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The Omaha Daily Bee vol. xxx vi r xo. 75. OMAHA, FKIDAY MOKXIXO, NEPTEMBKI. 13, 11)07 TEN PAOES. SINGLE COPY TWO UENTS. T FOR REBATES Omaha Grain Firm Filet Suit (or Damage! Against Eailro . DISCRIMINATION IS ALL. Merriam & Holmquist Charge th Competitors Were Favored. FOUR LINES ARE DEFENDANTS Illinois Central, Northwestern, Great Western and Milwaukee. TWENTY DAYS' NOTICE IS GIVEN t , rtIrmrnl la Mot Made Out or (onrl tlcnrlna Will Be Held, Probably la Oiuaba. (By a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 12 (Special Tele gramsIn addition to the complaint that the railroads discriminated In favor of tho : Updike Grain cr.mpa.ny at South Omaha, J other charges were made against the j Northwestern, Illinois Central, Great West- , em and Milwaukee railroads in the petition : filed with the Interstate Commerce com mission by the Merriam & Holmquist com pany of Omaha. The compla'nt covers the period between September, 1S06, and June. 1907. According to the petition, the Merriam & Holmquist company shipped during the period named over the Illinois Central 13,380.950 pound! of grain; over the Chicago Oreat Western 8.807.0O0 pounds; over the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 9.211,000 pounds and over the Chicago & Northwest ern 25,164.560 pounds. The plaintiff paid tho defendant companies regular charges and during the same period the Chicago A Northwestern paid to the Crowell Elevator company of Omaha Si-cent more per hun dred pounds in elevation allowance, and the Merriam & Holmquist company did not get such allowance. Other loch Char area. Similar charges of discrimination are made against other defendants, the cases being somewhat different. The plaintiff asks from the Chicago & Northwestern 11,061 dan, ages; from the Chicago Great Western, $462; from the Illinois Central, $1,02)1, and from the Chicago, Minneapolis & fit. Paul, $716, with interest at 7 per cent. Attorneys for the Merriam & Holm quist company are John C. Wharton and Byron G. Burbank Notice has been served on the defendant companies yesterday and by the Interstate Commerce commission to answer or satisfy the complulnant within twenty days from date, failing In which, hearings will bo had, probably at Omaha. Notice has been sent from the office of the quartermaster general of the army to "the quartermaster at Fort McKenile, Wyo., that bids will be Invited for the following buildings at that post: One stable, one tore house, en coal Jied, one magastne 'nnd one lire engine house. The quartermaster's department is also getting ready to Invite bids for additional buildings at Fort Dea Moines. j Eugene Hlllon of Holbrook, J. E. I'lrlch of South Omaha, Charles Adams of Schuy- ler and H. L. Combs of Auburn. Neb., have ' been appointed railway mall clerks, . . . Coal Company Complains. The Interstate Commerce commission to duy made public a complaint made by the Applegato & Lewis Coal company against theRock Island railroad and the Toledo, Peorlu & Western road. The complainant Is engaged In mining and selling coal at tuba. 111;, and having its northwestern bmce at Davenport, la. It is alleged by the complainant in general terms that defend ants refuse to give a reasonable freight rate on coal In 'carload lots from Cuba, 111., to Buffalo, Muscatine, Wellman, Monte t'ima. Dows and Des Moines, la., and to Watertown. S. I., and to St. Paul and Minneapolis. It Is alleged that these afore said companies, as common carriers, have violated the act to regulate commerce and should be called upon to refute the varl ou allegation set 'forth by the Applegate & I-ewls Coal company. SOCIALISM UNDER DISCUSSION American Social Science Association at Buffalo Hears Addressee ' n Subject. BLFFALO, N. Y.. Sept. 12.-"Is socialism a threatening calamity?" was the general topic discussed today by the American Social Science association. Dr. A. Fi Weber of New York spoke on "Labor Leg islation." and W. J. Ghent on "Interna tlonul Socialism." That petty changes for public betterment were made here and there by nonsocial lst lo efforts Mr. Ghent conceded, but he denied that any general improvement of the conditions of the working clossea or any other general advance of aoclety had been made In America in twenty years.' John Martin, secretary of the Department of Soclul Economies, who was to have spoken today, delivered his address last night on "Industrial Dedocracy at Home and Abroad." He declared that America wa moving steadily towards socialism; that In Idaho, Wyoming and Utah the greatest Industries were socialist Indus tries, and that 'millions for socialism, but to the callows with socialism" was the slogan In some parts of the west. EMBEZZLER "jj" CAPTURED Defaaltlac Tax Collector of New ' Or lea a a Arrested While Cob. tesnulatlnaj Suicide. NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 11 Charles E. 1attxn. chief clerk In the office of the First district tag collector here, who dis appeared two days ago leaving a shortage of over $100,001. was discovered this after noon standing on the bank of the Missis sippi attempting to summon up courage to jump into the water and commit sui cide. He sild he had started toward the water several time but each time hie con fr scion. iirenn r U noTo a nrniiTu itbunu or muuio h ur.ru I I Walka l j. tt in m mmd Kill With. out Warning aad Makra Eacaae. Them PINE liLliT, Ark.. Sept. lt-With the I query. "Is your .,... a,-.u..h.. e.u. I lin?" a crtro ah... nn.i i.iit-.. iv. table C. A. Butler at Cornerstone veater Say. Th. negro I. being searched tlr l,v t poaae and If csught mill probably lie lynched. Sunday a man named Alexander hot and killed a negro and wa. "oner-i lyucued. Sunday a hot and killed a n ated and yesterday ' killing I. n.K.wi 1 raged, PrubablK U reauat t Uiat tragedy 1 SUMMARY OF THE BEE Friday, Prptrmhfr l.'l, IftOT. 