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The Omaha Daily Bee ) VOL. XXXVI-NO. 237. omaita, Thursday morning, makcii 21, 1907-twelve pages. SINGLE COPY T1IKEE CENTS. ll s t i v. V i (I i t Li m it i V. h 1 mV i i HOWELL OUT OF JAIL President of Coal Exchanra Released en Fillnc His Supersedeas Bond. 6IX MONTHS AND THOUSAND DOLLARS FINE y EenVenoe for Oougpiracy in Eertrint of Trad Imposed by Jndce 6uttn. SPENDS PART OF DAY BEHIND BARS Court Btji He Vast Be Treated Same u Ordinary Criminal REFUSES TO MAKE EXCEPTION OF CASE ImaHUtflf Attorneys Dispatch irr to Lincoln to Fllo Bond with the Supremo Court for Appra.U Bamuel E. Howell, formerly president of the Omaha Coal exchange and convicted before Judge Sutton in December of con spiring In restraint of trade, waa sentenced by Judge Button Wedneaday morning to alz montha In tha county jail and ordered to pay a fine of $1,000. Sentence waa pro- j nounced at 10:30 o'clock and the court In structed Deputy Sheriff Qua Sodln to take Charge of Mr. Howell. Mr. Howell waa locked In a cell at the county Jail until 4:40 p. m.. when the aherlff received a telephone message from Clerk of the Supreme Court Lindsay at Lincoln that a supersedeas bond had been filed, whereupon Mr. Howell waa Immediately released. When Judge Button pronounced sentence Mr. Howell's chief attorney, W. J. Connell, remarked that lie supposed, of course. It would not be necessary to confine Mr. Howell In the county JalL "I will give no Instructions to the aherlff aa to how to treat this man," aald the court, "Mr. Howell la to be treated In no way different from any other criminal. Ha has no more rights than tha humblest man." This has been the position taken through out the case by Judge Sutton. It waa hoped by hia frlenda and counsel that Mr. Howell would be spared the humiliation of actual Incarceration in JalL The defease desired to have the- proceedings come up before judge Sutton at about boon, so that when sentence was pronounced a man could be dispatched to the supreme court with the bill of exceptions, with the leust possible delay, for an ex amination of the railway time table dis closes the fact that there la no train from Omaha to Lincoln between 9 o'clock and 1:60 In tha afternoon. But when Attorney John F. Stout appeared before Judge But ton with thla proposition the court ob jected. Court la Emphatic. I have put oft everything- to make way or this, and It must come up now or not until t o'clock," he said. "But the train leaves at I'M," persisted Mr. Stout. r-trave not h lnar to do With that," was Ti k line decisive reply. "Mr. Howell la no bet- - f "V.r before thla court than any other man." Forthwith Mr. HoweU was produced and there waa nothing to do but proceed. After few prelmlnary mattera the court ad dressed Mr. Howell, telling him to stand up. He did so, and Judge Sutton said: "Mr. Howell, you have been found guilty by a Jury of conspiring in restraint of trade. Have you anything to say why the sentence of the court should not be passed upon your' Mr. HoweU replied that he thought his attorneys had said everything and done everything possible, but that he still in sisted ha was not guilty of any wrong- act in restraint of trade. Judge Sutton then prooeeded to enter his finding on the docket. The pen scratched Zor a full Ave minutes, while alien oe reigned among the spectators and Mr. Howell stood facing the court and waiting sentence. ' JndtTO Addronsea Defendant. Finally the court addressed him: "You have been convicted of organising I Hutnlnl nf trud Thla ! AM IMfklUB a 1 crime aa robbery at the point of a revolver. I It amounts to the aame thing. If the men who aupply the necesaarlea of life are per mitted to organise to fix the prices of those necessaries, they commit a crime against the people, against tha common people; the wldowa and orphans, perhaps, more than the moderately well-to-do, but a crime as" alii st alt "If you bad been an ordinary man with' out money or influence, if you had not been resident of the Omaha Coal trust, with power behind you and money to hire the moat powerful lawyers, you would long ago have been serving your aentenoe. But you have been able to cheat Justice ao far." Mr. Connell Immediately asked for a sua pension of sentence. He would be satis fled, be said, with even twenty-four hours. Judge Button replied that In sll his career on the criminal bench he had no recollec tion of suspending sentence for the men con vlcted by him and saw no reason why this special favor should be extended to Mr, HoweU. Mr. Howell left the court room with the deputy sheriff. He was taken to the county Jail where he spent the morning. Attorney W. P. Thomaa left at 1:60 p. m. for Lincoln with the bill of exceptions. Jail and Fine for Howell While in the county Jail Mr. HoweU was locked In a cell, the aherlff refusing to grant him the courtesy of sitting in the office. The matron offered him food when the regular Jail dinner waa served at 1:30 o'clock, but he ata nothing. Action al Lincoln. LINCOLN, Neb.. March ao. (Special Tel pgram.) A supersedeas bond In the aum of tS.OtO waa granted by the supreme court at t o'clock this afternoon on application uf the attorneys for 8. E. HoweU, the Omaha coal dealer sentenced by Judge Button for violation of the anti-trust law. The bill t f exception was brought to Lincoln by 'v. P. Thomas and the bond approved by th court supertn-deaalng the sentence until final hearing in the supreme