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The Omaha Daily Bee HEWS SECTION. Psgss 1 to 8. M Filthy 8Mtton THE OMAHA DEC Best tlT. West VOL. XXXVII NO. 10. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1907 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. MOTIVE OF ORCHARD Haywood Defense Continue Attack Upon Hit Story. EASTERLY TAKES THE STAND Witness Tells of Orchard's Threats Against Stennenberg. DENIES ALL WRONGDOING D. C. Copely Also Says He Heard Orchard Threaten Dead Man. EXPLOSION IN VINDICATOR MINE Mnmnlon Miner Recites Incident that Male It Appear to Be Accident Instead of a Crime. LOIS 13, Idaho, June 28. The attorney for William D. Haywood continue to center Ihelr efforts oo the discrediting- of Harry Orohard and the establishment of their claim that Orchard killed Frank Steunen ber: In revenue for the loss of his Inter fat In the Hercules mine. Tbday they di rectly attacked the Vindicator explosion with the testimony of a witness that made It appear accidental rather than criminal. tV vLw. imh.rm. the Vindicator mine as a tlmberman after the strike began, swore that the night be- , V i v ,. . . fore the explosion he p aced a box con- talnlng twenty-five pounds of giant powder at the shaft of the eighth level. He saw the powder the next morning shortly after 10 o'clock and a few minutes later Super intendent McCormlck and Foreman Beck Dame to the eighth level. They remained but a short time and left to go to the sixth level where they were killed. Wood swore that when he reached the shaft twenty mlnutos later the powder was gone and It waa a reasonable Inference that Mc Cormlck and Beck took It with them. Wood testified that he had seen a re volver In Beck's pocket, that the fragments of only one revolver were found In the sixth level, and that the bodies of Mc Cormlck and Heck were blown apart. In dicating that the explosion had occurred between them. Orchard said that he flrod a revolver wh a wire attachment so that when the safety bar was ralBcd It would send a bullet Into the giant powder he had placed. One witness for the state has : Express companies object of complaint worn that he later found a wire attached before the Interstate Commerce commit to the safety bar, but Wood, who was gorli bankers alleging th-y Infringe on among the first to reach the sixth level financlul business In selling exchange, after the explosion, said that he carefully , Pag 1 rxamlnc'i the safety bar and found noth- ; HEBaVaVSKA. Ing attached to it. Wood gave his testl- : Railroads have two canes In supreme mony In a clear and forceful manner and ' court In which directly opposite pleas are told a thrilling story of the climb to safety ( made and to avoid embarrassing contln of the men cut off by th explosion below , gency they want them transferred to the tho sixth level. i federal court. Some question whether More of Orchard's Alleged Threats, William Easterly, who concluded his testimony this morning, and D. 3. Copley, who was called this afternoon, both swore that they heard Orchard tell of the loss of the Hercules mine and threaten to kill Steunenberg for It. On cross-examination tho state scored them both and particularly Easterly, who received two letters and one telephono message from Orchard on the eve of the killing of Steunenborg, for re mnlnlut; quiet when they knew a crime might be committed. Easterly contended that he, did not know Steunenberg lived at laiuweu, ana expmuiau uni 'u"'"n 1 1 11 KUCW IIIiiiiibi x."Bau " 1'""' i J Orchard he took no steps Immediately after the crime except to consult counsel for the federation, because he was not an Informer. and Copley asserted that he did not take Orchard seriously when they met In Snn Francisco and lie told him of the Bradley , crime, I Ther was a further showing a to the work of the bloodhounds at Independence, I which the defense declares were sent first : to th house of a deputy sheriff and then ! dnwn the road that Orchard took on his ' flight to Denver and on to Wyoming, and denial and re-denlals from Easterly and Copley of any form of misconduct on the part of members of the Western Federation of Miners. Testimony of Easterly. Following Dr. McGee, W. B. Easterly was called to continue hi testimony begun yesterday. Easterly denied positively that he hai ever talked with Harry Orchard as to the Independence depot explosion. Orchard wua at Cripple Creek th latter part of 1903 and th first part of 19v4. H. mined a ! little," said th witness, "but h was quite a fiend at card game. He seldom worked more than a month at a time." Easterly asserted that during th Cripple Creek strike day thr never wa any talk of vlolenc at th meetings of the union exoept by a visiting member. Th visitor proved afterward to b a secret aerrto man In th employ of th mine swner. Th labor leaders always coun seled peace, saying that any disorder which might occur would be attributed t the union. Easterly want over much of th ground covered yesterday In th testimony of W. P. Dsvls. He told of th meeting ad dressed by Moyer and Haywood, at which th two accused men urged th miner I to maintain peace and order. uia you ever near Moyer ana