Fhe Omaha- Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVI-NO. 252.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, ATOIL 8, 1007.
SINGLE COPY THRKK CENTS.
BATTLE ROYAL IS OX
freiident Tbrowi Dowa Oast and Hit
lDmii Are Tatini it Up.
HARRIMAN STARTS INTENSE STRUGGLE
Concerted Effort to Land Reactioniit in
White Home.
FIGHT IS BROUGHT INTO THE CPEN
Beoaerelt Believea Movement Inspired by
Trust ktaenatet.
LIKENS HARRIMAN TO HEARST OR DEBS
Systematic Feeling of Sentiment
Already Beama to Aecertaln
Strength of Oppoaltton to
Admin tat ration.
(From a Stiff Correspondent.)
WA-61IJ NQTON, April 7. (Special.) A
magnificent a ga,me of politic as haa been
played in a quarter of a century. If not
tinea the foundation of the renubllcan iaty,
la now on. and unless all fall the in
terest will grow In inte 'y 'il the na
tional convention meet -V, ... N.
Iresldent Roosevelt d'k
fight,
mble
He la at hia beat In the ro V
of political battles, and the
thrown down to his enemies, .
a&ys Mr. Harrlman la one, will be
In avery atate of the union by th, fV
su-e either disgruntled or have been .
out of office because of Inability, or
cause of worn things they hava done. 1.
Jlarrtman letter to Sidney Webater and tho
Instant reply of President Roosevelt with
voluminous correspondence has been the po
lltloul sensation of the week and cannot help
but have a decided err nut upon the cam
paign beinar waged in several states In be
half of favorite sons.
Edward H. ILarriman may be a novice in
the gamo of practical politics, but he Is no
prlng chicken. His haa been a life of
ceaseless activity stnee his Est year, and
the property which he haa amassed, to say
nothing of the vast railroad holdings which
he haa gathered together and which he
controls through agents, being looked upon
a one of the great forces in the com
mercial life of today, warrants the asser
tion that when his letter to Sidney Web
ater was printed, It was the beginning of a
concerted effort upon the part of those In
imical to the theories and prlnciplee of
Theodore Roosevelt to bring about his un
doing If such a thing be possible.
Aimed Primarily at Taft.
It was the beglnnlnr of a movement In
tended primarily to encompass the defeat
of Mr. Roosovelt'a preferred candidate for
the presidency, William H. Taft. It was
the beginning of what those engaged In
tha movement hoped would prove to be a
far-reaching criticism of the president's po
sition regarding the regulation of railroads
and a condemnation of his activity In the
Jirosacution of land looters and grabber.
Illegal feftcere of Ui public domain arid the
horde of ttty pilferers whom he has prose
cuted. I
There is no more astute politician than
Thoodorf Roosevelt. He knows the game
both fiafcm Its theoretical and practical side
and 4ke la no coward. He fights In the
opejiC much like the men of olden daya did
with pistol and rapier. This waa his
method when he denounced as a malicious
and deliberate lie" Mr. Harrtman's state
ment that he had raised at the president's
request 1300,000 for the campaign of 1904; and
It wsa by thia vigorous language of the
president's that the iseue waa Joined.
Letter Inspired by Trait Maa-nntes.
President Roosevelt believes the Harrl
man letter waa Inspired by a crowd of
trust magnate, the head and front of
which la tn Pennsylvania, but having "In
terests" In Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois;
that He purpose la not only to control the
next national convention and to fix upon
soma reactionary candidate ultimately, but
also to check reform legislation by con
gress next winter. President Roosevelt
looks upon Mr. Harrtman as the "head
devil" in the movement to discredit his
policies. Since the Webstar letter ap
peared the president haa told certain vis
itors to the White House that while he
doea not choose often to give names In Ms
characterisations of certain' classes of
men. he haa taken a peculiar satisfaction
lately In linking the name of Hearst, Deba
and Harrlman.
Realising that the light will be desperate
and that the battle for clean politics and
clean men will meet bitter opposition, the
president has begun a systematic "feeling
out" of sentiment In the various states,
particularly In the far and middle west,
with a view to ascertaining Just what
strength the reactionary movement will
have when the state conventlona meet to
select delegates to the national convention
to nominate Mr. Roosevelt's successor.
Effect of Civil Service la Ohio.
It haa not been a great many years alnce
a political situation such aa that created
In Ohio by the rival ambitions of Secre
tary Taft and Senator Foraker for the
presidential nomination would result In
a wholesale decapitation of federal office
holder in the state. The heada of post
mature, collectors of Internal revenue,
Vnited States marshals and attorneys and
all their subordinates would be brought
to Washington and presented to the occu
pant of the White House if, say, tha days
no further back than those of Grant could
be recalled. It goea without saying, of
course, that a great many if not the ma
jority of the chief federal officeholders in
Ohio owe their positions to Senators For
aker and Dick. Naturally these influential
parsons will be Inclined to co-operate with
Senator Foraker in the open fight he has
declared against Secretary Taft. When
confronted by a situation like this, Orant
and most of his predecessors moved with
great rigor and directness. They decapi
tated without mercy or delay every of
ficial whom they had cause to suspect of
disloyalty. That was before the country
bad become educated to the civil service
system which now prevails. Under the
preeent dispensation every state federal
officeholder below the grade of ehlef Is
protected by the civil aervlce law and Is
forbidden to participate In politics, al
though, of course, he haa the privilege to
vote. President Roosevelt waa once a
member of the Civil Service commission
and aseiated in rigidly enforcing the law
and protecting federal officials from Just
such dangers aa might beset them In Ohio
should there be a disposition to return to
the manners and customs of some of his
most Illustrious predecessor However,
should any federal official In Ohio become
too active In the fight out there oa either
side, but especially on one side, his head
could and doubtless would be chopped off
under the rules of the Civil Service com
mission, of whiUi the president is ex
Oato chief.