court of tha appeal. Harry Lindsay, clerk of the court, Immediately telephoned the action of the court to Sheriff McDonald, who had Howell in custody. The bond was signed by J. A. Sunderland and others. Stolen F la are la Recovered. MILAN, March SO. Do La Rebla's re njwned figure in terra cotta of the Virgin, which was stolen rvcently from Count ForselH's villa lias ba located and the man believed to have stolen It taken Into custody. Several other persons thought to have knowledge of the theft havs also ben arrested. It is believed the thief waa aotln on behalf of English or French dealers. H was arrested at Ventlmlglia, while tryliul U got the flure across the frwuUP SUMMARY OF TOE BEE Tkandif, Mmrrk XI, lOOT. c 1007 turn oa MARCH TV I rt s 3 10 17 4 II 18 5 0 V 9 12 13 N 15 16 19 20 22 23 Ht 25 26 27 28 29 30 m wzATsxm. FORECAST FOR NKRRABKA-Cloudy Thursday, rain and colder In northwest portion In afternoon or night. Friday partly cloudy and colder. FORECAST FOR IOWA Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday, ahowera at night or Friday. Colder Friday. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg. 5 a. m 38 1 p. m 66 1 p. m 60 3 p. m 61 4 p. m 6i 6 p. m 61 8 p. m i 7 p. m 59 8 p. m 58 p. m 60 6 a. m 7 a. m 8 a. m la. m 10 a. m . 37 35 27 40 11 a. m 48 U tn W XJBQXSXtATXVIl. By a vote of 60 to 43 the house in com mittee of the whole recommends for pas aage the senate railroad terminal tax bill after amendments accepted by Its friends. (Senate passes the railroad commission bill and the pure food bill. It also in committee of the whole recommends for passage the reciprocal demurrage bill. Page 1 Senate committee on public lands and bulldlnga re porta on state institutions and their needs. Page a JTZBKABKA, Determined attempt to secure commu tation of the sentence of death passed on Frank Barker of Webster county likely to be made soon. Fags 3 Standard Beet Sugar company's plant at Leavltt Is offered for sale at Fremont, but there are no bidders. Page 3 Circular and agreement Introduced in alleged Lumber trust hearing repudiated by lumbermen and shown never to have been adopted by the association. Page 3 DOMESTIC San Francisco grand Jury returns sixty- six Indictments charging Abraham Ruof with bribery. Members of Board of Super visors confess to selling votea on trolley and telephone franchises for large sums Pare 1 Secretary Garfield says proofs to pub lie lands held by Governor Crawford of South Dakota will probably be canceled because they were improperly obtained. rare 1 District Attorney Jerome, in sensa tional speech, says Thaw Is Insane, and charges his attorneys with unprofes sional conduct in keeping facts from Jury. Court will hear evidence on defendant's mental condition and determine question of appointing a lunacy commission. rare 1 Floods do damage In California, New Jersey and Ohio valley. Page a roBBxaw. An alleged "farmers' trust" said to be responsible for peasant riots in Ttoumaula, Troops are called out. rare 1 French Chamber of Deputies decides to make public the papers taken from the residence of the papal nuncio at Paris when he waa expelled. rare 1 X.O0AX. S. E. HoweU. president of the Omaha Coal exchange. Is sentenced to pay a fine of fl.ono and serve six months In county Jail for conspiracy In restraint of trade and appeals case to the supreme court. rare 1 Abstracters are barred from member ship in the Omaha Real estate exchange upon formal vote of the latter at a regular meeting. rage 11 Ignatius J. Dunn's attempt In a bill tn the legislature to cheat Omaha and Doug las county out of thousands of dollars of proceeds from scavenger tax sales Is ef fectually exposed. rare 4 The purchase by the Great Western of fourteen lots on the south side Is be lieved to be for the use of the Zlegler Coal company, owned by Joseph Lelter, at Zlegler, 111. rare 7 President Johnson of the city council Insists that city be remunerated by rail roads and other corporations for vacation of streets for use of latter, .rare 7 Leonard Welgand of Knox county, 83 years of sire, man-tea Miss Mattle Doug lass of Oakland, Neb., 82 years of age. rare 11 WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL National Bank Established at Greg ory, S. D. New Postmaster, Post offices and Rami Carriers. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WAbHINGTON. March 20. (Special Tele gram.) Upon recommendation of Congress man Kennedy, Dr. J. M. Casey has been appointed pension examining surgeon at Keokuk. Ia.. vloe Dr. O. P. Neal. The First National bank of Gregory, 8. D., has been authorised to begin business with tJK.000 capital. Henry F". Slaughter is president, Dwlght F. Felton and John D. Haskell vice-presidents, and Edgar M. Hood cashier. Rural carriers appointed for Nebraska routes: Arapahoe, route 1 Alfred S. Farls carrier, E. B. Hudson substitute; Brown vllle, route 1, Joseph Baker carrier, Jlmmle Baker substitute; Cushlng, route 1. Clyde Sears carrier, George Cochran aubatltute; Havelock, route I, Samuel Spry carrier, Lulu Spry substitute. Complete rural free delivery service has been ordered established April 6 tn Black hawk county, Iowa, making the total num ber of routea twenty-aeven. Levi Muncle haa been appointed poet- I master at HUldale, Mills county, Iowa, vice , R. B. Sharp, resigned. A pnatofflce haa been established at Van, Banner county, Nebraska, with Thomas Vanpelt postmaster. PAPAL RECORDS TO BE PUBLIC Documents Seised by