riaywooa;.. imlemnltv. The minister also tell Orchard In Denver ln your presence that h could not go too fierce, at Crlppl , j)nQUlgnell hi, pot as minister and will sail i Judga Loving looked more composed to Creek to suit them?" asked Mr. Darrow. j fQT ch)na Wednesday. I day than at any tlm during the progress "I did not." replied the witness. Easterly said he was arrested at Cripple Creek "a a matter of military necessity" nd was thrown Into the "bull pen" for rlolenc. Easterly ald he was at home In tied when th Independence depot was de s.royed. He did not know what had happened until next morning. H than heard th soldiers were coming and went to Cripple Creek, where, along with many others, he went to Victor. "Wert you armed?" asked Darrow. "No. sir; not with a rtfl." Easterly said ha had a six-shooter. Fooling; Among- Soldier. At Victor he wont to th union hall, where several hundred member of the Western Federation of Miner were gathered. Th streets were filled with all sort of people, some soldiers, som de tective and soma mln owners' officials Easterly declared that the soldiers In pass tag federation men would say: There's on that ought to be hanged or hav his head shot off." "In th afternoon C. C. Hamlin, secretary a th Mln Owner' association, made a Hpeech In th streets In which he referred ta the Independsno depot explosion and aid that fifty or more of th leader ought be hanged and th rest driven out of .fOuaMnaed ea Second Pa-v SUMMARY OF THE BEE! Saturday, Jane 89, lOT. 1007 June 1907 un on nit wes m rui si "( ? )" I I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 20 TED WZATIIB. Forecast for Nebraska FAIR AND WARMER. Hour. Deg, 6 a. m f,l (a. m t3 7 a. m (A 8 a. m 69 9 a. m 72 10 a. m 74 H a. m 76 U Dl 78 Hour. Deg. j 1 p. m ;4 2 p. m SO 3 p. m til 4 p. m Ri 6 p. m 8- 6 p. m HI 7 p. m to 8 p. m 78 V p. in its DOMESTIC. William Easterly takes the witness stand In the Haywood trial and denies , the greater portion of the testimony given. by Harry Orchard, declaring that he had heard Orchard make the threat to kill Steunenberg. Page 1 President Roosevelt Is said to have or- dered a searching Investigation of the ; methods of the telegraph companies of the United States with respect to commercial ; compacts and treatment of laboring men. I ' Par 1 I I Tale wins the four-oared 'varsity two- ' r"ce "om IttlrvorQ- ' ,mB: " " I HarVard freshmen won the elght-oar race I from Yale , .. .. PMr. , irom laiein u.i. - Julge Landfl of chicagt, perBlgtently re. fuses to let John D. Rockefeller off from I testifying in his court as to value and ownership of oil properties. Par 1 , Secretary McVann of the Omaha grain exchange, makos complaint before the State Railway commission that Ne braska railroads are discriminating against Omaha. Page 3 Freight rates in territory between Mis sissippi river and Rocky mountains are likely to be raised 6 per cent. Pace 1 Secretary Taft declares stories false that there Is further trouble In the working force on the Isthmus. Fags 1 New York Ice wagon drivers strike for extra pay for extra work. Fagre 1 Robert Simpson of Omaha wins tho western golf chumplonshlp at Hinsdale, with score of 307. Page 6 English steel men plan a hug comblna- , tlon to control the production In Great iiiitnln Pag 1 Railway Commissioner Clarke must lie elected this fall or whether he holds over under appointment. Pag XiOCAXi. Over 14,000 Is now pledged toward wiping out the debt on the Young Men's Christian association building. Pag 8 John N. Baldwin, general solicitor ror the Union Pacific, says recent legislation will Injuriously affect the railroads. Pas; 1 Trade excursion ln August to Wyoming, Colorado and eastern Nebraska Is now agitated by Commercial club. Pag 7 Man loses his life ln the Or that -. .. , Ware 7 . , . . i I 1 &' UB,Y l""""8' ' '"" .. i of the BurVef n. ' . """" , ' ' " . ,.. " -r ! October 6. day on -hlch corner. to ne of the new i.atnoiic ..... " will be one of the red-letter days in the history of Catholicism ln Nebraska. Paff s Rnmgo block Is to undergo material changes ln form. Page 11 Society Club women have plcnlo at Bellevue and Fort Crook. Pag 4 ! JCOTEMEBTS OP OCEAJf STEAMSHIP Port. Arrived. Ni;W YOItK DulKtn K'tfW YOKK Smolensk KhW YOKK Suiulni M:W YOlikv POHTON Rpubllo Balled. ... Campania. ...La Barol. ... lputchland. IuiUnd. GENOA i IIAVHS LIVERPOOL ., LIVKRPOOl. .i CHKRHOVKO) . ANTWERP ... TK1E.-TE gt'KBSKTPWM Ql'KKNS TOWN BRKMES ..... Cltta dl Mllano. ' Battle. Tuuman. K wiihclm II. alarqutla. ' Majrftlc. llrton. Parbaroffaa. SI u von la. Nerkar. fftmftnlc. . Min- Royal. Sicilian. .La Lorralta.. .. Laura N API. EH NAPI.K Cambrian . Adriatic . MONTREAL PLYMOUTH LUNCHEON AT OYSTER BAY President Entertains Member Cabinet and Number of Diplomat. of OYSTER BAY, N. T., June B. Preeldent Roosevelt today entertained a luncheon party that consisted of members of his cab inet, of the diplomatic corps, representatives of the army and navy end distinguished authors. Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng, the Chinese minister, bore the personal thanks of his emperor for the generosity of the United Rmtes In remitting the greater portion of . far-,..rii to the Dresldent. He re- Commander Dahl of the Norwegian navy, T who, on the flagship Haarfagre, now an chored In New York harbor. Is on his way to the Jamestown exposition, was presented to th president ry tiauge. me Nor- weglan minister, and both were of th luncheon party. Ii. F. Oebon, who styles himself a "sailor J of fortune." and says that he ha been anoat nair or nis w years, una an aumence wun uie prekiaem lur m ruriw ui cs-, Chicago, Burlington A Qulncy Railway com. . - ...... hlbltlng a double bulkhead device, which he ; pany has been rescinded by mutual con- i I"1"1' tt ld- the Jury , stood eight to explained would render vessels unslnkable. , sent and th former company will on Mon- i ,our for lui,tal nl1 when th dUagre Mr. Osbon went away bearing the presl- ., resume noauailon of the rnn. .nri ! ment report was brought In the vote aent s approval ror an interview wun bee- retary Metcalf. Ernest Ingersoll. the autnor. one or tn guests. Imparted th In- formation on leaving Bagamor Hill that th president would continue his silence on th "natur fakir" controversy. NEW MEXICO HAS TORNADO Town of Tucumarl Visited by Twist that Demolishes Several Houses. EL PASO, Tex., Jun 28 A tornado swept Tut um. art. N. M , late yesterday, demolishing numerous buildings. Mrs. Ed Miller and daughter, whose horn Is sis mile from town and badly wrecked, wr tnjurad. A heavy hall atorm followed th wind. WILL TURN ON SEARCHLIGHT GoTernment is Planning to Investi gate Telegraph Companies. WAGES AND COMPACTS OBJECT Relations of Bis Organisations Are to Be Made Subject of Tborosik Insjolry by Commis sioner Knox. CHICAOO. June JS.-A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington, D. C, says: In accordance with the Instructions of President Roosevelt, Commissioner of Cor- poratlons Herbert Knox Smith Is arran(. .0 In if for an Immediate Investigation of,t..." relations Detween tne tciegrapn comr ul i lie linen oi.irs. i ins ii..v-;.,i, will be conducted so as to avoid glvlna company or official Immunity for viola. ion of the law should It be discovered. The Investigation will determine the nature and extent of the agreements existing; betweeu the telegraph companlas, the rale of wages paid to employes, the operating expenses, and such other data as will be useful to the Department of Justice In determining wnctner 10 insuime legal proceeoings. ann to congress should thst body desire to hsve t)ie government exercise control over the whether to Institute legal proceedings, and telegraphic service. Operators Feel Encouraged. BAN FRANCISCO, June 28.-The belief that the strike of the telegraphers would K, ... ,,,. v.. h- .i,.--,!,..,. and a Bplrlt of 0ptlrnlBrn pr,VaUs among the ol)erttlorl. The pro,pect that President p00.evelt may take a hand In adjusting the differences tended to brighten the situ- alon. The appearance of the president of v-nited States In th. controversv was Ln,led tea n controversy was gested by a telegram sent by S. J. Kor . of rramftr The appearance of the president of the sug- nen- ItsmD. dnnutv president of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America In New Tork to Pre,iuent SmalI. The telegram ,tB,, that Konenkamo had been Invited hv Labor Commissioner Nell to visit him In Washington to discuss the situation. Pres ident Small says that he will welcome any official investigation of the strike. No new men, It Is said, were put to work yesterday either by the Western Union or Postal companies. General Superintendent L. W. Btorer of the Postal declared that he did not need any mors men. although he admitted that the force was not as large as before the strike. "We are working a little harder and putting In overtime beside." he explained. "The volume of our business has not reached a normal level yet." finruirlnl ami) nt T illor rf t h Wt am rn)on tnt lhe company ,1Bd about seventy men on the floor of the OnklanJ offlce aralPFt ninety or 100 before the strike. Both officials declared that their companies were handling all their buMr.es3 without delay. The strikers BcofT at this statement and declare It Is a physical Im possibility for the companies to cope with their work. GARBAGE MENACE TO HEALTH New York Sweepers Object to Regula tions and Mrlko Is Mkely to Occur. NEW TORK, June 28. A strike of 2.000 street sweepers Is threatened today If the street cleaning department does not ac cede to the demands of th striking gar bage cart drivers. The health of the city , )s Mw aerlously menaced by the great of gBrhaBe whlch 0 rottlns ln the j h MSt g)de Dr Darlington. one of the health board, started an Inves tigation today. Several -physicians have al ready reported that much Illness Is being caused by filth In the streets, i The striking garbage men have been on strike three days and unless they return - 1 In two days they will be automatically dls- ! charged. The strike Is to enforce their demands, which include the abolition of a ( of flye dRyB, pQy fw emptying, a ca containing both hes and garbage and fine for trotting horses. ENDANGERS KANSAS HARVEST Hepburn Dill Prevents Distribution f Men as Customary Under Old System. TOPEKA. Kan., June .