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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI-NO. 231. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1907 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. V 7 a BIG SLUMP IN STOCKS Beneatienal Drop in Prices in Wall Etreet Die to Heary Liquidation. CAUSED LARGELY BY DEMAND FOR MONEY Btoki Call Loam to Meet Lbt Oblirt tiom Doe Tomorrow. SAME CONDITIONS IN LONDON AND BERLIN British Centoli Fall to Lowest Frio in Twenty-One Yeari. HARRIMANS AND . HILLS SUFFER MOST These lasses, Together with Readlnc nnd Chicago A northwestern, Um From lr to Twelve Potato Darts Session- NEW TORK, March 18. The meet sensa tional decline In prloea for several years occurred on the Block market today. Ex cept that money rates were higher and that the tone on the foreign exchanges ' were unfavorable, there waa no newa to account for the break In prlcea. The mar- I Vet opened weak under the Influence of lower prlcea for Americana abroad and the drop in consols to the lowest price since 16. At flret the downward movement waa gradual and the selling did not seem of an urgent character, but aa soon as the rate for call money got above 6 per cent, heavy blocks of stock were offsred for sale, ap parently without regard to prices, and the downward trend of quotations Decama pre cipitate. Breaks of from Mi to 1 point be tween sales were frequent and the buying power was so limited that it seemed to be difficult In soms weaker features to exe cute selling orders. It waa noticed that weakness centered In Beading, the Harrlmen railroads and the Hill stocks, and the weakness of the latter waa closely associated In the minds of tne professional traders with tb.3 departure for Viirnn. todav of J. Pleroont Morgan. The drop In Beading was aa rapid and aa sensa tional today aa waa the sharp upward movement In the same stock a week ago. but there was no more newa to account for today's movement than there waa for the former one. Closaaat Prices Lowest ot the Day After tbe decline had reached It full momemtum about midday there waa a rally ; followed by another break, which In turn waa auoceeded by a renewal of the rally. but the better tone did not hold and Just before the close there was a final slump with the list generally weak and prices at or near the lowest of the day. Apart from the higher money and the bearish feeling abroad, there woe nothing on the day's development of sufficient importance to cause such wholesale throwing over of stocks as took place. Tbe general senti ment la 'Wall street, however, was peesl mlstlc, even tbe old superstition aa the thirteenth of the month playing some part In the talk of the street Every unfav. orable rumor was given credence for I I timo.ai liuL ReD-jrts of financial difficul tly ties abroad were accepted as true and even magnified. The requirements of the money market vrithla the next few ' days were given areatar lmDortance. A good ' Idea of the tone of sentiment may . be obtained from the fact that when tbe news waa received that the secretary of- the treasury did not intend to call for aa Immediate return of 80.000,000 of government funds now In the hands of the banks. It met with disbelief, traders fearing that It might be a false report given out la the hope of steadying the market. Official confirmation was quickly received, but up to the close it was without , effect upon the stock ex change trading. There were some reports that the general mercantile and commer cial situation does not show as favorable an outlook as it did a few months ago, and this .attracted considerable attention, as Wall street la always very sensitive to any Changs In general business conditions, foreseeing therein threats of diminution in railroad traffic and In the revenues of other corporations, the stocks of which are traded In on the exchange. There waa nothing definite In these reports, but they played a considerable part In framing the general sentiment. ' Bis; DeBSBds for Fonda. The advance In the money rate waa at tributed to preparations by the banks to a.'t heavy payments coming due the next few "aays. These included, besides the regurar Interest payments due on MarcU 16, ar.i installment of 160,000,000 on the Penn sylvania railroad note Issue of 160,000,000 and t16.O0O,00O for the Standard Oil divi dend L When the high rate was reached tnere I was oopsiaernuis lenuing in me JNew Tprk ( market by out-of-town Wiks, and this Fending played a considerable part In the flower quotations for call money during th .0 afternoon. rr Inquiry after the close of the market de-. , ' veloped nothing to show that any ot the etook exchange houses wss in trouble. It waa said that brokers had had plenty of time to prepare for the situation by call ing on their customers for margins and that the tomes shown at today's low flg ' urea were suffered by those who had held on- to thetj" stocks and not by the brokers. At the low prices of the day the more Important declines from last night's close were aa follows! Reading, V; Union Pa ciflo, UUi Great Northern, It; Northern Pacific, Hi Amalgamated Copper. fl; Chi cago a. Northwestern, VA: Canadian Pa cific, TH; 8t. Paul, 7; Sugar, f Baltimore A Ohio, t; Atehtson. 