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OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH. 3, 1907-FOUR SECTIONS-TIIIRTY-SIX IV
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CHINA IS A PROBLEM
Oooideouls Havs Ho Idta of Power of
Imperial Baler at Peking.
UHY EVIDENCES Of STRENGTH APPARENT
-Control of Personal Action of Hativel
v - Beemi to Be lasy.
WEAKNESS IS APPARENT IF NOT REAL
Emperor Professes Inability to Bedeem
, Promises Made .to Foreienersi
SEVERAL FORCES HAVE HAND IN AFFAIRS
Most PowcHal Party I that
Cantoa, hat Its Okinl Is Aatl
Dyaaatlral Rather Thaa
Prorsslve.
PEKING, March 1 (Special.) The ques
tlon Is everywhere being asked what Is the
real significance of the reform movement
In China and what will be the outcome of
such a movement. That a movement of
considerable proportions has begun and
that It le going on with gathering strength
Is certain, but Europeans In this, as In
Other things which pertain to the Chinese,
are forced to acknowledge themselves at
sea. They are . forced . to admit that the
vast problem remain obscure as a whole
and that even the most careful observer
can scarcely hope to detect the real causes
of the apparently Inexplicable contradic
tions that mat-k the sltuatl6n.
Fifty years ago the prospect of the re
generation of Japan would have appeared
as hopeless a task as does that of a sim
ilar regeneration of China today. There
were factors In the Japanese situation at
that time that were not understood. Just as
. there are factors lh China today that eye
not understood.
The dynasty and the court are not f Jely
to Introduce reforms of their own will, and
nobody knows what the strength of the
eourt party Is or the strength of any of
the various parties for that matter. The
"powers that be" have recently Issued or
tiers concerning the dress of every subject
In the empire and to Uiese orders even the
party of "young China" submlta without
difficulty or question. Quite recently they
have bidden scores of millions of men In
all classes of life to renounce within a
brief period an Intimate personal habit
which Is almost invincible, and many per
sons have seemed to think that this com
mand may be obeyed. They often aver,
nevertheless, that they cannot compel their
own officials In the provinces to carry out
the conventions for railway construction
and other like purposes which they con
elude In the most solemn way with for
eigners.
Peculiar Situation.
Naturally the questions are being aeked,
Would the reforms be as easy to enforce
as the orders for wearing the pigtail, or as
Impossible to enforce as the. authorities in
Peking declare their railway contracts to
bet Axe the emperor and the court as om
jSjipotent as the opium edict would eeem to
irfsiply or as Impotent as their repeated
failures to keep their word suggests? If It
. is answered that they are able to enforce
edicts which have the support of public
opinion and unable to enforce those which
' have cot, the world Is driven to Inquire
what Is this public opinion and what are
genuine and comprehensive reforms?
There are many different things to. be
aid concerning public opinion in China.
There la the opinion of the provincial of
flclnl classes and of the rural gentry, which
Is mainly reactionary. There la the opin
ion of the students who think they are
quite capable of remaking China out of
hand on a brand new social western
model. There is the opinion of the Canton
ese school, which is possibly the most im
portent of all. Thle school has behind It
a powerful organisation with numbers of
wealthy and enlightened members at Singa
pore in the Straits settlements and along
the Paclfle coast, It favors reform, but
the reform which It favors Involves, some
times explicitly and sometimes Implicitly,
the overthrow of the Manchus. The ques
tion Is being asked "what attitude would
these several parties adopt If a wide scheme
of genuine reforms were Introduced from
above, and attempts made to execute it?
Fenlsstf Is Hatad.
'What following would they have amonget
the e0O.00O.000 of Chinamen, "mostly dumb,"
who have hitherto lived from century to
century as their fathers lived before them?
How would the oriental humanity, with
Its "ungovernable passions and unfathom
able Impulses," acts were the framework
which has kept them so long quiescent to
break?
However, the one point upon which re
actionaries and reformers seem to agree is
liatred of the foreigner. A class of stu
dents is said to be Increasing which does
not regard this passion as the corner stone
of Chinese nationality, but so far they do
not appear to be very prominent. The
mandarins naturally hate the foreigner:
he is disturbing with his pestilent notions
a world with which they are content. The
country gentlemen are honest conserva
tives, whose detestation of Europeans is
rooted in their astounding Ignorance of
everything outside - their own districts.
The greater party of the students have
gorged Itself with the commonplaces of ex
treme democratic dootrlne without assim
ilating such elements of truth as these
may contain, and their snthuslasm renders
them an Invaluable tool to the mandarins
In their efforts to saddle the foreigners In
the eyes of the people with the guilt of
their own extortions. How far the more
sagacious members of the Cantonese school
niay sha- these delusions It Is of course
hard to gueiia. They have lived long
abroad, and they have accumulated wealth
, there. It is difficult to suppose that men
of experience, of knowledge end of proved
business ability can really believe that
China Is able and willing to govern Itself
fwtth honesty and Intelligence without for
"Vn aid.
