion of the Epperson bill, which requires all tele phone companies to make physical connec tions of their property. Frank Woods, the representative of the Independent compa nies, had to back water to a painful de gree to get In the same position with his rival, while Attorney Morsman of the Ne braska company stood pat and said, "I told you so." Woods Is fighting against the same principle for which he contended two years ago. At that time, however, the Independents were trying to get Into Omaha, while now these corporations think they are able to stand alonej The change of heart was thrown up to Mr. Woods repeatedly, amid the laughter of the members of the committee and a large crowd, but he bravely stuck to his text, that to make all companies unit would lo connsoate property witnout process , of law and would wipe out competition and i give a monopoly again to the stronger com- , pany. He used, with variations, the same , argument made by Mr. Morsman two years ago. and he went back on his old friend. oenaior rpperson, wno laDorea so nara tor him in the last legislature. Ex-Senator Dlmery spoke against the bill, because, he said. It would permit the gobbling up of the farmers' telephones In Seward county. Senator Epperson, the sponsor of the bill, said the arguments used were the same used by the railroads twenty years ago when they were compelled to furnish con nections with competing lines. The tele phone, he said, is a common carrier and should transmit messages at rates to be agreed upon or made by the railway com mission. The committee did not report on the bill. HEARING 'OX CHRISTIAN SCIBJtCK Indications Bills Pendlnsr In Lesrlsla-l tore Mill Be Modified. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN-. Jan. 80 (Special Telegram.) Between 600 and 000 people swarmed into representative hall tonight at a meeting of the Joint medical committee on the so called anti-Christian Science bills. The audience is said to have been the largest that ever attended a meeting of a legislative commjttee, and except for the members of the legislature. It was almost entirely in sympathy with the Christian Scientists. Several prominent Lincoln at torneys and business men were present. As result of the meeting those back of the bills requiring Christian Selene healers to take an examination tn medical branches before the state board showed a disposition to require a minimum amount of subjects necessary to enable the healers to diagnose contagious diseases. The discussion be tween the physicians and members of the Christian Science church grew somewhat heated at times. Judge Ewing of Chicago was the prin cipal speaker. He talked for an hour and took the position that If Christian Science was a bad thing it ought to be prohibited, and not licensed for a fee. If not, he con tended, the legislature ought not to Inter fere with it. Dr. Brash, secretary of the State Board of Health and the author of the bills, was present, and In a running fire of questions declared his only purpose was to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. He said he knew of no case where a Christian Scientist had refused to report contagious diseases as soon as their nature was dis covered, but he said frequently they would not find out the disease was contagious until It was too late. His position, he said, was that the healers should have enough knowledge of medical branches to be able to diagnose disease. Representative Davis of Cass made a dramatic address, In which he declared his mother's life should have been saved by Christian Science, and Joe Burns of Lan caster, who favored the bill two years ago, made a hit with the crowd by declaring he would fight it this year with all his power. Representative Springer spoke In favor of the bill and Patrick, Barnes and Thleasen against It. Drs. , Marsh, Dodson and WIlHon, members of the medical com mittee, spoke for the bill. At the close of tha meeting there was some feeling that a j compromig, measure reducing the .require- j menU might be proposed as a substitute i tor Dresent bill. PROCEEDINGS OK TUB HOI'S K Acrtcnltnrnl Bill Passed After Severnl Amendments Are Aareed To WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. The house com pleted the agricultural appropriation bill today, after adopting sundry amendments. The feature was a speech made with a view to Justification of the present meat In spection law by Representative Wads-worth of New York, who retires with the close if the session. He took the president seri ously to task for the latter's letter of last summer In revere criticism of the