The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVIII NO. 1G2.
OMAHA, TIIUTtSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1903 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
OIL COMBINE OUSTED
SUMMARY OF TUE BEE
PRESIDENT GATHERING FACTS
ExecutiYt Will Soon Begin Preparing
Answer to Bequest of Congress.
NO SENSATIONS ARE EXPECTED
Data Will aiiow that Crlattaals Have
Bee a Qelck to Take Advantage
of Car oa Secret Service .
Mts.
JAIL FOR LABOR MEN
Samuel Gompers ii Given One Yeai
lharsriay, December 24, lfOfl.
BUte of Missouri W, '
Rockefeller Cot
i Against
1903 -December 1908
for Contempt of Court.
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DECREE OF COURT IS . YOUS
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LESSER TEEMS FOR OTHER TWO
Nine Months for John Mitchell and
GrZ 8 0 10 11 12
Standard of Indiana, Wa
and Republio Companies
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Six Months for Frank Morrison. '
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GREAT V1CT0EY FOR HAD LEY
Attorney General Who Prosecuted
Cases Will Enforce Order.
MONOPOLY ALMOST COMPLETE
Three Companies Do Eighty-Five Per
Cent of Oil Bmlim l State
had Fix Prices for the
Independents.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Dec. 23. De
claring that the Standard Oil company of
Indiana, the Republic Oil company of Ohio
' and the Waters-Pierce Oil company of
Missouri had conspired and combined to
monopolies the oil business In thla state.
the supreme court of Missouri today issued
a decree ousting all three from the com
monwealth and fining them $50,000 each
The decree against the Waters-Pierce
ccn'pany Is tempered by the proviso that
It may continue In business If by January
15, 1909, It can show to the court that It
has taken steps to ' operate as an Inde
pendent concern and has satisfied tho Judg
ment against it. The other companies ars
given until March t, 190, to wind up their
affairs' in the state.
The decision, which was unanimous on
the part of the seven Judges, Is so sweep
ing that Attorney General Hadley and
Governor Folk hall it as the end of the
Illegal commercial combinations In Missouri
and the former asserts that. In conjunc
tion with the decision of the supreme court
of the United States In the Tobacco trust
case, It will affect similar suits In other
states.
Hadley Will Knforee Deere.
Attorney General Hadley, who haa prose
cuted the Missouri case since Its inception
In March, 1908, will become governor In less
than a month and then will be charged
with the enforcement of the decree issued
today,
The attorney general fallowed up the
promulgation by the court with a state'
tnent In which he asserted that attempts
had been made to compromise the suit.
"At least three efforts have been made by
attorneys for the oil companies to get me
to compromise the cases," he aald. "I In
variably told them that the ultimate deals.
Ion must be made by the court and refused
their offers. It was Intimated to me that
the oil companies were willing to accept
a good, large fine and concede a victory to
the state. The propositions were not ever
reduced to details, but they were entirely
legitimate and such as might be made In
any other form of litigation."
Flae-ln or the Coart.
In coming to Its' decision the court says
"If such abuses as those complained of
are permitted to continue untrammelled, It
would be only a question of time until they
would sap the strength and patriotism from
the very foundations of our government,
overturn the republic, destroy our free In
stltutlons and substitute, In lieu thereof,
some other form of government."
The principal Indictments against the
companies are:
."That they have created and become
members of a pool, trust, agreement, con.
federation, combination, arrangement and
understanding, among themselves for the
following purposes
"First, to regulate, fix and control the
prices to be paid by retail dealers an
others In the state of Missouri for the re
fined products of petroleum sold and of
fered for sale In this state
Second, to control and limit the trade In
refined products of petroleum in this state,
"Third, to control, limit and prevent com
petition In 'b business of buying and sell
ing refined products of petroleum In this
state between themselves and others en
gasrd In like business, and
'Fourth, to tuiulead the public Into the
belief that they were separate and distinct
corporations and pursuing an Independent
business as legitimate competltora In the
- purchase and aale of the products of pe
troleum." Monopoly Almost Complete.
