The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 51.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1907 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COrY TWO CENTS.
HETURiNING JO WtVt
Back at Kfv
ONE THROUGH CIRCUIT 13 OPEN
Leased Wire Working Between New
Tork and San Francisco.
CLOWRY IS MAKING CLAIMS
President of Western Union Says
Strikers Ask to Return.
COMPANY HAS NO WORK FOR THEM
Striker Dear Union Mm Hare A p
pllfl fhlfno Brokers Take
No Chances and Or at
Increase.
CHICAJQO, Aug. IS. Decided Improve
ment waa made today In the conditions of
Associated Press wlrea. The entire leased
wire circuit between Son Francisco and
Sew Tork waa placed In operation shortly
tfter f o'clock tonight. I'p to that time
:he western wlrea had terminated at Den
rer. A number of operators who went
out on Monday returned to their work
luring the day.
The telegraph companies today reopened
'.heir offices In the board of trade. The op
tratora were comparatively few in num
ber, but both companies declared they
would be able to Improve conditions later
'n the day. Predicted strikes In broker
ge offices did not take place. Many of
'lie leading houses have signed the union
icale. Both telegraph Vompanles and the
nembers of the union still declare that
hey will not arbitrate anything.
Statement by Colonel dowry.
NEW TORK. Aug. 16.-At the general of
Jces of the two telegraph companies it
wtxa said today that no difficulty waa ex
terlenoed In handling everything offered.
Tha strike Is over," declared Robert C.
vlowry, the president and general manager
f the Western Union.
"We are having applications from the
trlkera today, but we are turning them
lown. We are filled up and cannot place
them."
The local officers of the union still ex
press confidence In the outcome. They
deny that any union men have applied for
mployment. The Associated Press Is mov
ing Its report under steadily Improving
sondltlons.
CHICAGO. Aug. K. Tha telegraph com
panlea today reopened their offices In the
Hoard of Trade. The operators were com
paratively few In number, but both com
panies declared they would be able to
Improve conditions later Jn the day. Pre
dicted strikes In brokerage offlcea did not
take place. Many of the leading houses
have signed the union scale. Both tele
graph companies and the members of the
.1 n 1 nn at f 1 il-Mo r. lt..i 1 1. ..m . wi
-. - - . aiw I'ltJ Will UUi .1 U-
:rate anything.
v. Bstenda to- smaller Cttlea.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Aug. 15.-(8pe-Jlal.)
The representatives In North Platte
' ( both the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies have joined In the
strike and It la Impossible to send a tele
Tram out of North Platte or to receive
ne sent to parties here. The wires of
tha Western Ur.lon are being used for rail
road purposes, but nothing else.
GRINNELL, la., Aug. 16. (Special.) The
Western '.Union Telegraph business Is tied
ap here, the operators belonging to the
union refusing to transmit messages and
ihe agent, who can handle the keys, re
fusing to "scab." The Postal office Is still
doing business with all points reached by
'.his office direct, the operator here not
belonging to the union. Business has not
o far been visibly affected.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 15.-(Speclal Tele
rram.) Five Western Union operators and
two Postal operators walked out this
morning. Two are still at work In the
Western Union office, but Manager Wolfe
of the Postal Is left entirely alone and is
attempting to do the work of three men.
The messenger boys have not shown any
signs of disaffection.
The order to strike waa not received by
tha Lincoln operators until Wednesday
venlng, having been delayed In transmis
sion, and for that reason they did not
itrlke earlier.
Death Mewst Refused.
DCS MOINES. Ia.. Aug. 15. William Rey
nolds, telegraph operator at Mapleton, near
lloux City on the Chicago, Minneapolis &
it. Paul railway, refused yesterday to take
telegram from a nonunion operator at
?edar Rapids. I-ater he was called by
ong distance telephone and told that his
mother was dead at Cedar Rapids, It being
tha message he had refused to recolve by
telegraph.
Will Await General Order.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Aug. 16. A statement
waa made this morning by President A.
L. Ewlng of the local union and chairman
of the brokers' chapel, that there will not
be a strike of leased wire operators In St.
Louta until a general strike order Is is
sued by President Small. All brokers'
operators who are not then working un
der contract schedules, he said, would be
called out. Two local broker firms have
signed a schedule demanded by operatora.
but the other brokers have decided not
to sign until they have deflntt Information
as to action taken by Chicago and New
Tork brokers. The strike situation remains
practically unchanged here. Western
Union and Postal officials say they are
steadily moving business. President George
H. Plant of the Merchants exchange has
sent a telegram to President Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay requesting the president to
use his personal Influence In effecting a
settlement.
Progress In Ran Fraaelaeo.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 16.-"Everythlng
teudent Storrer of .the Postal Telegraph
company. "We have Increased our working
force since yesterday and now feel little
Inconvenience from the strike. I am con
fldent that normal conditions will soon be
restored."
