Nebraska Newspapers

    he . Omaha Daily Bee
VOL XXXVTe-XO. 27C.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOTiMXO, "MAY fi, 1007.
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POLICE VIOLATE LAW
CMwC Grmi tirf Vwmtn ReriW
State f AffaJn.
officer, assessed ron pcutics
N Taftlaorr Cae-wi Praatioe Em Bee ii
Veoa for Tear.
4ERWD WRY ONLY SCRATCHES SURFACE
lewa.tlt that Iti Etieeeaeef Gt to tin
. Bottom of tk FmU
TRIAL CF CHIEF EXPECTED W JUNE
DMfW AHivrmrfm OfnVe lo PrneirlaB;
to PmK tHo Graft Hearing a a
Rapidly M CVoiirf arvoee
Will Pert.
CHICACKVMa That the city of Chl
U9 ha tor )wi bean violating the civil
rrloa la.w was brought to light by the
tnTsattrkUon of th pollc department,
which remitted yesterday In Indictments
bedn returned against four cltr officers
and tiro dstaotiv under former M vor
Duraie'a administration. The Invest' n
begun ten day eigo followed uhar.
during tba recent mayoralty campalfc
former Chief of Police Collifia bad
,y "
re
his department to further the lnterei.
of Dunne by asking and receiving money
fro-i members of the police force for the
k-;.pOi t of tha democratic candidate.
Murine the investigation Inspector, cap
tain and patrolmen testified that a for
back a they could . remember they had
been assessed a. certain amount for cam
paign purposes at each city election, no
matter wlrloh party was in power. Ac
cording to tba Inspectors who testified .be
fore the Civil Service commission. It was
not compulsory to subscribe to this fund,
till the Impression -,a:. prevailed
throughout the depurt.v.prr,. .lift it wa
for the best Interests of everybody In the
department to comply. According to the
testlrory submitted, on which the four in
dlctr..er, . virer reiurn.Kl. records of the
police nepc.jiint had been mutilated and
for political work while being paid bv the !
..I... . ,U. .,,. Ih rr-.
Indicted had ben cul!ty of h -'ying J
t. .iitirnti on city employes, logo .her
n ,u. soliciting and receiving bribes f rom
saloonkeepers. The Anally for each of-
fense Is theXymBM of r. fine not et-
..... . . . . . .w ,
ceeding 12,000 or Imprisonment In the peni
tentiary.
Iteport of Grand Jnrr.
The grand Jury In Its report said:
"We find lnd'lcatlons of corruption and
graft on the part of patrolmen and officers
tht leads us to supf"st that these mat
ters, which, we have ten unable to in
vestigate thorouKhiy on account of lack
.of time, he fully gone Into by. the next
grand Juty. The flngrant violations of '.he
clTll service Ui'! by the police of Ch!mgo
how the necessity for vigilance on the
pert of civil service boards to prevent
similar abuses and vlolst,ons by other de
nftrt" "ft ft tlvs cjjiinty and city; govern
ment under civlP service regulations.."
Preparations for the trial of the former
superintendent of the, Chlcngo police de
partment as soon as possible will be made
by State's Attorney Healy. The st' 's
attorney said tonight that he believed
Collins could be riared on trial bv June
1. The other rises will not ba taken up
until fall.
TROUBLE FOR FRENCH CABINET
labor Sltnntlnn Una Thorooahlj
A ranged the Conservative
' Clements.
PATH'S, May 5. T'gly cloud have gath
ered during the Roster holidays, and when
Parliament ' reassembles Tuesday Premier
Clemencenu and his cabinet will have to
face a multitude of Interpellation. While
the conservative Interests for months have
been alarmed at the government's new
scheme of taxation, they now have be
come genuinely frightened to find a carni
val of strikes, labor disorders and an antl
milltary propagiindu being directly fos
tered by the Oenernl Federation of Iibor,
an organisation comprising all the labor
unions In France which Is openly preach
ing collectivism, eyprnprlattor ' and the
attainment of ends which means a gen
eral strike. Resides organising the work
men, the federation has been Instrumental
In forming seventeen syndicates of state
employes. Including teachers. The result
has been public and private demoralization,
threatening veritable anarchy, and a tre
mendous Bentlment has flared up In favor
of the complete suppression of the federa
tion. pTemler Clemenceau sympathizer with
this demand, but has frared to break wllh
Ms old socialistic colleagues. Aa a natural
consequence his irresolution has disap
pointed friends and enemies nllk. He
squelched the May day celebrations, but
when It came to taking the federation
by the throat he capitulated. At Satur
day's cabinet meeting he "submitted a bill
dissolving the federation, hut when M.
Vlvlanl. minister of labor, and M Rrland.
minister of education, ordered It he agreed
to hold It In abeyance for a first test of
sentiment in the Chamber of Deputies.
As a matter of fact. M. Vlvlanl is be
lieved to be secretly trying to unhorse his
chief.
PROBING KANSAS CITY POLICE
Governor Folk to Take a Hand In
Sifting Charges of Coe
mption. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. May B. Tomorrow
morning the Board of Tollce commission
ers will bfgin Its promised Investigation
of the charge of police corruption The
probable advent In Kansas City within the
next week or so of Governor Joseph W.