6V4;' Southern Pa cific, St; Colorado Southern, i; Pennsyl vania, as- , Leidva Market Lenr, IX5NDON. March IS. During the after noon consols feu to M 1H for the account on the stock market and to M 11-lt for money, both new records, hut subsequently recovered S-18 to Rs for the account Americans upened well and then weak ened to below parity on selling orders from I America. V There was k further relapse In Americans ' befere the close and the market flninhei weak. Strlageaev la Berlin. BERLIN, March It Prices on the Bourse continued depressed today as a result of the unabated money stringency.' While to day's trading began wuh a recovery in prices beceaos operators saw that yester day's marked weakness was without cause, so far as fore Ufa markets were concerned, at 111 quotations dropped later upon provin cial selling orders and the downward move ment gained a new impulse thereby, par tloularly Industrial shares and municipal ltaca New Tork's tnflueoua upon the Bourse ha been rather mere favorable so far this week, but nevertheless ths homs money conditions create neryeus anxiety among (Continued on Second Page,) SUuKURY OF THE BEE Thursday, Marrh 14, lOT. 1007 MARCH 1907 wa o Tut wto sat 3 10 17 1 5 0 7 12 13 14 19 20 21 I 8 15 2 15 4 II 18 25 20 27 28 TWB WBATKIB, FORECABT FOR NEBRASKA Fair and warmer Thursday. Friday fair. FORECAST FOR IOWA Partly cloudy Thursday, warmer In north and went por tion, vnaay increasing ciouainess ana warmer. TemDerature at Omaha: Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg. f a. m 25 1 p. m 6 a. m. g 1 p. m 28 7 a. m, 24 I p. m Z 8 a. m. 23 4 p. m 14 a. m S3 6 D. m ., 26 10 a. m 12 6 p. m 26 11 a. m . 23 7 p. rn 25 11 m 24 8 p. m 24 p. m 24 uanurm. After bard fight in committee of the whole In the house. In which five mem bers repudiate the platform pledges final action la deferred on the terminal taxa tion bill, the move coming from the rail road side. rags 1 Governor Sheldon senda message to legislature urging passage of anti-lobby bill. Recent Influx of lobbyists calls for radical action. rags 1 Senate in committee of the whole rec ommends the pure food bill for paaigo after a sensational debate. In which er sonalltles are freely Indulged In and Ep person defies the presiding officer. Page 1 Speaker of the house authorised to ap point a sifting committee. 'ago 4 romxxav. Hundred and eighteen members of crew of French battleship Iena unac counted for at roll call and all are prob ably dead. rage 1 Recent court martlais in Russia result In executions of an average of five per sons a day. rags 1 ' sokxstxo. New York and London stock markets ta panicky condition due to calling of loans by banks to meet extraordinary demands for money. Hill and Harrlman Issues lose about twelve points and British con sols are lowest since 1886. Page 1 Vermilion's mammoth ice gorge Is breaking and danger Is about over. Two men reported missing and may have been caught in the flood. Pare a District Attorney Jerome makes a sav age attack upon Mrs. Thaw during his argument on a law point relative to ad mlsHlblllty of copy of alleged affidavit charging her with perjury. Page a Bridge In. Pennsylvania falls with a train and three persons are drowned near Pittsburg. Page 1 sTZBSARXA. . Charles Kruger, while operating a com shelter near Kearney, became tangled In machine and injured so that ha died sev ral hours later. ' ' Page " Dr. 'A. 'TV 'Hill of Lyons,' while on a professional ceJlln the country was held up by three masked men and robbed of lis. rage a Candidates being nominated for spring elections .In Nebraska towns. rags a Snowfall la general over Nebraska, ranging from two to three inches. Page a Estate of William Hoy card, hermit who died a gear ag0 near Cairo, is sold at auction. He lived alone on his home stead for more than a quarter of a cen tury. - rags a XOOAX James A. Sunderland, coal man. Is found not guilty of being a member of a trust which the Omaha Coal exchange Is alleged to be. 'rag a .Three lawyers, representing heirs, and one executor declare there will be no con test oil the will of Count Crelghton, which will go to probate Saturday. . rage 4 Second annual automobile show In Omaha starts oft at the Auditorium Wednesday morning with representative exhibitors and fine display. rage 4 Northwestern railroad announces It will proceed with construction of freight depot and terminals, while Union Pacific an nounces extension of policy ot canceling contracts for improvements. rage T Lynn E. Chaffee, financial secretary of Toung Men's Christian association, and member of old Omaha family, dies of pneumonia, which takes life of his young est child three weeks previous. Pag T BTOBT. Calvin Demarest wins billiard game from Charles F. Conklin and preserves his unbroken record of victories, rags 4 Seamen and Grotte of Omaha win sec ond prise In two-men team bowling match at Denver. rage 11 rXWAJTOXAXi ASTD COKMSBOXAX. Grain markets. rage Live stock markets. rage Stocks and bonds. rage VERDICT IN BRUNDIGE CASE Coroaer's Jury Ft ads -a Foraaal Yer dlct of Death at Mlsaoorl Valley. MISSOURI VALLKT, Ia.7 Maroh 18. (Special Telegram.) A coroner's Inquest was held on the body of M. E. Brundige, shot last week by A. 1L Sniff, editor of tbe Missouri Valley Newa The verdict returned waa to the effect that Brundige died aa the result