Fhe Omaha Sunday Bee IAT I. HEWS SECTiail PACES 1 TO . Lr(i Clrlstfi THE OMAHA DCC Best ?. West VOL. XXX VI I NO. 3: OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2G, 1908 FIVE SECTIONS Till RTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. FINE FOR REBATERS Thoma and Taggart Are Sentenced by Judge Mcpherson. BOTH MEN PLEADED GUILTY Thomas, Who is a New York Freight Broker, it Assessc$d 7,000. TAGGART IS IN HIS EMPLOY Hit Fine it Fixed at $4,000, and Both Ars Paid. JAIL PENALTY IS REMITTED Cases Grow Oat of Payment hy Bar llnaton of Rrbalrt on Hhlpm to t'oar haniu City rack in Companies. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 26.-George U Thomss, a freight broker of New York City, and I B. Taggart, his clerk, pleaded guilty In the United Statea dis trict court her today to a charge of con spiring to pay robato to shippers. Judge Smith McPherson then fined Thomas I". and Taggart $4.pil0, remitting Jail sen tences previously assessed. Loth defend ants were In court and after sentence was passed, checks covering the fines were tendered and accepted by the Judge. ' This ends the case against these men. It was one of the most Important rebate cases ever tried In this country, and the jail sentence which was omitted today, was the first sentence- of Imprisonment 'ever passed for a similar offense. Oeorg I Thomas maintained a brok erage office in New York City and repre sented practically all the prominent ship pers on tho Missouri and Mississippi rivers under a contract to route their freight from the east and to collect overcharges In freight bills. Thomas, with his clerk. L: R. Taggart, wore Indicted In December, "lHOS. charged with conspiring with Barton Bros., wholesale shoe merchants of Kan sas City, to pay rebates on the latter firm's shipments'. General nebate Agency. In tho trial of the oase It was brought OJt that Thomas had alao agreed to se cure rebates for other merchants. They wero found guilty on Juno 22. 1906. Thomas, aa the principal was fined $6,000 and sen tenced to serve four months In Jail, and Taggart was fined $4,000 and sentenced to serve three months In jail. This waa the first jail sentence ever Im posed in this country for rebating. An appeal waa taken and the verdict was re versed on the ground that the lower court had failed to instruct Oie Jury on the pre sumption of , .tho Innocence of the de fendants, a technical point. . - K. 41. Ik.t Thnmaa mnA T. -! A VIIO 1 1 1 1 1 1 ....... - .. v ..... .. ...... were found gruilty . the following other -....,1..... - ... .1.- nln.n. In th- ferinral court here., on charge of making conces sion and accepting and conspiring to ac cept rebatea: Swift and Company. $115,000. ; Cudahy Packing company, 115,090. Armour Packing company, $16,000. Nelson Morrla A Co., 116.000. '' Chicago. , Burlington & Qulncy Railway company, tSS.000. riots mil Snatalned. The fines assessed against the packing companies were affirmed April 29. last. byNthe circuit court of appeals at bt Taul. Tho Burlington case, wiilcrl also was appealed. Is still pending. When the ease of Thomas and Tagg-irt nai called before Judge McPherson .this morning Judge O. M. Bpenoer of St. Jos eph, Mo., general aolleltor of the Bur lington railway, appeared for the defend ants. Judge 8pencer entered , a plea of guilty upon behalf of Thomas and Tag gart and addressed the court briefly, re- Icwlttg the case. "These defendants," said he, "were tried, convicted and sentenced more than a year ago on a charge of conspiracy to pay re bates. The cases were appealed, and aJ t hough reversed by the oourt of appeals, there Is little In that court's opinion to encourage the hope of a successful defenm on a retrial, and hence these defendants under advice of counsel have concluded to plead guilty and trust to the wisdom and , fatrne of this honorable court In the light of all the circumstances surround ing the case to Impose only such punlsh gaant a is commensurate with the offense committed. Without any desire to reargue the case. It would seem proper to recall some of the facts. The agreement on which the conspiracy waa based was in the form of a written contract renewed annually, the first of these contracts being made lu l!0- long prior to the existence of any law on tho subject on rebates. t'onoplraer Charge Denied. ' " It. necessarily follows therefore that no conspiracy waa contemplated In the be ginning. It the agreement ever ripened Into the crime of conspiracy It was because of the, new law making rebates, a crime which mas pot so at the time the agreement was v made. Hence, I have always felt the In justice of charging the defendanta with the crime of conspiracy, but In these times when It only seems necessary to charge in order to convict of any crime against the government, we find It best to bow to the inevitable. "It is true, your honor imposed a Jail sentence at the former trial, and If mere restialnt of liberty had been the only finest Ion involved, these defendants would avfs prcfetreil the confinement or a few moults In Jail to the mental torture of suspense for nearly two years. If they. In fact, were guilty