1907 September 1907 UN AT 7 14 1 ' 2 2Q s 4 THE WIATHIB. Forecast till 7 p. m. Friday: For Omaha. Council Fluffs and Vicinity Fair Friday, not much change In tempera ture. For Nebraska Generally fair Friday, not much change In temperature. For Iowa rartly cloudy, with probably showers northwest portion Friday. Temperature at Omaha I DOMESTIC. Several railroad lines nro charged by Merriam & Holmquist with unfairness in transportation of grain. Fag 1 Oriental limited train on the Great Northern railroad was held up near Rex ford, Mont., and registered mall stolen. . " 1 Test for tuberculosis In cattle has been found to bo of no injury to those af fected. Pat., a Cunardcr Lulstanla has been delayed by fogs, but the company thinks the record will be broken nevertheless. Fag 1 Car shortage was discussed by railway men at meeting at Atlantic City. Fag- 1 Philadelphia Traction company is said to be in a tight financial condition, though this is denied by officials. Fag 1 Amalgamated copper mines are to bo closed down at Butte. Fage 1 Commander-in-Chief R. B. Brown de livered his address to the old soldiers at the Saratoga encampment and the ad jutant general gave his report on the con dition of the Grand Army of the Republic. Charles G. Burton of Nevada, Mo., was elected commander-in-chief. Fags 1 REBBA8XA. Caldwell announces he will not contest nomination of Clarke for railway com missioner. Hasan geta high vote for democratic nomination, but name will not go on the ticket. Fage 3 Railroad agents of the Burlington road have been ordered, to give no Information to the railroad commissioners. Fage 3 Blgnell, Neb., instead of North Plitie may secure the railroad shops of the Bur lington for western Nebraska. Fage 3 Bandit who held up the bank at Man ley has made his escape. Fage 3 roaxzow. , Allied forces of French and Spanish de feat tho Moors In a sharp conflict. Fage 1 Man suspected of having committed tho "rl,I,er" murders in Berlin has made his t'8'a-Pp- 1 f ... Czar's yacht is in a perilous position and urgent orders for help have been given. Fage 1 Asiatics have been held by steamship company at Vancouver because of tho agitation against them. Fage 1 MOVEMENTS OF OCEAJT STEAMSHIPS. Port. Arrived. Balled. NEW YORK Darbarom PLYMOUTH Pretoria EXPLORERS LOCATED NO LAND Report. Made to Geographical Society that Xo Continent Kxiata Aorth of Alaska. NEW YORK, Sept. 12. The commanders of the Auglo-Ameiicsn polar expedition, which lost its ship, the Duchess of Bed ford. In an attempt to find a new conti nent north of Alaska, reported to the Amer ican Geographical society today that the soundings they made disclosed no such land. The dispatch came from Elmer Mlk kelsen and Ernest Leflingwell, the Joint commanders of the expedition, and was ska. September 10. I that their sledge dated at , Dawson, Ala The explorers reported trip north of'Aluska covered 601) miles of sea Ice and that they crossed the edgo of the continental shelf twice. Their soundings, taken tllty miles off the Alaskan coast and beyond, were made to a depth of feet, but found no hot torn. NVxt year, they reported, they will continue the exploration of the Ileaufort sea. surveying the coast and in making geological studies. CAR SHORTAGE IS PROBLEM Car Berrlce Committee of Railway ' Aaancl.tlon Dlacnaaca One.. ! tlon Again. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Sept. 12.-Meas-u res to avert a repetition of the western car famine of last winter are being discussed by the car service committee of the Amer ican Railway association at an Important conference here. Representatives of nearly II the Important trunk lines are in at' ) tendance. Conferees admit that an alarm- i MOM mi WIS TMU Ml. 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 II 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 0 f ' C aa""' ' 1 p. m 79 2 p. m M 3 p. m 81 Ing shortage of rolling stock confronts the 'J' "soc""'n John R. Mohler railroads, but refuse to state whether any i of tn bur"u of nlmal Industry at Wash line of action to avert conditions equally as ; ,n",on- delivered an address on meat In bad. if not worse, than prevailed last win- ! Kpei t,on- ter had been agreed upon. i Dr' QulH'land of Marietta, Pa., in CHICAGO. Sc ut. li-At its annual c on- i P""1- describing the effect of the test ventlon last week the International Travel- Ing Englneeis' association went on record in favor of a general interchange of cars by all roads In the United States as calcu- lated to put an end to car shortage. Legis- latlon by congress to compel this was advo- cated. , KtU MtN HUN I WAMPUM Great Coaarll lacreaaea Fer Capita Taa on All Trlbee Reporting j Direct to It. NORFOLK. Va.. Sent. 12.