The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVIII NO. 185.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1000.
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OVER A MILLION OF INCOME
Receipts from AH Source Amoiat to
Nearly Half the Total Expcadl
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National Forest.
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INDUSTRIAL CONDI?, .oNS MIXED i
Steel Trade Affected by Backward
Movement of Cropt.
REGULATION OF CORPORATIONS
Drrlalon la Gas I'nM la Followed or
Relief that Supreme Court
May Uphold Cnmmodltr
Law.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17. The speculative
markets last fk showed a Rood deal of
hesitation In the attempted appraisement
of the factors going to shape the future.
The true reading; of the opinions seeking
"expression through' the meflram of the
stock market operations was obscured by
the complications of the technical situation
of the market. In which a considerable
Hhort lnteiest had been built up in the
coarse of the previous week' reaction.
This Interest was uneasy and anxious to
take profits by buying- to cover. Occasional
periods of strength which were shown,
were attributed largely to this facta of the
uncovered short aggressiveness. An ele
ment of misgiving over the course of values
evidently remained in force in the specula
tion, but special stocks were strong In the
strength of Individual factors and provjd
a sustaining Influence on the whole list.
Conditions Arc Mixed.
Reports of general conditions showed
enough mUture of the good and the un
favorable to account fairly for the mixed
nnd uncertain tone of the speculation. The
progress of the expansion In trade and In
dustry was regarded. ontbe' whole, as dis
aj pointing. This feeling radiated primarily
from the great steel Industries, and the
railroads, the backwardness In the one
case being traceable to that In the other.
The railroads feel the effect of the early
movement of the great staple agricultural
crops, which gave the early appearance of
quick revival to their traffic, but which
leaves the latter volume of traffic without
its customary proportion of this business
to maintain the allowing. The movement
of coal is' also reported as slow. In con
sonance with the halt In the industrial re
vival. Hence the renewed accumulation of
surplus idle freight enr, which has proved
a dltscouragement. The effect is to noia
bark railroad orders for new equipment,
and thus spread the Influence of the check
through the wide ramifications of the steel
trade. Except In special lines of finished
material .':. Remand. for s.el products is
called disappointing, and some doubts are
raised of the wisdom of the rite of pro
duction ef pig iron which Is kept up. Par
allel conditions axe . found In the copper
trade, where the accumulation of stocks,
while production is maintained at a high
rate,, promises difficulty in holding prices.
Contra! of Corporation.
The subject of regulation and restric
tion of corporations has come Into re
newed consideration by those financially
interested and there has been a revision
of earlier pDjnions.of the extent to which
corporations are to enjoy exemption from
Hu.-'h measures in the future.
The abrupt change In the price of Con
solidated Gus when the 80-cent gas law
wis approved by the supreme court
first served to revive the subject. Doubt
have since arisen whether the commodi
ties clause of the Hepburn law may also
flnl sanction by the supreme court and
thus necessitate the partition of the
rallriatl and coal properties now com
bined In the anthracite business. There
has been an extensive speculation based
on thu assumption that this law was cer
tain to be declared unconstitutional. At
tention has been drawn to the regulative
power of the New York State Public
Service commission by the raising of the
question of the approval of the proposed
issue of bonds by the Erie, necessary to
the financial rehabilitation of that com
pany. Many of the newly Inaugurated
tail executives have enlarged on this
question of regulation of corporations.
Th .far-reaching projects In the rall
roal world, which were attributed at one
time n B. H. Harrlman. furnished an
other toplo for the - skeptical to dwell
upon and thus raised apprehenalons in
th minds of previous speculative buy
ers of the stocks.
Event Abroad.
The course of events abroad has fur
nished material for Interested conjecture
by all financial Interests and some of the
problems are believed be approaching
solution. Turkey' acceptance of the
Austrian Indemnity for th annexation
f Bosnia and Hercegovtna was received
with great satisfaction. It la believed
that th tsau of th Russian loan in
Paris will, serve to lighten the motives
of the Bank of Franc for Its un
precedented accumulation of gold. If
this policy shall" persist after the flota
tion of this loan It is feared that grave
uneasiness will be caused from the In
ference that future political troubles are
provided against by this policy.
