The Omahaj Daily Bee
VOL. XXXV1T XO. V2G.
OMAHA, TUESDAY M0RNIX0, NOVEMBER 12, 1007 TEN" PACES.
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TRUSTS BACK IN FORM
1 Lincoln and America Companies Doing
Business on Normal Basis.
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FLOW OF YELOW METAL KEEP3 UP
Total Egagements Now 0
Four Millions.
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ONE ENGAGEMENT IS
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National City Bank Concludes it IK v o
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GOLD IS BEING TAKEN RAPIDLY
f(ii Bank Slnke Direct ln
IKirlalloai wf Metal (or the
Flmt Time In Their
History.
NXW YORK, Nov. 11. The iik .jeiifd
with a cheerful tone In the fitmnclul dis
trict. Tho two trust companies against
which there had been severe runs were
transacting business on a normal Irnsis to
day, receiving deposits anil paying out
money on hecks as though nothing had
rtrar happened out of tut; ordinary.
Th flow of gold from Europe to the
United States continues. The llrst engage
ments of the mtal for Import announced
today were by the. Mercantile Truwt com
pany of Bt. Louis for $jU).0uU and by the
Illinois Trust and Savings bank or Chicago
for $KO,Ono. Both engagements were made
In London. The St. Louts engagement Is
ald to be. tho first Instance in which a
financial Institution in that city lias tuken
Hold direct from London. Th! total en
gaged slnco the beginning of the financial
stringency la thus brought up to Sol.KU.SlO.
The United StuteM secured practically all
of tho Sl.OuO.Otw gold offered in tho London
market, today. There wus littles competition
for today's offerings and the American
bankers etcurid the -precious metal at a
price il per pound sterling cheaper than
the price of Ia!t week.
Th stock market showed a wteujy tone
during tho early trading, considerable In
vestment demand for stock bring reported
by brokers. . 1
One Gold Etrmeit Cancelled.
Engagements of $3,600,000 gold abroad to
day and cancellation by th National City
bank of an engagement for Sl.ofO.Grt
brought .the net total to JM.33o.0H0.
In announcing tho cancellation the Na
tional City bank aald It wa dono in defer
ence to the feeling In banking circlea In
London aDd because It waa considered that
the amount of gold already engaged was
sufficient to meet the situation.
LONDON. Nov. 11. The reports received
liere from New York of the formutlon of
a big copper pool In London were denied
today In the moat competent circlea.
RELIEF FROM SI ATE COURTS
lapeerne- four! 'f -V ulted States A ar
il u Is Conviction In a.
ero Case.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 11. The
conviction and rrntenclng- of C. B. Boyett
and othera, charged with Intimidating ne
groea, "because they were tieKroes," waa
urvnulled by the supremo court of the
United Btatea today. The alleged offense
waa committed. In Bradley county, Arkan
sas, In 180, when Royett and other white
men drove away a number of negroes em
ployed by the Arkansas Lumber company
by posting notices of warning to the ne
groes and firing runs In their vicinity.
The whites were tried In the federal court
for th eastern district of Arkansas, and
each waa sentenced to pay a fine of $1,01)0
and serve a year In prison. Today's de
cision was baaed on a former decision In
which It was held that aa negroes are
citizen they must rely on the state court
to aucb case as this, rather than on fed
eral courts.
Attorney General Bonaparte today en
tared a motion In th aupreme court of
the unnea Btatea tor ine advancement
on in ooca.ci or mo co or ?ne unuea
btates against toward Thayer, involving
th right to solicit campaign contrlbu-.
lions. Thayer. Is a member of the republl-
can state committee of .Texaa and la
cnargea wun en euori to aocur neip in a
recent election from a deputy collector of
Internal revenue, contrary to the civil
aervloe laws.
DECREASE IN GOLD PRODUCTION
"wath Dakota Mhortaae Doe to the
Bla- rir la the Home
stake Mine.
PIKRRE. & D., Nov. U.-tfpecial Telo
rram.) In his annual report to the gov
ernor. Mine ' Inspector Troweek does not
give aa Itemised statement of the gold pro
duction of the state for the laut year, put
ting It at considerably less than last year,
but he place the decrease of the Home
atake ruin at Sx,O0O, on account of the
Xnln fire. Last year tho production was
. 7,000,MO. of Which eft.260.flOO was from the
. Iloniestak.
JURY ACQUITS JOHN COLLIER
Illinois Maa
Who Killed Father-la.
Is resas ot
Guilty.
PAN A. ill., Nov. 11-After being out
I twontf'-four hours, the Jury In the case of
I John Collier, charged with having shot
and killed AJphons Jolly, hi father-ln-law,
brought In a verdict last night of ac
quitted. Collier embraced the members of
th Jury after being freed by the verdict
. and was vietbly affected. Collier shot
i Jolly oa March 11 last as the result of do-
mestia dlfllculuea and ns arrested on the
charge of murder.
SCHOOL FRATERNITIES LOSE
JUtstoia Appelate Court Holds Board
of Education Ha Pewar to
'iUH.