-To rehabili tate its treasury, the great council of the J Improved Order of Red Men today In-! I rrmiiMl t . .... . u 1 1 a . n 1,1 . u 1 j cents on all tribes in territorial Jurisdic- I tlon and otherwise reporting direct to the : Breat unc"- An effort to likewise in- CP" ' "n all tribes re porting to state councils, with a i cent in a mrm,r of '"1 branch w" fin.""y d tntrA- ! The finance committee recommended as . !! ""Vnomy that th 13(8 session ?1 1 tolunihu i " 1 y w"' 'ot,no came io present three Invitations ready to entertain. Baltimore. Bridgeport j Governor Johnson to aiak in Nebra. I ana auuug tuy were proposad. I MOORISH CAMP IS BURNED French and Spanish Forcei Win Decisive Viptory at Taddert. IFOO COVERS FRENCH ATTACK Arab Flee In Wild Dlaordrr and Are Pnraned for Several 31 lie by Algerian Cavalry In erv- w r rmut ri CASABLANCA. Wednesdny. Sept. 11. The allied Franco-Spanish nrmy today made a sudden and successful move on Taddert, where the Moors were mussed In force. The camp of the latter was de stroyed by bombardment ami the enemy put to flight, leaving many dead on the field. The French lost one man killed and six men wounded. Tho attack was carefully planned and was b.iscd largely on the observations of the Moors' positions from a military bnlloon. The allied army, which was di vided Into two columns, left the camp at i 6 o'clock In the morning, leaving severtil companies of Infantry to defend the base at Casablanca. The first column was I composed of four companies of regular Infantry, several companies of sharp shooters, a battery of artillery, and all the cavalry. The second column consisted of six companies of Infantry and a bat tery of artillery. The march was- skillfully carried out un der cover of a fog until half way to Tad dert, when the fog lifted and disclosed several large hands of the enemy. The allies then charged at the point of bayo net and although the Moors resisted with their old-time courage they were finally compelled to retreat In the face of a su perior force and both of the columns of allied troops advanced on Taddert. After the bombardment of that place by the French artillery as well as by the guns of the French cruiser Glolre., which fired seventy-five sheila, the allied In fantry advanced on the Moorish camp, where the enemy was making a last, des perate stand. A short engagement fol lowed and the Moors fled in wild disorder, pursued for several miles by the regu lar Algerian cavalry In the French service. The Moorish camp was completely de stroyed. The exact loss of the Moors Is not known, as they carried away many of their dead. When the Moors saw their camp In (lames they set fire to all tho farms and woods they could reach and the surround ing country was covered with smoke and flames. PARIS, Sept. 12. War Minister Plcquart today received the following dispatch from General Drude, commandant of tho French troops at Casablanca: ,"1 am pleased to notify you that thanks to a land fog we have been able to surprise the Moroccan camp at Taddert, which was burned. Tho Moors were dispersed and fled to the hills followed by the shells of our artillery and effective projectiles from the Glolre. On our side, one man was killed and six were wounded. CZAR'S YACHT IN BAD SHAPE Has Si'mck abmerared Rocks Stands tn I'raent IS'eed of Assistance. anil ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 12.-No official announcement had been made here up to 1:30 o'clock this afternoon regarding the grounding of the imperial yacht Standart off llorsoe, near Hango, Finland, yesterday afternoon. The news has been withheld even from the embassies. No hint of tho accident has been allowed to reach the public and the newspapers have been for bidden to publish a word on the subject under pain of heavy fines and imprison ment, as provided for by the recent drastic order prohibiting the publication of un official news regarding the imperial family. The Associated Press, however, learns that the grounding of the yacht, on board of which were Emperor Nicholas and Empress Alexandra and their family, pro duced a depressing effect upon Captain Stagln, the commander of the vessel. The Standart lies In a most unfavorable posi tion upon some rocks which are submerged at high tide, but exemplury order was maintained on board, and, on news of the disaster being telegraphed to the naval authorities, several warships and a salvage steamer were hurried to llorsoe. At 10 o'clock last night the imperial party left the Standart and were taken on board the dispatch boat Afla, while urgent orders ,w 'telegraphed .to St. Petersburg to Jiave ,he ,mperlal yaeht Alexandra nt to Hor- ' line whprp It la v m... t ...I In tl.a ........ . j ne , ICDrpTrn RIPPCD CCrADCO : OUwrUU I tU nirrcn tOlMrti) " " , " "' Berlin on Mar- der Charge (jets Away from Keepers. BERLIN, Sept. 12. An insane man named Lolsky, arrested on suspicion that he was he "ripper" who murdered several school gently Has escaped from the ob- - r.i.u.. w..u too priauu noepiiai. It is feared he will perpetrate fresh crimes. TUBERCULOSIS TEST'S EFFECT Veterinarians Declare Xo Dancer Ei. lata la It to Healthy Cowa. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Sept. 12.