The " Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 127.
OMAHA. WEDNESDAY MOKXIXCS. N'OVKMnEK 1:1. liH)7 TWELVE PACES.
single corv two cents.
FUR EIGHT-HOUR DAuSD!HaARY 0F TUE bee I
7
American Frderatioyf Ibor Wi
Seek to Make it Universal.
fIRST ACTIVE STEPS ARE TAKEN
Frea,ident Gomperi to Appoint Com
mittee on Whys and Means.
ORGANIZATION NEEDS FUNDS
Committee Repoits that Present Per
Capita Tax is Insufficient.
MANUFACTURERS IN FOR SHARE
11 ' Will Be It a lard tv Was,
We Against Aaaorlatloa nt
I'.mployrr that llr-
i
ally Formed.
NORFOLK. Vs.. Nov. L'.-Thc Am-iican
Federation, of LImi- In their Twenty
venth annual ronvr nil. in li-r- today took
aggressive at toward t it establishment j
f a universal eight-hour wuthlng day !m
tmerlo snd began action looking In ay
nd mean for the lalslng of ,1 sufficient
'iinil tp Unlit the , present tviir that ii
xecully counsel reported bad 1m mi begun
hrwirlv the Manufacturers' association,
"itb Hj). available fund of .Svm'') on li.mil
v the' latter,, to vuge Ivitiln ngainst
it-gsntzcd labor, with particular Mm by
ho MnfitifaetiuVrs' association against the
iffnrls of the Amorlcik.i F-doyalioii of Labor
'or the, amelioration ,r i he conditions of
he working classes anil "wealth producer "
f the toiintry.
Tha federation ii lit iioriz d President
lempcra to uppolnt irlul oommlltoe lo,-
he coifsidera.tion of boil; fhese ques; ions.
J committees to report during the pro
mt Segslons. Pi slidein Gumpers also was
ittf horlled upon lecommendatlon if tlioi
txeouthin council iipd unanimous voir of j
Jin federation to appoint u third special
tomniitjce to provide wajn and means for !
he incf-cmied circulation of the Amoriean I
'ederHltonlst. the ofrlelnl orgun of the na-j
.tonal body.
A resolution was presented by James
f'onorll of Washington calling for a rc
Xirt by? committee, of a bill to be presented
:i the iet congress giving the same re
'pf atjbiw l.i employ In Fnited States
isvy p rUa who may be disabled by aeol
Jeul or1 In tin- Iid j of nuvy yard employes
who may tw killed while. In the put suit of
.heir occupation as thai enjoyed by persons
niployad by pilvnt.) corporation. Another
-eaolutiun presented by Mr. OTonnell
taklna si-ongrcs!) to ingaliae tlie lialf-duy
iolldayvon Salnnluy ilniiim the months of
fuly, Auaiict and Hcpteinber. which eni
loya of all govi nnirnt navy yard?, naval
itailond, (rovct iiment l'actorlea and ar-inuls
"lave rnjpyd by proclamation of the Tf si
I'nt iliirlna; he laM two ycaip.
Ilcrfare to Hrrwerr 'W'orWera,
The linportant featMra of Oie annual
vport of the. executive ivmnell were -on
he revocation of tho brewery workera'
ihartern bnuauxe of their alleged refu.tl
rvlinoiilKli Jurl.dii tlon ovor the' brew
try ennrtnef.-flremyt mtif te.iinHter. Knd
ii9 lepdrt of the court proedtnga which t
vc ben brought at Washington throufch
he Matiufucturora' aaaoclatlou retralnut
he rneinhera of the executive council from
lacing- the gooda of a cerluiu atove con
ern oA the "Wi don't Tmtronlre" Uwt.
Thta the report doejarea wan an effort by
he "rch enemlea of labor after failure
u dlarupt all labor unions, to dlacredit the
tlsoretlou, the honesty and Integrity of the
uncrhan Federation of Labor and its
ftU-lals and to deprive them of the free
om of apm.-ch and of the press and of
Jielr personal liberty."
The report declared that the fedeiutlon
without eufflclent funds to meet the
var Ilia the Manufacturers' association
kill bo able to put forth and avked for
mtlon by this convention for raiding
.uine. - ' '
'Iks federation at present has only a
ier capita fund of a cents per year for
nesting all expenses and emergencies.
On behilf of the electrical workers at
ention" was railed to the alleged "dls
rlmlnatlon and unfair trentnient" by the.
vmerlcgn Telephone and Telegraph eoni
any. ,
Denver. Toronto untl t'leveland are In the
leld for the 19o ronventlon tvitb tealllv
lidding for 1V0.
'HARIS MURDER HEARING ON
laeelal Vealr laaaed tn Nerare
'Jarora Try the
1 Cane.
8l'L"HGlt. H. !.. Nov. L'.-tHpei-lal Tele
tramO-VThe criminul calendar for the
dead coAinty circuit court was taken up
estarday. Otto Luther, chatged with t- ',
timptedj rrimlnal assault, was found guilty
if simple aasattlt and battery. This moili
ng Ilawley Hayea. charged with assault
'ith a aangerous weapon, was found guilty
f slmplo assault and battery and fined 1100.
The. Pharls case. In which I.onnie rharis
dead aounty circuit court was taken up
tfter th noon i-bcsb. Many people from
he range country are In attendance. The
egular-' panel of the Jury was soon ex
latisted and a special venire for thirty ad
lltlonal Jurors was issued. Krom the ex
.iiilnatlgu.of Juror It would seem th case
sill be fought desperately by both sides.
