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V Fhe ' Omaha Daily A Peper for the) Hem THE OMAHA DEC HEWS SECTION. P2S2S 1 to 8. s Best at. West VOL. XXXVI-NO. 221. OMAIIA, SATURDAY, M6RNINO, MARCH . 2, 1907-SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. Bee I fort V frV i I, ) a SHIP SUBSIDY WLNS Heme Fuses the Measure After Sharp FftrlltmenUry Fihi." BILL 13 DEFEATED ON FIRST VOTE idi Etlly and it Goes Through After Three Hours' Struggle, POSTOFFICE BILL FINALLY PASSED Both Houms Agree to Bport Whioh Inoladei Bemte Amendments. MORE PAY FOR CARRIERS AND CLERKS "" "" " " Maximum Salary Placed at f 1,200 aad ' Raral Carriers Arc to Get fnoo Geaeral Deteleacy Bill Passed. WASHINGTON. March 1. The house this afternoon passed tha ship subsidy hill, after one of the most Interesting fights seen In recent years. On the. first vote the democrats and the Insurgent republicans bad rotes enough to defeat the measure, but after three hours of fierce contest the bill as perfected In the committee of the whole, striking out provisions . for steam mnll linns from the Pacific coast to the orient was finally passed by eleven major Ity. Fifty-two republicans voted with the democrats on the first ballot and forty-ono on the final ballot. After the passage of the ship subsidy bill, the general deficiency bill was taken up and passed. An amendment by Mr. Gros- venor of Ohio was adopted, giving to all employes of congress cone month's extra pay. On a- point of order made by mem bers from the Paclflo coast . the proposed reduction 'of mileage for senators and rep resentatives from 30 cents to S cents a mile went over. 'Mr. Littauer of New York' and Mr. Tawney of. Minnesota offered amendments to the general deficiency bill for the re classification of the clerical force of the departments of the government, but they Went out on a point of order. There was no debate on the amendment permitting the secretary of the treasury to receive from the Cuban government moneys 'to relm burse the amount paid out by this govern- ment for present Intervention. The house agreed to the conference re port on the postofflce appropriation bill and adopted It. A bill was passed provid ing for the creation of an Industrial peace commission, which la to administer . the ttri.OOO which president Roosevelt received from the Nobel prise fund. Fleht Over Subsidy Bill. It has been years since the house was the scene of so royal a battle between the two great parties as It witnessed there today over the ship subsidy bill. The bill was passed, but not until after it had bee i one defeated and this fact In itself snows bow close the alignment was. When the rs,t vote disclosed a majority against the asure the democrats and their repumi- allies made tha house ring with their lars. There were several roll calls be fore the final favorable result was secured. The vote on the Littauer substitute was defeated on the first vote, ayes 154, nays 1S1. The democrats could, not retain their lead power, however, for on a vote to lay on the table a motion, to re-conslder, the op ponents of the ship subsidy were defeated, 166 to 169, and the vote to re-conslder the first vote was adopted, 164 to 164. Immediately , after the first ballot de sertions began and on tha final vote to pass the bill 'as amended the work done by the republican leaders during the battle was made manifest. The bill was passed. It to 144. The following republicans voted with the democrats in opposition: Burton Of Ohio; Campbell. Kansas; Chap man. Illinois; Cooper, Wisconsin: Darragh, Michigan; Davidson, Wisconsin; Davis. Minnesota: Fordney, Michigan; Foster, Vermont; Fulkeiaon, Missouri; Qtlham, In diana; Graff, Illinois; Gronna, North Da kota; Hamilton, Michigan; Hlnsliaw, Ne braska; Holllday, Indiana; " Jenkins, Wis consin; Klnkald, Nebraska; Knopf, Illinois; C. H. Landls, Indiana; Fred Landls. In diana; Lawrence, Massachusetts; Ixrwden, Illinois: McCarthy, Nebraska; MrOavin, Illinois; McKlnney, Illinois; Mann, Illinois; Marshall, North Dakota; Miller, Kansas; Mouser, Ohio; Murdork, Kansas; Nelson, Wisconsin; Perkins, New York; Stafford, Wisconsin; Bteenerson, Minnesota; Stevens. Minnesota; Volstead, Minnesota; Webber, Ohio; Weem, Ohio; . Wilson, Illinois; Wood . yard. West Virginia. Fifty-two' republicans voted with the democrats on the first roll call. On the motion of Mr. Williams to lay the motion to reconsider on the table, fifty republicans voted with the democrats. On the vote to adopt the substitute there were forty-three republican 'Insurgents," and on its final passage there were forty--one. y Subsidies for Pair Lines Only four steamship lines are to be sub sidised under the measure in tha form finally agreed upon and all of these era to 1 sail tor South American porta. One of tha ! -lines will be from the Anantio coast to i Brazil, a second from the Altantlc coast ( - to Argentina, the third between tha Gulf of Mexico and Brasll. The fourth Una will be from tha Paclflo coast to Panama, Peru and Chile. ' The annual subsidy for each of these line Is to be 1300,000 -for a monthly mall service or $i0r),000 for m fortnightly service, excepting the Argentine line, which is to have IfcJO.ftjO for a monthly survlce pr SWO.OOO for a fortnightly service. No Amer ican cities are named as porta from which any of the lines are to start and the bill Is so worded that the Hue in the Paclflo to South America can touch at any num ber of ports In the United States. The same Is true of the Atlantic lines. The bill provides that vessels profiting by the subvention must have a speed of not less than sixteen knots. It has been re peatedly stated on the floor of the house that no ships now engaged In the South viurlcao trade can make any such speed. Lines fe Orient Stricken Ont. When the bill was taken up the amend ment presented by Mr. Townsend of Michi gan striking out the steamship line from Pacific coast ports to Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines waa pending. Mr. Townsend spoke la support of his amendment and It was adopted. 