-T. B Qerrow, director of the Free Employment bureau of Kansas, yesterday sent a letter to E. E. Clark, a member of the Interstate Com merce commission, formally protesting i against the manner ln which he asserts the Hepburn bill has destroyed the former ef fective plans of sending out harvest hands Into Kansas. "Heretofore we have been able t send five men In a party at th rate," wroto Mr. Gerrow. "Now we must have a party of fifteen. Further than that, pay agents are sending them from depots to places Great Britain, with the avowed object of where they are not wanted. Farmers are ; comba,lnK German and American eompe telegraphlng me about the trouble In get- ! t,tlon- The b, companies, headed by Vlck ting men. We cannot afford to have our j erl Sc", & Max,m- Including John Brown wheat crop destroyed In this manner. I i Co- wn,ch recently was amalgamated wish to make my protest now." ARE READY FOR ARGUMENTS , Bvldenco Introduced la Lovln, Caa. and Lawyers Will Now Take Floor. HOUSTON. Vs., June 28 When court & vs i a7 A. vii a V i nulla o. V 1 1 Til dyll rl convened today In th Loving trial the at- . .a e,.K.H ih. " ... '. instruction to be presented to the court, Judge Barksdale stated that the argument 1 ln the case would not begin until after o'clock this afternoon and the turv was I ! discharged until that hour Th tiw, ! Instructions mar be somewhat drawn m.t ; of the trial. RAILWAY COMPANY YIELDS Burllnsrtou Railroad Company Will j Now Manage Property of i Other Company. CHICAOO, June 28. Th lease of the Chi- cogo. Burlington A Qulncy railroad to the operate In Its own nam. Th railway , company wa organised In 1901 ln th ln- terest of th railroad company. CONSPIRACY AND FORGERY ludlotment with Theso Charge Filed Against Gears R. Scrugrhnm of New York. NEW TORK. June 2.-Indlctment charging conspiracy and forgery against George R. Scrugham, manager of the In ternational Policyholders' committee, and Charles 8. Stirrup, an employe, and on for conspiracy against Charles Carrlngton, another employe, were returned today by tt county grand Jury. Th charge grew out of th recent election of trustee of Las New York Ufa Insurance company. REFUSE PERMITS TO JAPS San Francisco Police Board Denies Tbera Right to Keep Intel llgrnce Offices. SAN FRANCISCO. June 2s. -The Board of Police Commissioners yesterday denied the application of Ave Japanese for the privilege of renewing their permit to keep Intelligence offices In this city and refused two Japanese applicants who desired to obtain new permits for ths same business, on the ground ths applicants were not cltl xens of the United States and that here tofore the pol'cy of the board had been always to .he preference In the privi leges to jpf ,'" ralnst those who are not and o'r -come cltlsens. It had been urr x jehalf of the petitioners that entitled to th privilege by virtue a provision or tne treaty, but tne ce commission contends that if such light does exist It Is still subject to laws enacted under the general police powers of the state concerning police and sanitary regulations. A refusal to grant such per mits Is not, according to the construction of the board, a violation of th right to trade. President Haggerty, In giving the decision of the board, said It was the policy of th board to grant such permits only to cltl sens of the United Suites and not to citi zens of foreign countries, and he furthor suggested that the refusal to grant these permits would open th way for a de termination In court Of the extent of the rights of Japanese in this respect under the treaty between the United States and Japan, should the applicants desire to tske the matter Into tho courts. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Rural Carriers Named and City Carriers Given an Increase In Pay. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 2S.-Spcclat Tele gram. 1 Rural free delivery carriers ap pointed: Nebraska Madison, route 6, Jnsonh W .Tones, carrier: Isaac B. Lora- noker. substitute Iowa mars, route 4. Gilbert E. Diller. carrier: Walter Meller, I substitute; Perclvnl, route 2, Frank V. Lumm, carrier; Edgar P. Haselwood, sub stitute; Tabor, route 2, Oscar York, car rier; Cl.ura York, substitute. The applications of O. K. Bryant, George C. Ft;111iiwe1der. U. E. Beach, C. B. Dick inson, W. N. Farmer ond H. C. Shober to organize tho National bank of Huron, 9. P., with $50,000 capital, has been ap- i proved by the comptroller of currency. j City letter carriers In Nebraska postof- llces ore increased from m"0 to 1300, ef fective July 1 next; Fairbury, three; Be atrice, six; Columbus, three; Fremont, seven; Grand Island, four; .Lincoln, thirty nine; Netra&ka City, six; York, four, South Omuha, fourteen. The acting commissioner of the general land office today approved the selection by the state of Wyoming of 616 acres uion which to erect a fish hu.tchcry for which the lost congress appropriated $25,00). Th land chosen Is ln th Cheyenne land dis trict. MORE TROOPS ON FRONTIER Russia Sends M to Turkish Lin for Moral Effect Upon the .Armenians. TIFLI9, June 28. On account of th anarchlal conditions of Bltlls, Turkish Armenia, where much of the fighting be tween