Th rise in the official discount rate of
the Panic of England last week was an
expression Of protest against the course
of the French bank and not at all a re
flection of nny direct demand for funds in
the English capital. Gold continued to go
out from New York, as an Indirect result
f the situation abroad, and also It Is In
ferred from a redundant condition of our
)wo currency. Current redemption of bank
notes by th United States treasury on an
enormous scale Is a measure of the prcs
tur towards retirements IVom circulation
of these Instruments. Thu gold exports,
the new call upon national banks for re
turn of $25,000,000 of government deposits,
the acoimuUtlon of cash by the New York
trust companies In preparation for addi
tional reserve requirements and the large
flotation of new bond Issues which con
tinues In New York hav made no Impres
sion on th New York money market,
which continued to relax through the week.
Plead (Jolltr to Indictment.
sim-Y ipai.1.8. . D.. Jan. 17. (Special.)
Harvey Smith of Mitchell appeared before
Judge Carland of the United niaiea court
.ni.r. Dia of a-ullty to an Indict
ment charging him with having sold liquor
without first having procured government
license. Judge Carland sentenced th de
fendant to thirty days' Imprisonment In
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MINE WORKERS WILL MEET
Contest Between Lewis and Autl
Lewla Factions to Be Feature
of Convention.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 17. The twen
tieth annual convention of the United
Mine Workers of America will meet here
next Tuesdsy. Between 1,200 and 1.400
delegates are expected.
While th subject of wage contracts
will not demand much attention, it is cer
tain that the contests between the sup
porters of President Lewis' administra
tion and Its opponents, which has been
going on for several months, will be the
main thing. The leader of the antl
Lewls faction Is John Walker, president
of the -Illinois miners, who waa Lewis'
opponent In the national presidency. The
balloting Is to be announced in the course
of the convention.
The award of the strike committee ap
pointed by President Roosevelt to settle
the anthracite miners' strike will expire
on April 1 next, and this convention will
have to propose a plan for a new agree
ment In the anthracite district. The
Lewis faction will attempt. It Is said,
to placo the convention on record as es
tablishing the rulings of the national
board as supreme and joint contracts as
inviolable. Only In this way, they as
sert, will It be possible for the organ
ization to be of practical value In mak
ing contracts with the operators.
Tho anti-Lewis faction publicly charges
that the administration has failed to win
strikes In Alabama, Pennsylvania, In
diana and the southwest; that It has
estranged Important district organiza
tions and that it has lost members. To
this answer Is made that there has not
been an actual decrease In the member
ship, but because of industrial depres
sion a few thousand members, out of
work, were not reported as paying their
dues last December.
The executive board will meet tomorrow
to consider the report of the committee
on the reinstatement of Patrick Dolan.
SHIP WRECKED OFF NEW YORK
Schooner Swallow, front Bt. Johns,
N. V., Goes Down la Storm
Crow of Six Lost.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17. In the biting, driv
ing snowstorm of early Sunday morning,
oft the Long Island shore, another vessel,
the schooner Swallow of 8t. John's, N. F.,
and its crew paid the . toll so often de
manded of those who go down to the sea
In ships. The story of th wreck, or so
much- as Is known of It, was told by tho
sea Itself, for. today it strewed the beach
east of Fire island for several miles with
bits of wreckage from the ship and cargo.
On some of this flotsam appeared the
name "Swallow, St. John's, N. F.." and
this told the beachmen tho name of the
vessel that had pounded Itself to pieces
in the howling gale. Of the crew, probably
five or six men. Judging from the schoon
er's size, there was no trace. But looking
out at the wildly tossing seas, the thick,
driving snow with Its attending bitter cold,
the beachmen knew tbelr fate. No human
power could have aided them.