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
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FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA AND
IOWA Fair and colder Monday; Tuesday
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DOMESTIC.
Attorney General of Illinois says Alton
looted of 131.000, 000 by the Harrlman
deal and recommends suits to recover.
Page 1
President Rnllcy of National Agricul
tural commission outlines plan of work
for that body. Page 1
Army engineer warns Pittsburg that
unless precautions are taken that city may
hnve a flood visitation which will entail
great loss of life and property. Page S
Z.OCAX.
Mayor Dahlman address Colored
Men's club and advocates abolishing the
unci! and police board and putting all
er In the hands of the mayor. Fags 8
HEBKASKA.
Qovernor Sheldon has large number of
bills to act upon, but expects to clear
thorn all up on time. State railway com
mission has many complaints filed by rail
road patrons which even keep it busy.
Pa-e 1
WASHIITQTON.
Rattle royal tn politics Is opened and
President Rosevelt has given his challenge
to the Interests which oppose his policy.
Pare 1
BPOKT8.
Omaha Wdstern league team shuts
out St. Paul, winning by score of to 0.
Page 8
TESTIMONIAL TO STEVENS
Engineer Pays a Tribute to Work of
His Predecessor, Mr.
Wallace.
COIXJN. April 7. John F. Stevens, former
chief engineer of the Panama canal, was
given a splendid sendoff last night previous
to hia depor.u.e toJay for the Uni ted Stales.
The reception was held on Pier 11, Cristobal.
W. Ow Bierd, guneral manager of the Pan
ama railroad, acted as chairman.
Mr. Stevens, in a speech, modestly gave
John F. Wallace, whom he superseded aa
chief engineer, the credit for the organiza
tion cf the work. This, Mr. Stevens de
ceased, he had modified only when neces
sary. He said the preparations made two
yeara ago were underestimated, and, though
the working forces alnce had been doubled.
Were still inadequate. He eald the ma-
I chlnery had been completed, homes had
been provided for 200,000 persons, there were
railroad facilities for handling over 1,000,000
yurds of earth monthly and the organiza
tion was so advanced that It waa possible
to carry on the work In both wet and dry
anasons. He said he firmly believed the
canal would be opened in January, 1915, He
did not seek the position, and was leaving
It of his own volition.
Mr. Stevens asked his loyal friends niot
to take their complaints to Washington,
but to make them to Major Qoethals, the
new chairman of the canal commission, for
whom he solicited tho same fealty as had
been given him.
Just before sailing at noon today Mr.
Stovens was presented with a two-volume
testimonial signed by American and other
employes of the canal, expressing tlmir
loyalty to blm. The employes also sub
scribed for three gifts Intended to be
handed down by Mr. Stevens to his three
sons.
TAFT ARRIVES AT HAVANA
Prominent Cubans Among; the Party
Which Comes Oat to Wel
come Htm,
HAVANA, April 7.-Secretary of War
Taft and party arrived here this morning
on board the Mayflower. The trip from
the Isthmus waa uneventful. All the mem
bers of the party are well.
Qovernor Magoon, accompanied by Brig
adier General Barry, commanding the
army of pacification; General Rodriguez,
commander of the Rural guards, the mayor
of Havana, the heads of departments and
prominent Cuban officials went out In
launchea to welcome Secretary Taft. The
aecretary surprised the Cubans greatly by
needing no Introduction to them and calling
a majority of them by name. He refused
to discuss politics or his plans In Cuba.
Mr. Taft and hia party are etopplng at
the palace, as the guests of Governor Ma
goon, who haa made special arrangements
for their entertainment. They will re
main here until Wednesday night, when
the Mayflower will sail for Porto Rico.
ELECTION SURPRISE AT ODESSA
Jews Fear Renewal of Outrages aa
Onteome of Overthrow of
the Liberals.
ODESSA, April 7. A sensation has been
caused by the results of the municipal
elections Just ended, which resulted In a
victory for the Union of True Russian Peo-
pie. Out of aeventy-two members of the
iuu Mu. ...... en uvj w int'iiKwrs
or ine union, i ne previous noerai council
wss regarded as the only safeguard against
I antl-Jewlfch disorders and the only body
j capable of Interceding with the authorities
. against the Black Hundred. The Jews
are ln fear of fresh outrages and believe
these will occur If Parliament Is dissolved.