of the wound received at the hands of the editor, no opinion as to guilt or innocence being given. Fifteen witnesses were examined, all practically agreeing in the statement that as Mr. Sniff left Kttxgibbonr saloon on the day of the shooting Brundige Jumped from a bugry and called to Sniff to stop. Sniff paid uo attention to him and Brundige shouted again, once swearing at Sniff, and then followed him at a distance of ten or fifteen feet Sniff then told Brundige that he did not want to talk to him and watched him as both walked toward the News office Arriving at the head of the stairs loading to the ofiVo, waica la In a basement BniSt toid Brundige to stop, firandig had taken a newspaper from his pocket and wa waving it He did not stop and Sniff fired It waa ascertained that the bullet struck Brundige in tho neck an loch to the right nd a quarter of an inch below tbe thy roid gland, penetrating the neck and strlk-li-g the vertebra nerves, producing paraly sis of the limbs and lower trunk. Tbe bul let was from a 13-ca liber revolver. Monday evnlng the county attorney and sheriff came from Logan and preferred the charge of murder against Mr. Sniff. Bond was fixed at ). and It was raised by his friends after he had gone to Logaa with the offluers. He retained thst night MAN! SAILORS ARE MISSING Boll OiU rails to account for Hundred ted Eichteen of lena'i Ortw. "DIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED Injared Die Dorlagr the Day ad Plvo Others Are Not Kapevted to Recover. i TOULON, March 18. The efforts to re cover tbe bodies of those killed by the explosion on board the French battleship, Iena, here yesterday, . which have been carried forward with energy for twenty- fouf hours, have not yet resulted In defi nitely fixing the number of casualties. After the last roll call tonight there were still unaccounted for eight officers and 110 men. There is little doubt that all these mlsnlng men perished. It Is feared that ths total number of dead will reach 120. Minister of Marine Thompson made a second visit to the Iona late today after the dry dock had been emptied of water, and made a careful examination. The Interior stell planking and the partitions of the battleship show signs of having been sub jected to enormous pressure. In many places they are bulged out or Indented. The gap in the side of the vessel acted as a safety valve for the vast volnlme of gas generated by the burning powder, with out which the explosion would have had even more dlvastrous results. A1I day long weeping relatives of the missing men thronged the approaches to the hospital, eagerly scanning the stretch ers that were brought in. Fifty bodies were recovered during the day. Twoi of the Injured died In the hospital tonight an dthere are five others net expected to live until morning. The Prince of the Asthurias, a brotherinlaw of King Alfonso of Snaln, has arrived here to convey the condolences of his majesty to the French navy, and to visit Rear Admiral Manceron, who waa wounded. BRITISH NOBLEMAN IN JAIL Iord William Neville Accused of etealiag Box of jewels by Trick. LONDON, March IS. Lord William Neville Is again In the hands of the authorities and this afternoon was remanded at a po lice court charged with stealing Jewelry by means .of a trick. He waa sentenced to five years' penal servitude at the Old Bai ley February 15, 1898, for fraud in 'connec tion with a promissory note, ths prosecutor being Captain Spender-Clay, son-in-law of William Waldorf Astor. In the present case Lord Neville Is charged with stealing a box' containing 12,000 worth of pearls and diamonds, by exchanging It for a similar box apparently containing the Jewels, but which when opened was found to contain two pieces of coal. COURT - MARTIAL EXECUTIONS Avoraa-e of Nearly Poor Peraoas a r Day Recently, Killed. 1 Rasalaw I" ' ' ST. PETER8 BU RQ, March H -Statistics as published today regarding the drumhead court-martial ' show that up to March 8. when their activity' was suspended by Premier Stolypln on account of the opening of Parliament, 746 persons were executed, an average of almost five dally. Ths majority of the executions occurred in Poland and the Baltlo. provinces. AMERICAN SHIP, OVERHAULED Nlcaraaa-nan Ganboat Takes Rifles Intended for Hondaras frosa City of Para. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 18.-Tha American steamer City of Para having on board 1,000 rifles destined for Anapala, Hod duras, waa recently overhauled by a Nlcaraguan gunboat, which seised the rifles. Tho steamer waa permitted to proceed to iu destination. DR. ADAM JAMESON KILLED Trala Wreek Caosed by Washowt Iw Traasvaal Caoses Death of Tblrteea Persons. JOHANNESBURG. Transvaal. March U. Dr. Adam Jameson, ex -commissioner of lands, was killed with twelve other per sona last midnight In the wreck of a' train at Alkamaar, on the Delagoa line, due to a washout Eleven other persons were In jured. BOMB KILLS SIX PEOPLE Officer of Gendarmerie, Three Pollce mesi and Two Civilians Dlo, Bis Injared. KHARKAVO. Russia, March 18. Whlla ths police today were searching the rooms occupied by a student a bomb exploded, killing an officer of the gendarmerie, three policemen and two clvillana Six others were Injured. TRACTION STRIKE NEARS END Coofereaeea at Louisville, K