In explaining how these were consum
mated the decision says:
"Prices for the products of petroleum,
r-speclally refined oils, Illuminating and
gasoline, are fixed by the Waters-Pierce
company. It sends out to the trade card
quotations giving tank, wagon and barrel
prices. As a rule, those prices are followed
by all other oil companies. Including the
Independent companies doing business in
this state. As long as 'the Independent
companies do not reduce prices or Increase
the aggregate amount of their aalea above
10 to U per cent of the entire amount of
the sales made In the state, there la no
war made upon them regarding prices. But
whenever any Independent company reduces
prices below those fixed by Waters-Pierce
or whenever their aggregate sales exceeds
15 per cent of all sales made In the state,
a vigorous warfare Is waged against them,
chiefly through the Republic company by
mems of an elaborate system of espionage
of their business and cutting prices or giv
ing rebates until the Independents are
glad to throw up their bands and say
'enough' ' and be contented to eel! oil at
the prices and quantities prescribed by the
Waters-Pierce company and acquiesced in
by the Indiana and 'Republic company.
And as a result of this method, tht
Waters-Pleroe company fixes the prices for
which all such oils are sold In the stste
by all dealers, Including the Independent
companies, and at the same time and by
the same means It controls and monopo
lises for Itself and the Indiana and Repub
lic Oil companies from H to 96 per cent of
the entire oil business of the state.
Divleloa of Territory.
"The common Interest running through
Mil of these companies is responsible for
their formation and business as schemes
and policies and lead up to and Induce the
Standard Interest, Including the respond'
ents to J 1 vide the state In twain; to furnish
oil and transportation (or each other; to
decline to soli to or to transport oils for
the Independents and to fight them
through the Republic company by a sys
tern of espionage and rebates. .
"The direct effect of .those facta which
aie not seriously disputed, wsa to create
y tbdlrectioa, a pool, trust and comblna-
tlun la restraint et trade, and to fix and
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DOMXSTIO.
Justice Wright of the court of appeals
of the District of Columbia sentenced
President Gompers of the Federation of
Labor to one year. Vice President John
Mitchell to nine months and (Secretary
Morrison to six months In prison for con
tempt in the Bucks stove case for violat
Ing a court Injunction. Page 1
The supreme court of Missouri jester
day ordered the Standard OH company of
Indiana, the Republic OH company of
Ohio and the Waters-Fierce company of
St. Louis out of business in the state and
fined them $50,000 each. Page 1
Frederick Burnham, former president of
the Mutual. Reserve Life Insurance com
pany, Is dead from Inhaling gas in his
home In New York. Page a
Sixty councilmen are said to have re
ceived bribes In connection with the
filtration plant In Pittsburg, according to
testimony brought out yesterday. Page a
Snow baa fallen In the east for Christ
mas. Page 1
The low price of silver In Asiatic
countries la bringing In competition for
American products by reducing the cost
of manufactures. Page a
pomsiox.
Vice President Gomes has asked for an
American warship to be sent to Venezuela
and hag begun negotiations for the re
sumption of relations with the United
States. Page X
Mrs. Frederick L. Peterson shot and
killed her husband in Kansas City be
cause he slapped her while trying to ef
fect a reconciliation because of domestic
troubles. 'age 1
ITIBB1IXA.
New-born babe, destitute of clothing, is
found beside track at David City Just
after train had. passed. ' Woman, alleged
to be Its mother, detained at Ltnooln.
age a
. ?.OCAX.
Hearing to be had today on Injunction
restraining the Water board from advis
ing customers of water company regard
ing, payment of bills. Page 5
Clerks tell some of their experiences
with Christmas shoppers. Page 4
Omaha Commercial club will send a
large delegation to the Dry Farming con
gress at Cheyenne.: Page 4
Talk among railroad men to the effect
that all the Hill lines are to be consoli
dated Into one corporation, with Goorge
B. Harris as president. Page 4
COmCXKCIAX AsTD XHSUITIA&.