F-Mk. who has pi H-t'cnl'v satd he would
."'' here and take a hand personally In
Irvrstig ulnn, gives promise of sensa
'.("mil d!si Injures
For a long time all-uions have been
..!' le tht ;r: ft w.s co-.imonly p 'licttce.l
on the force. I; lm, heen charged that
it t tt. Bftetl '.l t'ie vi s ' fro n the pi o
'crlon o? petiy vin.ils m ,he covering
:!. for .a 'o:sVei itt..n, t(, grave
n.iri-a' r.iui iten i . :im (.,
shielded, nnd appoii.t . ,.;, t tne
chest of er( lin l m p:iV ;-olitlcal
rbts sr.d no -''"ra'hn of the
'.-e- for ct-lo of t'., i rp.M'v 4.
rt.lef cf Fo'l. '. .V t. , s Mil re
j esiiedlv thai eo---d r. Inve !g-
t'on of I N (le;ir:rie-,t friyi op f,oftom.
d l.i hi
r.l ti
ivemor
ind the pol'i e commission rs every a'.i
I Ms command
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
Meadsr, Ma 6, lOT.
1907 MAY, 1907
aun mat . Tvt wtd tto rnt t
T $ IF i 2 a 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 II
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 1
Til WXATaTEB.
FORECAST FOR Nh-'BRASKA Cloudy
Monday: probably showers. Tuesday, fair.
FORECAST FOR IOWA Showers Mon
day and warmer In extreno eaM portion.
Tuesday partly cloudy.
Temperature st Omaha yesterdajrt
Hour. Deg.
Hour. Der.
6 a. m. .45
6 a. m. ...... 42
7 a. m 42
f a. m. .43
Pa. m..... 4fi
10 a. m. 48
11 a. mi I,
12 m ..... . ,.&2
1 p. m. ........ .54
2 p. m. f
3 p. m..... 86
4 p. m . .57
5 p. m.......,,...5(
6 p. m. .............. 64
7 p. m .. S3
8 p. m. .61
p. m..... 6o
domestic.
Grand Jury Investigation In . Chicago
shows wholesale violation of law in the
public department and recommends fur
ther Investigation. Fag- 1
Navigation opens on the lakes and Im
mense amount of freight la already
afloat In both directions. Page 1
Conflicting reports concerning the rondl-
lon or
"
lon of winter grains cause great activity
Board of Trade. Page 1
y-bugs being distributed to exterml-
grren-bug which is damaging
- crop in jvansas ana viKianom.
"VABKIlrOTOlf .
Keere. v, aft decides complaints of
canal en.,oyes. Rejects claim for In
creased pay for shovelmen, holds that no
change shall be made by commission In
conditions which were held out as induce,
ment for men to go to the Isthmus; men
are not to be discharged without a hearing
or Just cause. Pag 1
Interstate Commerce commission rules
express compnny cannot charge shipper
an excessive rate simply because It has
contracted to give Its agents and the
railroad company an excessive rato for
j their services. Pag 1
I Louisiana Judge presents argument for
constitutional power to place iiilroad
Urrly under federal control
Pag a
VU.
Oreeks of Omaha quietly observe their
! , w h ' "'"'wu- 'i or-
! K . rty- Pajra 8
1 ' Ja,m,VR M. Wilson of Seattle, tlrst
7"" ' ar r' -resuyierian
churcli, Is cordially greeted there Sunday
when he preaches on faith in God.
Pa a
HEBBAKXA.
Judge Jessen In scavenger tax suits
! rules the county has no right to bid on
property at any time except the regular
sales. Pag 1
State Board of Assessment meets today
to llx value of railroads for taxation
purposes. Representatives of roads to b
given one hearing each and board pro
poses to do the rest. Paga 1
BPOBT. .
Results of the ball games:
11 Omaha vs. Sloirx City 0. '
2 riesnioInaT vs. Lincoln t.
8 Chicago vs. Pittsburg 1.
11 Cincinnati vs. Ht. Louis 2.
4 Cleveland vs. Chicago 1.
6 Milwaukee vs. Indianapolis 0.
4 St. Paul vb. Columbus 1.
7 Minneapolis vs. Toledo i
HELPING ALONG WAR OF BUGS
Lady Hnii Proves the Exterminator of
the (ireen Bug Wheat
, Peat.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. May 5.-The cam
paign In Kansas and Oklahoma to ex
terminate the green bug. which has been
doing much damage to wheat, Is developing
Interesting features. The main effort Is
being directed in the collection and dis
tribution through the affected districts of
the lady bug, so-called, which Prof. 8. J.
Hunter, entomologist at the Kansas State
university, recently discovered to be the
parasite enemy of the destroying green
bug. Since l'rof. Hunter became convinced
of the worth of the lady bug as an' ex
terminator he has constantly kept a num
ber of students from the university In
the fields collecting these insects. The
bugs have been brought Into the university
at Ijiwrence, packed and shipped free to
any point where they were needed. In
the last two weeks thousands of these de
stroying parasites had been sent out over
the state. They showed quite wonderful
results and the demand for them Increased
beyond the supply. Concerns vitally In
terested, Impressed with the great good
accomplished, raised money voluntarllv
and forwarded it to Prof. Hunter to aid
hlni In his work.
The work of extermination was tempo
rarily delayed bv the extreme cold
weather of the pat few days, which
brought out the fact that while' a low
temperature and cold rains killed off the
lady bug. the green bug thrived on these
conditions Now that warmer weather Is
In slcht renewed efforts are being made
to spread the lady bug. and Oovrrnor
Hoch of Kansas, the Kansas City (Mo.)
Board of Trade and several southwestern
millers are giving financial support to the
campaign.
CMAHA NCBLES REACH COAST
Mystic atirtnera Has- Descended
In Force on l.oa
Ancelea
LOS AN'OKLKP.'Mny 5 From all parts
of the I'nlted States, from Mexico and from
the Hawaiian Islands, Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine are gathered tonight In this ettv.
By morning there, will he upwards of M.neo
strnntren In the city, with many still to
arrive. The day was devoted to receiving
visiting delegates to the Imperial council,
which held its first session Thursday.