fi Ex pected to Settle Dlfflcalty Before Right. ( LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 18. The end of the street ear strike la believed to bo In sight. Service on all the lines may be re sumed by tomorrow night A conference between representatives of commercial Interests, ' the street railway compau and the strikers was held today la aa effort to agree on an arbitration scheme. Tho mooting adjourned until to morrow morning. Mayor Berth Issued an order today providing for 100 extra poflo-e men. There waa no serloua disorder during the day. QUANTRELL SURVIVOR DIES Mm a Who Lived at Lawresee at Time of Bald Pasoos Away. KANSAS CTTT, March a Adolph HuntemanD, who died In the General hos pital here yesterday, leaving an estate val ued at 8400,000. has no heirs, aa far as ths public administrator can learn. Hunt maun came to America In 1843 from Hanover, Germany, with his parents and a brother and a sister. AD of them are now dead. Tbe family lived at Lawrence, Kan., in the aarty days and they were among tbe few survivors of tie Quantrell raid. NEW DEAL IN FOREST RESERVES All Old and Obsolete Boads for Gres ingr Permits to Be Canceled. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March IS. (Special Tele gram.) Chief Forester Plnchot, speaking of the necessity of giving bonds for the oc cupancy and use of national forest lands said today that experience has shown that as a. general rule there Is "no necessity for requiring permittees to furnish bonds when granted special privilege permits for the occupancy and use of national forest lands, and bonds now are required only in exceptional cases. It was formerly common practice of the Department of the Interior to require permittees to file bonds to in sure compliance with the terms of their permits. This practice wss also followed for a time by the forest service after tak ing over the care of reserves. There are on file many bonds affecting old permits In connection with which bonds are not now held necessary, also many bonds under which no obligation now exists because the permits In connection with which the bonds were required have been, canceled. Be fore April 30, all bonds now considered un necessary and all bonds which have ex pired by cancelation of the permits with which they were required, will be formally canceled and notice of such action will be given the principals. "In any of the national forests where stockmen are suffering severe looses from the depredation of predatory wild animals men who have had experience In hunting wolves and coyotes will be appointed as forest guards for such period of time aa their services are needed and forest rang ers will also be assigned to this work. Experience has shown that the most ef fective method of destroying wolves Is to find their den In the early spring, where. In addition to the old animals, pups may also be killed; therefore this matter will be given special attention, during the next three months, and It Is confidentially ex pected that the results will be both satis factory and beneficial to the stockmen." Senator Burkett Is advised by the pen sion bureau that pensions of $8 per month has been allowed to Mrs. Mary B. Plager, South Auburn, Neb., and $2 per month for minor children, all to date from June' 80, 1900. She will draw on account of pen sion about 8800. Supervising Architect Taylor completed tbe sketches for twenty ornate electric light posts to be placed about the park which surrounds the publlo building at Lincoln. These posts will carry a spray light of three globes each. Ex-Representative Lacey of Iowa, who is about to retire to his home for an ex perience in private life after a long time in congress, saw the president today who ex pressed regret that his services should be lost here. It is generally understood that Mr. Lacey will again make a race for con gress. The protest of Senator Gamble against permitting the White river Utes, now at Fort Meade, S. D., being sjlven homes on the Cheyenne reservation it Is said, will not deter the president from his determina tion to- temporarily, at least put the Utes with the Cheyennes who have plenty of lands. The president's plana now are to permit the Utes to remain on the Cheyenne reservation until the reclalmatlon. service has had time to Irrigate ths reservation ot the Utes in Utah. Whan this la done the Utes will be required to return to their former homes unless there la good reason for let ting them stay in South Dakota, sthey will then bo able to grow crops. Iowa postmasters appointed; Grandvtew, Louisa county. Clay A. Arlhood, vice Wil liam B. Robinson, resigned; Law ton, Wood bury county, Oscar C. Nlcolls. vice Grey Tevls, resigned; Verdi. Washington county, George H. Garrett, vice Maur EX Greene resigned. J. J. HILL ON FREIGHT RATES He Bays Great Northera Tariffs Are Lower Than Those of Any , Other. Road.' ST. PAUL, March 13. "I want to go on record here that your rates will be ad vanced In the northwest Instead of being reduced. They will be advanced simply because it Is necessary to provide the ser vice. This course will begin In the east Now I am not complaining about rates, bue present conditions would bankrupt some of the roads In thia atate," thua de clared James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, before