bill. The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was sent to conference, th managers on the part of the house being Messrs. Cous ins of Iowa, C. B. Landis of Indiana and Howard of Georgia. The river and harbor appropriation bill, carrying $84,000,000 In round numbers, was taken up. no time being agreed upon for the close of general debate. At 8:15 p. m. th house adjourned. Representative Lacey of Iowa led a win ning fight today In restoring to the agrt culluml appropriation bill a section relat ing to biological Investigations and appro- prtatlng $44,430 for the purpose of making a aclentine stuay or tne rood nabits or North American birds and mammals In re lation to agriculture, horticulture and for estry. The white fly of Florida, the thrips of California and the root worm In the grape vineyards of Pennsylvania and the middle west also were considered by th houne In connection with th agricultural appropria tion bill Bv united r-ctlon the delegations from the sections named were enabled to poll sev- enty-flv votes against thirty-six In favor ' . i ,h- .mr,. . ...h. I- .,..! of Increasing the amount set aside In the bill for entomological Investigations to the extent of $28,600. Representative Haynes of California, who offered the bill including the amount, said that as this Is a big country the $76,000 used by the agricultural committee for en tomological Investigations would not go very far. California, he said, had never had any work don along the lines pro posed, but there was dsuuuid for lb RACE RIOT IN PITTSBURG Mob (iathers In Heart of Boslnrss District and Tales to Lynch Sero. FITTSRl'RO. Jan. SO. C. A. Jackson, a negro, bleeding from many wounds. Is locked up, following an exciting and al most successful attempt to lynch him to tight by a crowd of several hundred per sons in the heart of the business district. A number of unknown negroes who tried to protect Jackson were roughly used. Feveral women who were caught In the crush suffered nervous shocks. The trouble started In Fifth avenue near Market street when a newsboy asked the negro to buy a paper. Jackson shoved the boy Into the street and the latter threw a stone that struck the negro on the head. Jackson then seised the boy and began to choke him. The street was crowded at the time and In a moment several men caught the negro and began to heat him. Some one cried "Lynch the nigger!" and hundreds of men and boys rushed upon Jackson. , Backed up against a building, Jack'on, trembling with fear, shielded himself as best he could while the crowd beat him and tore off his clothing. About this time several other negroes tried to protect Jackson and immediately there were cries of "lynch them!" and "kill the niggers!" The mob then turned its attention to the other negroes and soon there were several fights In progress. Several negroes were caught and severely handled. JackBon, terribly beaten, managed to escape. Hundreds of persons took up the i chase and the negro was almost caught wh(m n. )nt1 th. .,. of ,veT. nollcemen. The officers were attacked by the rrowd ,. hard n,essed when a largo forc. f flreItu.n camfl to thelr ala. T10 two forces nej the frenxied mob back un- tu B pHtrol wagon 0f officers responded to a riot call. The crowd was roon dispersed and Jack son was taken to Jail, where his wounds were dressed. He Is being held on a charge of disorderly conduct. GREAT FREIGHT BLOCKADE Several Thousand Loaded Cars Minnesota Terminals Awattlna Lift Inv of Blockade. nt MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. SO. Two thousand cars of freight are being held by the Great Northern In Minneapolis waiting for lines to be cleared and engines to move them. All are loaded with merchandise consigned to points all over the northwest. Including thousands of dollars worth of Christmas goods that have not yet arrived at their destination. Reports last week showed a large number of Northern Pacific cars tied up in the same manner. It is claimed that owing to the policy of moving only capacity loads, hundreds of cars were dropped off at In termediate points when breaks, bad weather and cold cut down the capacity of engines. These cars were to have been gathered up later, but the blockade has made It Impos sible. WASHINGTON. Jan. 80. A long dispatch from L. H. Hill, a son of President Hill of th Great Northern, regarding fuel shortage conditions In. North' Dakota, came to the Interstate Commerce commission today! ' Mr. Hill said he had returned from throe weeks In the snowbound dlrtrtct. Maxbas and other branch points are suffering for coal, he says, and everything pmslble Is being done