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VOL. XXXVII NO. 40.
OMAIIA, SUNDAT ilNINO, MARCH 22, 1908 SIX SECTIONS THIRTY-SIX PAGES.
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Cattle Incident Illustrates Impotence
of Government Machinery.
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LEAGTJTES OUTWIT SHERIFF
Score of Animals Seized to Satisfy
Execution Taken from Police.
COWS BRING TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
Stock Recaptured and Only Bidden at
Auction Art Former Owners.
DOCTORS WIN" THEIR STRIKE
Oiirtltu ' Agree to Par Hlf
' Salarlee for Dispensary and
Ulrmrr Work Right to
. Fish (or Eels.
" DUBLIN, March It Bpeclat)-The lm
potenc of the present machinery for the
government ef Ireland has Just been proven
by an extraordinary incident at Birr. Borne
tlma ago I told how the Ormonde Hunt
bad been broken up by tha Bhlnrone
branch of tha United Irlh league becauae
It persisted In retaining; a number of notor
lous land grabber as member. Tha mas
tar of the Hunt brought a ault In tha
courti against aeveral of tha leading
leaguert for damage, and received aub-
tantlfil verdicts. The leaguers refuaed to
pay and a few dsy afro the aherlff aelaed
nineteen cattle and a horae to eatisry m
Judgment and drove them Into Birr, whera
they were placed In a locked yard, unaer
guard, to await the day appointed for tha
sale. --''.'
Tha ar befora the data aet for the aale
a large crowd of people rode Into Birr from
tha Bhlnrone district to attend a mock
funeral of the Ormonde Hunt, and the
police were busily occupied all day driving
them from one part of the town to an-
other and trying to atop the proposed
demonstration. Perhap they were over-
"tired by their effort and slept soundly,
but whatever the case , may be, all the
seised cattle disappeared from the locked
police yard between J and S a. m., and
although they must have been driven
through half a doxen streets before the
open country was reached no one can be
found who know anything of bow they I
ware taken away. I
Of course, the sale did not come off aa
advertised, but latevthat evening thirteen
of the cattle were found resting quietly In
a bog three miles from Birr. ' A hundred I
policemen were sent out to bring them in I
and guard them all nfght, and the nert I
morning the authorities, fearful that they I
might disappear . again, put them Up at
auction,- The price or cattle must nave
fallen very low in the Bhlnrone district, I
for these thirteen beasts only fetched
IRISII
25 cents each at auction, the only bidders ernlng Ireland was demonstrated by In
belne; the farmers from whom they were ability of aherlff at Barr to enforce Judg-
eixed. j. ' - I
Strike ef the Doctors. - . I
The atrlk of tha doctors in Carrlck-on- 1
Bulr against the low salaries plaid for d!s- der of .ttfe government on a charge of tn
pensary and Infirmary appointments by the citing- rebelllpn. . . , . X, Paf X
guardians, to wbleh I referred aome months. Chancellor von Buelow is anxious to
tgot has Just been won by the doctor - It I
will be remembered that the doctors boy-
coted the public institutions and when the I
guardian Imported young medical men
from England to take their places they re-
tainted by increasing their Jeee all around I
lO in puonc. ine pressure iiiun Droueui
;to bear has been effective nd the gu.rd-
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ror.tneir meaicai oinccrs. unaer ims
scale the remuneration will range from 1700
a year to about $1,200.
The Lelnster branch of the British Medl-
cal association haa Just started a move- I
jmeni vr ine iriorra oi me wnoie iiif m i
or poor law meaieai reiier in. jreiano. ana
It la likely that the Irish party will be
Asked to father a bill on the subject at the
present session of Parliament. The plan In
brief Is to take the appointment of poor I
law meaicai omcera out or tne nanas or
na ooarus px Buxuian una mane n a
brano'a of the national civil service. The
minimum pay Is placed at 21,000, with al
lowancea for rent and a horse, and re-
Urlng pensions at the age of 65 are pro-
.viu.il .tur, K I'l rm?ii 11. im i i. rxi in.i in
(. erase par of the poor law doctor In
'.tor usually has to spend about S500 fort
tha nr.kx.n nt m VinMk. wlthnnt Whlnh he
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cannot do his work. The opportunities for
private prantloe In most districts are very
small, as tne. resident gentry are rast ais-
arpeartng from Ireland. One doctor who
reported to thi aseociatlon said that he
mad $M a yeir from his private practice,
'unless when he was "lucky enough to
hive a' tourist break his leg n his dls
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- RUfct to Fish for Eele.