French Govern, ment May Bo Pub lished. PAKIS. March JO. After a lively debate today the Chamber of Deputies, by 370 to 164 votes, adopted the motion presented by the Jaures group of socialists calling for the appointment of a commission to make public tba contents of the documents seized at the papal nunciature after the ex pulsion from France of Mgr. Montagntnl, who was secretary of tha nunciature. Premier Clemenceau and Foreign Minister Plnchot ajpported the motion, saying the action of tbe authorities In seizing the papers was amply Justified by their oun-tant. SEW MOVE IN THAW CASE dim 6ayt Prisoner U Insane and Trial Should Set Prtoeed. COURT CALLS FOR EVIDENCE ON POINT duration of Lunacy Commlaatoa Will Come I p Thla Afternoon at Two O'clock Defendant la Dejected. NEW YORK. March 20 The blow which Harry Kendall Thaw has been in terror of ever since his trial for the mur der of Stanford White began fell today. District Attorney Jerome did not mako formal application for the appointment of a commission In lunacy, but in an Im passioned a pooch he appealed to the con science of the court, declaring Thaw as he sits dally in court Is unable Intelli gently to advise his counsel and is be lieved by everyone who has watched and come into contact with him to be Insane. Mr. Jerome asserted that his own alien ists were convinced when they had con sidered all the facta in connection with the case that Thaw was of unsound mind. Mr. Jerome dramatically accused tho counsel for the defense of concealing te timony which If presented to the court would make the continuance of the trial a crime. Bo earnestly did Mr. Jerome plead that Justice FltXR-erald dismissed the Jury nntll Friday morning and adjourned court until i o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when he will consider whatever evidence either side has to offer and decide whether the trial shall go on or whether a commission in lunacy shall be appointed to pass upon Thaw'i mental condition today. Defense Taken by Surprise. The scenes attending the adjournment of court shortly after 1 o'clock were dra matic and exciting. Thaw's counsel" seemed taken utterly by surprise. Tills was expected to be the last day of tho trial, except for the summing up before the Jury. Soon after the three-cornered discussion among Justice Fltsgerald, Dis trict Attorney Jerome and Mr. Del mas began Thaw's five other attorneys gath ered one by one around the Judge's desk and for a time seemed Intent upon de nying what the court had termed tho charges of unprofessional conduct brought against them by the prosecuting ofllcer. Thaw, dejected, sat deserted at his counsel table. He flushed crimson as one by one his attorneys left him to rally to the support of Mr. Delmas, who, however, in the midst of tha proceedings was su perseded by Attorney John B. Gleason. Thaw bit hla nails, opened and closed his hands nervously and finally sank down Tn his chair in an attitude of utter dejec tion. In an adjoining room, where they could hear the excited and uplifted volcoa of counsel wrangling one with the other, stood Mrs. William Thaw, the mother, and Evlyn Nesblt Thaw, the wife, who had bared the secrets of her Soul In I fie effort to save her husband from the eloc trio chair and from the fate which he declares he dreads more sv madhouse. Jnrr Sent from Room. The climax of the trial of nine weeks was precipitated by the action of the de fense in calling, to the stand Dr. Allen Mc Lane Hamilton, the alienist, who was first called Into the cose by Thaw's orltrlnnt mwyers. Black, Olcott, G ruber and Bon ynge, but who was dismissed, together with them, when he reported Thaw was suffering from a form of paranoia, which might never be cured. It was the Intention of Mr. Delmas to Interrogate Dr. Hamilton only with reference to four visits he made to Thaw In June and July. Mr. Jerome promptly objected, snylng If Dr. Hamilton was to testify at all he must tell everything he knew in connection with the case, in eluding the defendant's family hlBtory. The argument which ensued became so pertinent to the question of the present sanity or Insanity of the defendant that Justice Fitzgerald ordered the Jury to retire from the room. Then the discussion took on thnt broader range which resulted In the court's determination before proceeding further to have presented to him the facts which the district attorney asserted had been withheld from the Jury by the defense and which he had been unable to give to the court in strictly legal form. Tf nprofeanlonal Conduct Charared. "If the real facts were known," declared Mr. Jerome, "I have no right to be here trying thla man for his life. But the knowl edge I have cannot be put in legal form before the Jury. It Is mostly hearsay. But If I could get the facts before you they would shock and horrify the conscience of the court and Instantly this case would be stopped. So deeply have I been Im pressed with this that I have served notice on the counsel of record that tf when this trial Is concluded I find that they were In possession of facta which I believe to be in their possession I shall call the matter to the attention of the appellate division of the supreme court. I feel very bitterly about thla matter. There la not a man who haa watched thla defendant sttttng here at this table that does not know that as he sis there he Is incapable of advising his counsel. Thus, under the statutes, it be comes the duty of the court to