134 to luo. Following upon hla advantage, Mr. Townsend moved to - strike out the line from Pvget sound to the orient, and that motion also prevailed, 130 to 10S. Then the line to Australasia went out. 12 to 111. An amendment by Mr. Fordney of Mich igan reducing the subsidy for the Una to Buenos Ayres from ttuu,0u0 to 2224,000 was lost, Ul to 140. Mr. Humphrey of Washington moved that the line from tha Gulf of Mexico to the Isthmus of Panama be stricken out. Continued e SUla fagaj SUMMARY OF THE BEE Saturday, March 2, 190T. 1907 US , MOM MARCH TV! WIO THM I90T S? J? 4 5 6 7V 9 II 12 13 I5 16 2 3 10 17 18 19 2C 22 23 Kt 25 26 27 28 29 30 TH1 WB1TKIB. VHKCAST FOR ' NEBRASKA Fair Saturday and warmer In eastern portion. Sunday fair. FORECAST FOR IOWA Fair Baturday and warmer In western portion. Sunday fair. . . .1 . Temperature in Omaha yesieraay: Hour. Deg. Hour, .... 1 .... 11 .... 14 .... 1.1 .... 13 .... 14 .... 16 .... 18 l a. m.. m. . m. . m.. m.. m. . m.. P- ... 22 ... 24 ... M ... at ... 25 ... 25 ... 24 ... 21 m.. m.. m.. m.. m.. m.. m.. P. 10 U 13 a. 72 GIBXATXTS. Nebraska house passes the anti-pass b!ll after lengthy discussion. All efforts to amend It are voted down. Railway Commission bill discussed and same sen timent Is manifested regarding- amend ments to that measure. t Page 1 Governor will neither sign nor veto the 2-cent fare bill and allow It to become a law by failure to return It to legislature within five days. Page 1 South Dakota house passes, at third trial, bill placing legal department of j railway commission under attorney gen eral. P 1 Senator Thomas . Introduces bill to amend Omaha charter, containing, among other things, a provision takjng away from the mayor and council the right to regulate telephone service and charges. Pag 1 WABKXHQTOIT. Nebraska delegation divides evenly on the ship subsidy bill. PSe Both houses of congress agree to con ference, report on postofflce bill. 'It flx?s maximum salary of clerks and carriers at $1,200, and pay of rural carriers at 1300. Page X House passes the ship subsidy bill after striking out provision for fast mall lines from Pacific ports to the Orient. Page X JTXBBA8KA. August Under of Norfolk kills himself because he iwaa all alone In the world. Body not found for two days. Page 3 State Treasurer Brian files statement for December showing cash in treasury in creased during the month. Page S DOMESTIC. Coal company In which Elmer E. Thomas Is Interested' in hands of re ceiver. Directors charged with fraudulent manipulation. . Ps"e 1 Heirs of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy file suit against trustees of Christian Sci ence church for an accounting of her property. District Attorney Jerome spends day in orose-examlning Dr. Evans. The partially succeeds in getting witness to say pris oner may be suffering from for mof in sanity generally incurable. Page Court refuses to allow prosecutors in Adams case to introduce new evidence which would have greatly discredited al ibi of defendant. . . Page Western railroads declare they will test 2-cent fare laws In courts. Page 1 Wreck at Pedro, Wyo., kills six railroad employes. Pegs S Tornado In Arkansas damages town of Washington and kills two people. Page IB ! POBEXOS. Germany will offer no objection to dis cussion of limitation of armaments at The Hague conference. Page X X.OCAX.. Henry M. Whitney, director of Boston "Maine railroad, tells W. "J. Bryan he must assure public of Intention to pay for property all It Is worth before govern ment ownership can be embraced. Page X Vice President Mohler declares rail roads must retrench In face of adverse legislation. Page B Two plans proposed for remodelling the county jail, and will be considered by the commissioners. Page XX R. C. Peters A Co. take out permits for fifteen buildings, to cost in aggregate 145.000. . .Page XX Conference between street railway men's union and company officials Is with out result. Pags XX Bassett divorce case, begun In district court February IS, ends, and Judge Red Ick will confer with attorneys today be fore deciding custody of children and al imony If wife gets children. Page SPCKT. Coulter of Omaha Is given the decision of Williams of-Toek in a ten-round bout before the Osthoff Athletlo club. Page PXHABTOXAX AJTD COVsCXBOXAXt Omaha llva stock market. Page XS Omaha grain market. Page XB Omaha general market. Pre 13 New York stocks and bonds. Page 13 ROADS TO FIGHT TWO-CENT John H. Baldwin Bays Rate Content ' slates Redaction - of One Third la Reveaaea. CHICAGO., March L Tfce western - rail roads have determined to fight in the courts all state laws making 1 cents a mile the maximum passenger rate. ; "Wa have not determined what we will do In the matter of figntlng tha I-oent rata." said John N. Baldwin, general so licitor of the Union Pacific. "We are now taking the matter up and It we find the , believed to be a proceeding for her real In rate wlU be confiscatory we will be com- 1 1?,0"'1 ' noIr .'c1'' s'alnst Christian pel led to fight it. With the cost of every. thing increasing -which ths railroads have to buy. Including the increase ln pay to labor and the taxes, it looks as though the roads could not possibly stand a reduc tion In revenues amounting to 33 per cent, as the B-cent maximum passenger rate bill contemplates." JOE LEITER IS CONVICTED Coal Operator Poaad Gallty of Allow, laa; rallceased Inspectors to Examine Mines. BENTON. 