Live stock murkets. Paget
Grain markets. Pag)
Stocks and bonds. Page
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CONTRACT FOR ELECTRIC LINE
Road to Ran from fe Mnlnea
Omaha and .Alio to Bloax
City.
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NEW YORK. Dec. a.-8peclal Tele
gram.) As the result of an Important
financial transaction negotiated here today
Dee Moines and Sioux City will be con
nected In the near future by a new lnter-
urban line. The line will coat about 15.000,.
000. It will run from Dea Moines through
Adel and Perry to Sioux City, a distance of
1W miles. Branch lines will be built to
Fort Dodge, Council Bluffs end Omaha,
and also a line from Council Bluffs to Des
Moines. Because of the heavy trafflo they
are expected to handle these branches are
regarded as of the first Importance by the
promoters of the enterprise.
The company, which will be known as the
Des Moines A Sioux City railway, has been
in process of organisation for some time,
but it was not until today that formal
announcements was made regarding the plan
and scope of the company. That the com
pany's plans had progressed so far occa
sioned no little surprise in financial cir
cles here today when the first Intimation
of Its plana came with the announcement
that the contracta for the construction of
the line had been awarded.
When all the extensions and branches are
completed the road will have 400 miles of
track. The lines will be or standard con
struction and will cost ubout 3,000 a mile.
SNOW IN EAST FOR CHRISTMAS
White Coverlag Will lasare Old
Faaaloaed Good Time for Her
ri ma here oa Day.
NEW YORK. Deo. SJ. Snow on the
ground for Chrtatmaa. hailed Joyfully by
the well-to-do with tho first fall of Hakes
last evening, haa nevertheless emphasised
the hardship which It brings to the poor.
As the flakes drifted and the wind howled
last night and early today many women,
some with babes In their arms, applied for
shelter at the municipal lodging house,
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. tJ.-Eas e:n Penn
sylvania. New Jersey and Delaware are
today burled In a blanket of auow from
six Inches to a foot in depth. The anow
began fall'-ng yesterday afternoon and
I ceased early today. The weather today la
I-'-tt and aa old-f jshloned white Christmas
Jaa suur
WASHINGTON, Dec. Indications are
that persons who expect President Rootje
velt to say something of a personal nature
In his message to congress replying to the
Inquiry as to the basis for that portion of
his message dealing with the secret servlco
will be disappointed.
While the president has not yet written
his reply he has collected a stock of In
formation which will servo for Its basis.
It Is believed that he will confine himself
principally to an effort to sustain the dec
laration in his annual message that the ac
tion of the congress in limiting the activi
ties of the ' secret service agents has re
sulted In Increase of. crime. Data will be
produced to show that criminals and con
fidence men have been- quick to take ad
vantage of' the cessation of the work of
the secret service men, but It Is not believed
that there will be any reflection' upon the
character of Individuals that will In the
slightest degree embarrass any member of
the house or senate. To meet any objection
that the secret service la limited by statute
to the detection of counterfeiters, revenue
and customs frauds and at the same time
to preserve the general us fulness of that
Institution the president probably will rec
ommend a change In the law so as to pro
vide for the merging of the secret service,
the land office inspectors," postoff ice in
spectors ana all of the other minor govern
mental Inspection service Into one gineral
bureau of criminology In the Interest of
economy and good administration.
FREDERICK BURNHAM DEAD
Former President of 'Wrecked Insur
ance Company Breathes
Gas.
NEW YORK, Dec. .-Frederick A.
Burnham. former president of the Mutual
Reserve Life Insurance company, was
found dead In bed In Ms home at 68 East
Seventy-eighth street this morning of gas
poisoning. The police say death was due
to suicide.'
The Mutual Reserve Life Insurance com
pany went Into the hands of receivers In
February last. President Burnham, his
brother, George Burnham, Jr., the treasurer
of the company, and George D. Eldredge,
the actuary, wer Indicted on charges of
larceny and forgery which grew out of an
alleged payment of the funds of the com
pany In satisfaction of personal claims
against some of Its officers.