TRfillRLE THREATENED IN CHINA
Conflicts Common la Shanal Between
tha Christians and Ken
Christiana. lOMHOW inril l-Tht mrr.,M.4... -.
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! Shanghai of the Morning Post says that
trouble is threatened at Tal Yuen. In the
, province of Shansl. A large portion of the
population being of the opinion that the
R Jinan Catholic natives are Supporting
what ia known as the Peking syndicate,
flrhls between Christians and non-Chris,
tlana are frequent. The governor has tele-
uun n4uriii. in, luveniar nas tele-
.graphed Us foreign offltta tor advice.
RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURE
Freiident of National Commiuitn Writoi
f Bcape of tie Wcrk.
WHAT EACH MEMBlR IS TO DO DECIDED
the Problems Which It Is Im
perative Should be Take
lp and Solved.
WA8HINOTON, April 7. The nature and i ventlon twelve representative American
scope of the work of the commission re- ! men and women should be selected as the
cently appointed to Inquire Into and report I nucleus of a pilgrimage of peace. These
as to the organization and policy that j persons would then appeal to the Amerl
shojld prevail in the expenditure of publlo can people for their Indorsement by public
mnn.v. nriirl,). ...i..nH.t iHmuiiiB. I Til en f I n p or alirneri memnrlMla- Armed with
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culture are discussed In a letter from L. I
h. Bailey of Cornell university to Presl- '
d,"nt L)avld Starr Jordan of Leland Stan- j
ford university, a copy of which was re-
celved by UtfTord Plnchot, chief of the !
fnreatrv ..pvl. Xf- t)n nu tm np..M.nl 1
of the Association of Agricultural Colleges j
and Experiment Stations, which the com- j
mission represents, and Dr. Jordan is chair- j
nian of the commission. This commission j
has held several sessions In Washington !
In the last few days, during which the
work of the various members was laid j
out. The members have discussed the
proposed work with President Roosevelt
and it Is said he Is much Interested In i
what It Is expected to accomplish.
President Bailey's letter says;
The occasion for the creation of the com
mission lies In the fact that In the very
rapid evolution of experimentation and re
search in agriculture in the United States
there has not arisen a clear understanding
of mutual limits and relationships or a
settled policy in relation to many public
questions. We need to work out our prin
ciples of action.
Meeds of the Service.
There undoubtedly needs to be a co
relating and harmonizing of subjects and
methods; an understanding of the proper
scope, function and limitations of national
and state aeiicies; a conception of the re
lation of institutions in the state to federal
appropriations and control; of the most
ellectlve distribution of investigation ef
forts among the different state and national
institutions; consideration of the Influence
tutliU il,he"H arc,h ln ar.,cu,l,ur" ly 'ne
current methods of appropriations by legls-
laturea: of the relation of The In.llvMunl
of the relation of the
worker to Institutional organization; discus
sion of what constitutes search that shall
firoduce useful and worthy results; the re
ation of this result to the teaching and
publicity functions of the Institutions; con
sideration of the relation of research ln
agriculture to the general body of science
and the co-ordination of them; and in gen-
eral such a directing of experiment and re-
oearcn in me interest or agriculture as
shall render compact and econon.lr.e the
work, render It more fertile and effective
and Integrate it with wise policies ln the
Interest of the publlo welfare.
It lies with the commission to cover much
or little of this field, but It would be es
sential to cover the best methods of or
ganizing research work, the mutual rela
tions of experiment stations and federal
agencies and the general character of re
search that may Issue from Institutions
founded on publlo money.
President Bailey saya that the commis
sion may consider any other research work
supported by public money that promotes
agricultural knowledge and efficiency. It
cannot, he saya, neglect direct educational
questions Insofar aa they touch the inter
relation of experiment and research In the
Institutions and particularly as they relau
to the training. e( men to undertake re
search. BIG UNER RESCUES SAILORS
Thirteen Taken from Vessel
mantled In Recent
Storm.
DIs-
NEW TORK, April 7.-Nearly every ves
ael that haa arrived from southern ports
during the last week haa brought aome
atory of marine disaster wrought by the
tornado off Hatteras during the last ten
days of March. The Bleucher, arriving to
day from West Indian ports, was no ex
ception. Standing In disconsolate rrouna
about Ita decks were thirteen people whom
the liner had saved from their foundering j ico. and la being used not without effect
bark, the Oulfport, aa the vessel was on by the agitators againat the Diaz govern
the verge of going down. The rescue was I ment, the so-called "revolutionists" on
wunessea Dy speaker Joseph G. Cannon
and others of the congressional party on
board the Bleucher. Those taken by the
lifeboat of the liner from the waterlogged
wreck were near starvation, as for nearly
a week they had had nothing to live on
except a few watersoakod biscuits.
Shortly after S o'clock Thursday morning
the Bleucher altered Its course to head for
a wreck which had been sighted. The paa
sengera hurriedly quitted the breakfast
table, and gathered on deck to see close by
a bark, the crew clustered about the after
rails. Little difficulty attended the work
of rescue. The lifeboat. In charge of Chief
Officer Beyer, was lowered from the
Bleucher and rowed to the wreck. Into
this went Captain Larsen of the bark and
twelve members of his crew, and. In a
short time had the refugees safely on board
the Bleucher. ,
BRYAN TALKS TAINTED MONEY
Praises Institutions Which Refase te
Take Fonda of This
Character.