The ' great Lough Nqagh eel case has
been decided by the cruris and the de
cision la a characteristically legal com-
promise. The plaintiffs claimed the solo
right to fish for e-ls In Lough Neagh,
which la the largest body of freah water
In the' United Kingdom. Their claim waa
based on a lease for 8,000 year founded
on a grant by King Jamea I, and the de
fendants were 100 local fishermen, who
have ' about J,0CO persons dependent on
them. The Judge decided that the plain-
tiffs had the legal right to the exclusive
control of the fishing In the) lough, but
tn view of the fact that tha fishing could
not be injured except by drag net opera,
tions In .Toombe bay, where the lough
discharges Into the Hann, he would only
grant "n Injunction against fishing In
Toombe bay. The situation, therefore. Is
that although the fishermen have no legul
"rlht to fleh anywhere in the lough, -they
are permitted by th court to fish every
J' I where In It except In Tuoatba bay
The sanitary condition of Belfast Is con
tinuing to cause grave - anxloty to the
authorities. The cspltal of the north of
Ireland has the highest drath rate of
any of the great towr.e of the United
Kingdom and there la no Indication of any
Improvement. The aveibgv dinth rata la
k XSolfsst Is thirty per .M, s compared
With eighteen In Ixndon. Dublin ' la not
much better than Belfast i'a death raie
being about twenty-fire. Both these rales
are nnucb higher than those of any Eng
!Uh or Scottish town and the reason U
not far to seek. Sanitary conditions sre
tolerated In the aluma of both cities thai
would not be allowed to last for a day
In England or Scotland, and this la not
something which can be blnmed on the
English government. The remedy Is In
the handa of the local authorities, but
they aem to be slow tu act in any manner
which Involvea Interference with what are
knowa as veated rlgUta, even when thiiao
rlghta are vested In Insanitary alum prop-
arty.
It baa tu decided that the fifth AH-
(Cos Una ca Becond rage.)
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VICINITY Sunday. Mir and cooler.
FOR NEBRASKA outida-j, lair, wiui
cooler In rut portion.
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DOMESTIC.
Hous committee reports favorably on
Dni for relief of homesteaders under the
Klnkald act. X, lag 1
Duke of Abruzxt haa been called to hla
Jiomi from Washington by tna King or
Italy. X, Tag
Train robbera break Jail at Helena,
Mont. X.
Brawera of Bt. Loula of far to take back
their Old employee and atand by them
through any atrlka that may follow. '
X, Peg I
Hope for ultimata recovery of Governor
Guild la held out. X, Page 1
Judge sentence Alia, the anarchist mur-
derer, to die July 12. X, Pag a
Missouri Pacific passenger and freight
n collision at Independence.- X, Pag a
interest In the coal mlnera" atrlka haa
been .transferred to the districts where
the negotiations with operators will be-
gi. X, Page B
Many Polandera are taking their trip
homeward. X, Pag a
Night rldera kill farmer In the blue
grans region of Kentucky. X, Pag X
Expert on the witness stand says that
General Home Is Insane. X, Pag 1
Crew of vessel bound for Colon object
to cargo of dynamite and deserts,
X. Pag X
Bishop Earl Cranston praises President
Roosevelt as the man' who- haa called a
halt to corporate encroachment and saved
the nation. . X, Pag 1
: lOXEIOaT.
impotence of present machinery for gov-
ment In damage suits against land league.
X. Pace X
Leading Chinese men arreated tinder or-
stop the , war between the newspapers
and the Reichstag In view of an important
speech. . X, Pag X
Japanese rallroada are making progress
into the Island of Formosa. X, Pag a
KAXr-TOXa SEOTXOH.
. y-.u am-i.. born . ..rfd!ln, rWr-
to aff,uence ,lnd pllice of honor , bH
American home. Bcllevue and Doane de-
b.ter. Barnard colleae student, famous
to 8taf(. nX. Life on the greatest of
African lakes. Growth of the automnhlla
In popularity in Omaha.
Gossln about
noted people. Pour Paarea
OO-QO IBOTlOg
Buster Brown showa the Chlneae oook
how to make rice pudding. Page for the
nuie folks. Matter- of Interest to the
women. Fluffy Ruffles makes a bit at
the ball. Pour Pages
oOMKCBOXAZi AJTD XaTBV-rr-LXAX-
Viya stock markets. mn
Grain markets. TX, Page T
Stocks and bonds. .TX,PagT
Condition of Otnaha'e trade VX, Paget
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BISHOP PRAISES ROOSEVELT
Earl Cranston Declare He Taaaht
nifferemee Betvreeai Good Polities
and Statesmanship.
PHILADELPHIA. March 21. In recetv-
,n ,nt0 u membership eight young men
at today's session of the Philadelphia con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal church,
Bishop Earl Cranston of Washington, D.
C, Instructing them In their duties touched
on national affairs,
Ten more years of the same old regime
that has affected this country," he de
clared, "and this republic would have gone
to destruction. If ever God Almighty sum
moned a man to a apeclal mission It was
when He called Theodore Roosevelt to the
leadership of .the moral sentiment of the
country. Theodore Roosevelt has called the
people to distinguish between right and
wrong; between good politics and states
manship.
"Oh, what a ring there was In the last
message against corporation power and
rule, I am looking for another message
expect It soon. The people are true. All
they want Is a leader and they have th
U-ader they should have in tho man wh
occupies the presidential chair In Washing
ton."