It at a Attorney Mllek lielng assisted by
Vwetley' Stuart, while Harry P. Alwater
Jd fl. C. Holly ara appearing for the de
wndant. The case will occupy the court
Jl of th week.
THE LAST OFTHE MOHICANS
.'aaaaaa' Kwral . Heeaiaara laaaate ni
rialatllle Tana Faras la
l'aaaetlcit.
WAiiiimillir, t-ontt., Nov. U'. Thonuts
'rd, tb Jast full blooded Mohican Indian,
t fer day ago became an inmate of the
flalnVillB towa farm at ds own raquest.
Jr tuiulae, a full-blooded Oneida Indian,
rho waa in a pltiabl condition, wag aJao
akaa there, but after a few days disap
peared suddeid) . U has been learned that
l la cax4 for by friends. Dr. 8unrise la
. proud olda medioitie man. and waa one of
J' jnttr ot the Oneida triba many yeara
Id Preaident Uncoln adnilnlatra.
loa h was the president s spex-ial envoy
jaoBg th Indian tribes thiougti the west,
a-her b taught t'liristianlty.
' alar DiTtdeaal Faa4.
NKW TORK. Nov if Directors of lbs
arit ailver and Copper company, on of
h aolswllanr compante of the Amalga
mated Coppr cooiuany, today voted not
delr lh usual quarterly dividend of
i cent r share. Tli dlra. tors n
iouhimI that th otntaston of the dividend
aa do t curtailment In production, de
reasloa la the eoppar industry and to the
act that the ore treated are ef a lower
trad thaai formerly
Wednesday, vrmbrr I 3. 1 no?
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Fair n ml warmer Wednesday.
For NebraHku Fair and warmer Wcdjips-
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For Iowa flenrrally fair and Warner
Wetlnesday.
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DOMX8TXO.
i:. 11. Ilarriman has tiled a brief in reply
to milt of Interstate otnmer e i oniml."
ion to compel htm to answer certain
oueatlons. He contends thut the commis
sion has no authorltv to ask these uu.
tloifi and that the traiiHaeticms referred
to. had they taken place, would he strlctlv
leral ntul t hat congress is without con
stitutional power to afford a remedy. ;
Pai 1 !
f.eneiil Alexander Mackenzie. ihlel' Vii-,
Sltieer of the army for fortlfh atlon work,
hns filed estimates of the sums that will
': required for the xear l!tn;i. Fsga I
Anierlctm Federation of Labor hns rone
merjoed a f.ght for an eight-hour day and
for resistance to the association of man
ufacturers recently formed. Fag s 1
Six ' persons , were Injured in a amaahup
In which the Pennsylvania special struck
a freight train near lartmrT, J'a.
rag I
Senator Tillman says that Speaker Can
non and.W.-J. Hrvan will oppose eacu
other In the romltiK presidential election.
Faj-a 1
A movement Is on foot to organize n
rollway men's federation comprising nil
brotherhoods In the V'nlted Suites.
Fags 1
Log raft sinks show bout on the Ohio
river. Fags 1
Attorney tterieral Hartley has i onitneni'ed
prosecution Ice mint the Intematiopal Ilai-vi-ster
company from Missouri. Fags 1
The alleged pardon has been presented
as evidence In the Powers case jind re
fused by the court. Fag S
Celebration of tie anniversary of the
h market riots wns made by 'Chicago
unions. Far S
The last of the ii oh loan tribe of In
dians has been taken to a poor house.
Fag 1
KIBBaSKA.
rerfple of Somerset, Neb., are without
C0l". dut to a delayed shipment ' of the
Uiirllngtou t'oad. ... - Faga
Fomsioir. .
French naval circles are .disturbed Qvjr
the. recall of Hear Admiral Hlerel by Ger
many. Fag I
A throat specialist visits Kmperor Wil
liam at Windsor. Fag 1
The Japanese silk war has been settled
liter a stubborn tight. , Faff I
COmCX-aOZAX. ASTD ritDUSTRIaJb.
l.lNe stock markets. Fag
Grain nmrkets. Fag
Stocks and bonds. Fag
YOYZafXXTS OF OCSABT BTKA1IKIF.
Pert. Arrived. datltd.
NKW YORK t'nliKl Slt (.'Mtrlin
NKW YORK Potwlam
NKW YortK Plorl.U
NKW YORK M..1..ont
NKW YORK Manual rh
UtNHAl.TEK ....Konlf Albert
I IIKKIIOI Kll St. Piiul
I'ttKHHol HU K. tvtllialm II.
PLYMOUTH K. r. Wlthtm...
DRKMKN Oraawr Km rural. Olden burg
Mam bi ro K. . 4-. Victoria .. .
NAPI.KS Multke
OI.A 'HOW Caladunla
ROSTOV Canopl
"UIOW Corinthian stbrrlta
PA I RAS Sicilian Prince
LIMITED TRAIN IN COLLISION
"lx I'eraoaa lajored, one Fatally, In
Crash on Peunai I vanla I.tne
at Larimer.
PITTStH'RG. Fa.. Nov. U.'. Six persons
were more or less seriously Injured about
11: o'clock this morning when the
Pennsylvania, spttlul train No. L"8 from Chi
cago Jit New York oti the Pennsylvania
railroad ran Into a stationary freight train
In the yards at Larimer, near Greensburg.
Pa. All the passengers received u severe
shaking up and narrowly escaped injury
or death. The injured:
Mrs. Jerry Green. Readboro, Pa., injured
about the head and body.
