Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1908)
The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI I-XG. 195. OMAHA, FRIDAY MOHNINd, .IANUAUV 31, 1008 TEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. I HLDRlCIl BILL IS IN i Proposed Financial Meaure is Re . ported to the Senate. TZVf CHANGES ARE MADE Committee Emphasizes the Emer gency Nature of t 'ct. 4; HVE HUNDRED MILL! St 'OTES ' V'V ' ! Limit is Raised from Two . Fifty Millions. BASIS OF BONDS IS. flat and Municipal Securities to l.c Xccepted lp to Mnftr Per ( rat of Tblr Market Vain. WASHINGTON, Jan. :Xi.-Scnator Al 1 1 it. -1 1 . chairman of thu senate committee jti finance, today reported his bill provid ing for an emergency "Increase In the na tlonal bank circulation. The report authorized at u meeting of the rommlttcj h'ld today, at which ull the republican members present voted for a resolution uuthorlilng the reporting of the hill and all the democrats voted for the Bailey sub stitute. Senator Hansbrougli, who fuvorH a central bank schema, was not present, and hia vota was unrecorded. The only democrats In attendance were Senator Teller, Bailey and Daniel. Senator Talia ferro, who la absent In Florida, was recorded a for the Bailey substitute. Sen ator Money was also- absent and his vote was unrecorded. Mr. Aldrlch said he. would call tho bill up for consideration on Monday, February 10. Mr. Aldrlch saya lie made this announce ment as to time no that the senators might have ample opportunity to prepare for the discussion or the bill, lie said that the committee had under consideration some amendments to the bill relating to railroad bonds and probably would suggest them at a later day. He explained that the bill was the bill of the majority of the committee and that members of the minority might have a substitute to offer later. He also added that Ills correspondence with the Interstate Commerce commission on the subject of railway securities would be pre sented as a document. Hot Little Changed. The various aniemliricnta a liicli have been published from time to time appear In the bill, although In general character the bill remains tho aame as when introditced. There has been an effort on the part of tho committee to cmphaalco the emergency na ture of tins act that Is proposed, and to this curt various amendments are inserted In the bill which are Intended to cause speedy Issuance of additional currency when a atrlngeney occurs. The following amendment Is Inserted In the first section of the bill In lieu of tho provision which gave the comptroller of the currency power to fix the time and amount, of issues, when application Is in;in. tui'W-lniK ,ta his lluclgnient and t li!s convenience: 'I'll. rum pt roller of tlie currency shall transmit Immediately the application, with Ills recommendation to the secretary of the treasury, who shall. If in his Judgment biiHlneo conditions In the locality demand additional circulation, approve th.-i same, and shall determine the time of Ishuo and fix tlie amount, within ilie limitations lierelnaller inuKmcd, of tho additional cir culating notoa to be issued. In order 'hat the distribution of notes to Ik' Issued under The provisions of this act shall be niHde as eijullable tin practicable between the va rious Kections of the country, the secretary of the treasury filial I not approve applica tions front UHSiH'iiitlons In any state In ex ccks of tho amount to which mich state would be entitled of the additional notes herein authorised on the basts of the pro portion which the unimpaired capital and aurpliiB of the national hanking rcssxiatlnns' In such state bears to the total amount oi unimpaired capital and surplus of the na tional banking associations of the 1'nltcd States: Provided, however, tli.it in rase the applications from -ms'tiui Ions in any state shall not be 1 1 n V to the amount which the associat ions of such state would be entitled to under this method of distri bution, the secretary of the treasury may. In bis discretion, to meet uu emergency, assign the amount not thus applied for to any applying association or associations In the states In tlie tunic st-cllon of the coun try. Ilananrr of Notes. The clause of tho oVlglnal bill, fixing 75 per cent of the market value of all munic ipal and railway bunds as tho limit of the Issue of notes against them, has been amended so that railroad bonds alone are to be taken at 76 per cent of I heir market value. Notea may be Issued against de posits of municipal and county bonds up to tO per cent of their market value. Tho limit of circulating notes that may be Issued under the act has been raised from S.VO.OUO.OOO to SMO.tW.OW. The section of the bill relating to the ac ceptance of interest-bearing obligations or any legally authorised bonds of slates, cities, towns and counties as deposits for the security of additional bank currency Issued against them has been broadened considerably by amendment. The word: "Or other legally coustltutej municipality or district," which have been added, are taken to mean that bonds tssuud by school districts and townships will be acceptable, providing they conform to re quirements specified. The population of thee municipalities, is fixed by the re ported bill at 10.000, Instead of 30,0.0, as originally proposed. j There la an amendment making It