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Sunday Bee PART I. i:ews sectio:i PACES 1 TO 8. A Ppr for th Hi the: or.iAHA dec: Best ';. West VOL. xxxvi r NO. 10. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1007 SIX SECTIONS FORTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Fhe Oma HA HOME Hew County Councils Are Saving Taxpayers Great Sums. ECONOMY IN ROAD BUILDING gteam Boilers Are Introduced for the Jt First Time. LABOR IS EMPLOYED DIRECT Price is Reduoed from Thirty to Twenty Cents a Perch. RATE COLLECTION IMPROVES Local Tax Books Are Closed Promj'-J' for First Tlaie In Yeuru Kim Decrease la Pauperism. DUBLIN. Oct. 2.-(8peclal.) There could be no stronger argument for the policy of letting- the Irish people manage their own fcffalrs than the success of the popu larly elected county councils frhlch were constituted under the local gavernment act a few years ago. The annual report of the local government board has Just been Issued and It shows that the work of these councils In the administration of local affairs Is far superior to that Of the old grand juries, which were' composed of the landlords and their satellites In the districts over which they exercised Irre sponsible sway. On of the great works which has been accomplished by . the county councils . Is the Improvement, of the roads. It may seem strange to American ears to hear a local authority bragging about the adop tion of steam rollers as a great step In advance, but It la a step In advance. The old method of building and maintaining Irish roada was by hand labor. Seventeen out of the twenty-three county councils have Introduced steam rollers for the roads, and the result Is that they are get ting much better roads for much less money than formerly. Several of them have also Introduced the direct employ ment of labor on the rotfds, and the Tlp- perary county council reports that whereas the contract cries was SO cents a perch. It la now getting the work better done by direct labor for 20 cents a perch. The mileaee of Its roads has been Increased In three years from 336 to 741. miles. Collection of Rates Improves. The collection of rates has also been muoh Improved. Only two rale collectors In the whole of Ireland had not completed the collection of all the local taxes In their districts at the end of the last fiscal year. Under the old system the books were often kept open for five or, six years One of the most striking cases of effl. elency Is In the working of the public health and sanitation acts. The number of ras of fever lust "year was the lowest on. record, and In all of Ireland there was only one case of jmallpcw. and that was lirpnrted by a commercial traveler from Jy., gland. . , ' - The report also notes a great decrease In the number of outdoor paupers that, Is, persona who although not Inmates of the workhouse are receiving relief from the guardians. There were 6,057 fewer of these persons than In the previous year and there was no Increase In the number of Indoor paupers except In the Infirmaries, where 600 mora patients were treated. Thla Is ex plained by the enforcement of the policy of inducing the sick poor whenever possible to enter the Infirmaries and receive proper treattnent. The cost of outdoor relief haa been reduced 153.000 ami the cost In Indoor relief in spite of the Increase of hospital Inmates lias been reduced by good man agement to Luautle In Bsilaeu, One of the curiosities left over from the old administration of the public char ities has Just been discovered by tho Don egal district asylum management coinmlt tee. It seems that a lunatto who haa been an Inmate of the asylum at Letter kenny for the last six years has all that inie been carrying on a profitable trade as a sheep dealer, no remea (rasing innus. bought and sold sheep, and be was al lowed to attend the fairs and markets In charge of a keeper., lie received his bual ness letters and telegrams at the asylum and one of the, clerical staff kept his books and collected his accounts. It Is said that several of the asylum attendants and offl clals profited by tho Inmate's expert know". edge of sheep to do a little trading of their own. All this time the lunatic who was making an average profit of more than $1,000 a year was being supported out of the taxes. The committee promptly directed Its lawyer to recover the money spent on Uo maintenance and a special committee Ml appointed to find out whether a man who was sane enough to earn 12,000 a year at sheep dealing among the sharpest buy era and sellers In the world, is mad enough to be detained In an asylum. Lord Aberdeen, the lord lieutenant of Ire land. Is erecting a statue of the late Queen Victoria, largely at his own expense, on the castle grounds at Dublin. A few morn ings ago the workmen on coming to work found the following Inscription painted on the partially completed pedestal: Behold a statue here doth stand Of queen who never loved our land. By foreign workmen solely planned. Erected to a lord's command. During King Edward's recent visit to . Ireland it was noticed that on one or two occasions he replied In Gaelic phrasea to addresses of welcome in which Gaelic waa uaed. It was stated then that