Nebraska Newspapers

    TTTR OMAHA DAILY HRE: THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1000
Of all M.d word of
tonffue or pen The
&ddet ar these:
It might have been
eflWDET
Baiting
Powder
Amid tilt mishaps the
menu the bad luck in baking,
avoiding Poor Baking
Powder the cheap. or
bisr can kindi and the Wh
ence Trust brands. 1 ney are unreiiaoie tney too oiten
tail Don't trust them.
Put your faith in' Calumet the only strictly h'urh-irrad
baking- powder sold at a moderate cost., We absolutely
guarantee that the results will please you. Guaranteed
. tinder all pure food laws-both State and National.
Refuse substitutes get Calumet.
Received Highest Award World' Pur
Food Exposition, Chicago, 1907
TROOPS WILL CO TO ORIENT
Many Stationed in Department of Mis
soar! Destined for Philippines.
SAIL IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER
Some of Thoae la the lalanda Will
Thea Retura to .the Halted
States, Making Exchange
of Poet a.
Arrangements are being made by the De
partment of the Missouri for the movement
of troops to the Philippines In the spring
and summer. These organisations have
been ordered to the Philippines: Thirteenth
cavalry, to sail from Ban Francisco March
15; Twelfth cavalry, headquarters, band and
ten troops.' to Sail April's, and two troops
to sail April 6.
Troops In the Philippines will return home
recording to this schedule: Tenth cavalry,
to sail March 1, to be stationed at Fort
Ethan Allen, Vt. ; Ninth cavalry, to sail
March IS, to be stationed at Fort D. A.
Hursell, Wyo.' .
There wllj be no further transfer of troops
from tlie Department of the Missouri until
1910, except It be several batteries of field
artillery that may be transferred; to differ
ent posts. A battery of the Second field
artillery will leave Fort D. A. Russell early
In March for- the Philippines. '
Colonel W. B. Davis, formerly chief sur
geon of the Department of the Missouri,
sailed last Friday for Manila, accompanied
by Mrs. Davis.
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Honorable discharges by. .purchase have
been granted the following enlisted men I
Privates Howard Downing,; Troop D, Sev
enth United State cavalry, and James 8,
Gailberry, Battery D, Sixth field artillery,
both of Fort Riley.
Lieutenant Colonel A. H. Appel, medical
corps. United .States army,' has been di
rected to proced to San Francisco with the
battery of artillery under orders to pro
ceed from Fort'D. A. Russell, Wyo., to the
Philippines. Colonel 'Appel ', will return
to Fort D. AwRuAfcft vpon'the departure
of the battery for the Philippines.
Captain TIJeodore B. Haecker, purchasing
commissary,' United States army, at Kan
sas City, and for a number of years chief
commissary of the Department of the Mis
souri, wll! visit Omaha friends for a few
days next week prior to his departure for
the Philippines. Captain Haecker will sail
for Manila about April V, to assume his
duties as chief commissary of one of the
Philippine departments.
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The Second field artillery left Cheyenne
Wednesday- for Jersey City, via the Union
Pacific and Burlington, on a special train.
The train carries eight tourist cars, two
taggage cars, four boxcars and two stan
dard sleepers. i
MISS J0NTZ NOT OFF GUARD
She Bays the night Thing When the
Mayor Calls Her p for
a Joke.
"Please,, good lady,' ean I get transpor
tation to Minneapolis." . was the supplica
tion of a caller, at the Of flee of the Asso
ciated Charities Wednesday morning.
"Have,. yoi ; friends ' there," asked Miss
Jonta by 'Way of reply.
"NO.",, '.','
"Have - you ' work there, then, for we
cannot give-out transportation unless you
have, friends 'or "relatives in Minneapolis
to look after you or work whereby you can
support yQuratlf. . .'Otherwise you would
be rrturnetl to us and would become a
county charge.".. ' , .