At 2 o'clock this morning a beachman
from the Blue P)nt station saw some black
objects bobbing ibout in the tumbling surf
close to shore. ', te hauled some of them in
and, finding It waa wreckage, hurried back
to his station to report and to secure aid.
Other beachmen were soon on the scene,
hauling In the flotsam. There were tim
bers, new lumber, frosen herring and fish
ing tackle, and finally they came to n
signboard which told the vessel's name.
The llfesavera stood by and patrolled the
beach all day In the hope that they might
find some trace of the crew, but night
fall came and their quest had been vain.
TWO-CENT FARE IN DAKOTA
Senate Fames th Measure and
It Now Goes to the
House.
PIERRE. 8. D.. Jan. 17. (Special Tele
gram.) The senate Saturday took another
step In the principal railway and express
bills before fhem by passing them up to
the house by favorable action. These are
the 2-cent rate, electric headltght and ex
press rate Mils. They carry the emergency
provision and will mean some early legal
action after they have been passed upon
by the house. Other bills passed by the
senate were th Byrne bill, providing llfo
Insurance policy forms, and an act to assist
In the organisation of Perkins and Harding
counties.
The only other Mil of Importance In the
senate today was one defining the crime
of theft of gold products from mills and
fixing the penalty for the same.
In the house a few more minor railroad
measures were presented, and bills fixing
the hours of labor in mines and mills at
eight hours; and amending the election
law to require tickets to be placed upon the
ballot In order of party numerical strength.
The first act of the session to get to
Governor Vessey for his signature was sent
In this evening. It being the art providing
for the payment of legislative expenses
of tM present session and received his sig
nature at o'clock.
The house Is in shape to rush the 2-eent
fare bill Monday or Tuesday by substitu
ting the senate bill for the duplicate house
bill favorably reported today.
SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS URGED
President of Good floods Association
Woold Connect Washington with
All State Capitals.
WASHIOTON, Jan. 17.-A system of
public highways connecting Washington.
D. C, with th capital of every state and
territory will be urged by President Arthur
C. Jackson when th National Good Roads
association holds Its next annual conven
tion, which was announced today for Feb
ruary 13 In Chicago.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 Listing receipts
and expenditures and explaining them in
plain English, much as a railroad "president
reports to his board of directors, Glfford
Pinchot. forester, has Just made a retro
spect of the work of the United States
forest service for the fiscal year 19n.
For the administration and protection of
the 1S1 national forests. In seventeen states
and territories and Alaska, the government
spent $2,626,068.02, or about one and one-half
cents an acre. Permanent Improvements,
Including the construction of 8,400 miles Of
trails, 100 miles of wagon roads, 8,200 mile
of telephone lines, 660 cabins and barns, 800
miles of pasture and drift fences, 260 bridge
and forty miles of fire lines cost $592.V69.1.
Telephone wire to build approximately 400
miles of additional lines was shipped to the
forester, but with the funds available be
fore the close of the year the work of
construction could not be completed. Some
of this work was done on each of the
forests in the United States.
Benefits of Improvements.
Although many needed Improvements
could not be undertaken, the benefits of
what has been accomplished are seen In
th more convenltnt and economical manner
in which the forest officers are enabled to
carry on their work and in the opening
up to forest users of territory hitherto In
accessible. The remaining $137,840.40 qf the
total of $3,416,107.61 disbursed on account of
work of the forest service was used in
forest investigations costing $2.15.8'.14 and
In diffusion of forest information and fed
eral co-operation.
The forest service Is one of the branches
of the government where everything Is not
outgo. Last year the receipts from sales
of timber, graxlng fees and permits for
special uses of forest resources amounted
to $1.R42.2R1.87. an increase of $271,252.48 over
he 1907 figures. The per acre receipts
from the national forests were a little more
than 1 cent, less than 6 mills under the
per acra cost of administration and pro
tection of the forests.
The amounts paid the states and terri
tories, to be expended for roads and public
schools for the year's receipts, amounted to
H4",Ot3.79. Chiefly because of increasing the
revenue to the states from 10 per cent in
1907 to 25 per cent last year, there was a
total Increase of $294,081.63 In the amounts
payable to the states.