111.. March 1. Joseph Leltsr, owner of the town and coal mines of Zelg ler. III., tonight was found guilty of allow ing his mines to be Inspected by a person not having a certificate of competency. Ths case grew out of aa explosion In one of Letter's mines, killing fifty-seven miners. The case began Monday and arguments wre tlulabod yesterday. MRS. EDDY'S SON FILES SUIT Heiri of Bead of Christian Scienoe Church , Atk for Aooountinc: of Property. oILL IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE TRUSTEES Woman Is Aliened to Be Mentally Incompetent to Transact Business Beeasit of Advanced Age Vast (hi Involved. CONCORD. N. H., March L-A bill In equity to secure an accounting of the financial affairs of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, head of the Christian Bclence church, was filed In the superior court for Mer' rlmac county today by Mrs. Eddy's son. George W. Glover of Deadwood. B. D., and his daughter. Miss Mary Baker Glover, and George W. Baker of Bangor, Me;, nephew and "next friend" of Mrs. Eddy. The, bill Is directed against Alfred Farlow and other trustees of the Christian Scienee church in Boston and Calvin A. Frye, Mrs. Eddy s secretary, Lewis O. Strang, her assistant secretary, and Herman 8. Herring, first reader of the church In Concorn. Besides' demanding an accounting of all transactions regarding Mrs. Eddy's affairs, the bill asks for restitution in case any wrong doing appears; for an injunction during litigation against interference with her property and business, and for a re ceiver. V In a statement Issued tonight by former United States Senator William E. Chandler, special counsel In the action, it is declared Mr. Glover is actuated by no spirit of disrespect to his mother, but believes that the proceeding Is In her real Interest. Snlt Not A vain at Church. Mr. Glover says the action Is not directed against the religion of the Christian Scien tists. The statement further states that Mr. Glover had . long thought his mother waa growing too feeble In body and mind. to attend to Important business matters, but that for a long time he was unable to confirm this suspicion because those about her seemed unwilling to allow her nearest relatives to have an interview long enough to reveal her actual condition, i Early In January It Is said Mr. Glover, during a visit to Concord, was enabled to have a short talk; with ' his mother and after due consideration he decided on the present action as an imperative duty too long neglected. Specifically the bill alfeges that the nominal plaintiff, Mrs. Eddy, who sues "by her next rnena, nas lor a long time been Incompetent to do business or understand transactions conducted In her name. The next allegation Is that the de fendants have possessed themselves of her personal property and have carried on her business. It Is also alleged that the defendants, knowing of her Infirmity, have become trustees for nearly all her property which has come Into her possession and are bound to give account thereof and of all the transactions In her name. It is declared that there is reason to fear the defendants wrongfully converted, some of her property to their own use and that there are transections of which an account should be given. v .. - . , - , John W. Kelly of Portsmouth and the firm of Martin Howe of Concord appear as counsel In the case for the plaintiff. with: former Senator Chandler acting as special counsel., . j Mr. Chandler's statement follows: Vast Property Involved. Mr. George W. Glover and his daughter, Miss Mary Baker Glover, have Investigated the condition of Mr. Glover's mother, Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy at Concord, N. H. Mr. Glover had for some time been In clined to believe that Mrs. Ettdy, In her old age, 86 years now, has been growing too feeble In body and mind to attend to extensive and important matters, but the various persons living with Mrs. Eddy had so persisitentiy prevented any other per sons, even her relatives, from having any but momentary Interviews with her that Mr. Glover had not been abte to test his fears by any prolonged visit. He and his daughter, however, on January 2 were per mitted to see Mrs. Eddy for three-quarters of an hour and the result of that Interview j was to confirm their utmost apprehensions ana to convince inern mm sue w nri capable of transacting business. She was weak bodily and her mind was clouded and enfeebled and possessed by strange and erratic notions. It was clear to them that It was net Insanity, hut that her mental faculties were so Impaired that she could not attend to financial affairs nor give Intelligent -direction to any business of Importance. Various incidents connected with their stay and facts which they learned from several sources tended to strengthen these conclusions as to Mrs. Eddy's Incapacity for business. Mr. Glover and his daughter further learned that Mrs. Kddyls secular business seems to be larger than ever. She is still president of the Metaphysical College of Healing and head of the body of 3.4UU practicing