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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI N0.291. OMAHA. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1907 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. 1 FAST TRAIN DITCHED Eonthtrn Paoifii Caart Ejer Wm Trick Near Loc Amrelea. TWO DEAD AND TWENTY INJURED Yei .lulled Ware Stealing? Hide Under tht Eac.ra4-9 Car. FISHPLATES REMOVED BY WRECKERS Biih Spread Toward Ed of TreitU by Eaary Wire. RAILROAD CFFERS A LARGE REWARD laithrn Puclfle Will Pny flO.OOO for Arrest und Conviction of the Pfnma Rnponlblt for tho Trwk. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. May -2 Private detectives employed by the Southern Pa cific and deputies from the sheriff's office In thla city Joined In the search for the men who are believed to have caused thla morning's disastroua wreck on the Coast line when five cura of the Coast line lim ited plunged over the edge of a trestle near West Glendale, ten mllea north of hls city. The llHt of dead la believed to be complete with the finding of the bodlee of Jumea Victor, of whose antecedents nothing la known, ana T. J. McMahon. a Santa Barbara electrician, who waa enmhed beneath the baggage car while steul'nsi a tide, Vic tor In believed to have met death under the same condltlonB, but hta body waa not discovered until the car was pnrttally raided from the dry tx-d of the Arroyo ?ou. The injured number score. Ma of the Injured. Among th- Injured were the following: T. II. Young, Onkl'tnd, porter; cut about head; hip e'lslociitcd. Mrn. shidley. Iys Ancciea, Injured In ternally, will ppbahlv ilie. Mn. Kiwi' Fetterman, Cleveland, O. arm bm':en. huerationa of s-alp and head, in ternal Inlurtes; will probably die. Ma F-rn opdvke, Pittsburg, Pa.; ln-Jur.-ii Internaliy; scalp cut. A. C. Young, M.irshnll, Mo.; cut about head and fc arm broken. W. S. Stltt. I'g Angeles, scalp cut. In ternal Injurlea. William M'-CIare, I.oa Anpeles, cheek badly cut. knee cap broken. W'lllnm love, Pullman porter, face cut, Injured Infernally, will probably die. C. H. Robblns, I.oa Angeles, head cut. N. E. Jacoba. Los Angeles, shoulder broken, right arm cut. V. F. Miller, Xenlu. O.; cut about face; badly bruised. P. H. liaker. Portland, Ore.; cut about bead and face, hip dislocated. F. H Shanley, dining car conductor; San Francisco, acalp wound and laccratl'na of face. Een Doxon. Oakland, dining car waiter, cut and bruised. Ed Wilcox, Oakland, second cook, cut and ' ised. R. Wood. Oaklund; dining car waiter; cut and bruised. Find Coos of Disaster. Two Pullmans snd the observation car Za.C&Jll VIA 14JX I. -. J. lit 1(111 trUOIlVU IOU dnmsgnd several of the ears and It was In the grinding crush that the passengers : were hurt. With the aid of lanterns the trt.tnme-1 msde an examination of the track In order j to determine If possible tho reason of the I derailment. T'nder the first coach which re mained on the track were round the loos ened rails with the wires securely fastened through the bolt holes and the ends unit ing In a single strand that led Into the brush on the hillside. Fhyslclnns In charge of the dosen or more persons who sustained serious In juries ton'xht report that all the lnlured will eventually recover. A reward of S10.T0 offered by the South ern Pacific compuny for the conviction oi the person or persons responsible for the wreck has enlisted many officers and detectives In the search for the miscreants. W re-U ffmr Cincinnati. 5IA,T3VTI.I.E, Ky May 3. Chesapeake A Ohio train No. 2. which left Cincinnati for the east at noon today, was wrecked s.ven mllea west of this city. The track buckled, throwing the observation car from the track. It ran along the ties about a hundred feet, then went over the banks, about tlfty fet high. There were IS passengers In the car and all were Injured. IS of them seriously, one dying here. The dead: MRS. MARY HALBET, wife of Judge W. T. Halsey, Milwaukee. Wis. The fatally Injur 1: Mrs. Lsarrie of St. Louis, both legs and arm broken. Among tho seriously In lured are: Judge W. T. Halsey of Milwaukee and K. Allen, Rockford, III., head cut. ANOTHER HIGH WHEAT MARK Jaly Advanced to 91.02 3-4, septets. -her 144 1-3 aad Doeeoa her Reaches fl.OS 3-eX CHICAGO. May 22. Ths wheat martlet aet a new high record for the crop today. July advanced to fl.0f; September tu tU-Wt and December to The pl: was a closely packed mass of excliel brokers and the volume of business vaa large. Continued absence of rxtti i Kan sas, coupled with an advance tt Liverpool were factors In the higher prices The close found prices practically un changed from yesterday, but feeling was nurvous. Prices fluctuated violently through out the session. NEW YORK. May 21 Violent fluctua tions characterised today's wheat market. Within a cent or two range the move muni waa more erratic than at any time ln the lust two weeks. On one upward swing new high levels Were established. July touching flay,. The market closed, however, practically unchanged from last night. Conflicting crop advices snd a tendency toward pro tesalonai control of the market explained the rapid changes. MORE 'FRISCQJARS RUNNING Daniaare to wtiehhoord Canned ky hort Ctrcnltlng Car rent Qolrkly Repaired. SA.V FRANCISCO. May r.