stop the proceedings." Mr. Delmas sought to have Mr. Jerome place himself on record aa formally ap plying for a lunacy oom mission, but the district attorney would only repeat that he was directing the attention of tha court to a matter which might appeal to hla conscience. Mr. Jerome said that Drs. Blngaman and Deemar, two of tha Thaw family physicians, had told him facts con cerning epilepsy on both sides of the prison er's family, but the defense had failed to bring out these matters tn the testi mony. Says Thaw Haa Paranoia. "I submitted to the alienists summoned by the state all the facts In my possession." said Mr. Jerome, "and they one and all Informed me that the defendant Is suffer ing from a .disease called paranoia, the chief characteristics of which sre insane delusions; that acting under these inaane delusions he killed Stanford White, but that within the legal definition of Insanity he knew the nature and quality of his act and knew the act to bs wrong." Justloe Fitzgerald wanted to know If the alienists had Informed the district at- j torney of Ihelr opinions before answering the long hypothetical question in court. Mr. Jerome admitted that they had. The evidence he submitted to them had not been adduced in court, however, and he could not put it into the hopothetical ques tion. "Now that they have put Dr. Hamilton on the stand." explained Mr. Jerome, "I have my first opportunity of laying be fore the court sworn testimony of a char acter which may demand the attention of (Continued on Fourth Page.) FARMERS' TRUST IN ROUMANIA Anti-Semitic Ontrsses Follow tbe Grievances of Peasants Over Ab sentee Landlordism, BUCHAREST. RoumanK March . The long standing agrarian grievances of the peasants of Roumania against the absentee land owners, which are lnrgely rcsponslbls for the recent antl-semltlc outbreaks, formed the subject of an Interpellation by the opposition leader In the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. Premier Cantacusene, replying In behalf of the government, ap pealed to all the political parties, to assist In reaching a Just solution of the difficulty. The government he added, was ready to undertake severe legal measures against the farmers' trusts, which monopolised to an enormous extent the land, grinding the peusanta until they were reduced to des peration." v The first duty of the government, the premier pointed out, was to stop the ex cesses, and this the government proposed to do by all the. meana in Its' power. The declaration of the premier was warmly re ceded by ail the political parties and was ordered to be placarded throughout the country. Russian emissaries are said to be fomenting trouble In the Moldavian country districts, where they are alleged to be Inciting the peasants to demand the distribution among themselves of all the land held by the Jews. The large sections of Roumania are farmed on a gigantic scale by Jewish syndicates. Brigadier General Tell, commending the Eighth division at BotaBahnl, has been placed In command of the Fourth army corps, whose headquarters are at Jassy, with full powers to suppress the Agrarian revolt. Several regiments have been or dered to Jassy from Bucharest, Tloesci and Tecuciu, Moldavia, to reinforce the troops under General Tell s command. VIENNA, March 20. The Austrian min ister of the Interior, Prince Conrad Hohon- lohe-Echlllingsfueist, has ordered a con siderable lncreaae In the number of gen darmes on the Roumanian frontier In order to prevent riotous peasants from crossing and starting disturbances In Austrian ter ritory. The opinion Is expressed at the Foreign office that unless the Roumanian govern ment promptly suppresses the agrarian and revolutionary movement In Roumania, It la liable to soon get beyond control. It is believed here that Russian agents are re sponsible for the recent antl-Jewlsh riots. their object being to Inflame the antl semltes in the southern provinces of Rus Bla. A dispatch from Itikanl on the frontier today says that 1,500 Jews, old men, women and children, who wore expelled from Bur duzhenl, Roumania after their houses had been plundered, are now camped near Itikanl, In the open air. BARKER'S REPRIEVE NEAR END Effort to Secure Commutation of Sentence to Be Made. BLUE HILL, Neb., March ao. (Special. ) Unless the attorneys for Frank Barker of Webster county, now under sentence of death, make some move toward establish ing the Insanity of the condemned man, Attorney General Thompson will take some step to get the question settled. Barker's two years' reprieve granted by Governor Mickey will expire In June, and it is thought a determined effort will bo made by his attorney, F. G. Hamer, to aecure the commutation to a life sentence by the governor. BEATRICE MAX HANGS HIMSELF Body Found by Dnuirhtcr Who Went to Call Him for Breakfast. BEATRICE, Neb., March 20. (Special Telegram.) M. L. Flroved, an old and highly respected citizen, hanged himself at' an early hour today In his barn. Mr. Flroved was a prominent stock buyer of this city, having resided here more than twenty years. He was about fifty years of age, and leaves a wife and three children. He went to the barn to do the chores as usual and when his daughter went to call him to breakfast found him dead. Coroner Reed was Immediately notified and will hold an Inuuest. Dies While Alone In Cabin. HARRISON. Neb., March 20. (Special.) The lifeless body of Benjamin F. Daven port, who lived alone, was found