AaJ then' Mayor Dahlman laughed, for
the eSUetf .executive was the petitioner of
the ShT secretary, of te Associated Chari
ties. ' ,
"I Just wanted to "know how you work
It. and find out whether you know your
business, and, 1 guess. you will do," said
the mayor, a'ad he passed on down the
hall to confer with Chief Flynn, -chief of
the Dahlman Democracy and would-be
chief of the tmaha police detriment.
Though Tueaday'e storm wss severe, Miss
Join rejwrts few calls for aid. Several
loads ot ooal were sent out and a few
orders Oa the county etore given, but not
nearly ' many applications for aid were
received us expected.
RETIRING OLD BRIDGE BONDS
City Will Meet Its Obligation on the
Ptret of April, Says Treas
urer Foray.
City 'ltaaaurer Furay announces that he
will iw the money on band April 1. to
Mtlre SMO.W worth of bonds which have
bean banging over the people of Omaha
f r twenty years and which were issued at
that time to replace similar bonds Issued
twenty years before to assist In the build-
"nssv
f YlV ffty T T'T YVT iau uiu.ai will. p.u wv-uvu
) I f aLA 1 f V 1 1 j JjSlJI nothing compares to the pain
Thousands of women have found the use of Mother's Friend robs
confinement of much pain and insures safety to life of mother and
child. This liniment is a God-send to women at the critical time. Not
only does fc! other's rrltnd carry women safely through the perils of
child-birth, but it prepares Tt,
the system for tne coming
event, relieve! "morning
i i, i . i j ii
sickness, ana oiner ais- j, -
comrorts. iitV, -
t!oninHl free. I
I tUt 1LD IgGUlATO CO,
twaU tie-
disappoint- 2
by
Ing of the Union Pacific bridge. The city
Issued S2no,Q0O worth of bonds forty years
ago, drawing 10 per cent interest, to assist
in building the bridge. They provided for
their own retirement and at the end of
twenty years half of them had taken care
of themselves. HaJf were renewed twenty
years ago with 6 per cent bonds.
AK-SAR-BEN GETTING READY
Governors Xante Committees and On
Rense Prepares His New Sys
tem of Tortore.
Gus Renze and his trouble makers are al
ready preparing instruments of torture-at
the Den with which to grind to pieces the
unwary at Ak-8ar-Ben Initiations this sum
mer. A force of men is at work and the
giant slides and other devices will be ready
for use as soon as it is warm enough to
use the Den. - -
The board of governors has bought eight
een feet along the south side of the den
from Twentieth to Twenty-first street. The
Byron Reed company owns the land to the
south and this company and the board of
governors will dedicate to the city a strip
of land all the way through, thus giving
an entrance for carriages. The Knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben have also, bought a strip of
ground 26x150 feet on the west of their
property whlclj extends the property . to
Twenty-first street and gives them the en
tire block.
The board has Issued a request for sug
gestions , from" the' public both for new
stunts which will' be of benefit for use in
the Initiation and also for the fall festival.
They would alsct like subjects for the pa
rades and a theme for the next fall festival.
They want Ideas.
' The following committees were -appointed
for the ensuing year:
Finance Smith, Barker, ,Beaton.r
- Parade Yetter, Brandels, Diets. .-
Ball Barker, Diets, Buckingham, '; I.
Ritual DIetz, Black, Beaton.. ' . ' '
Amusement Brandels, Penfold, ' Courtney.
House Black. Yetter, Plckena.
Printing Penfold, Barker, Courtney.
Light Pickens, 8mlth, Root.
Music Beaton, Black, Buckingham.
Railway Buckingham, Smith, Pickens.
Purchase Courtney, Penfold, Brandels.
' Membership Root, Yetter, Diets. ".