the king had learned the phrases for tlie occasion but It Is now learned that when a boy he acquired a good speaking knowledge of the ancient tongue from Donald McFpydm, who was then schoolmaster at Balmoral, Life of Small Farmers. Bom terrible stories of tho life of the small farmers In certain dial riots of the west continue to be told to the Royal Com mission on Co-igestlon. One wltnea who waa brought to Sllgo said that lie had a wife and two children and a mother to support on two acres of land. He worked verv day from 6:30 in the morn ing until M or IS at night and lie did not know what a holiday was. Another witness was from the island of Inulahmurry, which Is about a mile long tuul half a mile wide and has a population of nlnaty. "We Lave no rats and no potato blight," he said. "The Atlantic does all the spraying and kills the blight and the liotaioes as well and the rats have starved i.i death long ago. - We have no tax col lectors either, lor tUe collectors can't any taxes." A priest was asked In another district If the landlord supplied lime for manuring, ''1 nver knew the landlord to aupply any thing li this .district but evlilwu pruc- ." b ehcd. . F. X. Cl'U-EN. IRISH RULE SUMMARY OF THE BEE Saturday, October 110, 1DOT. 1007 OCTOBER 1907 sua mom nil . wto ray ri sat ? T I 2 ' 3 4 5 QC 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 31 1 "C Til WKITHEK. For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vlclnltv Fair and cooler Sunday. r-or Meoraiika Fair Sunday: cooler east portion Sunday. tor Iowa Sunday fair and cooler. Hour. 6 a. m 6 a. m 7 a. m . ft a. m 9 a. m 10 a. in 11 am 12 m 1 p. m 2 p. m 3 p. in 4 p. m . ., 6 p. n P. , 7pr Dear. ... 43 ... 4.1 ... 42 .. 42 ... 44 ... 47 .. M DOKZITXO. Banks of New York decide to Issue clearing house certificates and bankers believe the worst of the financial diffi culty is over. The Pittsburg exchange will probably reopen Monday. The light ness of money has commenced to affect labor. The United States Bteel plant at Columbus, O., has closed down Indefinitely. X, Pag 1 Two men suspected of robbing the Ori ental Limited train of the Great North ern road were arrested at Spokane. lfiiuls the robbery of the United States Express company at Mil waukee. . X. Xage 1 December 18 has been agreed on as the date for the start of the American Meet for Pacific waters. X, rags S A train load of laborers fell Into a lake at Mlllinocket and many were drowned. Trial of George A. .Pcttlbone has been postponed until November 18. X, Fage 1 President Roosevelt has specified No vember 28 as Thanksgiving day. X, Page 1 President Roosevelt promises to use his Influence in the future for separate state hood for Arizona and New Mexico. X. Page 1 Kansas man on eteamer Baltic, who was on his way to be married In Kansas, com mits suicide by Jumping Into the ocean. X. Page 1 Secretary Straus has plan to make his department mora efficient for business men of the nation. X, Pags 1 President Roosevelt's 49th birthday will be observed today. XVPage 1 Numerous - Indictments brought against Cashier Rinrhart of the Farmers' and Drovers' bank of Waynenbuig. X, Pags 6 Paymaster of Crescent City Coal com pany eludes bandits. X, Pag B KEBKASXA. Chairman Hayward of ;the republican state committee urges the voters of the party to action, saying the only danger to the ticket Is In over-confidence. z, page a POBEXOXr. One passenger killed In underground railroad crash nt London, the first death of a passenger In the history of the road. X, Pag 1 A suspect was arrested who was thought to have been trying to assassinate King Edward or the prince of Wales. X, Pae X City of St. Petersburg hastens payments to M'rstinghouse company to Induco com pletion of electric line. X, Page 1 French officers confess they were sell ing Government army secrets. X, Fags 5 X.OCAX.. Saturday, the last, was the best regis tratlon day, but even then the full vote was not registered. X, Page 3 Cornerstone of the new Young Women's Christian association building will he laid November 24. XX, Page 7 Captain Carter P. Johnson haa been sent to confer with the Ute Indians, with a view of pacifying them as he did last winter. XX, Page 3 Police reject the proffer of bloodhounds aids to them In running down crlm inula, XX, Pag Charles E. Fields Issues demand on the mayor to order rigid observance of Sab bath and compliance with the Sunday closing law. and saloon men approve 11m action as final recourse. X, Page 1 Amendment to Interstate commerce law to prevent railroads and express com panles from buying and selling fruit Is sought by the western fruit jobbers as one result of the Interstate Commerce commission Investigation this week in Omaha. X, Page XOMl SECTIOK. In the Home Section of this number will be found Buster Brown; The Busy Bees' Own Page; Viterbo and Its Musty Medlaevaltsm; Backwoods of Egypt; Lin gerle Waists Not a Necessity; What Women Are Doing and Saying; On the Other Side of the Stage; Fluffy Rultles. SU Pages . MAOAXIXX BEOTXOST. in tho Magazine Section of this number will be' found a short biography of James Gow of' Bellevue, who has lived almost a century; A Reminiscent Sketch or Father William Kelly; The Curious