George Burnham, jr., was tried on the
charge of larceny,' convicted and sentenced
to serve two years in prison, but the ap
pellate division of the supreme court set
aside this verdict and Burnham was re
leased. The case agalfest Frederick A.
Burnham had not come to trial, and it Was
understood that it would, not be prosecuted
unless that against his brother George waa
eventually won by the prosecution.
A civil suit to collect some of the funds
alleged to have been paid In settlement of
personal claims had lately been Instituted
agalnat one of -the officers of the com
pany.
The Burnham family physician, who
reached the home a few moments after
Mr. Burnham was found, said the case un
doubtcdly waa one of accident. The gaa
had escaped from a small stove which was
used to heat Mr. Burnham's sleeping room.
Mrs. Burnham, who occupied an adjoining
room, was awakened by the odor of gas
and, opening the door of her husband's
rcom, found the apartment flooded with
tho deadly vapor. She threw up the win
dowa, sent a servant for a physician and
made desperate, but vain efforts to revive
Mr. Burnham. When the physician reached
the house he said Mr. Burnham's weak
heart had made him an easy victim to thj
fumes and that he had been dead for some
time.
POPE TIRES OF CONFINEMENT
la Conversation with Bishop Scaa.
nell Compares Himself to a
Caged - Eagle.
ROME, Dec. 23. (Special Telegram.)
"I may be an eagle, but It Is a caged
eagle, and eagles, you know, are unac
customed to cages," said the pope today
to Bishop Scannell of Omaha, who had
told the pontiff from the quiet of the
Vatican he dominated the whole world
like a "spiritual eagle."
The pope questioned the bishop r.'fc.ird
ing the reported strenuousness of Ameri
can life.
"Perhaps there Is too much nolae end
bustle In America," the pope told, the
bishop, ''but I sometimes think there Is
too much quiet and lack of bustle here.
If we could strike a medium I think we
would all be better off."
The pope's reference to being a caged
eagle is in line with a number of state
ments he haa made lately. Indicating that
he is chafing under the restrictions of
the Vatican. At one time he declared
that he would gladly exchange the
pontificate for the old freedom he enjoyed
at Venice.
POLICE TAKE TRAIN ROBBER
Officials Claim to Be Positive They
Have Maa Who Stepped
Orleatal Limited.
ST. PAUL. Minn., !c. 23.-Through the
orders of Chief of Police O'Connor and
James Mumane, Bertfllon expert, George
T. Frankhauser, alias Ed 8mlth, alias
Frank Hauser, Is In custody at Moorland,
Minn., and will toe brought, to thla city
tonight. The officers assert that they are
positive in their identification of the man.
who, with a companion, held up and robbed
the Oriental Limited on the Great North
ern railroad near Rondo, Mont., Septem
ber 12. 1907. and secured nearly $60,000 in
booty. Rewards aggregating fU.OOO have
been offered for his capture and convlc
tlon.
STICKNEY CONFIRMS REPORT
Says Horses G. Bart Will Imobi
P reel dea t of Great Weatera
aa Reorsjaaleatloa.
ST. PAUL, Dec. a That Horace G
Burt will assume the charge of the Chicago
Great Western railroad as receiver on the
first of the year, and will eventually be
come president of the road, and that a
reorganisation of the road will be effected
the coming year, waa the atatemcnt made
today by A. B. Stlckney, the retiring re
ceiver.
TIIE RETURNING FLEET MOST PEOPLE ARE
From the Philadelphia Record.