VON BUELOW IS FOR PEACE
Geraiaa Chaaerllor Irrka to Brlag
, Newspaper ilea Dark to
I I ami uauri.
DERLIN. March 41. Chancellor von
liurlow, in view of his approaching speech
in the Reichstag on the foreign affairs of
tho empire. Is striving to find a way to
etfm-t a settlement of the difficulty between
the newspaper reporters and Parliament
growing out of Horr Grober having called
the newsiHiper men "swine."
Today the reporters received assurances
frvm practically every newspaper In Ger
many that no mention would bo made of
the Reiuhktag proceedings until sullaf action
bad been given them. The foreign new
agenctM, Including Havaa and Fournier,
and papera published In Austria, Italy, Lon
I don and W. Petersburg have all Joined In
the movement to support tbe parliamentary
I reporters. )
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AID TO HOMES iEADER
Congressman Einkaid Working for
Amendments to Full Section Bill.
FAVORABLE REPORT IN HOUSE
One Gives Credit for Improvements
on Original Entry.
OTHER APPLIES "TO RESERVES
Exempts Entrymen from Paying
Appraised Value of Lands.
IMPROVING NEBRASKA ROADS
Expert Be Seat Oat e Experiment
with the Mlxtare) of Saad aad
Clay, Used So Seeeeafallr
In the Soath.
(From a Btaff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, March ZL (Special Tele
gram.) Congressman Klnkald today se
cured a favorable report from the commit
tee on public lauds on two sections of his
bill to amend the Nebraska one-section
homestead act, known aa tho "Klnkald
law." The effect of one section of the bill
Is to entitle entrymen to credit for improve
ments upon the old homestead yet owned
and occupied, made subsequent to the date
of new entry, aa compliance with the Im
provement requirements of the new entry.
Until a year or two ago the department
had held as this amendment expressly pro
vides, but by a later ruling credits for
such Improvements have been disallowed.
yet under the old ruling hundreds of en
trymen, In accordance therewith, made
their Improvement ' on their old entry,
hence the equity of the amendment, which
will afford relief to many entrymen.
Tha other section exempts from payment
of their appraised value lands of the old
Fort Sheridan military reservation, located
In Sheridan county, and the old Fort Mc
Pherson reservation, situated In Lincoln
county. Both of theae sections apply to
existing unperfected as well aa to new en
tries. The section of the bill providing for re
ducing the value of Improvement require
ments from $1.25 to 40 cents per acre, was
defeated by a small majority, but the Sixth
district congressman expects to resume his
efforts for such an amendment at the next
session, and advises that entrymen of lim
ited mean should not grow uneasy about
being able to "pass muster," as he expect
to secure a liberal administration of the
Improvement clause and hopes to reduce
the amount to 40 cents per acre.
The exemption of these military lands
from appraised value will aave to entrymen
who are Just making a start the payment
of many thousands of dollars for lands
which they may Invest In live stock which
tend to multiply their wealth and Increase
their prosperity to the benefit of the public
aa well aa themselves.
Bxaortaaewca-wfth nam'.'-
The secretary of agriculture has Informed
B'.nator Burkctt that he has under conrtd
tjatloa the question of conducting a nvun
ber or experiments in Nebraska with a
view of ascertaining whether or not the
sand-clay method of road construction, so
successful In the south, can be Introduced
Into the western country. The director of
the division of public roads in the Agricul
tural department has sent a letter to C. 8.
Page, clerk of the district court at Harris.
burg. Neb., tn which he says he will be
glad to assign an engineer to visit Harris-
burg and give such advice and assistance
as may.be necessary.
Reserve for Old F"ort Kesraey,
Senator Burkett ha taken up with the
War department the proposition of estab
lishing a ynited States reservation with a
view of permanently preserving and com
memorating old Fort Kearney, Neb. The
Historical association of Nebraeka haa be
come Interested In the matter and 'has cor
responded with the senator In reference to
it. . He has taken the questions Involved up
personally with the War department and
expects to Introduce a resolution tn the
senate upon the subject.
Aaaaal ttaaraatlae.
Th Department of Agriculture today an
nounced the annual quarantine against the
Interstate shipment of cattle from the four
teen states in which splenetic, southern or
Texas fever exists. The quarantine la ef
fective April L .The quarantined area in
cludes parts of Oklahoma, Missouri and
Arkansas.
Minor Matters at Capital.
Colonel E. R. Myers of Newport, Neb.,
arrived In Washington today from Union
City, Pa., where he ha been visiting his
father. Governor Sheldon has notified all
hla aides. Colonel Myers being one of them,
that he will expect them to be in Lincoln
on or before May 1 to accompany him to
Ban Francisco to carry the silver service,
the gift of the state of Nebraska, to the
battleship Nebraska.
Y Laura E. Smith ha been appointed post
master at Doniphan, Hall county, Neb.
vice J. M. Parrott, resigned.
A postofflce haa been established at Fair
view, Lincoln' county. Neb., with Christian
Danlelson postmaster.