Adventures of John. Mary and Boaulv; Nebraska Farmers Who Have Prospered; Another Fine Church to Be Dedicated Gossip of PlayaSand l'luyers; Musical Note and Comment; New York's Newesf, Aqueduct. Six Page KSAX. ESTATE AJTD BVIX.OIEO. Local real estate men say the panic In Wall street haa not had any appreciable effect on values locally and that the de maim ror goou property waa never stronger. XX, Page Contractors and builders all report a steady demand for their services and ex pect to keep busy during the winter. IX, Page 7 ktOTEMEMTI OP OCBAK STEAMSHIPS. Port. Arrirmd. KB' YORK.. i. ..Grit WaUUrtM. KW liilik Astoria LIVERPOOL LuUnU Ql fcKNSTuWN . HAY Hit La Tuurtlo Ru IT HAMPTON. I HKKBol KU.....Aerlk Sailed. Cwirlc, Blueihf r. PRESIDENT HASA BIRTHDAY llaaaarlan tlan Will Bo Received on Forty-Math Annltereary Today. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2i. President Roosevelt will be 4$ years old tomorrow. B'ides a (tuiet family rrjotclng. he will re ceive the congratulations of the members of the Hungarian club of New York, thus continuing a custom Instituted by that club several yers ago In presenting; themselves to tha president of the United States on the anniversary of Lis birth, COUP M FRUIT MEN Ban to Railways and Express Men Buying: and Selling. CHANGE INTERSTATE COMMERCE Amendment to Law Sought as Result of Investigation. JOBBERS APPEAL TO CONGRESS Chairman Knapp of Commission Will Have Agent Here. HEARING SLATED P0R TUESDAY Who'esale Fruit Men of the Wnt Making Strenuous Effort oS Fortify Their' Heavy v Interests. "As a result of the hearing to be given the Western Fruit Jobbers' association be fore a special representative of the Inter state Commerce commission In Omaha Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, an amendment will probably be offered In congress this winter to the new Interstate commerce law, which will In clude express companies In' the provision making it unlawful for "railroads" to en gage in the purchase and sale of com modities. Wholesale fruit dealers and Jobbers have their case ready to present, and believe they will be able to show that great Injury to fruit growers, wholesalers, retailers and consumers Is done by the express com panies engaging In the sale of fruit, through their agents In various parts of the coun try. , The hearing opens In the federal build ing Monday morning, and will be heard by a representative of Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce commission. George N. Brown. If it is Impossible for a member of the commission to reach Omaha. Following the hearing here, the fruit dealers will present testimony to the commission at a hearing In Kansas City to be held next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Kipreai Companies Admit Charges. According to the fruit dealers the ex press companies have admitted that they sell fruit through their agents, and give all sorts of excuses for engaging In the business. The common reason given is that the agents in small towns and cities do not have enough express business to keep them employed and the express com pany usually secures Some r merchant to act as agent, paying a commission of 10 per cent on all Incoming and outgoing business. The express company then takes the position that there Is no way of the company dictating to such merchants what they shall do in the matter of handling fruit as a side line, when such agents are really not In their employ. In other In: stances the express companies consign fruit airect to regular agents, inn sen the fruit on eommtsslort which, ges td! the. press company, according to the allega Hons of tho Western Fruit ' Jobbers' asso ciation. ' ' . Fifty , witnesses will be heard before tho representative of the commission in Omaha Among them will be business men from points In Nebraska and Iowa, as well as fruit Jobbers, who will testify to the de moralizing effect on the fruit market at points where the express companies sell fruit Business Men Offer Testimony. As the case Is of the greatest Importance to fruit dealers and others In all parts of the United States, much Interest Is being taken by business mm In western cities and the fruit Jobbers have had offers from business men over the west to appear and give testimony which they hope will i n . i.iMi-Mio i-uugrese 10 pisce tne express companies on the same footing as tho rail roads in the matter of engaging In the sale of commodities. The case dates back more than a year when the fruit Jobbers .were forced to take action to protect themselves, after the Interstate commerce law passed and failed to provide against the fruit selling of ex press companies. Ex-Congressman J. I. Kennedy and Senator Burkett secured the resolution calling on the Interstate Com merce commission to Investigate the charge that express companies were selling commodities. The commission then or dered the express companies to ihake re ply within thirty days. The replies were received about May 1, 1007, and these will be presented at the hearing In Omaha. The express companies having admitted that they are selling fruit, and the fruit Jobbers will have to show that such a traffic Is injurious to the trade and to tha con sumers as well." said a member Saturday. "We can do this In three or four different ways. The express companies make no fixed price tor fruit. They are Interested largely in the transportation charges, and If they get that they get about all they want. One day fruits of certain kinds will be 11 per box and the next day the express companies will get a shipment which they must unload and the price tumbles to 50 cents. It unsettles the market and ruins legitimate trade." LABORERS THROWN IN LAKE Work Train with Fifty Men Fatis Into Water nt Milllaock.1, ' Maine. MILLINOCKET, Me., Oct. 26.