-Before the n.nual convention of the Veterinary Medi- j toT ubereulosis on the lactation of milk j ! cow, ,al1 tht series of experiments on 618 cow" nona of th healthy animals j 1 ,howed "ny decrease In the amount of milk j '; tney Produced. Animals that were tuber- I ; culur showed a decrease In the amount of ; j "lllk a soon as the tests were begun. He i 'said there should be no fear on the part! 01 aalrymen 10 n,ve tn" c"le tested for this disease, because only the affected cat- tle would produce less milk because of the tests. Other speakers were W. L. Williams. I Ithaca. N. Y.; C. C. Lyford, Minneapolis; J- A- t-'outure. Quebec, Canada, and Rich- rd Ebbit, Grand Island, Neb. i..... JOHNSON NOT CANDIDATE Governor of Minnesota Maya H Will ot Make Race for Prealdeary ST. PAl'L. Minn.. Sept. 12.' I Pr'Jn' candidate, and I do I am not not intend to become one." This was the tmnhntio declaration n.ad by Governor Johnson to- dsy to a party of prominent Nebraskan. to ebraska. Tea governor declined all three. copper minesare to close Am-larm.ed t.-M-T Will h.t Down Reeaaae of Orrrpmdar tlon of Meta NEW YORK. Sept. 12.-The Amalgamated Copper company Is about to shut down Its mines In and about Butte, Mont., fur an Indefinite period. From an Interest rkwlv mt-uum-u Kim ine company it w.s h-ahiiM inai me suspension or operations Is dii" n ovcr-prodwtlon and lack of demand for copper and to some extent also to the diffi culty of obtaining adequate supplies of fuel at Butte. According to the authority for the announcement there is now a surplus supply of 250.noo.ono pounds of refined cop per In the Cnlted States. The production of refined copper In September, he said, would be S.OOO.ono pounds less than In Au gust. The present riice as quoted In the market Is about IS cents a pound for elec trolytic, but according to the authority re ferred to it la doubtful If IS cents a pounl could be obtained for nny considerable quantity. The Amalgamated Copper company's shares led a sharp decline on the stock market this afternoon, the stocks selling dov.n to a loss of almost 4 points before 2:3. as compared with last night's closing price. Today's quotations on the Stock exchange were the lowest In years. Henry H. Rogers, president of tho Amalgamated Copper com pany. Is now ill at his home in Fair Haven, Mass. Counsel for Mr. Rogers announced j In court In Boston today that Mr. Rogers I would not be able to appear there In a suit j In which he is interested for at least three I ! months. Sanction was given to the report ion the exchange of 'intended shutting down I of copper mines In Montana and the futility I was admitted of piling up further stocks of copper with the buying demand para lysed. Amalgamated Copper naturally led the decline In these circumstances, break ing to the neighborhood of 80, with rumors In circulation of a cut In the dividend In prospect. American Smelting fell to nearly 90 and Anaconda to near 37. The I'nlted States Steel stocks broke badly In the latter part of the day, the common selling at tho lowest price of the year. BOSTON. Sept. 13. Several Boston copper stocks reached the- lowest figures today touched for several years. North Butte receded to 464, Copper Range to bM and Calumet ami Arizona to 115. NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-At H. H. Rogers' office, 26 Broadway, today it was said that Mr. Rogers continued In poor health, but that his condition was not considered seri ous. ORIENTAL LIMITED HELD UP Robbers Dynamite Empty Safe Take Registered Mall from Cars. anil ST. PACL, Minn.. Sept. 12.-General Man ager Elliott of the Great Northern Express j company annnounced to the Associated Press today that the Great Northern Oriental limited train No. 1, which left St. Paul Tuesday morning, was held up by two mat-ked men seven miles west of Rexford. Mont., early this morning. The robbers crawled over the tendor and, at the point of their guns, commanded the engineer to stop the train. JXby then ordered him to go back with tlvem to the express car and instructed him to tell the express messen ger, mail clerk and- bagguge man to go back into the coaches. While this was being done the robbers kept up a con tinual fusillade with their guns to terrify the passengers and keep them within the coaches. After the messenger, baggage man and mall clerk had left the cars the robbers went through the mail cars and robbed the sacks of a large quantity of registered mall. Then they went into an express car which carried an overflow of mall, baggage and express and which con tained a regular through safe. This they attempted to blow open. After exploding three charges tho safe was opened and found empty. The robbers did not enter the regular express car in which tho mes sengers had been riding. On finding the safe empty the highway men helped themselves to the registered mall, and after firing a parting volley, dis appeared. The robbers are described as being about 30 years of age, one about five feet eleven inches tall and the other considerably thorter. They wore black clothes and black soft hats. The railroad company offers ! $5,0u0 for the arrest and conviction of each j of them. I SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 12.-The Great Northern has offered a reward of $5,000 for tho capture of each of the robbers. BURRIER MAY GET A CHANCE Diamond Robber Who Violated I'n. role May Have Opportunity to Make Good. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Sept. 12.-(SpeclaI.)