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes
Albla, route 1, Hugh J. Rlchey, carrier
Homer Rlchey, substitute; Eagle Grove,
route 4. James R. McCurry, carrtwr; George
W. fiiteunce, substitute. Ottumwa, route 9,
Leo W. CConnell. oarrler; Philip O'Connell
aubstitute.
Rural route No. 8 haa been ordered estab
lished April 1 at Benson, Douglas county
Neb., serving 300 people and 86 families.
INTEREST NOW IN DISTRICTS
Mia era Ifnrry Homo to laterpre
Aetloa of Convention to
Workers.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March S.-Inter-est
In th soft coal situation haa shifted
to the centers of the various soft coal
mining atates. where district conferences
between miners and operators are being
arranged. All of th delegates to the na
tional convention, which yesterday adopted
the policy of making district settlements,
have hurried back to their local unions to
Interpret It adopted policy to their people.
The International executive board met
.txlay to dispose of routine matters. It
s expected to complete Its work tonight
it Monday morning. , Phesldent John
Mitchell will then go to Washington to
.neet with the representatives of organ
ized labor that are trying to bring about
che repeal of the Bhemtan anti-trust bill.
President-elect T. L. Lewie will go to Ohio
to meet with the Ohio miner. He said
today that be wtU not be ready untU al
most April 1, whan be become preddant, to
announce appointments.
AS A MAN, N0THQRNED DEVIL
This Is lb Way Aacnela Has Treated
John D. Rockefeller
Chansre Appreciated.
AUGUSTA, Ga March 21. John D.
Rockefeller will loave Augusta Monday for
Richmond, Va., where he will remain a
week or ten days. From Richmond he will
go to Hot Springs, Va., for a month or six
weeks, and from that city will proceed to
New Tork. In an Interview, Mr. Rocke
feller said he would return to Augusta
next season. The character of his treat
ment here Is the point that has pleased the
oil king most, for. as Mr. , Rockefeller's
secretary expressed It. "he has not betAi
treated here as a homed devil, but as a
human being and a gentleman."
During the weeks that he has spent here
the oil magnate has passed most of his
days playing golf and touring the country
in his big electric automobile.
Mr. Rockefeller' party securod reserva
tion on one of the regular Pullmans of the
Atlanta Coast line. Mr. and Mrs. Rocke
feller, little Miss Math tide McCormJck and
Private Secretary John Hafner will be In
the party. Prominent among the men with
whom Mr. Rockefeller has been associated
with here Are Mayor Rolla Wells of St.
Louis, John D. Crlmmlns of New Tork,
John B. McDonald of New Tork, William
Oliver, the contractor; Robert Lincoln
and Isaac Sellgman.
BREWERS MAKE OFFER TO MEN
Agree to En are k Old Employes at
Former Wages and Stand
br Them.
BT. LOUIS, March 21. Advertisement
were published today by the various brew
ers declaring their purpose to retain and
protect all eompetent men whom they have
empoyed since the strike of brewery work
ers, which began five days ago. The brew
ers further announce that they will hold
open this guarantee to former employes
now out on strike, providing they apply
for work before noon next Monday, un
lees their places shall have been filled by
that time.
Each of the breweries In th agreement
promise that wagoa and hours of work
hall remain as heretofore In force . for
the positions.
The opinion Is expressed by Internationa
Secretary Joseph Probestle of the United
Brewery Workers of America that this
condition will prolong the strike. He said
that under no condition will the strikers
return to work while the men employed to
fill their places are retained.
The brewers have not made answer to
the request of the strikers that a confer
ence of representatives of both sides be
held for the purpose of coming to an
amicable understanding and settlement of
the strike.
ALIA TO DIE JULY TWELFTH
Jndge G. W. Whit ford Denies New
Trial aad Fixes Date of
Execatloa,
'DENVER, March" SI. Judge Greeley W.
Whltford here today denied the motion for
a' new trial for Giuseppe Alia, convicted
of the murder of Father Leo Helnrtchs,
and sentenced him to be hanged during the
wek beginning July 12 next. ,
Last night Alia made repeated attem
to commit suicide by beating his bead
against the Iron bars of his cell. Ill head
wa covered with bruises when he was
brought to court this morning and he waa
so weak he had to be supported by officers.
When asked by the court If he had any
thing to say. Alia said' to tha Interpreter:
I did not do anything."
There Is no likelihood of an appeal to
the supreme court, as Alia haa no funds
and there has been no proof Introduced of
errors tn the trial.
After the court proceedings Alia was Im
mediately taken back to the county Jail,
where he will be watched closely until he
Is removed to the state penitentiary at
Canon City, which will take place within
a few days.
OBJECT TO DYNAMITE CARGO
Heaee Fifteen Men of ireir of Klora
nefased to Ship with Boat
for Colon.