-More street cars were run today on the tracits of the L'atted Railroads than on any day since the carmen s strike began. Three addi tional lines, those running on Polk and Larkta. Folsora street and Bryant street were operated today. No serious trouble 1 s bona reported. Some damage was done late last night to the electric switch boards la the car house at Turk and Fillmore streets, the currant being short circuited by the throw ing ef a wire or chain over the live wires nearby, but repairs were affected befura tho Axni car ao started thla auonUng. SUMMARY OF THE BEE Thursday, Mir 2.T. lrT. 1907 MAY 1807 ua rut wto mil r' t 'f 5 I I 2 34 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 $ TXZ WI1THIX. FORECAST F'"'R NEBRASKA Showers and cooler Thursday. Friday fair. FORECAST FOR IOWA-siiuwri Thurs day, cooler In writ portion. Friday showers, except fair in northwest portion, cooler In central and southeast portions. ppg ... 74 ... i ia ... "H I Temperature at omalia yterday Hour. Deg. Hour. 1 p. m... & a. m i7 a a. m w 2 p. m... 7 a. m 6X it p. m... 8 a. ru 7!l 4 p. m... a. m 74 5 p. m... li a. m TH ( p. m "2 U a. m 79 7 p. m 79 U m &l 8 p. m 74 a p. m 74 soatxsTzc. Southern Pacific coast flyer derailed by train wreckera near Loa Angelea. One man was killed and twenty-five persons Injured, three of them fatally. The rail road company offers a reward of 110,001 for arreat and conviction of persons re sponsible. Paga 1 National A s-r.elatlon of Manufacturers pas iea a resolution In favor of an early revision of the tariff and negotiation of more reciprocity treaties. It also decides to raiao a fund of (1,300,000 for a cam paign of education. Page 1 Officers at Boise are scouring the coun try for men for the new venire of Jurors. Tag 1 President Roosevelt returns to Wash ington. Paga 1 Wheat makes a new high record on "change. July advancing to 11.0'V.. Sep- I tember to H.041 and December to i J1.05H- Paga 1 i New York senate and assembly pass the public utilities bill fathered by Governor Hughes. Fag's 1 Kentucky supreme court renders deci sion that makui complete change In county aud city officers of Louisville Page X Presbyterian general assembly unani mously adopts a resolution endorulng the work of the Antl-Salonn league and tho permanent temperance committee Is In structed not to Interfere with or embark upon political work. Pags 1 July wheat rises to $1.02 on the Chi cago Diwird of Trade on higher prices In Liverpool and lock of rains In weatern states. Fags 1 Nicholas Murray Butler la elected pres ident of the Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration. Fags 8 Ohio independent oil dealera complain that rate from Cleveland to Omaha la ao f high that they are unable to compete with the lower grade oil from the Kanaaa field. Faga 1 RBBalli. Group five of the Bankers' association holds a convention at Kearney with about ninety members present. Faga 3 Conaiflerable wire-pulling is being In- I dulged ln over the appointment of a sue- j cessor to T. J. Majors on the normal board, but the governor Is silent. Local politics ln Lancaster county warming up. Some Interesting figures on corporation I earnings and mileage of Nebraska roads in their relation to the earnings of the entire system. Faga 3 Rains are reported from several sec tions of the state, ranging from one to three Inches. Fags 1 Wife of young farmer near McCook is brutally asaaulted by an unidentified man. i of tmrmrnt or the mter-church fe,leM who makes his escape. Victim probably , t,on hff approved f(,r reference to the Inter Wlll die. Fags 1 J ,.,, -n-,... o he held at New York In WASXTJfCrTOsT. Major McLaughlin concludes an agree ment with the Shoshone- Indians whereby the Wind River reservation la opened up to oil and mineral prospectors. Faga I X.OCAX. Big trolley car for a.ght.eer. will be run twice a day by street car company over sightly llnea of Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs. Faga S June ! I. fixed as the date of the Hunt- ley land opening In Montana .and rail- roads are anticipating a rush of land- seeaers. - BFOBT?. Transvaal wins the Munhaaset stakes at Gravesend. Fage 4 Reaulta of tho ball games: 3 Des Moines vs. Omaha 0. 7 Sioux City vs Denver 4. "Lincoln va. Pueblo a. 7 Hiiladelplna vs. rMtisburg 4. 10 St. Louis va Boston 2. 2 Brooklyn vs. Cincinnati 1. 7-NfW Yvrk vs. Chicago 1. 6 IVtrolt vs. Philadelphia &. 3 Cleveland vs. Washington 2. Indianapolis vs. Louisville-1 4 Columbus vs. Toledo 5. 5 St. Paul vs. Kansas City 5. Faga 4 . . COhtaCEmClAI. ASS UTJUSTsVIA-L. . . Live stock markets. Page 11 Grain markets. Fags U Stocks and bunds. Fags 11 OTXXijrra of ocxajt iniiuiirf. Sall-4. ...... . . Potji4lll. A4rino. BU Leurant. SKW YOB.... NEW VoHK.... ' NKW VOKK...., .ut I ... 1. . . NKW T'Blt... NKW ToRK.... IJVKRP'XiL. ... UVEHPooL ... Uf'SHlH-DI. .. QitJtiiNSToWM QTF KMToy."M Jl Ht.vSTuWK U'M'N A.VTWKKP M.lNTRtAb ... aterloa. L m ens. Ocesntn. Carol) ta. . ajMic .s.mla Anshan. U :unt Tempi. Paruisn. J4m mouth. Lvou!ftn. Oallla. g. w. dor Grim, BKlliT' L B".