healers, though she doos not personally give treatment. The copyrights of "Science end Health," a book of. enormous sale, still stands In her name, while all the other copyrights of Christian Science books and weekly, monthly and quarterly periodicals are In her name. 8he retains her place as head of the mother church at Boston with 40, OuO members. It seemed to Mr. Glover certain that the Income from these sources must be vast all gathered In by reason of the use of Mrs. Eddy's name, raised largely by active movements, nominally headed by her and to much of which she must be personally entitled. It was clear that as Mrs. Eddy oould not personally do anything about this enormous business carried or) by her authority, and much of it in hnr name, necessarily It was all conducted by the various persons sur rounding her at Concord and In charge of affairs at Boston, who were not under any real responsibility' to her for what they were doing. Therefore Mr. ' Glover, after consulting with counsel, concluded It was his duty to have his mother take action for tha pro tection of her pre pert y. He did not make a hasty decision, but gave long and full consideration to this question. At last he was advised that equity courts have au thority to take charge of the property of enfeebled persons like Mrs. Eddv. anri tn ; see that those having It In their control oo noi mismanage or convert any of It to their own use, and that an equity suit mlirht be brought against them in Mrs. Eddy's name, by her son, her relatives of any degree, or any good cltlsen willing to act as her next friend In this suit. Mr. Glover's action Is not conceived In any spirit of disrespect or unklndnem to his morner. Mrs. 1-xmy. Mit Is Intended anil Science. It merely means only what It pro fesses to mean, and Mr. Glover considers his action the Performance of an Impera tive duty too long neglected. Mr. Glover Is a son of Mrs. Eddy by her first husband. He Is not now. in New Hampshire and It la understood that he and bis daughter have returned to their home In Deadwood. O. V. Baker Is a son of Mrs. Eddy's brother, the late George Sullivan Baker, and Is her only surviving nephew. Mrs. Eddy's Coaaael Talks. Frank & Streeter, personal counsel for Mrs. Eddy, gave out the following state ment tonight: , My attention was first called to this pro ceeding this afternoon. I have not ainoe conferred with Mrs. Eddy. Within two weeks she has consulted me several timna on business matters of Importance. Her rapacity to manager her business and other affairs in which she la Interested cannot be questioned. W lien the things she has done In behalf of her son and hr four grandchlldrun shall be known they and their oounsal cannot but tutvt taking their present acUua and the bubUclur Uwtr beve givsii It. BILL PASSES AJ THIRD TRIAL Hoase Wonld Place Railway Commis sion Leaal Department Under Attorney General. . PIERRE, 8. D.. March 1. (Special Tele gram.) The senate bill to place the law department of the railway commission un der the attorney general and give the gov ernor the appointing power for tha scale inspector was pushed through the house today. The same bill has been killed twice Before as a house bill, but mustered the necessary votes to get through on the third trial. Glass opened for the bill, and de clared the necessity for such, a law was, in fact, that the present attorney for tha commission was selected and placed where he Is by the railroads, and. In further re sponse to remarks of Browne, said that every member of the oommlsslon since 1897, with one exception, had been selected by the railroads, and after such selection they had bejn elected. The senate bill to make the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture ex-offlclo commissioner of Immigration failed for lack of the required votes to carry It as an appropriation measure. The senate bill to provide state aid for high schools did not meet with house ap proval, and went down, with only thirty five votes In Its favor. In the forenoon session of the house Gov ernor Crawford presented his first veto on the bill to make records of the State His torical society, evidence In court, and at the afternoon session Glass presented a bill to cure the defects noted by the gov ernor. The referendum petitions for the county local option law to be presented to the people at the next general election were filed In both houses by State. Secretary Wlpf today. In the house today the senate bill for government of cities by the Galveston plan was favorably reported and' the senate re ported favorably on the bill to provide revenues for the state educational Institu tions by direct levy instead of appropria tion. In the senate the bill to authorise towns to construct telephone systems wss op posed by Mundt and Lincoln, 'who at tempted tp amend It to make It practically Inoperative, In which he failed, after which the bill passed. , The senate defoajed the house bill to pro vide for appointment Instead of election of city assessors and passed the bill to limit saloon licenses to one for each 800 in habitants in a town. The committee of the house selected to go to Huron to Investigate the needs of an appropriation for the state fair grounds will make their trip tomorrow. DECISION ON 0LE0 TAX CASE Rnllna; of St. Loots Co art Makes Changes In Stamp Reg-alatlons Necessary. 