-A work train of flat cars, on which were forty or fifty Italian laborers engaged In the con struction of an artificial luxe for the Great Northern company, tumbled into the lake through the sinking of the tracks, and It Is reported that nearly all the workmen had been drowned. The company officials, while admitting the wreck,, denied there had been great loss of life. The lake la five miles long and a mile wide. The rail road track is on one side of the luke and, according to the messenger, the track set tled, throwing everyone on the train into the water.' The messenger .said that he drove to the scene and saw the trainmen reach a place of safety, but few workmen escaped. SEPARATE STATEHOOD COMING President Reoaevelt Will I'm Iain, enco at some Date In tho Fntnro. WASHINGTON. Oct. :. President Roose velt announced through Senator Flint of California today that he will use his In fluence for separate statehood for Arimnu and New Mexico. The president, however, expressed the opinion that nothing In that direction could be accomplished at the next session of congiebs. STRAUS WANTS CO-OPERATION Secretary of Department of Commerce and Labor Develops New rinn. WASHINGTON, Oct. JS.-Wlth a view to rendering aid to the comnirrcial and In dustrial Interests of the United 8tates and to the promoting of the forelKn commerce of this country. Secretary Btraua of tne Department of Commerce and Labor has caused to be prepared a pamphlet by N. I. Btnpe, the tariff expert of the bureau of manufactures. The pamphlet contains u study of the commercial situation and con ditions, with a statement of results already achieved by the Department of Commerce and Labor In promoting America's for eign commerce. It urges that "con gress be brought to a realisation of the magnitude and the Importance of this task," and give Its support with funds commensurate with the work to be done. With tho view of developing the most practical plan for rendering the department of greater service to the commercial Inter ests of the country, and at the same time to enable the department to enlist to co-operation of such Interests, Secretary Straus has Invited the chambers of commerce and boards of trade of twenty of the leading cities of the country to appoint committees to meet here December 5 to consider with him ways and means of accomplishing thee objects. CAPTAIN TO VISIT THE UTES Fort Robinson Officer Delegated Task of Paclfylna the Trouble some Indiana. WASHINGTON. Oct. 26. Captain Car ter P. Johnson, Second cavalry, stationed at Fort Niobrara, Neb., has started kor the Cheyenne River reservation In South Dakota to use his Influence with the troub les: me Ute Indians with a view to sup pressing the outbreak.' He was with the detachment of cavalry which accompanied the Utes 'when they settled on the South Dakota reservation moe than a year ago. and after the wandering Indians had re fused to ' return to their own reservation In Utah, Captain Johnson conducted the negotiations resulting In their settling on the Cheyenne River reservation. He has considerable Influence with the Indians and .was assigned to the present task at the urgent request of the Indian office. The Indian office has received no, advices regarding the reported killing of a Mr. Baker, the agency farmer, by the Utes. A telegram from Assistant Clerk Craig, In charge of the Cheyenne river Indian reser vation, says that Clerk Ra stall has gone to the scene of the trouble with twenty-five armed meii and that fears are entertained that communication has been cut off be tween the terminal at White Horse and Thurnder Butte, . where . the .Indians are located. TAFT IN RAILWAY ACCIDENT Secretary of War Inspects New Line to Dug u pun ' with Thla Result. MANILA; Oct. M.-Secretary Taft made on Inspection of the partially completed extension of the Manlla-Dagnpan .railway Friday. He Tode twenty-five miles on the first pasBer.ger train run over the line and, incidentally, was a participant In the first accident on the rqad. Near the terminus a flat car in front of Mr. Tart a car was derailed and nearly took bia with It. The Taft car landed completely on top of the flat car. BAGUIO, P. I., Oct. 26.-Secretary o( War Taft will arrive here tonight, making a distance of thirty miles . by automobile over the famous Benguot road. The natives will turn out to receive him. Scores of .bamboo arches have been placed along the route of march and bands have been provided. Early tomorrow golf and riding will be indulged In and Mr. Taft and his party will be entertained at luncheon by Provincial Governor Pack. At night there will be a reception by the officers of the army to Mr. Taft at the John ' Hay post. A typhoon Is Impending, which reports from Manila say will he the most serious of flie year and this threatens to keep Mr. Taft stormbound for three' or four days. ULLMO WAS IN NEED OF CASH French Knilitn Confesses He Was Trying; to Raise Money by Ills Work. PARIS, Oct. 36.