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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.
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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.)
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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.
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UNION PACIFIC SUIT
Attorney Central Will File Bill in
Einity to DissolTe CorMne.
TRAFFIC M0N0P'
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Charge That
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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