0T. LOUIS, March 1. A decision handed down by Judge Amtdon In the United States district court today. In which he acquitted Cornelius G. Knott, - a retsll oleomargarine dealer, of a charge of fall ing to destroy tax stamps on empty tubs. Is considered by xevenue officials one of t hi most lirlAortant .ever made and will, it, s believed, result In changing the oleo, margarine regulations. Judge Amtdon upheld the oontentlon of the defense that according to the inter pretation of United States Internal Reve nue Commissioner John W. Terkes, a re tail dealer, need not cancel the stamps on Ch tubs while the tubs contained any-of the oleomargarine which had come In it originally. In bis opinion Judge Amidon says that by a comparison of two sections of the law It will, be seen that the retail dealer finds himself between two fires. On the one hand It la -made a crime for him to sell except from , original packages, and under this provision he must retain the original stamped package, with the stamp uncancelled as a protection, until he has disposed of the entire contents of the pack age. If he falls to do this he subjects himself to a fine of $1,000 and the product Is subject to seirure. On the other hand, say? Judge Amtdon. whenever an original stamped package is emptied the dealer must promptly, accord ing to another section, destroy the stamp. By the first section, however, Judge Ami. don holds It is manifest that the tub is not emptied, even though tha contents have been removed, If part of the original product Is left in the t,ub or even on top of it. "I am aware that this construction en poses the department to serious abuses," stated Judge Amidon, "but I do not see how the danger can be avoided and give the statute practical effect." LIMITATION 0F ARMAMENTS Gcrmaay Will Offer Ho Objeetioa to British Plan to Dlseass Matter 'at Tao Hagne. BERLIN, March L The Associated Press waa aeml-officlally Informed today that Germany had not offered any objection to the purpose of Great Britain to propose that the question of the limitation of arma ments shall be placed on the program of the next peace conference at The Hague. As a result of the exchanges of opinions Which have taken place among the cabi nets on the subject It Is further understood that no power will oppose the intention of the British government In this matter, but it can be forecasted how the several powers will treat the subject In the conference and it la not yet officially disclosed In what form Great Britain will make her proposal. Antarctic Skip Reports. LONDON, March I. The Argentina Antarctic ship Uraguay, which left Buenos Ayres January 29. 1303, has arrived at Scotia bay, South Orkney Islands, after a vnvu af durinr which It n terea nunareas oi iceuergs nu naevy pack ice and sustained considerable 'damage. The Scotia bay station was established by the Scottish Antarctic expedition of five years ago and was taken over in 1906 by the Argentina government, which is con tinuing the meteorloglcal and raagnetlo ob servations commenced by the Scottish ex pedition. , Dntek Steamer Asbore. FLUSHING. Holland, March L The Dutch mall steamer Koenlng Wllhelmtna, from Queenborough, Erg., went ashore at o'clock this morning during a thick fog on a dyke eastward of the entrance of tha harbor. The passengers and malls were landed and the vessel la expected to float at high water. The steamer bad ninety passcngera on board. . Terrorists Plan Campaign. LONDON, March L A dispatch from St Petersburg says that the police have learned that terrorists have planned a wholesale assassination of officers by means ef aUsguises, WI11TSEY AND BRYAN MEET Boston Man Wants Kebrukan te Fublisb. Intention Hot to OonQsoete. MUST REASSURE PEOPLE ON THIS POINT Boston A Maine Railroad Director Says Harrlmaa and HIU Are Pro suotlnsT Government Owner ship Scheme. William J. Bryan and Henry M. Whit ney, nominee on the democratlo ticket last fall for lieutenant governor of Massachu setts, engaged in a colloquy on the merits and demerits of government ownership at the Omaha club yesterday In the presence of a group of prominent democrats who were there at lunch together. Mr. "Whit ney has been out here from Boston fqr soma days on a visit and Mr. Bryan had come up the previous night to pronounce the eulogy at the John A. Crelghton me morial at the Auditorium. The controversy between Mr. Whitney and Mr. Bryan waa Intensely interesting, particularly in view of tha fact that it Involved the views of an old-line demo crat of tha east whose Interests are allied with the corporations and a radical demo crat of the west, whose fight Is on the corporations. But It waa devoid of any acrimony. "I am a director In the Boston at Maine railroad," volunteered Mr. Whitney, "and yet I can conceive of there being virtue In the government ownership theory. And yet, Mr. Bryan, I do not believe tha people of the east or any other section will ever embrace your policy until you couple your declaration of government ownership with the declaration that the government will pay the private owners of railroads the full value of their property in taking it over. I think you must make this so clear there can be no misunderstanding before you succeed In your undertaking." Do Not Want Confiscation. ' , "Oh, we don't advocate confiscation of property," said Mr. Bryan. "No. but that Is not all the point, Mr. Bryan; you must do more than assure the people you are not in favor of confisca tion you must make them feel certain of your sincere Intention to pay for the prop erty Just what It Is worth in taking it ove-," rejoined Mr. Whitney. And the Massachusetts man sought by various ar guments to bring Mr. Bryan to a frank commitment on this point, but did not altogether succeed. 