-Ensign Charles B. Ullmo of the navy, who was arrested at Toulon October 24, on the charge of being a spy and who confessed to having abstracted a secret naval signal book and the naval cipher code, and Berton, the army reserve officer, who was arrested yesterday at Vendome, charged with negotiating with an agent of a foreign power for the sale of military secrets, were brought to Paris to day and arraigned. Ullmo confessed every thing, declaring his object waa to raise money. Berton denied the charge of treason, but the correspondence seized when he was arrested seemed to prove that he had arranged to deliver certain military documents to an agent of a foreign power. The latter Is not named, but is understood to be Germany. , SUSPECTED ASSASSIN HELD English Police Arrest Man Supposed to Have Deslaias on tha Kins'! Life. NEWMARKET. England. Oct. 2fi.-The '.ice here today arrested a man supposed ;:' having designs on the life of King Ed ard or the prince of Wales. The prisoner, whi was a member of the Berhuanaland (South Africa) police, named J. P. Pearse. NEBRASKANS HOLDINGS VOID J. W. l.oua- of Loup City Seeks to En. force Claim on Arkansas County. LINCOLN. Oct. 26. John W. Long of Loup City left for Askansas this morning to start a suit In the federal court attack ing the warrant reissue law of Arkansas. Long owns 10.000 In bonds Issued to com plete the Ashby county court house a Hamburg. Ark. He claims an advertise ment was placed In a local paper, the bonds reissued and his hokllng declared void. GEORGE MACKOWN IS GUILTY Jury Returns Verdict at Webster City, Fixing" Crlm of Arson. WEBSTER CITY, la., Oct. 26. (Special Telegram.) The Mackown Jury returned a verdict Just before noon, finding the pris oner guilty of arson as charged. A mo tion fur a new trial and arrest of judgment will be made and argued. If overruled, sentence will be pronounced at once. Tho jury bad been out sines last evening at 5:'. AIR TIGHT SUNDAY Charles E. Fields Demands Rind Observance of Sabbath. COMMANDS MAYOR TO ORDER IT Wants Every Place of Business and Amusement Closed. STICKS FOR LETTER OF THE LAW Liquor Dealers Approve Action as Their Last Recourse. COURT FIGHT SEEMS POSSIBLE . . J-". Mayor Dahlman Has Five A'ay" In Which to Aet and Say He Will Take the Count. Commanded one day by the Anti-Saloon league to pull down the screens from sa loons that obscure their bars from public view. Mayor Dahlman Is ordered the next day by the saloon men to cloae every plr e of business in the city on Sunday and en force the most radical and rigid observance of the 8abbath day. And the mayor finds himself a very much - ordered servant. Charles E. Fields, Justice of the peace and editor of tho Protector, the liquor men's organ In Omaha, late yesterday evening served notice upon the mayor, com manding him to enforce to the very letter Section 211 of Chapter 23 of the Criminal code, which provides that all places of ; business and amusement. shall be closed on' 8unday. The mayor Is given five days In which to act'. He says he will take the count. "T reallv do riot know what I ahall do unless It bo to do -what every man and woman tells me to do." said Mayor DaUl man. "I think we have at last come to that stage of our political affairs when the officeholder is maeea me servant oi the people' who elect him. In the last week I have been served with orders from two sides of opposing forces. In the ( first Instance, when the temperance folks com manded me to order the saloon screens down I Issued a proclamation In compliance with their demands. I don't see any alter native In the latter case, but as I have five daya In which to act I need not attempt and do not attempt to outline my action onlght. I want it distinctly understood, I have not announced my determination." This Is section 2 of Chapter 23 of the Criminal Code of Nebraska, under which Mr. Fields Issued his demand upon the mayor and under which he proposes for the mayor to act: . If any person of the age of 14 years or upward shall be found on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, sport ing, rioting, quarreling, hunting, fishing or .shooting, he or sho shall he fined In a sum not exceeding $20, or bo confined In the county Jail, for a term not exceeding twenty days, or both, at tho discretion of the court. And If any person of the age of .14 years or upward shall be found on the Itrat -day of the week, commonly called Sunday, at common labor (wprk of neces sity and charity only excepted) he or she shall be fined In a sum not exceeding S5 nor lees than SI: providing nothing herein contained In relation to common labor on the-first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.' she- eontsrued to extend to thoHn who conscientiously do observe the seventh day of the week as the Hatmatn, nor to prevent families) . emigrating, from traveling, watermen from landing