the Sundberg senate com mittee, which Is investigating the value ot railroad property In the state. Mr. Hill said the company had adopted tho method of reducing rates aa the reve nue had Justified, and an investigation of the records would show that Its rates, es pecially on grain and farm products, are lower than In other sections' of the coun try. Today Great Northern rates applied to Union Pacific would mean a reduction In the Union Paclflo Income of over 15.000,000 and In the case of the Northwestern of nearly that amount ROADMAKERS TALK SHOP Peansylvaala. Highway Commlasloaer ays Mark Money Will Bo tpeat. PITTSBURG. March U. Walter C. Crosby, state highway engineer of Mary land, was the first speaker at the session ot the National Roadmakera' convention. His topio waa "Biasing the Way In Mary land." Two interesting addresses were those of Joseph W. Hunter, state highway commis sioner of Pennsylvania, and Preston Mc Donald's paper on "Meeting Conditions with State Aid In Connecticut" Commissioner Hunter believed that over IIO.COO.OOO would be spent for road Improve ments within his state during the next two years. In the afternoon Prof. William O. Hotch kiss, state geologist ot Wlscofjo, nigda an address of "The Rural Highways of Wisconsin." A. N. Johnson, state highway engineer of Illinois, followed on "The Work of tho Illinois Highway Commission." ALLEGED BANK ROBBER BLIND Mum Saspeotoel of Blowtaar Bata'at CaldwolL Kaau, la Victim of Keccat Aoelaeat. WELLINGTON. Kan., March IX The man captured last night at Caldwell sus pected of having taken part In the robbery of the Hunnewell bank on Monday nlgbt and placed in Jail here, was today identi fied as Charles Allen, a gambler, recently from Wichita. Allen refuses to talk. He Is totally .blind, his face ts raw and ths ends ot hi Angers are missing. It la be lieved bo waa injured In the explosion at tbe bank. GOVERNOR HITS AT LOBBY Bends Fpeolal Ifetsae to LetrigUtnr Atk ins it to Feu Anti-Lobby Bill. SENATE MAKES EFFORT TO REVIVE IT fnflaa of Represeatatlves of Special Interests Rosses Both the Chief Eaecatlve and tho Lea tela tore. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb.. March ll-(Speclal.) Governor Bheldon this afternoon sent a message to the senate asking for the en actment ot a law directed against the lob bies that have swarmed the state house and the Lincoln hotels during the last few days. ' In the message he requested the senate. If possible, to reconsider Its action by which It Indefinitely postponed house roll No. 18 several days ago. The action of the governor came at an opportune time, as the senate and house have been overrun with a half a dosen different lobbies for several daya Tho activities of the representatives of special Interests have been so great that It has been hard for the bodies to transact busi ness. The most active of these was the railroad lobby Imported from all over the state to assist In defeating terminal tax ation. Second only to thia waa the drug gists' lobby, headed by F. J. Cheney ot Toledo, O., a prominent patent medicine manufacturer, sent here to assist In tho fight on the pure food bill. He has been assisted. by half a hundred druggists from over the state. Besides these, the brew ers' lobby, the Insurance lobby, the Pull man lobby and a dosen other lobbies have been concentrated here during the last few days. When the special message was read the senate lobby was crowded with drug gists, railroad men and other representa tives of special Interests. The message waa received with applause from the senators and spectators, ar.d Ep person moved that the house be requested to return to the senate for lta further con sideration the bill referred to In the senate. This motion went through, but the house had already . adjourned and the bill could not be hud until . tomorrow morning. The senate found Itself In a peculiar position, as the rules forbid the reconsideration ot votes after two days have elapsed. Aa 'thia waa the second day after the bill had been killed, the time limit would expire with adjournment tonight To meet the difficulty, King of Polk moved to amend the rules permitting re consideration of the vote within three days. Ashton of Hall, a'fuslonist opposed the change in the rules and declared the gov ernor had no business to try to influence legislation. King retorted he was not sur prised at the objections of Ashton, and the motion to change the rules carried, Thomas of Douglas and Ashton voting against it The attitude of the senate indicates the bill will he passed tomorrow unless the powerful lobbies now in the city get busy tonight and influence enough votes to de feat it 'which la not considered probable. . . ' Messagro of Governor. ' The message of the governor - Is aa fol lows;: . LINCOLN, Neb., March 18,-To the Mem bers of the Nebraska State Senate, Gentle- fmen: The members of this legislature are to be congratulated upon the nrmness and Incorruptibility manifested throughout this session. It is Indeed gratifying to know that the promises, made to the people will bo fulfilled. It deems to me that this legislature should not only redeem every pledge and promise made to the people ot this state, but that it also should pass a law regulating and controlling lobbying. In