Free Use to Settler.
In addition, the national forests yielded
heavily to the public In free use. There
were 90,714 permits granted for the free use
of timber by settlers, schools and churches
during the year, against 17.399 In 1907. The
number of board feet used in this way by
the public amounted to 121.6K!a0. valued at
$168,720, compared to 6S,000,000 feet, valued
at $76,000, in 1907.
The aggregate of free use of the forests
for graxlng cannot be exactly known, since
no permit is required to be taken out, and
there is therefore no record preserved. It
added perhaps 10 per cent to the amount
of stock carried by the forests. Ssttlers
living on or adjacent to the forests, and
prospectors, campers and travelers In them
are allowed to grace free up to ten head
of milk cows, work animals or horses in
use, and purchasers of timber and stock
men on the forests are given the same
privilege for the horses needed In their
work. In Arizona and New Mexico ullk
goats to the number of thirty may be
grazed free In place of milk cows.
Of free special-use permits there were
Issued during the year 1,763, as against a
total of 1,471 previously granted. Of the
latter 963 were In force during the year.
Receipts from Orailnf.
The grazing receipts for 1S0S were $96!,-
829.40, and were paid by the holders of 19,
845 permits to graze 1.382.221 cattle, horses
and hogs, and of 4,283 permits to graze
7,687,111 sheep and goats. Receipts of $S49,
027.24 from timber sales were paid by ap
proximately 5,189 purchasers, who cut the
equivalent of 392,792,000 board feet of timber.
The receipts from special uses amounted
to $30,425.23 and were paid by 2,066 permit
tees. The year's receipts represent profitable
use of the forests by some 30,000 individuals
or concerns, In addition to more than 30,000
getting free use of timber and other re
sources. About one-fourth of all the tim
ber cut from the national forests was under
free-use permits.
The purpose of this free-use privilege Is
to make the forests contribute most effec
tively to the public welfare. The timber
given to Individuals is given for the de
velopment of the country through settle
ment. The total receipts from timber sale each
year since the national forests have been
under the administration of th forest
service have ben as follows: In 1906,
$60,136.62; 1908, $346,013.49; 1907, $668,813.12; 1908,
$849,027.24. '
At the end of the last fiscal year, when
business was heavier than at any other
tlmo during the year, the 182 national for
ests wero cared for by an executive and
protective force of twenty-nln inspectors,
ninety-eight forest supervlsot I, sixty-one
deputy supervisors, thirty-three forest as-
slstants, eight planting assistants, $41 rang
' era, KJ forest guards and eighty-eight
j clerks.
Growth of the Service.
I The""Trnrag area to each officer theo
' rctlrally available for patrol duty was 116 60)
I acres. But more than three-fourths of the
t time of these forest officers is now required
I by the fast growing volume of national
I forest business, so that in point of fact the
force on duty at the close of the year
j provided about one patrol officer to each
CuO.ooo acres of forest. This Is considered
Inadequate for protection of the forests.
I'ntll provision Is made for a large In
crease cf force it Is necessary either to
curtail the business arising from the use
of the forests or to neglect the proper safe
guarding of government property against
fire.
Experimental broadcast sowings were
made during th year In twenty-seven
forests. In th state of Idaho, Montana,
Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado,
I'tah and New Mexico. Th total area
sown waa 181 acres, of which forty-seven
nere In the Black Hills national forest.
About TOO.OuO trees were planted last year
on forests In the states of Nebraska, Kan
sas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arlscna, Utah,
Idaho and California. There are now grow
ing at th planting station over i.feJO.OOO
tree, which will be ready for planting ia
(Continued on Second Fag.)
News Item It Is reported from Augusta that Judge Taft and Senator Knox
to be withheld from publication until March 4.
ILLINOIS SENATORIAL FICI11
Legislature Will . Ballot in Separate
Sessions Tuesday.