CHICAGO, Nor. U. The Board of Edu
cation today woa a victory In Ha opposition
to aoaret fraternities In the hurh schools.
To appellate court today dtamlssed th
aurt for aa Injunction, brought by some of
th fraternity members against the hoard.
Th Court declared these societies to be
apart from the educational scope of the
schools, and thut it Is therefor within the
power of tho beard to proceed against
l been.
eeerth tire !
ST. L0118. Nov.
St. Loaia Plat.
11 Th fourth blx
within tweti'y-four hours, discovered In
ike H W. Johna Manvlile Aahestoa com
Muiy building, reaulied In a nre ibt swep
lurougn the two upper siorl-a today aa(
uti a la retliiittted at UaO'Cn.
SUMMARY OF THE DEE
Tuesday, oTiml.r 12, lfOT.
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lowa Partly cloudy and continued
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DOMIETIC.
John Collier, who is charged with kill
ing his father-in-law, was acquitted by a
Jury at Pnna, 111. Fa- 1
Orover Clevttland has recovored suffi
ciently to go rabbit hunting. lag 1
The trial of Mrs. rhilllps on the charge
of shooting her hubiind has begun at
Cleveland. Pag 1
Philadelphia. Methodist church passes
resolutions defending A. J. Dctsch, who
la accused of killing a man In defenso of
his home. FatfS 1
Statement- that a parkae of Ktteia
written to Jefferson Davla contain re
quests made by Generals Grant and
Thomas and Admiral Farragut for com
missions In tho confederate army have
raised u storm In Grand Armv ilriles
and have met with prompt denial. Fag 1
Charges have been tiled already agattut
the newly appointed marshal of Oklahoma.
Fag 1
. Maduuic Anna Gould denies fetory she
is engaged to anyone. Page 1
New York Trust companies are back !n
their usual channels of business. One
Oakland, Cal., bank closes Its uoora and
an application for a receiver is made or
a New Jersey copper company. Fag 1
The national meeting of the American
Federation of Labor Is in session nt Nor
folk, where a fight is being put up Against
the re-election of President Gompers.
Fourth trial of Caleb Powers ha been
called at Georgetown, Ky. Far 1
Snow has fallen over the United States
and unseasonable weather prevails.
Fag 1
Illinois appellate court decides chol
fraternities may be regulated by the Uoard
of Education. Fag 1
Supreme court of the United States' de
cide that a colored man, being a citizen,
must depend, on the atato courts fcr pnw
tection. Fag 1
Iowa state. foot ball eleven Is beginning
to regard Itself In the class of Minnesota.
Far X
XnEBBABXA.
Nebraska Telephone company has asked
permission of tho Railroad commission to
reduce the number of hours when night
rates aro charged for Nebraska business.
Fag 3
FOKEiaxr.
Aeroplane makes a successful trip of a
kilometer at Paris. Fag 1
MOVSMXITTS OF OCEAXT STEAMSHIP.
Tort. Arrived. sallrd.
NEW TORX Columbl
MOVILLB Caledonia
POl'THAMPTON. New Ynrll
SOUTHAMPTON. Kter WUhelm II
QCEENSIOWN Caronla.
ARREST FOLLOWS ELOPEMENT
Yonnir Farmer and Wife of Wealthy
Heaident of Oardeaabarah,
. Y. Held.
Log ANOELEB. Cal.. Nov. ll.-Os.ar H
Freda, a young farmer of Ogdensburgh. N.
y an(i Mr8. Bertha Rockwood, wife of a
weaUny resident of that place were locked
up ,n the clty Jall nt i.asadena. following
, eIopcment two weck, ag0 fron, Now
York.
D. D. Rockwood. the husband of Mrs.
Rockwood, arrived in Pasadena Saturday,
accompanied by C. F. KUison, his attorney,
and took up the search for the couple.
Rockwood hud traced the couple across the
continent through aeveral citioe to the
coust. After a short hunt, the runaway
oouplo were located, living In seclusion In
a furnished house. A complaint waa sworn
out by Rockwood and both man and woman
were locked up. Rockwood later announced
that hie wife waa repentant and that he
would take her back with him to their
home In New York. He was ulso chaiitablo
toward Freda and said he would ask the
court to dismiss tho complaint against
him. Doth Rockwood and his wife aro
more than 10 years of age, and Kreda is
about 30. FTeda also Is married, it la aald,
but Is separated from his wife.
CHARGES AGAINST PORTER
.Newly Appointed Oklahoma Marshal
Ohlltt-ed to Answer at
Once.
WASHINGTON, Nov. ll.-Churgea have
been filed with President Roosevelt against
Orov A. Porter, appointed last week as
marshal for the eastern dijtrlct of the new
state of Oklahoma. The charges which in
volve alleged li regularities In the collec
tion of liquor revenues In the Indian Terri
tory, under Mr. Porter's administration of
the marshal's offlcu, are held to Involve
Mr. Tnrtr'it 1ilM1t-ifnat.ii rath,, than htm- '
self. They have been referred to Mr. Por
ter for answer, which, it Is understood, he
Is to mako to the Department of Justice.