I How Skips damned.
SHANGHAI, March . (Spsclal.V-It Is
, proposed to create four squadrons with
their naval bases for the future navy of the
Chinese empire under the following desig
nations: (1) The Liaohal (Tellow sea)
squadron with Its naval base at Chaoshan
Uland in the Mlaotao group. (2) Phhat
(gulf of Pechlll) squadron with Is naval
base at Tangcheng In the bay of that nemo
on the Shangtung coast near Wel-hal-weL
'i (S) Chehal (waters of the Chusan archipel
ago) squadron with a naval base at
Hslangshan Uland In that group. (4) Yuen
hal (South China sea) squadron with its
naval base at Pakhol island of Hainan.
The Board of War has resolved to es.
tabUao at once a naval academy at Tient
sin, and naval schools In Nankiang. Wu-
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X.ZOIrATTTa. '
The total number of bills introduced in
the Nebraska legislature Is over 1,00.
Only one pledge of the republican plat
form has been redeemed up to date.
X Page 1
muni.
Rev. A. M. P. Abbott sues Northwestern
railroad at CNeil for a trunk load of ser
mons, postage stamps, bunts, charts and
manuscripts valued at $13,000, destroyed
In depot fire at Norfolk. X
Railroads continue to fight taxes by
circulating petitions against terminal
taxation bill. X. Page 3
Mrs. George Palmer of Henderson Is
frightfully burned while saving her baby
from her blazing home. X. Page S
Fred Neff Is caught by a revolving shaft
at MUford and Is unconscious when
rescued. X, Page 3
WASKXsTQTOl.
Democratic senators organize filibuster
against ship subsidy bill that will make
passage of measure this session practic
ally impossible. X Page
Senator Burkett punishes Congressman
McCarthy for not getting In line for
Munger for Judge by having two postal
nominations held up. X, Page a
DOHXBTIO.
Ute Indians at Fort Meade angry at re
port they are to be returned to Utah.
X. Page 1
Governor of Connecticut and state
militiamen caught In wreck and four
trainmen are killed. X Pag
E. H. Harrlman, commenting on recent '
Interstate Commerce commfttee hearing,
says It developed nothing new but simply
accentuated the prevailing "hostility" to
corporations and people who are success
ful. X. Paffe 8
George Glover of Deadwood, 8. D., who
filed suit for an accounting of the estate
of his mother, Mrs. Eddy, says proceed
ings are entirely In her Interest.
X. Page 1
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Great reform movement now under, way
In China, but Europeans in that country
are unable to fathom the extent of It.
X. Pago 1
Proposed income tax in France meets
with -storm of protest, the inquisitorial
features of the law being specially ob
jected to. X. Page 1
X.OOAX
Real estate men debate the advisability
of setting forth the full consideration in
instruments of transfer. XX Page S
Union Paclflo authorities order woik
stopped on new headquarters building un
til further notice, alleging as reason the
adverse action of the legislature In paus
ing the l-cent fare bill and threatening to
pass a terminal taxation law. XX Page
Burlington accepts plans for a new
freight house and Its equipment, made ne
cessary by growth of business. XX Page
No announced results follow conference
of street railway men's union and stroet
car company representatives. X Page 4
Coal men prepare motion for new trial
of case of S. E. Howell, convicted coal
dealer. XX Page 10
E. E. Thomas declares that suit against
officials of the Sioux City and Rock
Springs Mining company is Inspired by
the Union Pacific Railroad company.
X Page 4
Omaha makes large gain In grain trade
In February. X, Page 10
BPOBT.
Omaha High school wins at basket bfll
from South Omaha by a margin of one
oolnt In game which goes to extra time.
X, Page t
Fans contemplate fact reporting season
for the Omaha ball team will soon be hero
and discussion of merits of new players
Is lively. X, Page
Miscellaneous sporting news of the day.
X, Page
Big plans being made for the coming
Automobile show. X. Page
potajioxax. ajtd comtxBoiAx..
New York stocks and bonds. XX, Page 8
Condition of Omaha's trade. XX. Page 8
Omaha grain market XX, Page
Omaha live stock market. XX. fags t
kaqasot sbotxov.
In the Magazine Section of this number
will be found a short biography of Peter
Erwln Her; Weldensall on Toung Men's
Christian association In Belgium; Chat
About Plays and Players; Musical Note
and Comment; Missionaries and Immi
grants; Carpenter's Interview with King
Behansln; Slaughter of the Snowy Heron;
Women Who Won the Fight for the
Toung Women's Christian association;
South Omaha Lays a Corner Stone; Novel
Effects In Stripes; Woman In Muny
Aspects; Ala Nazlmova and Her Work:
Growth of the Minor Leagues; Among the
College Athletes; Ned Hanlon's Mighty
Task. Tea Pages
CKILDBin BECTIOW.