KANSAS CITY, April 7. William J.
Rryan ln a lecture here tonight at the
Orand Avenue Methodist church praised
churches and other Institutions that have
refused gifts of "tainted money," and said:
"I'm glad to see this question agitated,
I am sanguine enough to believe that this
struggle over accepting money which has
been amassed by questionable means will
yet be settled on the side of ethics and
morality. I believe the time Is coming
when great educational Institutions will
reruse to give respectability to great crlm-
Inals going Into partnership with there. 1
i prone to measure morality at
the Annr r,f th- ni. .1 . . .
- jr. v, e rorget I
that tnere are many criminals outside
' prison doors.
ATTEMPT TO DYNAMITE STORE
w
Bippoits to tse work of Men Who
Demaaded Money of Owner
of Property.
CHICAGO, April 7.-An attempt wss
made today to dynamite the home of
Oulseppe Mancuso, a grocer, supposedly by
the sender of two letters received by Man-
cuso- 1
which the payment of two on
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ted that th. money should be deposited
in a vacant lot at W o clock at nltht. Man -
penalty or deatn was demanded. The let
cuso appealed to the police, who watched 1
1n ...t fn. thA h .rm.l ... T. - ,
I j uc cxDio-
slon partially wrecked the building, but no!
one waa Injured. !
Mormons Aid t hlnese.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 7
Trnty ions er nour were voted for the
relief of the Chinese fanilr.e suffcrera at
the flnt.1 session of the seventh Mormon
conference today. The flour will he taken
, ,"VT "-,. iu in laaen
J J I it.d'crgss'alsty. Umi"4 uv,r
STEAD HAS PLAN FOR PEACE
Living- Petition front All Kaftans tn
The Haarue Confer
ence. NEW TORK. April 7.-W. T. Stead occu
pied the pulpit In Plymouth church. Brook
lyn, tonight, and set forth his views as to
the opportunity afforded Americana by the
coming Hague conference of arousing
other nations to the sense ef the Import
ance of making Immediate progress toward
the ideal described by the phrase, "The
United States of the World."
He urged that nt the coming pence con-
.,i.i .i i . ,h.
would In the first case go as a deputation
to the president and to the secretary of
state, asking them to Instruct their dele-
gates at The Hague to support the above
program. Then he would approach the
Rrttlah amhfljiiflilnr anit Inf.-irm him nf their
Intention to start at once for England and
to appeal to the British people for their
support in pressing their requests upon
the king and his minister
Mr. Stead said there waa no doubt that
they would receive an overwhelmingly
popular reception in Rrltaln, where the
ground already had been prepared. At
London they would be Joined by four pll-
grlms from each of the three Scandinavian
countries, and the Americans and Scandi
navians, together with twelve British pil
grims, would present their petition to the
king at Buckingham palace and to his
ministers In Downing street. The thirty-six
pilgrims would then cross over to Paris.
The same thing would be repeated there.
Receptions by the president of the republic
and his ministers, and municipality and the
Chamber of Commerce would afford ample
demonstration of the loyalty of France to
the principle of fraternity.
The pIlgTlms, now swollen to forty-eight
by the addition of twelve French pilgrims,
would pick up others at Geneva and then
go on to Rome. From Rome the pilgrims,
now sixty-two In number, would go to
Russia, und elffhtv-sl-K would arrive at
! Berlin, ninety-eight would reach Brussels
. ' ,., , , .
and then 100 would finally round up at The
Hague to present their petition at the
conference which Is to assemble on June 1.
Mr. Stead eald the Idea had been received
with enthusiasm In Europe.
i MEXICAN EDITOR IN JAIL
Flnda It Does TCot Pay to Oppose Elec
tion of Governor's Bon-in-Law,
EL PASO, Tex., April 7. Because he had
been arguing that Gnrlque C. Creel, am
bassador of Moxlco to the United States,
could not be elected the constitutional gov
ernor of the state of Chihuahua, Silvester
Terrazas, editor of El Correo, a daily
newspaper of high standing, published in
the city of Chihuahua, la in Jail.
Mr. Creel's father was an American citi
zen, which fact, according to the constitu
tion of the state of Chihuahua, renders Mr.
Creel ineligible for the office of consti
tutional governor. HtstJ-ther-ln-law, Gen
eral Terrasaa, has beau- the ecinatltutioual
governor of the state for many years, and
Mr. Creel haa been "substitute" or acting
governor, and la now an avowed candidate
for constitutional governor. El Correo la
opposing his candidacy, and haa quoted
from the constitution those sections whloli
show his ineligibility. In closing an ap
peal to Mr. Creel to withdraw as a candi
date, El Correo In Its issue received here
last night, says:
"Will you accept an antl-constltutlonal
governorship, which Is almost treason,- or
will you decline such an attack without
parallel on your native country?"
