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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVII-NO. 179. OMAHA, MONDAY MOIININO, .IANUAUV 1,1, 1008. SINGLE COPV TWO CENTS. BERLIN IN FERMENT Socialist Demonstrations Call for . Utmoit Endeavori of the Police. THOUSANDS ATTEND MEETINGS Demand Universal Suffraze and De- nounce Chance"' "n Buelow. "' ATTEMPT TO P. Vt STREETS . u. Police with Drawn Sa ak Up Crowds and Many Ai d. INFLUX FROM SUBURBS V' I'alace of the Kmperor and RnlfcM of Chancellor von Harlan Ara trewgrlr Guarded Police All n Doty. HERLIN. Jan. 12. The determination of the aeclallata to secure direct universal suffrage, combined with their Indignation against Chancellor von Buelow's curt dec laration refusing their demand, gave rlae today to an unusual scene and a monater popular demonstration, accompanied by Uscrdera In the streets of the Prussian ?aplt1. In which to.ftio organised socialists jarttclpated with JO.CvO sympathizers, who 'mm time to time actively Joined In the Manifestations. One of the most remarkable feHturee of today's uprising wi the number of women who engaged In the demonstrations, and ihey appeared even more earnest In their ictlvltles than the men. The authorities took the sternest tneaaurea to prevent dis orders and tho strictest precautions to protect- the- assembly and other public build ings and Prince von Buelow'a residence against the outburst of fury. Groups In the streets were dispersed In the most vig orous manner, and collisions between pro cessions of rnunlfestants and th police re sulted In the Injury of a considerable num ber of the demonstrators, but ao far as la known no fatality occurred In thhi city. The police refrained from making arrests, except In cases' of extreme violence. The movement extends throughout Prus sia, where the socialists are exceptionally numerous. Reports received from other cities, however, do not Indicate that the dcnlonstratlons there were accompanied by violence. ' ' ' Police All on Datr. Notwithstanding the police commtsslon rs' warning that repressive meaiures will be applied, many thousand aoclal'ala gath ered In the morning at the COO local head quarters of the varioua districts of the cap ital and thence proceeded In groups, sing ing revolutionary songs, toward the eight halls In the city where mass meetings had hern announced. From In o'clock In the morning the entire police force had been on duty. Two hundred men with officers were hidden In. each of the fir atatlons, and large bodies were held In reserve at the police stations, while public buildings ..wetro-requisitioned - also where the, aoltea forces were quartered to act In any emergency. . Tn .(he fardehs and outhouses and the Trending, i before which the demonstration on Friday occurred, a heavy guard waa stationed. Street cars and other vehicles were permitted to drive In front of the 'building, but no group of more than two pedetrlans was allowed to pasa on any pre text. Chancellor von Buelow's palace on Wllhelmstraase waa entirely cut off by cordons of police, as violent manifesta tions against the prince was feared, while the environs of the Imperial palace., with tho square In front, were closed to the public. Squads cf police, bofh on foot and mounted, patrolled the central thorough fares. Social lata Are Delermlaed. The socialists showed great determina tion In their attempts to hold processions, Although the police made energetic en deavors to prevent this. Long before the hour of noon, the time fixed to begin, the meetings, all the halls were completely packed and the police drew up In force around the doors to .hold the crowds hi . check. Those who could not get within the bulldlnga were driven Into- the adjoin ing streets by squads of police. Inside the halls the greatest enthusiasm prevailed and tho excitement Increased as the speakers denounced the name of the chancellor. ' The speakers did not advtsa violence, but declared that if violence occurred the re sponaiblllty would fall upon the police and Hit privileged classes, who refused the people their rights. Resolutions favoring unlveraal suffrage and a secret ballot were adopted by ac clamation, after , which the audiencea streamed Into the atreets. The police 1m mediately attempted to disperse the throngs, which ahowed an evident Intention to' march In procession toward the palace square. In most caaes the processions were soon broken up, the police displaying the utmost energy. Two formidable columns, however, marched as far ar Alexander-Plats within a short distance of the cmperor'a palace, where the police charged them. Inflicting many Injuries Eventually they succeeded with the great- eat difficulty in scattering the demonstra tors, who retired hooting and cheering ironically towards Unter den Linden. Thousands of spectators already had gathered there from curioaity and the police followed the broken ranks of the panders, clearing the entire thoroughfare aa far as Brandenburg gate, where most of the people fled rapidly along the pat ha to Tlergartan. Many of them, however, escaped along the aide streets, Frtedrlch strasae and Wllhelmslrasse. Mounted Police Charge Crswsi. I .a tor some thousands of the demonstra' tors gathered a short distance from Chan cellor von Buelow'a residence and began ilioutmg at the chancellor, who had driven 'oward Krclderichslrasse. Their attitude oecame so threatening that the mounted nvl foot police charged them, striking right and left with their sabres. Scores of mau- ifeaLants were knocked down and trampled upon, and the great crowd at length was broktn up into small groups, among whom there were many Injured. Another serious collision occurred at Jungrern bridge, where many Buffered se vere contusions. On Morlts plats an lm meiree throng ahouted and hooted until