the duty of the secretary of the treasury to ob tain Information with reference to the value and character of the municipal and railroad securities authorised to be ac cepted under the provisions of tlie act, and be la required front time to time to furnish Information . to national banking associa tion as to auch bonds as would he ac ceptable, as security. To the en A-that In formation concerning railroad bonds may be gathered with some degree of accuracy the clause of the bill relating to the ac ceptance of railroad bonds as security for note Issue la amended so as to Include only the bond of roads which comply with I he existing Jaw In reporting state ment of their condition and earning to the Interstate Commerce commission. Conveyance af Title. TI.e provision In the bill requiring a memorandum on the back of each bond, showing that the legal title of the same lias passed tit the treasurer of the - 1'nltej Htste In trust, baa been stricken out and It hag ben made the duty of the secretary uf the treasury to prescribe regulations for conveying title. Th provision of the original bill relating to th preparation of circulating notes In blank to ait amount equal to to per cent of the stock of a bank requesting an Is suance ha been changed so that It Is man datory upon the comptroller to proceed a aoen as practicable to prepare notea for all (Coatlnuwt on becoud P.) SUMMARY OF THE BEE Friday, January 31, 1008. 1908 zlZm& 1908 tSTX juny TTli Ufa IWlf TPj. SO: -r -,r- r 2 S 1 5 6 Z 8 9 W JI 12 IS 14 15 16 1Z IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ZG2Z 28 29 30 SI THE WGATHEB. nut OMAHA, COfA.ni, BLUFFS AND VH'IMTV-rrobahlo snow Fcldav. . FOR NKHRASK A Snow Friday; colder i west portion Krldav. t "It IOWA I'roliHble enow Friday; 'riner In south portion Friday. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Deg. 6 a. m is a. rn It 7 a. m IX x a. m IS I a. m 1 M a. m 1 11 a. m 22 12 m 24 1 p. m 2 p. m 27 3 p. m 27 4 p. m 27 5 ii. m... 1M ti p. m 2 7 p. m 25 K p. m 25 ft p. m l DOMESTIC. Senator Aldrich reports his financial bill to the senate. Page 1 Judge Mcpherson refuses to tuke part In the Missouri Sunday fight and denied Injunction against the grand Jury at Kan sas City. Fag 1 District Attorney Jerome makes his plea to the Jury In the Thaw case, changing his course from last trial and making no exeiiKe for White. Pag 1 Exhibits in the Pennsylvania capitol fraud casea are shown. Pag 9 Little flurry caused by the suspension of banks at New Yffrk. Fag a Consolidated Steamship company, con trolling the lines on the Atlantic coas4, goes Into the hands of a receiver. Fag a llovernor Sheldon addresses the house at Topeka. Faff 1 Robber at Alton, la., are foiled by boys who discover them. Faff 1 Cold wave causes much suffering and several deaths In New York. Fag 1 ' Steel men of New York meet to arrange a new schedule of prices. Fag 1 Mr. Bryan gives his opinion on publicity of campaign contributions at Washington before committee. Fag 1 LOCAL. Two gold bricks wortli $12,000, stolen In 18R0 from Pacific Express company at Kidney. Neb., are recovered by workmen removing ruins of an old saloon. Super intendent George Patterson of Omaha sent them to St. Louis. Fag 1 Option trading is resumed on the floor of the Omaha Orain exchange after nearly a year and transactions amount to high figure. Fag 3 Ice harvest begins in earnest on Cut-off lake, where a amall army of men Is at work. Employment Is given to many men laid off lu other lines of business. Fag 9 O. W. Wattles, returned from tlie east, say financial etrlngency will not deter street, railway company from maklug ex tensions promised. Fag 10 Tony Uillottl, supposed to be Dominic Arbancsi. who la wanted In Minneapolis on kidnaping charge, Is released by tho police. Real Arhanesi was In Omaha four months with the girl, who, Italians say, was lila sweetheart in Italy. Fag S Decision of the supreme court dispel. feara of.liiiior dealers that coloring mat ter could no longer be put into whisky. Fag 8 FOBEIQH. Torpedo flotilla leaves Buenos Ayres for Punta Arenas. Fag 1 Suffragettes still making trouble in Lon don. Fag 1 Countess of Yarmouth's dlvorfe suit Bet I lor next Wednesday. Page 1 i REBB-UEA. Slate ami attorney for the soldiers of I tlie lit ami Island homo take part lu legal controversy over pension. Fag 3 Governor Sheldon ha been studying the banking situation and will consult others before acting on the petition of the Omaha Real Estate exchange. Pa 3 COMMERCIAL AJTD INDUSTRIAL. Live stock markets. Fag 7 Grain markets. Pag 7 Stocks and bond. Pag 7 MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. Tort. Arrived. Balled. NKW YORK I-otiiiUna ..Adriatic. NKW YtiHK barharoaaa Aa'urla. NKW YOKK., ... NonriUm Grit U alrtcrart. UllKKNDTOWN.. lv.TTila UuSTUN Wlnltredlan Canadian. ST. lultN'S l-aki. Krle Mcntroar. HKKMKN Seyltdtl HHKMKN t-K P. Ceeelie FIl'MN .. t'aronla. AI.KXANIHIA...Cai.Ofilc 1,1 V Kit P KM. Sylvanla. II AM HI KO Blua.hu t'IIIIPKI.I,lllA.Mer1. PLYMOUTH Majcatlc ,.. SUFFRAGETTES KEEPING BUSY Women Call on Cabinet Minister anil, Falling: to Be Heeelved, Cre ate Scene. IjONDON. Jan. 30. -Having failed to reach King Edward yesterday during the ceremonies 6f th opening of Parliament, and. as the House of Commons is effec tively barred against them, the women suf fraKists of England this morning adopted a new method of protesting against the fact that bis majesty, In his spertch from the throne, made no mention of their de mands to be permitted to vote. The mili tant members of the organisation formed themselv..