Mrs. .Markplle, rtoxborough. Pa., head
jammed through window and soverely cut.
Howard 8rott, brakenian, at Westmore
land hospital In critical condition.
Kdward A. Bllby, fireman, Berry, Pa.,
cut and bruised, aerious.
It. J. Wbittaker, IMttsburg. face and body
cut. ' .
J. F.. Halemun, Pittsburg, cula.
The passenger train had Just" received
orders to leave tli east-bound train and
travel east on the west-bound track. Ac
cording to report received here an oper
ator forgot that the freight train was on
the west-bound track and gave the passen
ger a white block. Engineer Martin of th
passenger train says he saw the freight
about twenty yards In front of lilm. but at
the sieed ha was traveling he was unable
to avoid a collision. Both engines wera
wrecked and the combination car of the
passenger waa completely demolished.
About six coal cars were smashed. The Im
pact was terririe and the passenger were
thrown violently to the floors of th car.
That the train escaped a disastrous wreck.
1 due. It I said to fact that it was travel
ing only twenty miles an hour.
A wrecking crew from this city cleared
th track when the I'ennaylvania special
was mad up again and with th Manhat
ton limited departed for the east two hours
... '
GOES AFTER. HARVESTER CO.
Attoraey (eeaeral Had ley Files Oaater
.Procelaa la ta Stat
Mlaaoart.
JBFrL'RSON C1TT. alo . Nov. U At
torney General Hadley today Instituted quo
warranto proceeding tn th uprme court
for the ouster of the International Har
vester company of Amrrka. . for alleged
violation' of the anti-trust law of Missouri.
Th company is a Milwaukee corporation.
Mackenzie files estimates
Chief Army Engineer Submits Figures
for Work During 1909.
NO NEW PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED
Appropriations A aarre (ratine Tsrati.
eer MM1ta Dollar far Hirer
and If arbors Other
Hemands.
WASHINGTON. P. C. Nov. I-. Keti
mates of, appropriations aggregating 23.
tfil.lt are made by General Alexander
Maekenxle. e liief engineer of the army for
fortification work during the fiscal year
I'--'. This contemplates work in the Fnlted
Ststes. Cuba, Honolulu. Torlo Itico. and the
Philippines. It Includes: Gun and mortar,
J4.4ttp.mo: .dectrioal Installations l sea
coast fortifications. Sl.ooo.CoO; sites for forti
fications and seu cost defenses. JC.4TS.o':
search rights for harbor defenses. S1,jo.W;
preservation and repair of fortifications,
Hm,i-i:- 5ra. vail Fort Moultrie. P. '..
ll'Jo.Sro; repair and fortification of Penta
eoln dtfense, $Mt.4on; re on Ir and protection
of Mobile, defense. ."!.W0; defense of
Galveston. SI.Z7K.ono; casemates and galleries
for submarine mines. $Jt;t.s: t-xH-rimental
automobile torpedoes. Siro.fnw: sea coast
batteries at C.uantartamo. Sl.3.i: Hono
lulu. and Pear harbor. 11.110 1; Manila. SH.
4vs.ri; iiistalhition of electric plants at
these places and at Stlblg bay. $TtC!9.': for
search lights at San Juan. Porto Rico.
Giiatilunamo. Pearl harbor. Honolulu,
Guam ami . in the Philippines. SoJ.imO;
torpedo structure, at defenses of Honolulu
and Pearl harbor. Hawaii. ll.J9.00o. Tho
modern works of defense now constructed
represent nn c.spenditure of approximately
l:ora0Mj fur engineering .work alone. The
national defense work lielng done Is In
accordance with the recommendations for
merly Known as the Endioott Itoard suplc
mented for tho past year by the recom
mendations of the Taft board. For the
engineering work .alone, involved In the
completion of th defenses recommended by
the latter board the estimate Is made that
!6.t"J,413 will be required.
Hlvera and Harbors.
General Machenxie's report dnal? also
with tho question.-of the Improvements of
rivers and liarlxirs. It submits estimates
aggregating over Su7.0i.um) for the flscaj
year which will be included by Secre
tary Taft in his report to congress. These
are made tip as follows:
For continuing work already begun. tZ,-1I-.T44;
Mississippi river commission for
carrying on works under lis charge. Jj.
ouiou; expenses California Jcbrs commis
sion. $13,M),iiO0; prevention of deposits in
New York harbor, lo6,3T.O. and the enlarge,
mont of Governors Island, New Tori;, ITB.OOO.
At tho last session of congress river and
harbor appropriation bill waa passed car
rying a large' amount of money and
authorizing the War department to enter
Into contracts for various project. Be.
cause of the Improbability of any legis
lation of that character during the coming
session, except to make appropriations for
carrying on work already authorized and
contracted for. General Mackenzie docs
not submit any estimates for new projects.
Some Tit la; Asked For.
The '. estimates submitted hy Gr-nerai
Maatkenziei lueludo. ttee. following. - among
tbe amounts asked tor., thuy in some -cases
lielng in addition -to large unexpended bal
ances now on hand:
Texas: Harbor at Sabine Pass. -OO.OuO;
Galveston harbor. S7flo,000; Galveston ship
cannel and Buffalo bayou. taOfl.M"): inland
wtttet way on the. coast of Texas. JBno.OOt);
Arkansas pass. tX).W, Brazo river from
Old Washington to Waco. $1DO,0); Trinity
river, ll5o,K.