Immediately after this article appeared
Editor Terrazas was arrested and thrown
Into prison. The arrest has caused a pro-
I found sensation throushout northern Mex
both aides of the border.
BUSSIE WAITS FOR FIFTEENTH
Has 5o Intention of Trying to Oast
Mayor Dunne at the Pres
ent T line,
CHICAGO, April 7.-"I have no present
Idea of taking office until April 15. I do
not expect to go to the city hall Monday,
or any day this week. I do expect to go
there April 16." This announcement made
by Mayor-Elect Fred A. Russe tonight
gave practical assurance that Chlcag'i
would not be the scene of a dual municipal
government and attendant complications,
which It was feared might follow the swear,
ing ln of Mr. Buese as mayor last Satur
day. Muyor Dunne Is not to be forcibly
ousted, but will have the custormary op
portunity of addressing a farewell message
to the old council and witness the formal
Inauguration of the Busse administration.
Mr. Busse admitted contingencies might
arise which might cause him to assume the
duties of mayor prior to April 15, but that
he doea not now forsee any auch conting
ency. Mayor Dunne appeared not to be con
cerned over the aituatlon. He left for the
east tonight, after having deputized Comp
troller McGann to act as mayor ln bis
absence.
"I will be back at tha city hall on Tues
day morning," he said. "If Mr. Busse
drops In and asks for the keys to the desk
I will turn them over to him, although I
do not anticipate such a visit."
MURDER PREYS ON MAN'S MIND
Confesses
to Crime and Then Takes
His Own Life by
Shootlns.
WEST PLAINS. Mo., April 7 Mrs. Vic
tor Riley, wife of a Douglass county
farmer, who committed suicide near Syca
! more Pond recently, ln a confession today
j said that before shooting himself Riley told
I her he had ehot and killed Harvey Obert,
, a youth of Springfield, whose body was
found In the pond two weeks ago. Riley
had confessed, Mrs. Riley said, that after
shooting the boy he carried the body to
the pond, tied rocks to his head and feet
and threw the body Into the water. The
i murder preyer on Riley's mind. He told
, ,eft a wu whlch rea(J.
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xjw. " " ' " ilia uuj
found ln the pond."
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Ilrldce Collapaee With Train.
CHRISTOPHER. Ill, April 7. - A ooal
train on the Illinois Central went throimn
a tr.-Kile three miles west of hire today
and Engineer George M-F:irlani and Fire
man O. H Jones were hoth dangerously
Injured. The breaking of the treatle piled
injured. The breaking or the treatle piled
j cik."ln B to ""j
PROFITS IN THE ALTON DEAL
Harrimsn and Hit Ai ooi&tsi Said to Hate
Cleared TwtmtT-Fonr Millien.
STATE OF ILLINOIS POWERLESS TO ACT
Attorney General Recommends That
"fnrkhnldera Brlns; Action to R c
cover Amonat from Those
Who Wrecked Company.
SrRINCFIELD. 111.. April 7 Attorney
General Stead, ln an opinion submitted to
Governor Deneen today, expresses doubt as
to whether It ia the province of the state
of Illinois to proceed against E. H. Harrl
man and his associates for the alleged
manipulation of the Chicago & Alton rail
road properties. If the state should revoke
the company's charter the loss would fall
on the stockholders, the Harrlman people
already having disposed of n large por
tion of their holdings. The attorney gen
eral concludes therefore that the best plan
would be for the comrany Itself to seek
a remedy for the situation, or even for one
or more stockholders to act. At the same
time Mr. Stead assures the governor that
should he become convinced on further In
vestigation that the state can relieve the
road's condition he will make the neces
sary moves at once.
Notwithstanding his convictions as to the
wisdom of Immediate action, Mr. Stead
insists there Is not the least doubt but that
a civil remedy exists against the "financiers
who have wrecked this prosperous railroad
company, and, at the expense of Innocent
stockholders and bondholders, have gath
ered to themselves a harvest of millions
of dollars."
Attorney General Stead revlewa the testi
mony given by Harrlman recently before
the Interstate Commerce commission at
New York and from the records of the
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse commis
sion obtained the various resolutions, cer
tificates and documents pertaining to the
Chicago & Alton Railroad company and
the Chicago & Alton Railway company and
the consolidated company, all of which
figure In the manipulations.
Blar Profit to Syndicate.
The profits made out of the Alton deals
by Mr. Harrlman and his associates arc
placed by Mr. Stead at 24.4S,600.
"Aa a result of this enormous profit to
themselves." he declares, "the railroad
companies are thrown into hopeless bank
ruptcy." The Indebtedness of the companies, aa
ahown by the figures In the opinion, has
been increased a total of 80,646,21H alnce
they fell Into Mr. Harrtman's hands. Of
this amount only 22,500,OCIO, according to
Harrtman's own testimony, says Mr. Stead,
was Incurred for improvements, betterments
or extension of the road.
"Over $57,000,000 of this Indebtedness,"
concludes the opinion, "or more than 70
per cent of the entire Indebtedness created
by this syndicate upon the properties of
these several companies, was not created
In furtherance of any legitimate purpose
for which a railroad company is or can be
organized under the statutes of the atate
of Illinois."