Musselmans and Armenian hav occurred, the Russian troops on the Turk ish frontier have been heavily strengthened In order to prevent the transmigration of Armenian refugees and a spread of th agitation to Russian territory, and also for the moral effect of tho movement on the Turkish government. A repetition of the Armenian massacres of 1806, when thous ands of Armenian refugees crossed the frontier and settled In southern Caucusus, Is feared. The Russian government first encouraged the movement as a valuable Industrial and civilizing factor, but later It felt obliged to prohibit Immigration, claiming that tho rapid occupation of Tartar lands by colon ists was responsible for the Armenian Tartar racial warfare which has slnc.j periodically drenched southern Caucasus with blood. PLAN HUGE STEEL COMBINE Combination In Enarland Similar to Those In United State and Germany. LONDON, June 28. A great combination of Iron and steel manufacturers, similar to those existing In the United States and Germany, Is In the course of formation In with the Harland & Wolf company, have obtained thli ty-slx previous Independent nZ'Ztt1 XZ tT.T i 11 OI aooui vi per cent of the steel ! Prod"ced, m Great Britain. It 1. said th . ....... -I. ul, ..... rcKiiiat in or prices, aajusimeni or output to demand ' and equal distribution of orders. What Is primarily aimed at. It Is asserted, la a . . , . comtbln1'0" ,on ".-" not only to ' contr the trade of Great Britain, but "to i Th ., . , . worm. . .,arl! Proposed 2i ' ' STANDARD JURY DISMISSED Caae Against Oil Company at Find lay, O.. Must Bo Tried Over Again. FINDLAT. O., Jun 28. Th Jury In th case of Ohio against the Standard Oil company, charged with violating the antl- trust laws, this morning reported to Judge Duncan that lt had been found Impossible . ,, . , I "P00 ordered the Jury discharged. Accord- "" " . ' , ' u' stood seven to five. The case was given to th Jury on Wednesday last. CALL MONEY TAKES SPURT Movoa Gradually Higher Until Rat f Internet Reaches Twelve Per Cent. NEW YORK. June 28. -The call money market, which has been moving gradually upward for several days, took another spurt soon after the opening of the mar ket today. Some early loans were msde at i per cent, but the rats worked grsdually upward and before noon S per cent waa offered. Th rate for call money advanced to U ! per osnt Just befor th close of ths mar- I kst, RAILROADS' TALE OF V0EIBOY CONTINUES TO steal Present Conditions Regarded as tho Most Unfavorable. HRW T.ATCQ rflWSTn'TTJ'FTl TTWFATTJ , John If. Baldwin of the Union Pa- i clflo Bay State Legislation la lajarlons to Cor porations. "Present and recent legislation In west- ern states will most Injuriously and se- j rlously affect railroads," declared John N. j Baldwin, general solicitor for th Union Pacific railroad, Friday on his return from the east, "The representatives of the railroads In th east ar deeply concerned regarding the greatly adverse conditions which have arisen In the midst of this era of prosper ity. Taxes have Increased 90 to X per cent, material 30 per cent and labor 13 per cent. At the same time freight rates hsve been cut an average of 16 per cent and passenger rates S3 per cent. It is a condition of affairs that spells ruin. "In Nebraska our rates have been cut to such an extent that strictly Intrastate business Is not remunerative. 'But you are paying dividends,' the people say. Ys. w are, but It Is our Interstate business which earns them. Eighty-five per cent of our business Is interstate and only 16 per cent Is business within thla state. "But this argument that we ar paying dividends Is Invalid, for the supreme court has said that the state cannot point to Interstate business producing profits as an argument for lower rates any more than the carrier can point to Its losses on It Interstate business to justify higher rat on Its Intrastate business. Two Cents and Population. "Governor Hughes of New York vetoed the 2-cent fare bill In that slate and he did so on the broad ground that It was arbitrary legislation. He said It might be come confiscatory. New York has lt people to the square mile. Nebraska has less than fourteen people to the squar mil. In other words New York has 8,287 miles of railroad, ItiO people to the square mile and 10.8 mllos of rnllroad for each 10,u00 p.i;lo. while Nebraska has 6,411 miles of railroad, KI.S9 peoplo to the square mile and 60 miles ef railroad for each 10.0"0 people. "Density of population of a country through which a railroad runs, or course, has a great deal to do with the profit of such a railroad. Yet we have the 2-ccnl fare la Nebraska, whllo in New York it was con sidered unfair, "The 2-cent fare has boon found a fail ure In Ohio. It will prove the same In Pennsylvania and others of the states even where the population Is comparatively dense, "The only thing for the railroads to do Is to fight. And th fight will be begun with all possible dispatch." Railroads and Roosevelt. Mr. Baldwin denied that any action had been taken by the railroads toward elect ing a non-Roosevelt man In 1908. "Any ono who makes any statement of that nature Is mistaken or misinformed," he