STRONG OPPOSITION TO HOPKINS
Shortleff Republicans and Democrats
Would Elect Governor Deiieen,
but He Bars He. Will
Not Accept t,
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SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Jan: 17. -The real
fight for the election of United States sena
tor from Illinois will begin Tuesday, when
both houses of the leglHlnture will take bal
lots on a candidate. If nobody Is elected,
the house will meet in a Joint senatorial
session Wednesday. In this event, a ma
jority of both houses, or ten votes, Is re
quired for election.
The friends of Senator Albert J. Hopkins
are working valiantly in his behalf. Despite
the uphill nature of the contest, they ex
press the utmost confidence that their man
will land the place. Leaders in the legls
lature say, however, that Senator Hopkins
certainly will not receive a majority in the
house Tuesday and that his chances will
be even less In the Joint caucus.
Those In the house opposing Hopkins be
long to both the camps of Speaker Riurtleff
and Governor Deneen. The senate may pos-1
stbly vote in his favor, but not the house,
say the leaders. One point favorable to
the Hopkins candidacy is that the opposi
tion, while strenuous, has failed to agree
on any candidate for the place. This may
give Hopkins a chance and his friends are
counting on being able' to get enough sup
porters of the various candidates into line
to give him the place.
The house likely will be willing to give
the speaker the senatorshlp, but the senate
would hardly agree. ' Governor Deneen
probably could have the place If he would
take It, the Shurtleff combination of repub
licans and democrats being credited with
a desire to make him senator so as to re
move him from the governorship. The gov
ernor has said, however, that under no
circumstances would he accept the place.
He lnsiots on serving out his term as gov
ernor, despite the wishes of his foes. He
will be inaugurated tomorrow at noon.
Congressman Foss, who was defeated by
Hopkins In the primary, sees a chance to
win and he is lining up his forces to that
end. Others mentioned and all willing are
Congressman William B. McKlnley, Con
gressman William Lorlmer, former Gov
ernor Richard .Tates, Lieutenant Governor
L. Y. Sherman and Frank O. Lowden.
On the strength of his having won the
primary advisory vote for senator, friends
of Senator Hopkins declare that he Is the
logical candidate and should be re-elected
to succeed himself. Upon this they base
their assertion that a Joint session for the
first ballot is unnecessary. They assert
they can see no other outcome than that
Mr. Hopkins will get a majority In each
house Tuesday.
WATER BOARD IN COURT
Heartasr Today on Temporary He
tralalas; Order Webster Ready
to Flcht Some More.
Today la the date set for the hearing In
federal court of the temporary restraining
order Issued Just before the first of the
year preventing the Omaha Water board
from putting Into effect the new rates for
water furnished by the Omaha Water com
pany to Omaha consumers.
The new rates were adopted October 21,
and ordered to become effective January 1.
The company secured the temporary In
junction, which not only prevented the
adoption of the new rates on the date set
fy the I nrd, but barred representatives
of the board from entering the company's
office for the purpose of giving customers
Information regarding the new rates, 'as the
board at first set out to do.
John L. Webster, one of the attorneys
for the board, said yesterday that he was
"prepared to fight the case In court to
day to the bitter end." The questions
Which are expected to com up in today's
hearing will b entirely different from any
threshed over In the numerous trials which
th board ha had, said Mr. Webster.
The hearing will b bfor Judg Muuger.
COOPERS TO BE ARRAIGNED
Men Charged with Mnrdcrlnar Senator
Carmack to Be Placed on Trial
Wednesday.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 1". Charged
with murdering former Senator Edward
Carmack, as tha reoult of a newspaper at
tack. Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, his son,
Robin, and former Sheriff John D. Sharpe
will bo brought to trial Wednesday. Law
yers for the state and defonse are busy
concluding the preparations for tha trial,
which will attract the attention of the en
tire country, because of the high pos!
toln of all tho parties concerned. .
Colonel Cooper has been prominent in
state and national politics for yeai-s. He
was a friend of McKlnley, of Cleveland
and of Roosevelt. Years ago he brought
Carmack to Nashville as an editorial writer
on the American, which Cooper then owned.