my Inaugural ad dress, I called attention to this question as follows:. .''The great corporations of Nebraska, especially ths railroads and the telephone companies, have in the . past maintained a strongly organised lobby in Lincoln during sessions of the legislature. The presence of any kind of professional lobbyists Is neither needed nor deelred. The corpora tion lobbyists are usually men ot high in tegrity and sobriety, men of large experi ence In their line of work, congenial, clever men who, by their persistence and able ef forts, are able to accomplish much for the Interests they represent. The fact that during all of the previous history of this state no law has been passed . which has regulated freight rate in any particular bears witness to the effective work and in fluence ot a strongly organised railroad lobby. It is expected that this legislature will pass such measures as will forever put an end to ring rule in Nebraska. It Is to be heped. therefore, that there will be passed not only an anti-pass law, and a primary election law, but that there will also be paused a law that will prohibit pro fessional lobbying." As an interested observer, I feel that the presence of a strong lobby In the capital city during the session has been an annoy ance, and possibly has prevented the prompt paasags of laws redeeming public pledges. I have been Informed that H. R. 18, a bill for an act to prohibit counsel or agents or any other person receiving a pecuniary consideration, or state officer or officers, their deputies or employes. In matters af fecting their pecuniary Interests, from at- I tempting to Influence members of the legls- : lature otherwise tnan ty appearing before the committees thereof, or by newspaper puDiicauons, or puouc addresses, or by written or printed statements, arguments, or briefs, was postponed by your honorable body. It seems to me that this legislature should not adjourn without passing an act regulating lobbying. It la, therefore, sincerely hoped that your action In reference to H. R. 18 may be re considered. Very respectfully, GEORGE LAW SON SHELDON. Governor. SCHOOL BOARD RAISES BAR Japaaese Children; Will Bo Admitted to Pablic Schools of Bam Fraacloeo. ; " . - ' ' 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Maroh IS. The San Francisco board of education adopted reso lutions agreed upon at ths conference with President Roosevelt at Washington rescind ing its action In segregating Japanese pu pils In the publlo schools. It Is understood the board will abide by this action, pro vided the' president retains his attitude, re garding the limitation of Japanese Immi gration. WASHINGTON, March 13. Following the receipt of a telegram tonight from Presi dent Walsh ,of the San Francisco Board of Education announcing the carrying Into effect of the agreement reached at the re cent conference here between the presidnt, Secretary Root, tbe San Franoisoo mayor and school board and others on the Japa nese question, President Roosevelt tomor row will sign an order putting into effect tbe passport amendment of the Immigra tion bill. Tbe case pending In California, Instituted by the federal authorities to teat the constitutionality of the law segregating Japanese children will now be dismissed. WALSH IS HEAD CONSUL Omaha Maa Choeeai aa Head District OsBeor'ar Woodmen of tho World. LEAVENWORTH. Kan., March IX Ed ward Walsh of Omaha, here today, waa elected bead oousul of tbe Jurisdiction of Woodmen of tbe World ooinprbnng Kansas, Nebraska and North and nuoth Dakota. LOBBY IS WORKING OVERTIME Reerolts Itelns; Added Constantly to Railroad Forces Prevooely Hero. (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN. Neb., March lS.-(Speclal Tele-grani.)-The big railroad lobby Is still here tonight and working overtime trying to de feat the terminal tax bill. F. I. Foss, the Burlington attorney and pans distributor from Crete, enmo in today to work on the Saline cousty members. Jim Mllllken, former sheriff of Dodge county. Is also here working for the railroads. Tonight at the Llndell hotel H. H. Wilson was in evidence for awhile working with the big guns of the lobby. This man Wilson Is fighting Wilson of Custer for the poeltlon of handy man to Burlington Lobbyist Frank Toung. Today In the house ho not only coached KUlen In his speech, but furnished the Gage county backslider with a marked copy of the statutes from which to quote. Tom Allen, the democratic state chairman. Is also on hand and his argument to the democrats la that they would be fools to help the republican carry out their plat form pledges. He told them If the repub licans failed to pass the terminal tax bill, as they promised the people they would do. It would make demooratlo campaign thun der for the next campaign, Jim Kelby and Frank Toung are feeling Jubilant that they managed to get so many of the republicans to repudiate their pledges, while Bob McGlnnls, the Northwestern lob byist boasted on tho floor of the Llndell lobby that he hod sixty-seven members In line against the bill. , The scenes In the house this afternoon were characterized by a prominent repub lcan tonight aa the most disgraceful that has occurred in years In a Nebraska legis lature, In that railroad hirelings were per mitted to come onto the floor