-George Burrler, who figured In the big "ay diamond' robbery at Clinton. Ia.. and was one of a gang that operated exten sively in this state, may be given another chance. Burrler turned state's evidence and his testimony resulted in a number being convicted and sent to the peniten tiary and the gang was broken up. Some months ago Burrler was paroled on an understanding that the authorities had promised that he should be shown leniency because he had turned state s evidence. A few days ago Burrler broke the terms ins paruie ana got arung ana was promptly arrested by the Clinton police. Since then the matter has been with similar crime there is no Question but ha would have been returned to serve out the remainder of his sentence, which would would have heen retorn.H tr. ... .v.. - nv inn be six or seven veara. , i.... 1 ... cm 1 iv r no. -mini a ic-ner 10 uovernor Cummins asking for another chance and ' others have written In his behalf. DEATH RECORD. 'Mrs. Frederick Releler. Mrs. Frederick Siieler. 81 years of age. died Wednesday at her horn avenue. With her husband, 6006 Lincoln Mrs. Seieler came to Omaha over thirty-seven years ago, and was one of the oldest residents of the vicinity. Her husband Is nearly 90 years old and they have celebrated their sixty-second marriage anniversary. Both were born In Germany. Her husband and several children survive her. Funeral ser- vices were held Thursday afternoon at 1 1 o clock at the house, and interment was n.ade at Evergreen cemetery. Kd T. O'Connor. Ed. T. O'Connor. 84 year of age, died at his home, 11 Clark street. Wednesday. The funeral will be held from St. John's church Friday morning at o'clock, with Interment at Holy Stpulcher cemetery. come of Burrler. The governor h nor t ....., Z i' . I ' ' P"e1 uPn by -callcd com decided the matter a. yet. but there 1. a ! attitude of th. Dominion government. The 1 LlHriT v " strong probability he will give Burrler an. 1 r,,r h... ,h.i.. .h. ,.. ,, . cal,e1 Brlnt Lyes, the c other chance. Burner's life from the t'me i h outhreak at Vancouver like th. trnnhi. ! b'"K e"lne-red by Mrs. he was about 16 has been spent laritelv In ... iv..,.. i. ..i w.i . ....... ! Vanderbllt. Mrs. Pepper-Vunder penitentiarle. and Jails. Had he broken! The regret already expressed by the P.Ut " "I"" anJ qJ the terms of his parole by theft or some i Canadian government, counted with aasur- Bl Krettt length as to her ability j ASIATICS ARE TURNED AWAYCRIS,S in traction company! mwrax ; K rX I .Philadelphia C.naoll.ln.ed line. I.1,UIUUi' ULAUj Llj Steamer Mont Eagle Brings Many Orientals to Vancouver. COMPANY TEARS TO LAND THEM''1 ,lmt n Fn " h,,n', 1,1 ""' i affulrs of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit ' romlmnv u-Mi'h i,ntr,ila lli, atr.,.! mil- Japanese Debark at Victoria, While There la Great Delay Over Hlndua Cannrra Are til In Arms. OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 12. Advices from Vancouver state that the mayor of Van couver has warned the captain of tho steamer Mont F.agle, which has on board 114 Japanese, 1(9 Chinese and 941 Hindus destined for this port, that he would be un able to guarantee a safe landing there be cause tho unionists have expressed their determination to resist the Immigration of any more Asiatic laborers. The steamship authorities fenred to assume the risk and the vessel has been turned back to Victoria, where the Asiatics will be landed. Vancouver Is reported as being compara tively quiet, but an outrage by two China men yrsteiday has again inflamed the people. The Mongolians, while passing along the main streets, saw a white baby sitting on a door step. They snatched it up and threw It Into the middle of the street, which was busy witli traffic. It fell among the horses' feet and narrowly escaped death. Beyond being bruised It was not much the worse. An angry crowd started In pursuit. The Chinese had a good start and escaped. The fact that no arrests have been made has upon gigantic improvements, involving tho not tended to allay the temper of tho peo- i construction of extensive elevated and sub P'e way lines to cont many millions, and this Tho city council prohibited a wrestling work nns npen H lral u,)on ila resources, match which was to have taken place to- Tll ,mst vcar .i.ow.d a falllna- off In net night between a white man and a Japanese. The entire Japanese colony had bought tickets for the encounter and trouble was threatened. Won Id Send Them to Ottawa. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 12. A special to the Post Intelligencer from Vancouver, li. C, says: With a subscription list headed by Mayor Bethune with $luu, and which up to lust night had grown to $1,5(10, Vancouver citi zens will charter a train and placing at least 8 Hindus, who arrived In this city yesterday by the steamer Mont Eagle on board, will ship the East Indians, bag and baKgage, to Ottawa, the seat of the fed eral government. This Is the plan evolved anil which Is to le carried into effect to day, providing the necessary amount of money can bo raised. On board the Mont Eagle were hundreds of Chinese, Japanese and Hindus. Tho Hindub formed the greatest part of the human cargo, and the plan to ship them to Ottawa with the compliments of Van couver. Is an outcome of the recent ori ental disturbances. The steamship company, fearing trouble, landed nearly all of the Jaiiunexe at Vic toria. At Vancouver th dock was roped off for two blocks and heavily guarded by company employes and police. Last night en attempt was made to land the Hindus. An Immense crowd had gathered nnd the officials were afraid to let the Hindus face the crowd alone. l ney were reiumea to ine srr.p wun me announcement that they would stay there until today. Tho white lnbor unions yesterday served i tnlrty days notice on employers of ori entals to replace foreigners with white labor. A refusal will be met with strikes and bovcotls. fanning' Industry Threatened. BELLINGHAM. . Wash., Sept, 12.