their passengers, superintendents or keepers of toll bridges or toll gates from attending and superintending the same, or ferrymen from conveying travelers over the water. or persons from moving their families on such days or to prevent railroad oon panies from running necessary trains. Only Thins; (or Them to Do. "I have taken thla action In my capacity of a private cltlaen," said Mr. Fields,, "and not as the representative of any Interest. It seems this is about the only thing to be done now under the clrcumstancea. I think this- embmgllo Is one In which all the people of Omaha are Interested. I am for one." "This action on the part of Mr. Fields la not the action of the Retail Liquor Dealers' ussnctatlon," said Henry Keating, secretary of that organisation. "Of course we are in sympathy with this action. We look upon It as about our last recourse. We stated, when the mayor Issued his proclamation for tho screens to come down, that we would forthwith comply with his orders and now we shall expect as prompt compliance with our demands, for we are stickers for law, you know." Asked If the saloon men proposed to con test the law under which their screens were ordered out, Mr. Keating said: "Well, we simply propose to take up the whole matter of saloon regulation and Sab bath observance together and find out what are our rights and what are the chances of gutting them. We shall go ahead quietly and orderly with our business affairs and allow the law to take Its course In all these matters. But we do not propose to be the victims of discrimination. If a saloon Is to be closed on Sunday, then so must every other place that comes under the operation of the law that regulates our affairs. That law is plain and we are not able to see why It should be enforced with reference to one set of persons and not wtth another or all." . Adveatlats Not Affected. In the discussion of the Sabbath observ ance law some agitation has arisen as to the rights of the Seventh Day Adventlsts and those observing Saturday as their Sab bath. Some one haa facetiously asserted that President Johnson of the city council, who operates his printing house on Sun day because he Is a Seventh Day Adventlst and worships on Saturday, would be dealt a body blow with the big stick. But the law plainly exempts those who conscien tiously observe Saturday as their Sabbath from its operations. SWITCHMEN TC ASK RAISE E?lea-ates from Northwestern Roads Employes Confer nt St. Pnul About Demand. ST. PAUL. Minn., Oct. 26. F.lghty dele gates, representing the 3.000 awltchmen employed on all the northwestern tall roads In the territory from the Twin Cities to the coast and northeast to Du luth, gathered In St. Paul today for a conference preliminary to their meeting the representatives of the railroads, on Monday, when they will present demands for an Increase In wages. F. T. Hawley of Buffalo, president of the Switchmen's Union of America, and S. E. ' Kebberllng, vice president, are also participating in the conference. Similar conferences were held today In Chicago, Cincinnati and sev eral other large cities. Engineer la Killed. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Oct. 26. Passenger train No. 40 on the loulvllle Naahvtlle railroad waa wrecked In the yards at Blocton today.. The locomotive and bag gage and mail car were turned over. Engi neer Charles Silliman was killed and the fl reins n. mail clerk, porter and baggageman ti Injured. SURGICAL GOODS DESTROYED Fire Doea Thirty Thousand Dollars Damage to Stock ( Tenfold Company. Fire which broke out about T:15 last even ing In the store of the II. J. Penfold com pany, 1 Farnam street, dkl about $30,no0 Worth of damage before tho firemen were ble to subdue It. The fire started In the optical room toward the front of the estab lishment and to one side of the first floor. Just how It originated no one Is able to state. The employes were In the store at the time and promptly turned In an alarm, but the flames spread wtlh such rapidity that the Interior of the ground floor room was all ablase before water was turned on. The firemen made short work of It and the building wss only slightly damaged. The character of the goods was such, how ever, that they were ruined by tne heat and water. The entire first floor w-as filled wl'h costly surgical Instruments and surgi cal supplies, all of which are destroyed or practically ruined. The stock In the back part o fthe store was only slightly damaged, flmoke and water damaged goods un the upper floors and In the basement to a considerable, extnet., but the principal loss Is to the goods in the front part of the ground floor. It Is thought the loss Is covered by Insurance. BRYAN AND COMMANDMENT Renins to Think It Worse to Steal Hundred Thnn Million Dollars. NEW YORK, Oct. 26 In an address pn "The Individual and the State" before the League for Political Education today, W. J. Bryan declared that whatever relief comes to noclety or to the race must come from the deliberate action of those who are not crushed by poverty and to whom the mere struggle for existence demands all the exertions of their minds. "Nor doea relief come, from those who are so rloh that their minds are centered