-n-"N ....Canuliaa MITHaHFTON TALESMEN ROUNDED UP sheriff Hodgla at Boise Having 9trn-, none Time Finding Prospec tive Jnrors BOISE, Idaho. May ST By the use of train, stage and horse and some active hustling Sheriff Shad Hodgin and his depu - tles msnaged today to round up a roa - , . . .i m i ... 1...1 i i . . . . II II 1 L 7 Ul lllO 1 1 1 1 J Olt-D UI1T11HH5V. Ill llt 1 ' . 1 . . .v. . o ou miim mm r.u., m uni 0..uucu. berg murder esse, and they are no .it pec ted to be on hand when the trial is .. 1. . . ... It ha. been decided th.t James II. Haw. i. senior counsel for th. ..are will mak. the opening statement. He and hi. associates were in conference on the suh-J lect today, and they also spent some time , considering the testimony to be offered next week and tbe order tn which It will be offered. It has not yet been decided by the state to cail. Steve Adams as a witness. He Is on the Hat of the state's witnesses and it wss for a time I. rmed certain that he would be brought here, and. willing or unwilling, be placed on the stand, but now tho matter la In doubt and will probably pot ba dotormlood until latex. artosi Slavanta T.uUjinc BepuOUC guruea TEMPERANCE FIGHT SETTLED FrMbjUrian General Assembly Cidorief Work of Anti-3a.ooa Lemma. FULLEST CO-OPERATION IS PLEDGED Ptriaaaral Committee oa Tmtmaw I In.tmcted Jet Km bark. Cpoa r Interfere with Polit ical Work. COLUMBUS, O.. May 22. Following two hours of exciting debate, wtiich at time became acrimonious, the Preabyterlan i eral asaembly today adopted without aenttng vote resolutions declaring permanent committee on tempera- V .V not embark upon or Interfere work and Indorsing the At Saloon leagues as a "safa. a. fect'.ve organization In the advar. j of temperance." The assembly pletigt .o the league the fullest co-operation "consistent with the conalltutlon of the church. ' In anticipation of a momentous fight on the temperance question, every eommls- ' very eommls-' the gallery of 1 1th spectators ' sioner was in ms seat ana Memorial ball was filled with spectators . Ti . 1 .. of the committee on church polity and tern- . , , . i. perance. It became evident almost at the " . . outset that a majority of the commissioners were bent upon settling the controversy wnn ine Anii-oaiooti league, a program which sought to defer action had been mapped out by the committee on polity and temperance, but the assembly temporarily put thla aside, taking up the report of the committee on temperance, which had been directed by the assembly to define the du tlea of the permanent committee on tem perance and adopted the reaolutlons aa out lined. Polllr rommlttrc Reports. The report of the committee on church , polity was presented by Rev. Dr. Wlllism P. Fulton of Philadelphia. An overture from the aynod of Indian Territory asking the assembly for a deliverance on the sub- Ject of how the church might secure rep- j resentatlon In noneccleslastlcal temperance j organizations had been referred to this committee. It reported a resolution that while commending the achievements of the Anti-Saloon learue.Women'a Christian Tem perance union and like aocletles, the assem bly reaffirms tbe policy of the chorrh to avoid official representation In noneccleslas tlcal bodies, but raises no objection to Its members or ministers connecting themselves with surh societies as Individuals. Rev. F. O. Whltewells of Oklahoma Cltv Immediately took the floor In opposition to the report and made an Impapsloned nlea In behalf of the work which be has oeon uomg .n cooowo,. , snioon league lowamn securum v-- vision for prohibition In the constitution of Oklahoma. He declared that he had ppp J threatened by the brewery Interests, whi had told him that when the Presbyterian General assembly met he would be "called "l.1" . v a ,.,., . ,m When threats had failed, he said, an, .. K to v,v Mm off with eontHh.,tlon. to his church. He nleaded ! with the assem hands of the brewery In- torch In terests. the hands Tempe ranee Report Called Cp. tt-i ari. nnnin.H n..t the at ln5. comm(ttee on policy be ! pasf,M an(, th;t tne report of the stanc!lng j commltto. on temperance be received, the a.ffmblv acoulesced. Rev. Dr. Kosker of Louisville, as chair man of the latter committee, then re ported that the committee had acted ad versely on the overtures asking that the Inter-church temperance federation move ment be abandoned and that the basl 19ns. I The first part of the report adverse to I the abandonment of the Inter-church Tem ' perance federation was adopted, but the ! second part, deferring the definition of tho I duties of the coi:iuiii tee uii temperance , ntmA a .torm of pToteM,. Rev. i!r. ple aeclared there would be no further de- lay, that the question at Isaue would be j decided now. 8houts of approval greeted I thl. declaration. , At thl. point Dr. W. O. Thompaon. pre.t - dent of tne ohlo 8tate unlvenllty, came j...iiiu u.i Micni"u.u.c K-auiuw.iii. uui - i ring tUa permanent temperance commit- tee frnm any participation ln political af - faira and which was subsequently adopted, In reply to questions, he said he would not object to an endorsement of the antl - saloon league, and Rev. Dr. Semple there - upon offered an amendment endorsing tho league. From that time until 5:10 when a vote on the resolutions was taken the tim was occupied with exciting debate, dur ing which the moderator frequently found it necessary to rap for order. j Report on Sabonth schools The report of the Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, made today to the general assembly, allowed that the veui ti;At 'lruu.il 1 : . ( hMn a vwar . f it.. velopment and progre.a. th. profit, of the , ar Euene 8chml,I ,on ,,hI 'l f business being con.lderably in excesa of extorting money from local French rea those of the previous years. The contribu- , taurants. with the connivance and help of it . . .v.