- Into several commltttea which, at the suv hour today, visited the homes of the arlous member uf the cabinet fur the purpose of asking them to use their Influence to have the question of Woman's suffrage settled at this session. A none of the ministers would see them, the women demonstrated by ringing door bell and delivering addresses from doorsteps. The police were unprepared for this course of action, and noisy scenes were witnessed on several of the fashionable thorough fares of lAindon. The women eventually were dlapersed after seven arrests had been made. TORPEDO "FLOTILLA LEAVES Jourue) Beaun to Pisls Arena from Bavno Ayree Kntertaln. went Klaharat. BI ENOS AYHE8. Jan. 30 -The . flot I1U of American torpedo boat under the com mand of Lieutenant Conu, on It way from Hampton Roads to Magdaivna Bay, sailed from this port at f o'clock this morning for Punta Arenas, after a stay here of four days. The North American society of the River Platte entertained the visiting officers, and men yesterday. Tbeie Were field sports of various kinds and a lollutluii. Over LOT) resident of Buenos A) res wef among th guests. i JEROME CHANGES TACTICS Prosecuting Attorney Has No Word of Palliation for White. THAW IS DELIBERATE MURDERER Dissects KvMenee Coldly, Declaring Defendant Knew and Planned Deed- Great Crowd In Coart Itooni. NEW YORK. January 30. Conceding that Harry K. Thaw may have had irra tional outbreak now and then during the thirty-six years of Ills life, District At torney William Travers Jerome In bis plea for tho Conviction of Stanford White's slayer, declared there was absolutely noth ing In the case presented to the Jury to show that. Thaw was o insane the night of the tragedy that he did not know the nature or quality of hi act, or that the act was wrong. The prosecutor followed this, however, by signifying very plainly that he believed Justice would be served if the defendant should be found guilty of sdmc lesser de gree of criminal responsibility than murder In the first degree. He explained care fully elements that entered Into a verdict of first degree murder and then pointed the way to two other possible findings murder In the second degree, or man slaughter in the first. Mr. Jerome surprised bis hearers today by the striking contrast of his argument with that of a year ago. The vihdlctive ness was gone, the passionate defense of White was gone, the denunciation of Eve lyn Ncsblt has no place In his remarks. Instead there was a calm, analytical dis section of the evidence, a concession of pos sible weakness, both mental and physical. In the defendant, but always a recurrence to the hard and fast rule of the law that a man to be excused must be so Insane as not to know what he was about. White Did Great Wrong. Mr. Jerome declared dramatlcully that there was no doubt Stanford White had done Evelyn Nesblt a great wrong and that Harry Thaw had every motive for revenge ful murder upon the man he killed. This motive he asserted forever swept away the claim of Insanity which knows not what It does. Justice Dowling announced as luncheon recess was taken today that he would not charge the Jury until tomorrow morning. District Attorney Jerome will conclude this afternoon. There was another great crush at the criminal courts building today to hear District Attorney Jerome make the closing addrV-ss for the people In the Thaw case. When the doors were opened the court chamber was found to be already filled with specially privileged spectators. Jus tice Dowilng was lata in getting down town and It waa some time after the hour set for convening when he took his place on the bench. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw and Joseph Thaw were tjio only members of the defendant's family present when Mr. Jerome began his argument at 11 o'clock. He declared the case had been handled by him with some difficulty, as he had. many other matter of Importance to attend to at tho same Unit. ' - Makes Apology for Sneer. ' "If I have at any time lacked the dignity that attached to my office," continued the prosecutor; "If at any time I have shown any asperity or lack of consideration, I ran only say now that I regret It. Any personal Impression 1 have made or have not made should have no part whatever in your verdict. You are not trying the dis trict attorney. Any sneer lie may have made Is not evidence for the people, and neither are they any evidence that Harry K. Thaw waa Insane when he killed Stan ford White. "A to the woman, if my manner was one of disapprobation, that Is not evidence. Neither I nor the woman Is being tried here. Harry Thaw Is on trial for the mur der of Stanfovl White and thotlelense Is that he was insano on the night of Juno 26, lPoi; that he was not generally insane or Is insane now. All you have to deal with, all I have to deal with. Is whether or not at a particular time and place this defendant was Insane whether when he shot and killed Stanford White lie knew that the net waa wrong and against the law of the liuid." Cold Dissection of Evidence. "I shall endeavor," Mr. Jerome added, "coldly to dissect the