said. "We are quit busy tending to our 'knitting' now, with all the difficulties that have be-?n thrown In our way and not In any manner giving any attention to politic." ALL, RATES IN WEST TWO CENTS Interstate Fares Soon Level, Saya P. S. Eustls of Burllnirton. "The 2-cent passenger law will be ln effect by July 4 In all these western states ; attend a meeting of the Iowa State Board and as soon thereafter as possible the in- cf Control, and then to Council Bluffs, terstate rates will be reduced," said P. S. , where he delivered an address to the grad Eustls, passenger traffic manager of tha j uatlng class of the Iowa School for the Burlington, Friday morning, who was ln Deaf. Superintendent Jones has been for Omaha on official business. "At first the 1 years engaged In the work of deaf Instruc rallroads thought for legal reasons It would t)on and ) regarded as one of the au be necessary to abstain from that form : thorltles on the subject ln this country, of voluntary reduction of revenue which ..j am struck with the great Improvement will follow If Interstate rates are reduced made )n tnla Bectlon since I was here before. from t to 2 cents a mile. As time passed It became more and more Impossible to maintain through fares on the old basis and It has been determined the legal phase of the question I not so Important as at first supposed. The railroads are now re- vising interstate tariffs as fast as rate clerks can do It and have applied to the interstate commerce commission ror spe- clal dispensation to permit making new state rates In each district as fast as tnterst the tariffs can be published without the necessity of the required thirty days' pub lic notice. "The rate from Nebraska to points ln nearby states, like Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Colorado, can soon be reflgured. Rates to points like Chicago, St. . Louis or St. Paul can also soon be reflgured, but It will take a long time to adjust all fare to and from all points ln the United States. I think It will take a year to rearrange all the tariffs ln th United States." iAinM wh.t thsv would do until after I imnii. in vri..n..H ... ..rti. hut had nowhdeclded l 'eave tohth UorD'" j t0 Ket th case Into court by som pre- vlou. act and to abld by th n.w law. . f.li, trial w.. riven fti.m I em maklna: a trlD over our lines to see j how the new schedule Is working. When ...eh .o.nW ehaniea are made In ached. ar w ar aw i ,, lt ,.. of course, necessary that many umu. will ann..r which were not at first I foreseen and wnlch will hav to soon be remedied by a nw tlm card. Thl will not be so sweeping, but will straighten out om of the Irregularities. Most of the changes are meeting with tha approval of th people who live along the lines of the Burlington and many hav much better ac. oommodatlon than thy had before." The freight department of the Burlington says It will b ready to make good on th promise made by Attorney J. E. Kelby that the tariffs on the reduced rates will be filed by July 5. These rates will be 88 per , ' Tem . enot ,,,,. , . . . . . . .. ' !on the commodities ordered reduced by th jcajg ,ay tney wll, hava them nlej by j julr 6. In accordance with the law. Mora Motor Car. Two new motor cars will soon b ready to put Into service by th Union Pacific They will be aent to Colorado, probably to do service In and out of Denver. Other motor oars are rapidly nearlng completion "n! " " th,cir ar rl of ih'hov" they will be put Into service on different ! parts of the system. Nebraska will get some. So extenslv ha beoom th manufac ture of these cars that a special shop has been set aside In the Union Pacific yards enclosure, painted a blight red and labeled "Motor Shops." Here a large fore of skilled mechanics la working on the last order of twenty motor cars, which will be turned out as fast as possible. They are of a design similar to No. S, which Is running with such success betwsen Ltnooln and Be atrice. As fast as these ar turned out from th shop they will b Immediately put Into surrlo oo diffsrsot branch llr, Youth In One Crime After Another nd Ills Bondsman With draws. Omar Fletcher, a young man about 30 i years of age, who was arrested In Omaha ; In March last, charged with appropriating a letter from a hotel in Hartlngton in which was a money order, which he tried to dls- no, ... -nd consi-niience thereof bound over to the federal grand Jury In I $300, was surrendered by his bondsman Frl day morning. Fletcher was bound over by United States Commissioner Anderson, his surety being J. p. Kerr of Omaha, a friend of the boy's family. The boy subsequently went to work with one of the district messenger companies and It was ascertained some time ago that he had committed another forgery and was about to leave the city. The police were put on the case and during their Inquiries It was learned that Fletcher had sold a rented bicycle and left Omaha. He was Anally located in Lincoln and Mr. Kerr and Officer Joe Hell went to Lincoln, succeeded In overhauling Fletcher and brought him back to Omaha. Fletcher ad mitted having stolen another bicycle from the Young Men's Christian association building In Omaha a few