the police with drawu arms forced them Into the aide streets. Thousands attempted to reach Berlin from the auburba after the meetings there, but found every thorough fre barred. H was Impossible to get through without contact with the police, and a great majority of the exeursloulsts returned to their homes. Towards evening quiet waa resumed in the. center of the city, but aeveraJ small groups marched In the outlying alraeta, ICgntlnued on Second Page.) CONGRESS 0F MILITIAMEN Planning lo Make the tinctrd More Kftlcleat as Defense la Time of War. BOSTON, Jan. 12. At a congress of militia officers and men, representing a national organised volunteer force of more than lflO.nro members and an unorganized constituency of U.OOO.OuO available men, to be held In this city during tho next three days, efforts will be made to accomplish a closer union of the amateur and profes sional soldiers of the country. Officers representing the War department will also be .present. The occasion of the gathering la tho tenth annual meeting of the National Guard As sociation of the United States. The conven tion will he held in old Fanleul hall. Gen eral Dick, author of the bill bearing his name, under which the National Uuard has been" organized, and president of the association, will preside. The five-year period within which tho provisions of the bill were to operate has elapsed and ao active Is the demand for new legislation that many delegates are coining to the con vention tomorrow with formal suggestions advocating Important changes In the na tional laws. Among such proposed changes one by General Charles Drain of New York will probably be the first to which the convention will give consideration, lie will suggest that the National Guard at the out break of war be passed from state to fed eral control, except aa to the commander- in-chief, and that It bo part of the first line with the regular army, ready for Im mediate service In war whenever the preal- dnt might desire to use It and for as long aa the existing enlistments of the men should endure. - Legislation along these lines, he believes, would prove a satisfactory solution of the problem of military policy for the L'nited Stales. General Drain will further say: The adoption of such a system would not only aivc the United States an addition to Ita first line of defense of a trained afmy of some 150.000 men, but It would In sure In the atatea a force for Internal use adequate for every emergency. This would De peace strength. War strength would reach ao.OWO. The country Is full of men wno would flKc to learn to do their duty as volunteer soldiers In time of war and go out as such when war came, but who have no desire for permanent military service." The War department at Washington con siders the convention aa one of unusual Importance and Us delegation will Include Robert Oliver Shaw, assistant secretary of the department; Brigadier Generals George Davis and W. W. Wltherspoon, and Colonel E. M. Weaver of the general staff. COMMENT ON AMERICAN ARMY German Critic Saya Officers Are All Hlarht, bat Its Organisation la Defective. BERLIN. Jan. 12. "The mobilization of the l'nited States army, under present con ditions, would obviously produce a very poor result," says Lieutenant Colonel Le- Jugo of the German army, retired, in a pamphlet Just issued, dealing with the larrd force of the United States, " although the sorrowful spectacle of 1898 would not be reproduced." The author has nothing but praise for the officers; who, he states, are keen, con- aclentkMia and- well .educated"- Amqng.tJie men, however, he finds great lack of dis cipline. As to the general organisation, ha records the prevalent opinion In profes sional circles In Europe that It lacks cohe sion. 'No preparation for war Is made during peace; no organization of the units into armies with their requisite staffs has been drawn up and no provision is made for supply." This Is due, he considers, to the general belief of the American public In spite of the demands of far-seeing military men and of the press for a mobilization scheme that all that Is necessary on the outbreak of war Is to. fill up with volunteers the ranks of regiments kept on a weak peace footing, and then form them Into brigades, divisions and army corps. But he con tinues, "A critical view of the conditions of this army, notwithstanding Its good equipment and armament, doea not make the outlook hopeful In case af hostilities with a great military power." Aa to the National guard, he states that competent foreign observers regard this force as of very small value, aa it la thought that of the 106,000 men enrolled, not more than 26,090 at the highest estimate would be fit for service. BATTLESHIP FLEET AT RIO Admiral Evans Ships Steam-Into Bra- allien Port on Bandar Morning. RTO JANEIRO, Jan. 12. The American fleet ' of sixteen battleships entered the port of Rio Janeiro' at S o'clock this after noon, after a passage from Port of Spain, Trinidad, more than 3.0UO miles, unmarred by serious accident, replete with Interesting incidents and ending with a royal welcome from the thousands that had gathered to greet the visitor. The fleet weighed anchor at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of December 29 at Port of Spain, and exactly at 4 o'clock today the vessels were swinging at their anchor In thia beautiful harbor. All of the battleships are here, but the supply ships, Culgoa and Glacier, are still at sea, not having been able to keep along with the others. The fleet has now coveher about 4.600 miles, about a third the dis tance of the voyage to Son Francisco. Word that the fleet had paased Cape Frle, about forty-five miles out. was re ceived at S:30 o'clock and Immediately scores of tugs and other small craft, crowded with spectators, set