In the Children's Section of this number
will be found Buster Brown; Jhe Busy
Bee's Own Page; Forest World In Winter;
a Gentleman George story; Fluffy Ruf
fles. Pour Pages
TATE IS TAKEN TO PEORIA
Mil Aecsiel of Blowing; Opes School
Board Safe Mast gtaaa
- Trial.
CHICAOO. March 2Edward S. Tate,
who has been held here or several days
on a charge of burglary, was today or
dered returned to Peoria to answer to the
charge of blowing up the safe of the
Peoria school board from wnlcb papers In
criminating Newton C. Dougherty disap
peared. Dougherty Is now in the Juliet
penitentiary.
Chief Collins of the local police had
declined to surrender Tata, claiming that
he should be tried here for burglary. Chief
Wilson of the Teoria department made a
strong fight to secure his msn and finally
was suooessful.
FRENCH INCOME TAX
vosed Law Dees Not Vest with Hearty
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Approval ii All Quarters.
INQUIRY FEATURE BONE OF CONTENTION
Too If nob Power Said by Boms to Be Given
Aneuors.
STATE BONDHOLDERS MUST FOOT BILLS
Men Who Lend to Government Not Exempt
Under Bill.
CHANGE IN GENERAL SYSTEM PLANNED
Estimated that New Law Will Raise
Nearly Sevea Hundred Million
Dollars Other Taxes
to Be Lower.
PARIS, March 2. (Special.) The pro
posals of M. Calllaux. the minister "of
finance, for a new system of taxation are
now being considered by the Chamber's
committee on fiscal legislation. They have
received a warm welcome from the social
ists, but in other quarters they are de
nounced In articles headed, "The Inquisi
tion," "Spoliation."
The clauses providing in certain cases
for an Inquiry Into the amount of a man's
Income are especially singled out for at
tack. The Figaro's cartoonist depicts the
ruture tax collector rifling the taxpayer's
private papers, submitting him to the or
deals of fire and water and saying, "Now
will you tell us the exact amount of your
Income?"
Another paper describes a deputy as de
nouncing the scheme to a friend as a mad
act of fplly that will ruin the country.
But you will vote for !t7"
"Certainly. My electors-"
"Do you think the Senate will vote for
It?"
"I trust not."
Here is a Hat of the tsxes to be sup
pressed with their annual revenue In
francs:
1- Tax 6n land (built on) 91,000.000
? T on land (not built on) 116,000,000
Personal tax 101,000,000
4. luxes on windows and doors Bn.uuo.oui
J. Business licenses Us.OuO.Ouo
S..4 pr osnt on dividends of French
ocunues 71,000,000
4 per ueiit on dividends of foreign
securities 9.000,000
i otanifl and transfer duties on
.French and foreigu stocks 109,000,000
Total of receipts suppressed.. ..690,000,000
Some of these suppressions are to be re
vived in other forms. No. 3. the personal
tax, ie a variable tax. dependent on the
number of inhabitants of a commune or
town; In the county .lt la supposed to rep
resent the value of two or three days' la
bor, in Paris It varies In different years
from 11.10 to 11.40. No. 4 Is a small tax on
front doors and windows looking Into the
streets. No. Is raised by licenses, called
patentee, which everybody must take out
before doing business of any kind.
Estimate of Rovsaao.
The new revenue Is to be raised thus:
X. Tax on incomes: c - . ,
m ,M, (bu,It on 98,000,000
(ol from lanas (not built on)....t 6u.ouu.uuU
le) from investments in French
securities 71600 000
foreign securities..., ,. '.. mm.wO
Frenca rente Kowouu
money on loan, deposit, etc sWoiW
(d) Income from commerce, - in
dustry 128 000 000
(e) Incomes from agriculture.!..! iLOud'uuo
tO Incomes from salaries, pen.
, alone .?..... UOOOOuO
(g) Incomes from professions tuxouO
II. complementary lax on all In
COtn)i -.......,,,.., , 120 600 000
III. Replacing stamp and transfer
duties by tux on revenue from
same securities 131,000,000
Total 694,000.000
Thus M. Calllaux' counts on an Increase
In revenue of 1.000,000 francs, which he
considers "the smallest margin it Is pru
dent to reserve in a fiscal work of such
magnitude."
The rate of tax is fixed at:
Four percent for Incomes from land or
Investments.
Three and a half per cent for Incomes
from commerce. Industry or agriculture.
Three per cent for salaries, pensions and
the liberal professions,
The tax on income from land built on or
not built on Is practically unchanged. The
renting value of land not built on U de
termined In each commune by the comp
troller of direct taxes, assisted by a com
mittee of the tax collector, the mayor and
five other land owners of the commune
named by the prefect from i list of ten
nominated by the municipal council. Land
owners working their own land and hav
ing no other source of Income have certain
relief when their incomes do not exceed
$100.
Tax oa Rentes.