days ago and took It to Lincoln with him where he sold It. Fletcher was surrendered Friday morn ing to the United States marshall and Mr. Kerr was exonerated from his bond. United States Commissioner Anderson thereupon committed him to th Dodge county Jail at Fremont, where he will be taken by Deputy Marshal Moore. WATTLES SAYS 'TAIN'T SO Denies Chara-e of Contractor Ptrect Railway Is Delaying Work of PsTlng, Officials of the Omaha A Council Bluffs Street Railway compuny Indignantly deny the assertions of paving contractors who blamed the company for delay In pav- Ing of certain streets through failure to lay tracks In time. O. W. Wattles, vice president of the company, said Friday morning: "Paving contractors should be careful how they lay blame for slow work on the contracts on other people. I see they com plained of the street railway compuny, when, In fact, we are causing no delay. As to the condition on Lake street west of Twenty-fourth there re a few poles In the street. There Is also a large amount of paving material, but whenever pavers are ready to start work the poles will bo moved. "Now, as to Fortieth street, I believe there wns'some delay ln the mutter, caused by a charm' In curb lines. This hus been adjusted. Paving cannot be done until the lines are changed. We have notified tho contractor that we are ready to pay for the change In the curb, but he has done nothing. Our material la on the ground ond the next work the company Is to start Is the extension of the line on Fortieth street. We will be ahead of the pavers and If matters remain as they are will he ahead of the men who are fixing curb." NOTED EDUCATOR OF DEAF Superintendent Jones of Ohio State School Comment on Fine Condi tion of Nebraska School. Superintendent J. W, Jones of the State School for the Deaf at Columbus, O., spent the day yesterday In Omaha, having oome to look through the Nebraska School for the Deaf located here and to renew ac quaintance with Superintendent Stewart. Mr. Jones had been a delegate to the Na tional Conference of Charities und Correc tions at Minneapolis, going from there to k.1iIIi waa ftlnvpn venra nan At thRt ttmw I also visited your school for the deaf and I am glad to say that I can see noticeable prog. not only In the size and equipment i nf tha in-tltutlon. but also In the character i nf th. .nrV that v.,.-. done undel. the d1rK.tlon of your superintendent. Mr. Stew- !t Mr Btewart stands high professionally i fg (ne country. His work Is recognized . M Qf t,)e flrgt ordep and , nopo he w1j . . , . -hr. nf vnur ,chool." GOLDEN CHANCE IS Old-Timers' Plcnlo for Campnla-nlnsT Forgotten by IT. D. Balcombe nd Jonathan Edward.- Friends of U. B. Balcombe and Jonathun Edwards of the county assessors' force ar chaffing them gently bncaus both of thom missed the Pioneers' picnic at Hans com park Thursday, although both had been laying plan for two or three weeks to. attend. Both are candidate for county assessor and had expected to do somo valuable missionary work at the plcnlo. Mr. Edward Is socretary of th Pioneers' association. On account of th rainy morning Mr. Edwards got the Impression the plcnlo had been postponed. He told Mr. Balcombe everything was oft and ths two remained In th office all day eyeing each other sus piciously. They were both vry much chagrined to learn the plcnlo had come off a announced and a valuable opportunity to make hay had gone by. NEW YORK ICE MEN STRIKE Want Extra Pny for Extra Work as They Refuse to Take Charge of Wagons. NEW YOTRK, Jun 28. Fifteen hundred tn t onn drivers of the delivery wairona I of the Amorlcan Ice compuny went on a strike today to enforce a demand for extra pay for extra work. The depots of the company were stored with Ice and Its arrival was urgently awaited by thou- sands, but hardly a wagon of the Ice com- pany waa moved. President Oles of the company said that If the strikers do not rtnm to work tomorrow their nlaeea will be filled by new men. "This strike," he declared. "Is for the purpose of forcing the company's drivers and helpers to Join th Teamster' union. W will not force the men Into a union nor hav w tried to force them out of the union." --- PREDICTS GENERAL STR KE Ouldueld Man Saya Coal Miner of Country Will Walk Oat Next Year. DENVF.R, Jun 3. Addrssstng the cor. ventlon here today of th Western Federa tion of Miners, Robert Randall cf Oo Id field, Nev., predicted a general str'ke of all the miner throughout th scouctry when th pmsent contract xplr naS April Ii referred tint onl larts JUDGE LAXD1S FIRM He Refuses to Recall Subpoena for John D. Rockefeller. ATTORNEY PRESENTS EXCUSE S&Jt Magnate Does Not PoSSflS the Information Wanted. OIL KING ALSO BUSY MAN He Has Many Business Cares and ii an Old Man. COURT DECLINES REQUEST i J( Kara It I Inconceivable that President of One Corporation Dora Not Know Whether It Own Another. CHICAOO. June :R.