Following brass hands and escorted bv
Shrtncrs in picturesque patrol uniforms,
cheered bv people Who lined every
thoroughfare, th nobles were corclis'lv
greeted by coivniittocg froui Al Malnlkiili
temple of Los Anffle.
Among the d-l-?gatlons which huve ar
rived by special train during the last tHe
hours are representatives of Aleppo temple,
Boston; Hamoso temple, Meridian, i ;
Amxeli ti.n-'lc. City of Mexico; Zurnh
temple. Minneapolis: TSnpier temple.
Om.iUa: Osinan temple. 8i. Paul; !"! Oiril
ten ple. Fargo, N !.; Na U tempi. 1 -;.! -wood.
8 P., ani Final te.lr. Pittsburg
Fully thirty tiainx are he-luled to arriva
tef-ve tomorrow at nihinieht.
Trie linnet ml potentate -prcial bearing
Alvah P. 1'laylon .ind ir.anv me-fhers of
Aioila remote of SI .ioscpu. Ma, Is
.ih -dulel to arrive toiuoirow. The city In
bttauMfully drcnrt-J and lllun.lrated.
COST OF CARRYING MAIL
Farther FiewM Art Offer far Geaeial
Vandtrtoa'a Cenaideratioi.
COMrARISON WITH RATES ON EXCESS
Hnadred Pennd Rate Taken na Bnaia
Becanse Adopted by Prof. Adams.
Statistician of Interstate
Commerce- Corn-mission.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May B.-(Hpeclal.)-Gen-eral
Charles F. Manderson's attack upon
the figures of the relative cost of trans
portation of mall and express published
in The Bee of April 28 was called to the
attention of the person who furnished them
to The Bee correspondent. In reply there
to, he said:
"General Manderson could not have read
the article carefully. There Is no place
In it where, as General Manderson Impltrs,
It Intimates that the express figures come
from the report of the Postmaster Gen
eral. The statement Is Blmply made that
data from the report of the postmaster
general for 1906 shows that the rate per
ton paid for carrying the mall between
New York and Chicago was $67.40 per ton.
It then jedtes that the express rate Is
$."0 per ton. but docs not in any way, shape
or form attribute this Information to the
postmaster general's report.
"The figures cited were taken from the
report of the Postal commlslnn, of which
Senator Penrose Is chairman, pages f9- to
697 Inclusive, and were furnished by Mr.
Herbert Kohle, representing the Periodical
Publishers' Association of America.
Postmaster tieneral's Klanres.
In hm statement there occurs the follow
ing paSHuge:
On pa.Be 441 of the postmaster gen
eral s report lor 190n, and the following
pages, there appeals a table snowing the
l eadjuHlinent ot pay per mile upon th
section tor which the quadrennial term
expired June , 11W6. Th polnm Del ween
which each route Is operated, the names
of the railroads, the total length of the
route, the average weight of mail carried
over the entire route per day, the character
and frequency of the service, etc., the
average number of trips pet week, toe pay
per mile per annum for transportation, ihe
pay lor railroad post-office car service, and
ilie unnu.ii rate of pay tor transportation
are all set forth.
From these, by the process hereinafter
de.-iiioed, it is possible to ilgu-re out the
actual amount received by each particular
rainoaii for each hundred pounds carried
over each route. For example, we will
take the New York Central fe Hudson
hiv.-r lailioud, ironi New iorK to Buf
falo, which in knonn as "Home No. lOiuu."
I lie average weight of mall carried over
this entire loute pr day Ik "adjusted' at
411, S3tS pounds. The total annual rate of
pay for tha transportation of same not In
cluding the allowance for railroad posi-otnet-
cars is ti.-i,Hl.4a. 'i his makes a total
compensation to the road of ,iii,W1.72 per
annum for the four years commencing July
1, 1K06.
Ly multiplying the average daily weight
of 411. .VIS pounds by 3rt5 we find that the
quantity curried yearly la IiM.X.'O.b'O pounds,
and by dividing this quantity Into $2,261,
801.72 we find thai the rate per pound is
$o.ul4! plus, or practically 1.50 per luO
pounds. Comparing this with the freight to
Buffalo, which Is 1.6, It will he seed that
the New York Central t Hudson River
railroad Is now receiving nearly four times
the amount of the flrst-cliies rate tlesa than
carload lots) and much more than the ex
press rat.
Basing our 'computation upon this sime
method, we -propose -to show the .amount
pld per 10ft pounds to the. railroads for
carrying- malls to some ot the principal
points of the I'nlted States on trunk lines,
and to compare thei amounts with the
freight rates and express rates between the
same points.
Hundred Pound Rnte na Basis.
"Mr. Noble then proceeds to give the
figures as cited In the story which General
Manderson criticises. Ills express rates
are based on the express charges per 100
pounds. As for me I do not know what
the average sized express shipment Is, but
when Prof. Adams, the present efficient
statistician of the Interstate Commerce
commission, made an extended comparison
of mall and express rates between New
York and Buffalo, he used the 100-pound
rate as the bawls of his comparison. And
when one considers that most of the poul
try, most of the eggs, most of the veal
calves, many of the early vegetables, most
of the thoroughbred horses and cows and
hogs go by express, he will have to agree
that Prof. Adams was nearer right in
using the 100-pound rate as a basis than
General Manderson when he says that a
seven-pound package Is a typical one. Mr
Noble has figured out the mall pay on the
data In the report of the postmaster gen
eral. He has slven the express rates on
the basis selected as the Just basis by Prof.