The tax on Income from Investment will
be directly levied on the dividend warrants.
as in England, exoept In the case of the,
Tencn rentes. The French rentes have
been one of the most discussed points of
the whole. It Is widely maintained that
the government has not the power to tax
them, but M. Calllaux maintains the op
poelte. He has, nevertheless, been afraid
to make good his words and hm ii im
posed a tax on the French rente dividends
airecuy, out Holders or French rentes are
to reckon the Income arising from that
source in paying their income tax ac
cording to the category each one be
longs to.
Foreigners resldlns- In Franca m
directly or Indirectly dividends from for
eign stocxs will hsve to declare such In
come and pay taxes: otherwise they will
be fined half the Income and a triple tax.
The; tax on Incomes from Industries and
commerce la based annually on the pre
ceding years gains arter the necessary
expensee have been deducted from the
gross receipts.
Ths amount payable la decided annually
by the comptroller of direct taxee. assisted
by a special committee composed of the
mayor, the tax collector and four mem
bers designated by the prefect from a list
of eight drawn up by the municipal coun
cil. The taxpayer must supply the comptroller
with all Information that he needs to know
the material conditions under which the
Industry Is being carried on.
The comptroller, with or without the
members of the committee, has a right to
visit the Industry during working hours.
The comptroller will assess the tax. and If
the taxpayer objects to the amount he
must produce his books before the com
mittee. This Is one of the clauses that has
given rise to the outcry of "Inquisition"
and the fear that the council's politics will
Influence the council's decisions.
Basis of Farmers' Tax.
The matter of agricultural incomes is
settled In this way: The worker of a farm
Is considered to make a profit equal to the
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
INTEREST INH0RSE SHOW
Americans Will Be I-ara-ely Repre
sented at the International
Exhlbltloa la Loadoa.
LONDON. March lX-(8peclal.) The
world-wide interest In the great interna
tional horse show which Is to be held at
Olympla In the summer is steadily Increas
ing In volume.
A keen sense of rivalry Is developing, es
pecially between English and American
home breeders, and although the entries do
not close until May 1 next, it Is probable
that the original 'estimate of 1.000 horses
will be exceeded.
Every horse will be a picked specimen
and In nearly every case will be a former
prize winner.
Only a small percentage of the animals
will be able to find box accommodations at
Olyrtpla, and consequently Mr. Frank P.
Euren, secretary of the Hackney Horse
society and manager of the show for the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land and the continent, Is receiving all
sorts of applications from owners of
stables In London who are anxious to let
boxes for the exhibits.
Not only Is Mr. Alfred T. Vanderbllt
bringing over his entire stable and many
vehicles, as widely heralded, but Mr. E. T.
Stotesbury, the Philadelphia banker, will
exhibit his magnificent trotting mare for
which he paid the record price of $3,000 at
Madison Square Garden. His animals will
also Include the famous pair of trotters.
Preferred and Referrred, valued at about
$30,000.
Mr. B, P. McGrann. Mr. J. W. Harrl
man, Mrs. Gerken, Mr. Patterson, Mr.
Watson and Mr. James G. Marshall are
among other Important horse breeders who
are bringing horses across the Atlantic.
It has now been decided to Include heavy
draft horses In the show. This extension
of the classes has caused some Interesting
new American entries, some of which will
greatly enhance the spectacular effect of
the show.
ESCAPADE OF ARCHDUCHESS
Void Woman Adde Something to (he
History ' of House of
HapsbaraT.
GENEVA. March I (Special.) A roman
tic story of another elopement by a mem
ber of the Austrian royal family has Just
come to light. It appears that a young and
handsome archduchess disappeared myste
riously from the court at the end of last
November. No trace of her movements
could be found for several days, when she
arrived at the Hotel Bellevue here," accom
panied by a distinguished-looking mnn,
who .signed his name on the register as
Ferdinand de Szuynl. The archduchess,
who wore costly furs, refused to sign the
register.
For three weeks the couple lived In a
most extravagant manner. They went to
masked balls at the Kursaal and indulged
in every other form of amusement. During
the fourth week a lawyer named Stans of
Vienna arrived at the hotel and had a
stormy Interview with the couple. He en
deavored to persuade the woman to return
home, but she refused and the lawyer went
back to Vienna.
Shortly afterward Dr. Joseph Flelsch
mann, also of Vienna, went to the Jiotel,
and when Tie had been there ten days he
succeeded In persuading the archduchess
to return with him to Vienna.
Szuynl bade her farewell and went to
Montreux,- leaving the greater portion of
their luggage. Including a number of val
uable dogs and beautiful birds belonging
to the archduchess, at the hotel.
A day or two 'ago the proprietor of the
hotel received a cheque from Vienna In set
tlement of all claims, and he then for
warded all of the belongings of the arch
duchess to her home.
CHINESE ARE NOT AN ISSUE
Mineral Production of Traasvmal
Grows, bat Polities Does Not
Consider Source.