- . ... . , AK...hun, T?nef were chosen todav. The llUTis lu LutJ miMionary worn oaa Deen greater and more missionaries snd colpor- teurs employed, and more churches had grown out of the Sabbath schools organ- ised by the missionaries than ln any pre- ceding year. The board had at work 133 Sabbath school missionaries and thirty col.iorteurs, lalior ing within the bounds of tnlrty synods and 115 presbytoa-.es. They organised T22 new Sabbath aclioola and revived Zfl, Into which had been gathered 3.11,1 utF.eera and teach ers and SO.ukit scholars. The mlsslonariea , also encouraged and otherwise aided 2,17 j The year had been one of aggressive ef- fort ln behalf of the people of the foreign speech. The contributions were JCivrs mora than the previous year and the expenditures la- creased IU.lt. practically all of which was Juaed for missionary work, l ceipts were JlHS.dfti. The total re- 1 Forelarn M Union a. ' Thai ren.iirt of tie T)oM.nl of CVraTii. Tufi I ---- --i w. - - - . I .ion. .h..w. that th. Pre.hvr-etan eh. - - - . has twenly-eeven nilsalons in sixteen dif. ! feraxii lands. In the last year the board sent out forty-nine new missionaries, of ve are medical miaslonariea I The board now has under Us car. U6 educational uist'.tutlona The Include schools of all grades from th. primary up to the university. It has 115 hospitals and dispensaries. Last year the physicians con nected with the board, together with their native aaaistanta, treated 4X.101 patients. The total number of scholars ln the schools is M.1K4 and ths total number of 1 conversions on confession of faith ln ths various churches of the missions was U.U4. The board has ICS pru.ci-.al stations, l.ua outstauone, suit American missionaries. native workers, including ordained (Continued aa BofkiBd Paa4 INDIANS CONSENT TO LEASE Wind River Reservation la to Bo to Oil aad Iwiaeral Proepoctom. (Fmm a Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON. May r.-tSpeclal Tele gram.) Major Jami-i McLaughlin, chief inspector of the Indian bureau, arrived n Washington today from the Osage eoun- try In Oklahoma and a!a upon Wind River reservation In Wyoming. He baa be-n negot at ng with the Sliosl on. s on t e Wind river .Tor a concession which will permit whl en to enter the reservation to pros ry a view of locating oil fielda. .rfr1 conanlrrable (low of oil has ed at Dallas. Wyo. At Dallas, .v" auehlln aaya. there are thirteen actlvo operation. In fact, the nwi" resent so strong that at thla capacity j X barrels la burned every week be- suae, there are no facilities to get the i product out of the country and It must ' ba destroyed by fire, because to turn It loose would pollute certain streams, the waters of which are used by cttisens of tbe I vicinity for domestic purposes. On the Wind river reservation yiere Is j every Indication oil may be struck and it Wa fr th! P,:rPos of gaining consent of i 6hosnone" to allov prospecting chat j Ma lor McLaughlin has recently been 'among these Indians. He returns to i T , . . , . . ..,, I Washington with a report that his mission 1 . . . , . . . ... ,, has been aucceasfuL The Shoshone chief- carg thp,r w. ervatlo for or Mhw mlntras and win agree to lease to a prospector any claim i "or strike" lie may make for a terra of I years under such rules and regulations to j safeguard their Interests aa the se-retary ! of the Interior may prescribe. Dallas la ! situated about nine miles east of Land. r ; and JuHt about that dUtance outside of j the Wind river Indian reservation. The secretary of the Interior has exe cuted a contract with McGuffey & Flood I of Cody for constructing and completing 1J5 mlp(1 m11( of j, of the Garland canal and 5.4 laterals on the Shoshone Irrigation project in Wyoming on their bid of l1.2S4. Nebraska postmasters appointed: Devero, Garfield county, John Buhlke vice H. D. Cass, resigned; SchilL Sheridan county, Hanna Blair vice E. G. Hahn. resigned. HEGEMAN'S plea not guilty President of Metropolitan Life Iaeor anct Company Will Fight Case. j NEW YORK. May a John R. Hege i man, president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, appeared In the ciira ' inal branch of the aupreme court today and pleaded not guilty to the ten lndlct- I ments returned against him yesterday. charfrinjr perjury and forgery. Bail waa . .. , .v ,.,,.. 