Adams, probably the greatest living, and
certainly the most widely recognized au
thority on transportation statistics It will,
therefore, be seen that the mall figures
are not fake figures at all, and that the
express figures were computed on the basis
furnished by Prof. Adams.
ry'hen Prof. Adams compared the cost
of mail and express transportation betwen
New York and Buffalo, as Is shown by his
statement before the Wnlrott commission,
he found that the rate per ton for hauling
the mall between these two points was
f,1.73. Taking the 100-pound rate as an
average express rate, he found that the
rate per ton for express wss 125. By al
lowing the railroad one-half for the trans
portation of the express he found that It
received $13.50 per ton for that service.
Since that time It has repeatedly been
statd on the floor of the house that the
contract rate for which the railroad car
ries express from New York to Buffalo Is
40 per cent, and the statement has never
been denied. T'pon the basis given by Prof.
Adams, then, .the railroad really received
$10 per ton for rendering a service not
dissimilar to that for which the govern
ment paid It $31.73 per ton.
Figures that Are Disinterested.
"As for myself, and 1 think It will be
the same with the public, I prefer to take
the disinterested statements and conclu
sions of Prof. Adams to the Interested
statements of even so honorable a gentle
man as General Manderson.
"I know that Gem ral Manderson would
not Intentionally misrepresent any one or
anything, and yet in his artic le he sets
Senator Chandler down as agreeing, as a
member of the Wolcott commission, that
present rates of railway mall pay are rot
too high. As a matter of fact Senator
Chandler says, over his signal or, hi th
report, that tates are too high. The U .
lowing passfige from his statement wl'l
throw llnht on his views, and simw wli;i
he In'nks of T'rnf. Adams, whose flu'-
are t,.i iied above;
""Ihe coinnus.slo!,, as a ot horizt-d hy rrn-grei-s,
emplaved a hig'ily competent eo, rt
tl'iof. Henry Adamsi. -ml he re. 0 ;i
nieiidcd a red'.n lion of . re'- - nt of ;h.
compensation on all route, aid a ''uti.e
reduction cf ft run 1 to i per ce,i. oo t'...
lail'oads where ihi truffle Is luoi-t in,,-,
as being In his judgment, hclow ti.. p. ,
rentage of. rt-d-n tion which could justly
bs demanded by r:son of i h-u Red . ukII.
lions The undersigned J"ins with P.ene
spntat'Y Fl'niintr tn teeoniineintti
foresoux reductions, and In ihe reii.iMl
of the piesent ll-nl. of progressive r-.l-u-.
(Continued in S en, id 1'a.ie.)
BREWERS PUTTING UP FIGHT
fceve Complication Arises la F.tTort to
Confiscate Property la
Kansas.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. May B.-Whnt Is
believed to be one of the lust stages of
Kansas' twenty-year fight against the
liquor traffic, namely, the selxuie ot brew
cry property by the three receivers re
cently appointed by the state supreme
court, Is developing legal complications.
After a week's work and visits to five
cities in the state, the rccelvera have taken
possession of several hundred saloons and
some other property known to be owned
by some of the nine Indicted brewing com-
i panics. There has been much evasion on
! the part of the brewery agents, according j the limelight aa members of the State
j to the receivers, the title to some of their I Hoard of Assessors to place a value on all
I property being hurriedly transferred, and ,nfl railroad property of the state for tax
j this the receivers have not molested, dc- I '"g purposes. More thitn the usual Interest
siring first to gain a rulina; on their status I attaches to the meeting this year, and the
from the state s legal department
Y'estorday at Pittsburg the receivers en
countered a new proposition when they
visited Idle Hour park, a beer garden,
operated supposedly by the Helm Brew
ing company. The receivers Intended to
take charge of this property, with the i years experience.. Inasmuch, however, us rescuing tne record nreaKing lotai ot i.
avowed purpose of selling It and turning ! the railroad question has been the chief j foil tons of essiern freight bound for the
the proceeds into the state treasury, but
l the agent In charge Insisted that the brew- !
I log company owned the fixtures only and j
that the ground and buildings belonged
to him. The receivers decided to make
no move there at present and went to To-
peka for legal advice. It is stated that ;
I the ale of the valuable property already
seized will soon be begun, but the brewers
declare that if this is attempted thev will
go to the courts.
BAD WEATHER DELAYS SEEDING
Only Small Portion of the "prtnar
Grain la In tne Ground
aa Yet.
ST. TAl'L, May B Throughout northern
Minnesota, North Dakota and Manitoba
and in some sections of South Dakota, seed
ing hns been greatly delayed by the In
clemency of the weather which has pre
vailed during April and so far during the
present month. Successive snowstorms In
North Dakota have left the ground In such
condition that It has been impossible to
put the seeders to work. Probably not
more than one-third of the usual acreage
hum Heen B0fdl In fanllnh. Tn Mai-II,
Dakota, northern Minnesota and northern
South Dakota the percentage has been
somewhat greater, but 1 still far below the
normal for this time of the year.
However, farmers feel little apprehen
sion. The tr m:d Is full of niolulnro nut
a few days warm sunrhlne will put it In
I good condition for planting. Grain growers
i are confident that If the bulk of the seed-
Ing can be done by the last of this week
or the middle of next, they will have no
reason to fear a reduced crop.
PRFSinF.T STATES HIS POSITION
I Simply Desire to See Justice tn the
j Haywood Cnse.