out to meet the visitors and accompanied them to the anchorage. Outlined against the horizon the great battleships, stretched out In one long line, came slowly through the passage Into the bay. x As soon as the anchorage was made' the Brazilian minister of marine. Admiral Alencar, the captain of the port, the Amer ican consul. O. E. Anderson; the com mandanta of naval divisions and civic au thorities went on board tho Connecticut and extended a hearty welcome to Rear Admiral Evans, his officers and men. I. an Portion of Tnnnela Done. NEW YORK. Jan. It-After th ree years of contlnuoua work, day and night, the Pennsylvania railroads tunnela Manhat tan have been completed. It was learned today -that the final blast waa fired at 6 p. m. Saturday, aixty feet under Sixth avenue and Thirty-second street. It cleaned the last obstacle In l he 'ITiiri street lube. Much work remaina to be uunw in ma luniiviw unuer ine tuaat river In the Luiur Island Cltv varili - a nroacluta and on .the Jeraey approaches to MOTVaOlaTTS Or OCBAJT TSAlUXZpn, Port. An-toee. Botbool. NBW YORK MW YORK NKW YORK PLYMOUTH Pit MB UVKHPOOl, ANTWERP . VAMPToJi" TRUEST ... Uival Ot. Pul .... . La Lorraine MoQlavmt. St. LwuUL .. Vltaaia 'Cfcmpauia ... . fcIWd. Furaeuuu Zcelans hw York. .la VieUoe. Irta. CORTELYOU RUMORS REVIVED Morgan Said to Have Made Him a Flattering Offer. HEAD OF BIO FINANCIAL HOUSE I Change Or cars Meyer Will Be Secretory of Treasury and John A. Merrill Postmaster General. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-(Speclal.)-Ag!n the story Is current that Secretary Cor telyou Is soon to leave the treasury. Tills time It Is asserted that J. Ilerpont Mor gan hss made him a very flattering offer to assume the presidency of a big finan cial concern In New York and that the secretary will decide, within the next few days, as to whether or not he will accept the offr. Gentlemen who are fortunate enough to receive the appointments of secretary of the trasury, assistant secretary, comptrol ler of the currency or trensurer of the l'nited States find no difficulty whatever In securing excellent business connections as soon ns they retire from public office. The Treasury department offers no finan cial Inducements for men of great ability, but It has always proved a training school for financiers. Whenever a man has taken office under the government In the ca pacity of a high official or this particular branch of the federal service he has only to demonstrate that he Is "built right" to assure a future financial caw. Mr. Cortel you Is the latest and it will surprise no one If he deckles to accept the offer which Mr. Morgan Is aald to have made to him. His retirement will doubtless bo followed by the transfer of Postmaster General Meyer from his present liosltlon to the head of the Treasury department and rumor lias It that Mr. Meyer will bo suc ceeded as postmaster general by John A. Merrltt of Niagara Falls. N. Y. Mr. Mer rltt served as assistant postmaster general for several years and afterwards as- post master In this city. Something more-ahan a year and a half ago he was made col lector of the port of Niagara Kalis. The salary of that ppettlon is greater than that of a cabinet officer, but atlll It la be lieved that Mr. Merrltt will not decline the honor of a seat In tho cabinet If It Is ten dered to him. Of course these changes hinge wholly upon the retirement of Mr. Cortelyou. It has been expected for some time IhHt he will leave the cabinet and it is scarcely to be expected that he will retain the treas ury portfolio to his own financial detri ment, for Mr. Cortelyou Is not a rich man and his tenure of office Is contempo raneous with that of Mr. Roosevelt, who la determined to retire from the presidency on March 4, next year. Better Quarter for Conaola. Once more an effort Is to Ik- made to Induce congress to provide more suitable quarters for the American diplomatic con sular offices than they are able to obtain under existing circumstances. No man who has not a private fortune can afford to accept a poet aa ambassador of the United States, for the reason that his combined salary and allowances is not sufficient to pay the expenses of a proper aiu hnesador Iwf residence. This Is particularly- true ht such cltlea as London, Purls, Berlin, Vienna and St. Peteraburg. I'p to the present time all attempts to provide suitable buildings for American representatives In those cities have proved futile. And yet nearly all the great powers of Europe have secured quarters for their HmhHssadors in Wash ington which were purchased .or built espe cially for the purposes for which they are used. Great Britain was the first govern ment to recognize the wisdom of such a course, and more than twenty-five yeara ago a building was erected upon land pur chased In the name of Victoria for the British m In later. Since that time Germany, France, Russia, Mexico and even China have followed suit. The social as well as the political advantages which auch resi dential accommodations give to diplomatic representatives have been pointed out again and again by secretaries of state from Mr. Frellnghuysen to Mr. Root, and the members of the senate and house com mittees on foreign affairs have not been slow to appreciate those advantages, but up to the present time It has apparently been Impossible to get congress to endorse the recommendations of those best quali fied, to know what such a course means. Now, however. Congressman Perkins of New York, a member of the house com mittee on foreign affairs, has taken the matter up In earnest and It Is understood that he haa the promise of the support of the speaker and the committee on rules, so that It is probable that before the ex piration of another year the United States will have begun to acquire property In