Composition of Syndicate.
Mr.' Stead takes up the Alton deal ln
great detail, bringing out the. fact that tn
1896 the cofhpahr paid all Us peratlneT ex
penses and a Z per cent dividend on Its
common and preferred stock and had $300,
000 left. The company's credit waa good
and then the syndicate took hold, purchas
ing 34.722 shares of preferred and 183.2J4
of common stock distributed aa follows:
George J. Gould, 64,635 shares; E. H.. Har
rlman, 64,636 shares; Mortimer L. Shin",
64,535 shares; James Stlllman, 54,636 shares.
Including smaller numbers of sharea taken
by others.
Mr. Stead dates the Alton's difficulties
' from 1899, when Its new owners ordered the
Issue of $40,000,000 ln S per cent bonds for
Improvements. Of these bonds $32,000,000
were subsclbed by the new stockholders at
(A cents on the dollar, of which the eyn
dlcate received 27 per cent. Part of the
, bonds secured by the syndicate afterwards
were sold at 96. representing a large profit,
j The next move In the series of manipu
lations, says Mr. Stead, was to add $12,
I 444,177.66 to the coat and capitalization of
the road. This consisted ln part of the
1 Income which the stockholders of the com
pany in former years had been content to
apply to betterments and permanent im
provements, and which, by order of the
Board of Directors, had been charged upon
the books of the company to the operat
ing expenses, and consisted In part of
. losses sustained by the stockholders of
- other companies. The next step was to de
. clare a SO per cent dividend on May 31,
: 1900. The dividend on the stock owned by
' the syndicate, paid by check to Kuhn.
Loeb & Co., amounted to $6,669,180, and waa
charged up on the bookB of the company
' sigalnat "construction expenditure capital
ized." The syndicate's profits, up tn this
) time, all told, were $14,993,000. Then fol
i lowed the lease of the Chicago te Alton
I railroad company'e property to the Chl
! cago & Alton Railway company, and the
j syndicate ostensibly transferred Ita stock
I to Louis L. Stanton, a dummy. This trans-
fer included the St. Louis, Peoria &
Northern railway.
"Louis L, Stanton" then aold to the eyn
dlcate the stork transferred and the short
railroad line, which necessitated the Issue
of 22,000 3H per cent gold bonds, amount
ing to $13.0110,000. This made the syndicate's
profits $24.2t,600.
Growth of Debt.
When the syndicate gained control In
IK. says Mr. Stead, the road's llabllites
amounted to $;w,O00.000. In 1SU6 the lia
bilities of the consolidated company reached
$119,046,213. representing an indebtedness of
$80,046,218 created by the syndicate. Only
$2,600,000 of this waa created to Improve
the road, the remainder not being the re
sult of any legitimate purpose, adds the
attorney general. But In udditlon to the
company's bonded Indebtedness, which
amounts to over $79,000 a mile, Ita capital
atock liabilities are over $48,000 a mile, Its
present outstanding Indebtedness on ac
count of equipment, trust obligations. Is
j over $3,000 a mile.
1 As to the possible remedy, Mr. Stead
I says:
! "Even if the company'a charter should be
' revoked by the state, the Innocent stock
holders would suffer most.
I "The bonds of the company are In the
hands of Innocent purchasers, for a val
uable consideration, and under the decisions
of our supreme court and the supreme court
of the United States, ln my opinion, can
not be attacked.
"I am Inclined to the opinion that the
remedy lies with the company Itself, or
ln the event of its refjsal to act, with
some one or more of the stockholders.
Should I become satisfied, however, upon
further Investigation that an effective rem
edy can be enforced by the state, I shall
not hesitate to Institute proceedings.
"Whether or not the inemlarrs of this
syndicate aie criminally liable under the
atatutea of the state of Illinois I sJUirsss
no opinion l UUs Uiua4
CHARGES OF IRREGULARITIES
Policy Itolders' Committee "ays Re
cent Insurance Flection
Was In fair.
NEW YORK, Arrll 7.-The international
policyholders' committee Issued a statement
today, pointing out alleged violations of the
present Insurance code by the companies
In the recent election of officers and the
alleged Inefficiency of the Department of
Insurance in conducting the supervision
of the election.
"The International committee," says the
! statement, "has maintained for months In
both the Mutual and New York IJfe can
vass a force of watchers and translators,
and every effort has been made to protect
the Interests of policyholders who have
voted Against the old managements, but
the rulings of the Inspectors have been
so uniformly against us, and being fully
satisfied that It Is Impossible under tho
present conditions, to secure a fair count
of the votes as csst, we withdrew our
wntrhrrs.
"From the beginning the companies, with
the assistance of the Department of In
surance, have evaded and nullified In every
way possible the law as enacted. The
companies filed lists of policyholders at
Albany which contained thousands of In
correct names, with false and misleading
addresses, while they gave agents and
canvassers, not alone the correct names
and addresses, but the policy numbers of
the Insured.'
- The statement sets forth the various
forms of Irregularity charged and declares
It was practiced on a wholesale scale. Il
lustration Is given of a family which was
recorded as casting five votes, the state
ment adding: "Investlpatlon showed that
not a member of the family voted In the
recent election and that they had not re
sided at the stated address In over two
years.