1 I "The difficulty would be," said Mr. Bryan, 'arriving at a satisfactory basis of valua tion. The railroad would be running In their stocks and bonds and watered stock." "Well, I certainly would nbt be In favor of that." said Mr. Whitney. "I would favor as the only correct basts tha amount of what It would take to reproduce the railroad or the property." Sentiment Is Grow In a., Mr, Bryan did not assent to this propo sition In exactly that form, but Insisted on disclaiming any sort of Idea to confis cate or talcs over property at less than Its actual value. ...... Mr. Whitney admitted the growing senti ment of-railroad ownership by the govern ment though he hlleved government-regulation was possible and 'better. . ' "I might say." he asserted, "that while I am not an advocate of government owner shipfor I am a part owner In a railroad yet I could approve such a system under proper conditions if it must come." "Do you think it will not come?" asked Mr. Bryan. . "Well, If we have much more Harrtman ism I don't know, that Its coming is not certain," replied the Boetonlan. "I believe Harrlman and men of his kind are doing more for government ownership today than they or we know. People are discovering things, through these public Investigations, which they never dreamed of before, and these discoveries are such as to convince them that changes In the management of certain corporations would be great bless ings to the masses. In this way, it seems to. me, Mr. Harrlman and Mr. Hill and men of , that class, are effectually promot ing the success of the government owner ship scheme." Among the men who were at the lunch eon were Congressman Hitchcock, former Attorney General C. J. Smyth. K. P. Smith, j W. S. Poppleton and T. J. Mahoney. v Mr. Whitney waa one of the committee of men who became Involved in the acri monious discussion with tha president re cently over tariff matters, when Mr Roosevelt intimated in terms of character istic vigor that his friends had seriously misstated certain facts. , MANY IDLE MEN IN BUTTE Strike Spreads Rapidly aad la Many Cases tho WorklnsTaica Are Locked Oat. BUTTE, Mont., March 1. Tha strike of ths various unions in this city spread today. In many cases the men have quit, and in others they were locked out. It la estimated 1,700 workers are idle ln the city. The Butte Worklngmen's union, embrac ing almost .all sorts of unskilled labor, had ordered strike today for an In crease' ln pay, ' The municipality refused the demand and all work upon the streets ceased. Many members are at work at the old schedule, - however, and those members employed in ' the mines have not walked out. Structural work has practically ceased and building projects aggregating more than a million dollars will be indefinitely delayed. Manager 3. R. Wharton of the Butte Street Railway company today submitted to the worklngmens' union a proposition which may avert a walkout of the mem bers ln the company's employe. Tha crucial point In the local Indus trial trouble comes tonight when the mill and smelter men meet to vote upon a proposition to raise their scale to $4. Tha federal postal carriers did not re sign today as had been feared. A bill re cently passed by congress gives them hope of an Increase, and the force will contin ue at work Indefinitely. BLOW FOR JJUCKET SHOPS Mlaaesota Snpreme Coart Declares Chamber of Commerce Owas Quotations, Tfcoosrb Pablisbcd. MINNEAPOLIS, March l-Property rights In grain quotations of the Minne apolis Chamber of Commerce were strength ened by a decision of the state supreme court handed down today In the case of the Chamber of Cororrerce against J. E. Walls. The latter la not a member of the exchange, but claimed the right to use the quotations on the groupd that tha chamber's property lights U them wer- extinguished by the fact it they were posted In public places and; thereby became public property. RUBBER RESOLUTION FAVORED Senator Morgan Asks for Information aad Matter Goes to tbo . Calendar. WASHINGTON, March l.-Penator Mor gan reported favorably from the committee on foreign relations today his resolution calling on the president for Information as to nny concessions Americana mey have received from King Leopold for the gath ering of India rubber In the Congo Free State. Mr. Morgan asked that the resolu tion go to the calendar, as he understood several senators desired to Investigate the question. The Morgan statement recites how capitalists of the civilised nations are pushing Into the rubber forests "with all manner of monopolistic arrangements for subjecting this great product the gift of nature to their craving for wealth." He arraigned scathingly King Leopold "for the manner In which he has exptoitsd the Congo lands in accumulating wealth to himself by imposing tasks of extreme cruelty on the native population." Mr. Morgan charged that the conces sionaires had been empowered by King Leopold to "exercise the same distressing authority over the peoplp, which they have proceeded to enforce, without restraint and without responsibility to public opinion, which should characterise their avarice and greed In dealing with an Ignorant and sub jected people." i The senator declares that if the Ameri can company has not communicated ite transactions to the government of the United States It Is the plain duty of this government to make Inquiry aa to the ex tent of the concession and as to all the terms and conditions