But those who knew them say that the
men were never friendly, and later, Car
mack became connected with a rival pub
lication. In politics they belonged to rival
factions. However, there were no serious
differences between the men until the Issue
of state-wide prohibition came up. Car
mack advocated it and Governor Patterson
opposed it. Tho Patterson forces rallied to
defeat this plank. Carmack as editor of
the Tennesseean, denounced these efforts
and criticized Colonel Cooper editorially.
The latter, who managed Patterson's cam
paign, sent word to Carmack that he would
kill th editor If the attacks continued.
Carmack told his friends that If he com
plied with Cooper's demands he would be
branded as a coward all over the state,
consequently he would refuse. The next
editorial Carmack wrote resulted In his
death. The Cooper forces declare they will
make out a clear case of self defense.. The
state, on the other hand, claims that It
will prove that the killing was the result
of a conspiracy to assassinate.
IROQUOIS THEATER CASES
Only Thirty Ont of Nearly Five Hun
dred Settled After Five
Years' Litigation.
CHICAOO, Jan. 17. It was made public
today that after five years of litigation
settlements had been made in the cases ol
thirty of the deaths caused by the Iroquois
theater fire. It Is stated that $760 a case
Is to be paid by one of the firms responsible
for the fire In the theater, the prosecutions
against the company in these cases having
been withdrawn from court. In one in
stance a man who lost his wife and three
children In the fire received S750 for each
death. Many other suits against firms and
"individuals Interested In the theater" are
still pending. The number of unsettled
cases is estimated at more than 400.
RESTAURANT MAN MURDERED
I,. Trlraball of Union Instantly Killed
by Holdup Man.
UNION, la.. Jan. 17. While getting
money to hand to a robber, L. Trimball,
a restaurant keeper, was shot twice
through the head last night and Instantly
killed Mr. Trimball had been counting
his cash, when a pistol was thrust Into
his face by an unknown man, who de
manded money. Trimball gave up his sil
ver and was about to hand over his bills
whnn the robber, thinking Trimball was
reaching for a revolver, fired the fatal
shots A posse Is searching for the mur-
I derer.
Bank Flcure Show Prosperity.
E'lOUX FALLS, 8. D., Jan. 17.-(8pecial.)-
No better evidence of the great prosperity
being enjoyed by the people of South Da-
l kota is furnished than the following fig
ures, showing the increase year by year
for the last ten years In the deposits of
state and national banks doing business In
South Dakota:
li 110.104.186.43 1904 128.fi07.319.62
lx: 12.tt9.ftHO.64 19i& 34.769.69H 64
1W 14..9x3.71 I 46.04.-Jii4.73
19H1 19,194.491.30 197 67.7M9.&M02
19o2 89.423.424. 9 19u S8.t&,999.41
19u3 30.611, 115.32
The figures show that during the ten
years the deposits have grown nearly seven
fold. The figures for the years 1907 and '908
show an increase of about $11,000,000 during
a single twelve month a record which
doubtless never has been surpassed by any
other stat In the union. Thus th Increase
alone In a single year amounted to more
than th total deposits of ten year ago.
have completed the new cabinet list,
From tho Washington Evening Star.
PLAINTIFF IN LIBEL SUIT
Prosecution of New York World in
Name of Some Individual.
USUAL FORM IN CRIMINAL CASES
Action I Attracting; Wide Attention
Anions; Lawyers in Washington
Identity of Complainant
ia Withheld.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. The latest
and most Interesting suggestion regard
Ing yesterday's sensational 'developments
Involving the service of subpoenas upon
newspaper men In this city and elsewhere
Is that an Individual and not the United
States government is the real plaintiff
In the case. It is true that the subpoena
served here read "The United States
against The Press Publishing company."
But If the proposed action Is criminal,
as is generally assumed to be the case,
that would be the form of a subpoena,
even where an Individual Is the com
plainant, according to the practice In the
Dletrlct of Columbia.