Mississippi river between Ohio and Mis
souri rlvera, -J5n,ou0; between Missouri and
Pt. Paul, $500,000; between St.. Paul and
Minneapolis, S233.543.
Missouri:' Oeagn ' river. li.utx.
California: Deep water harbor at; Sun
Pedro bay. SlOO.tOO; San Luis. Obispo har
bor. $M0.0tl: Oakland harbor. S3M.000.
Columbia river, between the foot of tho
Dalles rapids and the head of Colilo falls
tVXi.orjii.
Mouth of Columbia river. Il.7o0.0uo
Washington: Grays harbor and bur
trances, IIOO.OoO. '
Alaska: 8t. Michael canal. II50.CKU.
Hawaii: Honolulu harbor, J2O0,00i; hc.:--bor
at Hilo, IJOO.OO".
Porto Rico: Harbor at ' San .cr.,
SanO.Oiio, '
Improvement at the Yellowstone
llonal park. 1200,000.
SEEKING TO PREVENT FRAUDS
I Mlnlngr Congreaa Extremely AbiIoli
i to Pat Baalaeaa on gatlafae-
larv Bal.
j JOPLIN, Mo., Nov. 12.-TTirec hundred
j delegate from thirty states were present
j here today at the flrst business session of
i the American Mining congress, which be
gan Its annual convention yesterday. Men
of high authority on matters pertaining to
mining and metallurgy were on the pro.
gram for addresses on various kindred
subjects.
A committee of five was named to draft
measure that wilt prevent mining en
gineers from aiding in the perpetration of
mining frauds.
A resolution asking the federal govern
ment to Issue separate patents to lands
suitable for both mining and agricultural
purposes and classifying mineral lands as
"mineral hinds" only, wsa submitted, but
action waa deferred.
A resolution declaring for an ad valorem
tax on Imported sine ores of S30 a ton was
adopted, and each member pledged him
self to work for the enforcement of such by
addressing ' a letter to his congressman
urging It.
In an Interview hr today. President
Richard stated that Preaident Roosevelt,
a few days ago. told him h would recom
mend to th national congress the estab
lishment of a bureau of mining, similar to
th Department of Agriculture.
Th president added that th congress
next year would be held somewhere In th
east, probably at Columbus, O.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT SHORT
Eaamlsuatloa Will Be Held for O Hi
rers far Tale DlvUlea of
th Armr.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. It Is an
flounced at th War department that an
examination will be held In thl city on
or about March I next of captains and
first and second lieutenants of the army
at large, with view to their selection
for detail for a period of four yesrs as
captain and flrst lieutenants in tho ord
nance department to fill vacancies.
, The details will be made by a board.
Oracers who have already served In the
urdnanc ' department will not b required
to take an examination, but ity are
authorised to apaJy to tb adjutant ;u
rl of th army for detail,
French navyjs arouseo ,
Reported' Iter 9 of Rear Admiral '
Sea-l ' frnaa Vnri ' Creates
. ,"eastter.
PARIS, Ntiv. special dispatch from
Wllhelmshaven. Prussia, reporting that
Rear Admiral Sieael, the German navsl
attache here, has been .recalled, is printed
here us an Item of scueat ionitl news, pre
sumably in connection with a recent dis
covery of treason in 4he French navy md
espionage on the part f ugente cf a foreign
power.
Knsign Charles H. Filino of the French
nvy . wa arrant ed at Toulon October '.'3
on the charge, of being a Hpy. . An exami
nation of his effects showed him to have
been In psHsion of uianv valuable dncu
mepts and ho afterward -confessed to hav
ing sbslraoled. a secret signal h xik and the
naval cipher. An army reserve officer
named Jlurton was afterward arrested on
similar charges. '
At Tnlilnn five Hllcg.td Ting leaders r an
tssr.ciatlon of- International spies, which
apparently had been carrying on sn ex
tensive traffic In mllltsrv and nnval se
crets, were arrcstd and It was understood
that warrants had been issued for the ap
prehension of fifteen mere suspect.
The authorities of Toulon yesterday
searched the local postofTlce and among
other things found a telegram apparently
sent hy Fnsign Fllum td a German agent
offering 0 sell information concerning the
defenses of France.
The German embassy later Issued a
statement conf Inning the report of the re
tail of Rear Admiral Slegel,1' but saying
that it was solely due to his appointment
to n new post in Germany. J
SPECIALIST VISITS EMPEROR
Prof. Fe-lls nemon Pais ( all at W Inci
sor : Wbllo haWr j ta a
There.
WINLSOR. Uiigland. Nov. ii-Prof. Sir
Felix Semon, physician to King Edward,
a noted throat specislist, was a visitor at
the castle, this morning. Those In the en
toursge of Emperor William say he called
solely to see an old frlond, the emperor's
physician, with whom, aftr a brief stay
at tho castle, he went otpt to Inspect the
king's sanitarium at Froghtore, It ta re
garded as hardly conceivable, however, that
a specialist of the prominence of prof.
Simon, knowing tho siirr,ilHes to which
his vlail under the circumstances would b
bound to give rise, would have ventured to
the castle unless for tho purpose of a con
sultation regarding the emperor's throat
trouble. In any event his majesty's con
valescence appears to be uninterrupted.
This morning he was aslh" early and de
dared his condition was mych better. After
breakfast the emperor accompanied King
Edward on a shooting expedition In Wind
sor forest.
PREDICTIONSllTSoR ALFANI
Astronomer Says Man Spots - Are
Likely to Canee y Platarh
a nee nt Karth.