of the grant- 110 avs also It Is the duty of this, government to Inquire Into a concession alleged to have been made by the government of Liberia of all Its India rubber and mahogany lands to a British syndicate. Mr. Morgan con cludes with the following declaration; It Is the duty of the United States gov ernment to see to It that no barrier or im pediment Is created by the act of Leopold or by any other authority to debar the ex iled Africans who have tx-en held In slav cry In the United States from tfce rlclit to return to their native land ana to npia it In company with their klnspeople, and the free and unobstructed opportunity to enjoy the great advantages which are now orrereas to them and whlcn tne unitea States owes to them of reparation In their own country without let or hindrance.. i ne native resources or central Atric present vast 'stores of treasure to invite their Interest ln developing the wealth of mat country, ana it is time tne unitea States should Interoiise its lust nowers. whatever they may be. In Hiding these ex iles to establish their sovereign rights In the country that noil has given them. UNCLE SAM LOOKS FOR THIEF Cblcf Wllkle at Chicago to Flad Treasury. CHICAGO, March l.-the hunt for the man who stole 2173,000 from the Chicago subtreasury continues. John E. Wllkle, chief of the United States secret service. who arrived here yesterday and took per sonal charge of the case, strongly Inti mated last night that suspicions had con centrated on one man whose name already has been mentioned In. connection with the glgantlo theft, but the officials were not ready for an arrest., . . George W. Fitzgerald, the teller In the subtreasury, from whose cage the missing 2178,000 disappeared, was today closely ques tioned by Chief Wllkle and Captain Porter of the secret service, but be waa not able to give any Information beyond that al ready .In the possession of the government. Chief Wllkle said today that the gover ment did not have the numbers of the missing bills and If they have been turned over to any outside bank since their dis appearance the government will not be able to locate them. After his examination by Chief Wllkle and Captain Porter Fitzgerald attempted to conceal himself. When accosted by a newspaper man who discovered his place of attempted concealment, Fitzgerald at tacked the reporter, knocking him partly down a flight of stairs. He was greatly ex cited and his friends had considerable dif ficulty In calming him. BOGUS DOCTOR ARRESTED Kansas City Man Aecased of Stealing Medical Licenses and Personat ing Their Owner. i KANSAS CITY. Feb. 28. A man aUeged to be J. H. Martin, formerly of Qulncy, 111., who has been practicing medicine In thla city under the name of Fred W. Lanolx, was arrested at his office here today on the charge of stealing Illinois and Missouri certificates for the practice of medicine in those states which belonged to Fred W, Lanolx, a druggist of Qulncy, now de ceased, for whom It was said Martin worked as clerk several years "ago. Mar tin will also be prosecuted by tike state on the charge ot making a false affidavit upon which he obtained a stater certificate, an offense punishable by a term in the penitentiary. The city physician filed a complaint against Martin today charging hbr with practicing in Kansas City without regis tering his certificate with the city Board of Health. Martin's wife was granted a divorce from him Jn the circuit court to day. Martin was released bn 2300 bond and he cannot be found tonight. Martin waa at the head of a morphine cure company and had an extensive prac tice. Martin was married ln Chicago, where he and his wife It Is alleged, as sumed the name of Lanolx. He waa ex posed by the widow of Fred W. Lanolx, who came here ostensibly to take the cure which Martin was exploiting. COLUMBIA CONFERENCE ENDS Swedlsb Lutherans ot Northwest Transact Business aad Elect Officers at Spokane. SPOKANE. Wash., March 1. (Special.) The Columbia conference of .the Augustana synod, which Just closed a six days' meet- lng ln the eweoisn lutneran cnurcn lu Dpoaanet it&s tiovivu uikiv viiiv ivi iuv year: President. Rev. N. J. W. Nelson, Moscow, Idaho. Vle president. Rev. C E. Frisk, Taooma, Wash. Secretary, Rev, G. E. Rydqulst, Astoria, Ore. Treasurer, Rev. C. J. Renhard, Portland, Ore. Delegates to national conference at New Britain, Conn.: Kv. J. Jeaperson, Spokane; Rev. Mr. Frisk, Rev. Mr. Nelson and Rev. Mr. RydqulsU These directors were elected for Flrch college at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: Rev. J. J'speraon, Spokane, president; Rv. C R FrlMk. Tacoma: I r. O. A. An, i demon, Mount Vernon; John Krrlckson, Spokane; C. B. Green, Moscow, Idaho. Colonel John F. Flrch of Spokane, who founded the college, was elected a honorary member of the advisory committee. The next conference will take place at Taooma the fourth week is October, HOUSE AGAINST PASS Bill Goes Thronc-h Just ei it Came from the Joist ft mm it tee. NUMEROUS EFFORTS TO AMEND IT FAIl Ho free Bidet tit any Cxoept Bona Fid Lmplojet of Seeds. COMMISSION BILL U.NDER ISCUSSIOK t-ntrMtion of amendment Allowing hearing is t-ombetted. GOVERNOR WILL NUi S.GN TWO-CENT EILL Keltber Will He eto It, but Allow 11 to Become a Law by Not Retara la It to Lestslatare Wltkla rive bays. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, klarch 1. tbpecial.) With Harvey of Douglas and Hairier of Buffalo only voting ln the negative and ninety-one members voting in the aftlrmattve, the house this afternoon passed the anti-pass bill prepared by the railroad comntfltee, with the emergency clause. The bill was discussed at length ln the committee ot the whole this morning and numerous amendments were defeated and this after noon It was called up and voted upon, though Hainer tried to get It recommitted, and then rushed to the senate. It carries the emergency clause. Both Harvey and Hamer explained their votes by saying they were in favor of an antl-paas bill, such as the platform contemplated, but thla measure, each said, was too drastic and not In line with the sentiment of the repub lican state convention. Those who were not recorded? on the measure were the -following: Barnes, Fletcher, Oilman, Hage melster, Leeder, Staldor, Tucker. All the rest save the two mentioned voted for the bill and in justice to those who were absent It should be said It waa not known the bill would come up for passage at the afternoon session. . At the morning session, when the bill was discussed In the committee of the whole. Northwestern Lobbyist Bob McGln nls occupied a seat ln the gallery and looked down ln sad-eyed amazement at a scene so unusual ln a Nebraska legislature. Around the railing which fences off the home from the lobby were numerous rail road employes and pluggera who appeared equally surprised, as amendment after amendment was voted down. ' The bill allows bona fide employes of rail roads to receive pasties and the cars) takers of live stock, vegetables and p'oultry and fruit. It knocks out the political railroad lawyer and surgeon, and allows to ride free only those lawyers and surgeons who receive annually a salary of at least 11,000 from the railroad which employs them. , Debate Becomes Dramatic. ' Numerous amendme.nts Were offered and. the debate lasted long .and at tlmea be came dramatic, especially When Hamer pleaded to exempt from the provisions of the . bill those ex-employes who had been retired from service through disability caused by Injury or old age. The gentle man from Buffalo made pathetic plea, for the old timers and Leeder of Douglas county Joined him with the statement If Hamer. went down to defeat he, if no one else, would go with him, but the plea fell on deaf ears. E. W. Brown tried to amend to allow lawyers and surgeons paid (600 a year by railroads to receive passes, but this was killed. Noyes tried to strike out of the bill the reference to allowing law yers and surgeons whose salary Is 11,000 to receive transportation, but this waa burled. Farley then attempted to get la with an amendment to allow ex-employee of tire mechanical and operating depart ment to use free transportation. Jennison opposed by saying if a person worked for thirty days for a railroad he would always be an ex-employe and therefore entitled . to ride free. Then Cone got la. 1 "If that should carry I would be allowed to ride on a pass. I'm an ex-employe. The likes of me could get a pass" "No more argument Is necessary," chimed in Speaker Nettleton, and tha motion was lost. Then Whltham tried to cut out the lawyer -provision and lost, as did Adams on his motion (a allow railroads to exchange passes with other roads ln the state. Hamer got In with his amendment then, relating to retired employes, and Noyes answered him by reading from the synopsis of the plat form published In The Bee, that the re publican party was pledged to enaot an anti- pass law cutting out everyone except bouA fl'de employes. He began to read the name of those who had signed that pledge, and when he reached the name of Tom Hamer everybody oheered. Though tha house laughed and cheered frequently, Noyes read the entire list through. Hamer1! amend ment was lost by a vote of 2S to 66. Barnes wanted passes given to all members of the legislature over 70 years old, but that, too, was lost. Harvey wanted to exclude from the provisions of the act sheriffs and po lice officers who were called away to Iden tify prisoners, but that went the way of the others. Hamer moved to amend by al lowing railroads to exchange passes, and Dodge of Douglas said this should be done. Ha believed It 'was for the best Interests of the farmers, as well as others,' that com peting railroads be allowed to send out their agents to work up trade. Cone said Dodge's argument should be the argument against the amendment. Other people bad to pay their own expenses when going out after business and so should the railroads. The amendment was lost. Nettleton moved to recommend, the bill tor passage. ' Committee Report Approved. When the committee arose Hamer moved not to concur In the report, his object being to again try to get In his amendment pro viding railroads could exchange passes with other railroads. The vote was as follows, those voting yes being tor ths amendment: Yeas BlyUoM. brows. S. HuHler, Ktrlar, GlUm. Nays Adtma, Hamr, H rvy. Hill, kill!, koCuilousa, M Mullen, Rnkl. Bwmausr M. Or, Orl(. Hana. Uamul, Hart, Ht-ffarnaa, Hary.. Howard, 1 How. Jfeiinkaun, JoUaaon, Jim. Kllrr, Kuhl. La hilar. Lin.. y.rl.tt, , Marah, Maalra, 1tiir, kllhaan. frlurve?, eS. Nuxaa, PH SWT, Haur, Rdmoa4, kajioa. Hichartfaoe, Rohrr. i Aruirue, 141, u, bkr. B&niM, firrlt, IlcaM, bMt, Cold. brows. B- brows. K. I arlla. Clark. Ton, CulJlc. iHtdg, luiraift, Kllr, KranM, rrw. runk. Oral. I SauntUrm. S.-hoUtr, HruOilar, Rhubwt, 8 nil Ik. ftiiydr, brrlusr. Sola, Talbut. Thlaa0, Vaa Hn, Vopalvuakjr, Wnlah. W-.ni. Willi. v. hull a. Whim.,. Wilao. Mr. Bt.aak H. Absent, excused aad not voting were karsaw , atassl (Juskabas