Th charges are made, It wsa stated, by
Jacob Bodowits. a merchant of Ardmore.
CLEVELAND GOES HUNTING
Former President Get Good Bag; of
Rabbit, nail and
Woodeoek.
PRINCETON. N. J.. Nor. U.-It was long
after sundown when former President Cleve
land returned from his first hutlng trip this
fall. From early morning until n'ghtfad
Mr. Cleveland, with Dr. C. R. Priest of
Princeton and William and George Mc Far
land of Rocky Hill, shot habbits at "Wood
side." Mr. McFarland's estate, and It was
reported that a good batch of quail and
woodcock war all bagged. Mr. Cleveland
thoroughly enjoyed the sport and will bunt
again later In the ok at Roaedale, an
other place only a few miles from hero.
CALL IS MADE FOR PR00I
Loyalty of Famous Northern Gener
als is Challenged.
LETTERS OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
Claim Made that General Grant ami
Thomas and Admiral Farrnarot
Wanted Southern Com
missions. CHICAGO. Nov. ll.-Cblonel James E.
Stuart, past vice commander of the De
partment of Illinois, Grand Army of the
R'pulille. issued a challenge last night to
the Louisiana Historical association to pro
duce the letters alleged to bo In its pos
session in which General Grant. General
Geotfce H. Thomas and Admiral Farragut
at one tr"2 efTcTrJ their S"rvU:eu to Jeffer
son Davis in the conferedat army.
The challenge follows a statement made
in Baltimore, Md., on Saturday by Captain
A. L. DeRosset of Wilmington, N. C. Can
tain DeRosset. through th medium of the
Confederate Veteran, the official organ of
the confederate societies, said the historical
association had In its museum original
copies of letters which these three dls
tintruished union offieera wrote to Davis.
General Grant is said to have written to
Davis applying for u commission January
IS. 1861.
"I challenge the production by the Louis
iana Hlstoilral association, by any society
or Individual, of ujiy authentic letter writ
ten by either of these three men at any
lime which contains one word or phrase
from which tho Inference could be drawn
they wore willing at any time to aid or
assist the t-auso of the rebellion."
The Letters Exist.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11. In regard to
an H-.ricIe published In the Confederate Vet
eran to the effect that General V. S. Grant,
Goneral George B. Thomas and Admiral
Farragut had applied to President Jeffer
son Davis of the confederacy for commis
sions immediately before the outbreak cf
thfl civil war, and that their letters aro In
the Louisiana Historical society. Colonel
J. A. Chaiaron. custodian of Memorial hall
In this city, said:
Mrs. Jefferson Davis consigned several
puekuges of letters to the care of the hall
and these are to he opened only when au
thority Is given us to do so. This author
ity reals with her daughter, Mrs. Hayes
of Colorado Springs. I do not know the
ccntenls of these letters."
Editor la In Donbt.
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Nov. 11. S. A. Cun
ningham, publisher of the Confederate
Veteran of this city, tho official organ of
the United Confederate Veterans' associa
tion, stated today In regard to the publica
tion that General Grant, Admiral Farragut
and General Thomas had applied to Jeffer
son Davis for commissions In the confeder
ate army, thut at the time of the publica
tion of Captain DeRosette's communication
in the Veteran lie had misgivings as to the
correctness of the statement and that later
investigation had convinced him it was
erroneous. As a result of the Investigation
the December number of the Veteran will
contain a correction.
Mr. Ha a Will Xot Say.
COLORADO SPRlNtSS, Colo.. Nov. 11.
In an Interview Mrs. J. A. -Hayes, daugh
ter of the late Jefferson Davis, said today:
"I do not know anything about the con
tents of those letters, nor do I know
whether Generals Grant and Thomas or
Admiral Farragut ever applied to my
father for commissions; I never heard
my parents make any mention of their
having dono so.
"Xot knowing anything- definite about
these letters, I do not feel competent to
say when they shall be opened. I am
lioing to New Orleans In February and
nhall take counsel with my friends and
; relatives before deciding upon any course.'
Kince neither my father nor my mother
ever mode these letters public, It Is but
natural that I should feel some diffidence
about opening them or departing from
the course my psrepts thought fit to pur
sue. I do not neo any reason why the
letters should be made public Just now."
When asked If she would, express her
personal opinion as to whether Generals
Grant and Thomas or Admiral Farragut
applied to her father for commissions,
Mrs. Hayes said that under the circum
stances she was not in a position to ex
press any opinion whatsoever.
Misunderstanding Ha Reunited.
BALTIMORE. Md.. Nov. 11. Major Will
lam M. Pegram of this city has received
a letter from Colonel J. A. Chaiaron, cus
todian of the Pantheon of Confederate Vet
erans and secretary of the Louisiana His
torical society, In which he denies possess
ing letters written by General Grant, Ad
miral Farragut, and General Thomas to
President Jefferson Davis In 1(61, requit
ing commissions In the Confederate service.