-An anonymous letter received here warns all Japanese and Chinese in this city to leave at once. Japanese working at the can neries are armed and say they will resist any attempt to force them out of town. The Chinese, however, will not make a strong stand R B. Doming, general manager of tho Pacific American fisheries, says if the orientals leave the salmon canning in dustry is doomed and the Japanese arc being persuaded to affiliate with the lubor unions. t hlcngro iaa Oriental Problem. CHICAGO, Sept. 12. A recommendation by the superintendent of the Chicago pub- Ho schools to the effect that certain adult foreigners be admitted as pupils in one of the schools brought out the fact that pro- ! posals to admit any adults, especially any I orientals, will meet very strong opposition ! from member, of the school board. Super- i intendent Cooley, In a formal communica- ! tlon it ii., ,oom,nrt..H ,.. ,,,! . " , , ' Japanese, one Persian, one Hollander, two iriaiimen ana an t-ngnsnma oo admitted to an ungraded room which had been pro- vlded at the Jones school building. Dr. Guerln. one ol tho school trustees, imme- dlately objected to admitting any adults and especially any oriental adults to the tioT 'wither ot herTr "st "Is oblecteii also on firrountla of Imnrntiripfv f '.,nli,. .,i L .. . v. U...V....B " .w. . ..... V. . 1. e, D 1 1 J adults, and particularly objectionable adults. The attorney of the board being appealed to said he had doubts of the legality of admitting any pupil ab.ve tha j drl,It tn. aB,.d ' lm.rchant "f Brooklyn age of 21. but declined to express an P who married May 8. Pepper, the spirituals ion offhand. Hie who to matter was then , meMum, ia ,caPable of managing hi., af refcrred to the committer on school man- ; lar. ot lunacv accornlnE to a . TOKIO, Sept. ll-The Jljl. In a leading eononai io oe puDiisneo. lomorrow, greatly ut'pmres cue laci umi mi incuieni similar to that at San Francisco has occurred at Vancouver, which is part of the territory of an ally of Japan. The Jljl believes that the trouble at Vancouver was occasioned by the increased arrival of Japanese la borers from Hawaii after the enforcement of the exclusion measure by the govern- A ment at Washington, coupled with the con- rl'LVm. ZLTTZ.0" ; .r '1"' """islstlng of a physician, a lawyer and a had fanned the anti-orlcntal sentiment 1 1,.,.., i,.,,,,, , , ' ' ..... , . Danker. Much testimony was offered to which had existed for several years in .w ..i ..- . . nces of the prevention of the recurrence I" "r -"Mil.. r un loyal message. navlnff n aenc lo ine l Jiiimnlmi nnthi.rl, li veil V I f vim JJ 1 1 1 I i l Ml UUII1UI I" . ties in reference thereto, furnishes the clearest evidence tn it the Japanese have their side. Moreover, '"'.L" Kr:rr.1n,0r,f! official sympathy on ik. n,. i..mininn . Individual states Is greater than that of the ' i I government at Waaliiim'ton, and the Cana-jThe dlan police are more efficient than those at San Francisco, and there is every reaaon to believe that the fullest protection will be given to our compatriot- at Vancouver. While the present incident Is limited locally and Is against the general sentiment of the British nubile, and. as such, la posslblu of speedy solution, yet It fnuat be remembered that it la pregnant with the ii,wr.v uiiiiluii nil ii,v umiiia iii.w luc ing me authorities and statesmen of the nations concerned. The time will soon come when a fundamental solution, completely remov ing oriental and occidental friction, will be on the tapis aa a practical question. I'alnia ia Holding Aloof. HAVANA. Sept. 12. Former President Palma of Cuba in an Interview given on his estate at Byamo stated that he is keeping aloof from politics and la devoting all his time to agricultural Interests. He also declared that he was equally apart from all parties, and this statement Is re garded here aa of some importance, as the conservatives have sent him aaluLatlona jfrom all their meetjnga, hie tn lay Klmed Charar. of Merger. PHI1 .APKLPMIA. Sept. VJ.-The belief Is . tvay facilities of this cltv. For some time ltast there llHS hitll u stntrlv' itt-rtlnc ill . the price of the shares on the imai stork exchange, culminating in a sudden break of $1 a share from 22V4 to U'4 on Tuesday. Yesterday the stock hung around but today there was a further break of $1 a share to the lowest price on record. This was accompanied by rumors that the com- pnny cannot meet its tixed charges and that, therefore, receivership will lie neces sary. The stock of the I'nion Traction com pany, which preceded the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company In the control of tho street railways system of the city, and the dividend of which are guaranteed by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit, broke on heavy selling, from 61 to 44. There wn heavy selling of Philadelphia Rapid Transit all the way around a0 to 154. The company Is the outgrowth of various consolidations and expansions of thu past few years, each consolidation involving In creased guarantees of dividend payments on the stock of the underlying companies. There are GtHi,o shares of Philadelphia Rapid Transit stock outstanding, on which $12.50 a share has been paid. Another as sessment of $7.50 is due within a few months and then the stock will be fully paid. At present the company Is engaged earnings and there Iih.i been a public out cry against attempts to increase the In come by readjusting rates of fare. The financial status and dealings of the company have been surrounded with much mystery by those In control, and this has helped to wenken the confidence of the stock holders. 