of the housn and bulldoze the members Into voting against their party platform. Never before, ho said, had so many members been forced to completely change front at the behest of corporation henchmen. Ex-Reprosentatlve Chrlstlensen came in tonight from Kearney county and tomorrow he too will add his voice to the gang of knockers. One man sold It seemed strange that th,o members of the house would pay any attention to such men as Jim Douglas and other ex-members who are down here at a stipulated price to work for the rail roads. It Is expected now the big fight over the bill will come when an effort ts made to again take It up In the committee of the whole. The railroad hirelings and the back sliders, it is said. Intend to keep the bill out ot the way as long as possible. WAR OF RANGE CONTINES Sheep Raids Said to Be Plasi of Ad vocates of Lease Law. SHERIDAN, Wyo., March 11 (Special.) The Bhcrldan County Wool Growers' as sociation discussed the recent depredations of raiders who visited the Walsner camp and slaughtered 200 sheep. The publlo statement was made that the association will -aid the authorities In running the raiders to earth and will offer large re wards. Notices have been posted on sheep wagons and camp outfits of sheepmen notifying them they must leave the country or suffer the destruction of their flocks end out fits. The receipt of these notices has alarmed the herders, many of whom are quitting. Others have armed themselves and will protect the Interests of their era' ployers. One prominent fiockmaster says these raids are part of a plan being carried out by persons favoring a leasing law. They wish to show the general government that federal control is necessary to , prevent bloodshed, and with federal control they will be able- to lease and fence out the sheep. CASPER, Wyo.. March 13. (Special.) Sheepmen arriving from the northern part of the county report that notices have been left in sheep wagons and at camps warning the herders to leave the country with their flocko or suffer death. The sheepmen are arming to resist the raiders, who arc alleged to be cattlemen. J. A. Delfelder, member of the State Board of Sheep Commissioners, states that these notices were tound in a number of his camps. t DUNNE $ITSJN RUEF CASE Coort Overrules Motion Alleging Bias ad Selection, of Jary Begins. SAN FRANCISCO, March 18. After the names of four talesmen had been drawn from the Jury box, the Mai of Abraham Ruef on the grand Jury c'..arge of extorting money from French restaurant keepers was today continued In Judge Dunne's court until Monday morning. Counsel for Ruef objected to the drawing of, any further names during the absence from the Jury of Juryman Drumbrell, who has been tempo rarily excused, and Judge Dunno thought U well, as an adjournment for at least one day was Insisted on, to take a recess until tbe state supreme court renders its deci sion on Ruefs application tor release upon habeas corpus. It waa at the suggestion of Assistant District Attorney Heney that the four daya' suspension of ths trial waa fin ally ordered. The feature of today's session, aside from the fact that the actual trial of the In dicted boss waa begun by the calling of talesmen, was the determined and spirited attempt of Ruef s lawyers to Induce Judge Dunne to confess himself biased and preju diced against the defendant and to grant a change of trial Judges. This attempt, op posed by Mr. Heney, failed at every point. In contravention of affidavits of bias and prejudice filed by the defense, the prosecu tion filed affidavits of denial, among them one by Judge Dunne himself and another by Heney. Just before court waa adjourned Ruef was remanded to the custody of the elisor for so long as the trial shall last The case of Mayor Schmlta waa set for April 12. DAMAGE SUIJF0R DEATH Mea Aeeasod of Kllllaar Dr. Coa AVo Sued by tho Doetora , Children. LEXINGTON, Ky.. March 18 Suit to re cover 812,000 damages waa filed last night In the Faystte circuit court against James Hargls, Edward Callahan and Elbert Har gls by T. P. Cardwell, sr., guardian for Edward Cox, Lucls Cox and Brackla Cox, children of Dr. B. t. Cox. In ths petition it Is alleged that those defendants, who are awaiting trial for complicity in the murder of Dr. Cox, con spired with each other and with John Smith, John Abner and Anbury Bplcer and others, whose names are not known, to murder Dr. Cox. FIVE BREAK PLEDGE Repudiate the Tort ion ef the Flttfera Coteriic Terminal Tuition. ACTIVITY OF THE LOBBY BEARS FRUIT Unwilling t Present, However, to Let Matter Come to Vote, FINAL ACTION ON BILL POSTPONED Senate Indil&rei in a Lively Tim Otbt Fnra Food A eunre. IPPERSON CLASHES WITH THE CHAIR Bill as Amended Finally Recom mended tor Passage la Committee ot tho Whole Drnggtits Ordered Oot. Republican Repndlatlonlsts. Adam MoMollsn of Oage. S. J. KUlen of Gage. T. O. Wilson of Ouster. T. a. Burnt of Buffalo. t. a Kill of Chase. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March lS.-(Speclal.)