1 J . lOl IJUl jr. . WC 1 1 IOI II ... j I Mr. Hegeman s plea was maae witn ine ; j reservation that he may withdraw It by! ' June 1 and make such other motions as ! his counsel would then see fit. His coun- 1 Lancey Mitchell, then applied for 1 " permission io inspect ine mrnuies ot unir. r JurT returned the Indictments. consent to the Inspection .n Tte- of tf.e , I precedent established ln the ferkins insur ance case. Justice Greenbaum said that ', ln -1ew of the consent of the district at- he did 1 torney he would not Interfere. but not wnt to S" reconl as either con- ntlng to or denying such a motion. LOUISVILLE OFFICIALS OUT ew Decision of kentaeky Conrt Will ' C.ose Political Tphesval 1. Soother. City. , FRANKFORT. Ky.. May C The court I ; of appeals today announced Its decision ha the contested city and county election , rases from Louisville and Jeffraon county, upholding tho contention of the fuslonlsts w,.n voM th. r.. mm .i.-i i i i . . j - - - - - - versing the decision of the Jefferson clr- cult court. The court rules that Governor Beckham j,," t0 m the Taeanc1 by ap tTVS and an election for all city I ' , . eaii. i. n(tr , ne,t : w -ry,. a,iaon of the court la ! "I , Thft opln)on dwlare, the election methods : ,;i,T isvllle as outrageous and the use of ti,a ponce at poling reaves Is charac- v,- an rer.uiuive tn r- .itien ' s wouJ be the use of state troopa and i not to be tolerated ln future elections, The campaign methods of both fuslonlsts ' and democrats are denounced, and so Is : the ue of over 1100, 'XX campaign funds In the contest, I JURY FOR SCHMITZ CASE! Three Probationary Jnrors Secured as Resolt of Flrat Day's Work. SAN FRANCISCO. May 21 Three of the first twelve probationary Jurors for the trial, subject to peremptory challenge, of ... . Ht of the remaining talesmen being prac- tlcally exhauated. Judge Dunne Issued an 1 order for a new ventre of twenty. The scene of the trial will be removed tomorrow ' morn'ng to thy Bush street synagogue. Tel- egraph and telephone wires have been run Into the building and some of the newa- paper reports of tne trial will be sent direct from the vestry room, which has been set aside for the use of Judge Dunns as chambers. It is thought that the trial will last about six weeks. j PRESIDENT BACK TO CAPITAL i Eseeatlvo Barty Returns to- Washlnc- I ton After Six Days1 Vacation la Virginia, I WASHINGTON. May 22. -The president and Mrs. Roosevelt, who have been en- Joying a ix days' vacation at Pine Knot, , , . . r. ,....!. .. ' '' country home of Mrs. Roosevelt, ar- , , nll-.fc ,,, I Archie Roosevelt, Aaalstsnt Secretary Latta and Secret Service Officer Sloan were also tbe party. The trip was mad. without P-' Incident. SHOT IN BACK AND ROBBED Portland, Hick.., Man Waylaid Sack of llve Taken froaa Ills Porooa. and PORTLAND, Mich.. May S Edward Manning, aged tW years, proprietor of a restaurant here was murdered last night ntle on his way homo. He was shot ln ths back. Robbery waa evidently the mo tive of th. crime, aa a large sack of sii- yar whuJx b nauai'x. carrlod, la mt. OIL RATETO OMAHA TOO HICHlRAIN C0MES nsome sections Chio Indrpeodent DealenGnen Hearioc in Waabinrtoa. UNABLE TO COMPETE WITH KANSAS FiELD Rate from Cleveland to Mlaauarl River la 40 1.2 ( nil. While Rate from Kaaaae to Omaha la 13 teate. WASHINGTON. May a.-Frelght ratea on petroleum and Ita products from Ohio and Pennaylranla to St. Paul, Omaha, Sioux - "' "" J' of hearing today before the Interstate Commerce commlaslon. The complaint doea not hinge upon pref- . rpp,, rmm varioua points In this ter erential rates given to the Standard Oil I rit,,rr WlUMXIIjr, LUI 11 IB ttUIIlllLfU lliui uic ictbiB are uniform. The complaint is that the tariffs In force are excessive and unreason, able. Frank E. Fretter, secretary of the Na tlonal Refining company of Cleveland, the ""'" m.i..., ...i . principal witness for the complainant, t National Petroleum associatlin. complain the ed of the rate from Ohio polnta to Omaha, ! hlch he aald waa the aum of the local ; ratea through Chicago, or 404 centa per 100 pounds. Witness explained that the western field mu ontroiiH hsr tho Mtnndnrrt Oil com- t pany from lis Kansas territory. "In going i with our products Into this territory monop- ; .......... k- c,.i,.i ..i.h t, p-retter ! "the excessive rate which we are charged will show you how we are held up by the j railroada." Disease Cleveland-Omaha Bate. j On cross-examination Attorney Dawes of j the Burlington lino, asked Mr. Fretter how he waa Injured by the Cleveland-Omaha j rate of s-S cents. He said that the Stand- , ard people had a rate of 13 centa a hundred pounds from the Kansas field Into Omalia and they could not compete with that. "Hasn't the geographical poaitlon of the Standard ln Kanaaa something to do with Its lower rate?" asked Mr. Daws. "Yes," replied tbe witness, "but our rate Is excessively high and we are seeking a fair rate ln order to ba better able to com pete with the Standard." Mr. Fretter explained further that tho eastern oil was of s higher grade than that produced ln the Kansas field and that he received a higher price (or It ln competi tion with the Kansas oil. "How much higher?" "Three or four cents a gallon." According to calculations made by wtt- and meadow pasture will be greatly ben ness and counsel, a difference of 4 centa a : eilted. gallon would