The identity of this Individual, or In
dividuals, Is purely a matter of specula
tion, for the public will have to await
the Issue of the promised statement of
Attorney General Bonaparte, In the
coursu of a day or two, to get an accu
rate understanding of this remarkable
case. Possibly President Roosevelt him
self 1 the complainant; or It may be that
tho action was begun by William Nelson
Cromwell, or by Douglas Robinson or any
of the persons named In the original
mentions. A significant fact is that Mr.
Cromwell was In Washington when the
action was taken yesterday of serving the
subpoenas.
Washington lawyers are discussing the
case with Interest and already sharp
differences of opinion appear aa to th
right of the United States government
to probecute a criminal libel proceeding
against either an individual or a news
paper, which Is, after all, the bone of
contention, for there can be no question
of the right of an Individual to bring
such an action. It Is pointed out that
the supreme court Is on record as deny
ing the power of a United States circuit
court to take Jurisdiction In a criminal
libel case.
The officials here remain mute and
there was no development In the ras
today to be learned. The district attor
ney remains snowbound In his country
home. Inaccessible to reporter and cut
off from the telephone, th attorney gen
eral Is at home In Baltimore and at the
White House there was a refusal to dis
cuss the matter..
RATES FOR TARIFF MEETING
Committee la Charne of Indianapolis
Convention Announce
Reduction.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 17.-The com
mittee on arrangements of the national
tariff commission convention, which meets
here February 14 to IS, announces that the
railroads have given a fare of one-half
rate for the round trip to the convention.
A a result the attendance likely will be
large.
R. E. Foley, who Is Interested In the plan,
will attend the meeting and speak on
"Tariff Changes By Evolution Instead of
Revolution."
Andrew Carnegie, who had been urged to
be one of tha speaker, ha written a letter
to the committee, saying:
"I highly approve of a permanent non
partisan semi-Judicial tariff commission, as
proposed, and It would give me great pleas
ure to accept your kind invitation to spesk
at the forthcoming meeting, but my en
gagements already made may render It
Impossible for me to attend."
The committee want It clearly under
stood that the convention I to be non
partisan, and that It Is not for the discus
sion or protection, free trade or tariff re
vision.
"The convention." says the committee.
"has for its object the urging of reform
in the methods pursued in determining
schedules, and the discussion of schedules
themselves Is foreign to It purpose. We
stand for th tariff commission plan and
believe It I on of th greatest reform
In which th country can at this tlm in
tercst Itself
DEMOCRATS DIVIDE OVER JUDGE
Selection of Holcomb Instead of Dean
Causes Sore Spots.
TAYLOR'S SUGGESTION ANSWERED
Friendly Suit Furehnao of Band
Would Hare Settled Point Gov
ernor Shallenhergrer Say
Is Important.
(From a Btaff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Jan. 17. (Special.) Th cf.'ort
of the democratic legislature to make poli
tical capital out of the bill to pay hark
to the members of the soldier' homes t.i it
portion of their pension money collected
by the state will doubtless prov unavail
ing.
That little matter haa already been at
tended to by th republican State Bocnl of
Public Lands and Buildings, or at least t'.o
board Issued orders to Commandant Hnyt
of the Grand Island Soldiers' home t i r -
fund the money. This order was Issued
many months ago. No pension money w.n
taken from the soldiers at Mllford umlnr
the last order of the state board.
For many years It, had been tha oust .in
of the state to collect a portion of th t vn
Blon money of those soldiers who lis i in
dependent relatives and apply It to t lie
maintenance of the home. The repullL-m
board, In order to make It easier on t'le
old soldiers, adopted a rule whereby fie
money to be deducted from the pendons
should be graded according to the amount
the soldier received from the governr.ic.it.
This graded assessment provided tha: no
soldier receiving only $12 a month sl..'uli
pay anything to the state. Those who ImJ
heretofore pnld a stipulated monthly sum
were assessed considerably less.