-Tbe sec ond round In the terminal tax fight this time In the house proved rraotlcally a draw, but It served to smoke out a few of the republican repudlatora whose subser viency to the railroads Is potent enough to get them to go back on the platform pledges on which they were elected. The republican members of the house whose names are given shove went far enough to put themselves plainly on record against the platform pledge, even though they hod subscribed to It with their own signatures. There are doubtless "some others who have succumbed to the blandishments of the rail road lobby, but who are still under the kindly cover of a nonrccorded vote. With fourteen absentees, the motion to stave off a showdown, made on behalf of the rail roads by McMullen, carried by 41 to 12 a margin ot only two and the railroads will have more time to put the screws on weak-kneed or vulnerable republicans and rope In the recalcitrant fusionists. Railroads Want Time. Just before the session began Edson Rloh, who Is here doing lobby work for the Union Paclflo, declared they had 64 euro votes against the terminal tax bill, but tho railroads were evidently uncertala of their hold upon men who might break promisee to them aa easily as they would break promises made fo their constituents during the campaign. The railroad lobby wanted more time to get In lta work especially on the minority members, to whom they are appealing with all aorta of plausible arguments. They are telling the fusionists through subsidised agents that ths ter minal tax proposition Is a purely republi can measure which- they should make tbe republicans shoulder; that It was part of the program that resulted In the election of a republican United States senator and they should therefore refuse to Indorse It; that If the republicans fall down in re deeming their platform pledges. It will bo grist for the demo-pop mill and help pave tho way for a fusion victory at the polls at the next presidential election, which may place Nebraska In the democratic col umn. All this Is having some effect, not withstanding that most of the fusion mem bers are honestly In favor ot terminal tax ation and against being tied up In a bag for the relief of the railroads. Another thing noticeable in all the talks which the railroad spokesmen had been drilled by the professional lobbyists to make Is that they harped upon the theme ot "Tbe Omaha Sponge" pamphlet put out over the names - of Tax Commissioner Pollard of the Burlington and Tax Agent Scribner of the Union Paclflo, and sought to fan the flames of prejudice of the atate against Omuha, reckless of consequences. Omaha was pictured In lurid colors as a thief seeking to rob poor "shoestring towns'' which the generous railroads were trying to help. "It this Is a reform move ment" exclaimed KUlen of Gage, "It la one of greed for the sole benefit of Omaha." At which all tho railroad contingent who live in Omaha and who, when at home, profess their devotion to Omaha's interests, loudly applauded. Lobbyists la Evidence. . With railroad lobbyists scattered through the gallery, corridor and even upon the floor of the house, encouraging and watching their henchmen, the house devoted the en- -tire afternoon to a discussion of the Clarke terminal tax bill and adjourned without taking action, the motion by McMullen for the committee to arise and report j progress being carried by a Vote of 42 to 44, fourteen memoers Deing apseni. too am. i bate turned upon a motion by Wilson of Custer, which was sprung before the clerk; had finished reading section 1 of the bill, to strike out the . enacting clause. Hamer of Buffalo seconded the motion. At this time Union Pacific . Attorney Edson Rich, Union Pacific Tax Commissioner Scribner and Burlington Tax Commissioner Pollard were occupying seats In the gallery, as was Bob McGlnnls, who, when the debate warmed up, transferred his position to ths house lobby, where he .could better ob serve his stage hands. Working on the floor of the house were H. H. Wilson of Lincoln, J. A. Douglas ot Baasett, the Northwestern-Union Paclflo candidate for speaker two years ago, and other lesser lights, while Judge F. G. Hamer hung over the railing to see - his son, Tom HameBt deliver the goods to the railroads. Those who argued for the railroad end of tho atrlng were Hamer of Buffalo, Wilson of Custer, KUlen of Gage, while McMullen chimed In Just as the debate was. about completed and moved for the committee to arise and report progress. For the bill were Clarke of Douglas, Jenlson of Clay and Harrison of Otoe, while Speaker Net tleton objected to the committee arising. "Clarke Describes BUI. , In beginning his talk Clarke, with con siderable heat. Informed the house he had expected such a motion from a man like Wilson, "the right hand man of Frank Young." and he expected It to be seconded by the gentlemen from Buffalo. He then launched. Into a discussion of the merits of the bill showing by figures bow the rail roads escape paying taxes for pity and vil lage purposes and how, ahould the bill bo come a law. It would not affect the valua tion of railroad property made by the atato board for other purposea Hs read an opin ion from Judge Roscoe Pound saying ths bill was constitutional snd would not, take from the stale, county and school districts any railroad valuation and ha quoted tho governor, the secretary of state and other members of tbe State Board of Equaliza tion to the same effect Hs cited similar laws which had boon enacted In other states . and whloh had beoa held constitutional.