'Recently the company suc ceeded In entering Into an agreement whereby the city became a partner In the operation of the lines. Now .an attempt j is being made to upset tills agreement on the ground that it Is unconstitutional. The claim Is made that the city was cheated and that the effect of the partnership is to saddle upon It street paving expenses of more than $500,000 annually. CUNARDER DELAYED BY FOGS Steamer I.usltanla Will Have to Make Great Spnrt to Beat the Record. NEW YORK, Sept. 12. The steamer Lusl tanln of the Cunard lino entered today on the final stretch of Its maiden voyage, which may break all transatlantic records. The newest greyhound of the sea was re ported 150 miles east of Sable Island at 11:20 o'clock last night and no further re ports of it may be received until tonight, when she will enter the Nantucket wire less xone. With 800 miles to be steamed at 11:20 o'clock last night the I.usltanla will have, to make twenty-four knots ot better until the Sandy Hook lighthouse is reached and passed In order to excel the record of 23.15 knots held by the Deutschland of the Hamburg-American lino. The Lusitanla wlil have fair weather for her last day's run ard every ounce of her propulsive power will be used to make un the tlmn ' believed to have been lost yesterday In tho fog off the Grand Banks. Driven at its top speed the giant Cunarder may be expected at the lightship shortly before 7 o'clock Friday morning, making the time for the trip a shade under five days. Wireless dis patches from the Lusitanla show that the hip Is running smoothly and that Us ma- chlnery has been shaken down so that its r,m Irom ontiie. island to this port can be nmde at n highest speed. Officials of the Cunard ne planned to have the Lusitanla ttt the en1 ot tlle ocean racl"K 'n at 6 'lt tomorrow morning, and despite the f"8" ey bHlev? 11 wl" be founJ t the "TVT , T''e LuKlta,,,a win be to enter this port through Ambrose channel, farway the new HALIFAX, N. 8., Sept. 12 -A wlrele.s j n,e8!iule from Sable lBland u j anla paasrd there abot o.clot k morning. The Lucaniu is reported to have passed Sable Island at 9:30 a. m. I ' jVANDERBILT IS INCOMPETENT I"1"" M Married a Snlr Itnallst l ull to Tranaact llnaliieae. verdict returned by a sheriffs j Brooklyn today. jury , The proceedings to have Mr. Vanderbllt declared incompetent were brought by his daughter. Miss Minerva Vanderbllt. after Mr. Vanderbllt had married Mrs. Pepper several months ago and had given to her a largo portion of the real estate which he owned In Brooklyn, Including the house in which they lived. A brother and sister of ! Mr. Vanderbllt aubaentientlv i, A- i the appea, t0 th court, The b'r iY a" commission con- municatlons plrit whom communlca- Pepier- bllt waa estloned to com municate with the spirits. She was aluo called upon by opposing counsel to read . . . . u cuers in sealed envelopes. This she could not do in the court room, 'explaining that the gift only came to hei ! t cru. time, when the spirit moved her at certatn times when the spirit moved her. Jury retired at S p. in. yesterday and j was in session all night. The final vota I w. , , .,," ' . I a" twelve for incompetency against three for competency. This Is sufficient to con stitute a verdict. BREAKFAST FOODS ON RACK Pennsylvania Pood Commlaaiont r Will see If t'ornatalks Are t aed la Manufacture. HARRISBl'RG. Pa., Sept. li Dairy and Food Commissioner Fouat has sent to Pro. Frear of the stats college, one of the leading pure food experts of ttie coun try, sample, of seventy-five brands of breakfast and other patent foods for analysis. Prof. Frear will oect-rtaln If they are true to name. If chemicals have been used, whether they are bleached and what they contain. It has been charged (hat cornatalks a, used Lu some iX Uie vatent food, J Missouri Man Elected Commander of the Grand Army. ADDRESS OF RETIRING CHIEI i ' Increase of Pensions for Widows ii Strongly Recommended. pUAIJJ FOR CAPTAIN PALMER Tribute to Omaha Man's Work on Battle Mountain Sanitarium. REPORT OF ADJUTANT GENERAL Membership In the Order la 282, 74N Death Roll for the War Is Over lne Thousand. RI l.I.ETI. SARATOGA. N. Y.. 8rpt. 12.-Charle O. Burton of Nevada, Mo., was tills afternoon circled comniandir-lii-clilef of the Grand Army of the Republic. SARATOGA, N. Y.. Sept. 12.