DAD OF MODERN BUFFALO
Skeleton Unearthed Sapposed to De
That of Original Bison Thou
aanda of Years Back. ',
The huge skeleton of an animal un
earthed on the Q street road, one mile
west of the Burlington tracts, in the ex
cavation on the route of the new Papll-llon-Ralston
Interurban line Is believed by
R. F. Glider, the Omaha archaeologist, to be
that of a mammoth buffalo, the origin of
the buffalo of modern time which roamed
the plains in the pioneer days of Nebraska
and other western states. Mr. Gilder has
made a scientific examination cf the bones,
and has come to the conclusion that this
buffalo lived many thousands of years ago,
and was the parent of the buffalo of re
cent days.
The shoulder blade of the skeleton meas
ures eighteen Inches and the entire form
denotes an animal of extraordinary sice
and strength.
The skeleton was burled fifteen feet
below the surface of the earth. It was
discovered by James Sullivan, one of the
workmen under Fred Anderson of the
Nebraska Traction and Power company,
which has charge of the general construc
tion work of the Interurban line. The
skeleton was lying on the right side, with
the face toward the west Mr. Sullivan
took the head home with htm. under the
Impression the skeleton was of great value.
ZIEBELL PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Has Who Killed Son Is Arraigned on
Charge of M order in See
ond Degree.
Pleading not guilty to the charge of
murder In the second degree, which Is the
offense specified in the complaint, August
Zlebcll, who shot and killed his son last
week, waived preliminary examination and
was bound over to. the district court
Wednesday morning by Police Judge Craw
ford. . .
No bail was fixed for the man at the
time, It being Intended to keep- him at the
city Jail until hia attorney consulted with
Judge Crawford about the amount of the
bond. The latter' says that If a desire Is
expressed to secure Ziehen's , release until
the trial ho will accept as small a ball
bond as t-.H or 13,000.
Seeming quiet and unconcerned before
and at the beginning of the reading of the
complaint by William J. Ooad. who ap
peared for the county attorney. Zlebell
showed signs of' emotion before the. long
document was entirely read and shed tears
aa he left the room.
He wore a broad band of crepe over bis
hat band, In token of mourning for the son
whom he had shot "Zlebell is rather of
slight build and has a gray mustache and
gray hair brushed back from hia forehead
10 an a t-i-l 1 l r V ! - V oil tiirMTiafi
. or cniia-oinn. i ne tnougni
'TPTUTTTTTn'j of suffering in store for
11 fill lLlltj ncr robs thc expectant mother
III w 0f, rileasant antic-inn tinn.
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BEST SYSTEM II ARRIHAN PLAN
Mission that Sent Park Over Pacific
Lines and Eivals.
STUDIES AIRBRAK POSSIBILITIES
Sjaperlatendent of I'aloa P.rlle Com
pletes Special Work AMln.d Him
by Jullaa Kruttechultt, Di
rector of Operation.
The mines and lumber mills of the
northwest seem to be resuming their nor
mal output. In fact the entire western part
of the United States Is opening up won
derfully. 1 would say this means much
o Omaha as well aa to our !lnes," said
W. Ii. Park, general superintendent of the
Union Pacific, who returned Wednesdsy
morning from a trip extending over lO.OnO
miles through the west.
Mr. Park had been assigned to special
work under Julius Kruttschnitt and re
turns to his old position. Charles Ware,
who has been acting as general superin
tendent, resumes his work as superintend
ent of the Nebraska division and W. R.
Cahlll, who has been acting superintendent,
becomes assistant superlntendant.
Wtth Mr. Park on his trip were H. W.
Forney, general air brake Inspector of the
Harrlman .lines and O. Row, inspector of
transportation of the Harrlman lines.
'W covered more than 10.000 miles of
associated and competing lines," said Mr.
Park. The prime object of this long trip
and of this special assignment was to look
Into the most modern and up-to-date meth
ods of handling trains and air brakes, par
ticularly on heavy mountain grades and In
cidentally to look Into operating methods
in vogue and to offer recommendations for
such changes or improvements In operating
conditions which might be a benefit to the
service.
To Make It Best System.