Colonel Chaiaron says:
"Captain De Rosaet (who ia credited with
having madu the atatement referred to),
la completely in error and must have mis
understood nie In a conversation wo had
during a visit he made tu Memorial hall
more thai) two years ago. 1 hay no such
letters In my possession, nor havo I seen
any such.
"It I to be regretted that Captain De
Russet did not addrevs me on the subject
to refresh his memory before making the
assertion he published.
"I wrote to him on th lid ultimo, cull
ing his attention to the error he has com
mitted. I have written to Mr. Cunningham
of the Confederate Veterans to the same
effect."
PERKINS' BODY WAS CREMATE
Funeral Sen ires of Former President
of Burlington Held at
UU Home.
WL8TWOOD. Mass..' Nov. 1J The
funeral services of the late Charles E.
Perkins, former president of the Burlington
railroad, wi re held today at his late home.
Th Burlington was represented at the
funeral by George C. Harris, and the
Northern Faclrto by Howard Elliott. Every
Massachusetts railroad was represented, as
was also th American Bell Telephone
company In whiuh Mr. Perkins was & di
rector. The body was cremated at Forest Hills.
Boston, and th ashes war interred at
Milton cemetery.
SWITCHMEN J3EMAND RAISE
special Committee of Western Hall,
road Manaa-era WIU Con
sider Question.
CHICAGO, Nov. ll.-RpresenLutlve of
the Switchmen's Union of North America
met her today a special commute of th
general manager of th western railroad:
to discuss th demand of th switchmen for
a -cnt an hour Increase In wages. It le
expected that the conference will con
tinue for vera! days.
KAISER'S LANDINCf DELAYED
German KmperoW
I nahle to Enter
Sandown Bar Beraoae of
Deuejo tel.
PORTSMOUTH. Kngland. Nov. ll.-The.
German lmiieri.il yacht Hohenzollern. hav
ing on hoard F.inpornr Wllllnm nnd his
party, who are to visit King Edward, has
been further delayed by r.ig. The yacht,
with tlia escorting fleet, anchored Inst night
off Pelsea Bill for the nlcht, not having
been able to enter Fandnwn'bay, lsln of
Wiirht, according to the program. This
morning tho Hohensrdlern could not reach
this hnrbor In time to cross the bar with
the tide, and therefore the landing of the
Imperial party was postponed until this
afternoon.
The prince of Wales, however, who had
been delegated by King- Edward personally j
to welcome the German emiwror and Em
pi ess, had In the manwhlltt boarded a (
torpedo boat, accompanied by Field Mar- i
shal Lord Roberts, and gone out lu the I
darkness to find the Imperial yacht and I
succeeded In getting on board of it Just as
tho fog lifted sufficiently to enable the
Uohenzollern to proceed to Portsmouth.
The British channel fleet, under the com
mand of Admiral Lord Charles Keresford,
and numbering nearly fifty warships,
dressed from sten to stern, saluted the
Gcr.i an emperor as the Hohen til -.n passed
up tho narrow watm- of Spit head, the land
batteriea Joining lit1 the welcome.
Owing to the delay caused by the fog, the
hour of arrival of fho Hohenzollern at tho
Jetty was miscalculated. The announce
ment had been mide. that it would not
get there until 1:15 jv. ni but It steamed
Into tho harbor an bour earlier, with the
result that all the officials and tho guards
of honor, who had been patiently waiting
throughout the morning for its arrival, had
gone to lunch when It finally appeared
through the fog. .The emperor apparently
enjoyed the surprise ho had sprung on the
British officials and the consequent scrambls
to get back to tho ,Jetty in time to take
part In the welcome.
After Inspecting the guard of honor, tho
German emperor uixl empress and their
suites, accompanies Dy tho prince or wales
and his suite, left Portsmouth by train for
Windsor at 2:30 p. m., amid thn fire of a
royal salute from tlio assembled warships
and tho garrison butteries.
HERTZIAN WAVES FOR POWER
Mirnor Mareonl Announce that Ef
forts Are llelnar Made Along:
ThU Line.
SYDNEY, N. 8.. Nov. 11. While occupied
chiefly at Glace bay in the perfection of
his newly inaugurated service of transat
lantic wireless telegraphy, Slgnor Marconi
announces thai he. is giving considerable
thought to tho employment of Hertzian
waves for transmission of power, as well
as a means of communication.
He explained In an Interview that the
Hertzian waves ait; now being employed
to many purposes besides telegraphy n the
Ililtlsh navy. All of ttte larger ships, he
said, were being equipped with an appara
tus by which the same wuves that were
employed for wlreb-s communication were
used for the Invisible transmission of power
to the extent of tout rolling and exploding
torpedoes. r
The Inventor's aV.,cjflon was called to a
recent cable dispatch from Paris telling of
an Austrian electrician who was attempting
to obtain financial support from tho Amer
ican colony there for an Invention which
he claimed would nullify wireless messages
in case of war. Admitting the possibilities
of such an invention, Mr. Marconi re
marked that whereas the present cables
can easily be cut with a few blows, it
would require the erection of a large plant
to nullify the wireless service, and, as the
Invention has yet to be thoroughly tested,
It might not succeed. Its discovery, how
ever. It waa added, is a valuable contribu
tion to the wireless principle.