JOHANNESBURG. March l-(Speclat.)-Chlnese
labor has ceased to take that
prominent part in the Transvaal elections
which the events of the past would have
suggested, but at the same time the part
which the coolies have played In the last
year's gold output Is being pressed' home
on -the electors, i
The yield of gold In 1906 was nearly $125,
000,000, or $18,000,000 more than In the
previous year. It is calculated that If the
diamond and coal outputs be added the
value of the minerals raised In the Trans
vaal this year will be $185,000,000. Of this
sum $30,000,000 was distributed in dividends,
leaving a balance of $100,000,000 to be ac
counted for In working expenses and profits
to be carried forward to the current year's
accounts. When the portion of the divi
dends retained in South Africa Is added, It
Is calculated that the direct outcome of
the activity of the producing mines means
a total of at least $110,000,000 put into cir
culation In South Africa. On the most con
servative reckoning, the Chinaman has
been responsible for one-third of the out
put, or, tn round numbers, for the addi
tion of more than $40,000,000 to the gross
earnings of the mines.
ART 0VERC0MES BURGLARS
Karoly Jaaos Caught Whea he At
tempts to Palat Portrait
While Stealing.
BUDAPEST. March 1 (Special.) Karoly
Janos, once a painter of considerable re
pute, but of late years known as the asso
ciate of criminals, has been arrested under
remarkable circumstances. He was ran
sacking a house, when he came across the
portrait of a very beautiful young woman
which had evidently been left unfinished by
the artist, the brushes and the paint boxes
being scattered about.
Forgetting his errand, he picked up the
brushes and began to add the finishing
touches to the. picture. He wss discovered
hard at work by the astonished owner of
the house, who promptly sent for the po
lice and had him arrested.
MUMMY OF QUEEN UNEARTHED
Theodore M. Davis Makes Flag a
Valley of Tombs of tho
Klasrs.
CAIRO, March t (Special.) Another
sensational discovery has been made at
Thebes. Theodore M. Davis, the discov
erer of the tomb of the parents of the
Egyptian Queen Tele, with all of Its
wealth of gold and royal furniture, has
Just discovered the tomb and mummy of
Queen Tele herself.
His costly and persevering ' labors la
clearing away the rubbish In the Valley of
the Tombs of the Kings and probing al
most every Inch of ground there, have been
rewarded with many discoveries of unique
tn tercet.
CLOVER ON EDDY SUIT
Bon of Christian Soienoe Leader Tells Why
Action ii Started,
NO SELFISH M0TIYES INVOLVED
Investigation is 8tarted in ths Beal
Interest of Bis Msthsr.
INTERVIEW OBTAINED WITH TROUBLE
Aersd Woman's Every Movement Watched
by These About Her.
MARY GLOVER ALSO INTERVIEWED
Graad-Daaghter Says Mrs. Eddy Is
Bafeebled and 1 nable to Attead
to Business Matters May
Go East Aay Time.
LEAD, S. D., March t-(Spec!al Tele
gram.) George Glover and his daughter
Mary returned from a two months' visit
to the east on Thursday. They have spent
the two months Investigating the Eddy es
tate. In an Interview tonight Glover said:
"The suit which we have filed at Con
cord, N. H., will be handled by ex-Senator
William E. Chandler of New Hampshire,
former secretary of the navy and now
president of the Spanish war claims com
mission, and by John W. Kelley Of Ports
mouth, N. H., and our local counsel here
Is Judge Granville and G. Bennett of Dead
wood. We propose to see into the manage
ment of my mother's affairs. We visited
Pleasantvlew January 2, going in on the
morning1 train and leaving in the evening.
We had a three-quarter-hour interview
with my mother. She was In feeble condi
tion mentally and physically. We had great
trouble in getting the Interview. We stayed
In Washington at the Elstnere hotel tn con
ference with the lawyers for my mother
and have investigated every particular of
the case. The suit Is not brought In dis
respect to my mother, but the proceeding
Is made for her real Interests. 1 consider
that action has been too long t ed now."
The defendants tn the casa Calvin A.
Frye, Lewis C. Strong and Messrs. Farlow,
Chase, Armstrong, Tomllnson, Knapp and
Herring of Concord. The first suit Is
brought In the courts of New Hampshire.
Additional suits may be brought In Illinois
or Massachusetts, either in the state courts
or the United States courts. The case calls
for an accounting of all transactions In
Mrs. Eddy's affairs, restitution If wrong
doing appears, an injunction during Jhe
litigation and for a receiver. The case
will be brought by George Glover, Mary
Glover and a nephew, George Baker, of
Bangor, Me.
Mary Glover tells of her part in the In
vestigation In an interview, in which she
says:
"Our business in the east was purposely
kept private. Our stay in Washington was
on business only. Father and I are bring
ing the present action for grandmother's
own benefit and we do not want to be mis
understood. . Counsel does not know what
minute we will be called east. ' Irs. Eddy
Is hedged about by those in authority and
our short interview at Pleasantvlew was
obtained with great difficulty. Mrs. Eddy
la never alone. She is accompanied on her
drives by two persons dally and her every
action Is watched. The present suit Is
brought to see that affairs of the Eddy
estate are not mismanaged, as grandmother
is enfeebled and unable to attend to busi
ness matters."