Superintendent May said that the Western
Union waa transacting a bl gvolume of
business. The outlook la very encouraging,
he declared.
Tha Associated Press la working without
any hindrance, both day and night.
ROBBERS L00JA BANK SAFE
farmer Stat Bank at Now Fold em.
Mian., Eater ky
Bnrslara.
CKOOKBTON. Minn.. Aug. 16.-Robbers
blew open tha safe tn the Farmers' State
bank at New Folden last night, securing
asa escaped.
summary of the bee
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Til VEATKIB.
FORECA8T FOR NEBRASKA Fair.
temperature at Omaha Yesterday:
Hour
Deg.
Hour. Dear.
6 a. m
6 a. m
7 a. m
8 a. m
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1 p. m K2
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9 a. m 13 6 p. m 8 are said to be valuable for agricultural j such as he represented. In order to stimu
li - JJ I'J 5 P- H purposes, and much of them can he culti- j late the emigration business. He then
12 ni.... 79 g p! m!!'.'."!!""" 81 I vated without Irrigation. Improved lands entered into a contract with Mr. Keller,
9 p. m 7v in that vicinity sell for SIS to $26 per acre.. mailing mm a saianea employe oi mo
DOMESTIC. Thev w, be openc(1 under tne drawing Western Emigrant association, and then ex
Attorney General Bonaparte will come system, similar to the one used. In opening j plained that the said association was simply
to Chicago Monday to consult olstrlct thm Mun,,- , Mnnt.n dnrin. June the railroad company. The object of mak-
attorney about promise made by Ms I
predecessor to the Alton railroad. He
said that the Department of Justice had
made no promise of this kind to anyone
since he became attorney general.
Par 1
President Clowry claims the telegraph
ers' strike In v New. Tork Is broken. A
number of Nebraska and Iowa cities are
affected with smaller cities genera'ly.
Brokers are avoiding walkout. Page 1
Secret service men are reported to be
engaged aa spies for the government on
the pay rolls of the big corporations.
Pag 1
Postmaster7 General Meyer .will recom
mend parcels post and postal saving
banks. Pagtj 1
Topeka banks make spirited blddlnj
for state money. Page 1
Lightning kills a militiaman at St.
Joseph, Mo. ' Page 1
Governor Folk reviews the state
militia of Missouri at St. Joseph.
Page 1
Standard Oil company dec.lares the reg
ular quarterly dividend. Page 1
J. D. Keller of Bonesteel was fleeced
out of $50 by a vendor of alleged free
mileage. Page 1
TOBEIOW.
In Russia 274 persona were exiled In
July for political offenses. Page 1
Bank of England raises the rate of
discount. Page 1
Dynamite factory near Berlin explode,
killing nine and Injuring many more per
sona. Page 1
Reconciliation between Emperor Wil
liam and King I'd ward believed to have
been accomplished by the Wllllamsholie
meeting. Page 1
JTEBBASKA
Federal authorities have sent to Sioux
Falls for Bennett R. Moore, who Is
wanted on a charge of perjury alleged,
to have been committed at O'Ncll' In
making a second homestead entry.
Pairs a
State food commissioner Inspects milk
In Omaha restaurants and finds It belo
standard. Dairies, some of them, unsan
itary. Slight cut In passenger rates to
some points. Platte county asks rehir
ing In Union Pacific tax caae. Harrison
Clarke asks new trial tn supreme couvt.
Pag-a 3
BPOBTS.
Annual tennis tournament at Sioux
City has narrowed down to a contest
between C. S. Peters of Chicago and
John Barton. Page 7
X.OCAX..
Theodore Olsen, fomer vice consul of
Denmark In Omaha and city comptroller
of Omaha Is missing, and It Is allir-d
$12,000 or $13,000 entrusted to him tilso
is gone with him. Page 10 i
Union Pacific takes lead In departing
riom estaDiisnea ruie io grant no con
cessions for special passenger rates.
Page 6
County Board approve, the propos-d
tax levy of 12.4 mills. Page 5
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Burns see kings
ano queens or two cou.nr.e- "
In
r,ur..p on trveowui .-s- -
Society-Mrs. G. W. Wattles entertains
large company at the Country club.
,".'
Superintendent Park says through the
mediation of the Union Pacific It wa,
mat " "
em railroad was settled. Page 2
WORK IS FOUND NECESSARY
Nmroei at Topeka Declare This
Essential of Success la
Training.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Aug. IV (Long Distance
Telephone.) At the conferenre In progress
at this city known as the National Negro
Business league, with Booker T. Washing
ton aa president, the several lively discus
sions have been had over the program.
the negro being considered aa a merchant.
& lirmer, uubiiicbb itinri aim a uanKer.