PHILADELPHIA. . March 21. Fifteen
members of the crew of the British steam
ship Klora, loading dynamite at Thomp
son's Point. N. J., for the construction de
partment of the Panama canal, eft the
vessel yesterday, and no amount of per
suasion could Induee the seafarers to re
turn to duty. They claimed that the Klora
Is a floating mine, and that going to sea
with such a dangerous cargo meant death
if any accident should occur to the craft.
The men, after coming to Philadelphia,
appeared befort British Consul Powell and
stated their grievances to him. He ad'
vised the men to return to duty, but this
they refused to do, and as Captain Jose,
the master of the Klora, could not secure
a writ to prosecute the men for desertion
fifteen new men were shipped In their
places, after which the Klora proceeded for
Colon.
EXPERT CALLS HORNE INSANE
Testimony introduced Before Conrt a
Kansas City Trial on Hie
Mental Condition.
KANSAS CITT. Mo., March 21. Dr. 8
Groves Burnett, an expert In nervous dia
eases, who was on the witness stand a
adjournment yesterday resumed bis test!
mony this morning In the trial of General
Richard C. Home, charged with the mur
der of H. J. Groves, managing editor, of
the Kansas City Post.
Dr. Barnuel Ayrea, an expert, waa ex
amlned at great length. In substance, he
declared it as his belief that Horns was
insane, a paranoiac, when he shot Groves
that he now Is Insane In that degree; tha
if released from custody he might, under
excitement, again kill someone, and that
hla condition was Incurable.
NIGHT RIDERS KILL FARMER
First Marder of Independent Grower
la Blae Urns Region Is
Celd-B looded.
CARLISLE, Xy.. March 21. A band of
night riders early this morning ahot and
killed Harlan Hedges, a prominent farmer,
seven miles northeast of this place. Th!
Is the first murder by the night riders In
the Blue Grass region of Kentucky. Hedges
was awakened by shouts shortly before
o clock. Apprehending trouble, he went
to bis front door with a shotgun and fired
once. The night rider replied with a vol
ley, which killed Hedges Just as his wife
reached hla side. The masked men then
rode rapidly away and did not attempt to
set fire to Hedges house or barn. Hedges
la aa Independent tobaoeo farmer and
widely known ever th country.
AY0RS NEW LAWS
President Will Send Messag-e, Outlin
ing His Legislative Program.
MAUY FAR-REACHING MEASURES
ariff to Be Revised in Special Session
Next Tear.
SHERMAN LAW TO BE AMENDED
Employers' Liability Bill and Aldrich
Bill to Be Passed.
E7 JUNCTIONS TO BE LIMITED
All latereeted Parties aad Leaders la
Con areas Consalted by Execu
tive Before Scheme Waa
Outlined.
WASHINGTON. March 21-Fresldent
Roosevelt haa determined on a legislative
program, the enactment of which will bo
urged upon congress In a special message.
which he said today will go in next week.
Each of the measures to be proposed in
volves perplexing difficulties and each will
have far-reaching effect on the business
and economic conditions of the country.
The program Is the product of Important
conferences through which the president
haa been put In possession of the views of
11 interests concerned. Likewise the at
titude of the leaders In both branches of
congress haa been made known. Its suc
cess depends upon the combined effort
which he believes can be brought to bear
In behalf of the whole plan by those af
fected especially by someone of its features.
The program Includes:
A declaration In favor of a revision of
the tariff In a special session to be held
after March 4. 1!W.
An amendment to the Sherman antl.trunt
law so as to make Important concessions
to combinations of both labor and capital.
Limiting the powers of certain courts
In the use of the Injunction in labor dis
pute. passage of an employers' liability bill.
Passage of. the Aldrich financial bill.
Support of Middle West.
The support of the business and finan
cial Interests of the middle west wss
pledged to the president on this program,
following an extended conference held at
the White House last night' A most satis
factory conference was held at the presi
dent's offices today with leaders" of the two
houses of congress. The details of last
night's conference were purposely withheld
pending the morning conference. At the
ooncluslon of tho latter the following state
ment was made public by Secretary Loeb
A conference with the president was held
at the White House last evening, with the
following representatives of commercial
bodies of the middle west:
Richard C. Hall, chairmen nrpMont f
the ChlcagoAssoclatlon of Commerce; j.
v, rarweu, jr., niemoer or the Chicago
nsnunauun oi commerce; inane H,
W acker, member of tha ChlcHm
Hon of Commerce; James E. Smith, presi
dent of the St. Ixiutd Business Men's
league: Feetus J. Wsde, member: of the
executive committee of the Bt. Louis Busi
ness Men's Wgue; H. R, Topping, presi
dent of the Kansas City Commercial club;
C. B. Parker, ex-president of the Kansas
City Commercial club; E. M. Clendennlng-,
secretary of the Kansas City Commercial
CJUU.
. . Address of Western Men.