HOME. Nov. 12. Slgnor Alfanl. director
of the Florence observatory, states that
the sun spots, which he calculated are
twelve titues the size of the earth, and
which will reach the solar meridian about
the middle ef November, ate .likely to lead
to violent ' magnetic disturbances, result
ing in storms, floods, volcanic eruption and
earthquakes.
Tho warning has attracted attention from
the fact that formar predictions by Slgnor
Alfanl have been realized.
Japanese ftllk Trast Broken.
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 12.-The Japanese
raw silk trust has been broken after a
month's boycott hy American manufac
turers. WALSH'S TRIAL UNDER WAY
Former Preaident of Chleaaro National
Hauk I rares a Terbalcal
Defense.
CHICAGO, Nov. 12. The trial of John R.
Walsh, former president of the Chicago
National bank, on the charge of misappli
cation of the funds of that Institution,
commenced today In the .United -States dis
trict court before Judge A. B. Anderson.
The indictment under which the trial waa
brought contains Hit counts. The offense
charged is punishable by a term of from
five to ten years in prison. It is believed
that the trial will last about one month.
The chief Issue In the case Is whether
or not Mr. Walsh used the funds of the
hanks to aid his own enterprises. It is
ulso charged that Mr. Walsh borrowed
from his own bank more than the regal
amount of lo per rent of the capital stock.
This trial, however, will not touch upon
this litter question.
The defense will be somewhat of a tech
nical character. ' The ' government claim
that Mr. Walsh substituted fur the money.
It Is alleged lie took from the bank, secur
ities that were of a doubtful character.
The defense will claim that these securi
ties were good ami that nobody ever lost
a dollar becauso of them.
The greater part of today was consumed
In tho selection of the Jury.
It was agreed that each side be anowed
three peremptory challenges In selecting
the Jurors.
CANNON AND BRYANTILLMAN
These W ill Re the OanoeJa Xomlaees,
la Optnloa of "oath I a ro
llna Meaator.
DANVILLE. III.. Nov. 12.-ln an inter
view today Svnator Tillman of South Caro
lina declared that President Roosevelt will
not accept a third term and that Speaker
Cannon will be tho republican nominee.
"Bryan." Mr. Tillman said, "will be th
democratic nominee without a doubt. H
1 the greatest living democrat and th
proper man to entrust with th affairs of
our government."
Tb senator declared that th present
financial situation need not worry the peo
ple. "Thl country." he said, "ha reached
a point In its prosperity wher financial
flurrle in the money (enters do not af
fect it."
RAILWAY MENS FEDERATION
Plan I Oder War to Combine All 4o
aalBatloa Over the En
tire t'oaatry.
NEW YORK. Nov. 13,-Plans are be.mg
dlsouised for a federation of railroad em
ployes, according to th Time today, so
that strike of the members of on broth
erhood will involve a atrtk of the other.
The organisations are the Biotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood
of Ixicomotive Firemen, the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen, th Order of Rail,
road Conductors and the Otdvr of Railroad
Telegrapher
CAN ALL BIT UEAR WHISTLES
Omaha Business Men Say Boats Will
I Soon Be Here.
BANQUET THE PROPER TONIC
alaaloa Company Will Meet and
Soon Traftlr Congestion Mill
Re Belle ted by Blrrr
Transportation.
Hush, listen: Oh. I thought that was a I
Htesmhnat whistling in. !
Puslnss men of Omaha have found the
"spark'' and river transixirlatlon will be
come n reality, Mcmlwrs of the rivers
and harbors eoniniitt'-e who attended the
dinner of the Commercial club Monday
evening will not refer to the banquet halls
as the "eaves of tho winds.' This is th"
opinion of President Pickens of the Omaha
find Missouri River Transportation com
pany, who ttttended the banquet.
"Boats will be placed on' the Missouri
river," said Mr. Pickens. "I believe the
business men of Omaha are back of the
movement, and what they are actually
back of Is sure to succeed. - It Is true
there are many problems to l worked out.
but river transportation can be started
In a small way. and we must never allow
the distinguished members of the rivers
and harbors roinmhtee to find Omaha
lacking. Tliey helped give the inspiration
and it Is up to us to" respond at once. If
they do not hear that Omaha Is running
boats they will bclleVc we have lost In
terest in the project. '
"The only reason the Omaha and Mis
souri River Navigation company lis de
layed starting a boat line Is that Kansas
City experimented last' year and -as It
looked like nn experiment at that time we
have waited . to see, the outcome. Kansas
City's fleet consists of the Tennessee and
the Chester, two old Mississippi river boat.
They have been, running.- but they have
not proved to bo tho right kind of boats.
We will now know what kind of bouts, will
be needed. Ohe thing we have learned, and
that for a certainty the Missouri river Is
navigable, and we. had forgotten that It
was.
Hut Relieve f'osgestlou.
"Tho time has come when we must use
the rivers' to relieve the congested traffic.
Holland and the small countries of Europe,
which are a network of railroads, have
spent vast amounts for Improvements of
rivers. And every river Is full of boats.
The Erie canal In New York has been al
lowed to become a frog pond for the lost
ten v years. Formerly we received goods
by canal and rail, but In the last ten years
we have not had more than five cars by
canal for our huuse fPaxton A Gallagher,
wholesale gro.iers). Now New Tork-state
has' awakened and will spend I100,0o0,t') for
the Improvement of the canal.
"A meeting will be held within a short
time ' by the Omaha and Missouri River
Transportation company. I believe boats
will bo running as soon- ss they can bo
secured and docks provided."