One of the speakers said It was time more
oi tne negroe- reau.eu m orner io
succeed aa farmers they must get to work,
He said he believed more and more were
finding this out each day.
plnlir cunrtTO Uliarr-i t -
FARMcK oMUU I O HIMSELF
Johi
De Brunner, Living Near Hed
Cloud, la Probably Fatally
Injured.
RED CLOUD. Neb., Aug. 16. (Special.)
John DeBmnrer. a farmer living a few
miles northwest of this place, accidentally
hot and nerhnns fatally wounded himself
about dark last night. He waa taking a.
snoigun ironi a venicic, in wiucn ne naa
just driven from town, when It waa dis
charged. The ball entered his side near
the abdomen. Hla recovery Is doubtful.
SUIT CASE FULL OF NOTES
Slxteea-Y ear-Old Roy Accused of Tak
ing; Certificates from
Baak.
OLD TOWN. Me., Aug. 15 -Having In
his possession a new dress suit case stuffed
with new $10 gold certificates and treas
ury notes amounting to $4,700, Wlnfred
M arson, aged K waa arrested late yes
terday on the charge of stealing $5,000
from the Chicopee (Mass.) National bank.
In which ha had been employed.
LE GRAND POWERS VERY ILL
Chief statistician of Aaxrtcnltnr Seri
ously Sick of Typhoid Fever
at Washington.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11 (SpecUl.)-Le
Grand Powera of Minneapolis, chief statis
tician of agriculture tn the census bureau,
la seriously 111 of typhoid fever At hla home
In this city. Mr. Powers waa 111 ten days
before be took to bis bed and t Is ex
pected that a crisis wiU be .reached soma
tiros this week.
'more land for settlers
Fifty-Fire Thousand Acres in Brule
Reservation Near Pierre.
DRAWING COMES OFT IN OCTOBER
Land to Be Mold at Appraised' Valaa
tlon on Aanaal Ptrmfita, Oae
Dollar Per Am to Be Paid
at Time of Entry.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. (Special Tele
(tram.) The president has tunned a proc
lamatlon opening 65,000 acres of public
lands, formerly In the lower Brule Indian j
reservation. These lands are situated about j
ten miles southeast of Pierre. 8. P.. and ,
of th,g year Eacn appIlcant wln be re. I
qulred to execute an affldat before some
officer within the Pierre (S. D.) land dls-
trlct and present the same to the register J
and receiver of the Pierre land office be- I
tween o'clock Monday. October 7, and 4
p. m. on Saturday, October 13. On Octo-
ber 14 the drawing will take place, and ;
on the following Monday the successful
applicants will begin to make entry.
These lands are to be entered under the
homestead law) In tracts not exceeding 16)
acres and are to be paid for at their ap
praised value, ranging from $1.26 to 12.50
per acre, first payment of $1 being made
at the date of entry and others In annual
payments. Necessary blanks and Informa
tion can be obtained from the commis
sioner of the general land office at Wash
ington or the register and receiver at
Pierre, 8. D.
Broatrh Goes to Manila.
Captain James W. Broatch, United States
marine corps. Is detached from duty In
charge of the recruiting district of Illinois,
and Is ordered to proceed to San Francisco
and thence to Manila via the army trans
port sailing about September 5, for duty
with the First brigade of United States i
marines.
Minor Matter at Capital.
Albert Grubb of Merna, Neb., appointed a
messenger in the surveyor general's office
at Helena, Mont.
Complete rural free delivery service has
been ordered established In Woodbury
county, Iowa, effective October 1, making
the total number of routes In the county
thirty-four.
Ira A. Williams of Ames. Ia., has been ap
pointed a clerk In the geological survey
service.
Postmasters appointed: Iowa, Benntftt,
Cedar county, Thomas B. Barnes, vice C.
W. Hamilton, resigned; Percy, Marlon
county, John L. Cowman, vice R. M. Cat
lln, resigned. South Dakota, Orevllle, Pen
nington county, Mamie Koehnke, vice A,
W. Gunlach, resigned.
SECRET SERVICE MEN SPIES
Baresn of Corporations Said tm IUv
Then Well Placed In Bl
Concerns.
CHICAGO, Aug. 15. Tne Record-Herald
today says:
Secret service agents of the United States
Department of Justice, working through
the bureau of corporations, are said to be
on the pay rolls of all the big railway cor
porations and trust combinations in the
country. In Chicago alone. It la said, there
are at least 160 special men who are work
ing for railroads and for packing house
I .. . . ... .rt.ii
whether the corporation laws are observed
In letter and spirit. While no proof Is
nhtnlnaMa an ti tha nratsnra nt t-Vioaat inv.
. mnloV(... , . In.t.npM "
r. w K ' . . . .
have been suspected have been re-
' moved from their positions on the ground
that they were In the employ of the gov-
j ernment as snlea.