yester day at noon at his home, seventeen miles southeast of here. Death came as a result of heart disease, aggravated by a severe attack of pleurisy. Mr. Davenport came here from Chicago about eight months ago, settling on a Klnkaid homestead, and has lived alone most of the time. He was 69 years old, and from papers on his person It was learned that he was a prominent Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 211, Chicago. He had no relatives here, but has a son, Fred L. Davenport, a former resident of Omaha, now of Petoskey, Mich., and other relatives In Chicago. The body was sent to Chicago for burial. Fnnds for the Starvlnsr Chinese. AUBURN, Neb., March 30. (Special.) A mass meeting of citizens of Auburn was held at the Christian church last night for the purpose of formulating plans for a campaign tn the town and vicinity for the purpose of raising a relief fund to be sent to the starving Chinese. It was decided that the canvassers, who have been work ing faithfully, keep up their work, as they have been accomplishing a great deal In collecting funds. Mrs. E, Guy Simpson, who has the promise of the support of other local musicians, agreed to give a musical, the proceeds, to go Into the relief fund. The fund Is to be sent through the Christian Herald. Cass County Retailers Orsranlsc. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. March 20. (Spe cial Telegram.) A large number of en thusiastic retail merchants of Cass county met here tills afternoon and organized the Cass County Retailers' association and elected the following officers: President, C. C. Wescott: vice president, H. E. Welde- man; treasurer, Frank Sheldon of Ne- i hawka; executive committee, W. F. Dlers of Louisville, L. F. Langhorat of Elm wood, Edwin Metcalf of Greenwood and Henry tiering. The speakers were M. A. Hosteller, W. J. PUkingler and Fred Dlers. Northwestern Officials Confer. FREMONT, Neb., March 30. (Special.) Northwestern officials from Omaha and other points were In town yesterday and tn consultation at headquarters during the morning and afternoon, taking dinner to gether at noon at the New York hotel. They Included all heads of the operating depart- i menu in this vicinity. The c-oject of the ! meeting, they said, was to conaidn- "gen- era! subJeeU ocinected with the operation ,, .url Work haa ivnt vet on the Northwestern freight depot, expected It will be built thla spring. It Is Banker lu Prison. LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. March JO J. A. E. Krlckson, a banker of Mlnot. B. I., con. vlcted of making false reports to the bank examiner, and sentenced to five years' im prisonment, was brought here today and bUicad in tha Lulled suoaa iaitoiuai. RUEFCOARGED WITH BRIBERY Grand Jury Aoouie. Bom tf Celllnc 6m, Telephone and Trolley Fraaohiiea, SIXTY-FIVE INDICTMENTS RETURNED M n Illsh In Business Affairs Who Farnlahed Money to Be Prose, cated Jadae Flxea Ball at ftio,000. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March .-The long-looked-for Indictment In the municipal graft cases were returned tonight. Shortly after 6 o'clock the grand Jury filed with Presiding Judge Coffey of the superior court seventy-five Indictments charging bribery, which were found on evidence presented to the grand Jury after ' six months' probing Into the municipal affairs of this city by Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney and Secret Service Agent William J. Burns, and which reveal an amazing story of alleged graft and corrup tion that surpasses the boodle cases of 8t. Louis, ranks with the Minneapolis expose and Is only eclipsed In the amount of money passed, but not In Its ramifications and organization, by the famous Tweed ring of New York. Of the Indictments returned, sixty-five are against Abraham Ruef, for years the political boss of San Francisco, charging him with bribing the board of supervisors to grant franchises to the United railroads, the Home Telephone company, the San Francisco Gas and Electric company and the so-called "prize fight trust." Ten are against T. V. Halsey, former general agent of the Pacific States Telephone and Tele- graph company, who Is charged with hav ing bribed the supervisors not to grant a franchise to a rival company. One Indict ment against Ruef and four more against Halsey, whl"h It is understood were also returned today, were not filed In open court. Several more Indictments, the ex act number and against what person Heney and Burns refuse to divulge until the ac cused persons have been arrested, were returned by the grand Jury, but not filed, Heney and Burns not even trusting the secret file. Trolley, Csa and Telephone. Of the sixty-five counts of bribery against Ruef, ' fourteen are In connection with the granting of the overhead trolley franchise to the United Railway company Immediately after the disaster of last April. Seventeen are based on the money alleged to have been spent by the gas company to secure an 85-cent gas rate aa against a 75-cent rate. Thirteen refer to the passing of money by the Home Tele phone company to obtain a franchise for a bid of IX.OOO, and which It has been de clared was worth at least $1,000,000. and eighteen Indictments are based upon the alleged bribing of the supervisors by Ruef to grant fight permits only to the so-called Fight trust of this city, which Is com posed of Eddie Graney, Morris Levy, James Coffroth and Willis Brltt The money In all these cases is alleged