Glover said In regard to a syndicate of
wealthy citizens of Concord bringing the
suit that It was not entered into by any
but those Interested In Mrs. Eddy's wel
fare and well-doing.
CHANDLER IN THE EDDY CASE
Former. Senator Said to Have Crged
Soa to Ask for Accounting.
NEW YORK, March 1 Public spirited
citizens, powerful and .wealthy, according
to the World today, are behind the suit
Instituted In the courts of New Hampshire
by her son, George W. Glover, and other
relatives, to secure an accounting of the
financial affairs of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover
Eddy, head of the Christian Science church.
The movement was a systematic one and
was seriously begun on November 22 last
when a man, who is not named, went to
Lead,' S. D., where George W. Glover, Mrs.
Eddy's only son, lived, to see If he could
enlist the son to fight In the mother's be
half. The mlssloner had with him two
letters, signed by ex-Senator William E.
Chandler, who had become Interested In
the movement and had consented to act
as counsel. One letter was addressed to
Glover. It stated that the ex-senator had
consented to act as legal counsel concern
tng certain questions which had arisen In
connection with Mrs. Eddy; that It was
Important, for publlo and private reasons,
that tbtse matters should be Investigated,
and urged that the son should aid In their
solution and settlement.
The other letter, addressed to the mls
sloner, stated what the questions were that
had arisen and advised that Mrs. Eddy's
son and other relatives should bs Impressed
with their duty. If these failed to act.
the ex-senator Is quoted as writing, "It
should be done by such right-minded citi
zens as are in sympathy with the com
mendable movement."
Soa Acts Caatloasly.
The mlssloner, It Is stated, was con
vinced that he had before him a hard task,
because Glover was known to be extremely
loyal to his mother and he had been re'
ported as living In affluence on his South
Dakota home. Port of this only was true,
it was stated. He was found to be In
tensely loyal to his mother, but he was
found to be poor and had no rich or influ
ential friends. When the cose was laid
before him, w(,th Mr. Chandler's letter, he
consented to act, but made one provision.
Illustrating. It is said, his firm intent to
be both wise and Just. The plan he pro
posed was that of at once seeing his
mother and investigating her mental state
before he finally committed himself to a
move.
Glover and his daughter, Mary, according
to the story, saw JMrs. Eddy on January $
last, and whatever doubts Glover may
have hod as to his duty we;e removed, it
Is stated, by the appearanoe and words of
bis mother.
The World also publishes a long state
ment, signed by Glover and his daughter,
in which the visit to VI r a Eddy Is de
scribed. George Washington Glover is Mrs. Eddy's
only child. In December, 1841, when Mrs.
KVldy was a years old. she was married to
Oeorge Washington Glover, who had been
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RAP AT TELEPHONE MONOPOLY
Soath Dakota lions Passes Measure
Carblaa- Company After Rad
ical Speech hy Glass.
PIERRE. 8. D.. March J.BpeclS-1 Tele
gramsThe luracr telephone Interest had a
harpoon thrown Into It by the house this
afternoon In the passage of house bill 210,
after a vain effort to substitute senate
bill aig. The action to substitute brought
Glaus to his feet with one of his radical
speeches, in which he charged the senate
bill was drawn by representatives cf the
Dakota Central and was perfectly satis
factory to them, while the house bill was
Intended to curb that monopoly. Browne
opposed Glass In favor of the substitution,
and cited the actions of the Civic Feder
ation at Huron on the bill as misleading
nd false. Hornby, Carley and Slmonsnn
stood for the house bill on the ground that
they thought the Dakota Central needed
curbing. The bill passed by a vote of 64
after the substitute had been disposed of.
The banking committee returned an un
favorable report In the house on the bill
to make 10 per cent the highest contract
rate of Interest In the state.
Cable secured reconsideration of the
board of agriculture bill with a secretary
acting as Immigration commissioner, and It
will be up 'again Tuesday.
The senate bill to place the duties of fire
marshal under the Insurance commissioner
was placed on the calendar after defeat
ing an adverse minority report.
Whittemore attempted to force action on
the divorce bill, but was defeated tnrough
the efforts of Glass, who desired It to go
to committee, expecting It to get Into tho
Judiciary committee, but whan It was re
ferred It was sent to the committee on
privileges and elections, which will return
It with a favorable report after amending
to cut out the six-month amendment placed
In It by the senate.
Price tried to smother the bill In the
mlxup, but found his efforts defeated.
The senate passed practically all the spe
cial appropriation bills, giving $SO,000 to
Vermilion, $fi0,000 to Aberdeen, $80,000 to
Brookings, about $78,000 to Yankton and
$15,000 to Rapid City.
The senate passed the sntl-elgarette bill.
limiting It to those under H. and on recon
sideration passed the bill for the appoint
ment of city assessors which was killed
yesterday.
The senate aAVrpted the house resolution
for an adjournment at noon next Friday,
with a tacit agreement that If the work
was not finished at that time the clock was
to be stopped.