GOMEZ ASRS FOR WARSHIP
Opens Negotiations . with United
State on Own Motion.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONER IS SENT
Netherlands Will Soon Cease Activity
in Caribbean Sea News of Csn
tro'a Fall Reaches
Germaay.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2J. A resumption
of 'American diplomatic relations, with
vensueia is at nam Arjolllcat communi
cation haa been received at the. State
department through the Braslllan minister
at Caracas expressing the wish of Vice
President Gomes to settle satisfactorily all
International questions ' between the
United States, and Veneiuela and for the
presence of an American warship at La
Guaiara, ,
W. I. Buchanan haa been appointed aa
a special commissioner to represent the
United States In any negotiations which
may be had and Is now aboard the cruiser
North Carolina on Its way to Venesuela.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 23. The departments
of marine and colonial affair have sent
telegraphic Instructions to the commanders
of the three Dutch warships In Venecuelan
waters to cease further activity against
Veneiuela. t
Foreign Minister Van Swlnderen will
make a . atatemcnt In the second chamber
this afternoon concerning affaire in the
Caribbean sea, In which he expected to
announce the suspension of Dutch hostile
action against Venesuela, and the pros
pect of an early settlement of all the dif
ficulties between that country and The
Netherlands.
Castro Yet la Igaoraaee.
BERLIN, Dec. 23. Clprlano Castro, the
dictator of Veneiuela, deposed by his peo
ple and discredited by his government. Is
lying on a sick bed In Berlin In complete
Ignorance of the events at Caracas that
have resulted n his downfall. A member
of the president's entourage said thla morn
ing that Castro had received no news from
home and cMd not know what was taking
place there.
While the newspapers of Berlin are filled
with dispatches setting forth In detail the
highly sensational occurrences of the past
few days that culminated In the repudia
tion of Castro and the Installation of a new
government in place of the organisation
he left behind to run the country during
his absence statements that were given of
ficial confirmation by the German foreign
office this morning Castro Is reposing In
private sanitarium In thla city, the sub
ject of a consultation of eminent physicians.
TAFT TALKS OF ISSUES
Brother of President is For Larger
Vavr, Tariff Revision and
Bigger Merchant Marine.
COLUMBUS, O.. Dec. 23. Charles P. Taft
today Indirectly struck at Congressman
Burton, his principal rival for election as
senator to succeed Senator Foraker. Mr.
Taft said:
'I still favor the caucus, because the
caucus Is the part of republicanism. The ab
sence of the caucus will lead up to a situ
atlon where the democrats of the legislature
will elect a United States senator. The re
publican majority will be split up and the
democrats will cast the deciding votes If
no caucua la held. What such a combina
tion would Indicate, we can only learn by
examining the records of all candidate.
If he be a free trade republican, democrats
would naturally aend him to the senate.
Before making a choice on purely sentimen
tal grounds, the people of thla state should
look Into the records of the candidates, for
Ohio should see that Its representative is
a man who would stand by the protective
tariff system at all basarda. I favor re
vision along protective lines. I favor expan
sion of the navy and a greater growth for
the merchant marine. We need proper com
munication with South America."
Aldermaa Admits Bribery .
MILWAUKEE. Dec 21 -Former Alder
man Charles Jungman today pleaded guilty
to bribery in connection with a special or
dinance la 190S, He paid a fine of 1600. The
alternative was eighteen months lmyrUoo-
ASIATIC LABORJNTERS FIELD
Low Price of Silver Abroad Said to
Threaten Markets of Gold
Countries.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23,-The publication
m Paris of Senator Teller's letter to Sir
Morton Frewen, the English blmetallst, rel
ative to the rate of exchange between
American and European countries on one
hand and Aria on the other, has served the
purpose of calling attention to the fact that
Frewen spent some time last winter and
spring In Washington urging upon congress
and cabinet the Importance of a recogni
tion of the rapidly Increasing divergence
between the gold prices of the Occident and
the silver prices of the orient.
'2 During the -course of his stay m Wash
ington Mr. Frewen addresed a letter to
Repreaentatlve J. W. Weeks of Massachu
setts, who Is a member of the banking and
currency committee of the house and also
of (he present congressional monetary com
mission. In which he outlined his plans for
an Improvement on the exchange rate. In
part, he said:
The demand for stiver to put bohind the
small notes would raise the price of silver
bullion to $1 an ounce. The effect of this
rise In silver would be magical; It would
raise the exchanges with silver-using Aula;
It would thereby greatly Impair the ability
of Asia to export to Europe such products
as wheat, cotton, rice, timber, etc., products
which compete with your exports to Asia.
which now languish with each fall In ex
changeIn other words, with each fall In
the price of silver bullion. You are build
ing the Panama canal, amongst other rea
sons, to assist your trades with the orient.