make a difference In price SCHTTLER, Neb., May H (Special 0f about 4 centa a hundred pounds. v... ... iv,f r.tm In I lMlo HI. ,T-U(-. V ' " ' ' " ' 1 pronurtT suggesTeo Ainrn-i A-n "We've got to get It back, or bust." re- aponded Mr. Fretter. Mr. Fretter thought a rair rare inm Cleveland to Omaha would be 2H ewits v ,. "Tn other worda you want to ahlp oil with the producers In the Kansas fields. aald Dawes. "Yes, thst Is ft," replied the witness. Mr. Dawes Indicated that such an adjust- ment ot rates would not be polt'n- Railroads Defend Ratea. George H. Crosby, freight traffic man ager of the Burlington railroad was called , by the defendants to testify as to the ' I statement that oil Is being shipped by the : Standard Oil Co. In barrels from Whiting, - t0 8t- Paul '" Mlnnapoll points. He said that aa far aa he knew no ahlp- I menU of tnat k)nj WPre being made, al- though acme might be made to Duluth. j He declared that the Standard Oil com- pany never had made any request of his . road to change rates on oil. Frank P. Eyeman, assistant fraht ant of the Chicago North- Tl f") .i .... u.. ,.! ,Z. . wesierri nmu, nt.nl l : j .1 mo iinn innim j about 7t.(in0 barrels of oil from Chicago to St. Paul during 1 and thst auhstan. i ' i tially all of It was shipped by the Stan- j I " any H i . oU T from i , t - . regarded the 2n- Chlcago to St. Paul i v. ' ,t .mahL.V rtnab e' a" U w" rate from Chlcaeo to aVoording to his Information, no barge' ! Z,, of oil went Tnto the St. kZ : j territory. : ' .... x. c ..u I that the Standard Oil company never had i asked for a reduction of the rate from Chicago to St. Paul. The hearing will be continued tomorrow. Report oo Hnrrlman Inquiry. It la not the Intention of the Interstate : Commerce commtaeion to await the reault j of the proceedinga to compel E. H. Harri- j I man to answer certain inqulriee that were ) put to him in the New York investigation , before taking action on the general sub-, Ject of the investigation. In the opinion of members of the com- j mission It may be a year or more before a final decision can be reached regarding the refusal of Mr. Hurriman to answer questions. The proceedings will be m- stituted in New York the latter part of tiiis monui or ine nrsi oi m.i muuin. n Is expected tnat it uie court upnoiua tne . .... . .,, ! commission. Mr. Harrlman will carry the ! case to higher courts. Should the lower court's decision be adverse to the com - mission, ri is yrooame uuu n wu. carry mo mailer up uiuiuuu u - naui m mo commlaalon is Involved. PASS PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL Sew Tori senate Puts Measuro Through by Voto of 41 to Gooe to Assembly. ALBANY, M. T-, May 22.-The senats this afternoon passed the so-called public u tdlM bilTby VToTe of Meaner te JtiLioTr democratic senators. Th. bill waa sent at once to tbe assem- hlv for concurrence ln ths amendments. , u u xsected that the bill will be sent ' tndjht for executive approval. , A Mtia iater the assembly voted on th measure. i 2.111m bill is one of Governor Hughes' measures. It creates commissions, tbe members of which shall be appointed by the governor with powers to supervise and regulate the operation of public corpora tions both ln the city and state of New York, and st-parats bodies for each. In the city of New T ark the commission supersedes the old rapid transit commis sion, appointment to which was by the mayor, and for the reason that ln this re spert It touches the New York City govern ment It must before it becomes a Isw be ' submitted for the mayor a approval. It la , anticipated that Mayor McOellan will 1 withhold his approval, but aa only a ma ' Jority vote Is required to pass a measure over th mayor's veto, and as It Is In all respects an admin IstratUsa tUIL tt cannot fail ta twtroma avian Froaa One Three laches Reaorted to Castrra Part of the State. Rain amounting to frvm one to three Inches In different locaMt'es feci last night generally over Nebraska. Reports Indicate the precipitation was not local, but ex tended over a wide territory. It was very welcome, as crops were suffering for mois ture and damage from tho continued dry rp"' was feared. The atmosphere preceding the rain was hot, humid and calm. The rain was ac companied by some thunder and lightning I and a little wind. Reports received by vthe T'nlon Pacific Indicate the rain extended at least as far west as Grand Island, as far south as Beatrice and as far north as Norfolk. From an hour to two hours' down yon r was LINCOLN. Neb.. May 22. A heavv rain fell In Lincoln and southeast Nebraska to n'ght. According to Burlington railroad reports it wna general for the eastern half of the state. On the Bllllnga. Mont., line It was heavy aa far northwest as Ravenna, wth a fn of an Inch at Grand Island, on the Denver line there was a heavv fall as far west aa nrleana and Moldrege ana , light showers prevailed at Oxford and Mc- Cook. Along the Blue river in Hewaro. York and Hamilton counties the storm amounted to a downpour. Three Inches '' it Ttlca. At Seward the Burlington tracks sre partly covered with water. Wind did some damnure at Ruby. SIOT.