THIRD PARLIAMENT TO MEET
.November Fourteenth the Date, but
t'snr Will Not Receive the
DelcEHtc.
SV. PETERSBURG. Nov. 11. It was an
nounced today that the third Russian
Parliament will assemble November 14 ut
the Taurlde palace. An Imperial decree
was Issued today Instructing M. Goluboff.
vice president of the council of the empire,
to open the session. Thnre will be no re
ception of deputies by the emperor at the
winter palace.
VLADIVOSTOK, Nov. 11. Bombs, arms,
ammunition and correspondence of a revo
lutionary organization Including in its mem
bership soldiers belonging to the local gar
rison, have been seized in the naval work
shops here.
AERCPLANE FLIES KILOMETER
Possibility- Henry Farniun Mny Win
Ten Thousand Dollar Priae
br Act.
PARIS. Nov. 11. Henry Farinan this aft
ernoon successfully accomplished the feat
of flying a kilometer with his aeroplane
and returning to the point of departure.
The machine was under perfect control and
displayed marvelous equilibrium, rnakiag
the turn on an even keel. The aviation
commission has teen summoned to meet
tomorrow, when un official attempt will be
made to win the Deutsch-Arehdeaeon prize
of Jlfl.OOO offered to the aviator who first
completes a circulur kilometer In tho air.
MADAME GOULDDENIES STORY
hay for Publication She I Not En
gaged to Prince or
Anyone.
PARIS. Nov. 11. Madam Anna Gould to
day authorized the Associated Press to
deny the reports thut she is engaged to
be married to Prince Helie De Sagan or
to anybody else.
rw Blahonrlr Created.
ROME, Nov. 11. The congregation of the
propaganda hus decided to raise the Vicar
iate Apoetoltc of Saskatchewan, a district
of the northwest territories of Canada to a
bishopric and change its name to Prince
Albert. Monslgnor Albert Pascal will be
appointed bishop of the new diocese.
Striker Reject Peace.
HAVANA. Nov. 11. The peace proposi
tion of General Manager Orr for the set
tle men I of th railway strike waa rejected
last night at a meeting of the strikers.
CLEVELAND TO HUNT RABBITS
He Haa So Far Recovered that Ho
Will Make a Trip Into
the Country.
PRINCETON. N. J.. Nov. U.-For the
1rat tlrre sine hi recent illness ex-Presl-dent
Cleveland will today make a trip Into
th hunting preserves in the country near
her. Accompanied by hi son. Richard,
and C. R. Priest of Princeton. Mr. Cleve
land Is to go rabbit hunting. It Is dated
that hi health 1 rapidly Improving.
BRING BACK HIE STEAMBOAT
Cry of Captain Shultz, River Engineer
at Sioux Citv.
ST. JOE JOINS IN THE REFRAIN
,
Twenty-Two Hondred Miles of Mia-
nnrl Now Xarlnahle 1" the As
sertion of a Man Who
Knows.
Two thousand, two hundred miles of
the Missouri are navlgnble and only the
falso supposition that railroads could carry
freight cheaper than boats sounded the
knell of steamboat traffic several decades
ago. according to Captain C. H. Shultz,
engineer in charge of the Missouri river,
who attended the banquet of the Commer
cial club last night.
"The west was built up by tho steam
boats." said Captain Shultz when be ar
rived from Sioux City. "Tim commerce
of the river was formerally profitable and
I believe It would be today for 2.20 miles
from Its mouth. This would land steam
boats far up Into the Dakotas. Army
posts received supplies by steamboat fur
ther up the river then that and as early
as 1S19 a big river boat pushed up to Coun
cil Bluffs.
"What has been the cause of the de
cline? Everything has been Improved In
tho past half century, except the steam
boats used on the rivers. The current of
the Missouri river is swift, Its average
speed being six to seven miles sn hour.
At high water the banks are eroded and
great damage Is done. Tlhia after time the
river has gotten out of Its bed at night
with no apparent provocation, and has
hunted tip a new bed all littered with
forests, corn fields, brick houses, railroad
ties and telegraph poles. It has flopped
into this prickly mess with a gurgle of
content and bss flowed along plaoidly for
years, graduully assimilating the foreign
substances und wearing down tho bumps
in its alluvial niuttresa. Then It suddenly
takes a fancy to Its old bed, as it has done
at St. Joseph, which by this time has been
filled with railroad bridges and suburban
architecture. It goes back with a whoop
and a rush as though It was glad to get
back to the old-time bed and it ruins lakes
and summer resorts."
Vast Area Kndanarered. .
Just now the river endangers 2, 4 00,000
acres of farm lands, according to the en
gineer who Is supposed to keep the river
In the United States as Ions as possible.
"Figuring the average cost of this laird
at . $50 an acre," said Captain Shultz, 'It
will be teen that there Is some necessity
for embankment work when 1120,000,000
worth of real estate Is In danger and only
(50,000,000 Is asked for Improvement
work."