evidence In tills case, to trace It step by step, and to show you that the burden that law places- upon the defense of proving the Insanity of this de fendant has not been met." Mr. Jerome explained to the jury the different degree of murder defined by the law and declared that in this case the only verdicts possible under the circumstances were murder In the first degree, murder In the second degree, manslaughter In the first degree or not guilty on the ground of Insanity. The district attorney declared Thaw plainly had a motive for killing White, Every act of his for two or three years before the tragedy pointed to his deadly consuming . hate of the man he killed. Thaw believed that White had drugged and mistreated hia wife; he knew that White bad kept him out of a New York club; ho knew that White had threatened hi life; If the stage door man is to be believed, he knew that just a mouth before the tragedy White had told May MacKenxle he heard Thaw and Evelyn were not living happily together and he would get the girl back. No Defense of White. "It matter not whether you bclieVe the girl story of the drugging or not," de clared Mr. Jerome. "The relations of this Ynlddlc-agcd, married man with thu girl of 15 cry out to heaven, and no decent man can say a word in defense. I cer tainly have no Intention of doing so. But with all the things I have pointed out to you, if there was a motive In tho heart of this defendant, I can imagine nothing that can create a motive." Last year Mr. Jerome passionately de fended Stanford White, declaring that nis spirit hovered ever near the court room crying out to be heard In defense, crying for omo one to tell the truth and protect a character Evelyn Nesblt had (ought to blacken. , The prosecutor today took up one by one tho act of Thaw on the roof garden and Immediately following the tragedy, and as serted that all pointed to a full knowledge of what he was doing; that his eye fell on the "monster" who had done him many wrongs, against whom he had many griev ances and the premeditated murder came to startle th whole world. Thaw' move ments were characterised by the utmost deliberation, Mr. Jerome said. "We find Thaw armed on the Garden armed for a single purpose, armed for the man he walked up to and killed by three bullets. ' U there anything Insane about all of tCoullnucd ou Second Page.) MINERS TALK OVER WAGES Operator Meet nt ! Time Na tional Convention of Worker I In Session, INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 30-The conven tion of tho. t'nlted Mine Workers of Amer ica today transacted a little routln. busi ness and adjourned until tomorrow. The tellers having charge of the count of the vote for national officers were not ready to report. Claims of Irregularities In the vote of some of the locals Is delaying the tabulation of the vote Friends of T. L. Iewis claim his election as president by from 15.000 to 20,000. Representatives of the coal miners and operators of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsylvania, known as the cen tral competitive field, met today to decld" whether a Joint conference shall be called to make a wage scale to go Into effect April 1, and to re-establish the Interstate agreement which was Interrupted two years ago. Conferences, similar to that of today held here December 19, were without any result. Representing the miners were President Mitchell, Vice President Icwls and Secre tary Wilson of tho national organization and the officers of the districts in tlie central competitive field. Over 100 opera tors represented their side. The miners are united in favor of the re-establlsh-ment of the Interstate wage agreement. The operators of western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana also declared them selves In favor of It. Illinois operators who arrived today from Chicago Insist that before the Interstate movement Is revived relief be given them from certain inequalities in conditions which they as sert glv operators of the other three states advantages which equal In some cases as high as 8 cents on a ton. The Illinois operators announced they would insist upon relief from the single standard, which compels them to mine only on the screen basts and also relief from the Inequalities of the present dif ferential between pick and machine mining. STEAMER COMBINE IN TROUBLE Receivership I Asked for Consoli dated Steamship Company nt Boston. BOSTON, . Jan. 30. The proceedings In this city for a receivership for the Consol idated Steamship company were Instituted simultaneously wlLh those In the court jf Portland, Me., and New York today. The action was brought by William ' A. Muller of Arlington, Mass, whose counsel filed three bills of complaint against the Con solidated and also against two subsidiary companies, the Eastern and Metropolitan Steamship companies. Petitions for an Injunction against these companies were also filed by counsel for Mr. Muller and for the Berwind-Whito Coal company. In his bill of complaint Mr. Muller declare It his belief that the Eastern Steamship company has a total floating indebtedness of $1,350,000, and that the Metropolitan company has a floating Indebtedness of $1,860,000. with unpaid bills of $250,000 and Interest on outstanding bonds of $1,200,000. The Immediate cause of the petition was the failure of the Eastern Steamship company to pay a demand note to Mr. Midler of $Hl.0OD. It Is expected that ns soon as the I'tilted State court in Ncji.'