A rtse of 30 cents In the price of silver
bullion, while giving that profit to your
mountain states, would, by rising the ex
change with Asia, pay, and probably mauy
limes over, me entire cost or ine canai.
BRYAN STILL IN "POLITICS
Ntbraskss Says lie Expects to Be In
Politics for Twenty
Tears.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-Willlam J,
Bryan was asked today concerning his at-
tltude toward another nomination for the
presidency. He replied
"All I can say about 1912 Is that I hope
It will never be necessary for me to run
for office again. I prefer to do my work
mm m ...ll.a ,i. nil l.an
private citizen. I
'U'l.on mmlraA wh.th., T m,n,,l -of,, ha In 1
advance ever being a candidate again, I
have said I would not promise anybody not
to be a candidate for any office.
"I will add one thing, and that Is, I am
still In politics and expect to be for about
twenty years, and I shall make It conven
ient to be present whenever and wherever
a man or group of men attempt to republl
canlze the democratic party. Six million
five hundred thousand voters of the de
mocracy endorsed the platform adopted at
Denver. I am satisfied that a great ma
jority of those who voted the ticket
honestly believed In the platform, and I
shall co-operate with them rather than with
those who 'would attempt to conciliate the
special Interests that have defeated the
democratic party and now dominate the
country through the republican party."
HUSBAND SLAPS, WIFE SHOOTS
Kaaaas City Woman Who goes for Di
vorce Kills gpoase While
Seeklaat Reeoaelllatloa.
KANSAS CITT, Mo., Dec. 23.-Frederlck
L. Peterson was shot and Instantly killed
this morning by his wife .Mrs. Rose Peter
son, as they were returning from a dance.
The couple were married three years ago,
but lived together but one year. Last .year
Mrs. Peterson filed suit for divorce, but
her husband has been attempting to effect
a reconciliation, and last night persuaded
her to accompany him to a dance. They
quarrelled while he was taking her home
early this morning, and in a lonely spot
in the southeast part of town. It Is claimed,
he slapped her face. She drew a small re
volver from her pocket and shot htm four
times. She waa arrested, but expressed no
regret.
YOU DON'T CATCH BATH HOUSE
Chicago Aldermaa foaad Not Gollty
of Aasaalt I'aea Newspaper
Photographer. I
CHICAGO, Deo. 2J. Alderman "Bath
Houe" John Ooughlln, accused of assault
and battery on Lyman Atwell, a news
paper photographer, waa found not guilty,
THINKING ABOUT.
BAN ON HEADACHE POWDERS
Contents Mast Be on the Label or
Prosecutions Will Follow.
BANES MAKE A GOOD SHOWING
Deposits and Reserves Both Increase
aa Compared with One Year
Ago Woman Registers
. . aa Lobbyist,
. , (From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Dec. 123 (peclaL) Druggists
'ho have on hand headache powders, and
other medicines which are not labelley
showing their Ingredients, will be arrested
and prosecuted. The pure food law pro
vided that druggists who had these inhibi
ted medlcncs an hand pror to the enactment
of the law wauld not have enforced against
the the penalty of the law for selling the
same, when it was so shown at a prosecu
tlon. Some of the druggists took thla to
mean that they would not be prosecuted
and have kept on selling the medicines.
J. W. Johneon, the fond commissioner, has
ruled that tne showing can be made when
the prosecution is begun and not to him
to prevent prceerutlon. To all the druggists
In the biate t.ts been sent out a circular
letter tostethc- with the name of the medi
cine which h la trying to have properly
labelled.
Bask Statements, ,
Secretary Royse of the State Banking
board haa Issued a compilation of the state
ments of the 428 Neb-aska state banks
showing thoir condition at the close of
business November 27.