"In lint with the Harrlman policy to
make the Union Pacific and Its related
properties the best possible system, not only
physically, but also in operation and in the
service offered to the public, the complete
and comprehensive rules and regulations
for handling trains by air and the examina
tion of employes connected with the train
service so far as operation by air Is con
cerned, have been completed by the com
mittee and will be submitted to the meet
ing of the general superintendents of all
the Harrlman lines at New Orleans March 1.
"Tests were made with heavy freight
rains on the Beaumont mountains In south
ern California, in the Siskiyou mountains
n northern California and In the Sierra
Nevada mountains in California and Idaho,
where some of the heaviest grades exist.
Tho short lines In the Bitter Root moun
tains were also tested.
"I met many Omaha people In southern
California, where there seemed to be a gen
eral revival of business. California has
been having some heavy rains and the pros
pects are for most satisfactory crops this
year. San Francisco Id building up rapidly.
"We had an opportunity to look over
parts of the Milwaukee extension. The Taft
tunnel, 8,700 feet long, is nearlng completion
and will be ready for tracks about March
15."
TWO NEW COURT DISTRICTS
Bonndarlea Have Practically Been
Agreed Upon By Dakota ,
Legislature.
PIERRE. S. D., Feb. 10.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) The proposed new supreme court
districts have been practically agreed upon
by the subcommittee and the bill creating
two new districts likely will be reported to
morrow by th6 committees of both houses.
The lines of the proposed districts have
been changed slightly from those In tho
original bill, but materially follow original
lines.
In the house Whiting Is posing as the
watchdog of the treasury and today went
after evory appropriation bill which showed
up, msklng a fight against several printing
bills. His resolution calling upon the treas
urer for a statement of the condition of the
treasury was adopted after being amended
by Taylor to ask for a showing of the
assets as well as the debts of the state.
The passl'ig of a state depository bill
through - the house today without debate
and with no opposing votes was a decided
change from past sessions In which such
bills have alwaya met defeat, the alleged
opposition to other bills having its source
in the office of the state treasurer. This
time nothing of the. kind developed.
McDonnell started another railroad bill
this afternoon in which he requires all roads
to maintain scales at division points
and weigh all cars of grain, live stock or
merchandise and furnish a certificate of
weight to the party to whom the shipment
has been made. He also aaks for the crea
tion, of the counties of Todd, Nash and
Sherard out of a pqrtlon of the Rosebud
and Pine Ridge reservations. Whltlag In
troduced a b'll which has for its purpose
the cutting 6ff of publication of insurance
statements, which if enacted will take away
at large amount of political patronage whicn
has been used on the country press of the
state for years.
About the only bill which created a rlpplo
In the house today was the one defining
g partition fence and the manner in which
It shall be paid for. This called out the
farmer voice and after a number of at
tempts to change Its provisions were voted
down It passed as Introduced. -
RAINEY SPEECH IS DISAVOWED
Pa a a ma laformrd that Congressman
Was -Net Speaking for the
Government.
, WASHINGTON, Feb. lO.-The United
States government disavows all respon
sibility for recent remarks made by Repre
sentative Ralney of IUinola In the house,
criticising President Obaldla of Panama.
This Is Indicated in a letter sent today by
Secretary Bacon to C. C. Arosemena, minis
ter from Panama, in reply to a proteat by
the latter in behalf of his government. The
secretary points out that the views of in
dividual members are not to' be taken as
expressing the views of the government
and declare that none of the statementa
made by Mr. Ralney "concerning which he
(the president) has knowledge baa any
foundation In fact."
In his protest Mr. Arosemena requested
a disavowal of the offensive remarks con
cerning .the president and republic of
Panama, such as may be deemed just and
commensurate "with the deep and unwar
ranted Injury" Inflicted on President
Obaldla. his government and people.
TAFT TUNNEL IS FINISHED
t. Paul Road Exnoeta to Ran
Through Freight Traiaa to Coast
' Wlthla Heath.