. fork, acta upon the petition filed there. simll:i' rroccedlngn will result lnthe cruris here and In Poriland. The difficulties of i ie Consolidated Steamship company are regarded by bank ets In this city as the result of excessive steamship building, and a failure on the part of the company to provide a sinking fund for the underlying bonds of the six companies that were consolidated by Charles W. Morse of Bath, Me. CHICAGOAN SHOOTS CHILDREN W. II. Vleutseh Kills Daughter and Fatally Wounds Another Girl and Hoy. CHICAGO. Jan. 30. William H. Meutch, a carriage maker at 419 Armitage avenue, today shot and killed one of his daughters, 6 years old, and fatally wounded his two other children. The cause of the crime Is not known, but according to the police, Meutsch bad recently quarreled with his wife several times because of the children. The car riage shop was beneath the rooms In which the Meutsch family lived, and late today the man called Gertrude, the daughter, telling her to come to the carriage shop. As she stepped through the iloor Meutsch fired a bullet Into her abdomen, killing her lnstanatly. He then called Jennie, 3 years old, and Bhot her as she entered the shop. William, the 2-year-old son, was the last vitim to be called and his father shot Jilm Just above the heart as ho came In. The two children were taken to a nearby hospital, where It waa stated that both of them will die. The murderer Is believed by the pollc to be of unsound mind. He confessed after his arrest, that he intended to kill another daughter. 18 years old. who was absent when the tragedy occurred. Meutsch said to Captain Harding: "The children re better off dead than alive, and under the care of such a mother. My 18-year-old daugbter left home three months ago because of domestic troubles." ROBBERS AT ALTON FOILED Uo House Town and Prevent Safe Blowers from Getting Any Money. SIOUX CITY, la., Jan. (Special Tele gram) Safe blowers broke Into the Bunk of Northwest Iowa at Alton early this morning. They bjew open the outer door of the vault. The noise aroused boys who were Bleeping across the street. They dis charged a shotgun from their second story window and then rang tho fire bejl to alarm the town. In the meantime the rob berB escaped without a cent. . SHELDON TALKS AT TOPEKA Governor of Nebraska Appear Be. fore N'trrlal Session of I.eKlsh latnre of Kansas, TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 3. -Governor I Inch today sent a message to the legislature making a final appeal for the pussago of a guaranty deposit law. In the house the message was received with applause. Gov ernor (Sheldon of Nebraska addressed the house today. AGAINST CIGARETTE SMOKING Lower House lu Oklahoma I'aaaea Bill Prohibiting the Practice. Ql'THRIK, Okla.. Jan. Sil.-TIie lower house of the legislature today passed a measure prohibiting the smoking of cig arettes In the state and providing for the Inflicting a pcntlty of not less than $5 or more than t-X for each separate offense. It ia pattej-Dcd after the Indiana law. LOOT OF BORDER DAY HOLDUP Gold Bricks. Found in Fire After Twenty-Eight Yean. UNDER SALOON OF SUSPECTED MAN Treasure Supposed to Be Worth Twelve Thousand Dollar la He covered by Pacific E prrsa Company. Gold bricks, thought to be wotth $12,000. stolen from tho Pacific Kxpres company March 10. 1SN0. at Sidney, Neb., together with an endless string cf stories of the red border days, were secured at Sidney Wednesday by Superintendent George Pat terson of the express company, who re turned to Omaha Thursday after foreward Ing tho gold bricks to St. Louis, where the company will Investigate the value of the metal. Tlie bricks were found by worklngmen who were removing the ruins of the Mlko Tobln saloon, which burned January 10, I90S. and the express company was Imme diately notified. It la thought the two chunks of gold are the ones taken from the depot at Sidney twenty-eight years ago, though they may bo a part of the loot of the stages robbed almost weekly between Sidney and Deadwood. Superintendent Patterson found the brlrks In the best of condition. They were a Ut ile more than half the size of building bricks and untarnished by the years of repose tinder the Old building. As to their value, Mr. Patterson said: "Some of the bricks which the express company carried In the early days were not worth more than $3,000. an gold was not reflne-d in the Black Hills In 1SS0 as It Is today. If the bricks are found to con tain gold which has been refined on the average, they are probably worth $,Xi0 each. I did not feel I could pa-ss on their value and sent them at once to St. Louis. Some Fake Ciold Brick. "There aVe storle about Sidney of all kinds of gold bricks, worth from $110 up to $10,000. Some famous green goods men and "gold brick" artists, ho are still at large, had bricks manufactured In Denver which had from $100 to $200 worth of gold In them. They were sold to bankers and others who were buying gold In the early days, but as the gold bricks which were stolen from the depot In Sidney were never found, those which I have sent to St. Louis may be the brick for which tho oompany paid the shippers twenty-eight years ago- and for which our detectives