...
rj.nftr,m.nt nf T.flp. a.v ,,
! an army was at work for the government,
. ... ... . , M . . ..
j of bm men naye ,ost the,r pogltlon,
unjustly from railing under suspicion. I
, hav. h.ArH th ,.m.n, ,,,. h.,nr
but I shall neither affirm .or deny tt. If
ITIJZZ .ao"r. n"
be engaged In tt.' "
INJUNCTION AGAINST OLATKE
Judge McPherson Would Prevent Kan.
. saa Town from Revoking: Rail
road Franchise.
TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 16 (Long Distance
Telephone.) In the United States circuit
court here today Judge Pollock was absent
I . Ju(ge Bmlth McPherson of Red Oak I
d Oak 1
sat In his stead. He Issued a restraining
orQer to prevent oiathe, Kan., from forfeit
j fr,nchl,e of the Kansas City &
j oiathe railroad. Oiathe claimed the railroad
, should pay the sum of $4,000 for the use of
the ,treet8 an,i a(s0 damages to the amount
' ot 7'000- whre wpre caused by washing
; away of the streets. The railroad company
refused and the city claimed the right to
forfeit the franchise, and proceeded to put
them out of business. Judge McPherson
j granted the order.
The railroad company has now started a
, suit of $75,000 against the town of Oiathe
for damages.
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STATE MONEY IS IN DEMAND
Baakers of Kansas Want to Pat Up
New York City Bonds aa
Security. '
TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 15.-(Long Distance
Telephone.) Mart Tulley, state treasurer
of Kansas, today opened bids from the
different banks as state depositories for
j me iiavs iuiius. tp in nuun sixiy Dlus naa
been received, whereas there were but
: forty-flve banks last year holding the state
funds and these paid from S to S per cent
interest. One banker wrote to State Treas
urer Tulley asking If New Tork City bonds
could not be substituted for the municipal
bonds as security, this being taken as an
indication of the prosperity of the west
and especially Kansas.
SULPHATE - DRJED FRUIT GOOD
Kanaaa City Will Accept This Prod act
from California, Follow.
ing Analysis.
KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Aug. U.-Clty Food
Inspector W. P. Cutler has notified tha na.
tlonal government that hla test of Califor
nia and Arkansas dried fruit cured with
sulphate show that the fruit when cooked
la entirely wholesome and Kanaaa City
ww accept ins sulfate fruit.
BONESTEEL MAN TAKEN IN
area Fifty Dollars to "-opposed
Agent of Wrutrni Emigrant
Asportation.
BONESTEI7L, 8. D.. Aug. 18.-Ppecla1.)
A few days ago a well-dressed man called
on J. 15. Keller. ex-Unltcd States land
commissioner of Ronestrel. The well
dressed stranger had a letter of introduc
tion from Mr. Miller of Chicago, who was
supposed to be president of the Western
Emigrant association. The stranger was
given an audience, and In the course of a
few moments explained why Mr. Keller
was singled out as the one man of Bone
steel with whom the Western Emigrant
association wished to do business. The
stranger then explained the effect of the
new railroad laws, explained how the antl-
pass laws had curtailed (he emigration
business, explained why the railroads were
forced to organize emigrant associations,
Ing Mr. Keller an employe of the associa-
w" to evaae me law so mat sucn
wide-awake real estate hustlers as he
(Keller) could be given transportation
without laying the railroad company open
to hpavv flne" under tn nt!-pass laws,
Tn Granger then turned over to Mr. Kel-
mll or transportation m tne snape
OI mileage docks; uoon. iW
stamped Dy an omciai or me company nu,
the stranger said, would call In a few
days for that purpose. Before closing up
the deal, however, the etranger explained
that It was necessary for him to collect
Sr.0 from each of their agents, said $50 to
be paid back to them at the rate of $10
per month. Mr. Keller paid the $50 and
! signed a receipt for the mileage, but aa
yet the "official." who was to "call In a
few days" and stamp the mileage, has not
made his appearance.
RATE PROBLEM IS "UNSETTLED
Commissioner Ryan of Kansas Thinks
Board Has Power to En
force Reduction.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Aug. 15. (Long Distance
Telephone.) Testerday a story was sent
out from Topeka to the effect that the State
Board of Railway Commissioners had said
they were not going to enforce the 2-cent
passenger fare In Kansas. F. J. Ryan, one
of the commissioners, today stated that he
believed the board had jurisdiction to en
force a 2-cent fare order In Kansas. Ttio
bill passed the lower house of the legisla
ture last winter, but was defeated In the
upper house, but a measure authorizing
the sale of 600-mile mileage books was
passed.
CHANGE IN CANAL METHODS
New System Instituted by Secretary
of War Taft Goes Into
Effect.
WASHINGTON. Aug. lS.-MaJor Harry F.