Mr. Pickens- said men who were capable
of working out the -problems of transpor
tation for the railroads-would be necessary
to the working out or the. problems, whloh
confront the cities which-propose to 'open
the Missouri river. ... ' t '
' U Hater an Ot Pilot.
W. G.. Haley, preslder.L of the liaicy &
Lang oopipany, wholesale - fruit dealers,
with houses In 'several western cities, in
cluding Omaha, said: '
"I ought to know the possibilities ' of
of the , Missouri river. For years I was
a pllpt.on the stream which built up the
northwest. I think my flrst gray hairs
were caused by my experiences In hauling
supplies for the forts and Indians about
Fort Benton. I made numerous trips up
the river from St. Louis to the last pos
sible station In Montana and the Yellow
stone country. Tho government had never
pulled a snag then, nor spent a cent for
rip-rap. It does not need to do so now
In order to 'run the. boats on the river.
As a river pilot I bellevo the old stern
wheel boats practical today. I do not be
lieve the steel bottom boat will be a suc
cess. I see no homo for the tug. The
side wheel steamer Is equally Impractica
ble. What we want Is boats, boala like
the old Montana and Dakota, which bad
a capacity of 1,000 tons and carried it up
Into the northwest without once blowing
a whistle of distress. I will be interested
in the work. We have houses at Sioux
City and Omaha, and they are two of tho
greatest fruit-distributing centers In the
country. We certainly believe that the
business men of the river cities are ready
to start the boats, snd next year Is the
time."'.
Railroads Release Shipper.
Former Congressman J. L. Kennedy,, vice
president of the J. . L. Braudeis &. Sons
bank, said:
"The time has come. Boats will run, be
cause the big shippers can no longer get
lower rates than the small shippers. The
railroad rebate drove the steamboats from
tho river. The big shipper could get a low
rail rate. He would not . sbjp by water
when he was getting hundreds of dollars
back from the railroad, companies. But 'he
has been tut off. When his business . Is
put on an equality with that of the small
.hlpper, be is going to look for a cheaper
means of transportation, because he needs
It in his business. The big shippers are
compelled to back the steamboat move
ment and we will be running boats In u
short time.-or I am much more mistaken
than Congressman Ellis thinks he will be
when he says he Is a big ass if he has not
the right Idea of the needs of river trans
portation."' W, Ij. Yetter, chairman of the executive
committee of the Commercial club, said:
"I believe the banquet did the work. It's
a stsrt that is a start and I believe tho
business men of Omaha are behind It, as
well as those of Kansas City, Hi. Joseph
and Sioux City. There ; Is no - doubt but
what the money can be raised to establish
a boat line, and the speakers last evening,
who spoke with authority, convinced many
big shippers that the Missouri river, was
navigable and that they would be com
pelled to look to it for relief from conges
tion of traffic which Is causing big losses
to business men every day."
Movemeat Meatus Boata.
"This movement, means boats It doesn't
mean unything else if there Is a man In
Omaha Or Sioux City or Kansas City, who
only wants money from the federal gov
ernment to save his land from being carried
down to the Gulf of Mexico, he should be
sent to the resr."
Such was the characteristic statefent of
Edgar C. Ellis of Kansas City, a member
of the rivers sod harbors committee of th
house, when seen at the Omaha club Just
before leaving for his home Monday night
"Do you actually believe that boats will
be running on the Missouri river within a
short timer he waa asked.
I most certainly do. I would not be
her If I did not think that th shippers or
the Missouri rived were being (riven to us
(Continued on' Second Page.
BULKLEY WELLS TAKES STAND
Former (djutant t.eweral of Colorado
Oecnplea Witness f hair tn
ttlsnii Trial.
SPi iK F. Wash.. nv. Ii Bnlkey
Wells, former ad.iutant general of the stnte
in 1 1 1 f l.i of Colorado, occupied the witness
stand in the Steve Adams trial at H.th
drunt. Idaho, this nt let-noon, lie testified
to first havln? seen Ad.t!vs on Mav 27. V"1,
at firchsrd. Malm, nn the Oregon Short
Line hImuiI thirty miles from Rolse C1l.
He went there to meet Mm to o to CVJ
orsilo with him. Adams was with two men.
Gere Johnson ami S. C. Thlele. "City Mm
sbal W. W. Runnels ,,f Tellutlde. Colo.,
accompanied me oil Hint trip." said AV"'ls.
"Adams had stated that he could locate
at TcllurMe the remains of a man -tnmtM
Rarney, who h ' l lie-n killed 1n the labor
trouble there. Deputy Warden Mills of the
Malm state penitentiary went with us on
the trip."
Ailams tntd the witness of a number of
crimes in w rdoh he had participated They
had some conversation at that Mine In ref
erence to t rlnies In the St. Joe country in
north Idaho, the kllllnc of u man mmi'il
Tyler and h man mimed Houle. No one but
Adams ami witness was present during this
conversation. Witness positively stated
that at that time or prior to that time he.
had offered no immunity or reward to
Adams to make the statement to hlm. ntr
tiid he ma'.e any threats to Adams. "I
know of some crimes th.t had he-vi com
mitted in the St. Joe eoirtry.' saitl tho
witness. "The conversation was hi the
course of general talk. Adams spoke of II
himself In connection with Another nuttt.-r
Adams told me after the Independence ex
plosion he had gone to north Idaho, to the
St! Joe district, to help pinipklns to hump
oft two meii who had been eivlriK hlin
trouble over his tlntbr clain,. Thai Is w hat
Was said lit the time. It probably came tip
again during the week 1 wus with Adams
on the trip to Tellurlde and back to Rolse."