of conspiracy, they neces sarily had co-conspirators. They have made to alone fir the sins of the nidiiy ami the punishment already borne hy them has vindicated the law in that It has caused the universal compliance thera wlth. "The government does not, or should not dea ts to prosecute. The result having been accomplished the punishment should cease. A plea of guilty is always followed by the lowest fine If the crime Is not ag gravated by the facta. We aak the leniency f thia honorable court." .Money Coaao front . Railroads. Judgu McPherson before passing sen riica upon Thomas and Taggart reviewed the case. Me suld that although the ver dict l ad been reversed by the court of appeals It was simply on technical point and that the government waa successful oti every question in the case of the slightest importance. "The evident e." said Judge McPherson. "showed thst Thomas represented aniiic railroads with reference to claims for over charges and erroneous classifications. The (Continued on Secoud fag.) SUMMARY OF THE BEE Sunday, Jaanary 2, 1008. 1908 1908 TPj. SO: 10 11 1Z 18 24 25 31 sty fioy as I eWa 12 13 19 20 26 2Z rtz, Ufa imt 2 Z 8 9 14 15 16 21 22 23 28 29 30 THE WSiTSZa. FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL Bbl'FFB AND VICINITY Fair Sundae Kt)R NKBRASK A I'a rtly cloudy Sunday; colder went portion Sunday. , FOR IOWA Partly cloudy Sunday. . DOMESTIC. Attorney General Bonaparte has an nounced that he will file a bill in equity to dissolve the control by tho Union Pa cific of the Southern Pacific and Pan Pedro lines. X, Page 1 Kxploslon of dynamite In Hocking, la., wrecks small mining town and Injures five persons. X. Pag 8 R. II. Harrlman and George J. Gould come to terms over Westrcn Pacific dif ferences. X, Pag a ' Oeorge t,. Thomas and It B. Taenart of Kansas City, rebating freight brokers, wero heavily fined by Judge Mcpherson. x. Pr i American shipbuilding yards stand sec ond In the world for tonnage of ships constructed in the last year. X, Pag 1 James gtlllman has resigned from the directory of the Pacific railroads. X. PMT X Eighteen . months' Imprisonment In the sentence 'for Miss Fall rm vat Minneapolis on the embezzlement charge. I, Pag 1 Wealthy Denver man waa threatened with death unless he submitted to b'.ack maly. X, Pag X Pension roll for next year will be largely Increased. X, Pag 1 Ice dealers at Sioux City get in a fight over territory and an entire field is blown up with dynamite. I, Pag X Congressman Fowler reserves time for discussion of lils currepcy bill. X, Pag- a Dry Farming Congress at Salt Lake City decides the forest preservation policy la a good one. X, Par 1 Democrats, after discussing financial bills at "Washington, find themselves of many minds. X, Pag a Secretary Garfield will frame a bill for the reclamation of swamp lands. I. Pag a Reorganisation of Chicago street rail ways Is now assured. X, Pag 1 POBEIGX. Speech of M. Dotoaase In French I'arllu ment stirs the entire country over Moroccan situation. X, Pag 1 MXBKASXJL ' Fourth district congresnlonal convention will meet at Wllbor March 4. X, Par S New regents scanning university vouch ers to see If some Improvement cannot be made in present business methods of the university. V X, Pag 3 POLITICAL Nebraska delegation meets and post pones action on selecting a collector of Internal revenue until January 31. Action thought to be favorable to Rose. X, Pag X JCOVEMEB T OP OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. Port. Arrived. Sailed. NEW YORK Adriatic NEW YORK Freildent Lincoln NKW YORK LONDON Minnehaha HAVRE La Lorraine I'HKRBOIRO ... Kr. Wllhalra II. LIBAU Saratov STILLMAN LEAVES DIRECTORY President of National City Rank Re ' tires from Positions with Paclflo Roads. NEW YORK, Jan. .-Jaraes Stillman, president of the National City bank, has resigned from the directorate and also from the executive committee of the Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific railways, ac cording to an announcement made today. Frank A. Vanderllp, vice president of the National City bannj, has been elected to the vacancies left by Mr. Stlllman's resig nations. Mr. Stillman plans to spend much of his time In travel and his retirement from tho board of managers of the tm'o rail way companies was due to that fact. While the election of Mr. Vanderllp to the two boards was made In the usual form, Mr. Vanderllp today Issued a state ment to the effect that he had merely tem porarily taken Mr. Stlllman's place during his absence in Europe. "It was considered necessary to have complete executive com mittees." said Mr. Vanderllp, "and it was thought desirable that I temporarily fill the position. DETSCH FAILS TO GO HOME Philadelphia Man Arqnlttea of Mar der Refuses to Seek Wife After Trial. PMli.MiKJ.PHlA. Jan. 25. -Public Inter est In the case of Andrew Jackson Detach, who waa acquitted on the charge of mur dering Harry Ferreo at the door of Mrs. Detseh's bedroom, has increased because of tlie failure of the acquitted man to re turn home, added to rumors that the couple are about to separate. Detsch's wife, who stood by him throughout his ordeal, waited all last night for him ta return. "He Is not going to get a divorce. That Is all a lie," said she today. After his acquittal yesterday IVtsch greeted his mother and relatives, but did not seek his wife. FORAKER OPPOSES PRIMARY Attack on l.tfw Kept t'p and May Yet Get Into Federal t'oart. CObl MBl 8, O.. Jan. S.