CHIEF OF POLICE ON TRIAL
Salt lake City Official Charged
with Conspiracy to Fleece
Tourists.
SALT LAKE CITY, March 1 In the pre
liminary hearing today of Chief of Police
George Sheets, accused of conspiracy to
fleece tourists, W. H. Parrent, who was
arrested at Denver as one of the conspira
tors, testified that he had paid to the
police $100 per week tor protection.
Today's proceedings followed the arrest
several days ago of Chief of Police Sheets
and Detective Raleigh, who were accused
of complicity in the conspiracy to rob
tourists, the specific charge against them
being brought In connection with the rob
bery of Alexander and William McVililrter
last fall, the McWhtrters claiming that
they were enticed into a card game here
and were fleeced of about $10,000.
Parrent took the stand today shortly
after the cose was called before Judge
Whltaker In the police court. Parrent de
clared gambling hod been his business for
years, and that he had followed It In every
state In the union except Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
and Connecticut. He sold he had been ar
rested once In Dallas, Tex., for disturbing
the peace. Parrent detailed the method of
the "gang" 'in inveigling the unwary Into
card games, and he told how the players
were fleeced of their money. He said he
fixed It up with Attorney Newton that
Chief Sheets was to be given $100 per week
and that Attorney Newton was to be gives
20 per cent, of the face value of all checks
the "gang" got from their victims, Newton
agreeing to get the checks cashed through
a saloon friend.
Chief Sheets dei.les the story told by
Parrent. He says It Is false from beginning
to end, and that he never saw Parrent
until the beginning of this trial.
TROUBLE BREWING WITH UTES
Report ' that They Mast Retora to
I'tah Caases Great Excltemeat
Among the Indiana.
STURGIS, 8. D., March t (Special Tele
gram,) It was reported here last night
that trouble Is brewing among the Ute In
dians, in camp below Fort Meade. The re
port says that a message was delivered to
them saying that they must return to
Utah, which is said to have caused the
Indians to become greatly excited, and
Chief Red Cap said: "At Powder river I
told you what I would do. I meant It then.
I mean it now. You must do what you
promised or I will fight to a finish."
Captain Johnson Is said to have told
them he woijld do all possible to get an
other hearing for them at Washington, but
It is reported that all necessary precau
tions are being taken at Fort Meade in
case of trouble.
Everything Is quiet tonight at the Ute
Indian camp below Fort Meade. No
trouble Is looked for unless they should
be returned to Utah. This the Utes may
try to resist.
Captain Johnson was at Fort Meade
Thursday and Friday, going east last night.
As to where the Utes will be taken is not
given out by the officials. From what can
be learned the Utes Intend to stay by what
they said at Powder river, that they will
not return to Utah. A number were In
Bturgis today. They seem well satisfied
with the care given them In camp by the
government.
WRIGHT PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Denver Maa Aeeased of Poisoning
Wife aad Daoahter Repudiates
His CoalessloB.
DENVER, Colo.. March J. Benjamin C.
Wright of Chicago pleaded not guilty in
the criminal court here today to the charge
of having murdered his wife and daughter,
who died of poisoning last Sunday. Wright
has repudiated the confession which he
made to Chief of Police Michael A. De
laney and says It was given under duress.
Wright was examined today by three alien
ists, two for the prosecution and one $r
the defense. ;
Bright Report oa Canal.
NEW YORK, March t-Frank Maltby,
assistant to the chief engineer of the
Panama canal, tn an lpterview Is quoted as
saying that with an Increased fores at the
tttthmus at the rate things are doing now,
be believes ths can! will be built in sight
year-
AND BILLS
Ntbraska Eoloni Reaoh a High Mark in
Measures Proposed.
CONE AND LEE HAD THE BIG RECORD
Each Cfiors Twentt-lwo Bills for ths
Consideration of Bona,
TERMINAL TAXATION UNDER SCRUTINY
Van Members Are Eetklnc Lleht on tho
Important Question.
M'KESSON AFTER THE GRAIN DEALERS
Seeks to Establish Inlformlty la
Quotations hy Requiring Dally
Reports of Prices to the
Labor Bureau,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, March fc-(8podal.)-The house
has been In session forty-one days and ths
senate forty days, and so fsr one pledge
made by the republican party to the peo
ple has been kept, the election of Nonia
Brown to the United States senate. There
have been Introduced In the house 568 bills,
and in the senate 448 bills, making a total
of 1,006, as against a total of T07 two years
ago. At that session there were, Including
the bills Introduced at the request of Gov
ernor Mickey, 423 Introduced In the house
and 284 tn the senate. In the house. Cone.
Quookenbush and Lee lead In the number,
twenty-two being accredited to each, while
In the senate Thomas comes first with
forty-four. Root of Cass Is second with
forty-three, while Saunders of Douglas got
In with twenty-one. Gibson has Introduced
nine bills. In the house the Douglas dele
gation Introduced' bills as follows: Clarke,
fifteen; Dodge, sixteen; Harvey, eleven;
Barnes, three; Best, five; Lee, twenty-two;
Leeder, six, and Walsh, nine. Following Is
the record of bills Introduced by the mem
bers of the house:
Adams
TKIIlm II
Aldtrson I Know les
I
Armstrong
1 Kuhl
imirt
Htkar
Tlarnas
Barratt .