Nothing of Importance was brought out
on the cross-examination. On re-direct
examination witness said he . found the
body .of Harney at Tellurlde Just where
Adams had mapped It out for him.
FINAL TRIAL OF NEBRASKA
Battleship to Have Its cceptnce
Test on November T sr b-l-Flve.
i From a Staff Coi iesiondeni.i
WASHINGTON. Nov. U. (Special Tele
gram.) Secretary Mdcalf has appointed u
special board of naval officers to conduct
the final acceptance trial of the battleship
Nebraska now at the naval station on
i'ttget Sound. Wash., on November i". Cap
tain Reginald F. .Nicholson, former assist
ant chief of the bureau of navigation, is
in command of the ship. .
Major W.: H. Llewellyn, formerly of Ne
braska, now district attorney for New
Mexico, is stopping at the Ehbltt. He ae
companies Governor Curry of the territory
and Is here for. the purpose of urging state
hood for New Mexico, whleli It Is under
stood the president favors,
Levi Rosengren of Fort Meade, S. D., ha3
been appointed clerk of the land office at
Pierre, S. D., and H. B. Brayman of South
Oinaha at Rapid City, R D. '
Jacob Ruinmel of Mitchell, Neb., snd
Mike'T. Murray of Wynoote.- Wyo,. have
been appointed -clerks In the. reidaumUun.
service.
- Postmasters appointed: Nebraska, Mur
dock, Cass county, Emma Davis, vice B
B. Cox, resigned. South Dakota, Bullhead,
Uoreman county, William B. Shrlver, vice
J. A. Archanbautt. resigned; Lebanon,
Potter county, Robert B. Can, vice W.
Seymour, resigned.
Rural routes ordered established in Jan
uary in Cass county Iowa: Atlaritic. routes
8 and 7, population 700. families 187; Cum
berland, route 3, population 450, families
ltfi; Massena. route 3, population MO, fam
ilies 81.
' The First National bank of Springfield,
S.'D., has been suthorized to begin busi
ness with IJfj.000 capital. Eugene. Colbuon
is president, A. A. Dye, vice president and
A. W. Swayne, cashier.
NEW SCHEMET0 MOVE GRAIN
Checks to Be lsaaed Which Are to Lc
Accepted by the Hanks and
Looal Merchants.
SIOL'X CITY. Ia.. Nov. 12. Grain check
will be In circulation throughout the
towns and country surrounding Sioux City,
and will he accepted as cash by lumber
and coal dealers and jobbers, as well as
merchant and similar business houses be
ginning Thursday morning. A committee
of bankers and grain dealers 1n session
today at the Commercial club rooms, com
pleted the arrangements for this scheme
of moving the grain. The grain dealer
who purchases tins grain from a farmer
will issue a ticket to lilm. indicating the
number of bushels end the price paid and
the face value of the ticket. These tickets
will be stamped across the face, "Payable
Jn Sioux City or Minneapolis Exchange."
Rankers and grain dealers from Iowa.
Nebraska and South Dekota towns were
present at th moetlng this morning. The
ttloux City banks have agreed to give their
support to th plan. "The plan has been
in operation four days in the northern ter
ritory and tho grain hgs started to move."
said J. I McCaull of Minneapolis, chair
man of today's meeting, "and there has
been ho complaint from any quarter. Wo
do not anticipate that there will be any
extraordinary movement of grain as a re
sult of this plan, but we anticipate a nor
mal market, which will prove a great re
lief to the present financial situation."
GAS FUMES ALMOST FATAL
Mayor of Ft. Joseph, Wife and Twro
Children Orerrome, bat Wll
Reovr.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. Nov. 12-Mayor Wil
liam E. Spratl. his wife and their two
children, and Mrs. Jennie Taylor, the
mayor's slater, were overcome last night
by fumes from the hot sir furnace at their
family home. In which natural gas Is used
as fuel. All are confined to their- beds, but
they will recover.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. U.-A natural
gas explosion here today damaged the Gar
land flats, In the eastern iart of the city,
injuring five seriously. Others received
cuts from broken glass. E. J. O'Brien was
Injured internally.
LOG RAFT SINKS SHOW BOAT
Bryaa Mttx-k Tompaar Loses Krerf.
thin la Collision on the
Ohio Hhir.
GALIOPOLI8. .. Nov. U A log raft
ran Into the show boat carrying the Bryan
Stock company six miles above this city
last night and sank It. The company of
twelve members narrowly escaped drown
ing, but managed to t'-acb here, where they
were cared for. Tho . raftsmen wen .-.r-rested
and Jailed at Point Pleasant.
REPLY OF UARRUIAN
Magnate Files Brief in Complaint ot
Commerce Commission.
WHY HE REFUSED TO ANSWER
He Alleges that Questions Asked of
Him Are Imprpper.
LT. AUTHORITY IS DENTED
Says Inquiries Do 5ot Relate tu
. Interstate Commerce.
NOTHING ILLEGAL, ANYWAY
Had 'I'rananctlan MeferreB ta Tnbeu
Plare t on areas s Wlthnnt
atltntlonnl I'owrf in tfvr4
a Memed?.
NKW liRK. Nov! V2. The teasons given
by E." H. llnttlmn as to why he would
not answer certain questions rut to hhn
dtii'lns an investigation by the Interstate
commerce commission, are s-t. forth In; a
brl-f whleli was llleil by former Judge R.