Hodges today entered upon his duties as
ourchasina aaent of the IstUmlan Canai
i commission, with hwn. juarters tn Wash
ington. At the samettme Secretary Taft a
plan for a reorganization f the administra
tion methods of the canal commission be
came operative. Considerable of the work
done In Washington heretofore will be
transacted on the Isthmus, where the
offices of the secretary of the commission
will be hereafter .located.
UP GOES RATE OF DISCOUNT
Bank of Ens;land Increases It to Four
and a Half Per Cent Because '
of Money Outlook.
LONDON. Aug. 15. The Bank of England
, today ralsed ,tJ dlgcount rata from 4 to thi
cent , tQ the monptary situation
T ...
on the continent and in New York, ana tne
1 anxiety of American houBes to place nnan.-e
t bills here. The hope Is expressed that 8ec-
retary Cortelyou will assist the New Tork
market If necessary and prevent gold ship
ments from here, which undoubtedly would
cause another advance In the Bank of Eng
land's discount rate.
RUSSIA'S
LIST OF EXILES
Month of July Saw 274 Persons Seut
to Servitude for Political
Offenses.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 15. It la re
ported that 274 persons throughout the
Russian empire were exiled for political
offenses during the month of July. It Is
also stated officially that fifty-four Russian
officers and ninety-five privates were
killed and forty-seven officers and fifty
two prlvatea were wounded while main
taining order during the same month.
! FMPF R0RS ARE NOW FR ENDS
Europe Believes Reconciliation litis
Been Effected Between
Two Rulers.
PARIS, Aug. 18. French opinion generally
regard the meeting between King Edward
and Emperor William at Wllhelmshone
veaterdav aa marking: another staffe In
i the reiaxatlon of European tensions. There
Is a disposition to consider It as something
In the nature of a genuine reconciliation
between the two sovetigns, whose relations
heretofore have been notoriously cool.
DYNAMITE FACTORY EXPLODES
J Eight Persona Are Missis, Twenty
Dangerously Hurt and
Others Injured.
BERLIN, Aug. 15. A dynamite factory at
Doemlti exploded today. One life Is known
to have been lost, eight persons are miss
ing and are regarded as killed, twenty per
sons were dangerously Injured and sixty
wt.r. sliahtlir hurt
EMPEROR MAY HAVE CHANCE
Dowager Empreas Said to Be Plan
ning to Abdicate In Hla
Favor.
LONDON, Aug. 15. Dispatches from
Shanghai state that the empress dowager
of China has announced her determination
to abdicate at the next Chinese New Tear
and hand over the care of the state to the
emperor.
MOORS GATHER FOR BATTLE
Reinforcements Brought fp to Casa
blanca as If to Hikt a
Final Attack.
TANGIER, Aug. 15 Reports from Casa
blanca today Indicate that the Kabyles
are gathering reinforcements as if prepar-
Ing for g final effort to capture General
J Prude's canp outside that cU
BONAPARTE ON IMMUNITY I
Attorney General Says He Has Made
No Promises to Anyone.
COMES
TO CHICAGO
IVTOtfTlAV '
lie Will Consult District Attorney
Aboat Deal Made by Ills Prede
cessor with Alton Rail
road? WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte announces he will hutd a
conference here Monday with the present
and former United States district attorneys
at Chicago, at which the promise of Immu
nity from prosecution given to the Chicago
& Alton railway officials by the then Dis
trict Attorney Morrison would be discussed.
Mr. Bonaparte staled that his letter to
Judge Landis. to which the judge referred
In temporarily excusing the grand jury,
"stated the attitude of the Department of
Justice In the immunity matter aa we un
derstand It now."
"I can say," continued the attorney gen
eral, "that I never agreed to grant Im
munity to anyone. The promise waa made
during a former administration of this de
partment. That Attorney Morrison gave
the promise there is no doubt and that
the attorney general at that time (Mr.
Justice Moody) was cognizant of it Is
quite certain."
Attorney General Bonaparte waa asked
what action. If any, might be anticipated
by the Department of Justice against Ed-
ward H. Harriman further than the pro-j to a committee, which will make Its re
ceedlngs Instituted against him and Mr. port September 15, and It Is understood to
Kahn In New York to compel them to j be adverse to the request,
answer questions of the Interstate Com- j In that case. It Is said, the Wisconsin
merce commission. "That is a subject which ' Central will make a differential of at least
I cannot talk about," he replied, "I now I W. and possibly $2. This view of the case
am considering the report of the commls- j I taken because W. A. Bradford, Jr., presl
slon on the Harriman case: I have . dent, took a differential on business be-
reached no conclusion. A little while ago
some of my. critics complained that I said
too little; now some others are urging that
I am talking too freely. It Is a bit diffi
cult," he added, with a laugh, "to satisfy
everybody. But as to the Harriman case,
I can say no more than that It la being i
considered."
WYOMING ROADS' VALUATION
Omaha Lawyers Are at Cheyenne Tak
Ing Part In the Big Tax
Flarht.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Wyoming's State Board of Equalization Is
considering railroad values and representa
tives of the railway corporations are here
to state their side of the case.