-Counly prose cutor Welly today appeared before the su preiile court In chambers and argued the attack on the slate pilmaiy law brought by him at the request of Senator Foraker. Welty declared that UiV luw violates the fourteenth amendment to the federal con stitution In that federal protection is not given to all voters. It is supposed that Foraker Will takt the matter to the federal count. r . if'"V -'-Hour. Peg. MitW 5 a. m or j 7 a. ni 'M tit n "s Vs a. m 21 HI a. m I T', 12 m 41 1 p . m to ' VaJt5 2 p. m 47 4Vr 4 p. m 47 5 p. m 44 ft p. m 43 7 p. m 44 UNION PACIFIC SUIT Attorney Central Will File Bill in Einity to DissolTe CorMne. TRAFFIC M0N0P' v ;ged vv Charge That v .atroU WeBt .i Portland. ern STOCK .EESHIP ATTACKED Holdings of Santa Fe and Hill Se curitiei Declared Illegal. DEAL WITH SAN PEDRO ROAD Mr. Bonaparte Hart Traffic and Stork Arrangement With Clark Line ' Is Another Featnre of tho Combination. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte today directed that a bill In equity be filed to set aside the control by the I'nlon Pacific Rsilway company and Its subsidiary corporations of the. Southern Pacific and the San Pedro, I.os' Angeles and Salt Iake road; also to have declared Illegal the ownership by the Union Paclflo or the Oregon Short Line of stock In the Santa Fe, the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, all of said lines being competitors of the Union Pacific. Tho attorney general today Issued an of ficial statement to this effect and after referring to the extended Investigation by tho Interstate Commerce commission Into the relations existing between the various llns of road engaged In Transcontinental traffic says: "From the evidence so adduced and from Independent investigation the department Mas arrived at the conclusion that the stock holdings of the Union Pacific and Its sub sidiary company in the other corporations mentioned above Is In direct violation of the Sherman act. Wide-Spread Monopoly. "The department regards the suit as of first importance, as It Is sought by means thereof to break up a substantial monopoly of the transportation business of the coun try between tho Missouri river on the east and the entfre Pacific coast south of Port land on the west. "Aside from the railway companies above named, the other defendants In tho suit are the Farmers' Ioan and Trust company of New York, which is the depository of all the stock of the San Pedro road under a contract by which it Is required to give proxies to such persons as may bo named by Mr. Harrlman and Mr. Clark for a period of years. There are also tho follow ing Individual defendants who are alleged to have conceived and carried out the con aplracy complained of, to' wit : E. II. Harrl man. Jacob H. Schiff. Otto H. Kahn, James Stillman. Henry C. Frlck, Henry H. Rogers and William A. Clark." ' ' . . While naming the Individual t defendants the statement makes no mention any Intention" to -prosecute any of these, offi cials potsonally In any crlmlnnl proceed ings. History of fToiahlnattoa. The statement continues: '"It nppears by the testimony In ' the possession of tho'depnrtment that a com bination was formed about the beginning of the year inol by Mr. E. H. Harrlman of New .York, the presldeut and chairman of the executive committee of the Union Pacific, and certain of his associates for the purpose of obtaining a monopoly of all transcontinental transportation business. The first mo'-e made was the acquisition of sufficient stock of the Southern Pacific company to insure Its control. That com pany owned a line of railroad extending from New Orleans and points In Texas on tidewater through California to Portland. Ore.; also another line from Ogden to s-an Francisco. The Southern Pacific had been for years one of the principal competitors of the Union Pacific. As the result of such control the management of the two com panlea had been amalgamated and alnco 1902 a majority of the board of directors of the Southern Pacific have been members of the board of dlrectora of the Union Pacific. Competition between tl(e two com panies has been substantially eliminated, gas Pedro Road Absorbed. "The San Pedro, I.os Angeles & Salt Lake read was projected as an inde pendent line by W. A. Clark and his as sociates to run from San Pedro, on tide water In California, through Los Angelas to Salt Lake City, having connection at that point with the Union Pacific and with the Gould system. After tlm work of construction was In progress, the parties In control of the Union Pacific, by means of harrasslng litigation. de signed to prevent'the acquisition of neces sary rlght-of-wa and by threat of paralleling the line If constructed to aa to render the same unprofitable, and by other meant, induced Clark and hla asso ciates to abandon the scheme of