P. T.ovett. counsel for Mr. I lurrlmaii. TV.
proceedings brought by the commission 't
compel Mr. Hnrrlman to answer the ques
tions are to come UP before JildgT Hough
of the" fnltcd States circuit court tomor
row. The principal point In the brief ,1
the contention thut the facts concerning
which Mr. Ilarriman was questioned did
not. relate to Interstate commerce nor to
a violation of the intercalate eoninnic
nr;t, but were designed lo compel a ills
closure by lilm of transactions for whlel
"had they taken place neither the com
mission nor the congress of the t'nlted
States could afford a constitutional rem
edy." The brief also sets forth that Mr. Tlarrl
mnu does not consider that the commission
lias other powers than those conferred by
the net of congress approved February ,
SS7. ami the amendments thereto.
Q neat Ions He. Refused to Answer.
The questions to which Mr. Harrlnian ob
jected related to the purchase of stock ol
other railways In the Interest of tho T'nlon
Pacific and to the Fnlon Put-Inn dividends.
In regard to tho l.'Mq,oi"l of Illinois Cen
tral purchased at 1175 a sharo tho. questions
which Mr. ilarriman declined to nnswer
were as follows:
Were the !0,'X shares sold hy -yourself,
Mr. Rogers and Mr. Stillmon pooled?
Wss It . acquired for the purposo of sell
ing It to the Fnlon Paelllc?
Was the stock purchased by you at a
much lower price, than $175 with the In
tention ot turning It over to the Fnlon
Pncltlc '.'
Did von have any Interest In 15.0f shares
sold st tho time- by Kuhn, Iob A- Co. tv
the I.'nlou Paclfle? .
Oit the subject of Union Pnoific dlvMcnd
which was advanced 'from u talc of S per
cent to 10 per -cent on August IS, 1ft. with
a' consequent rise In, thejtrice ot the stock,
Mr.. Ilarriman declined to answer the fol
lowing: . -
Were you directly or indirectly Interested
In- ah v" 'stocks . that were lirnight between
July 19 anil August 17 that appr'lstel T
--tshTTwie or rrytH tors boy-nny Fnlon
and Southern Pacific stock In anitcli-stlon
of that dividend?. ' -
i ' . - ' .
Abstract af the Answer.
in the brief be . following reasons ar
given why Mr. Ilarriman should not aive
the Information, sought by the commission:
First Hal. questions . did not relate to
commerce with foreign nations or among
the several . states or with tha Indian
trilies, or to any transactions In such com
merce; nor, however answered, would they
tend to show any violation of tho provis
ions of the said set to regulate commons
or any other law of the I'nlted Stales or
any law which congress tould constitution
ally enact and make operative uix n snv
corporation created by and deriving Its
franchises and powers from a state: but
said questions did relate to the business
and afTalrs of this respondent having no
relation to such commerce, snd were de
signed to cunipel a disclosure by this, r-,
spondent to a purely administrative, pody
of transactions for which, had they takn
place, neither the snld commerce nor fhe
congress of the t'nlted States could afford
a. constitutional remedy.
The second contention is that It the art
approved In 1W7 bo construed to give th
Interstate Commerce commission power to
Inquire Into the business of Mr. Ilarriman
having ho relation to Interstate commerce.
tch Is In violation of the constitution of
the Fnited States and void.
Tho third Is that to compel response to
the questions asked save In a court of
competent Jurisdiction would deprive th
respondent (Mr. Harrlnian! of liberty, with
out due process of law, contrary to article
v of the amendments to the constitution
of the Vnlted States.
Mot Based on Complaint.
Tile fourth la that the questions did not
relate to the business of the Fnlon Paclfle
Railway company, ' the Southern Taenia
and the Oregon Railroad and Navigation
company, as common carriers, nor to th
Interstate transportation of goods or per- '
sons by said companies U Is set forth in
the fifth paragraph at the contentions why.
response should not ot given, that tbo com
mission's inquiry at ifvltri th questions
were asked was not ba-l on any com
plaint of anything done, ,r omitted to b
done, by the companies named in the coin
plnlnt above 'In 'contravention of the In-'
terstato commerce law.
The sixth point raised by J. G. Lnvett Is '
that If the interstate commerce act bo con
strued as authorising and empowering the
commission In tho conducting of sit In
quiry or Investigation without apy tom
plulnt having been made to It, or any slat,
inent of charges contained in such com
plaint having-been presented to or served
on any such common carrier, or tb re
spondent, Mr. Ilarriman. to put the said
questions to this respondent and- requir
him to answer the same, such act Is to
that extent In violation of the provision of
article a of the amendments to the consti
tution of the Fnited Staes, which provides
that no peraon shall Is- deprived of. life,
liberty or property without due process of
law.
The seventh and last declaration is that
the order made by the lnti iet.it. Col omen
commission on November I."-. l'i. on the
subject Is so general, vugue and Itidcflnlt
in Its terms as tu fall to define any mailer
as being under Investigation, either with rv
spect to the Union Pa-illc Railroad coin- '
pany or any other erson or corporatton,
and the said questions were not pertinent
or relevant to any inquiry alleged ; or
claimed to have been oulhoilzed thereby.
Presbyterian Brotherhood.
CINCINNATI.', Nov. 12 -The nc-nod an.
nual convent Ion of the Pi .-shyierlan Rrot b
rrhoo., of America will b-ifin at Music ball
here tonight. - More tbau l.tso delegate are
expected. Among the speukcra on tonlght'a
program Is Dr. Hobeit F. lWyla of Denver.