foreign lands for the use of our diplomatic and consular corps. Aa showing the difference in the compen sation paid to foreign representatives in the United States and American represent atives abroad It Is only necessary to com pare the salary and allowances of the British ambaaaador to Washington with that of the American ambaaaador to Lon don. The former receives a salary of $ju,000 per annum with allowances for serv ants, etc., of 15,000 more. In addition, he haa an entertainment fund of about 125.000 a year, a total of $80,000. The British am bassador also has rent free a splendid embassy building. The American ambassa dor to London haa a salary of $17,500 and allowances for residence expenses of less than $10,000 more. In other words, some thing leas than one-third of the compensa tion of the British representative whose position corresponds with his own. Meat' Inspection Law. Les talk Is heard about change. In the meat Inspection law during the last few weeks than was to be expected. When the Inspection cjause was added to the agricultural appropriation bill In June. 1904. there was much talk of a "surrender to the Meat trust," because the bill as finally enacted provided that the cost of Inspec tion of all meat products should be paid out of the funds of the federal govern ment. Senator Beverldge and a few other well meaning, but 111 advised statesmen made strenuous efforts to have that clause changed so as to provide that the coat of inspection should be paid by the consumer (or the packer, as they put It). And at the same time another committee of congress was hatching a bill designed to Insure the purity of all food products. No sugges tion was ever made to put the coat ot Inspection of any goods, other than meats, upon the packer. Drugs and food products of all description. Including spirituous and malt liquors, wines, etc., ar subject to Inspection by the federal officers, but it was never suggested that the packer of vegetables should pay for the federal in spection. At the opening of the present emigres Benator Beveridge Introduced his bill to make the meat packer pay for federal ln- iQuBUuued on Second. Page.) . simplification: of tariff Inlerslale t'ommlwlnn Determined All Mates Mnst He Plain and Drflnile. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-11 has been de termined by the Interatate Commerce com mission that the statement of rates and fnres shall be af flrniatlve Hnd definite. Many tariffs on file prior to May 1, l!,,;, contain long and short haul clauses, max imum rules, alternative rale or faro pro. visions, or other rules, which make the ap plication of the rates or fates uncertain, more particularly as to Intermediate sta tions not specified In tho tariff; and some such rules, through misunderstanding, have bee included in tariffs issued since May 1. It7. . , In special tariff circular No. , Just Is sued, the following statement of tho atti tude of the body la made: The commission desires and requites that at the earliest pructical date all such fea tures and practices as are alxive referred to nhall he eliminated I mm tariffs and d a contlnued either by supplement (r by re Issun of tariff. It rim-s not underestimate the volume of work In checking t rates and fares and preparation of tariffs ti.at Is Involved; It appreciates the efforts and the progress thai nae made thus far; and aa an aid in siuiplificatlon and directness In providing and applying lawful tailff charges, and to avoid hardship to shippers or passengers at Intermediate slanons which would otherwise be left without rates or fates which they have heretofore enjoyed and with the understanding that tills work will be earnestly pursue. with the purpose of completing it hy the date named, the commission decides that until July 1, 1!8, carriers must continue to use tariffs wlilch were issued prior to January 15. 1908. and which contain rules of the character hereinbefore referred to or un ler which without specific provision In t lie tarllf therefore the rates or fares have been applied nt intermediate atatlons, and excepting those tariffs which before July 1 are corrected by supplements or replaced by new Issues. Tariffs Issued subsequent to January 15, 1WM, must not contain any such rules as are herein considered, nor be applied In any manner not affirmatively provided therein. Each carrier that has tariffs containing any of the rules referred to, or whlci, without containing such rules, are applied at stations not specified therein will, on or before February L file with the commis sion a statement showing hy Interstate Commerce cominlaalon numbers all of the tariffs of its Issue which contain such rules or which are so applied. This list shall contain both, local and Joint tariffs that are issued by the carrier making the list; and similar lists of their Issues will be furnished on the same dates by Joint agents who issue tariffs for carriers. Re visions of those Hats will be furnished to the commhwion on April 1 and on June 1, from which will bo omitted such tariffs as have been correcled or reissued. BISHOP HARE DROPS WORK Gradually Hrllevlnar Himself of Duties that Prove Arduous In Ills Old Age. MITCHELL, 8. D., Jan. 12.