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VOL. XXXVI-NO. 237.
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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
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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:
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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
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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-
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