upon their fortunes," continued Mr. Bryan. "It must come from the great middle class." By recent revelation, he Indicated that some people must have thought that the command not to steal applied only to stealing small amounts, and- "I begin to think that under some standards It seems to be a greater . crime to steal a hundred dollars than a million." , BANK CASHIER MUST ANSWER Numerous Indictments Returned Against Official of Farmers' and Drovers'. Bank. PITTSBURG, Oct. 26. Two Indictments were returned by the grand Jury against J. . B. F. Rlnehart, former cashier of the Farmers' and Drovers' National bank eX Waynesburg. Pa. One Indictment con tains ninety counts, seventy-one of which are upon alleged false entries in the "ooks of- the bank and In the reports to the comptroller .of t the i.curreiW. 'Flfteon counts charge abstractions amounting to $110,146 SI and four allege ..misapplica tions amounting to S50.487.12. The other Indictment contains eighteen counts for falsifying amounts and misplacement of funds arpountlng to $74. SOS. 96. For tght months efforts have been made to ropen the Institution, but without suc cess. PETTIBONE TRIAL CONTINUED Attorneys for State and Defense at Boise Agree Upon Post 1 ponement. v - BOISK. Idaho, Oct. 26.-Attorneys for state and defense In the case of George A. Pettlbone, charged with complicity in the murder oC ex-Governor Steunenberg, today signed a stipulation that the trial which was set for next Monday shall be continued until November 18. The reason for the continuance is that Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for Pettl bone, Is engaged for defending Steve Adams, on trial at Rathdrum, Idaho, for the murder of Fred Tyler. It Is . also agreed that If the Adams trial Is not concluded by the date named there shall be further continuance. COMPLETE COTTON REPORT Flarurrs on Production by Census Bl- renn Not Fnr Behind Last Year. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The complete report of the census bureau on the quantity of cotton of this year's crop ginned up to October 18. shows 4,407,055 bales, and 24,934 active ginneries. In 1906 there were 4,931.621 bales, and 36.125 ginneries. In this report round bales are counted as half bales. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION President Roosevelt Specldes . Lat Thursday In November as Time to Observe. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S.-Presldent Roosevelt today' Issued his Thanst;lving proclamation, through the secretary of atate, naming the last Thursday in No vember, the 28th. DEATH RECORD Major Don G. Lovell. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 26. Major Don G. Lovell dropped dead of heart disease last night while attending a board meeting at the First Church of Christ Scientists. He was past commander of the department of Washington and Alaska, Grand Amiy of the Republic, and a prominent member of the Loyal Legion. Major Lovell was 6ti years of age and was born at Ionia, Mich., serving through the civil war with Michi gan troops, and after the war with Cus ter. He came to Tacoma In 18S3 and had been a supcrloif court bailiff of late years. B. V. Carlisle. MISSOURI VALLEY, Io.. Oct. 26 (Spe cial Telegiam.)-B. W. Carlisle of Missouri Valley died suddenly this afternoon of heart failure. He was a well-to-do man and leaves a wife and two children. Gambling! at Cheyenne Stops. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Oct. 26. (Special.) Not a ball Is rolling or a card turning In Cheyenne today and a good-sized dele gation of tin-horn gamblers are out of work. Last night Sheriff Smalley visited all gambling establlahmenta In thercity and notified the proprietors that gambling must be stopped. All games were ended Instantly. It is announced that hereafter no violation of the antl-gambllng law will be ptwnltted In the city. RAWLINS. Wyo. Oct. 26. (Special.) Josl Albarrl and Alferdo Sandoval. Mexi cans, who stole nine head of horses from Cosgrlff Bros., have entered pleas of guilty and been sentenced to terms III the penitentiary. Albarrl, who waa the leader In the crime, was sentenced to five yers and Sandoval was given four ycrs. The thieves ran the stolen homes Into North park, Colo., and were caught at Wald.n. SHOW SOLID FRONT New York Banks Pledged to Maintain Each Other's Credit. GOLD WILL BE IMPORTED Arrangements to Bring Yellow Mstsi from Europe. COUNTRY BANKS DRAW HEAVILY Clearing House Perfects Plan for Issuing Certificates.' ANXIOUS WEEK COMES TO END Stock Market Shows Few Symptoms of Serious Agitation One Small Bank Has Sue- , ' pended. ' NEW YORK, Oct. K-The Stock ex change and the banks closed at noon today without any further failures of Im portance, with considerable Improvement In the stock market and with several Im portant remedial measures taken or agreed upon to strengthen the financial situation. The only reverse of the day was the sus pension of the Terminal bank, Brooklyn, a new and small Institution, without any Importance In the general financial world. There Is now a waiting spell until Mon day morning and a distinct sense of reller Is apparent everywhere. Already arrange ments for the Importations of gold are well under way. and It is hoped these will fur nish the relief' needed. It is understood that the Treasury department will. a heretofore, advance the gold for Immediate use, so as to save the time occupied in transit from Europe. 