-(Special.) The Rt. Rev, Bishop Hare Is grad ually relieving himself of the manifold duties in making after the affairs of the Episcopal missions in South Da kota. For thirty years or more Bishop Hare has traveled over the entire state, including a number of Indian agen cies, administering to the wants and needs of the people of his church, and he has reached the age when it Is impossible, be cause of his falling health, to minister unto his people aa Ills generous heart prgmptsj him. v rV.".nd. he finds It neces sary for him td release another portion of his territory. A couple of years ago he was given an assistant bishop In Rev. Frederick Foote Johnston, who haa at tended to a portion of the duties of as sistant bishop. In a circular letter which Bishop Hare, has just sent out to the clergy and laity of the Episcopal church ho announces the enlarged scope of the work of Assistant Bishop Johnston as fol lows: "After conference with the assistant bishop, I cancel former assignments and hereby assign him until further notice the sole right and duty of visitation as bishop of that part of South Dakota, which may be described as follows: All the ter ritory In Bouth Dakota between the 98th and 103d degrees of longitude, Willi the ad dition of Day county and the exception of the counties of Hutchinson, Bon Homme, Douglas and Charles Mix, and the Bantee and Cheyenne river missions. Tills assign ment Is to take effect January 1, 1906, and Is subject to such modifications as the con dition of the field may from time to time seem to require." Hereafter BlBhop Hare will retain for his work that of the Indian field in the Black Hills country and the extreme eastern por tion of the state. The bishop haa been a prominent figure in the religious work and certain reforms In South Dakota, and his further withdrawal from the work will be sincerely regretted by hi legion of friends In every quarter of the state. By reason of his ailment he has been forced to be away from his work to some extent In go ing east to receive treatments, and Bishop Johnston has had an opportunity to famil iarize .himself with the work which he Is gradually succeeding to. SPANISH KING PLANS TRIP Visit to Latin A merles Rx per ted to Reunite Mother Country with lie Former Colonies. MADRID, Jan. 13. The newspapers of all political shades are enthusiastic over tho report that King Alfonso next year may make a trip to Mexico and other Latin American countries. While It la not offi cially admitted that the king contemplates such a voyage, It Is known that he is con sidering It The Imparclal, tn a leader en titled, "Race Obligations," says: "Spain's future Ilea In America. As Latins, It U our duty to restore hegemony of our race, which has fallen before the onsweep of the Anglo-Saxons. As the ancient world was filled with the struggle between Europe and Africa, so Is the modern world occu pied with the struggle between the Latin and the Anglo-axon. The ultimate result will depend more upon culture than military force. Spain can represent the role of spiritual Rome against the absorbing In dustrialism of the Yankees. Our revenge for Cavltc and Santiago must come from tlris side and the first atep must be King Alfonso's visit to the I ( Ispano-American countries. Avarice and tyranny separated us from our colonics; tolcrancy and love must unite us anew and forever to them." Am&do Nervo, charge d'affaires of the Mexican legation, has written a letter to the newspapers warmly commending the Idea of the king's visit and the results to be obtained from It. Thus far there has been no suggestion that the king should visit the United States during his trip to America, fcllBlna.tluaT tirade Crossings. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 12. Statist I, uf Interests in connection with the agitation for the removal of grade rrosslnga In vari ous cities, given out by the Pennsylvania Railroad company today show that since January L laui. the company has removed Sis grade rroshinas on the lines ,,t I,..-, i..-. traffic between New York and Washington nd Philadelphia and PUlaliur. 'i rade croealngs that sttll remain, wltli few exceptions, are at unfrequented highways TREND IN NEBRASKA POLITICS Vote of Republican State Committee Almost Unanimous for Taft. DEMOCRATS AND POPS THIS WEEK Interesting; Hates of Political News and Gossip Indicating V hat la Going on and Where yS- It l Leading. Political developments of the week have made definite the time and place of the republican state convention, which will meet at Omaha on Thursday, March li. to choose the delegates-st-large to go to Chicago. The populist and democratic state committees will meet simultaneously at Lincoln next Wednesday to fix the time and place of the populist and democratic conventions. The chances are that both of these conventions will likewise be held early, comparatively speaking, because the populists will have to meet early If they want to be represented at the St. Louis convention In April, and the democrats want to lead off with an endors -ment of Bryan by his home stale as a signal for the democrats of other slates to fall In. The republican committee meetlnR at Lincoln was unusually well attended, all but four districts being represented, and on the expression of personal preferences for president turned out to la- practically unanimous for Mr. Tart. The vote waa announred as twenty-six for Taft and one for Roosevelt, but later one of the two members not voting who had been absent from the room, came In and had himself recorded for Taft. so thot the minutes of the meeting will show twenty-seven votes for the war secretary, while the one who voted for Roosevelt Is likewise for Taft for his next best. The misunderstanding about the Lan caster county vote on presidential prefer ence is explained by the following letter from one of the Iincanter county com mitteemen: LINCOlJf, Jan. 11. To the Kdltor of Tho Pee: The Bee has twice stated, doubtless without Intent to misrepresent, but from mistaken Information, that I attempted to dodge a vote upon presidential preferences at the recent meeting of the Btate com mittee. It has once stated that I hurriedly left the room while the roll wa being called upon this matter. -This is untrue. I was absent from the room during the even ing on two occasions. Once I withdrew In order to permit Mr. Whedon, as my tem porary proxy, to present the merits of