-X CITY. Ia.. My 2 -Reports re ceived at the Northwestern railway offices In thla city Indicate that no rain fell along Its llnea In northwestern Iowa today ex cept In Sac county, where there were good showers this afternoon. There are strong Indications of rain tonight. Practically the Pnly moisture In this section since early )a,t fu n ,wn ln tn rnrrn or gnoW. I'TICA, Neb., May 2. (Special Tele gram.) It commenced to rain here at 5 o'clock this afternoon and about three Inches fell. This la the first rain of the aeaaon and the cropa needed It badly. Everybody predicts good crops now. GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. May Special Telegram.) The long drouth was broken by a good rain tonight. Most of the corn has Just been planted In thecounty. It Is Immense for wheat. The rainfall was about an Inch and was general for the county. CLAP. ICS Neb.. May a -( Special Tele gram.) Showera tonight broke the aome what protracted period of dry weather In this vicinity. Wheat, oata. corn, alfalfa Telegram.) The long period of dry weather v,. . broken tonight hv . Mot ' " uimii noies m a crop was re port en tnia year, as small grain was beginning to dry very fast, but the rain which fell tonight win again mam an grain grow. WOMAN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED Head Crashed and Otherwise Injnred ky Vnidentlfled Assailant Who Escapes. M'COOK, Neb.. May 2. (Special Tele gram.) The moat dastardly crime ln the history of Red Willow county was com mitted about eight miles north of this city on Red Willow creek, about 2 o'clock this afternoon, by an unidentified man making a murderous assault on Mrs. Claude Spauldlng, wife of a young farmer and stockman. No one waa at home at the time but the woman and her 3-year-old daughter, the husband being up In Fron- tier county on buslncsa, The crime waa discovered by a young brother of the woman and doctors and offi- cera were aummoned from McCook to the scene. mobi .m uu1B u. ' 'ng the farm. The room ln which the crime .... - , waa committed bore every algn of a des- perate struggle, the assntlant using a large steel wrdge and a hammer. The woman s tkull was fractured and other terrible wounds were caused about the head. Up to this time she has not regained conscious- ; nrss and the probabilities of her recovery are regarded a. small. The who,e COU"try terribly arouHl and ,h "reat and identification of the man would place him ln Jeopardy of his life. The man Is described as dark and of good size and he wore overalls. Armed men are covering the entire country about the farm, It being considered that the assassin would cling to the shelter of the creek until night and then attempt to make his escape to the railroad. BAPTISTS DISCUSS UNION strong; Opposition Develops to Con solidation with Colored Branch of tho 4 horch. NORFOLK. Va. May 22. -The first day s session of the North American Baptist con- : ventlon held at the Jamestown exposition j today revealed a strong sentiment against a religious connolldation of the southern. northern ana national conventions, tne latter being the negro church. But a gen - . eral consolidation for concerted work la ' favored. ' There are 5.000 persons attending tho con- : yentlon. contrary to original plana, two . sessions were neia. At uie nrsi, wr.icn began at 2 o'clock ln the afternoon, the principal address wss msde by Edwin WU- Hum Stevens of Missouri, the prealdent of the convention. At the evening session, I Andrew Jackson Montague, former gov - ernor of Virginia, delivered the formal address of welcome. A concerted action developed to bring to America In 1910 the World's Baptist al- I llance, which met in London In IS. On! ! thalf f ''1lPh,- Invitation to l clt to the; alliance uiruugn ina .-lunu American con-: ventlon. Foreign and homo missionary ' "Any comprehensive scheme of leglala work and the progress being made ln It ! lon ahould give to the railways the light were the subjects of several short ad-' to forc snd maintain traffic aaaortatlong dresses. t nd to discuss and agree upon competitive) Rev. C E. Morris, representing the Na- ! rte" " tlonal Baptist convention, declared one-1 ,,,, ....-k third of th. neroe. In th. United State. : MILWAUKEE WILL PUSH WORK are Baptists, with 16.000 churches. 15.0H) preachers and 1300,0(0 communicants. DENVER STRIKE IS ENDED mill ea and Woodworkers Aro Given aa Advnneo of Tea Per Cent. DENVER Colo.. May 22.-A conference today resulted ln calling off the mill men and wood workers' strike. The strikers are given an Increase of 10 per cent ill wagea with a minimum of 3k centa per Lour. A nine-hour day Is also agreed to. Tile carpenters, who went out in sympathy. will return to wvis. tomorrow wlUi U.e mill FOR EARLY REVISION Mannfactartn Jik Chan?a is Tariff and afora Eeo procity Treaties, MANY RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED Convention Vufi to Baiw $1,500,000 foj a Campiica cf Education. PfiCUTY ON RA.LS0AD SITUATI01 Commistioner Capital Issues hen's! Bo faormeed. f GOVERNMENT REGULATION ON TRIAL it la nt Possible to Fix Rates i that a t.lven Per feat Shall Bo Retaraed to Share Holders Other (iaeatloaa. NEW YORK. May 22.