! NEW YORK, May 6. In a letter today
j before the Cential Federated union, Preal
j dent Roosevelt states that If evidence 1
submitted to lilm shoeing that there ha
! been a miscarriage of justice for or agaltut
MocT nnd-"aiu.ywnii,''Vvaitl.ia: - trial at
T9r4nM THnhn rltar. n-14-K tha min-a,. ti
' former Governor Steunonberg, he will bring' ln th" condition of ' the health of the
i such evidence to the attention of the attor- R"vernor should these applicants be kept
!ney general for such action, If any, as It ' ,n "rnse much longer, the executive
I may be In the power of the federal au- ,n "wi'lnK lP bravely and the government
I thorltles to take. 'n8 along. Though the position he
! The communication was the formal reply ! occuple Is trying on a man. the governor
of the president to the union committee : h"" declined the many offer of out.ider
. which recently called on the president and : nd wr" meaning friend to relieve him
! requested him to set forth In general his j of the duty of naming heads of depart
: attitude toward the accused men and spe- j mcnt and employe for other position.
rl neatly why he had referred to Moyer and Home, who predicted the bottom would
' Haywood as "undesirable citizens."
In making his r.-nort todav the chairman,
John Henry, said the committee had spent
-more than an hour with the president, at
.which time the matter in hand waa thor-
oimhly discussed. The president signllled
his intention of formally replying in the
letter which the chairman then read. Fol-
lowing the rending there was an animated
. discussion during which the chairman and
William Coakley, another member of the
' committee. Btoutly championed the ttl-
tude of the chief executive. It was finally
voted to send a crpy of the I etter to
counsel frr Moyer and Haywood. In hi
reply the president quoted from a letier
: written by him more than a year ago to the
attorney general in which he says that
- "our duty is (If it should ever happen that
we had any power In the matter) to see
that exact Justice is done these men."
The president letter follows:
THE WHITE HOrSH, Washington.,..,., , .v.-,. ...'
iMay iMy Dear Mr. Henry: When vou
: in company with Messr. Coakley and
; Brown called upon me this morning, I rt-ad
you the letter I had written to the attorney
general on March 25, llsni. At your request
I gladly send you the following extract
; from that letter:
"Our duly is (if It should ever happen
that we had any pf-wer In the 'matter) to
se that ex.tct Justice Is done these men.
There must he no condonation of lawless,
nosa on our part, even if the lawlessnesa
takes the form of an effort to avenge the
wrong committed bv the lawlessness of
others. The sole questhn as regards Hay
wood and Moyer must he the question
whether or not they can be shown to be
guilty of this particular act. and their le-
, gal rights must be as carefully safe-guarded
as those of any other men. It is alle?ed
that they were extradited from Co o in. .
In a manner that amounted to a betrayal
of their legal rights. I should like to have
the district attorney of Colordo, and If
necefoary. the district attorney of Idaho.
' give me such information as they ran on
this point. I should like to get from the
; district attorney of Idaho any Information
j that he can obtain aa to whether or not
there has heen tne slightest disposition
shown by the autrn rifles in Idaho to act
; toward these men In an unfair or improper rased waa whether the commissioners had ' behalf of the party, saying that the dls
i manner, or to deny them their legal ilghtH. , A . ... . ,, ' "
"On the other hand. I should like tn know a right n bid on any delinquent property1 tlngulshed soldier. General Kurokl and his
-whether there is any symptom of u mis-
carriage of Justice in their favor. The
Intemperate violence with which the
. socialistic labor organizations have in-
i slsted. without any knowledge of the facta
upon treatinx these men a martyrs to
the cause of labor has unquestionably re-
suited In tremendous nresnre heiic
brought to hear upon the authorities of
Idaho to discharge or acquit them whether
guilty or Innocent. So frr as the unions
uu! or iiiuoi Tin, no ii-r an me union-.
re anxious only to see that exact Justice
Is done these men; that they are given
th
full legal rights and not condemned
unless proven giuliy of this siieeilic act
fv.pv are entitled to the cordial co-opera-roil
of all j-iM and fair-mind--.! cl'i.ens
Ho tar as by i;r.y ai-tion. or by iiiurile-oiis
rei I'-easooa'iie l -n'n?!- su h as tint
'-icte. aoovi Iron i eos und oi he; a, they
i-'u-l 1 hi me j r -ssn-e to hear upon the
st-'e a ut h -I'll i'-a i,u I the eourti, to oh-s'ru-
t th-- course oi Ins ice n:i I to render
1: iiilfu-olt to i or , t i lie men If guilty in
wlrho-M si-:;t to I"- er-od : r n"d . a nil Silv
io ell -let- "V-nt to lurther t'ie enus of
jus 1- e Is to f-e -lone.
' (ii ri- tits.-- I't your ones'toti. It is .t
trust, o.c-ill.-ej f,,r me to sav that if at
n" lime you or any ,ine else can submit
to nie any evidence showing that there
! Ii is bee. i a nun .oiicte of jjriMce for or
' iia'nst M'-ssis. Mover or llavwoo-1, which
1 ou b liee it U in niy rower tn remedy. I
I v. 1 1 1
al oiicm tiling such evidence to ihe I
stt-nt on oi" the aito- ney general to have
run nlve it tne fullest enn-uilerst i on r I
j to take there in such action. If any. as
tutu be n Hi- power of th"
lurl.oritles to Take
federal
'THE' iDORf. ROOCFVKLT.
Mr. John 8. Htnr), New Vo.k.
ASSESSING THE RAILROADS
6tata Eaard Meet Tad.y to Taka Up tha
Taak for tha Cnrrtat Taar.
MAJORITY OF MEMBERS NEW AT THE WOFK
t
Opinion Prevails, However, that the
Hoard Will Hears n Conclusion
This Year In l.esa Time
Tban I aual.