-Judge Lanrlls In th district court today refused to withdraw the subpoena Issued for John D. Rocke feller, although John 8. Miller, attorney for the Standard Oil company, urgently requested him to do so. Mr. Miller Informed the court that Mr. Rockefeller, although president of th Standard Oil company of Indiana, was not possessed of the Information regarding th lln.uit Inl condition of the Standard Oil com pany OYsHcd by the court. He also In formed the court that Mr. Rockefeller was an old man who had many business cares and that no advantage could be hud to any person by bringing him Into the court. The appeal of the attorney did not ap peal to Judge Landls, for he promptly refused to recall the subpoena, and In atiOtllon, directed that suhpoenas be Issued fot the vice president and secretary-treasurer of the Union Tank Une. Mr. Miller. In making his requests, said he would furnish other men better quali fied to give the financial ruauurces and holdings of the conn anles than those for whom oubl'oona hod own Issued. H snld Mr. Rockefeller had so little to do with the business that It would be useless to bring him to Chicago to testify. "It Is Inconceivable that the president of one company does not know whether or not It owns another company," replied Junto Landls. "I want to know whether the Standard Oil company of New Jersey owns the Standard Oil company of Indiana, the defendant In this case. I want this In formation and all that I have asked for and I Intend to have It If such a thing la possible. This court mokes no distinction against either wealthy or poor men. X wunt Rockefcoler here to learn that on thing from him, and other things that h may be able to tell." Mr. Miller Intimated that witnesses might decline to answer by advice of coun sel. "The court cannot assume," said Judge Landls, "that sji:h an attitude will be taken and I cannot give them an oppor tunity to dncllne through counsel ln ad vanoe. If they see fit not to answer my questions they will be given the chance to decline In open court. These subpoena will be served and I shall not Interfere with the service of any of them." ' The court then directed that subpoenas also be Issued for H. R. Paine, vie presi dent of the Union Tank line, and for W. H. Hutchinson, secretary and treasurer of that company, and for F. Q Barstow, an assistant treusurer of the Standard OH company of New Jersey. STCRIES FALSE, SAYS TAFT Secretory Very Emphatic that Chan sir s Are In Prospect on Isthmus. No WASHINGTON, June 28. "It Is a tlssu of falsehood," said Secretary Taft today, when his attention was called to the r- ! Port of 1latlsfactlon on the part of , the administration of the management of anairs unaer toe jniununii iranui uuia mlsslon and of the Intention of the officers engaged In that work to relinquish It and return to the .United States. Tho Bocretary wa vfry emphatic in his declaration that I nfta no1 receiveo a single commumca- j tlon from Oeneral G way that he was dl oethals showing ln any y that he was oisHatisnea or aesirea to I end his connection with the work. No LOST i cnanBB contemplated ln the admlnlatra I tlon of affairs on the Isthmus, continue 1 th secretary, "and there has not been a single kick of any sort. There Is no truth In tho story of the srmy officers asking for leaves of absence to return to th United States." AIM AT EXPRESS COMPANIES Complaint . Filed with Interstate Commerce Commission L'ndos New Railroad Law. WASHINGTON, June 28 One of th mot Important cases yet filed with th Interstate Commerce commission under th new railroad rate low was today pre sented, which alleges that the express com panies, through their power and facilities as common carriers, are usurping th pre rogative of the banking association and at the same time employing the capital of the banks In th conduct of their busi ness. It I alleged that the exchange busi ness of th express companies and the re lations which they have with the railroad enable them seriously to discriminate as-alnat regular commercial operation of i banking Institutions. The complaint Is di rected against the Adams, United Htates, American, Pacific, Wells Fargo, Southern and Great Northern Express com panic. Mill Employe Drowned. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., June 28.-(Spetal.) Chris Rlckerts, a stationary engineer for- ' nieily employed at the plant of th Bloux VaUa Brewing company, but who for about ! week had been In the employ of th6 Cascade Milling company, was drowned yesterdsy as the result of being carried over the dam of the Cascade company In ! the Sioux river, j i Ston and Town. In Manila. : MANILA. June 2S.-8onutor W. J. Ston of Missouri and Representative C. , A. Towno of New York, arrived In this city this afternoon (June They will be th ! guests of Governor General Smith during I their stay her and many entertainments j hav been arranged for them. They will , mak a tour of th Island befor their re turn to Amrlca. Democrats Have Warm Time. HOBART, Ok! , June 28. As a rosult cf three days' balloting tha democratic con vention In the Fifth congressional district here late yesterday ended In a sensational tumult and two candidates will contest for plaoes on he ticket, Scott Ferris of Lawton and Carlon Weaver of Ada, I. T. The Ferris forces walked out of the hall, l'-av- ! the Weaver men In oneslon of th I official ballot. Ferris claims the nomlna ' Itloo by a vote, of US to So, and Wavr elalma a plurality if M