to have been handled by Ruef, who, ac cording to Heney and Bums, was the agent and broker between the public ser vice .corporations and the board of su pervlsors and a sort of general distributing agent for all who desired privileges from the supervisors, The Indictments against Halsey charge the agent of the Pacific State Telephone and Telegraph company with having bribed fourteen members of the board of super visors to refuse the rival company a fran chise. Heavy Rail Required. Judge Coffey fixed the ball at 110,000 on each Indictment, or a total of JfiEO.OOO for Ruef and 1100,000 for Halsey. The latter Is a brother-in-law of the late John I. Sabln, formerly president of the Pacific States Telephone and TelegTaph company, later at the head of the telephone system tn Chicago, and a brother-in-law of Louis Glass, president of the Philippine Telephone company. Halsey has been In Manila In stalling a telephone system. He has been under surveillance for several days and papers for extradition are being taken out and orders for his arrest have been cabled. In the overhead trolley deal Ruef, accord ing to Burns, was given H.000 by the United railroads, of which the political boss is alleged to have divided lfll.000. Of this amount $4,000 Is aald to have been given to each of fourteen supervisors, two received $10,000 each and one $15,000. In the restricting of boxing permits to the h1ff fnnr of the flfrht frnt the Indictment , charges that $500 was given to each of eight- j een supervisors, or a total of $9,000, al- though a fund of $20,000 was said to have been collected for Ruef. In the alleged deal by which the gas comrany was given an 85-cent rate it is charged that $12,000 waa divided among sixteen of the supervisors In sums of $750 each, but the amount sup posed to have been received by Gallagher Is not known. Besides the $25,000 bid for Its franchise, Ruef Is charged with having divided among thirteen of the city father's the sum of $i2,0000 received from the Home Telephone company for the granting of a franchise to install its system tn the city. In this connectloa It Is noteworthy that fourteen of the supervisors are alleged to have also taken $6,000 each from Halsey to prevent the granting of the franchise to the Home company and it Is understood that fourteen Indictments were returned against Halsey, only ten of which were filed today. Prominent Men Implicated. Assistant Attorney Heney stated that to day's Indictments "was the beginning of the end of Ruef," but merely the beginning of the work of exposing the municipal cor ruption In San Francisco, and the prosecu tion of th,ose "high up, who are responsible for such conditions In this city." District Attorney Langdon said Immedi ately after the Indictments had been filed: "The remarkable organisation of thla grafting and corruption In the municipal af fairs In San Francisco, Its amazing rami- flcationa. Involving millionaires and the bet- j ter class of citizens, will appal not only the city, but the entire country when it Is fully laid bare." "This Is only the beginning," declared Secret Serevlce Agent Burna "Tba evU dence in the Indictments filed today and others that have been returned, but for the present will remain secret. Is abso lutely conclusive and aa perfect as the evi dence in any caae with the Investigation of which I have been connected. "Ruef acted aa broker and agent," he continued, "between the corporations and the board of supervisors in ail matters i !""""' "- " rom the city fathers. Burn ae,n,ea n" ""a ,"u Da ex lo osiiiuaion, reiiuuw, uu u,. clared that It might take an entire year yet to complete the work he and Heney had undertaken here. He asserts that every department tn the city will be thor oughly investigated. Consternation seemed to reUrn In RuePs camp today. Following a long oonfarenco TRAINMEN MAY NOT STRIKE Vote Relnsr Taken, but Result Will Not Be Known I'ntll Tuesday. CLEVELAND. March 20.-P. H. Morrlsey, grand mnster of the Rrotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, said today there was no truth In the report thnt the tmlnmcn em ployed on roads west of Chicago had re jected the wage scale recently offered by the general managers of the various lines and that the men had voted to strike if their demands were not granted. Mr. Mor rlssey snld that while It whs true that a vote was being taken on the offer of tha managers, the result could not be decided before next Tuesday. Mr. Morrissey will go to Chicago early next week to be present when the votes are counted. The officials of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen generally express the opin ion that a peaceful settlement of the wage question on the western roads will be reached and that the possibilities of a strike are very remote. KANSAS CITY. Mo., March 30. The Star today says: Many extra brakemen, known on the road as "student brakemen," have been employed by the Santa Fe Railway company. About twenty-five new names have been placed on the "extra board" at the shops In Argentine. New men are be ing added to the working force at all di vision points on the Santa Fe system. Em ployes believe that the railroad company Is employing the "student brakemen" In anticipation of a strike. PAY. OF RURAL MAIL CARRIERS Men with Routea Twenty-Four Miles I -on a Will Probably Be Given Maximum of OtM a. Year. WASHINGTON. March 20. Under the re cent act of congress making appropriation for the postal service for