Among other things the railroad attor
neys claim that only half of the land tn
the state which should be taxed is on the 1
assessor's books; that Laramie county !
lands and Improvements are assessed at
not over 28 per cent of their actual value;
that all kinds of live stock in enormous
numbers escape taxation every year in
Wyoming: that there la no attempt to tax
money or credits; that the state knows
every mile of railroad and the number of
cars, buildings and other property the rail
road owns In the state, so that It cannot
evade listing Its property. Among th"at
torneys present Is B. T. White of Omaha,
who, with F. P. Crandon, is representing
the Northwestern road. During his re
marks Mr. White said the operation of the
road brought $23,000 Into the state last year
for running expenses, which outside cap
ital had to pay, as the road failed to make
expenses by that amjount.
MEYER ON POSTAL REFORMS
Postmnster General Will Recommend
Parcels Pont and Postal Sav
ings Banks.
NEW TORK, Aug. 15.-Posmaster General
Meyer, who passed though this city today ' tally and was In turn shot and wounded
on his way to Washington from Oyster i In the head by his daughter. The daugh
Bay. spoke at length about the postal ser- 1 ter pursued her father, firing several
vice, outllnging several reforms which he
mill rnnnn.n.n tn nnnnr.a- TV,, nl.lof
these Is the establishment of a parcels nred at his daughter. In the parlor he was signed by Lthelbert Stewart, repre
post, which will probably be limited to fell to the floor wounded In the head. "" I "ited State. Commissioner of
ten pounds. The postmaster general Is also I his wife meanwhile lying In the klu-hvn ! Ior, Nelll, Assistant General Superln
conMderlng the recommendation of a postal I In similar condition. Wasser on reacnln ; tendnt I. N. Miller for the Western Union,
savings bank, a plan for reducing postal ; home had upbraided his wife for having ' Superintendent I W. Storer of the Postal
rates between the United States and coun- I recently caused his arrest on charge of j Telegraph company and myself as pres!
tries with direct steamship communication I assaulting their youngest daughter. dent of the Commercial Telegraphers'
to 1 cents and the Introduction of postage I . . . i union, and this agreement is now on Dla
stamp slot machines. HARVEST HANDS IN DEMAND m Washington. It provided that the West.
Mr. Meyer decried Ihe recent criticism of ' em Union company shouhl restore without
the rural free delivery as a useless ex
pense , to the government. He said this
branch is as nearly self-supporting as tho
rest of the service. The postmaster gen
eral Is conducting an Investigation, whereby
he hopes to discover the cause of the an
nual deficit. believes the department
can be put a paying basis.
BRINGS MORE CIVIL SUITS
Federal Authorities Keep I'p Cam
paign Against Laramie
County Stockmen.
CHETENNE. Wyo.. Aug. 16. (Special.)
Two more civil suits have been Instituted
In the United States district court her8
by the federal authorities against Laramie
county stockmen for the Illegal fencing of
public land. This makes a total of about
a doxen cases of this kind which have
been filed and in many Instances the de
fendants In the civil suits may be made
defendants In criminal prosecution to be
brought before the next federal grand Jury.
In the suits brought the defendants are
James Dolan, the Pine BlufiV ranchman,
and Charles Hlrslg, living six miles north
west of Cheyenne on Crow cretk. Dolan
Is alleged to have 280 acres of public land
enclosed and Hlrslg ia charged with Ille
gally fencing 8.840 acres adjacent to Chey
enne on the northwest.
In both cases the petition demands the
demolition of the Illegal fences and asks
for an Injunction to perpetually restrain
the defendants from rebuilding.
MAY CROSS-EXAMINE SELF!
City Attorney of Sioux City Finds
Himself In Rather
Pe-
cullar Situation.
SIOUX CITT, Ia.. Aug. 15(Special.)
Fred W. Sargent, city attorney, stands a
good chance of having to cross-examine
himself In a damage suit which John King
threatens to bring against the city aa a re
sult of his wagon having fallen Into a
hole In front of the city attorney's resi
dence at Bmlthsvllle. Mr. Sargent cams
upon the scene Just after the accident and
King told him to take good notice of the
hole and the general situation In order
that he might testify In court. Sargent
never cracked a smile or passed a word,
although he knew he would have to de
fend tha city In any such action. Now
King has filed a claim for damages, and
I he aays he will take the matter Into the
1 district court provided tha council refuses
J to allow tha claim
artillery training school
.Government I'.ntaMUhea Km Instltu-
tlon for Enlisted Men at
Fort Monroe.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15. Announcement Is
made that a great artillery training school
Will K rl.t..l n (ha I-nlfn.l SlOl Armv
and established at Fbrt Monroe, Va.. for
the higher technical training of the of
ficers and enlisted men of the Coast Ar
tillery corps.