an inde pendent road and to Join with the Oregon Short Line, taking over certain track owned or controlled by that company In southern Utah and eastern Nevada and giving to the Oregon Short Line stock In terest In the San Pedro, Los Angdlea & Salt Lake held by Clark and his associa tion. "In addition, traffic agreements and contracts were made between the San Pedro and various corporations Included In the Harrlman system, so-called, which deprives the San Pedro of Its independence and make It In effect a part of the name system. Santa Pe and Hill 1.1a.. "Aa to the Santa Fe, which la a competing line with both the Union Pacific and South ern Pacific. It appears that Mr. Harrlman and his associates acquired sufficient in terest In the Santa Fe so that two members of the Union Pacific board, to-wit. Messrs. Frlck and Rogers, became and still are di rectors of the Santa Fe; and the Union Pacific, aa a corporation, purchased and still holds a large block of Santa Fa stock. As the result of the close union between these lines competition has to a large ex tent been destroyed. The Oregon Short Line Is alao a holder of large amounts of stock of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railway companies. "In pursuance of the plans of Mr. Harrl man and his associates for acquiring con trol of transcontinental traffic, the Union Pacific, In 1901. secured a majority of the stock of the Northern Paclflo Railroad company, which was later turned over to the Northern Securities company. When it waa held by the aupreme coort of the United States that It waa illegal for the latter corporation to hold the stocks of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, a distribution waa made among Hs share holders' as a result of which the Cregon Short Line received from the Northern Sureties company stocks of both tbe Oreat (Continued en Beooad Page.) BIG SCHOOL FUND GATHERS oath flnkota, la Time, Will Have Record Sam Devoted 4a This ramose. TORONTO, S. D., Jan. 2.i.-(8peclal.)-O. C. Dokken of this place, commissioner of school and public lands for Bouth Da. kota, predicts that South Dakota will eventually have a school fund of $100, 000.000. the largest In the United States. This permanent fund would create an an nual income of $5.00O,0no, sufficient to sup port a modern public school system for l.OOO.OnO inhabitants. This remarkable showing for Bouth Da kota's school fund was made possible by the unusual foresight of W. II. 11. Beadle, long president of the State Normal at Madison, who recently celebrated his sev entieth birthday. In tho constitutional convention of 1889 Mr. Beadle fought for and obtained a constitutional provision that the school lands granted to South Dakota by the federal government should not be sold for less than $10 an acre. At that time many of the school lands would have gone beg ging at 110 a section and the real estate dealers and promoters were anxious to have a low price fixed for the school lands to attract settlers. The constitutional limit served to keep most of tho lands from being sold, how ever, until the. state was well settled. And now it lias been determined to adopt a policy that will produce a fund four times as large as was contemplated by the con stitution. "The state of South Dakota," said Com missioner Dnkken, "now has 2.ndO,0H0 acres of school lands for the common schools, and 600,000 acres of endowment lands, for the state Institutions. In other words, we have over 11,000,000 acres, and If we can sell all this at an average of $35, as we"have determined to do, it will give us, when our lands are all sold, twenty, or thirty or forty years from now, a permanent fund of over 1100.000,0(10. "Our present law requires that this fund be Invested In farm loans or municipal or county bonds, at 6 irer cent Interest. So we will have eventually 15,000,000 to dis tribute annually among the schools of the state." DEMOCRATS OF MANY MINDS Conference on Financial Legislation Reveal Them Far from Agreed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. The democratic senators held a conference today for th purpose of trying to agree upon a policy to bo pursued- with reference to the pro posed financial legislation. The meeting began at 10 o'clock and continued well Into tho afternoon. Speeches were made by almost all the senators present and de veloped a wide divergence of opinion on the questions at issue. Several of them. Including senators Bailey, McLaurln and Owen are the authors of bills, and each of them spoko at length In support of his own measure. Senator McLaiJrtn's bill authorises the issuance of treasury notes on . the deposit Of- eotton warehouse receipts. It was out lined at hmgth by that senator, who urged Its adoption because of. th standard char acter of cotton and because of the neces sity of ready money in moving the cotton crop. He contended that the cotton pro ducer rs more entitled to the favor of the government than the speculator who holds stocks and bonds. Mr. Owen brought his several bills, uiglng the use of government bonds as legal tender, limiting speculative losns by banks and regulating deposits In banks, to the attention of the conference and urged their acceptance as providing a complete system for the protection of tho public and conservative bankers. GARFIELD WILL FRAME BILL Reclamation of Swamp Lands Sub ject of Conference of Mem bers of Con ureas. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The secreary of the Interior held a conference today with the members of congressional delegations from swamp land states In order to reach an agreement on a bill for the reclamation of such lands. There were present Sena tors Flint of California, Clapp of Minne sota, Newlands of Nevada and Latimer of South Carolina; .Representatives Bteiner son of Minnesota. Wallace of Arkansas, Akron of South Carolina. Sparkman of Florida, Macon of Arkansas and Thomas of North Carolina. Several bills are pend ing In congress aiming at reclamation of swamp lands, the essential principles of wblch are similar to the law for the re clamation of arid lands. They provide for setting aside funds from the sale of public landa In the states having actual swamp areas, the money to be used by the secre tary of the Interior In the construction or drainage works aa needed for the relief of swamp and overflowed lands. It Is also proposed to have the general govern ment guarantee bonds to be Issued by states, to be secured by being made a lien on Irrigation works to be provided from the proceeds of the land 'sales. All the bills are now before Secretary Garfield, who will endeavor to frame a single measure that will be approved by all the aenators and representatives from swamp land states. F. H. Newell, director of the reclamation service, waa present throughout the con ference. DRY CONGRESS FOR FORESTS Ursula I Ion Passed at salt Lake City Kadarilag, Efforts for Preservation. SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 26-At the morning session of the Missouri Dry Farm ing congress toda'y a resolution from the oommittee on resolutions, endorsing the efforts to preserve the forests and thus conserve the moisture, called forth from Daniel Harrington of Utah criticism of re strictions placed upon stock graslng on the public range. A motion to recommit the reaolutlon was made, but the congress, tak ing the view that water is more Important than graslng from a farming standpoint, declined to tamper with the committee's report and adopted It. Other commedatory resolutions of the activity in behalf of agriculture, including one of gratitude to Secretary Wllaon for his Interest In dry farming, were adopted. SENTENCE FOR MISS FAHRM Hlateen Month In Prison Ulvea For mer Omaha Woman Onllty of Rmbesxlement. MINNKAPOI.IS, Jan. 25.-Augusta Fahrm, the young woman who was ar rested a few weeks ago. charged with mi lieiiling several thnueand dollars from a steamship agency by which she waa em ployed, pleaded guilty today and was sen tenced ta sixteen month la lb, atat prist CHECK FOR HAMMOND Congressional Delegation Meets, but Shies at the Collectorahip Fight. ACTION POSTPONED ONE WEEK Ostensible Reason That Plans for Ac tion in Such Cases Be Worked Out. TAKEN TO BE AGAINST HAMMOND Lincoln Wants Legislation on Long and Short Haul Freight Charge. ALLEGATION OF DISCRIMINATION Nebraska Railway Commission File Complaint Again Mlaaoart Pacific, Alleging; Rate from Nebraska ta $t. Loot Excessive. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-(PpeclBl Tele gram.) Again has the pendulum swung back with reference to the Internal revenue colleetorshlp. What seemed a . foregone conclusion yesterday regarding the choice of Ross Hammond has turned out to be a postponement of his election and very probably his defeat. When Mr. Hammond arrived on the ground ho came with the assurance of a mnn who had his oase won. He used his years of service in the ranks of the republican party as a reason for his selection, and he has also used his lonii service as an editor of one of the repub lican papers of the state to bring about his nomination. When the delegation met at S o'clock today In Judgo Boyd's room, with every member present, It seemed as if an election would result, but quiet and effective work had been going on during the night and early mornlntr, supplemented by telegrams from leading republicans In the several districts In Nebraska, so thnt when Senator Burkett called the meeting to order there waa not that disposition to go ahead and ballot as seemed likely would be the result. Instead, however, there was a disposition on the part of tho members to know all about tho so-called Iowa plan of parcelling out party patrnage, and speeches were made by Boyd. Hinshaw and Klnkaid, urging tho delegation oould well afford to go slow upon the subject, which might mean much for all Interests, espe cially In the adoption of a plan which, if It Is to amount to anything, must be con tinuous, and not changed at the will of any member. Their talk was Indirectly for a postponement of the vote, but with a view of perfecting the Iowa plan applicable to Nebraska, and the more they talked the farther away tho delegation get from a choice ef a successor to Klmer Stephenson. Senator Brown, appreciating tho