the ensuing flscul yeor, the postmaster general may fix the salaries of carriers In the rural delivery snrvloe at a rate not exceeding $300 per an num after July 1, l'ju7. The highest rate now paid Is $?J0 per annum. The readjust ment of salaries under the new law has been fully determined, but It Is proposed to allow the maximum rate, $y00, to all car riers on routes twenty-four or more mlUa In length, as shown by the records of the department. This will give approximately 22.800, or about 60 per cent, of the carriers an advance In salary of $180 per annum. A substantial increase In pay for other carrkira Is contemplated, but the chief bene ficlarlcB of the new law will be those serv ing the longer rentes, upon whom the greater hardships of the sorvlce fall. Car riers on the shorter routes, ranging from twelve to fourteen and from fourteen to six teen miles In length, now receive $604 and $540 per annum, respectively, being propor tionally better paid than carriers on routes of twenty miles or more. This advanne In puy tcx carriers and substitutes, It la estimated, will result In an approximate Increase of $1,900,000 In the cost of rural delivery service. COE I. CRAWFORD UNDER FIRE Proof to Public Inds Held by South Dakota Executive Will Be Cancelled. WASHINGTON, March 20. Steps are new under way in tho general land office to cancel tho proofs by which Governor Coe I. Crawford of South Dakota obtained pos session of certain public lands In that state. This statement was made today by Secre tary Garfield of the Department of the In terior, called forth by the charges against Governor Crawford recently published In the Congressional Record by Representative Mann of Illinois. The secretary says crim inal prosecutions are now barred In this transaction by the statute of limitation and all that can be done Is to restore the land to the public domain. This action, he pre dicts will be taken. The charge of Representative Mann Is that Crawford paid young men. In his em ploy to make entry to certain land which was fenced In by him as a part of his cat- tie ranch; that the entrymen stayed on the land In question but one night when the entry was made, and one other night when the proving up time came. Secretary Garfield says: The criminal prosecutions In the case are now barred by the otatute of limitation. The commutation proofs, however, uion which tho investigation was first started are now under suspension, and those can be cance''.ed. Steps ar now under way In the general land office to take that action. Thla appears to be all that can be dune in the matter. MAN KILLS WIFEAND HIMSELF James Klmberlla and His Victim Both Dead When the Police Arrive In a little dingy room at 1204 Dodge street there occurred a double tragedy last night at 9:16 o'clock which ended the Uvea of James Klmberlln and his wife, Vlsie. There were no witnesses to the tragedy, but the man and woman were found dead, he with a bullet hole Just behind the left ear and still grasping a 32-callber pUtol in his hand and she with a bullet hole tn both her breasts and one behind her left ear. Both parties are colored, and both apparently about 30 years old. Mrs. Moggie Mitchell, who has a rcrm back of the one they occupied, and of whom they rented, heard several pistol shots In their room and telephone! tho police. When the police broke In the door they were met with a ghastly sight. The two corpses were lying on the floor, the man's head rest ing In the. woman's lap, both their faces powder-burned and splattered with blood. Every appearance Indicates that the man murdered the woman and then turned his pistol on himself. IJttle Is known of the couple In Omaha, j uit;jr (laving iuiii) r irvill rirmtt, 111., ! about three months ago. lapers In his pocketa Indicate that his mother, L'oilsa Klmlierlln, lives at 314 Commercial avenue, Peoria. The bodies were taken charge of by Coroner Brailey and an inquest will be ; held today. FORECAST 0FJTHE WEATHER flondy In Nebraska Today Rain and Colder In Northwest Portion In Afternoon or Night. WABHINGTON. March 20-Forecast of j the weather for Thursday and Friday: For Nebraska-Cloudy Thursday, rain and ! colder tn northwest portion In afternoon or i night; Friday, partly cloudy and colder. For Iowa Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday, showers at night or Friday, colder Friday. For South Dakota Rain and colder Thursday afternoon or night; Friday, fair and colder. For Wyoming Generally cloudy Thursday and Friday, with showers la.weet portion. TERMINAL TAX WINS Viotory for a Fquare Teal in Tint Beal Clash in tbe fionae. FAVORABLY REPORTED FOR PASSAGE Railroad Cohorts Open Fitrht Bight from tbe Etart and Keep it Up, VOTE STANDS FIFTY TO FORTY-THREE Some Surprises on Both Eitei Whaj the Members Line Up, COMMISSION AND PURE FOOD BILLS PASS Reciprocal Demur rave Measure la Favorably Acted on by the Senate In Committee of the Whole. (From a Staff Correspondent. ) LINCOLN, March Al. (Special.) After de feating a molluu by Culdlce of Ballno to in ddluitcly puHluine the senate terminal tax bill, the house. In committee of the whole this afternoon, recommended the measure for paiisage. The triumph of the pledgt-keepln- republicans and those fuaiuntsta whom the rallrtrnds cannot control cume after. the most strenuous and bitter tight of the session. Tlic railroads fought Into by inch to kill the bill and they didnandvd that their henchmen go to the front fo them, and they