his primary resolution. Iater I returned and resumed my place as a member of the committee. The second time I left for the purpose of sending a telegram regard ing the action of the convention to an eastern press association. When I with drew from the room the question under discussion was whether the words "and congressional dlstrlcta" In the rule defining the llmla of power of the committee In calling conventlona should be eliminated. Just previous to this the committee had voted on the question of tabling all resolu tions endorsing Taft, and my vote In op position to such action Is recorded In the minutes. No Intimation bad been given that a poll of the committee was to be taken at that time, and when 1 returned and was Informed that one had been taken in my absence I asked the secretary to record my vote In favor of Taft, without knowing how the poll had resulted. The senatorial district which I In part represent Is overwhelmingly for Taft and the newspaper which I edit has been on of his sLaunchest supporters. I happen also to be a member of the executive com mittee of the Nebraska Taft league. These facts, which are well known, ought cer tainly tn be a sufficient guarantee of the truth of my statement that I had no knowledge that a poll was to be taken until after the committee had finished its formal labors and that I did not run away from an expression of the matter of presidential preference. If. T. DOBBINS. it Is only fair to say that It was Lawyer Whedon who hiked for the door and hav ing been using Mr. Dobbins' proxy to gain the privilege of the floor, the Impression was Inevitable that he was making himself scarce In order to avoid responding to the roll call that wag In progress. While somewhat nettled over the location of the state convention at Omaha, the Lin coln politicians are beginning to take It with better grace. Their difficulty waa that they had come to believe that all tho state conventions belonged to them and that the offer of any other city to take care of the meeting was an attempt to deprive them of a vested right. The real reason that the convention came to Omaha waa an appreciation by the members of the com mittee of the majorities Douglas counly has been giving republican state tickets and the merit of the appeal for one state convention in eight or nine years. Another thing that no doubt told In favor of Omaha waa the contrast of methods pursued whereby Omaha simply stated Ita claims for recognition, while the Lincoln boosters appeared to be begging for special favors. The action of the republican committee In putting It up to the county committees to say whether they want to elect their dele gates by caucus or by primary, or whether they want to Instruct them by resolution or by ballot seems to have satisfied all ex cept the few radicals. That the practical difficulties of a state-wide primary without the protection of a primary law to provl.le the election officers and safeguard the bat lots and canvass, are almost Insurmount able, was disclosed by the discussion. Even on the optional plan adopted the practical difficulties wll lbe great It Is proposed for example, to make up the ballot In el phabetlcal arrangement with the names of "all announced candidates" for the repub lican presidential nomination, but no way la prescribed for ascertaining what names must go on. Taft and Cannon and La Vol lett and Knog are no doubt announce candidates, but Hughes has never an nounced Ma candidacy, while Roosevelt has announced positively that he Is not a can dldate. To rap the climax, the author of the primary plan, himself, amended )t to Incorporate a rotating ballot form by which the names should be changed In or der of precedence with the printing of every 609 ballots. If any outside county that has never had a primary election of this kind before goes up against this sort of a ro tated ballot, republicans there will, for the tirst time, realize what Douglas county has been experiencing by reason of this sys tern of ballot prlntlag. Upon the congressional committees Is de volved the duty, under the republican call, of fixing the time and place of the district conventions. The Nebraska law requires the state committee to prescribe the man ner of choosing these delegates and the state committee has done ao by fixing the same basis of apportionment and provtd lng that the delegates to the district con ventlons be elected at tlie same time and In the same manner as the delegates to the state convention. The First district republican committee Is to meet at Lincoln this week and the others will probably get together before long. The state com mlttee recommended that the district con ventlons be called for the aarae time and place as the state convention and If this OFFICER DILLON SUFFERS PAIM Will Itecnter Itnpldly. gay the Physi cian, While Assailant la All Remorse. While Policeman Peter Dillon Is suffer- lug lunch pain from the gunshot wound received, at the hands of Colonel William I Vlsseher. the Chicago newspaper man. Saturday night, his physicians predict his speedy recovery. His wife has been at his hed.si.1e at the CJcticral hospital constantly and the officer complained Sunday night of being tumble to swallow water, which he craves, ns his feverish throat dries quickly. Colonel Visscher. locked In a cell at the police station. Is all remorse. He wept like a child when Interviewed, and said. "All I have to Ik; thankful for Is that t did not kill that poor policeman. I do not now remember anything about the shoot ing. I never had any criminal Instincts and never could conceive of how a man could shoot another. 