The scheme, which calls for the con
solidation Into one great school of all the
altttlnir Ir.lnltiv .nhnnl. rt tKn onnat
artillery. Is being perfected by Brigadier
General Murray, chief of artillery. The
next batch of young officers and enlisted
men to renort for Instruction will be or- I
dercd to proceed to the new Institution
on the shore of Hampton Roads. The
government Is determined to make the
coast artillery as perfoct an organization
of the kind as exists In the world, and
this new school will Increase In every re
spect the efficiency of the men who man
the great fortifications that guard ap
proaches to the principal American ports.
NEW RATE WAR IN PROSPECT
Wisconsin Central Demands Differen
tial Between C'hicasro and
Twin Cities.
CHICAGO. Aug. 15.-(Speclal.) As a re
sult of the demand of the Wisconsin Cen
tral for a differential between Chicago and
the Twin Cities there Is danger of a rate
war. After several meetings of the Chl-
, cago-St. Paul lines, the question was left
twee Chicago and Cincinnati when he
completed hla new line betwen these two
cities.
It is understood that the Chicago Great
Western will sell at the same rate as the
Wisconsin Central, although not seeking a
differential. The position of the so-called
strong lines In the controversy has not
been stated, but It Is likely that they will
lmeet wllatever rate tho Wisconsin Central
sees ui io pui in.
PLAN TO RAID ROOKERIES
Jap Schooners Arrange to Loot Seal- ;
Grounds at St. Paul and St.
Geornf Islands.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 15 The seal
ing schooner Vera, from the North Pa
cific, reports that an arrangement his
been reached by a number of Japanese
sealing schooners, each of which carried
one or more machine guna, to unite In
limning u uuiicci icu ram 1111 vjic rnuj
1. t ,.1.1 it,. n-ll...l..at
islands, with the Intention of looting
the seal rookeries of St. Paul and Fi.
George islands and also the salt lious.-s
for the purpose of seizing the pelts
stored therein. The Vera reports alsj
having spoken the Japanese uoaior
KInsel and learned that It would take j the Poctal Telegraph company, inrldenl
part In the raids. The sealer on board j ally, to reduce the operators of the country
said that thirty-three schooners worn i to a condition of servitude obviously in,
to come to the Behrlng sea this v. lutor j posslblo of human endurance,
and would make a dash on the IsUu-ls. i "Second, the i.peated violation of the
club the seals on the rookeries and loot j agreements entered Into by the Postal
the salt house. The United Elates company with Its err.nloves and the n,.r-
crulser Buffalo will be dispatched to pre-
vent these raids.
SHOOTS WIFE, SHOT BY GIRL
Double Tragedy Follows Return
New York Man After Four
Years' Absence.
of
NEW TORK, Aug. 15. George Waaaflr,
after an absence from home of four
years, returned today, shot hla wife fp.-
shots at him as he fled from room to ;
i rOOITI. WaSSer tUmCll Several tilTieS and '
Great Northern Will Give Low Rates
to Applicants In Pnrtles
of ' Ten.
ST. PAUL, Aug. 15. (Special.) The
Great Northern Railway company an- j riity to clear themselves. The agreement
nounced (hat the farmers along Its lines i stated that married men were to return to
are In urgent need of 10,000 men to harveut I work first.
the wheat crop In North Dakota. They are j "Out of the first fifteen married men who
willing to pay good wages, averaging $3 a 'reported for duty after the strike was de
day. To help secure these men the com- dared off seven were told they would hava
pany will give low rates for parties of ti n I to report to Superintendent May in San
or more dally until August 31 to practically Francisco. Mr. May said he did not know
all points on its lines..
In North Dakota the heavy snow lust
winter and the late cool summer have rom-
u",cu l" "".... j.-.u
j QulHng an army of men.
' 1. 1 . ... Bn,V.A K.iR.nn. . . I ., 1 .1
FREIGHT STRIKES TROLLEY CAR
Three Persons Killed and Sixteen
Injured In Grade Crosslnv Acci
dent Near New York. .
NEW TORK, Aug. 16. Three persons
were killed and sixteen others Injured, sev
eral dangerously, when a freight train on
the Long Island railroad struck a trolley
car at a railroad crossing In Coney Island
avenue today.
LIGHTNING CAUSES BIG LOSS
Storage Plant of National Packing
Company at South St. Jo
seph Burns.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 15.-A storage
: nlant of the National Parkin comnanv In
gth fct. Joseph was struck by lightning
this morning and partially destroyed by
fire. Loss, $!0,000; insured.
STANDARD 0IL DIVIDEND
Regular Quarterly Division of Profits
Is Six Dollars a
Share.
NEW TORK, Aug. 15. The Standard Oil
company declared a quarterly dividend of
$6 a share today. This was unchanged
from lust year.