to open the line. Mr. Hill says Maxbass Is In the territory served by the Sod line froi.i Kenmare to Thief River Falls, 2"0 miles, on which no apparent ef fort is being made fo open the line. He says he understands that their section men have been paid off, which makes neces sary "our furnishing all their territory with fuel." He adds that there have been sev eral men killed In extraordinary efforts to open these lines, and "we feel great danger of crowding the mntter too hard." A dispatch from the mayor of Leeds, N. D.. says the people are freezing for want of coal. LIVE STOCK FOR INDIANS Interior Department Will Ask Bids on Million Dollars' Worth of Cnitle. WASHINGTON. Jan. . An expendi ture of nearly $1,000,000 for the purchase of cattle to supply the needs of the In dians on reservations In North and Bouth Dakota, Montana and Arizona will be made by the Interior department within a short time. The commissioner of Indian affairs was today authorized to Invite proposals for furnishing and delivering during the fiscal year 1007. 24,751 heifers, 775 bulls. I,2fi8 mares and 1,269 milch cows to Indian agencies In the states referred to at an estimated cost of $704,420. The cattle are to be distributed to agen cies as follows: Rosebud, 5.0) heifers and 265 bulls; Crow Creek, 1,046 heifers and 67 bulls; Lower Brule, 474 heifers and 24 bulls; Cheyenne River, 2,fino heifers and 50 bulls; Pine Ridge, (.700 heifers, 136 bulls and the same number of milch cows, all In North Dakota, and at Standing Rock. 8. D., 6.469 heifers. 140 bulls. 940 mares and 940 milch cows; San tee agency, Nebraska, 1,127 heifers and 40 bulls and an additional allowance of 816 heifers and 24 bulla are to be allowed tha Santees and Ponca Indiana at that agency. At Fort Apache agency In Arizona the Indians will be allowed 600 heifers and Tongue River Indians, In Montana, 1,000 heifers and 40 bulls. NO "CORNER" IN COPPER Senator Clark Says Prod met f Mines for Three Months Is Sold. WASHINGTON, Jan. .-8enator Clark today emphatically denied that copper pro ducing companies are accumulating stocks of copper for speculative or other pur- I poses, as charged by James Noroton, presl- , K.r.h mi r,.,. .. sociatlon, tn a letter sent by him to the at torney general. Senator Clark says he has advices from New York to the effect that Noroton and his company are unknown to th copper world, and adds: "I believe the whole matter a 'fake' to influence the copper market." '"The demand for Conner." tha ana rrw ! entinnwl -l. larselv In excess of .h n.,t the mines and it is lmr,,..iki. I store or accumulate ooDner without hresk. ing Into regular trade orders which are In - ". . t. ..... un.e, ..v.. .v ."- uinoijr to prepare and refine the product from the time It leaves the mines until it reaches the market, and it Is preposterous to assert that any of It is being stored. In fuct. the entire copper product of the country for the next three month. 1. sold. Ther. 1. not now ana never nai wwii amwii copper pro- duclr.g companies or tnis country any com bination to control or restrict th cutout of ox-pjer," RATE BILL IS READY Enboommittee Complete! Maainre Pealinc with Fastent-er Tares. COMMISSION MEASURE ALMOST ' DONE Expectatien it Will Be Beady to Beport Eome Time Thunder. POWERS GRANTED IT ARE SWEEPING Orders to Hold Good lending Deoliien of Appeal to Court. APPROPRIATIONS Mi BEING SCANNED ealslatore Will Insist on Drnalt) Statement by Head of State Insti tutions of Whnt Money Is Wanted For. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 30. (Upecial.) The pas senger tale bill is reudy for action at th hands of the Joint raiiroud committee; til commission bill proper will be nauy some time tomorrow, and the anti-pass bill is on the road to completion. These bills now are In the lianas of sub-committees selected from the Joint committee, and be fore being Introduced Into the house and senate, of course, must run the gauntlet of the Joint cummliue. Inasmuch, how ever, as the general outline of all the bills was discussed before the sub-committees were appointed, it Is thought more than probable the Joint committee will merely endorse what has been done by the Joint committees and the bills will be Introduced the latter part of the week. While there Is considerable discussion over the anti-pass bill, regarding who should be exempt from its provisions, th measure, which vfll draw the most fir and be of the most Importance, If on measure Is any more important than an other, Is the commission bill proper. The bill gives to the railway commission ab solute power to regulate freight rates, and while