TAFT, MonU. Feb. 19The Taft tunnel
ef the Chicago, Milwaukee as Puget Sound
railroad, tbe longest on the coast exten
sion of the St. Paul company, was pierced
this afternoon, marking the practical
completloa of one of the mot Important
engineering events In the history of rail
road In the United States. Tbe tunnel
Is 1,751 feet long St feet I Inches high
aud II feet Inches across the floor aud
penetratrs the Bitter Root range between
Idaho and Montana.
The officials who today witnessed the
firing of the last Fliot predict that within
a month's time they will have through
freight trains In operation to the coast
RECEPTION F0RJACK BINNS
Wireless Operator Given Rata aulas
tic Greeting at Hia Home Town
In England.
PETERBOROUGH. Kngland, Feb. 10.
"Jack" Binns. the wireless telegraph opera
tor who was on board the steamer Republio
at the time of Its collision off the Nan
tucket lightship . last month with the
steamer Florida, was given a rousing recep
tion in Peterborough, his native town, when
he arrived this afternoon from London. H
was met at the station with bands playing
"Sbe the Conquering Hero Comes." and the
major In his official robes extended him a
welcome. A procession of carriages with
Blnns In the lead then made, a triumphal
progress through cheering crowds from the
station to the guild hall. This was packed
with leading citliens and all rose and
cheered wildly hen Blnns, his sweetheart
on his arm, entered. The msyor said to
Blnns:
"Your pluck and courage have excited the
admiration of America and the whole world.
Some men are decorated for the slaughter
of thousands, you have saved thousands by
your gallantry. We present you with this
address as a permanent record of your
bravery. Your fellow citliens are very
proud of you."
In a few modest words Binna then
thanked the mayor for the welcome ex
tended him and said there were greater
heroes on board the Republic than himself.
He had only done his duly. The men of
the engine rooms had risked their lives by
remaining below to open the steam valves,
an act which 'Jived everyone from being
blown up.
LYNCHING AT HOUSTON, MISS.
Yoana; IMegro Who Killed Preacher
Taken From Jail and Hanged
By a Mob.
HOUSTON. Miss.. ' Feb. 10,-Roby Baskln,
a negro youth, self-confessed slayer of
Rev. W. T. Hudson, today was lynched
by a mob of several hundred citliens. The
prisoner was secured , without resistance
and accepted his fate as a matter ' of
course without a word of entreaty or
prayer. He was hanged from a tree within
200 yards of the county Jail. 1
The same mob gathered about the jail
yesterday to lynch the negro. At the en
treaty of the county officials, who urged
that efforts be made to. secure a speedy
trial and the law be allowed to take lta
courae, action was deferred and Judge A.
O. Sykes was asked to hold a special term.
He declined and the lynching was the re
sult. ,
Sheriff Bean arrived too late to prevent
the mob's action. The representatives of
the sheriff here declare they consider
their action in surrendering the negro
Justified in the interest of law and order.
TWO DEAD AND TRAIN BURNED
Collision at Mnskogee Seta Fire to
OH Refinery and the
Wrecked Cara.
MUSKOGEE, Okl., Feb. .-Englneer Fred
D. Home of Denlson, .Tex., who was in
jured In a Missouri, Kansas & Texas col
lision last night In which one other man
was killed and the train burned, died today.
Fireman H. .Kelson, also of Denlson, re
ported injured last night, has not been ac
counted for and It lis . believed his body Is
still beneath the mass. of debris.
DES MOINES - MAN MURDERED
William Edy, Prominent Cltlsen of
Highland Park, Aaaaaolaated
Monday Night.
DES MOINES, Feb. lO.-Willlam Edy,
a prominent cltlsen -of Highland Park, a
suburb, was shot and killed by an un
known assassin lsst night. His body was
found today In a blacksmith shop.
NEW RAILROAD . INCORPORATED
Proposes to Cona tract Local Lino In
Page Coonty.