1 Meanwhile, as a precautionary measure, although not regarded vitally essential, the clearing house today authorised tile Is suance of certificates. This means ihat ine clearing house banks are to present a united front In this emergency and that . the aggregate resources of all of . them are to be pledged for the maintenance of each one. The runs upon the Trust Company of America and the Lincoln Trust company continued In very much abated form, but both Institutions met all demands. Country Banks Dram Heavily. The drafts of country banks ' on their New York reserves were heavy, but not alarming, alncc at this period of the year , such drafts are to be expected. The Imposition of the ninety days' rule In Rhode Island Btopped runs there, and mat ters assumed a normal phase. The stock market opened at an advance on yesterday and showed little symptom of serious agitation. London and other for eign points also gave reassuring advices. The rale of . excJiange . waa such as to facilitate gold imports, and confidence abroad was evidenced by the Improved tons of all foreign bourses, the only weakness i j " - uein inv ic.uii ui m tenure in Constantinople and the financial crisis In . Chill. On the whole the power of resistance of the banks In New York and the stability reported from all outside points brought the week to a cloae with a feeling that the general position waa greatly Improved. Moneyed Men Confident. . The captains of finance, wno . wtth the secretary of the treasury, have been bat tling: night and day to preserve order In the banking world, held no conference last night, but went to bed esrly, confident in the belief that a threatened situation had been successfully combatted and that from now on the restoration of public confidence and tranquility would be speedily accom plished. The principal difficulty throughout the week's excltment haa been lack of cur rency. There was not enough actual money In the city to stand the tremendous drain without cutting down loans. The small banking Institutions that closed this week have good supplies of gild-edged securities In their vaults, but Uiey could neither sell them nor borrow money on them this week, simply because of the scarcity of actual paper, gold and silver money. ' No apprehension was felt this morning as to the result of today's financial transac tions. The Stock exchange and the banks will be open for business for only two hours and the Stock exchange wil not bo troubled' by tha money situation, as all tha loans made yesterday carry over until Monday under the rules of the exchange. There were small lines of depositors In front of the Trust Company of America and the Lincoln Trust company, but their num ber was not so great as at the same hour yesterday. Difficulties All Loral. The direction which remedial efforts will take has been the subject of earnest con sideration and some difference of opinion among the most Important bankers of the city. The difficulties are admittedly in large measure local. It la felt that the sudden lack of confidence Is not very, wide spread throughout the country. The situa tion at Pittsburg and Providence la ex pected to right itself. Under these cir cumstances. It was first suggested than an effort be made to relieve the tension In New York by gold Imports, and something in that line Is being done. Whether the rate of exchange and the price of American securities will reach a level to enable gold Imports on a sufficiently large acale to be effective remains to be seen. It Is felt, at Jacob Schtff put It yesterday, than any effort to press the matter Is likely to meet with obstructive measures In London. As an alternative means of relief, the clearing house loan certificates have been discussed In a tentative way. Naturally everyone la loath to adopt this expedient, and it Is felt that It is by no means neces sary to resort to It. Money from Wnahlnnton. The subtreasury received 110.000,000 in small bills from Washington today. The Trust Company of America opened Its doors as usual at 10 o'clock today. There werd less than 10U depositors In lino and the company's officials declare that the run Is over. Leading bankers declared today that con ditions were such that they would probably be able to- Import gold from London . on Monday to the extent of about I10.0w.0o0. The bankers' pool, which lias been sup porting Stock exchange, houses, gave fur ther assurances today that money would be provided for call loans when needed. . The closing of the Terminal bank of Brooklyn was due to the fact that Its tt posltory, the Williamsburg Trust romjany, suspended payment yesterday. The vice president of the Williamsburg Trust com-, pany, Wlllard T. Reid, was president of tho Terminal bt nk. The clearing house committee wrs !! session this morning for half an hour and Issued a vail for a lusting of the full us soclation at 12 o'clock to decide whether clearing house certificates should be' Is sued. " ' ' James T. Woodward, - chairman of Ilia