have been watching since. "Mike Tobin, who owned the saloon when it burned, was the bartender In another saloon when the robbery occurred. The saloon under which they were found was owned by Sheriff McCarty at the time of the robbery. It 1 said the vigilance com mittee which lynched a fellow by the name of McDonald for participating In various robberies was after the sheriff when they got McDonald, as McCarty was thought to bo a bad actor. Being the sheriff and a saloon keeper, he was also a famous gambler, according to the stories of Sidney pioneers." The bricks lost by the express company were brought down from Deadwood by the stage of Marsh & 8tcvenson and turned over to fbW atfent tr the Pacific Expres company at Sidney. He locked thorn in the express room as soon as they were re ceived, but while he waa gone to dinner a hole was sawed In the floor of the room from beneath, and tho two bricks taken, No trace of them was ever found and the company settled, as it did for a large amount of Black Hills gold. Old Stave Man Talk. J. B. Stevenson, one of the owners of the stage line which carried the gold bricks to Sidney, and whose, stages wre robbed now and then, said at the Murray hotel: "To an old stage man It seems Impossible that gold bricks, valued at Jti.OOO each, would rest under the saloon at Sidney for twenty-eight years, without some of the gung getting them and selling them; still It Is possible that the cxpross company has found the lost bricks. The stage com panies did not carry tlie phony bricks. There were none In circulation which I knew anything about, but the story of twenty-eight years' rest for gold bricks does not sound good to me. There fs some thing wrong. If they were placed under the McCarty saloon, the owners knew about It, and I cannot conceive of how they would allow them to remuln there all these ycarS." "But It was a tough crowd which stayed around Sheriff McCarty' saloon In the early days. Our line was very fortunate, but the old line of Gilmer, Salsbury and Patrick from Cheyenno to Deadwood lost heavily. The big robberies were up In tho mountains In the Hat Creek country. 1 have been held up In that country, myself, several times and the robbers would take a small amount, some $1,500 to $2,000, from the passengers. "Look Vorhees of Cheyenne was later my partner In the conduct of the line from Sidney" to Deadwood and has a record of all the old robberies. Some large amounts were taken. Tons of silver and gold bricks were hauled down from the Hills by the different companies and the robbers were as thick as the decent citlrens." STIR It I Mi TIMKS ARK R EC A 1.1, RD Kind at Sidney Brings Out Stories mt Border l)i, SIDNEY, Neb., Jan. 3". (Special Tele gram.) The finding of two gold bricks in the ruins of the Tobln building recently destroyed by fire recalls to mind many of the lively incidents that took place In Sid ney during the Black Hill excitement. In March, It), the Pacific Express company's office In this city waa robbed of $130,000, consisting of $127,000 In g-old bricks from the Homestake mine of I.ead City, 8. D., and tho balance were C. O. D. packages from the Black Hills. These bricks were delivered to the ex press company by the Sidney and Black Hills Stage company at 8 o'clock in the morning, coming In from Deadwood on the treasury coach In charge of Messengers Scott and Boss Davis, William Sample, Boone and Bill May, five of tho bravest men that ever protected a treasure coach In the wert. The bricks were consigned to Ixumslieri-y & Co. of New York, and wero to be shipped east on the evening train. The gold bricks were placed on a truck in the office and the money packages were placed in a cum as sack and hung on Die hinge of the safe, and while Allen, the express agent waa at dinner, the office waa robbed of $U9,MJ0. One of the gold bricks was bidden by the robbers in the coal bin underneath the express office and Waa found the next morning. A gold brick valued at $6,000 was missing and found C. O. D. packages and cash were never re covered. C. K. Allen, then one of the most prom inent men In the country and holding the office of county treasurer at the same tlmu. (ContluuU on Second Pag.) EXHIBITS IN GRAFT CASES Evidence Introduced la Court Show lag How Contractor Mndo Grab. HARRISBl HG. Pa , Jan. 30.-The now famous bootblack stand for the senate lavatory supplied by Contractor John It. Sanderson of Philadelphia, one of the de fendants In tho stnte capitol conspiracy suits on trial In the Ihiuphln county court, was offered 111 evidence by the common wealth today. Sanderson collected $1,19.20 from tho stale for this stand and paid the subcontractor by whom It was supplied $125. Photographs of the rostrum of the senate and house caucus rooms, for Which the state paid Sanderson $00,748.80 and for which he paid the subcontractor $2,W0, were also offered In evidence. I-'red 11. I'otter and Howard Krochl of the Audit company of New York were called by the commonwealth to establish the measurements of the sofas, clothes tree and table produced before the Jury. All of this furniture was supplied by San derson al the rate of $1S.W "per foot" and. according to the commonwealth, he was paid for certain articles at the rate of three times the actual measurement. The commonwealth also offered several hills for furnishings supplied