condi tions and realising that it was futile to go on without some defnlte understanding of the Iowa plan, made a motion that Senator Burkett and Congressmen Boyd and Notrii be appointed to draft a plan which has distinguished Iowa among several republi can state for thn -way in which It settles its state-wide patronage. With the adop tion of the motion there was nothing left but to adjourn tho meeting until January 81 at 10 o'clock. When adjournment was taken It was generally thought January 31 fell on Satur day, but the calendar shows differently, and undoubtedly general consent will be had to postpone the meeting until Febru ary 1, , The adjornment of the meeting today Is looked upon by the supporters of Mr. Rose as a substantial victory for their side. It has been accomplished tn the face of Mr. Hammond's presence In the city und It Is taken to mean that tho necessary fourth vote will be secured from either the Fourth or Fifth district to bring about his selection and recommendation to tho president as the auccessory to Mr. Stephenson. At the meeting today Congressman Hin shaw waa elected secretary of the delega tion. Lincoln Wants Legislation. The Commercial club of Lincoln Ixilieves some measure should be passed at this session of congress to regulate what it believes is a gross discrimination on the part of the railroads, the charging of a greater rate for a short than for a long haul. Senator Brown icotlvcd a letter today from the secretary of the Lincoln club asking his support of a bill introduced by Representative Rufus Hardy of Texas which reads In part: "To prohibit railway companies from charging a greater freight rate for transportation for .short distances than for ' longer distances covering the same and additional tract mileage for the same commodities and class of freight in the same quantities." Complaint Against Mlssonrl Pacific. The complaint of the Nebraska Stale Railway commission against the Missouri Pacific Railway company waa filed before the Interstate Commerce commission today. The complaint is based on allegations that rates on wheat and1 corn fro Cook, Burr, and Douglas, Nebraska, to St. Louis are discriminatory In their nature. The Ne braska commissioners ask that the defend ant company be required to answer theso charges and that after a hearing and in vestigation an order be made commanding defendant to reduce It rate on wheat from Cook to St. Louis to 15.8 rents, corn 13.52 cents, wheat. Burr, to St. Louia H.22, coiu, U.So, wheat, Douglas to St. Louis, 16.CS and corn 14.37. Minor Matter at Capital. Representative Norris has accepted an Invi tation to addreas the McKinley state league at Danbury, Conn., which will celebrate the late President McKlnley's birthday, January 29. Justice Gould of the District of Colum bia supreme court directed Francis K. La Flesche, a full blood Omaha Indian and an author and clerk of the Indian buteau to pay to hi wife, Roc a Eb I J. Flesche, $.0 per week alimony pending the final determ ination of a suit for malutalnance which she ha Instituted. Mrs ti Fresche, her self a member of the Chlppawa tribe of Indians, alleges that her husband has failed to provide for her. notwithstanding that he Is In receipt of a large salary, the owner of land In the west and has other resources. MINERS FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE C'oaveatlon at Indlanapolla Adopt Resolution Offered by Pres ident Mitchell. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 26 -the conv. n tlon of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica today Invited Secretary-Treasurf r Hay wood of the Western Federation of Miners to addreas it Monday. A resolution offered by President Mitchell la favor of woman suffrage was adopted, NIGHT RIDERSSCARE BUYER Tobacco Man Threatened with Dark In by Masked Riders In Kentnrky. DAWSON SPRINGS', Ky., Jan. 25. A band of fifty masked night riders late Inst night took possession of the Arcadia hotel here and after terrifying the guests by "shooting up" the place, took John Heath, an Independent tobacco buyer, who waa a guest, to a river near by and, uron threats of "ducking," made him promise not to sell any more tobacco. Tho riders first tried to force the night clerk to show them to Mr. Heath's room, but this he declined to do. They then scattered to all parts of tho hotel, shooting us they went. The guests, terrified by the shoot ing, rushed from their rooms Into the halls, only to be frightened bark. Mr. Heath was recognized by the night riders as soon as he sppeared. He was quickly seized and, although dressed only in his night shirt, was put on a horse and taken to tho river about a mllo away, where, after threats of being whipped and thrown Into tho river, he waa forced to promise that he would not sell any more tobacco. He finally found his way back to the hotel and tho masked riders disappeared. AMERICAN YARDS ARE SECOND England Alone Ontatrtn United States In Ton n star of New hlos Rnllt. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-The ship building summary for 1907 compiled by the Shipping World shows that the United 8tatc ranks second for the year In tho total tonnage of ships constructed, only England having outstripped this country. The summary shows that the total ship construction In American yards lsst year reached 4W.OG9 tons, which Is 19T,98 tons greater than the output of the . German yards for tho same period, Germany stands Ing third In 1907 among the maritime nations on ship construction. Great Britain, which stands first on the list, has to its credit 1,673,121 tons of new ships, this figure including such great ships as the new Cunardera Lusitanla and Mauretania. This Is nevertheless a de crease from tho total tonnago of the out put of the British yards In 19T. France and Japan are about tied In the total tonnago of their output, the figures for tho first named power being 109,622 and for tho last 122,095. PENSION ROLL MOUNTING UP Subcommittee of llonse Pension Body Agrees to Big Increase Next Year. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-Representatlvo Kelfer of Ohio, chairman of the subcom mittee on pensions of the house committee on pensions, today announced that that committee has agreed to recommend the pensions roll of 1150,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909. This will be about S7.0flO,000 In excess of tho pension roll of tho present fiscal year. The Increase Is largely due to the, provisions of the Me Cumber bill, effective. In February, 1907, by which the enlargement Of pensions. In accordance with ago and the abolishment of physical examination ns a prerequisite to the establishment of tho pension claims on account of physical disability wero brought about. . Chairman Kelfer has addressed a letter each to the secretary of the Interior and commissioner of pensions, Inviting them to appear next Monday morning before the subcommittee on pensions and support, the recommendation made by them that the number of pensions agencies In the United States be reduced. MANY CALL UPON PRESIDENT Kpenker Cannon and Other In Con grrss nnd Politics Visit the White Ilnnse, WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. An unusual number of persons visited President Roose velt todHy, among them being Vice Presi dent Fairbanks, Speaker Cannon. Rep resentatives Bennett, J. Bloat Fassett and Herbert Tarsons of New York, and Gov ernor Woodruffj of Connecticut. F H. Garry, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel coporatlons, took luncheon with the president. President Roosevelt nlso had a further talk with Representative Richmond P. Hob son, who Is a member of the house com mittee on naval affairs and who has Intro duced several bills looking to the enlarge ment of the navy. Mr. Hobson said the president was giving the matter his hearty support. NAMES OF WITNESSES SECRET Pnbllclty .Not Vet f; I veil to Those Who Wll Testify In Thaw Trial. NEW YORK, Jan. 25 Four witnesses who who are expected to testify for the defense In the trial of Harry K. Thaw, arrived bore today on the steamer Adriatic, from Europe. Three of the witnesses are physicians, and the fourth ts a nurse. It Is asserted, attend-d Thaw while he waa 111 in Kurope. The Identity of the Thaw witnesses had been a closely guarded secret, and with one exception the names had not become known when the ateamer arrived today. The known witness Is Dr. Gaujabauja of Switzerland, who treated Thaw in that country four years ago. COUNTESS PROVES SWINDELR signed Her .Name to Articles Written by Others and Realised Handsomely. DRFSDKN, Jan. 26. Countess von Slurza, a member of the Hungarian nobility, was arrested in this city today, on the charge of having carried out a series of literary swindles. It was her custom to sign her own name to the works of authors not known in Germany or Austria, and then sell the manuscripts for large sums. For some time past the countess had been a leading figure in the literary worlds of Austria and Gormany and she has' lived In princely style on money obtained by false pretenses from members of the no bility. GOVERNOR HARRIS CANDIDATE Aspiration of Nicholas Longatorth Make No Difference to Pres ent Kaeeatlve. COLUMBUS. O . Jan. 2S-The attention of Governor Harris has evidently been called to publications from Washington to the effeet that Ui.nirresHman Nicholas Long worth. son-ln-'.fLw of the president, is to be a candidate for governor of Ohio. To day a letter appeared from the jjovrrnor written to F. 