CRESTON. Ia.. Feb. . .-(8pecial.)-A
new railroad, eighteen miles In length, af
fecting only Page county towna, and oper
ating between Clarinda, College Springs and
Blanchard, Is being agitated, and an organ
ization has been effected at Clarinda in
the incorporation of the Iowa & Southwest
ern Railway company, the articles of in
corporation of which will be filed with the
state authorities at Des Moines In a few
days. The preliminary surveys have already
been made, and the estimates on construc
tion completed at a meeting of the sub
scribers held yesterday, and the work of
capitalisation will be carried forward at
once, and work begun as soon aa the re
quisite amount of the capital stock of 1300,
000 is paid up.
The following officers and directors were
elected yesterday: v William S. Farquar of
College Springs, president; J. N. Miller of
Clarinda, vice president; J. H. Walklnshaw
of Blanchard, second vice president; L. H.
Taggart of College Springs, treasurer; A.
F. Galloway of Clarinda, secretary. The
directors are Ed E. Rose, G. William Rich
ardson. J. N. Miller. A. Davidson. A. F.
Galloway, C. E. Clatton and J. F. Rum
baugh, all of Clarinda; W. M. Dewhurst,
C. E. Wetmore, E. M. Henslolgh and J. H.
Walklnshaw of Blanchard, A. M. Abbott,
J. A. McKlnley, I. H. Taggart and Wil
liam S. Farquar of College Springs. The
capitalisation of the new road will be In
the hands of C. B. Judd of Albla. Mr.
Judd has already moved to Clarinda and
begun the solicitation of capital for the
new road.
Iowa Mews Aotrs.
CHARLES CITY Herman Rhoda. a Mil
waukee fireman, fell out of hia engine cab
while going fifty miles sn hour near Britt
and received injuries that will prove fatal.
ATLANTIC By a deal which was con
cluded yesterday Charles Elce and wife,
bookbinders, who for some time have been
employed in the binder of the Telegraph,
take over the business and will hereafter
run the business In their own name.
NEVADA The consolidation of rural
schools, which is being vigourously urged
by practically all of the prominent educa
tors of Iowa, failed to carry In the special
election held yesterday in Colo. Story
county, and its surrounding territory.
FOItT DODGE "Father Witting." an
old German settler of this city, celebrated
his seventy-third birthday Sundsy and the
young people of the German Evangelical
church did him honor by suspending
regular services, while they listened to a
talk by him.
M ARSHAI.LTOWN The annusl spring
meeting of the Waterloo Presbytery will
meet in this city on April M to 22. The
principal object in bringing the meeting of
the presbytery here wss so thst the preach
ers and laymen who attend could bsar
Evangelist Sunday, who will be here at
that time.
CEDAR RAPIDS D. J. Ma her. a farmer
near DeWitt, waa beaten and robbed here
early this morning. He Is now In the hos
pital, where it wss said lata today that
le might not live. Clark Coleman, formerly
a driver of a patrol wagon of Burling
ton, la under arreat. charged with trie
aacault.
CRESTON The high school will unveil
a fine life sised statue of Lincoln, which
haa recently been purchased. At the special
exercises held Friday, Hon. J. P. Harsh
will deliver the address at the unveiling.
Friday evening an elaborate program by
prominent clitsens will be carried out at
the Methodist church. The beat musical
talent of the city will assist, la the exercises.
TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS,
ALWAYS BUYTIiE GEMUIKEi
A wmMm mm $
immmmmmm m
Ckifesfe Spnsjp ill
IT CLEANSES THE SYSTEM CEHTIY
1 i ACTS NATURALlTaT AND BENEFICIALEX OX THIS j
KIDNEYS. LIVER - AND BOWELS I J
J ASSISTS IN OVERCOMING " '
j cokstipatiok permanently; j
J DISPELS COLDS AND HEADACHES: j
! A REMEDY APPROVED BY PHYSICIANS BECAUSE j
OF KNOWN COMPONENT PARTS AND KNOWN BENEFICIAL J
j EFFECTS.