by Sanderson for the purpose of showing that different systems of measurement were employed by th contractor for collecting for articles supplied under the same Items In the spe cial capitol furnishing schedule of 14. Architect Joseph M. Huston, who has ecured a separate trial, has been sub poenaed as a witness for his co-defendants, former Auditor General Snyder, former State Treasurer Mathues, James M. Shu inaker, former superintendent of grounda and buildings, and Sanderson, but may not be called. The feeling against the archi tect on the part of his four co-defendants grow more bitter as the trial progresses. RECONSIGNMENT CASE IS OUT Dismissed by Federal Court for Lark of Jurisdiction, Belong to Commission. Judges W. II. and T. C. Munger, In the I'nited States district court late yesterday afternoon, entered an order deciding that court had no Jurisdiction In tho case of Sunderland Bros, against the Rock Island rallrond, seeking to enjoin the operation of the reconslgnment chcarges on coal, lum ber and other such commodities. The or der carries with It the dismissal of the suit. But the action of the court does not affect the movement against the recon slgnment charges. F. A. Brogan, attorney for Sunderland Bros., who filed the case In court October 31 last, also filed a com plaint similar In character with the In terstate Commerce commission. This com plaint will be heard by the commission Just as If the court decision had never been made. The cane was brought in court only to cover the period Intervening be fore the commission could get to the mat ter and give It a hearing and the decision therefore will have no effect other than enabling the -eomplalnants to bend all their efforts' In the direction of the hearing be fore the commission.' ' When the commission will hear the case ia not known as yet. DEATHS' FROM COLD v WAVE Intense Kuffrriair ltenlt In ew York a Result of Drop of Mercury. i NEW YORK, Jan. 30. The Icy blasts which swept down on the city lust night sent the mercury to the lowest point of the present season and brought intense suffering to thousands and even death came to some. Patrick 'Allen, for forty years a horse car driver, succumbed to cold and exposure. John J. Harrington, a newsdealer, was found lying in a road way In the Bronx so badly frozen that he died soon after. A man who said he was Glnter Empel, 28 years of age, was found lying Insensible In Union Square. Ho had slipped on the Icy pavement and sus tained a fracture of tho hip. He is In a critical condition. Sixteen-year-old Charles Jackson also is In a serious condition at a hospital as a result of exposure. This morning the mercury stood" at 4 de grees above zero. BOSTON, Jan. 30. New England to day, for the first time this winter, Is ex periencing zero weather. In some parts of Connecticut the thermometer regis tered 12 below zero. MILWAUKEE, Jan. 30. The cold wave still hovers over tho northwest. The coldest place is Escanaha, Mich, which re ports J 2 below. DAWES MAKES AN ACCUSATION Accuse A. C. Krost of Making Mis leading; Statement Concerning; lload'a Earnings. CHICAGO. Jan. 2ft. Charles G. Dawes to day filed with Judge Grosscup of the United St-Jtes circuit court his objection to the appointment of A. C. l'rost as one of the receivers of the Chicago-Milwaukee Electric Railroad company. Mr. Dawes states his objection are based on his Inves tigation of the affairs of the road. His statement says In part: "1 have discovered that he haa Induced the security holders to purchase the bonds of the road upon statements of net earnings which ore absolutely misleading." After receiving the statement Judfto Grosscup laid: "I told Mr. Dawes that I rtrctted that ho had given his scheme to the press. Mr. EroBt, who built up this property, has not been heard, and nothing will be laken as established against him until he lias been beard from." FOURTH BODY IS DISCOVERED All Alleged Ictliu of Italian Gardner at I-loronce, Colorado, Accounted For, KIX)RENCE, Colo., Jan. 30 A fourth body, that of Joseph Mluichicllo, was found today burled on tlie Neronl truck garden In this city. The man head had been crushed with a blow, apparently with an axe. Autone Neronl, alias Bavori. a pris oner In the county jail at Can on City, Is charged with the murder of Joseph Minlchiello and also of Dominic Mlnlchlcllo, Ercola Buffettl and Mis. Frank Palmetto, whose bodies were dug up ut the garden January 30. YARMOUTH SUIT NEXT' WEEK Thaw' SUter Will Then Have Her IsbIsk Before KnglUh Divorce Court. LONDON, Jan. 30. Hir Birrell Barnes, president of the divorce court, today fixed the hearing of the suit brought by the countess of Yarmouth, who wai Alice Thaw of Pittsburg, against her husband for the annulment of her marriage for next Wednesday afternoun. The attor ney for the coupUss said the case would be short THOMAS' TITLE CLEAR Potmaster General Announce! Name Will Go to the Senate. CHARGES ARE NOT SUSTAINED Paper in Case Are Ordered Marked "Special" at the Department. BURKETT TALKS POSTAL BANKS Mr. Meyer Approves of the Senator . Bill for Their Creation. ADVANCE ON SIMILAR MEASURES Mum her of Rural I'ree Delivery Route Are Ordered Established lu Mebraaka nnd Other Western State. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. (Special To gram.) B. P. Thomas' name will be sent to the senate tomorrow or on Monday mt postmaster at Omaha. This afternoon Post master General Meyer made this late tnenl to Senator Burkett and Brown, who called In relation to tlie churges filed gainst Mr. Thomas by Mr. Covell and another whose name the postmaster gen eral thought wise not to publish. To The Bee correspondent th postmaste general stated that he had carefully rem the report of the inspector sent to In vestlgate tho charges made by Mr. Covet against Mr. Thomas, but he did not find them of sufficient Importance to withhold the name of Mr. Thoma from being scni to the senate as postmaster at Omaha to succeed Captain H. E. Palmer. The post master general said those charges wer-r based upon Mr. Thomas' connection with the school board a number of year ago when Mr. Covell wa attorney for th board. The board selected another attor ney as Its representative and Mr. Covel has been "sore at Mr. Thomas ever since." The charges filed against Mr. Thoma were of a character that the postmaster general could not fall to take cognizance of and an inspector wan sent to Omaha to examine closely Into the charges. The report of the Inspector reached Washington on Tuesday, but In the ab sence of the postmaster general they wen? not taken up by that official until today, and after careful consideration of the re port of the Inspector Mr. Meyer decided that the charges did not warrant the with holding of the nomination of Mr. Thomas. In point of fact the Inspector's report exonerated Mr. Thomas from any wrong doing In the premises. Paper Marked Special. While' The Bco correspondent was In the postmaster general's office he authorized the first assistant postmaster general to prepare the nomination papers for Mr. Thomas and marked tho same special. It is just possible that Mr. Thomas's nam will go to the senate tomorrow. If tit While House can prepare the uccessary papers In time. Shduld the senate, how ever, adjourn early and over Saturday, the name will go to the senate on Monday. Both Senators Burkett and Brown and ex-Lieutenant Governor McGiltoli called on the postmaster general to ascertain the report of the Inspector In tho Thomas' case, and finding It favorablo accentuated their endorsement by asking that Thomas' name be sent to the senate as early a pos sible. Burkett Bill Favored. Senator Burkett remained with the post master general for some time, going ovox with that official his bill relating to pos tal savings banks, and to Tho Bee corre spondent Postmaster General Meyer stated that the Burkett bill had many features in advance of any other measure and he would give It his hearty support. Minor Matter at Capital. Rural free delivery routes ordered es tablished April 1: Nebraska Foster. Pierce county, route 1; population, 600; families, 103; Greeley, Gree ley county, route 2, population 850, families 9,1; Pender, Thurston county, route 4, pop ulation 400, families 108. South Dakota Claremont. Brown county, rout 1, pop ulation 400, familie 8e. A postofflce ha been established at L wanna. Cherry county, Nebraska, with JtJ seph A. Ruff postmaBter. Orvllle C. Brewer has been appointed postmaster at Rogers. Linn county. Iowa, vice J. A. Trindle, resigned. John O. I-ioes of Omaha, Joseph J. Rnetl of Boone, la., and Joseph B. Sherman of Pierre, 8. D., have been admitted to prac tice before the Interior department. FJ. If. Kelley of Davenport, Ia., ha been appointed stenographer In the railway mall service, located at Wichita, Kan.' IIRV A ASKS FOR PUBLICITT Election ffalr In Which All Argu ment Should Be Public. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. "An election 1 a public affair and participation In politic ia a civic duty. All argument used in elections should be used publicly, and all means employed, used to secure th elec tion of or to defeat a candidate should bo by means which the one using them would not be ashamed to have the world know." This epitomizes the views of William 3. Bryan on tho, subject of publicity of cam paign contributions a expressed today bo fore the house committee on electlun of president and vice president. In addition to the full membership thoro were present Perry Belmont and Samuel Gumpcrs and other labor leaders. Mr. Bryan declared that reform only come when abuse are recognised. "Not until there Is an evil to be remedied," ha said, "doe one think of a remedy." Th thing to be remedied In American politic, he continued, was the use of money to secure control of the government. "th money being advanced by those antagonis tic to the public purse." When a man resorted to secrecy, he ald, it must be because he haa something to gain that he docs not want the world to know, or that he distrusts the Intelligence or patriotism of the people. Mr. Bryan Insisted that the most im portant thing to tie done whs to mako th campaign contribution known befor the election. He realised that there was an advantage In the finding out after the horse Is stolen how the door waa unlocked, "but," be said, "I think It much better to find out Itfforo the horse is stolen that a theft Is. conn mpUted." Tho trouble about the publication of expenditure after elec tion was that the knowledge came too late to be of any advantage to the penfil In that campaign. It waa very eay to change the committee and the personnel of the organizations, he said, and then mak