"Numerous Instances developed where
agenta had aent In proxies and ballots
bearing the names of policyholders who
had been dead for years, while many bal
lots were cast bearing the names of
former policyholders who had allowed their
policies to lapse.
"The officers of these companies and the
Department of Insurance are responsible
for this condition of affairs."
LAST WEEK OF THE THAW TRIAL
Case Expected to no to the Jnry Not
Later Than Thursday
Afternoon.
NEW YORK, April 7.-When Judge Fitz
gerald tomorrow morning announces for
mally the findings of the commission In
lunacy which Inquired Into the present
mental condition of Harry K. Thaw the
curtain will rise on the last act of the long
case.
Dr. Allan MeLane Hamilton, who was on
the stand when District Attorney Jerome
asked for the appointment of the commis
sion, will, It Is understood, be recalled and
be allowed to retire without further ex
amination. Mr. Delmas, it la said, will ask an ad
Jornment until 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. It la because he finds It Impossible
to make hia address to the Jury in one day
that he will make hia opening tomorrow
afternoon to leave him the full day Tues
day tn which to conclude his summttig up.
Mr. Delmas remained at his home today,
putting the finishing touche son hia plea.
District Attorney Jerome Is expected to
occupy three or four hours of Wednes
day and his summing up may take more
time. There will then remain only Justice
Fitzgerald's charge before the case goes
to the Jury, which can hardly be later than
Thursday unless unforeseen obstacles arise.
Most of the members of the Jury have
had previous experience In criminal cases.
Three have sat In homicide cases before
and eight have been Jurors ln criminal cases
where the charge was other than murder.
Only one man never haa been a Juror pre
viously. Of the three men who have sat
In homicide cases, one man was on a Jury
that brought ln a verdict of acquittal; the
second man served In two cases. In each
of which the verdict was murder In tho
first degree, and the third man was on a
Jury returning a manslaughter verdlce.
Thaw passed a quiet day reding the
papers and writing. He waa ln unusually
good spirits and attended religious serv
ices. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
O flic era Elected for EaaulnsT Year and
Plans Laid for Future
Work.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., April 7. (Spe
cial.) The annual convention of the South
Dakota Sunday School association, which
haa Just been concluded in this city, was
one of the most successful and Inter
esting gatherings ever held by the asso
ciation. The attendance waa large and
great Interest was manifested ln all the
sessions. At the annual buslneas meeting
of the members of the association the fol
lowing officers were elected for the coming
year:
President, M. M. Ramer of Mllbank;
vice president, G. A. I'llne of Dell Rapids;
recording secretary, Grace S. Derome of
Valley Springs: treasurer, C. N. Ander
son of 8loux Falls; department secretaries:
Primary Juniors, Mis. Delia Robinson
Klng of Scotland: home, Mrs lley Grove
of Sioux Falls; teacher training, Rev. D.
S Kern of Northvlile; temperance, Rev.
W M- Grafton nf Mitchell- organized
Bible class, O. H. Runyan of Sioux Falls;
executive committee, Rev. Ir. Fox. Rev.
Dr. Jenkins. Rev. J. E. Winter, D. O.
Jones and C. N. Anderson, all of Bloux
Falls; Prof. M. M. Ramer of Mllbank,
Rev. C. M. Daley. Rev. K. H. Grant and
T H. Hag-en of Huron, Grace B. Derome
of Valley Springs, F. E. Vandermarken
of Hartford and A. H. Seymour of De
Smet. The executive committee at the closo
of the session held a meeting and re
elected Rev. F. P. Leach of Sioux Falls
to the position of general secretary of
the association for the coming year. He
has filled the position acceptably alnce
September, 13.
The next annual convention of the as
I soclatlon will be held at Brookings In
laus.
CONFERENCE 0VER TRUSTS
Civic Pederatlnn tails Meeting; for
Chicago the Latter Part
of May.
NEW YORK, April 7.-The executive
(council or ine national itvic reaeration
haa decided on Chicago as the place and
May 2X. 'A. 30 and 31 as the dates for the
holding of the national conference on com
blnatlons and trusts, which recently was
announced by that organization. Promin
ent men from the different walks of life
have signed the Invitations asking the sp
polntment of delegates by governors and
presidents of the Industrial, manufacturing,
agricultural, labrr, economic, financial and
law associations.
j The purpose of the conftrenee Is to con
sider the trust and combination problems,
.especially the question of what amend.
I ment. If any, should be made lu tha bher-
iman aaU-truat act.
WORK FOR GOVERNOR
Chief ExecotiTa En-ied With Bills Bent Up
bj the Le?ii'atnra.
EXPECTS TO CLEAR THEM UP IN TIME
Already rarr.iliar With the Subject littler
of a Vajor tT of Thtm.
RAILWAY COMMISSION IN LIME LIGHT
Ahead Has Large Number of Complaints
from h ppera.