'I never carried a gun before. I put the one 1 had Saturday night In my grip when came to Omaha. When I pneked my grip at the hotel the gun was overlooked and I put It In my pocket. Later I drank too much whisky. I had not taken a drink for over two years until recently, when I suffered with a severe cold. Then I got started and finished with the result which I now know only too well. 'I would rather die than go back In lhat cell tonight. I am an olrtV man and have never been In Jail before. If I waa In Chicago I believe I could furnish almost any kind of a bond for my release." As he was led back to a cell In the police station Colonel Visscher asked to- see Gen eral Jplm C. Cowln, whom he desires to employ as his attorney. Police captains are Inclined to take a charitable view of Vlsscher's case, and say that Dillon had a close call for his life. Only the fact that tho bullet from Colonel Vlsscher's gun lodged In the Jaw of the officer and did not disable him, prevented the frenxled man from shooting again. Dillon, with the free use of his arms, was ahlo to take the gun. The hearing will not be held until the result of Officer Dillon's Injury Is known. Sunday members of the Chicago Press club wired their sympathy and offered assistance to the veteran newspaper man. Among the telegrams received by Colonel Visscher were those from W. F. Hall, K. M. Morris, J. R. Purchase and J. C. W. Davis. The Chicago Press club wired as follows to the Omaha Press club: I William Llghtfoot Visscher Is one of the oldest and best loved members of the Chi cago Press club. Members have keenest sympathy for him in trouble. Club will appreciate all that Omaha Press club may do or inform ua what we may do. RICHARD LITTLE. President. At the present time there is no press club In Omaha, the organisation having abandoned Its rooms some time ago. TUBERCULOSIS WORKERS BUSY Nebraska Committee Will Have Exhibit and Appropriation for Congress, Members of the Nebraska committee of the International Congress on Tuberculosis, which will meet In Washington next Sep tember, will arrange to take exhibits to the meeting and a generous contribution for the maintenance of the general organisa tion.' At h recent meeting held in Omaha and attended by five members of the state com mittee. Dr. A. 8. von Mansfelde of Ashland was made chairman of the local organiza tion. Other members of the state commit tee appointed by tho secretary general are Dr. H. M. McClanahan, Rev. S. P. Mqrris and Dr. Solon R. Towne of Omaha; Dr. Henry B. Ward of Lincoln and Dr. Charles O. Glese of Lincoln. Kach stale committee Is working out Its plans In Its own way. The New York com mittee, for Instance, Is arranging for tho preparation of an exhibit, and for the col lection of information from a wide range of sources, medical, surgical, bacteriolog ical, pathological, industrial and economic, In regard to tho . prevalence of the disease and the possibilities of Its prevention. The Illinois committee Is enlisting the active in terest of all the departments of state and local government. The Wisconsin commit tee plans to raise a fund of S5.O0O to defra the cost of an exhibition that will repre sent the anti-tuberculosis activities of the state. The Pennsylvania committee has started a vigorous membership campaign, and the committee for Maine Is beginning at home by the organization of a State As sociation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Still another committee, that for Maryland, has reported to the secretary general of the congress Its Intention to com pile and publish a digest of the local laws on the subject; a historical review of the anti-tuberculosis movement In the state, and a directory of all activities, public or private, that are trying to solve any phase of the tuberculosis problem. OMAHA UTILITIES ABROAD Street Car Company and Water Works Attract Attention in Other Places. Omaha public utilities, or at least pro ceedings Incidental to their management and operation, are attracting some atten tion abroad. Public Service, a monthly pub lication In Chicago, devoted to the slogan of "Common Sense In Public Utilities," In its January number pays considerable at tention - to the antl-accldent campaign waged by the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway company and the long-drawn-out litigation over the acquisition of the Omaha Water company as conducted by the Water board. The article on the Water board fight Is presented under the caption, "Court Re bukes Civic Banditti." and deals witb the recent decision of the L'nited States court of appeals, upholding contract rights of the Omaha Water company against what the paper terms "Unfair raids hy munici pal ownership agitators." Under the sub head, "Forced by Ambitious Politicians," the artlclo says: A certain group of ambitious pollticiana were at political and personal loggerheads with the local representatives of the water company. As soon aa they were able they struck the hardest possible blow at the company. In the state legislature of 1'3 they had control of the Interests of Omaha at the capital. It la cot disputed that these men, or soma of them, may have honestly believed In municipal ownership;, but It Is certain that they were politically ambitious and selected this Issue as a likely means of gaining favor with the public; and to these motives was added enmity towards officers of the water company. Public Service publishes a page article from the pen of R. A. Leussler, secretary and assistant general manager of the street railway, on the antl-accldent campaign, which Mr. Iusaler concludes thus: This campaign has coat us some mouev for advortlsliig and considerable time and effort; but we are very well satisfied with the result". comiarison of our accident record with the corresponding months of last year snows that a considerable reten tion of accidents haa already resulted, and . u zee uuu LUe Deal ragulU ax a Lo follow. SKY CLEARS RAPIDLY Release of Larue Amounts of Credits Helps the Financial Situation. CASH COMES TO LOAN MARKET Bank Statement Brings Out Funds Which Hate Been Withheld. DEMAND FOR COMMERCIAL PAPER Anxiety that Larje Firms Might B Embarrassed for Cash is Ended. BUSINESS ' ON SURER GROUND Kven Speculative Operations Have Bern Hesunied In a Measure and Securities fikow I sears Tendency. t NKW YORK. Jan. 12.