I FOR 5ALE BY ALL' LEADING DRUGGISTS ;
ONES1ZE ONLY, REGULAR PRICE FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLE
SUGAR COMPANY ON RACK
More Evidence. Produced of False
Weighing of Imports.
SCALES ARE TAMPERED WITH
Large Mass cf Documentary Testi
mony Is Submitted Over Pro
teat of Attorneys for the
' Defendant.
NEW YORK, Feb. lO.-At the resumption
today of the trial of the government's six
suits agilnst the American Sugar Refin
ing company to recover upwards of S240,
000 In damages for alleged false weighing
of imports, a great mass of documentary
evidence, consisting ot hills of lading, en
try affidavits, and Invoices, which con
stitute the basis of the government's cise,
wss admitted over the objection of coun
sel for the defense.
Photographs and diagrams of the scales
of the Havemeyer and Adler refining docks
In Brooklyn, purporting to show the al
leged fraudulent appliance which, accord
ing to the pictures, was In' the nature of
wire lever upon the Inside of the scale
balance, were also offered In evidence. -
United Statea Weigher Thomas D. Hyatt
Identified a small piece of wire which he
said had been taken from a stanchion of
the scale. He pointed out on the diagram
how the wires had been arranged. Two
carpenters employed on the sugar com
pany's docks identified certain wooden
blocks and other detached sections of the
scales, which they had cut out.
Mr. Wyatt, during his cross-examination,
said he had made unexpected visits to the
docks where cargoes were being weighed
and had rweighed numerous truck loads
and checked up his figures with those
made by the assistant weigher In the scale
house. "And did you ever, In that way,
arrive at any discrepancy in the figures?"
"No," replied the witness.
The lawyer for the defense asked the wit
ness about the wire device which he had
found attached to the the scales.
"How large was the hole through which
the wire was stuck?" he asked.
Hyatt aaid it was Invisible without the
aid of a lighted match.
President W. B. Thomas of the American
Sugar company attended the afternoon ses
sion of the trial, which was adjourned until
tomorrow.
Prealdeat Does Not Testify.
The effort made today In a libel suit In
Brooklyn to secure the testimony of Presi
dent Roosevelt in the case Is not likely to
be successful. The case la that of Borough
President Bird S. Coler against a Brooklyn
rewspaper. Mr. Coler's counsel, M. L
Towns, made a motion in the supieme court
for the appointment of a committee to go
to Washington to take the president's testi
mony relative to the dismissal by him, as
governor, of charges brought agalnat Mr.
MUM.
r
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Coler when he' was comptroller of New
York City.
Decision was reserved and meanwhile
Mr. Towns telegraphed his desire to the
White House. A reply was received from
Secretary Ioeb,-aa follows:
"The president of tho United States does
not testify In court nor give evidence by
deposition."
Five Brokers Discharged.
All six members of the defunct brokerage
firm of A. O. Brown & Co., when arraigned
before Magistrate Corrlgan today, charged
with the larceny of $1,800 worth of United
States Sleel corporation stock from Helen
8. Aberuathy, 'were discharged after the
ovldcnce had been heard. ' The magistrate
held that there was no evidence to connect
any of the members except Edward 9.
Buchanan with passing any Of the stock
out of the possession of the firm.
Libel Hearing Postponed.
The several employes of the New York
World who a week ago were notified to ap
pear today to give their testimony in the
government proceedings agafnst the Press
Publishing company In connection with
alleged libelous statements regarding the
Panama canal purchase, were informed to
day when they appeared that thelf attend
ance was not required. The grand jury did
not assemble and no Intimation was given
as to when its consideration of the Panama
charges would be resumed. It was learned
today that Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law'
of President Roosevelt, whose name
was mentioned frequently ' In the Articles
which are the subject of the present inquiry,-'
lias given his testimony In this case
before the federal grand Jury.