"Such a disregard for the real estate
business makes farming along the Mis
souri river aa fascinating for the farmers
as playing in tho wheat pit. They never
know whether they are going to harvest
corn or catfish. The agriculturist may go
forth In the morning with a binder to cut
nia wneai. oniy to come one at noon
a trout line, his whet-t having been car-
rieu to ine oniana grain maraec ine nigm
before, weeks before. ' H was ready for
shipment.
"The transportation problem at present
Is the greatest one confronting the United
States. The railroads are congested and
cannot handle the great business which
they are called upon to move. The rates
are high and there Is great delay in de
livery.
The $200,000,000 which we are spending
for the Panama canal will be In vain un
less we spend In the next ten years, the
period of Its construction, $200,000,000 or
moro for Improvement of waterways
which will be tributary to the canal and
make It worth something to erery man,
woman and child In the United States. The
improvement of the rivers should be sim
ultaneous with that great undertaking and
derive the most benefit from that splendid
opportunity.
"The Missouri river can be handled, so
that It will no longer be a menace to prop
erty and take great sections of states In
its greedy rr.aw. The congress of he Lnltcd
Status Is ready to help in the work If there
Is enough traffic to warrant It, even If tho
boats are small." '
Shipper Should On Boat.
Commissioner F. W. Maxwell of -the St.
Joseph, Mo., Commercial club arrived In
Omaha early Monday morning.
"I believe shippers should own their own
river boats," said the commissioner of the
St. Joseph club. "This would put the boat
lines completely beyond th control of
transportation companies, and the shippers
themselves would be in a position to dic
tate the rates to the railroads, If any one
would.
"Private refrigerator cars have been a
success to the shippers. Private steamboat
tinea would not cost as much and would
save more. Estimating that the big dry
good houses of Omaha pay $10,000 each year
for freight, the river boats would bring
the goods to them for $JO,ono. They could
well afford to Invest tt,000 In boats and
barges.
"The Kansas City boats carry from SO
to 300 tons of merchandise, but there are
only two of them. Omaha, Kansas City
and St. Joseph should have boats enough
so one could leave St. Louis each day fur
each of the three cities. Other lines would
operate for the smaller cities, but the three
large market cities could well afford to
have a boat load each day, and this would
be equal to three truln loads of merchan
dise a week, us one of the boats with a
barge will esrrv bslf a train load.
Side-Wheeler the Beat.
"Investigation by the St. Joseph club has
demonstrated thut the old side-wheel
steamer Is the ideal boat for Missouri river
traffic, and with the modern engines would
be able to drive a boat to Kansas City. St.
Joseph or Omaha In a much shorter time
than the old river steamers could possibly
make.
"St, Joseph will not be left off the river
if we can help It. There has been danger
of the river cnttlng off through th El
wood neck und I-uke Contrary. This would
leave the city two miles from Ui river.
W would 'not only be beyond the posslbtl.
ity of river transportation, but our sewer
age would have to be carried two miles to
the river. Dike are being built from the
west shore to an island in tha river oppo
site Et. Joseph. It Is thought this will
prevent th river cutting off th Elwood
point and accomplishing rts purpose of
taking th eld bed through Lak Contrary,
Th governmeit is spending SaO.OOO in the
work and the railroad companies having
bridges which are in danger, are spending
$jP.Ooo mora.
"If ther U going to be river transpor
tation St. Joseph Is going to shar the ben
efits, if our curves are sharp and the city
has bean threatened with being left far
Inland."
President Wllheliu of th Ornaba Coin-
Continued on lage Two.)
SMALLPOX VERSUS FOOT BALL
C'hieann F.leven Ohjeei to Vneeln
tlnn After Itetna Klinrd to
the Disease.
CHICAGO. Nov. 11. Commissioner of
Health riHiiH tiwlav l.Bii.t u ti nHr th.kl
all members of the foot ball team cf Chi
jeago university be vaccinated at once. Thi
1 1""? of the team declare that they w ill
Inui oe vaccinateii, ana commissioner t,van.
has asserted that If they refuse to obey hh
orders he will cause the arrest of some
I body. The Chicago men have a gam
they fear effects of vaccination on the
team's condition.
Three students of the university w-ero to
day taken to the Isolation hospital suffer
Ing with smail pox, one of them being a
member of tho freshman foot ball loam.
These later said that hugo Bezdek, as
aistant coach of the team refused to allow
him to be vaccinated even after he had
been In contact with a student who had the
disease.
Commissioner Evans declared later that
this afternoon he will send physicians to
the university to vaccinate the members
of the foot ball team, and that If objections
are made he will stop all foot ball games
for the season. He will not allow men, he
said, who have been exposed to small pox
to mlnglo with other people.