(From a Staff Correspondent.) j
LINCOLN, May i. (Special. ) Beginning
tomorrow five state cf fleers go under j
work of the bonrd because the majority of
the members ate doing this work for the
first time. Governor Sheldon, Treasurer
Brian and Secretary of State Junkln. The
other "two members. Iind Commissioner
Kton snd Auditor Searle have had two
loplc In Nebraska for so long, and the es-
pocial study of state oftlcera during tne
lata campaign, it is predicted the present
board will have less difficulty In arriving
at a conclusion than has former boards,
which In some instances have not been
"hie to answer the arguments put forth
by the railroad tax agents. It is under
stood public hearings will be given the
railroad representatives, but these tax
agents will not be permitted to make nu-I
merous appearances. In other words they j
will be given a chance to have their say
and then the board will do the rest.
The conclusions of the board will be of
Importnce, more than usual because of
the effect the valuation fixed will have
upon the work of the State Railway com
mission, which likely will take the board"
figure Into account when making or
changing freight rates. Mr. Kustt of th
Burlington adndtted before a legislative
committee last winter that his road had
a commercial value and a taxing value,
but as both the railway commission and
the board will be in session at the same
', time, some people aro wondering how both
j value can be used Just now.
! Dedication of Mew Park.
Friday May 10 ha been set apart offi
cially as "park day" and all Lincoln will
! Jln ln ,ne "Nation of the new health
and pleasure resort to be known aa "Ante-
lope park" which the Park boatd, the city
council, county commissioners and private
citizens have been working on for some
' months.
AJ1 the stores will close at
! B o'clock in the afternoon, all the bands in
! "e city will join in me music icsuvai, aim
j the People generally, providllig the weather
Is favorable, will eat their dinner that day
under the shade trees and on the grass,
To help matter along everyone is asked
either to contribute something to the beauty
of the place, ln the way of tree, flower
and shrubbery or give a half day' work
or nome small change. To make the occa
sion more memorable, Mayor Brown, Sena
tor Burkett arid W. J. Bryan will speak
during the day and the public schools will
be dismissed In the afternoon and the
pupil taken to the grounds.
fJovernor Slot Worrying;.
Notwlthtanring the dh-a prediction
made by applicant for state Job regard-j
; drop out of the oil husrness unies the
new oil Inspector was named at once, have
i found condition still the same and the
worst yet to come. A dozen or o of men
call at the office of the governor dally
'' to tell him what to do and while they
seem to worry because he doesn't do It, the
j governor still seems patient and not the
- least worried. It wa reported yesterday
' another man who had heen loafing on his
. prospect for some months went back to J
regular work and is satisfied,
J In vestlKatlnn Court Hou.e.
. Th. ,rand 1urv ha been grinding awav
for a wepk am, BO far the niPmber have
, b ciOSP.mouthed about what they are
: dong Election matter have been looked
, ,, thoro,,ghly and a day or two ago, the
, Jury bfBan , ,ake , ,ook at sone of t
! re(.or(1s at the court ,, but ,, what
... . . ... ...
i seems able to guess. The Inquisition may
' " ",l w,m'SB "ul ,Hm,"a
I of st the time the Jury wa railed and
i a great many people In Lincoln are very
: . . ,,..,
3"'P1y mterestea.
!
Rtl-ISIG ON THE SCAVKStiKR LAW
Judge Jessen Interprets tha Riabts of
County to Hid.
NEBRASKA CITY, May 5. (Special.)
Judge Jessen of the district court has '
handed down a decision that is of- Im-1
portance to the people of the state as It
la a nw Interpretation of what is called
me senvroarr i. urn me county, to Washington made a short stop ln Ml
ti easurer sold at public sale a number of oula today. The occasion was a holiday
pieces of property the commissioners hid , for the Japanese people of western Mon
ln some and the remainder went to private tana, who nocked to the station to wel
bidders. Later the commissioners raised! come the hero of the Russo-Japanese war.
their bid on a number of pieces and I General Kurokl spoke briefly to his coun-
among them wa a piece that W. F. Hair
bid on, anal he brought suit to compel the
treasurer to deed him the' property and
accept his money. The first question
except on the regular day of sale and
this" wa derided in the negative. The
next question was where were the com-
missioners to get the money to pay
for the property and would they hava to'"11"1 hl remarks, leading the rousing
. ,u ! "hamsls" which fniinw.d
pay the 18 per cent per year the same as a
private citizen
The decision was that
the commissioners had no right to hid ex.;
, , rt,elllar mB.fn This mil. lb. m
1 regular sales. i nis puts the com-
missioners In a peculiar position as they
bought a great deal of property at private
saie, and it will cost the county many
thousands of dollars. The cas will be i
appealed.
Itollrilnir Operations nt Tecamseh. i
TOTMSEII, Neb.. May 5. (Special, i- ;
The bulldu-g committee of the proposed
new Carnegie library building for T-euiii-sr-h.
Is asklr. for lids for the erei Hon of
""" building. It looks as Though the new
library will he but a mat'er of u fi
months. Andrew Simpson has lit the con-' There l tuii-li to m.ike it anecr that t!i
tract for a new brick lherv stable, the : boy wandered awa. and f.-ll exhausted
building tn occupy the site of Ids present '-"to 'o nool on t 'ie inrshi s where his
barn, which Is frame. It will be fixloo ' hody was found. I'lnciaii,-- have d-cl.V.1
feet and of modern architecture. The s - j lie did "ct drown No maii-a of viol, net
liel'lng committees from the Methidl.-t ' were found on the Ixidv. The stonim-h w;
! church, which are engaged In raising money
for the erection of a nw $15.(-ou church
building, has liet-n ut worn one week. The
nnnunceuient is made that IM.oro of tho
amount has been raised. The building will
be commodlou. modern and built of brick.