-The first business session of the forty-first annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic took place today. The early houra of tho session were devoted to tho annual address and reports of Robert B. Brown, conimandtr-ln-chlef ; Joseph M. O'Ncall, adjutant general; William II. Armstrong, senior vice commandir-ln-chlef ; Dr. W. H. Johnnon, surgeon general; Warren Lee Uoss, patriotlu instructor, and other of ficers. Addrcaa of Coitlninndrr-ln-Chlef . Conimandcr-ln-ciilef Robert B. Brown gave a touching tribute to the wearers of tho "little bronze button" and alluded to the warm place that the veterans still have in the hearts of the citizenship of the re public. He said In part: "The old Grand Army was great In war but greater In peace. On this sacred soil where we are meeting were fought some of the great battles ot the Revolution. Not far away our own luved chieftain fought his lust battle in this life and from ilia mists of Mount McGregor the great soul of I'lysses 8. Grant went back to God who gave to mankind thu mightcst soldier of the ages." The address then dwells at some length upon the necessity of enlisting every vet eran of the union army of the war of the rebellion into the ranks of the Grand Army. He deplored the extent of the suspended lists, and holds that no member of the Grand Army should be suspended merely because he Is unable to pay his dues, but that the more foitonate members should cheerfully assist la bearing the small burden of the due of less thrifty com rades. Memorial day was also dwelt upon at considerable length and the comrades are urged to observe it more lovingly with the passing years. "We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance and let no wanton foot tread rudely upon the hallowed ground where they lie." - Wire Memorial Find, The matter of tho Southern Memorial fund was dwelt upon with particular ref- ertnc to the decoration of the graves of i I'nion soldiers in the national cemeteries ; of tl,e "tn' The memorial monu mi nt matter was handled with cjtisldcrable delicacy and the essential features of the correspondence between National Com mander Brown of the Grand Army and General Lee of the Confederate Veterans' association was given. General Lee states In !' reply: j "For myself and the great comradeship ii in my ine,,! i i iiffte, iw iciyi:, my ciiitfl concern Is tnat no word or act of mine shall tend to disturb the long continue! and growing good will and mutual respect the brave men of both sldrs of the war of the sixties entertain for each other. The Grand Army of the Republic and the I'nlted Confederate Veterans have not hitherto been at variance on this proposi tion. It Is hoped that we shall not differ In sentiment at least as to the propriety of rearing a monument to the 'captain com manding' the prison at Andersonvllle, Oa." Commander Brown said further: "To my letter a courteous response under date of January tx, 19u7. was received. General Lee slates that so far as he is advised it Is nut proposed to erect a statue to Captain Win, but that the plan has been proposed by certain ladles of the south to erect a counter tablet bearing a proper inscription to record the enduring belief of tho southern people of the Inno cence of Captain Wirz of the charges brought against him.' Since this corre spondence passed, certain tablets have been removed from the grounds at Ander sonvllle. as almost the 'ant act of 'he chair man of the board, the late Llsabeth A. Turner, who so worthily and for long years represented the Woman's Relief Corps. Of her own volition this noble woman gave the order, resjionsive to a suggestion from a southern source, that a cause of offense, as she came to know, might thus be re- The duration of Pension. The matter of pensions was tona Int.i ! at "ome """Kill nd tho passage of the 1 MtCulnbpr b'U ot February 6, 1907, wa to("",lt:,,f,ta these terms: 1 1" cuai uiivni, ui hub niii ana iia prompt approval by the president were high official acts, clearly responsive to a patriotic public sentiment significant alike to the surviving defenders ot the republic and the cltixenshlp of the whole coun try. Thus passed into a statutory law a principle for which the Grand Army of the Republic had contended for many years, that advanced age In the cases cf HohlW-rs and sailors who had served their country on land and sea for any con aldi ialile time constituted a well defined disability. On tho subject of national homes for the care of disabled volunteers ' the re port states: The whole number cared for In natlo.ial ami stale home during the year ending June SO, 190S, the lant report available, 54.593, un Increase over the preced ing year of 863. Tho average cost por capita per year was $154.55. Tile total number of deaths during the year in i hi homes was 2,1411, the average age of thuja dying being 69.78 years. Battle Mountain sanitarium. Of the Battlo Mountain sanitarium, Commander Brown said: Our great order can never adequately recognize the services of our comrade, Henry K. Palmer of Omaha, past depart ment commander of Nebraska, in found ing and completing the Battle Mountain Sanitarium for I'nlted States Volunteer Soldiers at Hut Hpiinga, b. 1. Thla home ilia child of the Grand Army. First en dorsed at the Cincinnati encampment '.n lfH, Commander-in-Chief feexiun ap pointed a committee, of which Comrade Palmer was the chairman, to procure nec tauury legislation. l.'nO- bfa direction, alter three years o.' patient wrK, lli.j bill authorizing the building ot the Imme became a law May lWuJ. Thu plant compilae. ten buildings and has coat to dale a little over MJi).uO0. It wu opentd May 1, 1107, and marks a must nmaiiie udtaniu in tlie caru of a grateful nlliori Tur the men who defended the Mug u the batthnld. The Haijlttirlum la the only one of lta kind Jn the world, and within lta hospitable walla are to be treated tomradva who suiter from cor tain aevere and serious ailments. Thus far the most sanguine hopes of the pro mote! of till enterprise have been real- inl To lb. .,....,.... i . I an,l n rlo , 7 Z " ..r .71" ' ' " nd the nation Indebted fox th' unique and moat valuable addition lo the thaiu bt soldiers' ui aailwf ' beiuea. .1 r