The following address, was presented to
the president, and there was a full ex
presslon of views, both on the part of the
president and the committee:
ir. rresiaent: Tne organization we
represent have a membership of about 4,500
business men, corporations, firms and indi
viduals engaged in the development of the
agricultural resources, and the mnnufc
turing; commercial and financial lntcresta
of the middle west.1 In the pursuit of our
various lines of business we come in con
tact with almost every portion of the
country, but especially pf the Mississippi
vsjiey. we never were in a more pros
perous cunuiuon man prior to tne panic
of last fall. Our labor was all employed,
our capital profitably Invested. In a short
penoo tnese conditions have changed. Cer
tain lines of business are almost stagnant,
brought about by the fear of the people
as to the stability of some of our Institu
tions. Money has been hoarded instead
of flowing into the ordinary channels of
investment securities and the various com
merclal enterprises.
Two primary causes are responsible for
this condition. First, the gross violation
of law by aome corporations and grafting
by aome public officials. and. secondly, a
deficient currency system, wholly Incapable
or responaing to needs of commerce when
tear and uncertainty are engendered In
the minds of the masses. The. starting
of this period of unrest and distrust-was
tne exposure Drought about by the Insur
ance Investigation In New York, where it
was shown that the trustees of corpora
tions, acting for millions of our people
and representing In assets more than
il.uw.ouu.uuo. in many Instances used the
assets of the corporations In direct viola-
lion ot law. following this came the great
calamity at San Francisco, almost drl ray
ing the sixth great city of the nation,
entailing a loss of several hundred million
dollars. Impoverishing the clttcens as well
aa me insurance companies.
Bribery aad Graft.
Then upon the heels of this disaster we
find tiie public officials of that cKy charged
witn tne violation oi almost every trust,
while the people were battling- for exist.
ence. We also had the grafting and brib
ery tnst was uneartnea In at least three
other large cities, and finally came the
exposures of high finance manipulations
of the assets of great railroads, followed
by the Conviction of their officials and also
those of large industrial corporations, for
utter disregard of the laws of the nation
and tne state. v lien these things are con
sldered no one can express surprise tha
the confidence of the people should be
shaken, to you, Mr. tTesident. we accord
the credit due for compelling a respect for
inn law ny ine great ana me small a ike.
We believe that your work toward busl
ncss morality will be remembered as
milestone, not only In the development of
this country s business morals, but as
milestone In the progress of the world.
We believe the business Integrity of the
average merchant in this country is of a
higher standard than In ' any other, we
therefore appreciate and commend all the
more your fearless activity which has re
suited in raising tne stsiuiurd. and w
realize that no greater service has ever
been rendered our country.
No great good lias ever been scnom
pllshed in any times without some suffering
In consequence, oui we now urge you tc
consiiter with extreme patience the unusui
conditions that prevail, and while abandon
lug no expressed principle, to acitiiat you
executive actions to the requirements of
this period er business timidity.
We ask you, Mr. FrefiMcnt. to Indicate
the congress the corrective measures vo
deem it necessary to take. We believe tha
the first step toward resumption of norma
bualneos conditions can be taken bv th
congress In response to explicit recommend
ailona by the executive.
"A sub-cotnuiittee, conxUtlng of Messrs,
Hall, Wacker, Smith and Topping, called
on the president at the executive offic
this morning, and they were Informed by
the president that he would probably com.
munlcate to congreaa next week explicit
recommendatlona concerning the legtsla.
tlon needed." ,
Coagreastoatal Leavdera Calf, '
Tli president, Senator Aldrich and Rep
resentatives Payne of New Tork, Dalsell
(.Continued on Beoond Page.)
0REST PARKSCH00L BURNS
t. l.oals University Ralldlnsi Prob
ably Total l.oes feora Fire
Stadeats Eaeape.
ST. IU1S, March 21.-Forest Fark uni
versity, a private school for young women.
aving an enrollment of students from all
part of the country, was destroyed by fire
today. All persons In the building escaped
In safety.
Th four-story building, constructed of
tone and wood, waa located tn the center
of a seven-acre plot of ground Immediately
south of Forest Park, In the western limit
of the city.
At 11:50 o'clock fire waa discovered In
the upper portion of the south wing.
Quickly all those In the building tiled out
of the various exits and gathered on the
awn. The students lost all their personal
belongings.
A genersl alarm waa turned In, calling
out the entire city fire department, but
owing to the remote location of the in
stitution the fire gained tremendous head
way before any apparatus arrived. The
flames swept rapidly through the building
and within an hour It was In ruins. It Is
believed the fire started from a defective
flue.
The Institution ws founded aa Klrkwood
seminary. In the suburban village of Kirk-
wood in lftfl by Mrs. Anna Bnced Cairns,
who on Thursday last celebrated her
sixty-seventh birthday anniversary.
In 1&81 It was lncorporsted and removed
to Bt, Louis as Forest Park university and
occupied an Imposing stone structure that
had been erected south of Forest Park.
Forest Park university waa the first uni
versity to be chartered solely for women
In the United State.
The faculty, of which Mrs. Calm I
president, Includes more than twenty teach
ers, and the university specialised on music,
art and elocution.