MRS. BRADLEY TO BE TRIED
Witnesses on tland in Criminal Court
In Henntor Brown Mnrder
Trial. ,
WASHINGTON. Nov. II. On account of
the death of Justice McComaa of the dis
trict court of appeals, criminal court No. 1,
In which Mrs. Anna M. Bradley waa to
hnve been put on trial tdoay, on the charge
of murdering former Senator Arthur Brown
of Utah, took an adjournment upon con-
nt 10 1". until Wednesday at
niv Bauitj ijuui. .Min. nt ;nuey v tin m tuuii,
us were ulso her attorneys and many wit
nesses und all was In readiness for the
trial, so there can be no doubt that it will
proceed on Wednesday. Tho announce
ment of Judse McCoinat;' death was made
by Prosecuting Attorney Baker, who moved
tho postponement. The motion was sec
onded by Mr. Wells of counsel for Mr.
Bradley, and was readily granted. Mrs.
Bradley came into the court room soon
after the entrance of Judge Stafford, who
will preside over the trial, and was accom
panied by a member of the marshal'
staff. Her entrance was so quiet that It
was scarcely noticed. Bho was dressed In
black and took a seat on the left of her
counsel, Mr. Wells. The court room was
crowded and not since the Bon Ine trial has
so much Interest been manifested In any
case before the district courts.
SNOW FALLS JN MANY CITIES
Unseasonable Weather, with Lo
Temperature, lln Been Gen
eral Over Country.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. Nov. 11.-
fost unseasonable weather baa nreavild
, vtcmlty Blitm gunday morning. Two
I inchm of now Ml yelIlerday and tha tem.
, mornin aam , deare. above
, , ,, l,, ,. .,, . .
ported from the Cripple Creek district.
WHEELING, W. Va.. Nov. U.-Slx inches
of snow are reported from William, W. Va.,
In Tucker county.
CLEVELAND. O. Nov. U. Nearly two
Inchea of wet snow fell hero this morning
between 6 and 8 o'clock.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. ll.-There was a
light fall of snow here this morning. Snow
! ai wa8 reported at Ottawa, in eastern
Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 11. Western Kan
sas along- the lines of the Union Pacific
' Bnd tne Rock Is,an(1 roads Is covered with
' twn Inchea of snow, which continues to
fall today. Only a slight fall Is reported
along the Santa Fe route In the southern
part of the state. '
TWO-CENT FARE CASE IS UP
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Lis
tens to Ararument In This
Controversy.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. ll.-The case
of the Pennsylvania Railroad company
against Philadelphia county. In connection
with the 2-eent passenger rate law, is be
ing argued today before the Pennsylvania
supreme court, sitting here. The case was
recently decided In a Philadelphia court
against the county authorities In their ef
forts to collect fines from the company
for violations of the new passenger rate
law.
Attorney General Todd said today:
"As 'It appears to me we are to have the
same arguments to refute before the su
preme court that were presenld In the
common pleas, court In Philadelphia and
our lines of argument will be substantially
the same.
"It Is purely a questiou of the rights
of the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
under Its charter, as against the lights
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
make general laws for what are conceived
to be best Interests of the people at large."
WALSH'S TRIAL IS ON TODAY
Woman Aliened to Have Stolen Kvi.
dence Released From
t'ustodr.
CHICAGO, Nov. U.-Miss Etta McLean,
the stenographer In the office of United
States District Attorney Sims, who was
recently arrested on the charge of steal
ing papers from the office of the district
attorney, relating to the prosecution of
John R. Walsh, former president of the
Chicago National bank, was today released
from custody on her own recognizance.
She declared that she will return at once
to her former home in Boston. The trial
of Mr. Walsh will commence towairow.
POWERS CASE AGAIN CALLED
Font-th Trial Heajlns, but I Delayed
by Absence of Wltnese for
the Stat.
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Nov. U.-Th
fourth trial if Caleb Powers, charged with
eompUcltj In the assassination of William
Goebel, was called today, but owing to
the absence of commonwealth witnesses,
was passed until tomorrow. Over 100 wit
nesses for th prosecution were called, but
only about a dozen were present Both
tides appear anxious far th trial.
WORLAND. WYO.. IS IN RUINS
Basines District Barn, Entailing
Los of Fully Hundred Thou
sand Dollar.
WORLAND. Wyo., Nov. 11 -(Special Tel
egram.) At 1 o'clock a. m. Sunday the
larger part of th business district of Wor
Und was on fire ud In a few hours was
mats of ruins. No live were lost. The
estimated loss Is flOOno,
f iCHT ON GOMPERS
Victor L Berber of Milwaukee Will
Protest Re-Election.
FEDERATION BEGINS ' MEETING
Delegates Welcomed to Jamestown bj
Governor and Mayor.
RESPONSE BY MR. GOMPERS
Report of Credentials Committee is
Considered.
ANNUAL REPORT OF OFFICERS
Membership of the Organisation K
eeeda Million nnd n Hnlf nnd la
Increasing Rap.
IdJj.
NORFOLK. Vs.. Nov. ll.-The twenty,
seventh annual convention of the American
Federation of Lolor convened today for a
session of two weeks, the on?nl:i ceremon
ies being held in tho Auditorium at tha
Jamestown exposition, where the day was
celebrated as "American Federation of
I-aixir day." Though the weather was
threatening, the attendance was large.
In th presence of 400 delegates, repre
senting the great army of organized labor
in America, including every member of the
federation's executive council, with tho ex
ception of John Mitchell. had of the
United Mine Workers, detained by illness.