The resources and liabilities reported fol
low. RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $ot.721, 627.01
Overdrafts 654,434.46
Bonds, securities. Judgments,
claims, etc 1.2S2.S15.7
Due from hanks 16.264, 606 97
uunKing nouse, lurniture and
fixtures
2.1W.266 M
1S8.2S1.B?
Other real estate
Current expenses and taxes paid.,
other assets
1.O29.7M.0S
4H.186.56.
I Cash .
I
4.188. 7K8. 33
joiai
LIABILITIES
.1X1,402,206.24
.IIO.OOS.OSO.OO
, 2.106,892.32
Capital stock
Surplus fund
l ndlvlded profits.
Dividends unpaid
3.213.41
Total deposits
. C5.3M.753.23
K7.148.9f
. 206.650.00
in ois and bins re-discountea.
Bills payable
Total ....i
.181.402 2n6.24
The banks report a reserve In available
funds of 81 U per cent, being an Increase
In the amount reported a year ano and
more tnan aouhle tne legal requirement
This report shows a very satisfactory
and gratifying condition of the banks
throuirhout the state, and compared with
the report of November 30, 1907, there is
round a alight decrease In loan and dis
counts and notes and bills rediscount!
snd bills payable, with an Increase of
93, 603. 4S In deposits and over 500,000
Increase- in paid hd capital.
Tne anrlnKafre in deposits since the re
port for August 20, 1908, Is but 12S2,-
169.69. being a much less shrinkage thHn
Is usual between the third and last re
ports for the year. From AuauMt 81.
107, to November SO. 1907. deposits In
the state banks were reduced over f 7.010 -
One, and during the same period In 190(
the shrinks ire in deposits amounted to
nearly 11.500.000.
The number of banks have Increased
seven during the year.
To Indicate the condition and character
of Nebraska banks, the records show that
there has been but three failures In te
last six vears. as follow: One In 1903
one In 1904 and one In 1907 There were
no failures In the years 190R. 19fl end
190t. The bank that foiled In 190T
paid 76 per cent to denoltors and wll
pay more, the one In 1904 has paid 60
per cent and the one in 1907 70 per cent
with a good prospect of paying the re
maining SO per cent or nearly so.
fhaaace la School Land Law.
An effort may be made in the coming
legislature to change the present laws
governing school lands. At this time the
Board of Educational Lands and Funds has
authority to sell any school land except
that school land for which application was
filed prior to ltOT.
The board now has under lease all of the
state school Isnds, but some of It brings
In a yearly rental of only cents an acre
and some I cents an acre and on up. One
member of the hoard bulieves the state
could make a good deal more on the Invest'
ment if It hid authority to sell this land
some' of which will bring as high as f 10
an acre, and invest the proceeds in bond
or other securities. Secretary of State
(Continued on Third Page.)
SCATHING LANGUAGE OF COURT
Studied, Defiant and Determined
Contempt of Tribunal.
APPEAL IMMEDIATELY TAKEN
All Are Released on Bond and Case
Will Be Taken to Sapreme Coart
Presldeat Asked to
Interfere.
WASHINGTON. Doc. 23 -Twelve months
In Jail for Samuel Oomprrs, president;
nine months for John Mitchell, one of the
vice presidents, and six months for Frank
Morrison, secretary, ell of the American
Federation of Labor, was the sentence Im
posed by Justloe Wright of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia today for
contempt of court for violating an order
enjoining them from placing on the "un
fair" or "we don't patronise list" the
Bucks Stove and Range company of St.
Louis.
All the defendants were In court when
sentence waa pronounced and notice of an
appeal to the District of Columbia appellate
court at once was filed, Gompers being re
leased on $5,000 bond, Mitchell on 14.000 and .
Morrison on $3,000.
The wlfo and daughter of Gompers heard
the sentence and were visibly affected.
With tears coursing down his cheeks. Pres
ident Gompers heard the order which con
demned him to prison 'for a year. Both
Mitchell and Morrison seemed stunned, al
though Mitchell appeared to be the least
concerned."