went. They recruited a new spokesman In Culdlce of Ballne and la (June of Snundnre, while tho old guard, re liable and true. Hauler of Buffalo, Klllcn of liagi. Hill of Cliaae, all stood firm to cany out tho on dels or the railroad lobby to kill the bill. Friends of the bill were re inforced by Barrett of Buffalo, Haulers colleague, and by Quackenbush of Neniahu, both of whtn talked for the bill. Iku-retl read numerous telegrams from home en dorsing his position and urging him to stand pat. Homer didn't rvad any or re ceive any, showing how the two men stood with their own people. Tho railroads first tried to kill the bill when a motion waa mode to discuss It in committee of the wholu, they tried to ruin It by amend ments, which were killed; then they tried to kill It by having Culdlce move to In definitely postpone It; that failed, mid then Cone tried to have the committee merely report progress and have the whole fight over ogam Friday morning. That failed. It was u slow, painful, hard tight and all the tricks of the rnilroud gang were brought to beur to kill the measure, but the tricks were in vain. The round won by the people today by no means assures tho passage of tlwi bill and the end of tho fight, for Hamer gave it out cold that he Intended to fight to the last ditch, and Hamer speaks for the railroads. Frlenda of the bill believe, however, that many who today .voted with the railroad crowd will be fur tho bill on Its final pas sage, because they are beginning to see that the railroad arguments, against Jis bill will not hold water and they will re tu&e to go bock on their pledges merely to drag railroad chestnuts out of the fire. One Amendment Adopted. As outlined In The Bee this morning, the measure was amended so that the state board should assess the rolling stock and franchise and distribute the value thereof to the various towns and cities, while the local assessors should assess only the tang ible property. This, of course, will remove from the provisions of the bill the private car lines and leave them to the tender mercies of the state board, which will dis tribute the value as It docjs now, though tlie reports these companies are to file are much moro thorough und contain much more detail. Another amendment which Cone proposed, and which Clarke agreed to accept, provided that all railroad property not on the right-of-way, and therefore as sessed locally, should be distributed as the iifht-of.wav nronertv in now rtlst rihute. j Ths amendmenl menns that the shops In thfi vrll)U. .own. now ..,,, i,w.liv will be distributed over the stats, and thus changes the present law governing the as sessment of this property. After the house had finished bills on third reading Clarke of Douglas moved that It go Into committee of the whole to consider S. F. 261, the terminal tax bill. Hamer at once moved as a substitute that the bill be Indefinitely postponed. "The bill la prac tically Identical with the house bill, and I make the motion believing tho action of the house on the measure will be unfavorable. I make It so the house can dispose of the bill and begin consideration of other mean, urea." Clarke Defends Bill. "This measure hus been before the legis lature for the last four years," said Clarke In answer. "The people are becoming so well educated on the question that It funned part of the platform of one party and came very near getting Into the platform of another party. As I made clear to you the other day, only a few small towns on the main line of the Union Pacific will loss a cent. Even the governor, the secretary of state and the secretary of the State Board of Assessment say all of the towns will gain undet this bill. This bill Is a question of right. The railroads como In and take our property and pay no city taxes. They tell you the bill will take from the farmers. It won't do It. It won't even take from the towns. The railroads get fire and police protection and all the advantages of the towns and cities and they should pay for It. The railroads havs taken some of yau up to the top of a high mountain and pointed to Omaha and Lin coln and told you If you will not compel them to pay a tax on their city property, they will give you one-tenth of tha prop erty located there. While they talk to you they have their hands In your side pockets. If Omaha were to be destroyed by a big fire you would gladly come to our assist ance. From the farm and towns you would , pour in help. Now give us Justice. We ask not lor cnaruy. n me railroads of fered you a bribe you would spurn It, yet they tell you if you let them escape taxes they will help your town. Along the Bur lington, $4,000 a mile Is distributed, or $d00 for assessment purposes. How much docs that amount to In your towns? $.1 and $18, all according to your levy. We are abso lutely aiuare on this proposition and prom, lse you. you will not lose. There waa a question of the local assessor placing a value on the franchise. We have atrlc k.jii that out and left It to the state board to asaeaa the franchise and distribute thu valua. Former Chief Justice Sullivan says this la legal. It us try this bill for one year. If it don't do as we say, we will help you repeal It." E. P. Brown of Lancaster apoke against the Hamer motion. He wanted tha bill diacuaaed in committee of the whole. Quackenbuah cams out squarely for the bill aa a matter cl justice after dlsoovsr- 1 ' ' 3 1 l i (Continued oa t'gurlh PmfaJ' i . rt - f