President Gompers declared tho raeetlrur
open. Addressoi of welcome were made
by Governor Swanson, President Tucker
of the exposition: Mayor Riddlck of Nor
folk, President Anderson of tho Norfolk
Board of Trade, President 8cott of the
Norfolk Central Labor union, and Presi
dent O'Connell of the Virginia Federation
of Labor. Iresident Gompers responded In
the oars- of the fedeiation.
The report of the credentials committee
was the first business mutter to come up.
The program of the afternoon Included the
annual reports of President Gompers. Sec
retary Morrison and Treasurer Lennon.
President Gompers said it was his hope to
reach these today, as well as other busl
ness of tho federation, all sessions of which
will be open to the public.
The sessions beginning tomorrow morning
will be held In the Norfolk armory.
Victor L. Berger, tho Milwaukee editor
and socialist leader announced that ho was
continuing, his fight against Presldont
Gompers. and would file protests against
his re-election, but that th displacement
of President Gompers could not be looked
for at this time. Mr. Berger said he would
tomorrow Introduce a resolution demand
ing federal legislation preventing transpor
tation In Interstate commerce of all "child
labor" manufactured products.
Arthur A. Hay, special representative cf
the International Typographical union at
I jos Angeles, Cal., Is going to ask th
federation to assume control of and nuance
the flght -en behalf, of , labor, j now being
waged by the Citizens'' Alliance union of
Los Angeles against trad unions there.
Among I. j delegates to tho federation ara
representatives from Canada, Mexico and
Cuba.
Gain lav Membership.
Secretary Morrison in his report said:
A resume of the progress made numeri
cally by the American Federation of Labor
during the past eleven years, cannot bujt
encourage the trade unionists to redouhln
their efforts to educate, organize, and feoV
erato the wage workers of tne world. The
growth of the American Federation of
Iubor from 1W to 1304 waa phenomenal.
Tne membership Jumped from 2M.X35 In
I8a7 to l,6Tfi.2'K in 1!4. This marked In
crease In membership caused me to ay,
In my report to the Boston convention,
that where organizations are formed
rapidly within a short period, it must be
expected that In adjusting the members
Into unions the membership must decrease
somewhut from the high-water mark
which it reached during the time tho organ
ization wave held sway. There was a
decrease In membership In Wi from the
high-water mark of 1804. This decrease
was almost entirely caused by internal
strife, which led to secession and a num
ber of Ill-advised and unsuccessful strikes
of a few International organisations. Sinew
that time, with but two exceptions, the
organizations have recovered their mem
bership. The two unions rerferred to giv
ample evidence that during th coming
year thoy will entirely recover from the
effect of the secession movement and the
disastrous strike. A carful tabulation of
the membership of the affiliated uniona of
tho American Federation of Labor show
that there was 1.&3.424 member paid or
reported upon for the last month of this
fiscal year, an Increase of 7,224 member
over the high-water averuge membership
of 1904. If we add to that number the
4l.0nu members of the United Hrewerv
Workers, whose charter was revoked In
June of this fiscal year, It would give a
total membership of l,72a.424 for the month
of September. A remarkable increase la
membership for the pest elevnn ytrt,
when you take Into consideration th num
ber of striken' that have taken place and
the organised, determined efforts of th
employers to retard organization and dis
rupt the unions now la existence.
TEST OF ELKINS LAWT0 COME
Question Whether It Has 'Sot Been
Repealed by the Uep
burn Act.
WASHINGTON. D. C Nov. ll.-Attorney
A. B. Browne of this city today presented
a petition to the supreme court of thn
United States for a writ of certiorari bring
ing to that court for review th case of the
Great Northern Railway company against
the United States. This Is a prosecu
tion against the railroad company on th
charge of granting rebates, on which charg
It was found guilty In th federal court in
Minnesota and the . verdict waa approved
by the United States circuit court of ap
peals. The case presents many lntrestln
phases, the most Important It the com
pany's ucaertlon that the Elki.is Uw, under
which a tine was Imposed, was repealed by
the Hepburn railroad rate law, which Im
peded a penalty of .Imprisonment for th
offense. If the court grants the motion to
bring the case before It for consideration,
this question will be developed at length.
CUDAHY'S MARRIAGE IS OFF
Mother of Fiancee of Son of Chicago
Packer Make No Pablle
Explanation,
CHICAGO, Nov. 11. -A wedding that was
looked forward to with Interest In Chicago
and Pittsburg society was announced cap
celled, by the young woman's mother yes
terday without any explanations. Th
principals are Miss Isabel W. Pontefract,
a Pittsburg heiress, and John Cudahy, Jr ,
son of the Chicago packer.
Miss Pontefruct's father wus a merchant
t Pittsburg, who left a large estate to hit
widow und daughter.
John Cudahy, Jr.. it 'U years eld and it
working In thu Ixjuiavllle Packing com
pany's office, u plant controlled by lit
father. Tha engagement wts announced
laat summer. Th acquaintance began at
Mackinae island, where th Cudahy hav
a summer horn.