NAVIGATION OPENS ON LAKE
Immense Amount of Frelaht la
Already Afloat on the
I.a t e.
RfFFAI.O, N. Y., Mar B-The openlmr
of thu navigation of the great lakes ro
stotes to commerce ore of the greatest
channels of International traffic In the
I'nited States, If not In the entire world.
Thus, each year, this link In a vast sys
tem of exchange Is re-established with
Cleveland. Detroit. Chicago, Milwaukee and
innumerable points known- as "feeders."
The opening of navigation this year has
been later, owing to Ice In the lake. The
grain fleets are already on their way from
Puluth and Superior on the way to the
cast, wnue me great ore carriers ri tne
I'nlted States steel corporation have started
for the upper lakes. The copper carriers
were able on April 28 to break through the
ice In the Portage harbors of the Calumet
Hecla and other copper regions. Re
ports from the head i f Iaike Superior show
unprecedented activity, with hundreds of
vessels waiting to discharge eastern freight
and Had western products, the discharge
In one day. April 110, st Superior, Wis.,
west
.The grain situation here is somewhat bet
ter than shippers expected, but U la feared
the Immense cargoes of wheat, corn, oats
ard other grains already afloat and bound
for this poit and ultimately destined for
Knrope, will cause another blockade.
The Inability of shipper to get cars to
handle the grain out of the elevator
caused many heavy losses In the past, us
they were unable to meet engagements at
tidewater, and oceangoing vessels left for
lOuropean ports with sond ln their holds
for ballast In place of grain. There Is still
some cf last fall's grain. In the elevator
and arrivals during the next ten day will
be heavy.
ACTIVITY IN GRAIN MARKET
Conflicting Report Coneernlna; Con
dition of Winter Wheat the
fauna.
CHICAGO. May R. The last week on the
Chicago Board of Trade has seen a re
vival of the artlvlty which prevailed there
everal years ago, and It Is predicted by
the more optimistic trader that business
will continue at a higher level for some
time to come.
The cold weather conditions throughout
the west and southwest have been the
chief causa of the Increased volume of
trade. Never In the history of the
' weather bureau has such extended and
uch severe weather existed at this time
of the year. The result has been a grow
ing conviction on the part of many traders
and commission men that tha crop of
i winter wheat ha been seriously dam
j aged, and one excellent authority made
the prediction that the crop will be about
100,000,000 bushel below that of last year.
Conflicting report have been received
from all section regarding the damage In
flicted by the "green bug" and from
Oklahoma especially have the report been
of a contradictory character. By some It
has been asserted that the crop has been
greatly Impaired and by others that the
Injury ha been Blight The result ha
been, however, "w . renewal , of something
like old time activity on the Bord-1of
Trade. .
RULING ON EXPRESS RATES
In
Reducing; Charters Commission
Make an Important Decision
on Rate Principle.
WASHINGTON. May 6.-The Interstate
Commerce commission has rendered 'It
first opinion In a case Involving the rea-
j n" bleness of an express rate. The casa
j W!" brought by the Society of American
Florists, which asserted that the rate
j charged by the I'nlted States Kxpress
1 company on cut flowers from New Jersey
j points to New York City wa unreasonable,
j excessive and unjust. Commissioner
i anlln 1-ane, who delivers the opinion.
i holds that the rate, should be reduced
The commission rule that a rate must not
le imposed upon the shipper, by reason
of contracts which the express company
has made with Its agent and the railroad,
which will ylold twice or thrice as much
.to the railroad and the agent as the services
i they render are reasonably worth. This
I very statement carries Its own answer.
! ..An exprp8ll company cannot Justify a
rate which. In comparison with other rate,
I,. ., ,nrt ru..M. a ...
company is entitled to charge a reasonable
amount for its service, but cannot Justify
an unreasonable rate by producing Its con
tracts with the railroads.
JAPANESE GREET KUROKI
Fellow Countrymen Assemble nt
Missoula to Honor the
General.
MI8SOVLA. Mont.. May B. General Ku-
; i-okl and party, escorted by General Arthur
MacArthur and staff who are on their way
trymen, and received a huge bouquet of
' carnation from Miss Mltsuko Yasumura,
; daughter of a prominent Japanese who
! lives here. General MacArthur spoke on
i companion were guests or the I ntted
j States, and that he appreciated the friendly
j ,wlln which prompted thousands to pay
i their respects to the visitor. He con-
I banials which followed.
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FUNERAL OF THE MARVIN BOY
,
Development Indicate He Wandered
Away and Died from
F.shanstlnn.
i DOVF.P. Del.. May 5 -The body of
i Horace Mtrvl-. Jr., which was found on
Saturday Ij Ing In a pool of water less thin
half a tn'le fion, where he was last -on
p'.ayltip- on Match 4. was l it rind today.
Pi 'liv to the tnnei.il h cot on.-i 's jury offi
cially Idrntilicd the body and ,- ot huilxeil
I ii n auti.nsv.
empty and the
llild ulav either have been
1 fi"g.-n or starved to death,
The detectives are perplexed ut the ri'id-
j lug of the body so near tn the Marvin
hume and at tt liojnt which tiny had
I walked over again and cigala.
TA1T DECIDES ON PAY
Frasldsnt Approrrs ia ThiUna: on Ccm
plaint of Irtbmian Employe.
RULE RESTRICTING LEAVES IS ABROGATED
Eeld ta Fa Fart of Contrrf. Uaner h'ch
Iti en Went Into tha ftmiaa.
NO INCREASE IN WAGES FOR SHOVELMEN
Secretary Itviews Ccnditioni and Bold
They Are Set Untitled to It
NO DISCHARGES VyiIHOUT A HEARING
Commission to He Organised 1st
Which Men Are Heprrsrnted (o
Pass on question of Dia
rharae o Workmen.