The democratic campaign committee mis
represented this fact to the voter of tlia
stata and UBed It In opposition to the re
publican party. The matter finally reai
the courts and It was decided the stat had
a legal right to assess the member of the
house a portion of their salaries. When
this was established, however, th repub
lican state board rescinded It previous
order and Instructed the commandants of
the two house not to take any ot the
pension money. Further, the command mt
at Grand Island was Instructed to refund
any money which he had collected lu.der
the order. At that time Mr. Hoyt said he
had sufficient money In hi cash fund to
do thi. . -' '
On the heels of this, however, a bill has
been Introduced in the house to force the
state to pay back this money, and the
Junketing committee has recommended Us ,
passage.
The appointment of Judge Holcomb by
Governor Shollenberger In place of Ju.Ih
Dean, appointed to the supreme bench by
Governor Sheldon, hos caused considerable
talk among the democrats and the belief
la that a wide breach has been mad In
tho party.
Judge Holcomb I one of tha men m:i.-
ramo to tho front for the selection of
Judge Dean at the hands of Ocvermr
Sheldon and that was one of the reasons
why the governor, turned him down whe-n
he finally asked for the place.
Among the other supporter of Dean we.u
Clarence Mackay, late candidate for the
democratic nomination for stat treasure.-;
W. H. Eastham, cai.oldat for land com
mlpsloner; Judge Sullivan of Broken Bow,
and the chairman of tha Custer county
democratic committee.
After these men had requested the ap
pointment of Dean at the hands of th gov
ernor, Sullivan and Holcomb cam to Lin
coln and asked Governor Sheldon to ap
point Judge Holcomb. This request was
made In the face of the fact that they had
already endorsed the candidacy of Judgd
Dean, and Judge Holcomb had been on of
the first to sign his petition.
In the mantlme the question haa not yet
been answered, If the democrats wera
merely trying to get the legal point set
tled as which had the authority to canvas
tha vote on the amendments, the Statu
Canvassing board or the stat legislature,
why suit was 'not started to enjoin the
state treasurer from Investing th perma
nent school fund In county bond.
This amendment was voted on at the
same time the Judicial amendment was
submitted and a decision In thl can would
have settled the other without any need
of disrupting the supreme court. This, how
ever, was suggested by Taylor of Custer
county on the floor of the legislature.
LOBBYISTS ARB NOT AFRAID
So Far None Haa Registered, aa H
quired by the New Law.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. 17. (Special.) "Who
afraid?" remarked a legislator a Frank
Toung, the old-time Burlington lobbyist.
walked Into the office of the chief ciarlt
of the house.
And it Is very evident that nobody 1
afraid of any kind of an old lobbyist. And
It Is also very evident that no lobbyist I
afrhid, either. Not a bit of It.
As a matter of fact, the outside lobby
Is not numerous thus far, but wtlh th
stock yards attorney bossing th senate,
there seems little us for any kind cf a
lot jy on the outside.
'.Jy taking up a position in th senate
chamber on two or three occasion Elmer
Thomiis, attorney for th Antl-Salooa
league, has worked on th nerves of a
number of county option advocate who
have not forgotten the Thomas letter about
Governor Sheldon. So It la not Improbable
that Mr. Thomas may yet he the mean by
which the antl-tobby law Is tested In th
courts. At least Representative Noye of
Cass county, who favors county option.
Insists that Mr. Themaa must not do any
lobbying around the legislature.
Miss I lard wick, a nurse employed at th
orthopedic hospital, has been on both floor
advocating the establishment of a board
to examine and license I'alned nurse, flh
approached a member of th house and
mtartuA n Ahhv ha. r. r rw .m.A Kill
b i . . ... .u ,iu.'j .... ..v. yJt ".tu
"I um afraid this la a violation of th
bntl-lobby law" remarked th member,
and the young woman faded away.
Bo far no on ha registered aa a lobby
1st, notwithstanding th story sent out by
tome energetic correspondent Soma days
go. Tb book In th efflo of th scrr
lbs Davison county jail ana iinea turn siw.