Asked If he had anything to say why sen
tence should not be pronounced, President
Gompers declared that he had not con
sciously violated any law. There was much
he would like to say, but he could not do
It at that time; he added, however, that
"this is a struggle of the working people
for right. It Is a struggle for ages the
struggle of the men of labor to throw off
some of the burdens which have been
heaped upon them, to abolish some of the
wrongs and to secure some of the rights
too long denied."
Mitchell and Morrison told the court to
day they endorsed what Gompers .bad
said.
Justice Wright's decision, which consumed
two hours and twenty minutes In reading,
Was a scathing arraignment.
"Everywhere." the court said, "all over, .
within the court, without, utter rampant.
Insolent defiance la heralded and pro
claimed; unrefined insult, coarse affront,
vulgar Indignity measures the litigant's
conception of the tribunal's due, wherein
his cause still pends." . . , ,
"Tho law's command hss been, he said,
"to stand, hands off until Justice for thla
matter can be ascertained," but, he said,
there has been a studied, determined, de
fiant conflict, "precipitated In the light 6f
open day between the decrees of a tribunal
ordained by the government ot the federal
union, and of the tribunals bf another fed
eration grown up in the land."
One or the other, he declared, must suc
cumb, "for those who would unlaw the
land are public enemlea."
At the conclusion of the reading of his
opinion Judge Wright, looking directly at
Messrs. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison,
saifl:
Have either of you anything to say Why
judgment should not be pronounced 7"
Gompers Addresses Coart.
President Gompers stood up and Address
ing the court said:
"I am not conscious at any time during
my life of having violated any law ot the
ountry or ot the atate In which I lived.
would not consciously violate a law now
or at any time during my full lift. It Is
not potkible that under tne circumstances
which I sm before your honor this morning
and after listening to the opinion which
you have rendered to jay that which I have
111 mind, but sir, I may bs permitted to aay
this: That freedom of speech and freedom
of the press has not been granted to the
people to say the things which please, but
the right to say the things that displease,
even though they do a wrong. There Is
much that I would like to say, but I Can
not do it now." 1
At this point Mr. Gompers aald ha had ,
said all he cared to, but after a short
pause, said he would like to make a few
more remarks. "I may say," he added, m
that this Is a struggle of the working
people of our country and It Is a Struggle
of the working people for right. The labor
movement doea not undertake to presume
to be a higher tribunal than either the
courts or the other branch of the gov
ernment of our country.
Straggle of the Agree.
"It Is a struggle of the ages a struggle ot
the men of labor to throw off some of the
burdens which have been heaped upon
them; to abolish some of the wrongs and
to secure some of the rights too long de
nied. If men must suffer because Uiey dare ,
speak for the masses of the men of our
country; If a man must suffer because he
may have refused to meet the sordid
greed even to grind the children la the
dust to get in dollars they must bear the
consequences."
But," continued Mr. Qomperi, "If I
cannot discuss grave problems; .rrat is
sues la which the people all over the
country am Interested. If a speech made.
by me during a poi tlcal campaign, after
the close of this rase. If the speeches In
furtherance of a great principle or a great
right, are tn be held as against me, I shall
not only have to, but am willing to bear
the consequences. I would not have you
believe me a man of a defiant character
In disposition or In conduct. But In the
pursuit of honest conviction and in the
furtherance of the common Interest of my
fellow man, I shall not only have to, but
be willing to submit to whatever your (
honor may Impose."
Mitchell's Sentiments Same,
Mr. Mitchxll followed In a strong, re
sonant voice:
"I thoroughly and unreservedly endorse '
what Mr. Gompers haa said. I should like
his expression to be accrpted as my own.''
Mr. Morrison spoke last. "I indone,"
said he, "what Mr. Uompors has said. I
am conscious of do ng no wro.ig or having ,
In any way v.uli t-d sny taw, and It Is my
belief that In every act t have committed
I have but exercised my rights under the
constitution and the laws of thla land."
In commenting upon these remarks tlx.
court said that there wag huthlcjt ia-tbaoa
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