Bedford Leavea Staadard. .
Edward T. Bedford, president of the Corn
Products Refining company and one of
the active men In the Sandard Oil com
pany, tt is learned from an ' authoritative
source, has resigned from the'Standa'd OH
company's executive committee, wWe he
had been a member for many years. He
remains a director of the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey and the Standard OH
company of New York. ' "
Mr. Bedford's resignation was due, It was
said, to his desire to devote more time to
tho management of the Corn Products Re
fining company. Mr. Bedford Is on the
Pacific coast, and is not expected back be
fore March 1. , ' , .
IN DEATH VALLEY MINUS FOOD
Party of Prospectors. Rescued By
Relief Expedition Just In
Time.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. -The Melrose
party ef seven persons which left Nevada
recently and became lost in Death Valley
region, has been rescued by searchers, who
found the lost prospectors huddled together
In a cave In the Panamlnt mountains,
where they had taken shelter from the
heavy ahowers.
' For three days the men of the party had
been without food, the acanty supply being
sufficient only for the two women and
children.
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TIMBER THIEVES ARE INDICTED
Bills Returned Agaiaat TOTeaty-alV
Agents of Lumber Corporations
ia Oklahoma.
MUSKOGEE, Okl., Feb. 10. Indlctmentc. .
against twenty-six respresentatlvea of big
corporations charging them wtth atealing
valuable lumber from segregated lands In
Oklahoma, were returned by tho federal
grand jury here today. 'An additional in,
dlctment was returned agalnat one pcraor.
for Impersonating a United . States of fleet
In furtherance of the scheme of alleges,
timber thieves. The alleged theftl
occurred chiefly in the-Choctaw, Chickasaw
and Seminole nations... r
Judge Campbell issued etriot orders thai
no names of the Indicted persons be given
out until they have been , arrested an
have either been committed to Jail or have
given bonds. Tonight United States Mar,
shal Grant Victor dispatched . ten deputiei
on a south bound train to arreat the per.
aona who reside chiefly in Le Flore, MoCur.,
tain and Choctaw counties. They will be
brought here Wednesday and required to
give bond.
For years the government has been har
raaaed by timber thieves representing: big
corporations capitalised In the east which
have been stealing from aegregated Indian
lands on Sugar Loaf, Backbone, Winding
Stair and other mountains, millions of dol
lars' worth of pine, walnut, oak and other
valuable timber. When the government in
spectors reported the thefts It haa been the
customs of the timber thieves to admit
their guilt and to pay certain amounts Into
the treasury of the Indian agency In lieu
of the value of the timber stolen.
Then the thieves would promise, not to '
commit any more depredations upon th
forests, only to forget 'their promise, and
there has' been a continual' repetition of the
offense for. yeara.'v,tlnali ; the ,. United
States district .attorney, W.. . Gregg., grew
tired of this way of handling trie -thieves
and the indictments returned' today, are
the, results. Government inspectors have
spent months collecting evidence, .
; . A Serlone Breakdown ' , . -
results from chronic 'constipation. Dr.'
King's New Life PIHe cure; headache, atom',
ach, liver and bowel trouble. '26c For sals
by Beaton Drug Co. ' ",
NEW THEORY ROSEN MURQER
Belief That Ottumwa Crime' Grew-Oat
of Fend That Started Eleven
. Year As. .
OTTUMWA, Ia,. Feb. 10.-That ' Clara
Rosen, the choir singer,' was murdered as
the result of a feud growing out of the
murder of Roae Claridge, pear North Eng
lish, Ia., eleven years ago. Is the theory
being worked upon by the police tonight.
A letter sent to the police said Oscar
Rosen, brother of Clara, was Implicated
in the Claridge murder and gave the In
ference that trouble was started then
which brought the slaying of Clara Rosea
here last Friday. ' - it ' '. . '.
The funeral of Clara Rosen waa held to
day. Thousands attended, notwithstand
ing a severe storm.
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