WASHINGTON. May 5.-A far-reaching
decision by Secretary Taft affecting rate
of pay, hour of labor, etc., on the Isthmu
of Panama, following hi recent personal
Investigation there, was made public at
the White House today, after being ap
proved by President Roosevelt. The de
cision applies to steam shovt-linen, con
struction locomotive engineers end con
struction train conductors.
One of the grievances of the men was
the putting Into operation on April 1 of
new regulation restricting leave of ab
sence or leave on account of sickness. On
this question the secretary says:
"The old regulations were advertised In
the printed announcements sint out by tho
commission's agents to Induce pcrwns to
go to the isthmus and enter the employ of
the commission, so thst every man who
ha come to the Isthmus has come thera
with the understanding that the old regu
lations were to apply as part of hi con
tract of service.
"It eem to me that good faith requires
that the old regulation as to leave shall
not be materially changed and shall re
main a part of the contract of service,
of those now on the Isthmus, and that
while there are some provisions In the new
regulations which would make for the mora
stringent enforcement of the government'
right and more certainly avoid possible
fraud, they should not be made applicable
to men who enme to the Isthmu under the
old regulation."
Regarding summary dismissal without
hearing or giving reasons, which wa com
plained of by the canal employes. Secretary
Taft say thnt he ba given his approval
to the plan of Colonel Gocthals. whereby It
1 proposed to dispose of such cases through
a committee consisting of one representa
tive of the craft of the employe proposed
for dismissal, one representing the foreman
or higher official proposing dlsrhnrgV, snd
one representing the commission, final no
tlon to be taken by the commission.
Present Wages l.lhernl.
Secretary Taft next consider th ca
of the ateam shovelmen, who applied for
higher wage as fohows:
Engineer, $210 to $300 per month; cranes
men, from $.186 to $250. per month; firemen,
from J88.8J to $110 tyT. month.
In reaching th conclusion that the pres
ent rate of pay are liberal he cites a large
number of Instances of wage scale puld
by large construction firms in the I'nlted
State from New York to San Francisco,
and also in Alaska. He conclude the
complaint of thl branch of the canal em
ploye Is not well founded.
"T'pon the Isthmus," he adds, "the con
dition under which the different men work
ln respect to the character of material
nd the distance of tho dumps are so
different that It ha heen Impossible to
gja-rnate the pay or offer bonuses for high
yardage. The only method Is to fix a
flat rate for the whole claaB.
"After giving the matter the considera
tion which Its Importance deserves, and
after weighing the comparative advantages
which the Isthmian shovelmen enjoy over
their brothel s in the states, with the dis
advantages which they have to bear In
going to and living on the isthmus, I have
reached the conclusion that the existing
standard of pay Is liberal and ought not
to be Increased except under some pro
vision of reasonable Increase applicable to
all veteran skilled employes of the com
mission who are paid by class rates. The
isthmian shovel engineers are paid from
28 to 35 per rent higher than the average
of those paid In tha slate and thl by
no mean states all the terms favorable
to the men employed on the Isthmus.
"A steam shovaltnan (in the Isthmus
can count on twelve months constant em
ployment In a year, and steam shovelmen
ln the I'nlted States cannot expect to be
employed more than nine month In the
year. The rate of pay for steam shovel
engineers In Alaska, as before stated. Is
said to be 10 a month, but we caa
reasonably presume that the working yea
there would hardly exceed six or seven
months.
Vacations with Pay.
"Every shovelman on the Isthmus Is en
titled to six weeks' leave, with pay, as a,
vacation, so that be receives twelve
months' pay for ten and one-half months'
work.
"Steam shovelmen on the Isthmus work
only ebrh hours a day, wnereas many,
though not all of tha steam shovelmen
In the United 8tals, work ten hours a,
day.
"Every emploje on the 1st hums is per
mitted, If he falls sick, to enjoy twenty
days' sick leave, with pay.
'If the employe receives an Injur during
his work he is entitled to an additional
thirty days' sick leave.
"Every married msn is entitled to fur
nished quarters for himself and famtl
free, with modern plumbing conveniences,
with water, fuel and light free; and a,
commissary which alms to sell all neces
saries at cost to rommlaiilon einploea.
The married quarters are generolly In
separate houses. Every bachelor Is en
tttltd to his furnished room free, together
with Hffhf and board at a reasooab'.e rate
al a !iic.s house or hotel. The cost of foot
and ones arlea is a hoot wl.al it Is In
east.rn cl'I'S or sllghHy higher.
"Evrry employe is entii'.ed to free medi
cal attendance and lio,-pl:.i iiervh-e.
"Il may l- adiuul-d that service on tka
isthmus Ik 1. 1 '--iiil.il with un-ntcr discrtii
fort and ercHter ri k of lllne-s than t'i u
ln ttu- states, due tn ih- cliin.tife rot ''(''(or-,
anil that the dl.-l nice II. I I l.oiu. the '.!ifl
fit'.ty of securing us.ml nr.d ratloni; inn i
IPeiits and Hie nut nsllv depressing effe t
of e,intlnj-d hi,-,h temperature inak-s the
ke'tfie on the is'huilis le.-s dl-...Hb!e than
in He 1'in.d Mates. ;;nt rt Ii to he re
marked Mi.it the original condition at
I'liiicalthfuliK w hich exi;;'ed when the
or'.Tlnal rat 3 for inr'iiii.n wss Hied It
1-t have been greatly Ul.eiyl; that th
yellow fever has be-11 aismrd nut; thst
the rate of d-.a'.h a:id sickness eario-c
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