PRINTERS TO MEET IN BOSTON
Next Convention of Typographical
l aloa to Be Held la
the Hub.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Aug. 16. The Inter
national Typographical union voted today
to bold its nest aanual smIou In Boston.
ALL MEN MAY QUIT
! President Small Issues , Statement
While Passing Through Omaha.
ilAUWAX MLN TO STAY ON DUT1
First Public Utterance by Head ol
Strikers' Organization.
CONFIDENT OF UNION VICTOR!
. . ... .,
"ClU W1U1 IVall'
way Telegraphers.
BREACH OF FAITH ALLEGEL
Head of Telegraphers' I'nlon Sa
Uttlcinls at San Krsnelieo
Failed to Live I p to
Promises.
According to President Samuel J. Small
of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union ol
America, the only wires to be working ir
three days, unless there Is a SftHctnenl
between the telegraph operators and ths
companies, will bo those necessary to
transact railroad business.
Mr. Small made his first public statement
since leaving Sun Francisco in Omaha
Thursday morning, on his way to Chicago,
where he gors to attend a meeting of tha
executive committee of the union. Ha
said:
"In three days, unless tnere is a settle
ment In the meanwhile, there will be no
telegraph wires working tn the country ex
cept those necessary to move trains and
transact railroad business."
Mr. Small was met at Columbus by Presi
dent Graul and Secretary Klrkland of tha
local union and a reporter for The Bee,
and discussed the situation with them all
the way to Omaha.
President Small said one of his first du
ties In Chicago, after meeting with the ex
ecutive committee of his order, would ha
to confer with the officials of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers relative to calling on
the 125,000 railroad operators In the United
States and Canada to place a boycott on all
telegrams filed for transmission over the
I lines of the Western I'nlon and Postal Tel-
PBraph companies.
He Indicated his belief that there was a
good chance of getting the support of tha
railroad operators In this matter.
Strongest Monopoly Known.
President Small says the telegraph busi
ness, is the strongest monopoly ever known,
nl"MU,u company not excepted, but
'lo '" "eves the union will win the fight.
II" LTU.VH till! I III) Tt 1 1 1 1 1 H 1 11 rr It' lltton 1 n f . t . . .a
, mvri ivvf
on the strike and the causes leading up
to it:
"The direct causes which led up to thtd
j strike," rays Piesident Small, "are the lung
and p'T.lstent efforts of the Wcjlern
I'nlon Telcaripli company, notably, and
j BBtent rt.fusill of tha western Union to
receive committees of Its employes for the
purpose of discussing grievances.
"Third, utter d'sregard of the promise
made by Colonel Clowry In a letter to
f PnmmtRcdnnpr Weill on 1 n . M fnllnwli.
the end'ng of the San Francisco strike,
which ended July 19, which agreement
bears the official signature of Mr. Clowry
and is on tile In the office of the commis
sioner of labor at Washington.
Illniiira Sau Francisco.
"To the San Francisco telegraph officials
may be laid directly the cause of tha
trouble. After the strike had been on In
San Francisco for a month, an agreement
i prejudice seventy men within five day
and fifty-five others within thirty days of
the calling of the strike. It was further ,
agreed that a few against whom eharjea
had been filed should be given opnortu-
what the charges against them were and
sent them to Manager O'Brien at the ferry
office, who in turn sent them back to West
Oakland, or 'Sunny Africa,' as it Is popu
larly known.
Women on Night Tricks.
"The women who were reinstated were
put on night tricks, which compelled then
to traverse 'Sunny Africa' homeward after
dark, through quarters which are unsafe
even for men after night.
"The harassing and discriminating t
petty officials became ao Intolerable that
several women resigned rather than en
dure It. One woman, a widow, made the
long trip four times between O'Brien's and
Superintendent May's offices and finally
was transferred from a branch office In
an outlying district of San Francisco to an
Oakland suburb, necessitating removal of
her household goods a distance of ten miles.
Another woman was sent to tha Santa Fa
railroad with a note to the chief oper
ator, who told her he knew nothing about
It. She Is tit ill without employment.
"Instead of employing men who were on '
strike, as per agreement, the Western '
Union gave preference to outsiders and em
ployed many of such. They even went so
far as to guarantee employment to oper
ators In other cities before they left their .
old positions. A system of esplonutt on
strikers was established after they returned
to work, and many were discharged on
complaints of strike breakers. Ttds con
dition aa largely responsible for the pres
ent general strike.
Let the Public Know.
"One of the contentions of the union Is
that the public shall know the filing time
of telegrams. This would give the person
receiving a telegram an opportunity to
know the elapsed time of handling It.
"The public has not before been apprised
of the shortcomings of the telegraph com
panies, because of the secrecy taught to
telegraph operators from Infancy. No i t
of men and women v.t-re evei more fa tli
ful and yet endured more Inhuman treat
ment to protect telegraph companies, da