EXPECTS TO COMMlNCE WORK AT ONCE
State Auditor Propoaes to InaaararatS)
Some Reforms on Ills Own Ac
count In the Matter of En
forcing Statutes,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 7. (Special.) All of
the legislators have left town, and while
everyone who has expressed himself la
satisfied with the record made, some es
tablishments In Lincoln have a grouch
because the members failed to contribute
more money over the bars and the hotel
cafes. In fact, the legislature omtalned
very few members with sporting proclivi
ties, which also breaks a few records es
tablished by other sessions. Governor
Sheldon Is covered up with bills, but Is
pretty certain to have them all off his
hands early In the game, for with most
of them he Is entirely familiar and will
not have to hesltste long before k mewing
what he Intends to do. Insofar aa the
Ilmellpht Is concerned, the State Railway
commission will take the place of the
legislators, and following that within a
few weeka the State Roard of Assessment
will glide Into sight, to be followed by Its
work as a State Board of Equalization,
that In turn to be followed by the fall
campaign and the first trial of a new state
primary law.
Work for Commission.
Under the law enacted by the legislature,
and known as the railway commission bill,
the members of the commission have ab
solute power to fix rates In this state on
any commodity, and they will not have to
fix a complete schodule before lowering
any one particular rate. Complaints have
been pouring In since the first of the year
and the commission will have Its hands
full from the first. In fact, the commis
sion has already furnished relief for sev
eral parties who complained of a shortage
of cars for shipping out grain. One party
wrote ln that he was unable to get cars
from the Missouri Pacific. Judge WTtllams
and Dr. Wlnnett at once notified Robert
Cowell ln Omaha, who personally called
on the railroad officials. The railroad
showed every evidence of desiring to com
ply with the request of the commission
and the complainants' requests for cars
were promptly compiled with. Numerous
other complaints are on file relating to
discrimination or extravagant freight rate
charges, and theae will be taken up at
once, new that Mr. Clarke lias been ap
pointed and the commission knows exactly
where It stands Mr. Clarke has been In
Omaha for the lost two daya and upon
his return to Lincoln tomorrow a meet
ing will be held and a formal organization
probably effected by the selection or at
least by the consideration of the selec
tion if a secretary and other assistants.
One of the first hearings the board will
hold will be on a complaint to be filed by
T. S. Allen on behalf of a shipper who la
a client of his. This client has a griev
ance, and the democratic state chairman
Is to present it to the commissioners.
Other Reforms In the Air,
Incidentally It may be possible some of
the state officers may conclude to keep
up the good record of the legislature In
the way of reform, and If they do, It will
mean aome parties are to be disappointed
In the salary they receive. For Instance,
the statute specifies that the deputy secre
tary of state shall be paid $1,600 a year.
The appropriation bill this year and for
several yeara has provided $1,800 for thle
officer. The auditor Is seriously considering
following the statutes ln the matter and
refusing to allow the larger salary. A
bill was Introduced to repeal this statute,
but it failed of passage. In one or two
other Instances the appropriation la larger
than the statute provides.
It has also been given out cold from
the auditor's office that he will not stand
for any more deficiencies aa he did this
year. Of course, this Is none of the busi
ness of the auditor, whether a state Insti
tution creates a deficiency, but the various
superintendents of the state boards dis
covered this winter that unless the auditor
Cave his approval to a deficiency claim it
would not even be considered by the claims
committee. This Is taken to mean that
the next legislature will also rely on tha
auditor's recommendations In thia line.
Among the bills signed by Governor Shel
don Saturday night were the Mike Lee
Omaha charter bill and the Harvey garbage
bill, which permits ths city council to let
the contract for hanllng city garbage which
costs the citizens nothing. The McMullen
bill, to make It unlawful for boys under
18 to smoke cigarettes In public places,
was vetoed because there la already an
antl-clgarette law In effect.
Governor Sheldon went to Nehawka last
n'ght to see his mother, who Is seriously
111.
Bill Sinned by Governor.
The Lincoln morning papers got mixed up
on the bills signed by Governor Sheldon
and announced that he had signed the
90 per cent exemption bill. The governor
haa not even considered the measure and
it la still among the big grist yet to be
gone over.
Among the last bills he signed were tha
two sheriff bills, one providing the feeding
of the prlsone:s In he Douglas county Jail
after next January shall be let to the
lowest bidder, the other providing salaries
for sheriffs.
Ieiuand for Two Scalps.
A number of politicians are after the
acalps of Elmer Stephenson, Internal col-
lector, and Hud Llndsey, custodian of th
postofflce and collector of the port.
s port, art
Brown al
It was rl
Senators Rurkett and Norrls
receiving numerous knocks. It
ported tonight that Senator Burkett had
asked a friend to suggest to Llndsey tnat
his resignation would be acceptable. R. B,
Schneider and Ross Hammond came down
tonight from Fremont and had a con-
ference with the two senators and it is
understood the positions held by Stephen
son and Llndsey were discussed.
Iowa Man lieta Contract.
FREMONT. Neb., April 7 -B eclal )-J.
W. Turner of Cedar Rapids. Ia.. gets the
'contract fur paving the twenty-nine blocks
ordered paved, provided the brick ho Is to
Iuse and which are manufactured by ths
Barber Asphalt company, will stand ths
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