-The rapid clearing up of tho banking situation and the re lease of the large supplies of credits to the money markets were the Important features of last week's events In the financial World. The New York bank statement bf the pre vious week gave the first decisive outline of the turn In the situation. The statement on Saturday showing a K,ono,Ki surplus haa brilliantly confirmed the week's Impres sions. The effect has spread throughout the money markets of the world and has sent supplies back Into the loan market with something like a rush. It was obvi ous that funds had been withheld through a lingering spirit of distrust nf the banks' position or as a precaution against posslblt extra demands, were returning freely o central reserve points. The basis of credits s greatly expanded by this process. The surrender of the privilege of deposit of part of their cash In the reserve and cen tral reserve cities and its recall home In the panic was the central factor In pro ducing the crisis, and the retention of thia cash was the cause for the prolongation of the crisis and the maintenance of the premium on currency. Anxiety la Dispelled. The anxiety cauMcd by that prolongation up to the end of the year may be aald to be now completely dissipated, so far as ac commodation to solvent buslnrsa la con cerned. New York has ceased to draw gold from London and rapid recuperation of the Bank of England bullion holding has fol lowed. The Bank of France marked down Its official discount rate from 4 to 3H per cent and market rates of discount receded In all the foreign markets. In New York, the most Important effect of the new de velopments was the springing up of an ac tive demand for commercial paper, whloli effectively relieved the deadlock In that department and quieted the fears of wide spread embarrassments In the mercantile world from Inability to secure extension of large maturing obligations. In the securities market the effect of thia increase of facilities for conducting, apecu. . lotlve operattqna-ltar tteeti pronounced. The reHiltlng outbreak' of speculation showod , Increasing animation and wsji stimulated by various professional device! and by the dissemination of rumors of important de velopments. The need of a large uncovered short Interest was an Important contribut ing factor to the rapid advance which de veloped and furnished the material for much of the demand forced by the bidding up of prices by the organized bull party In the market. , WORK OF THE LAND OFFICE Commissioner Aska More Fnnda to Investigate Lund Fraud Cases. WASHINGTON. Jan. Z Commissioner Balllnger of the general land office has completed his annual report to the secre tary of the Interior for submission to con gress. .. lie asks an appropriation of SS00, 000 to carry on the field work of his bu reau in the protection of the public lands. an Increase of )60,COO over the current ap propriation. During the fiscal years 1906-7, there were entered of record for Investigation 24.i!a cases of all kinds; of these the agents In vestigated and disposed of 12,104 cases and 12,366 cases remained for examination July 1, 1907. Since then, the number of cases haa largely Increased. There were 2,243 land entries relinquished after the case was In the hands of the special agent for Investigation; '363 en tries were cancelled after hearings had upon special agent's charges; W7 unlawful enclosures of public lands were removed, restoring 1.940,120 acres to the open range. There were twenty-seven convictions con nected with these cases. The total of moneys recovered by the government on all special agents cases was 3i.261 and 2.372,228 acHes of land wu either freed from fraudulent claims ol title, or released from unlawful enclosure and occupancy. The commissioner states that the present force ot agents la only sufficient to handls about one-half of the work In the field. ALFREDl MILLARD RECOVERING Banker Attacked by Appendicitis Improving at Presbyterian V Hospital. Alfred Millard, cashier of the United States National bank, who waa operated on for appendicitis at the Presbyterian hospital, was reported aa In better than normal condition late Sunday evening and his spoedy recovery Is anticipated by phy sicians and nurses. While Mr. Millard Is in the early stages of recovery, his youngest son, Ted. who was op erated on last Monday for the same trouble. Is getting along so well that It was said at the hospital Sunday evening he would be able to go to his home within a few days. Beadle County Organisation, HURON, S. D.. Jan. 12.-1 Special.) At a meeting of the Board of County Commla sloners for Beadle county, Thomas Rug gles was appointed chairman for the en suing year. The Journal-World of Huron, favour Clarion of Cavour, S. D., and the Beadle County Herald of Wolsey, B. D.. were named as official papers. Clerk of Courts Asher F. Pay, aerlously sick at his home Id this city. Is recovering. II has Just entered op his tenth year as clerk of courts for Beadle county, and Is a veteran newspaper correspondent In this section. -1 Ifavrkeye Commercial Mrs Meet. - MARSHAI.LTOWN. lu.. Jan. It(8pe-(lal.-Tlie Hawkcye Commercial Men's as six latlon, a llh a membership of t.060. Scat tered through mod of the western states, and which has headquarters In this city, held. Us snnual meeting yesterday In Cedar Rapids. Only two officers, both directors, were elected, as the terms of the general officers do nvl 1U U&tU HX ax