Bram
Drat
Dlvatone
tlolan
K. W. Brows....
E. P. Brown
Sherman Brown..
Hu.klar
Byram
Carlln
Clark
Con
ruldtee
Darla
nods
Poran
Ihinc&n
Kllor
Farlr
Fletchar
Prance
Frlee
Funk
Oilman
flllam
Oral!
Oraan
Oralf
H agmlatr
Hamar
rlanaan
flHrrtaon .,
Hart
Harrar
Htfftrnii 4t
Hanry
Hill
Howard .........
Hows
Janniaon
Johnaon
Jonaa
Kelfer
0 Lahnara
V Laadar
b
'Una
1 IjOKftdon
( MrCtlllouKh .
t M Mullen ....
OMiv-ki-jr
1 Marlatt
ll Marah
J Maatora
I Mrttser
4lllllian
S Murphy
HNHT
32Nettlton ....
t N'oyea' .......
irilitar
16Qua,-kanbuah
l!Rapr
0 Hedmond. ....
TRankel
14R). ha
i Rlrhardaoa ,.
SHnhrer
I Saunders ....
Oflrhoettgar ...
I Sniddar
4Rhubrt
I Smith
tBnrdar
tHpiingar
OStaldrr
losiatnausr ....
4 8toll
14 Talbot
.....ISThleaaen ...
11 Tuokar
I Van Houaan.,
IVnpalanakr
IWalah
I Waama
tWhlla
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4
4
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lOWhltham I
tWhltnaf I
1 Wllaon 4
H Worthing
What tho Senate Has Done.
Following Is the record of the number of
bills Introduced by the members of the
senate:
Aldrlch
Aahtoa
Buck
Burna (linraatar)..
Hvrne (Plattal
Clark
IKtdaon ,...
Rppcraoa
nibaon
OloTar
Goodrich
Oould
Hanna
Holbrook
King
Latta
Luc
MrKaaaon 4
.. IDTonnall I
.. 4 Patrick W
..17 Phillip I
.. Randall la
..10 Hoot 41
.. tBackatt It
..! nndora 11
.. Bibl.7 U
., SThomaa 44
,. IThomaon I
.. IThora ,..
..11 Wllco 4
.. Will (Cadar) 1
..14 Wllaajr (Frontlar)
.. I Wllaon f
.. 1
Terminal Taxation.
It Is very evident friends of the terminal
taxation bill will have to conduct schools
of Instructions for the benefit of members
who do not understand the proposition,
and are honestly anxious to know what ef
fect It will have on the amount of rail
road property now being assessed In their
several localities. It has Just come to light
that one person in Lincoln who, because
of the position he occupies, should be In
favor of every pledge in the platform
whether he "understands" them or not,
has at least In one instance knocked on the
taxation of railroad terminal. This man
was asked by a member of the legislature
to explain the proposition to him and ha
promised to look It up. A few days later
this man reported to the member that he
had looked Into the matter and he was un
able to say whether It would be right 01
not, "but," he added, "you cannot take ,
part from the' whole and leave the whole."
This member of the legislature expressed
himself as follows: "I want to carry out
the party platform pledges. I went home
and talked to some of my people, about
the taxation of railroad terminals. They
told me to go carefully Into this matter and
see that it did not affect our present valu
ation of railroad property, unlees It be to
Increase It. I want to feel free to ask
some questions about the bill as introduced
.and have it explained to me and I do not
want to called a railroad tool when I ask
the questions."
Railroads Arc Busy.
Ths railroads have flooded the legislature
with their deceptive literature and It has
rhad the effect of raising a doubt In the
j minds of some people upon whome the rail
i roads have no strings and It has, served
! as an excuse for others who are bound
j with railroad ties to show a disposition to
side-step this party pledge. The railroad
lobby la working Its hardest to defeat this
bill and it Is an open boast of some mem
bers of the giant lobby maintained here,
that they have It killed.' Some members
Of the legislature who are railroad stalk
ing horses will be posted to ask questions
and raise a doubt when the bill does come
up for discussion, and every possible effort
will be made to kill the bill or amend It
so It will not accomplish what it is Intended
to accomplish. And yet, while the rail
roads are working overtime to kill the
measure they still maintain that Us pas
sage would not Increase their taxes, which
fact is apparently being overlooked by
members who profess not to understand the
bill.
MrKassoa's Grata BUI.
McKesson of I-aneasttr county has Intro
duced in the senate a most important meas
ure which h believes will prevent grain
dealers from paying i-ss for grain in cer
tain localities than they do In others where
the railroad facilities and the freight rates
are about the same. His bill provides each
grain dealer shall mail to the stats labor