SUIT FOR TWO MILLION. ACRES
Congress Alleges that Lands Are
Unlawfully Held by
Harrlsnaa.
WASHINGTON, March 21. Two million
acres of land in California and Oregon,
vested In the California & Oregon Railroad
company, owned by the Central Pacific
and controlled by E. H. ilarrlman, will be
subjected to suit for recovery of title by
the United States, If action taken today
by the committee on public lands Is sus
tained by the house. The commUtee agreed
to .report favorably without amendment a
resolution, which haa already passed the
senate, empowering and directing the at
torney general to "bring suita for the re
covery by the United States of title to
public land granted to -certain . western
railroad companies in cases where the con
ditions stipulated In ' the grants have not
been complied with euch conditions, for
example, a governed the grant ot lands to
the Oregon & California Railroad company
tn the sixties." .
It is said that under the grant the land
were to be thrown open by the company
to sale to bonafide settlers of the United
State at not more than t".60 an 'acre and
parcels hot exceeding ItiO acres each.
It Is charged that Immense areas of
theae Jands were sold by the Oregon
California - in violation Of the condition
named. The refusal of M?. Harrlman, an
nounced by hint at the Irrigation congress
at Sacramento today, to sell any portion
of (he remaining 2,000,000 acres, led to the
Introduction by 8enator Tillman of tha
resolution, which the public lands com
mittee acted on favorably today.
Chairman Mondell was authorised to
draw the report of the committee, which
he will do next week.
THAWS DENY FAMILY JAR TALE
Authoritative Statement that They
Have Had No Trouble of
Recent Date. .
NEW TORK. March a. In an authorita
tive statement today Franklin Bartlett,
counsel for Harry K. Thaw and hla mother,
Mrs. William Thaw, emphatically denied
that there had been any disagreement be
tween the members of the Thaw family.
The stories emanating! from Pittsburg
In the last few days to tho effect that there
had been a disagreement or controversy
between the members of the Harry K.
Thaw family over the suit of Evelyn Thaw
for the annulment of her marriage to
Harry K. Thaw , are absolutely without
foundation," said Mr. Bartlett. "There
has been no disagreement of any kind In
Mr. Thaw's family,"
Thla statement waa mado at the request
of Mrs. 3haw. who Is now In Pittsburg.
Speaking of the opinion expressed recently
by the alienist, Dr. Allan McLane Hamil
ton, that Harry K. Thaw Is a hopeless
paranoias, Mr. Bartlett said that on two
occasions recently he had seen Mr. Thaw
in the Matteaaan state hospital and had
held long conferences with him. On both
occasions, he said, Harry Thaw seemed to
blm to be perfectly sane. "Although I am
not a physician or an alienist," said Colonel
Bartlett, "this view is based on experience
derived from the examination of hundreds
of men In my experience as a lawyer, as
a regimental commander ana in political
life."
LEADING CHINESE ARRESTED
Government Ronada Up Largo Number
of Edneated Maa Aeeaaed of
Sedition.
PEKING, March 21. The ahthortlss on
March IT Inaugurated a series of wholesale
arrests of reformers and suspected revo
lutionists, and up to the present time no
less .than 100 men have been taken Into
custody. It Is reported that four of the
prisoners have official rank and that one
la a member of the family of Wang Wen
ohao, former grand councillor. Most of the
prisoner are men educated abroad, and
they had recently come Into Peking from
the outlying provlr.ces. The police In this
matter are acting upon the order issued by
the throne In December to the board of
the interior to suppress public meetings
and to watch closely all placea where revo
lutionists were supposed to congregate.
Yaun Bhl Kal, grand counsellor, haa re
cently established a Vpersonal" police force
under the direction of foreigners, whose
duty it is to safeguard all high officials
who are apprehensive of attack.
PASSENGER STRIKES FREIGHT
Collision Ooeara on Mlsaourl Purl flu
Line ear ladeprndencr, Ma.
-Eight Hart.
KANSAS CITT. March 21. At Independ
ence, Mo-., fifteen miia rast of h-re, today
a Missouri Pacific passenger train from
Jopltn, Mo., collided with a freight train
standing near the station. None of the
cars left th track. Eight passengers were
hurt, none dangerously, sustaining only
euta and bruiaV from broken glaag
1
OMAIIA IN THE LEAD
Largest Per Cent Gain in Bank Clear
in;s of American Cities.
BEATS TOWNS GREATER IN SIZE
Closes Week with Best Record of
Business in United States.
ATTRACTS ATTENTION OF OTHERS
Not Surpassed or Equalled by Any
Place of Same Population.
CONFRONTED BY BRIGHTER VIEW
Bueluem Men Assert the Stolid IndtN
fere nee Shown to So-Called Paalo
Haa Given Omaha aa laestU
suable Advantage.
Three Urge cities In the United States
showed an Increase In their banking busi
ness last week and Omaha waa one of
them and showed the largest per cent of
Increase.
In point of bank clearings Omaha rank
aa thirteenth city of the United States.