-The National Aa sociatlon of Manufacturers of the United states went on record today aa In favor c( revision of the tariff at the earlleas opportunity and the negotiation of mora reciprocity treaties. A lively debate preceded this vote upon the report of the committee on tariff and reciprocity. The committee based Ita recommendations on a poll of the 3,000 members of the association. Of the total numlier replying oo per cent d.i-iaro fog Immediate revision while 3) per cent ea pressed a "handa off" aentlment. Eight per cent believed that the time for re vision had not arrived and the other IX per cent expressed Indifference. The mass of reaolutlona adopted by UM association on this, the closing day of ita convention. Included indoraement of tho open shop, Industrial education, the tro provement of the consular service, corns, mendatlon of the national river and harbog congress, urging the president to withhold, his approvsl of the new German agree ment until testimony can be obtained re garding Ita possible effects upon domestla labor and Industry, and opposition to all Illegal combinations, either of capital oC labor. Campnlarn of Education. This last resolution was given added force by the convention's declared de termination to raise Sl.&C.OOO to carry out a campaign of education concerning dicta torial combinations. Of thla Prealdent Van, Cleve said: "We shall endeavor to assist In educat ing the public In Industrial righteousness. We shall be Just as ready to oppose un lawful seta by combinations of capital aa those of combinations of labor. We aro opposed to all forms of Industrial oppres sion. And, If anylmdy undertakes to com pel any one to submit to such oppression we shall endavor to assist the party so assailed. We shall ln particular endeavor to auataln public officials who try to en force the laws." The association re-elected James W. Van Cleve of St. Louts, president, and F. H BMI'.man of New York, treasurer. Tho convention closed tonight with a banquet. Pronty oa Railroads. Charles Prouty. me.nber of the Interstate Commerce commission, addressing the Na tlonal Manufacturers' association today, saUl the government should exercise noma direct control over the capital accounts ot the railroads and that It Is probable In terstate railways ahould be valued by tho I government. Mr. Prouty aald: j "Government regulation is Itself on trial, Regulation must be sufficiently strong to ' choke the cry for national operation. Z j am not asking that additional powers ba conferred upon the Interstate Commerco commission. We must create a department - u, urlM . that part of railway regulation which. . properly administrative and executive. ,,, , . , "The railway companies should not bd ! deprtv-d rt their property by reduction in ! their rates until they have been given a j fair hearing before some disinter ted tribunal, but tbs duty of beginning a com- plaint rests upon the government and I ahould not be cast upon private Individual "It 1. probable that Interstate railway, , ahould be valued by th. national govrn- ment. "The government should exercise sorno : direct control over the capital accounts, j It la not possible to fix rates so that j given per cent will be returned to the) stockholders. Mr. Harrlman'e operations In Chicago A. Alton did not directly affect i rates upon that railroad system, but they did create a condition which Is for all time) a perpetual Inducement to the Imposition of unjust charges. Vested Interests Saerod. "What has been done cannot ba rected. All that has become a vested Inter est would be both unjust and unwise to dlaturb. but with restwet to the futuro nro ' . Mltln . th wk J Mr Harrlman by dealings like thoaa In Chicago s Alton, enriches himself to tho eltent of many millions he has not created that money; he has merely transferred It from the possession of someone else tie himself. "Railroad securities ought to bo favorite investment for the savings of the small and great alike. It Is not a feeling of j apprehension that the people will confiscate , any railroada which prevents permanent ln- vestment ln railroad storks, but rather uo ' certainty aa to the future of those stocks. ; When it once becomes certain that no rail- ' road stock or bond can be Issued without 1 the consent of the government and that , every dollar which comes from their sale : shall be legitimately Invested ln the prop- I erty, and when no Interstate railroad can i tuy a dollar ln the stock of any railroad without the consent of the government. railroad securities will be much more llkelf to assume their proper pla- in public con. Prealdent WIU E.rllng Dopln.ro. Ttnlnn Enter Butte by First of January. ! MILES CITY. Mont.. Msy 21-Preoidont Earllng and parry, on a trip of Inspection of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ex. i tension, srrived hers last night. President I Carting, upon being aaked whether tho ' report that the road Intended to ebandon 1 its extension plsns for the present was cor rect, replied that by January 1 next trains will be runnng on the new extension ta Butte. 1 The party Intends tr inspect every rafta 1 of the route and prei,are the way tar thf construction to bo pushed mom nillaU from both, andsv, "