It protects th railroads from an un just or incompetent commission. It makes it extremely difficult for a railroad to set an order of the commission aside unless It is shown conclusively that th order la unjust. The sub-committee has worked with the Idea In mind that all orders against whlah there are protests should be settled at the very earliest possible date and while the railroads and th commis sion are at law over the temporary In junction the order of the commission re mains In force, It being up to the railroads practically to try their case on Its merits before even a temporary Injunction shall Issue. Method of Apneal. This' Is provided for by compelling th roads first to appeal to th commission when they object to a rat. A full hearing is granted, and upon going Into the dis trict court, the bill having designated this , court, the ( railroads must HI with their petition for an Injunction -a-opy of th order of the commission, a transcript of -the testimony taken before the commission, as well a the final decision of the com mission. Incidentally the railroad has to pay for Its transcript of the testimony bo fore the commission. By making It misdemeanor to disobey an order of the commission the bill compels the railroads to come Into the state courts and not to the federal courts, as they have don In the past. The punishment fixed In the bill for a violation of the orders of the com mission is a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000, with the added penalty of a Jail sentence for th employe who disobeys an order of not less than ten nor more than thirty days. It Is provided th railway commission shall ask the railroads for their schedule of rates In effect January 1, 1007, and fu ture orders are to be based on the charges trade at that time. It is compulsory for the railroads to furnish this Information. When the commission makes an order It shall go Into effect In not less than thirty nor mors than sixty days, and If th rail roads desire to object they' mdst do so within th thirty days In th manner out lined. The roods are required to furnish detailed statements of their earnings and other information demanded by the com missioners, Including accounts and causes of accidents. The commissioners ar re quired to Inspect the railroad bridges and roadbed, though this Is left In a larg measure to the discretion of th commis sion. The sections mentioned have already been prepared and the remainder of tha bill Is largely a matter of routine. The sala ries of the commissioners probably will be fixed by this commute at $2,600 a year. The railroad commission Is given power over all common carriers the same as rail roads. Including telephone and express companies, car companies and Interurban companies. The commission shall .have a secretary, to be paid $2,500 a year and two clerks at $1,200 each and other help It may need. Pleased wlh Deaf School. Representative Rejcha of Lancaster county, who Is a member of the committee which Inspected the Institute tor th Deaf and Dumb at Omaha yesterday, is well pleased with the way In whloti the schoql I has been conducted and spoks In very com- pllmentary terms of the management. "I was very much gratified at the progress the pupils of the school are making," said the Lancaster member, "and was very much surprised. I consider this one of the state's most valuable and worthy Institu tions. Wa saw one case there of a Woman 2S years of age who Just recently came to the school. She could neither speak nor hear, of course, and had never had any kind of school), ig. She Is doing remarka bly well and making wonderful progress." Incidentally, however. Superintendent Stewart, as well as the heads of other state Institutions, may have to change ....i. -... I ..,,. M I ..A .Ilk V 1 .... I.. I ..... . ... before they get favoA.Me action. Mr. Stewart, as welt as other heads of stats Institutions, mentioned "etc." In explaining wm" ll'"'pr.wo, , , .r. mere ' w o'posm" ...... u snow now mutn oi iuo ai'ifiujnauim im ror "etc." In other words, more detailed state, ments likely will be asked for. Mr. Stewart estimates he will need $K3,- 575 to maintain his Institution during th ; blennlum. He filed this estimate with th committee: a'rlr superintendent $ $,) HaUry matron and housekeeper X.uit Employes wages Salaries teachers, supervisors, physl clun. nurse clerk, etc ll.Oo.) o) 8 0 1 10 1 F. ' Jiaint" nance Furniture and "bedding Supplies f.or industries .... i i i .. i, s"", pen.es 1.6O0 books, si hool sup- piles, etc. Telephone 226 SO Drugs and medicines Improvements on farm KeitOxe nod lmiruYUiU .... t4