'A. Dertlilck, mailer of the state grange, in which he declares the re ports that he dnairea to retire and 11. at he Is not a candidate for th governorship ar unLru. t-. .. COIN POURS IN BANKS Currency Flows Back in Streams to Vaults in Omaha. WASHES AWAY SHIFTING SAND Cashier's Checks Are Known Only ai Mementoes of Flurry. BOND BUYING IS NOW RESUMED One Depositor Places Eleven Thou sand Dollars to His Credit MONEY HE AND WIFE SLEPT ON Old f oaple Sell Warp? County Load and Take Proceed In Cur rency to nn Omaha Rank. , A a result or renewed confidence In th banKs of th wesl, deposits are pouring In and It Is anticipated tho next state ment of the national bunks will he strong, unless It is called hite in March, when there Is a large demand for money and de posits are unusuully low. Savings banks have resumed the buying of bonds, suspended for more than sixty days km a result of the panic and th largo number of notices of depositors who desired to withdraw accounts after sixty days. Th amounts withdrawn from Omaha bank will never bo known, so well havo banker guarded th Information, but in some of tho banks It Is known that 30 per cent of the deposits were withdrawn In early No vember. With the savings banks the secret Is even more Jealously guarded. It Is sup posed that 25 to 35 per cent of the deposit were withdrawn. But the dully, statements to cashier made Baturday showed a steady Increaae. At the savings banks tho number of de positors was the same ai lief ore the so called panic. The deposits were creeping up at a rate which will place them at a point Hlmost normal before the next state ment. Christmas Swelled Demands. President J. V. Flack of the City Saving bank said: "Most of the niotiay withdrawn waa needed for tiio necessities of the time Christinas time. Few closed accounts and the number of new customers ha far over balanced those who iUit doing business at the banks. "We have resumed the buying of bond, (and he held up $5.ut)0 of Washington county. Neb., bonds which had Just been received). I havo placed orders for $20,000 at eastern bonds today, and shall contlnu to order those which we need and feel con fident of our position in resuming at thl time, lluslness is now normal. As com pared with last year I can see no differ ence. Tho savings bank Is naturally th first bank to receive the notices of with drawal as many account are small, but the percentage of dcrostts actually .wtlu. drawn was small nnd tho money Is, com ing back with some new business." Officers of (ho national banks tell th same story. Tlio teapot ravings bank la not getting slong half as well as the banks which never advertise. Homo very larga sums withdrawn ore being taken back t the banks. These amounts ranged In Im portance to tho bank from J1C0 to 115,000. One Jll.oniy account nni withdrawn and the amount Is supos d to have been hoarded or hid in a cellar. It has returned and la subject to the check of the depositor. (Hshler's Checks Oddities. Cashiers' checks are at a premium. Thre of. the banks have closed their account with the Clearing house and the book kept by the bank to account for the cash iers' checks. Two of the Omaha institution still have a small amount out. During tha last of December one bank sent a largo amount of checks with currency to Wyoming to make up the payrolls of sev eral large mining companies. These check have been slow to return, but so far a known no one is conspicuously hoarding cashier's checks, and they are practically out of existence, as scarce as the rarer pieces of the numismatic. f One of the bankers relates a little Inci dent that transpired under his observation the other day which fits' Into the story of good times. An old man and his wife from Sarpy county came to the bank on day with $11. B00 In currency and placed It on deposit. The money was the proceds of a Sarpy county land sale they had made. Hut they didn't lake the money to th bank as soon as they received it. Rather, they placed It in their shack and slept on It of nights. This became too trying on their nerves, this" bed of money, so they trudged Into Omaha burdened under their tll.SOo load ono day and turned It Into the stream of currency flowing back to th banks. SHIPMENTS BELOW TARIFFS E. Dana Darand Tratlflrs to 1anr ona Transactions of Standard Oil Company. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. When the hear ing In the suit of the government for th dissolution rf the Standard Oil company was resumed today K. Dana Durand. dep uty commissioner of corporations, Continued his testimony respecting his Investigation Into tho ratea paid hy the Standard for th transportation of oil from Whiting, Imt., to points in the south and southwest. H presented numerous waybills and division sheets showing shipments of oil from Whit- -ing, lnd., to Grand Junction, Tenn., at a rate of 13 j'ents per hundred pound a shown on the collection vouchers of th Chicago and Kastern Illinois railroad, and he presented a list of cars which carried the shipments. Mr. I)u.rand further testified that ship roents of oil were made from Whiting, lnd.. Into Memphis, Tenn.. through Grand Junc tion, Tenn., which took a rate f 3 cent per hundred pounds to Memphis from Grand Junction, although he a as not aware of any authority, either in the Interstat Commerce commission or In the tariffs of the Southern railway. reorganizati'cTnovTcertain Chleaao Street Railway Line Boaght II y Company After Long; l.ltlaatloa. CHICAGO. Jan. 20. The properly of th West Chicago rjtrert railway company and that of the North Chicago Street Railway company, which have for reveral years been operated under the came of the Union Trarllon company, wero today sold at auc tion In t lie Chit ao Ratlwuye company, a corporation formed to undertake the re organization of the two systems. The price paid waa $2.O90.O). The sale was the out com of th tractian litigation ! tUfjk