In point of population, according to 1900
census. It ranks thlrtjy-flfth. In all proba
bility Its rank In population at present Is
much higher, for since the former census
It has gone to the 150,000 class.
Omaha during the last week climbed
from seventeenth to thirteenth among the
cities of the United States In amount of
bank clearings, closing the week with a
total of S12.72S.000. These figures are not
as large as of that record-breaking week
of March, 1907, but they are nearly so, and
they bear even a more important relation
to general business and to the figure of
other cities at this time than did the ban
ner amount of last year bear at that time.
They stand out In bold relief and dis
tinguish Omaha as one of the few cities
that hav stemmed the tide of the Inac
tive period without the least practical In
Jury. Omaha jBalna Most.
Beside Omaha, only Kansas City and
Minneapolis of the larger cities made gains
In their bank clearings last week, and
Omaha surpassed the gains In per cent
of these two cities. Omaha made a gain
of E.9 per cent; Kansas City, 4.7, and
Minneapolis, 1.7.
Oifuha stands higher in actual amount
of bank clearings than any city tn the
union UL lis unit WIIU UULI uin. jiim.ij
cities overwhelmingly larger than Itself.
The only cities that outrank Omaha are
these: New Tork, Chicago, Boston, Phila
delphia, St. Louis, Pittsburg, San Fran
cisco, Kansas City, Baltimore, Cincinnati,
Minneapolis, New Orleans. .Cleveland, the
largest city In Ohio; Detroit, metropolis
of Michigan; Louisville of Kentucky, Buf
falo, Milwaukee, 'Indianapolis, all cities
much larger than Omaha, are outranked
by Omaha. Seattle, the north Pacific port
of entry, rival of San Francisco for the'
gateway to the orient: Los Angeles, with.
IU vaunted claim of SOO.000 population and
Its rivalry of Ban Francisco) St. Paul,
Denver, Portland, Ore.r-all these cities
are way below Omaha In amount of bank
clearings, and yet they are great cities
and great centers of business activity.
. Business on Firm Footing.
' "It shows one thing plainer than all else."
said a bank president, "and that Is that
Omaha's business Is steady and constant
and too stable to be affected by such cross
lines on the map of tho country a theso
little current of adversity which hav so
completely upset some of our sister cltlej.
The fact Is Omaha Is the supply depot for
the greatest maiden country In the world,
a country that la only in the bloom of Its
childhood, but Is growing so rapidly that
It needs to make constant demands on the
center oi supplies to feed Its ravenous ap
petite. Omaha has established a wholesale
trade In tho northwest that Is going alonj
hand In hand with the vast retail trade for
which I noted. It manufactories are
increasing and the sum total of It all I re
flected In the buslneea transacted by the
banks."
..... a hBtM n Mah that the
clearing iouso receipts are showing the
decided gain they are because the South
Omaha bank are now members of the
Omaha . Clearing House association, but
thla Is erroneous. There may be a slight
Increase on this account, but It Is Inconse
quential. The South Omaha' business al
ways did show In the Omaha clearings,
because the South Omaha banks have Al
ways carried accounts .with th Omaha
banks", through which the totals were run.
Owing to a detail of the former plan a
small per cent failed to got' into the clear
ings figures, but under Iho present plan
the entire tolal gqes through, but the In
crease on this point makes but little dif
ference in the grand totsl.
ueeesalon In Increase. . ,
Throughout the period of depression,
sometimes referred to" as the "panic of
Omaha went along in its usual way
of doing a bigger volume of business each
succeeding day and showed the least p?r
ceptlble effect from the stringency, per
haps, of any sister city. Tho .records show
that in the Missouri .and Mississippi val
leys It led all cities In the standard of
Its bank clearings, that it made gains sl
mont every week of this entlrl period and
that these gains were larger on a percent
ile baals than mtiln by uny other city
within th! sone. --r
Omaha, therefore, took s t.ennanent place
in the ;f of the eat and the west as
a stable business center and was generally
p.ilnted to by the bltf financial men whj
were watching wiih scrupulous fidelity the
dally developments all ovi-v the land.
Havii.g weathered ti storm with uch
good steel Omaha business men assert they
are now entering upon the spiing revival,
which Is an annual affair in business, with
an advantage that can scarcely be esti
mated. HOPE HELD jNJT FOR GUILD
Governor Veenrea Hratful Sleep and
Physicians Predict Ultimate Re
covery of Executive.
BOSTON,, Mass.. March fl. With the
statement that he believed Governor Cur
tis Guild, jr., to have lost none of tne
alight recovery already noticed, although
his oondltlon could not he said to hare
Improved during the plglit,: Dr. Krelerlck
B. Wlnslow at 7 a. in. today prel cted ulti
mate recovery for the governor fro.pi the
complications of diseases which havu
threatened his life, "should be maintain the
condition of the last two days, A sleep
which lasted Well Into the morning gave
the renewed strength and vitality, and
physUilana and family bold bopea alj
erjf.